Individual Details
* DAVID RODDEY
(Abt 1755 - Abt 18 Jan 1822)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1755 | possibly Village of Ahoghil, Lower Toome, Antrim, Ireland |  | ||
| Birth | Abt 1755 | Ballymoney, Antrim Co., Ireland | |||
| Birth | Abt 1755 | Ireland | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1755 | Ireland | | ||
| Birth | Jan 1755 | County Donegal, Ireland? | | ||
| Military | 1776 - 1781 | Sub altern under Lord Rawdon command - South Carolina | | ||
| Residence | 1782 | Ireland | |||
| Sources Checked | 1785 - 1919 | Spartenburg, South Carolina | | ||
| Religion | 1787 | member of the Secession congregation of Ahoghill of which the Rev Peter McMullan was pastor - Antrim, Ireland | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1787 | Ireland - Eleanor 'Ellen' Ferguson | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1787 | according to a 90 year old man who spoke with WL Roddey 'all he remembers was that his father told him that David Roddey came upstate SC with a bag full of gold, brought a goodly tract of land on a fast flowing creek. He put a grist mill there | |||
| Immigration | Abt 18 Jun 1787 | From Larne to America: Belfast Newsletter, Charlestown, South Carolina, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 19 Jul 1787 | on board the Friendship, will of Hugh McMaster | | ||
| Immigration | 4 Sep 1787 | Charleston, South Carolina, British America | | ||
| Court | Nov 1787 | was an appraiser for Hugh McMaster's estate along with John Storment and James W Creight - Fairfield, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 5 Dec 1787 | recorded 6 Jun 1799 - rec'd land grant of 62 acres on the south fork of Rocky Creek alongside land of John Steele, William Storment & Robert McCullough, Camden, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Religion | 1788 | Covenanters - South Carolina | | ||
| Property | 6 Jun 1788 | officially recorded purchased 62 acres on waters of south fork of Rockey Creek, surveyed by William Boyd - Camden, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1790 | Neely's Creek ARP organized - York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1790 | possible candidate - William Rudy, Chester, South Carolina | | ||
| Wit | 10 Feb 1791 | between Robert McCullough, his wife Jane or Jean and Thomas Brown, Chester County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Wit | 27 Jun 1792 | witness for a deed, Chester County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Religion | 1795 | perhaps his church was Bull Run, later Purity Presbyterian Church, Chester, South Carolina | | ||
| Residence | 21 Jul 1795 | Executor of John Storment's Will - Chester County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Residence | 7 Sep 1795 | Executor of Robert Harpers Will - Chester, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 17 Jul 1796 | Hugh McDonals to David Roddy, 2 shillings, 100 Acres, waters of Rocky Creek - Chester County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 18 Jul 1796 | Hugh McDonald to David Roddy purchased 100 acres on Rocky Creek - Chester, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 7 Sep 1796 | Exec of Robert Harper will - Chester County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 17 Aug 1798 | sells 62 a to Allen Grafton - Chester County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1800 | not found in South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 1803 - 1804 | * Elizabeth McAteer? (McTeer, McIntrye, McTyeire) | | ||
| Move | Abt 1803 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 26 Jan 1803 | sell 100 acres in Fairfield on waters of Rocky Creek - Fairfield, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 4 Mar 1803 | 'William Brocket of Fairfield to David Roddey of Fairfield" for $450, 3 tracts of land, 400 acres - York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 29 Oct 1803 | was witness to James Kenmure's Will - York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Signature | 29 Oct 1803 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 17 Mar 1809 | purchased 14 acres from Wm Smith of Chester for $7 - York County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1810 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 18 Dec 1816 | sold 70 acres on the Cane Creek - Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Census | 1820 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Court | 1821 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Property | 28 Jun 1821 | 406 a to Dr. Ezekel Hall - water of Neelys Creek, York County, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Death | Abt 18 Jan 1822 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Probate | 22 Jan 1822 | York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Sources Checked | 20 Jan 2026 | no roddey, roddy, rody, reddy, York, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Roddy, Rodey, Rody, Rodely, Rady, Roday, Rudy, Rhoday | ||||
| Burial | most likely Neely's Creek ARP Cemetery, York, South Carolina, United States |
Families
| Spouse | * Elizabeth McAteer? (McTeer, McIntrye, McTyeire) (1775 - 1830) |
| Child | * John "Squire" Roddey Esq (1805 - 1860) |
| Child | * David Roddey Jr (1811 - 1865) |
| Spouse | Eleanor 'Ellen' Ferguson (1759 - 1797) |
| Child | William David Roddey (1776 - 1826) |
| Child | Andrew Roddey (1783 - 1867) |
| Child | Elizabeth Roddey (1791 - 1822) |
| Child | Ellen Roddey (1795 - 1884) |
| Child | Sarah "Sally" Roddey (1797 - 1873) |
| Father | Living |
Endnotes
1. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), 1.
