Rev. 22 Jan. 2010, Gen. 220

DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS GRAVES OF GLOUCESTER CO. & ESSEX CO., VA

GENERATION 1

Francis Graves, Sr. (1) was born about 1630 in Virginia, and died about 1691 (before 5 Aug. 1691). The birth date of Francis is inferred from the fact that he was still a minor and described as "orphan of Capt. Thomas Graves decd." in 1642. From this date until 1672 we have no information about Francis. According to Mrs. Hiden, it is likely from the associates his family chose that he spent some time in Gloucester Co., VA before settling in Essex Co., VA. It is also probable that he lived in Essex Co. before patenting land there, and that the 714 acres he patented 10 Oct. 1672 (S.L.O. 6, p. 436) "on the south side of the river, part on the branch of Gilson's Creek and part on Hoskins Creek adjoining Mr. Beverley's corner," represented a choice of location rather than just the reward for transporting 14 persons.

He married Jane Maguffey (or McGuffy or Maguffy) before 28 Nov. 1678. Her maiden name may have been Davenport, and she may have first married Mr. Maguffey, secondly Francis Graves, and thirdly John D. Doughty. The marriage of Francis to Jane was his second (according to Mrs. Sue Davis). At the time of his marriage to Jane he gave certain cattle to his step-children, John and Jane Maguffey and Elizabeth Davenport (Old Rappahannock Records, Deeds and Wills 6, p. 57). The original deed is preserved among the loose papers of Essex Co. and shows Francis Graves's firm signature.

In 1694, after Francis had died and Jane had remarried John Doughty, this new husband deeded certain property to Jane's sons, Francis, Richard, and Thomas Graves (Essex Deeds and Wills 6, Reverse of book, p. 296). Doughty died between 1704, when he is listed in the Quit Rent Roll (Va. Mag., vol. 33, p. 262), and 1715, when Francis and Thomas Graves (sons of Jane and Francis) appear on the list (Essex Quit Rent Roll 1715, Archives Div., Va. State Library).

According to The Diary of Robert Rose, p. 320, Francis Graves, Jr., who died in 1748, had a nephew Benjamin Graves who had been overseer, first for the Rev. John Bagge on Thomas Button's "Range" plantation in Essex Co. in 1726 and earlier, and then for Parson Rose at the glebe in Essex Co., Va.

One of the most disputed issues regarding Francis Graves has been the identity of his parents. It has long been believed that Francis was a son of Capt. Thomas Graves of VA (genealogy 169). A record referred to Fra. Graves, orphan of Thomas Graves. This child was originally said by genealogist William Montgomery Sweeny in a published article in 1935 (R‑906) to be a son of Capt. Thomas Graves. This was repeated by Mrs. P. W. Hiden in 1936 (R‑907). However, others provided evidence that the last child of Capt. Thomas Graves was a daughter, and that the male Francis Graves was a son of someone else unknown. After a thorough search and examination of the documentary evidence, it was decided that this last child of Thomas probably was a son, as explained in the Appendix at the end of this book. However, the results of the Graves DNA Study indicate that Francis was a son of another Graves immigrant, and the child of Capt. Thomas Graves was a daughter. Since the documentary evidence is ambiguous and the DNA evidence is conclusive, there is now no question that the youngest child of Capt. Thomas Graves was a daughter. As a result, the male Francis Graves and his descendants have been removed from genealogy 169 and placed in this separate genealogy. (R‑14, R‑20, R‑906, R‑907, R‑918)

Children - Graves, by first marriage

+2. John Graves, m. Johanna ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 1720.

Children - Graves, by Jane Maguffey

+3. Francis Graves, Jr., b. 1679, m. Anne Reynolds (?), 1699, d. 1748.

+4. Richard Graves, m. Hannah Kent, 1715, d.c. 1730.

+5. Thomas Graves, b.c. 1684-5, m. Elizabeth Moody, c. 1708-10, d.c. 1742-3.

GENERATION 2

CHILDREN OF FRANCIS GRAVES (1)

John Graves (2) married Johannah ("Hannah" or Joanna) ‑‑‑‑‑‑. They lived in St. Anne's Parish, Essex Co., Va. He died 1720 in Essex Co.

The following discussion is from the Graves Family Newsletter, 1993, pages 30-31. The Graves ancestry of Jane Graves who married John Coffey is of considerable interest to the many descendants of this couple. An excellent book on the Coffey family was published in 1984 by Marvin D. Coffey, James Bluford Coffey, His Ancestors and Descendants in America, Vol. II - Ancestors. On page 31 of that book, he states: “About 1728 John Coffey married Jane Graves, the daughter of John Graves, deceased, and his wife Hannah... The origin of our Graves ancestors is far from clear... Unfortunately, we cannot identify our John Graves as one of [the known men named John Graves who were descended from Capt. Thomas Graves of VA]...”

“Coffey genealogists who have looked into our Graves ancestry claim that the parents of John Graves (d. 1720) were James Graves and his wife Jean Mayfield...” He goes on to provide evidence that casts doubt on this ancestry, however.

Jane is named as a daughter in the will of John Graves, dated 5 Sept. 1719 in Essex Co., VA. James Graves (Jane’s brother) made a will in Essex Co., dated 10 Jan. 1724, naming his wife Jean as executrix but naming no children (making it unlikely that James could have been the father of John or anyone else).

The two previous Graves ancestries for Jane Graves that have been suggested have been through John² Graves, son of Capt. Thomas Graves, and through Francis², Francis³. Both of these have been shown to be very unlikely.

The possibilities are that John, the father of Jane Graves, was a son or grandson of one of the 3 sons of Capt. Thomas Graves, John, Thomas, or Francis. John², b.c. 1611, d.c. 1640, didn’t have a son John. Looking at his 3 sons: Ralph, b. by 1629, had no son John named in his 1667 will; William, b. by 1631, had only 1 daughter and no sons, per a 1668 document; Thomas, b. by 1631, had a son John who was b.c. 1665, d. after 1737, lived in King and Queen Co., VA, and was clearly not the father of Jane.

Looking at Thomas², he had no son John. His son Thomas, b.c. 1639, had a son John, b. by 1677, d. by 1716, lived in Gloucester Co., VA, clearly a different John; son Jeffrey had no son John; William had a son John who was not baptized until 1689.

This leaves only Francis², youngest son of Capt. Thomas Graves. Since the sons of Francis by his marriage to Jane Maguffey were born too late to be the father of John, John could only have been by a first marriage of Francis².

The descent that is believed to be correct is: Capt. Thomas¹ Graves; Francis², b.c. 1630, d.c. 1691; John³, b. before 1678, d. 1720, Essex Co., VA; Jane⁴, b.c. 1701-05, m. John Coffey. On page 140, 1980 Graves Family Newsletter, is the statement, “Some authorities think Francis married an unknown first wife, leaving descendants living in Essex Co. prior to his marriage in 1678 to the widow Jane Maguffey.” Since Francis was about 48 years of age when he married Jane Maguffey, it is certainly reasonable to think he had been married before that and had one or more children. In a letter to Kenneth V. Graves on 29 Feb. 1984, Mrs. Sue Davis of Benton, AR wrote: “John shouldn’t be listed as a child of Jane Maguffey. He was by a first wife.” Sue Davis was a very thorough researcher, and did much outstanding and reliable research on the Graves family. (Note: The discussion in this section referring to Francis Graves as a son of Capt. Thomas Graves was written before it was realized that Francis was not a son of Thomas. The appropriate changes need to be made.) (R‑14)

Children - Graves

6. Benjamin Graves

7. James Graves, m. Jean (or Jane) Mayfield, d. 1724 (Essex Co., Va. His will dated 19 Jan. 1724. She was dau. of Robert Mayfield (will dated 3 Dec. 1714, Essex Co., Va.).

8. Martha Graves

9. Ann Graves

+10. Jane (or Jean) Graves, b.c. 1701-5, m. John Coffey.

Francis Graves, Jr. (3) was born 1679 in Rappahannock Co., VA, and died in 1748 in Essex Co., VA. He married Anne (or Ann) Reynolds (?) in 1699. She may have been his second wife. She was living as late as 21 Oct. 1765, for on that date "on petition of Ann Graves it is ordered that James and Robert Reynolds, James Key and James Clark or any three of them divide the estate of Francis Graves deceased as devised in his will" (O.B. 26, p. 284). It is partly supposition that her last name was Reynolds, based on the fact that the Reynolds were neighbors and had a daughter named Anne.

They moved from Rappahannock Co., where Francis Jr. had been born, to Essex Co., VA, where they lived and died. The will of Francis Graves, Jr., made 25 June 1746, was proved 18 Oct. 1748 in Essex Co. (Will Book 8, pages 90-91). The following six children were all named in this will. Of his daughters, only Clara was married in 1748.

Francis and his brother Thomas continued to live in Essex Co., unlike their brother Richard who moved away. Their associates were the Reeves, Reynolds, Wallers, Hipkins, Colemans, Streshleys, Pamplins, Roanes, and Upshaws, though most of the exact relationships are not known. Most of these families came to Essex Co. from Gloucester Co., VA. (R‑14, R‑20, R‑907)

Children - Graves

11. Jane Graves[1]

12. Ann Graves; it has been said that Ann married John Satterwhite. However, the Satterwhite family generally say that John Satterwhite m. Ann Price, dau. of Robert Price and Elizabeth Brooke. (R‑14)

+13. Clara Graves, m. Aaron Higginbotham, Sr., c. 1746.

+14. Elizabeth Graves, b.c. 1733, m. Benjamin Higginbotham, 21 Feb. 1753 (or 1750), d. after 1790.

15. Mary Graves, b. 1788, m. Col. Hugh Mulholland, d. 17 April 1826 (Orange Co., N.C.). Her birth date does not fit with that of Elizabeth and of her supposed father Francis; should it be 1738?

+16. William Graves, b.c. 1724, m. Dorothy ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d.c. 1809.

Richard Graves (4) left Essex Co., Va. between 1708 and 1714 (Essex O.B. 1708-14, pp. 608-609). He and Francis Shackelford had bought a sloop in partnership and they probably engaged in coastwise trade. Richard apparently died about 1730, since this seems to be the Richard Graves of Craven Precinct, N.C., who in his will, dated 11 April 1730, referred to nephews "Richard and Francis, sons of brother Thomas Graves in Virginia." In the Essex Order Book mentioned above, Francis Graves (Richard's brother) testified in Sept. 1714 that, since leaving Essex Co., Richard had sent him a small Indian boy in payment for a debt.

Richard took a prominent part in the affairs of Craven Precinct and was a person of recognized ability. In 1726 he represented the Precinct in the Lower House of the Assembly of N.C. (Colonial Records of N.C., vol. 2, p. 528).

He married Hannah Kent, daughter of Thomas Kent and Ann Cornell, in 1715 in Albemarle District, NC. Ann was a daughter of Thomas Cornell and Rebecca Briggs.

It was previously believed that the wife of Richard Graves was Hannah Cosolvo, daughter of Lawrence Consolvo, but that is not correct. Thomas Kent and Ann Cornell had six daughters. Sarah was the oldest and Hannah was the youngest. The Kents were Quakers, but Hannah married “out of union[2]” to Richard. Sarah Kent married Lawrence Consolvos when Hannah was 11 years old. Their only son, Thomas, was born 1684 and died 1687. Sarah married two more times, to John Johnson and to William Long, and died 3 May 1718. Hannah Kent first married John Smithwick, who died in 1696. She married second Furnifold Greene (or Farnifold Green), killed in the Tuscarora War. She married Richard Graves third, and then married George Linnington (or Lillington?), whom she survived.

North Carolina Colonial Records, 1693-94, Thomas Lepper proved ten rights: Thomas, Ann, Sarah, Rebecca and Ann Kent, Jr., along with five men, including hemself. The Kents had come to Perquimins Precinct from Massachusetts, and were Quakers. Hannah Kent was born 10 May 1673. The marriages of several of her sisters are in the Quaker records, but her isn’t. See Journal of North Carolina Genealogy, pp. 1379-1380, Winter 1964, and also Virkus, VII, p. 641, showing the Kent family. The Albemarle Co., NC Quaker records are found in Berkeley Parish Records, published by Hathaway. (R‑1, R‑907)

Children - Graves

+17. Mary Graves, m. Richard Nixon, Jr.

+18. Thomas Graves, m. Sara Turner, c. 1745, d.c. 1767.

Thomas Graves (5) was born about 1684-5, and died about 1742-3. He married Elizabeth Moody, daughter of John Moody and Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑, about 1708‑10. She was born about 1690 and died about 1739.

From the will of Thomas' brother Richard, we know that Thomas had sons Richard and Francis. There seem to be no documents in Essex Co. that prove other children, but from the fact that John Graves qualifies as administrator we consider him the oldest son. He was not a son of either Francis or Richard, as their wills show, and his birth is too early for him to have been a grandson. By elimination, therefore, he was a son of Thomas. (R‑23, R‑907)

Children - Graves

19. John Graves, b. 10 Dec. 1712. This is the John Graves who was previously thought to have married Susannah Dicken. However, it has been proven that was John⁵ in genealogy 169, descended Thomas¹, Thomas², Thomas³, John ⁴, John⁵.

+20. Richard Graves, b. by 1717, m. Elizabeth Hill, d. by 1771.

+21. Francis Graves, b. 1724, m. Susannah (?) ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 23 March 1792.

GENERATION 3

CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (2) AND JOHANNA ‑‑‑‑‑‑

Jane Graves (10) was probably born about 1701-05. Her name was given as Jean in her father's will (?), but the names Jean and Jane were often used interchangeably. She married John Coffey, son of Edward Coffey (or Coffee) and Ann Powell, probably about 1728, in Essex Co., Va. Edward died testate in Essex Co., probate 20 March 1716, naming sons John and Edward, both under age 16, son Austin (although there is a possibility this is a daughter Austis or Austes), and daughters Martha, Ann, and Elizabeth. John died testate in 1775 in Albemarle Co., Va., naming his wife as Jean. (Incorrect information is shown in The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, vol. 3, p. 464.)

John was born no earlier than 1700 in Essex Co., Va. (since he was under 16 when his father died), and died in March 1775 in Albemarle Co., Va.

Jane and John lived in Spotsylvania Co., Va. (where many records were lost when the courthouse was burned in the War Between the States in 1865) and also in Albemarle Co., Va.

It has been believed by some that Jane and John had another daughter, Martha Elizabeth Coffey, who married John Cleveland. However, that is not correct. Elizabeth Coffey, daughter of Edward Coffey and sister of John Coffey, is the one who married John Cleveland. This couple lived most of their lives at Blue Run, Orange Co., Va., and had several famous sons, most notably Col. Benjamin Cleveland of Revolutionary War fame.

Also, at least one source (R‑20) states that John Cleveland was born 1701, died 1786, and married Martha about 1720. These dates would have made it impossible for Martha to be a daughter of Jane and John. Mr. Coffey (R‑922) has concluded (after thorough examination of the evidence) that John Cleveland was born 31 July 1714 in Gloucester Co., Va., died in Nov. 1778 in Blue Run, Orange Co., Va., and married Elizabeth Coffey on 20 April 1734. She was born about 1714 in Essex Co., Va.

The first 6 children listed below were born in Essex Co., Va., Reuben was born in either Essex of Spotsylvania Co., and Benjamin was born in Spotsylvania Co., Va.

Further information on Jane Graves and John Coffey and all their known descendants is given in James Bluford Coffey, His Ancestors and Descendants in America, vol. II, by Marvin D. Coffey, 1984. However, as an aid to people trying to connect to this ancestor, the next 4 generations after Jane and John Coffey are given in this book also. (R‑14, R‑20, R‑29, R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+22. James Coffey, b. 4 July (?) 1729, m. Elizabeth Cleveland, c. 1750, d. Sept. 1786.

+23. William Coffey, b.c. 1731, m. Elizabeth Osborne, c. 1758, d.c. 1828.

+24. John Coffey, b.c. 1733, m(1) Dorcas Carter, m(2) Nancy Richardson.

+25. Edmond Coffey, b.c. 1735, m. Nancy Barnett, d. 1808.

26. Winifred Coffey, b.c. 1739, m. Nicholas Moran.

+27. Thomas Coffey, b. 7 March 1742, m(1) Elizabeth Smith, m(2) Sarah Fields, d. April 1825.

+28. Reuben Coffey, b. 1744, m. Sally Scott, d. 1818.

+29. Benjamin Coffey, b. 1747, m. Polly Hayes, c. 1775, d. 4 Jan. 1834.

+30. Elizabeth Coffey, m. Thomas Fields, d. after 1807.

CHILDREN OF FRANCIS GRAVES, JR. (3)

Clara Graves (13) married Aaron Higginbotham, Sr., son of John Higginbotham and Frances Riley, not later than 1746 (possibly 1739) in Amherst Co., Va. He was a brother of Benjamin who married Clara's sister Elizabeth. He was born in 1715 in Va., and died in 1785 in Amherst Co., Va., since his will was proved 3 Oct. 1785 in Amherst Co.

Aaron was a Captain in the Amherst Co., Va. Militia in 1769. He was also a Church Warden and Vestryman of Lexington Parish, Amherst Co., Va. (R‑918, R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+31. Samuel Higginbotham, b.c. 1745, m. Jane Satterwhite, c. 1769, d. 1803.

+32. Mary Ann Higginbotham, b. 11 Oct. 1749, m(1) Henry Franklin, Jr., m(2) Benjamin Arnold.

+33. Aaron Higginbotham, Jr., b. 1752, m. Nancy Croxton, 4 Dec. 1775, d. 1794.

34. Tamasin Higginbotham, m(1) Robert Howard Cash, Jr., m(2) William Sandidge.

+35. Margaret Higginbotham, b.c. 1758-63, m(1) Edward Cox, m(2) Thomas Morrison, 2 June 1783.

+36. Frances Graves Higginbotham, m. Joseph Higginbotham Morrison.

Elizabeth Graves (14) was born about 1733 in Essex Co., Va., and died after 1790 in Elbert Co., Ga. She married Benjamin Higginbotham, son of John Higginbotham and Frances Riley, on 21 Feb. 1750 (or 1753) in Albemarle Co. (now Amherst Co.), Va. He was born about 1728 in Goochland Co. (now Amherst Co.), Va., and died in 1791 in Elbert Co., Ga. His father, John Higginbotham, was born 1695 in St. Philip Parish, Barbados, and died 1741-44 in Goochland Co. (now Amherst Co.), Va. Benjamin was a brother of Aaron Higginbotham who married Elizabeth's sister Clara. Benjamin moved his family to what became Elbert Co., Ga. from Amherst Co., Va. about 1784. Thomas Higginbotham, his uncle, moved to Georgia from Virginia in 1751. All the following children were born in Albemarle Co. (or its successor, Amherst Co.), Va. (R‑18, R‑918)

Children - Higginbotham

+37. Ann Higginbotham, b.c. 1752, m. Jacob Higginbotham, 18 Oct. 1772.

+38. Caleb Higginbotham, b.c. 1755, m. Mary Ann Cash, before 1775, d. 1823.

+39. Benjamin Higginbotham, Jr., b.c. 1758, m. Mary Gatewood, 21 Jan. 1782, d. 3 Sept. 1810.

+40. William Higginbotham, b.c. 1761, m. Dorothy Sandidge, before 1784, d. 1842.

+41. Joseph Higginbotham, b.c. 1763, m. Frances Higginbotham, 17 Dec. 1788, d. 1817.

+42. Francis Higginbotham, b.c. 1765, m. Dolly Gatewood, 2 Dec. 1783, d. 26 March 1829.

William Graves (16) was born about 1724 (as proven by oath in Henry Co., VA) in Essex Co., VA, and died about 1809 in Franklin Co., VA. He married Dorothy ‑‑‑‑‑‑ (probably Smith, of the Peyton Smith family). They moved to Pittsylvania Co., VA about 1773, in the area of Pigg River.

There has been some confusion between this William Graves and another one. See the Appendix of this book for an article from the Graves Family Newsletter, 1984, pp. 36-41, discussing the results of extensive research that shows that this William Graves was not the William Graves who was a son of Thomas Graves who was born 1691 and married Ann Davenport, but rather a son of Francis Graves, Jr.

Other misconceptions and areas for further research and evidence are listed below.

· It was believed that Gov. Bibb Graves (of Alabama) was descended from that William Graves. That is not correct.

· Mrs. Hiden (R‑907) stated that this William Graves was born 1700-1702, and that Francis Graves (#21) was his son. That is not believed to be correct.

· Mr. Bill Thompson (R‑186) lists Reuben and Edmond as children, but not Catherine and Jane.

· John Card Graves listed a Thomas Graves as a child between Mollie and Catherine.

· It is possible that Peter Graves, born about 1750-55, was a son of this William Graves. He was probably not, although he was probably closely related.

(R‑14, R‑19, R‑179, R‑186, R‑915)

Children - Graves

43. Francis Graves, never married. He served in the Rev. War as lieutenant and quartermaster. He received a grant of 2560 acres on 29 Nov. 1783 and 160 pounds 18s 8d for 84 months of war service. The land was in Sumner Co., Tenn. He died without wife or children, and his co-heirs were his brothers Peyton and William Graves.

+44. Nancy Ann Graves, b.c. 1753, m. William Swanson, Jr., 1776, d. 25 July 1830.

+45. William Graves, b. 9 July 1755, m. Sarah Smith, 5 Nov. 1782, d. 24 Feb. 1836.

+46. David Graves, b. 1757, m. Nancy Pinkard, 27 Jan. 1793, d. 20 Aug. 1833.

47. John Graves; this may be the father of William L. Graves, ancestor of Mr. Charles D. Fonville.

+48. Peyton Graves, b. 1767, m. Charlotte Pinkard, 11 Nov. 1788.

+49. Mary Graves, m. Nathan McGuire Swanson.

50. Catherine Graves

51. Jane Graves

CHILDREN OF RICHARD GRAVES (4) AND HANNAH KENT

Mary Graves (17) married Richard Nixon, Jr., daughter of Richard Nixon and Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑. (R‑218)

Children - Nixon

52. Garthry Nixon

53. Mary Nixon

54. Richard Nixon

55. Thomas Nixon, b.c. 1746, m. Christian Williams, before 1770.

Thomas Graves (18) died about 1767 in Craven Co., N.C. He married Sara Turner, daughter of Robert Turner, about 1745.

Sara secondly married John Fonvielle (or Fonville) by 1774. (R‑14, R‑60)

Children - Graves

56. Richard Graves, m. Ann Dawson, d. May-June 1774. He died testate in May or June 1774 in Craven Co., N.C. They had no children. His will was dated May 3, 1774, Craven Co., N.C., and probated June 4, 1774. It names nephews Graves Bright (son of Ann Graves and Simon Bright), and Richard Fonvielle (son of Hannah Graves and William Brice Fonvielle); wife Ann (Dawson); mother Sarah Fonville. (R‑60)

57. Thomas Graves

+58. Hannah Graves, m. William Brice Fonvielle, c. 1760.

59. Elizabeth Graves, may have married a Henry (see will of Elizabeth Graves Henry, Feb. 26, 1819, Will Book 3, p. 256, Craven Co., N.C.).

+60. Mary Graves, m. Simon Bright, c. 1771.

61. Ann Graves, m. Charles Crawford, 24 May 1783.

62. Sara (or Sarah) Graves, may have married a Lovett or a Howard.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (5) AND ELIZABETH MOODY

Richard Graves (20) was born by 1717 and died by 1771. He married Elizabeth Hill, sister or half sister of Richard Hill. Richard Hill died testate in 1764, Essex Co., Va. In his will he named Sarah, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Graves. (R‑14)

Children - Graves

63. Sarah Graves

+64. Richard Graves, Jr., b.c. 1735-40, m. Susannah ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 1797.

Francis Graves (21) was born in 1724 and died 23 March 1792. He married Susannah (?) ‑‑‑‑‑‑. (She may have been Susannah Longest, possible daughter of Timothy Longest, mentioned later in this section.)

His land seems to have been in the same neighborhood as that of his uncle, Francis Graves, and he associated with the same families. In 1757 (Deed Book 27, p. 321) he and William Reynolds, William Watkins and Leonard Hill witnessed a deed from Thomas Coleman to Richard Hill. The next year he bought of Samuel and Ann Cross 62 acres devised to said Samuel by the will of his father, Joseph Cross, who bought this land Feb. 19, 1744/5 from John Cheek of Drysdale Parish; witnesses: John Garnett, Jr., Joseph Cross, William Southworth (Deed Book 28, p. 79). In 1762, he bought from John and Mary Garnett 48 acres purchased by said Garnett in 1746 of Thomas Hobson (Deed Book 29, p. 83). In 1763 (Deed Book 29, p. 220) he bought 47-1/2 acres in South Farnham Parish, adjoining John Hill, Graves and Watkins, from Richard Holt, Sr., and Mary his wife of King and Queen Co. The Garnetts and Graveses had long been neighbors, and in 1751 (Deed Book 25, p. 131) Reuben and Sarah Noell for love and affection had deeded "to our brother John Garnett, Jr." land adjoining lands of "Ann Graves widow of Francis Graves," John Satterwhite, Philip Sanders and Ann Dickie, widow. In 1761 (Deed Book 29, p. 10) Thomas Davis, tailor, of the Parish of Nottoway, Co. of Amelia, sold to Francis Graves (husband of Susannah) of South Farnham Parish 100 acres in St. Ann's Parish which John Davis, father of said Thomas, purchased of George Coleman, adjoining John Garnett; wit.: Leonard Hill, James Evans, Richard Hill, Jr., and Martha Beazley.

The obituary of Francis Graves (Richmond, Va. Gazette and General Advertiser, April 4, 1792) is as follows: "Died on Friday" March "23rd at his seat in Essex after a long and painful illness which he bore with a deal of fortitude. Mr. Francis Graves in the 68th year of his age much lamented by all those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance."

His will (Essex Will Book 14, p. 285) mentions son Francis, to whom is left "the land I purchased of Thomas Davis"; daughter Luca Spearman; son Rice, who receives "land I purchased of Richard Holt and also that purchased from Samuel Cross to John Hill's line"; and daughter Betty Graves. The wording of these bequests shows that the sons were not at this time residents of Essex. The only mention in Essex that has been found of Rice is when with wife Elizabeth and Susannah Graves he witnessed on 21 Dec. 1779 the will of Timothy Longest. The will was proved 19 Dec. 1781 by Rice and Elizabeth Graves. Susannah, most likely, was Rice's mother, and had died in the interim. Francis's will mentions no wife, so he evidently was a widower. (R‑907)

Children - Graves

+65. Francis Graves, b.c. 1746, m. Martha Johnson, 19 Aug. 1783, d. by 1806.

66. Luca Graves, m. James Spearman.

+67. Rice Graves, b.c. 1750, m. Clara Satterwhite, c. 1772-77, d.c. 1822.

68. Elizabeth ("Betty") Graves

GENERATION 4

CHILDREN OF JANE GRAVES (10) AND JOHN COFFEY

James Coffey (22) was born 4 July (?) 1729 in Essex Co., Va., and died in Sept. or Oct. 1786 in Wilkes Co., N.C. (will dated 16 Sept. 1786, proved Oct. 1786). He was a Baptist minister, and also a Revolutionary War patriot, but no records have been found for his service. He married Elizabeth Cleveland, daughter of Alexander Cleveland, on 30 Aug. (?) 1750 in Orange Co. or Albemarle Co., Va. She was born in Feb. (?) 1726/27, and died in 1826 or 1827 in Bedford Co., Tenn. Their first 8 children were probably all born in Albemarle Co., Va., and the last 2 in Amherst Co., Va. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+69. Elizabeth Coffey, b.c. 1751, m. Robert Whiteside, c. 1770, d. 1811-12.

+70. John Coffey, b.c. 1753, m. Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑, c. 1773-4, d. 27 Dec. 1825.

+71. Archelaus Coffey, b.c. 1755, m. Eleanor Wade, c. 1775, d.c. 1783-4.

72. James Coffey, Jr., b.c. 1757, probably never married, d. probably N.C. or Tenn.

+73. Martha Coffey, b.c. 1758, m. Mastin Durham, 1774, d.c. 1826.

