Chattooga County GaArchives Photo Tombstone.....O'Rear, Daniel ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: T. Brad Willis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007638 September 6, 2012, 10:22 am Cemetery: Macedonia Name: Daniel O'Rear Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/chattooga/photos/tombstones/macedonia/orear17474gph.jpg Image file size: 84.6 Kb This is a photograph of the VA marker for Daniel O'Rear at Macedonia Cemetery. +++ Source of the following sketch: Family Records, Census Records, DAR Records, Books Author: T. Bradford Willis, compiler Daniel O'Rear was born circa 1758 in Fauquier County, Va. and died circa 1848 (the same date of death listed in the DAR on-line genealogical research database on Daniel O'Rear) in Chattooga County, Ga. He was buried in the Macedonia Cemetery near Trion. According to tradition, his father was John O'Rear who was a planter and who was born circa 1730 in Virginia and died circa 1810 in Georgia. Around 1779 the John O'Rear family moved from Fauquier County, Va. to Wilkes County, N.C. Daniel O'Rear was a soldier in the American Revolution. In 1776, he volunteered from Fauquier County, Va. and served as a private in Capt. William Blackwell's Co., Col. Patrick Henry's Virginia Reg. He also served for two years as a private in Captain Richard Allen's Co., Col. Hampton's North Carolina Troops. Later he served as an orderly Sergeant in Capt. John Lowman's Co., Col. Williams' Reg. He was taken prisoner when Charleston surrendered in May 1780. He later served with Capt. Martin Gamble's Co., Col. Cleveland's North Carolina Troops. Daniel O'Rear was listed as a U.S. Pensioner in Georgia from **1831-1848**. This information was taken from the Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 through 1858 from Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872, in the National Archives. Around 1784, Daniel O'Rear married Susan Gooch (Gouch) in Wake County, N.C. According to some sources, Susan Gooch O'Rear died after 1840, possibly in Alabama. Their known children were: (1) John, b. 1786, d. 1867, m. Malinda Madden. (2) Robin. (3) Frances, b. circa 1790, d. 1882, m. Michael Leonard Shockley. Frances is buried in Pike County, Ga. (4) Martin, b. 1795, d. 1876. (5) William, b. 1798. He married Margaret Brown McCollum. (6) Fields C., b. 1803. (7) Benjamin, b. circa 1789, d. circa 1855. Over the years, many descendants have joined the DAR through the service of Daniel O'Rear. +++ U.S. Pensioners: Name: Daniel Orear Pension Office State: Georgia Year Range: 1831-1848* +++ From the DAR files: O'REAR, DANIEL Ancestor #: A084130 Service: VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA Rank: NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER Birth: (CIRCA) 1758 FAUQUIER CO VIRGINIA Death: (ANTE) 10-25-1848 CHATTOOGA CO GEORGIA Pension Number: *S31892Service Source: *S31892 Service Description: 1) PVT & ORDERLY SGT; CAPTS BLACKWELL, ASHBY, ALLEN, LOWMAN, GAMBLE 2) COLS PATRICK HENRY, CLEVELAND; PRISONER OF WAR Comments (Overview ) 1) PATRIOT'S GRAVE IS MARKED. Residence 1) County: FAUQUIER CO - State: VIRGINIA SpouseNumber Name 1)SUSAN GOUCH +++ Additional information on the Beck, Harp, and O'Rear families may be found in The History of Johnson County, Texas published by the Johnson County History Book Committee in 1985 and Chattooga County The Story of a County and Its People by Robert S. Baker. Additional Comments: The following sketch provides much information on the Benjamin O'Rear family: DANIEL J. BOATWRIGHT, farmer, Cleburne, Texas. - All his life Mr. Boatwright has followed, with substantial results, the occupation to which he was reared and in which he is now engaged - farming. He is justly recognized as one of the leading tillers of the soil, and as a man, no less than a citizen, he is highly esteemed. He was born in Elbert county, Georgia, in 1831, and was the eighth of ten children born to Daniel and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Boatwright, the father a native of Virginia. The elder Boatwright moved to Elbert county, Georgia when thirty years of age, was married there and there resided until 1837, when he moved into Cherokee purchase, North Georgia. There he made his home until 1856, when his death occurred. The father served as a substitute in the Creek or Cherokee (Indian) war in Florida. The paternal grandfather, a native of Virginia, was in the war for independence. Daniel Boatwright, the father of the subject of this sketch, was six years of age during the latter year of the Revolutionary war, and remembered distinctly the battles fought near him. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Boatwright, also fought through the war for independence. He was a native of North Carolina, and was over 100 years of age at his death. The family of Daniel Boatwright scattered, and Daniel J. and his brother, William, started for Texas, in 1857, leaving their mother in Georgia, who died in 1864. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ever since she was a child. The brothers Boatwright came across the country in wagons. Daniel J., our subject, remained two years in Grand View, and in 1860 settled on the farm adjoining where he now lives. He is the owner of 280 acres, and has given his children 200 acres. He was married in Whitfield county, Georgia, in 1852, to Miss Martha O'Rear, daughter of Benjamin O'Rear, of that county. Her mother, whose name before marriage was Elizabeth Cook, was of English parentage, and was reared near Macomb, Georgia, and died when Mrs. Boatwright was a small girl. Her father, of Irish ancestry and a farmer during life, died in 1855, in Georgia, his native State. Mr. and Mrs. O'Rear were the parents of nine children: William, deceased, whose family are now in the Indian Territory; Mary, deceased, was the wife of Madison Atkins, the family now in Georgia; Franklin, deceased, whose family are in Arkansas; Louis, also deceased, was a soldier in the Confederate army, and his family now reside in this State; Martha, wife of D. J. Boatwright; Munroe, who resides in Columbia county, Arkansas; Elizabeth married W. C. Boatwright, and is deceased; Emery died at the age of eighteen years, and Thomas at the age of twelve. Mr. O'Rear was married three times, and by his first wife had three children: Daniel, deceased, whose family is in Louisiana; James, deceased, whose family is in Texas; and Faraby [Feriba O'Rear Harp], who married Cleburne Harp [Seaborn Harp], and died, and the family now reside in Johnson county. Mr. and Mrs. Boatwright are the parents of seven children, six now living: Amanda, married A. Waldaver, a farmer of this county, and they have two children; Daniel F., a physician of Wilson county, married Etta Deeson, of this county, and they have one child; Thomas, farmer, married Delila Luper and they have four children; Rhoda; Laura; Benjamin, married Cynthia Thurman. When Mr. Boatwright settled in Johnson county his nearest neighbor was two miles away and the country was wild and unsettled. In 1862 he enlisted, at Buchanan, in the Thirtieth Texas Cavalry, made up first as Partisan Rangers, and served in Kansas and Indian Territory. He was in the following engagements: Poison Spring, Arkansas; Roseville, Arkansas; Cabin Creek, Indian Territory, where his command captured 600 well loaded wagons, and many other minor engagements. He served until a short time before the surrender, when he came home on a furlough. Mr. Boatwright is a Democrat and is deeply interested in political affairs but has never held office. He was a Royal Arch Mason, Cleburne Lodge, No. 315. About twenty-four years ago he joined the Missionary Baptist Church and has held membership in it ever since. He is of English descent on the paternal, and of Dutch on the maternal side of the house. Source: The Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas. Lewis Publishing Co., 1892. +++ In 1988, a granite VA grave marker was placed for Benjamin O'Rear at the Macedonia Cemetery by Hester Beck Willis (a descendant) and John Todd Willis, Jr. of Waco, Texas. This marker was acquired from the VA by T. Bradford Willis, DDS of Waco. +++ According to information sent by Mr. Danny Shelby, the Rome Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution conducted a Grave Wreath Laying Ceremony on March 27, 2010 at the Macedonia Cemetery to honor the American Revolutionary War veteran, Daniel O'Rear. Also, the Rome Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution joined with the Society of the War of 1812 to honor Benjamin O'Rear, a son of Daniel O'Rear, who was also buried at the cemetery and was a War of 1812 veteran. Appreciation is expressed to the following officers of the Rome Chapter: President . . . . . . . . .Jeff Kelly Vice President . . . . . . Ed Walraven Secretary . . . . . . . . .Bob Evans Treasurer . . . . . . . . .Dick Richter Chaplain . . . . . . . . . Rev. Clyde Hampton Registrar . . . . . . . . .Jim Clark. Also, appreciation is expressed to Harry, Ralph and Jeanette Treadaway for their help to honor these veterans. +++ The VA grave marker has his death year as 1858. I believe Daniel O'Rear died ca. 1848, which the DAR also accepts. There were at least two (2) Daniel O'Rears who served in the American Revolution. I believe that some researchers were not aware of this and combined the service records and birth/death dates from these 2 individuals. The other Daniel O'Rear sent a page from his family Bible to the government, which is with his pension records. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/chattooga/photos/tombstones/macedonia/orear17474gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 10.0 Kb