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James Waldrop Grave Bottoms Family Cemetery Fayetteville, GA Patriot James Waldrop
History James Waldrop was born 8 February 1751, to James and Sarah
Waldrop of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. As the call for able-bodied men
went out to support the coloniesÕ efforts to gain their independence, James
Jr enlisted 12 March 1776, and served a term of two years as a private in
Captain Thomas HudginÕs Company, Colonel James HendricksÕ Virginia Regiment.
James saw action at the Battle of Yorktown. He married Mary Morrison on 29 September 1788, in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Their children were John, Violet, Belamy, Mary
Dicey, David, Margaret, Nancy and Charity. The Georgia Land Lottery, held in 1821, brought the early
American settlers to the area, which had formerly been land of the Creek
Indians. Fayetteville, the county seat of Fayette County, was established in
1823. James Waldrop resided in Fayette
County in 1827 on 101 1Ú4 acres, land lot 149, District 5, Fayette Flint
River, and also participated in the Land Lottery of 1827, receiving 202 1Ú2
acres in Carroll County, land that is now Haralson County. In February 1828, at the age of 72, James applied for his
war pension. His pensions states he provided for only himself and his
wife. He furthermore stated he was old and feeble and unable to work.
He was granted $8.00 a month. At the time of his death 3 December 1846, James was living
in his son DavidÕs household. JamesÕs will is on record in the Fayette
County Probate Office. James was the great-grandfather of Henry Simpson, the
first baby born in Fayette County of permanent record. JamesÕs wife, Mary,
died before 2 September 1850, and is buried beside her husband in the Bottoms
Family Cemetery on Hewell Rd in Fayette County. On Sunday 5 May 1935, the Atlanta Chapter of the DAR
placed and dedicated a marker. Subsequently, the Sons of the American
Revolution have also marked his grave. REFERENCES Arnold, Ross and Burnham,
Hank, GA Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots and Pioneers, 2001, p
239. Fayette County Historical
Society Inc., A History of Fayette County, GA 1821-1971, 1991, p 338.
Moore, Joseph Henry, A
History of Clayton County, GA 1821-1983, 1983, pp 520-521. ÒThe Fayetteville
EnterpriseÓ, May 3, 1935, Vol. 7 No. 9
Pension Record of James
Waldrop, July 7, 1838, NARA Will of James Waldrop, November 22, 1827, Fayette County Probate Court
Records, Fayette County, GA Will of James Waldrop, SR, D&W Bk 5, p 386, Pittsylvania County, VA
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Chapter
History
The journey to create a new chapter was a long time dream
of organizing regent, Betty B Harrah.
The dream came to pass on April 21, 2007, as GeorgiaÕs newest DAR
chapter was organized in Fayetteville, GA. 42 ladies who were members of the DAR banded together in
this new chapter to share the dream of dedicating their time and talents to
preserving American history, promoting patriotism and education: the goals of the National
Society. The patriot for which
the chapter is named is a direct blood ancestor of the organizing regent. National
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