Tag: John Leatherdale

John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): South Carolina Records, 1790-1806 (4)

April 5, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “Conducted to the Whipping Poſt, and there to receive on his bare Back thirty nine Laſshes” This posting continues the discussion of the last posting of records tracking records of John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840) in Georgia and South Carolina to 1790. As a previous posting notes, not long after John relocated his … More John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): South Carolina Records, 1790-1806 (4)

John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): Georgia and South Carolina Records to 1790 (3)

April 5, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “John Lauderdale of Pendleton County in the State of South Carolina but late of Wilkes County in the State of Georgia planter” My previous posting about John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840) ended with a brief discussion of his claim for bounty land in recompense for his service as a Georgia Refugee soldier during … More John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): Georgia and South Carolina Records to 1790 (3)

John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): Revolutionary War Records, Virginia to Georgia (2)

March 10, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “I marched & volunteered with others to go to the American Army in Georgia” Having discussed when John Lauderdale was born (February 1745, according to descendants; or 1747, if the number 37 beside his name on his petition for Revolutionary bounty land in 1784 is his age), I ended my initial posting about … More John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): Revolutionary War Records, Virginia to Georgia (2)