Cynthia C. Elliott

F, (circa 1823 - 19 March 1896)
FatherWilliam Elliott (c 1789 - c 1839)
MotherSarah O. Culpepper (5 Feb 1802 - 2 Dec 1901)
Birth*circa 1823 Cynthia was born at Georgia circa 1823. 
Census*1830 She was in the in 1830 census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Census1840 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, in 1840. 
Census1850 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Meriwether Co., Georgia, in 1850. 
1880 Census* Cynthia was listed as a daughter in Sarah O. Culpepper's household on the 1880 Census at Randolph Co., Alabama.1 
Death*19 March 1896 She died at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 19 March 1896. 
Burial* Her body was interred at Wadley, Randolph Co., Alabama.2 
Biography*  According to later census records, Cynthia was born in Georgia in approximately 1823. Unless Cynthia's parents moved out ahead of the John Culpepper family, Cynthia must have been born only shortly after the family had moved from South Carolina to Georgia and so was probably born in one of the eastern counties. Cynthia was noted as one of two females 5-10 years old in the 1830 census of Monroe Co., GA in the household of her father, William Elliott. This suggests that Cynthia had an older sister, who was probably born in South Carolina, who has not been identified. Cynthia was also recorded as one of two females 15-20 years old in the 1840 census of Monroe Co., GA in the household of her apparently widowed mother, "Sarr Elliott."
      Cynthia apparently moved with her mother to Meriwether Co., GA where "Sintha" emerges in census records in 1850 living with her mother and younger siblings. No marriage record has been found, but based on his Civil War record, the Benjamin Elliott who was noted in the household in 1850, was Cynthia's son. By 1860, Cynthia had moved with her mother to Randolph Co., AL and a 34 year old "Cintha Elliott" born in Georgia was listed (p. 849 family #1567) in the 1 Oct 1860 census of the Almond P. O. district, near Louina (now Wadley), Randolph Co., AL in the household of her mother, Sarah. Cynthia apparently remained here the rest of her life. A 47 year old "Cynthia Elliott" born in Georgia, was recorded (p. 572, family #8) in the 1870 census of the Louina P. O. district, (now Wadley), Randolph Co., AL. She was living with her mother, Sarah (Culpepper) Elliott. A 56 year old "Cynthia C. Elliott" born in Georgia was listed (p. 315 #23) in the 2 Jun 1880 census of Beat #8, Randolph Co., AL. She was living with her mother, Sarah Elliott. Cynthia listed both of her parents as having been born in South Carolina.
      In the Randolph Co. [AL] Register of Births & Deaths 1886 - 1905 "Cynthia Elliott" was listed as age 74 and single at her death which was caused by "cardiac dropsy" and she was buried in the "Elliott cemetery." This is now the Wadley City Cemetery and there is no record of the burial. Her grave might be unmarked or too worn to read. 

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ChartsJohn Culpepper of Randolph AL Female Descendants
Last Edited7 September 2001

Citations

  1. FHL Film 1254030, National Archives Film T9-0030, Flat Rock, Page 315C.
  2. Randolph Co. [AL] Register of Births & Deaths 1886-1905; (n.p.: Anniston Library, microfilm).
    'Elliott cemetery' now Wadley City Cemetery but no cemetery rec.

Lewis? Elliott ?

