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Margarett Stewart

• Father: James Stewart b. 16 Apr 1765, d. 6 Feb 1854
• Mother: Margery McEwen b. 27 Jul 1772, d. 21 Apr 1841

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 13 Oct 2019

• (Child) Birth*: 3 May 1799; Jackson Co., Georgia
• (Bride) Marriage*: 13 March 1821; Jackson Co., Georgia; Groom=Larkin Strickland
• Married Name: 13 March 1821; Strickland
• 1850 Census*: 1 June 1850; Randolph Co., Alabama; household member=Mary Strickland, household member=John Carlos Strickland, household member=David Lloyd Strickland, household member=William Franklin Strickland, household member=Madison Strickland, household member=Larkin McEwen Strickland, household member=Jefferson Strickland, household member=Henry Ansel Strickland¹
• Photographed*: say 1860; Randolph Co., Alabama²
  

  Margarett (Stewart) Strickland
• 1860 Census*: 1 June 1860; Randolph Co., Alabama; household member=David Lloyd Strickland, household member=Madison Strickland, household member=Jefferson Strickland, household member=Margery Margaret Strickland, household member=Henry Ansel Strickland, household member=George Washington Strickland³
• (Deceased) Death*: 21 May 1869; Chambers Co., Alabama; From the Larkin Strickland Family Bible: "Margarett (sic) Strickland departed this life May the 21st 1869 near Hickory Flat and was bered at Standing Rock Church Chambers County Ala"⁴

Larkin Strickland

• Father: Julius Strickland b. s 1765, d. c 1816
• Mother: Nancy Mullins b. c 1775, d. a 1 Jun 1840

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2020

• (Child) Birth*: 1 May 1799; Abbeville, South Carolina
• (Groom) Marriage*: 13 March 1821; Jackson Co., Georgia; Bride=Margarett Stewart
• 1830 Census*: 1 June 1830; Captain Stewart's District, Troup Co., Georgia¹
• 1840 Census*: 1 June 1840; 800 District, Troup Co., Georgia²
• (Deceased) Death*: 11 May 1848; Randolph Co., Alabama
• (Father) Photographed: say 1860; from Lew Griffin, 11 October 2019:
  The elder Larkin died in 1848 at the age of 49. The fellow in the photo looks younger than that to me, suggesting the photo was earlier than 1848 if it were the Larkin born in 1799. The daguerreotype was invented in 1839l. There were other processes before that. I'm not sure what would have been available in rural Alabama at that early date. Does it look like a tintype?
  
  From Terrence White, current owner of the original photo, 12 Oct 2019:
  
  As for the photo of "Larkin Strickland" ... It is clearly a tintype, and not an earlier daguerreotype. How do I know this for certain? Well, it completely lacks the noticeable, obvious silvery sheen that all daguerreotypes must have, in order to be that medium (since the image was exposed directly onto a plate of silver-plated copper.) It looks exactly like every other dull brown tintype I've ever seen. It is also definitely not an "ambrotype" (also common in that early period) because they were made on plates of glass. I have two of those. One from my Mom's family, and one that's unidentified and not from any part of my ancestry at all.
  
  The Wikipedia article about "tintypes" which I just now consulted says that the process was first described scientifically in 1853, and first patented in the United States in 1856. So that should settle the matter. (Even though this photograph IS placed in the photo album exactly opposite the tintype of Margaret "Peggy" Stewart, the elder Larkin's wife.)
  
  This photo was originally misidentified by Lurline Davis Parker (1890 - 1984), daughter of Madison Davis, granddaughter of Mary Strickland Davis, and great granddaughter of Larkin Sr, when she placed this photo beside a photo of Margarett Stewart Strickland in her family album. Mr. White, mentioned above, currently owns this album, and is aware of the error.; Principal=Larkin McEwen Strickland³
  

  unknown Strickland, possibly Larkin M. Strickland
  

  another copy of this tintype, from the 1980's
• Biography*: 16 October 2019; Larkin Strickland was born in 1799 probably in Abbeville District, SC.
  
  By 1807 his family is thought to have been in Jackson Co. GA. He married there in 1821 to Margarett Stewart, called Peggy, daughter of James Stewart and Margery McEwen. Larkin won land in the 1821 Land Lottery, Lot 65 in the 11th District of Dooly Co. GA. He appears on the 1821 Tax Digest of Jackson Co., and again in 1823 and 1824. He owned no land during this period, but paid his poll tax and was also agent for the orphans of Julius Strickland as well as for Nancy Strickland. These were his mother and brothers.
  
  Larkin's whereabouts after 1824 are unknown, but by 1830 he was in Troup Co. GA near the now defunct community of Antioch, in the NW corner of the county.
  
  He is mentioned in 1834 in a deed as a resident of Heard Co. GA. Calvin Strickland sold him a lot in Cherokee Co. that year, which he later resold to his wife's brother (Cherokee Co. DB).
  
  Between 1835 and 1845 Larkin bought and sold several land lots in Troup Co. He was on the 1840 census there.
  
  Based on the births of his children, he moved to Randolph Co. AL in about 1843, but only a short distance from his residence in Troup Co. He was close enough, in fact, to continue to be a patient of Dr. Henry H. Cary of Antioch. Horatio G. and James P. Strickland are also mentioned in the doctor's surviving journals (Pine Log and Greek Revival by W.H. Davidson).
  
  Larkin died in Randolph Co. in 1848, killed by a log which rolled over him while he was clearing land.
  
  Harrison Latimer Anderson of Marietta, GA, had his family Bible, and one of his sons is now said to have it.
  
  An old photo album including a photo of a supposed "Larkin Strickland" is currently (2019) in the possession of Terrence James White, a descendant of Elijah Davis, husband of Mary (Strickland) Davis. Terry lives in the Atlanta area. Terry tells me the photo is clearly a tintype. Since tintypes were not available prior to 1859, and since Larkin Strickland Sr. died in 1848, the photo might possibly be Larkin Sr.'s son, Larkin M. Strickland, who was born in 1837. Or it might be one of Larkin's other sons. But it is definitely not this Larkin, who died in 1848.⁴

Henry Ansel Strickland

• Father: Larkin Strickland b. 1 May 1799, d. 11 May 1848
• Mother: Margarett Stewart b. 3 May 1799, d. 21 May 1869

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 7 Sep 2018

• (Child) Birth*: 17 March 1844; Randolph Co., Alabama
• (household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Randolph Co., Alabama; Principal=Margarett Stewart¹
• (household member) 1860 Census: 1 June 1860; Randolph Co., Alabama; Principal=Margarett Stewart²
• Photographed*: circa 1861; Alabama³
  

