Martha Stephens was born between 1771 and 1780 in GA. She was at least 35 years old when Isham´s first and/or second wife Ann Sherrill and Frances Acree died by about 1815. When Martha “appears” in the 1830 census in Lowndes Co Alabama, she is 50 and under 60 born 1771-1780. Also in 1830 Lowndes are Moses Stephens, age 41 (moved to Kemper Miss. before 1837), on the bottom of the same page as Edward (1790-1799), two pages before is William Stephens (1800-1809) and John Stephens Jr (1800-1809) with Benjamin Maddows (1780-89 and 8 children) as a neighbor . So that Lowndes may have all Sarah Stephens' brothers.In 1830, Isham probably had not been married to Martha Stephens much more than 10-15 years and I only found one “source” saying Isham´s first wife had died by 1815. So if Martha was born as late as 1780, the youngest Martha “Norsworthy” may have been when she married him was 35, giving her 10 more years of child birth. Moses Stephens was in Wilkes Co before 1773, maybe trading back and forth between the Indian lands in GA hunting ground and SC.
The Sherrill name was known since the before the settling of Wilkes County GA which is where the revolutionary Battle of Kettle Creek took place. Adam and William Sherrills father had been a famous fur trader WILLIAM "THE CONESTOGA FUR TRADER" SHERRILL and his boys traded as well. One boy was known as a horse thief- Ute Sherrill.
Jane was the wife of William Sherrill and was thought to be Jean Wilson, but according to this recording, her name was Jane. A report about the murder of her husband William says she was also murdered by Creeks, but that was incorrect according to this- Page 62--SHERILL, JANE to Benj. Porter both of Richmond Co., 400 acres on Sherrills creek Wilkes Co., the place whereon Wm. Sherrill formerly lived and given to her by his last will, and absolutely vested in her by the last Assembly Feb. 24, 1784., adj. Jos. Williams. Sept. 10, 1788. Charity Perkins, Wm. Irons, Agnes Irons, Test.
William Sherrill had died in a Creek attack 14 JAN 1774 at his fort Sherrill's Fort, Ogeechee River, Wilkes Co., Ga (near Stephens Creek) right after the Quaker listing was made. Son David got married in 1780 after the report listed him as single. He died 16 Nov 1818, Wilkes Co., GA. William´s brother Adam was in Augusta Co VA where his 6th son Isaac Sherrill was born 20 June 1736. Adam's last child Moses Sherrill is born in Augusta VA on 8 August 1742. (Funny, Ransom Meadows names a child Moses Sherrill Meadows.) On 4 May of 1773 Adam Sherrill was in Rowan Co NC when he died, only 9 months before his brother William was murdered.
William Sherrill b ca 1705 was originally from Cecil Maryland and his grand nephew William J. Sherrill b: 25 Sep 1750 in Anson County, VA (grandson of Adam Sherrill, William's brother) spent time in NC, including Caswell Co NC where John Browning was born 1767. John Browning´s child Nancy was born in Greene-Wilkes Co 1804 --and 5 of her descendants married Meadows/Sherrill descendants. Adam Sherrill´s great grandson was Moses Sherrill. Ransom and Sarah name a child Moses Sherrill Meadows.
S. side of Catawba River
Written: October 15, 1767
Recorded: October 1767
Mecklenburg County, NC Deed Abstracts:
1763-1779, by Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S.
and Elmer O. Parker:
Volume 4, Pages 229-232:
15-16 Oct. 1767, Jonathan Robinson of Mecklenburg,
to PHILLIP ANTHONY of same,
for [lease s5, release 60 pounds proc. money]
600 acres on S side S Fork Catawba, adj. Jumping Run,
granted to William Sherrill 24 April 1750
Jonathan Robinson [seal].
Wit: Will Reed, John Franklin, Isaac Johnson.
Prov. Oct. term 1767. Brent Fulgham
Ransom´s wife Sarah Stephens b abt 1790 is supposedly a child of John Stephens b abt 1761 and Mary Quearns. John Quearns of Maryland settled in Wilkes Co about 1775 (ref. records of the Ct of Land Commisioners). But Mary who married John Stephens is not John Quearns daughter, as it turns out. John Quearns is her uncle, not her father, and since John Quearns mother was married twice, Mary could be a Spears or a Quearns, but probably she is an Arnett and the sister to Edward, William and Samuel Arnett, John Quearns' nephews. John Quearns died Wilkes Co GA 1814, his will proven 8 January 1816 in Wilkes Co. I am sure he was childless which is why he does not say "my daughter" or "my son" and only mentions the word "nephew." John Quearns/Querns mentions John Spears without saying he is his half brother but court records reveal this later. He mentions Mary Stephens and her husband John and in 1822 we find out Mary is his niece . His nephew Edward Arnett of 1775 SC Frenchmans Creek or Abbeville SC and Wilkes GA married Catherine Quearns and 3 of their minor children are mentioned, Felix, Martha Ann and Kitty, as well as a son John . We do not know the names of Edward's parents. Their children were Edward, Samuel, William, and probably Mary, Margaret and Nancy. There is 2nd Margaret mentioned in John Querns will and she may be a daughter of his sister or his sister, as may be Catherine Quearns who married Edward Arnett who died about 1811.In his will John Quearns mentions John Stephens as husband of Mary. John Stephens´s father is supposedly Moses Stephens. Moses lived on Stephens Creek near Henry Thompson and was an early settler of the area and was even mentioned in a Quaker list in 1773 during the Revolution, along with John Querns. (A Quern is a special stone used for grinding flour.) The Wrightsboro Quaker community was across the Little River from Wilkes Co. in GA. Moses widow "Martha Stevens" is living alone in 1820 Capt Nelms, Greene Co GA census on Stephens Creek. Martha is probably the mother of the mysterious Martha Stephens Norsworthy, "a widow." who married Isham- Ransom´s father. Ransom's wife Sarah was born abt 1791 in Wilkes Co, Georgia.
Notes from genealogy.com
1680:
"Edward Arnett, one of 25 persons transported by Thomas Barker from Liverpool, Engl, June 1680; MD Record, Patents, Book WC # 2, Pg 201" [from Arnett Album, 1983, Miscellaneous Arnett notes by Earl Arnett][ see 1755 note below]
1755:
"Maryland Land Grants: William Arnett, 1755. History of 'Edwards Desire' is traced from 1684 to 1755. Original grant to Edward Arnett. Land is in Hartford Co, north of Baltimore MD Patent Books: BC & GC # 4, ppl. 283-284 and BG & GS # 2, pp. 330-331." [Earl Arnett's notes in Arnett Album] [It would be interesting to see what this reference contains.]
1758
William Arnett b. Dorchester Co Md in 1758
[the note in the Arnett Album states the following: "The following Military Record was found on file at the Georgia State Archives, Atlanta Ga. :
No. 35822
William Arnett, Pvt. Fifth Maryland Regiment, Lt. Perry Benson's Company
Roll dated September 8, 1778
Place of Birth - Dorchester Co, MD - 1758
Place of Death - MD - 1799
1778: Maryland Military Records
"William Arnett, Lt., 5th MD Company, Rev. War, 1778. William died Feb., 1779 " [Earl Arnett's notes in Arnett Album, 1983]
1769: Maryland Probate Court Records
"Andrew Arnett, 1769, Dorchester Co. Estate appraised by Edward Stephens and Thomas Stewart. Wit: Lucy Ward, James Arnett, Thomas Morse & Thomas Maxton (?). Vol 102, pg 190."
[Earl Arnett's notes in Arnett Album, 1983]
1794: Edgefield Co, SC
William Arnett, John Slater and John Glover witnessed a deed of land from Drury Glover to Jacob Miller of Edgefield Co, SC on Cuffey Town Creek at mouth of Beaver Dam Creek. Deed Bk 11, pg 124-126 [from Edgefield County South Carolina, Abstracts of Deed Books 1-12]
Wilkes County, known as "The Mother County of Upper Georgia," is the parent county of the entire areas of the present the entire areas of the present Elbert (1790) and Lincoln (1796) Counties as well as parts of Oglethorpe (1793), Warren (1793), Taliaferro (1825-28), Madison (1811), and Hart (1853). A group of Quakers from NC came and started up Wrightborough in what is now McDuffie next to Wilkes Co. and across the Little River. They had 1773 records of early settlers in Wilkes Co GA including Moses Stephens and John Quearns. See note following. John Quearns half brother was John Spears who moved from SC to Wilkes Co.
Jhon Speer Spartenburgh, SC 1790
John Spiers Union, SC 1790
Robt Pollard Abbeville, SC 1790
Jno Quce (John Quern?)Abbeville, SC 1790
Burwell Stephens Abbeville, SC 1790 are they related to Moses?
Cage Stephens Abbeville, SC 1790
In 1768 more than seventy families from the area of Orange County (Cane Creek Meeting), North Carolina, began settling in a special reserve set aside for them by the Georgia colonial government. Located in present-day McDuffie County, the reserve and its town were named Wrightsborough, after Georgia's royal governor, James Wright. It became affiliated with part of the New Garden, NC Quarterly Meeting and from 1792 until the Wrightsboro meeting was abandoned it was affiliated with the Bush River Meeting near Columbia SC.
Although documents at the time describe these families as all being Quakers, minutes of the Wrightsborough Monthly Meeting and other records of the Quakers reveal that less than one-fifth of the landholders in this reserve were actually Friends. Wrightsborough's Quakers (Freinds) were adamantly opposed to slavery, even more so than most American Friends. They finally left Georgia mostly for Ohio between 1805 and 1809 because of the growing slavery controversy. Some left to join Lost Creek Monthly Meeting in Jefferson County, Tennessee and some for Warren Co in Ohio- i Miami Monthly Meeting.
This background fits in well with Mary Stephens' uncle John Quearns who ordered in his 1814 will that each of his slaves be freed as they reached the age of 21. They would be used by his nephews until age 21, and they would be provided for thru a trust (not in the hands of the nephews) and land he set up for them so they could earn their own livings. John Quearns had no children, but he had neices and nephews and a half brother. Although his nephews were well provided for in the will, they went against their uncles wishes and sued the estate in order to keep the slaves for ever and not set them free, claiming it was illegal to free slaves. (The son of one of his nephews had 89 slaves by 1860.)
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] RETURNS OF ADMINISTRATORS AND GUARDIANS 1819-1826 INDEX
EXPLANATORY
Only the historical and genealogical data in this book, not covered by Vol. 1, or original records, wills etc in this volume were taken. These returns are very valuable as many show marriages by inference, approximate majority of orphans, change of residence of legatees etc which occurred after probate of wills and division of estates.
Page 92--QUERNS, JOHN, dec'd. est. Thos. Talbot, excr. To six slaves, Hannah, Nancy and child, Isham, Jenny and Harriett delivered to Wm. H. Bonner, admr of Rebecca Bonner, in discharge of judgement obtained by them against Thos. Talbot May 1, 1820.
Page 194--Paid Jesse, Peggy and Lucy Russell, witnesses in case of Wm. and Samuel Arnett vs Thos. Talbot, excr in 1821.
Page 255--Returns 1822. State of Ala. Montgomery Co. Feb. 5, 1822. Mr. T. Talbot, Sir. You will please pay Edward Stephens, the bearer, my son, the amount, say fifty dollars which is the legacy specified to me in the will of Mr. John Querns, dec'd, my uncle, and you will oblige me, and this shall be your receipt in full for the same. Sir, yours etc. Mary Stephens. Receipt signed by Edward Stephens for mother. Feb. 20, 1822. (See will Vol. 1).
Volumn 1
A number of years after the close of the Revolution there appears a House Resolution by which it appears that it had come to the attention of the House that certain papers and records concerning the issuance of the Ceded Lands were in possession of one, Joseph Maddock and the said Maddock was ordered to turn them over to the Representative in the House from his County. Nothing further appears, and evidently Maddock did not surrender them at that time. Maddock was probably the same, or a son of the Joseph Maddock who, with Jonathan Sell, brought the Quaker colony from Orange County, N. C. to Wrightsborough in 1768. On these lists are the banes of some of our ancestors:
JAMES A. LECONTE.
Atlanta, Ga. Wrightsborough Continued, 13th. November 1773 STEPHENS, MOSES--S. C., a wife son and dau. from 12 to 9 years old. 200 acres on Stephens creek. (This would makea boy born born 1761 and a girl born 1764.) Wrightsborough, 13th. January 1775 QUERNS, JOHN--Maryland, 1 slave and a bound servant lad. 200 acres on north side Hardin's creek including improvement of Abraham Nordike's.
