Gavin POU,
born in Scotland, arrived and settled in
Orangeburg Township, South Carolina about 1740.
Three other Scotchmen settled there at the same
time (could have arrived on same ship)
Christopher ROWE, Henry ROWE and Samuel ROWE ...
Three years earlier the Rev John U GIESSENDANNER party arrived from
Switzerland.
The
POU & GIESSENDANNER families
were formed together by the marriage of John
POU & Elizabeth
GIESSENDANNER, which is my line of
descent.
Gavin, a
barber apprentice and surgeon to John
Robertson, was admitted a Burgess, on Sept 11, 1733. He
more than likely came to America from Scotland
(1740) due to religious reasons and after being
active in the cause of Charles Edward the
Pretender. He became an upstanding
citizen in Orangeburgh Township, SC.
Shortly
after Gavin's arrival to South
Carolina, The defeat of the Revolutionary efforts
in England and Scotland, in behalf of Charles
Edward, the "Young Pretender", in 1745,
caused many of the defeated revolters to flee to
America.
An
Proclaimation Act by Hon. Wm Bull, Esq, by order
of the King's Privy Council in 1765, later
annulled and re-written in 1768, appointed, Gavin
POU, along with Capt. Christopher ROWE,
Samuel ROWE, Wm YOUNG & Andrew GOVAN
and others as commissioners who were appointed
for the building of the new church, chapel and
parsonage house in said parish of St. Matthew,
exclusive of Orangeburgh Township.
Gavin
was a politically active man as well as an active
member in the Church at Orangeburg, having his
children baptized there and being a surect and
witness to many marriages and baptisms in the
Township. He was a God-fearing, law abiding man
of character and morals.
He
served as one of the Justice of Peace
in Orangburgh Township, SC from 1769-1771 &
again in 1775 & as Inquirer and Collector
1764-1765.
On
the schedule of Provincial Expenses for the year
1760 Gavin POU as well as
Christopher ROWE, Henry GALLMAN, and Conrade
HOLMAN were all paid for carrying presents to the
Indians, while John FAIRCHILD received
compensation for entertaining Indians.
Also
see excerpts from:
The History of Orangeburg
S.C.
& Orangeburgh Church
Records
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Orangeburg,
SC Land Records
Pou Land Deeds &
Records
| 20 Jun
1754 |
Casper
Mantz |
200
acres |
To
Peter Moorer to Wm Pou
1771 |
| 26 Aug
1765 |
Margaret
Margnina |
100
acres |
Granted
29 Nov 1750 -Gavin Pou
signed for. Lot 038 |
| 02 Aug
1770 |
Peter
Moorer |
100
acres |
Orig.
Casper Mantz -to MOORER sold to Wm
Pou 1771 |
| 20 Jul
1764 |
Gavin
Pou |
500
acres |
Orig
John Herane 12 May 1735- Jacob Motte 19
Nov 62 |
| 28 Nov
1767 |
Gavin
Pou |
100
acres |
|
| 07 Jul
1768 |
Gavin
Pou |
100
acres |
|
| 03 Apr
1775 |
Gavin
Pou |
50
acres |
|
| 16 Jan
1775 |
Gavin
Pou |
50
acres |
|
| 26 Aug
1775 |
Gavin
Pou |
50
acres |
|
| 10 Sep
1771 |
Mary
Pou |
200
acres |
|
| 10 Sep
1771 |
Philip
Pou |
200
acres |
|
| 10 Sep
1771 |
Robert
Pou |
200
acres |
|
| 06 Jan
1773 |
Wm
Pou |
100
acres |
Orig.
20 Jun 1754 Casper Monk [Mantz] |
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If you are not
careful you can easily get some of the members of
the
POU -JONES -FRIDAY -SALLEY families mixed up.
Wm &
Mary POU were children of Gavin's.
Both had Martin FRIDAY as a
son-in-law. First Martin married Wm's
daughter, Mary POU, and later he married
the daughter (Sarah Jones) of Mary
POU JONES.
Mary POU
JONES had 2 daughters (Rebecca
& Eleanor Jones) that married
SALLEY brothers, Uriah & John Henry.
Uriah & John Henry SALLEY were the sons
of Henry SALLEY, Jr & Ann FRIDAY.
Martin FRIDAY was the uncle of Uriah & John
Henry SALLEY.
While Martin
FRIDAY was the blood uncle of Uriah
& John Henry SALLEY, he also became
their brother-in-law when he married Sarah
JONES, sister to Rebecca &
Eleanor.
Wm &
Mary POU also had children who married
the children of the other (cousins marrying). Wm's
daughter, Ann POU, married Mary
POU JONES' son, Lewis.