  Henry Ansel Strickland
• (Groom) Marriage*: 4 December 1866; Chambers Co., Alabama; Bride=Julia Ann Halsey
• (head of family) 1870 Census*: 1 June 1870; Bacon Level, Randolph Co., Alabama; household member=Julia Ann Halsey, household member=Debrah Strickland, household member=Lanora D. Strickland⁴
• (head of family) 1880 Census*: 1 June 1880; Hickory Flat, Chambers Co., Alabama; Wife=Julia Ann Halsey, Witness=Lanora D. Strickland, Witness=Debrah Strickland, Witness=Ollie Strickland, Witness=Julius Lee Strickland, Witness=Minnie Dallas Strickland⁵
• (head of family) 1900 Census*: 1 June 1900; Hickory Flat, Chambers Co., Alabama; Witness=Lanora D. Strickland, Witness=Henry Lewis Strickland, Witness=Julia Anna Strickland, Witness=Ansell Randolph Strickland⁶
• (head of family) 1910 Census*: 15 April 1910; Hickory Flat, Chambers Co., Alabama; Witness=Lanora D. Strickland, Witness=Julia Anna Strickland, Witness=Ansell Randolph Strickland⁷
• (Deceased) Death*: 17 August 1914; Standing Rock, Chambers Co., Alabama
• Burial*: say 20 August 1914; Standing Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chambers Co., Alabama⁸
• Biography*: Henry Ansel Strickland was born in 1844 in Randolph Co. AL. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. F of the 14th Ala. Infantry along with five of his brothers. A sixth was in the 8th Ala. Cavalry. Henry was wounded by a musket ball in the leg, but survived the War. Two of his brothers, twins Madison and Jefferson, died in Virginia. Margaret Milford, of Lanett, AL, has a photo of the twins in their Confederate uniforms, and James Griffin of Memphis, TN, has one of Henry in his uniform. After the War Henry returned to Alabama and married Julia Ann Halsey in Chambers Co. in 1866. She was the daughter of Lewis Halsey and Sarah Brooks Charon or Cohron. Henry and Julia were on the 1880 census in Chambers Co., Julia died there in 1887. Henry died in 1914 and both are buried at the Standing Rock Methodist Church Cemetery.

Julia Ann Halsey

• Father: Lewis Halsey b. 22 Apr 1816, d. 7 Nov 1878
• Mother: Sarah Brooks Cohron b. 18 Oct 1822, d. 29 Jun 1895

• Charts: Halsey Ancestry, Strickland Ancestry, Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 30 Nov 2017

• Biography*: Julia Ann Halsey had eight children before her death in 1887 at 40. Julia's younger children were raised by her mother, Sarah, who outlived her by eight years. Julia's daughter Minnie recalled spending lots of time at her grandmother Sarah Halsey's home.
• Name Variation: Julia Ann Hallsey
• (Child) Birth*: 15 October 1846; Chambers Co., Alabama
• (Bride) Marriage*: 4 December 1866; Chambers Co., Alabama; Groom=Henry Ansel Strickland
• Married Name: 4 December 1866; Strickland
• (household member) 1870 Census: 1 June 1870; Bacon Level, Randolph Co., Alabama; head of family=Henry Ansel Strickland¹
• (Wife) 1880 Census: 1 June 1880; Hickory Flat, Chambers Co., Alabama; head of family=Henry Ansel Strickland²
• (Deceased) Death*: 21 September 1887; Chambers Co., Alabama
• Burial*: say 24 September 1887; Standing Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chambers Co., Alabama

Lewis Halsey

• Father: Benjamin L. Halsey b. c 1785, d. c 1845
• Mother: Martha Kennedy b. b 1786, d. c 1845

• Charts: Halsey Ancestry, Strickland Ancestry, Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants

• Last Edited: 18 Jan 2020

• Biography*: Lewis Halsey was the son of Benjamin L. Halsey. He was born in 1816 in Jefferson Co. GA. His family lived in Monroe Co. GA before moving to Chambers Co. AL about 1838. In 1840 Lewis bought 160 acres in Chambers, the NE fourth of Section 9, in R28E, T24N (DB 3-247). This was about a mile east of Standing Rock, AL. In 1844 he married Sarah Brooks Cohron, and the couple had seven children. The two sons apparently died in the Civil War. Lewis died in Chambers Co. in 1878, his wife Sarah in 1895.
• Name Variation: Louis Hallsey¹
• (Child) Birth*: 22 April 1816; Jefferson Co., Georgia
• (Groom) Marriage*: 11 December 1844; Chambers Co., Alabama; Bride=Sarah Brooks Cohron
• (Deceased) Death*: 7 November 1878; Chambers Co., Alabama

Sarah Brooks Cohron

• Father: John Cohron b. c 1789, d. a 1 Jun 1840
• Mother: Sarah Gross b. s 1794, d. b 1 Jun 1850

• Charts: Cohron Ancestry, Halsey Ancestry, Strickland Ancestry, Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants

• Last Edited: 14 Dec 2019

• Name Variation: Sarah Brooks Choron
• Name Variation: Sarah Brooks Charon
• (Child) Birth*: 18 October 1822; Jasper Co., Georgia
• (Bride) Marriage*: 11 December 1844; Chambers Co., Alabama; Groom=Lewis Halsey
• Married Name: 11 December 1844; Halsey
• Photographed*: say 1855; Chambers Co., Alabama¹
  

  Sarah Brooks Cohron
• (Deceased) Death*: 29 June 1895; Chambers Co., Alabama
• Biography*: 12 February 2019; Sarah Brooks Cohron was probably born in Wilkes County, Georgia in 1822, the daughter of John Cohron, who was last found in Troup County, Georgia in 1840.
  
  In 1844 she married Lewis Halsey in Chambers County AL, and died there 51 years later, in 1895. Both she and Lewis, who died in 1878, are buried in Standing Rock.
  
  According to family tradition, Sarah was of French descent, but her paternal line was Scots-Irish and Quaker. Any French ancestry she may have had, if any, has not yet been found.
  
  The correct spelling of her last name varies. The correct spelling is Cohron. Whatever the spelling, it was pronounced "Core-un" with the emphasis on "Core."
  
  According to an old letter, Sarah had a sister, Nancy, who married a Hammond, and a brother, John.
  
  Nancy was the Nancy Cochran who married Augustus Hammond in 1846 in Chambers County. Nancy was born in 1827, but whether in Alabama or Georgia is not clear. The 1860 and 1900 censuses say Alabama, and the 1850 census says Georgia. Georgia is probably correct. Nancy died in 1907, Augustus in 1910, both are buried in Emory Chapel Cemetery in Chambers County.
  
  John was the John W. Cohron who married Ophelia E. Strozier in 1852 in Chambers County. The couple was on the 1860 census in Chambers County, John W. Cohorn was aged 25, born in Alabama.
  
  Sarah's place of birth varies on the census, as does her age. Her birthplace was listed as Alabama on the 1850 census but as Georgia on later censuses. Her age was listed as 32 in 1850, 36 in 1860, 48 in 1870, and 54 in 1880. This places her birth between 1818 and 1826. With the dates or places of birth of Sarah and Nancy in doubt, it is difficult to determine when Sarah's family first moved to Alabama from Georgia.
  
  The Cohrons left few records in Chambers County. A John Cohran was on the 1840 census there, a young man in his late twenties with a wife and four small children, two sons under age five, and two daughters between five and ten. (In 1840 Sarah and Nancy were teenagers and John W. was five.)
  
  In 1843 Julia Cohon married Charles H. B. Harris in Chambers County. She was underage, and John Cohon gave his consent. The couple was married by Edmund Jackson, a Baptist minister. Judging from the names of the couples Jackson married, he was probably one of the first ministers of Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church. The church is about six miles west of Standing Rock, AL, and was founded in 1837.
  
  In 1844 Sarah Charon married Lewis Halsey, with Edmund Jackson as the minister.
  
  In 1846 Nancy Cochran married Augustus Hammond.
  
  In 1847 a Mrs. Corhorn was listed in a record of school patrons around Fredonia in Chambers County. Fredonia is about six miles south of Mt. Pisgah Church.
  
