Elizabeth Wiggins1
F, (say 1736 - circa 1806)
| Birth* | say 1736 | She was born say 1736. |
| Married Name | circa 1750 | As of circa 1750, her married name was Whitaker.2 |
| Marriage | circa 1750 | She married William Henry Whitaker circa 1750. William had three wives. The names of his first is unknown; the second was Elizabeth Wiggins, and the third, according to his will, was Mary. It is uncertain by which wife his children were born. It is likely his first wife had but one child, and that Elizabeth Wiggins was the mother of most of his children. Those children were Bythel Whitaker, William Whitaker, Richard Whitaker, Martha Belton Whitaker, Elizabeth Whitaker, Thomas Whitaker, Catherine Baker Whitaker, Robert Whitaker, Margaret Whitaker, Lemuel Lawrence Whitaker, Winnifred Whitaker, Edward Whitaker, and Mary Whitaker. |
| (Family Member) Relocation | 1772 | She was an accompanying familiy member in the relocation of William Henry Whitaker in 1772 at Camden, Camden District, South Carolina.3 |
| (Heir) Will | 16 December 1783 | In Captain John W. Wiggins's will on 16 December 1783 at Martin Co., North Carolina, Elizabeth, Blake, Elizabeth and William named as heir(s).4 |
| Death* | circa 1806 | She died at South Carolina circa 1806.3 |
Patricia Wiggins1
F, (before 1747 - )
| Name Variation | | She was also known as Pattie. |
| Birth* | before 1747 | She was born before 1747 at Edgecombe Co., North Carolina.1 |
| (Grantee) Deed | before 1763 | A deed was granted to them by Captain John W. Wiggins witnessed by James Whitaker before 1763 at Halifax Co., North Carolina, (Gave Gift Deed of negro to daughter Catherine Wiggins Whitaker, Wit: James Whitaker; also gave his daughters Patty Hoskins and Winnifred Hoskins slaves and other goods ["The Deeds of Halifax County, North Carolina, 1774-1786", by Stephen Bradley, Page: Book 9, p. 528].)1 |
| Married Name | before 1767 | As of before 1767, her married name was Hoskins.1 |
| Marriage* | before 1767 | She married Thomas Hoskins before 1767.1 |
| Last Edited | 15 October 2003 |
Thomas Hoskins1
M, (say 1745 - )
| Birth* | say 1745 | He was born say 1745.1 |
| Marriage* | before 1767 | He married Patricia Wiggins before 1767.1 |
| Last Edited | 19 September 2002 |
Sallie Lee1
F, (say 1750 - )
| Birth* | say 1750 | She was born say 1750.1 |
| Marriage* | 17 October 1776 | She married Blake Baker Wiggins on 17 October 1776.1 |
| Married Name | 17 October 1776 | As of 17 October 1776, her married name was Wiggins.1 |
| Last Edited | 19 September 2002 |
Ann Hoskins1
F, (say 1750 - )
| Last Edited | 19 September 2002 |
Priscilla Brown1
F, (before 1738 - )
| Birth* | before 1738 | She was born before 1738.1 |
| Marriage* | before 1754 | She married William Wiggins at North Carolina before 1754.1 |
| Married Name | before 1754 | As of before 1754, her married name was Wiggins.1 |
Family | William Wiggins (before 1733 - between October 1790 and December 1791) |
| Last Edited | 19 September 2002 |
Winifred Wiggins1
F, (circa 1735 - 7 October 1807)
| Birth* | circa 1735 | She was born circa 1735 at Edenton, Chowan Co., North Carolina.1 |
| (Grantee) Deed | before 1763 | A deed was granted to them by Captain John W. Wiggins witnessed by James Whitaker before 1763 at Halifax Co., North Carolina, (Gave Gift Deed of negro to daughter Catherine Wiggins Whitaker, Wit: James Whitaker; also gave his daughters Patty Hoskins and Winnifred Hoskins slaves and other goods ["The Deeds of Halifax County, North Carolina, 1774-1786", by Stephen Bradley, Page: Book 9, p. 528].)1 |
| Married Name | 1763 | As of 1763, her married name was Hoskins.1 |
| Marriage* | 1763 | She married Richard Hoskins at North Carolina in 1763.1 |
| Death* | 7 October 1807 | She died at Chowan Co., North Carolina, on 7 October 1807.1 |
| Last Edited | 11 October 2002 |
Richard Hoskins1
M, (circa 1740 - 1795)
| Birth* | circa 1740 | He was born circa 1740 at North Carolina.2 |
| Marriage* | 1763 | He married Winifred Wiggins at North Carolina in 1763.1 |
| American Revolution* | between 1775 and 1783 | He provided service in the American Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1783
(DAR Listing: Richard Hoskins, born circa 1740 in North Carolina, died before Sep 1800 in North Carolina, married Winifred Wiggins, Patriotic Service, North Carolina.)2 |
| Death* | 1795 | He died in 1795.1 |
Citations
- RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
"Our Texas Family" (DB: ourtexasfamily) Doris Ross Johnston. <e-mail address>
- DAR Patriot Index, Washington, DC: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2003.