+74. Reuben Coffey, b. 16 Sept. 1759, m. Mildred Morris, d. 4 March 1842.

+75. Ambrose Coffey, b. 1762, m(1) Mildred Moore, m(2) Elizabeth Rice, m(3) Polly Garner (?), d.c. 1818.

+76. Eli Coffey, b. 1 March 1763, m. Hannah Allen, d. 5 Sept. 1847.

+77. Rice Coffey, b. April 1766, m. Sarah Bradford, 1790, d. 24 July 1853.

+78. Joel Coffey, b. 1770, m. Martha Coffey, 22 Aug. 1793, d. Dec. 1826.

+79. Lewis Russell Coffey, b. 18 Nov. 1772, m. Bidant Moore, 10 Dec. 1795, d. 29 Sept. 1850.

William Coffey (23) was born about 1731 in Essex Co., Va., and died before 28 March 1828 (date will was proved) in Nelson Co., Va. He married Elizabeth Osborne (or Osborn) about 1758, probably in Albemarle Co., Va. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+80. Osborn Coffey, b. 29 July 1759, m. Mary Nightingale, 15 Feb. 1783, d. 31 March 1840.

81. William Coffey, Jr., m. Polly Rippeto, 2 Nov. 1790.

82. Winnefred (Ureney?) Coffey, m. Thomas Hayes, 29 March 1792 (bond 28 March 1792).

83. Mildred ("Milley") Coffey, m. Samuel Collman (or Coleman), 1783.

84. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Coffey, m. John Bridge, 15 Sept. 1795.

85. Edmond F. Coffey, b.c. 1773 (age 72 in 1845), m. Elizabeth Burger, 3 April 1802.

+86. Jane Coffey, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Anderson, 16 Dec. 1819, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Fitzgerald.

87. Margaret Coffey, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Monroe.

88. Mary Coffey

89. Frankey Coffey

John Coffey (24) was born about 1733 in Essex Co., Va. He first married Dorcas Carter, daughter of John Carter. He secondly married Nancy Richardson. There is no positive identification of his children or whether he had children by both wives. He probably had other children in addition to those listed below. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+90. Meredith Coffey, b.c. 1760-70, m. Esther ‑‑‑‑‑‑, c. 1797, d. 1838.

91. Thomas Coffey, b. 1766-84 (age 26-45 in 1810).

92. Sally Coffey, m. Benjamin Rhea, 9 Feb. 1802 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

93. Jenny Coffey, m. Levi Miller, 23 Sept. 1806 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

Edmond (or Edmund) Coffey (25) was born about 1735 in Essex Co., Va., and died in 1808 in Nelson Co., Va. He married Nancy Barnett in Albemarle or Amherst Co., Va. She died before 27 April 1829, probably before 23 March. Their first 4 children were married in Amherst Co., Va., and the last 2 in Nelson Co., Va. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

94. Edmund S. Coffey, b.c. 1773, m. Tildy Fitzgerald, 3 Jan. 1798, d. after 1845.

95. William Coffey, m. Betsey Giles, 18 April 1800.

96. Reuben Coffey, m. Nancy Giles, 5 Sept. 1801.

97. Amelia ("Milley") Coffey, b.c. 1772, m. John Campbell, 22 Feb. 1793.

98. Nancy Coffey, m. Joel Campbell, Sept. 1817 (bond 29 Aug.).

99. Polly Coffey, m. John Steel, 28 Aug. 1819.

Thomas Coffey (27) was born 7 March 1742 in Essex Co., Va., and died in April 1825 in Wilkes Co., N.C. He first married Elizabeth Smith about 1762, probably in Albemarle Co., Va. He secondly married Sarah ("Sally") Fields about 1778-9, probably in Albemarle Co., Va. All the children by the first marriage were born in Albemarle Co., Va., and all the children by the second marriage were born in Wilkes Co., N.C., although the birth place for Sally was not stated. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey, by Elizabeth Smith

100. Elizabeth Coffey, b. 25 Oct. 1763, m. David Allen, d. 1850 (Owen Co.?, Ind.). Moved to Owen Co., IN in 1828.

+101. John Coffey, b.c. 1765, m. Hannah Wilson, 3 Oct. 1796, d.c. 1812.

+102. Thomas Coffey, b.c. 1767, m(1) Margaret Coffey, m(2) Nancy Pendley.

+103. James Coffey, b. 1772, m. Delilah Ferguson, 31 Aug. 1799, d. 1840.

104. Mary Coffey, b.c. 1775, m. William Coffey, 3 July 1796. See #129 for descendants.

+105. Smith Coffey, b.c. 1776, m. Hannah Boone.

Children - Coffey, by Sarah Fields

106. Martha ("Patsy") Coffey, b.c. 1780, m. (Rev.) James Dowell, 3 Sept. 1807, d. Indiana.

+107. William Coffey, b. 29 Nov. 1782, m. Annie Boone, 16 Oct. 1804, d. 21 May 1839.

+108. Reuben A. Coffey, b. 15 Sept. 1785, m. Polly Dowell, 1805, d. Feb. 1854.

+109. Elijah Coffey, b. 1788, m. Polly Hull, d. 1865.

110. Sally Coffey, b.c. 1792, m. Samuel Thomas Stewart, 2 March 1824, d. N.C.

+111. Lewis Coffey, b. 25 May 1796, m. Harriet E. Powell.

+112. Jesse Coffey, b.c. 1798, m. Winnifred Crumpton, 22 Dec. 1821, d. 1858.

+113. Larkin Coffey, b. 18 Feb. 1800, m. Catherine H. Wilson, 9 Jan. 1826, d. 12 Jan. 1881.

+114. McCaleb Coffey, b. 22 Aug. 1803, m. Elizabeth Collett, 1 Feb. 1828, d. 17 Feb. 1881.

Reuben Coffey (28) was born in 1744 in Essex or Spotsylvania Co., Va., and died in 1818 in Burke Co., N.C. He married Sarah ("Sally") Scott before 1772, probably in Albemarle Co., Va. Most of their children went to Owen Co., Ind. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

115. John Coffey

+116. Reuben Coffey, b. 1772, m. Naomi Hays, 7 Feb. 1797, d. 30 Nov. 1851.

+117. Joseph Coffey, married, d. 1835.

118. Jesse Coffey, b. 1840.

119. Elizabeth B. Coffey, b. 30 July 1776, m. John Green (or Thomas Roper?), d. 5 March 1868 (Greene Co., Ind.).

+120. Elijah Coffey, b. 11 March 1779, m. Mary Abby Dyer, 23 Sept. 1803, d. 3 Sept. 1863.

+121. James D. Coffey, b. 23 Oct. 1786, m. Hannah Alloway Strange, d. 27 Oct. 1868.

122. Nancy Coffey, b. 10 Sept. 1788 (Globe, Burke Co., N.C.), m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Durham, m(2) Joel Anderson Dyer, d. 19 April 1866 (Ind.). Ancestor of Abby Dyer Griffin, early Coffey genealogist.

+123. William H. Coffey, b. 1789, m. Mary Faulkner, d. 17 Oct. 1844.

124. Thomas Coffey, d. before 1838. No children.

+125. Benjamin Coffey, b.c. 1790 (?), m. Exa Saphronia Stepp, 1816, d. 1843.

126. Jane Coffey, m. James Webb.

127. Sally Coffey, m. Samuel Curtis.

Benjamin Coffey (29) was born in 1747 in Spotsylvania Co., Va., and died 4 Jan. 1834 in Hawkins Co., Tenn. He married Polly Hayes, possibly a daughter of Jesse Hayes, about 1775 in Burke Co., NC. According to the 1790 and 1800 censuses, they had 5 male and 4 female children. The first child listed below is proven, the next three are probable, and the last five are possible. (R‑456, R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+128. John Coffey, b. 15 Oct. 1776, m. Elizabeth Rucker, 1 March 1804, d. 15 March 1845.

+129. William Coffey, b. 1778 (?), m. Mary Coffey, 3 July 1796.

+130. Bennett Coffey, b.c. 1779, m. Sally Ferguson, 5 Feb. 1805, d. by 1858.

+131. George Coffey, b.c. 1782, m. Margaret Rucker.

132. Jesse Coffey

133. Jane Coffey, m. Joel Coffey, 22 Aug. 1793, d. Sept.-Oct. 1839. See #78 for descendants.

134. Ann Coffey, m. Alexander McKinsey, 28 Oct. 1793 (Wilkes Co., N.C.).

135. Sarah Coffey, m. James Coffey, 30 Aug. 1794 (Wilkes Co., N.C.).

136. daughter

Elizabeth ("Betty") Coffey (30) died after 1807. She married Thomas Fields, brother of Sally and son of Richard Fields and Elizabeth Murrell. Elizabeth and Thomas moved to Wilkes Co., N.C. Thomas was active in the Yadkin Baptist Church, holding the office of clerk and later that of deacon. His will in 1807 listed wife Betty and the following children: James Crumpton, William Fields, Reuben Fields, Betsy Penley, Winifred Humphrey, Polly Humphrey, and Sally Penley. Presumably the first "child" is a son-in-law, and all children were by Elizabeth Coffey. (R‑922)

Children - Fields

137. daughter, m. James Crumpton.

138. William Fields

139. Reuben Fields

140. Betsy Fields, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Penley.

141. Winifred Fields, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Humphrey.

142. Polly Fields, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Humphrey.

143. Sally Fields, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Penley.

CHILDREN OF CLARA GRAVES (13) AND AARON HIGGINBOTHAM

Samuel Higginbotham (31) was born not later than 1747 (possibly 1745) in Albemarle Co., Va., because he was a member of a jury in 1768 and had to be at least 21 to serve. He died intestate in 1803 in Elbert Co., Ga., and was buried in what is now known as the "Hop Brener Place" which is about four miles north of Elbert, Elbert Co., Ga. There is a government marker on his grave.

Samuel married Jane Satterwhite, daughter of John and Ann Satterwhite of Essex Co., Va., not later than 1770 (probably about 1769) in Essex Co., Va. It is believed by some that Jane's mother was Ann Graves (#12), sister of Clara Graves. However, it is more likely that she was a daughter of John Satterwhite, Jr. and Ann Price. Jane was born about 1750 in Caroline Co., Va., and died after 1790 in Elbert Co., Ga.

The civil and military positions held by Samuel Higginbotham included the following: member of a jury in Amherst Co., Va. in 1768; Lieut. in the Amherst Co., Va. Militia in 1769; Lieut. in the Rev. War, acting as a recruiting officer in Va.; Capt. in the Rev. War for Amherst Co., Va. in 1780; Church Warden and Vestryman for Lexington Parish, Amherst Co., Va. in 1781; tax collector in Lexington Parish, Amherst Co., Va. in 1782; Deputy Sheriff in Amherst Co., Va. in 1784; Major in the Amherst Co., Va. Militia in 1785; Colonel in the Amherst Co., Va. Militia in 1787. He moved to Georgia with his family in 1792. He was delegate from Elbert Co., Ga. to the Constitutional Convention in 1795. (R‑65, R‑69, R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+144. John Satterwhite Higginbotham, b. by 1771, m(1) Ann Stanton Higginbotham, 17 Dec. 1792, m(2) Martha Ricks, 5 Nov. 1826, m(3) Sarah Lourimore, 30 March 1834, d. 1842.

+145. Ann Higginbotham, b. 8 May 1772, m. William Fortson, 7 Aug. 1794, d. 21 April 1852.

146. Aaron Higginbotham, b.c. 1778, m. Clary G. Morrison, d. 1860.

+147. Volata Higginbotham, b. 1779, m. George Turman, 1796, d. 1838.

148. Clarysia Higginbotham, m. Stephen Cheatham, 5 April 1810.

149. Blackley (or Blakely) Higginbotham, b. 1785-89.

150. Samuel Higginbotham, Jr., m. Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

+151. George Green Higginbotham, b. 15 July 1791, m. Sarah Fortson, 20 Feb. 1817, d. 6 May 1859.

Mary Ann Higginbotham (32) was born 11 (or 17) Oct. 1749. She first married Henry Franklin, Jr. He died in 1782, since there is a record for a court held on June 3, 1782, in which Mary Ann is mentioned as the executrix of the estate of her late husband, Henry Franklin, Jr. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Mary Ann secondly married Benjamin Arnold. (R‑921)

Children - Franklin

152. Reuben Franklin, m. Matilda Harrison, 2 Nov. 1796.

153. Aaron Franklin

154. Jasper Franklin, b. after 1761, m. Polly Brockman, 27 Oct. 1796.

+155. Peachy Franklin, b. 1771-78, m. Susannah Dillard, 20 March 1799.

156. Antony Franklin, b. after 1777.

157. Henry Tarleton Franklin, b. after 1778, m. Jane Moss, 12 Dec. 1809.

Aaron Higginbotham (33) was born in 1752 and died intestate in 1794. He married Nancy Croxton, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Croxton, on 4 Dec. 1775. She died in 1823. Aaron was commissioned an Ensign in the Amherst Co., Va. Militia on 3 July 1786. In the inventory of his estate he was called "Captain", but no record of such a commission has been found. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

158. Elizabeth Higginbotham, b. 11 July 1778, m. James Shields, 1 March 1797, d. 7 Sept. 1837. He was son of John Shields and Margaret Finley.

+159. Absalom Higginbotham, b. 2 May 1781, m. Mary C. Sandidge, 16 Nov. 1806, d. 7 July 1866.

+160. Sallie Higginbotham, b. 23 Sept. 1783, m. Washington Hill, 20 July 1803.

+161. Nancy Higginbotham, b. 12 June 1786, m. James Hix, 7 Nov. 1809.

+162. Aaron Higginbotham III, b. 23 Feb. 1789, m. Elizabeth Steward Sandidge, 22 May 1817, d. 8 March 1852.

163. Clara Graves Higginbotham, b. 1 Dec. 1791, m. Lindsey Sandidge, 16 Dec. 1811.

+164. Johannah Croxton Higginbotham, b. 26 Jan. 1794, m. George Washington Higginbotham, 27 June 1822, d. 4 Sept. 1860.

Margaret Higginbotham (35) was born after 1757. She first married Edward Cox on 14 Dec. 1778. She was under 21 because she received consent to marry from her father. Edward died in 1780. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His name appears with the rank of sergeant in Muster and Pay Rolls of different companies of Capt. Samuel Jordan Cabell and Capt. Benjamin Taliaferro. On Feb. 24, 1778, Edward Cox received his discharge from the Virginia Militia. Margaret secondly married Thomas Morrison on 2 June 1783. He died in Nelson Co., Va. (R‑921)

Children - Cox

165. Clary Cox, b. after 1759, m. Edward Ware Jopling, 19 Nov. 1805. She was under 21 in Oct. 1780, when a court of Amherst Co., Va. appointed her mother, Margaret Cox, her guardian.

Frances Graves Higginbotham (36) married her first cousin, Lieut. Joseph Higginbotham Morrison, in Amherst Co., Va. He was a son of William Morrison and Rachel Higginbotham. She died by Oct. 7, 1796, because for that date there is a Certificate of Marriage by the Rev. William Crawford for Joseph H. Morrison, widower, and Mary Walker, widow. Frances and Joseph had 7 children -- 3 sons and 4 daughters. (R‑921)

Children - Morrison

+166. Mary Dandridge Morrison, b. 1784, m. James Reagan, Jr., 1805, d. 1839.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH GRAVES (14) AND BENJAMIN HIGGINBOTHAM

Ann Higginbotham (37) was born about 1752. She married Jacob Higginbotham, son of Joseph Higginbotham and Ann Smith, on 18 Oct. 1772. The record of this marriage was obtained from an application for a pension made from Elbert Co., Ga. on 21 April 1855 by Jacob's son, John, for the heirs of Jacob Higginbotham because of Jacob's military service in the Revolutionary War.

Jacob died intestate in January 1836. William Pulliam was appointed the administrator of his estate by an Elbert Co., Ga. court on 7 March 1836. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

167. Hannah Higginbotham, b. 27 Aug. 1773.

168. James Higginbotham, b. 13 Feb. 1775, d. 1827.

169. Jacob Higginbotham, Jr., b. 6 July 1776.

170. John Higginbotham, b. 9 Jan. 1778.

171. Elizabeth Higginbotham, b. 14 Jan. 1780.

172. Jane Higginbotham, b. 3 March 1782, m. William Maxwell, d. 1863.

173. Joseph Higginbotham, b. 27 Feb. 1784, m. Elizabeth G. Taylor, d. 1824.

174. Benjamin Higginbotham, b. 27 Feb. 1784. Probably a twin bother of Joseph.

175. Caleb Higginbotham, b. 3 April 1787, m. Ann M. Bryant (?), 15 July 1812.

176. Anne Higginbotham, b. 11 Dec. 1788.

177. William Higginbotham, b. 13 Sept. 1790, m. Susannah Bonds (?), 29 Dec. 1814.

178. Riley Higginbotham, b. 22 Sept. 1793.

179. Frances G. Higginbotham, b. 11 Dec. 1796.

Caleb Higginbotham (38) was born about 1755 in Albemarle Co. (now Amherst Co.), Va., and died 1823 near Holmesville in Pike Co., Miss. He married Mary Ann Cash before 1775 (probably about 1772). Caleb moved to Elbert Co., Ga. (to that part that later became Madison Co., Ga.) in 1791. His brothers and sisters had preceded him there by moving with their father, Benjamin, in 1784 to what became Elbert Co. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+180. Aaron Higginbotham, b. 1772, m. Elizabeth Metts (?), c. 1810, d. 10 Nov. 1858.

Benjamin Higginbotham, Jr. (39) was born about 1758, and died by 3 Sept. 1810 in Elbert Co., Ga. (or Wilkes Co., Ga.). He married Mary Gatewood, daughter of Larkin Gatewood of Amherst Co., Va., on 21 Jan. 1782. She was probably dead in 1809, because Benjamin did not mention her in his will dated 20 May 1809. The will was proved 3 Sept. 1810.

He served as a captain in the Revolutionary War, and was at the siege of Yorktown. He moved from Va. to Ga., probably after 1783, since his name does not appear in the Amherst Co., Va. census records after 1783. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

181. Sarah Higginbotham

182. Anne Higginbotham

183. Elizabeth Higginbotham

184. Mary Higginbotham, b. July 1785 or 1786, m(1) Charles Carter, m(2) John C. Flynn, 19 March 1829 (La.). She lived in Elbert Co., Ga. and Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, La., where she died.

+185. Benjamin Graves Higginbotham, b. 17 Feb. 1788, m. Mary Foster Lollis, 2 Jan. 1812, d. 23 April 1862.

186. Peter Higginbotham, b. after 1790, m. Jinny Howard, 4 Feb. 1813.

+187. Larkin Higginbotham, b. after 1790, m. Polly Howard, 12 Jan. 1815.

William Higginbotham (40) was born about 1761 in Amherst Co., Va., and died in 1842 in Shannonville, Perry Co., Tenn. He married Dorothy ("Dolly") Sandidge, daughter of John Sandidge and Keziah Gatewood of Amherst Co., Va. They were already married in 1784, because in an October Court for that year William Higginbotham and Dolly, his wife, acknowledged a deed to Thomas Powell (Amherst Co., Va. Order Book, 1784-1787, p. 404). She was born about 1765 in Amherst Co., Va., and died after 1830 in Perry Co. or Hardin Co., Tenn. They lived in Va., then Ga., and finally Tenn.

William served in the Revolutionary War. From Hardin Co., Tenn. he submitted an application for a pension, dated Jan. 31, 1829, to the Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C., that states he "enlisted Amherst Co., Va., Jan. 6, 1777, as Sergt. in Capt. Samuel J. Cabell's Co., 6th Va. Regt.; again enlisted Dec. 1778 and served to the end of the war in Capt. James Mabon's Co., 2nd Va. Regt...." His claim was allowed. (R‑147, R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

188. William G. Higginbotham, b. 1785, m. Polly Eveston, 26 Sept. 1808 (Elbert Co., Ga., d. after 1850 (Marshall Co., Miss.).

189. Caleb Higginbotham, b. 1780-90, m. Frances Smith (?), 15 Dec. 1807 (Williamson Co., Tenn.).

190. Pulliam Higginbotham, b. 1790-1800, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ McCracken, d. after 1840 (Poinsett Co., Ark.).

191. Benjamin Higginbotham, m. Rebecca ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. after 1860 (Clark Co., Ark.).

192. Jane Higginbotham, b. 1795, m. Ephraim Kelley.

193. James Higginbotham, b.c. 1796, m. Jane L. Holt, c. 1816 (Bedford Co., Tenn.), d. 1873 (Bedford Co., Tenn.).

+194. Dolly D. Higginbotham, b.c. 1798, m. Elisha Kelley, 7 Oct. 1812, d. 1856.

195. Joseph Higginbotham

196. Nancy Higginbotham, m. Jesse G. Christian, d. 1841 (Green Co., Ark.).

197. Middleton Higginbotham

Joseph Higginbotham (41) was born about 1763, and died in 1817 in Feliciana Parish, La. He married Frances Higginbotham, his first cousin, daughter of Moses Higginbotham, on 17 Dec. 1788. He served in the Rev. War as a soldier from Va. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

198. Bartlett (or Bartley) Higginbotham, m. Tabitha Oliver, 10 Jan. 1811 (Ga.).

199. Lindsey Higginbotham, m. Elinor Higginbotham, 22 Dec. 1817 (LA). She was his 2nd cousin once removed. Her sister Rebecca married Lindsey's brother Willis.

+200. Willis Higginbotham, b. 6 May 1792, m. Rebecca Higginbotham, d. July 1861.

201. Frances Higginbotham, m. John Kerr.

202. Sarah Higginbotham, m. Andrew Dreher, 21 Dec. 1826 (Clinton, La.).

Francis Higginbotham (42) was born about 1765 in Va., and died 26 March 1829 (or 9 Dec. 1828) in Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, La. He was under 21 on Dec. 1, 1783, because on that date his father gave his consent in a marriage bond for Francis to marry Dolly Gatewood, daughter of Larkin Gatewood of Amherst Co., Va. They were married on 2 Dec. 1783, because there is a certificate of marriage by the Rev. Benjamin Coleman for them on that date. Francis' brother Benjamin married Dolly's sister Mary.

The name of Francis Higginbotham is recorded in an April 1782 court of Amherst Co., Va. as a claimant for public services rendered during the Rev. War. He was appointed as guardian of Mary Higginbotham, daughter of his brother Benjamin, by an Elbert Co., Ga. court, dated 7 Jan. 1811 and recorded on 11 Jan. 1811 (Will Book 1809-1812, p. 116). Francis lived in Wilkes Co., Ga. and Clinton, La., and owned land in Clinton. (R‑290, R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+203. Caleb Higginbotham, b.c. 1785, m. Ann Minerva Bryant, c. 1810, d. 8 May 1829.

+204. Lucy Higginbotham, b.c. 1788, m. Durrett Stodghill, c. 1804, d. 1861-62.

205. Martha Higginbotham, b.c. 1791 (Elbert Co., GA), m(1) George Carter, 15 July 1812 (Elbert Co., GA), m(2) John Flinn.

+206. Lawson Higginbotham, b. 24 July 1794, m. Elizabeth McCants, 11 April 1822, d. 12 Jan. 1860.

+207. Cleaton Higginbotham, b.c. 1796, m. Mary McKneely, 17 April 1820, d. Aug. 1822.

208. James C. Higginbotham; He may have never married, or he may be the same as Cleaton.

+209. Amy Higginbotham, b.c. 1800, m. Isaac McD. Reily, 31 March 1823.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GRAVES (16) AND DOROTHY ‑‑‑‑‑‑

Nancy Ann ("Nannie") Graves (44) was born about 1753, and died 25 July 1830 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. She married William Swanson, Jr. He was born in 1750 in Goochland Co., VA, and died 25 May 1827 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. (R‑186)

Children - Swanson

210. William Graves Swanson, III, b. 1777, m. Elizabeth Muse, d. 1840.

211. Mary ("Polly") Swanson, b. 1778, m. George Tuggle.

212. Francis Swanson, b. 1779, m. Frances Chatten Muse, d. 1852.

213. Sarah Swanson, b. 1783, m. Thomas Pinckard. He was b. 1777, d. 1825.

214. Dorothy Swanson, b. 1785, m. Samuel Allen Muse.

215. Frances ("Fannie") Swanson, b. 1787, m. Joel Muse, d. 1858.

216. Elizabeth Swanson, b. 1790, m. Henry Lawson Muse, d. 1866.

217. Nancy Swanson, b. 1793, m. John Muse, Jr.

218. Clary Swanson, b. 1795, m. George Hutcherson.

William Graves (45) was born 9 (or 7) July 1755 in Virginia, and died 24 Feb. 1836 in Manack, Lowndes Co. (or Autauga Co.), AL. He married Sarah ("Sally") Smith on 5 Nov. 1782 in Bedford Co., Va. (Another source has said the marriage was in 1783 or 1784.) She was a daughter of either Peyton Smith of Pittsylvania Co., Va., or Charles and Nancy Smith. Sally was born in 1760 or 1761 and died 2 Oct. 1841. They were both buried in the Manack Cem., Lowndes Co., AL.

According to R‑268, Sally was born 1761 in Bedford Co., VA, and died 12 Oct. 1841 in Lowndesboro, AL. She first married William Baker. She was a daughter of Charles Smith and Nancy ‑‑‑‑‑‑, and was descended from immigrant Christopher Smith as follows: Christopher¹ Smith, b.c. 1601, arrived in the Returne at age 23 and was in the muster of Thomas Godby in 1624 for Elizabeth City[3], m. Elizabeth Townley, Lawrence², b. 29 March 1629 in Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England, m. Mary Hitchen, Charles³, b.c. 1670, m. Dorothy (possibly Peyton), Robert⁴, b.c. 1701, m. Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑, Charles M.⁵, b.c. 1740, m. Nancy ‑‑‑‑‑‑, Sarah⁶, b. 1761.

William served as a wagon conductor of military supplies in John Fontaine's Co. of Henry Co. Militia, which on 11 May 1781 was ordered from Henry Co. to the assistance of Gen. Greene at Hillsborough, N.C. After the Revolutionary War, he moved to Washington Co., GA and took up land, where he and his family lived until 1817. There is on record in the Georgia State Archives at Atlanta, the following grant, which may have been his original land grant in Georgia: "Graves, Willam - 287-1/2 acres in Washington Co., 17 May 1784. Warrant No. 1192, p. 4." This portion of Washington Co. later became Oglethorpe Co.

In the winter of 1817, William Graves and most of his family moved from Oglethorpe Co., GA, and settled near Manack Station, Lowndes Co., AL, where he died. His will is dated 23 Feb. 1836, and is recorded in Book C, vol. 3, p. 347, 1834-1838, at Prattville, Autauga Co., Ala. All their children were born in GA.

Alabama Records, Vol. 206, Autauga County, Alabama, compiled by Kathleen Paul Jones Ganrud, abstracts William’s will. His inheritors are: his grandson, Young William Graves, his wife, Sarah, and his “children and their heirs as follows: viz to the heirs of the body of Mary Alexander, the heirs of the body of Susan Clark, to Sally Varner and the heirs of her body; to Dorothy Fitzpatrick and the heirs of her body; to Martha Shelton and the heirs of her body; William Graves, Jr. and his heirs; to Charles Graves and his heirs; to David Graves and his heirs; to P.S. Graves and his heirs … that William Graves, Jr. and David Graves … be my executors…” (R‑100, R‑165, R‑252, R‑268)

Children - Graves

+219. Mary Graves, b. 3 Oct. 1783, m. William Edmond Alexander, 1801, d. 21 June 1835.

220. Susan ("Suckey") Graves, b. 15 May 1785, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Clark.

221. Frances (or Francis) Graves, b. 25 May (or March) 1787, d. 25 Dec. 1798 (GA).

+222. William Graves, b. 27 Dec. 1788, m(1) Mary Young, 15 Dec. 1808, m(2) Mary B. Durham, 17 Sept. 1823, d. 11 Nov. 1854.

223. Sarah ("Sally" or "Sallie") Graves, b. 7 Nov. 1790, m. Frederick Varner (?), 27 June 1808.

+224. David Graves, b. 7 May 1792, m. Mary Russell, 31 March 1812, d. 10 April 1836.