In 1791, Henry Thompson paid taxes in Wilkes County, Georgia, in Captain Ragan’s District DD on 200 acres of second class land and 365 acres of third class land, and four slaves in Wilkes County. In 1793, Henry Thompson paid taxes in Wilkes County, Georgia, in Captain John Fluker’s District EE on four slaves, 100 acres of second class land, and 100 acres of third class land in Wilkes County, on Little River, adjoining Moses Stephens. Henry also paid taxes on 365 acres of third class land in Wilkes County, on Little River, adjoining Moses Stephens.In 1802, Henry Thompson paid taxes in Captain Stephen Gatlin’s District RR in Wilkes County, Georgia, on nine slaves and 276 acres on Stephens Creek in Wilkes County, adjoining M. Stephens, granted to Henry Thompson. Henry Thompson owned 276 acres of land in 1808. Henry also deeded 100 acres to Daniel Meadows and 76 acres to Edward Meadows. These are the same names on the same page in the 1820 census with Martha Stevens.
- will from Michal Farmer:
Henry Thompson’s will, recorded Jones Co., Ga., Will Book B, p. 108–110. Original will of Henry Thompson, made 22 Feb. 1823. Named daus.: Jane Pollard(married William Pollard, father of Susan who married Jesse Meadows, son of John Meadows and Lyda Stephens), Anne Meadows (wife of Daniel Meadows of Wilkes), Mary Sexton, Sarah C. Brooks, Rebecca Medows(wife of Daniel´s brother Edward). Sons: Samuel Thompson, James Thompson, John Thompson, Marshal Thompson. Dau.: Salatha Thompson. All rest of property to sons, James Thompson, John Thompson, Marshal Thompson, and dau. Salatha Thompson, equally divided. Exors: William Williams, William Harris. Wit: Benjamin Ledbetter, Thomas Porch, Samuel Ledbetter. Proved March Term 1823, Jones Co., Ga., by Thomas Porch.
William Pollard and Jane Thompson had daughters who all married Meadows boys:
Children
1. Elizabeth POLLARD b: ABT 1801 married Riley s/o John and Lyda
2. Nancy POLLARD b: ABT 1805 married Isham s/o Isham and Frances
3. Susan POLLARD b: ABT 1806 married Jesse s/o John and Lyda
John and Lyda/Lydia (probably Stevens) had children who married Acree, Meadows, Thompson and Jones:
Children
1. Susannah MEADOWS b: ABT 1794 in Warren Co, NC m. Sterling Acree
2. Jane ?Jean-Jincy? MEADOWS b: ABT 1796 in Warren Co, NC m. cousin William Meadows s/o Isham Meadows and Frances Acree
3. Riley MEADOWS b: ABT 1798 in Wilkes Co GA m. Elizabeth Pollard
4. Jesse MEADOWS b: ABT 1801 in Wilkes Co, Ga m. Susan Pollard
5. Temperence MEADOWS b: ABT 1803 m. William Jones 2 Nov 1824 in Warren County, Georgia
Down in Alabama James D. Meadows was the grandson of John Meadows (son of Isham 1740) and Lyda/Lydia Stephens b ca 1769 died Warren Co GA. Another son of Isham Meadows 1740 married Rutha Stephens, daughter of Edward Stephens who died 1823 in Wilkes Co GA. The Stephens Creek neighborhood of Wilkes County, Georgia, was cut off into Greene County, in 1802. The Meadows lived in Greene County, after 1802. Isham Meadows, Sr. registered for the 1805 Land Lottery in Greene County, as did his sons, John, Isham, Jr., James, William, and Daniel Meadows. (The Stephens Creek neighborhood was cut off from Greene County, and became Taliaferro County, in 1825). In Greene County, Georgia, on 6 December 1815, William Stevens of Greene County, sold to Starling Acree, for $1000, 192 acres in Greene County, on Stephens Creek, adjoining Isham Meadows. Witnesses were Nathaniel Acree, Edward Meadows, Ransom Meadows, and Thomas Lyne, J.P
So we have Lyda Stephens ca 1769 who died in Warren Co GA, Sarah Stephens ca 1790 who died 30 NOV 1872 in Tallapoosa Co AL, Martha Stephens b ca 1781 who died in Lowndes Co AL, and Rutha Stephens b ca 1785 who died in Tallapoosa Co AL and was the daughter of Edward but not a sister of the former three mentioned.
Left-Anderson Grist Mill ruins near Stephens Grove in Wilkes Co. on State Hwy 44.
Moses Stephens may have been the first Stephens in that area and Stephens Creek may be "his" creek. If he was first living in Edgefield or thereabouts, it would have been easy to prepare a homestead traveling back and forth a not to long a distance from Edgefield District of the Old 96th. union was also part of the old 06th. Ceeded Lands record-Entries at Wrightsborough 13th. November 1773 STEPHENS, MOSES--S. C., a wife son and dau. from 12 to 9 years old. 200 acres on Stephens creek. ...ANDERSON, GEDION-(his sons married Arnett girls) -N. C. a wife 2 sons and 2 daus. from 11 to 1 years old. 200 acres beginning at a spring of the Welch Road at a pine marked G. A. to run down the branch. SHERRALL, WILLIAM-(Ann Sherrill had been married to isham Meadows)-N. C. a wife and 9 negroes. 200 acres on south fork Little river where he lives. SHERROL DAVID--S. C. a single man. 100 acres on same creek of William Sherrill on north side joining lower end of a Beaver Dam. Wrightsborough, 13th. January 1775 QUERNS, JOHN-(John Stephen's wife's uncle)-Maryland, 1 slave and a bound servant lad. 200 acres on north side Hardin's creek including improvement of Abraham Nordike's. John Stephens b ca 1761 and Mary Quearns of Wilkes Co GA. John Stephens was supposedly the son of Moses Stephens/Stevens. Moses Stephens and Edward both paid taxes in 1791 in Wilkes Co GA, along with Isham Meadows. here is a list of people who were or became part of the family somehow. Ragan and Gresham lines ran next to one another.
Old list of SC residents
SPEARS , Abraham 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT
SPEARS , Angrutas 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed
SPEARS , Joshua 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed
SPEARS , Obadiah 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed
SPEARS , William 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT
SPEIR , Robert 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT
ALFORD, ISHAM WILKES 1791 RAGAN lived next to Isham Meadows
ALFORD, TERYL WILKES 1791 RAGAN
STEPHENS, MOSES WILKES 1791 RAGAN
OGLETREE, JOHN WILKES 1791 RAGAN died 7 Sep 1822 in Wilkes County,Georgia and father of Littleton Ogletree whose son married Ransom Meadow´s daughter Sarah.
THOMPSON, ALEXANDER WILKES 1791 RAGAN
THOMPSON, HENRY WILKES 1791 RAGAN
THOMPSON, ZACHARIAH WILKES 1791 GRESHAM
THOMPSON, JAMES GREENE 1789 GRESHAM 33
ACRE, JOHN WILKES 1791 GRESHAM
STEPHENS, THOMAS GREENE 1789 GRESHAM
Page 60--MOORE, JONAS and wife Mary to Jas. Sanders, 200 acres on Brushy creek waters of Broad river, including the forks of said creek, surveyed by Jas. McCammon, Dep. Surveyor, bounded one side by Mrs. Stephens, other sides vacant. May 22, 1789. Stephen Heard, John Hardin, test.
Page 88--RUSSELL, THOS. COMMANDER and wife Mary to Col. Holman Freeman, 650 acres whereon said Russell now lives, bounded N. by Broad river, E. by Benj. Ragland, S. by Thos. Owens, W. by Allas Mills and Holman Freeman. Apr. 2, 1790. Jas. Currin, Esther S. Stephens, test.
Page 112--DEJERNATT, REUBEN to Edward Stephens, 300 acres on Ogeechee river as appears by grants 1787 to said Reuben. Feb. 17, 1790. Frederick Sims, J. P., David Terrell, test.
Page 281--HARDMAN, CHARLES and wife Rhoda to John Eades, 300 acres on Goose Pond creek adj lands of both and Joshua Stephens. Feb. 24, 1791. John Moore, J. P.
Page 328--EADES, ABRAHAM and wife Sarah of Albemarle Co. Va., to Thos. Stephens of Wilkes Co., for L10,200 acres on Goose Pond creek. Dec. 10, 1789. Thos. Hopper, John Tiller, test
The Early Records of Georgia, Volume II, Wilkes County abstracted and compiled by Grace Gillam Davidson, published in 1933 at Macon, GA
Deed Book GG Page 241--STEPHENS, THOMAS and wife Susanna to Joshua Stephens, 200 acres on Goose Pond creek adj lands of said Thos. Stephens, Chas. Hardman and John Eades. Feb. 17, 1790. J. Moore, J. P.
MEADOWS, ISHAM WILKES 1791 GRESHAM
PEPLES, DAVID GREENE 1797 GRESHAM father of Nancy Peebles who was Nancy Peebles Browning´s mother. Nancy Peebles Browning´s children married Isham Meadows´s grandchildren and great grandchildren.
BROWNING, JOHN GREENE 1789 GRESHAM married into the David Peebles family whose children married into Ransom Meadows and Sarah Stephens family
BROWNING, JOHN GREENE 1797 GRESHAM father of Nancy Peebles Browning
SPEARS, WILLIAM GREENE 1789 GILBERT 27
SPEERS, MOSES GREENE 1797 SPEERS
Moses Spier Capt Patricks District,Morgan,GA 1820
Moses Spears Franklin, Alabama 1830 he is born 1771-1780 George Thompson b 1793 on the same page
W M Spears Greene, Georgia 1840 he is born 1791 to 1800
ACRE, ISAAC WILKES 1791 SIMMONS
MEADOWS Hysham 1792, Wilkes County Capt. Whatley’s District
MEADOR, JOHN GREENE 1789 WHITFIELD 37
MEADOWS, JONATHAN GREENE 1789 BORLAND 13
MEDDOWS, JOEL GREENE 1797 SPEERS
MEDDOWS, JONAS GREENE 1797 SPEERS
STEPHENS, EDWARD WILKES 1791 SIMMONS
OGLETREE, THOMAS WILKES 1791 MCCORMACK
OGLETREE, WILLIAM WILKES 1791 MCCORMACK died 29 Jul 1835
OGELTREE, WILLIAM WILKES 1791 MCCORMACK
The Early Records of Georgia, Volume II, Wilkes County - Start of Page 95 Page 239--OGLETREE, WILLIAM and wife Mary or Molley to Meshack Turner, Sr., 291 acres beginning at a white oak corner on Little river. Apr. 15, 1791. Philip Wilhite, John Turner, test.
OGLETREE, JOHN GREENE 1797 HUNTER
MCCLENDON, ISAAC GREENE 1789 ALEXANDER 5
Record Ceeded Lands at Wrightboro-McCLENDON, ISAAC--N. C. a wife and 4 slaves. 300 acres on Fishing creek at Hoopers Spring including the improvement.McCLENDON, JACOB, Junr.--N. C. a wife and 1 slave. 100 acres on Mitchel's creek a branch of Fishing creek, including Mitchell's improvement.