M, (between 1821 and 1839 - before 1865)
FatherWilliam Elliott (c 1789 - c 1839)
MotherSarah O. Culpepper (5 Feb 1802 - 2 Dec 1901)
Birth*between 1821 and 1839 Lewis? was born at Georgia between 1821 and 1839. 
Civil War*between 1861 and 1865 He served in the War Between the States between 1861 and 1865. 
Death*before 1865 He died before 1865. 
Biography* Lewis is a problem, according to Joseph Richard Culpepper, Lewis Elliott was a son of Sarah (Culpepper) Elliott who died of measles during the Civil War. Unfortunately, he does not show up living with or near Sarah in the 1850 or 1860 census records. Only three sons were noted in Sarah's household in the 1840 census and there were three sons listed living with her in 1850: William age 20, John age 17, Francis age 11. The 10 year old Benjamin living with Sarah was a grandson. Since, according to the 1900 census, Sarah had twelve children only seven of which have been accounted for with any certainty, it is quite possible that she had a son named Lewis that has not yet been identified in census records. A 5-10 year old female and a 15-20 year old female were listed in the 1840 census with Sarah and have not yet been identified. Also, only two of the three 0-5 year old females that were noted in the 1830 census have been identified from later records and NO 10-15 year old females were listed in the 1840 census with Sarah suggesting that at least two of them might have been off visiting relatives when the census was taken and one might have died between the 1830 and 1840 census. If Lewis was a son of Sarah, then he has not been located in any census records. It can only be SPECULATED that he was a twin, possibly of the unknown 5-10 year old female listed in the 1840 census, and that he was visiting relatives in 1840 and might have been approximately 16 years old by 1850 and was working nearby and was missed in the census. By 1860, he might have been approximately 26 years old and newly married when the Civil War broke out. But no trace of Lewis or Louis Elliott existed has been found in Confederate records although there was an "L. Elliott" who was member of Co. G of the 32 Georgia Infantry who noted at on a muster roll at Greensboro, NC 28 Apr 1865. Another possibility is that Joseph Richard was confused by Lewis W. Culpepper, a son of William Henry and Sarah (Leslie) Culpepper, who died in the Civil War in 1861, possibly of measles. 
ChartsJohn Culpepper of Randolph AL Female Descendants
Last Edited31 December 2011

William T. Elliott

M, (circa 1830 - before 1900)
FatherWilliam Elliott (c 1789 - c 1839)
MotherSarah O. Culpepper (5 Feb 1802 - 2 Dec 1901)
Census*1830 He was in the in 1830 census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Birth*circa 1830 William was born at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, circa 1830. 
Census1840 He was listed as a resident in the census report at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, in 1840. 
Census1850 He was listed as a resident in the census report at Meriwether Co., Georgia, in 1850. 
Census1 October 1860 He was listed as a resident in the census report at Almond, Randolph Co., Alabama, on 1 October 1860. 
Death*before 1900 He died before 1900. 
ChartsJohn Culpepper of Randolph AL Female Descendants
Last Edited9 July 1999

