Meshack Bridges^[1]

• Name	Meshack Bridges
  Gender	Male
  Misc	Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States   [2]
  	Nancy Bridges appointed as administrator
  Probate	2 Jun 1798	Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States   [3]
  _AMTID	162485315136:1030:191555462
  _UID	02F594CA92564A90968F7A322F74397034BC
  Person ID	I1220	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Bridges   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Misc - Nancy Bridges appointed as administrator - - Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Probate - 2 Jun 1798 - Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In 1806, a newspaper notice is posted in the Augusta Herald for a runaway apprentice by the name of Solomon Bridges, orphan of Meshack Bridges. So, Meshack had a son Solomon. But by 1806, Solomon Bridges, father of Herod, was already an adult and father. This means that a more likely scenario is that Meshack is the brother of Solomon rather than the father of Solomon. It appears that this Solomon moved into Gwinnett County based on newspaper articles in the 1830s and 1840s. Oglethorpe County Court of the Ordinary Loose Records - Meshack Bridges, dec. 1798, adm Henry Bridges

  
  

• Sources

  [S1726] Georgia Historic Newspapers - Augusta Herald, Four Dollar Reward; 27 February 1806; Solomon Bridges, orphan of Meshack Bridges; 2 August 2020. [S1418] Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992, 7 July 2018; Oglethorpe Co., Names of Deceased Persons and Their Executor or Administrator, 1799-1821, Meshack Bridges, Entry 76. [S1418] Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992, 7 July 2018; Oglethorpe Co., Bonds, 1799-1830, Page 10, Meshach Bridges.