Celia Bondurant

1762 - 1847  (84 years)

• Name	Celia Bondurant  [1, 2]
  Birth	23 Dec 1762	, Bedford, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Mar 1847	, Bedford, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I15086	Master
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	John Peter Bondurant,   b. 1 Oct 1737, Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA d. 1810, , King William, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Pauline Marshall Allen,   b. 1741, , , Virginia, USA d. 1788, , , Virginia, USA (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	1758	, , Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F3977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Fuqua,   b. 14 May 1756, Russell, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 4 May 1829, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1782	Russell, Bedford, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Silas Fuqua,   b. 17 Aug 1783, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 26 Oct 1830, , Caldwell, Texas, USA (Age 47 years) + 2. Jacob Fuqua,   b. 24 Dec 1785, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 7 Feb 1825, , , Alabama, USA (Age 39 years)   3. Sally Fuqua,   b. 24 Oct 1786, , Bedford, Virginia, USA + 4. Abraham Fuqua,   b. 2 Aug 1788, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jul 1873, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: Natural] + 5. Ephraim Fuqua,   b. 12 Jul 1790, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jul 1870, , Grimes, Texas, USA (Age 80 years)   6. Mary Fuqua,   b. 1 Mar 1792, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1838 (Age 45 years) + 7. Benjamin Fuqua,   b. 23 Dec 1793, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1836, , Gonzales, Texas, USA (Age 42 years) + 8. Mildred Fuqua,   b. 8 Nov 1795, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. Dec 1829, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 34 years)   9. Frances Fanny Fuqua,   b. 4 Jan 1800, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1878, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)   10. Hezekiah Fuqua,   b. 15 Dec 1801, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 9 Jan 1851 (Age 49 years)   11. Noah Fuqua,   b. 3 Sep 1803, , Bedford, Virginia, USA   12. Elizabeth Fuqua,   b. 22 Nov 1805, , Bedford, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F4003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Dec 1762 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage - 13 Nov 1782 - Russell, Bedford, Virginia, USA Death - 28 Mar 1847 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Pension Application of Celia Bondurant Fuqua, widow of Joseph Fuqua 27 Jan 1840 , Bedford, VA State of Virginia, Bedford County S.S. On this 27th day of January 1840 personally appeared before the County Court of Bedford, of said State at its January term – holden on the said 27th day of January 1840. at the court house of said County Mrs. Celia Fuqua (whose maiden name was Bondurant) a respectable resident of said County, aged 77 years – who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled “An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows”– That she is the widow of Joseph Fuqua dec’d of said County – who was a private in the regular service, in the revolutionary war. That he enlisted under Cap. Gross Scruggs on the 22nd day Febuary 1776, and served two years as a regular soldier – as will appear from the letter of the 3rd Auditor – which is no doubt true, as she has frequently heard her dec’d husband Joseph Fuqua speak of, and relate his revolutionary services – that she understood him to say that he was at the battle of B. Wine [Battle of Brandywine PA, 11 Sep 1777] St’d [situated?] to the North. And she the said Celia Fuqua, further declares, that she was married to Joseph Fuqua above named in said county by the Rev’d. Jno W Holt, on the 13th day of November 1782, as will appear by the records in Clerks office of said County. That her husband the aforesaid Joseph Fuqua died on the 4th day of May 1829. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but, the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, Viz: at the time above stated. And further that the said Celia Fuqua whose maiden name was Bondurant, has remained unmarried ever since the death of the said Joseph Fuqua her dec’d. husband to the present time – and now claims a pension at the hands of the Gen’l. Government as the widow of said Fuqua in consideration of said services. Celia herXmark Fuqua State of Virginia Bedford County S. S. On this 25th day of May 1840, before me R. C. Steptoe a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Col. Armistead Otey a respectable resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say – That he is 63 years old that he was well acquainted with Joseph Fuqua dec’d (a Revolutionary soldier of the United States whose widow Celia Fuqua is now living) some thirty years previous to his death – which was about the year 1829 – and he this deponant has always regarded Mr. Joseph Fuqua above named as a man in independent circumstances – that from the year 1818 to 1829 the time of his death he was the owner of a valuable tract of Land near Liberty in said County and also many negroes, and other pinshable[?] property – and in fact at no time while deponant knew him could he have applied for a Pension under the law of 1818 – which as deponant understands it – grants pensions only to needy persons – or to persons who owns but little property – and further that he Fuqua left his widow in quite independent circumstances when he died. [signed] A. Otey

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 272.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PAB. Birth date: 1755Birth place: Marriage date: 1778Marriage place: [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Marriage date: 1778 Marriage place: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=122744&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt