DRAWDY ANNEX

 

Raleigh Albert Drawdy Pedigree

(Start at generation 1, below.)

 

WORKING DRAFT

Last Change: 14 November 2024

 

Drawdy, Raleigh Albert 1944, 13 Apr & Pauline Janet (Rubert) wedding (34) #.jpg

 

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Origin of the surname “Drawdy:”

 

 

Generation

 

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4   James Drawdy

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born about 1808 in South Carolina.  Died .

 

2. Wife: Harriett Harper

 

Born about 1810 in South Carolina.  Died .

 

3. Children:

 

a. Dennis Drawdy: See generation 3, below.

 

b. Henry Drawdy: Born about 1828.

 

c. Lewis Drawdy: Born about 1828 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

d. Peter W. Drawdy: Born about 1829 in Colleton County, South Carolina.  Died there 1896.

 

e. Amantha Drawdy: Born about 1829 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

f. Isham C. Drawdy: Born about 1832 in Colleton County, South Carolina.  Died there 12 March 1893.

 

g. Joseph Drawdy: Born about 1833 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

h. Rebecca Drawdy: Born about 1835 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

i. Merilda Drawdy: Born about 1837 in Georgia.

 

j. Sarah A. Drawdy: Born about 1837 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

k. William Drawdy: Born about 1839 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

l. Richard Allen Drawdy: Born 15 January 1840 at Colleton, Colleton County, South Carolina.  Died 14 March 1913 at Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

 

m. James W. Drawdy: Born about 1840 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

n. Henry M. Drawdy: Born about 1843 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

o. Philip W. Drawdy: Born about 1846 at Colleton, Colleton County, South Carolina.  Died there.

 

p. H. Tailor Drawdy: Born about 1847 in Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

q. Irvin Drawdy: Born about 1851 at Colleton, Colleton County, South Carolina.

 

r. Harriet F. Drawdy: Born 7 September 1854 in South Carolina.  Died 6 May 1917 at Olar, Bamberg County, South Carolina.

 

s. Jefferson Drawdy: Born about 1861 in Colleton County, South Carolina.  Died in South Carolina.

 

3   Dennis Drawdy

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born about 1825 in Colleton County, South Carolina.  Died .

 

2. Wife: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Glase

 

Born about 1847 in South Carolina.  Died 15 December 1917 at Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.  Married Dennis Drawdy about 1872 in South Carolina.

 

3. Children:

 

a. Sam Drawdy: Born about 1873 at Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.

 

b. John Drawdy: Born about 1876 in Richland County, South Carolina.

 

c. Sallie Drawdy: Born about 1879 in Richland County, South Carolina.  Died 8 April 1925 at Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.

 

d. David Napoleon Drawdy: See generation 2, below.

 

e. James Drawdy: Born 18 August 1891 in South Carolina.  Died 29 August 1917 at Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.

 

2   David Napoleon Drawdy

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 18 August 1884 in Colleton Township, Colleton County, South Carolina.  Died 29 October 1945, age 61, from complications of acute coronary thrombosis, in Camden Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina; interred there in Wateree Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

1910 US Census: David Drawdy, age 25 (b. SC; parents b. SC) and employed as an oiler in a cotton mill, was heading a household in DeKalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina.  The household also included his wife of 7 years, Henrietta Drawdy, age 25 (b. SC; parents b. SC), who had had 4 children, 2 of whom were still alive; son, Clarence Drawdy, age 3 (b. SC); son, Riley Drawdy, age 7 months (b. SC).

 

1918 WWI Draft Registration: David Drawdy, age 35 (b. 18 Aug 1884) and employed as a textile worker for Wateree Mills, resided with his wife, Henrietta Drawdy, at 2 Camden Street?, Kershaw County, South Carolina.

