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- Parents are unknown.
Email from Thomas Loyd Waldrop, 2005 - William's death and burial location was written
and handed down from various family members. It is believed to be accurate. His date of
birth is based on census information.
At that time period 1775-1800, there were numerous William Waldrops and Nancy
Waldrops. There are numerous errors in people's data bases with the incorrect William
married to the incorrect Nancy.
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1800 - Age 20. Probably still living at home. Note that the William in the 1800
Laurens Co., SC census is a different William.
1810 - Laurens Co., SC census. 1m 26/45, 2f u/10, 1f 26/45. "William Waldrop" (Note
that the older woman was born between 1765 and 1784, whereas Nancy was born abt
1789 or 1793 and Dicey was born 1775.
1820 - Jasper Co., GA census. 3m u/10, 1m 26/45, 2f 10/16, 1f 26/45. "Wm. Wooldroup"
(Note that the older woman was born between 1775-1794. This could be either Nancy or
Dicey.--jd)
1827 --- Fayette Co., GA. Tax List. Pine 490 acres. Land Lot 164, Dist. 9, Appling
Co., 67 3/4 cents tax.
1830 - Fayette Co., GA census. 2m 10/15, 1m 15/20, 1m 50/60, 1f u/5,1f 5/10, 2f 20/30,
1f 50/60 "William Waldrup" (Note that the older woman was born between 1770-1780.
This was Dicey.--jd)
1836 - Fayette Co., GA. Shiloh Church meeting minutes state that Edward S. Duke
(bro-in-law of Nancy Waldrop, b. 1793--jd) accused Lucinda Waldrop(daughter of
William, b. 1780--jd) of unlawful intimacy with her Uncle John Waldrop (Brother
of Nancy, b. 1793--jd). He later recanted.
1836 - Giles Co., TN. Legend - William's son, David, went to the Lynville area of Giles
Co. (then Maury Co.) and was later joined by his father and two brothers.
1839 --- Putnam Co., GA. Dist. 9, page 135. Charles F. McDonald, Governor, etc. of
GA granted William Waldrop 490 acres in Appling County, 9th District, Lot 164 on
19 Nov 1839. [It looks like William didn't receive title to the land until he was ready
to sell it. He paid taxes on this land 12 years earlier in Fayette Co., GA according to
the Tax List.-CW]
Actual Text - Copy of original document in file.-CW
State of Georgia. By His Excellency Charles F. McDonald Governor and Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof. To all to whom these
presents shall come, Greetings: Know ye, That in pursuance of the several acts of the
General Assembly of this state, passed the 15th day of December 1818, and the 16th day
of December 1819, for making distribution of the land lately acquired of the Creek and
Cherokee Nations of Indians, and forming the Counties of Early, Irwin, Appling, Walton,
Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham and Rabun, in this State, I have given and granted, and by these
presents in the name and behalf of this State, Do give and grant unto William Waldrope
of Moreland's District, Putnam county his heirs and assigns forever, all that tract or lot
of land containing four hundred and ninety acres, situate, lying and being in the ninth
district Appling county in the said State, which said tract or lot of land is known and
distinguished in the plan of said district by the Number One hundred and sixty four having
such shape, form and marks as appear by a plat of the same hereunto annexed; To have and
to hold the said tract or lot of land, together with all and singular the rights, members and
appurtenances thereof, whatsoever, unto the said William Waldrope his heirs and assigns,
to his and their own proper use, benefit and behoof forever in fee simple. Given under my
hand and the Great Seal of the said State, this the nineteenth day of November in the year
eighteen hundred and thirty nine and in the Independence of the United States of America
the 64th. Signed by his Excellency the Governor, the Charles J. McDonald. 19th day of
November 1839. E. A. Glascocke S.E.D.
Registered the nineteenth day of November 1839.
1840 - Giles Co., TN census. 1m 20/30, 1m 60/70, 1f 60/70 "W.Waldrop" (Note that the
older woman was born between 1770-1780. This was Dicey.--jd) In the same census of
Giles Co. is Elisha Waldrop, grandson of James and Mary (Henderson) Waldrop and son
of Elisha Waldrop, Sr..
1850 - Giles Co., TN census. Wm. age 50, b. SC; Dicey age 75, b. SC "William Waldroup"
1860 Giles Co., TN census. William and Dicey missing.
Burial at Waldrop Cemetery, located at Hwy., 31N, on the Maury Co. line. Cemetery is
divided by the highway.
The 1820 census of Jasper Co., GA shows the wife of William Waldrop, b. 1780, was
between 26 and 45. This description fits both Nancy and Dicey; However, the age spacing
of William's children suggests that Nancy was the wife in the 1820 census.
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U.V. Waldrop has this man named William "Elijah" Waldrop who m. Nancy Waldrop b. 1793
daughter of James Waldrop and Mary Morrison. He also lists Lucinda b. 1808 m. Benjamin
Wood as child of William and Nancy Waldrop, but not Nancy Waldrop m. Jesse Duke.
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Email from Thomas Loyd Waldrop, 2005 - William Waldrop had three wives based on
advanced research by people better than I am. According to a compilation of census reports,
William had three wives and seven children.
The first wife is currently unknown. Census shows there were two daughters, first born c1804,
second Lucinda born c1808, married Benjamin Wood on Apr 7, 1831, Jasper, GA. No further
information on the couple.
The second wife, Nancy Waldrop, daughter of James & Mary (Morrison) Waldrop, Jr., (no relation),
is documented. She had the three sons and two daughters, born c1821 and c1825. There is
reference somewhere she died between 1825-30.
The third wife, Dicey?, is believed to be a Compton, born c1775. One thought is she may have
been a Bray, married a Compton, widowed, then married William after 1825. Both Bray and
Compton names are associated with her. The last two daughters are believed to be Nancy's
due to Nancy and Dicey's ages. Died between 1850-1860. No further known information
about her. Burial unknown. There was a written reference of one of my great-aunts recalling
a conversation with or about Andrew J. and Eugenia K. (Compton) Waldrop that she was
the second Compton in the family, or something to that effect, referring to his grandfather's
wife.
There is currently no information on the three unknown daughters. They disappear off the
1840 Giles Co, TN, census.
Email from Thomas Loyd Waldrop, 2005 - There were about 4-5 William Waldrops and
Nancy Waldrops during that time period and in that area of the country which makes it
pretty hard to figure out. Since James Jr was living in Laurens Co, SC, at the time, his
daughter is assumed to have been born there and or married to William there.
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It is the opinion of David Smith of Wheaton, IL that William, b. 1780, was a brother of Matthew
Waldrop (b. c1774 Laurens Co., SC; d. aft. 1860 in Haralson Co., GA). If so, he may be the son
of James Waldrop, b. c1750, and Elizabeth of Laurens Co., SC. This would be circumstantial
evidence only at this time.
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Source of some data. Letter from from Claude A. Waldrop Jr., 1817 LeMay Ave. Bakersfield,
CA. 93304, to Mrs. Marcia Lee McInnis Murray,2703 Edinborg Drive, Arlington, TX. 76012,
dated 8 Sep 1972. Additional Source provided by Edwin May Waldrop, and his story about his
grandfather David Waldrop, his brothers and their father William. David Waldrop had six sons
& three daughters in 1790 U.S. NC. Census, names of all children may not be order of birth.
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Abt 1780 - 1852 (72 years)
