0 HEAD 1 SOUR PAF 2 NAME Personal Ancestral File 2 VERS 5.2.18.0 2 CORP The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3 ADDR 50 East North Temple Street 4 CONT Salt Lake City, UT 84150 4 CONT USA 1 DEST PAF 1 DATE 14 Aug 2003 2 TIME 15:51:20 1 FILE catofamil.ged 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED 1 CHAR UTF-8 1 LANG English 1 SUBM @SUB1@ 0 @SUB1@ SUBM 1 NAME Barbara J. Frost 1 ADDR 79A Est. Recovery-Welcome 2 CONT P.O. Box 25094 2 CONT Christiansted, VI 00824-1094 2 CTRY USVI 1 PHON (340) 773-5316 1 EMAIL bjalex@islands.vi 0 @I41@ INDI 1 NAME Benton /Frost/ 2 SURN Frost 2 GIVN Benton 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 24 Sep 1922 2 PLAC Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S128@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 28 Jan 1993 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 CAUS heart attack 1 BURI 2 DATE 30 Jan 1993 1 DSCR brown hair and eyes 1 _UID 2E9DB66F68301C4D90FB396C841AF00FBE83 1 FAMS @F12@ 1 OCCU Business Contractor 2 DATE 1950/1970 2 PLAC Louisiana 1 NOTE Benton entered the Cilivian Conservation Corp Camp in 1938. In 1939 he was transferred int 2 CONC o the Navy at Camp Polk, Tuley Lake, CA. He served in the Navy in San Diego, California, dur 2 CONC ing the 1940's. Worked in the machine shop during World War II. 2 CONT 2 CONT Benton donated cemetery and church land in Pleasant Valley (FrostTown), Louisiana. Many fami 2 CONC ly members are buried there. 2 CONT 2 CONT Police Protection Louisiana 318 Area Code Business Listing [posted after 1995] 2 CONT Frost, Benton: Police Juror 318-387-2536 923 Montgomery Ave West Monroe LA 71292 1 SOUR @S128@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 12 Feb 2003 3 TIME 15:44:48 0 @I42@ INDI 1 NAME Calvin Clenton /Frost/ 2 SURN Frost 2 GIVN Calvin Clenton 2 _AKA Calvin Clinton 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 11 Oct 1924 2 PLAC Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S410@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 7 May 1967 2 PLAC Texas 2 CAUS blood clot day after open heart surgery 1 BURI 2 DATE 9 May 1967 2 PLAC Pleasant Valley Cemetery, FrostTown, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S13@ 1 DSCR brown hair and eyes 1 _UID 639D64908E983C42A29C40BBFBBE7AA7AB41 1 FAMS @F14@ 1 NOTE Calvin joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1938 and served for a year and a half befor 2 CONC e being drafted into the Army. 2 CONT 2 CONT Civilian Conservation Corps 2 CONT I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work, not interferin 2 CONC g with normal employment, and confining itself to forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, f 2 CONC lood control, and similar projects. 2 CONT Franklin D. Roosevelt March 21, 1933 2 CONT 2 CONT In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt envisioned the (CCC) as a way to recruit thousan 2 CONC ds of unemployed young men, enroll them in a peacetime army, and send them into battle agains 2 CONC t destruction and erosion of our natural resources. 2 CONT The Departments of War, Labor, Interior, and Agriculture made this massive mobilization of ma 2 CONC npower a reality on April 17, 1933. About three million unemployed and unmarried men betwee 2 CONC n the ages of 18 and 24 were enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Thousands of men we 2 CONC re transported from eastern cities westward. Natural resource agencies, such as the U.S.D.A 2 CONC . Forest Service, moved their management activities 20-30 years ahead. Until the demise of th 2 CONC e Civilian Conservation Corps in 1942, millions of men worked tirelessly on a myriad of natur 2 CONC al resource projects. 2 CONT 2 CONT During the nine years of the Civilian Conservation Corps: 2 CONT * 89,000 miles of telephone line was installed * 126,000 miles of roads and trails were const 2 CONC ructed * 6,459,000 man-days were expended fighting fires * 6,660,000 erosion control check da 2 CONC ms were built * 2,356,000,000 trees were planted 2 CONT 2 CONT As the country moved into World War II, the CCC was directly involved in assisting the Arme 2 CONC d Forces with manpower and supplies. The CCC had in its ranks thousands of men, toughened b 2 CONC y rigorous outside work, who were used to the strict discipline of the military. It is widel 2 CONC y accepted that one important outcome of the Civilian Conservation Corps was the ability of t 2 CONC he United States to win World War II. 2 CONT USDA Forest Service, Southern Region George Washington & Jefferson National Forests 2 CONT 2 CONT In the Fourth Corps Area, with a total of 198 camps, Alabama will have seventeen, Florida twe 2 CONC nty-two, Georgia thirty-nine, Louisiana twenty-three, Mississippi sixteen, North Carolina thi 2 CONC rty, South Carolina eighteen, and Tennessee thirty-three. The area will employ nearly 40,00 2 CONC 0 men. 2 CONT 2 CONT More than 84,000 men will be put to work in the Ninth Corps Area. Camps approved total 460. C 2 CONC alifornia will have 148, Idaho ninety-six, Montana thirty-one, Nevada four, Oregon sixty-four 2 CONC , Utah twenty-six, Washington fifty-seven, and Wyoming fourteen. 2 CONT Reprinted from AMERICAN FORESTS: The Magazine of The American Forestry Association, Washingto 2 CONC n, D. C. (July, 1933). 2 CONT 2 CONT Louisiana: 2 CONT Project Company Date Railroad Post Office 2 CONT P-82 468 10/12/39 Bobeline Bobeline 2 CONT SP-5 478 05/04/38 Mandeville Mandeville 2 CONT F-79 1490 05/15/39 Reeves Reeves 2 CONT P-80 1494 10/10/39 Pluker Grangeville 2 CONT P-76 1495 12/19/37 Mandeville Mandeville 2 CONT SCS-30 2441 04/25/40 Church Point Church Point 2 CONT P-79 3496 07/07/40 Reeves Reeves 2 CONT P-81 3498/C 09/26/39 Houghton Houghton 2 CONT SCS-32 4403 08/09/41 Franklin Franklin 2 CONT SCS-31 4404 06/20/40 Gonzales Gonzales 2 CONT SCS-22 4412 04/10/39 Jamestown Ringgold 2 CONT SCS-10 4413 09/29/38 Sikes Dodson 2 CONT SCS-29 4414 06/04/40 DeRidder DeRidder 2 CONT SCS-28 4421 09/09/39 Franklinton Franklinton 2 CONT ASCS-1 6463 05/23/41 Camp Livingston Camp Livingston 2 CONT LOUISIANA -1 Project: The number given by the state to the project and camp 2 CONT Company: The number given by the federal government to each company. Some company numbers ha 2 CONC ve a letter following the number. "C" stands for colored meaning the company was made up of A 2 CONC frican-Americans. "V" stands for veterans meaning the company was made up of veterans of Worl 2 CONC d War One. 2 CONT Date: The date that company occupied that particular camp. 2 CONT Railroad: The closest town to the camp that had a railroad stop. 2 CONT Post Office: The closest town to the camp that had a post office. 2 CONT 2 CONT Calvin served in the U.S. Army between 1940-1944. He was with the 560th Compt Svc Co, WWII 2 CONC . He served in Calcutta, India and helped to build the Burma Road to China. 1 SOUR @S1@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 1 Aug 2003 3 TIME 15:45:18 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Frost\frostcaplesdivorce.jpg 2 TITL Calvin Clenton Frost & Mary Jo Caples 2 NOTE Divorce records 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM Y 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 0 @I52@ INDI 1 NAME Jackie Olice /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Jackie Olice 1 SEX F 1 _UID 14838EEC1ECF2245852B1207AB68341388FE 1 FAMS @F12@ 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I53@ INDI 1 NAME Wanda Sue /Frost/ 2 SURN Frost 2 GIVN Wanda Sue 1 SEX F 1 _UID 4BC3B58B57427C40A91F579D8E009BAD356B 1 FAMC @F12@ 0 @I54@ INDI 1 NAME Lashay /Frost/ 2 SURN Frost 2 GIVN Lashay 1 SEX F 1 _UID B610320B16D13940A92AB5EC32D3E637F9A4 1 FAMS @F174@ 1 FAMC @F12@ 0 @I56@ INDI 1 NAME Mary Jo /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Mary Jo 2 NICK Jody 2 _MARNM Mary Jo Hall 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 28 Sep 1932 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S291@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 15 Jul 1992 2 PLAC Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana 2 CAUS breast cancer that led to a brain tumor 1 BURI 2 DATE 18 Jul 1992 1 DSCR brown hair and eyes, 5'0' 1 _UID 4BF3C06DE014664FAA5FD4BF3B1FBC874DF9 1 FAMS @F14@ 1 FAMS @F112@ 1 FAMS @F113@ 1 FAMS @F114@ 1 FAMC @F97@ 1 NOTE Mary Jo and Kenneth Hall married in North Dakota around 1974. After some years Mary attempte 2 CONC d to acquire a copy of the divorce papers from James McDermitt. He told her, he had filed i 2 CONC n California. He died during the 1980's from cancer. The State of California could not loca 2 CONC te the papers. Mary concluded that Jim had not filed for divorce. 2 CONT She and Ken decided to remarry at the: 2 CONT Lord God of Saboath Lutheran Church 2 CONT Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands 2 CONT on Christmas morning (December 25, 12:05 am) 1988. Present at this very special midnight ser 2 CONC vice were her daughters: Beverly Jo Frost (maid-of-honor), Barbara June Frost, and son-in-la 2 CONC w, Alexandro Rivera (best man). Pastor Richard Stewart presiding. Pastor Stewart had marrie 2 CONC d Barbara and Alex at this same church on August 8, 1985. 1 CHAN 2 DATE 14 Feb 2003 3 TIME 20:19:38 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\caples\caplesmaryjoa.jpg 2 TITL Mary Jo Caples 2 NOTE December 1988 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM Y 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\caples\caplesmaryjobirth.jpg 2 TITL Mary Jo Caples 2 NOTE Delayed Birth Certificate 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\caples\caplesmaryjodeath.jpg 2 TITL Mary Jo Caples 2 NOTE Death Certificate 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 0 @I58@ INDI 1 NAME Beverly Jo /Frost/ 2 SURN Frost 2 GIVN Beverly Jo 1 SEX F 1 _UID 7E9E06B5ABFB45428AF6EE33776E89CFE21C 1 FAMS @F16@ 1 FAMC @F14@ 0 @I59@ INDI 1 NAME Barbara June /Frost/ 2 SURN Frost 2 GIVN Barbara June 1 SEX F 1 _UID 2ABF2D4248019E4F94E96AA4C0B1F377F41E 1 FAMS @F17@ 1 FAMC @F14@ 0 @I60@ INDI 1 NAME Vivian Beryl /Frost/ 2 SURN Frost 2 GIVN Vivian Beryl 1 SEX F 1 _UID 2B1ED5E015BC9D4A989407F1F4ED889CDF32 1 FAMS @F40@ 1 FAMS @F41@ 1 FAMS @F42@ 1 FAMS @F43@ 1 FAMC @F14@ 0 @I61@ INDI 1 NAME Bradford Ellsworth /Parker/ 2 SURN Parker 2 GIVN Bradford Ellsworth 1 SEX M 1 _UID 728125A284F040419C459847069ADD8D791B 1 FAMS @F16@ 0 @I62@ INDI 1 NAME Alexandro /Rivera/ 2 SURN Rivera 2 GIVN Alexandro 1 SEX M 1 _UID A1D6A9B6B275244D8C5EAF7C0851A0CF4B2C 1 FAMS @F17@ 0 @I129@ INDI 1 NAME Dennis /Kerber/ 2 SURN Kerber 2 GIVN Dennis 1 SEX M 1 _UID 457F598F73D3D943B11FACDA259E6BD365EE 1 FAMS @F40@ 0 @I130@ INDI 1 NAME William Ray /Kerber/ 2 SURN Kerber 2 GIVN William Ray 1 SEX M 1 _UID 0FA7BE7FF5AC7649A82377AE09A654195FD9 1 FAMS @F50@ 1 FAMC @F40@ 0 @I131@ INDI 1 NAME James Paul /Schmalke/ 2 SURN Schmalke 2 GIVN James Paul 1 SEX M 1 _UID 03ECB9FFEE145D45A28BCDFB1D22360FC40F 1 FAMS @F41@ 0 @I132@ INDI 1 NAME Joseph Paul /Schmalke/ 2 SURN Schmalke 2 GIVN Joseph Paul 1 SEX M 1 _UID 8BAD5EC7A949CD4EBC617F644B8F70C074CF 1 FAMC @F41@ 0 @I133@ INDI 1 NAME Amanda Lee Neva /Schmalke/ 2 SURN Schmalke 2 GIVN Amanda Lee Neva 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 21 Mar 1980 2 PLAC Ramsey County, Minnesota 1 DEAT 2 DATE 6 May 1980 2 PLAC Ramsey County, Minnesota 2 CAUS Crib Death Syndrome 1 _UID ACA3D5E09187F64191AAEC4F135DF0123B67 1 FAMC @F41@ 1 NOTE Birth site: North Memorial Hospital, Minneapolis, MN. 1 CHAN 2 DATE 23 May 2002 3 TIME 20:34:33 0 @I134@ INDI 1 NAME Dale /Pederson/ 2 SURN Pederson 2 GIVN Dale 1 SEX M 1 _UID 9E37674CA7E79E4AB5FBAC986D161624AFE9 1 FAMS @F42@ 0 @I135@ INDI 1 NAME Daniel Honore /Lachance/ 2 SURN Lachance 2 GIVN Daniel Honore 1 SEX M 1 _UID BB99E61C9AAA544097D728C522E3F67E02B2 1 FAMS @F43@ 0 @I136@ INDI 1 NAME Camille Danielle /Lachance/ 2 SURN Lachance 2 GIVN Camille Danielle 1 SEX F 1 _UID 8FDB58101BE35F419507D413F749926C31E0 1 FAMC @F43@ 0 @I151@ INDI 1 NAME Carla /(Kerber)/ 2 SURN (Kerber) 2 GIVN Carla 1 SEX F 1 _UID 43D5F4ED98817449934AE91FF55A40CB0EAC 1 FAMS @F50@ 0 @I152@ INDI 1 NAME Alyssa Marie /Kerber/ 2 SURN Kerber 2 GIVN Alyssa Marie 1 SEX F 1 _UID 49CBCF989E0AD540971B193DF3E5DCF8EC4E 1 FAMC @F50@ 0 @I153@ INDI 1 NAME Kirsten Amanda /Kerber/ 2 SURN Kerber 2 GIVN Kirsten Amanda 1 SEX F 1 _UID C313F34AA1E391448C32CFECAE69F93D320A 1 FAMC @F50@ 0 @I266@ INDI 1 NAME Calvin Presley /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Calvin Presley 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 10 Nov 1866 2 PLAC Alabama 2 SOUR @S90@ 2 SOUR @S877@ 2 SOUR @S884@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 25 Apr 1930 2 PLAC Wichita Falls, Texas 1 BURI 2 DATE 30 Apr 1930 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S100@ 3 OBJE 4 FORM JPG 4 FILE Genealogy\Pictures\Tombstone pics\arrantcalvinflorence.JPG 4 TITL Calvin P. Arrant 4 NOTE Site identified by Claude Arrant, son~~Headstone provided by Margie Arrant Greenwell, granddaughter~~Photo by: Margie Greenwell 4 _SCBK N 4 _PRIM N 4 _TYPE PHOTO 1 _UID 27398013C7D4A4488FCE56DA96E29C405BF4 1 FAMS @F89@ 1 OCCU a farmer 2 PLAC Louisiana 1 NOTE Second death/location date: April 23, 1930, Austin, Texas. 2 CONT 2 CONT A family rumor: Calvin is said to have suffered a mental breakdown as a result of recovery p 2 CONC ressures upon his family from the American Civil War. The family basically lost everything t 2 CONC o taxes and carpetbaggers. He supposedly committed crimes against others as well as his ow 2 CONC n property (barn burning and killings-said to be in self-defense/family defense). He and oth 2 CONC ers could not live with his actions and so he was committed to a mental hospital in the stat 2 CONC e of Texas. He died there and was returned home for burial. [Another version says after th 2 CONC e crimes he ran to Texas.] This will take some research to prove one way or the other. 1 CHAN 2 DATE 21 Jul 2003 3 TIME 12:30:49 1 OBJE 2 FORM JPG 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Arrant\10a00.JPG 2 TITL Calvin Presley Arrant 2 NOTE 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM JPG 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\arrantcalvincu.JPG 2 TITL Calvin Presley Arrant 2 NOTE 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM Y 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 0 @I278@ INDI 1 NAME Florence A. /Hicks/ 2 SURN Hicks 2 GIVN Florence A. 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 14 Aug 1868 2 PLAC Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S882@ 2 SOUR @S884@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 2 Mar 1947 2 PLAC Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 4 Mar 1947 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S104@ 3 OBJE 4 FORM JPG 4 FILE Genealogy\Pictures\Tombstone pics\arrantcalvinflorence.JPG 4 TITL Florence A. Hicks 4 NOTE Mt. Veron Church Cemetery~~Ouachita Parish, Louisiana~~Photo by: Margie Arrant Greenwell 4 _SCBK N 4 _PRIM N 4 _TYPE PHOTO 1 _UID E7BFED6F72C8094BAE2AED60F8E1C68DE1C7 1 FAMS @F89@ 1 FAMC @F90@ 1 NOTE Another name: Florence Frances Hicks. 2 CONT Note: Some believe Florence A. Hicks was born in Marion, Union Parish, Louisiana. 2 CONT 2 CONT The Union Parish, Louisiana Index to Succession Book Probate Records Index). Transcribed an 2 CONC d submitted by the late Mrs. Arelia S. Breed for "The Genie", published quarterly by the ARK- 2 CONC LA-TEX GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. 2 CONT LAST NAME FIRST NAME TYPE BOOK PAGE(S) P.D. No. 2 CONT Hicks Florence Tutorship A-3 43 2 CONC 6 26 1 CHAN 2 DATE 21 Jul 2003 3 TIME 12:31:14 1 OBJE 2 FORM JPG 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\hicksflorencedeathcert.JPG 2 TITL Certificate of Death 2 NOTE Florance Arrant 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM JPG 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\hicksflorencels.JPG 2 TITL Florence A. Hicks 2 NOTE Believed to be in late 20's or early 30's. 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\hicksflorencecu.jpg 2 TITL Florence A. Hicks 2 NOTE 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM Y 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 0 @I279@ INDI 1 NAME George W. /Hicks/ 2 SURN Hicks 2 GIVN George W. 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE ABT 1838 2 PLAC Louisiana 2 SOUR @S882@ 1 DEAT 2 PLAC 1 _UID 8F18686D0CA5184EB6411EAFA888320FC827 1 FAMS @F90@ 1 NOTE George W. Hicks was not listed in Union Parish when the 1860 census was conducted. 