2. unknown, Roddey Chronology Given to Ria Lobato by Sissi Jones (kin) c/o Hohner, Inc/Hss, 1000 Technology park Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059.
3. Thomas Mitchell Roddey, "Roddey Family Bible Information," (2 March 1999); William White Jr Papers: "," transcription of David Roddey Bible from Thomas Mitchell Roddey - 2 Mar 1999; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, South Carolina.
4. "York County, South Carolina Court, Probate, Court and Estate Records," database, South Carolina Genealogy Trails (www.genealogytrails.com/scar/: accessed 6 March 2019), David Roddey excused from Jury Duty, 1821; citing Common Pleas Journal, York, SC.
5. Thomas Mitchell Roddey, "Roddey Family Bible Information," (2 March 1999); William White Jr Papers: "," transcription of David Roddey Bible from Thomas Mitchell Roddey - 2 Mar 1999; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, South Carolina.
6. William Boyce White Jr, "Roddey," (n.d., Biography of David Roddey Family); binder: "Roddey," William Boyce White, Jr Papers; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
7. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), 1.
8. "British Army List of Officers, 1740-1784," book, British Online Archives (britishonlinearchives.com: accessed 12 January 2026), index did not contain any Roddey surname variant. Reviewed regiments recruited from Ulster, 23, 33, 71 and 82. David not found..
9. "Spartanburg, South Carolina, Direct (grantor) index, R-Sl 1785-1919," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org: accessed 1 April 2023), not found in index prior to 1900s; citing FHL 1022797.
10. "Spartenburg, South Carolina, Indirect (grantee) index, P-R 1785-1919," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org: accessed 1 April 2023), several early Roddys, Alexander most prevalent; citing FHL 1022811.
11. "Spartanburg, SC, Index to estate papers N-Z 1787-1971," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org: accessed 1 April 2023), no Roddeys before 1900; citing FHL 1022765.
12. William Boyce White Jr, "Roddey," (n.d., Biography of David Roddey family); binder: "Roddey," William Boyce White, Jr Papers; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
13. "Rocky Creek Settlement," database, John A. Robertson, Global Gazetteer of the American Revolution (http://gaz.jrshelby.com/rocky-cr-settlement.htm: downloaded 23 June 2017), Covenanter Church and Catholic Presbyterian Churches.
14. William Boyce White Jr, "Roddey," (n.d., Biography of David Roddey family); binder: "Roddey," William Boyce White, Jr Papers; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
15. "Roddey," (n.d., Roddey Family Bible copied by Thomas Mitchell Roddey letter to Billy); binder: "Roddey," William Boyce White, Jr Papers; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
16. unknown, Roddey Chronology Given to Ria Lobato by Sissi Jones (kin) c/o Hohner, Inc/Hss, 1000 Technology park Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059, 1.
17. "Roddey," (n.d., Roddey Family Bible copied by Thomas Mitchell Roddey letter to Billy); binder: "Roddey," William Boyce White, Jr Papers; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
18. (Ireland) Belfast Newsletter, 19-22 Jun 1787, p. 3, col. 1. Letter from passengers traveling to America on board the Friendship; index hosted by University of Louisiana at LaFayette.
19. "Will Transcripts, 1782- c. 1865," transciption, South Carolina Department of Archives & History (www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/: downloaded 9 November 2015), Hugh McMaster will, 19 July 1787 on board the Friendship.
20. David Dobson, Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850, Volume 1 (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, Inc, 1999, then 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005), 58 Captain Cousar.
21. "Charleston, Sept 6," Columbian Herald, 6 September 1787, newspaper archives (http://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 7 November 2015), p. 3, arrival of ship Friendship from Larne with 200 passengers, 4 Sep 1787; citing NewsBank and/or the American Antiquarian Society..
22. "Fairfield, South Carolina, Estate records: Fairfield, Probate Estate Case Files 1787-1815," database, Familysearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N3YB-N?view=explore&keywords=Roddey&lang=en&groupId=TH-1-19383-18057-44: accessed 17 January 2026), image 8, David Roddey appraisor for Hugh McMaster's estate, Nov 1787.
23. "Will Transcripts, 1782- c. 1865," transciption, South Carolina Department of Archives & History (www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/: downloaded 9 November 2015), Hugh McMaster will, 19 July 1787 on board the Friendship.