Thomas Wiggins1
M, (circa 1740 - 28 September 1782)
| Birth* | circa 1740 | He was born circa 1740 at Edgecombe Co., North Carolina.1 |
| (Grantee) Deed | | A deed was granted to them by Captain John W. Wiggins at Halifax Co., North Carolina, (Johyn Wiggins gave land to his sons Thomas and William (this land south of Roanoke River was successively in Bertie Co. 1722-41, Edgecombe Co. 1741-59, Halifax Co. 1759-74, and Martin Co. aft 1774) ["The Deeds of Halifax County, NC, 1774-1786" by Stephen Bradley, Book 9, p. 528].)1 |
| Marriage* | 8 May 1766 | He married Frances Brown at Halifax Co., North Carolina, on 8 May 1766.1 |
| American Revolution* | between 1775 and 1783 | He provided service in the American Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1783
(DAR Listing: Thomas Wiggins, born ____, died 28 Sep 1782 in North Carolina, married Frances Brown, Lieutenant Colonel, Civil Service, Patriotic Service, North Carolina.)2 |
| Will* | 3 October 1779 | He made a will at Martin Co., North Carolina, on 3 October 1779, naming as executor(s) William Wiggins and Blake Baker Wiggins, naming as heir(s) Frances Wiggins.
He mentions wife Francis, son John, land I bought from brother William, land of N. side of Marsh Branch bought from Joseph Moore known as Wiggins old field, land in Bertie Co. on N. side of Gum Swamp bought from Mr. Meade . . . to son Thomas Wiggins land where I live, remaining tract in Bertie, remaining part bought from Joseph Moore . . . to son Jesse Wiggins land bought from Jonath Cain . . . daughters Anne, Catherine, Mary . . . til my elder child shall arrive at lawful age . . . mentions slaves and furniture. Executors William Williams, Blake Baker Wiggins, Samuel William Williams.1 |
| Death* | 28 September 1782 | He died at Martin Co., North Carolina, on 28 September 1782.1 |
Citations
- RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
"Our Texas Family" (DB: ourtexasfamily) Doris Ross Johnston. <e-mail address>
- DAR Patriot Index, Washington, DC: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2003.
Frances Brown1
F, (circa 1745 - )
| Last Edited | 4 October 2002 |
Mary (?)1
F, (say 1754 - after 1782)
| Birth* | say 1754 | She was born say 1754. |
| Marriage* | say 1775 | She married James Whitaker say 1775.1 |
| Married Name | say 1775 | As of say 1775, her married name was Whitaker.1 |
| Death* | after 1782 | She died after 1782.1 |
| Last Edited | 22 November 2002 |
William Alexander Whitaker1
M, (circa 1747 - say 1817)
| Birth* | circa 1747 | He was born circa 1747 at Virginia.1 |
| Marriage* | say 1768 | He married (?) Lane say 1768.1 |
| Death* | say 1817 | He died say 1817.1 |
| Last Edited | 20 September 2002 |
(?) Lane1
F, (say 1750 - )
| Birth* | say 1750 | She was born say 1750.1 |
| Marriage* | say 1768 | She married William Alexander Whitaker say 1768.1 |
| Married Name | say 1768 | As of say 1768, her married name was (?) Whitaker.1 |
| Last Edited | 20 September 2002 |
Willis Whitaker1
M, (1750 - 17 June 1832)
| Birth* | 1750 | He was born in 1750 at North Carolina.1 |
| American Revolution* | between 1775 and 1783 | He provided service in the American Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1783
(DAR Listing: Willis Whitaker, born 1748 in South Carolina, died 17 Jun 1832 in South Carolina, married Sarah Williams, Captain, South Carolina.)2 |
| (Heir) Will | 12 April 1777 | In James Whitaker's will on 12 April 1777 at Craven Co., North Carolina, Catherine, Catherine, Willis, John, James, Martha, Mary and Simon named as heir(s).1 |
| Marriage* | say 1792 | He married Sarah Williams say 1792. Children of Willis Whitaker and Sarah Williams are: Matilda (b abt 1794), James Wiggins Whitaker (b 1795, d 1848 in FL), Willis Whitaker, Jr. (b 23 Sep 1798 in SC, d 10 Mar 1867 in TX), Mary Elizabeth Whitaker, b 23 Mar 1801, d 1863 in SC.)1 |
| Death* | 17 June 1832 | He died at Longtown, Fairfield District, South Carolina, on 17 June 1832.1,2 |
Citations
- RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
"Our Texas Family" (DB: ourtexasfamily) Doris Ross Johnston. <e-mail address>
- DAR Patriot Index, Washington, DC: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2003.