2 CONT 2 CONT 1867 Union Parish Louisiana Voter Registration, transcribed by Timothy D. Hudson on 11/2000 2 CONC , page 13, line 399 2 CONT __. W. Hicks [The first initial is too ornate to read - could be an A, O, or G] 2 CONT 2 CONT The Union Parish, Louisiana Index to Succession Book Probate Records Index). Transcribed an 2 CONC d submitted by the late Mrs. Arelia S. Breed for "The Genie", published quarterly by the ARK- 2 CONC LA-TEX Genealogical Association, Inc. 2 CONT LAST FIRST TYPE BOOK PAGE(S) P.D 2 CONC . No. 2 CONT Hicks George W.& Elizabeth Tutorship A-2 105-106 2 CONT Hicks Florence Tutorship A-3 43 2 CONC 6 26 2 CONT Hicks Geo W & Elizabeth Tutorship Z 27,31,34,67 2 CONT Hicks Leon Dec'd Tutorship 11 70-7 2 CONC 3 1385 2 CONT 2 CONT Two other young Hicks family lived near George in Union Parish, Louisiana. They could be hi 2 CONC s brothers/cousins, but research would have to prove the connection. These two families are: 2 CONT 2 CONT Mars Hill Church, Downsville Circuit, Homer District, Louisiana Conference 2 CONT Methodist Episcopal Church, South 2 CONT Register of Pastors 2 CONT Name: Date of Appointment: Term of Service: 2 CONT R. S. Colier December, 1888 2 years 2 CONT " December, 1890 2 years 2 CONT No. Name When Received How Received: Date of Death or Disposal: 2 CONT 39. D. W. Hicks Died August, 1899 2 CONT (Could this be G. W. Hicks???) 2 CONT 2 CONT Research needed: 2 CONT Union Church Cemetery - North of Hwy 499, NE of Joyce, LA 2 CONT HICKS, Fred E. 6 Mar 1928 11 Jul 1975 2 CONT 2 CONT Note: In 1850 six family names matched with names from Clarke County, Mississippi to settl 2 CONC e in Union and Ouachita Parishes, Louisiana. Direct connections are unknown. 2 CONT 1850 Census Index for Clarke County, Mississippi 2 CONT The "A" page is the numbered page, and the "B" page is the unnumbered page on the film (it wa 2 CONC s the backside of the paper that was microfilmed). 2 CONT ANDERSON page 179A 2 CONT ARRANT pages 157B-166A 2 CONT FROST page 171B 2 CONT HICKS pages 168A-168B-170A 2 CONT KELLY pages 147B-154B-165A-173B-176B 2 CONT LEE pages 169B-178A-178B-184A 2 CONT Sure wish we could see the details for these six families. 2 CONT 2 CONT Research needed: 2 CONT The Louisiana Intelligencer Wednesday, September 2, 1868 Page 3, Column 1 $300 reward for Jam 2 CONC es Hicks who killed Wm. Dyer July 2. Note: The Wednesday, September 16, 1868 issue of the Lou 2 CONC isiana Intelligencer, page 2, column 1 reports the capture of James Hicks. 2 CONT 2 CONT The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, January 13, 1869 Page 3, Column 1 DIED IN JAIL. Prisoner Hi 2 CONC cks, confined in jail for the murder of Bill Dyer, died in jail on the night of the 6th inst. 1 CHAN 2 DATE 10 Jul 2003 3 TIME 19:06:54 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Census\1870censushicksgw.jpg 2 TITL 1870 Federal Census Union Parish, LA 2 NOTE George W. Hicks on line 8. 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 0 @I280@ INDI 1 NAME Elizabeth /Lee/ 2 SURN Lee 2 GIVN Elizabeth 2 NICK Lizzie 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 12 May 1842 2 PLAC Wilcox County, Alabama 2 SOUR @S882@ 2 SOUR @S883@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 18 Jan 1885 2 PLAC 1 _UID F57CB4E102B192418B8A0DB1DCB5F7B49B9B 1 FAMS @F90@ 1 FAMC @F178@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 26 Jul 2003 3 TIME 19:45:12 0 @I282@ INDI 1 NAME Elizabeth /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Elizabeth 2 NICK Lizzie 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1 Dec 1892 2 PLAC Union Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S324@ 2 SOUR @S884@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 19 Apr 1975 2 PLAC Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 21 Apr 1975 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S175@ 1 _UID E2DB8251AE8C05438BDBDADD511BCB90F664 1 FAMS @F94@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 1 NOTE Aother source has Lizzie born on December 14, 1893. 1 CHAN 2 DATE 8 May 2003 3 TIME 21:43:02 0 @I283@ INDI 1 NAME James E. /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN James E. 2 NICK Jim 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 12 Oct 1888 2 PLAC Texas 2 SOUR @S884@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 9 Feb 1964 1 BURI 2 DATE 11 Feb 1964 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S105@ 1 _UID 03721DAC03CE7C4A8C48BFBF33270620A79A 1 FAMS @F93@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 1 NOTE Another name: James A. Arrant 1 CHAN 2 DATE 8 May 2003 3 TIME 21:43:36 0 @I284@ INDI 1 NAME Emmitt /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Emmitt 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 18 Mar 1895 2 PLAC Texas 2 SOUR @S884@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 15 Apr 1970 2 PLAC (Texas) 1 BURI 2 DATE 18 May 1970 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S103@ 1 _UID 4A64433889EE5F4D8059A9FD785DC31B7EFD 1 FAMS @F95@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 8 May 2003 3 TIME 21:42:48 0 @I285@ INDI 1 NAME Bennett /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Bennett 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 19 Nov 1897 2 PLAC DeBerry, Texas 2 SOUR @S313@ 2 SOUR @S884@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 20 Apr 1985 1 BURI 2 DATE 22 Apr 1985 2 PLAC Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S110@ 1 _UID D63092C8601DEA4CBC74BA5F87D300E3999E 1 FAMS @F96@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 1 OCCU 1 NOTE The rest of Bennet's family is strongly established because they created a family plot at Ple 2 CONC asant Hill Cemetery, Ouatchita Parish, Louisiana that states Bennett's parents (Calvin P. an 2 CONC d Florence), his wife (Myrtle Donaldson) and his children (Betty Jo, Billie Jean, James Cliff 2 CONC ord, Harold Nathan, Linda Sue, Lois, Mame Marie, Jackie Olice, Prentiss Olin and R. B.). 1 CHAN 2 DATE 8 May 2003 3 TIME 21:42:34 0 @I286@ INDI 1 NAME Neiver /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Neiver 2 NICK Neva 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 30 Mar 1900 2 PLAC Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S884@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 29 Oct 1985 2 PLAC West Monroe Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 31 Oct 1985 2 PLAC Pierce Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S113@ 1 _UID 50EA2E6877781B458FA1CDBD81A461E03FA9 1 FAMS @F97@ 1 FAMS @F1593@ 1 FAMS @F1594@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 1 OCCU a nurse's aid 2 DATE 1950's 2 PLAC California 1 NOTE Neva told her granddaughter, Barbara Frost, about her education. When she was 4 years old, a 2 CONC n older sibbling had to take her to school to watch her. One day, Neva told the principal sh 2 CONC e wanted to attend school. He told her she was too young. She told him she could spell "ele 2 CONC phant". She then sat in the principal's lap and proceed to spell "elephant." The principa 2 CONC l was so impressed that he allowed her to attend school from that day on. She attended schoo 2 CONC l for 3-4 years before having to dropout. Barbara said after she turned 18, her grandmothe 2 CONC r wrote her about six times per year until her death. 2 CONT 2 CONT Neva was able to obtain on October 7, 1957 a Delayed Certificate of Birth based upon the foll 2 CONC owing evidence: 2 CONT Supporting Record 1, Class A: Federal Census of 1900 - Date of birth listed as March 1900 2 CONC , Mother: Florence Arrant, Father: Calvin Arrant, Date of original entry: 6-1-1900. 2 CONT Supporting Record 2. Class B: Notarized abstract of marriage record in Book S, page 35, Ouac 2 CONC hita Parish, Louisiana, Date of original entry: 1-15-15. 2 CONT Supporting Record 3, Class B: Affidavit of personal knowledge and memory; By whom issued an 2 CONC d signed: James Arrant-Brother-Route 2, Box 246-West Monroe, La., Date Issued: 10-4-57, Dat 2 CONC e of Birth: 3-30-1900, Birth Place: Farmerville, LA, Full Name of Mother: Florence Hicks 2 CONC , Full Name of Father: Calvin Prelsey[sic] Arrant. 2 CONT She signed her name: Neva Arrant Blair 2 CONT James was 12 years old, and the oldest sibling when Neva was born. 2 CONT 2 CONT Neva died at home: 1518 Joe Bill Street, West Monroe, Louisiana 71291 1 CHAN 2 DATE 8 May 2003 3 TIME 21:42:14 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Arrant\11e00.jpg 2 TITL Neiver Arrant 2 NOTE Known as Neva. 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM Y 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 0 @I287@ INDI 1 NAME George /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN George 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 23 Jan 1903 2 SOUR @S317@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 9 Feb 1970 1 BURI 2 DATE 11 Feb 1970 2 PLAC Walnut Grove Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S112@ 1 _UID 79E24DD5AE5CD5478E24B80DD9BBF3AA4BE4 1 FAMS @F98@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 13 Feb 2003 3 TIME 22:01:37 0 @I288@ INDI 1 NAME Claude /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Claude 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 18 Apr 1905 1 DEAT 2 DATE 14 Nov 1975 1 BURI 2 DATE 16 Nov 1975 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S101@ 1 _UID 0C0BF46DA362114B8F25D9949456DF733665 1 FAMS @F99@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Jan 2003 3 TIME 16:59:01 0 @I289@ INDI 1 NAME Raymond David /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Raymond David 1 SEX M 1 _UID 6FB58575F06C9F44B11FB3AB387E4B7E0A98 1 FAMS @F100@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 0 @I290@ INDI 1 NAME Davis /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Davis 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 8 Sep 1911 2 SOUR @S315@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 2 May 1975 1 BURI 2 DATE 4 May 1975 2 PLAC Pierce Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S111@ 1 _UID 547390A23E9FA641A074B0C008B511213027 1 FAMS @F92@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 16 Jan 2003 3 TIME 23:20:39 0 @I291@ INDI 1 NAME Ora /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Ora 1 SEX F 1 _UID 29B61F29BAD00442941911E005D19AFF04F2 1 FAMS @F101@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 0 @I292@ INDI 1 NAME Dora /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Dora 1 SEX F 1 _UID 5467F04A773FB7489D8729B3A40D231D9B4A 1 FAMS @F102@ 1 FAMC @F89@ 0 @I293@ INDI 1 NAME Lina /Mayes/ 2 SURN Mayes 2 GIVN Lina 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Oct 1893 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1978 1 BURI 2 DATE 1978 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S107@ 1 _UID 0FBD30E6FD577D4292414D02A43D5C87DBD3 1 FAMS @F93@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Jan 2003 3 TIME 17:07:01 0 @I294@ INDI 1 NAME Erastus C. /Myatt/ 2 SURN Myatt 2 GIVN Erastus C. 2 _AKA Erastus E. Myatt 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 26 Jun 1895 2 PLAC Texas 1 DEAT 2 DATE 5 Nov 1956 2 PLAC Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 7 Nov 1956 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S176@ 1 _UID 1DB4DB5D586843448A4E6FDC90BE587B94A6 1 FAMS @F94@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Jan 2003 3 TIME 18:05:00 0 @I295@ INDI 1 NAME Ella /Mayes/ 2 SURN Mayes 2 GIVN Ella 2 NICK Ellie 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 11 Jan 1895 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S312@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 9 Jan 1975 2 PLAC Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 11 Jan 1975 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S102@ 1 _UID 4691BCE29377E646A95AD0A6B2D5A872C5F9 1 FAMS @F95@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Jan 2003 3 TIME 17:08:14 0 @I296@ INDI 1 NAME Sue Myrtle /Donaldson/ 2 SURN Donaldson 2 GIVN Sue Myrtle 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 14 Mar 1903 2 SOUR @S325@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 11 Dec 1997 1 BURI 2 PLAC Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S671@ 1 _UID 10F0B841ACFB6D4E903B39BA51C3A600D334 1 FAMS @F96@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Jan 2003 3 TIME 16:52:19 0 @I297@ INDI 1 NAME James Joseph Alford /Caples/ Sr. 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN James Joseph Alford 2 NSFX Sr. 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 27 Apr 1890 2 PLAC Newton County, Mississippi 1 DEAT 2 DATE 15 May 1933 2 PLAC Union Parish, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 17 May 1933 2 PLAC Pierce Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S124@ 1 _UID 1EDD8D563522BE419CB27297DD3472B7C596 1 FAMS @F97@ 1 NOTE Joe was a logger and layer of roadbeds in Louisiana. 2 CONT 2 CONT Joe's cause of death is a bit of a mystery. He got ill to his stomach and was treated at hom 2 CONC e. It became obvious he needed medical treatment. He died during surgery at the age of 43 2 CONC . The doctors said he had an "ulcerated stomach". 2 CONT Some in the family believe he may have had cancer. His son, Alton, died from colon cancer a 2 CONC t the age of 37, and one of Alton's children (in the 40's) is suffering from colon cancer. T 2 CONC here could be a genetic problem for some members of the family. Joe's other descendents hav 2 CONC e not suffered from this problem. But we do not know if other branches of the family has th 2 CONC e problem. 2 CONT Joe's father was 66 when he died, but we do not know what he died from. 2 CONT Joe's mother lived to be 76, a respectable age for the time period. 1 CHAN 2 DATE 16 Jan 2003 3 TIME 23:22:20 0 @I298@ INDI 1 NAME Estelle /Bailey/ 2 SURN Bailey 2 GIVN Estelle 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 8 Jan 1923 1 BURI 2 PLAC Walnut Grove Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S591@ 1 _UID 538027F3114A254A9C585AEF1FC95A5F9528 1 FAMS @F98@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 13 Feb 2003 3 TIME 22:02:02 0 @I299@ INDI 1 NAME Ruby E. /Weems/ 2 SURN Weems 2 GIVN Ruby E. 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 2 Nov 1909 1 BURI 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S109@ 1 _UID 147B6C077B0A784F8FD99AE2CCE9BACB6CF8 1 FAMS @F99@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Jan 2003 3 TIME 17:08:55 0 @I300@ INDI 1 NAME Mamie /Weems/ 2 SURN Weems 2 GIVN Mamie 1 SEX F 1 _UID B76B5E74251CA24196BA8BE8698625C4B31E 1 FAMS @F100@ 0 @I301@ INDI 1 NAME Louise /Weems/ 2 SURN Weems 2 GIVN Louise 1 SEX F 1 _UID E94725DDDAE6334E8F7FE4D9BFF90A6464B3 1 FAMS @F92@ 0 @I302@ INDI 1 NAME Peeve /Futch/ 2 SURN Futch 2 GIVN Peeve 1 SEX M 1 _UID D7AC95E7F493424B93DD24F2401491820072 1 FAMS @F101@ 0 @I303@ INDI 1 NAME Robert /Snowden/ 2 SURN Snowden 2 GIVN Robert 1 SEX M 1 _UID 78B314B0AFDD6E4FBD738779822B94A64FB6 1 FAMS @F102@ 0 @I304@ INDI 1 NAME Harold /Snowden/ 2 SURN Snowden 2 GIVN Harold 1 SEX M 1 _UID F79BAD2E518B5045A1346D76CB0FEAE53F05 1 FAMC @F102@ 0 @I305@ INDI 1 NAME Robert Lee /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Robert Lee 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 14 Oct 1915 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 DEAT 2 DATE 16 Mar 1916 2 PLAC Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 18 Mar 1916 2 PLAC Pierce Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S121@ 1 _UID DC1D460DAD8B3742B4C8748E87C237D8D3BB 1 FAMC @F97@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 29 Jul 2002 3 TIME 17:52:19 0 @I306@ INDI 1 NAME Fannie /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Fannie 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 31 Mar 1917 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 DEAT 2 DATE 31 Mar 1917 2 PLAC Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 1 Apr 1917 2 PLAC Pierce Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S122@ 1 _UID 86C083861EE708489EEF495BA5CD0DCF239F 1 FAMC @F97@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 16 Jan 2003 3 TIME 23:22:43 0 @I307@ INDI 1 NAME Melvin /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Melvin 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 7 Oct 1918 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 DEAT 2 DATE 23 Jul 1988 2 PLAC Alexandria, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 25 Jul 1988 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S139@ 1 _UID 29E0375C295ED5408A0C3CD0E30B1F1F060C 1 FAMS @F107@ 1 FAMC @F97@ 1 EVEN WWII- a pastry chef 2 TYPE Military Service 2 DATE 1941 1 CHAN 2 DATE 14 Feb 2003 3 TIME 20:13:06 0 @I308@ INDI 1 NAME I D /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN I D 2 NICK Joe 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 17 Feb 1921 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S305@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 2002 2 PLAC Florida 1 _UID 72AB89AE5B2B4748AEDF41DFF50CB93404EC 1 FAMS @F103@ 1 FAMC @F97@ 1 EVEN U.S. Navy 2 TYPE Military Service 2 DATE 1941 2 PLAC Pacific 1 NOTE ID is his name. These are not initials for some other name. 2 CONT ID, known as Joe during his military years, served with the U.S. Navy as a coxswain during WW 2 CONC II. During the war, his ship was hit by enemy fire, splitting it in half. He was on the sur 2 CONC viving half. The damaged ship drifted for some time. Sailors who passed away were kept aboa 2 CONC rd so as not to attract sharks to the already deadly situation. The sailors ended up drinkin 2 CONC g saltwater in attempts to survive. ID developed an ulcerated stomach as a result. The medi 2 CONC cal problem followed him the rest of his life. He was finally rated as totally disabled late 2 CONC r in life (during the 1970's). 