  In 1852 John W. Cohron married Ophelia Strozier. John Cohran, who had four children in 1840, does not appear on the 1850 census in Chambers County.²

Julius Strickland

• Father: Abner Strickland b. s 1740, d. a 7 Aug 1820

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 12 Sep 2020

• (Child) Birth*: say 1765; North Carolina¹
• (Groom) Marriage*: say 1798; Abbeville, South Carolina; Bride=Nancy Mullins
• 1800 Census*: 4 August 1800; Abbeville District, South Carolina²
• (Deceased) Death*: circa 1816; Jackson Co., Georgia
• Biography*: 21 April 2019; Julius Strickland was probably born around 1765 - 1775 in North Carolina. Julius was said to be a Revolutionary War soldier, according to Historical notes on Jackson Co. GA by Frary Elrod, but this has not been otherwise confirmed. If true, he would have to have been born at least by 1765. The N.C. State Library has no record of his service.
  
  By 1800 he was in Abbeville District, SC, where he was listed on the census as born between 1755 and 1774. His wife was born after 1774 but probably near that date as the couple must have married around 1795 or so. In 1800 they had two sons, both under ten years old. Living nearby was Josiah Strickland with five children, probably a brother.
  
  By 1810 Josiah was in Rutherford Co. NC and was probably the father of the Julius Strickland there.
  
  By 1807 Julius had moved to Jackson Co. GA, as he was a witness to a deed there that year. (Jackson Co. DB E-11, Irwin Strickland et al to Matthew Parker & William Harris, 175 acres on Flat Creek for $185. Witnesses were James Ripley and Jules (sic) Strickland) Irwin Strickland may have also been a brother of Julius'.
  
  The births of Horatio G. and Lloyd Strickland, his sons, agree with this chronology. H.G. was born in 1805 in SC, and Lloyd was born in 1807 in GA. Julius was on the 1809 and 1810 Tax Digests in Jackson Co., in Wilson McKenney's District. He did not own land in either year, nor is he mentioned as a grantee or grantor in Jackson Co. deed records. He may have pursued some occupation other than farming, or simply rented land. Between 1810 and 1820 Julius died.
  
  In 1820 the orphans of Julius Strickland were living in Hamilton's District of Jackson Co., where they won Lot 522 in Section 9 of Irwin Co. in the Land Lottery. They did not pay the $18 fee to claim the lot and it reverted to the state. The 1820 Jackson Co. census lists Nancy Strickland, the widow of Julius. She was over 45, and had seven young males in her household, four under ten, one 10-16, one 16-18, and one 18-26.
  
  The 1821 Tax Digest in Jackson Co. shows Larkin in Spruce's District. (Note that the names of the Militia Districts changed whenever a new militia captain was elected.) He owned no land but paid taxes as agent for the orphans of Julius Strickland on the above-mentioned lot in Irwin Co. Also, as agent for Nancy Strickland, he paid taxes on 202 acres in Gwinnett Co. GA, on Cedar Creek. It bordered Atkinson and the original grantee was Potts, according to the tax digest. Gwinnett Co. was formed in 1818 partly from Jackson Co., and partly through the 1820 Land Lottery. There is no indication that either Potts or Nancy Strickland won this lot in the Lottery. It was probably part of Jackson Co. prior to 1818. Early Gwinnett Co. deed records are not extant, and no mention of the lot has been found in Jackson Co. deeds. A similar entry for Larkin as Nancy's agent appears on the 1824 Tax Digest, which is the last record of this family in Jackson Co.
  
  Nancy's whereabouts during the next few years is unclear. She may have been in Gwinnett, Hall, or Fayette Co. GA. Calvin and Horatio G. Strickland, her sons, were in Fayette Co. GA. during the late 1820's. Erwin Strickland, mentioned earlier and probably a brother of Julius's, was in Hall Co. by 1820.
  
  By 1830 Nancy may have been in Campbell Co. GA, although she is not found there or elsewhere as a head of household on the 1830 census. In 1833 she bought land in Campbell Co. from Henry Curbo or Kerbow, Lot 55 in the 7th District. (Campbell Co. DB A-284) In 1828 Mahala Curbo had married Horatio G. Strickland in Fayette Co. GA. Her relationship to Henry Curbo is unknown. Henry was born in the 1760's according to the 1830 census of Campbell Co.
  
  Calvin Strickland also appears in Campbell Co. about this time, the 1832 Land Lottery lists him as a resident of Allen's District there. Ladrick or Lodowick Strickland was another 1832 Land Lottery winner, also of Allen's District. He won Lot 336 in the 11th District of Walker Co., and was probably also a son of Julius and Nancy.
  
  Horatio G. Strickland named a son Lodowick in 1840. The Nancy Strickland in 1840 Cobb Co. GA was probably the widow of Julius, although the census shows her about 20 years older than would be expected. Living nearby was Loderick, or Lodowick Strickland, as well as others who appear to have migrated from Campbell Co.
  
  Lazarus Strickland in 1840 Cobb had come from Campbell Co. He was perhaps the son of Sion Strickland of Campbell. But the Simeon Strickland in 1840 Cobb had been in Gwinnett Co. in 1830.
  
  Bud Mullins, living near Nancy in 1840, may have been a relative. He was born in the 1760's according to the 1840 Cobb Co. census, but in the 1740's according to the 1830 Campbell Co. census. His Revolutionary War pension file gives his birth as about 1758 or 1759. His military service was in Chatham Co. NC. (File R-7485) Nancy's date and place of death are unknown. Early Cobb Co. records were burned during the Civil War.
  
  Although we do not have probate records for either Julius or Nancy Strickland, it is probable that five of their sons were: Larkin, Calvin, Horatio Gates, Lloyd, and Lodowick. Note that at least four of these men named a daughter Nancy. Larkin had sons Julius, Lloyd, and Larkin. Calvin had a son Larkin. Horatio G. had a son Lodowick and a grandson Julius. Lloyd had sons Lloyd, Calvin, and Larkin. Julius and some of the other Stricklands in early Jackson, Hall, and Gwinnett Co. GA appear to have come from families in the Wake and Johnston Co. area of NC.
  
  An Abner Strickland may have been Julius's father, but little is known of him. He was in Abbeville District, SC, in 1790 and in Wake Co. NC, earlier.
  
  Matthew Strickland immigrated to Isle of Wight Co. VA in the 1760's, and his descendants settled in Nash Co. NC and spread from there through the Carolinas and the Southeast. Julius probably descends from some branch of this family.
  
  This writer (Lew Griffin) has found no proof that Abner Strickland was the father of Julius, although that seems likely. And this writer has found no proof for the father of Abner Strickland. Nor any proof that his name was William Abner. Any help on this line would be appreciated.³
• Biography*: 23 April 2019; Jacob Strickland appears to have been the grandfather of Julius Strickland. Other researchers think Julius was the son of a William Abner Strickland, son of Jacob. Jacob's extensive will, which even mentions several grandchildren, does not mention a son William, Abner, or William Abner.
  
  However, descendants of the various sons of Julius Strickland have autosomal DNA matches to descendants of the various sons of Jacob, so one of Jacob's sons must have been the father or grandfather of Julius.
  
  Therefore it seems likely that Jacob left at least one son out of his will. That son's name, Abner, or William Abner, is speculation, as the father of Julius has never been proven.
  