MCCLENDON, ISAAC GREENE 1797 WIGGINS
MCCLENDON, THOMAS GREENE 1797 WIGGINS
ODAM, JOHN RICHMOND 1797 WAGGONER Ceeded Lands record-ODAM, WILLIAM--S. C., Granville Co., a wife and dau. 100 acres on Rockey Comfort between the Trading Paths. Reserved until he produce a character next Court.October 28th. 1773
PARKER, AARON WILKES 1791 SIMMONS
PARKER, DANIEL WILKES 1791 COLLIER
PARKER, JOHN WILKES 1791 COLLIER
PARKER, WILLIAM WILKES 1791 MCCORMACK
PATTERSON, JAMES WILKES 1791 COLLIER probably related to John R. Patterson who married Susannah Meadows about 1823
PATTERSON, ROBERT WILKES 1791 COLLIER
PEPLES, BURREL GREENE 1798 GRESHAM
PEPLES, ELIZABETH GREENE 1797 GRESHAM
PEPLES, HUBBARD GREENE 1797 GRESHAM
PEPLES, JOSEPH GREENE 1797 GRESHAM
DICK, ROBERT RICHMOND (Augusta not far from Wilkes) 1797 STILES son married into the Meadows family
BROWNING, JOSHUA GREENE 1797 WATSON
BROWNING, ROBERT GREENE 1789 GRESHAM 33
BROWNING, WILLIAM GREENE 1797 GRESHAM John Browning´s son who moved to Lowndes Co AL by 1820
ALFORD, JAMES GREENE 1789 CAIN 3
ALFORD, JOHN GREENE 1789 GILBERT 25
ALFORD, JUL. GREENE 1789 CAIN 1
ALFORD, WILLIAM GREENE 1789 GILBERT 25
The Stephens Creek neighborhood
Stephens Creek neighborhood was sparsely settled for many years. The land in his district was on the waters of Stephens Creek , Sherrill’s Creek, Ogeechee River, and Little River. The neighborhood is now that part of Taliaferro County west of Crawfordville, bounded on the south and west by the North Fork of the Ogeechee River and on the north by Sherrill’s Creek.
Wilkes County was created in 1777 as one of the original 11 counties of Georgia. The original Wilkes (in some old records Wilks) County included all of the area now in Lincoln, Elbert, and Wilkes Counties; most of Oglethorpe,, Madison, Taliaferro and Warren Counties; half of Hart County, and parts of Clarke, Glascock, Greene Hancock , and McDuffie Counties, and of course present day Wilkes County. The County seat of Wilkes County is Washington.
In the part of Wilkes which stayed Wilkes in 1802 is the land which had belonged to John Quearns. On the same 1820 page above are his legatees William and Samuel Arnett as well as a John Arnett right next to Saml. Their sister Mary Arnett, referred to as Mary Stephens in Quearns's will, was probably Sarah Stephens' mother. Mary Stephens states in 1822 that her uncle was John Quearns. Her husband was John Stephens and his parents were probably Martha and Moses Stephens of the Ragan Dist. Wilkes, later called Captain Nelms District Greene.There is a Martha Stevens in Capt Nelms Greene Co 1820 over 45 with several unrelated free people, as well as 6 slaves. The Stephens Creek neighborhood in Wilkes/Greene/Taliaferro Co GA was called Ragan (Wilkes) in 1790. In 1802 Greene received a part of Wilkes that was later transferred to Taliaferro. The Edward Arnett estate is settled in both Wilkes Co GA and Spartanburgh SC. His widow was Catherine Quearns Arnett and children were John,Felix, Kitty. Martha Ann. She could have been a much younger sister to John Quearns or a neice. No one knows.
As I mentioned, 1820 Stephens Creek was called Captain Nelms District (Greene). There is a Samuel Nelms living there. In this neighborhood we find the widow Elizabeth Acree -over 45- whose husband John died 8 Jul 1808 in GA (Greene). Her son Sterling had married Susannah Meadows. Living near her is a John Acre and I can guess he is an older previously unknown son of Sterling. Sterling had moved to Baker by 1850.Father: John ACREE b: ABT 1760
Mother: Elizabeth LNU b: ABT 1765
Marriage 1 Susannah MEADOWS b: ABT 1794 in Warren Co, NC
- Married: 16 Feb 1811 in Clarke County, Georgia
William M ACREE b: ABT 1811 in Greene County, Georgia
- S.N. Acree b: Abt 1812 in Greene Co., GA
Marriage 2 Milly Elizabeth WILSON b: ABT 1800
- Married: ABT 1826
Caroline Wilson Acree b: 25 APR 1834 in Taliafero Co., GA
The name Stephens/Stevens.
There are several last names which the Meadows family often married,
including Acree, Pollard, Thompson and Stephens. Example will of Daniel
Meadows father in law from Michal Farmer:
Henry Thompson’s will,
recorded Jones Co., Ga., Will Book B, p. 108–110. Original will of
Henry Thompson, made 22 Feb. 1823. Named daus.: Jane Pollard (married
William, father of Susan who married Jesse Meadows, son of John Meadows
and Lyda Stephens), Anne Meadows(wife of Daniel), Mary Sexton, Sarah C.
Brooks, Rebecca Medows(wife of Daniel´s brother Edward). Sons: Samuel
Thompson, James Thompson, John Thompson, Marshal Thompson. Dau.:
Salatha Thompson. All rest of property to sons, James Thompson, John
Thompson, Marshal Thompson, and dau. Salatha Thompson, equally divided.
Exors: William Williams, William Harris. Wit: Benjamin Ledbetter,
Thomas Porch, Samuel Ledbetter. Proved March Term 1823, Jones Co., Ga.,
by Thomas Porch.
William Pollard and Jane Thomason had daughters who all married Meadows boys:
Children
1. Elizabeth POLLARD b: ABT 1801 married Riley s/o John and Lyda (probably Stephens)
2. Nancy POLLARD b: ABT 1805 married Isham s/o Isham Meadows and Frances Acree
3. Susan POLLARD b: ABT 1806 married Jesse s/o John and Lyda
John and Lyda/Lydia had children who married Acree, Meadows, Thompson and Jones:
Children
1. Susannah MEADOWS b: ABT 1794 in Warren Co, NC m. Sterling Acree
2. Jane ?Jean-Jincy? MEADOWS b: ABT 1796 in Warren Co, NC m. cousin William Meadows s/o Isham Meadows and Frances Acree
3. Riley MEADOWS b: ABT 1798 in Wilkes Co GA m. Elizabeth Pollard and moved to harris Co
4. Jesse MEADOWS b: ABT 1801 in Wilkes Co, Ga m. Susan Pollard
5. Temperence MEADOWS b: ABT 1803 m. William Jones 2 Nov 1824 in Warren County, Georgia
Down
in Alabama James D. Meadows was the grandson of John Meadows (son of
Isham 1740) and Lyda/Lydia Stephens b ca 1769 died Warren Co GA.
Another son of Isham Meadows 1740 married Rutha Stephens, daughter of
Edward Stephens who died 1823 in Wilkes Co GA.
The Stephens Creek neighborhood of Wilkes County, Georgia, was cut off
into Greene Co, in 1802. The Meadows lived in Greene County, after 1802.
(The Stephens Creek neighborhood was cut off from Greene County, and became
Taliaferro County, in 1825. In Greene County, Georgia, on 6 December
1815, William Stevens of Greene County, sold to Starling Acree, for
$1000, 192 acres in Greene County, on Stephens Creek, adjoining Isham
Meadows. Witnesses were Nathaniel Acree, Edward Meadows, Ransom
Meadows, and Thomas Lyne, J.P Daniel Meadows moved from Warren County,
North Carolina, to Stephens Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia, in 1798,
with his father, Isham Meadows, and brothers, John, James, William, and
Edward Meadows. Daniel’s brother, Isham, had moved to Wilkes County, in
1790.He lived in North Carolina 19 years, Taliaferro County, Georgia 39
years, and in Coweta County, Georgia 39 years.
So we have Lyda Stephens ca 1769 who died in Warren Co GA near WIlkes Co, Sarah
Stephens ca 1790 who died 30 NOV 1872 in Tallapoosa Co AL after first
living in Lowndes, Martha Stephens b ca 1781 who died in Lowndes Co AL,
and Rutha Stephens (d/o Edward, stepmother Lucretia) b ca 1785 VA who
died in Tallapoosa Co AL not a sister of the former three mentioned.
There is an Alexander Stephens Indian Trader, Military Scout who died 15 MAR
1814 in Crawfordville,Talliaferro County,GA in the part which was one
time Wilkes Co. After the American Revolution, Alexander lived in the
vicinity of Duncannon in what is now Perry County, Pennsylvania. By
1793 he removed, with his family, to Chatham Co GA where he paid taxes
and settled first in Elbert, then in Wilkes County on a plantation that
afterwards was included in Taliaferro County. His wife died in Wilkes
County, Georgia in 1794. His children seem all to be accounted for but
not his brothers. Some say Alexander´s father was William who fought in
the Rev and received a land grant in TN and that his mother was Mary
Sampson. Some of the Stephens girls could be related to Alexander´s
brothers-- whoever they were, but they could descend from John Stephens
b ca 1761 and Mary Quearns of Wilkes Co GA. John was supposedly the son
of Moses Stephens/Stevens. Moses Stephens and Edward both paid taxes in
1791 in Wilkes Co GA, along with Isham Meadows. here is a list of
people who were or became part of the family somehow.
Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 and ceeded Lands recorded at Wrightsboro
http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/books/early-records-of-ga-vol1
/003-029.shtml
STEPHENS, THOMAS GREENE 1789 GRESHAM (b 1730 VA wife was Susannah Thomas)
MEADOWS, ISHAM WILKES 1791 GRESHAM
MEADOWS Hysham 1792, Wilkes County Capt. Whatley’s District
STEPHENS, EDWARD WILKES 1791 SIMMONS wives were Eliza and Lucretia
STEPHENS, MOSES WILKES 1791 RAGAN
Ceeded
Lands record-Entries at Wrightsborough Continued, 13th. November 1773
STEPHENS, MOSES--S. C., a wife son and dau. from 12 to 9 years old. 200
acres on Stephens creek.ANDERSON, GEDION--N. C. a wife 2 sons and 2
daus. from 11 to 1 years old. 200 acres beginning at a spring of the
Welch Road at a pine marked G. A. to run down the branch. (Sherrill)
SHERRALL, WILLIAM--N. C. a wife and 9 negroes. 200 acres on south fork
Little river where he lives. SHERROL DAVID--S. C. a single man. 100
acres on same creek of William Sherrill on north side joining lower end
of a Beaver Dam. Wrightsborough, 13th. January 1775 QUERNS,
JOHN--Maryland, 1 slave and a bound servant lad. 200 acres on north
side Hardin's creek including improvement of Abraham Nordike's.
OGLETREE, JOHN WILKES 1791 RAGAN died 7 Sep 1822 in Wilkes County,Georgia
OGLETREE, THOMAS WILKES 1791 MCCORMACK
OGLETREE, WILLIAM WILKES 1791 MCCORMACK died 29 Jul 1835
OGELTREE, WILLIAM WILKES 1791 MCCORMACK
OGLETREE, JOHN GREENE 1797 HUNTER
MCCLENDON, ISAAC GREENE 1789 ALEXANDER 5
Record
Ceeded Lands at Wrightboro-McCLENDON, ISAAC--N. C. a wife and 4 slaves.
300 acres on Fishing creek at Hoopers Spring including the
improvement.McCLENDON, JACOB, Junr.--N. C. a wife and 1 slave. 100
acres on Mitchel's creek a branch of Fishing creek, including
Mitchell's improvement.
MCCLENDON, ISAAC GREENE 1797 WIGGINS
MCCLENDON, THOMAS GREENE 1797 WIGGINS
ODAM, JOHN RICHMOND 1797 WAGGONER 31
Ceeded
Lands record-ODAM, WILLIAM--S. C., Granville Co., a wife and dau. 100
acres on Rockey Comfort between the Trading Paths. Reserved until he
produce a character next Court.
October 28th. 1773
DICK, ROBERT RICHMOND (Augusta-not far from WIlkes) 1797 STILES
BROWNING, JOHN GREENE 1789 GRESHAM 31
BROWNING, JOHN GREENE 1797 GRESHAM father of Nancy Peebles Browning
BROWNING, JOSHUA GREENE 1797 WATSON
BROWNING, ROBERT GREENE 1789 GRESHAM 33
BROWNING, WILLIAM GREENE 1797 GRESHAM
_____________________________________________-
About Thomas Stephens-listed in the tax records above and in the same neighborhood of Isham Meadows
# Thomas P. G. STEPHENS
# Birth: 1730 in Virginia
# Death: 11 MAY 1818 in Oglethorpe County, Ga.
Marriage 1 SUSANNAH Thomas b: 1740 Married: 27 JUN 1757 Albemarle County, Virginia
Notes:
Thomas and Susannah are buried in the Stephens family Cemetery located
in the Vesta Community, Goosepond District, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
Thomas
came to Goosepond District , Wilkes County, Ga. prior to August 1777
when he signed a petition of "Sundry inhabitations from Wilkes County"
concerning the passage of laws regarding the ceded lands of Wilkes
County, an original county
created 5 feb 1777 as a result of the cession of the Creek and Cherokee Indians on 1 June 1773.