Sarah Williams1
F, (say 1770 - )
| Birth* | say 1770 | She was born say 1770.1 |
| Marriage* | say 1792 | She married Willis Whitaker say 1792. Children of Willis Whitaker and Sarah Williams are: Matilda (b abt 1794), James Wiggins Whitaker (b 1795, d 1848 in FL), Willis Whitaker, Jr. (b 23 Sep 1798 in SC, d 10 Mar 1867 in TX), Mary Elizabeth Whitaker, b 23 Mar 1801, d 1863 in SC.)1 |
| Married Name | say 1792 | As of say 1792, her married name was Whitaker.1 |
| Last Edited | 20 September 2002 |
Martha Whitaker1
F, (circa 1765 - 19 May 1806)
| Birth* | circa 1765 | She was born circa 1765 at Halifax Co., North Carolina. |
| (Heir) Will | 12 April 1777 | In James Whitaker's will on 12 April 1777 at Craven Co., North Carolina, Catherine, Catherine, Willis, John, James, Martha, Mary and Simon named as heir(s).1 |
| Married Name | 1785 | As of 1785, her married name was Cantey.1 |
| Marriage* | 1785 | She married James Cantey at Fairfield District, South Carolina, in 1785. Children of James and Martha are: John Cantey, Zachariah Cantey, Mary Cantey, Sarah Catherine Cantey, and James Willis Cantey, Sr.1 |
| Death* | 19 May 1806 | She died at Washington, Wilkes Co., Georgia, on 19 May 1806.1 |
James Cantey1
M, (1746 - 9 October 1817)
| Birth* | 1746 | James was born at Craven Co., South Carolina, in 1746. He was the son of John Cantey and Mary McGirt.1 |
| American Revolution* | between 1775 and 1783 | He provided service in the American Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1783
(DAR Listing: James Cantey, born 1755 in South Carolina, died 9 Nov 1817 in Georgia, married Martha Whitaker, Captain, South Carolina.)2 |
| Marriage* | 1785 | He married Martha Whitaker at Fairfield District, South Carolina, in 1785. Children of James and Martha are: John Cantey, Zachariah Cantey, Mary Cantey, Sarah Catherine Cantey, and James Willis Cantey, Sr.1 |
| Death* | 9 October 1817 | He died at Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., Georgia, on 9 October 1817.1 |
| Burial* | circa 10 October 1817 | His body was interred circa 10 October 1817 at Whitaker Grave Yard, Baldwin Co., Georgia. Location:
From the Baldwin County Courthouse, go east on Hancock St. and follow Highway 24 southeast for 13.9 miles. Locked metal gates on the right side of the highway mark the entrance. The cemetery is 1.3 miles from Hwy 24 - not visible from the gates and not accessible to the public. GPS coordinates: 32 58' 21.1" N 83 04' 31.1" W.3 |
Citations
- RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
"Our Texas Family" (DB: ourtexasfamily) Doris Ross Johnston. <e-mail address>
- DAR Patriot Index, Washington, DC: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2003.
- Volunteers, compiler, Friends of Cemeteries of Middle Georgia Website, e-mail address, Feb 2005.
http://www.friendsofcems.org/
Whitaker Grave Yard, Baldwin County, Georgia
"James Cantey, died Oct 9, 1817, American Revolution, South Carolina Captain, State Mil."