  This speculation is all based on the AncestryDNA test, and the Thrulines feature of that test. Many paper records that might have aided research on this family have been lost, both in Wake County, NC, and in Abbeville District, SC.; Referenced Name=Jacob Strickland³
• Research Note*: 2 July 2020; Julius seems to be matching other descendants of William Strickland and Patience Boykin, for unknown reasons. So I have temporarily listed them as his parents, for research purposes.³
• Research Note*: 12 September 2020; Abner Strickland was apparently the father of Julius Strickland. Julius and Abner both lived in Abbeville District, SC. Julius had a grandson named Julius Abner Strickland, suggesting a connection to the early Abner.
  
  21 Apr 2019 -- The Thrulines feature of the AncestryDNA test suggests that Abner's children included Julius, Benjamin, and an otherwise unknown son: Ebenezer?. The supposed Ebenezer had a descendant, Abner Harrison Strickland. No record has been found of an Ebenezer Strickland anywhere other than New England.
  
  Benjamin Strickland can be found in early census records of Abbeville District, SC. Living near him were Thomas Strickland, and Harman Strickland, presumed to be related. Harmon Strickland was from Nash Co. NC and can be found elsewhere in this file. A Josiah Strickland lived near Julius.
  
  12 Sep 2020 -- The Thrulines feature of the AncestryDNA test now suggests that Abner's children included Julius, Josiah, and William.
  
  All of these Strickland men are presumed to be from either Wake or Johnston County, NC. Further DNA results are needed from descendants of the Stricklands of Abbeville and Wake.; Principal=Abner Strickland³

Nancy Mullins

• Father: John Mullins b. s 1738, d. a 9 Apr 1784
• Mother: Mary Green b. s 1740, d. s 1790

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 16 Apr 2019

• (Child) Birth*: circa 1775; North Carolina
• Married Name: circa 1796; Strickland
• (Bride) Marriage*: say 1798; Abbeville, South Carolina; Groom=Julius Strickland
• (head of family) 1820 Census*: 1 June 1820; Jackson Co., Georgia¹
• (head of family) 1840 Census*: 1 June 1840; Cobb Co., Georgia²
• (Deceased) Death*: after 1 June 1840; Cobb Co., Georgia
• Research Note: 6 October 2004; from Marlene Wall:
  Julius Strickland married Mourning Mullins sister I believe and so does Bea Clark a descendant. I believe their father was John Mullins, II, brother of Bud Mullins. Bud Mullins was buried near my home in Marietta over in Paulding County, Georgia.³
• Research Note*: 16 April 2019; from Lew Griffin:
  Nancy's maiden name may have been Mullins. She may have been a sister or other relative of Bud Mullins. She is not mentioned in the will of Bud Mullins father, John, and she was probably not the same person as Chaney Mullins, as some have assumed.
  
  In any case, she does seem to fit somehow into this Mullins family, based on autosomal DNA evidence from the AncestryDNA test.
  
  Bud Mullins was living near Nancy in 1840 Cobb County, GA. Between the two was Andrew Mullins, who was possibly Bud's son. Nancy's son Loderick lived adjacent to her.
  
  As of April 2019, this writer is getting several Mullins matches to Nancy on AncestryDNA, and the Thrulines feature. Further research is needed on these matches.⁴

James Stewart

• Father: James Stewart b. 24 Dec 1723, d. 17 Feb 1817
• Mother: Mary (?) b. 28 Sep 1736, d. Nov 1794

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 25 Feb 2019

• (Child) Birth*: 16 April 1765; Rowan Co., North Carolina
• (Groom) Marriage*: 25 March 1794; Bride=Margery McEwen
• (Deceased) Death*: 6 February 1854; Heard Co., Georgia
• (Witness) Research Note: April 2009; Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:12 PM
  
  .... Would this Capt Sloan, killed at the Battle of Ramseur's Mill on 20 June 1780, be the father of Anne Sloane, wife of David Mitchell Stewart? If this is correct, then both James Stewart born 1723 and James Stewart born 1765 were fighting in the Rev. War under General Rutherford and Capt Sloan. The only difference was General Rutherford ordered the Militia of Salisbury District, Rowan, Mecklenburg & Tyron Counties for service of a tour for three months. This would explain why James Stewart born 1723 was only in one battle (see paragraph highlighted in blue). This would also mean that William Stewart, son of James born 1723, was in this same battle, since it was stated he was in the same battle with his father and was wounded.This is very interesting and would love to have your comments.
  Lois: Look at the copy of the Rev. War records that you have and see if it states that James Stewart born 1765 served under Gen. Rutherford and Capt Sloan and also see if it states when he entered the war. The information I have says that he entered service in April 1781 under Capt John Sloan's company which would not jive if Capt John Sloan died 20 June 1780.; Principal=James Stewart, Principal=William Stewart¹
• Research Note*: 14 January 2017;
  From: Lisa Crockett Richmond
  Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017
  To: Lew Griffin
  
  Hi Lew,
  
  My grandmother, Hollis Awbrey Crockett, wanted me to tell you that she had this old, large rocking chair made with no bolts, screws or nails that was passed on to my grandfather, David Crockett, from his father, James Crockett. James always said the rocking chair was made forDavid [sic] Stewart because he was a big man. My aunt Susan Crockett Jacks has it now.
  
  Just an interesting story...
  
  Happy New Year!
  Lisa
  
  Hi Lisa,
   That’s very interesting! I have a letter written in the 1930’s by one of the Stewart cousins, and she was discussing that old chair, and knew which Crockett had it then, and said it was made for James Stewart, Rev. War soldier, who was “a large man.” Maybe you meant to say James Stewart and said David by mistake. It is a very old chair! I’m glad to hear that it is still in the family some 80 years after that letter was written....
  Best,
  Lew
  ; Principal=Louisiana A. Stewart²
• Biography*: 25 February 2019; James Stewart was "drafted to serve in the Revolutionary War in 1781, at sixteen years of age" according to his pension file. He served under General Griffith Rutherford, Colonel George Davison, and Captain John Sloan. "He was in no battles but was stationed frequently on the ferries to prevent or intercept the passage of the Tories." (Pension File S-32534)
  
  He is said to have lived in South Carolina before moving to Georgia, but where is unknown. In 1794 he married Margery (no surname mentioned), according to a family Bible record.
  
  He may have been the James Stewart with wife Margaret who was mentioned in an Athens, GA, church record in 1795. Margery is a nickname for Margaret.
  
  p. 10 Wilkes Co., Ga.: 10 Nov. 1794, JAMES STEWART & MARGARET, his wife, to Joseph Reynolds, all of said co., for £60, 200 acres in said co. (signed) James Stewart, Margeret Stewart. Wit: Richard Reynolds, Abner James. Plat: Joseph Reynolds' 200 acres, adj. Killough, Cathrine Felder, & vacant, N40W 26 1/2 ch., N50E 50 ch., S60E 13.25 ch., N40E 14.75 ch., S40E 21 1/2 ch., S50W 63.50 ch., N40W 6 1/2 ch., S50W 5 ch. Proved before John Lumpkin, J.P. Oglethorpe GA Deed Book B
  
  p. 129 12 Nov. 1796, Joseph Reynolds of Jackson Co., Ga., to Joseph Canterberry of Oglethorpe Co., Ga., for $13 0, 100 acres with plantation where Abner James now lives, is part of 200 acres on Troublesom branches of Long Creek waters in Oglethorpe Co., was granted by Gov. Geo. Mathews to JAMES STEWART, 1 Jan. 1788, & sold by him to Joseph Reynolds, adj. S. by James Brooks & Catharine Fielder, N. by James ... (signed) Joseph Reynolds. Wit: Pechey Bledsoe, J.P. Oglethorpe GA Deed Book B
  
  p. 156 2 Nov. 1798, Joseph Reynolds of Jackson Co., Ga., to Thomas Colley of Oglethorpe Co., for $175, in Oglethorpe Co. on branches of Troublesome of Long Creek, beg. hickory cor. on Samuel Hale, S50W to post oak cor. on Kellough's line, N50W 6 ch. 50 links to post oak cor. on Kellough's line, S50W 5 ch. to cor. hickory on Kellough, N40W 26 ch. 50 links to black oak cor. on Catherine Felder, on Felder N50E to new cor. hickory, on new dividing line between Joseph Reynolds & Abner James a S. course to beg., 100 acres, is part of 200 acres granted to JAMES STEWART in 1788, in fee simple. (signed) Joseph Reynolds. Wit: Joseph (x) Brooks, John (x) Williams. Proved 28 June 1799 before William Strother, J.P.
  
  In any case James was in Georgia by 1799, as his daughter Margaret was born there then. James and several of his brothers are said to appear in Jackson Co. tax records prior to 1810 (Gone to GA by William Stewart). Several of these brothers soon left for Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana, according to this source and the Stewart Clan Magazine. James was on the 1820 census in Jackson Co. GA. He is thought to have lived in Fayette Co. GA during the mid-1820's, and was probably the James Stewart, Revolutionary soldier, of Rozier's District there who won Lot 70 in the 22nd District of Lee Co., later Stewart Co., in the 1827 Land Lottery. By 1830 James was in Troup Co. GA, in Capt. Stewart's District. His wife Margery died there in 1841. James spent his last years with his son John in Heard Co. GA. He died there in 1854. James was a blacksmith by trade, and was said to have been a large man, weighing over 300 lbs.
  
  Jim B. Crockett, a descendant, was said to have had his chair, which was especially built for him. Jim Crockett was the son of Louisiana Stewart Crockett, who was the daughter of John Stewart. John had looked after James Stewart in his old age, and so is thought to have inherited his chair.
  
  The old chair is pictured below. An alternate account is that this particular chair belonged originally to John Stewart.^3,4
  

  James Stewart chair
  

  James Stewart chair
  

  James Stewart chair

Margery McEwen

• Father: James McEwen Jr. b. b 21 Jan 1750, d. b Apr 1815
• Mother: Sarah McKnight¹ b. s 1751

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 25 Feb 2019

• Name-Psbly: Marjorie Mary McEwen²
• (Child) Birth*: 27 July 1772; Rowan Co., North Carolina; Margarett (as her name was spelled in the Larkin Strickland Family Bible) was the daughter of James Stewart and Margery McEwen. Margery's ancestry can be found in the book, "Dickson - McEwen & Allied Families." This writer (Lew Griffin) has many autosomal DNA matches to the McEwen family, as do many other Larkin Strickland descendants.
• (Bride) Marriage*: 25 March 1794; Groom=James Stewart
• Married Name: 25 March 1794; Stewart
• (Deceased) Death*: 21 April 1841; Troup Co., Georgia
• Research Note: 13 November 2004; Margery's maiden name, by recent tradition, is said to have been "McGee" or "McGhee" or "McGehee" but no evidence in favor of this has ever been found. Extensive research has been done on the McGehee line in particular, with no evidence turning up in favor of this connection. A major two-volume book on the McGehee family published some years ago now has been searched. The evidence in favor of this theory seems to be that she had a grandson named James McGehee Stewart. But she had a son named James McEWEN Stewart.³
• Research Note: 12 April 2009; Subject: James McEwen & daughter Margery McEwen Stewart
  Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 2:00 PM
  
  I do not have a copy of the will to see what it says or the date. Deeds and probate minutes might help. I am not sure what books are being indexed on this website.
  
  http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/mc.htm
  McEwing, James Book No. 3, P29, P46
  McEwin, Jas. A. Dec'd Book No. 16, P714, P718
  and other McEwens
  
  Cathy Fitch, Rutherford Co. TN
  ⁴
• Research Note*: 10 May 2014; From the Dickson-McEwen book:
  Marjorie Mary McEwen married James Stewart. Their children included Marjorie (sic) Stewart who married Mr. Strichland (sic); James Stewart; John Stewart; Davie Stewart, and William Stewart.⁵

James Stewart

• Father: Lazarus Stewart b. c 1683, d. 29 Sep 1744
• Mother: Margaret Steuart¹ b. s 1688, d. s 12 Feb 1755

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 25 Feb 2019

• (Child) Birth*: 24 December 1723
• Note*: 18 June 1739; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; This could not have been the James Stewart who married Elizabeth Davies on June 18, 1739 at Christ Church in Philadelphia, as George Edson, editor of the Stewart Clan Magazine, speculated. Christ Church was an Episcopalian church, and these Stewarts of Hanover township were Presbyterians.^2,3
• (Groom) Marriage*: circa 1756; Bride=Mary (?)
• Note: before 1760; Prior to 1760, Peter, David, and James removed to North Carolina This is where the three were living in 1784-5, when the estate of the first Lazarus was finally distributed among the heirs.³
• (Deceased) Death*: 17 February 1817; Georgia
• Research Note*: 1896; Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County,
  Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the
  Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers. Chambersburg, Pa.:
  J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, pages 146-149.
  
  THE STEWARTS OF HANOVER.
  