1 CHAN 2 DATE 14 Dec 2002 3 TIME 16:07:28 0 @I309@ INDI 1 NAME Joseph /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Joseph 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 30 Nov 1923 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 DEAT 2 DATE 30 Jun 1925 1 BURI 2 DATE 1 Jul 1925 2 PLAC Pierce Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S123@ 1 _UID 2824868B51768A4E9713A56E6088887DA6E5 1 FAMC @F97@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 16 Jan 2003 3 TIME 23:22:29 0 @I310@ INDI 1 NAME Alton Buford /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Alton Buford 2 NICK Dutch 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 12 Apr 1927 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1 DEAT 2 DATE 9 Mar 1964 2 PLAC a hospital in Sherveport, Louisiana 2 CAUS stomach cancer 1 BURI 2 DATE 11 Mar 1964 2 PLAC Hasley Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S140@ 1 _UID 7AB3A9F250D19B4292A1311F3F16D6C63A28 1 FAMS @F105@ 1 FAMC @F97@ 1 EVEN U.S. Army 2 TYPE Military Service 2 DATE 1942 2 PLAC Philippines and Germany 1 NOTE Alton was still a boy when World War II began in 1941. Being under aged (14 years old), Alto 2 CONC n lied to the recruiter and enlisted in the Army. After training he was sent to the Philippi 2 CONC nes. While there, the Army discovered his true age and sent him home. After reaching an acc 2 CONC eptable age, Alton enlisted a second time in the Army. This time he was sent to fight in Ger 2 CONC many. 1 CHAN 2 DATE 9 Feb 2003 3 TIME 14:17:54 0 @I311@ INDI 1 NAME Elton Uford /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Elton Uford 2 NICK Pete 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 16 Feb 1930 2 PLAC West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S327@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 15 Dec 1986 2 PLAC Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 CAUS sinus cancer - heavy smoker 1 BURI 2 DATE 16 Dec 1986 2 PLAC Pierce Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S125@ 1 _UID 697978C3AA5DE249BD87C730DB616BE516F7 1 FAMS @F106@ 1 FAMC @F97@ 1 OCCU a carpenter 2 DATE 1950/1980 2 PLAC Louisiana 1 CHAN 2 DATE 14 Feb 2003 3 TIME 20:13:21 0 @I312@ INDI 1 NAME Virginia A. /Kallevig/ 2 SURN Kallevig 2 GIVN Virginia A. 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 22 Jul 1925 2 SOUR @S307@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 17 Oct 1992 2 PLAC Minnesota 1 BURI 2 PLAC Minnesota 1 _UID D4434529D4AE7140B2018BA6E6D245B44D7F 1 FAMS @F103@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 15 Jun 2002 3 TIME 21:00:43 0 @I313@ INDI 1 NAME Carnie /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Carnie 1 SEX M 1 _UID 41C97B9E85106F4B811C512FB5487A161CCF 1 FAMS @F104@ 1 FAMC @F97@ 0 @I314@ INDI 1 NAME Laura Elizabeth /Craig/ 2 SURN Craig 2 GIVN Laura Elizabeth 1 SEX F 1 _UID 527DE2FD25AB2B4BA25411FEA878062C4B06 1 FAMS @F104@ 0 @I315@ INDI 1 NAME Annie Deloris /Parker/ 2 SURN Parker 2 GIVN Annie Deloris 1 SEX F 1 _UID 05CF79D8ECE9AF409318470C7E041DCE5462 1 FAMS @F105@ 0 @I316@ INDI 1 NAME Carolyn M. /McNabb/ 2 SURN McNabb 2 GIVN Carolyn M. 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 22 Mar 1933 2 SOUR @S306@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 11 May 1987 2 PLAC Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 13 May 1987 2 PLAC Pierce Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S126@ 1 _UID 82EB5FD60FF1144CB0E580CD970B607D63F6 1 FAMS @F106@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 16 Jan 2003 3 TIME 23:23:14 0 @I317@ INDI 1 NAME Elizabeth /Marsh/ 2 SURN Marsh 2 GIVN Elizabeth 1 SEX F 1 _UID 4E8668C095B852448E0B1D0FA51E37AA4862 1 FAMS @F107@ 0 @I318@ INDI 1 NAME L. E. /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN L. E. 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 10 Nov 1915 2 SOUR @S322@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 Jun 1972 1 BURI 2 DATE 3 Jun 1972 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S106@ 1 _UID 5E873CBB55956349BEE638994AD282CB5056 1 FAMS @F108@ 1 FAMC @F93@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Jan 2003 3 TIME 17:07:43 0 @I319@ INDI 1 NAME Oma E. /McCain/ 2 SURN McCain 2 GIVN Oma E. 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 3 Apr 1916 2 SOUR @S323@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 26 Dec 1988 1 BURI 2 DATE 28 Dec 1988 2 PLAC Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S108@ 1 _UID 679D73D1D0E84C429EA02F410AE6A79265F5 1 FAMS @F108@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Jan 2003 3 TIME 18:01:31 0 @I320@ INDI 1 NAME Betty Jo /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Betty Jo 1 SEX F 1 _UID 839D6C3AD285724EA50FA352A366D7026869 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I321@ INDI 1 NAME Billy Jean /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Billy Jean 1 SEX F 1 _UID 7CB604FC8516E6478C9693084BD4A782FFA3 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I322@ INDI 1 NAME James Clifford /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN James Clifford 1 SEX M 1 _UID 3F40B4D7EA81354F88F54AADA2929FC3031E 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I323@ INDI 1 NAME Harold Nathan /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Harold Nathan 1 SEX M 1 _UID F5267589B383E4409CDE70C46957ECC08DB9 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I324@ INDI 1 NAME Linda Sue /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Linda Sue 1 SEX F 1 _UID 827E11C9C303504E9C1EA61CC2D00D89E205 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I325@ INDI 1 NAME Lois Irene /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Lois Irene 1 SEX F 1 _UID 34B9EA6BEEF41245BDE8E404EE32F6F311F0 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I326@ INDI 1 NAME Mattie Marie /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Mattie Marie 1 SEX F 1 _UID B5C34AF33F35EA48A63F991625A5716C96C5 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I328@ INDI 1 NAME Prentiss Olin /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN Prentiss Olin 1 SEX M 1 _UID A319B3919293754C87D4EFF2C605EA370EBF 1 FAMC @F96@ 0 @I329@ INDI 1 NAME R. B. /Arrant/ 2 SURN Arrant 2 GIVN R. B. 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 23 Apr 1929 2 SOUR @S326@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 3 Dec 1999 1 _UID 1B1AB0E4A2FF29499D25EF4CF2CE9BF0247B 1 FAMC @F96@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 29 Jul 2002 3 TIME 16:56:38 0 @I330@ INDI 1 NAME Linda /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Linda 1 SEX F 1 _UID 7628067CB5584040850A44DB628BF66BA929 1 FAMC @F107@ 0 @I331@ INDI 1 NAME Ramona /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Ramona 1 SEX F 1 _UID D215B1B9B5C1984EA48AD08A294EC157C4C2 1 FAMC @F107@ 0 @I332@ INDI 1 NAME Ron /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Ron 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE ABT 1947 1 DEAT 2 DATE ABT 2000 2 CAUS a cancer 1 _UID BC20F8E147CD8149B4FC0A91983503722067 1 FAMC @F103@ 1 CHAN 2 DATE 16 Jun 2002 3 TIME 14:08:46 0 @I333@ INDI 1 NAME James /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN James 1 SEX M 1 _UID AB0C2AA8AC7E8B458F14A00EBDE1B23E62D0 1 FAMC @F103@ 0 @I334@ INDI 1 NAME Roy /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Roy 1 SEX M 1 _UID 7823BCC6AD4C0C49BF4FA527A0F7EACA9011 1 FAMC @F103@ 0 @I335@ INDI 1 NAME Stephen Carnie /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Stephen Carnie 1 SEX M 1 _UID 1B89A5A65F2A9C47A0500FABBEF9616582EF 1 FAMS @F235@ 1 FAMS @F344@ 1 FAMS @F345@ 1 FAMC @F104@ 0 @I336@ INDI 1 NAME Galen Wayne /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Galen Wayne 1 SEX M 1 _UID 7D3659D5BE9B4048B45F3DD477A9329ED6E6 1 FAMS @F346@ 1 FAMC @F104@ 0 @I337@ INDI 1 NAME Sharon Anne /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Sharon Anne 1 SEX F 1 _UID 1E60A9F87D19424F8F95F9FD0447642635C5 1 FAMS @F348@ 1 FAMS @F350@ 1 FAMC @F104@ 0 @I338@ INDI 1 NAME Joseph Alton /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Joseph Alton 1 SEX M 1 _UID 64F3EF3C5F125443B7329BBBF6752E2A8C94 1 FAMC @F105@ 0 @I339@ INDI 1 NAME Arlon Buford /Caples/ 2 SURN Caples 2 GIVN Arlon Buford 1 SEX M 1 _UID 81A8044D63E3F54D9C01F87C205B2C2FE9F0 1 FAMC @F105@ 0 @I343@ INDI 1 NAME Vernon /Danielson/ 2 SURN Danielson 2 GIVN Vernon 1 SEX M 1 _UID 07E635D7DB99F7469840D5E645B2B0CAAEFE 1 FAMS @F112@ 0 @I344@ INDI 1 NAME James /McDermitt/ 2 SURN McDermitt 2 GIVN James 1 SEX M 1 _UID 79EC433FFEAAC94F82DFDE1F38D37C079368 1 FAMS @F113@ 0 @I345@ INDI 1 NAME Kenneth George /Hall/ 2 SURN Hall 2 GIVN Kenneth George 1 SEX M 1 _UID 4B587F13FDDC6E44BC7020FF3C85D249E7D8 1 FAMS @F114@ 0 @I542@ INDI 1 NAME Marty /Williams/ 2 SURN Williams 2 GIVN Marty 1 SEX M 1 _UID AF8B1889B46CD4499F25E11021D4A2359951 1 FAMS @F174@ 0 @I546@ INDI 1 NAME Martin Batte /Lee/ 2 SURN Lee 2 GIVN Martin Batte 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 22 Apr 1798 2 PLAC Johnson County, North Carolina 2 SOUR @S883@ 2 SOUR @S909@ 2 SOUR @S910@ 2 SOUR @S911@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 28 Mar 1884 2 PLAC Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 30 Mar 1884 2 PLAC Liberty Hill Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S141@ 3 OBJE 4 FORM JPG 4 FILE Genealogy\Pictures\Tombstone pics\leemartinbatte.JPG 4 TITL Martin Batte Lee 4 NOTE Liberty Hill Cemetery~~Ouachita Parish, Louisiana~~Photo by: Margie Arrant Greenwell 4 _SCBK N 4 _PRIM N 4 _TYPE PHOTO 1 _UID 8CE9B716B63A74448BBB060C7DA492B8AD0A 1 FAMS @F178@ 1 FAMS @F220@ 1 FAMC @F216@ 1 OCCU a farmer 2 DATE 1850 2 PLAC Union Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S165@ 3 DATA 4 DATE 15 Aug 1850 1 NOTE Photo submitted by Hank Johns. 2 CONT 2 CONT Moved to Wilcox County, Alabama in the late 1820's. Martin moved his family to Union Parish 2 CONC , Louisiana prior to 1850. 2 CONT 2 CONT These children are Martin's grandchildren, through his daughter Susan. 2 CONT 2 CONT "List of Registered Names in Union Parish La 2 CONT Filed Sept 6th 1867 2 CONT J. M. Reid, Clerk" 2 CONT Page 2: 2 CONT 55. Martin B. Lee 2 CONT 2 CONT Martin Batte Lee Bible, Union Parish, LA submitted by: Hank Johns 2 CONT Martin Batte LEE, bible Contributed by: Henry LeRoy "Hank" JOHNS III, North Little Rock, Arka 2 CONC nsas (The best I can tell, this bible was printed in 1877. It is 4 inches thick, 12 inches ta 2 CONC ll and 10 inches wide. It weighs about 10 pounds. It appears to be a display bible. The initi 2 CONC als of M. B. LEE are engraved on the front cover in gold printing. On the inside cover, is do 2 CONC cumented, how the bible was passed down through our family.) Belonged to Martin Batte Lee, gr 2 CONC eat grandfather of May B. Lee (Wooten) by her father John Martin Lee - ? (unreadable) in ? (u 2 CONC nreadable) (unreadable) the to me. To Anna Wooten Slagle on her 64th birthday from Mother, M. 2 CONC B. Lee Wooten, April 23, 1967. To Anna Wooten Johns on her 22nd birthday from "Nana", Anna Wo 2 CONC oten Slagle, September 14, 1976. To "Hank" (Henry LeRoy Johns, III), I want to pass on to yo 2 CONC u this special family Bible in appreciation of your genealogical research. It belonged to Mar 2 CONC tin Batte Lee. Love, Your baby sister, Anna Wooten Johns Parent, Easter, 1997. 2 CONT 2 CONT MARRIAGES Martin Batte Lee to Lavincy Albritton 2 CONT His son John Martin Lee Sr. to Mary Jane Taylor (Windes) Feb 6, 1849 2 CONT His son John Martin Lee Jr. to Vada Burch Nov -19- 1872 in La. 2 CONT Their son Wm Burch Lee to Irene Drake Nov 4th 1908 Minden La 2 CONT J. M. Lee & Vada Burch's daughters Anna Lee to Hillyer Ralston Speed. Apr 19, 1898 Monroe, La 2 CONC . "" " "" " "" "" May Burch Lee to James Roche (Roach) Wooten. Feb 11, 1902 New Orleans, La 2 CONT 2 CONT BIRTHS May Burch Lee Wooten B. Feb 9, 1881 in La 2 CONT James Roach Wooten B. Mar 4, 1877 in Ga. 2 CONT 2 CONT Ch: Anna Lee Wooten B. Apr 23, 1903 in Ga. 2 CONT John Lee Wooten B. Nov 21, 1905 in La. 2 CONT Maria Brooking Wooten B. Nov 5. 1911 in La. 2 CONT 2 CONT DEATHS James Roach Wooten Died March 8, 1951 in La 2 CONT May Burch Lee Wooten 2 CONT John Lee Wooten died June 13, 1960 2 CONT (Pasted on the page after the Death records is a newspaper obit for Mrs. Vada Burch Lee) FUNE 2 CONC RAL IS HELD FOR PROMINENT MONROE WOMAN Services Conducted At Speed Home; Burial In City Cemet 2 CONC ery 2 CONT The funeral of Mrs. Vada Burch Lee, 80, widow of John Martin Lee, member of a distinguished s 2 CONC outhern family and prominent for many years in Monroe, who died at the home of her daughter 2 CONC , Mrs. H. R. Speed, 110 Pine street, early Sunday, (written in ink in the margin: March 8, 19 2 CONC 36), was held at the residence Monday at 3 p.m. Rev. L. T. Hastings, pastor of the First Bapt 2 CONC ist church, officiated. Internment was made in the old city cemetery. 2 CONT 2 CONT Mrs. Lee, despite her advanced age, had been active up to last Thursday, when she was suddenl 2 CONC y stricken with paralysis. Mrs. Lee was the widow of John Martin Lee, who, at the time of hi 2 CONC s death in 1908 was general land agent of the Southern Pacific railroad. Born in Georgia Th 2 CONC e family of Mrs. Lee was prominent in the War Between the States. It was of Georgia origin. S 2 CONC he was born in Lagrange, Ga., May 8, 1855, the daughter of Dr. Richard Burch and Letitia Sal 2 CONC e Burch. Doctor Burch was cavalry officer in the Confederate army and after the war he came t 2 CONC o Louisiana, expecting to escape the turmoil attending the reconstruction period. Instead, h 2 CONC e found the situation in this state more tumultuous than in Georgia. He located at Farmervill 2 CONC e, then a center of the cotton shipping industry, and he became prominent in north Louisian 2 CONC a as a physician. The year after he came to this state, his daughter, Vada, married John Mart 2 CONC in Lee on Nov 19, 1872 at the age of 17. It was then the post-war period of railroad expansio 2 CONC n in the south, and Mr. Lee, member of a leading family of the state, became identified wit 2 CONC h the land department of the Southern Pacific, with headquarters in New Orleans. He continue 2 CONC d in that position until his death in 1908 when Mrs. Lee removed to Monroe to reside. 2 CONT 2 CONT Mrs. Lee was a woman noted for her wide intellectual attainments and devoted herself to the c 2 CONC ultural things of life. She was deeply interested in civic beautification and gave much tim 2 CONC e to civic and charitable efforts. She also was an outstanding member of the First Baptist c 2 CONC hurch. 