225. Nancy Graves, b. 28 Dec. 1793, d. Aug. 1794.

226. Charles Graves, b. 11 Aug. 1796, m. Mary Taylor, 3 Jan. 1817, d. 27 March 1827.

+227. Peyton Smith Graves, b. 3 March 1799, m(1) Aurelia G. Bruce, 21 Sept. 1827, m(2) Joanna R. Brantley, d. aft. 1860.

228. Dorothy Graves, b. 20 Feb. 1801, m. Bird Fitzpatrick, d. AL.

229. George Graves, b. 9 April 1803, d. 16 March 1810.

+230. Martha S. (or F.) Graves, b. 1 Sept. 1805 (or Sept. 1813?), m. Stephen Shelton, 17 May 1822.

David Graves (46) was born in 1757 in Caroline Co., VA, and died 20 Aug. 1833 in Franklin Co., VA. He married Nancy Pinkard on 27 Jan. 1793 in Henry Co., VA. She died before 1831.

David Graves took the oath of allegiance in Henry Co., VA in 1777 at age 20. In his pension papers in 1832, he states he was born in Caroline Co. and enlisted in Franklin Co. In his will dated June 24, 1831, he mentions his wife Frances, grandson Charles S. Witcher, and his sister Nancy F. Witcher, daughters Polly Witcher and Lucy Witcher. Grandson Charles D. Witcher is “so afflicted that to all human appearance he will not ever be able to gain his living by labor.”

In 1836, William Witcher, executor of David Graves, deceased, and Mary Witcher (both Lucy and Mary Witcher being daughters of David Graves) sold 53 acres on both sides of watery branch, a branch of the Pigg River.

Lucy and Mary married brothers, William and John Witcher, sons of William Witcher and Mary Dalton. (R‑471)

Children - Graves

+231. Lucy Graves, m. William Witcher, 9 Feb. 1818.

232. Mary (“Polly”) Graves, m. John Witcher.

Peyton Graves (48) was born in 1767 (or 1755) in Caroline Co., VA, and died at age 81 or 82 on Pigg River, Pittsylvania Co., VA, probably in about 1836. He moved to Franklin Co., VA and afterwards to Pittsylvania Co., VA. He married Charlotte Pinkard, daughter of John and Jane Pinkard, on 11 Nov. 1788 in Franklin Co., VA. She was born about 1765, and was a first cousin of Nancy Pinkard. Peyton appeared on the tax roll as a captain. He was a farmer. (R‑179, R‑186, R‑915)

Children - Graves

+233. Jane Graves, b. 1790, m. Thomas Brome Jefferson, 19 Jan. 1807, d. 1855.

+234. John Graves, b. July 1794, m. Mildred Hicks George, 9 May 1817, d. July 1844.

+235. William Graves, b. 1795, m. Lucy Berger, 12 May 1818, d. 28 July 1841.

+236. William Washington Graves, b.c. 1805, m. Mildred Berger, d. 1875.

+237. Ann Graves, b. 1800, m. Elisha Greer, 16 March 1818.

+238. James Graves, b.c. 1801, m. Denny Witcher, 16 May 1818, d. 23 Sept. 1859.

+239. Peyton Graves, b.c. 1804, m. Nancy B. Hurt, 5 April 1824, d. 9 July 1836.

+240. Francis Graves, b.c. 1808, m. Elvira A. Edwards, 19 Nov. 1838, d. after 1871.

+241. Thomas Graves, b. 1811, m. Joanna Witcher, 12 Aug. 1828, d. 1871.

Mary ("Mollie") Graves (49) died by 1820. She married Nathan McGuire Swanson. He was born in 1748. (R‑186)

Children - Swanson

242. Graves Swanson

CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (18) AND SARA TURNER

Hannah Graves (58) married William Brice (or Rice) Fonvielle (or Fonville) about 1760 in Craven Co., N.C. (R‑14, R‑60)

Children - Fonvielle

243. Richard Fonvielle, b. before 1774.

Mary Graves (60) married Simon Bright about 1771. Charles Fonville says that Simon Bright married Mary's sister Ann, and Mary may have married a Lovett or a Howard. (R‑14, R‑60)

Children - Bright

244. Graves Bright, b. before 1774.

245. Sarah Bright, m. Francis Marion Fonville, 1761.

CHILDREN OF RICHARD GRAVES (20)

Richard Graves, Jr. (64) was born about 1735-40, probably in Essex Co., Va., and died in 1797. His will was dated 28 April 1797, and proved 25 Sept. 1797 in Orange Co., Va. He married Susannah (or Susanna) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ about 1769. She died probably in 1801 (and definitely by 24 July 1806) in Orange Co., Va. (R‑6, R‑23)

Children - Graves

+246. William Graves, b. 1761, m. Betsy Hilman, 22 Dec. 1796, d. 1851.

+247. Thomas Graves, m. Ann Grady, 17 June 1788.

+248. Ann Graves, b.c. 1777, m. Thornton Foushee, 22 July 1791, d. by 1829.

+249. Susannah Graves, b.c. 1777, m. George Morris, 7 April 1795.

250. Sarah ("Sally") Graves, m. Uriel Hilman, 11 July 1797 (Orange Co., Va.).

251. James Graves, b. after 1776.

252. Lydia Graves, m. Samuel Mason, 29 Oct. 1804 (Orange Co., Va.).

+253. Joanna Graves, b. 11 March 1783, m. John Oakes, 14 April 1807.

CHILDREN OF FRANCIS GRAVES (21)

Francis Graves (65) was born about 1746 and died by 1806. He married Martha Johnson on 19 Aug. 1783 (Henrico Co. Marriage Book). She died by 1806.

Francis Graves, aged 36, a merchant, was listed in 1782 as having been a resident of Richmond, Va. for 7 months (Heads of Families, First Census of the U.S., 1790, State Enumerations of Va. from 1782 to 1785, p. 111). He had dealings in several counties, and is found in Halifax and Louisa Co. records, as well as in Richmond.

His parentage is proved by the following: Essex Deed Book 34, p. 87, March 28, 1794, Francis Graves and Martha his wife of Richmond to James Sale of Essex for 130 pounds current money all that parcel of land in St. Ann's Parish which my father Francis Graves purchased of Thomas Davis March 8, 1761, beginning at land formerly owned by John Garnett decd. and by him sold to Francis Graves and others containing 99-1/2 acres, reserving 1/2 acre for a graveyard and liberty of traveling there on foot. Witnesses: E. Davis, James Spearman, Samuel Griffin.

Despite search, nothing definite is known of the place or date of death of Francis and Martha Graves, though both were dead by 1806. In that year (Chancery Court, Richmond, Book 4, p. 560) John Addison and Elizabeth his wife, formerly Elizabeth Graves, Francis Graves and Samuel Graves, "which said Francis, William and Samuel are children of Francis Graves decd. and infant under the age of 21 by John Addison their guardian," conveyed to Joseph Higbee a certain lot in Richmond known as "Rof's Tenement." With reference to these children of Francis, there is information about only one, Francis Jr., who never married and died in Goochland Co. in 1858. In the 1850 census, he was listed as "aged 60, born in Va., farmer." (R‑907)

Children - Graves

254. Elizabeth Graves, m. John Addison.

255. Francis Graves, b.c. 1790 (Va.), never married, d. 1858 (Goochland Co., Va.).

256. Samuel Graves

Rice Graves (67) was born about 1750, and died about 1822 in Goochland Co., Va., where he had moved prior to his father's death. He married Clara ("Clary") Satterwhite, daughter of John Satterwhite and Ann ‑‑‑‑‑‑, of Essex Co., Va., about 1772-1777. She died after 1829.

He served in the Revolutionary War. Rice Graves, rank not shown, Capt. Webb's Co., 7th Va. Regt., commanded by Col. Alexander McClenachan. He enlisted for two years, date not shown. His name first appears on the company muster roll covering a period from Dec. 29, 1776, dated May 21, 1777. The company muster roll for Feb. 1778, dated Valley Forge, March 7, shows him discharged Feb. 14. (Adjutant General's Office, War Dept., Washington, D.C.)

He lived in the Parish of St. James Northam and was a vestryman there in 1799. In his will (Goochland Records, Deed Book 25, p. 97), dated Jan. 16, 1813, and proved nine years later, he mentions daughters Ann, Franky, Harriott and Spottswood; son James; granddaughter Eliza Nuckolds, daughter of Patsy Nuckolds; son Thomas E.; and wife Clary, who he desires "shall be maintained genteelly out of the whole of my estate." (R‑907)

Children - Graves

257. Ann Graves, m. John Satterwhite, 20 July 1820 (Goochland Co., Va.).

258. Franky Graves

259. Harriott Graves (daughter)

260. Spottswood Graves (daughter)

+261. James M. Graves, m. Mary M. Clements, 14 April 1807.

+262. Martha Graves, m. Andrew Knight Nuckolds, 8 March 1801.

+263. Thomas E. Graves, b.c. 1790 or 1795, m. Nancy Carden, 17 May 1820, d.c. 1840-50.

GENERATION 5

CHILDREN OF JAMES COFFEY (22) AND ELIZABETH CLEVELAND

Elizabeth ("Betty") Coffey (69) was born about 1751, probably in Albemarle Co., Va., and died in 1811-12 in Wayne Co., Ky. She married Robert Whiteside, son of William Whiteside and Elizabeth Stockton, about 1770 in Albemarle Co., Va. He was born 22 Feb. 1743 in Albemarle Co., Va., and died in 1810. (R‑922)

Children - Whiteside

264. James Whiteside, b. 21 July 1771, d. 24 April 1848.

265. William Whiteside, b.c. 1773, m. Lavina Singleton, d. 1824.

266. Jonathan Whiteside, b. 13 April 1776 (Amherst Co., Va. or Burke Co., N.C.), m. Thankful Anderson, 19 July 1796 (Madison Co., Ky.), d. 1860 (Tenn.).

267. Robert Whiteside, m. Betsy Dick, (Wayne Co., Ky.).

268. Mary ("Polly") Whiteside, m. Isaac Davis.

269. Joel Whiteside, m. Sally Lunch.

John Coffey (70) was born about 1753 (or 13 Feb. 1755?), probably in Albemarle Co., Va., and died 27 Dec. 1825 in Wilkes Co., N.C. He married Mary ("Polly" or "Molley") ‑‑‑‑‑‑ about 1773-4. She was born 18 Dec. 1755 and died before 1825. Their first two children were born in Va., and the others were probably born in Wilkes Co., N.C. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+270. Levi Coffey, b. 19 Dec. 1774, m. Dorothy Edmundson, 18 Aug. 1799, d. before 1850.

+271. Lewis Coffey, b. 12 Jan. 1777, married, d. after 1850.

+272. Sarah Coffey, b. 1 May 1779, m. Michael Israel, Jr., 26 Feb. 1800, d. 26 Aug. 1842.

+273. Elizabeth Coffey, b. 10 Jan. 1782, m. Archelaus Alloway Strange, 23 Nov. 1802.

274. William Coffey, b. 17 May 1784, m. Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. after 1850 (probably in Gwinnett Co., Ga.).

275. James Coffey, b. 23 Oct. 1786.

276. Celia (Sealy) Coffey, b. 19 --- 1789, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Smith, d. before Aug. 1825.

277. Nancy Coffey, b. 14 July 1791, m. Thomas Pendley, 10 Sept. 1818.

278. Eleanor Coffey, b. 9 Jan. (prob. 1793-4), m. Jesse Crumpton (or Compton), 10 Feb. 1819.

279. John Coffey, b. 5 July 1796.

280. Polly Coffey, b. 5 Feb. 1799.

Archelaus Coffey (71) was born about 1755 in Albemarle Co., Va., and died by 1784, probably 1783, in Wilkes Co. (?), N.C. He married Eleanor Wade, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wade, about 1775, probably in Amherst Co., Va. She was born about 1755 and died before 1830. After Archelaus died, she secondly married Jesse Shasteen on 22 Nov. 1785 in Amherst Co., Va., and had more children. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+281. James M. Coffey, b. 20 July 1776, m. Frances Lane, 16 Jan. 1804, d. 7 Jan. 1849.

+282. John Waid Coffey, b.c. 1778, m. Mary Harbord, 29 Dec. 1801, d.c. 1834.

+283. Jane Coffey, b. 22 June 1782, m. William Harbord, 28 Jan. 1802, d. 2 or 3 Oct. 1862.

Martha Coffey (73) was born about 1758 in Albemarle Co., Va., and died before 12 Aug. 1826 in Wayne Co., Ky. She married Mastin Durham in Feb. 1774 in Albemarle Co. He was born in 1755 in Hanover Co., Va., and died 1 Aug. 1844. (R‑922)

Children - Durham

284. Molly Durham, b. 7 Feb. 1775.

285. James Durham, b. 8 Feb. 1777.

286. John Durham, b. 29 March 1779.

287. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Durham, b. 29 Sept. 1781, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Boone.

288. Selah Durham, b. 29 June 1784 (N.C.), m. Ebenezer Fairchild, 4 Feb. 1804 (Burke Co., N.C.), d. 12 Aug. 1874.

289. Sally Durham, b. 11 March 1787.

Reuben Coffey (74) was born 16 Sept. 1759 in Albemarle Co., Va., and died 9 June 1842 in Wayne Co., KY. He married Millie Morris (according to tradition) about 1782. (Reuben is said by another source to have married Rachel Hayes, daughter of John Hayes and Millie Maderas.) At least the first four children were born in Wilkes Co., N.C. (R‑134, R‑922)

Children - Coffey

290. Eleanor Coffey, b.c. 1783, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Hisan.

291. Sally Coffey, b.c. 1785, Joseph Owens.

292. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Coffey, b.c. 1786, m. Thomas Sumpter.

293. James Coffey, b. 1790, m. Sally Sumpter, 7 July 1810, d. 1870-80 (Flat Rock, KY).

+294. Anna Coffey, b.c. 1795, m. Washington Owens (?).

295. Rachael Coffey, m. Burnett Elam, 23 July 1820 (Wayne Co., Ky.).

296. Polly Coffey, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Giddens.

297. Oliver Coffey, m. Sally Ramsey, 18 Oct. 1815.

298. Austin Coffey, b.c. 1796 (Wilkes Co., N.C.).

299. Naomi N. Coffey, b.c. 1805 (Burke Co., N.C.), m. Summers Wright.

Ambrose Coffey (75) was born in 1762 in Albemarle Co., Va., and died in Sept. 1818 in Pulaski Co., Ky. He first married Mildred ("Millie") Moore, daughter of Jesse and Alley Moore. He secondly married Elizabeth Rice in 1812. He thirdly married Polly Garner (?) before Sept. 1818. There were children by the first two marriages but none by the third. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey, by Mildred Moore

300. James Madison Coffey, d. 25 June 1833 (Miss.).

301. Jesse Coffey, b. 1792, d. 11 Feb. 1835 (Tenn.).

302. Thomas Jefferson Coffey, b. 16 Feb. 1805 (Burke Co., N.C.), m. Malinda Graves Williams Haley, d. 1 Nov. 1858 (Brazoria Co., Texas).

303. George Washington Coffey, b.c. Dec. 1806, m. Mary Catherine Isler, d. 17 March 1840 (Jackson, Miss.).

304. Holland Coffey, b. 15 Aug. 1807, m. (Mrs.) Sophia Suttenfield, 29 Jan. 1839, d. 5 Oct. 1846 (Texas).

305. Hiram Coffey, d. 19 Jan. 1836 (Miss.).

306. Alice Coffey, b. Burke Co., N.C.

307. America Coffey, b. Burke Co., N.C., m. Samuel Lusk.

308. Mildred Coffey, b. Burke Co., N.C.

309. Myra Coffey, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Edmondson, d. 3 Sept. 1835 (Tenn.).

310. Elizabeth Coffey, m. George Washington Jewell, d. Jan. 1843 (Warren Co., Tenn.).

Children - Coffey, by Elizabeth Rice

311. Christopher Greenup Coffey, d. 19 April 1861 (Jackson, Miss.).

312. Emily Coffey

Eli Coffey (76) was born 1 March 1763, probably in Albemarle Co., Va., and died 5 Sept. 1847, probably in Johnson or Pettis Co., Mo. He married Hannah Allen, daughter of David and Hannah Allen, before 1790. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

313. James Coffey, died in infancy.

314. Allen Coffey, died in infancy.

+315. Asbury Madison Coffey, b. 25 July 1804, m. Mary Bradford, 22 July 1828, d. 28 Nov. 1897.

Rice Coffey (77) was born in April 1766 in Amherst Co., Va., and died 24 July 1853 in Wartrace, Bedford Co., TN. He married Sarah ("Sally") Bradford in 1790. She was born 22 June 1770 and died 3 Sept. 1840. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

316. Jerusha (or Joenash) Coffey, b. 4 May 1792 (N.C.), never married, d. 10 March 1810 (Bell Buckle, Bedford Co., Tenn.).

317. Elvira Coffey, b. 14 May 1794 (N.C.), never married, d. 10 July 1849.

318. Henry Bradford Coffey, b. 12 July 1796 (NC), m. Sarah Edmonson, d. 11 April 1864 (Jackson, Ala.).

319. Mary C. (or G.) Coffey, b. 12 Oct. 1797 (NC), m. John Kendall (?), d. 22 Oct. 1878.

320. Weightstill Avery Coffey, b. 1801 (NC), never married, d. 1837.

321. Alexander Hamilton Coffey, b. 1803-4 (NC), m. Nancy E. (or Mary) Weatherly (or Matherly?), d. 1864 (Bedford Co., TN).

322. Martha ("Patsy") Coffey, b. 1805-6 (or 1808) (TN?), m. Alex Yell (or Bell?), d. 1845.

323. Benjamin B. Coffey, b. 1809-10 (TN), m. (Mrs.) Mary E. Roach (or Beach), d. 1864.

324. John Reid Coffey, b. 27 March 1814 (Wartrace, Bedford Co., TN), m. Mary Ann Cross, 21 Aug. 1849, d. 21 March 1896 (prob. Jackson Co., AL). She was b. 28 Dec. 1831, d. 8 Sept. 1897.

Joel Coffey (78) was born in 1770 in Amherst Co., VA (or Wilkes Co., NC), and died in Dec. 1826 in Wayne Co., KY. He married Martha ("Patsy" or Jane) Coffey (#133), daughter of his uncle Benjamin Coffey, on 22 Aug. 1793 in Wilkes Co., N.C. She died in Sept. or Oct. 1839 in Randolph Co., MO. Joel had a limited education, but wrote well and managed his business affairs well. He was a farmer and was also in the construction business. In addition to the children listed below, there may also have been an Elizabeth (or Rachel). (R‑175, R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+325. Nathaniel Coffey, b. 1796-1804, m(1) Louisa Durham, 1823, m(2) Nancy Clark, after 1830, d. 1880-1890.

326. Alvina (or Elvira) Coffey, m. Martin Wright, 27 March 1828.

327. Carolina (or Caroline) Coffey, b.c. 1819 (Wayne Co., Ky.), m. Noah Summers.

328. Martha L. Coffey, m. Perry M. Stacey, 19 Feb. 1835.

329. Frances ("Franky") Coffey, m. Andrew Jackson Jones.

330. Henry B. Coffey, m. Sarah Ann Isbell, 24 (or 3) Jan. 1838 (Wayne Co., Ky.).

Lewis Russell Coffey (79) was born 18 Nov. 1772 in Amherst Co., Va., and died 29 Sept. 1850 in Wayne Co., Ky. He married Bidant ("Biddie") Moore, daughter of Jesse and Alley Moore, on 10 Dec. 1795 in Wilkes Co., N.C. She was born 3 May 1775, and died 13 Jan. 1851 in Wayne Co., Ky. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

331. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Coffey, b. 1797-8 (Wilkes Co., N.C.), m. Richard Northcraft Cullom, 17 March 1819, d. 5 Dec. 1868 (Tazewell Co., Ill.). He was b. 1 Oct. 1795, d. 4 Dec. 1872.

332. Mary ("Polly") Coffey, b. 19 Oct. 1800 (N.C.), m. Joshua Oatts, 4 Jan. 1821, d. 29 March 1855 (Wayne Co., Ky.).

333. James Lewis Coffey, b. 12 Sept. 1802, m. Sarah Alloway Strange, Feb. 1829, d. 7 Aug. 1855.

334. Henderson Coffey, b. 8 Oct. 1804 (Wilkes Co., N.C.), m. Minerva Alexander, 27 Aug. 1827, d. 8 Dec. 1868 (or 6 Dec. 1866).

335. Edward Northcraft Coffey, m. Rachael A. Isaacs, d. before 13 April 1850.

336. Rachael Coffey, b.c. 1809, m. Thomas Jefferson Jones, 1829-30.

337. Shelby Coffey, b. 12 (or 19) Aug. 1811 (Wayne Co., Ky.), m. Zerilda Emarine Meadows, d. 2 Sept. 1863.

338. Jesse Moore Coffey, m. Elizabeth Ann Smith (or Elizabeth Griffin), 1832, d. Aug. 1835 (Wayne Co., Ky.).

339. Benjamin Franklin Coffey, b. 10 Dec. 1816, m. Mary Ann Worsham, 11 Oct. 1842, d. 11 May 1868.

340. Thomas Coleman Coffey, b. 1819, m(1) Mary ("Polly") Havens, 11 Dec. 1839, m(2) Patience Jane Miller, 23 Aug. 1848, m(3) Sarah Havens, m(4) Mrs. Amanda Jane Hudson Stone.

341. Cleveland L. Coffey, m(1) Mrs. Bradshaw, m(2) Sophronia Oatts, d. 26 Oct. 1834.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM COFFEY (23) AND ELIZABETH OSBORNE

Osborn Coffey (80) was born 29 July 1759 in Va., and died 31 March 1840 in Casey Co., Ky. He married Mary ("Polly") Nightingale, daughter of Mathew Nightingale, on 15 Feb. 1783 in Amherst Co., Va. She was born in 1761 and died in 1847. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+342. Jesse Coffey, b. 26 May 1784, m(1) Tabitha Riffe (or Rife), m(2) Elizabeth Rife, 16 Feb. 1805, d. July 1850.

343. Elizabeth Coffey, m. Christopher Riffe, 9 May 1806.

344. Patsey Coffey, m. George Portman.

345. Matthew Coffey, b.c. 1790 (Amherst Co., Va.), m. Nancy D. Adams, 29 July 1823 (Lincoln Co., Ky.), d. before 1830. She d. 1854, Schuyler Co., Mo.

346. Lucy Coffey, b.c. 1792.

347. Richard N. Coffey, b.c. 1790-95, m. Catherine McCormick, 29 May 1820 (Lincoln Co., Ky.).

348. Osborn Coffey, m. Jane Bell, 1829.

349. William Coffey

350. John Coffey, m. Catherine Bryant, 2 Sept. 1843 (Lincoln Co., Ky.).

Jane Coffey (86) first married ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Anderson on 16 Dec. 1819. She secondly married ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Fitzgerald. (R‑922)

Children - Anderson

351. Joshua Anderson

352. Sallie Anderson

353. Winnie Anderson

Children - Fitzgerald

354. Perry Fitzgerald

355. Asbury Fitzgerald

CHILDREN OF JOHN COFFEY (24)

Meredith Coffey (90) was born about 1760-70 (perhaps 1769) in Albemarle Co. or Amherst Co., Va., and died in 1838 (or 25 May 1841) in Grainger Co., Tenn. He married Esther (or Hester) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ about 1797. She was born about 1776 and died after 1840. All their children were born in Grainger Co., Tenn. (R‑128, R‑922)

Children - Coffey

356. John Coffey, b. 18 Oct. 1798, m(1) Rebecca Ragsdale, 24 Feb. 1821, m(2) Jane Hopper, d. 1870-76.

357. Anna Coffey, b.c. 1800, m. Jacob Arnett, 3 Nov. (or 11 Dec.) 1819 (Grainger Co., Tenn.), d.c. 1876-80.

+358. James Coffey, b.c. 1803, m. Sally Fielding, 14 Dec. 1825, d. before 10 Sept. 1851.

359. Dorcas Coffey, b.c. 1800-02, m. Jubal Mitchell, 26 Jan. 1840 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

+360. Joel Coffey, b.c. 1806, m. Elizabeth Grubb, 5 Feb. 1829, d. before 10 Sept. 1851.

361. Mariann ("Mira") Coffey, b.c. 1809, m. Hardiman Sparkman, 6 Aug. 1827 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

362. Eliza Coffey, b.c. 1817, m. Henderson Sparkman, 16 Feb. 1834 (or 1838), d.c. 1854.

363. Mary Coffey, m. Henderson Dyer, 29 (or 30) Oct. 1838 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

+364. Mahalia Coffey, b. 29 March 1820, m. Samuel Crain, 11 Aug. 1838, d. 29 Sept. 1876.

365. Rice Coffey, b.c. 1815, m. Elvira Trogden (or Trogdon), 16 (or 17) June 1839 (Grainger Co., TN), d.c. 1850-60. Moved to Crawford Co., MO.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS COFFEY (27)

John Coffey (101) was born about 1765 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died about 1812 in Wilkes Co., NC. He married Hannah Wilson on 3 Oct. 1796 in Wilkes Co., NC. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

366. Eliza Coffey

367. Cassandra Coffey

368. Wilson (or William) Coffey

369. Rebecca Coffey

370. Jane Coffey

Thomas Coffey, Jr. (102) was born about 1767 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died before 1850. He first married Margaret Coffey. He married second Nancy Pendley. She was born about 1800 in NC and was recorded on the 1850 census in Caldwell Co., NC with son Asbury. (R‑7, R‑922)

Children - Coffey, by Margaret Coffey

+371. Joshua T. Coffey, b. 1 May 1821, m(1) Rebecca Sheperd, 1 Nov. 1842, m(2) Rebecca Eveline Wyatt, d. 18 Jan. 1891.

+372. Sallie (or Allie) Coffey, b.c. 1823, m. James Holden, d. 4 June 1910.

373. Winnie Coffey

Children - Coffey, by Nancy Pendley

374. Perry Coffey, b.c. 1826, m(1) Manerva ‑‑‑‑‑‑, m(2) Sarah Berry, d. bef. 1900.

+375. James Asbury Coffey, b. 30 Oct. 1830, m. Chaney Gragg, 19 Oct. 1858, d. by 1866.