  I. LAZARUS STEWART, a native of the north of Ireland, came to
  America in 1729, the same year locating on a tract of land "situate on
  Swahatawro creek," in then Lancaster county. This tract of three
  hundred acres was directed to be surveyed for him by the Proprietaries
  on the 6th of March, 1739. With the aid of two Redemptioners, whose
  passages were paid by him, he built within that and the two years
  following a house and barn, cleared twenty odd acres of arable land and
  planted an orchard. He died about 1744. His farm was a long time in
  dispute owing to the fact that the warrant never having been issued his
  son Lazarus took out a warrant for the same land. After the death of
  the first Lazarus' wife a suit was brought by William Stewart, eldest
  son of John Stewart, for the recovery of his share in his grandfather's
  estate. A distribution was made in 1785, from the record of which in the Orphans' court proceedings we have the foundation of the
  genealogy herewith given. There is no information as to the name or
  the date of death of the first Lazarus Stewart's wife. They may have
  had other children, but the following are the names of all who reached
  mature years:
  2. i. John, b. 1712; m. Frances _____.
  3. ii. Margaret, b. 1714; m. James Stewart.
  4. iii. Margery, b. 1716; m. John Young.
  iv. Lazarus, b. 1718.
  v. Peter, b. in 1720; took up one hundred acres of land
  adjoining Andrew Lykens and William Campbell, in Hanover township,
  surveyed to him on the 17th of September, 1743. Prior to 1760 he
  removed to North Carolina; m., and left issue.
  vi. James, b. 1722; took up one hundred and fifty acres of
  land "adjoining Lazarus Stewart and James Murray on Swahawtawro creek,
  in Hanover township," surveyed to him on the 2d of December, 1738. He
  married and removed to North Carolina with his brother. From Lew Griffin: The James with the 1738 land was actually James Steuart or Stewart, born 1708, son of George Steuart, and nephew of Margaret Steuart, wife of Lazarus. See him elsewhere in this file.
  vii. David, b. 1724; m., and removed with his brothers to North
  Carolina.
  ^4,2
• Biography*: 1904; The Stewart family traditions were written down about 1904 by James Elmer Stewart, who got "the leading facts" of his sketch from Lewis B. Stewart, born 1819, son of David Stewart: " There were three brothers, James, William, and John Stewart, emigrated to America sometime in the early part of 1700. James Stewart settled ln Iredell County, North Carolina, William Stewart settled in Virginia, and John Stewart settled in Pennsylvania. They emigrated from Ireland and were descendants of the crown heads of Scotland and England. "James Stewart had a son James who was seven years of age when his father landed in America. When he grew up to manhood he married a Miss Mary Stewart and to them were born seven sons four daughters, as follows: William, Lazarus, James, John, George, David, Samuel, Margery, Margaret, Mary, and Martha. "James, the father of this large family, raised all to manhood and womanhood except Martha, the youngest, who died when quite young. "James Stewart lent his aid toward getting the Independence of the United States. In one battle of the Revolutionary War, he was slightly wounded. This was a battle between the Whigs and Tories, 500 Whigs and 1400 Tories. The Whigs were successful and took more prisoners than the Whigs had rank and file. "At the close of the Revolutionary War, Mary Stewart, his wife, died and about the year 1800, James Stewart died in Georgia at the home of his son David, at the age of 96 years. He died while sitting in a chair." As The Stewart Clan Magazine pointed out in the April 1962 issue, p.219: "There is a palpable telescoping of generations in the preceding account unless Sunny Jim, coming from Ireland in knee-pants in 1712, did his skirmishing with the Tories when he was in his 70's." A Bible record, of unknown authenticity, has James born in 1723 and dying in 1817.
  
• Research Note: January 1939; James Stewart was living in Iredell county in 1796 "within four miles of the island ford of the Catawba River." The census of 1790 shows three James Stuarts living in Iredell County; this one may have been listed 3-0-1-0-4 -- a son over 16 years old, and four slaves. The courthouse was burned in 1854 and the marriage bonds were destroyed. Son: George, Feb 22, 1773; m. Feb 11, 1796, Jane Boyd.⁵
• Research Note: 25 August 2008; see:
  HILL - JORDAN - KLAGES FAMILIES and Related Lines on Rootsweb at:
  http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cjhill&id=I02360
  
• Research Note*: April 2009; Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:12 PM
  
  .... Would this Capt Sloan, killed at the Battle of Ramseur's Mill on 20 June 1780, be the father of Anne Sloane, wife of David Mitchell Stewart? If this is correct, then both James Stewart born 1723 and James Stewart born 1765 were fighting in the Rev. War under General Rutherford and Capt Sloan. The only difference was General Rutherford ordered the Militia of Salisbury District, Rowan, Mecklenburg & Tyron Counties for service of a tour for three months. This would explain why James Stewart born 1723 was only in one battle (see paragraph highlighted in blue). This would also mean that William Stewart, son of James born 1723, was in this same battle, since it was stated he was in the same battle with his father and was wounded.This is very interesting and would love to have your comments.
  Lois: Look at the copy of the Rev. War records that you have and see if it states that James Stewart born 1765 served under Gen. Rutherford and Capt Sloan and also see if it states when he entered the war. The information I have says that he entered service in April 1781 under Capt John Sloan's company which would not jive if Capt John Sloan died 20 June 1780.; Principal=William Stewart, Witness=James Stewart⁶
• Research Note: 17 July 2011

Mary (?)

• Charts: Strickland Ancestry, Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 25 Feb 2019

• (Child) Birth*: 28 September 1736
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1756; Groom=James Stewart
• Married Name: circa 1756; Stewart
• (Deceased) Death*: November 1794; Georgia
• Research Note*: 25 February 2019; Others think this Mary was Mary McEwen, but this writer has seen no evidence of this in the records of Rowan county, NC. It seems quite unlikely that Mary was from some New England McEwen family, as some have speculated.¹

Benjamin L. Halsey

• Father: George Halsell b. c 1748, d. 19 Aug 1807
• Mother: Jean Waggoner b. s 1749, d. a 1807

• Charts: Halsey Ancestry, Strickland Ancestry, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants

• Last Edited: 7 May 2019

• (Child) Birth*: circa 1785; Georgia; The 1880 census for Benjamin's daughter Mary is the only indication we currently have for Benjamin's birth place. It seems questionable, whether Martha knew where her father was born, or not. He would have been born 95 years before the 1880 census was recorded. He was probably born in South Carolina.
  
  It is possible that his father, George Holsell, may have moved to Georgia, and then moved back to South Carolina, as a George "Wholsell" was on the 1790 Tax Digest in Wilkes County, which may be too early to have been George Holsey / Halsey Jr.¹
• (Groom) Marriage*: 10 February 1809; Jefferson Co., Georgia; Bride=Martha Kennedy
• (head of family) 1820 Census*: 7 August 1820; Jefferson Co., Georgia²
• (head of family) 1830 Census*: 1 June 1830; Monroe Co., Georgia³
• (head of family) 1840 Census*: 1 June 1840; Chambers Co., Alabama⁴
• (Deceased) Death*: circa 1845; Chambers Co., Alabama
• Biography*: Benjamin L. Halsey was born about 1785, and his daughter Mary, on the 1880 census, thought he was born in Georgia. In 1809 he married Martha Kennedy in Jefferson Co. GA. In Nov 1810, as a resident of Jefferson Co. GA, he sold Lot 150 in the 18th District of Jasper Co. GA to George W. Hardwick, also of Jefferson (Jasper Co. DB 5:205-7). The lot was originally granted to Joseph Dickey of Screven Co. GA in the 1807 Land Lottery. The deed from Dickey to Halsey has not been found.
  
  Benjamin was on the tax digests in Jefferson Co. with the same 136 acres of land from 1811 until 1822. His land was on Duhart Creek, which is about four or so miles NW of Louisville, GA. His wife's father, John Kennedy, owned land on Blackjack Branch, which is about two or so miles east of Louisville.
  
  The 1820 census of Jefferson Co. shows Benjamin aged 26-45, his wife over 45 (possibly an error). There was also a daughter under ten, four sons under 15, and one other male aged 16-18. Living next door was William Lyon, and next to him, William Clark, who had witnessed the dower's relinquishment for the 1810 deed above.
  
  Benjamin was in Wigham's District of Jefferson Co. in 1821 when he won Lot 62 in the Second District of Monroe Co., later Pike. In Dec 1822 he bought Lot 104 in the Eleventh District of Monroe Co. from Nathaniel Frasher for only $30 (Monroe Co. DB C-35). Frasher and Halsey were neighbors in Wigham's District.
  
  Frasher had won this lot in the 1821 Land Lottery. A Jeremiah Halsey married Sarah Fraser, Oct 24 1831, in Chatham Co, GA. Jeremiah's relation to Benjamin, if any, is unknown. Jeremiah was in 1850 Duvall Co, FL, age 40, born in Ireland about 1810. He was a widower with two daughters, Margaret, ten, and Mary, eight, both born in Florida.
  
