Joseph Embry
1758 - 1850 (91 years)
Person ID: I2571
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Name Joseph Embry Born 10 Mar 1758 St. James-Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States 
[1] Christened 30 Apr 1758 St. James-Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States Gender Male Died 1850 Alabama, United States [1] Buried Aft 1850 Clouds Creek Church, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States [1] Burial Aft 1850 Clouds Creek Church, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Siblings None -
Parents
Father Thomas Embry, b. 1733, Virginia, United States , d. 1795, Wake, North Carolina, United States (Age 62 years) Mother Ann Jackson, b. 1740, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States , d. 11 Sep 1833, Clouds Creek, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States (Age 93 years) Married 20 Oct 1757 St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States -
Family 1
Wife 1 Rachael Odene Olive, b. 31 Dec 1759, Wake, North Carolina, United States , d. 24 Nov 1809, Ogelthorpe, Clarke, Georgia, United States (Age 49 years) Married Abt 1778 Wake, North Carolina, United States Children 1. William Brittain Embry, b. 17 Dec 1779, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States , d. 6 Dec 1828, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States (Age 48 years)2. Merrell Embry, b. 27 Mar 1782, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States , d. 20 Jan 1843, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States (Age 60 years)3. Curtis Embry, b. 18 Sep 1784, Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown4. Joseph Embry, b. 12 Apr 1786, Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown+ 5. James A. Embry, b. 25 Mar 1788, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States , d. Aft 1870, Alabama, United States (Age > 83 years)6. Elijah Embry, b. 12 Sep 1790, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States , d. 1 Sep 1862, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, United States (Age 71 years)7. Elizabeth Embry, b. 21 Jul 1793, Wilkes, Georgia, United States , d. 1849, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States (Age 55 years)Family 2
Wife 2 Mary Polly Glenn, b. 1777, Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States , d. Apr 1850 (Age 73 years) Married 2 Feb 1809 Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Children 1. Sally Sara Embry, b. 1805, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States , d. 31 Aug 1857 (Age 52 years)2. Polly Embry, b. 8 Oct 1811, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown3. Crosham Embry, b. 15 Aug 1813, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown4. Martha Embry, b. 21 May 1816, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown5. William Glenn Embry, b. 25 Apr 1820, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States , d. 7 May 1897, Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States (Age 77 years) -
Other Personal Events
DAR ID A036360 Family Search ID KDSF-ZK2 Military Service From 1775 to 1783 [2, 3] American Revolution, patriotic service - While not a member of the armed services, his service as a civilian during the war was sufficient to earn him recognition as a patriot for inclusion in the DAR.
Georgia Land Grant Lottery list shows William Embry and Thomas "Fambrough", likely to be brother and father respectively. Also would have been revolutionary war patriots.
DAR listing:
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, NONCOMM
Service Description:
1) DRUMMER UNDER COL JOHN HINTON; PAID FOR HIRE OF HORSE
2) RECEIVED LAND IN 1827 GA LOTTERY
_UID 6C5E35020D474FC0B1BE88F06BA3DCB9EE61 - While not a member of the armed services, his service as a civilian during the war was sufficient to earn him recognition as a patriot for inclusion in the DAR.
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Event Map
Born - 10 Mar 1758 - St. James-Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States 
Christened - 30 Apr 1758 - St. James-Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States 
Married - Abt 1778 - Wake, North Carolina, United States 
Married - 2 Feb 1809 - Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States 
Died - 1850 - Alabama, United States 
Buried - Aft 1850 - Clouds Creek Church, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Burial - Aft 1850 - Clouds Creek Church, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S409] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 March 2021), memorial page for Joseph Wiley Embry (10 Mar 1758–1850), Find a Grave Memorial no. 126926697, citing Clouds Creek Church Pioneer Cemetery, Smithonia, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by jane Mangum (contributor 46970601) ..
- [S1389] Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research Center, "Ancestor Database - Revolutionary Era Ancestors", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=1)., Joseph Embry #A036360.
- [S1508] Alex M. Hitz compiler, Georgia Department of Archives and History, "Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia", (Atlanta, GA: State of Georgia, 1966), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/515338-authentic-list-of-all-land-lottery-grants-made-to-veterans-of-the-revolutionary-war-by-the-state-of-georgia-taken-from-official-state-records-in-the-surveyor-general-department-housed-in-the-georgia-department-of-archives-and-history-atlanta?offset=: accessed 14 May 2023)., p.27.
- [S409] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 March 2021), memorial page for Joseph Wiley Embry (10 Mar 1758–1850), Find a Grave Memorial no. 126926697, citing Clouds Creek Church Pioneer Cemetery, Smithonia, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by jane Mangum (contributor 46970601) ..