2 CONT 2 CONT Flowers Her Hobby Flowers with Mrs. Lee were a great hobby and she spent many hours daily wit 2 CONC h her favorite plants in the garden of her daughter, which is one of the most beautiful in th 2 CONC e city. 2 CONT 2 CONT One son, Capt. Thompson Wood Lee, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, died Sept 12, 1898 2 CONC , and the United States War Veterans' post here bears his name. 2 CONT 2 CONT Three children of Mrs. Lee survive. They are Mrs. H. R. Speed and Mrs. J. R. Wooten, both o 2 CONC f Monroe, and William Burch Lee of Shreveport. Surviving grandchildren are Mrs. T. O. Bancrof 2 CONC t, Mrs. E. T. Lamkin, John Lee Wooten and Mrs. Elmer Slagle, all of Monroe; William Burch Lee 2 CONC , Jr., Felix Drake Lee and Elizabeth Lee, all of Shreveport, and Mrs. Melville C. Vaughan o 2 CONC f Lawrenceville, Ill, Eleven great-grandchildren also survive. The pallbearers were: Willia 2 CONC m Burch Lee, Jr., and Felix Drake Lee of Shreveport and John Lee Wooten of Monroe, Mrs. Lee' 2 CONC s grandsons; T.O. Bancroft, Elmer Slagle and E. T. Lamkin of Monroe, her grandsons-in-law; an 2 CONC d A.D. Turnage of Farmerville and Robert C. Webb of Delta Point, her nephews by marriage. (en 2 CONC d of newpaper obit) 2 CONT 2 CONT ( Hand written, besides the above newspaper obit, is the below statement written by May Burc 2 CONC h Lee Wooten, great grand daughter of Martin Batte Lee) "(Today July 2d, 1936 as I place thi 2 CONC s newspaper clipping in this book I shall "Hand down" to my grandchildren as it was given t 2 CONC o me by my grandfather John Martin Lee Sr. I ponder which of them will treasure this book a 2 CONC s I have because it was bought by my great grandfather Martin Batte Lee who was born in Virgi 2 CONC nia 1798. May Burch Lee Wooten)" 2 CONT 2 CONT "Martin Batte Lee as remembered by his grand daughter-in-law Vada B. Lee - was a tall slende 2 CONC r man with kind brown eyes, reserved, gentle dignified- a deacon in the Baptist Church- He ha 2 CONC d only one son John Martin Lee Sr. John M to remember as a bright and shinning star in the ho 2 CONC me where I spent many happy hours - Because I was interested in all he had to say of his Le 2 CONC e family and because I had the same initials this book came to me. M.L.W." (end of bible entr 2 CONC ies) 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT Liberty Hill Primitaive Baptist Church, Union, Louisiana, submitted by: Tim Hudson, edited b 2 CONC y Barbara J. Frost 2 CONT 2 CONT Records of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church, Union Parish Louisiana 2 CONT 2 CONT Location: Liberty Hill Church adjoins the Taylor/Liberty Hill Cemetery, located near Bayou d 2 CONC e'Loutre, seven miles northeast of Farmerville off Louisiana Highway 33 from Farmerville to M 2 CONC arion, in the northwest quarter of Section 12, Township 21 North, Range 1 East. 2 CONT 2 CONT What are Primitive Baptists? 2 CONT In the early 1800s, an issue developed among the Baptist denomination concerning “missions” a 2 CONC nd benevolent organizations - should the churches support them or not? Baptist pioneers fro 2 CONC m the Carolinas and Georgia brought this matter into Alabama, neither group had patience wit 2 CONC h the other's views. Some churches displayed openly anti- or pro-mission, others attempted t 2 CONC o evade the issue. The anti-mission Baptists began to split from the missionaries during th 2 CONC e 1830s, and became known as Old-School, Hardshell, New Tests, or more formally, Primitive Ba 2 CONC ptists. Many Alabama Baptist churches with anti-mission beliefs withdrew from the associatio 2 CONC ns to which they belonged and formed new Primitive Baptist Associations. Further issues deve 2 CONC loped, and before long there were significant doctrinal differences between the Missionary (l 2 CONC ater Southern) Baptists and the Primitive Baptists. 2 CONT 2 CONT Background on Liberty Hill Church: 2 CONT Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church, originally called Pleasant Hill Baptist Church,forme 2 CONC d soon after Colonel Matthew Wood and his son-in-law, John Taylor, arrived in eastern Union P 2 CONC arish Louisiana from Lowndes County Alabama in early February 1837. The Taylors belonged t 2 CONC o an anti-missionary Baptists in Butler County Alabama, and apparently John Taylor helped est 2 CONC ablish a hardshell Baptist Church near his home some six or seven miles east of what is now F 2 CONC armerville. In the latter 1840s, Pleasant Hill Church purchased land from Henry P. Anderson 2 CONC . The church's new property adjoined John Taylor's plantation, and the church soon erecte 2 CONC d a building next to Taylor's family graveyard. This community graveyard is one of the oldes 2 CONC t in Union Parish and is known as the Taylor/Liberty Hill Cemetery. 2 CONT 2 CONT In the early 1840s, many of Taylor's siblings joined him in eastern Union Parish, and most o 2 CONC f them are believed to become members at Liberty Hill Church. In particular, Taylor's older b 2 CONC rother, Baptist preacher Elder James Taylor, may have served the church as paster prior to hi 2 CONC s death in 1852. 2 CONT 2 CONT We do know that by the 1890s, Liberty Hill Church had joined the South Ouachita Primitive Bap 2 CONC tist Association, an organization that included churches in north Louisiana and southern Arka 2 CONC nsas. 2 CONT 2 CONT In the latter 1930s as Union Parish geared up for its centennial celebration, many of the old 2 CONC er residents were interviewed for the centennial issue of the Farmerville "Gazette". An arti 2 CONC cle claims that Liberty Hill Church had existed prior to 1830. I seriously doubt this claim 2 CONC . ... no record of any settlers in the Bayou d'Loutre region in which Liberty Hill is locate 2 CONC d prior to 1836. There is not even a record of any Baptist Churches in original Ouachita Par 2 CONC ish prior to the latter 1820s, just a few years after the earliest recorded Baptist sermon wa 2 CONC s preached there in 1819 or 1820. ...evidence points to Liberty Hill Church's formation as o 2 CONC ccurring about 1837... 2 CONT 2 CONT Destruction of the Church & Associational Minutes: 2 CONT Numerous members of my family have had close associations with Liberty Hill Church since thos 2 CONC e early years. In particular, my relatives Henry B. T. Goyne and his wife Mary Ann Murray Go 2 CONC yne joined the church in the 1870s. Their daughter Susannah J. Goyne and son-in-law John Tho 2 CONC mas Hudson apparently joined in the 1880s, and Hudson served as church clerk during the 1890 2 CONC s and early 1900s. Most of John and Susan's family belonged to the church, including their el 2 CONC dest son Charles Henry Hudson (1873-1959). Seven of Charlie Hudson's eight children belonge 2 CONC d to Liberty Hill, and his grandson Woodrow W. Hudson, Jr. (my father) has served as pastor o 2 CONC f the church since 1961. 2 CONT 2 CONT During the 1930s and early 1940s, my great-uncle Charles Henry Hudson,Jr. (called "June" or " 2 CONC Bud" by the family) served Liberty Hill Church as church clerk, and he also served as the cle 2 CONC rk of the South Ouachita Association in the early 1940s. His wife Vivian Love had died follo 2 CONC wingthe birth of their only child in 1938, and he had moved back in with his parents. Thus, U 2 CONC ncle Bud had both the church and the association minutes at the home of his parents, Charli 2 CONC e and Docia Ward Hudson, during this period. Tragically, the Hudson home burned in 1945, des 2 CONC troying all its contents, including the minutes. 2 CONT 2 CONT For some unknown reason, the book recording the church minutes from the period 1870 - 1877 we 2 CONC re in someone else's possession in 1945, as they survived the 1945 fire that destroyed the ma 2 CONC jority of the minutes. 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT A Few 1870s Members of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church, that includes Martin Batte Lee: 2 CONT 2 CONT The minutes abstracted reveal the names of only a few members of the church in during the 187 2 CONC 0s. Unfortunately, the majority of the membership, especially female members, were rarely me 2 CONC ntioned in the minutes other than when they joined or requested dismissal. The few names bel 2 CONC ow constitute only a fraction of those who belonged to the church during this time. Betwee 2 CONC n 1890 and 1920, the church had between 30 and 40 members. 2 CONT 2 CONT A few of the people mentioned in the surviving minutes as members of Liberty Hill Primitive B 2 CONC aptist Church during the 1870s: 2 CONT Elder Henry Archer - pastor of the church in the 1870s 2 CONT J. H. Patterson - clerk of the church in the 1870s 2 CONT Martin Batte Lee 2 CONT Enoch Richard Albritton 2 CONT Mr. Osburn (listed in the minutes as "colored") 2 CONT Riley Agerton 2 CONT Henry B. T. Goyne 2 CONT J. L. Taylor 2 CONT Catherine Taylor Rabun 2 CONT Sarah Taylor 2 CONT ..., many others. 2 CONT 2 CONT Records from later years prove that many Pattersons, Taylors, Albrittons, Scarboroughs, and H 2 CONC udsons also belonged during this time period. 2 CONT 2 CONT The Surviving Minutes: 2 CONT As standard for Baptist churches, Liberty Hill Church in the 1870s held services one weeken 2 CONC d per month, with preaching on both Saturday and Sunday. After preaching on Saturday, the ch 2 CONC urch held conference, presided over by a moderator, ordinarily the preacher. 2 CONT 2 CONT The standard format of the minutes is: 2 CONT "After worship the Church went in conference. 2 CONT 1. Invited visited Brethren and Sisters to seat with us. 2 CONT 2. Open the doors of the church for the reception of members. 2 CONT 3. Inquired for the health of the church and peace. 2 CONT 4. Inquired for reference. 2 CONT 5. Called for misc. business. 2 CONT Done by the order of the church in conference. Elder H. Archer, Mod., J. H. Patterson, Clk." 2 CONT 2 CONT The minutes begin with the conference held on Saturday, 26 February 1870, and run through th 2 CONC e conference held on Saturday, 23 June 1877 (with a few omissions). Throughout this period 2 CONC , Elder Henry Archer served Liberty Hill Church as pastor, and J. H. Patterson as church cler 2 CONC k, and as such their names are recorded each month. 2 CONT 2 CONT Abstracts of the Liberty Hill Church Minutes, 1870 - 1877 that include Martin B. Lee: 2 CONT 2 CONT 21 May 1870 2 CONT "5. Misc. Business. Move and second the church appoint delegates to the district meeting t 2 CONC o be held at New Hope Church, Louisiana - which will convene Friday before the Second Sunda 2 CONC y in July. Delegated Brethren M. B. Lee, Bro. J. H. Patterson." 2 CONT 2 CONT 29 Aug 1870 2 CONT "5. Misc. business - By move and second, the church went into the choice of delegates to th 2 CONC e Association, and chose Brethren M. B. Lee, H. Archer, J. H. Patterson, and M. Armstrong i 2 CONC n case of absence. 2 CONT 2 CONT Done by order of the church in conference. Elder R. Roler, Mod. J. H. Patterson, Clk." 2 CONT 2 CONT 24 June 1871 2 CONT "4. Inquired for reference. And by motion and second, the church went into the choice of he 2 CONC r delegates to the District meeting to be held with Good Hope Church commencing on Friday bef 2 CONC ore the first Sunday in August. She chose Elder H. Archer, M. B. Lee, J. H. Patterson, and J 2 CONC . L. Tugwell in case of absence." 2 CONT 2 CONT 22 July 1871 2 CONT "5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second, the church took up the case of Bro. O 2 CONC sburn in relative to his preaching. The Church has silenced him from preaching." 2 CONT 2 CONT 29 Aug 1871 2 CONT "5. Called for misc. business. By motion and second the church appointed a committee of thre 2 CONC e to cite Bro. Osburn to appearance before the church - The committee M. B. Lee, J. H. Patter 2 CONC son, J. M. Armestrong." 2 CONT 2 CONT 23 Sept 1871 2 CONT "4. Reference. There being a letter to the Association, the letter was read and adopted. Th 2 CONC e committee reported and Bro. Osburn (colored) is presence. By motion the church took up th 2 CONC e case of Bro. Osburn for doctrine, for cursing, and whoremonger. By motion and second the c 2 CONC hurch took the vote on Bro. Osburn's case. The church declared nonfellowship for him for who 2 CONC remonger, for doctrine, and for cursing. 2 CONT 2 CONT 24 May 1873 2 CONT "5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second the church requested the rules of deco 2 CONC rum be read at our next conference. By motion and second the church went into the choice o 2 CONC f her delegates to the District meeting which terminated in the choice of Elder H. Archer, M 2 CONC . B. Lee, F. M. Armstrong, and J. H. Patterson, alternate." 2 CONT 2 CONT 29 Aug 1873 2 CONT "5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second, the church went into the choice of he 2 CONC r delegates to the Association and determined in the choice of Brethren M. B. Lee, H. Archer 2 CONC , F. M. Armstrong, and J. H. Patterson, alternate. 2 CONT 2 CONT 21 Aug 1875 2 CONT "2. Opened the doors of the church for the reception of members. By motion and second the chu 2 CONC rch received Sister Mary Hester (Hicks?) by an experience of Grace... 2 CONT 2 CONT 25 Dec 1875 2 CONT The format of the minutes during this conference was different, probably due to the absence o 2 CONC f Elder Henry Archer. The moderator for this conference was Martin Batte Lee, who was then n 2 CONC early seventy-eight years old: 2 CONT 2 CONT "After worship the church met in conference. 2 CONT 1. Invited visiting Brethren to seats. 2 CONT 2. Inquired for peace and fellowship including acknowledgments. 2 CONT 3. Give opportunity for reception of members. 2 CONT 4. Call for reference. 2 CONT 5. Misc. Business. 2 CONT M. B. Lee, Md. and J. H. Patterson, clerk." 2 CONT 2 CONT 21 May 1876 2 CONT "5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second the church went into the choice of he 2 CONC r delegates to the District meeting which terminated in the choice of H. Archer, M. B. Lee, J 2 CONC . H. Patterson, and F. M. Armstrong and alternate - J. L. Taylor." 2 CONT 2 CONT This concludes the pre-1945 extant minutes of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church. 1 CHAN 2 DATE 22 Jul 2003 3 TIME 11:13:11 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\martinbattelee.jpg 2 TITL Martin Batte Lee 2 NOTE 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM Y 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\census\1850censusleemartinbatte.jpg 2 TITL 1850 Federal Census Union Parish, LA 2 NOTE Martin B. Lee on Line 20. 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\census\1870censusleemb.jpg 2 TITL 1870 Federal Census Union Parish, LA 2 NOTE Martin B. Lee on Line 26. 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM JPG 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\census\1880censusleemb.JPG 2 TITL 1880 Federal Census Union Parish, LA 2 NOTE Martin B. Lee is on Line 19. 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 1 OBJE 2 FORM JPG 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Pictures\Tombstone pics\leemartinbatte.JPG 2 TITL Martin Batte Lee 2 NOTE Liberty Hill Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM N 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 0 @I547@ INDI 1 NAME Levincy Ann /Albritton/ 2 SURN Albritton 2 GIVN Levincy Ann 2 NICK Lavincy 2 _AKA Lavinia, Lavina Ann, Lavincy, Louisa 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 15 Mar 1800 2 PLAC Pitt County, North Carolina 2 SOUR @S883@ 2 SOUR @S909@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 12 Jun 1864 2 PLAC Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana 1 BURI 2 DATE 14 Jun 1864 2 PLAC Liberty Hill Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S142@ 3 DATA 4 TEXT Lavincy. 5 CONT Consort of 5 CONT M. B. Lee 5 CONT Born 5 CONT Mar. 15 1800 5 CONT Died 5 CONT June 12, 1861 5 CONT Unreadable message 3 OBJE 4 FORM JPG 4 FILE Genealogy\Pictures\Tombstone pics\albrittonlevincyann.JPG 4 TITL Levincy Ann Albritton 4 NOTE Liberty Hill Cemetery~~Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 4 _SCBK N 4 _PRIM N 4 _TYPE PHOTO 1 _UID 05CC1ED805AA7E46A954BAE4B9BE2DFF78A7 1 FAMS @F178@ 1 NOTE Levincy's mother lived with them. 2 CONT 2 CONT Martin Batte Lee Bible, Union Parish, LA submitted by: Hank Johns Martin Batte LEE, bible Con 2 CONC tributed by: Henry LeRoy "Hank" JOHNS III, North Little Rock, Arkansas (The best I can tell 2 CONC , this bible was printed in 1877. 2 CONT MARRIAGES Martin Batte Lee to Lavincy Albritton 1 CHAN 2 DATE 21 Jul 2003 3 TIME 12:32:56 0 @I619@ INDI 1 NAME Leon /Hicks/ 2 SURN Hicks 2 GIVN Leon 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 25 Oct 1858 2 PLAC Louisiana 2 SOUR @S882@ 2 SOUR @S914@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 19 Sep 1929 1 BURI 2 DATE 21 Sep 1929 2 PLAC Liberty Hill Cemetery, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S218@ 1 _UID FBF132DB2B394D468698C96D41AEAF2A0C5E 1 FAMS @F205@ 1 FAMC @F90@ 1 NOTE The Union Parish, Louisiana Index to Succession Book Probate Records Index). Transcribed an 2 CONC d submitted by the late Mrs. Arelia S. Breed for "The Genie", published quarterly by the ARK- 2 CONC LA-TEX GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. 