James Coffey (103) was born in 1772 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died in 1840 in Wilkes Co., VA (or NC). He married Delilah Ferguson on 31 Aug. 1799 in Wilkes Co., NC. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

376. Thomas Coffey, b. 1804.

377. James Coffey

378. Lovancy Coffey

379. Marvel Coffey

380. Eli Coffey, m. Caroline Story.

381. Myra Coffey

382. Louisa Coffey, m. John Jackson, 15 Aug. 1820 (Wilkes Co., NC).

Smith Coffey (105) was born about 1776 in Albemarle Co., VA. He married Hannah Boone. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

383. Squire Coffey

384. Morgan Coffey

385. Athan Coffey

386. Sallie Coffey

387. Leland Coffey

388. Isaac Coffey

389. Millie Coffey

William Coffey (107) was born 29 Nov. 1782 and died 21 May 1839, both in Wilkes Co., NC. He married Annie Boone on 16 Oct. 1804. She was born 26 July 1785. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

390. Daniel Coffey, m. Clarissa Estes.

391. Wilborn Coffey

392. Celia Coffey

393. Gilliam Coffey

394. Calvin Coffey, m. Mary Greene.

Reuben A. Coffey (108) was born 15 Sept. 1785 in Wilkes Co., NC, and died in Feb. 1854 in Indiana. He married Polly Dowell, daughter of George Dowell, in 1805. This family all moved to Monroe and Owen counties, Ind. in 1832. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

395. Alfred Martin Coffey, b.c. 1807, m. Jane Coffey.

396. Albert Coffey, b.c. 1810, m. Sarah Goodnight.

397. Cornelius Coffey, b.c. 1812, m. Margaret Smith.

398. Emily Coffey, b.c. 1814, m. William I. Curtis.

399. Malena Coffey, b.c. 1816, m. Wilson Coffey.

400. Luther Coffey, b.c. 1818, m. Myra Crisp.

401. Rufus Coffey, b.c. 1820, m. Charlotte Allen.

402. Miriam Coffey, b.c. 1822, m(1) John Sanders, 30 Sept. 1849, m(2) J. H. Buchanan.

403. Shelton Coffey, b.c. 1825, m. Dicey Sanders.

404. Judson Coffey, b.c. 1830, m. Caroline Rone.

Elijah Coffey (109) was born in 1788 in Wilkes Co., NC, and died in 1865 in GA. He married Polly Hull. They moved to Ga. in 1835. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

405. Anderson Coffey

406. Minerva Coffey

407. Newton Coffey

408. Starling Coffey

409. Alphonse Coffey

410. Elvira Coffey

411. Milton Coffey

Lewis Coffey (111) was born 25 May 1796 in Wilkes Co., NC., and died in Owen Co., IN. He married Harriet E. Powell. She was born about 1811 in NC. This family was recorded on the 1850 census in Monroe Co., IN; Martha was born in GA and the remaining children were born in Indiana. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

412. Sarah Coffey

413. Martha Coffey, b.c. 1831.

414. Mary Coffey, b.c. 1833.

415. Richard Coffey, b.c. 1835.

416. Amanda Harriet Coffey, b.c. 1836.

417. Jasper Coffey, b.c. 1838.

418. Sophronia E. Coffey, b.c. 1843.

Jesse Coffey (112) was born about 1798 in Wilkes Co., NC. Although he may have died unmarried, this is probably the Jesse who married Winnifred Crumpton on 22 Dec. 1821 in Wilkes Co., N.C., and died in 1858 in GA. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

419. Lewis E. Coffey, b.c. 1826.

420. William Coffey, b.c. 1829.

421. Eli Coffey, b.c. 1832.

422. Martin Van Buren Coffey, b.c. 1834, m. Francis (or Frances?) Pettit, 24 Feb. 1859 (Pickens Co., GA).

423. John Coffey, b.c. 1840.

Larkin Coffey (113) was born 18 Feb. 1800 in Wilkes Co., NC, and died 12 Jan. 1881 in Owen Co., IN. He married Catherine H. Wilson on 9 Jan. 1826 in Wilkes Co., NC. She was born about 1798 in NC. They moved to Owen Co., Indiana in 1833. This family was recorded on the 1850 census in Monroe Co., IN. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

424. Susan Coffey

425. Sylvester Coffey, b.c. 1829 (NC).

426. Lorenzo Coffey, b.c. 1831 (NC).

427. Jason Coffey, b.c. 1832 (NC), m. Rachel ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

428. Sarah Coffey

429. Adolphus Coffey, b.c. 1838 (NC).

430. Elzy Coffey

McCaleb (or Caleb) Coffey (114) was born 22 Aug. 1803 in Wilkes Co., NC, and died 17 Feb. 1881 in Caldwell Co., NC. He married Elizabeth Collett on 1 (or 5) Feb. 1828 in Burke Co., NC. They lived near Patterson, NC. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

431. Thomas Jefferson Coffey

432. Charles L. Coffey

433. Sarah A. Coffey

434. John E. Coffey

435. Mary Lou Coffey

436. Margaret Coffey

437. William Columbus Coffey

438. Martha E. Coffey

439. Henry C. Coffey

440. James E. Coffey

441. Frances Caroline Coffey

442. Rachel M. Coffey

443. Julia Jane Coffey

444. Laura Louise Coffey

445. Buddie Coffey

CHILDREN OF REUBEN COFFEY (28) AND SARAH SCOTT

Reuben Coffey (116) was born in 1776, and died 30 Nov. 1851 in Owen Co., Ind. He married Naomi Hays on 7 Feb. 1797 in Wilkes Co., N.C. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

446. Hiram Coffey, b. 1802, m. Charlotte Stansbury, 19 April 1827, d. 1889.

447. Alfred Coffey, m. Rachel Fulling.

448. Celia Coffey, m. James Sharp.

449. Minerva Coffey, m. Gilbraith Neil.

450. Thomas R. Coffey, m. Sarah Rocket.

451. Denzia Coffey, b. 1812, m. William Mayfield, d. 1842.

452. Isom Coffey, b. 1814, m. Martha Smock.

453. Nancy Coffey, m. John Fullen.

454. James W. Coffey, b. 1819, m. Theresa Wampler, d. 1885.

455. Temperance Coffey, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Moreland.

Joseph Coffey (117) married. He died in 1835. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

456. Sarah Coffey, m. Larkin Calloway.

457. Margaret Coffey, m. Tyre Webb.

458. Nancy Coffey, m. William Gragg (or Cragg?).

459. Enoch Coffey, m. Prudence Cragg, 15 Dec. 1831 (Burke Co., N.C.?).

460. Elisha Coffey

461. Zacheus Coffey

462. Matilda Coffey, b. after 1817.

463. Luchia Coffey, b. after 1817.

464. Brice Coffey, b. after 1817.

Elijah Coffey (120) was born 11 March 1779 in Globe, Burke Co., N.C., and died 3 Sept. 1863 in Owen Co., Ind. He married Mary Abby ("Polly") Dyer on 23 Sept. 1803 in Ashe Co., N.C. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

465. Lucinda Coffey, b. 8 Aug. 1804, m. Emanuel Falkner, 30 Sept. 1838.

466. Allen Coffey, b. 21 Sept. 1806 (Globe Settlement, Burke Co., N.C.).

467. Alfred Coffey, b. 18 May 1809, d. 11 June 1885.

468. Amos Coffey, b. 12 June 1811, m. Martha K. Niell, 11 Feb. 1834.

469. Jane Louisa Coffey, b. 12 June 1813 (Globe Settlement, Burke Co., N.C.).

470. Albert Coffey, b. 7 Dec. 1815, m. Caroline Hall, 28 Jan. 1841.

471. Joel Anderson Coffey, b. 10 June 1818 (Tenn.), m. Charity McDonald, 12 Dec. 1847, d. 21 March 1901.

472. William Trimble Coffey, b. 17 Dec. 1820 (Ky.), d. 19 March 1879.

473. Wiley H. Coffey, b. 27 Feb. 1823 (Ind.), m. Harriet McDonald, 10 June 1849.

474. Malinda Caroline Coffey, b. 6 March 1825 (Ind.), m. Isaac Franklin, 25 May 1845.

475. Nancy Emmaline Coffey, b. 25 Sept. 1827 (Ind.), d. 19 March 1904.

James D. Coffey (121) was born 23 Oct. 1786 in Globe, Burke Co., N.C., and died 27 Oct. 1868 in Owen Co., Ind. He married Hannah Alloway Strange. She was born 18 Feb. 1790 and died 14 Dec. 1871. They moved to Indiana in 1834, first to Monroe Co., then to Owen Co. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

476. Archelaus (or Archelius) Coffey, b. 1 March 1810 (Wilkes Co., N.C.), m. Rachael Wilson, 23 Jan. 1834 (Ashe Co., N.C.), d. 27 Dec. 1900 (Ind.).

477. Sally Coffey, b. 12 Feb. 1812, d. 22 Feb. 1861.

478. Abraham Coffey, b. 26 April 1814 (Wilkes Co., N.C.), m. Sally Green, Nov. 1835, d. 23 Aug. 1885.

479. Mary ("Polly") Coffey, b. 9 (or 19) July 1816 (N.C.), m. Anderson B. Mills, 28 April (or March) 1859 (Owen Co., Ind.), d. 18 Oct. 1909 (Owen Co., Ind.).

480. Riley Coffey, b. 27 June 1818, d. 27 Aug. 1855.

481. John Davidson Coffey, b. 4-10 July 1821 (Ashe Co., N.C.), m(1) Mary Whisanand, m(2) Mary A. Mayfield, 1847, m(3) Mary J. Ridge, 1874, d. 5-15 Jan. 1909 (Ellettsville, Ind.).

482. Elvira Ann Coffey, b. 27 Oct. 1823, m. George W. Starnes, 5 July 1853, d. 19 March 1880.

William H. Coffey (123) was born in 1789 in Globe, Burke Co., N.C., and died 17 Oct. 1844 in Owen Co., Ind. He married Mary Faulkner. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

483. Mary Ann Coffey, m. David H. Allen, 9 May 1859.

484. Silas Coffey, b. 23 Feb. 1839, m. Carolyn Byles, 1 Nov. 1864, d. 6 March 1904.

485. John Coffey

486. Isaac Coffey

487. James L. Coffey, b. 9 June 1834, m. Elizabeth Litton, 30 Sept. 1855, d. 6 Nov. 1890.

488. Oliver N. Coffey, b. 2 Dec. 1832, m. Elizabeth Litton, 30 Jan. 1851, d. 30 Dec. 1900.

489. Serena T. Coffey, b. 1846, d. 1 April 1855.

Benjamin Coffey (125) was probably born about 1790 in Globe, Burke Co., N.C., and died in 1843 in Owen Co., Ind. He married Exa Saphronia Stepp in 1816. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

490. Jesse Coffey, b. 18 Nov. 1818, m. Lucinda Burpo, 12 Feb. 1840.

491. Lawson Coffey, b. 15 Aug. 1820, m(1) Mary Litton, 1 Feb. 1851, m(2) Eliza Campbell, 1856, d. 7 Aug. 1904.

492. Nancy J. Coffey, b. 1823, m. David Allen, 22 Dec. 1842, d. 3 Feb. 1866.

493. Sally Ann Coffey, b. 1838, m(1) William Litton, m(2) George Luggett, m(3) Ira Graham.

494. William W. Coffey, b. 15 Nov. 1830, m. Malinda Litton, 7 Feb. 1850, d. 18 June 1865.

495. Milton Hiatt Coffey, b. 14 Nov. 1831, m. Cynthia J. Nicholas, 1 June 1858, d. 25 May 1915.

496. Matilda C. Coffey, b. 9 Aug. 1837, m(1) Elijah Miller, m(2) Calvin Lyman, d. 15 April 1917.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN COFFEY (29) AND POLLY HAYES

John Coffey (128) was born 15 Oct. 1776, probably in Rowan Co., N.C. (the area that later became Burke Co.), and died 15 March 1845 in Grainger Co., Tenn. He married Elizabeth Rucker, daughter of Colby Rucker and Sarah Roberts, on 1 March 1804. She was born 6 Jan. 1787 and died 22 March 1855. Their first 3 children were born in Wilkes Co., N.C., and the others in Tenn. (R‑456, R‑922)

Children - Coffey

497. Ausburn (or Ausborn) Coffey, b. 11 (or 14) Jan. 1805, m. Matilda Dalton, c. 1830, d. 30 Dec. 1876 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

498. Colby Coffey, b. 23 Aug. 1806, m. Mary Adams, 22 May 1830, d. 17 June 1888 (Estill Co., Ky.).

+499. Benjamin Coffey, b. 8 Feb. 1808, m. Nancy Hayes, d. 8 May 1867.

500. Nancy Coffey, b.c. 1811, never married, d. 20 Nov. 1896.

501. John Jackson Coffey, b. 12 Jan. 1812, m. Alsy (or Elsie) Nash, 7 July 1839 (Grainger Co., Tenn.), d. 15 Oct. 1877 (Rockcastle Co., Ky.).

502. Elizabeth Coffey, b. 1821, m(1) Nathan Whitsett, 30 Nov. 1839 (Grainger Co., Tenn.), m(2) George W. Hayes, 20 Feb. 1845 (Grainger Co., Tenn.). Nathan d. 22 Jan. 1842, Grainger Co., Tenn.

503. Sarah Lucinda Coffey, b. 1822, m. William Coffey (son of George Coffey), 21 March 1840 (Grainger Co., Tenn.), d. 4 Nov. 1895 (prob. West Plains, Mo.).

504. Margaret Coffey, b. 28 Feb. 1825, m. Isaac Bullen, 7 May 1844 (Grainger Co., Tenn.), d. Rockcastle Co., Ky.

505. William M. Coffey, b. 31 Oct. 1828, m. Ellen Nash, 12 June 1849 (Grainger Co., Tenn.), d. 9 Aug. 1893 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

506. Catherine Coffey, b. 10 Aug. 1834, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Sweet (?), d. probably Cass Co., Mo.

William Coffey (129) was born probably in 1778 or possibly 1774-5 (if his father married about 1773-4). He married Mary ("Polly") Coffey (#104), his first cousin, daughter of Thomas Coffey and Elizabeth Smith, on 3 July 1796. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

507. Austin Coffey, m. Betsy Hawkins.

508. William Coffey, m. Margaret Robbins.

509. Elijah Coffey, m. Elizabeth Robbins.

Bennett Coffey (130) was born about 1779 (age 71 in 1850) and died by 1858. He married Sally Ferguson on 5 Feb. 1805. There may have been other children in addition to those listed below. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

510. Caswell Coffey, b.c. 1806 (N.C.), m. 3 or 4 times (one was Martha Campbell), d. 7 Sept. 1882 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

511. Joel Coffey, m. prob. Sarah Mullins, 5 Nov. 1855 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

512. Jesse Coffey, b.c. 1828 (Tenn.).

513. Louisa Coffey, b.c. 1831 (Tenn.).

George Coffey (131) was born about 1782 (age 68 in 1850). He married Margaret (or Marguerite) Rucker, probably sister of Elizabeth Rucker and daughter of Colby Rucker. Margaret was born in 1789-90. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

514. Mira Coffey, b.c. 1810, m. John Hipshire.

515. Thomas Coffey, b.c. 1812.

516. Delphia Coffey, b.c. 1815, m. Timothy Dalton, 29 Dec. 1828 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

517. Mary Coffey, m. Jack Dalton, 2 Sept. 1833 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

518. William Coffey, b. 20 Jan. 1817, m. Sarah Lucinda Coffey (dau. of John and Elizabeth Coffey), d. 15 June 1878.

519. Elijah Coffey, b. 23 Feb. 1820, m. Rebecca Shockley, 11 Jan. 1840 (Grainger Co., Tenn.), d. 13 July 1890.

+520. Matilda Coffey, b. 13 March 1821, m. Tandy W. Dalton, 27 Aug. 1835, d. 28 Oct. 1886.

521. Malinda Coffey, b.c. 1823, m. Cleveland Coffey, 11 Nov. 1839 (Grainger Co., Tenn.). Not certain Malinda belongs in this family.

522. Mahalia Coffey, b.c. 1828, m. Enos Shockley, 21 Jan. 1846 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

523. Emily (or Emeline) Coffey, b.c. 1831, m. Wainright Shockley, 20 Feb. 1851 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

524. Louisa Coffey, b.c. 1834, m. William Shockley, 18 March 1851 (Grainger Co., Tenn.).

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL HIGGINBOTHAM (31) AND JANE SATTERWHITE

John Satterwhite Higginbotham (144) was born no later than 1771 in Amherst Co., Va., and died in 1842 (or 1843) in Elbert Co., Ga. He first married Ann Stanton (or Staunton) Higginbotham, daughter of Capt. John Higginbotham and Rachel Banks, on 17 Dec. 1792 in Amherst Co., Va. She was born 22 Dec. 1773 in Amherst Co., Va., and died after 1807 in Elbert Co., Ga.

He secondly married Martha Ricks, daughter of Joel Ricks and Mary Bunn of Nash Co., N.C., on 5 Nov. 1826 in Greene Co., Ala. (No record of this marriage has been found. It is in the Ricks book.) Martha was born about 1800 and died before 1835. Joel secondly married Rhoda Barnes in 1810.

John thirdly married Sarah ("Sally") Lourimore on 30 March 1834 in Elbert Co., Ga. She died in 1855. Her will was dated 18 July 1855 and proved 3 Sept. 1855 (Elbert Co., Ga., Will Book A, Folio 152). (R‑65, R‑69, R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham, by Ann S. Higginbotham

+525. Mary Stanton Higginbotham, b. 25 Nov. 1793, m(1) Jacob Brown, m(2) James Tait, 27 July 1819, d. 22 Dec. 1881 (or 1832).

526. Ann R. Higginbotham, m. William Scales, 16 (or 18) Dec. 1828.

527. Frances Higginbotham, m. Starling Madison Shackelford, 16 July 1833 (Elbert Co., GA). They had 8 children. He had 4 more children by his 2nd wife.

+528. Clara Green Higginbotham, b. 4 Feb. 1805, m. Thomas Hilley, Jr., 13 May 1828, d. 5 May 1882.

+529. Lucy Higginbotham, m. Robert B. Mann, 27 July 1833.

530. Thomas Higginbotham

531. Jane Satterwhite Higginbotham, b. 28 July 1797, m. Elijah Benson Norman, 3 April 1821, d. 7 July 1884.

532. Sarah Banks Higginbotham, b. 15 March 1801 (Elbert Co., GA), m. Tilman Brawner, 13 Aug. 1822 (Elbert Co., GA, Will Book L, 1816-1824, p. 480), d. 4 April 1856 (Calhoun Co., AR). 6 children.

+533. John Green Higginbotham, b. 3 March 1807, m(1) Sarah S. Thornton, 25 Oct. 1827, m(2) Eliza Jane Baxter, 25 Feb. 1872, d. 6 Feb. 1893.

Children - Higginbotham, by Martha Ricks

+534. Jerusia Jane Higginbotham, b. 24 Aug. 1829, m. James Calloway Campbell, 1 Dec. 1846, d. 30 May 1915.

535. David B. Higginbotham, b. 1828 (Elbert Co., Ga.).

+536. Martha Elizabeth Higginbotham, b. 16 Dec. 1830, m. Thomas Jefferson Bond, 1 Dec. 1846, d. 14 Jan. 1913.

Ann Higginbotham (145) was born 8 May 1772 in Amherst Co., VA, and died 21 April 1852 in Greene Co., AL. She married William Fortson on 7 Aug. 1794 in Elbert Co., GA. He was born 28 Feb. 1774 in VA, and died 9 Jan. 1846 in Greene Co., AL. (R‑172, R‑921)

Children - Fortson

+537. Elijah S. Fortson, b.c. 1804, m. Mary Ann Elizabeth Richardson, 4 Feb. 1827, d. 6 Jan. 1892.

Volata (or Violetty) Higginbotham (147) was born in 1779 and died in 1838. She married George Turman, son of James Turman and Martha Seale, in 1796. He was born in 1778 and died in 1840.

On p. 406, Will Book N, Elbert Co., Ga., there is a marriage bond for Samuel H. Fortson and Vilate Higginbotham. It is not known whether the Vilate mentioned in the bond is the same as this Volata but, if so, she may have remarried. (R‑921)

Children - Turman

538. Permelia A. Turman, m. William Pulliam.

539. Sam Turman, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Fortson (or Foster).

540. Jefferson Turman, m. Frances Smith.

+541. Marian Louise Turman, b. 1808, m. John Pryor Hall, d. 1881.

542. Seaborn Turman, died in infancy.

George Green Higginbotham (151) was born 15 July 1791 in Amherst Co., VA, and died 6 May 1859 in Clinton, AL. He was married by John Willis, J.P., to Sarah Fortson on 20 Feb. 1817 (Elbert Co., Ga., Will Book L, 1816-1821, p. 106). George was a Major in the War of 1812, and was wounded six times. He served under Gen. Andrew Jackson (Alexander Brown's The Cabells and Their Kin). He moved to Greene Co., AL. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+543. Elizabeth Jane Higginbotham, b. 25 Jan. 1818, m. Henry Harrison, d. 22 Sept. 1859.

544. Sarah Ann Higginbotham, b. 1 Oct. 1819, m. Bennet Smith Dickson, 18 Oct. 1837, d. 5 Oct. 1873.

+545. Nancy Higginbotham, m. O. J. Nuly.

546. Arnetta Higginbotham

547. Amanda Higginbotham, m. Henry Brown.

548. George G. Higginbotham, b.c. 1827 (AL); was a captain in the C.S.A. during the Civil War.

549. Isabella Higginbotham, b.c. 1838 (AL), m. (Rev.) James R. Webster, 28 April 1858. He was b. 6 Dec. 1827 and d. 12 Jan. 1860.

550. Benjamin Higginbotham; was a captain in the C.S.A. during the Civil War.

CHILDREN OF MARY A. HIGGINBOTHAM (32) AND HENRY FRANKLIN, JR.

Peachy Franklin (155) was born between 1771 and 1778, since he was over 14 and under 21 in 1792, when Jeremiah Franklin was appointed his guardian by a court of Amherst Co., Va. (Order Book 1790-94, p. 454). He married Susannah Dillard, daughter of James and Sukey Dillard.

He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He lived in New Glasgow, Amherst Co., Va. (R‑921)

Children - Franklin

551. Susan Pitts Franklin, m. Mansfield Ware, 3 June 1824.

CHILDREN OF AARON HIGGINBOTHAM (33) AND NANCY CROXTON

Absalom Higginbotham (159) was born 2 May 1781 and died 7 July 1866. He married Mary C. Sandidge on 16 Nov. 1806. She was born 26 Aug. 1789 and died 28 May 1871. Absalom's will was dated 11 Aug. 1860 and was probated 16 July 1866 (Amherst Co., Va., Will Book 17, p. 150). In his will he mentions his wife and children: daughter Nancy C., and sons James, Rufus A., Benjamin S., Absalom, Aron, and Paul. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

552. Betty Ann Higginbotham, b. 5 Oct. 1807, m. Edmund W. Hill, 16 Aug. 1830, d. 26 May 1831.

+553. Nancy Croxton Higginbotham, b. 4 Dec. 1809, m. Thomas B. Royster, 16 Oct. 1843, d. 5 Oct. 1865.

+554. James Higginbotham, b. 5 Feb. 1812, m. Ann Eliza London, 17 Dec. 1835, d. 11 Sept. 1874.

+555. Rufus Anderson Higginbotham, b. 14 March 1814, m. Sarah Elizabeth Hargrove, 16 Sept. 1837, d. 28 Dec. 1878.

+556. Benjamin Sandidge Higginbotham, b. 21 Aug. 1818, m(1) Hester E. Paxton, 9 March 1843, m. Margaret A. Carter, 23 Jan. 1849 (?), d. 3 May 1903.

557. Absalom Higginbotham, Jr., b. 3 July 1821, m. Elizabeth Tucker, 20 Nov. 1843. Her will was dated 15 Aug. 1884 and proved 20 Oct. 1884 (Will Book 21, p. 206).

558. Thomas Higginbotham, b. 1 March 1824, never married, d. 21 Nov. 1841.

+559. Aaron L. Higginbotham, b. 31 Dec. 1826, m(1) Sally Ann Sandidge, 25 Dec. 1856, m(2) Josephine Temperance Patterson, d. 9 Feb. 1886.

560. Paul Higginbotham, b. 1 Nov. 1831, d. 26 Aug. 1864 (while serving in the C.S.A.).

Sallie Higginbotham (160) was born 23 Sept. 1783. She married Washington Hill on 20 July 1803. (R‑921)

Children - Hill

561. Toliver Hill

562. Paulipe Hill, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Campbell.

563. Eliza Hill, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Dillard.

Nancy Higginbotham (161) was born 12 June 1786. She married James Hix on 7 Nov. 1809. They moved to Kentucky, arriving in Bowling Green in Dec. 1842, and lived within 7 or 8 miles of James Higginbotham, Jr., son of James Higginbotham (brother of Aaron who married Clara Graves). (R‑921)

Children - Hix

+564. Edward Hix, b.c. 1815, m. Eliza ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

+565. Albert Hix, b.c. 1816, m. Mary Warren.

566. Betty Hix

567. Harriet Hix

Aaron Higginbotham III (162) was born 23 Feb. 1789 and died 8 March 1852. He married Elizabeth Steward Sandidge on 22 May 1817. She was born 26 Jan. 1796 and died 7 Jan. 1850. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+568. Alexander Brown Higginbotham, b. 23 June 1818, m. Eliza Frances Plunkett, 10 Dec. 1840, d. 1 Dec. 1888.

+569. John James Higginbotham, b. 16 Jan. 1820, m. Susan A. Magann, 28 Nov. 1842.

570. Nancy Croxton Higginbotham, b. 27 Oct. 1821, m. William Aaron Higginbotham, Oct. 1845, d. 16 June 1901. See #580 for descendants.

571. Robert Henry Higginbotham, b. 26 Sept. 1823, d. 1st Sat. of Feb. 1862 (Mt. Pleasant, Amherst Co., Va.). He moved to Ky., but returned to Amherst Co., Va.

572. Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham, b. 11 Aug. 1826, d. 7 Jan. 1830.

+573. Aaron Higginbotham IV, b. 11 July 1828, m(1) Martha Gladish, m(2) Celia Agnes Johnson, d. 23 Dec. 1871.

574. Benjamin Willis Higginbotham, b. 15 April 1831, m. Angie ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He died before his wife. Both were living in Guthrie, Okla. in 1906.

+575. Leannah Jane Higginbotham, b. 13 May 1833, m. Charles L. McDaniel, 3 Dec. 1858, d. June 1878.

+576. Elizabeth Ann Higginbotham, b. 2 Dec. 1834, m. William C. Bibb, 24 Dec. 1862, d. 23 Sept. 1874.

+577. Cyrus William Higginbotham, b. 11 Sept. 1836, m(1) Henrietta Button, 15 Sept. 1862, m(2) Mary Howard, 31 Oct. 1871, d. 9 July 1922.

578. Editha Higginbotham, b. 1 Oct. 1838, d. 25 July 1847 (or 1849?).

579. Arthur Absalom Higginbotham, b. 23 March 1840, d. 20 Sept. 1840.

Johannah Croxton Higginbotham (164) was born 26 Jan. 1794 and died 4 Sept. 1860. She married Col. George Washington Higginbotham, son of James Higginbotham and Rachel Campbell, on 27 June 1822 in Amherst Co., Va. He was her first cousin once removed. He was born 20 Dec. 1783, died 30 April 1862, and was buried at Mt. Pleasant Cem., Amherst Co., Va. He first married Elizabeth Cashwell on 8 April 1810 in Amherst Co. Elizabeth died 2 July 1820.

George served in the War of 1812. He was called into active service on 2 Jan. 1814, and was stationed at Lambert's Point. He was in the 90th Regt., 3rd Brigade and 2nd Div. of the Va. Militia. While with the 90th Regt. in 1814, he was attached to the 6th Regt. of Infantry and stationed at Norfolk, Va. In civilian life, he was a school teacher. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+580. William Aaron Higginbotham, b. 7 May 1823, m. Nancy Croxton Higginbotham, Oct. 1845, d. 7 Nov. 1898.

581. Ann Eliza Higginbotham, b. 9 May 1825, d. 8 March 1827.

+582. Joseph Absalom Higginbotham, b. 31 May 1828, m. Hester Ann Ware, 20 Feb. 1867, d. 13 May 1904.

583. Mary Frances Higginbotham, b. 22 Dec. 1830.

584. Nancy Higginbotham, b. 18 Oct. 1833, d. 24 March 1848.

585. Daniel Higginbotham, b. 23 Nov. 1836, d. 7 June 1862 (Richmond, Va.). He served in the C.S.A. during the Civil War, with Co. I, 19th Regt., Va. Volunteers. He died from a wound he received in the Battle of Seven Pines.

586. Johannah Jane Higginbotham, b. 21 Nov. 1840, m. William R. Hill, 10 Sept. 1862, d. 15 April ----.

CHILDREN OF FRANCES G. HIGGINBOTHAM (36) AND JOSEPH H. MORRISON

Mary Dandridge Morrison (166) was born in 1784 and died in 1839. She married James Reagan, Jr. in 1805 in Elbert Co., Ga. He was born in 1780 and died in 1855. They had 11 children. (R‑906)

Children - Reagan

587. Francis Washington Reagan, b. 1821, m. Sarah Cecilia Refo, 1845, d. 1865.

CHILDREN OF CALEB HIGGINBOTHAM (38) AND MARY ANN CASH

Aaron Higginbotham (or Hickingbottom) (180) was born in 1772 in Va., and died 10 Nov. 1858. He married Elizabeth Metts (?) about 1810. (R‑170)

Children - Hickingbottom

+588. John Hickingbottom, b.c. 1825, m. Jane Armstrong, 11 Jan. 1848.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN HIGGINBOTHAM, JR. (39) AND MARY GATEWOOD

Benjamin Graves Higginbotham (185) was born 17 Feb. 1788 in Elbert Co., Ga., and died 23 April 1862 in Noxubee Co., Miss. He married Mary Foster Lollis, daughter of John Lollis, on 2 Jan. 1812. She was born 24 Nov. 1795 in Elbert Co., Ga. There is a marriage license bond in Elbert Co., Ga. for this couple dated Jan. 1, 1812. On the bond the bride's name is given as Polly Lollis. Both Benjamin and Mary were buried in Lloyd Cem., Noxubee Co., Miss. Benjamin's occupation was listed as planter in the 1850 census for Noxubee Co. He was a first lieutenant in the War of 1812. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+589. Benjamin Toliver Higginbotham, b. 26 Feb. 1813, m(1) Jane ‑‑‑‑‑‑, 1840-50, m(2) S. Jane ‑‑‑‑‑‑, 1850-60.

