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 1750 - 1814 (64 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Rudulph |
| Birth |
1750 |
MD  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
18 Apr 1814 |
Camden Co, GA |
| Burial |
Camden Co, GA |
| Person ID |
I245 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
4 Oct 2015 |
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| Notes |
- Thomas Rudulph was born in 1750, at Belle Hill Farm, near Head of Elk, Maryland. His grandfather, Johannes Michael Rudulph emigrated from Germany to Delaware in 1700.
Prior to the Revolutionary War, Thomas Rudulph married Elizabeth Frances Broom in Cecil County, Maryland, and had six children. After the Revolution, they continued to reside in Elkton, Maryland, and then moved to Sunbury, Liberty County, in Georgia by 1787. Thomas Rudulph moved to St. Marys in 1790, where he was elected Sheriff of Camden County. Thomas Rudulph owned Stave Landing plantation, a 390 acre tract on the Satilla River, which was Headright and Bounty land that he had obtained based on his Revolutionary War service.
Thomas Rudulph died on April 18, 1814, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. His wife, Elizabeth Frances died thirty years later, and was also buried in a marked grave in Oak Grove Cemetery.
- Thomas and Elizabeth Frances Rudulph had six children: 1) Michael, named for his famous uncle, drowned at sea; 2) Robert was a Captain in U.S. Navy; 3) Zebulon was a master craftsman who built cypress dugout canoes for racing on rivers- a favorite sport of planters; 4) Francis served as Sergeant in US Army in War of 1812, and married Mary Catherine Bachlott, daughter of Patriot John Bachlott; 5) Thomas Chevalier was a Captain in US Navy; and 6) Mary Frances married Patriot John Bachlott?s son, Joseph Batchlott, who served in Lt. Colonel William Scott?s Detachment in War of 1812.
- During the Revolution, Thomas Rudulph served as a sergeant in the quarter master department of the Continental Line in Maryland. The Revolutionary War actions of his brother, Michael Rudolph (?the Lion of Lee?s Legion?) were legendary, and his gallantry was recognized by the Continental Congress. After the Revolution, Michael served in the U.S. Army and later was reported to be Napoleon?s famous field commander Rudulph Michael, also called Marshall Ney.
- SOURCES:
1-- Camden?s Challenge: A History of Camden County, GA, Compiled by Marguerite Reddick, page 20
2-- Pioneers of Wiregrass, Folks Huxford, Volume 5- page 316
3-- Morningstars of Liberty, Gordon Smith, Vol 2; page 346 -
4-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 122 ?
- SAR Ancestor #P-282720
- Grave marking by Marshes of Glynn Chapter SAR 12 Sep 2015
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