2 CONT 2 CONT LAST NAME FIRST NAME TYPE BOOK PAGE(S) P.D. No. 2 CONT Hicks Leon Dec'd Tutorship 11 70-7 2 CONC 3 1385 1 CHAN 2 DATE 10 May 2003 3 TIME 22:02:20 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE D:\Genealogy\Census\1900censushicksleon.jpg 2 TITL 1900 Federal Census Union Parish, LA 2 NOTE Leon H. Hicks is on Line 34. 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM Y 2 _TYPE PHOTO 2 _SSHOW Y 0 @I620@ INDI 1 NAME Sallie D. /McGough/ 2 SURN McGough 2 GIVN Sallie D. 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1861 2 PLAC Louisiana 2 SOUR @S914@ 2 SOUR @S978@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1921 1 BURI 2 DATE 1921 2 PLAC Liberty Hill Cemetery, Union Parish, Louisiana 2 SOUR @S219@ 1 _UID C419B0AB461DF74A8417DAECD467D2105A7F 1 FAMS @F205@ 1 NOTE The information has been compiled over the years by family members.... I have corrected som 2 CONC e of the grammar and spelling errors for easier reading but left most of it as written by th 2 CONC e original authors. 2 CONT Background midi: "The Battle of the Boyne" 2 CONT Thanks go to Lesley Nelson 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT Dear Mrs. Fincher: 2 CONT 2 CONT I will tell you what I can about the McGough family. As you did not enclose the biographica 2 CONC l sketch of George Lafayette McGough, I don't know whether it was of my father's brother or u 2 CONC ncle. My Aunt Mary McGough Bray wrote a genealogy of my family for me before she died at th 2 CONC e age of 88. As she was quite old when she wrote it, some details have been left out. The fol 2 CONC lowing is the genealogy of my father, Henry Dawson McGough, and his brother, George Lafayett 2 CONC e McGough. 2 CONT 2 CONT Robert McGough came in a boat from Newry County Down, North Ireland. Died in 1778 in North Ca 2 CONC rolina. He came with father, mother, brothers, and sisters and other members and relatives, 4 2 CONC 0 in all. Landed in Charleston, South Carolina after four months voyage. John was only ten ye 2 CONC ars old then. They fled from that country because of British oppression and settled in Sout 2 CONC h Carolina. I think in Abbeville District. I know he came from Abbeville to Georgia. John wa 2 CONC s a soldier in the Revolutionary army. He served under General Gates and General Green. He ma 2 CONC rried Elizabeth Carson. They lived in Wilkes County, now Green County, at White Plains, wher 2 CONC e they raised their family. He had eight children, the oldest Robert McGough (who was my fath 2 CONC er's grandfather). Robert was born in 1785. He married Sandal Cabanas in 1810. He served in t 2 CONC he wars of 1812 and 1847. He first lived in Jones County, Ga., where John McGough was born. J 2 CONC ohn was my father's father. Robert moved to Monroe County, Ga. and lived there until his deat 2 CONC h, in 1881 at the age of 96. I only know six names of Robert's children. They were Matilda, J 2 CONC ohn, Mathew, William, Robert, and Lafayette. The other two aunts Mamie neglected to mention 2 CONC . John left home in Forsythe, Ga., in his early teens and came to Columbus, Ga., where he mar 2 CONC ried Mary Elizabeth Dawson. They had nine children. In 1868, he moved to Glennville, Alabama 2 CONC , which is in Russell co., 30 miles south of Columbus. He was born in 1812 and died in 1888. 2 CONT 2 CONT Now, some more of Robert McGough's children may have left home at an early age as his sons Jo 2 CONC hn and Lafayette did. Lafayette also came to Columbus but never married. I know that two of m 2 CONC y father's first cousins moved to Seattle, Washington after the "Gold Rush" and made a fortun 2 CONC e. The last I heard about them, they had lost the fortune, but were still living on their bi 2 CONC g estate by the kindness of the city of Seattle, in appreciation of all they had done for th 2 CONC e city in their better days. They were very old then, so I feel they have since passed on. Th 2 CONC eir father was one of Robert's children and another son either lived in Louisiana or had rela 2 CONC tives there. I don't know where you can find all the names of Robert's children unless my cou 2 CONC sin, Mrs. H. L. McGurk, Route S, Box 195, Fort Worth, Texas can give them to you. She is my A 2 CONC unt Mary McGough Bray's daughter. 2 CONT 2 CONT We pronounce our name "McGoo", there is a family who lives in Birmingham now and could have c 2 CONC ome from Selma who pronounces theirs as in "cough". They have a large bakery in Birmingham. M 2 CONC y brother knows him and he feels we must be related even though the name is pronounced differ 2 CONC ently. 2 CONT 2 CONT If I can be of any further help to you, please let me know. I would love to have a copy of th 2 CONC e biographical sketch of George Lafayette McGough. I am so sorry there was no mention of a Ja 2 CONC mes McGough in Aunt Mamie's genealogy but as I said some details are missing. I would be mos 2 CONC t interested to hear what you find out. The G. L. McGough who was my father's brother never m 2 CONC arried either. 2 CONT 2 CONT Sincerely, 2 CONT 2 CONT Betty McGough Brady 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CONT 2 CONT MCGOUGH FAMILY, RESEARCH OBTAINED FROM REV. E. M. SHARP, RETIRED 2 CONT 2 CONT METHODIST PASTOR OF FIRST METHODIST CHURCH ABERDEEN, MISS. 1945 2 CONT 2 CONT The McGough's definitely came from County Down, Norah Ireland 1771. What their histories prio 2 CONC r to coming to America are not known. The family had long settled in County Down in village 2 CONC s along the base of the mountains. This information comes from a very old lady by the name o 2 CONC f Mrs. Bridgett McCoy with whom I corresponded in 1950. Her home at the time was Dorsey Mulla 2 CONC grass, Culluhany Post Office, County Armagh, Ireland. She had lived for many years in the are 2 CONC a of County Down in which the McGough’s had lived. She states; "I know there was an old rac 2 CONC e of people named McGough and other people who left Ireland near 200 years ago. Some of the 2 CONC m worked in England and their home in Ireland was along the mountains close to Newry. There a 2 CONC re some of the descendants still there, but I am the nearest friend, none of the young peopl 2 CONC e seem to know anything about these older people. 2 CONT 2 CONT Our oldest ancestor was Robert McGough; Sr. who with his wife who is traditionally called Mat 2 CONC ilda Carson McGough, left County Down in company with 40 others, neighbors and kinsmen by th 2 CONC e name of Carson and McDowell. They sailed from the seaport of Newry on their way to Charlest 2 CONC on, South Carolina. It was the year of 1771. After a stormy voyage that is said to have laste 2 CONC d three months, they finally landed at Charleston, more dead than alive. Some of this informa 2 CONC tion comes from William Nelson, a grandson of John McGough who had lived with his grandfathe 2 CONC r and had heard him tell of his experiences many times. John McGough was of Green County, Geo 2 CONC rgia. In 1895, in William Nelson's old age he wrote a letter to a cousin of his describing wh 2 CONC at his grandfather had told him. He said in part: 2 CONT 2 CONT "You asked me to give you information concerning Grandfather John McGough. He was born in Ire 2 CONC land and came over to America with his father, mother, brothers, and sisters and other famil 2 CONC y relations, the Carson’s and McDowell's, 40 of them came over in the same ship and landed a 2 CONC t Charleston, South Carolina after close to 4 months voyage. Grandfather was only 10 years ol 2 CONC d then. They fled from Ireland because of British oppression and settled in South Carolina 2 CONC , I think it was in Abbeville District. I know he came from Abbeville to Georgia." 2 CONT 2 CONT Some of the Carson families do seem to have settled first in Abbeville District, South Caroli 2 CONC na. One set of them was in what is now Edgefield County, South Carolina. Another family, tha 2 CONC t of Thomas Carson went on to Wilkes County, Georgia where Thomas died in 1790 leaving a will 2 CONC . It was the grand daughter of Thomas that became the wife of the above John McGough. The McD 2 CONC owell's settled also in Wilkes County as there were McDowell's closely related to the Carson’ 2 CONC s and with whom the McGough's seem to have had close relations with. 2 CONT 2 CONT Robert McGough, Sr. however for some reason now unknown to us, pushed his way up into Mecklen 2 CONC burg County, North Carolina where he purchased a tract of land in the Providence Presbyteria 2 CONC n Church community, about 10 miles south of Charlotte. There he purchased land from Patrick J 2 CONC ack on Oct. 24,1773. The following deed is on record at Charlotte, N. C. October 24,1773, Pat 2 CONC rick Jack of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Robert McGough of the same county and Pr 2 CONC ovidence, for 60 pounds Proclamation money, conveys a tract of land on both sides of McCalpan 2 CONC es Creek, joining Robert Elliott and Samuel Jack and being where on Patrick Jack now dwells 2 CONC . Containing 150 acres. 2 CONT 2 CONT Witnesses: 2 CONT 2 CONT James Tate 2 CONT 2 CONT Samuel Jack 2 CONT 2 CONT Edward Sharp 2 CONT 2 CONT Patrick Jack 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CONT 2 CONT This was about the time of the Declaration of Independence, it will be remembered and Americ 2 CONC a from the time of Robert McGough's landing was at war with Great Britain. There was no are 2 CONC a in the whole south that was more of a hot bed of rebellion than Meclenburg County and surro 2 CONC unding area. It was at Charlotte that the famous Declaration of Independence was signed befor 2 CONC e the more famous one was signed in Philadelphia on July the 4th. The first settlers of the M 2 CONC ecklenburg area were almost 100 percent Scotch Irish Presbyterians and strongly opposed to Gr 2 CONC eat Britain. The McGough’s were apparently right at home in the midst. 2 CONT 2 CONT When the Revolutionary War broke out, John McGough, the oldest of three sons of Robert McGoug 2 CONC h, Sr. enlisted in the Militia and fought first in Pennsylvania and New York and later in th 2 CONC e war in South Carolina. During the war, Robert McGough, SR, the father, died in 1778 and lef 2 CONC t his will, which is recorded at Charlotte. He named his son John, as executor of the will an 2 CONC d it was not executed until peace was assured. The will is as follows: 2 CONT 2 CONT I, Robert McGough of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, being in perfect memory though wea 2 CONC k in body, do make this my last will and testament, as follows: 2 CONT 2 CONT I will, and positively order all my lawful debts to be paid, I give to my dear wife for the t 2 CONC erm of her widowhood this house where I now dwell and 50 acres of land including the improvem 2 CONC ents and said house and after her death, or marriage, to my sons John and Robert with my othe 2 CONC r land adjoining said improvements. I will and positively order the rest of my estate shall b 2 CONC e equally divided among the rest of my children that is not provided for, to wit: John, Isabe 2 CONC lla, Robert, William, and Sarah as they come of age, or as my executors shall see proper. I d 2 CONC o likewise give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Sharp, 12 pounds, which her husband John Sh 2 CONC arp is indebted to me by promise. I do constitute my kind and loving wife executor and my kin 2 CONC d and loving son-in-law John Sharp and John Jack executors of this my last will and testament 2 CONC , in witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this 29th day of October 1778. 2 CONT 2 CONT Witnesses: Signed: 2 CONT 2 CONT John McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT Robert McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT John Jack 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT Concerning the people named in the above will of Robert McGough Sr.: Edward Sharp who signe 2 CONC d the deed from Patrick Jack to Robert McGough in 1773 was the father of John Sharp who marri 2 CONC ed Mary McGough, oldest child of Robert and Matilda McGough. Edward Sharp is also the ancesto 2 CONC r of E. M. Sharp, the writer of these pages. It was through efforts to trace the Sharp famil 2 CONC y in Mecklenburg that discovered the McGough records there. No mention of the McGough's havin 2 CONC g lived in Mecklenburg came down from the family of John McGough of Georgia, who is also th 2 CONC e ancestor of E. M. Sharp. 2 CONT 2 CONT The Jack family is one well known and traced, but there does not appear to have been any kins 2 CONC hip between the Jacks and McGough's. The Jack family had settled in Mecklenburg at an earlie 2 CONC r date than the McGough's and had come down from Pennsylvania. Patrick Jack was owner and ope 2 CONC rator of a noted tavern in Charlotte in the pre4evolutionary days and through the war as well 2 CONC . Descendants of the Jack family moved to Wilkes County, Georgia and lived in Green County al 2 CONC so where they continued to be near the McGough's, but there seems to have been no kinship. 2 CONT 2 CONT edited 5-12-2000 2 CONT 2 CONT ............... eventually they became related. One of my Mother's ancestors on her Mother' 2 CONC s (Wiley) side of the family was John Jack of Mecklenburg and, later, Wilkes County. He has b 2 CONC een identified both as Patrick Jack's brother and his cousin. I think he was Patrick's cousin 2 CONC , as I found a John Jack in Pennsylvania who stayed there who was identified as Patrick Jack' 2 CONC s brother. John's daughter, Ann Jack, married Moses Wiley. They were my Grandmother's grandpa 2 CONC rents. I have never found out who my John Jack's parents were or their relationship to Patric 2 CONC k Jack. Moses Wiley was drowned in South Carolina. One of his sons was in business in Milledg 2 CONC eville, Georgia before moving to Macon, Georgia, which is the first place I've found his brot 2 CONC her, my ancestor, Dr. John B. Wiley, and another brother, Laird Harris Wiley, living. 2 CONT 2 CONT Carole Scott 4-25-2000 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT The Elliott family, neighbors of the McGough's, were also neighbors of the Sharps, so the thr 2 CONC ee families were closely associated in the neighborly way. It is very likely that Mary McGoug 2 CONC h and John ~ were married about 1775. Mary McGough seems to have died around 1778, for earl 2 CONC y in ~ John Sharp married Eleanor Cunningham, daughter of Roger and Mary Cunningham, also o 2 CONC f Mcalpine Creek, Providence Community. James Sharp, a brother of John Sharp, married Margare 2 CONC t Cunningham a sister of Eleanor. James and Margaret Sharp who later moved to Green County, G 2 CONC eorgia are ancestors of E. M. Sharp. 2 CONT 2 CONT After the Revolutionary War, the McGough sons, John, Robert, and William all went to Abbevill 2 CONC e District, South Carolina and eventually over into what is now Green County, Georgia. John M 2 CONC cGough married Elizabeth Carson in Abbevile District in 1782. Robert McGough, Jr. is said t 2 CONC o have married a Miss McWhorter of the same county. By 1785, the McGough brothers were obtain 2 CONC ing land by grant located in Green County, Georgia. This land was still raw frontier and the 2 CONC y were subject to Indian trouble. From time to time, they fled back to the more settled secti 2 CONC ons of Abbeville District, South Carolina. 2 CONT 2 CONT According to the provisions of the will of Robert McGough, Sr., the whole of the land would g 2 CONC o to the two sons, John and Robert. At sometime between 1778 and 1786, John deeded his portio 2 CONC n of this land to his brother, Robert. In the year of 1786, Robert sold the entire tract of l 2 CONC and. Indicating the mother had probably died or was moving with her sons to South Carolina o 2 CONC r Georgia. The following deed of record in Charlotte speaks for itself: 2 CONT 2 CONT December 13, 1786 and the 10th year of American Independence. 2 CONT 2 CONT Robert McGough, Jr. of the state of Georgia, Green County, conveys to William Smith of 2 CONT 2 CONT Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for 80 pounds, that tract of land left to him in his fathe 2 CONC r's 2 CONT 2 CONT Will, Robert McGough, SR, and part by deed from brother, John McGough, on both sides of 2 CONT 2 CONT Mcalpine Creek joining Robert Elliott, and Samuel Jacks land, etc. 2 CONT 2 CONT Witnesses: Josiah Harrison 2 CONT 2 CONT Samuel Benham 2 CONT 2 CONT Robert McGough, Jr. 2 CONT 2 CONT William Cravens 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT CHILDREN OF ROBERT, SR. AND MATILDA CARSON MCGOUGH--- 2 CONT 2 CONT I. Mary McGough, mentioned in her father's will in 1778 as the wife of John Sharp, may have b 2 CONC een the oldest child. She was likely married to John Sharp after the settlement in Mecklenbur 2 CONC g, as they were neighbors of the Sharp family. There have come down from vague traditions i 2 CONC n the Sharp family of an earlier marriage with the McGough's than the marriage between Marsha 2 CONC ll Sharp and Matilda McGough in Green County, Georgia in 1819. It was probably this marriag 2 CONC e between John Sharp and Mary McGough. Mary apparently died, and if she left any children t 2 CONC o John Sharp, we now have no knowledge of it. He was married in about 1792 to Eleanor Cunning 2 CONC ham and by her had nine children. 