Wilkes
County was the parent county of Elbert (10 Dec 1790), Oglethorpe (19
dec 1793), Lincoln (10 feb 1796), and parts of other counties, Warren
(Dec 1793), Talferro (24 Dec 1825), Madison (5 Dec 1811) and Hart (7
Dec 1853) were originally
part of Wilkes County.
Children http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:
1890718&id=I62
1. Joshua O. STEPHENS b: 31 JAN 1768 m. nacy Johnson
2. William STEPHENS b: 1771 in Georgia Marriage 1 Elizabeth Goolsby b: 1775
3. Thomas P. G. STEPHENS , Jr. b: 6 OCT 1773
Marriage 1 Judith Hardin b: 14 SEP 1783 in Guilford Co.,N.C.
4. David STEPHENS b: 1775 in Albemarle County,VA came to Wilkes Co GA
Georgia about 1784 with his parents Marriage 1 Francis M. Harris b: 1785
5. Nancy STEPHENS b: 1777 WILKES CO GA
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Arnett records
(formed 1777 from Surry Co)
1782 Moses Arnett listed as taxpayer [Joe A. notes of 1/17/99]
1785 Ann Arnett bounty grant [G3]
1799 Daniel Arnett m. Sally Montgomery [G3]
1804 William Arnett m. Sarah Glaze [W.Cullars]
[not certain whether this m. was in Wilkes Co, Ga or elsewhere]
[Sarah Glaze m2. As his second wife also, Capt. Francis Marion Wright][W.Cul]
[see "Additions" re children of Wm & Sarah Glaze]
1809 Samuel Arnett witness to will with John Querns, his uncle
1812 Edward Arnett, noted dec'd; husb of Catherine: sons: John & Felix
1812 John Arnett s/o Edward in his will
1812 Felix Arnett s/o Edward in his will
daughters:
1812 Kitty Arnett in Edward's will (Kitty is short for Catherine) as dau
1812 Martha Anne Arnett in Edwards's will [G10] as dau
1814 John Quearns will ["Early Wilkes" - loose]
1814 Samuel Arnett noted to be nephew of John Quearns in will of latter [G10]
1814 William Arnett - nephew of John Quearns in latter's will [G10] [loose]
1814 Catherine Arnett widow of Edward Arnett & sons mentioned in J.Q. will.[G10]
1814 John Arnett son of Edward and Catherine mentioned in J.Q. will [loose]
1814 Felix Arnett son of Edward and Catherine mentined in J.Q. will [loose]Ninety-Six District > Spartanburg Co. & Abbeville Dist.
1783 Edward Arnett estate adm in Abbeville
1786 Edward Arnett property mentioned in Spartanburg Co.
1807 Edward Arnett of Spartanburg Co, son of Edw Arnett, dec'd
1812 Edward Arnett of Wilkes Co, GA dec'd, admx. Catharine Quearns Arnett
1812 Catharine Quearns Arnett is admx of Edward Arnett's will
children:
1812 Kitty Arnett in Edward Arnett's will
1812 Felix Arnett in Edward Arnett's will
1812 Martha Anne Arnett in Edward Arnett's will
1812 William Arnett in Edward Arnett's will
1812 John Arnett in Edward Arnett's will
1812 Samuel Arnett in Edward Arnett's will
Samuel Arnett married Ann Spear(s),
said to be dau. of John Spears, half brother of John Quearns.
But he also married Ann Bird Catchings-marriage record:
Ashmore, Anna Arnett, Samuel Dec. 13, 1819 222
and had Oliver C. born 1824.
[jwa notes to MH]
____ William Arnett m. Sarah Henderson [line to Louise Selden]
Samuel Arnett may have married Ann Spears (daughter of John Spears?) and then Ann Bird Catchings Ashmore, widow of William Ashmore and daughter of Benjamin Catchings. permelia Stephens married Jo Catchings. Samuel Arnett, along with his brothers William and Edward (Edward had married Catherine Quearns-most likely a 1st cousin), were the nephews of John Quearns b before 1750 in Maryland. John´s neice Mary married John Stephens. His neice Nancy Arnett married Martin Anderson (b 1769) and Margaret Arnett married Charles Anderson (b 1777 GA), both sons of Gideon Anderson. The Arnett boys received the land they were already on and the girls received 50 dollars each. John Spears, John Querns half brother received 50 dollars also. Margaret Murphy wife of John Murphey received 300 dollars-she may have been John's Querns' full sister?
Will of John Quearn's nephew Samuel Arnett:
Will Georgia, Wilkes Co.: In the name of God Amen. I Samuel Arnett of
the county and state of aforesaid being of sound mind and disposing
memory calling to mind that it is appointed for all men to die, do make
and ordain this my last will and testament revoking all others. First, I
command(?) my soul to God who gave it and my body to be decently buried.
As to my earthy property I wish to make the following disposition of it.
Item 1st: I give and bequeath to my son Henry W. Arnett's children the
following property (slaves?), Sunthia Eady and her three children James,
Green, Caroline, and three hundred dollars in cash he has heretofore
received and receipted for; and I give and bequeath unto said children
one negro boy, John, at my death and I also give unto my son Henry W.
Arnett fifty dollars for his__________use. Item 2nd: I give and bequeath
unto my son Seaborn Arnett the following property, Sally a woman, Peter a
boy, and five hundred and fourteen dollars and seventy cents in cash,
three negroes, Stephan a man, Lucinda a girl, Liza a girl, which property
and money he has heretofore receipted and receipted for. Also I give
three negroes at my death, March and Ned, boys and Clarisa, a girl. Item
3rd: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Nancy (b Sept 1807 died 9 Apr 1857)
the following property, Patience a girl, Clark a boy, Betty a woman, Evaline
her child, Nancy a woman and her child Dianne, cash one hundred dollars which she has
heretofore received and receipted for by William Glaze her husband. Also
I give her one negro boy named Wilkes at my death. Item 4: I give and
bequeath unto my daughter Polly Newman the following property, Sarah a
woman, Bob a boy, Jane a woman, Isham a boy, Marion a woman and child,
Jefferson, cash one hundred dollars thirty seven and one half cents which
she has heretofore received and receipted for by William Newman; also at
my death Joe and Jimmy. Item 5th: I give and bequeath unto my beloved
wife the following property during her natural life and widowhood, one
negro woman Nancy, my interest that I bought of Thomas M.M.(W.W.?)
Hud(?), also one man Len and Feruby his wife, Mary and her child
Caty—also supposed to be one hundred and fifty acres of land, taking the
dwelling house and kitchen beginning at a persimmon in the lane and
running due east to my east line adjoining Mr. Florence, thence with said
line to Little River, thence up the river to the mouth of Upton's creek,
thence up said creek to the mouth of the Spring branch, thence up said
branch to a bridge, thence up the east side of the lane to the beginning
coming into the lane sixty yards north of the dwelling house, also two
beds and furniture. The above land I wish to give to my son Oliver C.
Arnett at my wife's death or intermarriage, also
the rest of the property left her to my children.
Item 6th: I give and bequeath the balance of my estate both real and
personal to my son Oliver C. Arnett (by 1850 he owned 57 slaves in WIlkes
Co and in 1860 he owned 89 slaves in Decatur Co).
Item 7th: It is my will at my death that the crops on hand is for the
support of the plantation and that the property is all to be kept
together and an overseer employed by my executors to attend to both farms
and at the end of each year the net produces(?) of all the crops to be
equally divided according to their_______. Item 8th: It is my will that
my son Oliver C. Arnett's money be kept out at interest by my executors
and that my wife and son be equal in all expenses in proportionate to
their property. It is my will that my wife attend to the clothing of the
family as usual______(does he mean the laundry?). Item I will and
bequeath to Mildred Hud(?) And Patience Paschal one hundred dollars at my
death to each. I hereby nominate and constitute my beloved wife Ann
Arnett my whole executor of this my last will and testament___________
given by my hand and seal this 27th day of March 1834.
Samuel Arnett
Signed, sealed, and delivered in the
presence of
R. Booker
J.J. West
Job(?) Coleman
R.J. Holiway, J.P.
The reason I note Moses below is that family lore states that Sarah´s aunt was Martha (Ishams´s last wife) so that Ransom´stepmother was his wife´s aunt. The story is that Martha´s father was John Stevens and her mother Mary Quearns. Her grandfather was supposedly Moses who was in Stephens Creek by 1789. John Quearns/Querns and Moses Stephens are on a 1773 list of residents compiled by the Quakers of Wrightsnoro GA.
In the very Ragan neighborhood (Stephens Creek) where Moses Stephens lived in 1791 is a woman living in 1820 census by the name of Martha Stephens/Stevens. She is not indexed. She has a man over 45 living in the house with her as well as many children. He could be a now infirm Moses or he could be her father. But it was probably not his son John Stephens because in John Quearns will he says that John is living in Montogomery Co GA. I question this and think there may have been an error and they may have meant Montgomery Co AL. Anyway about 1818, Mary Stephens (John's wife) send a note to the court that they should release 50 dollars of her inheritance to her son Edward Stephens and that John Quearns is her uncle,dec'd.
Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799
about STEPHENS, MOSES
| Name: | |
|---|---|
| County: | WILKES |
| Year: | |
| DISTRICT: | RAGAN |
1820 census Greene GA with age over 45 Martha Stevens and 3 Meadows on the same page, as well as John Acree--he must be a son of Sterling Acree and Susannah Meadows. Later Sterling married Mary Elizabeth Wilson. This is the neighborhood where Moses lived as these name are connected to land bordering his. martha Stevens must be his 2nd wife and widow, though she could be a spinster daughter.
Isham Meadows was included in the 1790 census in Warren County, North Carolina. His household consisted of three white males over 16, seven white males under 16, two white females, and no other persons or slaves. The three males over 16 (born before 1774) were Isham Meadows and his sons, John and James Meadows. Three of the seven males under 16 (born after 1774) were Isham’s sons, William, Daniel, and Edward Meadows. All those Meadows boys moved from Warren County, North Carolina, to Stephens Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia, in 1798, with their father, Isham Meadows. Isham´s son Isham, had moved to Wilkes County, in 1790. Also in Warren Co were James and William Norsworthy, as well as Isaac Ogletree.
By 1820 their Isham Sr had gone to Harris Co with his youngest son Benjamin and their brother Isham had gone to Lowndes Co, Alabama.
Daniel Meadows Capt Nelms Dist,Greene,GA 1820 m. Ann Thompson
Edward Meadows Capt Nelms Dist,Greene,GA 1820
William Meadows Capt Nelms Dist,Greene,GA 1820
Martha Stevens Capt Nelms District,Greene,GA 1820
Martha is under 45 (1775-1795) but may be lying about her age. A man is in the house who is over 45 (Moses?) but she is still the head of house with 8 girls under the age of 25. Next door is Littleton Ogletree b ca 1767 VA who died 21 NOV 1842 in ,Wilkes, GA (wife Sarah Thompson), the father of Asbury who just happened to marry the daughter of Ransom Meadows -Sarah Meadows born circa 1811, Greene County, Georgia, died September 1836 Georgia, married 30 January 1832, Lowndes County, Alabama, to Asbury Ogletree born 18 November 1811 in Wilkes Co., GA, and died 23 April 1884 in Taliaferro Co., GA son of Littleton Ogletree and Sarah Thompson. Asbury came from Georgia to marry his bride and take her back to Georgia. Sarah died having her second child in 1836. His second wife was Martha Thompson married 21 September 1837 in Georgia.
Edmond Stevens (over 45) Capt Nelms District,Greene,GA 1820
John Stevens (25-45) Capt Nelms District,Greene,GA 1820 he is born 1780-1795
John W Stephens Wilkes,GA 1820 (son of Edward, under 45 - William Ogletree who died 29 Jul 1835 is on the same page )
Edward Stevens Wilkes GA 1820, same page, over 45
William Ogletree Wilkes GA 1820
Will of Edward Stevens from Michal Farmer, Wilkes Co., Ga., Will Book HH 1819–1836, p. 127. Will made 10 Jan. 1823, proved 3 March 1823. Wife, Lucretia. Children: Elijah Stevens, John W. Stevens, Silas Stevens, Stephen Stevens, Ruth Black, Lucy Stevens. Exors: John Rogers, George Tillery. Test: John E. Little, William Little.