590. John Lollis Higginbotham, b. 26 Dec. 1815.

591. Mary Gatewood Higginbotham, b. 6 Sept. 1818.

+592. Elizabeth Harriet Higginbotham, b. 9 Feb. 1822, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Whitehead, before 1850.

593. Sarah Ann Higginbotham, b. 28 June 1825.

+594. James Larkin Higginbotham, b. 10 Oct. 1828, m. Margaret Thomas, 19 May 1850, d. 31 May 1913.

595. Richard Wylie Higginbotham, b. 24 Sept. 1833.

596. Tabitha A. Higginbotham, b. 20 Jan. 1838.

Larkin Higginbotham (187) was under 21 in 1811, because in that year his first cousin John S. Higginbotham was appointed his guardian by an Elbert Co., Ga. court, dated Jan. 7, 1811 and recorded Jan. 11, 1811 (Will Book 1809-12, p. 116). He married Polly Howard on 12 Jan. 1815, recorded in the Court of Ordinary, Elbert, Ga. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+597. Larkin Higginbotham, Jr., b.c. 1814, m. Harriet ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. by 1899.

598. Tirza Ann Higginbotham, b.c. 1818, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Potter, d. 27 July 1899 (Mirnard Co., Ill.).

+599. Martha J. Higginbotham, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Jones, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ McHenry, d. by 1899.

+600. Madison Higginbotham, married, d. by 1899.

+601. Elizabeth Higginbotham, m. Andy Weldon.

602. Mahala Higginbotham, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Clary. Had children.

603. Lervice Higginbotham, m. William M. English (Dickerson Co., Tenn., Marriage Records, 1838-49, p. 400).

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM HIGGINBOTHAM (40) AND DOROTHY SANDIDGE

Dolly D. Higginbotham (194) was born about 1798, probably in Elbert Co., Ga., and died in 1856 in Hardin Co., Tenn. She married Elisha Kelley, son of Elijah Kelley, on 7 Oct. 1812. He was born about 1795 in N.C., and died in 1858, probably in Hardin Co., Tenn. At least their first 6 children, and probably the others also, were born in Tenn. (R‑147)

Children - Kelley

604. Levicy Kelley, b. 3 May 1814, m. Moses Heskew, d. after 1880 (Gonzales Co. or Kimble Co., Texas).

605. Rila G. Kelley, b. 16 Jan. 1816, m. Susan Rickman, d. after 1916 (Savannah?, Tenn.).

+606. William Higginbotham Kelley, b. 9 Jan. 1818, m(1) Amanda M. Johnson, 11 Sept. 1849, m(2) Susan Abbigail Wood, 13 Sept. 1860, d. 20 May 1881.

607. Kinchin Kelley, b. 4 Jan. 1820, m. Nancy M. McClarin, d. 6 Nov. 1886 (Hardin Co., Tenn.). Bur. Kelley Cem., Saltillo, Tenn.

608. Lawson Kelley, b. 9 Feb. 1822, m(1) Nancy Glenn Cavy, 4 July 1846, m(2) Emily Allen, m(3) Nancy M. Miskernon. Bur. Whitesboro (?), Texas.

609. Pleasant A. Kelley, b. 7 Dec. 1823.

610. Martha Ann Kelley, b. 19 Dec. 1825, d. 20 March 1826.

611. Louisa Kelley, b. 12 March 1827, d. 9 Jan. 1828.

612. Lucinda Kelley, b. 11 Dec. 1828, m. Caswell Ashcraft.

613. Albert Kelley, b. 24 Feb. 1831, m. Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 26 March 1870 (Hardin Co., Tenn.).

614. Dolly Kelley, b. 7 Aug. 1832 (Tenn.).

615. Leonard E. Kelley, b. 25 May 1835 (Tenn.), m. Sallie J. Wilson, 2 Jan. 1875 (Gonzales, Texas), d.c. 1894 (Gonzales, Texas).

616. Almerene Kelley, b. 12 June 1837.

617. Almeda Kelley, b. 30 Sept. 1839, d. 19 July 1840.

618. Mahala Thomas Kelley, b. 16 Jan. 1842.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH HIGGINBOTHAM (41) AND FRANCES HIGGINBOTHAM

Willis Higginbotham (200) was born 6 May 1792 in Hickman Co., Tenn., and died in July 1861. He married Rebecca Higginbotham, his second cousin once removed. His sister Elinor married Willis's brother Lindsey. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

619. Elizabeth Higginbotham, m. Wesley Kelley.

620. Frances Higginbotham, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Sparks.

621. Martin Higginbotham, killed in Civil War.

622. Rasom Higginbotham, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Goodwin.

623. John James Higginbotham, m. Lucy Ann Taylor. Had 12 children.

624. Joseph Higginbotham, m. Sarah Simons.

625. Josephine Higginbotham, never married.

CHILDREN OF FRANCIS HIGGINBOTHAM (42) AND DOLLY GATEWOOD

Caleb Higginbotham (203) was born about 1785-90 in Elbert Co., Ga., and died 8 May 1829 in East Feliciana Parish, La. He married Ann Minerva Bryant, daughter of William G. Bryant of Va. and Indiana, about 1810 in Va. She died 17 Oct. 1833 in Indianapolis, Ind.

After the death of Caleb, Ann moved to Marion Co., Ind. She later returned to East Feliciana Parish and married John H. Scott on 9 Sept. 1831 in Clinton, La. She and her new husband then returned to Indiana where she died. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+626. Mary Higginbotham, b. 1814, m. William Sandel, 16 Dec. 1830.

+627. Jane Higginbotham, b. 1816, m. Peter Alexander Boyd Williams, 16 Sept. 1834, d. 17 May 1880.

+628. William G. Higginbotham, b. 7 March 1819, m. Sarah A. Palmer, 20 Dec. 1838, d. 9 March 1888.

629. Martha Higginbotham, m. Thomas S. Carroll, 7 Jan. 1847 (Clinton, La.).

630. Henrietta Clarissa Higginbotham, d. 17 Sept. 1836.

631. Marian Louise Higginbotham, d. 11 Jan. 1832.

+632. Leonora Higginbotham, b. 1824, m. John R. Collinsworth, 8 June 1843, d. 5 Oct. 1883.

Lucy Higginbotham (204) was born about 1788, probably in Wilkes Co., GA, and died 1861-62 in Butts Co., GA. She married Durrett Stodghill, son of Joel Stodghill and Martitia (or Martha) Oliver[4], about 1804 in Elbert Co., GA. Durrett was born about 1782 in Orange Co., VA, and died in the summer of 1856 in Butts Co., GA. All their children were born in Elbert Co., GA. (R‑290)

Children - Stodghill

633. Joel Stodghill, b. 1 May 1805, m. Martha A. Moss, 30 July 1840 (Elbert Co., GA), d. 15 Oct. 1880 (McLennan Co., TX).

634. James M. Stodghill, b. 3 April 1808, m(1) Mary Humphries, 3 Aug. 1832 (Newton Co., GA), m(2) Rebecca Humphries, c. 1840, d. Chambers Co., AL.

635. Mary Stodghill, b. 1812, m. Henry Barnes, 22 Jan. 1826 (Elbert Co., GA), d. 1850 (Butts Co., GA).

636. Martha Caroline Stodghill, b. 13 March 1812, m. John Barnes, 6 Sept. 1827 (Elbert Co., GA), d. 19 Sept. 1883 (Butts Co., GA).

637. William Francis Stodghill, b. 22 Nov. 1815, m. Justina Adeline Lofton, 6 June 1837 (Butts Co., GA), d. Oct. 1856 (Butts Co., GA).

638. John Thomas Stodghill, b. 1 June 1820, d. 15 or 18 Sept. 1897 (Chambers Co., AL).

639. Malvana Stodghill, b.c. 1822, m. William Bowling, 24 Jan. 1843 (Butts Co., GA).

640. Caroline Stodghill, b.c. 1824, m. Henry Duke, 19 Oct. 1843 (Butts Co., GA).

641. Henry B. Stodghill, b.c 1825, d. during Civil War.

642. Sarah Frances Stodghill, b. 6 Nov. 1828, d. 2 Feb. 1910 (Chambers Co., AL). She was retarded in some way, living at the home of her brother John Thomas in Fredonia, AL according to old letters.

Lawson Higginbotham (206) was born 24 July 1794 and died 12 Jan. 1860. He married Elizabeth McCants, daughter of David McCants, on 11 April 1822 in St. Francisville, La. She was born 30 Nov. 1804 and died 5 Nov. 1863. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+643. David Francis Higginbotham, b. 19 Dec. 1822, m. Mary Jane Land, d. 20 Dec. 1898.

+644. Cleaton Higginbotham, b. 29 April 1824, m. Celia Ann Hausey, 29 Sept. 1852, d. 25 March 1872.

645. Jane Caroline Higginbotham, b. 2 Aug. 1825, d. 25 March 1845.

+646. William Douglas Higginbotham, b. 26 July 1827, m. Ann Chapman.

+647. Thomas Carter Higginbotham, b. 6 Feb. 1831, m. Belle Norseworthy.

648. James Nathaniel Higginbotham, b. 4 Oct. 1832, d. 29 Aug. 1867.

649. Lawson Higginbotham, b. 23 Sept. 1835, d. 27 Nov. 1840.

650. John Flynn Higginbotham, b. 5 Feb. 1838, d. 13 Aug. 1839.

+651. Charles Wesley Higginbotham, b. 5 Oct. 1839, m. Jennie Holt.

652. Caleb Higginbotham, b. 22 Feb. 1844, d. 30 June 1867.

+653. Samuel Riley Higginbotham, b. 22 April 1847, m. Mary Alma Martin, 12 Sept. 1883, d. 17 Oct. 1927.

Cleaton Higginbotham (207) died in Aug. 1822. He married Mary McKneely, daughter of Henry McKneely and Jane McCants, on 17 April 1820 in St. Francisville, La. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

654. Thomas Francis Henry Higginbotham

Amy Higginbotham (209) married Isaac McD. Reily. He died in Jan. 1851. (R‑921)

Children - Reily

655. Martha N. Reily, m. Benjamin Fauver.

656. Joseph C. Reily

657. Catherine N. Reily, m. Isaac T. Felps.

658. Archibald McD. Reily

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GRAVES (45) AND SARAH SMITH

Mary (“Polly”) Graves (219) was born 3 Oct. 1783 in Washington Co., GA, and died 21 June 1835 in AL. She married William Edmond (or Edmund) Alexander, called Edmond, in 1801 in GA. He was born in 1768 in VA, and died 27 Dec. 1840 in Manack Station, Lowndes Co., AL.

According to R‑270, Edmund Alexander was descended from Lord Stirling, William Edmund Alexander, who was born in 1726 in New York City, died in 1783, and was a brigadier general in the Continental Army. He was descended from Sir William Edmund Alexander, the Earl of Stirling, who was born in 1567 and died in 1640. He was a Scottish poet and was tutor to the Earl of Argyle, Prince Henry Frederick, and Prince Charles who later became King Charles I of England. He received a grant of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1621. He was secretary of state for Scotland from 1626 until his death in 1640. He is the author of "Monarchicke Tradgedies," "Paracnesis to the Prince" (a poem written in 1604), and "Doomesday," a sacred epic. (R‑244, R‑268, R‑270)

Children - Alexander

+659. Sarah Elizabeth Alexander, b. 1806, m. Absolom Doster, d. 1893.

660. Ethelbert Alexander, b.c. 1810. Lived with brother Peyton in 1850.

+661. Peyton Smith Graves Alexander, b.c. 1812, m. Mary Preer Minter, 13 Dec. 1836, d. 1876.

662. Matilda Alexander, b.c. 1815, m. Thomas B. Youngblood, 10 Dec. 1831 (Lowndes Co., AL).

+663. Martha Susan Alexander, b. 1 May 1817, m. John Asa Whetstone, 20 Dec. 1832, d. 17 Oct. 1865.

+664. William Edmund Alexander, Jr., b.c. 1819, m(1) Caroline Sager, 20 Sept. 1837, m(2) Emily Young, d. after 1870.

665. Charles Alexander

666. Mary Adeline Alexander, m. Daniel Lake, 7 May 1840 (Lowndes Co., AL).

667. Asbury G. Alexander

William Graves (222) was born 27 Dec. 1788 in Oglethorpe Co., GA, died 11 Nov. 1854 in Lowndes Co., Ala., and was buried in Oakview Cem., Lowndes Co. He first married Mary ("Polly") Young on 15 (or 16) Dec. 1808 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. She died 19 Aug. 1821 in Lowndes Co., AL. He married second Mary B. Durham on 17 Sept. 1823 in Lowndes Co. She was born 11 June 1800 in Clarke Co., GA, died 16 Nov. 1850 in Lowndes Co., AL., and was buried in Oakview Cem., Lowndes Co. William's first 4 children were born in GA, and the others in AL., at least the last 4 in Lowndes Co. (R‑100, R‑165)

Children - Graves, by Mary Young

+668. Louisa Graves, b. 29 Nov. 1809, m. Joseph C. Mason, 5 May 1825, d. Nov. 1826.

+669. Ann S. Graves, b. 4 May 1811, m. Thomas J. Varner, 21 July 1832, d. 6 July 1844.

+670. Young William Graves, b. 9 April 1813, m(1) Mary C. Youngblood, 14 Dec. 1831, m(2) Sarah Ann (Graves) Clark, 12 Oct. 1839, m(3) Nancy A. Fisher, 7 May 1844, d. 1871.

+671. Giles Nance Graves, b. 25 Feb. 1815, m(1) Martha Anna Brinson, 4 Jan. 1835, m(2) Margaret J. Burton, 4 Jan. 1860, d. 23 Dec. 1866.

+672. Mary Ann Graves, b. 17 Aug. 1821, m. John Gillon Rogers, 5 Nov. 1841, d. 1858.

Children - Graves, by Mary B. Durham

673. Martha E. Graves, b. 17 Sept. 1824, d. 28 Nov. 1825.

+674. Sarah J. Graves, b. 3 Oct. 1825, m. Henry Hill Whetstone, 15 Dec. 1842, d. 1878.

+675. Peyton Smith Graves, b. 25 Feb. 1827, m. Sarah Mildred McGehee, 1 Dec. 1852, d. 26 June 1892.

676. Caroline C. Graves, b. 6 Jan. 1829, m. Andrew J. Caffey (or Coffey?), 9 (or 6) Dec. 1849.

677. Jeremiah S. Graves, b. 18 Sept. 1830, d. 4 Sept. 1840.

678. Charles J. Graves, b. 14 Sept. 1832, d. 7 July 1833.

David Graves (224) was born 7 May 1792 in Oglethorpe Co., GA, and died 10 April (or September) 1836 in Lowndes Co., AL. He married Mary ("Polly") Russell, daughter of Robert Russell II and Jane Jefferson Rutherford, on 31 March 1812 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. She was probably born in the early 1790’s. He served in the War of 1812.

After David died, Mary married Abner McGehee on 20 March 1842 in Lowndes Co., AL. He was born in 1779 in Prince Edward Co., VA, and died in 1855 in McGehee’s Switch, Montgomery Co., AL.

Alabama Records, Lowndes County, Alabama, Vol. 214, compiled by Kathleen Paul Jones Ganrud, Nov. 1964, p. 190: “Petition to sell the land of the Estate of David Graves dec’d. The widow of the decedent has received her dower. James Hinkle in right of his wife Martha, formerly Martha Graves. Sarah Ann Clark, formerly Sarah Ann Graves. Robert R. Graves, all of age. Susan J. Graves, Peyton T. Graves, Mary C. Graves and Dorothy L. Graves, last four all minors.” (R‑100, R‑165, R‑252)

Children - Graves

+679. Martha Frances Graves, b. 19 May 1813, m. James Hinkle, 4 Jan. 1832, d. 1 Feb. 1864.

+680. Robert Russell Graves, b. 19 July 1814, m. Esther Gertrude Hinkle, 16 Sept. 1839, d. 9 Feb. 1897.

681. William R. Graves, b. 1 Dec. 1818, d. 21 July 1832.

+682. Sarah Ann Graves, b.c 1812, m(1) George Clark, 29 May 1835, m(2) Young William Graves (#670), 12 Oct. 1839.

683. Susan Jane Graves, m. Thomas J. Judge[5], 17 Jan. 1833.

+684. Peyton Talley Graves, b.c. 1823, m. Meleora Ann Andrews, 30 Sept. 1841.

685. Mary Carrie Graves, possibly m. William Falcon.

686. Dorothy Louisa Graves, b. 3 Nov. 1820 (or 1829), d. Oct. 1854.

687. David A. (or M.) Graves, b. 1828, d. 1832[6].

688. Charles E. Graves, b. 27 April 1831, d. 28 July 1834.

689. Nancy Elizabeth Graves, died in infancy.

690. Thomas Graves, died in infancy.

Peyton Smith Graves (227) was born 3 March 1799 in Lexington, Oglethorpe Co., GA, died after 1860, probably in Texas, and was buried in Texas (or AL or LA). He first married Aurelia G. Bruce on 21 Sept. 1827 in Wilkinson Co., MS. She died in 1829. He may have married second ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Patterson in Baltimore, MD, but no record of this has been found. He married third (or second) Joanna Brantley, daughter of Harris Brantley and Dorothy Brooks Minter. She was born about 1804 in MD according to the 1860 census. He has not been found in the 1850 census for AL, LA, MS or TX, but he is in the 1860 census for Palestine, Anderson Co., TX. In this census, his initials are reversed as S. P., but it is definitely him, and his wife was born in MD. Perhaps she had first married a Patterson and was a widow when she married Peyton.

Peyton was one of the first Methodist Protestant ministers in the state of Alabama. (R‑265)

Children - Graves, by ------ Brantley

691. Harris Brantley Graves, b.c. 1831.

+692. Charles W. Graves, b.c. 1835, m. Anne Alabama Graves, 5 March 1860, d. 20 Aug. 1874.

693. Peyton Smith Graves, b. Dec. 1838 (AL), m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, c. 1864, d. aft. 1880. (Recorded on the 1880 census in Ashley Co., AR). Occupation: photographer.

+694. Georgia Arlene Graves, b. 9 March 1845, m. Edward D. Hastings, 3 Oct. 1863.

695. E. S. Graves [daughter], b.c. 1853 (AL).

696. A. M. Graves [son], b.c. 1858 (MS).

Martha S. (or F.) Graves (230) was born 1 (or 12) Sept. 1805 in Oglethorpe Co., GA, and died in Lowndesboro, AL. She married Stephen Shelton on 17 May 1822. He was born in 1797. (R‑268)

Children - Shelton

+697. Sarah Virginia Shelton, b. 7 March 1827, m. William Walker, 19 May 1844, d. 20 Sept. 1874.

CHILDREN OF DAVID GRAVES (46) AND NANCY PINKARD

Lucy Graves (231) married William Witcher, son of William Witcher and Mary Dalton, on 9 Feb. 1818 in Franklin Co., VA. Surety was her father, David Graves. Lucy had apparently died by 1850, as William Witcher was then living with his daughter in Franklin Co., VA. William was born about 1791 in VA, and died after 1850. Their daughter Nancy was born in VA.

Lucy was a niece of Peyton Graves, who was born 1755 in Caroline Co., VA, died about 1836 in Pittsylvania Co., VA, married Charlotte Pinkard, in Pittsylvania Co., VA. They lived in Franklin Co., VA before moving to Pittsylvania Co. One of Peyton's sons, James, married Denny Witcher in 1818, and another son, Thomas, married Joanna Witcher in 1828. (R‑470, R‑471)

Children - Witcher

+698. Nancy F. Witcher, b.c. 1824, m. John W. Poindexter, 19 March 1839, d. before 1860.

CHILDREN OF PEYTON GRAVES (48) AND CHARLOTTE PINKARD

Jane Graves (233) was born in 1790 in VA, and died in 1855. She married Thomas Brome (or Broome) Jefferson, first cousin of President Thomas Jefferson, on 19 Jan. 1807 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He was born in 1787 in VA, died in 1862, and was buried in Missouri (or in Trigg Co., KY).

Since their son, John, is identified with his wife's family's long attachment to and residence in Campbell Co. (VA? or TN?), they probably lived around there. They seem to have been in Patrick Co., VA in 1830, and in Trigg Co., KY in 1850. They settled in MO, probably Montgomery Co. (R‑186, R‑188)

Children - Jefferson

699. Peyton Graves Jefferson, b. 28 Nov. 1807, m. Nancy Pilson, 15 Jan. 1831, d. 5 July 1857.

700. John Pinkard Jefferson, b. 8 July 1810, m. Sarah Frances Steptoe Brown. She was dau. of James Calloway Brown and Katherine Leftwich.

701. James Harrison Jefferson, b. 4 Jan. 1812 (VA), m. Elizabeth Pilson, 17 Feb. 1831 (Patrick Co., VA), d. 10 April 1880. She was dau. of Richard Pilson and Rachel Harbour.

702. Thomas Franklin Jefferson, b. 12 Sept. 1813, d. 8 Aug. 1815.

703. Celena (or Celine) Ann Jefferson, b. 24 June 1815, m. Edmund Pendleton Malone, d. 8 April 1886 (Trigg Co., KY). He was b. 1807, d. 1894.

704. Charlotte Jefferson, b. 26 Oct. 1817, d. 1819. Bur. Patrick Co., VA.

705. William Starne Jefferson, b. 6 Aug. 1819, d. 1829 (Patrick Co., VA).

706. Elizabeth Jane Jefferson, b. June 1821, m. Robert O. Malone, 7 June 1856, d. Trigg Co., KY. He was b. 1828, d. 1892.

707. Frances Robertson Jefferson, b. 7 May 1823, m(1) Washington S. Noel, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Wyatt, d. Trigg Co., KY. He was b. 1819.

708. Thomas Jett Jefferson, b. 30 Jan. 1829.

John Graves (234) was born in July 1794 in Pittsylvania Co., VA, and died in July 1844. He married Mildred Hicks George on 9 May 1817 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. She was born 13 Aug. 1797 (or July 1796) in Pittsylvania Co., and died after 1850. They moved from Patrick Co., VA to Montgomery Co., MO in Dec. 1842. (According to another version, they lived in Patrick Co. until 1834, then moved to Pittsylvania Co., and were in MO by Oct. 10, 1840.) All their children except the last were born in Virginia.

One puzzling piece of information is that the 1860 census for Middletown, Prairie Twp., Montgomery Co., MO, dwelling 895, lists John Graves, 27, carpenter, Ann Graves, 20, William Graves, 23, Witcher Graves, 19, and James Graves, 18, all born in VA. This appears to be some of the children of John Graves and Mildred George, and they all match except for John Pinkard Graves. In addition to the age discrepancy of about 10 years for John P., he supposedly moved to Oregon about 1850. In the 1870 census for the same place is a John Graves, 37 with wife Sarah, 23, and daughter Cora, 1. Could the information for John Pinkard Graves be wrong? (R‑179, R‑186, R‑335, R‑915)

Children - Graves

709. Pinkard Graves, died in infancy.

710. Eliza (or Elizabeth) Charlotte Graves, b. 1823, d. 1893.

711. Martha Jane Graves, d. at her grandfather's.

712. Elias Hugh Graves, lost at sea in the Civil War.

+713. John Pinkard Graves, b. 17 May 1824, m. Maria Glover, 21 March 1844, d. 1910.

714. Peyton Starn Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 1868. Had 2 daughters.

+715. Mildred America Vashti Graves, b. 1832, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Steele.

716. Esther Graves, b. 1836.

717. Hadassah Ann Graves, b. 20 March 1837.

+718. William Daniel Graves, b. 1838, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 1872.

+719. Witcher McHaney Graves, b.c. 1841, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

+720. James Madison Graves, b.c. 1842, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

William Graves (235) was born about 1795, and died 28 July 1841 in Montgomery Co., MO. He married Lucy Berger, sister of Mildred Berger who married William's brother Washington, and daughter of Jacob Berger, on 12 (or 14) May 1818 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. She was born about 1797. He was a Justice of the Peace in Virginia. They moved to Montgomery Co., MO about 10 Nov. 1837.

The 1830 census for Pittsylvania Co., VA, page 319, listed William Graves with 2 males under 5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30 (probably a brother), 1 male 30-40 (William), 2 females under 5, and 1 female 20-30 (Lucy). Living nearby in 1830 were George Berger, Thomas Graves, Peyton Graves Jr. and Peyton Graves Sr. The 1840 census for Prairie Twp., Montgomery Co., MO, page 201, listed William Graves with 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 2 males 20-30, 1 male 40-50 (William), 2 females 5-10, and 1 female 30-40 (Lucy).

Although some descendants say that William and Lucy had 6 children, the census records indicate there may have been more. Perhaps 6 is the number of children who lived to be adults. The names of David, Peyton, Jacob, Catherine, and William were provided by several sources. The names of John, Samuel, Thomas and Jane are from R‑495. (R‑4, R‑179, R‑186, R‑335, R‑915)

Children - Graves

721. David Starn Graves, b. 12 Aug. 1819, m. Lucy Dickenson. She was b. 1828, d. 1861. He was a lawyer.

722. Dr.) Peyton Graves, b. 19 June 1821. He was a physician. Moved to AR.

723. Jacob B. Graves, b. 11 July 1822, died young.

724. John Graves, b.c. 1824.

+725. Catherine Nowlin Graves, b. 1 July 1825, m. John Henry Palmer, 31 Aug. 1841.

726. Samuel Graves

727. Thomas Graves

728. Jane Graves

+729. William James Graves, b. 10 Jan. 1830, m. Soledad Pico, c. 1858, d. 2 Aug. 1884.

William Washington Graves (236), called Washington, was born about 1805 or 1806 in Pittsylvania Co., Va., and died in 1875 in Montgomery Co., Mo. He married Mildred Berger on 14 (or 31) Jan. 1833 in Pittsylvania Co., Va. She was a sister of Lucy who married Washington's brother William. She was born in 1809 in VA, and died in 1849 in Montgomery Co., MO. They moved to Montgomery Co. about 1840, where he lived until his death. (R‑54, R‑915)

Children - Graves

730. Daniel Berger Graves, b. 1833.

731. Martha Ann Graves, b. 1835, d. in Virginia.

+732. David William Graves, b. 28 Feb. 1837, m. Julia Ann Crockett, 18 March 1863, d. 26 Dec. 1918.

+733. Lucy Catherine Graves, b. 1839, m. Samuel Sherod Nowlin.

734. Elizabeth Jane Graves, b. 1843, d. in Missouri.

+735. James Francis Graves, b. 1849, m. Fannie Jefferson, d. 1905.

Anna (or Ann) Graves (237) was born in 1800 in VA. She married Elisha Greer on 23 April 1818 in Pittsylvania Co., VA (or 16 March 1818 in Bedford Co., VA). He was born in 1792 in VA. (R‑186)

Children - Greer

736. Charlotte Greer, b. 1821.

737. Frances Greer, b. 1823.

738. Francis Greer, b. 1830, never married, d. 1856.

739. Thomas Greer, b. 1833.

740. Pinckard Greer, b. 1835.

741. John Greer, b. 1837.

+742. Lucy Greer, b. 1838.

