___ WAR OF 1812 ELDRIDGE, PETER BORN: 16 April 1797 in Georgia or North Carolina DIED: 17 August 1884 in Bexar County, Texas BURIED: At Oak Island near Somerset, Texas, in Old Rock Church Cemetery. SPOUSES: 1) Sealy Crimby (d. 1826 Twiggs County, Georgia) m. 7 October 1817; 2) Jane Randolph (d. 1846 Sabine County, Texas) m. 26 October 1826; 3) Mary Wiggins (d. 1849 Sabine County, Texas), m. 12 December 1848, Shelby County, Texas; 4) Sarah M. Smith (d. 1906) m. 22 January 1850, Sabine County, Texas.Sabine County, Texas, SERVICE: Private in Captain John Reid's Company, Col. E. Wimberly, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Militia. Discharged at Darien, Georgia. Was at the Battle of New Orleans. PENSION: S.C. 20,752; W.C. 43,708 BOUNTY LAND: 45,192-80-50; 45,687-80-55 MARKER: Placed 30 May 1934 by Augustus Jones Chapter and Texas Society, U.S. Daughters of 1812. Marker presented by Mrs. P. S. Tilson, State President. COMMENTS: Baptist minister. Did Baptist Missionary work in Llano, Brown, San Saba and Burnet Counties, Texas. Owned slaves but before close of War between the States sold his slaves and invested in Cattle. Eldridge belonged to the Masonic faternity. He actively helped the cause of the Republic of Texas. Source: "War of 1812 Veterans in Texas" by Mary Smith Fay, C.C. From Notes Compiled by Mae Wynne McFarland, Foreword by Mary Elizabeth McClelland Skaggs, President, Texas Society, National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812.Rev. Peter Eldridge
At his home near Oak Island, Bexar County, Tex., August 17, 1884; Rev. P. Eldridge, aged 87 years, 5 months, 7 days. The deceased lived a life of high character, and was honored, esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was a devoted Christian, an affectionate husband and father, and lived a useful and influential life. He had long been a member of the Baptist Church, and was highly esteemed in all the country 'round about for his honest and upright life. He met death calmly, and we trust he is now at rest with God. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his loss; but his influence and example are not dead and as the years shall come and go, generations will rise up to call him blessed. May we who remain prepare to meet him on the other shore, where parting is no more.
It is said that the Father of Peter was a Sea Captain, who with his two brothers and their families came from Scotland or Ireland to Maryland and settled there about the time of the Revolutionary War. Captain Eldredge and family moved to Georgia, where Peter Eldredge was born in 1780. When about 18 years of age Peter was converted and licensed to preach by a regular or missionary Baptist Church.
At his home near Oak Island, Bexar County, Tex., August 17, 1884; Rev. P. Eldridge, aged 87 years, 5 months, 7 days. The deceased lived a life of high character, and was honored, esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was a devoted Christian, an affectionate husband and father, and lived a useful and influential life. He had long been a member of the Baptist Church, and was highly esteemed in all the country 'round about for his honest and upright life. He met death calmly, and we trust he is now at rest with God. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his loss; but his influence and example are not dead and as the years shall come and go, generations will rise up to call him blessed. May we who remain prepare to meet him on the other shore, where parting is no more.
It is said that the Father of Peter was a Sea Captain, who with his two brothers and their families came from Scotland or Ireland to Maryland and settled there about the time of the Revolutionary War. Captain Eldredge and family moved to Georgia, where Peter Eldredge was born in 1780. When about 18 years of age Peter was converted and licensed to preach by a regular or missionary Baptist Church.
___ WAR OF 1812 ELDRIDGE, PETER BORN: 16 April 1797 in Georgia or North Carolina DIED: 17 August 1884 in Bexar County, Texas BURIED: At Oak Island near Somerset, Texas, in Old Rock Church Cemetery. SPOUSES: 1) Sealy Crimby (d. 1826 Twiggs County, Georgia) m. 7 October 1817; 2) Jane Randolph (d. 1846 Sabine County, Texas) m. 26 October 1826; 3) Mary Wiggins (d. 1849 Sabine County, Texas), m. 12 December 1848, Shelby County, Texas; 4) Sarah M. Smith (d. 1906) m. 22 January 1850, Sabine County, Texas.Sabine County, Texas, SERVICE: Private in Captain John Reid's Company, Col. E. Wimberly, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Militia. Discharged at Darien, Georgia. Was at the Battle of New Orleans. PENSION: S.C. 20,752; W.C. 43,708 BOUNTY LAND: 45,192-80-50; 45,687-80-55 MARKER: Placed 30 May 1934 by Augustus Jones Chapter and Texas Society, U.S. Daughters of 1812. Marker presented by Mrs. P. S. Tilson, State President. COMMENTS: Baptist minister. Did Baptist Missionary work in Llano, Brown, San Saba and Burnet Counties, Texas. Owned slaves but before close of War between the States sold his slaves and invested in Cattle. Eldridge belonged to the Masonic faternity. He actively helped the cause of the Republic of Texas. Source: "War of 1812 Veterans in Texas" by Mary Smith Fay, C.C. From Notes Compiled by Mae Wynne McFarland, Foreword by Mary Elizabeth McClelland Skaggs, President, Texas Society, National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812.Rev. Peter Eldridge
At his home near Oak Island, Bexar County, Tex., August 17, 1884; Rev. P. Eldridge, aged 87 years, 5 months, 7 days. The deceased lived a life of high character, and was honored, esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was a devoted Christian, an affectionate husband and father, and lived a useful and influential life. He had long been a member of the Baptist Church, and was highly esteemed in all the country 'round about for his honest and upright life. He met death calmly, and we trust he is now at rest with God. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his loss; but his influence and example are not dead and as the years shall come and go, generations will rise up to call him blessed. May we who remain prepare to meet him on the other shore, where parting is no more.
It is said that the Father of Peter was a Sea Captain, who with his two brothers and their families came from Scotland or Ireland to Maryland and settled there about the time of the Revolutionary War. Captain Eldredge and family moved to Georgia, where Peter Eldredge was born in 1780. When about 18 years of age Peter was converted and licensed to preach by a regular or missionary Baptist Church.
At his home near Oak Island, Bexar County, Tex., August 17, 1884; Rev. P. Eldridge, aged 87 years, 5 months, 7 days. The deceased lived a life of high character, and was honored, esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was a devoted Christian, an affectionate husband and father, and lived a useful and influential life. He had long been a member of the Baptist Church, and was highly esteemed in all the country 'round about for his honest and upright life. He met death calmly, and we trust he is now at rest with God. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his loss; but his influence and example are not dead and as the years shall come and go, generations will rise up to call him blessed. May we who remain prepare to meet him on the other shore, where parting is no more.
It is said that the Father of Peter was a Sea Captain, who with his two brothers and their families came from Scotland or Ireland to Maryland and settled there about the time of the Revolutionary War. Captain Eldredge and family moved to Georgia, where Peter Eldredge was born in 1780. When about 18 years of age Peter was converted and licensed to preach by a regular or missionary Baptist Church.
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