Greene Co., Ga., Deed Book AA, p. 64. 6 Feb. 1798, Edward Stevens of Wilkes Co., Ga., to Mary Edwards of Greene Co., for £40, 200 acres in Greene Co., originally granted to Henry Thompson, adjoining Moses Stephens, Henry Thompson. Rec. 4 Sept. 1804.
Greene Co., Ga., Deed Book CC, p. 355. 24 Nov. 1809, Mary Goss, wife of Charles Goss, decd., to John Stephens, both of Greene Co., for $125, 55 acres. Wit: Hezekiah R. Goss, Edward Stevens. Rec. 26 Jan. 1810.
I would guess that Martha Stevens in 1820 Capt Nelms District Greene GA is intimately related to Ransom Meadows and his father Isham since Martha is living next door to Ransom´s daughter´s father in law. By 1820 Isham 1765 had left GA. Isham Meadors, Jr. paid taxes in Greene County, in 1809 in Moore’s District on 100 acres on Stephens Creek, granted to Cargile. Isham’s son, Ransom Meadows, paid taxes in 1809 in Moore’s District on 125 acres on Stephens Creek, adjoining Stephens, granted to Thompson (related Susan and Elizabeth) . Ransom’s land was the land that had belonged to Isham Meadows, Sr., his grandfather. Isham Meadows paid taxes in 1815 in Greene County, Georgia, in Willis’s District. On 6 December 1815, in Greene County, William Stevens of Greene County, sold to Starling Acree (Sterling Acree b NC 1784, 1840 in Buncomb District, Walton, Ga, son of John A Acree and Elizabeth, 1850 in Baker Co GA Sterling married Susannah Meadows d/o John Meadows and then Mary Elizabeth Wilson) 192 acres in Greene County, on Stephens Creek, adjoining Isham Meadows. Witnesses were Nathaniel Acree, Edward Meadows, Ransom Meadows, and Thomas Lyne, J.P. Dates from Michal Farmer.
In 1794 and 95 Isham Medows paid taxes in Wilkes County, on Stephens Creek, adjoining Isham Alford, who adjoined Moses Stephens. land granted to John Cargile. Isham Alford’s land adjoined Henry Thompson, land granted to Alexander Thompson. In 1796, Isam Meadows paid taxes on 125 acres in Wilkes County, on Lick Creek, adjoining Isham Alford. In 1797 Isam Meadows paid taxes on in Wilkes County, on Stephens Creek, adjoining Isham Alford, land granted to John Cargile. James Smith’s land adjoined Isam Meadows. William Stephens adjoined Isham Alford on land granted to Alexander Thompson. Isham Meadows witnessed a deed in Wilkes County, Georgia, 22 December 1797: Zachariah Bays and Moses Bays of Wilkes County, sold to John Acree of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, for £80, 310 acres in Wilkes County, on Ogeechee, the place where we the said Bayes now live, adjoining Oneal, Nelms, Weaver, Acree, granted 16 February 1787. Witnesses: Isham Meddows, Ewing Morrow, J.P. Registered 11 January 1798. Tax info Michal Farmer.
Is Martha Stevens the Patsy Parker below? had John been married to Mary Quearnes previously?
Here is a list of related
marriages in Greene and Wilkes GA:
Ogletree, John Lydia Ozborn Mar. 4, 1797 576
Daniel Meadows Ann Thompson 1 Jan. 1801, Wilkes
A. Stephens Milly Dearing 28 Jun 1799 Wilkes
Parmelia Stephens Jo Catchings 8 Nov 1802 Greene
John Stevens Patsy Parker 26 Dec 1803 Greene They are in 1850 Greene as John and Martha.
Benjamin Meadows Nancy Parker 17 Dec 1805 Greene
Priscilla Meadows Obediah Milner 4 Jan 1806 Greene
Joseph Stephens Celea Lambert 5 Nov 1806 Wilkes
Joseph Stephens Celia Lambert 7 Nov 1806 Wilkes
Rachael Stephens Isaac Lambert 16 Feb 1806 Wilkes
Rebeka Stephens Orrin Williams 19 Aug 1808 Greene
Barthena Stevens Thomas Reeves 28 Oct 1808 Wilkes
Edmond Stevens Mary Goss 4 Feb 1810 Greene
Rachael Stephens Thomas Moore 17 Apr 1813 Wilkes
Rachel Stevens Thomas Moore 9 Feb 1813 Wilkes
Edward Meadows Rebecca Thompson circa 1815, Greene
Martha Sanders Edmond Ogletree 21 Jun 1815 Wilkes
Susan Meadows James Sparks 8 May 1815 Greene
William Meadows Jean Meadows 29 Jun 1815 Greene
Mary Stevens Edward Callahan 20 Dec 1815 Greene
Olive Stevens John M. Harris 10 Jun 1819 Greene
Sarah Stevens John Carter 7 Jan 1819 Greene
Ogletree, John Julia E Perkins Sept. 28, 1819 130
Ogletree, John Nancy Rice Aug. 20, 1820 163
Mary Stevens (b 1806) Wooten Oneal (b 1801) 27 Jan 1820 Greene
(Wooten's sister Elizabeth Ann O'NEAL married Nathaniel the son of John Acree and Elizabeth unknown. Nathaniel Acree was Sterling's brother. Sterling married Susannah Meadows, daughter of John. Nathaniel Acree followed the Meadows to Lowndes-1850 Lowndes Co, AL census p148 #686. 1860 Lowndes Co, AL census p659 #722/714. 1870 Crenshaw Co, AL census p131 #11/11. Crenshaw Co, AL marriage records. Lowndes Co, AL deed record D, p278-279. Lowndes Co, AL
marriage record Book 2, (Nov. 1836-Feb. 1839), p417-418. )
Nancy Stevens Jackson Moore 7 Jul 1821 Greene
Isham Meadows Nancy Pollard 5 Jul 1821 Wilkes
Jesse Meadows Susan Pollard 19 Mar 1821 Wilkes
Riley Meadows Elizabeth Pollard 9 Dec 1823 Wilkes
Susannah Meadows John R. Patterson 26 Jun 1823 Wilkes
William Pollard Nancy Ogletree 12 May 1824 Wilkes
Joseph Meadows Cuzzy Barbee 7 Oct 1824 Wilkes They moved to Wilkinson Co GA Their daughter Mary Ann married John W. Stephens who was born 1828.
Ogletree, David Susan Ann Carver Mar. 13, 1824 305
Ogletree, Hope Frances C. Starr Sept. 21, 1824 319
William Meadows Sally Swinney 4 Dec 1824 Wilkes
William Stephens Henrietta Ogletree 2 Aug 1825 Greene
Minor M. Stephens Tabitha C. Davis 30 Jan 1827 Wilkes
Ogletree, Thomas Nimasa Bennett Nov. 25, 1830 497 Jas. Dorough, M.G.
Silas Stevens Mary H. Tanner 20 Nov 1832 Taliaferro
Silas Stephens Illisa Rankin 18 Aug 1842 Greene
also:
Wilkes County, Georgia Marriages Indexed by Bride A
1820 census with Edward Stephens, William Ogletree and Jane Pollard d/o Henry Thompson who lived next to Moses Stephens.
Will of Edward Stevens, Wilkes Co., Ga., Will Book HH 1819–1836, p. 127. Will made 10 Jan. 1823, proved 3 March 1823. Wife, Lucretia. Children: Elijah Stevens, John W. Stevens, Silas Stevens, Stephen Stevens, Ruth Black, Lucy Stevens.
1830 Wilkes Co has become Taliaferro Co where Martha Stevens lives near Littleton Ogletree. Martha is fifth row down and unindexed. She is 60-70 which means born 1760 to 1770. Down to line 20 is Steven Stevens s/o Edward. He is 30-40 and has another man with him the same age. John Acree is line 10. He is 40-50, ca 1780-1789-on the next page is Daniel Meadows 50-60 (1770-1779) and William Meadows the same age. The page after them is Edward Meadows who is 10 years younger. The next page is William Meadows 30-40 and next door Isham one age group less. Silas Stephens lives near and is the same age but had a 10 year old girl.
1830 census-
Elizabeth Acre Taliaferro, Georgia
Frances Acre Taliaferro, Georgia 50-60
John Acre Taliaferro, Georgia
Stirling Acre Taliaferro, Georgia
Wilie Acre Taliaferro, Georgia
Daniel Madron[Daniel Meadows] Taliaferro, Georgia
Vincent Mdows Taliaferro, Georgia
Littleton Ogletree Taliaferro, Georgia
Edward Meadows Taliaferro, Georgia
William Meadows
William Meadows
Martha Stephens
Steven Stevens
Silas Stevens
Ruth (Stephens/Stevens) Black 1785 VA in 1850 Tallapoosa with Pricilla Meadows age 27
Elijah Stevens b ?
John W. Stevens 1795 GA
Silas Stevens 1796 GA
Stephen Stevens 1800 GA
Lucy Stevens probably 1801
1850: div 20 Crawford Co, Georgia
House 249
E.L. Harris 46 GA
Ellen Harris 44 GA
Elijah Harris 22 GA
Martha Harris 20 GA
Osborn Harris 18 GA
E.A. Harris 16 GA f
M.A.C. Harris 12 GA f
E. Harris 8 GA m.
T. E. Harris 2 GA f
Elijah Stephens 77 Maryland This is either Edward Stevens' brother or son-most likely brother !
Farthy Stephens 73 GA
1860: Webb, Crawford, Georgia
Post Office: Knoxville
Ellen Harris 52
John Harris 22
Elizabeth Harris 17
Henry C Harris 14
Emma Harris 12
O R Harris 28
Elizabeth Harris 21
Ann E Stephens 18
1860: Rutland, Bibb, Georgia
Post Office: Macon
Elijah Stephens 87 Maryland
Farthy Stephens 83 GA
Mary Stephens 16 GA
Taliaferro Co., Ga., Will Book A, p. 55. Will of Lucretia Stevens, made 27 Jan. 1829, proved 5 May 1829. Named stepson, Silas Stevens. Grandchildren, Caroline & Josiah Googer. Exors: George Tilley, Cuthbert G. Hudson. Test: John W. Stephens, Isaiah C. Fitten, Garrett Gatlin. So Martha Stevens is either divourced from Edward or she is his sister in law. Edward´boys live closer to her than they do to Edward.
here are the Stevens boys still alive in 1860, except for Elijah-was he born May 22, 1773 in Maryland ?
1860: Taliaferro, Georgia
Post Office: Crawfordville
house 2
A H Stephens 48 GA sawyer
Quinca Oneal 64 ordibary (Wooten's brother Quinea Albert O'NEAL)
Geo F Bristoe 33
Geo W Gipson 18
John A Stephens 21 GA student of law
Linton A Stephens 14
Wm G Stephens 12
Wm H Hidell 19
house 3
Mary E Stephens 40 GA
James C Stephens 10 GA
Harriet Stephens 15 GA
house 18
Wm D Meadows 32
Mary S Meadows 28
Daniel H Meadows 7
Wm Green Meadows 4
Lanny M Meadows 8
house 46
S M Meadows 43
Mary A Meadows 36
M S Meadows 7
Cornelius S Meadows 4
house 41
Stephen Stevens 60 GA Farmer 2200 11300
Mary Barry 38 GA
Alexander H Barry 9 GA
Wm Berry 11 GA
Thomas J Berry 8 GA
house 47
William Meadows 72, Isham1740´s son born circa 1778, Bute County, North Carolina, estate administered 7 November 1854, Taliaferro County, Georgia, married 2nd, Serena
Cyrene Meadows 66
Susan Meadows 40
Martha A Meadows 26
house 186
Edward Meadows 77 (1783 died 2 Dec 1869 in Taliaferro Co, son of Isham 1740)
Rebecca Meadows 67 (maiden name Thompson 1793)
Green B Meadows 40
Martha A Cox 36
Edward D Cox 14
Mary A Cox 12
house 187
E A Meadows 31 Edward A. Meadows, born circa 1829, Taliaferro Co., Ga., died before 1880, Taliaferro Co., married 5 March 1857, Taliaferro Co., to Mary J. Fluker.
