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About William Welch
A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA with the rank of LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor # A050518
William Welch was born circa 1734 in Fauquier County VA near Tin Potts and Licking Run Creeks. His parents were Thomas Welch and Dorcas Butler d/o Joshua Butler and Grace Paige. Thomas received a Northern Neck Land rant in 1725 (Norhtern Neck Grants Book A, p-138). Thomas Welch died in 1752 leaving sons William and wife Alice, David and wife Frances and John and wife Elizabeth, Joshua, Daniel and Benjamin (Fauquier County DB-1, P. 511). In 1762 William Welch married Alice Settle in Fauquier County VA. In the same year, a William Welch received a SCland grant for 150 acres on LynchesCreek near present Darlington County (SC State Grants, Vol. 35.p.363) William apparently lived near Society Hill SC until about 1795 by which time both Alice Settle and his second wife Bibbe Bruce (widow of Caleb Bruce) had died. William Welch and Alice Settle's known children were: George, Daniel, Suckey (Suzannah), and Polly (Mary).
While living in Cheraws District, SC William served with the SC Volunteer Militia (1779) during the American Revolution (Stub Indent #240) and in 1780 provided food and forage for the Continental Army (SC Stub Indent #66) His brother Daniel also served with the Volunteer Militia (SC Stub Indent #241). The 1790 Census of Cheraws SC shows Daniel Welch living near Rec Edmund Botsford. William lived nearby. David Welch and wife, Frances, settled in Pendleton District SC (now Anderson County) where David died in 1789. A Benjamin Welchalso lived in Anderson Co SC. Joshua Welch lived in Pittsylvania, VA where he died in 1789. John Welch may have remained in VA.
By 1880, William Welch was living in Greenville County (1800 SC Census, Roll 47, p. 276, #1261). william came to Greenville District SC around 1791 where records show he leased 500 acres from Richard Brooke Roberts. Two years later he purchased the land, however, did not record the deed until 1797 (GCDB-D-P.340) This land was located on a branch of Raburn's Creek of the Reedy River near the Lauren's County Line.
A Trover Suit filed in Greenville SC in 1807 explains William's marriage to Bibbe Bruce. The suit regarded ownership of a Negro woman named Chloe, her son Ben, and her daughters, Rose, Viny and Fanny, formerly belonging to Caleb Bruce. In 1807 William Welch was in possession of Chloe and her children. (Court of Common Pleas, Greenville, SC, Box 81, No 2152 and 2156 Judgement Rolls, SC Archives.) William Bruce and Wright Bruce brought the suit. Witnesses for William Welch was an old family friend, Thomas Allen of Rowan County NC, (son of George Allen, dec'd of Warren County, NC, formerly Fauquier Virginia) and Rev. Edmund Botsford, Pastor of the Welsh Neck Baptist Church in Darlington, South Carolina. There is no indication any children were born to William and Bibbe Bruce.
the 1800 census in Freenville SC indicates that William was widowed. He married for a third time to a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones by 1810. Elizabeth was the mother of William Welch Jr. (bn. about 1807), d. about 1820) (GCDB-O, P280, GGCDB-P, pg 137) There may have been an earlier son also named William whose name appears on the will of William Cooper, ca 1793, SC. When William died in 1818, he left to his wife; Elizabeth, the Raburn's Creek property until her death or remarriage. (Elizabeth m/3 Asa Wright) Children from William's will: Daniel, George, Polly, Suckey and William Jr. (WBA-288-apt 8-Files #514). Also named were sons-in-law, Henry Reans, and Thomas Austin, Linney Wels and Negroes, Ben and Chloe. Probate records indicate there were eleven Negroes. Greenville CoSC census records indicate Daniel Welch was widowed in 1800. Daniel Welch married 1.......and second, Priscilla.....(Roe)?; George Welch married Mary McCulloch d/o David McCulloch, d.1795 Laurens Co SC, m/2 Elizabeth?. George left Greenville County by 1809, evidence indicates that he settled in Montgomery AL.
Information supplied by:
Bennie Lou Hook Altom
16 Jul 2001
GEDCOM Source
@R1500976127@ 1800 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Second Census of the United States, 1800. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1800. M32, 5 Year: 1800; Census Place: Greenville, South Carolina; Roll: 47; Page: 276; Image: 536; Family History Library Film: 181422 1,7590::479643
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@R1500976127@ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Gale Research Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Pass Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1753; Page Number: . http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=702234&ti=0&indiv=t... Birth date: abt 1730 1,7486::702234
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@R1500976127@ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Gale Research Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Pass Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1753; Page Number: . http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=702234&ti=0&indiv=t... Birth date: abt 1730 1,7486::702234
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William Welch's Timeline
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1730
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Prince William County, Virginia, United States
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1753
Age 23
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Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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1763
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Darlington, Darlington County, SC, United States
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1765
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Darlington, South Carolina
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1775
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Darlington County, South Carolina, United States
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1775
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Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, United States
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February 9, 1789
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Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina, United States
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1800
Age 70
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Greenville, South Carolina, United States
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December 4, 1807
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Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States
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