Son of Samuel Eskridge from Sandy Point, Westmorland Co., Va, and mother Jane "Ashton" Eskridge
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OF NOTE:
Burdett Eskridge was a soldier in Captain Sterling Turners company. He fell in the Cloud Creek Massacre. Buried in a mass grave at the Carter home.
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Married (1) Ann "Grigsby" //daughter of Nathaniel Grigsby and Elizabeth "Butler" from Stafford, VA
Children Include:
1. Grigsby Eskridge b: ABT 1768 in of Charleston, SC
2. Samuel Burdette Eskridge b: ABT 1770
3. Austin Pollard Eskridge b: ABT 1772 in of Charleston, SC
4. Richard Eskridge b: ABT 1774 in of Charleston, SC
5. Elizabeth Butler Eskridge b: ABT 1776 in of Charleston, SC
6. Rebecca Eskridge b: ABT 1776 in of Charleston, SC
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Married (2) Hannah "Bell" Watson in 1779
Children: Martha Eskridge, (b) 1780.
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SIBLINGS INCLUDE:
1. Charles ESKRIDGE (b) 8/27/1737
2. Richard ESKRIDGE (b) 1734
3. Rebecca ESKRIDGE (b) 1742
4. John ESKRIDGE (b) 1743
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Excerpt from step-daughter Elizabeth "Watson" Ogilvie, states "Eskridge, my stepfather, was a true Whig and volunteered on a scouting excursion under Captain Starling Turner, down the country against the Tories at a place said to be Orangeburg. Captain Turner with his entire command was surrounded and butchered in cold blood. My stepfather and a maternal uncle (Benjamin Bell) were of the number. This was the bloody work of Bloody Bill Cunningham, the Tory Captain.
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BELOW INFORMATION FROM JAMES P. KNIGHT
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Burdett Eskridge was killed in the Cloud's Creek massacre, near Edgefield, SC, when he was a part of a military unit sent forth to recover stolen cattle from a large band of Tories. His first wife had died (or divorced, which is unlikely) within a year or two of his death, and he remarried to a lady named Hannah. She drew a pension for one or two years following his death His will is probated in that area.
His name was spelled "Burdit" by him and his will contains this spelling; however, the spelling of Burdett has been adopted by most people since that time. He was a grandson of Col. George Eskridge of VA.
My grandmother, Laura Alice Eskridge Ford, was a direct descendant from Burdett, and we can trace the line from Edgefield, SC, to Eskridge, MS (about three miles south of Duck Hill, MS,) in the early; 1800/s. ((James P. Knight))
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OF NOTE:
Burdett Eskridge was a soldier in Captain Sterling Turners company. He fell in the Cloud Creek Massacre. Buried in a mass grave at the Carter home.
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Married (1) Ann "Grigsby" //daughter of Nathaniel Grigsby and Elizabeth "Butler" from Stafford, VA
Children Include:
1. Grigsby Eskridge b: ABT 1768 in of Charleston, SC
2. Samuel Burdette Eskridge b: ABT 1770
3. Austin Pollard Eskridge b: ABT 1772 in of Charleston, SC
4. Richard Eskridge b: ABT 1774 in of Charleston, SC
5. Elizabeth Butler Eskridge b: ABT 1776 in of Charleston, SC
6. Rebecca Eskridge b: ABT 1776 in of Charleston, SC
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Married (2) Hannah "Bell" Watson in 1779
Children: Martha Eskridge, (b) 1780.
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SIBLINGS INCLUDE:
1. Charles ESKRIDGE (b) 8/27/1737
2. Richard ESKRIDGE (b) 1734
3. Rebecca ESKRIDGE (b) 1742
4. John ESKRIDGE (b) 1743
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Excerpt from step-daughter Elizabeth "Watson" Ogilvie, states "Eskridge, my stepfather, was a true Whig and volunteered on a scouting excursion under Captain Starling Turner, down the country against the Tories at a place said to be Orangeburg. Captain Turner with his entire command was surrounded and butchered in cold blood. My stepfather and a maternal uncle (Benjamin Bell) were of the number. This was the bloody work of Bloody Bill Cunningham, the Tory Captain.
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BELOW INFORMATION FROM JAMES P. KNIGHT
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Burdett Eskridge was killed in the Cloud's Creek massacre, near Edgefield, SC, when he was a part of a military unit sent forth to recover stolen cattle from a large band of Tories. His first wife had died (or divorced, which is unlikely) within a year or two of his death, and he remarried to a lady named Hannah. She drew a pension for one or two years following his death His will is probated in that area.
His name was spelled "Burdit" by him and his will contains this spelling; however, the spelling of Burdett has been adopted by most people since that time. He was a grandson of Col. George Eskridge of VA.