Ann & Lewis were 1st cousins.
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Wm D POU, Jr -
Final Settlement - 1850
Lowndes Co, AL
Heirs:
- (widow) -
Nancy Pou, (later married Joseph
H Morgan)
- (dau) -
Mary E (Pou), wife of Wm N Sears
- (dau) -
Ann B (Pou), wife of Gasper
Golson
- (son) - Robert
L (Pou)
- (son) - John
W (Pou) & wife, Rachel A
(Golsan)-
- (son) - Henry
P (Pou) & wife Drucilla M
(Chapman)
Admins:
Robert L Pou
Note: Wm
D Pou, married Rutha SHILLING.
He gave the name of his widow as
"Nancy". Either Rutha also
went by Nancy or he had
remarried.
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Complaint against
Laura S. Salley & Others - 1829
01 Mar 1830 - Dempsey
CORBETT and wife (Rebecca JONES,
widow of Uriah SALLEY & dau of Mary
POU & Henry JONES)
complaint in 1829 against Laura S. SALLEY
and others. Joseph POU,
Commissioner of Court of Equity, Orangeburgh
District, sold at public auction for $301.00 to William
YOUN a tract of land on Goodland
Swamp containing 217 acres originally granted
Uriah SALLEY on 03 April 1815. Land bounded by
John YOUN, Joseph
COOTREER, estate of Henry
SALLEY, dec'd and Uriah SALLEY.
Wit: Tho.
W. Glover and V. D. V. JAMISON.
[Reverse] Orangeburgh Dist. Appeared V.
D. V. JAMISON swore on 15 March 1830 he
saw Jos. POU, Comr, sign
conveyance and Thos. W. GLOVER
witness. /s/ J. WINNINGHAM, J.P.
Ex-Off. Registers Office - Recorded 15 March 1830
and examined J. WINNINGHAM,
Regstr. "Joseph POU to William
YOUN - Commissioner's Title".
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Last Will &
Testament of
Henry SALLEY, Jr 1723-1802
25 Nov 1802
Henry
SALLEY, planter
- To
my wife: my plantation (300
acres), cattle, horse and Negro wench
named Venus.
- To my
two youngest sons, John
& Daniel (not of
age).
- To my
son, Uriah,
land granted Jacob WYMER (100 acres + 50
acres) on Goodland Swamp & cattle.
- To
my son, Martin,
land formerly granted Martin SALLEY,
dec'd, on Robert Swamp or land purchased
from Wm HAM & Cattle.
- To
my daughter, Levicy,
the land in the fork of the two Goodland
Swamps bounded by land of John YON,
Joseph CUTTERRER, Jacob WYMER, St &
cattle.
Heirs:
- wife
- Ann (Friday)
- son
- Uriah
- son
- Martin
- dau
- Levicy -
married John YOUNG
- son
- John
"Henry"
- son
- Daniel
- son
- Jarvis (not
named)
Executrix,
wife, Ann
Executors, Benjamin
HART & Daniel FRIDAY
Witnesses - John
VERNON, Martin
FRIDAY & Uriah
SALLEY
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Certified
a true copy 10 Jul 1839 by M. GRAMLING, Ordy with
note on reverse side "Mr. Muke A YOUN left
these for advise 1844, Feby 25".
Uriah SALLEY
of Goodland Swamp bought 150 acres of land in
Goodland Swamp from John YOUNG
and wife Levicie (Salley) YOUNG
(Willow Swamp, Orangeburgh District) for $150.00.
Originally granted to Henry SALLEY by Wm
MOULTRIE, Esq. on 05 Jun 1786.
Signed:
John YOUNG, Levisie
YOUNG. Wit: Patrick YOUNG
and Martin FRIDAY. Martin YOUNG
Witnessed: John YOUNG
and Levicie YOUNG - signed Martin
YOUNG, 14 Sep 1814
Before me
Benjamin BUSBEE, Justice of the Ouorum. Release
of Dower [signed] Levicie YOUNG,
wife of John YOUNG. [signed]
Benj BUSBEE, J.Q. 14 Sep 1814
Registers Office
Orangeburgh District, 06 Mar 1814 [signed] Sam P.
IOMS, Regstr. "John YOUNG
& Levicie YOUNG to Uriah
SALLEY - Release"
10 Mar
1815 - Plat of 217 acres on Goodland
Swamp. Surveyed for Uriah SALLEY
on 14 Sep 1814 (to be sold). Bounds land granted John
YOUN, Joseph COOTREER,
estate of Henry SALLEY, dec'd.
and Uriah SALLEY (Chain carriers
Henry Bolin and Jesse Youn). [signed] Josiah
KELGORE, Surv. Genl. & Benj. BUZBEE, D.S.
