Meredith WELCH

Abt 1812 -

• Name	Meredith WELCH
  Birth	Abt 1812	Clarendon County, South Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	He was lodged in the Sumterville jail, charged with killing Robert L. McElveen, in Lower Salem, on the evening of the 15th... Family tradition states this was “an empty gun story” and what was intended as play and a joke turned to tragedy. It is further stated that the court determined the incident as an accidental shooting and acquitted Meredith Welch.  [1]
  Occupation	planter  [1]
  _UID	713D6CBE52B1418A927611B28F1BA5F5B57E
  Person ID	I132115	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2004

  
  

  Family	Susannah,   b. Abt 1818   d. 24 Apr 1853 (Age 35 years)
  _UID	7B22DD81A6E34B26999E9975CC01C415E0E7
  _UID	7B22DD81A6E34B26999E9975CC01C415E0E7
  Children	1. Jessie D. WELCH,   b. 1834, Shiloh District, Sumter County, South Carolina   2. John WELCH,   b. Abt 1839   3. James L. WELCH,   b. Abt 1841   4. Nathaniel WELCH,   b. Abt 1843   5. Elizabeth WELCH,   b. 1845   6. Benjamin WELCH,   b. 1848
  Family ID	F90839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3694] Brian E. “Gene” Welch, (Three Rivers Historical Society), page 247.