 

1920 US Census: David Drawdy, age 36 (b. SC; parents b. SC) and employed as a spinner in a cotton mill, was heading a household in DeKalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina.  The household also included his wife, Henretta Drawdy, age 35 (b. SC, parents b. SC); son, Clarence Drawdy, age 13 (b. SC); son, Raleigh Drawdy, age 10 (b. SC); daughter, Edna Drawdy, age 8 (b. SC); and daughter, Ruth Drawdy, age 4 (b. SC).

 

1930 US Census: Dave Drawdy, age 45 (b. SC; parents b. SC) and employed as an oiler in a cotton mill, was heading a household on Sarah Clay Road in DeKalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina.  His residence was valued at $1,000.  The household also included his wife of 18 years, Henretta Drawdy, age 45 (b. SC; parents b. SC) and employed in a cotton mill; daughter, Edna H. Drawdy, age 17 (b. SC), single, and employed as a spinner in a cotton mill; daughter, Gennie R. Drawdy, age 14 (b. SC); son, Lewis Drawdy, age 10 (b. SC); and son, Calvin Drawdy, age 6 (b. SC).

 

1940 US Census: David Drawdy, age 55 (b. SC), with no record of employment, was heading a household in DeKalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina.  He had no formal education.  The household also included his wife, Henretta Drawdy, age 55 (b. SC), who had completed 3rd grade; daughter, Edna H. Drawdy, age 27 (b. SC), single, and employed as a spinner in a cotton mill, who had completed 5th grade; son, Lewis Drawdy, age 20 (b. SC), single, and employed a truck driver for the W. P. A., who had completed 6th grade; and son, Calvin H. Drawdy, age 16 (b. SC), single, and employed as a laborer in a planning mill, who had completed 6th grade.

 

2. Wife: Charlotte Henrietta Jordan

 

Born 4 October 1884 at Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina; daughter of Tully and Sarah (Marshall) Jordan.  Died there 13 July 1966.  Married David H. Drawdy there about 1905.

 

3. Children:

 

a. Clarence David Drawdy: Born 6/11 November 1906 at Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.  Died 11 September 1968, age 61, from complications of an acute coronary thrombosis, at Camden Memorial Hospital, Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.

 

b. Raleigh Albert Drawdy: See generation 1, below.

 

c. Edna H. Drawdy: Born about 1913 in South Carolina (also seen: b. 21 Feb 1921).  Died 30 August 2003 at Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.  Married Thomas Daniel Nichols (b. 6 Oct 1913 in SC, d. 20 Jan 1957 at Camden, Kershaw Co., SC) and adopted the following daughter:

 

(1. Edna Kathy (?) Nichols: Born 1952 to (?).  Adopted by Thomas and Edna (Drawdy) Nichols.  Was employed as a law enforcement officer and rose in that profession to the grade of Captain.  Never married.

 

d. Jean "Jennie" Ruth Drawdy: (also seen: Ruth Eleanor and Virginia) Born 7 August 1915 in South Carolina.  Died there 10 February 1999.  Married William Calvin Currie (b. 28 May 1909 in SC, d. 24 Dec 1985) and had the following children:

 

(1. Wayne Currie: Died 3 December 1991.

 

(2. Gerald Currie.

 

(3. Bobbie Currie.

 

(4. Marian Currie.

 

e. Lewis Drawdy: Born 18 March 1918/20 in South Carolina.  Died 19 May 1977 at Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia.  Married Fay Doye Roper (b. 13 May 1917 in Hart Co., GA, d. there 26 Aug 2005) about 1945 in Hart County, Georgia.

 

f. Calvin H. Drawdy: Born 7 June 1923 at Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.  Died 10 May 1962 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.  Married Janet Falcone (b. abt 1923) on 18 July 1942 in Kershaw County, South Carolina.

 

1   Raleigh Albert Drawdy: (also seen: “Rollie”/"Riley")

 

Born 1 September 1911 at Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.  Died 11/21 July 1962.  Married, as her 1st husband, Pauline Janet Rubert, descendant # 5.5 of generation 11 of the Descendants of John Addison Biles.

 

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