  Benjamin was still listed in the 1823 Tax Digest in Jefferson Co., but only owned land in Monroe Co. Apparently he moved that year to Monroe Co., as he is not listed in Jefferson Co. in 1824. In 1825, now a resident of Monroe Co., he sold his lot in Pike Co. (Pike Co. DB B-330).
  
  He and his wife were in Monroe Co. for the 1830 census, both aged 40-50. Six others in the home were a male in his twenties, daughters 15- 20 and 5-10, and three sons under 15. In Dec 1831 Benjamin sold the west part of Lot 104 in the 11th District to Seaborn Hixson of Upson Co. Witnesses were John Walton and James Lyon.
  
  By 1832 Benjamin had moved to Troup County. In Jan 1832 Sampson D. Harrison of Troup Co. sold to Benjamin L. Halsey of Monroe Co., for $500, Lot 117 in the 12th District of Troup. The 12th District was in the northern part of the county. A Benjamin Halsey, perhaps a son, was a witness to this deed. This Benjamin signed with a "W."
  
  A Benjamin "W" Holsey of McGehee's Dist. in Troup Co. won Lot 61 in District 2 of Section 3 in the 1832 Gold Lottery. Thomas Holsey of Haralson's District in Troup won Lot 144 in District 5 of Section 1.
  
  In November 1838 Benjamin bought the SW quarter of Sec. 9 in R28E, T24N, a mile east of Standing Rock in Chambers Co. AL (Fed. Land Cert. #7208). He was 50-60 on the 1840 Chambers Co. census, his wife, 40-50. Others at home included a male 15-20, two males 20-30, a female 10-15. This latter was perhaps Mary J. Halsey, who married James F. Thomas in Chambers Co. in 1841, with Lewis Halsey as witness. Benjamin apparently died in Chambers Co. sometime before 1850.
• Research Note: 3 September 2012; The Halsey family of SC, and of Pike County, GA, was originally part of the Halsell family, and is no relation to the Halsey family of Long Island, NY.
  
  The Halsell / Halsall family is thought to descend from Sir Henry Halsall (1483-1522) of Halsall, Lancastershire, England. His ancestry can be traced back to the 1200's.
  
  DNA evidence connects the American and English Halsell / Halsall families. And DNA evidence from Kenneth Halsey of Chambers County, AL, a descendant of George Halsey / Halsell Jr., connects this Halsey family to the Halsell line.
  
  In 1885, this Halsey family was contacted by the author of a book on the New York Halseys, and ever since then, they have thought that they were descendants of the New York Halseys. However, this has been proven not to be the case. The family appears as an unconnected line in the book on the Halsey family of Long Island, and indeed, they are unconnected.; Principal=Thomas Halsell^5,6
• Research Note: 7 May 2019; Benjamin did not leave a will or estate in Chambers County, but I can only assume that he died there. There are few if any stone markers in the county dating back that far, so I don’t know where he is buried, or his date of death. It is possible that he moved away with one of his daughters, I just don’t know. I don’t currently have 1850 census records either for his daughter Elizabeth, or for the other daughter, Mary. I do know that Mary was in Coosa Co. AL by 1860, so I guess it is possible that Benjamin L. Halsey died in Coosa rather than Chambers.
  
  I don’t know if Benjamin appears in Chambers Co. land records, other than his original purchase of land in Chambers from the Federal Government. It would be instructive to know what became of this parcel of land after his death. In fact, this might be the one avenue of research that would help us prove the names of one or more of his descendants.
  
  As for the ancestry of Benjamin L. Halsey, based on autosomal DNA evidence from the AncestryDNA test, he seems to have been a son of George Halsey / Holsell Sr. of Fairfield District, SC. Some of the family of George Halsey Jr. (a proven son of George Sr.) settled in Chambers Co. AL, where Benjamin ended up as well. This Benjamin has autosomal matches to the two daughters of Benjamin Sr. who married Lockwoods / Lockards.
  
  This South Carolina family used the spelling of Halsell, which most branches still retain. They are distinct from the Halsey family of New York, which descends from Thomas Halsey (1591 – 1679). At least one branch of the New York family moved to Chowan Co. NC, with descendants later in northern Alabama. The name Benjamin occurs in this family as well, but I’ve never found a connection between them and our Benjamin L.
  
  I have also looked at the possibility that Benjamin L. came directly from England or Ireland to Georgia. There was in fact a Jeremiah Halsey in early Georgia (later Florida) who was born in Ireland in 1810, according to census records. Jeremiah married a Frasier, a name which was also associated with Benjamin in early Jefferson Co. GA. But autosomal DNA records clearly associate Benjamin L. with the Halsell family of SC.⁶

Martha Kennedy

• Father: John Kennedy b. c 1760, d. 1822

• Charts: Halsey Ancestry, Strickland Ancestry, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants

• Last Edited: 25 Aug 2018

• (Child) Birth*: before 1786; Georgia¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: 10 February 1809; Jefferson Co., Georgia; Groom=Benjamin L. Halsey
• Married Name: 10 February 1809; Halsey
• (Deceased) Death*: circa 1845; Chambers Co., Alabama

John Kennedy

• Charts: Halsey Ancestry, Strickland Ancestry

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2004

• Biography*:      John Kennedy's early life has not been adequately researched. But evidence suggests that he may have been living in colonial Georgia prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1806 he was living on 251 acres granted to him on Blackjack Branch in Jefferson County, GA. The date of the grant is not currently known, but the land was two or more miles east of Louisville, GA. This area was in Burke County, GA prior to 1796. Burke County was formed in 1777, and the jurisdiction prior to 1777 was St. George's Parish. St. George's Parish extended all the way from the South Carolina border on the east to the Ogeechee River, which was just west of Louisville. The Savannah River formed the border with South Carolina, and Orangeburg District was on the other side of the river. In the late 1780's this area became Winton District, and after 1798, it was Barnwell District. Perhaps John's family had come to Georgia from this nearby area in South Carolina.      
  
  John may have been the John Kennedy who was mentioned as a nephew in Darby Kennedy's will, in 1777, in St. George's Parish (Abstracts of the Colonial Wills of GA 1733-1777 by Willard E. Wight, p. 74). In 1760 a Daniel Kennedy bought 100 acres in St. George's Parish from Thomas Leitch (Abstracts of Colonial GA Bk. J, 1755-1762, by George Fuller Walker, p. 190).      A John Kennedy was mentioned in a "Composite List of Oglethorpe's Soldiers and Settlers." The name John Kennedy is found both in a list of an "Independent Company, 1749-1764," and in a list of the "Highland Independent Company, Darien." This John (whether one man or several) had grants in St. Paul, Queensborough, and St. George, in 1758, 1764, and 1769 (Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774, by Murtie June Clark, p. 979, 985). Perhaps this John was a brother or nephew of the Darby Kennedy mentioned above.      
  
  A John Kennedy fought in the Revolutionary War. His name appears in a list of Revolutionary War Soldiers from Queensborough, as found in a manuscript by J. A. LeConte in the Rare Book and Manuscript Section, University of GA Library (as mentioned in Ancestoring Through Weekly Newspaper Columns, by Jeanne & C. W. Stephens, p. 45, column #57).      In 1784, a John Kennedy was granted 287.5 acres in Washington County, GA, on Buffalo Creek. Buffalo Creek runs through current day Washington and Hancock Counties.      
  
