Colonel
William
Oldham
Born in Frederick County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Oldham
and Ann Nancy (Conway) Oldham
Brother of
Ruth (Oldham) Barton, Winifred (Oldham) Neville, Abigail Oldham, Mary Ann Oldham, Nancy Ann (Oldham) Rector, Ruth Oldham, Susannah (Oldham) Ross, Samuel Oldham, Conway Oldham and Mary Ann (Oldham) Kirkpatrick
Husband of
Penelope Edwards (Pope) Churchill
— married
19 Jul 1783 in Jefferson Kentucky
Descendants 
Died
at age 38
in Mercer County, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Sep 2012
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Biography
Captain William Oldham served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
William Oldham is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086048.
William is the son of John Oldham and Anne Conway Oldham, his mother was a first cousin of President George Washington.
He served in the Revolutionary War as a Captain for Virginia and as a Colonel in the Kentucky Militia after the war.
During the Indian Wars, William was killed at St. Clair's defeat also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain. Fought on November 4, 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the United States of America. Location: Fort Recovery, OH. The outcome was a decisive American Indian victory.
Oldham County, Kentucky is named in his honor.
Children Listed in Findagrave.com
- Judge John Pope Oldham 1785–1858
- Major Richard A. Oldham 1787–1842
- Abigail Pope Oldham Churchill 1789–1854
Sources
- DAR Patriot A086048 (link above)
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71819102/william-h-oldham
- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9P3B-93LM?cc=1875188&wc=MMYS-15J%3A271045141
- https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=19950
- https://books.google.com/books?id=WNcyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=Richard+Oldham+Eliza+Martin&source=bl&ots=S_ZGXATy0z&sig=ACfU3U2cGGNYYxSZdEDuVUfQkqRt7l1V_Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK64jly7rlAhWRsJ4KHU1jCPAQ6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Oldham%20Eliza%20Martin&f=false
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Oldham-589 created through the import of july 2012.ged on Sep 14, 2012 by Bob Wagner.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Rose (Elliott) Rogers
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M144224 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #b2081
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Linda (Brooks) Hoerner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LindaDBrooks
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Gerald Witt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A513101 [compare], Ancestry member GeraldWitt38
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