(Gravestone photo on website).
Mary Whitaker1
F, (8 September 1766 - 8 April 1846)
| Name Variation | | She was also known as Polly. |
| Birth* | 8 September 1766 | She was born on 8 September 1766 at Halifax Co., North Carolina.1 |
| (Heir) Will | 12 April 1777 | In James Whitaker's will on 12 April 1777 at Craven Co., North Carolina, Catherine, Catherine, Willis, John, James, Martha, Mary and Simon named as heir(s).1 |
| Married Name | 20 February 1794 | As of 20 February 1794, her married name was Ross.1 |
| Marriage* | 20 February 1794 | She married Abner Ross on 20 February 1794 at age 27. The children of Abner and Polly Ross are: Osmond Ross, Harriot Ross, Molsey C. Ross, David Felix Ross, James Whitaker Ross, John Alfred Ross, William E. Ross and Elizabeth Martha Ross.1 |
| Death* | 8 April 1846 | She died at Fairfield District, South Carolina, on 8 April 1846 at age 79.1 |
| Last Edited | 15 October 2003 |
Abner Ross1
M, (1 June 1760 - 1 July 1831)
| Birth* | 1 June 1760 | Abner was born at Elizabeth Town, Essex Co., New Jersey, on 1 June 1760. He was the son of David Ross, Sr., and Hannah Scudder.1 |
| Marriage* | 20 February 1794 | He married Mary Whitaker on 20 February 1794 at age 33. The children of Abner and Polly Ross are: Osmond Ross, Harriot Ross, Molsey C. Ross, David Felix Ross, James Whitaker Ross, John Alfred Ross, William E. Ross and Elizabeth Martha Ross.1 |
| Death* | 1 July 1831 | He died at Longtown, Fairfield District, South Carolina, on 1 July 1831 at age 71.1 |
| Last Edited | 20 September 2002 |
John Wiggins Whitaker1
M, (circa 1752 - circa 1812)
| Last Edited | 20 September 2002 |
James Whitaker Jr.1
M, (circa 1754 - 1824)
| Last Edited | 20 September 2002 |
Simon Whitaker1
M, (circa 1768 - )
| Last Edited | 20 September 2002 |
William Henry Whitaker1
M, (1736 - 1789)
| Birth* | 1736 | He was born in 1736 at Warwick Co., Virginia.1 |
| Marriage | circa 1750 | He married Elizabeth Wiggins circa 1750. William had three wives. The names of his first is unknown; the second was Elizabeth Wiggins, and the third, according to his will, was Mary. It is uncertain by which wife his children were born. It is likely his first wife had but one child, and that Elizabeth Wiggins was the mother of most of his children. Those children were Bythel Whitaker, William Whitaker, Richard Whitaker, Martha Belton Whitaker, Elizabeth Whitaker, Thomas Whitaker, Catherine Baker Whitaker, Robert Whitaker, Margaret Whitaker, Lemuel Lawrence Whitaker, Winnifred Whitaker, Edward Whitaker, and Mary Whitaker. |
| Relocation* | 1772 | He relocated in 1772 at Camden, Camden District, South Carolina,1 |
| American Revolution* | between 1775 and 1783 | He provided service in the American Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1783
(DAR Listing: William Whitaker, born ___ in Virginia, died 1789 in South Carolina, married Mary (Lenoir), and ___ Wiggins, Patriotic Service, South Carolina.)2 |
| Will* | 1789 | He made a will in 1789.
His will was recorded September 18, 1789, and he must have died before May 19, 1789, when "power to administer oath to executors was granted," these being his sons Thomas and Lemuel, and his nephews, Willis and ?." In a deed to Dudley Whitaker (who was living in 1791), the order of the brothers' names is: Richard, John, William, James, Gough, Robert. But in a letter of Mrs. Sands, a granddaughter of Richard, she gives the names in the following order: John, Robert, Richard. William, Gough, James, Dudley."3 |
| Death* | 1789 | He died at Camden, Camden District, South Carolina, in 1789.1 |
| Biography* | | William's descendants intermarried with the Canteys, Boykins, and Chestnuts, one of them being Mary Boykin Chestnut, noted for her Journal of the Civil War for which she won the Pulitzer prize in 1982.1
|
Mary Whitaker Boykin1
F, (3 March 1804 - 9 February 1885)
| Last Edited | 23 February 2006 |
Citations
- Brady Wooten Kerr, compiler, e-mail address, Kerr/Wooten Extended Families (DB: brady), Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree), Feb 2006.
- RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
"Kerr/Wooten Extended Families" (DB: brady), Brady Wooten Kerr. <e-mail address>
- Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris, editor, Encyclopedia of Southern CultureUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1989.
Governor Stephen Decatur Miller of South Carolina1
M, (1788 - 1838)
| Birth* | 1788 | He was born in 1788 at South Carolina.1 |
| Marriage* | 1821 | He married Mary Whitaker Boykin in 1821.1 |
| Death* | 1838 | He died at South Carolina in 1838.1 |
| Biography* | | Served as U.S. Congressman and Senator and in 1826 was elected governor of South Carolina as a proponent of nullification.1 |
| Last Edited | 23 February 2006 |
Citations
- Brady Wooten Kerr, compiler, e-mail address, Kerr/Wooten Extended Families (DB: brady), Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree), Feb 2006.
- Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris, editor, Encyclopedia of Southern CultureUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1989.
Mary Boykin Miller1
F, (31 March 1823 - 22 November 1886)
| Birth* | 31 March 1823 | She was born on 31 March 1823 at Statesboro, Sumter District, South Carolina.1 |
| Married Name | 23 April 1840 | As of 23 April 1840, her married name was Chesnut.1 |
| Marriage* | 23 April 1840 | She married James Chesnut Jr. on 23 April 1840 at age 17.1 |
| Death* | 22 November 1886 | She died on 22 November 1886 at age 63.2 |
| Biography* | | Mary Boykin Miller was born 31 March 1823 in Stateboro [sic], SC, eldest child of Mary Boykin and Stephen Decatur Miller, who had served as U.S. congressman and senator and in 1826 was elected governor of South Carolina as a proponent of nullification. Educated first at home and in Camden schools, Mary Miller was sent at 13 to a French boarding school in Charleston, where she remained for two years broken by a six-month stay on her father's cotton plantation in frontier Mississippi. In 1838 Miller died and Mary returned to Camden. On 23 April 1840 she married James Chesnut, Jr.(1815-85), only surviving son of one of South Carolina's largest landowners.
Mary spent most of the next 20 years in Camden and at Mulberry, her husband's family plantation. When James was elected to the Senate in 1858, his wife accompanied him to Washington where friendships were begun with many politicians who would become the leading figures of the Confederacy, among them Varina and Jefferson Davis. Following Lincoln's election, James Chesnut returned to South Carolina to participate in the drafting of an ordinance of secession and subsequently served in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America. He served as aide to General P.G. T. Beauregard and President Jefferson Davis, and he achieved the rank of general. During the war, Mary accompained her husband to Charleston, Montgomery, Columbia, and Richmond, her drawing room always serving as a salon for the Confederate elite. From February 1861 to July 1865 she recorded her experiences in a series of diaries, which became the principal source material for her famous portrait of the Conferacy.
Following the war, the Chesnuts returned to Camden and worked unsuccessfully to extricate themselves from heavy debts. After a first abortive attempt in the 1870s to smooth the diaries into publishable form, Mary Chesnut tried her hand at fiction. She completed by never published three novels, then in the early 1880s expanded and extensively revised her diaries into the book now known as Mary Chesnut's Civil War (first published in truncated and poorly edited versions in 1905 and 1949 as A Diary from Dixie.
Although unfinished at the time of her death on 22 November 1886, Mary Chesnut's Civil War is generally acknowledged today as the finest literary work of the confederacy. Spiced by the aurthor's sharp intelligence, irreverent wit, and keen sense of irony and metaphorical vision, it uses a diary format to evoke a full, accurate picture of the South in civil war. Chesnut's book, valued as a rich historical source, owes much of its fascination to its juxtaposition of the loves and griefs of individuals against vast social upheaval and much of its power to the contrast and continuities drawn between the antelbellum world and war-torn country.
Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, Florida State University.1 |
| Last Edited | 23 February 2006 |
Citations
- Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris, editor, Encyclopedia of Southern CultureUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1989.
- Brady Wooten Kerr, compiler, e-mail address, Kerr/Wooten Extended Families (DB: brady), Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree), Feb 2006.
