Date in our family History

27 May 1961
Gerald Lee Abernathy and Martha Anne Justice eloped to Trenton, Georgia — where they were married; then, they continued on to Copper Hill, North Carolina where they had a honeymoon night spent in a tiny Hotel.

– Cathy
weavercat@gmail.com

 

Family Tree Progess

Okay, let’s do a quick wrap-up here…[updated and corrected]

The PARK family has descendency ties to Robert E. Lee and his wife [Mary Ann Randolph Custis].

Her ancestor was George Washington‘s wife Martha Dandridge CUSTIS (maiden name DANDRIDGE). Martha’s first husband was 20 years her senior — he was Daniel PARKE CUSTIS (son of John CUSTIS, and grandson of  John Parke); her father was John Dandridge — her mother was Agnes Wilder.

*** Robert E. Lee was also a distant cousin to his wife. [added: 28Dec2010)

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PARK/PARKE/PARKS descendants are connected to the Burchfields — the Burchfields via the Park line (somewhere) are kin to the Gustafsson/Justice family originally from Sweden; and how did I get here (this time)?

Tracing the Davis-Smathers connection of Aunt Betty Davis (married – Jack Abernathy) — trying to learn about her father’s family.

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The other point of interest is Aunt Betty Davis Abernathy‘s ancestral ties to a Cherokee Chief Oowahooskie (various spellings found).

His ‘wife’ had been captured from a white settlement/group when she was about six years old. They had three sons; she and the sons were later released — they lived as white men, and were land-holders. This made for Cherokee heritage claims with US courts unsuccessful — but the Indian connection seems valid from research/sources found online, now.

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There is also a connection between the PARK family and a CHANDLER line in Georgia…will follow this up later.

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Another connection exist between the DAVIS line and the CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN) families from North Carolina — this warrants further research, since my mother and my father’s ancestral line include connection to the CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN) lines from the Carolinas.

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NO direct Patey/PATE/PATTY connections — but have found AYERS/AYRES, PAYNE, and McClellan connections in the Carolina regions (where my husband’s family were from)…

The PAYNE connection may link up with the TEAGUE, SPEER, PERRY, OWEN or other related families who later migrated to NE Alabama (near Ft. Payne).

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With the research from the past three days — “We are all kin” has more meaning then is previously did, for me.

Each friend I have helped with their family tree research, I have also found something that fit with prior research for my own complicated ancestral lines.

Are your ancestors included in this tangle of kinfolks?

Contact me with a bit of your grandparents vital statics (dates, location, family members) — I will see what I can find.

– Cathy Ann Abernathy

weavercat@gmail.com

 

SCC-Template (Chrales William Sproull, SC)

C. Charles William Sproull

Born 1820

Died 1901

Buried ?

In census records Charles used his middle name “William”.

Married twice:

#1 married to Susan Barnett (or Bamet)of Abbeville. She died a year after the marriage. #2 married in 1853 to Mary Catherine Creswell, 1834 – 1894.

“Catherine” Creswell was a descendant of four Rev. War. Patriots:

Her parents were James Creswell and Caroline M. Williams

Her grand parents were Washington Williams & Sarah Griffin; Elihu Creswell & Katherine Mayson

Her great grand parents were James Williams & Mary Wallace;

Rev. James Creswell & Mary Elizabeth Garlington;

Col. James Mayson & Ann ______;

Col. Richard Griffin & Mary Lipscomb.

[....MORE]

via SCC-Template.

 

RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Susan’s Ancestors – as of 10/15/08

# ID: I10236
# Name: Gi-Yo-Sti-Ko-Yo-He 1 [of the Cherokee]
# Sex: F
# Birth: ABT 1736 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina
# Event: Cherokee – Bird Clan Tribe
# Death: BET 1770 AND 1780

Father: Atagulkalu b: 1695 in Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Mother: Nionne Ollie b: 1710

Marriage 1 John WATTS b: ABT 1725 in Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia, USA

Children

1. + Barsheba WATTS b: 1746 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
2. + John Watts Jr. b: 1750 in Cherokee Territory, Chicamauga Area, Little Tennessee River
3. – Malachi Watts b: 1751
4. – Nancy Watts b: 1752
5. – White-Man-Killer Bird Clan Watts b: 1754
6. – Garrett Zachariah Watts b: 08 JAN 1756 in Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia, USA
7. – Henry Watts b: 1760
8. – Benjamin Watts b: 1763
9. – Elizabeth Watts b: 1770
10. – Thomas Watts b: ABT 1763 in Bedford, Virginia, USA

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Susan’s Ancestors – as of 10/15/08.
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NOTE:
- = No Children
+ = Has Children

Following up on Faulkner-Gulledge family leads in Alabama, Georgia, Tennesse, and North Carolina

– CAA

 

RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Descendants of Rev. William Speer (1652-?)

Descendants of Rev. William Speer (1652-?)

Entries: 6801 Updated: Sat Aug 25 11:53:37 2001 Contact: Wade (Edward) Speer

     /Henry Crawford TEAGUE b: 1882 d: 1939
Henry Boughton TEAGUE d: 1999
|                                       /John (William?) SPEER b: 1723 d: 1771 =>
|                               /John SPEER b: 1748 d: 1842
|                               |       Elinor CARLTON d: 22 JUL 1833
|                       /William SPEER b: 3 SEP 1800 d: ABT. 1849
|                       |       Mercy HARRIS b: ABT. 1770 d: 6 MAY 1834
|               /John Wesley SPEER b: 27 JUN 1820 d: 3 JUL 1916
|               |       Nancy COCHRAN b: 1806 d: 13 NOV 1863
|       /James Wesley Downs SPEER b: 12 SEP 1851 d: 5 OCT 1927
|       |       Talitha A. PERRY b: ABT. 1834 d: 6 FEB 1922
Mary Martha Elizabeth Talitha Cumie SPEER b: 1887 d: 1973
        \Martha Ann Permelia Jane PIPER

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Descendants of Re. William Speer (1652-?).

