Hugh Wardlaw

Birth 1740 Augusta Co., VA

Father: William Wardlaw - Augusta Co., VA

Mother: Jane Harper

Death 14 NOV 1802 Abbeville, SC

As a child and young adult, Hugh Wardlaw lived in that part of Augusta County, Virginia, which is referred to in Wardlaw family history as "near the Natural Bridge" in present day Rockbridge County, Virigina. A 1762 deed is on record of Hugh Wardlaw's purchase of 282 acres of land which he bought shortly before his marriage.

Hugh Wardlaw and Elizabeth Coalter married on September 22, 1763 in Augusta County, Virginia. Between 1764-1767 they moved to Ninety-Six District in South Carolina, settling in what is now Abbeville County.

Hugh Wardlaw held the rank of Captain in the Whig Militia of South Carolina, serving as the Brigade Quartermaster under Colonel Anderson and General Pickens. A warrant for pay is on record, "No. 106, Lib. S, issued 6 June 1785, to Mr. Hugh Wardlaw, for Ninety-Six Pounds, 13/9 1-4 sterling, for militia duty as Captain and Quarter Master before and since the reduction of Charleston."

Their known children:

William Wardlaw (b. 1764 d.1839) m. Margaret McCully

Infant Wardlaw (b. 1766 d.1767)

James Wardlaw (b. 1767 d.1842) m. Hannah Clarke

John Wardlaw (b. 1770 d.1848) m. cousin Mary Wardlaw

David Wardlaw (b. 1771 d.1840) unmarried, lived in Alabama

Margaret "Peggy" Wardlaw (b. 1773 d.1853) m. cousin James Wardlaw

Joseph Wardlaw (b. 1776 d.1852)m. Frances Jane Waller

Robert Wardlaw (b. 1778 d.1812) m. Lucy Hodges

Jane Wardlaw (b. 1781 d.1825) m. Jesse Calvert

Hugh Hutson Wardlaw (b. 1785 d.c. 1815) m.____Burton

Elizabeth Wardlaw (b. 1787 d. 1807)

Agnes ("Nancy") Wardlaw (b.1789 d. 1807)

Hugh was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian faith and an Elder in the Greenville Presbyterian Church.

They had been married twenty-seven years and their daughter, Agnes was about one year old when Elizabeth died on December 11, 1790 at age forty-seven.

On 17 November 1795, Capt. Wardlaw married his second wife, widow Mary Miller Logan. There were no children by his second marriage.

Capt Hugh Wardlaw was a Judge of the County Court of Abbeville County between 1797 and 1800.

He wrote his will on 9 November 1802, five days before his death. He named his wife Polly, to whom he bequeathed

during her natural life, his negro Doll and her five children. He directed that Polly should live in his dwelling house with his son, Robert and be provided all furniture and things necessary to "render her easy, decent, and genteel during her life." The house was not to be transferred during Polly's life.

He devised land to four of his seven surviving sons: Robert, David, Joseph, and Hugh Hutson Wardlaw. His three oldest sons, William, James, and John Wardlaw were not specifically named, and may have received their shares during their father's lifetime. James was named an Executor of the estate. To his daughter Peggy he left the 246 acres of land on which she lived. He bequeathed to his daughters, Elizabeth and Nancy, one negro, a bed, furniture, a horse saddle and bridle. To his daughter, Jenny, wife of Jesse Calvert, six cows.

Hugh died at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning on November 14, 1802, at age 62.

His Estate was probated at Abbeville on 10 January 1803. Final settlement of the Est. of Hugh Wardlaw was not begun until 1833, after the death of the widow Polly Wardlaw, with final distribution in 1835. The settlement papers prove the eleven children of Hugh Wardlaw who were living at the time of his death in 1802. Subsequently, two daughters, Elizabeth and Nancy, died unmarried c. 1807, and their shares were divided among their nine siblings who were living at the time of their deaths. Robert Wardlaw, Jane Wardlaw Calvert, and Hugh Hutson Wardlaw had also died before distribution, and their interest were divided among their respective heirs, as listed.

About Capt. Hugh Hutson Wardlaw

Marriage Record (Wardlaw Book) revealed Hugh Wardlaw and Elizabeth Coalter married on September 22, 1763 in Augusta County, Virginia.

Hugh was about twenty-three and Elizabeth was twenty when they married.

He was Captain of the Wigh Militia in the Southern Army and actively sustained the cause of American Independence in the American Revolutionary War.

They moved to ninety-six district in Abbeville, South Carolina and received 100 acres land in November 1769.

The 1790 census revealed Hugh owned eight slaves. They were living in Abbeville County, South Carolina. Household members: Hugh Wardlaw Esquire, John & David (over 16), Joseph, Robert & Hugh (under 16); wife, Elizabeth and three daughters: Jane, Elizabeth and Agnes.

Their known children:

William Wardlaw (b1764 d.1839) Infant Wardlaw (b1766 d.1767)DY James Wardlaw (b1767 d.1842) John Wardlaw (b1770 d.1848) David Wardlaw (b1771 d.1840) Margaret "Peggy" Wardlaw (b1773 d.1853) Joseph Wardlaw (b1776 d.1852) Robert Wardlaw (b1778) Jane Wardlaw (Calbert)(b1781 d.1825) Hugh Hutson Wardlaw (b1785) Elizabeth Wardlaw (b1787) Agnes Wardlaw (b1789)

They had been married twenty-seven years and their daughter, Agnes was about one year old when Elizabeth died on December 11, 1790 in Abbeville County, South Carolina.

Hugh was an elder in the Greenville Presbyterian Church and was the Abbeville County Judge from 1797 to 1800.

The (S.A.R.) Sons of American Revolution Membership Application revealed Hugh was born in 1740 in Augusta, Virginia and died in 1802 in Abbeville. His parents were William Wardlaw and Jane Harper. He was married to Elizabeth Coalter.

Marriage record (Wardlaw Book) revealed Hugh married the widow, Mary Miller Logan (d.1832).

The 1800 census revealed Hugh owned nine slaves. They were living in Abbeville County, South Carolina. Household members: Hugh Wardlaw Esquire (45 & up), wife, Mary (26-44), Hugh (10-15), Joseph, Robert & one male (16-25), one female (under 10), Agnes & Elizabeth (10-15) and Jane (16-25).

Will (November 9, 1802)(condensed version) {{Hugh was sick and weak of body but of perfect mind, memory and understanding. He bequeathed to his wife, Polly during her natural life, his negro, Doll and her five children and his dwelling house with his son, Robert and all things necessary for her to live and at her death, all to be divided amongst all his children. Also after her death, he bequeathed to his sons, Robert and Hugh the two tracts of land he presently occupies. Also unto Robert a sufficient quanity of plantation tools and stock for the plantation and his stills with the vessels, etc thereunto belonging.

He bequeathed to son, David the track of land on Beaver Dam Creek in Pendleton District. To son, Joseph, the tract of land where he now lives. To daughter, Peggy, the 246 acres land she now lives.

He bequeathed to his daughters, Elizabeth and Nancy, one negro, a bed, furniture, horse sadle and bridle. To his daughter, Jenny, six cows.

He appointed Rev. Hugh Dickson, Col. John Weathersall and his son, James the executors of his will.}}

Hugh died at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning on November 14, 1802.

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots revealed he was buried in the Old Greenville Church Cemetery in Ware Sholes, South Carolina.

Hugh lived to about age 62.