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 1747 - 1807 (59 years)
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| Name |
John Osgood |
| Birth |
2 Apr 1747 |
Dorchester County, SC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1807 |
Liberty County, GA |
| Death |
21 Mar 1807 |
Liberty County, GA |
| Person ID |
I298 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
23 Aug 2019 |
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| Notes |
- Reverend John Osgood, along with his brother, Josiah Osgood and his two sons, John Osgood (b1747) and Josiah Osgood (b1748), arrived in Midway in 1754, with fifteen other families, all members of the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina.
- The Reverend John Osgood served as minister of the Congregational Church for thirty-eight years while it was located in Dorchester, South Carolina and Midway, Georgia. Josiah Osgood and his sons, John and Josiah, were also members of the Congregational Church. All died in Liberty County and are buried in the Midway Cemetery, each with a tombstone marking his grave.
- The early settlers in St. John?s Parish took the lead in Georgia's fight for independence from England. Along with many other citizens, especially Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and Nathan Brownson, the four Osgood men participated in those efforts. Two died before the Revolutionary War began, Josiah Osgood, Sr. in 1765, and Reverend John Osgood in 1773.
- John Osgood served as a private in the Georgia Troops.
- John Osgood married Esther Scarf in 1773, in Liberty County, and they had five children: Ann, John, Mary, Sarah and Esther. Mrs. Esther Osgood died in 1786, in Liberty County, and then John Osgood married Rebecca Baker in 1798. They had two children: Rebecca and William. Mrs. Rebecca Osgood died in November 1797 in Liberty County.
- John Osgood died on March 21, 1807 in Liberty County, Georgia, and his Will was probated on May 4, 1807.
- Grave marked 29 Apr 2018 by Athens, Brier Creek, Wiregrass, Robert Forysth, Marshes of Glynn, and Captain John Collins Chapters of the Georgia SAR with an SAR marker.
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