24. unknown, Roddey Chronology Given to Ria Lobato by Sissi Jones (kin) c/o Hohner, Inc/Hss, 1000 Technology park Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059.
25. "Plats for State Land Grants, Series: S213190, Vol 23, p. 92, Item 1," (6 June 1788); Plat: "," Land Grants for SC; SC Department of Archives & History, Columbia, SC.
26. unknown, Roddey Chronology Given to Ria Lobato by Sissi Jones (kin) c/o Hohner, Inc/Hss, 1000 Technology park Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059.
27. "South Carolina Department of Arcives & History," database, (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/RecordDetail.aspx?RecordId=190572 24 March 2013), David Roddey, series: S213190, Vol: 0023, Page:00092, Item: 001.
28. unknown, Roddey Chronology Given to Ria Lobato by Sissi Jones (kin) c/o Hohner, Inc/Hss, 1000 Technology park Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059.
29. Committee, A Chronological History of Rock Hill, SC : 1567-1952 (Rock Hill, South Carolina: Committee Self Published, unknown, possibly 1952), 4.
30. 1790 U.S. census, Chester Co., SC, population schedule, , p. 186, 2nd column, 9th from bottom of page, William Rudy; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 April 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M637, roll 11.
31. "Chester, SC, Deeds, v. S-T 1816-1821, 1823," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-PSX9-M?mode=g&cat=360823: accessed 19 January 2026), image 206, David Roddey witness, 10 Feb 1791; citing FHL microfilm 23327.
32. "Chester, SC, Deeds, v. C-F 1793-1799," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/film/008196059?cat=koha%3A360823&i=0: accessed 19 January 2026), im 121, David Roddey witness, 27 Jun 1792; citing FHL microfilm 23322.
33. "History of Purity," database, Purity Presbyterian Church (https://www.puritypc.org/history: accessed 24 April 2023), history of the meeting house.
34. "Will (Typescript)," database, South Carolina Department of Archives & History (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/: accessed 28 February 2015), John Stroment [Storment] Will, 21 Jul 1795.
35. Chester, South Carolina, Book B Page 234: Aprt No 26 Package No 379 Robert Harper. David Roddey Executor; http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/ViewImage.aspx?imageNumber=S108093000600220000a.jpg&recordId=296921, Online South Carolina Archives.
36. William White, Jr, Along the Land's Ford Road: Volume II (Rock Hill, SC: Historic Rock Hill, 2008), 121.
37. Chester County, South Carolina, T: 197-8, Hugh McDonald release of lease to David Roddey, 17 Jul 1796; Chester County Clerk of Court, Chester, SC.
38. "Chester, SC, Deeds, v. S-T 1816-1821, 1823," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-PSX9-M?mode=g&cat=360823: accessed 9 May 2021), im 406, Hugh McDonald to David Roddey, 17 Jul 1796; citing FHL microfilm 23327.
39. William White, Jr, Along the Land's Ford Road: Volume II (Rock Hill, SC: Historic Rock Hill, 2008), 120.
40. Chester County, South Carolina, G: 64, Hugh McDonald to David Roddey, 18 Jul 1796; Chester County Clerk of Court, Chester, SC.
41. "Chester, SC, Deeds, v. G-H 1798-1802," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR8-6N25?mode=g&cat=360823: accessed 18 January 2026), image 54, David Roddey, purchased 100 acres, 18 July 1796; citing FHL microfilm 23323.
42. Brent H. Holcomb, Chester County, South Carolina Will Abstracts 1787-1838 [1776-1838] (Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 2006), 37.
43. , Conveyances S 1816-1824: 517-8, David Roddey to Allen Grafton, 62 acres, 7 Jul 1798; Chester County Clerk of Court, Chester Co., SC.
44. William White, Jr, Along the Land's Ford Road: Volume II (Rock Hill, SC: Historic Rock Hill, 2008), 121.
45. Chester County, South Carolina, S: 517, David Roddey to Allen Grasston, 17 Aug 1798; Chester County Clerk of Court, Chester, SC.
46. 1800 US Census, Chester Co., Fairfield, York, Kershaw, and Lancaster, South Carolina, population schedule, , searched David *, David Roddey not found; digital images, Ancestery (ancestry.com : accessed 7 January 2026); NARA microfilm M32, roll 47.
47. Louise Pettus, A Roddey Family: Our Ancestral Lineage from David Roddey, the Pioneer, through the lives of William Joseph ' Papa Joe' Roddey and Mary Perry Dunlap ' Mama Joe' Roddey (N.p.: n.p., 1998), 4.