Mary Jane Elliott

F, (June 1836 - after 1900)
FatherWilliam Elliott (c 1789 - c 1839)
MotherSarah O. Culpepper (5 Feb 1802 - 2 Dec 1901)
Married Name Her married name was Busbee. 
Birth*June 1836 Mary was born at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, in June 1836. 
Census*1840 She was in the in 1840 census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Census1850 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Meriwether Co., Georgia, in 1850. 
Census1 October 1860 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Almond, Randolph Co., Alabama, on 1 October 1860. 
Census1870 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Randolph Co., Alabama, in 1870. 
Marriage License26 February 1897 Mary applied for a marriage license to wed W. J. Dunseith at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 26 February 1897.1 
Marriage3 March 1897 She married W. J. Dunseith at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 3 March 1897 at age 60.2 
Married Name3 March 1897  As of 3 March 1897, her married name was Dunseith. 
Marriage* She married Inman Busbee. 
Death*after 1900 She died at Randolph Co., Alabama, after 1900. 
Biography*  Joseph Richard Culpepper's records list Mary Jane as "Pollie" but she was consistently noted as "Mary J." in census records. Based on the 1830 census location of her parents and the 1840 census location of her mother, Mary J. Elliott is presumed to have been born in Monroe Co., GA. She was first noted as a 0-5 year old female in the house of her mother in the 1840 census of Monroe Co., GA. Sometime before 1850, Mary J. moved with her mother and siblings to Meriwether Co., GA and Mary J. is noted there living with her mother in the 1850 census. Sometime before the 1855 marriage of her brother, John James Elliott, Mary J. Elliott is presumed to have moved with her mother and siblings to Randolph Co., AL where they were noted in the 1860 census.
Based on the 1900 census, we know that Mary J. Elliott was a widow and had married at least once but based on circumstantial evidence, she might have married twice, once before the Civil War and once after the 1880 census. Mr. J. H. Wood, Jr.'s 23 Dec 1973 family group sheet lists the second wife of Inman Busby as Mary J. who was born in Georgia in 1836. Mary Jane Elliott was born in Jun 1836 in Georgia based on the 1900 census. In the 1870 census, Mary Jane is not listed in her mother's house, but there is a Mary J. who shows up as the wife of Inman Busby, 6 doors down from Sarah Elliott. This Mary J. was born in 1836 in GA. Two doors down from this family is Jordan F. Busby, a son of Inman Busby who married Frances M. the widow of Francis G. Elliot who was Mary Jane Elliott's brother. Francis G.'s and Frances M.'s son, Timothy Elliott, is also in the J. F. Busby household. Six doors down is Ann M. Elliott, the widow of John James Elliott who was also Mary Jane Elliott's brother. This birth date and place and the tight grouping of the two families would tend to support Mary Jane Elliot as the Mary J. who was the second wife in Inman Busby. Also, in what appears to be the record of her second marriage to W. J. Dunseith on March 3, 1897, the bride's name is listed as "Mrs. Mary J. Busbee" which would support a previous marrige to Inman Busby. Arguing against this connection is the 1880 census of Randolph Co., AL in which a 44 year old Mary J. born in Georgia was listed (Beat 8 p. 314 #9) as the wife of Inman Busby and her mother was listed as having been born in Mississippi and her father as having been born in Georgia. As in 1870, Sarah (Culpepper) Elliott was living nearby and she listed herself as having been born in South Carolina and Cynthia Elliott, Mary Jane Elliott's sister, listed her father as having been born in South Carolina as well. Also arguing against Mary Jane as a wife of Inman Busby was the listing (ED 58, p 7, family #32) of "Mary J. Dunsith" as a head of household in the 1900 census of Flatrock, Precinct #8, Randolph Co., AL with her mother "Sarash O. Ellit" living in the household. Mary Jane was listed as a widow with no children who was born Jun 1836 in Georgia. She listed her father as having been born in Georgia and her mother as having been born in South Carolina. So the difference between the 1880 census for Mary J. Busby and the 1900 census for Mary J. Dunsith was the listing of the place of birth of the mother. Could both listings have been for Mary Jane Elliott? Unfortunately, Randolph Co., AL marriage records do not exist for the period of the first marriage but based on the second marriage record, we can speculate that Mary Jane Elliott was twice widowed. The Mary J. listed in the 1870 census with Inman Busby was over 20 years younger than he. He died 1896. Mary Jane would have been 60 years old and presumably would not have married another man younger than 60 so it would not be unusual for her to be widowed a second time.
As noted, the widowed Mary Jane Dunsith was listed in the 1900 census. She was listed as owning her own home and she could read and write. She was listed as having had no children. Her 98 year old mother was living with her. 

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Inman Busbee (circa 1814 - 5 September 1896)
ChartsJohn Culpepper of Randolph AL Female Descendants
Last Edited9 July 1999

Citations

  1. Dianne S. Herren, Randolph County Alabama Recorded Marriages Book 1: 1896-1900, Woodland, AL: Southern Roots, 1990.
    p. 5, No. 40 bondsmen: W. J. Dunseith and J. F.
  2. Dianne S. Herren, Randolph County Alabama Recorded Marriages Book 1: 1896-1900, Woodland, AL: Southern Roots, 1990.
    p. 5, No. 40 at the bride's home by J. D. Elder.