James Graves (238) was born about 1801, and died 23 Sept. 1859 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He married Denny (or Dinny) Witcher, daughter of John Witcher and Susan ‑‑‑‑‑‑, on 16 (or 21) May 1818 in Pittsylvania Co., Va. She was born about 1801. The wills of James Graves, dated 11 Sept. 1839, proved 17 Oct. 1859 (Pittsylvania Co., Va., W.B. 2, p. 313), and of his wife Denny, dated 7 Aug. 1867, proved 9 Oct. 1874 (W.B. 3, p. 121), mention children Susan, Francis, and James. John Card Graves also mentions James, and also Lafayette (same as Francis), Thomas (could have been James T. A.), and America. The Bible of James and Denny only mentions the two sons listed below.

The names given by John Card Graves are probably from family records, and thus perhaps the ones that were used by the family, whereas the ones appearing in legal documents would tend to be more formal names. Therefore, there may not really be any disagreement between the two sets of names. (R‑186, R‑913, R‑915)

Children - Graves

743. Susan C. America Graves, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Clements, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Edwards.

+744. Francis Lafayette Washington Graves, b. 3 Oct. 1830, m. Hoppie Ann Patricia Saunders, 3 Aug. 1854.

745. James Thomas A. Graves, b. 23 March 1833, m. Charlotte Graves (#751).

Peyton Graves (239) was born about 1804 and died 9 July 1836 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He married Nancy B. Hurt on 5 April (or 20 May) 1824 in Bedford Co., VA. She was born 13 Dec. 1807 in the southern part of Bedford Co., and , and died in Aug. 1858 in Bedford Co., VA. Her son William was recorded on the 1850 census in Bedford Co., VA as head of the household. Nancy, John, and Lucy lived in the household. (R‑2, R‑179, R‑186)

Children - Graves

+746. Dollie Ann Graves, b.c. 1825, m. Harden Perkins Edwards, Dec. 1841, d. 1917.

+747. Lucy C. Graves, b. May 1831, m. William Ellis, 16 Nov. 1853, d. after 1900.

+748. William Fountain Graves, b. 26 Sept. 1832, m. Mary J. Johnson, 1856, d. 1923.

+749. John P. Graves, b.c. 1835, m. Tabitha Parker, 1853, d. after 1880.

Francis Graves (240) was born in Oct. 1808 and died after 1871. He married Elvira A. Edwards on 19 Nov. 1838 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. She was born in 1822. (R‑186, R‑915)

Children - Graves

750. Elizabeth ("Bettie") Graves, b.c. 1839, m. William Towler. Lived in Topeka, KS.

751. Charlotte Graves, b.c, 1840, m. James Thomas A. Graves (#745).

752. Mary Graves, b.c. 1842, never married, d. 1846.

753. Elvira Graves, b.c. 1844.

+754. William Daniel Graves, b.c. 1846, m. Hettie Johnson.

755. Frances ("Fannie") Graves, b.c. 1848, m. James L. Witcher, d. 1936. He was b. 1839, d. 1916.

+756. Thomas James Graves, b. 19 July 1849, m(1) Katie Ann Saunders, m(2) Sallie Dyer, d. 2 April 1909.

757. Gillie E. Graves, b.c. 1851, never married, d. 1866.

758. Louisa Graves, b.c. 1853, m. Cole Ramsey.

759. Rowena Graves, b. 6 Sept. 1855, m. Hardin Hairston Edwards, d. 7 July 1934. See #1385 for descendants.

760. Francis ("Frank") Graves, b.c. 1857, m. May Ordineal. Lived near Menlo, PA. 4 children.

761. Maude Graves, b.c. 1859.

762. L. Catherine Graves, b.c. 1861, d. 1863.

Thomas Graves (241) was born in 1811 and died in 1871. He married Joanna Witcher, daughter of John and Susan Witcher, on 12 Aug. 1828 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. She was born in 1809, died 19 July 1862 in Pittsylvania Co., and was buried in Pittsylvania Co. They moved to Arizona. (R‑186)

Children - Graves

763. Thomas C. Graves

CHILDREN OF RICHARD GRAVES (64) AND SUSANNAH ‑‑‑‑‑‑

William Graves (246) was born in 1761 and died in 1851. He married Betsy Hilman on 22 Dec. 1796. She was born in 1774 and died in 1854. (R‑907)

Children - Graves

764. Susannah Graves, b. 1797, never married, d. 1855.

765. John Graves, b. 1801, d. 1855.

766. Richard Graves, m. Sarah A. T. Oaks (or Oakes) (#788), 2 Dec. 1828 (Orange Co., Va.).

767. Anne Rufus Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ King.

768. Thomas Graves, b. 1814, m. Bettie Ellen Stubblefield, 16 Dec. 1848.

769. Robert Graves, b. 1817, d. 1852.

770. William Graves, m. Eleanor F. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

Thomas Graves (247) married Ann Grady, daughter of William Grady, on 17 June 1788 in Orange Co., Va. (R‑907)

Children - Graves

771. Susannah Graves, m. William Beazley, 25 Nov. 1811.

772. Polly Graves (?)

Ann ("Nancy") Graves (248) was born about 1777 and died by 1829. She married Thornton Foushee, son of John Foushee and Aphia Thornton (?), on 22 July (or 23 April) 1791 in Orange Co., Va. He was born about 1753, and died 1829 or early 1830 in Culpeper Co., Va. His will was dated 27 April 1829 and proved 15 Feb. 1830 in Culpeper Co. He had first been married to Rosa Hobbs. (R‑23)

Children - Foushee

+773. William Foushee, b.c. 1794, m(1) Mildred J. Thatcher, m(2) Mary Ann Pendleton, 20 July 1831, d. 15 Aug. 1839.

774. Richard C. Foushee, m. Nancy Martin, 1817.

775. Mary Foushee

776. John Foushee

+777. Lucy Ann Foushee, b.c. 1796, m. James Bowen, 6 Jan. 1814, d.c. 1861.

778. Thomas Alexander Foushee

779. Sarah Amanda Foushee

780. George Foushee, m. Susan Foushee, 1819.

Susannah (or Susanna) Graves (249) may have been born about 1777. She married George Morris on 7 April 1795 in Orange Co., VA, as his second wife. He was born 29 March 1763 and died 15 May 1853. He served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.

George Morris married three times. His first wife may have been Sally Biggers. The four children listed below were probably by Susannah. Children by his first wife may have included Dabney, Polly m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Musgrove, Sarah m. Wright Bibb, and Ann (possibly the same as Louisa). (R‑258, R‑300)

Children - Morris

781. Richard Graves Morris, b. 25 Dec. 1799, m. Hannah Murphy, 2 Oct. 1847, d. 1 April 1856.

+782. Tandy Graves Morris, b. 26 Jan. 1804, m. Harriett Elizabeth Mills, d. 24 Aug. 1872.

783. Susan Morris, b.c. 1805, m. Lewis Hord, 6 April 1830 (Louisa Co., VA).

784. Louisa A. Morris, b.c. 1815, m. Henry L. Chiles, 19 Dec. 1836 (Orange Co., VA).

Joanna (or Joannah) Graves (253) was born 11 March 1783. She married John Oakes on 14 April 1807 in Orange Co., Va. He was born 22 Dec. 1781.

In a mimeographed book of Early Virginia Marriages is the following entry. "7 April 1807. John Oakes and Joanna Graves, daughter of Thomas Graves who is surety and makes oath Joanna is over 21. Married 14 April by Rev. Nathaniel Sanders, Baptist."

In an article by Mrs. P. W. Hiden (R‑907, p. 668), it is stated that Joanna was one of the children of Richard and Susannah Graves. Considering that Richard Graves died in 1797 when Joanna was only about 14 years old, it is reasonable to assume that the Thomas in the marriage record was her older brother rather than her father.

All the children of Joanna and John were born in Va., probably Orange Co. The Oakes family sold their plantation in Orange Co., Va., and moved to Mansfield, Ohio in 1831. (R‑156)

Children - Oakes

785. Susan B. Oakes, b. 11 April 1808.

786. James T. Oakes, b. 12 Sept. 1809.

+787. Thomas Alexander Oakes, b. 5 June 1811, m. Mary Carter, 18 Oct. 1838, d. 5 March 1886.

788. Sarah A. T. Oakes, b. 29 Jan. 1813, m. Richard Graves (#766), 2 Dec. 1828.

789. Ann G. Oakes, b. 14 Oct. 1814.

790. Elizabeth I. Oakes, b. 6 Aug. 1817.

791. Helen M. Oakes, b. 3 Sept. 1821.

792. William T. Oakes, b. 15 Aug. 1823.

793. John C. Oakes, b. 9 Sept. 1827.

CHILDREN OF RICE GRAVES (67) AND CLARA SATTERWHITE

James M. Graves (261) married Mary M. Clements on 14 April 1807 in Goochland Co., Va. James was not listed in the 1820 or 1830 censuses for Goochland Co., although in 1829 he with his wife Mary M. sold to Martin James land that had been bequeathed him by his father (Goochland Records); his mother Clara joined in the deed. (R‑907)

Children - Graves

+794. Clarissa Graves, m. Henry A. Houchins, 31 May 1826.

+795. Rice Evan Graves, b. 1 Aug. 1809, m. Amelia Virginia (Richeson) Gregory, 19 Aug. 1833, d. 6 Aug. 1875.

Martha ("Patsy") Graves (262) married Andrew Knight Nuckolds (or Nuckols) on 8 March 1801 in Goochland Co., Va. She must have died by 1813, since her daughter, rather than Martha, is named in her father's will of that year. (R‑907)

Children - Nuckolds

796. Eliza Nuckolds

Thomas E. Graves (263) was born about 1790 or 1795, lived in Goochland Co., Va., and probably died between 1840 and 1850, since he was not listed in the 1850 census. He married Nancy Carden of Nottaway on 17 May 1820 (Richmond Enquirer, 30 May 1820, p. 3, col. 6). She was probably a daughter of Jesse Carden who married Clary Satterwhite on 30 July 1801 in Goochland Co., Va.

Thomas served in the War of 1812 as a private in Capt. William M. Holman's Co., 7th Regt. (Gray's), Va. Militia. He served from 28 Aug. 1814 to 19 Feb. 1815 (Adjutant General's Office, War Dept., Washington, D.C.). (R‑907)

Children - Graves

797. John Graves, d.c. 1866. Bur. at "Locust Dale", Goochland Co., Va. The records of the War Dept. show that a John T. Graves, 1st Lt., Co. D, 44th Regt., Va. Infantry, Confederate States Army, enlisted 8 June 1861 at Isbells Store. He was appointed from Va. as Captain, Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, C.S.A., 18 March 1862, to take rank 3 March 1862, and assigned to the 44th Regt., Va. Infantry, C.S.A. Union records show that he was captured 3 April 1865 in hospital, imprisoned at Washington Street Hospital, Petersburg, Va., and was paroled by Provost Marshall of Petersburg, Va., 19 April 1865, as Captain on General William Tarry's Staff.

798. Susan A. Graves, m. Thomas Jefferson Epes Parrish, 14 Dec. 1849.

+799. Mary Magdalen Graves, b. 4 March 1826, m. Dabney Parrish, 4 Jan. 1849, d. 6 June 1906.

800. Lucy Ann Graves, b. 1828, m. William Satterwhite (of Goochland Co., Va.), 7 Oct. 1848.

GENERATION 6

CHILDREN OF JOHN COFFEY (70) AND MARY ‑‑‑‑‑‑

Levi Coffey (270) was born 19 Dec. 1774 in Va., and died before 1850. He married Dorothy ("Dolly") Edmundson on 18 Aug. 1799. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

801. Rice Coffey, b. 1802.

802. Mary Ann Coffey, b. 1804.

803. James Coffey, b. 1806.

804. Robert Coffey, b. 1807.

805. John Coffey, b. 1809.

806. Keziah Coffey, b. 1812.

807. Enoch Coffey, b. 1812.

808. Elisha Coffey, b. 1814.

809. Levi Coffey, b. 1817.

810. Nancy Coffey, b. 1820.

Lewis Coffey (271) was born 12 Jan. 1777 in Va., and died after 1850 in Gwinnett Co., Ga. He married. There is some question as to whether the last three children listed below are Lewis's. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

811. Louney Coffey, b.c. 1806 (N.C.).

812. Sarah Coffey, b. 1 Sept. 1812 (N.C.), m. Jesse Brawner, Jr., 5 Nov. 1833, d. 5 Nov. 1893 (Atlanta, Ga.).

813. Catherine Coffey

814. Webster Coffey

815. Edmond Coffey

Sarah Coffey (272) was born 1 May 1779, probably in Wilkes Co., N.C., and died 26 Aug. 1842 in Ashe Co. (or Buncombe Co.), N.C. She married Michael Israel, Jr., son of Michael Israel and Sarah Graves, on 26 Feb. 1800 in Wilkes Co., NC. (Sarah and Michael are in genealogy 191, but it is very likely that Sarah was descended from genealogy 220. Note the comment in gen. 191 that the family is very similar to genealogy 77, which was probably also descended from gen. 220.) Michael was born in 1778 in Albemarle Co., Va., and died in 1866 in Buncombe Co., N.C. While he was still a babe in arms, his parents moved to Wilkes Co., N.C., and settled on the North Fork of Warrior Creek of the Yadkin River. This area of Wilkes Co. became a part of Caldwell Co. when it was created in 1841.

Michael, Jr. and Sarah appeared to be living with his parents in Wilkes Co. when the 1800 census was taken. They apparently left the county after 1805, and were living in Buncombe Co., N.C. by 1810. Their first 3 children were born in Wilkes Co., N.C., and the others in Buncombe Co., N.C. (R‑923)

Children - Israel

+816. James Israel, b. 1802, m. Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

+817. Mary Israel, b. 1804, m. Armstead B. Carland, c. 1825.

818. Elizabeth Israel, b. 1805, never married.

+819. Celia Israel, b. 1807, m. Russell Jones.

820. son, b.c. 1809, died young.

821. John C. Israel, b.c. 1811, never married. He served in Co. D, 39th Regt., N.C. Troops, from 28 Oct. 1861 to 12 Nov. 1862. He applied for a pension on 24 June 1904.

+822. Sarah Israel, b. 27 March 1814, m. Thomas Laxton Case, d. 1898.

823. son, b.c. 1815, died young.

824. son, b.c. 1816, died young.

825. Arminta Israel, b.c. 1818-19, never married.

826. Caroline Israel, b. March 1819, m. William Bishop. He had first been married to Elizabeth Berry, by whom he had 9 children. Caroline helped raise these children, but apparently had none of her own.

Elizabeth Coffey (273) was born 10 Jan. 1782 in Wilkes Co., N.C. She married Archelaus Alloway Strange, son of Abner Alloway Strange, on 23 Nov. 1802. He was born 12 July 1780 in Fluvanna Co., Va., and died 23 Oct. 1852 in Adair Co., Ky. (R‑922)

Children - Strange

827. John Strange, b. 1803, m. Sally Walkup, d. 1865.

828. William Strange, b. 1805, m. Demoriah Davis, d. 1845.

829. Abraham Strange, b. 1808, m. Elizabeth Morrison, d. 1866.

830. Lewis Strange, b. 1810, m. Israel Biggs, d. 1886.

831. Archelaus Strange, b. 1812, m. Celia Miller, d. 1883.

832. Levi Strange, b. 1817, m. Elizabeth Robertson, d. 1882.

833. Larkin Strange, b. 1819, m. Mary Simpson, d. 1884.

834. Winston Strange, b. 1821, m. Margaret Meadows, d. 1900.

835. Elizabeth Strange, b. 1823, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Walkup, d. 1890.

836. Mary Strange, b. 1814 (or 1824?), m. John Thomas, 1875.

837. Ellen Strange, b. 1826, never married, d. 1840.

CHILDREN OF ARCHELAUS COFFEY (71) AND ELEANOR WADE

James M. Coffey (281) was born 20 July 1776 in Amherst Co., Va., and died 7 Jan. 1849 in Saline Co. or Hamilton Co., Ill. He married Frances Lane, daughter of Thomas Lane and Nancy Dabney, on 16 Jan. 1804 in Wayne Co., Ky., bond dated 1 Oct. 1803. She was born 22 June 1785 in N.C., and died 24 Oct. 1859 in Saline Co., Ill. In addition to the children listed below, there may have been another one, Jane, born 1804, married William Dean. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+838. Archelaus Coffey, b. 30 July 1806, m. Jane Dean, 23 April 1824, d. 10 March 1883.

+839. Thomas Coffey, b.c. 1808, m. Keziah Varnier, 17 Sept. 1828, d. before 5 May 1845.

+840. John Coffey, b. 22 April 1810, m. Nancy Snyder, 13 Sept. 1832, d. 8 April 1879.

841. Ann Coffey, b.c. 1812 (Wayne Co., Ky.), m. John Baldridge, 24 Dec. 1834 (Gallatin Co., Ill.).

842. Eleanor (or Elinor) Coffey, b.c. 1814-15 (prob. Washington Co., Ind.), m. James L. Kennedy, 17 March 1852 (Saline Co., Ill.), d. after 1900 (?).

+843. Sally Coffey, b.c. 1816, m. Ewing Flannigan, 28 July 1836, d.c. 1839-43.

+844. James Wesley Coffey, b. 15 May 1818, m. Mary E. M. Kane, 25 Nov. 1854, d. 5 Aug. 1883.

+845. Lewis P. Coffey, b.c. 1820-21, m. Nancy Ann C. Laswell, 5 Oct. 1842, d. before 25 April 1848.

846. Louisa Coffey, b.c. 1823 (Ill.), m. John J. Lane, 25 Dec. 1842 (Miller Co., Mo.).

+847. Eli Coffey, b. 6 Oct. 1825, m(1) Nancy Russell, 17 June 1852, m(2) Nancy Ellen Foster, 10 Oct. 1872, d. 7 Oct. 1899.

John Waid (or Wade?) Coffey (282) was born about 1778, probably in Amherst Co., Va., and died about 1834, probably in Washington Co., Ind. He married Mary ("Polly") Harbord, daughter of John and Mary Harbord, on 29 Dec. 1801 in Wayne Co., Ky. She was born 30 Oct. 1781, and died 19 April 1853 in Bloomington, Ill. Their first 2 children were born in Amherst Co., Va., the next 2 probably in Wayne Co., Ky., and the next 4 in Washington Co., Ind. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

+848. Eleanor Coffey, b.c. 1804, m. Jacob Young, 23 Nov. 1824.

+849. James Harvey Coffey, b. 6 Aug. 1806, m. Anna Eliza Graham, d. 13 Feb. 1855.

850. Betsey Coffey, b.c. 1808, m. Horace S. Ranson, 9 Oct. 1825 (license, Washington Co., Ind.).

+851. Bailey H. Coffey, b. 16 Aug. 1810, m(1) Nancy Cox, 27 Dec. 1832, m(2) Catherine Low Harbord, 29 April 1851, d. 23 Aug. 1879.

852. Mary Coffey, b.c. 1812, m. George Beck, 17 Feb. 1828 (Washington Co., Ind.). She may not be a member of this family.

+853. John W. Coffey, b. 9 March 1814, m. Esther ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

+854. Hiram Coffey, b. 2 April 1816, m. Elvira Coe, c. 1839-40, d. July 1873.

+855. Hezekiah Coffey, b.c. 1818, m. Susan A. Jones, 25 April 18--, d. 19 Nov. 1892.

+856. Mary Ann Coffey, b. 1 Feb. 1822, m(1) Edward M. Depew, 10 May 1843, m(2) Harvey Bishop, 21 Feb. 1850, d. 26 Nov. 1856.

Jane Coffey (283) was born 22 June 1782 in Wilkes Co., N.C., and died 2 or 3 Oct. 1862 in Bloomington, McLean Co., Ill. She married William Harbord, son of John and Mary Harbord, on 28 Jan. 1802 in Wayne Co., Ky. He was born 24 Dec. 1777 in Va., and died 17 Sept. 1845 in McLean Co., Ill. Their first 3 children were born in Wayne Co., Ky., and the next 4 were born in Indiana. (R‑922)

Children - Harbord

+857. James Coffey Harbord, b. 16 Dec. 1803, m. Esther Guthrie, 17 Jan. 1825, d. 8 March 1873.

+858. Agnes Harbord, b. 9 Aug. 1805, m. James Wilkins, 24 Nov. 1829.

+859. John W. Harbord, b. 18 July 1807, m. Mary S. McKee, 9 May 1830, d. 5 March 1882.

+860. Matthew L. Harbord, b. 23 Jan. 1813, m. Catherine Low, 26 Nov. 1836, d. 24 July 1849.

861. Mary B. Harbord, b. 19 March 1815, m. Matthew B. Harbert, 27 April 1835 (McLean Co., Ill.).

+862. Eleanor Harbord, b. 3 Oct. 1818, m(1) William Platte, 17 July 1835, m(2) Stephen Webb, d. 1889.

+863. William D. Harbord, b. 18 Oct. 1820, m. Susan J. Snodgrass, 28 May 1849, d. 5 Sept. 1862.

864. Mahala J. Harbord, b. 16 Aug. 1823, m. Nathan Hendrix (?), 2 May 1839 (McLean Co., Ill.).

CHILDREN OF REUBEN COFFEY (74)

Anna Coffey (294) was born about 1795 in N.C. She married Simeon (or Washington) Owens, son of Barnett Owens. Simeon was born about 1790 in N.C., and died in 1827 in Madison Co., Ill. (R‑134)

Children - Owens

+865. Mary Owens, b. 1819, m. John Robinson, 4 June 1837.

CHILDREN OF ELI COFFEY (76) AND HANNAH ALLEN

Asbury Madison Coffey (315) was born 25 July 1804 in Wilkes Co., N.C., and died 28 Nov. 1897 in Knobnoster, Johnson Co., Mo. He married Mary Bradford, daughter of Col. Henry Bradford, on 22 July 1828 in Tenn. In addition to the children listed below, there were supposedly two others. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

866. Rufus L. Coffey, b.c. 1831, m. Martha Ann ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 25 Dec. 1860.

867. Alexander B. Coffey, b.c. 1832, m. Mary Bradford.

868. Ellen B. Coffey, b.c. 1836, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Corrum (of Knobnoster, Mo.).

869. Mary Coffey, b.c. 1838.

870. Tipton H. Coffey, b. 18 Feb. 1846, d. 19 Dec. 1860.

871. Henry Coffey, b. 8 July 1848, d. Nov. 1934.

872. Rachael Frances Coffey, b. 8 July 1848, m. Robert H. Walker, 24 May 1871.

CHILDREN OF JOEL COFFEY (78) AND MARTHA COFFEY

Nathaniel Coffey (325) was born 1796-1804 in Burke Co., N.C., and died 1880-1890 in Caldwell Co., N.C. He first married Louisa ("Eliza") Durham in 1823. She secondly married William R. Crisp on 5 April 1832 in Wayne Co., Ky. He secondly married Nancy Clark in 1829 (or after 1830) in Burke Co., N.C. (R‑175)

Children - Coffey, by Louisa Durham

+873. Andrew Jackson Coffey, b. 1825, m. Martha Jane Spann, 16 Jan. 1850, d. 20 Oct. 1899.

874. Cleveland Coffey, b. 1827.

Children - Coffey, by Nancy Clark

875. Caroline Coffey, b. 1830.

876. Sidney Coffey, b. 1832.

877. John Coffey, b. 1833.

878. Catharine Coffey, b. 1835.

879. Armsted Coffey, b. 1837.

880. Erion Coffey, b. 1838.

881. Ann Coffey, b. 1838.

882. Joseph Coffey, b. 1840.

CHILDREN OF OSBORN COFFEY (80) AND MARY NIGHTINGALE

Jesse Coffey (342) was born 26 May 1784, died in July 1850 in Casey Co., Ky., and was buried in Middleburg Cem. He first married Tabitha Riffe (or Rife). He secondly married Elizabeth Rife on 16 Feb. 1805 in Pulaski Co., Ky. She was born in 1785 and died in 1842. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

883. Sally Coffey

884. C. R. Coffey (son)

885. Jesse Coffey, Jr.

CHILDREN OF MEREDITH COFFEY (90) AND ESTHER ‑‑‑‑‑‑

James Coffey (358) was born about 1803 and died before 10 Sept. 1851, both in Grainger Co., Tenn. He married Sally Fielding on 14 Dec. 1825 in Grainger Co., Tenn. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

886. Joel Henry Coffey

887. James Temple Coffey

Joel Coffey (360) was born about 1806 and died before 10 Sept. 1851, both in Grainger Co., Tenn. He married Elizabeth Grubb on 5 Feb. 1829 in Grainger Co. (R‑922)

Children - Coffey

888. Nancy Coffey, m. John Hinshaw, 16 Oct. 1847 (Grainger Co., TN).

889. John Coffey, b.c. 1833.

890. Susan Coffey, b.c. 1838, m. Samuel Stalsworth.

891. Jacob Coffey, b.c. 1839.

892. William E. Coffey, b.c. 1842.

893. Sarah E. Coffey, m. Robert Inklebarger, 6 Dec. 1860.

894. Elvira Coffey

Mahalia Coffey (364) was born 29 March 1820 in Grainger Co., TN and died 29 Sept. 1876 in Newburg, Phelps Co., MO. She married Samuel Crain, son of Charles Crain, Jr. and Margaret Trogdon, on 11 Aug. 1838 in Grainger Co., TN. He was born about 1818 in Grainger Co., TN, and died in Newburg, MO. (R‑128)

Children - Crain

+895. Lovina Crain, b. 22 Feb. 1844, m. John Barry DeShurley, d. 18 March 1919.

896. Ruff Crain

897. Rhodes Crain, m. Joanie Anthony.

898. Bart Crain

899. Tarne Crain, m. Doc Redman.

900. Katherine Crain, m. Michael Harper.

901. Josephine ("Jo") Crain, m. John Williams.

902. Tom Crain

CHILDREN OF THOMAS COFFEE (102)

Joshua T. Coffey (371) was born 1 May 1821 in Albemarle Co., VA (or Burke Co., NC according to the 1850 census), and died 18 Jan. 1891. He first married Rebecca Sheperd on 1 Nov. 1842 in Wilkes Co., NC. She was born about 1825 in Wilkes Co., NC according to the 1850 census. This family was recorded on the 1850 census in Wilkes Co., NC; their first three children were also born in Wilkes Co., NC. They were also recorded on the 1860 census in Wilkes Co., NC. Joshua married second Rebecca Eveline Wyatt. Called Eveline, she was born in March 1848 in NC, and died after 1910. She and Joshua were recorded on the 1880 census in Wilkes Co., NC. Eveline and sons John and Thomas were recorded on the 1900 census in Wilkes Co., NC. In 1910, she was recorded on the Wilkes Co., NC census as Sarah and her son was listed as Joshua T.

Children - Coffey, by Rebecca Sheperd

903. Adeline Coffey, b.c. 1844, m. Alfred Wyatt.

904. Matilda Coffey, b.c. 1846, m. Isham Patrick.

905. John Drewy (or Drury) S. Coffey, b.c. 1848, m. Sarah Wyatt, d. 5 Jan. 1895. Killed by his brother Perry. Sarah was recorded as a widow on the 1900 census in Wilkes Co., NC.

906. Alice Coffey, b.c. 1852.

+907. Mary Coffey, b.c. 1854, m. James Hanes.

908. Martha Coffey, b.c. 1856, m. Lewis Hanes.

909. J. Rufus Coffey, b.c. 1860, m. Martha Kilby

910. Perry Coffey, b. Feb. 1864, m. Nancy Hanes, c. 1885, d. 1902 (Mulberry Township, Wilkes Co., NC). He was convicted of killing his brother, Drury, escaping from prison after serving 18 months of his 20-year sentence, and died of consumption as reported in 4 June 1902 edition of Wilkesboro, NC’s The Chronicle.

911. Franklin Coffey, b.c. 1867, m. Fannie E. Hurchinson.

Children - Coffey, by Rebecca Wyatt

912. John Peyton Coffey, b. 1 May 1881, m. Jennie Elizabeth Hartin, c. 1902. Birth date is from his World War I Draft Registration Card filed in Mercer Co., WV.