James Chesnut Jr.1
M, (1815 - 1 February 1885)
| Last Edited | 23 February 2006 |
Citations
- Brady Wooten Kerr, compiler, e-mail address, Kerr/Wooten Extended Families (DB: brady), Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree), Feb 2006.
- Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris, editor, Encyclopedia of Southern CultureUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1989.
John Brantley1
M, (circa 1778 - )
| Name Variation | | He was also known as Jack.2 |
| Birth* | circa 1778 | He was born circa 1778.2 |
| Marriage* | circa 1800 | He married Mary Redding at South Carolina circa 1800.2 |
| 1800 Census* | 4 August 1800 | He was enumerated in the US Census of 1800 on 4 August 1800 at Saint Peter's Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified is 1 F45+..3 |
| 1810 Census* | 6 August 1810 | John was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census at Saint Luke's Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified is 1 F0-10..4 |
| Relocation* | circa 1817 | He relocated circa 1817 at Conecuh Co., Alabama; The Creek Indians ceded much of South Alabama in 1814, and from part of this land, Monroe County was formed on 29 Jun 1815 by the Mississippi Territorial Governor. The Alabama Territory was created on 3 Mar 1817, and the AL Territorial legislature formed Conecuh County on 13 Feb 1818 from part of Monroe County.
Prior to the settlement of Brooklyn proper, quite a community had been formed on Ard’s and Bottle creeks. There were in this community, as early as 1818, two stores, owned respectively by McConnell and George Feagin. There was also a school being taught here by Mr Graham, of Georgia; and a blacksmith shop, owned by John Brantley. No trace of the settlement, which was about six miles northwest of the present location of Brooklyn, remains. The last vestige has been obliterated by plantations. A Methodist church was erected in 1821; the pastor of which was Elder Alexander Travis.5 |
| Census* | 1820 | A census listed John as head of household at Conecuh Co., Alabama, in 1820.6 |
| 1830 Census* | 1 June 1830 | John was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census at Conecuh Co., Alabama. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified are 2M0-4, 1M30-39, 1F5-9 and 20 slaves..7 |
| Marriage* | 1839 | He married Tabitha Denmark at Conecuh Co., Alabama, in 1839.2 |
| 1840 Census* | 1 June 1840 | John was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census on 1 June 1840 at Conecuh Co., Alabama.
(Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified is 1 F15-20 and 34 slaves.)8 |
| Research note* | | Ken Brantley of the Brantley Association, in a study on John/Jack Brantley, states, in support of an argument that John/Jack is a descendant of a Chatham Co., NC family, "The only other Brantley families in Beaufort Co., SC were also seen in [adjacent] Chatham Co., GA during the early and mid 1800s. Previous studies have indicated that these people seem to be all related to each other and given names there as well as other evidence, seems to point back to our Brantley family in Chatham Co., NC."
Ken concludes, "I do suspect that John is closely related to the Joseph seen in Beaufort County also in 1800 and is possibly his brother. If so, we would lean toward the hypothesis that he was a descendant of the Chatham Co., NC family. There seems to be gathering evidence that these were among those who went to Georgia before the Revolution and left there soon afterwards and before the birth of these boys. While it is certainly speculation, my best guess would be that perhaps John and Joseph were grandsons of Joseph Brantley who died in Orange Co., NC in 1760. Other studies are underway dealing with this hypothesis. We are not firm and could be swayed otherwise with further study and the the discovery of conflicting information."
If you have additional facts that might help solve the question of John/Jack Brantley's ancestry, please contact Ken Brantley or Warren Culpepper.2,9 |
| Last Edited | 30 September 2006 |
Citations
- RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
"Bruey-Whitfield Quilt" (DB: shirleywhitfield) Shirley Bruey Whitfield. <e-mail address>
- Ken Brantley, Brantley Association research, including John/Jack Brantley Study and family group sheets, For more info on the Brantley family, contact author at e-mail address, 4750 Oakleigh Manor Dr., Powder Springs, GA 30127: Brantley Association, Oct 2003.
- Lawrence E. Jarrell, Early Beaufort SC Census, High Point, NC: Alligator Creek Genealogy Pubs., 1998.
1800 Census, St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District, SC, pages 108-109 (Ref. page 15)
John Brantly, 1M16-26, 1F10-16, 1F45+.
- Lawrence E. Jarrell, Early Beaufort SC Census, High Point, NC: Alligator Creek Genealogy Pubs., 1998.