48. William White, Jr, Along the Land's Ford Road: Volume II (Rock Hill, SC: Historic Rock Hill, 2008), 113.
49. William White, Jr, Along the Land's Ford Road: Volume II (Rock Hill, SC: Historic Rock Hill, 2008), 121.
50. Chester County, South Carolina, T: 198-9, David Roddey to Daniel Harper, 26 Jan 1803; Chester County Clerk of Court, Chester, SC.
51. "Chester, SC, Deeds, v. S-T 1816-1821, 1823," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-PSX9-M?mode=g&cat=360823: accessed 9 May 2021), im 407, David Roddey to Daniel Harper, 26 Jan 1803; citing FHL microfilm 23327.
52. unknown, Roddey Chronology Given to Ria Lobato by Sissi Jones (kin) c/o Hohner, Inc/Hss, 1000 Technology park Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059.
53. York Co., SC, Deed Book, F: 374-5, William Brocket to David Roddey 400 acres, 1803; Clerk of the Court, 2 S Congress St., York, SC.
54. "Conveyances, etc., vol. H-K 1815-1826," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/koha:297336: accessed 24 January 2026), image 506, WIlliam Brocket to David Roddey, 400 acres, 4 March 1803; citing FHL 355977.
55. "Will (Typescript)," database, South Carolina Department of Archives & History (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/: accessed 28 February 2015), James Harper Will.
56. "South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 >York > Records of Estates, File No. 2602-2658," digital images, Ancestery (https://www.ancestry.com/: accessed 8 April 2023), im 245, signature of David Roddey, 29 Oct 1803; citing South Carolina, Court of Ordinary York District.
57. William Boyce White Jr, "Roddey," (n.d., Biography of David Roddey family); binder: "Roddey," William Boyce White, Jr Papers; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
58. "Conveyances, etc., vol. H-K 1815-1826," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99CR-76Z9?view=fullText&keywords=David%20Roddy%2CDavid%2CRoddy&lang=en&groupId=: accessed 19 January 2026), image 432, David Roddey puchased 14 acres from William Smith, 17 March 1809.
59. 1810 U.S. census, York Co., South Carolina, population schedule, , enumeration district (ED) York>Not Stated, 18, David Roddey; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed ); FHL microfilm 181420, roll 61.
60. Deed Book I Lancaster Co., SC, p. 60, Lancaster Adminstration Building, Lancaster, SC.
61. "Lancaster Co., SC Conveyance books, v. F-I, 1800-1819," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/: accessed 22 January 2026), image 519, David Roddy to RObert D Huey, for $100, 70 acres on Waters of Cane Creek, 28 Dec 1816; citing FHL microfilm 24055.
62. 1820 U.S. census, York Co., SC, population schedule, York, p.159, line 15, David Roddy; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : downloaded 13 November 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication m33, rol 121.
63. "York County, South Carolina Court, Probate, Court and Estate Records," database, South Carolina Genealogy Trails (www.genealogytrails.com/scar/: accessed 6 March 2019), David Roddey excused from Jury Duty, 1821; citing Common Pleas Journal, York, SC.
64. , Conveyances I, 1819-1822: 259, David Roddey sells 406 acres to Dr. Ezekiel Hall on waters of Neely Creek; Clerk of the Court, York, SC.
65. William Boyce White, Jr, "Roddey," (n.d., Roddey Family Bible, copied by Thomas Mitchell Roddey letter to White); binder: "Roddey," William Boyce White, Jr Papers; Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Rock Hill, SC.
66. "South Carolina, Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N7TK?wc=MPPT-C68%3A190567601%2C190561002%2C190567602%2C191630101%26cc%3D1911928&cc=1911928&lang=en&i=634: accessed 17 January 2026), im 647,David Roddey deceased, Letters of Administration filed, 22 Jan 1822; citing FHL 229657.
67. York, South Carolina, SC Probate Records, Bd Volumes, 1671-1977, York, Estate record books 1814-1826, Vol F, images 991,1110,1148,1248,1362 (R index on image 916), David Roddey.
68. William White, Jr, Along the Land's Ford Road: Volume II (Rock Hill, SC: Historic Rock Hill, 2008), 121.
69. "South Carolina, Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N7TK?wc=MPPT-C68%3A190567601%2C190561002%2C190567602%2C191630101%26cc%3D1911928&cc=1911928&lang=en&i=634: accessed 17 January 2026), im 635-649, David Roddey Estate file, 1822-1837; citing FHL 229657.
70. "South Carolina, York County, Appearance book, 1822-1839," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 20 January 2026), no Roddey, Roddy, Rody, Reddy found; citing FHL 1029019.
71. "SC, York, Account book, 1840-1885," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 20 January 2026), no David Roddey, Roddy, Reddy, Rody found ; citing FHL 1029000.