03 Apr
1815 - Grant of 217 acres to
Uriah SALLEY on Goodland
Swamp. Surveyed 14 Sep 1814. Bounds land granted
John YOUN, Joseph COOTREER, estate
of Henry SALLEY, dec'd and land of Uriah
SALLEY. [signed] David R. WILLIAMS -
Uriah SALLEY grant 217 acres. Secretary Office
[signed] John G. BROWN, Secretary of State. (note
"to be sold").
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John
Rolfe (1585-1622) married 1614 Pochahontas (1595-1617)(Matoaka
or Rebecka)
- Their
son, Thomas Rolfe (1615) married
Jane Polythress
- Their
dau, Jane Rolfe married 1675
Capt. Robert Bolling (1646-1709)
- Their
son, John Bolling (1676-1729)
married 1697 Mary Kennon
- Their
son, John Bolling (1700-1757)
married 1728 Elizabeth Blair
- Their
dau., Matoaka Bolling (1729)
married 1743 James Sullivan
(1722-1809)
- Their
dau, Rebecca Sullivan (1744)
married 1759 Ezekiel Roland
- Their
dau, Anne Roland (1761) married
1777 Wm Humphries
- Their
son, Roland Humpheries
(17??-1814) married Rachel
Pou
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Lewis
A POU, son of John
Wesley POU & Rachael A. GOLSAN, enlisted in
the Confederate Army in Alabama 02 Jun 1861. He
was elected 3rd Lieutenant on 27 Mar
1861 & Captain 28 Apr 1862, Company
G, 6th Alabama Confederate Infantry. He was wounded at Seven
Pines, Virginia. Lewis married Caroline Salome
ROBINSON on 19 Jan 1869. He was Lawyer. Lewis
served with his brother, Wm S POU and cousins,
Francis Marion & Jacob B GOLSAN (brothers).
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Wm
S POU, son of John
Wesley POU & Rachael A. GOLSAN, served in Company
G, 6th Alabama Confederate Infantry as a Private. Wm S
served in the same unit as his brother, Capt.
Lewis A POU and cousins, Francis Marion &
Jacob B GOLSAN (brothers). Wm married Laura C
TAYLOR on 16 Dec 1865. They are both buried in
the Rocky Hill Cemetery in Autaugaville, Alabama.
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Francis M GOLSAN,
son of Ann Baxter POU &
Gasper GOLSAN, enlisted in in Company
G, 6th Alabama Confederate Infantry as a Private 01 Mar 1862
at Autaugaville, Autauga County, Albama. He was
listed at the surrender of Lee to Grant at
Appomattox, Virginia. Francis' brother, Jacob
B GOLSAN & cousins, Capt. Lewis
A POU & Private, Wm S POU
served in the same unit.
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Jacob B GOLSAN,
son of Ann Baxter POU &
Gasper GOLSAN, enlisted in in Company
G, 6th Alabama Confederate Infantry as a Private. Jacob's
brother, Francis Marion GOLSAN
& cousins, Capt. Lewis A POU
& Private, Wm S POU served
in the same unit.
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The
Autauga Rifles was
organized at Independence Alabama in May 1861,
was camped a few days at Autaugaville and was
ordered to Corinth Mississippi. We left home with
one hundred men, with Dr. T. A. Davis, Captain,
W. F. Davis, 1st Lieutenant, H. L. Golson,
2nd Lieutenant, , 3rd Lieutenant, G. H. Thompson,
1st Sergeant. From Corinth we were ordered to
Manassas Virginia and remained near there during
the summer. In June we lost our first member from
disease, W. O. DeJarnette and during the summer
we lost from camp fever J. J. Willis, A. J.
Dodson, John Hampton and W. Wiggins. In March
1862, we broke up winter quarters and were sent
to Yorktown. Here we lose another member from
sickness, one of our best boys, loved by every
one who knew him, David Jones, a messmate. While
camped here we were joined by over one hundred
men from home. The time of our enlistment being
about to expire, we re-enlisted for the war and
elected L. A. Pou, Captain, R.
G. Golson 1st Lieutenant, G. H. Thompson
2nd Lieutenant, J. D. Perry 3rd Lieutenant, J. M.
Thompson 1st Sergeant. Still in the 6th Alabama
with John B. Gordon Colonel. In the later part of
April we fell back to near Richmond where we
remained until the Battle of Seven Pines.
Captain Pou was disabled by a wound in
his arm and left us to return to home.
Alabama
Department of History and Archives.
Pou Civil War Soliders
& Related Cousins
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