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John Godbold (1739 - 1786)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Prince Frederick Parish, Craven County, South Carolinas, United States
Death: after 1786
Georgetown Dist, Prince George-Winyaw Parish, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John "The Immigrant" Godbold, I and Elizabeth Godbold (McGurney)
Husband of Priscilla Godbold
Father of Capt. Zachariah Vincent Godbold; John Godbold III; Jesse Godbold; Lydia Gibson; Roan Godbold and 2 others
Brother of James Godbold; Thomas Godbold; Elizabeth Godbold and Sarah Anne "Annie" Smith

Occupation: farmer
DAR: Ancestor #: A210873
Managed by: Seth Wheatley, III
Last Updated:

About John Godbold

A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor # A210873

1) PETIT JUROR, PRINCE GEORGE-WINYAW PARISH

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Godbold-10

I. John Godbold, Jr., b. 24 July 1739, Mars Bluff, Craven County, S. C.; baptized 24 Apr. 1740 by Rev. John Fordyce; 1 m. about 1760 Priscilla Jones (174_ -1814; before 1810 she m. Thomas Owen, Sr.) d. between 1785 and 1790. Children: Capt. Zachariah, John III, Jesse, Lydia, daughter (name unknown), Roan (Rowan), and James Godbold.

From Marion County from Its Earliest Times by W. W. Sellers retrieved from http://genealogytrails.com/scar/marion/history3.html:

To sort the sons, their wives and their children of John the Immigrant Godbold

"During the French and Indian wars, Mr. Godbold was plundered of almost all the personal property he had gathered. Of thirty negroes, twenty-two were taken from him and never recovered; a trunk of guineas, the fruits of many years' labor, was rifled. He married, after his arrival on Pee Dee, Elizabeth McGurney, by whom he had three sons, John, James and Thomas, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Anne, from whom the extensive connexion in Marion have descended."

To this Bishop Gregg appends a note, in which he says: "Of his sons, John, the oldest, married Priscilla Jones, and had three sons, Zachariah, John and Jesse. Of these, Zachariah was a Captain in the Revolution;

James, the second son (of the first John), married Mourning Elizabeth Baker, by whom he had six sons, John, James, Zachariah, Cade, Abram and Thomas. Of these, John and Zachariah were Lieutenants in the Revolution. Thomas, the youngest son, was the father of the late Hugh Godbold, of Marion.

Thomas, the third son (of the first old John), married Martha Herron, and had four sons, Stephen, David, Thomas and Elly. Of these, Thomas was the father of Asa Godbold, of Marion, and Elly, who left a son bearing his name." Bishop Gregg, in a note to this note, acknowledges that he got his information, and also much other valuable information, from the late Hugh Godbold, and to whom the Bishop pays a very high compliment. "

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John Godbold's Timeline

1739
July 24, 1739
Prince Frederick Parish, Craven County, South Carolinas, United States
1740
April 24, 1740
1761
1761
Marion County, formerly part of Craven County, South Carolina, United States
1763
1763
Craven, SC
1765
1765
Craven County, now Marion County, South Carolina, United States
1768
1768
Marion County, formerly Craven County, South Carolina, United States
1780
1780
Craven, SC
1783
1783
Craven, SC
1785
December 1785
Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States