Mary J Meadows 25
Sarah C Meadows 5.12
house 188
D H Meadows 45 Daniel Harrison Meadows, son of Edward and Rebecca
Elizabeth M Meadows 51
Wm F Meadows 19
Isaac F Meadows 14
John G Meadows 12
house 238
John W Stevens 65 GA son of Edward
house 239
Silas Stevens 64 GA son of Edward
Bowman Stevens 6 GA
house 259
Elijah Meadows 51, son of William and Serena
Delilah Meadows 48 maiden Greeson
Thomas Meadows 23
Hassie Meadows 16
Milas Meadows 21
Elizabeth Meadows 17
Silas Meadows 15
Jane Meadows 12
James Meadows 10
John Meadows 8
Alex Meadows 5
There seems to be a spelling difference between the Edward Stevens family and the Moses Stephens family- even in legal documents. Did this indicate they were completely different blood or only a difference between 2 bothers back in SC? sarah 's spelling was defintely Stephens, at least by the time she died.
Husband
John Stephens
Birth: 1761 South Carolina
Marriage: Before 1780 S C Or, , , Georgia
Death:March 14, 1844 in Fannin County, TX
Military Service: Continental service during the War of the Revolution 1
Note: "Of John Stephens family but little is known as he returned to North Carolina after the family removed to Pendleton, South Carolina, about the year 1793." - Elijah John Stephens Journal, 1898
Wife
Mary Arnett daughter of Ann Spears? and unknown Arnett, Ann Spears probably being John Querns half sister?
Birth: 1761 in Maryland according to James Stephens, a descendant
Marriage: Before 1780 SC Or, , , Georgia
Children
1. Moses Stephens Birth: 1789 Georgia he removed to Kemper Co., Mississippi by 1834
2. Sarah Stephens 1791 Wilkes, Georgia - married to Ransom Meadows
3. John Stephens 1794 Wilkes, Georgia married Mary Williams Death: 1842 Lauderdale Co. MS? one child Martha Ann Stephens 8 MAR 1842 in Chickasaw Co. MS?
4. James Edward "Jim Ned" STEPHENS b: 1795 in Wilkes County GA went to Lawrence Co, AL married widow Julia Perkins Ogletree. James Edward died 1870 in Lamar County, TX
5. William H. Stephens 1798 Wilkes, Georgia
When I reported that ransom was said by his descendants to have lived awhile in Autaga Co, I was wondering why in my mind, but I see from this map that Loundesboro was just across the river from AUtaga. he probably had land on both sides of the river. This map was given to me by Bobby Meadows (thanks Bobby!). This corner on the map explained why the Hardys (close associates of the Meadows) were found in both counties. Loundesboro was a stone's throw away from Dallas and from Autaga.
Lowndes Co AL 1819
Ransom
Meadows and his father in law applying for land 31 May 1819 for Lowndes Co
Moses
Thank you BobbieWilliam Browning is the brother of John Browning of Greene GA. Four of John's children married 3 of Ransom's children. On this list when they write "Greene" they mean in GA.
John Stephens is Ransom's father in law. His sons were between the ages of 10 and 31. Moses w as 31 and applies later in Montgomery. William and John Jr. were still young. Jim Ned was 20 or so. It looks like they went into the office together that day. John stood in line in front of Ransom on that May day of 1819.
In 1822 court records of Wilkes GA it states that Mary Stephens and husband John Stephens were in Montgomery GA but this must have been a mistake- right county, wrong state. She was with her husband in Montgomery AL. I do not know the rules as to how you could get land -do you?
1830 Lowndes Co AL (formerly part of Montgomery)
1830 Lowndes, Alabama
Image references:
image 23Moses Stephens (1780-89) age 41 Ransom's brother in law who moved to Kemper Miss. before 1837 age 40-50 next to last line with a wife 30-40 and a girl under 5 and another under 10 age 41 wife 20-30 line 9
Edward (1790-1799) "Jim Ned" Ransom's brother in law
Freeman Hardy image 23 last line Robert Hardy's 1st cousin
from Edgefield SC
image 45Ransom Meadows -father of Stephens Meadows whose only daughter married 2 Hardy boys
nearby is the Ellen Daniel plantation.-her daughter married Isham's son James Meadows.
image 19John Stephens Jr 30-40 line 3 (1800-1809) Ransom's brother in law born between 1760 and 1770. It is reported he was born 1762.
Benjamin Meddow UNINDEXED 40-50 (b 1786 according to 1850 census Chambers) line 9 Ransom's uncle. Benjamin has another male his own age range living with him
males: 2 under 5; 1 5/10;1 10/15; 1 15/20;1 40/50; females: 2 under 5; 1 5/10; 1 40/50
John Stephens Sr UNINDEXED is still alive and well line 11 with a wife the same age and a little girl 5/10- Montgomery co land quadrant 27 16 14
William Stephens age 20-30 line12--William H. Stephens b. really 1798 moved to Kemper MS (see 1860) (1800-1809) Ransom's brother in law
probably months before-1830 U.S. Census, Harris Co., Ga., p. 191. Benjamin Meddows, males: 1 under 5; 1 10/15; 1 15/20; 2 40/50; females: 1 under 5; 1 5/10; 1 10/15; 1 15/20; 1 40/50.
There is a natural progression of Benjamin Meadows from Greene Ga 1810 to Jones/Harris GA 1820-1830 to Lowndes AL 1830 and then to Chambers AL in 1840. How he got land in Upson I do not know. or why he appeared on the grand jury in Muscofee I do not know. Those could be his son? Benajmin which Michal Farmer does not have included.
image 47Isom Meadows Isham Meadows-Ransom's father(one page after Isham if you do not count the slave page)
Peter Huffman same image-Isham's son in law husband of Martha
Living alone with no one on the page I can recognize
Pierce Stephens? age 40-50 image 37 line
Robert Hardy of Edgefield SC not far from Wilkes Co GA and Ransom Meadow's children's father in law
John Browning of Greene GA Robert's father in law from Greene GA
Stephens Meadows applying for land in Lowndes in 1836
A probable descendant of John Stephens is in Mississippi in 1880. Moses Stephens:
1860: Kemper, Mississippi
house 736
Moses Stevens 72 GA (1788)
Mary Stevens 65 SC
Mary A Stevens 28 AL
Sarah A Stevens 26 AL
Martha A Stevens 24 AL
Julia A Stevens 22 AL
house 138 (a nephew?)
Jno M Stephens 34 GA (1825)
Emily Stephens 27 AL
Sidney Stephens 10 MS
Martha Stephens 8 MS
Wm Stephens 6 MS
Sarah E Stephens 3 MS
Mary A Stephens 1 MS
house 139 (his brother?)
Wm H. Stephens 62 GA (1798)
Harriet Stephens 55 GA
Stephen Stephens 16 MS
1870
Moses Stephen Kemper, MS abt 1795 Georgia White Male
Mary Stephen Kemper, MS abt 1800 South Carolina White Female
Sallie Stephen Kemper, MS abt 1834 Mississippi White Female
Mattie Stephen Kemper, MS abt 1840 Mississippi White Female
Julia Stephen Kemper, MS abt 1843 Mississippi White Female
1880
Moses STEPHENS Self W Male W 91 GA Farming SC MD?
Sarah A. STEPHENS Dau S Female W 40 MS Keeping House GA ---
M. A. STEPHENS Dau S Female W 38 MS Farming GA ---
J. A. STEPHENS Dau S Female W 36 MS Farming GA ---
Census Place De Kalb, Kemper, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254652
NA Film Number T9-0652
Children of another John Stephens of GA
1. Delilah 1804 m Giles Thomas Loftin died 1862
2. William Mathew Stephens died 24 APR 1849 Silver Creek, Lawrence Co., MS. buried Stephens Cem., Lawrence Co. MS married Mary Miller and Society Loftin. MS1860: Beat 3 Erath, Texas
Post Office: Stephenville
Giles Loftin 65 GA born Washington Co, Giles Thomas died Dec 1862 in Somerville
Delilah Loftin 55 GA (1799) died 1862
George W Loftin 25 MS
Marcers Loftin 17 AK
Children Sex Birth
John Stephen Loftin M abt 1818 Lawrence,Mississippi
Amanda Loftin F 1821 Lawrence, Miss
Elbert L Loftin M 1823 Lawrence, Miss
Jesse Loftin M 1825 Lawrence, Miss
Louvely Loftin F 1827 Lawrence, Miss
Giles Thomas Loftin M 1830 Lawrence, Miss
William Taylor Loftin M 1834 Lawrence, Miss
Frances Loftin F 20 Apr 1835Lawrence, Miss
Marcus Cicero Loftin M 1843 in Union Ark
Parmelia Loftin F 18 Nov 1856Union, Ark
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The following estate settlement for John Querns involves his half-brother John Spear. Both were said to have been from Maryland.The following estate settlement for John Querns involves his half-brother John Spear. Both were said to have been from Maryland. The minutes of the Quakers for ceeded lands say John Querns is from Maryland and Moses Stephens from SC. William Sherrill from NC. Although the will says Mary Stephen is living in Montgomery GA, this may be wrong and she would be more likely in Montgomery AL where the Meadows family went with the Stephens girls.
1814 Wilkes Co., GA
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] WILL BOOK "H H"--1810-1816 John Quearns to be buried at Smyrna Meeting House. To nephew Samuel Arnett, 420 acres where I now live, slaves, etc To nephew William Arnett, 100 acres where he now lives which I purchased of Price Bird, and slaves, slaves to be set free, and 100 acres purchased of Philemon Bird set aside for their maintenance. Thomas Lesley and Thomas Talbot, trustees. To Catharine Arnett, widow of Edward Arnett, 100 acres, where she now lives which I purchased from Williamson Bird, at her death or marriage to her sons John Arnett and Felix Arnett and slaves to be set free as above. To John Spear, Mary Stephens (who is living in Montgomery Co., Ga.), wife of John Stephens, to Nancy Anderson wife of Martin Anderson, to Margaret, wife of Charles Anderson $50. To Margaret, wife of John Murphy, $300 John Wingfield, Thomas Lesley, Thomas Talbot, exe. Probated Jan. 8, 1816, Nathaniel Twining, Matthew Talbot, D. Creswell, Test.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1811-1817 Page 119--Nov. 27, 1815. Thomas Talbot and Thomas Lesley appointed temporary Admrs. of John Quearns, dec'd., pending a caveat. page 122--Samuel B. Head guardian of Charles and John Nelson, brothers, exonerated from his guardianship and Charles chooses John guardian. John Spear and Nancy Anderson, caveators vs John Wingfield, Thomas Talbot and Thomas Lesley, Excrs., John Quearns, dec'd., withdrawn. 
( Returns 1822. State of Ala. Montgomery Co. Feb. 5, 1822. Mr. T. Talbot, Sir. You will please pay Edward Stephens, the bearer, my son, the amount, say fifty dollars which is the legacy specified to me in the will of Mr. John Querns, dec'd, my uncle, and you will oblige me, and this shall be your receipt in full for the same. Sir, yours etc. Mary Stephens. Receipt signed by Edward Stephens for mother. Feb. 20, 1822. (See will Vol. 1).)
William Whatley married Mary "Lucy" EDWARDS. Mary was born about 1730.
Book " Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A - VV 1784-1806"
by Michal Martin Farmer Publication made possible by the assistance of
the R.I. Taylor, Jr. Foundation Farmer Genealogy Company PO. Box
140880 Dallas, Texas 75214-0880
Wilkes County, Ga., Deed Book OO, 1795-1797Page 469
p.90 27 Dec. 1794, Lucy Whatley widow, & Samuel Whatley, planter,
Thomas Hobs, & Phineous Whatley, yeoman, who are the heirs of the
above. And said Thomas Hobs, Phineous Whatley of Oglethorpe Co., Ga.,
& Samuel Whatley of Wilkes Co., Ga., to Elijah Smith of Wilkes Co.