1810 Census, St. Luke's Parish, Beaufort District, SC, page 130 (Ref. page 29)
John Brantley, 2M0-10, 1M26-44 2F0-10, 1F26-44.
- Benjamin Franklin Riley and J. Vernon Brantley, History of Conecuh County, Alabama, Blue Hill, ME: Weekly Packet, 1964, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 976.126 H2r.
page 47.
- Conecuh Co., AL 1820 State census, as transcribed by Ken Brantley:
4 M<21, 1 M>21, 1 F<21, 1 F>21, 7 slaves.
- 1830 Federal Census, United States.
Unk Twp, Conecuh Co., AL, page 100. Ancestry image 23
John Brantley, 2M0-5, 1M5-10, 1M15-20, 1M30-40, 1M50-60, 1F5-10, 1F50-60.
- 1840 Federal Census, United States.
Unk Twp, Conecuh Co., AL, page 264, Ancestry.com image 12 transcribed by Warren Culpepper
John Brantley, 1M60-70, 1F15-20, 1F60-70, 34 slaves.
- Warren L. Culpepper (#1942), Former publisher of Culpepper Connections, e-mail address.
Mary Redding1
F, (circa 1784 - )
| Ancestry Unknown* | | Information about the ancestry and siblings of Mary Redding is wanted. See page footer for contact information. |
| Birth* | circa 1784 | She was born circa 1784.2 |
| Marriage* | circa 1800 | She married John Brantley at South Carolina circa 1800.3 |
| Married Name | circa 1800 | As of circa 1800, her married name was Brantley.3 |
| (free wh female 10-16) 1800 Census | 4 August 1800 | Mary was probably a free white female, age 10 and under 16, in an unknown person 's household on the 1800 Census at Saint Peter's Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified is 1 F45+..4 |
| (free wh female 26-45) 1810 Census | 6 August 1810 | Mary was probably a free white female, age 26 and under 45, in John Brantley's household on the 1810 Census at Saint Luke's Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified is 1 F0-10..5 |
| (Family Member) Relocation | circa 1817 | She, as a family member, accompanied John Brantley in relocating circa 1817 at Conecuh Co., Alabama; The Creek Indians ceded much of South Alabama in 1814, and from part of this land, Monroe County was formed on 29 Jun 1815 by the Mississippi Territorial Governor. The Alabama Territory was created on 3 Mar 1817, and the AL Territorial legislature formed Conecuh County on 13 Feb 1818 from part of Monroe County.
Prior to the settlement of Brooklyn proper, quite a community had been formed on Ard’s and Bottle creeks. There were in this community, as early as 1818, two stores, owned respectively by McConnell and George Feagin. There was also a school being taught here by Mr Graham, of Georgia; and a blacksmith shop, owned by John Brantley. No trace of the settlement, which was about six miles northwest of the present location of Brooklyn, remains. The last vestige has been obliterated by plantations. A Methodist church was erected in 1821; the pastor of which was Elder Alexander Travis.6 |
| (Free Female 21+) Census | 1820 | Mary was probably a free white female, age 21 or more, in an unknown person 's household in the D Census at Conecuh Co., Alabama.7 |
| (free wh female 50-60) 1830 Census | 1 June 1830 | Mary was probably a free white female, age 50 and under 60, in John Brantley's household, on the 1830 Census at Conecuh Co., Alabama.8 |
| Last Edited | 15 December 2007 |
Citations
- Ken Brantley, Brantley Association research, including John/Jack Brantley Study and family group sheets, For more info on the Brantley family, contact author at e-mail address, 4750 Oakleigh Manor Dr., Powder Springs, GA 30127: Brantley Association, Oct 2003.
The obituary of Mary's son Edwin says his mother was Mary Redding.
"History of the Great NW" also says that Theodore Brantley's ancestor on the female side was a Redding.
- Based upon the fact that she apparently was age 10-16 in 1800 census.
- Ken Brantley, Brantley Association research, including John/Jack Brantley Study and family group sheets, For more info on the Brantley family, contact author at e-mail address, 4750 Oakleigh Manor Dr., Powder Springs, GA 30127: Brantley Association, Oct 2003.
- Lawrence E. Jarrell, Early Beaufort SC Census, High Point, NC: Alligator Creek Genealogy Pubs., 1998.
