Family of William REGISTER and Luraney HARNAGE

Husband:	William REGISTER (1814-1893)
Wife:	Luraney HARNAGE (1818-1894)
Children:	Samuel W. REGISTER (1839-1908)
	John Taylor REGISTER (1841-1915)
	Guilford A. REGISTER (1842-1911)
	Oliver Perry REGISTER (1844-1913)
	Abraham R. REGISTER (1846-1906)
	Harris REGISTER (1848-1852)
	Mary E. REGISTER (1850- )
	Martha REGISTER (1853-1932)
	Moses C. REGISTER (1855-1921)
	Orren REGISTER (1858-1911)
	William J. REGISTER (1860-1935)
Marriage	24 May 1838	Lowndes County, Georgia, USA

Husband: William REGISTER

	William REGISTER, william register

Name:	William REGISTER 1
Sex:	Male
Father:	Samuel REGISTER (1786-1869)
Mother:	Elizabeth SKINNER (1789-1871)
Birth	29 Sep 1814	Bulloch County, Georgia, USA
Death	4 Sep 1893 (age 78)	Du Pont, Clinch, Georgia, USA
Burial

Wife: Luraney HARNAGE

	Luraney HARNAGE, luraney harnage

Name:	Luraney HARNAGE
Sex:	Female
Father:	Jacob HARNAGE ( - )
Mother:	[unnamed person] ( - )
Birth	15 May 1818	Liberty County, Georgia, USA
Death	18 Jun 1894 (age 76)	Clinch County, Georgia, USA
Burial

Child 1: <a href="ind222.html" class="bodylink">Samuel W. REGISTER</a>

Name:	Samuel W. REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1839
Death	1908 (age 68-69)

Child 2: <a href="ind223.html" class="bodylink">John Taylor REGISTER</a>

Name:	John Taylor REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1841
Death	1915 (age 73-74)

Child 3: <a href="ind224.html" class="bodylink">Guilford A. REGISTER</a>

Name:	Guilford A. REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1842
Death	1911 (age 68-69)

Child 4: <a href="ind225.html" class="bodylink">Oliver Perry REGISTER</a>

Name:	Oliver Perry REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1844
Death	1913 (age 68-69)

Child 5: <a href="ind226.html" class="bodylink">Abraham R. REGISTER</a>

Name:	Abraham R. REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1846
Death	1906 (age 59-60)

Child 6: <a href="ind227.html" class="bodylink">Harris REGISTER</a>

Name:	Harris REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1848
Death	1852 (age 3-4)

Child 7: <a href="ind228.html" class="bodylink">Mary E. REGISTER</a>

Name:	Mary E. REGISTER
Sex:	Female
Birth	1850
Death

Child 8: <a href="ind229.html" class="bodylink">Martha REGISTER</a>

Name:	Martha REGISTER
Sex:	Female
Birth	1853
Death	1932 (age 78-79)

Child 9: <a href="ind230.html" class="bodylink">Moses C. REGISTER</a>

Name:	Moses C. REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1855
Death	1921 (age 65-66)

Child 10: <a href="ind231.html" class="bodylink">Orren REGISTER</a>

Name:	Orren REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1858
Death	1911 (age 52-53)

Child 11: <a href="ind232.html" class="bodylink">William J. REGISTER</a>

Name:	William J. REGISTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1860
Death	1935 (age 74-75)

Note on Husband: William REGISTER

The following obituary of William Register, 1814-1893, was published in the "Valdosta Times," newspaper, on October, 7, 1893 and was reprinted in the "Register Family Magazine." by the Register Family Association, Rt. 4, Box 818, Palatka, Florida 32177.

 

Obituary of William Register, "Valdosta Times," October 7, 1893.

 

"Mr. William Register passed away Sept. 4, at the age of 79 years, having been born in Bulloch County, Ga., Sept. 29, 1814. When a boy, he removed with his parents to Cat Creek, Lowndes County, wher e he resided for a number of years, and then moved near where Stockton is now; his father once owned the entire landed interest where that town is now situated. While his father resided there, the su bject of this sketch united in marriage with Miss Luraney Harnage of Lowndes County, who still survives, Rev. William A. Knight, officiating. After his marriage, William and his young wife located on e mile west of where DuPont is now located. While living there he enlisted in the Seminole War as a private under the command of Zachery Taylor, where he remained on and off duty until the close. Du ring the time, he displayed wonderful courage equal to the bravest; not only in the engagements, but as a scout, was most remarkably alert. Many were the successes attained by Taylor's command. Mr. Register with others, opened and cut the first public road penetrating the wilds of South Florida where not only the savage man but the more savage beasts were ever hiding to surprise the unsuspecting pioneer. He too was one of the brave little band of twenty-five who so bravely put to flight the hostile tribe of Indians from what is now known as Indian Hammock on the Suwannoochee Creek. Many no ble acts of heroism, privation, and peril characterized this little band of braves."