913. Joshua Thomas Coffey, b. Aug. 1883, d. 10 June 1915 (Wilkes Co., NC).

Sallie Coffey (372) was born about 1823 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died 4 June 1910 in NC. She married James Holden. (R‑250)

Children - Holden

914. William B. Holden

915. Nancy Holden

+916. James Joseph Holden, b. 31 July 1846, m. Mary Louise Norris, 20 Jan. 1867, d. 14 Sept. 1908.

Perry Coffey (374) was born about 1826 in NC, and died before 1900. He first married Manerva ‑‑‑‑‑. She died before 1860 when he was recorded with his children in Washington Co., TN. His first two children were born in NC and the last three in TN. He married second Sarah Berry. She was born in Aug. 1844 in TN, and died in 1920. They were recorded on the 1870 census in Washington Co., TN and the 1880 census in Unicoi Co., TN. Sarah was recorded on the 1900 census in Unicoi Co., TN as a 55-year old widow; she stated that seven of her ten children were living. Their children were born in TN. His surname was recorded as ‘Coffee’ on the 1860-1880 censuses.

Children - Coffee, by Manerva ‑‑‑‑

917. Gabriel Coffee, b.c. 1845.

918. Harrison Coffee, b.c. 1847.

919. Milus Coffee, b.c. 1850.

920. Linville Coffee, b.c. 1854.

921. Manerva Coffee, b.c. 1856.

Children - Coffee, by Sarah Berry

922. Samuel Coffee, b.c. 1864.

923. Margaret Coffee, b.c. 1866.

924. James J. Coffee, b.c. 1868.

925. John W. Coffee, b.c. 1871.

926. Nancy Coffee, b.c. 1873.

927. Mary Coffee, b.c. 1876.

928. Julia A. Coffee, b.c. 1879.

929. Robert Gillam Coffee, b. 8 April 1883. Full name and birth date are from his World War I Draft Registration Card filed in Unicoi Co., TN. His year of birth was recorded as 1884 on the 1900 census.

James Asbury Coffey (375), called Asbury, was born 30 Oct. 1830 in NC, and died by 1866. He served in the 26^th NC Infantry during the Civil War. After the Civil War, it was reported that he was kidnapped and never seen again. He married Chaney Gragg, daughter of Enoch Gragg and Rebecca Estes, on 19 Oct. 1858 in Caldwell Co., NC. She was born 6 Feb. 1834 in Burke Co., NC according to the 1850 census, and died after 1880 when she and Alexander were recorded in Caldwell Co., NC. She married second Price Moore on 8 March 1866. She married third ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Reid. She married fourth Alexander Davis on 13 Sept. 1866; her name was recorded as Chany Coffee Reid. Her Coffey children were also recorded on the 1880 census in Caldwell Co., NC; this family was headed by Leroy L. Gragg, age 20. Besides Martha and Henry, four Davis children lived with them. Apparently, these were all Chaney’s children; they were recorded as brothers and sisters and were all born in NC. (R‑7)

Children - Coffey

930. Martha R. Coffey, b.c. 1863.

+931. Henry Kelly Coffey, b. Aug. 1865, m(1) Sarah Jane Gragg, c. 1889, m (2) Emma Stanberry, 1902-1907, m(3) Ella ‑‑‑‑‑‑, c. 1910, d. 21 July 1911.

CHILDREN OF JOHN COFFEY (128) AND ELIZABETH RUCKER

Benjamin Coffey (499) was born 8 Feb. 1808 in Rowan Co., NC (the part that later became Burke Co., NC), and died 8 May 1867 in Rockcastle Co., KY. He married Nancy Hayes. She was born in Laurel Co., KY, died in Rockcastle Co., KY, and was buried in Maret Cem., Rockcastle Co., KY. (R‑456)

Children - Coffey

932. John Coffey

933. William Coffey

934. Richardson Coffey, m. Serene Coffey.

935. Ransom Coffey, m(1) Mary Jane Coffey Wolfe, m(2) Delphia Cox.

936. Calvin Coffey

937. Calton Coffey, m. Martha Campbell.

938. Perry Coffey

939. Ausbon Coffey, m. Nancy Ann Phillips Barnett, 20 Feb. 1869.

940. Elizabeth Coffey, m. Casell (?) Coffey.

+941. Marvel Coffey, b. 17 March 1841, m. Abigale Jordan, d. 25 March 1917.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE COFFEY (131) AND MARGARET RUCKER

Matilda Coffey (520) was born 13 March 1821, and died 28 Oct. 1886 in Thornhill, Tenn. She married Tandy W. Dalton, son of Carter Dalton and Matilda Witcher, on 27 Aug. 1835 in Grainger Co., Tenn. He was born 18 Nov. 1818 in Grainger Co., Tenn., and died 1 Dec. 1909 in Thornhill, Tenn. (R‑922)

Children - Dalton

+942. Lacy Dalton, b. 1839, m. Elizabeth McCoy, d.c. 1862.

CHILDREN OF JOHN SATTERWHITE HIGGINBOTHAM (144)

Mary Stanton (or Elizabeth) Higginbotham (525) was born 25 Nov. 1793 in Amherst Co., Va., and died 22 Dec. 1881 (or 1832) in Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, La. Her name may have been Mary Elizabeth Stanton Higginbotham. She first married Jacob Brown on 15 July 1813. She secondly married James Tait (or Tate), son of James Tait and Rebecca Hudson, on 27 July 1819 in Elbert Co., Ga. He was born 28 Feb. 1786 in Louisa Co., Va., and died 16 Nov. 1857 in Lisbon, La. (R‑130, R‑921)

Children - Tait

+943. Louisa Angeline Clara Tait, b. 20 Aug. 1820, m. James McClendon, 11 Dec. 1838, d. 8 March 1887.

944. child

945. child

946. child

+947. Narcissus Tait, b. 25 Nov. 1832, m. Harmon Wright Patton, d. 17 Aug. 1924.

Clara Green (or Graves) Higginbotham (528), called Clary, was born 4 Feb. 1805 in Elbert Co., Ga., and died 5 May (or March) 1882 in Claiborne Parish, La. She married Thomas Hilley, Jr., son of Thomas Hilley and Mary Walker Bond, on 13 May 1828 in Elbert Co., Ga. He was born 26 June 1797 in Elbert Co., Ga., and died 20 Sept. 1872 in Claiborne Parish, La. (R‑69)

Children - Hilley

948. Elizabeth C. Hilley, b. 22 Aug. 1832, m. Joel J. Wilkinson, d. 4 Feb. 1908. Bur. Claiborne Par., La.

+949. Mary Ann Hilley, b. 27 Nov. 1834, m. Thomas Daniel Meadows, 31 Aug. 1851, d. 2 June 1917.

950. William Hilley

951. Thomas Higginbotham Hilley, m. Mary Ann Pennington, 19 June 1860.

952. Francis Asbury Hilley, m(1) Mary Ann Gee, 14 June 1864, m(2) Priscilla Wafer, m(3) Elizabeth Ann Taylor.

953. Amanda Sereptha Hilley, b. 23 May 1842 (Heard Co., Ga.), m. James Wiley Sherard, d. 7 June 1862.

954. Ada Hilley, m. Hugh Taylor.

Lucy Higginbotham (529) married Robert B. Mann on 27 July 1833 (Elbert Co., Ga., Record Book 1830-38, p. 408). (R‑921)

Children - Mann

955. Lucy Ann Elizabeth Mann, b. 1 June 1834, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Martin.

956. Sarah Jane Mann, b. 17 Jan. 1836, m. Jim Wamble.

+957. Fannie Mann, b. 26 Nov. 1838, m. John H. Wheeler, 27 Aug. 1845, d. 15 Dec. 1930.

958. Mattie D. Mann, b. 2 Oct. 1842, d. 31 May 1897.

959. Robert Mann, d. 24 Sept. 1887.

960. Charles Mann, d. Jan. 1900.

Dr. John Green Higginbotham (533) was born 3 March 1807 and died 6 Feb. 1893. He first married Sarah S. Thornton, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Thornton and ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Upshaw, on 25 Oct. 1827 (Elbert Co., Ga., Will Book N, p. 403). She was born in 1811. He secondly married Eliza Jane Baxter. She was born 11 Sept. 1836. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham, by Sarah S. Thornton

961. Sarah Ann Higginbotham, b. 25 Nov. 1828.

+962. Benjamin Thomas Higginbotham, b. 6 June 1830, m(1) Frances Elizabeth Cook, 13 Dec. 1849, m(2) Mrs. Amanda M. (Almond) Scarborough, 28 Oct. 1885, d. 7 Jan. 1864.

963. Rev.) John Thornton Higginbotham, b. 16 June 1832, m. Emily Norman.

964. Jane Eliza Higginbotham, b. 14 Feb. 1834, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Dickerson, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Ray, m(3) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Scott.

965. Mary London Higginbotham, b. 20 Nov. 1835.

+966. Elijah Benson Higginbotham, b. 16 Dec. 1838, m. Frances Elizabeth Carter, 15 Nov. 1859, d. 20 June 1912.

967. Dosie James Higginbotham, b. 28 March 1841, d. between age 18 and 20.

968. Priscilla Frances Higginbotham, b. 2 July 1843.

969. William Green Higginbotham, b. 14 Jan. 1845.

970. Reuben Crumly Higginbotham, b. 16 March 1846, m. Maggie Slayton (of Banks Co., Ga.).

971. Jeptha Banks Higginbotham, b. 26 Oct. 1847, m(1) Emily Virginia Norman, m(2) Mrs. Lissy Harper.

+972. David R. Higginbotham, b. 1853, m. Lenora Adams.

Children - Higginbotham, by Eliza J. Baxter

+973. Hestor Lorene Melvine Higginbotham, b. 23 Aug. 1873, m. William J. Harley, c. 1886, d. 25 July 1900.

+974. Bailey Joseph Dearly Higginbotham, b. 1 Feb. 1875, m. Cora Sulervan, Jan. 1903, d. 4 July 1928.

+975. Lola Julia Caroline Stanton Higginbotham, b. 2 Jan. 1878, m. William C. Turner, 3 May 1896.

Jerusia (or Jerushia) Jane Higginbotham (534) was born 24 Aug. 1829 in Elbert Co., Ga., and died 30 May 1915. She married James Calloway Campbell on 1 Dec. 1846. (R‑921)

Children - Campbell

+976. daughter, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Thompson.

Martha Elizabeth Higginbotham (536) was born 16 Dec. 1830 and died 14 Jan. 1913, both in Elbert Co., Ga. She married Thomas Jefferson Bond, son of Willis Bond and Leah Carpenter of Elbert Co., Ga., on 1 Dec. 1846 in Elbert Co. Willis was a son of Nathan Bond, Jr. and Edith Cash, and Leah was a daughter of Joshua Carpenter and Leah Smith. Thomas was born 2 Jan. 1826 and died 19 Aug. 1902, both in Elbert Co., Ga. (R‑65)

Children - Bond

977. Sarah Milligan Bond, m. Singleton Allen Adams.

978. James Willis Bond, m. Henrietta Scott Norman.

979. J. Thomas Bond

980. Walker Jackson Bond, m. Addine Eavenson.

981. Benjamin Francis Bond, m. Martha Emma Adams.

982. Boykin Rayford Bond, m(1) Agnes Sanders, m(2) Sallie Gaines.

983. Ella Jerushia Bond, m. Isham Cone Adams.

984. Charlie Bond

985. Jeptha Washington Bond, m(1) Naomi Adams, m(2) Cleora Carpenter.

+986. Epsie Ola Bond, b. 24 Jan. 1871, m(1) Robert Sion Eavenson, 8 Nov. 1891, m(2) Thomas William Davenport, 1 Sept. 1895, d. 10 Oct. 1927.

987. Martha Talullah Alice Bond, m. Dan E. Hogsed.

+988. Emory Allen Bond, b. 17 Feb. 1877, m(1) Lollie Mewhorn, m(2) Lula Mae Swords, 14 Oct. 1903, d. 21 March 1944.

CHILDREN OF ANN HIGGINBOTHAM (145) AND WILLIAM FORTSON

Elijah S. Fortson (537) was born about 1804 in GA, and died 6 Jan. 1892 in Caddo Parish, LA. He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Richardson on 4 Feb. 1827 in Greene Co., AL. She was born about 1810 in Greene Co., AL, and died after 4 June 1880 in Caddo Parish, LA. This family was recorded on the 1870 and 1880 censuses in Caddo Parish, LA. (R‑172)

Children - Fortson

+989. James A. Fortson, b. 21 Nov. 1829, m. Leurena J. Rogers, 12 June 1856, d. 13 Feb. 1898.

CHILDREN OF VOLATA HIGGINBOTHAM (147) AND GEORGE TURMAN

Marian Louise Turman (541) was born in 1808 and died in 1881. She married John Pryor Hall, son of William Hall and Sarah Blake. He was born in 1797 and died in 1838. (R‑921)

Children - Hall

990. Permelia Ann Hall, b. 1828, m(1) Jack Deadwyler, m(2) John Philip Olesby, 1845, m(3) Aid Anderson, d. 1912.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE G. HIGGINBOTHAM (151) AND SARAH FORTSON

Elizabeth Jane Higginbotham (543) was born 25 Jan. 1818 in Elbert Co., GA, and died 22 Sept. 1859 near Clinton, AL. She married Henry Harrison. (R‑921)

Children - Harrison

991. Areminta Harrison, m(1) Dr. Nathaniel Friend, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Branson.

992. George Harrison; served in the C.S.A. during the Civil War.

993. Kate Harrison

994. Josephine Harrison

Nancy Higginbotham (545) married O. J. Nuly. (R‑921)

Children - Nuly

+995. Nancy (?) Nuly

996. Sally (?) Nuly

CHILDREN OF ABSALOM HIGGINBOTHAM (159) AND MARY C. SANDIDGE

Nancy Croxton Higginbotham (553) was born 4 Dec. 1809 and died 5 Oct. 1865. She married Thomas B. Royster on 16 Oct. 1843. (R‑921)

Children - Royster

997. Ann Eliza Royster, never married.

998. Bettie Royster, m. Hyter Parr.

999. William Royster, m. Sally Brown.

James Higginbotham (554) was born 5 Feb. 1812 and died 11 Sept. 1874. He married Ann Eliza London, his second cousin once removed, daughter of John London and Tirzah Higginbotham, on 17 Dec. 1835. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1000. Elizabeth Tirzah Higginbotham, m. Marcellus P. Rucker, 14 June 1859.

1001. Alma Higginbotham, never married.

1002. Laura F. Higginbotham, m. Joseph R. Higginbotham, 14 April 1860, d. 1868. He was b.c. 1838 and d. 1861. No children.

1003. Florence Higginbotham, never married.

1004. Edward Higginbotham, never married, d. 30 June 1862 (battle of Frazer's Farm). He served in Co. H, 19th Va. Regt., Hunton's Brigade, "Southern Rights Guards", C.S.A.

1005. Clifton Higginbotham, d. 5 Feb. 1865. He served in the same company as his brother Edward, was wounded at Chester Station, and was later killed at Hatcher's Run.

1006. Rose Higginbotham, b. 1845, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Baylor, d. 1925.

1007. Chester J. Higginbotham, b. 1849, never married, d. 7 June 1924.

Rufus Anderson Higginbotham (555) was born 14 March 1814, died 28 Dec. 1878, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cem., near Sandidges, Amherst Co., Va. He married Sarah Elizabeth Hargrove on 16 Sept. 1837. She may have been a daughter of Joseph Hargrove and granddaughter of Howard Cash who died in 1839. She was born 12 Jan. 1818 and died 9 Feb. 1902. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+1008. Mary Lucinda Higginbotham, b. 21 Jan. 1839, m. John Wilson Myers, 16 Nov. 1857, d. 8 Feb. 1922.

1009. Henry Harrison Higginbotham, b. 25 Feb. 1841, m. Mary F. Bilbro (of Mo.), d. 28 July 1899 (Louisville, Mo.). Bur. Mt. Pleasant Cem., near Sandidges, Ga. (or Va.?). She was b. 12 Sept. 1855. He was educated at the Higginbotham Academy in Amherst Co., Va. before 1860. He served in the Civil War in the 2nd Va. Cavalry, Fitz Lee's Brigade, Stuart's Div., C.S.A. He was a merchant at Louisville, Lincoln Co., Mo.

+1010. Betty Ann Cash Higginbotham, b. 5 March 1843, m. John H. Parr, 19 April 1870.

+1011. Thomas Joseph Higginbotham, b. 6 Jan. 1845, m. Judith E, Scoville, 23 Nov. 1870, d. 2 Nov. 1934.

1012. Pitt Absalom Higginbotham, b. 3 Oct. 1846, d. 29 May 1864. He was a member of the 2nd Va. Cavalry, C.S.A. About 3 weeks after he enlisted, he was wounded in the cavalry engagement at Hanover Court House, Va., and died the next day.

+1013. James Walton Higginbotham, b. 3 Aug. 1848, m. Mettie D. Paxton, 14 Oct. 1877, d. 28 April 1911.

+1014. Lanora Jane Higginbotham, b. 14 May 1850, m. Samuel Lee Watts, 25 Nov. 1870.

1015. Charles Marion Higginbotham, b. 24 Dec. 1852, d. 29 July 1856.

1016. Willie Bell Higginbotham, b. 12 June 1855, d. 3 July 1856.

+1017. Samuel Beverley Higginbotham, m. Ollive V. Cunningham, d. 1907.

+1018. Fletcher Hargrove Higginbotham, b. 28 June 1858, m(1) Margaret Brent Hill, 3 Jan. 1884, m(2) Ella C. Stratton, 2 Oct. 1904, d. 1946.

Benjamin Sandidge Higginbotham (556) was born 21 Aug. 1818 and died 3 May 1903. He first married Hester E. Paxton of Rockbridge Co., Va. on 9 March 1843. She was born 2 April 1825 and died 8 Sept. 1848. He secondly married Margaret A. Carter, daughter of Elizabeth Carter, on 23 (?) Jan. 1849. She was born 12 Feb. 1832 and died 23 Dec. 1871. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham, by Hester E. Paxton

1019. Charles Higginbotham

Children - Higginbotham, by Margaret A. Carter

1020. Thomas Higginbotham, b. 1849.

1021. Blanche T. Higginbotham, m. Paul J. Rucker, d. 25 Dec. 1929. He was a 2nd cousin once removed of Marcellus P. Rucker. He m. Elizabeth Tirza Higginbotham who was a first cousin of Blanche.

1022. Lucy Margaret Higginbotham, b. 31 Aug. 1856, m. Francis Marion Higginbotham (her 2nd cousin), 28 April 1880, d. 8 April 1943 (Naola, Va.).

+1023. Bula Benton Higginbotham, m. Arthur Coleman.

Aaron L. Higginbotham (559) was born 31 Dec. 1826 and died 9 Feb. 1886. He first married Sally Ann Sandidge, daughter of Anderson Sandidge, on 25 Dec. 1856. He secondly married Josephine Temperance Patterson. She was born 23 Nov. 1860 and died 16 ---- 1924. Aaron served in Co. I, 19th Va. Inf., C.S.A., during the Civil War. He was wounded at least once. He lived at Mount Pleasant, Amherst Co., Va. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham, by Sally A. Sandidge

+1024. Thomas Higginbotham, b.c. 1860, married, d. 1925.

1025. Ida Loving Higginbotham, m. William Bascom Rucker (brother of Paul J. Rucker).

Children - Higginbotham, by Josephine T. Patterson

+1026. Grover Jay Higginbotham, married.

1027. Rufus Aaron Higginbotham, m. Katherine Nicholas White, 1913. She was dau. of Jesse and Jennie White.

1028. William Myers Higginbotham

+1029. Mary Pearl Higginbotham, m. Walter Massie Hamilton, 1913.

CHILDREN OF NANCY HIGGINBOTHAM (161) AND JAMES HIX

Edward Hix (564) was born about 1815 and was living in 1850. He married Eliza ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1817 in Ky. All their children were born in Ky., according to the 1850 census. (R‑921)

Children - Hix

1030. James Hix, b.c. 1842.

1031. George L. Hix, b. c. 1842.

1032. Mary E. Hix, b.c. 1844.

1033. William E. Hix, b.c. 1845.

1034. Nancy Hix, b.c. 1847.

1035. John C. Hix, b.c. 1848.

Albert Hix (565) was born about 1816 in Va. He married Mary Warren. She was born about 1819 in Ky. (Source: 1850 census, Warren Co., Ky.) (R‑921)

Children - Hix

1036. William A. Hix

CHILDREN OF AARON HIGGINBOTHAM III (162) AND ELIZABETH S. SANDIDGE

Alexander Brown Higginbotham (568) was born 23 June 1818 and died 1 Dec. 1888. He married Eliza Frances Plunkett on 10 Dec. 1840. She died 7 Aug. 1908. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+1037. Edwin Ruthvin Higginbotham, b. 30 Nov. 1841, m. Cyrena A. Whitehead, 25 March 1868, d. 16 Feb. 1922.

+1038. Margaret Elizabeth Higginbotham, b. 14 March 1845, m. Lysander H. Plunkett, 15 March 1866.

+1039. James Willis Higginbotham, b. 8 July 1848, m(1) Sue Henry Llewyllen, 18 July 1876, m(2) Mrs. Margaret (Robinson) Plunkett, Oct. 1890, m(3) Ora Estelle Hughes, 17 Jan. 1900, d. Nov. 1927.

+1040. Cyrus Aaron Higginbotham, b. 25 Aug. 1852, m. Althea Jane Margaret Eliza Lucy Elizabeth Higginbotham, 21 Oct. 1874, d. 15 April 1896.

+1041. Francis Marion Higginbotham, b. 31 Aug. 1856, m. Lucy M. Higginbotham, 28 April 1880, d. before 1943.

John James Higginbotham (569) was 16 Jan. 1820. He married Susan A. Magann, daughter of Jesse and Sue Magann, on 28 Nov. 1842 in Nelson Co., Va. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1042. Hester Higginbotham; lived in Hardin Co., Ohio.

1043. Volney Higginbotham, died in Ohio.

Aaron Higginbotham IV (573) was born 11 July 1828, died 23 Dec. 1871, and was buried at Trenton, Todd Co., Ky. He first married Martha Gladish. He secondly married Celia Agnes Johnson. His last four children were probably by his second wife. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham, by Martha Gladish

1044. Jimmie Higginbotham

1045. Edward Absalom ("Eddy") Higginbotham, b. 1860.

1046. Mary Higginbotham, m. Ethry Brewer.

1047. William Higginbotham

1048. Martha Jane Higginbotham, d. 1861.

Children - Higginbotham, by Celia A. Johnson

1049. son, d. 1871.

1050. Martha Elizabeth Higginbotham, b. Oct. 1870.

1051. son

1052. son

Leannah Jane Higginbotham (575) was born 13 May 1833 in Amherst Co., Va., and died in June 1878. She was married to Charles L. McDaniel, son of William McDaniel and Sarah Rucker, on 3 Dec. 1858 by the Rev. Wood (Amherst Co., Va., Marriage Register, 1854-70). He was born about 1828 (?) in Amherst Co., Va. They lived at Forks of Buffalo, Amherst Co. (R‑921)

Children - McDaniel

1053. Lloyd McDaniel

1054. Charles McDaniel

1055. Kendrel McDaniel

1056. Cothran McDaniel

1057. Sally Betty McDaniel

1058. Ulla B. McDaniel, m. Charles W. Dodd. Living in Richmond, Va. in 1932.

1059. Cora L. McDaniel, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Berry.

1060. Lulla W. McDaniel

Elizabeth ("Betty") Ann Higginbotham (576) was born 2 Dec. 1834 and died 23 Sept. 1874. She married William C. Bibb, son of Robert C. and F. Bibb, on 24 Dec. 1862. He was born about 1836. (R‑921)

Children - Bibb

1061. Maggie Bibb

1062. Allie Bibb

1063. Robert Bibb

Cyrus William Higginbotham (577) was born 11 Sept. 1836 and died 9 July 1922. He first married Henrietta Button on 15 Sept. 1862. She died 5 Dec. 1866. He secondly married Mary Howard, daughter of Jared Howard and Mary Ann Matson, on 31 Oct. 1871. She was born 9 June 1852 in Bennington Co. (?), Vt., and died 3 March 1919.

Cyrus went to Ky. at the age of 16 with his elder brother Aaron. At the age of 20 he went farther west to Leavenworth City, by steamboat from Jefferson City, Mo., then the terminus of the railroad going west. In Oct. 1858 he met his first wife, Henrietta. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham, by Henrietta Button

1064. Freeman Higginbotham, died at age 14.

1065. child

1066. child

Children - Higginbotham, by Mary Howard

1067. Edith Isabella Higginbotham, b. 5 July 1878.

1068. George Alexander Higginbotham, b. 21 Feb. 1884.

1069. Cyrus Howard Higginbotham, b. 3 Feb. 1887, d. 4 May 1919.

CHILDREN OF JOHANNAH C. HIGGINBOTHAM (164) AND GEORGE W. HIGGINBOTHAM

William Aaron Higginbotham (580) was born 7 May 1823 and died 7 Nov. 1898, according to the Bible record of his father. He married his first cousin, Nancy Croxton Higginbotham (#570), daughter of Aaron Higginbotham and Elizabeth S. Sandidge, in Oct. 1845. She was born 27 Oct. 1821 and died 16 June 1901. They were both buried in the Higginbotham Cem., Mount Pleasant, Amherst Co., Va.

William served as a Captain in Company I, 58th Regt., Va. Volunteers, in the Civil War. He carried the same sword through the Civil War that his father carried through the War of 1812, and his grandfather, Col. James Higginbotham, carried through the Rev. War. The sword is in the possession of their descendants in Va.

William was guardian to his wife's youngest two sisters and brother, Leannah Jane, Elizabeth Ann, and Cyrus William Higginbotham. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1070. Pauline Pettus Higginbotham, b. 6 Sept. 1846, d. 4 June 1923.

+1071. Frances E. Higginbotham, b. 14 Feb. 1849, m. R. C. Phillips, d. 12 Jan. 1886.

1072. Alucian Pembroke Higginbotham, b. 11 Aug. 1851, never married, d. 9 Nov. 1897 (Texas).

1073. Willis S. Higginbotham, b. 2 Feb. 1857.

1074. Mittie Higginbotham, b. 2 Feb. 1857, m. Alfred Rucker Hudson, 12 Dec. 1882, d. 6 Nov. 1942.

Joseph Absalom Higginbotham (582) was born 31 May 1828 and died 13 May 1904, according to the record in the family Bible of his father. He married Hester Ann Ware, daughter of Reuben Ware and Eliza Ann Cunningham, on 20 Feb. 1867. She was born 14 Jan. 1844 and died 18 May 1894.

During the first year of the Civil War, Joseph enlisted in Company I, 19th Va. Infantry, C.S.A. He saw active service at the first Manassas, Seven Pines, Frazier's Farm, Gaines Mills, second Manassas, Boonesville, and the battles around Richmond. He was wounded at Brook Church in one of the battles around Richmond on 12 May 1864. When he recovered from his wound, he was attached to the President's Guards. He remained with the President's Guards until the Office of the Confederate President ceased to exist at the end of the war.

In Joseph's will, dated 10 Oct. 1902 and proved 17 April 1905, he left both his real and personal property to his wife. After her death the estate was to be divided equally among his children or their heirs. He appointed his son, Joseph Lee Higginbotham, executor of the will. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1075. Reuben W. Higginbotham, b. 9 Feb. 1868, d. 28 April 1869.

+1076. Edwin Massie Higginbotham, b. 15 Oct. 1869, m(1) Sadie Christian, 23 Dec. 1896, m(2) Mrs. Harriette Ann (Bon Durant) Hundley, 24 Nov. 1917, d. 19 May 1944.

+1077. Joseph Lee Higginbotham, b. 4 March 1871, m. Annie Lou Kidd, 23 Feb. 1904, d. 18 April 1939.

+1078. Lula Higginbotham, b. 1 Nov. 1872, m. Richard L. Knight, 29 July 1903, d. 25 Dec. 1944.

1079. Mary Eliza Higginbotham, b. 22 June 1875, never married. Living in Orange, Va. in 1944.

1080. Hettie Ann Higginbotham, b. 22 June 1877, d. 6 Nov. 1898.

+1081. Daisie Bird Higginbotham, b. 17 March 1879, m. Willie C. Beard.