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Some of Randy Owen‘s maternal ancestors.

The Speer family are also some of my maternal ancestors.

[Kinship between us? 5th cousin once removed]

Interesting discovery…

- Cathy

 

RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Pless, Wright, Simmons, Nelson, Kay, Clark, Whitmire, Hamilton, Stoker, Clinkscales, Cooper, Cook , Wynn and related families

# ID: I1651

# Name: William Berry Clinkscales 1

# Sex: M

# Birth: 1813 in Honea Path, South Carolina

# Death: 1874 in Vincent, Shelby County

# Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church, Vincent, AL

# Reference Number: 1651

# Note:

7th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Private, Company I 7th Regiment, Georgia Infantry

7th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1861, at Atlanta, Georgia, and in June moved to Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Its members were raised in the counties Coweta, Paulding, De Kalb, Franklin, Fulton, Heard, and Cobb. Assigned to Colonel F.S. Bartow’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, it was active in the fight at First Manassas. In April, 1862, the regiment had 611 effectives and served under the command of General G.T. Anderson until the end of the war. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days’ Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was detached with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georgia, and at Knoxville. It was active in the long Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and later the Appomattox Campaign. It reported 153 casualties at First Manassas, 147 during the Seven Days’ Battles, and 120 at Second Manassas. Information from http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm

Name: Berry Clinkscales

Age in 1860: 46

Birth Year: abt 1814

Birthplace: South Carolina

Home in 1860: Ranges 5, 6, and 7, Calhoun, Alabama

Gender: Male

Post Office: Sulphur Springs

Household Members:

Name Age

Berry Clinkscales 46

Catharine Clinkscales 42

Jesse Clinkscales 23

Nancy Clinkscales 20

Eliza J Clinkscales 18

John W Clinkscales 17

Mary M Clinkscales 15

Rebecca Clinkscales 13

Franklin Clinkscales 9

Margaret Clinkscales 3

Lewis Clinkscales 4.12

Father: William Franklin Clinkscales b: 1777 in Charles County, Maryland

Mother: Mccauley “Colly” Davis b: 1776 in Honea Path, South Carolina

Father: William Clinkscales b: BET 1752 AND 1760 in Carrollton County, Maryland

Marriage 1 Catherine Elizabeth Cox b: 1818 in Shelby County, Alabama

* Married: 1834 in Anderson County, South Carolina

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Pless, Wright, Simmons, Nelson, Kay, Clark, Whitmire, Hamilton, Stoker, Clinkscales, Cooper, Cook , Wynn and related families.

 

Ransom Meadows descendants – Dick – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com

Ransom Meadows descendants

susanaldridge2000 (View posts) Posted: 9 Mar 2007 2:58PM

Classification: Query

Surnames: Hardy Dick Ogletree Farris Meadows Bankston

A newspaper announcement referring to the below transcribed court paper from 1873 is attached. After Ransom meadow´s widow´s death, the remaining property was sold.

A Petition was filed in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 18 January 1873, by Gilbert Meadows. To the Hon. Allen D. Sturdevant, Judge of the Probate for said county: Gilbert Meadows, a resident citizen of said county over age twenty-one years. He stated that Ransom Meadows, late of said county, decd., died owning 352 acres off the west side of Section 20, Township 22, Range 21, in said county, with other lands. After the death of Ransom Meadows, the said lands above were set apart as the dower of the widow of Ransom, Sarah Meadows, who has since departed this life 3 November 1872 leaving real estate unadministered. Petition further states that the following named persons are the children and heirs at law of Ransom Meadows: (1) Mary Dick over 21 years old and resides in Pickens(?) County, Alabama; (2) William Meadows over 21 years old and resides in Lowndes County, Alabama; (3) adix Elias Meadows over 21 years old and resides in Pike [Polk] County, Texas; (4) Moses Meadows of lawful age and resides in Coosa County, Alabama; (5) adix Elizabeth Bankston over 21 years of age and resides somewhere in the State of Georgia, but petitioner is not informed as to her county; (6) Milas Meadows over 21 years residing in Coosa County, Alabama; (7) Stephen Meadows who is now decd., leaving surviving him Mary Konley/Nonley(?) who is of lawful age and resides in Coosa County, Alabama; (8) Martha Farris who is also decd., leaving surviving her June Boss(?) and Francis Farris all of whom are of lawful age and reside in Coosa County, Alabama; (9) Sarah Ogletree who died leaving surviving her John & Thomas Ogletree over the age of 21 years – John resides in said county and state, Thomas having died last resided in Coosa County, Alabama leaving surviving him Daniel, Sidney, and Elizabeth Ogletree all under fourteen years of age; (10) Petitioner Gilbert Meadows who is of lawful age and residing in said county and state. Petitioner shows that all the above mentioned heirs at law & children of Ransom Meadows are joint owners and tenants in common in said lands above described and have each a one tenth interest in said lands. Lands cannot be equitably & fairly divided without a sale of same. Henry A. Garrett is guardian ad litem for the minors in this petition.

Transcribed by Russell Henderson from the original.

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via Ransom Meadows descendants – Dick – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com.

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A bit more detail about Ransom Meadows’ descendants

- CAA