General Notes

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William Gause is listed in Ashe's expedition to Wilmington, North Carol
in a.
As noted in Colony of North Carolina, 1765-1775, Abstracts of Land Pate
nt s, Volume Two, page181:
" William received on April 9, 1770, 290 acres in Brunswick on the Ea
st s ide of Waccamaw, joining Edward Wingate, New Brittons old field, t
he Swa mp side on New Brittons line, and Jennys Branch."
In addition:
"William received on April 9, 1770, 470 acres in Brunswick - bei
ng a ti de Marsh between Jobs Inlet and Mad Inlet between Needham Gause, J
ohn Simm ons, Gause's own land, Peter Allston, and Isaac Ludlan, joining t
he mou th of Spring Branch on Allstons Line, the Marsh side by Shelleys po
int, Ga uses beach tract, the mouth of Morgans Creek, the beach, and t
he up land."
William Gause, Jr. was a hero of the Revolutionary War.  He was o
ne of fo ur Revolutionary War soldier brothers from Brunswick County, so
ns of Willi am Gause, Inn Keeper, of Craven County, South Carolina.
The following paragraph is quoted from The Roster of Texas Daughters Rev
ol utionary Ancestors, 1976, pg. 816:
SERVICE:  Private in the North Carolina Militia from Wilmington, Nor
th Ca rolina.  He was wounded and lost a leg.  He was a member of the Comm
itt ee of Safety in July 1775.  He was also a member of the Provincial Con
gre ss from Bladen County, N. C.  William was also paymaster to the Mil
it ia in the Wilmington, N. C. District.
The following paragraph came from Heartening Heritage on a Carolina Cres
ce nt by J. M. M. Holden.  William Gause was listed in the Head of House
ho ld Listing for St. Phillip's Parish, 1763.
"Rebellion was spreading over Brunswick County.  Field guns were se
nt fr om Wilmington for James Moore to erect a battery at Brunswick Tow
n.  Suppl ies were ordered for William Gause and the people at Lockwood
's Folly."
From the Wilmington-New Hanover Safety Committee Minutes, 1774-1776, f
or S aturday, January 20, 1776, we find the following:
"On the Application of Wm. Gause & Others in behalf of themselves & t
he I nhabitants of Challottee [Shallotte] and Lockwoods folly setting for
th the ir apprehensions of Danger from the people of Waggamaw and requesti
ng of t his Committee a small supply of powder to enable them to Act in th
eir o wn defence in case they should be Attacked -
Ordered that 20 lbs of Gunpowder be supplied to Wm. Gause from the S
to ck of this Committee for the use of the Inhabitants of Lockwoods fol
ly & C hallottee when the said Gause apply's for the same."
William was a member of the House of Commons in 1778 from Brunswick Cou
nt y, North Carolina.  William took his seat on August 8, 1778 followi
ng an e lection ordered by the house - Second Session, Hillsborough, Augu
st 8-1 9, 1778.  (North Carolina Government, 1585-1974, North Carolina Dep
artme nt of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, North Carolina)
The Gause family was a friend of the famous Methodist minister, Bishop F
ra ncis Asbury.  Bishop Asbury visited Brunswick County in March 1801 a
ft er a six-hundred-mile trip in "barrens, swamps, savannahs, rivers, a
nd cre eks in South Carolina."  He wrote of his restful stay at Gause's Ma
no r.  On this visit to the area, he preached first at Gause's and at Shal
lot te meeting house.  He again visited in 1802 when, upon arrival, fou
nd o ut that William Gause, Sr. had died.  William Gause Jr. is list
ed in The N orth Carolina Directory, 1822-23, as a local Methodist minist
er of the Bru nswick Circuit.  In 1859, Zoar, near Bolivia, was being serv
ed by C. C. Me rcer, and William Gause helped in the general area.  (Heart
ening Herita ge on a Carolina Crescent)
The History of Brunswick County, North Carolina, by Lawrence Lee, giv
es nu merous insights into the life of William Gause.  In Chapter Nine, Go
vernme nt in a Free Land, William Gause and his brother, Needham, are list
ed amo ng the first (19) justices for Brunswick County n