 

"After the close of the war with the Seminoles, Mr. Register moved twelve miles south of where DuPont now is, where he lived until his death on the 4th of Sept. 1893, covering a period of 48 years. In 1849, he received a sunstroke which rendered him a comparative invalid the remainder of his life. He raised an interesting family of nine sons and two daughters, all of whom survive him; also hi s descendants are numerous, leaving 71 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren, most of them now living in this section. Five of his sons enlisted ( also as did their father for a short while) in th e late war and remained until its close, and remarkable as it seems, only two were wounded and none killed or died."

 

"Mr. Register was a farmer and stockraiser by profession. In both he was eminently successful, and before his death had accumulated quite a fortune. For twenty years or more he was a faithful memb er of the Primitive Baptist Church and his remains now rest beside his father and a sister, from their toils, under the shades in Wayfare Church cemetery in Echols County. Honesty, integrity, and tr uth nobly followed him everywhere and in all his dealings; and he bequeaths not only to his children his earthly inheritance but a life pure as pure can be and as spotless as the glittering gems of pa radise. His sons are industrious, useful, and noble examples of integrity, one of them, Samuel W. Register, now being the efficient clerk of the Superior Court of Clinch County."

 

"In closing this sketch, it seems proper to say that in the death of Mr. Register this county (Clinch) and southeast Georgia loses one of its best citizens __ that class or school of citizens or men who make any country. He has nobly done his part in the advancement of the material prosperity and development of this part of Georgia. His career antedates that of railroads in this section; they were hardly dreamed of. Commerce and trade was carried on by wagons and carts with Darien, old Center Village and a few other minor places. Justice was bi-annually dispensed at old Magnolia, now an old field of pine saplings. Men were honest and their words were gilt-edge security, shin-plasters plentiful __ then indeed, it is sad to see the virtuous of these good old times pass away to the "s ilent land of sleepers" when we see so few of them left to relate the history of such times."

 

"A a son, Mr. Register was dutiful; as a father, he was affectionate; as a husband, loving; as a citizen, brother and neighbor, obliging and true. Let us ever cherish his memory and endeavor to emu late his noble examples."

 

Homerville, Ga., Sept. 24, 1893 A FRIEND.

 

Extract from pages eight thru nine of "The Register Family Magazine," The Register Family Association; Rt. 4, Box 818, Palatka, Florida 32177 .

 

WILLIAM REGISTER, 1814-1893, Son of Samuel And Elizabeth

 

"William Register was born in Bulloch County,(Georgia) Sept. 29, 1814. He was the third son of Grandfather Samuel and Elizabeth, his wife. He was 10-11 years old when his parents moved to Lowndes no w Berrien County. He was married May 24, 1838, to Miss Luraney Harnage. She was a native of Liberty County, where her father, Jacob Harnage, had died a few years before (1831). The estate records in L iberty County show that her brother, Isaac Harnage, became her guardian and qualified as such September 3, 1832, also he became guardian at the same time for her sisters, Winnifred and Elizabeth. When Isaac and family moved to Ware County (territory now in Clinch County) about 1835, he brought his sisters or wards with him. Winnifred later married George B. Williamson of Ware County (Georgia), a nd Luraney married William Register; we are unable to learn what became of Elizabeth. Mrs. Luraney Register was born in Liberty County (Georgia), March 1st, 1818, and was therefore 20 years old when she married. To her and William Register were born eleven children, viz:"

 

1. Samuel W., b. Aug. 5, 1839, m. Mary Stanford, dau. of David.

 

2. John Taylor, b. Feb. 10, 1841, m. 1st. Sarah Stalvey, dau. of Benj., 2nd Katie O'Kane, dau. of James O'Kane.

 

3. Guilford A., b. Apr. 13, 1842, m. Rachel E. Hughes, dau. of William.

 

4. Oliver Perry, b. Jan. 22, 1844, m. Mary Clifton, dau. of Ezekiel.

 

5. Abraham R., b. Feb. 8, 1846, m. Elizabeth Stalvey, daughter of Benjamin.

 

6. Harris, b. July 31, 1848, died Nov. 5, 1852.

 

7. Mary E., b. Nov. 26, 1850, m. 1st. E.B. Allen, 2nd J.D. Weaver. No Issue.

 

