Richard Oldham (abt. 1712 - 1785)

Born about 1712 in Prince William County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1785 at about age 73 in Jericho, Caswell, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Property Tax-related Records

1784, St. David, Caswell County, North Carolina, United States

Note: He was taxed for 1 white poll.^[1]

Marriage

Husband: Richard Oldham

Wife: Elizabeth Bayse

Marriage: Abt 1732, New Hanover County, North Carolina

Death Reporting

Refer to Find A Grave: Memorial #119684565, citing Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Jericho, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Roanna Dolan Griffin (contributor 47928961). A corroborating, original source is needed.

The following may constitute a corroborating source, depending upon what is contained in the data:

"Caswell County, NC Will Books, 1777-1843; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819," database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2006.

An estate file (for Henry Williams, of unknown relationship, at present) from Caswell, North Carolina is in need of transcription, but the name Richard Oldham does appear on the indexed page, and possibly others in the same file as listed at FamilySearch.^[2]

Update 6/14/2022: From "All Caswell County, NC Will Books, 1777-1843; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819" on Ancestry.

Book C Sale estate of Henry Williams 22 Sept 1786 by William Rice exec. Sales to: William Rice, Richard Oldham, William H Rice. Other last names included Williams, Gooch, Brooks, Slade, Yancey, Stacy, Roberts, Poe. The un-indexed file in Family Search has a record dated Oct 1786 a paid in full receipt signed "Richard Oldham." (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVH-RWX?i=51&cc=1911121)

Book B 1786 additional accounts paid to Richard Oldham.

Book B George Barker Will 23 Jun 1787 leaves land to sons described as Ephraim Logue tract and land purchased of Richard Oldham. One of the witnesses Moses Oldham.

Caswell County 1784 Tax List: Richard Sen. 0-1-0; Richard 600 Stony 1-0; John 640 Stony 1-1; George (Major) 1-7 Stony 1-0; Richd (of Jesee) 0-1-0; Moses 890 Stony 1-1; James 250 Stony 1-0

Research Notes

• None of the present citations or mentions confirm a name of William. One of the citations was conflated with his son, Richard William and has been below reformatted for clarity and cross-referenced with SAR data.
• Update 6/14/2022: The "History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown" named the husband of Miss Bayse as William. See the Genealogical Table. William and (probable first name) Elizabeth's children were: Jesse married Elizabeth Simpson, Maj George, Moses married Mary Rice, Conway, James, Richard married Ann Pepper, Capt John married Annis Rice, William, Judith married Fisher R Bennett, Elizabeth married a Pepper, and a daughter married a Battershell. The same source identified William's father as Col Samuel Oldham: "If the Tree, and the tradition aforesaid be true, which the writer is unable to confute, then beyond any question William Oldham, of Prince William County, aforesaid, the father of Captain John Oldham was a son of Colonel Samuel Oldham and Elizabeth Newton his wife of Westmoreland County, Va., whose lineage according to the Oldham Tree, runs back to the youth, John Oldham, who was brought from London, England in the Elizabeth and Ann in 1635, who was a son of John, of Plymouth."
• Prince William did not exist in 1712; defaulting to Northumberland, Virginia as the birth location (which is shown on FamilySearch); however, it should be noted that the FindAGrave memorial (unreliable because it uses William Richard?) says Farnham, Westmoreland County.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. This does not constitute a source unless an actual source record is attached.
• See also Richard Oldham (presumptive son of the present Oldham), whose SAR Patriot #: P-262905 matches on Richard Oldham who married Ann Pepper:

The following data from Membership Application of Robert Charles Wilson, no. 77124, "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," as reproduced from Ancestry.com, belongs to Richard Oldham who married Ann Pepper, apparent son of so-called William Richard Oldham: Richard Oldham was a soldier in the Rev. Army. Enlisted in Castle [sic Caswell] county N.C. in N.C. Line Regiment, in command of Captain John Oldham, his brother, under Col. Moore, as is shown by V. Warner, Com. of Pensions, on page 485 and 486 of W. H. Millers "Histories and Genealogies". Date of enlistment 1777: service more than four years. Battle engaged in Guilford Court House. Pension applied for Aug. 14, 1832, his claim was allowed. Richard Oldham married Ann Pepper of North Carolina about 1770. He emigrated to Kentucky and settled on Kentucky River above mouth of Red River, which location was included in Estelle [sic Estill] county when it was established in 1808. He drew his pension from this home. Supplementary to paper 108622. Brothers of Richard Oldham: James, Conway, John, Moses, George, Jesse who raised the first crop of corn in Kentucky. The Pepper family were English Quakers and came to America with William Penn.

Sources

1. ↑ Oldham, Richard Sen entry. Caswell County, North Carolina, 1784 tax list, p. 140. Accessed 6 Aug 2012. Citation from Ancestry.com needs to be reproduced to confirm.
2. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 21 May 2014, Caswell County > W > Williams, Henry (1785) > image 33 of 128; State Archives, Raleigh.

National Genealogical Society, "Members Ancestor Charts", Chart # MAC 042397.

• History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown (illustrated). Part VI the Oldham Family. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Publisher date 2005. Also available Internet Archive Publication date 1907 Volume 1 https://archive.org/details/historygenealogi01mill and Volume 2 https://archive.org/details/historygenealogi02mill
• North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. Name Richard Oldham State NC County Caswell County Year 1777 Database NC Early Census Index.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119684565/william-richard-oldham : accessed 14 June 2022), memorial page for William Richard Oldham (1712–1785), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119684565, citing Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Jericho, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Roanna Dolan Griffin (contributor 47928961) .
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Name William Oldham SAR Membership 77124 Role Ancestor Application Date16 Mar 1955 Father Samuel Oldham Mother Elizabeth Newton Spouse Bayse Oldham Children Richard Oldham.
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Name William Oldham SAR Membership 94540 Role Ancestor Application Date 24 Sep 1966 Spouse Basey Children John Oldham.
• Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890. Name William Oldham State VA County Northumberland County Township 07 07 Year 1782 Record Type Continental CensusPage38 Database VA Early Census Index.
• Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800. Name Richard Oldham Marriage Date Before Dec 1745 Spouse Name Elizabeth Basye (daughter of Edmond Basye) Marriage Location Virginia, United States. Also see U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Name Richard Oldham Birth Year1703 Spouse Name Elizabeth Basye Spode Birth Year1701 Marriage Year 1732 Marriage State VA.
• Caswell County, NC Will Books, 1777-1843; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819. Caswell County 1784 Tax List. (On Ancestry).
• The Basye family in the United States. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062852876&view=1up&seq=167&skin=mobile