John Wardlaw

1737 - 1791  (54 years)

• Name	John Wardlaw  [1]
  Born	1737  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Possessions	1 Aug 1766	Augusta Co., Virginia   [2]
  	Leases to Alexander Green, for five shillings, 188 acres, three roods, sixteen perches of land.
  Possessions	2 Aug 1766	Augusta Co., Virginia   [3]
  	Agrees to sell the same tract to Alexander Green for £137; wife Margaret signs dower rights. The sale is proved in 1772.
  Revolutionary War Veteran	1775-1783	South Carolina   [1]
  Died	1791	Abbeville Co., South Carolina   [1, 4]
  Will	6 Feb 1791	Abbeville Co., South Carolina   [4]
  	To wife Lydia: land, slave, livestock, her own furniture; to sons James Wardlaw, Samuel Wardlaw, Hugh Wardlaw: land and livestock; to daughters Mary Wardlaw, Lydia Heard, Peggy Wardlaw, Hannah Wardlaw, Nancy Wardlaw, Betty Wardlaw: livestock; to daughter Lydia Heard, a slave; to son James Wardlaw, slaves; to son Andrew Wardlaw, land; wife, Joseph Wardlaw, John Meriwether, executors
  Probate	5 Apr 1791	Abbeville Co., South Carolina   [4]
  Buried	Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina   [1]
  	Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  		John Wardlaw, Sr (1737 - 1791) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes headstone photo. Created by: Barry Speer Record added: Jan 01, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 23685815
  Person ID	I1068	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	William Wardlaw,   b. Abt 1700, Scotland ,   d. 2 Oct 1761 - 17 May 1762, Augusta Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Jane Harper,   b. 1710, Ireland
  Notes	Earlier children were likely born in Pennsylvania; many Scots-Irish families first settled in the Chester/Lancaster county area of Pennsylvania in the early 18th century before resettling in Augusta Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F486	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Moore,   b. 1739,   d. Abt 1780  (Age 41 years)
  Married	Abt 1759
  Family ID	F507	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Lydia Logan,   b. 1750,   d. abt. 1810  (Age 60 years)  [5]
  Notes	Second marriage for both parties
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 23685815 (Reliability: 2), 15 May 2012. [S292] Augusta Co., Virginia Deed Books, 1745-1866, Augusta County (Virginia). County Clerk, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952), vol. 13, ppg. 17-18 (Reliability: 3), 17 Aug 2023. [S292] Augusta Co., Virginia Deed Books, 1745-1866, Augusta County (Virginia). County Clerk, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952), vol. 13, ppg. 18-20 (Reliability: 3), 17 Aug 2023. [S40261] South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Abbeville > Wills, 1787-1815, Vol. 01 > image 52 of 257; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia (Reliability: 3), 20 Mar 2014. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Find a Grave Memorial ID: 103441076 (Reliability: 2), 17 Aug 2023.