+1082. William Robert Higginbotham, b. 1 June 1882, m. Leafy Cash, 22 Dec. 1909, d. by 1944.

1083. Nannie Ethel Higginbotham, b. 25 March 1884, m. L. T. Guy (of Strasburg, Va.). Living in Strasburg, Va. in 1944.

1084. Nina Taylor Higginbotham, d. 2 May 1906.

+1085. Samuel Valentine Higginbotham, b. 17 March 1889, m. Gladys Sue Campbell, 2 Jan. 1910, d. Oct. (?) 1951.

CHILDREN OF AARON HIGGINBOTHAM (180) AND ELIZABETH METTS

John Hickingbottom (588) was born about 1825 in Miss. He married Jane Armstrong on 11 Jan. 1848 in Miss. (R‑170)

Children - Hickingbottom

+1086. John Cannon Hickingbottom, b. Aug. 1858, m. Sally Kenny, 28 Dec. 1881, d. 6 Dec. 1919.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN G. HIGGINBOTHAM (185) AND MARY F. LOLLIS

Benjamin Toliver (or Talleffaria) Higginbotham (589) was born 26 Feb. 1813 in Elbert Co., Ga. He was still living in 1870, because his name appears on the Winston Co., Miss. census for that year. His occupation was listed as farmer.

From the census records of Noxubee Co. and Winston Co., Miss., from 1840-1870, it seems that Benjamin first married Jane ‑‑‑‑‑‑ sometime between 1840 and 1850. She was born about 1819 in Ala. He secondly married S. Jane ‑‑‑‑‑‑ between 1850 and 1860. She was born about 1822 in S.C. All his children were born in Miss. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1087. Mary Ann Higginbotham, b. 16 Feb. 1849 (Noxubee Co., Miss.), m. James Madison Fulton, 20 Dec. 1870 (Winston Co., Miss.), d. 28 May 1895 (Bartlett, Bell Co., Texas).

1088. James Riley Higginbotham, b.c. 1850.

1089. Sarah E. Higginbotham, b.c. 1851.

1090. Martha J. Higginbotham, b.c. 1855.

1091. Robert J. Higginbotham, b.c. 1857.

1092. C. Elinor ("Nellie") Higginbotham, b.c. 1860.

Elizabeth Harriet Higginbotham (592) was born 9 Feb. 1822 in Elbert Co., Ga. She married ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Whitehead probably sometime before 1850, since her name is not listed as a member of her father's household in the Noxubee Co., Miss. census of 1850. (R‑921)

Children - Whitehead

+1093. P. G. Whitehead, b. 27 Nov. 1861, married, d. by 1946.

James Larkin Higginbotham (594) was born 10 Oct. 1828 in Ala., and died 31 May 1913 in Noxubee Co., Miss. He married Margaret Thomas on 19 May 1850 in Noxubee Co., Miss. She was born 14 May 1830 in Ga., and died in 1899 in Noxubee Co., Miss. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1094. Benjamin Higginbotham

1095. Thomas Higginbotham

1096. Elizabeth Higginbotham

1097. Commydore Columbus ("Commie") Higginbotham, b.c. 1858. Living in Mashulaville, Miss. in 1943. Dead by 1946.

+1098. George Washington Higginbotham, b. 9 Feb. 1861, m. Louise Caroline Morris, 10 Dec. 1884, d. 30 June 1937.

1099. Joseph Higginbotham

CHILDREN OF LARKIN HIGGINBOTHAM (187) AND POLLY HOWARD

Larkin Higginbotham, Jr. (597) was born about 1814 in Tenn., and died by 1899. He was 36 years old in 1850, according to the Mirnard Co., Ill. census for 1850. He married Harriet ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1826 in Illinois, and was 24 years old according to the 1850 Mirnard Co., Ill. census. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+1100. E. J. Higginbotham, b.c. 1850, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Watkins, d. by 1899.

1101. John B. Higginbotham

1102. William Higginbotham

Martha J. Higginbotham (599) died by 1899. She first married ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Jones. She secondly married ‑‑‑‑‑‑ McHenry. (R‑921)

Children - Jones

1103. Nicholas D. Jones

1104. Isaac B. Jones

+1105. A. Samantha Jones (or McHenry), m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Murdock, d. by 1899.

1106. Ida E. Jones (or McHenry), m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Cundeff.

Children - McHenry

1107. Frank McHenry

1108. Catherine ("Kitty") McHenry, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Dawson.

Madison Higginbotham (600) died by 1899. He married. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

+1109. Nettic Higginbotham, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Mattingly, d. by 1899.

1110. Maria Higginbotham

+1111. Emily Higginbotham, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Kincaid, d. by 1899.

Elizabeth ("Betsy") Higginbotham (601) was born in Tenn., and died by 1899 in Ill. She married Andy Weldon in Tenn. (R‑921)

Children - Weldon

1112. Tirza Ann Weldon, b. 28 Jan. 1839, m. Levi Wilcox, 23 Sept. 1858, d. 20 Feb. 1917. He was b. 29 Oct. 1839 and d. 27 June 1917.

1113. Malinda Weldon, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Pantier.

+1114. Polly Weldon, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Wilcox, d. by 1899.

CHILDREN OF DOLLY D. HIGGINBOTHAM (194) AND ELISHA KELLEY

William Higginbotham Kelley (606) was born 9 Jan. 1818 in Hardin Co., Tenn., and died 20 May 1881 in Gonzales Co., Texas, 5 miles above the town of Gonzales. He migrated to Texas about 1839-40, with his sister, Levicy, and her husband, Moses Heskew, settling in Gonzales. He served as 1st Lieutenant in McCulloch's Co., Texas Mounted Volunteers (spies), during the War with Mexico (Aug. 1846-Feb. 1847), being present with his company in Camargo, Monterey, and Agua Nueva, Mexico.

He first married Amanda M. Johnson on 11 Sept. 1849 in Gonzales, Texas. She died 14 March 1854. He was living with his daughter, Mary, and his younger brother, Leonard E., in Gonzales in 1860. He secondly married Susan Abbigail Wood on 13 Sept. 1860 in Gonzales, Texas. She had apparently first been married to Mr. Harmon. William Kelley served in the Texas Home Guard during the Civil War, 1861-64. All the children by his second marriage, and probably also by his first marriage, were born at Gonzales, Texas. (R‑147)

Children - Kelley, by Amanda M. Johnson

1115. Mary Levicy Kelley, b. 29 Nov. 1851, d. 26 May 1870. Bur. family burying ground, Smith's Creek Church, Gonzales Co., Texas.

1116. Cate Kelley, b. 10 Feb. 1854, d. 14 Feb. 1854.

Children - Kelley, by Susan A. Wood

+1117. Elisha Franklin Kelley, b. 7 Oct. 1861, m(1) Josie C. Dyer, 28 Feb. 1882, m(2) Effie McWhorter, 5 May 1894, d. 27 Feb. 1928.

1118. Robert B. Kelley, b. 7 March 1864, d. 21 March 1864.

1119. Willona Ann Kelley, b. 7 March 1864, d. 14 March 1864.

1120. Benona M. ("Ola" or "Sissy") Kelley, b. 2 June 1866, m. John A. Allen, 17 Aug. 1887, d. 20 Oct. 1942 (Junction, Texas).

1121. William H. Kelley, b. 17 March 1868, m. Leona Baker, 6 Sept. 1894 (Sutton Co., Texas), d. 11 Jan. 1938 (Junction, Texas).

1122. Albert Lawson Kelley, b. 7 July 1871, d. 8 Sept. 1880 (Gonzales, Texas).

1123. James Leonard Kelley, b. 5 March 1875, m. Ora Hodges, (Junction, Texas), d. Junction Texas.

CHILDREN OF CALEB HIGGINBOTHAM (204) AND ANN M. BRYANT

Mary Higginbotham (626) was born in 1814 in Ga. She married William Sandel on 16 Dec. 1830 in Clinton, La. (R‑921)

Children - Sandel

1124. Napoleon Sandel, b. 1833.

+1125. William S. Sandel, b. 1838, m. Ardelia Beauchamp.

1126. Thomas C. Sandel, b. 1840.

1127. A. E. Sandel (female), b. 1842.

1128. John C. Sandel, b. 1845.

1129. Martha Sandel, b. 1847.

1130. K. P. Sandel (male), b. 1849.

1131. L. A. Sandel (female), b. 1858.

Jane Higginbotham (627) was born in 1816 in La., and died 17 May 1880 in Mer Rouge, La. She married Peter Alexander Boyd Williams on 16 Sept. 1834 in Clinton, La. (R‑921)

Children - Williams

+1132. James Bowman Williams, married.

William G. Higginbotham (628) was born 7 March 1819 in La., and died 9 March 1888. He married Sarah A. Palmer on 20 Dec. 1838 in Clinton, La. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1133. Boyd W. Higginbotham, m. Sally Ann Sullivan, 15 July 1880 (St. Francisville, La.).

1134. J. R. Higginbotham, m. Frances N. Simmons, 12 Feb. 1871 (St. Francisville, La.).

1135. Martha L. Higginbotham, m. Louis A. Palmer, 4 Nov. 1858 (Clinton, La.).

1136. David P. Higginbotham, m. A. M. Grangham, 13 Sept. 1865 (Amite Co., Miss.).

1137. Mary O. Higginbotham, m. E. A. Wright, 20 March 1867 (Clinton, La.).

1138. A. L. Higginbotham, m. E. A. Benton.

1139. Carilla Higginbotham

Leonora Higginbotham (632) was born in 1824 in East Feliciana Parish, La., and died 5 Oct. 1883 in Morehouse Parish, La. She married John R. Collinsworth on 8 June 1843 in Amite Co., Miss. He died in 1859. (R‑921)

Children - Collinsworth

+1140. Mary Anna Collinsworth, b. 13 March 1846, m. Robert Young Livingston McCants, 10 Oct. 1865, d. 19 Jan. 1925.

1141. Abel Collinsworth, died young.

1142. William Collinsworth

CHILDREN OF LAWSON HIGGINBOTHAM (205) AND ELIZABETH McCANTS

David Francis Higginbotham (643) was born 19 Dec. 1822 and died 20 Dec. 1898. He married Mary Jane ("Maggie") Land. She was born 3 Jan. 1837 and died 1 June 1915. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1143. Mary Elizabeth ("Mollie") Higginbotham, b. 2 Sept. 1864, d. 28 Jan. 1934.

1144. Narcissus Higginbotham, b. 22 Nov. 1868, d. 4 June 1870.

1145. Columbus Higginbotham, b. 26 June 1871, d. 15 Oct. 1879.

1146. Blanch Higginbotham, b. 26 Nov. 1872, d. 22 Oct. 1880.

1147. David Higginbotham, b. 15 Oct. 1874, d. 27 Oct. 1898.

Cleaton Higginbotham (644) was born 29 April 1824 and died 25 March 1872. He married Celia Ann Hausey on 29 Sept. 1852 in Clinton, La. She was born 8 April 1831 and died in 1915. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1148. Ira Wilson Higginbotham, b. 27 July 1853, d. 29 Dec. 1925.

1149. Louisa Jane Higginbotham, b. 12 Sept. 1855, d. 27 Jan. 1879.

+1150. Lawson Higginbotham, b. 4 Aug. 1856, m. Johnnie White, d. 1943.

1151. Anna Pipkin Higginbotham, b. 15 Dec. 1859, d. 8 Aug. 1861.

1152. Agnes Clara Higginbotham, b. 6 Aug. 1861, m. W. C. Andrews, 20 Feb. 1881, d. 11 Dec. 1951.

William Douglas Higginbotham (646) was born 26 July 1827. He married Ann Chapman of Va. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1153. William Higginbotham

1154. James Higginbotham

1155. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Higginbotham

Thomas Carter Higginbotham (647) was born 6 Feb. 1831. He married Belle Norseworthy. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1156. Lawson ("Little Lawson") Higginbotham

1157. Ida Higginbotham

1158. Thomas Higginbotham

1159. Mattie Higginbotham, m. Jep Hughes.

1160. Cleaton Higginbotham

1161. Howard Higginbotham

Charles Wesley Higginbotham (651) was born 5 Oct. 1839. He married Jennie Holt. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1162. Katie Higginbotham

Samuel Riley Higginbotham (653) was born 22 April 1847 in St. Helena Parish, La., and died 17 Oct. 1927 in Dallas, Texas. He married Mary Alma Martin, daughter of Judge Thomas Martin and Sarah Jane Livingston, on 12 Sept. 1883 in Calvert, Texas. She was born 4 Oct. 1863 in Port Sullivan, Texas, and died in Jan. 1951 in Dallas, Texas. Their first 3 children were born in Calvert, Texas, the next 3 in Hearne, Texas, and the last in Hillsboro, Texas. (R‑921)

Children - Higginbotham

1163. Alma Elizabeth Higginbotham, b. 13 Aug. 1884.

1164. Clara Alice Higginbotham, b. 5 April 1887, d. 21 April 1887.

1165. Charles Carter Higginbotham, b. 8 Oct. 1890, d. 1949.

1166. Thomas Lawson Higginbotham, b. 20 Dec. 1892.

1167. Earle William Higginbotham, b. 2 Aug. 1895, d. March 1958.

1168. Jewel Ruth Higginbotham, b. 24 Oct. 1898, m. Joe Taylor.

1169. Lula May Higginbotham, b. 17 Dec. 1900, m. C. E. Cole.

CHILDREN OF MARY GRAVES (219) AND WILLIAM E. ALEXANDER

Sarah Elizabeth Alexander (659) was born in 1806 in Greene Co., GA, and died in 1893 in Prattville, Autauga Co., AL. She married Absolom Doster, son of James Doster and Lydia Springer. He was born in 1796 in Mecklenburg Co., NC, and died 24 July 1882 in Prattville, AL.

Absolom Doster served as a private in the War of 1812 in Capt. David Rosser’s Co. of Inf., 2^nd Regt., Georgia Militia. He appears on the company payroll for Oct. 12, 1814 to March 1815, from Oct. 12, 1814 to Dec. 12, 1814, and on Oct. 10, 1814. From Oct. 12, 1814 to March 15, 1815, he received 40 dollars and 77 cents. From Oct. 12 to Dec. 1814 he was rolled in at Camp Covington, GA, and from Oct. 10, 1814, he was enrolled at Camp Jackson.[7] (R‑244)

Children - Doster

+1170. Charles Springer Graves Doster, b. 21 Aug. 1830, m. Caroline Elizabeth Slaton, 15 Sept. 1854, d. 20 Feb. 1898.

1171. Edmond A. Doster, b.c. 1827, m. Catherine L. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He was an M.D.

1172. A. Victoria Doster, b.c. 1837, m. Zachariah Abney.

1173. Arianna Madora Doster, b.c. 1840, m. Mirabeau Dent Lamar.

1174. Martha S. Doster, b.c. 1845, m. Perry Edwards.

Peyton Smith Alexander (661) was born about 1812 in GA, and died in 1876 in AL. He married Mary Preer Minter, daughter of Robert Rutherford Minter, on 13 Dec. 1835. She was born about 1812 in GA, and died after 1870. This family was recorded on the 1850 census in Lowndes Co., AL and the 1860 and 1870 censuses in Autauga Co., AL; their children were born in AL. (R‑3, R‑268)

Children - Alexander

+1175. Robert Minter Alexander, b. 23 Oct. 1836, m. Mary Lavinia Taylor, d. after 1910.

+1176. John Loftin Alexander, b. 15 Nov. 1838, m. Martha Anne Rebecca Hill, m(2) Corrine Doster, 1 June 1892, d. 4 Aug. 1910.

1177. Sarah Alexander, b.c. 1841.

1178. Rebecca Alexander, b.c. 1843.

1179. Peytonia Alexander, b.c. 1845.

1180. Martha Alexander, b.c. 1847.

1181. Mary Alexander, b.c. 1849.

Martha Susan Alexander (663) was born 1 May 1817 in GA, and died 17 Oct. 1865 in Morehouse Parish, LA (2½ miles from Bastrop). She married Dr. John Asa (or Aca[8]) Whetstone, son of Jacob Whetstone and Martha Jones, on 20 Dec. 1832 in AL. He was born 19 Oct. 1803 in Orangeburg District, SC, and died 30 Dec. 1853.

John Whetstone was educated to be a doctor at Bellevue Hospital in New York city. He was also an ordained Methodist minister. He moved his family from SC to Montgomery, AL (or possibly to nearby Autauga Co.), and then moved to Bastrop, LA about 1849. It took him two years to build his home and homes for his slaves and to get ready to go back to Alabama to get his family. He was buried with other members of his family in the old cemetery adjoining his house, Memorial Park Cem., about 3 miles north of Bastrop. The inscription on his tombstone reads, "His life was a beautiful illustration of the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and charity." (R‑268, R‑270)

Children - Whetstone

+1182. Virginia Sarah Ann Whetstone, b. 19 Oct. 1833, m. Peter C. Robinson, 3 March 1852, d. 17 Sept. 1916.

+1183. Mary Graves Whetstone, b. 2 July 1835, m. Sylvester Gould Parsons, 16 Feb. 1858, d. 28 March 1883.

1184. John Asa (or Aca) Whetstone, Jr., b. 3 Nov. 1836, d. 28 Dec. 1850.

+1185. Martha W. Whetstone, b. Sept. 1838, m(1) Robert M. Hinson, 28 April 1861, m(2) George John Boswell Marable, 7 Aug. 1867, m(3) J. E. Puckett, 19 Dec. 1882, d. 18 Aug. 1904.

1186. Louisa Cutler Whetstone, b. 22 Dec. 1839 (AL), m. P. S. (prob. Peyton Smith) Graves, 15 Nov. 1865, d. Oct. 1866.

1187. Edmond Alexander Whetstone, b. 24 Feb. 1842 (Autauga Co., AL), d. 10 Aug. 1861 (Oak Hills, MO, killed in the battle of Oak Hills or Pea Ridge[9] in the Civil War, while serving in the Confederate Army).

+1188. Jacob A. Whetstone, b. 26 Sept. 1843, m. Pattie Alben Pugh, 29 Dec. 1864.

1189. Adaline ("Addie") Matilda Whetstone, b. 20 May 1845 (Autauga Co., AL), d. 8 Jan. 1864 (Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, LA). She was engaged to Byron Eves. He arrived two days before the wedding and found Adaline sick. She died on her wedding day and was buried in her wedding dress in Memorial Park Cem. (or Whetstone Cem.), Bastrop, LA.

+1190. William Doster Whetstone, b. 29 Oct. 1847, m. Elizabeth M. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

1191. Caroline Susan (or Susan Caroline) Whetstone, b. 31 March 1848 (or 1843[10]) (AL), d. 12 Aug. 1901.

1192. Eliza Elvenia Whetstone, b. 1 Jan. 1850 (AL), d. 27 Aug. 1851.

+1193. Robert Whetstone, b. 27 Oct. 1851, m. Mary Edith Larkin, 22 Jan. 1873, d. 20 Feb. 1896.

1194. Asbery Hope Whetstone[11], b. 22 Nov. 1854 (Bastrop City, LA), d. 29 Nov. 1891 (Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, LA). Bur. in Whetstone Cem.

William Edmund Alexander, Jr. (664) was born about 1819 in AL. He first married Caroline Sager on 20 Sept. 1837 in Autauga Co., AL. She was born about 1822 in AL, and died before 1860. This family was recorded on the 1850 census in Lowndes Co., AL; their children were born in AL. He married second Emily A. Young before 1860. She was born about 1835 in GA. This family was recorded on the 1860 and 1870 censuses in Lowndes Co., AL; their children were born in AL. (R‑268)

Children - Alexander, by Caroline Sager

1195. Mary E. Alexander, b.c. 1840.

1196. John Alexander, b.c. 1842.

1197. William Alexander, b.c. 1844.

1198. Edmund Alexander, b.c. 1846, m. Ada Hartwell, 24 Nov. 1869 (Lowndes Co., AL).

1199. Sarah E. Alexander, b.c. 1848.

1200. A. G. Alexander [male], b.c. 1852. He may be Emily’s son.

Children - Alexander, by Emily Young

1201. Susan Alexander, b.c. 1856.

1202. Kate Alexander, b.c. 1857.

1203. James Alexander, b.c. 1859.

1204. Addie Alexander, b.c. 1862.

1205. John Alexander, b.c. 1865.

1206. Emma Alexander, b.c. 1867.

1207. Julia Alexander, b.c. 1869 (Lowndes Co., AL), m. George W. Duncan.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GRAVES (222)

Louisa Graves (668) was born 29 Nov. 1809 (?) in GA, and died in Nov. 1826. She married Joseph C. Mason on 5 May 1825. The following two children are mentioned in the will of Louisa's father. (R‑165)

Children - Mason

1208. William T. Mason

+1209. Mary Ann Mason, m. Hiram Pierce.

Ann S. ("Nancy") Graves (669) was born 4 May 1811 in GA, and died 6 July 1844. She married Thomas J. Varner on 21 July 1832. (R‑165)

Children - Varner

1210. Louisa Varner, m. L. Walters.

1211. William Varner

1212. Mary Varner

1213. Giles Varner

Young William Graves (670) was born 9 April 1813 in GA, and died 14 Aug. 1871 in Keatchie, LA. He was a Captain, probably in the Civil War. He first married Mary C. Youngblood on 14 Dec. 1831. He secondly married Sarah Ann (Graves) Clark (#682) on 12 Oct. (or Dec.) 1839 in Lowndes Co., AL. She was his first cousin, and was first married to George Clark. They had no children. He thirdly married Nancy A. Fisher (or Fischer), a widow, on 7 May 1844. They had a number of children, several of whom moved to Louisiana. The children listed below were shown in the 1850 AL census, all born in AL. Also listed in the census were John Fisher, b.c. 1836, and James Fisher, b.c. 1838, apparently by Nancy's previous marriage. (R‑100, R‑165, R‑268)

Children - Graves, by Mary C. Youngblood

1214. Giles M. Graves, b.c. 1832.

1215. Mary J. (or T.) Graves, b. 13 Aug. 1837.

Children - Graves, by Nancy A. Fisher

1216. Young W. Graves, b.c. 1846.

1217. Charles D. Graves, b.c. 1848.

Giles Nance Graves (671) was born 25 Feb. 1815 in GA, and died 23 Dec. 1866 in Anderson Co., TX. He first married Martha Anna (or Ann) Brinson on 4 Jan. 1835. She was born 15 April 1818 in Jones Co., Ga., and died 31 Dec. 1858. They had 12 children. He secondly married Margaret J. Burton on 4 Jan. 1860 in Palestine, Texas. They had no children. According to a letter written by G. N. Graves, Sr., dated 1861, to his daughter Dollie (Aurelia Antoinette), he was no longer with Margaret and there was no possibility of a reunion. (R‑100, R‑263)

Children - Graves, by Martha A. Brinson

1218. Young William Graves, b. 1836 (AL).

1219. Mary S. Graves, b. 1838 (AL).

1220. Anne Alabama Graves, b. 29 Aug. 1840 (or 1841), m. Charles W. Graves (#692), 5 March 1860, d. 4 Feb. 1924. See #692 for descendants.

1221. Peyton S. Graves, b. 28 Sept. 1840 (TX), m(1) Ella Tucker, 31 Dec. 1884, m(2) (Mrs.) Mary E. Rollins, 7 Oct. 1891, d. 13 Oct. 1892. Bur. East Hill Cem., Palestine, TX, with his first wife and baby. Ella was b. 13 Aug. 1854, d. 2 July 1888. Their infant child d. 17 June 1888. Mary E. Rollins was the former Mary E. Parks, and was previously married to Samuel A. Rollins, 22 Oct. 1873.

+1222. Aurelia Antoinette Graves, b. 1844, m. Richard Jesse Royall, 8 Nov. 1859.

1223. Martha C. Graves, b. 1846 (AL).

1224. Georgetta Graves, b. 1849 (TX).

1225. Cora W. Graves, b. 1851.

1226. Matthew B. Graves, b. 1854.

1227. Emma Callie Graves, b. 15 Aug. 1857, m. Charles Robert Graves, 18 Dec. 1878. See #1264 for descendants.

+1228. Giles Nance Graves, Jr., b. 3 Oct. 1858, m. Sallie Amelia Clay, 30 July 1885, d. 14 March 1919.

Mary Ann Graves (672) was born 17 Aug. 1821 in Ala., and died in 1858. She married John Gillon Rogers[12] on 5 Nov. 1841. He died in 1855. (R‑100, R‑165, R‑472)

Children - Rogers

1229. Young W. Rogers, b. 12 Dec. 1843. Lived in La.

1230. James Wooten Rogers, b. 31 Oct. 1845.

1231. Peyton Graves Rogers, b. 4 June 1847.

1232. daughter, stillborn 1849.

1233. Clara Yulie (?) Rogers, b. 14 June 1850.

Sarah J. Graves (674) was born 3 Oct. 1825 in Ala., and died in 1878. She married Henry Hill Whetstone on 15 Dec. 1842 (or 1843). He was born 27 Aug. 1818. (R‑100, R‑165)

Children - Whetstone

1234. Caroline Louisa Whetstone, b. 25 Nov. 1843.

+1235. Mary Elizabeth Whetstone, b. 31 May 1845, m. Arthur Port Williamson, Jr., 1870, d. 1888.

1236. William Henry Whetstone, b. 13 Jan. 1847.

1237. Claudius Eugene Whetstone, b. 23 Sept. 1848.

1238. Edwin Norton Whetstone, b. 22 April 1851.

1239. Clara Estelle Whetstone, b. 29 July 1853, m. Charles Graves (#1272), d. 8 July 1899.

1240. Annie Hearne Whetstone, b. 16 April 1859.

1241. Andrew Lowndes Whetstone, b. 6 Dec. 1860.

Peyton Smith Graves (675) was born 25 Feb. 1827 in Lowndes Co., Ala., died 26 (or 25) June 1892 in New Orleans, La., and was buried 29 June 1892 in Lowndesboro, Ala. He married Sarah Mildred McGehee, daughter of Abner McGehee and Jane (Gilmer) Thompson (widow), on 1 Dec. 1852. She was born 21 Aug. 1830 at McGehee's Switch, Ala., died 12 May 1854 in Hope Hull, Ala., and was buried in the family cemetery. (R‑100, R‑165)

Children - Graves

+1242. Sallie McGehee Graves, b. 2 March 1854, m. Alexander Humphreys Clark, 8 Feb. 1877, d. 19 May 1932.

CHILDREN OF DAVID GRAVES (224) AND MARY RUSSELL

Martha Frances Graves (679) was born 19 May 1813 in GA, and died 1 Feb. 1864. She married Dr. James Hinkle, M.D. on 4 Jan. 1832 in Lowndes Co., AL. The marriage was performed by P. S. Graves, Minister of the Gospel. James was born 10 May 1805 in NC, and died 22 Jan. 1854. This family was recorded on the 1850 census in Lowndes, Lowndes Co., AL; their children were born in AL. Martha and her children Mary, Louise (recorded as Lemeren), and Peyton were recorded on the 1860 census in Montgomery Co., AL living with Martha’s mother Mary McGehee. (R‑252)

Children - Hinkle

1243. Sarah Josephine Hinkle, b.c. 1832, m. James P. Terry, 30 Oct. 1852 (Montgomery Co., AL), d. aft. 1880.

1244. Edwin Eugene Hinkle, b. 4 June 1832, d. 11 Aug. 1835.

1245. Mary Hinkle, b.c. 1834, d. 18 June 1836.

1246. Mary Hinkle, b. and d. 13 June 1836.

1247. David W. Hinkle, b.c. 1838, m. Martha A. Figh, 10 March 1858 (Montgomery Co., AL).

1248. James B. Hinkle, b.c. 1840.

1249. Thomas J. Hinkle, b.c. 1842.

1250. Mary Caroline (“Callie”) Hinkle, b.c. 1844, d. aft. 1880.

1251. Louisa J. Hinkle, b.c. 1847, d. aft. 1880.

1252. Peyton R. Hinkle, b.c. 1849.

1253. Ellie M. Hinkle, b. 3 July 1851, d. 5 May 1852.