2 CONT 2 CONT 2. John McGough, oldest son of Robert, Sr. and Matilda McGough was born in County Down, Irela 2 CONC nd on August 21, 1761. He died October 17, 1847. He is said to have been 10 years old when th 2 CONC ey came to America, thus dating arrival in Charleston, South Carolina, as 1771. They purchase 2 CONC d land in Mecklenburg County in 1773. John was in service during the Revolutionary War and wa 2 CONC s wounded twice. In 1782, he married Elizabeth Carson, daughter of William Carson of Abbevill 2 CONC e District, South Carolina and granddaughter of Thomas Carson of Green County, Georgia. Joh 2 CONC n spent the remainder of his life in Green County; Georgia living on his original place, wher 2 CONC e he died in 1847, same year his wife Elizabeth Carson McGough died. They are buried in the M 2 CONC cGough family cemetery on his home place along with several of their children and neighbors. 2 CONT 2 CONT 3. Isabella McGough, next named child in the will of Robert McGough was no doubt born in Irel 2 CONC and. She was born May 13, 1763. She apparently came to South Carolina with the rest of the fa 2 CONC mily and was married in old Abbeville District (Edgefield County) to John Carson of Edgefiel 2 CONC d county who was born May 24, 1760 in Ireland. It appears they may have been cousins of som 2 CONC e degree. John and Isabella were married June 24, 1782. After their marriage they lived in Ed 2 CONC gefield County, South Carolina where all of their children were born. Later they moved to Cra 2 CONC wford County, Georgia where they apparently lived out their lives and are buried. According t 2 CONC o records of this family and their old bible, the children of John and Isabella McGough Carso 2 CONC n were: 2 CONT 2 CONT (I). Thomas Carson born May 13, 1785 2 CONT 2 CONT (2). William Carson born August 26,1787 2 CONT 2 CONT (3). Jane Carson born September 16,1789 2 CONT 2 CONT (4). Phoebe Carson born January 3, 1793 2 CONT 2 CONT (5). Polly (Mary) Carson born July 5, 1796 2 CONT 2 CONT (6). John Carson born July 2, 1799 2 CONT 2 CONT (7). Joseph Jefferson Carson born August 16, 1802 2 CONT 2 CONT (8). RobertCarsonbornMay2, 1806 Joseph Jefferson Carson died April 12, 1875. He married a Mis 2 CONC s Rains on October 29,1823. 2 CONT 2 CONT They moved to Macon, Georgia and bought a plantation known as "Wilburville". He was a membe 2 CONC r of the Secession Convention of Georgia in 1861. He gave four sons to the 2 CONT 2 CONT Confederacy and three of them were killed in Virginia. Their bodies were brought home by serv 2 CONC ants and buried in the family cemetery. They had 10 children, four sons and six daughters. W 2 CONC e have no knowledge of the other children of John Carson and Isabella McGough Carson. 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 4. Robert McGough, Jr., son of Robert McGough, Sr., was born December 1, 1765 in County 2 CONT 2 CONT Down, Ireland died October 26, 1827 in Dallas County, Alabama where he left a will recorded 2 CONC . We have seen how he went to Green County, Georgia as early as 1785 where he was living whe 2 CONC n he sold the home place in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He was married to Nancy (Agne 2 CONC s) McWhorter, in Abbeville District, South Carolina. No date of marriage is given. Accordin 2 CONC g to traditions in the John McGough family, his brother Robert moved to Kentucky about 1806 2 CONC . We find that Robert Jr. and family were living in Christian County, 2 CONT 2 CONT Kentucky in the 1810 census and their family is composed of as follows. Census: 2 CONT 2 CONT 1 male - 45 and upward (1765) Robert Jr. himself 2 CONT 2 CONT 1 female - 26 - 45 (1765- 1784) Nancy McWhorter McGough. 2 CONT 2 CONT I female - 16 - 26 (1784-1794)?? 2 CONT 2 CONT 1 male - 16 - 26 (1784 - 1794) James McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT 1 female 10 - 16 (1794 - 1800) Mary McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT 1 female 10 - 16 (1794 - 1800) Elizabeth McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT 1 male 0 - 10 (1800 - 1810) Robert Joseph McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT 1 female 0 - 10 (1800 - 1810) Agnes McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT 1 female 0 – 10 (1800 - 1810)?? 2 CONT 2 CONT "More information will be given later on Robert Jr. and Nancy McGough" 2 CONT 2 CONT We see here that he had two daughters I do not seem to know. Traditionally, he also had a son 2 CONC , John McGough, who was married to Elizabeth (Polly) Brooks in Christian County, Kentucky i 2 CONC n 1810. The marriage record is recorded there. This John McGough obtained a land grant in wha 2 CONC t was then Livingston County in 1810, later was cut off into Caldwell County, Kentucky. 2 CONT 2 CONT Robert McGough, Jr. and family moved to Dallas County after the Creek War was ended. All of t 2 CONC he family moved there with the exception of John McGough who remained there in Caldwell Count 2 CONC y, Kentucky where he died in 1828. Two of Robert McGough's sons moved from Selena (sp), Alaba 2 CONC ma in 1843, James McGough and Robert Joseph McGough. James and family settled in Union County 2 CONC , Arkansas. Robert Joseph McGough and family settled in Union Parish, Louisiana. About 40 mil 2 CONC es separated the two families. They still have descendants there. 2 CONT 2 CONT 5. William McGough, youngest son of Robert McGough, Sr. of Meckienburg County lived for man 2 CONC y years in Green County, Georgia. Traditionally, he is said to have died in Twiggs 2 CONT 2 CONT County, Georgia. Very likely he was also born in Ireland. Little is known of William and hi 2 CONC s family. There are some records of deeds in Green County, Georgia showing that William was c 2 CONC ertainly there as early as 1792. September 13, 1797 - Green County, Georgia Deeds -William Mc 2 CONC Gough sells to George Campbell for $600, 395 acres of land on the waters of the South Ogheche 2 CONC e River, bounding on the land of L. W. Carson and N. W. Taylor. Land which had been granted t 2 CONC o William McGough in the year of 1792 by Governor Telfair of Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT Other deeds of William McGough in Green County: 2 CONT 2 CONT January 18, 1791 - William McGough of Abbeville County, South Carolina sells to Zachariah Rob 2 CONC ertson of Green County, for $326.00, 163 acres of land on Beaverdam of Richland Creek. This d 2 CONC eed shows an even earlier date for William's acquisition of land in Green County, though he w 2 CONC as living in Abbevile District, South Carolina at the time of the sale in 1791. December 11 2 CONC , 1797 - William McGough of Green County, Georgia sells to Bennett Poesy for $100, 100 acre 2 CONC s of land on Beaverdam of Richland Creek. November 23, 1792 - Thomas Grey of Green County, Ga 2 CONC . sells William McGough one Negro woman named Silvey. Witness to this deed was John Carson (p 2 CONC robably the husband of Isabella McGough) but more likely the son Thomas Carson of Green Count 2 CONC y who also lived on Beaverdam of Richland Creek. 2 CONT 2 CONT January 7, 1800 - Josiah Hudgins sells land to William McGough, 200 acres. January 7, 1800- W 2 CONC illiam McGough of Abbeville County S.C. sells to Adam Simonton of Green County, Georgia, 20 2 CONC 0 acres of land on Oghechee River, South Fork, bounding on the north of John King's land, o 2 CONC n the east on Spellinan's land, and on the south by Baldqin's land and on the west unknown. T 2 CONC he census of Green County, Georgia for the year of 1820 shows William McGough and his wife, l 2 CONC iving near his brother John McGough. Both he and his wife are above 45 years of age, and livi 2 CONC ng alone with no others in the household. We have no earlier censuses of Georgia than 1820. T 2 CONC he earlier censuses having been destroyed in Washington when the British captured the capita 2 CONC l and burned so many government buildings during the war of 1812. William does not show in Gr 2 CONC een County in the census of 1830. Neither is he in Twiggs County in 1830. However, in the 184 2 CONC 0 census of Twiggs we find the family of Thomas C. McGough and again in the 1850 Thomas C. Mc 2 CONC Gough appears. In 1860 census and 1870 census the family of James C. McGough appears in Twigg 2 CONC s County, but in 1860 and 1870 Thomas C. McGough is no longer there. The ages of Thomas C. an 2 CONC d James C. are about the same and they may be the sons of William McGough. Further investigat 2 CONC ion will have to be made into this branch of this family. 2 CONT 2 CONT 6. Sarah McGough, last named child in the will of Robert McGough, Sr. Tradition in the John M 2 CONC cGough family is that Sarah never married. She is said to have been a devout Quaker and alway 2 CONC s said "Thee" and "Thou" in her speech. 2 CONT 2 CONT In 1946, I carried on a correspondence with a Mr. Dozier N. Fields who was then living at 9 2 CONC 8 Grant Ave., Islip, and Long Island, New York Island. He was employed in a bank in New Yor 2 CONC k City. He was a descendant of John and Elizabeth Carson McGough through their daughter, Mart 2 CONC ha McGough, who married Perry Nelson. He was a grandson of William Nelson who wrote the old l 2 CONC etter in 1895. He sent to me a photostatic copy he had obtained from the Dept. of Archives an 2 CONC d History of Raleigh, North Carolina showing that Sarah McGough was paid 6 pounds and 3 shill 2 CONC ings and 8 pence for sundries furnished the Militia of North Carolina, Virginia and South Car 2 CONC olina as allowed by William and Cathy, Auditors of Salisbury District as per their report No 2 CONC . 36, the date of this report is 1781. It appears that Sarah furnished supplies during the wa 2 CONC r as did almost every other patriotic family, and was finally paid in 1781. The information t 2 CONC hat Sarah was a Quaker comes from Miss Maude McGough of Seattle Washington in a letter to m 2 CONC e in about 1946. Miss Maude McGough descends from Robert and Sandal Cabanas McGough of Monro 2 CONC e County, Georgia. Robert was a son of John and Elizabeth Carson McGough. It must be that Sar 2 CONC ah lived with or near her brother John all her life since the only traditions we have of he 2 CONC r comes down from the John McGough branch of the family. 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT ROBERT MCGOUGH, SR. was born in about 1730 and died 1778. His wife was Matilda Carson and ha 2 CONC d (E. M. Sharp descends as follows): 2 CONT 2 CONT JOHN MCGOUGH was born in 1761 and died in 1847. His wife was Elizabeth Carson, daughter of Wi 2 CONC lliam and Margaret Mills Carson of Abbeville District, S. C. and grand daughter of Thomas Car 2 CONC son of Wilkes and Green Counties, Georgia. Both, John and Elizabeth are buried in the McGoug 2 CONC h cemetery at White Plains, Georgia. They had a daughter: 2 CONT 2 CONT MATILDA MCGOUGH born 1799 in Abbeville District, S. C. and died 1881 in Scott County, Miss. S 2 CONC he is buried in Leak County, Miss. Her husband was Marshall C. Sharp, son of James and Margar 2 CONC et Cunningham Sharp of Meckienburg County, North Carolina, Green County Georgia, and Montgome 2 CONC ry County, Alabama. Marshall Sharp was born in 1796 in Mecklenburg and died 1845 in Tallapoos 2 CONC a County, Ala. They had: 2 CONT 2 CONT MARSHALL LAFAYETTE SHARP was born 1829 in Montgomery County, Ala. and died in 1896 in Van Zan 2 CONC dt County, Texas and buried in Edgewood. His was wife Mattie Jane Ware from Lincoln County, G 2 CONC eorgia was born 1842 and died in 1929 and buried at Edgewood. They had: 2 CONT 2 CONT ROBERT HILLARD SHARP was born 1847 in Mississippi and died in 1949 at Carthage, Miss. His wif 2 CONC e was Dolly Henry, born in 1872 and died in 1915 at Edgewood, Texas. 2 CONT 2 CONT E.M. SHARP was born in 1904-3477 Highland Cove, Memphis, Tenn. 2 CONT 2 CONT Mr. E. M. Sharp states that in his efforts to trace the Sharp family, he went to Charlotte, N 2 CONC orth Carolina and searched the records for the Sharps. It was then that he discovered the McG 2 CONC ough records. The two families seem to have had several intermarriages. John Sharp married Ma 2 CONC ry McGough. Marshall Sharp married Matilda McGough. Thomas McGough of Butts County married Na 2 CONC ncy McClure whose mother was Mary Sharp, a daughter of Richard Sharp and grand daughter of Ed 2 CONC ward Sharp of Mecklenburg. Richard was a brother of John and James Sharp who is the ancesto 2 CONC r of E. M. Sharp. 2 CONT 2 CONT John McGough, son of Robert, Sr. and Matilda Carson McGough was born August 21, 1761 in Count 2 CONC y Down, North Ireland. He died October 17, 1847 at White Plains, Green County, Georgia. His w 2 CONC ife, Elizabeth Carson, was the daughter of William and Margaret Mills Carson. She was born Ju 2 CONC ne 25, 1764 in County Down, North Ireland and died April 23, 1847 at White Plains, Green Coun 2 CONC ty, Georgia. They were married in 1782 in Abbeeville District, South Carolina. John McGough c 2 CONC ame to America when he was 10 years old with his parents, landing in Charleston, South Caroli 2 CONC na. They moved overland to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina where they lived in the Provide 2 CONC nce Presbyterian Church Community. Robert McGough, Sr. purchased a tract of 150 acres of lan 2 CONC d on Mcalpine Creek from Patrick Jack in 1773. Robert died in 1778, leaving part of his hom 2 CONC e place to John and the other part to Robert, Jr. John later sold his part to his Robert, Jr. 2 CONC , who in turn sold it in 1786. They were all living in Green County, Georgia at this time. Jo 2 CONC hn McGough first enlisted in the Revolutionary War in the army of General Horatio Gates. He w 2 CONC as in the battle of Brandywine in Pennsylvania and was present at the surrender of General Bu 2 CONC rgoyne at Saratoga in New York. Apparently returning home after this northern campaign, he la 2 CONC ter enlisted in the command of General Sumter of South Carolina. William Nelson, his grandso 2 CONC n in old age thought his grandfather had been under the command of Light Horse Harry Lee or C 2 CONC ol. William Washington. The actual records show that he was under the command of General Sumt 2 CONC er in South Carolina. He served through the famous campaigns of General Nathaniel Greene in t 2 CONC he Carolinas at the battles of "Fishing Creek", "Camden", "Kings Mountain", "Ninety six", "Co 2 CONC wpens", "Eutaw Springs", and "Guilford Court House". He was wounded severely by two saber cut 2 CONC s, one on the right side of the head near the crown and the other on the shoulder near the sh 2 CONC oulder blade. The cut on the head was four or five inches tong and in the shoulder six or eig 2 CONC ht inches long. The wounds rendered him unable to perform any more active service until the c 2 CONC lose of the campaign in South Carolina. Later when federal pensions were made possible for ve 2 CONC terans of the revolution. He was urged by his friends to apply for a pension but refused to d 2 CONC o so, saying that his country was poor and he did not need it. He scorned to ask his countr 2 CONC y for service which he gladly rendered to secure liberty and independence from Great Britain. 2 CONT 2 CONT It seems that John and his brothers, Robert and William, all appeared rather early in Green C 2 CONC ounty, Georgia and secured land there, certainly as early as 1785. They lived also in Abbevil 2 CONC le District, South Carolina, moving back and forth between the two locations. In the early da 2 CONC ys the Indians were troublesome in Green County. When they would go on the warpath, the famil 2 CONC ies would pack up and move back to Abbeville for safety, returning to their homes in Green Co 2 CONC unty on the resumption of peace. The 1790 census shows John McGough living next door to his f 2 CONC ather-in-law, William Carson, in the Hard Labor Section of Abbeville County. 