 1748 - 1803 (55 years)
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| Name |
Josiah Osgood |
| Birth |
1748 |
Dorchester County, SC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1803 |
Liberty County, GA |
| Death |
2 Apr 1803 |
Liberty County, GA |
| Person ID |
I299 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
23 Aug 2019 |
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| Notes |
- 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.
- 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.
- Josiah Osgood served as a Captain in the Georgia Troops.
- Josiah Osgood, Jr., was born at Dorchester, South Carolina. His parents were Josiah and Barbara Hauskins Lupton Osgood. Josiah Osgood, Jr., died on April 2, 1803 in Liberty County, Georgia, and his Will was probated on May 2, 1803
- Josiah Osgood, Jr., married Margaret Fulton in 1768 in St. John?s Parish, and they had two children: Josiah, III, born in 1773, and Margaret, born in 1781. Mrs. Margaret Fulton died on January 31, 1800, in Liberty County.
- 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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