Display Patriot - P-263748

Josiah OSGOOD

SAR Patriot #: P-263748

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State of Service: GA Qualifying Service: Soldier

DAR #: A084634

Birth: abt 1748 / / SC
Death: 08 Feb 1801 / St. John's Parish / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

GA LINE

Additional References:

Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998

Spouse: Margaret Fulton
Children: Josiah;

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Burial:

Midway Cemetery_(C-0371610)

Location:

Midway / Liberty / GA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

35348

Grave Plot #:

Section B Grave 31

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

130927210

Marker Type:

Granite

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

29 Apr 2018

Comments:

Photo displayed with permission from Scott Kenneth Collins

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Midway Cemetery on US Highway South in Midway, Georgia directly across the street from the church. Take I-95 to exit 76 - at end or ramp turn west and travel 3.7 miles to U.S. 17 - Turn right and tral <1 mile to the Midway Church

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Captain Josiah Osgood b. 8/15/1742 d. 4/12/1803 LIBERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA

He served as a Captain in the Georgia Troops.

Buried: Midway Cemetery.

See: (1) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 424.

(2) Some Early Georgia Epitaphs.

Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.

A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.

Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA 30605-3408

Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Reverend John Osgood, along with his brother, Josiah Osgood and his two sons, John Osgood (b1747) and Josiah Osgood (b1748), arrived in Midway in 1754, with fifteen other families, all members of the congre¬gation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina.

Josiah Osgood, Jr., married Margaret Fulton in 1768 in St. John’s Parish, and they had two children: Josiah, III, born in 1773, and Margaret, born in 1781. Mrs. Margaret Fulton died on January 31, 1800, in Liberty County.

The Reverend John Osgood served as minister of the Congregational Church for thirty-eight years while it was located in Dorchester, South Carolina and Midway, Georgia. Josiah Osgood and his sons, John and Josiah, were also members of the Congregational Church. All died in Liberty County and are buried in the Midway Cemetery, each with a tombstone marking his grave.

The early settlers in St. John’s Parish took the lead in Georgia's fight for independence of England. Along with many other citizens, especially Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and Nathan Brownson, the four Osgood men participated in those efforts. Two died before the Revolutionary War began, Josiah Osgood, Sr. in 1765, and Reverend John Osgood in 1773, but Josiah’s sons participated in the War as follows: John Osgood served as a private and Josiah Osgood served as a captain, both in the Georgia Troops.

Josiah Osgood, Jr., was born at Dorchester, South Carolina. His parents were Josiah and Barbara Hauskins Lupton Osgood.

Josiah Osgood, Jr., died on April 2, 1803 in Liberty County, Georgia, and his Will was probated on May 2, 1803

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