2 CONT 2 CONT Elizabeth Carson, wife of John McGough, was born June 25, 1764 in Ireland according to tradit 2 CONC ion in the family. If this were true, then the whole Carson delegation came together in the s 2 CONC ame ship with the McGough’s. It is proven that Elizabeth Carson was the grand daughter of Tho 2 CONC mas Carson who died in Green County, Ga. in 1790, leaving an extensive will on record there 2 CONC . In his will, Thomas Carson specifically named "my son living in South Carolina." All circum 2 CONC stantial evidence proves him to be William Carson, who was living in Abbeville District in 17 2 CONC 90. William Carson's wife was Margaret Mills. 2 CONT 2 CONT On coming over from Ireland, the Carson’s turned south. William purchased land in the Hard La 2 CONC bor Creek Section of Abbeville county, living some five or six miles east of the present tow 2 CONC n of Abbeville. The family seems to have worshiped a Cedar Springs Associated Reformed Presby 2 CONC terian Church, which is still an active church. William Carson died in 1801 in Abbeville Coun 2 CONC ty; His family was as follows: 2 CONT 2 CONT 1. Martha Carson- Married Major John Hearst and they had; Margaret, Robert, William, Mary, Ja 2 CONC ne, John, George, Martha, Lewis and Sarah. 2 CONT 2 CONT 2. Elizabeth Carson- Married John McGough (see later information) 2 CONT 2 CONT 3. Sarah Carson- Married Mitchell Rafferty. They later moved to Kentucky. 2 CONT 2 CONT 4. Margaret Carson- Married Josiah Patterson who was born in Ireland. He was a member of th 2 CONC e South Carolina Assembly. They had six children: Josiah, Jr., James, William, Jane, Sarah, a 2 CONC nd Mrs. Perrin. 2 CONT 2 CONT 5. Mary Carson- Married James Patterson and moved later to Alabama. 2 CONT 2 CONT 6. Robert Carson- Married Nancy Howard and moved to Tallahahatchie County, Mississippi. The 2 CONC y had Martin, James, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, Jane, Lucinda, Benjamin, John, and William. 2 CONT 2 CONT John and Elizabeth Carson McGough lived the rest of their lives on their place at White Plain 2 CONC s, Georgia. They are buried in a little family cemetery on the place. In the summer of 1947 2 CONC , one hundred years after the death of John and Elizabeth, Mr. E. M. Sharp and his father vis 2 CONC ited the place and the cemetery at White Plains and stood at the foot of those two patriots 2 CONC . The place was then owned by a Mr. Thompson who took special pains to show them all points o 2 CONC f interest. The cemetery was located in the middle of a patch where he was growing peanuts. S 2 CONC ome years ago the Daughters of the Revolution erected a monument on his grave. These words, " 2 CONC JOHN MCGOUGH, A North Carolina REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER" are engraved. About 30 other graves ar 2 CONC e in the plot. Buried there besides the McGough, are the Nelsons and Griers. The children o 2 CONC f John and Elizabeth Carson McGough are: 2 CONT 2 CONT 1. Sarah McGough- Born July 15, 1783 and died July 22, 1893. Buried in the McGough cemetery a 2 CONC t White Plains, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT 2. Robert McGough- Born March28, 1785 and died in Monroe County, Georgia in 1876. He marrie 2 CONC d Sandal Cabanas. They had a large family and from them descend The McGough’s of Montgomery 2 CONC , Alabama as well as others of Monroe and Butts Counties, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT 3. Margaret McGough- Born April 3, 1787, she never married and died in 1880 in Monroe County 2 CONC , Georgia while living in the home of her brother, Robert. 2 CONT 2 CONT 4. William McGough- Born April 12, 1789 and died December 12, 1820. He is buried in the famil 2 CONC y cemetery at White Plains, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT 5. Martha McClelland McGough- Born March 18,1791 and died November 4, 1870 at the age of 79 2 CONC . She married Perry Nelson of Green County, Ga. where they lived all their lives. They were d 2 CONC evout members of old Bethany Presbyterian Church, one of the oldest churches in Green County 2 CONC . They were the parents of William Newton Nelson, who lived in later years in McDonough, Geor 2 CONC gia and who wrote the old letter of his grandfather, John McGough, in 1895. 2 CONT 2 CONT 6. John McGough, Jr.- Born April 15,1793 and died October 22, 1819. He is buried in the famil 2 CONC y cemetery at White Plains, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT 7. Thomas McGough- Born April 7, 1795 and died in Butts County, Georgia. He married Nancy McC 2 CONC lure, daughter of James McClure and wife, who was Mary Sharp, the daughter of Richard Sharp o 2 CONC f Mecdklinburg County, North Carolina. Richard Sharp was a son of Edward Sharp of Mecklinburg 2 CONC . Richard Sharp was a brother of John Sharp who married Mary McGough, daughter of Robert Sr 2 CONC . and Matilda Carson McGough. Thomas and Nancy had a large family. One of their daughters mar 2 CONC ried her first cousin William Newton Nelson, the man who wrote the old letter of his grandfat 2 CONC her, John McGough, in 1895. Mr. Dozier Fields of Islip, Long Island, New York is a grandson o 2 CONC f this couple. 2 CONT 2 CONT 8. Elizabeth McGough- Born April 30, 1797 and died June 8, 1817. She is buried in the famil 2 CONC y cemetery at White Plains. 2 CONT 2 CONT 9. Matilda McGough- Born July 17, 1799 in Abbeville District, South Carolina and died 2 CONT 2 CONT November 16,1881 in Scott County, Mississippi and is buried in Good Hope Cemetery, just 2 CONT 2 CONT across the line in Leake County Mississippi. She married Marshall C. Sharp on November 30, 2 CONT 2 CONT 1819 in Green County, Georgia. They moved to Montgomery County, Alabama and later to 2 CONT 2 CONT Tallapoosa County, Alabama where Marshall died in 1845. Matilda with her family moved to 2 CONT 2 CONT Mississippi. 2 CONT 2 CONT 10. Joseph McGough- Born August 14,1801 and died September 1, 1812 is buried in the family ce 2 CONC metery at White Plains, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT 11. James McGough- Born November 23,1803 and died in 1883 in Alabama, where he lived for 2 CONT 2 CONT 25 years. He moved and knowledge of his family is scant. 2 CONT 2 CONT 12. David Carson McGough- Born August 6, 1806 and died July 26, 1835. He had married and ha 2 CONC d a son. He died and is buried at County Line Baptist Church in Butts County, Georgia. Descen 2 CONC dants of John McGough and his wife Elizabeth Carson McGough: 2 CONT 2 CONT Robert McGough, second child and oldest son of John and Elizabeth McGough was born on March28 2 CONC , 1785 in Abbeville County, South Carolina and died March 10, 1882 in Monroe County, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT Sandal Cabanas, his wife was the daughter of George Cabanas and Hanna Clay from Amelia County 2 CONC , Virginia, died August 20, 1885 in the home of her son, Robert Carson McGough in Forsythe Co 2 CONC unty, Georgia. They were married: October 10, 1811 in Jones County, Ga. Robert McGough was i 2 CONC n the war of 1812. He was a private in the Company of Captain George M. Weatherly's, of the S 2 CONC econd Georgia Militia from August 23, 1813 to March 9, 1814. Soon after marriage, he settle 2 CONC d in Monroe County, Georgia. There, he remained the rest of his life and raised a family of s 2 CONC ix boys and four girls. 2 CONT 2 CONT Their children, grandchildren and some great grandchildren: 2 CONT 2 CONT 1. John McGough- Born September 15, 1812 and died December 14,1888. He married Mary 2 CONT 2 CONT Elizabeth Dawson, born 1831 and died March27, 1915. They were married July 27, 1852. 2 CONT 2 CONT They lived most of their lives a Glennville, Alabama They Had: 2 CONT 2 CONT (1) Annie Blair McGough was born December 19, 1854 and died December 7, 1893. She married W 2 CONC . C. Hart, May 18, 1873 and lived in Montgomery, Alabama. They had one 2 CONT 2 CONT 2. Robert Carson McGough- Born January 10, 1857 and died in1880 unmarried. 2 CONT 2 CONT 3. Thomas Dawson McGough was born July 1, 1859 and married Annie Will Perry on 2 CONT 2 CONT December 14, 1889 at Glennville, Alabama. Their children were: 2 CONT 2 CONT (A) John McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT (B) George Edward McGough---- (Twins born February 23, 1891) 2 CONT 2 CONT (C) Thomas Dawson McGough, Jr.- He established an automobile agency in Montgomery, Alabama ab 2 CONC out 1916. In 1946, he organized a new company on Bibb Street in Montgomery to handle Oldsmobi 2 CONC le’s in the name of his two sons Thomas D. McGough, III and Frank McGough, who had just retur 2 CONC ned from the army. 2 CONT 2 CONT 4. Hugh Blair McGough was born on September 8, 1861 and died on February 6, 1894. He never ma 2 CONC rried and died in the home of his sister, Mrs. W. M. Bray in Eufaula, Alabama. 2 CONT 2 CONT 5. George Lafayette McGough was born on September 8,1861 with twin brother, Hugh Blair. The t 2 CONC wins were born in Jones County, Georgia. Home was Glenville, Alabama. 2 CONT 2 CONT 6. John Welch McGough was born January 1, 1864 and died?? 2 CONT 2 CONT 7. Mary Elizabeth McGough was born August 16, 1866 and married William Mark Bray on 2 CONT 2 CONT November 20, 1890. They made their home at Glennville, Alabama. Children were: 2 CONT 2 CONT (A) Hugh Mark Bray was born September 21, 1891 and lives in Columbus, S.C. 2 CONT 2 CONT (B) Mary Bray was born on December 15, 1897. She married and lives in Fort Worth, TX. 2 CONT 2 CONT 8. Susie Sandal McGough was born on July 20, 1869 and married Leonard Alfred Baarcke on Novem 2 CONC ber 20, 1890. They made their home in Montgomery, Alabama. 2 CONT 2 CONT 9. Henry Dawson McGough was born on December 19, 1873. He married Carolyn Jackson on August 1 2 CONC 5, 1919 and made their home at Glennville, Alabama. 2 CONT 2 CONT II. Elizabeth McGough married Ezekiel Hollis and lived at Brundidge, Georgia. No children. 2 CONT 2 CONT III. Mary Ann McGough married Robert Minter, lived in Buena Vista, Georgia. They had seven ch 2 CONC ildren. Mary died in 1871. 2 CONT 2 CONT IV. Matilda McGough was born in 1818, she never married. 2 CONT 2 CONT V. Matthew Organ McGough was born in 1814. 2 CONT 2 CONT VI. William T. McGough was killed in the Civil War in the Battle of New Hope Church. Actuall 2 CONC y died in Atlanta on July 1864. He left two sons: 2 CONT 2 CONT (A) John McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT (B) Robert McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT VII. George Lafayette McGough was a merchant at Columbus, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT VIII. Sarah B. McGough was born in 1816 and resided in Marion County, Georgia. She married Ja 2 CONC cob A. Clements who was born December 10, 1808. Sarah Clements died July 27, 1904. Both are b 2 CONC uried in Buena Vista, Georgia. Their children were: 2 CONT 2 CONT (A) Thomas J. Clements 2 CONT 2 CONT (B) Peyton W. Clements married Susan J. Rocknian, April 27, 1857. 2 CONT 2 CONT (C) Sarah Ann Clements married a Mr. Hanson. 2 CONT 2 CONT (D) Jane Baldwin Clements was born October 5, 1836 at Buena Vista, Ga. and died November 20 2 CONC , 1910. She married Richard Wiley Melton, April 24, 1856. They are the grand parents of Mis 2 CONC s Dovie E. Goodlet who now resides at 106 Laurel Street, Wing Shadows, West Monroe, Louisiana 2 CONC . (1970) 2 CONT 2 CONT (E) John W. Clements was born November 22, 1838 and died February 13, 1911 He never married. 2 CONT 2 CONT (F) Harriet Clements was born in 1841. She married a Mr. TilIman. 2 CONT 2 CONT (G) William A. Clements was born in 1845 in Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT (H) Robert E. Clements was born February 18, 1854 and died January 9,1923. He married Matti 2 CONC e McCall who was born, November 5,1854 and died April 2, 1949 at the age of 95. They both ar 2 CONC e buried in Buena Vista, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT X. George Lafayette McGough died Oct.31, 1879, he never married 2 CONT 2 CONT X. Robert Carson McGough was the youngest son and child of Robert and Sandal Cabanas McGough 2 CONC . He was born in 1832 and died September 8, 1945 at the age of 113 years. He married Margare 2 CONC t Hollis. Robert Carson McGough graduated from the University of Georgia carrying off the hig 2 CONC hest honors. Many years later his son Robert C. McGough, Jr. did the same at the same Univers 2 CONC ity. He made his home in Monroe County, Georgia, later moving to Forsythe, Georgia. His mothe 2 CONC r lived in his home in her last days and died in his home in Forsythe County. After the deat 2 CONC h of his wife, he and all of his children moved to Seattle, Washington to live with his oldes 2 CONC t son, Thomas McGough. His children were: 2 CONT 2 CONT 1. Thomas McGough- never married. He made a fortune prospecting and gold digging in the Klond 2 CONC ike. Returned to Seattle and engaged in the real-estate business when the city was rapidly gr 2 CONC owing and increased the fortune. 2 CONT 2 CONT 2. Maude McGough- never married. She was living in Seattle in 1948-1950 when she sent quit 2 CONC e a bit of information on the McGough families, traditions, etc. 2 CONT 2 CONT 3. Nellie McGough- never married. She was last heard of in Seattle. 2 CONT 2 CONT 4. Robert Carson McGough, Jr.- never married. He carried off the highest honors at the Univer 2 CONC sity of Georgia when a student there. 2 CONT 2 CONT 5. May McGough - She married Dr. Frank Cato and lived in Americus, Georgia. They had one son: 2 CONT 2 CONT (1) Frank Cato, Jr., a surgeon who lived in New Orleans, La. After the death of Dr. Frank Cat 2 CONC o, Sr., May McGough Cato also went to Seattle, Washington to live with her brothers and siste 2 CONC rs. 2 CONT 2 CONT 3. Margaret McGough, 3rd. child of John and Elizabeth Carson McGough was born April 11, 2 CONT 2 CONT 1785 in Abbeville County, South Carolina. In 1850 she was living with her sister Matilda Shar 2 CONC p in Tallapoosa County, Alabama and the census records gives her birth place as Georgia so sh 2 CONC e may have been born in Green County, Georgia. Margaret died in 1880 in Monroe Co., Georgia 2 CONC . She was about 95 years old. 2 CONT 2 CONT She never married, but lived with her father and mother in Green County as long as they lived 2 CONC , both died in 1847. She then went over to Butts County, Georgia and made her home with her b 2 CONC rother, Thomas McGough. She owned a family of Negroes that was relatives to some of the Negro 2 CONC es her brother drew in the division of the estate of John McGough. In 1866 after the Negroe 2 CONC s were free she moved to the home of her brother Robert McGough in Monroe County and spent th 2 CONC e remainder of her days with him. 2 CONT 2 CONT 5. Martha McClelland McGough was born March 18, 1791 and died November 4, 1870, age 79. Marth 2 CONC a was the 5th child of John and Elizabeth McGough. She married Perry Nelson of Green County 2 CONC , where they lived all their lives. They were devout members of old Bethany Presbyterian Chur 2 CONC ch, one of the oldest churches in Green County, Georgia. They were the parents of William New 2 CONC ton Nelson who wrote the old letter giving information about his grand father, John McGough 2 CONC , that he learned while staying with him. Letter was written in 1895. Martha was born in Geor 2 CONC gia. Her husband, Perry Nelson was born in Maryland in 1794. He died in Green County, Georgia 2 CONC . They were married in 1821. They had 6 children, three boys and three girls. Those known are 2 CONC : 2 CONT 2 CONT (A) Margaret Nelson- Born in 1823 and married William Moore. 2 CONT 2 CONT (B) James Nelson- Born in 1826 was still living with parents in 1850. 2 CONT 2 CONT (C) Martha Nelson- Born in 1829 was still living with her parents in 1850. 2 CONT 2 CONT (D) William Newton Nelson- Married Martha Ann McGough, daughter of Thomas McGough. 2 CONT 2 CONT (E)?? 2 CONT 2 CONT (F) ?? 2 CONT 2 CONT Much of this information repeats itself from information that has already been written but i 2 CONC s from other sources of history that goes into a little more detail of John and Elizabeth Car 2 CONC son 2 CONT 2 CONT McGough and their descendents. Their children are listed by number according to their births. 