Descendants of John Self: Third Generation

Descendants of John Self: Third Generation 13. Samuel Jefferson³ SELF (Jethro², John¹)⁽¹¹⁾ was born in Upson County, Ga. 7 MAY 1856. He could read and write. Sam died 8 JUL 1940 in Upson County, Ga., at 84 years of age. His body was interred after 8 JUL 1940 in Upson County, Ga., Friendship Baptist Cemetery.

He married Alice JENKINS Self in Upson County, Ga., 16 DEC 1880. Rev. William M. Richardson performed the ceremony.

Alice was born in Georgia 17 NOV 1864. She was the daughter of Martha JENKINS. Alice died 2 JAN 1938 in Upson County, Ga., at 73 years of age. Her body was interred after 2 JAN 1938 in Upson County, Ga., Friendship Baptist Cemetery.

Alice had a sister, possibly Lencie Jenkins who married John W. Vining on 2 Jan. 1883 in Upson County by John B. Brown, J.P.

Sam Self was the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Upson County, Ga., Flint Dist. 537, Sheet 25, Line 117 (All Selfs in this district). Sam, 22 and single, farmer; Jethro Self, 86, and Charity Self, 75; Andrew Worthy, 18, b. GA, laborer; Richard Gorman, 18, b. GA, laborer; Alvira Gorman, 60, b. GA; Ned Gorman, 4; Bill Gorman, 6.

Sam Self was the head of a family on the 1900 Census in Upson County, Ga. Sam, white male, b. May 1856, 44, married 19 years, he and his parents b. GA; farmer, renting Farm Schedule 17, educated; Alice, wife, white female, b. Nov. 1864, 35, married 19 years, nine children, all living, she and her parents b. GA, educated; Josie, white female, b. Oct. 1881 in GA, single, educated; Arthur, white male, b. Jan. 1884, 16, single, b. GA, educated, farm laborer; Lenie, white male, b. June 1886, 13, single, b. GA, at school; Carrie, white female, b. June 1888, 11, single, b. GA, at school; Henry Grady, white male, b. April 1890, single, b. GA, educated; Samuel Julius, white male, b. Sept. 1892, 7, b. GA, educated; Joel, white male b. Feb. 1895, 5, b. GA; Allie Ruth, white female, b. Sept. 1889, 8 mos., b. GA; Martha Jenkins, mother-in-law, female, b. July 1825, 74, widowed, 5 children 3 living, b. in GA, parents born in SC.

Sam applied for a military pension in Upson County, Ga., about 1908. Early History of Upson County: Sam was on the Confederate pension list of Judge J.E.F. Matthews about 1908-10, but was too young to have served in the Civil War. This could indicate he is not in actuality the son of Jet and Lucinda Self, but was in their household in 1860 (age 4) and '70 (age 13) as the son of Andrew Jackson "Jack" Self, listed as oldest sibling (as were Jack's children Willie J., James W. and Jane O in 1870, after they were orphaned) However, Evelyn Self Nelson remembers Nat Self and Dave Self as Sam's brothers, not uncles.

Samuel Self was the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Upson County, Ga., Farm 73, Family 74, Reeves Dist. Vol 100, ED 187, sheet 4. Samuel, 63, renter, educated he and his parents b. GA, farmer on his own account (Farm Schedule 57). Alice, 57, wife, educated, born in Georgia, as were her parents. Two children died. Grady Self, 29, single, educated and born in Georgia, working for wages, farm laborer; Charles Self, 19, single, was educated but had not attended school since Sept. 19, 1919; Mynvia, 15, in school, educated; Martha, 13, in school and educated

As young woman Evelyn Self Nelson would offer to cut Sam's fashionable stomach- long beard, which he said he would allow her to do for $100 -- a lot of money then. Sam was described as thin with a chest-long beard.

Samuel Jefferson SELF and Alice JENKINS Self had the following children:

child + 45 i. Josie⁴ SELF TORBERT GOODE was born OCT 1881.

child + 46 ii. Arthur Nathaniel SELF was born 21 JAN 1884.

child + 47 iii. Leonard Lawson SELF was born 10 JUN 1886.

child + 48 iv. Carrie E. SELF Smith was born 12 JUN 1888.

child 49 v. Henry Grady SELF was born in Upson County, Ga. APR 1890. Grady died in Florida. On the 1920 Census in Upson County, Ga., Grady was single and living on his parents' farm. He married and had at least two children, possibly daughters. They worked in fruit packing, and moved to Florida to pack oranges.

child 50 vi. Samuel Julius SELF was born in Upson County, Ga. SEP 1892. Census birthday also given as 1901. Samuel L. Self of Thomaston was a private, World War I, about 1917 (Early History of Upson County)

Julius Self was the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Upson County, Ga. Julius Self lived alone in Reeves Dist. 1336 of Upson County, Ga., near Arthur.

child 51 vii. Joel T. SELF was born in Upson County, Ga. 7 FEB 1895. Joel died 4 AUG 1941 at 46 years of age. His body was interred after 4 AUG 1941 in Upson County, Ga., Friendship Baptist Cemetery. Joel traveled to Miami, Dade County, Fla., 2 NOV 1933.⁽¹²⁾ Joel never married but is said to have had illegitimate issue. An unidentified Stewart infant (1929) is buried between Joel T. Self and Tommy Torbert Sr. Could this be one of Joel's illegitimate children?

child 52 viii. Charlie F. SELF was born in Upson County, Ga. 10 FEB 1897. Charlie died 26 DEC 1929 in Upson County, Ga., at 32 years of age after he accidentally shot himself. He was buried by Samuel Jefferson Self in Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, according to Stephens Funeral Home records. His body was interred after 26 DEC 1929 in Upson County, Ga., Friendship Baptist Cemetery. Charlie never married and isn't listed on the 1880 census. He was supposed to have resided in California at one point.

child + 53 ix. Allie Ruth SELF Riggins was born 15 SEP 1899.

child 54 x. Mervil Wayne SELF was born in Upson County, Ga. 5 AUG 1903. Census birth year given as 1905.He could read and write. Doc died 7 AUG 1961 at 58 years of age. His body was interred after 7 AUG 1961 in Upson County, Ga., Friendship Baptist Cemetery. He married Ruth RENO Self.
He was a resident in the census report in Upson County, Ga., 1920. Instead of a boy born in 1905, the census indicates a daughter, Mynvia, who was in school and educated.

child + 55 xi. Martha SELF Allgood (still alive).

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			51 vii. Joel T. SELF was born in Upson County, Ga. 7 FEB 1895. Joel died 4 AUG 1941 at 46 years of age. His body was interred after 4 AUG 1941 in Upson County, Ga., Friendship Baptist Cemetery. Joel traveled to Miami, Dade County, Fla., 2 NOV 1933.⁽¹²⁾ Joel never married but is said to have had illegitimate issue. An unidentified Stewart infant (1929) is buried between Joel T. Self and Tommy Torbert Sr. Could this be one of Joel's illegitimate children?



			54 x. Mervil Wayne SELF was born in Upson County, Ga. 5 AUG 1903. Census birth year given as 1905.He could read and write. Doc died 7 AUG 1961 at 58 years of age. His body was interred after 7 AUG 1961 in Upson County, Ga., Friendship Baptist Cemetery. He married Ruth RENO Self. He was a resident in the census report in Upson County, Ga., 1920. Instead of a boy born in 1905, the census indicates a daughter, Mynvia, who was in school and educated.