1800 Census, St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District, SC, pages 108-109 (Ref. page 15)
John Brantly, 1M16-26, 1F10-16, 1F45+.
- Lawrence E. Jarrell, Early Beaufort SC Census, High Point, NC: Alligator Creek Genealogy Pubs., 1998.
1810 Census, St. Luke's Parish, Beaufort District, SC, page 130 (Ref. page 29)
John Brantley, 2M0-10, 1M26-44 2F0-10, 1F26-44.
- Benjamin Franklin Riley and J. Vernon Brantley, History of Conecuh County, Alabama, Blue Hill, ME: Weekly Packet, 1964, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 976.126 H2r.
page 47.
- Conecuh Co., AL 1820 State census, as transcribed by Ken Brantley:
4 M<21, 1 M>21, 1 F<21, 1 F>21, 7 slaves.
- 1830 Federal Census, United States.
Unk Twp, Conecuh Co., AL, page 100. Ancestry image 23
John Brantley, 2M0-5, 1M5-10, 1M15-20, 1M30-40, 1M50-60, 1F5-10, 1F50-60.
- RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
"Bruey-Whitfield Quilt" (DB: shirleywhitfield) Shirley Bruey Whitfield. <e-mail address>
John Redding Brantley1
M, (say 1805 - 1849)
| Birth* | say 1805 | He was born say 1805 at South Carolina.2 |
| (free wh male 0-10) 1810 Census | 6 August 1810 | John and Francis was probably a free white male, age under 10, in John Brantley's household on the 1810 Census at Saint Luke's Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified is 1 F0-10..3 |
| (Family Member) Relocation | circa 1817 | He, as a family member, accompanied John Brantley in relocating circa 1817 at Conecuh Co., Alabama; The Creek Indians ceded much of South Alabama in 1814, and from part of this land, Monroe County was formed on 29 Jun 1815 by the Mississippi Territorial Governor. The Alabama Territory was created on 3 Mar 1817, and the AL Territorial legislature formed Conecuh County on 13 Feb 1818 from part of Monroe County.
Prior to the settlement of Brooklyn proper, quite a community had been formed on Ard’s and Bottle creeks. There were in this community, as early as 1818, two stores, owned respectively by McConnell and George Feagin. There was also a school being taught here by Mr Graham, of Georgia; and a blacksmith shop, owned by John Brantley. No trace of the settlement, which was about six miles northwest of the present location of Brooklyn, remains. The last vestige has been obliterated by plantations. A Methodist church was erected in 1821; the pastor of which was Elder Alexander Travis.4 |
| (Free Male 0-20) Census | 1820 | John, Francis and Joseph was probably a free white male, age under 21, in an unknown person 's household in the D Census at Conecuh Co., Alabama.5 |
| Marriage* | say 1825 | He married Cynthia Horton at Alabama say 1825.2 |
| Death* | 1849 | He died at Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in 1849.2 |
| Last Edited | 7 October 2003 |
Citations
- Ken Brantley, Brantley Association research, including John/Jack Brantley Study and family group sheets, For more info on the Brantley family, contact author at e-mail address, 4750 Oakleigh Manor Dr., Powder Springs, GA 30127: Brantley Association, Oct 2003.
Descendant Pattie Dawson advises that John R. was John Redding. The Redding middle name is given further credance by: (1) the obituary of Mary's son Edwin which says his mother was Mary Redding, and (2) "History of the Great NW" which says that Theodore Brantley's ancestor on the female side was a Redding.
- Ken Brantley, Brantley Association research, including John/Jack Brantley Study and family group sheets, For more info on the Brantley family, contact author at e-mail address, 4750 Oakleigh Manor Dr., Powder Springs, GA 30127: Brantley Association, Oct 2003.
- Lawrence E. Jarrell, Early Beaufort SC Census, High Point, NC: Alligator Creek Genealogy Pubs., 1998.
1810 Census, St. Luke's Parish, Beaufort District, SC, page 130 (Ref. page 29)
John Brantley, 2M0-10, 1M26-44 2F0-10, 1F26-44.
- Benjamin Franklin Riley and J. Vernon Brantley, History of Conecuh County, Alabama, Blue Hill, ME: Weekly Packet, 1964, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 976.126 H2r.
page 47.
- Conecuh Co., AL 1820 State census, as transcribed by Ken Brantley:
4 M<21, 1 M>21, 1 F<21, 1 F>21, 7 slaves.