2 CONT 2 CONT 7. Thomas McGough the seventh child was born April 7, 1795 in Green County, Georgia and reare 2 CONC d on a farm. He died January 23, 1876 at his home in Butts County, Georgia. Nancy McClure, hi 2 CONC s wife, was born February 14, 1804 in Putnam County, Georgia and died January 13, 1889 in But 2 CONC ts County, Georgia. She was the daughter of James McClure and Mary Sharp. Both are buried a 2 CONC t County Line Church. They were married December 27, 1825 in Putnam County, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT In the War of 1812, he was a soldier in Capt. Dawson's Company of the Second Georgia Militi 2 CONC a from October 12, 1814 to March 15, 1815. He drew a pension for services rendered in the arm 2 CONC y for several years before his death. He was inducted at Sparta, Georgia and marched to Savan 2 CONC na, Georgia where he was stationed. The march covered 20 miles per day. 2 CONT 2 CONT In 1823, he left his father's home and went to Butts County, Georgia. This country was not th 2 CONC en laid off; being a new territory just obtained from the Creek Indians in a treaty at India 2 CONC n Springs, Georgia. He purchased a tract of land on the Macintosh Trail, which is now calle 2 CONC d Strickland Road. There is a small town built today on part of the land he owned. When he le 2 CONC ft home, he carried with him a Negro boy twelve years old whose name was Phil, two horses, hi 2 CONC s tools, and household goods. He stopped in the woods, built a log cabin and cleared the lan 2 CONC d to make a crop of corn for the year of 1824. For meat he killed deer, turkey, and many othe 2 CONC r animals which roamed the woods at that time. His nearest neighbor was a Mr. Watkins who ha 2 CONC d settled before him on land, which was joining his. His next neighbor was Robert Greir, th 2 CONC e maker of the famous Greir Almanac. 2 CONT 2 CONT Thomas McGough in 1825 built himself a better cabin near the one he had built two years befor 2 CONC e. He used the new house for living and the small on for a kitchen. It was completed in the l 2 CONC ast of December 1825. When completed, he washed his Sunday shirt and ironed it. He then saddl 2 CONC ed his horse and leading another, started out for Putnam County. On the twenty- seventh day o 2 CONC f December 1825 he married Miss Nancy McClure. The morning after their marriage, they set ou 2 CONC t on horse back carrying her clothes and household goods for their new home which was about s 2 CONC eventy five miles from there. They lived at this place for twenty- five years, where all seve 2 CONC n of their children were born. He then sold his home and moved to a new place eight miles wes 2 CONC t in the same county in 1849. Here they lived the remaining days of their lives, raising al 2 CONC l seven of their children. 2 CONT 2 CONT Thomas McGough is described as being five feet seven inches tall, weight about 140 pounds, wi 2 CONC th dark hair, dark eyes, and swarthy complexion. This is in an affidavit made by his widow i 2 CONC n applying for a pension. He was a farmer and a member of County Line Baptist Church, as wa 2 CONC s all his family. 2 CONT 2 CONT The children of Thomas and Nancy McGough are as follows: 2 CONT 2 CONT I. Martha Ann McGough was born January 8, 1828 and died March 7, 1907. She died at 2 CONT 2 CONT McDonough, Georgia. She married William Newton Nelson, son of Perry Nelson and 2 CONT 2 CONT Martha McClendon McGough. They were first cousins. They married on October 31, 1847 2 CONT 2 CONT They had seven children, six girls and one boy. Only one name furnished: 2 CONT 2 CONT 1. Ida Nelson married Mr. Fields of Islip, Long Island, New York, who furnished some valuabl 2 CONC e notes on the McGough family. The above William Newton Nelson is the man who in 1895 while l 2 CONC iving in McDonough, Georgia, wrote the letter retelling some of his grand father, John McGoug 2 CONC h' stories. 2 CONT 2 CONT II. Margaret Jane McGough was born January 8,1831 and died January 7, 1887 in Butts County Sh 2 CONC e married Finney M. Kimball on February 11, 1849. They had no children. She later married Wil 2 CONC liam S. Swann. They had no children. Their home was in Butts County, Ga. Mr. Fields writes: " 2 CONC Alongside me as I write is a large whitewood, or poplar blanket and quilt chest that was onc 2 CONC e the property of "Aunt Margaret Swann". I also have 2 CONT 2 CONT a maple chest of drawers which belonged to Nancy McClure McGough, a handsome piece of homemad 2 CONC e furniture. 2 CONT 2 CONT III. John Thomas McGough was born December 23, 1832 and died May 12, 1872. He married Sarah E 2 CONC vans in 1871 and had one son John A. McGough. John Thomas McGough was a Confederate soldier. 2 CONT 2 CONT IV. James Robert McGough was born September 16, 1836 and died December 4, 1913 in Butts Count 2 CONC y, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Baiikston, daughter of William R. Balikston, clerk of Superi 2 CONC or Court of Butts County. Her mother was Mahaley Collins. James Robert served in the Civil Wa 2 CONC r in Co. 1, 14th Regiment of the army of North Virginia. He was discharged for disability an 2 CONC d re-enlisted in July of 1864. Their children: 2 CONT 2 CONT (A) Emma E. McGough (E) Minnie May McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT (B) William F. McGough (F) Birdie Ola McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT (C) Margaret L. McGough (G) Joseph Gordon McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT (D) Mattie McGough 2 CONT 2 CONT V Joseph Howard McGough was born March29, 1840 and died May 10, 1862 in Virginia. He marrie 2 CONC d Sally Finney on August 8, 1860. They had one child, Ella Captolitta McGough. 2 CONT 2 CONT VI. William Marion McGough was born August 22, 1842 and died February 14, 1915 at Morton, Mis 2 CONC sissippi. He Married Elizabeth Moore in 1872. He was a private in the Civil War. He was wound 2 CONC ed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13, 1862 and surrendered at Appoinat 2 CONC tox, Virginia on April 9, 1865. About 1900, he moved to Morton, Mississippi and operated a su 2 CONC ccessful mercantile business for many years. He left several sons, who at last account were s 2 CONC till living at Morton. This branch of the family has not been followed up. 2 CONT 2 CONT VII. Benjamin Lewis McGough, the youngest son of Thomas and Nancy McGough, was born 2 CONT 2 CONT January 3, 1849 and died March20, 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia and is buried at Fayetteville, 2 CONT 2 CONT Georgia. He married Sarah Jane Lewis (widow of James A. Moore) on September 20,1867. 2 CONT 2 CONT She was born February 8, 1845 and died July 1, 1917 and buried at Fayetteville, Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT Sarah Jane's children by Mr. Moore were: 2 CONT 2 CONT (A) Allis M. Moore, born February 20, 1863, married J. R. Murphy of Georgia. 2 CONT 2 CONT (B) J. Avery Moore, born February 26, 1865, married A. D. Murphy. 2 CONT 2 CONT Children of Sarah Jane and Benjamin. Lewis McGough were: 2 CONT 2 CONT (1) Reed Eleanor McGough was born August 9, 1868 and died August 2, 1869 2 CONT 2 CONT (2) Ossie Jane McGough was born December 6, 1869 and married L. W. Kirkland on 2 CONT 2 CONT November 28, 1888. 2 CONT 2 CONT (3) James Landau McGough was born January 15, 1891 and married Sapha Addison on 2 CONT 2 CONT December 13, 1891. 2 CONT 2 CONT (4) Martha Lenora McGough was born April 18, 1872 and married T.N. Kidd on February 3, 2 CONT 2 CONT 1892. 2 CONT 2 CONT (5) Nancy Eusebee McGough was born July 25, 1873 and married J. W. Kirkland on 2 CONT 2 CONT February 11, 1891. 2 CONT 2 CONT (6) Hester Blalock McGough was born February 10, 1875 and died January 15, 1912 at 2 CONT 2 CONT Fayetteville, Georgia. She married A. P. Sams on October 2, 1894. 2 CONT 2 CONT (7) Daisy McGough was born August 5, 1877 and died August 11, 1877 2 CONT 2 CONT (8) Thomas Marion McGough was born April 2, 1879 and married Lizzie Walker on 2 CONT 2 CONT November 21, 1909. They made their home at Morton, Mississippi. 2 CONT 2 CONT (9) John Claude McGough was born July 2, 1880 and married Lillie Stephenson on April 16 2 CONT 2 CONT 1905. John C. McGough served two terms as Chancery Clerk of Scott County, Mississippi. 2 CONT 2 CONT Will give more information of John and Lillie McGough later. 2 CONT 2 CONT While visiting my brother, Lloyd P. McGough in Mobile, Alabama in November, 1971, I 2 CONT 2 CONT also visited William Malcolm McGough, son of John Claude McGough. 2 CONT 2 CONT 10. (Child died in infancy), born August 5, 1881. 2 CONT 2 CONT ii. Glenn Stephens McGough was born March 17, 1883 and killed by lightning on June 5,1906. 2 CONT 2 CONT 12. William Ernest McGough was born October 25, 1884 and died June 9, 1885. 2 CONT 2 CONT 13. Liz Blanch McGough was born March31, 1886. She married M. V. McConnell on December 5, 190 2 CONC 7. 2 CONT 2 CONT 14. Gladys Geraldine McGough was born August 31, 1887. She married W. E. Edwards on June30, 1 2 CONC 910. 2 CONT 2 CONT Benjamin Lewis McGough was mustered into the Confederate Army serving as drummer boy in Compa 2 CONC ny G, Third Georgia Reserve Troops. He was later promoted to Brigade Drummer. Part of his arm 2 CONC y service was spent at the Prisoner of War Camp at Andersonville, Georgia. An account and des 2 CONC cription of the camp and its conditions are included in his book, "RECORD OF 2 CONT 2 CONT THE MCGOUGH FAMILY 1921." 2 CONT 2 CONT He was a merchant and farmer, and in later years was Postmaster of Fayetteville, Georgia. H 2 CONC e also served in the federal government as tax collector. In 1921, he compiled, wrote, and pu 2 CONC blished the book, "Record of the McGough Family". His manuscript has been found to be very ac 2 CONC curate for such a work. He died March21, 1923 as the result of a stroke. His body was interne 2 CONC d at Fayetteville, Georgia, next to his wife who died July 1, 1917. Much information on the J 2 CONC ohn McGough family and descendents has been included in Benjamin L. McGough's family. Most o 2 CONC f this information in this paper comes from a photostatic copy sent to Rev. E. M. Sharp by Mr 2 CONC . Dozier N. Fields of New York. 2 CONT 2 CONT Matilda McGough, daughter of John and Elizabeth Carson McGough, was born July 17, 1799 in Abb 2 CONC eville County, South Carolina, according to the tradition in the family, but the census of 18 2 CONC 50 states that she was born in Georgia. She is likely the person who gave the information t 2 CONC o the census taker. She died November 16, 1881 in Scott County, Mississippi and is buried i 2 CONC n Good Hope Cemetery in Leake County, Mississippi. 2 CONT 2 CONT John McGough and his brothers had moved to Green County, Georgia at least as early as 1785, b 2 CONC ut because the Indians were often troublesome, they would go back to Abbeville County, Sout 2 CONC h Carolina until trouble subsided. As late as 1805, the Indians gave trouble in Green Count 2 CONC y and the McGough's went again to Abbeville County or to a more settled or safe community. Ma 2 CONC tilda used to relate this experience that occurred when she was a small child about five year 2 CONC s old. The family was once on its way to the settlement when a big buck Indian jumped out o 2 CONC f the woods in front of them and held up his hand. They were frightened; thinking their tim 2 CONC e had come. He told them he was their friend and would lead them safely through if they woul 2 CONC d give him salt as payment. Salt was a highly prized commodity to the Indians. He stayed wit 2 CONC h them all day and the following night. When he would hear a war whoop in the forest, he woul 2 CONC d answer it in such a way that they would not come near. Needless to say, he received his por 2 CONC tion of salt. 2 CONT 2 CONT Matilda, as her grandsons remembered her, was a quiet person and very positive. She took litt 2 CONC le foolishness. When she spoke, she expected to be obeyed and they knew it, for she gave orde 2 CONC rs only once. She was also as positive in controlling other children as she was her own. Ol 2 CONC d Mr. Billy Johnson who moved to Mississippi and settled near Sebastopol, used to say he wa 2 CONC s as scared of her as a bear, for when he was playing with the Sharp children in Tallapoosa C 2 CONC ounty, Alabama she had switched him many times just like she did her own children. 2 CONT 2 CONT Physically, she was small in stature, solidly built, with a dark complexion and dark eyes. He 2 CONC r hair was cold black, rolled up in a knot at the back of her head and it was held in place w 2 CONC ith a big 2 CONT 2 CONT fancy comb. Apparently, the McGough features included black hair, dark complexion. Many of he 2 CONC r descendants have inherited the same features and there is no baldness in this branch of th 2 CONC e family. It is reported that John McGough was only slightly gray at his death and this can b 2 CONC e said of many of his descendants. 2 CONT 2 CONT Matilda never joined a church, though her family was Presbyterian. This seems to bear out th 2 CONC e tradition that her Aunt Sarah was a Quaker, for the Quakers don't lay much stress on churc 2 CONC h membership, or the ordinances of baptism and communion. All of Matilda's children joined ei 2 CONC ther the Baptist or Presbyterian churches. It is said that during the "big meeting time" at C 2 CONC ross Roads Baptist Church in Scott County, Mississippi, that everyone prayed for Matilda to j 2 CONC oin the church and some would speak to her about it, but she only smiled, shook her head an 2 CONC d said that she did not have to join the church to be saved. She said simply, "God has been m 2 CONC ighty good to me all of my life and we are on good terms with each other and I don't have t 2 CONC o join the church to be saved." 2 CONT 2 CONT Marshall C. Sharp, son of James and Margaret Cunningham Sharp, was born in 1796 in Mecklenbur 2 CONC g County, North Carolina. He moved with his parents to Green County, Georgia about 1812. He w 2 CONC as married to Matilda McGough in Green County on November 30, 1819. They lived in Green Count 2 CONC y until about 1830, when they moved with his mother and several brothers to Montgomery County 2 CONC , Alabama. They settled at Le Grande, about ten miles south of Montgomery in a community tha 2 CONC t came to be called Sharpsburg about 1850 and in 1860, having a post office by that name. The 2 CONC y were in company with most of the children of John and Eleanor Cunningham Sharp who had move 2 CONC d there direct from Mecklenburg County, South Carolina. 2 CONT 2 CONT This was rather new country and the Creek War had ended less than ten years before they came 2 CONC . This was all raw pioneer country. They set to work clearing their fields and building thei 2 CONC r log cabins. The story comes down in the family that when Marshall and Matilda had erected t 2 CONC heir cabin; they did not have a door in it for a while, but rather stretched a deer hide acro 2 CONC ss it at night. The country was still full of wolves and panthers, which often came around th 2 CONC e cabin prowling. One night Marshall was late coining home, a panther began trying to get i 2 CONC n through the deer hide door. Matilda was cooking supper on the fife place. Matilda stood a 2 CONC t the opening and every time the panther pushed against the deer hide, she would hit it wit 2 CONC h the fire poker. She was fearful that it would meet Marshall and jump on him. Often, they re 2 CONC lated that a panther would walk over the roof at night and disturb the live stock. 2 CONT 2 CONT Once on a visit to Montgomery County to visit some of the Sharp cousins who still lived there 2 CONC , they pointed out the location of the home of Uncle Marshall Sharp when he lived among them 2 CONC . In the center of this community, is the Sharp cemetery where so many of the original settle 2 CONC rs are buried. It marks the site of Providence Presbyterian Church. This church was organize 2 CONC d in 1832 at the instigation of Eleanor and Margaret Sharp, the two sisters. They invited the 2 CONC ir brother, Rev. Robert M. Cunningham, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Tuscaloosa, Alaba 2 CONC ma to come over and constitute the membership, which he did. This old church has had a long a 2 CONC nd honorable history and is still a very strong and active church in the community. It was th 2 CONC is church that some of the children of Marshall and Matilda McGough Sharp joined. 2 CONT 2 CONT About 1840, the Creek Indians finally ceded their land that was left in Alabama to the U.S. 2 CONT 2 CONT Government and went to Indian Territory. All their land was then opened to white settlements 2 CONC , and 2 CONT 2 CONT the counties of Macon, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Talladega, etc. were formed. Matilda and 2 CONT 2 CONT Marshall Sharp