8. Martha, b. July 22, 1853, m. Ezekiel S. Sirmans, no surviving issue.

 

9. Moses C., b. Oct. 1, 1855, m. Annis Tomlinson, dau. of Sherod.

 

10. Orren, b. Mar. 15, 1858, m. Victoria Burkhalter, dau. of James M.

 

11. William J., b. Oct. 23, 1860, m. Eliza Stalvey, dau of Benjamin.

 

 

"Following their marriage, William Register and bride made their home in the 12th land district of what was then Ware County (Georgia), and lived in that district until they died. Clinch County deed r ecords show that his first purchase of land was on Nov. 20, 1845, when he bought from his first cousin, Harris Tomlinson, lots of land 156 and 157, 12th district. These two lots were in the lower part of the district, and were included in the new county of Clinch when it was formed out of Ware and Lowndes in February, 1850; and when the county-site(seat) of the new county was located, it was at a point only about four or five miles north of the Register place. There was already an old settled place on lot 156 in 1845. Other lands acquired by William Register included the following:

 

Lots 205 and 206, 12th district, from John C. Nichols, Aug. 30, 1867. Lot 205 had an old farm on it settled and cleared up about thirty years before by James Harvey Mizell, and Mr. Register deeded it to his son, Guilford A., Aug. 9, 1878, and it became his home-place. The latter acquired lot 206 adjoining, from the other heirs in 1896.

 

Lot 230, 12th district, the home-place of his father, Samuel, conveyed to him by the other heirs, Dec. 2, 1869. It was deeded by William Register to his son, Abraham R., Aug. 9, 1878, and became his h ome-place.

 

Lots 203 and 158, 12th district, from Peter A. Herviant, Aug. 11, 1875. The heirs of William Register deeded both lots to said Guilford A., in 1903.

 

Lot 275, 12th district, owned by his father, Samuel, at his death, was bought by William Register from Chester A. Register, his nephew, Sept. 8, 1876, and deeded by him to his daughter Mary E. (then M ary E. Allen), Aug. 9, 18(78?).

 

" All of the foregoing lands laid almost in one body. After the death of William Register, the heirs deeded lot 156 to the son, Guilford A., Feb. 15, 1896, and lot 157 to their sister, Mrs. Martha Si rmans, Nov. 28, 1894. There is little there today to show for the once extensive and well-kept ands well-cultivated farms of William Register and his sons. The fields have all been allowed to grow u p in pine trees. Lot 230 was last to pass out of the Register family hands; the children of A.R. Register, sold out to R.G. and F.M. Dickerson in 1936, and within a short time the old plantation of G randfather Register was a wilderness of pine trees, only the large moss-festooned oaks and a delapidated old house being all that was left of the home site."

 

"William Register was a member of the Masonic fraternity for several years. He received his degrees in 1857, in the newly-organized Magnolia Lodge at Magnolia county-site(seat) at that time of Clin ch County, (Georgia); this lodge was granted a dispensation to receive in members and confer degrees at the 1857 session of the Grand Lodge, and a year later was granted its charter. William Register became the first treasurer of the lodge, and served 1859, 1860, and 1861. He always entertained a very high regard for the institution of Masonry, and for his part saw no inconsistency in being a M ason and a Christian at the same time; nevertheless, in obedience to the wishes of his church, he called for his demit, and it was granted June 26, 1886, and he took it home and put it away with his p apers and never affiliated again with a lodge. He would not suffer himself to be suspended as so many did who quit Masonry on account of their church's attitude in those days; but rather, he paid up h is dues and walked out, in good standing to the last."

 

"Mrs. Luraney Register united with Wayfare Church Sept. 4, 1869, and was baptized into it's membership. She was dismissed by letter and affiliated with Prospect Church Sept. 19, 1874, it being near DuPont and much more convenient to attend. Her husband had previously been received into Prospect Church, March 28, 1874, and was baptized. They remained members there until Dec. 1sat, 1883, when they were granted letters of dismission to unite in forming Olive Leaf Church which as much nearer to them. They were members at Olive Leaf until they died."

 

"William Register had a long period of failing health before his death, Sept. 4, 1893, and became very senile in his last days. His faithful wife did not survive long, and died the next year, June 18 , 1894. They were buried near his parents at Wayfare Church, in the same row of graves."

Sources

1	The Register Family Association, "The Register Family Magazine". 8 thru 9. Text From Source: Extract from pages eight thru nine of "The Register Family Magazine," The Register Family Association; Rt. 4, Box 818, Palatka, Florida 32177 .