Dempsey Gaulden (1767 - abt. 1845)

Born 1767 in Sumter County, South Carolina

Ancestors

Son of John Gaulden Jr. and Susannah (Brumfield) Gaulden

Descendants

Died about 1845 at about age 78 in York, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Dempsey Gaulden was a South Carolina colonist.

Dempsey Gaulden served for Georgia in the War of 1812
Service started: 1812
Unit(s):
Service ended: 1812

Dempsey Gaulden was born in 1767 in Sumter County, South Carolina. His parents were John Gaulden and Susannah Brumfield.

1812, Ensign 4th Co. 2nd battalion 1st Regiment, Burke County, War 1812, according to Charles Gaulden, "Dr. Anderson who researched down in Georgia."

He married Elizabeth Hemphill prior to 1826 and together they had 6 children:

1. James Gaulden
2. John Gaulden
3. William Gaulden
4. Adeline Gaulden
5. Unknown Gaulden
6. Jane Gaulden

1830 Census

Name Dempsey Gauldin

Event Type Census

Event Date 1830

Event Place York, South Carolina, United States

Page 345^[1]

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1840 Census

He is listed as Dency Gaulding in the 1840 Census and is living in York District, SC.^[2]

His Sister, Martha, mentions him in her Will, "to pay annually to my brother Dempsey Gauldin the sum of eighty dollars annually during the lifetime of Barney the last named negro bequeathed to him." ^[3]

He died in 1845 in York, South Carolina, United States.

Research Notes

"ADS, 13 Feb. 1841, York Dist. (judgment against Dempsey Gaulden for indebtedness to D.H.)."^[4]

Winder, Georgia?

"Dempsey GAULDEN [May have] lived in the Winder, Georgia area - circa 1810-1830" - Charles Gaulden Query

Other Family attributed to Dempsey in Laura Gaulden Bailey Book

According to Laura Gaulden Bailey he migrated with his brother William or sister Martha (Patsy) to Mississippi about five years after the revolutionary war. “As a young man Dempsey raced horses in New Orleans. married "(wife's name unknown) and left at least two sons: John Sidney and _________, father of Sam Gaulden of Windsor County, Mississippi. This information is furnished by John Sidney Gaulden.” This information refers to James Gaulding not Dempsey Gaulden of York, SC, – his brother. Laura Gaulding and Bill Gaulding of Kansas had the two brothers mixed-up.

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Sources

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y700 DNA testing. Anonymous Gaulding and Earle Gaulden match on 604 out 607 Markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Mathew Gaulding. SNP/Haplogroup is R-FTC46937.

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGY-DCR : accessed 19 March 2016), Dempsey Gauldin, York, South Carolina, United States; citing 345, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 173; FHL microfilm 22,507.
2. ↑ "1840 United States Federal Census", Year: 1840; Census Place: York, South Carolina; Roll: 516; Page: 328; Family History Library Film: 0022511, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #3397703 (accessed 17 June 2023), Dennis Galding, [Demcy Galding], [Dempsey Gaulden] in York, South Carolina.
3. ↑ "Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982", Mississippi County, District and Probate Courts, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8995 #1099511627193 (accessed 17 June 2023), Dempsey Gauldin probate.
4. ↑ Calendar to the Hutchison Family Papers, 1773-1970, undated, University Libraries, South Carolina, Caroliniana Library.[https:/library.sc.edu/socar/mnscrpts/hutchison.html] (Not available 20 Sep 2020)

• ADS, 13 Feb. 1841, York Dist. (judgment against Dempsey Gaulden for indebtedness to D.H.).[1]

• The Gaulden, Gauldin, Gaulding, Family History -- A Seven Hundred Year Study, Volume One, Dr. Charles H. Gaulden, Self Published, April, 1999. Personal copy in the files of M. Gaulden

• Personal Papers and notes of Frances T. Gaulden.Personal copy in the files of M. Gaulden

• Descendants of Martha Gaulden, Compiled by Gayle Morgan, Personal copy in the files of M. Gaulden

• United States Census, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch [2] : accessed 05 Jun 2014), Dempsey Gauldin, Not Stated, York, South Carolina; citing "1830 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com; p. 345, NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 173, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 0022507.