Robert OLIPHANT

1743 - 1785  (42 years)

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• Name	Robert OLIPHANT
  Birth	1743	Rowan County, North Carolina, British Colony
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	KC6Z-DFS
  _UID	44C9817C9518400AA98DC6481D3E1217C9D7
  Death	1785	Rowan County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I30621	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Jonathan OLIPHANT,   b. Abt 1716, Richmond, Richmond, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1784, Rowan County, North Carolina (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Jean STEWART,   b. 1719, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey d. 1765, Rowan County, North Carolina (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1735	Pennsylvania, British Colonial America   [1]
  Family ID	F634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca CLAYTON,   b. 1747, Rowan County, North Carolina, British Colonial America d. 1783, North Carolina (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	7 Feb 1770	Rowan County, North Carolina, British Colonial America
  Alt. Marriage	7 Feb 1770	Rowan, North Carolina   [2]
  Children	1. George OLIPHANT,   b. Abt 1772, North Carolina, British America d. Yes, date unknown   2. Robert OLIPHANT,   b. 1773, Rowan, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   3. James Monroe OLIPHANT,   b. 1774, Rowan County, North Carolina d. Feb 1849, Rutherford County, Tennessee (Age 75 years)   4. Samuel OLIPHANT,   b. 1775, Virginia, British America d. Jun 1842, Maury, Tennessee (Age 67 years)   5. Mary Louisa OLIPHANT,   b. 1779, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   6. Lambert Clayton OLIPHANT,   b. 1783, Rowan County, North Carolina d. Tennessee
  Family ID	F14353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Mary WELCH,   b. Abt 1756, Huntingdon Twp, Bedford, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America d. Abt 1792 (Age ~ 36 years)
  Family ID	F536732138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Oliphant was part of the English colonial settlement of North Carolina who 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 two years (1785) after his young wife died (1783 - probably in childbirth). A firm connection to the Robert Oliphant from 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. Refer to Charles Wiseley and familysearch.org for the birth date adjustment to 1743 contrary to other researchers claiming 1755 for birth which would have made him 15 at the time of marrying Rebecca then 23 yrs old.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Nov 2024), entry for Jonathan OLIPHANT, person ID LXSQ-WYN. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 11 Dec 2021), entry for Robert OLIPHANT, person ID KC6Z-DFS. (Reliability: 3).