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 1755 - 1785 (30 years)
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| Name |
Robert OLIPHANT |
| Born |
1755 |
Rowan County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
KC6Z-DFS |
| _UID |
44C9817C9518400AA98DC6481D3E1217C9D7 |
| Died |
1785 |
Rowan County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I30621 |
Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Father |
Jonathan OLIPHANT, b. 1715, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York , d. 1784, Rowan County, North Carolina (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Jean STEWART, b. 1719, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey , d. 1765, Rowan County, North Carolina (Age 46 years) |
| Family ID |
F634 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Rebecca CLAYTON, b. 1747, Rowan County, North Carolina , d. 1783, North Carolina (Age 36 years) |
| Married |
7 Feb 1770 |
Rowan County, North Carolina |
| Alt. Marriage |
7 Feb 1770 |
Rowan, North Carolina [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Samuel OLIPHANT, b. Abt 1770, Virginia , d. Jun 1842, Maury, Tennessee (Age ~ 72 years) |
| | 2. Robert OLIPHANT, b. 1773, Massachusetts , d. Massachusetts |
| | 3. James Monroe OLIPHANT, b. 1774, Rowan County, North Carolina , d. Feb 1849, Rutherford County, Tennessee (Age 75 years) |
| | 4. Mary Louisa OLIPHANT, b. 1779, North Carolina , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Lambert Clayton OLIPHANT, b. 1783, Rowan County, North Carolina , d. Tennessee |
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| Last Modified |
11 Dec 2021 |
| Family ID |
F14353 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- English colonial settlement of North Carolina came to the Carolinas, starting in the coastal areas, where settlers migrated south from Virginia. Explorers and fur traders were the first to reach the Piedmont, paving the way for eventual settlers. Rowan County was formed in 1753 from the northern part of Anson County. It was named for Matthew Rowan, acting governor of North Carolina from 1753 to 1754. It was intended to incorporate all of the lands of the Granville District that had previously been included in Anson County.
A house several miles west of present-day Salisbury in "the Irish settlement" served as the first courthouse starting June 15, 1753. Daniel Boone's father Squire Boone served as one of the first magistrates. By mid-1754 a new courthouse site was selected near "the place where the Old Waggon Road (crosses) over Grant's Creek."
We don't know why or how Robert Oliphant died so young two years (1785) after his young wife died (1783 - probably in childbirth).
A firm connection to the Robert Oliphant fromm the Carolinas who served in the light dragoons under Samuel Martin, Lt COl. Polk, and General Sumter during 1781 cannot be established at this time.
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- [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 11 Dec 2021), entry for Robert OLIPHANT, person ID KC6Z-DFS. (Reliability: 3).
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