The said Lucy Whatley, & each & every one of the above mentioned
heirs of said Lucy, for 50, on S. side of John Querns Creek 200 acres,
adj. by John Querns, S. by land formerly Surveyed for William
Littleton decd., W. by Talbot E. by said John Querns on Hardens
Creek, the 200 acres granted to George Lee, 12 Jan. 1788 Sold by deed
by said George to above named Lucy. (signed) Lucey (x) Whatley,
Phinious Whatley, Thomas (X) Hobbs, Samuel Whatley. Wit: Silas Mercer,
John (J) Edwards. Proved by John Edwards 27 Aug. 1796, before
William and Mary had the following children:
| 992 | M | i | Thomas Hobs WHATLEY. | |
| + | 993 | M | ii | Phineas WHATLEY. |
| + | 994 | M | iii | Samuel WHATLEY was born on Mar 2 1762 and died on Oct 3 1826. |
| 995 | M | iv | Edmund WHATLEY was born about 1760. | |
| 996 | M | v | Richard WHATLEY was born in 1767. | |
| 997 | M | vi | Ornan WHATLEY was born in 1771. |
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1792-1793 Page 53--Nov. 1, 1792. Sally Creswell bound to Thomas Talbot, James Creswell bound to John Quearns, Reason Creswell bound to David Creswell, Esqr., all orphans of David Creswell, dec'd. Osborne King an orphan bound to Col. Bedford Brown.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1792-1793]
Page 53--Nov. 1, 1792. Sally Creswell bound to Thomas Talbot, James Creswell bound to John Quearns, Reason Creswell bound to David Creswell, Esqr., all orphans of David Creswell, dec'd. Osborne King an orphan bound to Col. Bedford Brown.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1794-1795
Page 143--Oct. 6, 1795. John Ogletree and wife appointed guardian of Polly Harris Phillips, orphan of William Phillips, dec'd, Thomas and George Tucker, Security.Page 143--Oct. 6, 1795. John Ogletree and wife appointed guardian of Polly Harris Phillips, orphan of William Phillips, dec'd, Thomas and George Tucker, Security.
The earliest record of John Ogletree Sr. is a rental contract beginning May
12,1778 and running for five years. This contract is with Roger Atkinson of
Dinwidee County, Virginia for 303 acres of land over the State line in Caswell
County, North Carolina. It is most likely that it was at the expiration of
this rental agreement, in 1783 or 1784 that John Ogletree and his family moved
to Wilkes County, Georgia. In 1784 John Sr was given a grant of land in Wilkes
County. This grant dated 12 July 1784 and executed 21 July, 1784 was for 128
acres on Little River adjacent to Joel Phillips acreage.David Ogletree and
William Ogletree were also given land grants in 1784. David's acreage was
adjacent to John'
When John Sr moved to Wilkes County, his family consisted of his wife Ann |
NOTE: You can see the movement south of John Ogletree, who is probably buried in the family cemetary west of Crawfordville, GA with son Littleton, by the birth of his children. Children of John Ogletree and Ann Duncan, and last wife Piety Brantley Phillips widow of William PHILLIPS:
- EDMOND OGLETREE b: 11 SEP 1796 m Martha Patsy Sanders
6 Dec 1819
I John Ogletree of Wilkes Co, Georgia, being of sound mind and memory ...
Item 1, I give unto by beloved wife Piety, one-third of the plantation I live on ... during widowhood
Item 2, I give unto my son Edmond (1820 Lincoln County, TN) Ogletree and Patsy, his wife, one-third of the plantation, and on the death of his mother, the one-half of the land she was possessed of by virtue of this will ....
Item 3 I give unto James Hackney, and Patsy Brantley, his wife, the other part of the plantation... and on the death or marriage of my wife, the one-half of the land she was possessed of by virtue of this will ....
Item 4 I give unto Chesley Ray, five dollars for legacy (Nancy's husband)
Item 5 I give unto the children of Chesley Ray, the plantation whereon he now lives.
Item 6 I give unto my son Wylie Ogletree, five dollars.
Item 7 I five to Richard Ogletree, son of Wiley Ogletree, fifty dollars.
Item 8 I give to my son Wiley's daughter Susannsh Rickason fifty dollars.
Item 9 I give to my son David Ogletree, two hundred dollars
Item 10 I give to my Absalom Ogletree five dollars, also to son Absalom's children, that plantation whereon Absalom now lives.
Item 11 I give to my son deceased child Nancy one hundred dollars also to Benjamin and Joseph fifty dollars each.
Item 12 It is my will that my waggon and blacksmith tools should be sold likewise the residue of my negroes that is Nan, Proc, Eleck, Rachel and her children the balance of the money arising from the sale of the negroes and other articles above mentioned is to be equally divided amonst William and Littleton Ogletree and Nancy Ogletree's children so that Nancy Ray's children draw one-fourth part, Absalom Ogletree children one-fourth part, and William and Littleton Ogletree the other two-fourths.
Executors: William Robertson, Joshua Starr and David Simpson
Signed 5 May 1820
Witnessed: Nathaniel G Rice, Samuel Gray, John Rice.
Proved 2 Sep 1822 Wilkes Co; Court of Ordinary
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES INFERIOR COURT--1799-1801
Page 33--Mar. 5, 1800. John M. Carter, Admr of James Carter. John Ogletree,
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Admr of Wm. Phillips. Roland Taylor, Admr in right of his wife of James Aycock. John Taylor and Francis Freeman, guardians of heirs of George Freeman.Page 76--Feb. 25, 1801. John Ogletree, guardian of Polly H. Phillips.
Page 34--Apr. 14, 1794. James McCommins, orphan, age 7 years July 12, next, bound to Edward Stevens (will below) to learn the trade of blacksmith.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES INFERIOR COURT--1799-1801
Page 9--July 9, 1799. Jacob McClendon, dec'd, will probated.
Page 43--July 2, 1800. Thomas Low, dec'd. Stith Barksdale and Sally Low, temporary Admrs. Dennis McClendon and Azariah Bailey, Security Page 49--Aug. 1, 1800. Simeon and Amos McClendon, orphans of Amos McClendon, dec'd. Azariah Bailey appointed guardian, Isaac McClendon and Sterling Jenkins, Security.Page 73--Feb. 24, 1801. Stephen McClendon, chooses Francis McClendon guardian. Thomas Sims and Josiah Walton, Security. Nancy McClendon chooses Theopilus Hill guardian. Spencer Crain and Joseph Echols, Security. Both orphans of Jacob McClendon, dec'd.
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Page 73--Feb. 24, 1801. Stephen McClendon, chooses Francis McClendon guardian. Thomas Sims and Josiah Walton, Security. Nancy McClendon chooses Theopilus Hill guardian. Spencer Crain and Joseph Echols, Security. Both orphans of Jacob McClendon, dec'd.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1798-1811
Page 324--Daniel Johnson appointed guardian of Wylie Maxwell, a minor. Benjamin Thurmond, orphan of Benjamin Thurmond, dec'd chooses Francis McClendon guardian.
Page 413-415--Oct. 20, 1809. Following oaths of allegiance to the U. S. read and recorded: Charles Ivey as Ensign, 174th Dist. Company of Ga. Militia, signed May 20, 1809; of Augustine Edwards as Capt. of 167th Dist of Militia, Signed Feb. 18, 1807; of Buford Bird, Dep. Sheriff, signed Sept. 6, 1809; of William Johnson, Sheriff, signed Oct. 23, 1809; of Benjamin Branham, capacity not given, signed Dec. 7, 1809; of Benia McClendon as Lt. in Capt. John A. Patman's Co. 19th Reg. 175th Dist of Ga. Mil., signed June 17, 1809; of Obadiah Flournoy as Ensign in Capt. John A. Patmon's Co. in 19th Reg. 175th Dist. Ga. Mil. Sworn to June 17, 1809; of Garland Pearson, as Ensign in
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176th. Co. of Mil, signed Oct. 5, 1809; of Johnson Welborn as Dep. Sheriff, signed Dec. 18, 1810.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1798-1811
Page 431--Oaths of Andrew B. Stephens, William Callaway as J. Ps, A. H. F. Gibson as Dep. Sheriff and Thomas Wootten, Jr., as Sheriff.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1801-1812
Page 43--Mar. 9, 1803. Jacob McClendon, dec'd. Azariah Bailey, Excr., letters dismissory, having finished.Page 39--Mar. 8, 1803. Petition of Dennis McClendon, assignee of Travis McClendon that titles be executed to 124 acres land original grant to Jona. Goolsby bond for title to Travis from Philip Moss.Page 34--Feb. 22, 1803. McKinney Holdiness, dec'd. Sinthy Holdiness appointed Admx.
Page 81--Mar. 15, 1804. Cinthy appointed guardian of James McKinney Holdiness orphan of McKinney Holdiness, dec'd. Isaac McClendon and Francis Powell, Security. Page 216--Mar. 7, 1810. Lindsay Morris "a poor orphan boy", Solomon Stephens resigns as security for his guardian Southey Littleton.
Southey Littleton appointed guardian of Lindsey Mannin, orphan of Mary Mannin, dec'd, Solomon Stephens, Security
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1807-1809
Page 19--Daniel Johnson appointed guardian of Wiley Maxwell, William Johnson, Security. Francis McClendon appointed guardian of Benjamin Thurmond, orphan of Benjamin Thurmond, by his own choice. Dennis and Stephen McClendon, Security.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1811-1817
Page 3--Nov. 4, 1811. Wiley Ogletree appointed guardian of Cemanthe, Eason, Patsy and Moses Tyson, orphans of Isaac Tyson, dce'd. Petition of William Lee, Admr. of Moses Lee to sell slaves. Page 54--John Williams, Jr., dec'd. Nelson Powell appointed Admr. July 10, 1813. John Ogletree asks for letters dismissory on estate of William Phillips, dec'd. Page 119--Nov. 27, 1815. Thomas Talbot and Thomas Lesley appointed temporary Admrs. of John Quearns, dec'd., pending a caveat. Page 119--Nov. 27, 1815. Thomas Talbot and Thomas Lesley appointed temporary Admrs. of John Quearns, dec'd., pending a caveat.
Page 122--Samuel B. Head guardian of Charles and John Nelson, brothers, exonerated from his guardianship and Charles chooses John guardian. John Spear and Nancy Anderson, caveators vs John Wingfield, Thomas Talbot and Thomas Lesley, Excrs., John Quearns, dec'd., withdrawn.
Page 94--Edward Stevens, dec'd. Will probated.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] MINUTES OF INFERIOR COURT--1817-1824Petition of Nelson Powell, Admr. John Williams, dec'd. to sell 116 1/2 acres adjoining Lewis McClendon, dec'd. Lavina Wingfield appointed guardian of Francis A. Wingfield orphan of Samuel Wingfield instead of Charles Wingfield resigned. Petition of John Favor, Admr. Richard Mattox, dec'd. to sell 200 acres on Kettle creek.Feb. 20. 1823. Jacob McClendon, dec'd. James Walker appointed temporary Admr.
James Wootten, dec'd. Will probated. Isaac Callaway, dec'd. Will probated.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] RETURNS OF ADMINISTRATORS AND GUARDIANS--BOOK "I"--1809-1816
Page 26--ARNETT, EDMOND (Edward), dec'd. Returns of Catharine Arnett, Admx., for 1811. Paid William Arnett $127.00. Paid William Hunt tuition.Page 127--CATCHING, BENJAMIN, estate. Returns for 1810 show receipts of Silas and Joseph Catching "it being part of our father Benjamin Catching's estate." Spencer and Mildred Carleton, Admrs.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] Remnant of Oldest Deed Book--Not Bound--PARTLY GONE--1784-85
Page 41--CATCHING, JOSEPH of Wilkes Co., to John Thurman of Chesterfield Co. Va., 200 acres on Little river orig. grant 1784 to said Catching. Sept. 21, 1785. Benj. Catching, J. P., Milly Catching, Test. (Jo married Parmelia Stephens 1802 in Greene)
Page 42--ANDERSON, GIDEON to the deacons of the Baptist Society of Uptons Creek meeting house, viz: John Bentley and Benedict Hammeck all the land whereon the said meeting house stands and two acres, and the use of the spring for five shillings. Sept. 24, 1785. Peter Smith, Mark Sanders, Test.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] DEED BOOK "B B"--1787-1789
Page 23--COOK, DRURY to John Langdon 250 acres on Little river, adj. Zachariah Phillips and John Quern. Jan. 18, 1788. Jos. Martin, Joel Micou, Chas. Dean, Jr., Test.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] DEED BOOK "C C"--BADLY WORN
Page 162--THOMPSON, BENJAMIN and wife Anne to Simon Beckham 200 acres on Big and Little Ogeechee rivers. Dec. 30, 1785. James Wood, John Thompson, Test.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] DEED BOOK "D D"--1788-1789Page 88--POLLARD, WILLIAM and wife Alecy to Harwood Gibbs 294 acres on Kettle creek orig. grants to said Wm. Pollard and to Tabitha Thompson. Mar. 10, 1787. Nathaniel and Hawkins Bulloch, John Lindsey, J. P., Test.
