Gaulding Origins

Andrew Gaulding was born about 1780, probably in Bedford County and he died June 20, 1842 (1) in Pittsylvania County, Virginia in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He is named as one of the heirs of the estate of his father William and he got a 1/8th share. His parents were married in about 1779 and Andrew was probably born the following year, but since there is no birth record, that date is a guess. The 1830 Census states only that he was at that time between the ages of 40

Laura Gaulden wrote that the earliest Gaulding immigrant was Quaker and went through Chester, Pennsylvania before traveling to Virginia. In 1922 Laura Jane "Lucy" Gaulden wrote a short History of the Gaulden Family (1) and at her death she left it with the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Chapter she belonged to. Laura Gaulden was the daughter of John Gaulden (1808-1889) and Jane Elizabeth McFall (1840-1914), and I must say she was much closer to the true story of