My grandmother, Laura Alice Eskridge Ford, was a direct descendant from Burdett, and we can trace the line from Edgefield, SC, to Eskridge, MS (about three miles south of Duck Hill, MS,) in the early; 1800/s. ((James P. Knight))
Son of Samuel Eskridge from Sandy Point, Westmorland Co., Va, and mother Jane "Ashton" Eskridge
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OF NOTE:
Burdett Eskridge was a soldier in Captain Sterling Turners company. He fell in the Cloud Creek Massacre. Buried in a mass grave at the Carter home.
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Married (1) Ann "Grigsby" //daughter of Nathaniel Grigsby and Elizabeth "Butler" from Stafford, VA
Children Include:
1. Grigsby Eskridge b: ABT 1768 in of Charleston, SC
2. Samuel Burdette Eskridge b: ABT 1770
3. Austin Pollard Eskridge b: ABT 1772 in of Charleston, SC
4. Richard Eskridge b: ABT 1774 in of Charleston, SC
5. Elizabeth Butler Eskridge b: ABT 1776 in of Charleston, SC
6. Rebecca Eskridge b: ABT 1776 in of Charleston, SC
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Married (2) Hannah "Bell" Watson in 1779
Children: Martha Eskridge, (b) 1780.
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SIBLINGS INCLUDE:
1. Charles ESKRIDGE (b) 8/27/1737
2. Richard ESKRIDGE (b) 1734
3. Rebecca ESKRIDGE (b) 1742
4. John ESKRIDGE (b) 1743
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Excerpt from step-daughter Elizabeth "Watson" Ogilvie, states "Eskridge, my stepfather, was a true Whig and volunteered on a scouting excursion under Captain Starling Turner, down the country against the Tories at a place said to be Orangeburg. Captain Turner with his entire command was surrounded and butchered in cold blood. My stepfather and a maternal uncle (Benjamin Bell) were of the number. This was the bloody work of Bloody Bill Cunningham, the Tory Captain.
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BELOW INFORMATION FROM JAMES P. KNIGHT
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Burdett Eskridge was killed in the Cloud's Creek massacre, near Edgefield, SC, when he was a part of a military unit sent forth to recover stolen cattle from a large band of Tories. His first wife had died (or divorced, which is unlikely) within a year or two of his death, and he remarried to a lady named Hannah. She drew a pension for one or two years following his death His will is probated in that area.
His name was spelled "Burdit" by him and his will contains this spelling; however, the spelling of Burdett has been adopted by most people since that time. He was a grandson of Col. George Eskridge of VA.
My grandmother, Laura Alice Eskridge Ford, was a direct descendant from Burdett, and we can trace the line from Edgefield, SC, to Eskridge, MS (about three miles south of Duck Hill, MS,) in the early; 1800/s. ((James P. Knight))
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OF NOTE:
Burdett Eskridge was a soldier in Captain Sterling Turners company. He fell in the Cloud Creek Massacre. Buried in a mass grave at the Carter home.
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Married (1) Ann "Grigsby" //daughter of Nathaniel Grigsby and Elizabeth "Butler" from Stafford, VA
Children Include:
1. Grigsby Eskridge b: ABT 1768 in of Charleston, SC
2. Samuel Burdette Eskridge b: ABT 1770
3. Austin Pollard Eskridge b: ABT 1772 in of Charleston, SC
4. Richard Eskridge b: ABT 1774 in of Charleston, SC
5. Elizabeth Butler Eskridge b: ABT 1776 in of Charleston, SC
6. Rebecca Eskridge b: ABT 1776 in of Charleston, SC
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Married (2) Hannah "Bell" Watson in 1779
Children: Martha Eskridge, (b) 1780.
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SIBLINGS INCLUDE:
1. Charles ESKRIDGE (b) 8/27/1737
2. Richard ESKRIDGE (b) 1734
3. Rebecca ESKRIDGE (b) 1742
4. John ESKRIDGE (b) 1743
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Excerpt from step-daughter Elizabeth "Watson" Ogilvie, states "Eskridge, my stepfather, was a true Whig and volunteered on a scouting excursion under Captain Starling Turner, down the country against the Tories at a place said to be Orangeburg. Captain Turner with his entire command was surrounded and butchered in cold blood. My stepfather and a maternal uncle (Benjamin Bell) were of the number. This was the bloody work of Bloody Bill Cunningham, the Tory Captain.
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BELOW INFORMATION FROM JAMES P. KNIGHT
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Burdett Eskridge was killed in the Cloud's Creek massacre, near Edgefield, SC, when he was a part of a military unit sent forth to recover stolen cattle from a large band of Tories. His first wife had died (or divorced, which is unlikely) within a year or two of his death, and he remarried to a lady named Hannah. She drew a pension for one or two years following his death His will is probated in that area.
His name was spelled "Burdit" by him and his will contains this spelling; however, the spelling of Burdett has been adopted by most people since that time. He was a grandson of Col. George Eskridge of VA.
My grandmother, Laura Alice Eskridge Ford, was a direct descendant from Burdett, and we can trace the line from Edgefield, SC, to Eskridge, MS (about three miles south of Duck Hill, MS,) in the early; 1800/s. ((James P. Knight))