Page 140--POLLARD, WILLIAM and wife Alecy to Alex. Gordon 350 acres on Kettle creek orig. grant 1785 to said Pollard. Oct. 22, 1787. Richmond Terrell, Wm. Pollard, Test.
A FEW LOOSE PAPERS FOUND IN THE ATTIC
COLEMAN, DANIEL, dec'd. Petition of Harris Coleman and Howell Harris, Excrs. to collect a note from Wm. Strother and Richard Aycock (the latter seems to be security), made Jan. 4, 1786, which Susannah Coleman and Sanders Walker who were then Excrs. have failed to collect, due Jan. 4, 1787. No date. Seaborn Jones, Petitioners Atty. List of receipts of Harris Coleman, Excr. Daniel Coleman, dec'd. returned Dec. 5, 1793 show receipts for tax for 1787-88-89-90. Proven accounts of James Bishop, Job Callaway, John Henley, Thos. Willborn, Sanders Walker, Thos. Brantley, James McCammon, John Glass, Philip Brantley, Dudley Hargrove, John Harris, Geo. Walton, Jesse Basdel, John Querns, Caty Coleman.
Page 130--Charleston, S. C. Sept. 22, 1794. GRAVES, HUMPHREY, of Washington, Wilkes Co. Ga., in bad health, appoints George Graves and James Perry of Augusta and William Stephens of Charleston, S. C., to collect and dispose of all
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property among brothers and sisters except brother Thomas, except my horse to be given Mrs. Frish in Charleston for her attention and care in my present situation. Probated Nov. 11, 1794, in Charleston, S. C. John Sanford Dart, J. P. Q. N. Chas. Lining, Ordinary. Nicholas Shriner, Wm. Lehre, Abraham Markley, Test.
Page 229--O'NEAL, NATHANIEL. To wife Sarah all estate for life. To dau. Sarah slave Cary. To son Theopilus, minor, slave Sam. To dau. Tabitha a slave Harry, etc. To child in esse equal share at final division. Requests all children to remain with their mother till majority. William Stephens of Greene Co., and William Wilson of Wilkes Co., Excrs. No date of signature. Probated July 28, 1800. Wooten O'Neal (one by this name married Mary Stevens 1820 Greene) and Nathaniel Stevens, Test.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] RECORD OF WILLS--1792-1801
Page 127--ASHMORE, CLARY. Nov. 8, 1794. To dau. Margaret Terry five shillings and what she has had already. To son Wm. Ashmore 150 (he married Ann Catchings)
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acres of land, he to pay all debts. To son Walton Ashmore five shillings. To daus. Alender and Mary Ashmore, mare, feather beds, cattle, household goods, etc. To dau. Patience Ashmore feather bed, etc. Probated Dec. 17, 1794. Richard Madden, William Ashmore. Test.
Page 162--ACREE, WILLIAM. To dau. Elizabeth all land upon which he lives. To son William land in the fork of Little river where Job Bird lives. To dau. Jenea Acree, the land above the spring, etc. To son Shearrin Acree cow and calf. To son John Acree two pair door hinges. To dau. Susannah Woodall saddle. To dau. Sarah Smith one steer. To dau. Frances Meadows one calf. To dau. Nancy Dismack one sheep. To dau. Priscilla Acree residue of estate. Son John Acree and friend Edward Gresham, Excrs. Signed Feb. 21, 1796. Probated Apr. 7, 1796. Gravner Stewart, Solomon Ray, Edward Gresham, Test.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] WILL BOOK "G G" --1806-1807
Page 34--ANDERSON, GIDEON, To son William a slave Jude, and to live on the place only six years longer. To dau. Keziah Dukes a slave Celia, now in her possession. To son Martin slave Stephen and 80 acres where he now lives. To dau. Polly Ann Cooper slaves Nancy and Betty. Dau.
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Patty to have use of the house and part of land, during widowhood. To son Charles, slave and 100 acres where he lives. To the heirs of my dau. Susannah Butler a slave Julia. To son James 27 acres where William Anderson now lives. Daniel Price and Ganaway Martin, Excrs. Signed May 11, 1801. Probated Aug. 2, 1802. Daniel Price, John Querns, William Martin, Test.
John Quearns sisters, half sisters and neices were most likely
Mary Arnett or Spears married John Stephens, son of Moses Stephens, 1767 settler of Wilkes GA
Nancy Arnett married Martin Anderson son of Gideon
Margaret Arnett married Charles Anderson son of Gideon
Margaret Quearns, Arnett or Spears married John Murphy
nephews
Samuel Arnett married Ann Spears and Ann Catchings, daughter of Samuel, Nancy Arnett, married William H. Glaze b 1785, sister to Sarah, Father: Thomas GLAZE b: 1759 son of Benjamin Glaze of Maryland Mother: Permelia "Milly" FRAZIER
William Arnett married Sarah Glaze b 1787 Wilkes CO GA , named first son John Querns Arnett who died in Goshen, Ga or Indiana (unclear) but was born in Fairfield Dist SC See note below**
Edward Arnett married Catherine Quearns, children John and minor heirs Felix, Martha Ann, Kitty (Catherine junior)
half brother
John Spears
**Steve Guthrie says John Quirns/Querns Arnette married (1st) Frances Elam, daughter of Martin and Mary Elam. Frances Elam Arnette died November 8, 1855, by lightning. John Quirns Arnett (born 1804, died August 10, 1856, near Goshen, Lincoln County, Georgia, aged 52 years), m.Eliza T. Coleman, born October, 181 7, died November 28, 1890. (Daughter of Robert Fitz Coleman and Susan Feaster). She was married four times - Arnett was third spouse. Only children that lived beyond infancy were by Arnett. see her record.
document on file at SC Dept Archives & HIstory:
1856/08/26 Arnett, John Q. of Fairfield District, Fairfield County Will T ypescript (Mss Will: Fairfield District Will Book R, Vol. 19, Page 460; Es tate Packet: File 106, Pkg. 537) (2 Frames).
Names Indexed: Arnett, John Q. / Arnett, Mary Ann / Land, Eldredge H. / La nd, Frances / Land, Sarah / Land, Mary Ann / Chalk, Herendon / Coleman / C halk, Sarah / Arnett, Eliza R. / / Arnett, John Feaster / Arnett, Berry A nn / Arnett, Susan Rebecca / Arnett, Robert Samuel / Robberts, Thomas / Ro bberts, Perlina / Roberts, Lucy / McClarkin, Samuel W. B. / Feaster, Jac ob / Feaster, Julia A. / Feaster, John C. /
Locations: Fairfield District / Chester District /
1851/12 List of Managers of Elections and Polls for Fairfield District-in cludes name of John Q. Arnett.
Page 20--BIRD, WILLIAMSON. To son Price 100 acres where he now lives. To son Philemon 100 acres where he now lives. To daus, Betsy Woodall and Fanny Price, certain slaves. To dau. Tabitha slave and bed. To dau. Caty Switcher a slave. To dau. Dyce a slave and bed. To son Williamson Bird 100 acres in the fork of Little creek. To son John
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100 acres where I now live. To wife Phoebe certain slaves, one to belong to grandson William Bird. Wife and son Price, Excrs. Signed Oct. 25, 1809. John Querns, Samuel Arnett, Rebecca Bonner, Test.
[WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA] WILL BOOK "H H"--1810-1816...add later
Judy says: Samuel Arnett was the nephew of Edward Arnett of Spartanburg cty, SC & Wilkes cty., GA. See various Wilkes cty., GA guardianship & administrators' returns between 1812-1822, as well as the will of John Querns (brother or half-brother of Edward Arnett's wife Catherine) Wilkes cty., WB "HH", p.29. Edward Arnett, d. late 1810/early 1811 Wilkes cty., GA. This Edward was not the father of Samuel. His estate record mentions wife Catherine, and minor heirs Kitty, Felix, & Martha Ann. There was another son John, who must have been of age at the time his father died. He's proven by deed record, and in the will of John Quearns. There are one or two secondary references to Catherine w/ middle or maiden name Quearns. She is a legatee in John Quearns will, with the legacy devolving to sons John & Felix at her death or marr. In that will Samuel and William Arnett are named as nephews, begging the conclusion that Catherine's deceased husband Edward was their brother, and suggesting that while she may have been unrelated, her mother-in-law may have been a sister of John Quearns. Edward, Samuel and William are the children of unknown Arnett and unknown Quearns- a sister of John Quearns. Catherine would be a Quearns cousin to Edward Arnett and his uncle John Quearns.The adjacent lands of E./Edward Arnett & Spears/John Spears are mentioned in at least two Spartanburg cty. deeds (Layton to Sexton, dated 21 Dec 1814, rec. 19 Apr 1823 Spartanburg DB S:189; and Williamson et al. to Abner Marsh, dated 08 Nov 1816, rec. 15 Nov 1822, Spartanburg DB S:116-117). The land involved was on Prather's Ck., south side of Tyger Riv. Samuel Arnett's dau. Nancy was the 2nd wife of William H. Glaze (and named thusly in Sam'l's 1834 will). Their children were Sidney, Martha (my line), William H., Milly, Nancy, Sarah, Wesley, Synthia & Frances.
William Arnette, James Arnnet (both between 26-45) and John Arnett (under 26) are on the same page in 1820 Wilkes Co GA.
Kitchens - Benj. Catching's born 31 Oct 1748 in Southampton Co,VA estate settlement was in Wilkes Co., Ga. Nov. 17, 1798. He was a neighbor to John Querns who helped inventory his estate along with John Graves. Page 145--CATCHING, BENJAMIN, Sr., dec'd. Inventory Nov. 17, 1798, several slaves listed. One given to Wm. Ashmore, one each to Seymour and Benj. Catchings, Jr. John Graves, Thos. Leverett, John Querns, apprs.
Also mentioned in the papers are Benj. Catching Jr. and Thomas Leverett. Parmelia Stephens married Joseph Catchings b 24 JAN 1782 in Wilkes Co., GA on 8 Nov 1802 in Greene Co GA. Joseph was the son of Benjamin Catchings and Mildred Criddle d/o Humphrey & Mildred CRIDLE. In Wilkes & Decatur counties, GA Oliver C. Arnett, son of Samuel Arnett and Ann Spears, lived with Benjamin' s daughter Ann Bird Catchings b. 9 OCT 1779 who had married William Ashmore and had one known child Mildred named after her mother. She was Oliver´s step mother and also the second wife of his father Samuel Arnett married 13 Dec 1819 in Wilkes Co,GA. From Andra:
ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS IN GEORGIA, McCall, Volume 1.
On page 49 Benjamin Catchings and on page 190 Joseph Catchings. Benjamin b. Virginia October 31, 1748, d. Wilkes County, Georgia 1798. He served with Georgia Troop; promoted to Major on battlefield at Kettle Creek. Received Bounty lands for his services. He married Mildred Criddle b.1749 d.1840. Both Benjamin and Joseph are also listed in Volume III. They fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek through which Georgia was freed of the Tory domination. The following Catchings served in the above battle: Col. Benjamin Catchings, Major Seymour Catchings, Meredith Catchings and Phillip Catchings.
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Benjamin Catchings September 16, 1777 was a nominated commissioner of Wilkes Co GA and defeat of the enemy enheartened the stricken people to undertake again the formation of their government. Obeying an order of the state executive council, they held their first session of court on August 25, 1779, in the house of JACOB MCLENDON about ten miles north of Fort Heard. ABSALOM BEDELL, BENJAMIN CATCHINGS, and WILLIAM DOWNS were the justices. Benjamin was assistant county surveyor of Washington County, Georgia in 1784. In 1780 and 1782 he was assistant Judge of the County of Wilkes. He was a member of the legislature. Benjamin Catchings was granted 300 acres, 1781, 200 acres, 1784: 112 acres, 1792: and 112 acres, 1795. All on little River in Wilkes County, Georgia, Benjamin Catchings, Esq., was a member of the General Assembly 1783 and 1784 and February 17, 1784, was paid 28 pounds for attendance. Sam D. Fanning, Ordinary, Washington, Ga. April 5, 1912. " source: Sam D. Fanning, Ordinary, GA
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The DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition Part 1, page 517, under the name of CATCHINGS: Benjamin: b 10-31-1748 d 7-31-1798 GA m Mildred, Criddle Maj CS GA courtesy: George Johnson
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