  A John Kennedy died in 1798 in Columbia County, GA. This John mentioned both a son and a grandson named John, and the John Kennedy of Jefferson County did indeed have a son named John, who could have been the grandson of this John who died in 1798. Further research is needed.      
  
  This writer has not yet determined whether or not any of these references refer to the John Kennedy of Jefferson County, GA.      The father of John Kennedy of Jefferson County may also have been named John, but this has not been proven. The idea that John's father was also named John is supported by a 1796 record which lists John Kennedy, "Jr." as a juror in Jefferson County.      
  
  John Kennedy was mentioned as a juror in Jefferson County in 1796 and was also a grand juror there in 1799. This would suggest that he was an established resident of the Burke / Jefferson County area and not a recent arrival.      John appears on Jefferson County, GA Tax Digest in 1806, and owned 251 acres "granted to same" adjoining Spires on Blackjack Branch, as mentioned previously. John won land in Wilkinson County in the 1807 Land Lottery, as did his "spinster" daughters Jane and Martha and his son William.      
  
  John left a will in Jefferson County, dated September 1, 1821, and probated January 9, 1822. He left bequests to his son Thomas of Twiggs County; his granddaughter, Margaret Bell Kenedy; his daughter Jane (described as a "lunatic"); his son John; his daughter Martha, wife of Benjamin Halsey; the orphans of his deceased son Francis; his son William; and his daughter Mary, wife of Daniel McNeely. His son Thomas was the executor. Witnesses were R. Gamble, Hugh Alexander, and David Alexander.¹
• (Child) Birth*: circa 1760
• (Deceased) Death*: 1822; Jefferson Co., Georgia

Margery Margaret Strickland

• Father: Larkin Strickland b. 1 May 1799, d. 11 May 1848
• Mother: Margarett Stewart b. 3 May 1799, d. 21 May 1869

• Charts: Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2003

• (Child) Birth*: 26 May 1840; Troup Co., Georgia
• (household member) 1860 Census: 1 June 1860; Randolph Co., Alabama; Principal=Margarett Stewart¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: 6 January 1866; Groom=Martin Van Buren Hudson
• Married Name: 6 January 1866; Hudson
• (Deceased) Death*: 29 January 1915; Bacon Level, Randolph Co., Alabama

Martin Van Buren Hudson

• Father: Cicero Demosthenes Hudson b. 13 Apr 1813, d. 24 May 1879
• Mother: Matilda Beadles b. s 1813

• Charts: Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 6 Oct 2000

• (Child) Birth*: 4 January 1837; Georgia
• (Groom) Marriage*: 6 January 1866; Bride=Margery Margaret Strickland
• (Deceased) Death*: 30 August 1909; Bacon Level, Randolph Co., Alabama

Julius Lee Strickland

• Father: Henry Ansel Strickland b. 17 Mar 1844, d. 17 Aug 1914
• Mother: Julia Ann Halsey b. 15 Oct 1846, d. 21 Sep 1887

• Charts: Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 19 Dec 2012

• (Child) Birth*: 29 August 1875; Chambers Co., Alabama
• (Witness) 1880 Census: 1 June 1880; Hickory Flat, Chambers Co., Alabama; head of family=Henry Ansel Strickland¹
• (Groom) Marriage*: 27 December 1901; Bride=Mattie Carrie Wallace
• (head of family) 1910 Census*: 15 April 1910; Robertson's Crossroads, Montgomery Co., Alabama; Wife=Mattie Carrie Wallace, Witness=Holly Lee Strickland, Witness=Horace Masely Strickland, Witness=Julius Wallace Strickland²
• (head of family) 1920 Census*: 1 January 1920; Capitol Heights, Montgomery Co., Alabama; Wife=Mattie Carrie Wallace, Witness=Holly Lee Strickland, Witness=Horace Masely Strickland, Witness=Julius Wallace Strickland, Witness=Georgia Aileen Strickland³
• (Groom) Marriage*: 29 August 1921; Montgomery Co., Alabama; Bride=Mattie Lou Hall
• Photographed*: say 1923; Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama⁴
  

  Julius Lee Strickland
• (Head of Household) 1930 Census*: 1 April 1930; Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama⁵
• (Deceased) Death*: 11 December 1932; Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama
• Biography*: Julius was a policeman in Montgomery, AL.

Mattie Carrie Wallace

• Charts: Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 6 Oct 2000

• (Child) Birth*: 20 August 1880; Troup Co., Georgia
• (Bride) Marriage*: 27 December 1901; Groom=Julius Lee Strickland
• Married Name: 27 December 1901; Strickland
• (Wife) 1910 Census: 15 April 1910; Robertson's Crossroads, Montgomery Co., Alabama; head of family=Julius Lee Strickland¹
• (Wife) 1920 Census: 1 January 1920; Capitol Heights, Montgomery Co., Alabama; head of family=Julius Lee Strickland²
• (Deceased) Death*: 27 November 1920; Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama

Mattie Lou Hall

• Father: Josiah John Hall b. 14 Jan 1842, d. 16 Jun 1926
• Mother: Mary Ellen Rowe b. 15 Jun 1851, d. 25 Dec 1932

• Charts: Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 6 Oct 2000

• (Child) Birth*: 13 August 1883
• (Bride) Marriage*: 29 August 1921; Montgomery Co., Alabama; Groom=Julius Lee Strickland
• Married Name: 29 August 1921; Strickland
• (Deceased) Death*: 8 March 1969; Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama

Mary Alice Strickland

• Father: Julius Lee Strickland b. 29 Aug 1875, d. 11 Dec 1932
• Mother: Mattie Lou Hall b. 13 Aug 1883, d. 8 Mar 1969

• Charts: Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 17 Dec 2017

• (Resident) Residence*: Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois
• (Child) Birth*: 12 July 1922; Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama
• (Bride) Marriage*: 15 December 1943; Good Hope, McDonough Co., Illinois; Groom=Keith Duane Mansir
• Married Name: 15 December 1943; Mansir
• Death*: 16 June 2010; Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois¹
• Obituary*: 19 June 2010; Mary A. Mansir, age 87, of Macomb, Ill., passed away at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb.
  She was born July 12, 1922, in Montgomery, Ala., to J.L. and Matti Lou Hall Strickland. Mary was united in marriage on Dec. 15, 1943, in Good Hope, Ill., to Keith D. Mansir. He preceded her in death, on Nov. 9, 2006, along with one daughter, Kay Lynn Frye; and brothers and sisters, Horace, Kathlene, Aileen, Walace, Rene, Max and Holee.
  Surviving to mourn her passing are one son, Duane and his wife, Dale Mansir, of Colchester; one daughter, Debra Mansir of St. Charles, Mo.; and grandchildren, Capt. Kane and his wife, Capt. Krista Mansir, of Fort Bragg, N.C., Sara Frye and Alex Mansir.
  Mary had worked at Scripps Reno and Spurgeons in Macomb, and Kay's Fashions in Bushnell.
  She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Macomb.
  Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 21, 2010, at the Jones Mortuary in Colchester, with the Rev. Cody Smith officiating. Visitation with the family will be 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday, June 21, 2010, at the funeral home. Friends may view and sign the register book at the funeral home after 9 a.m. Sunday, until time of services. Burial will take place in Good Hope Cemetery.¹

Keith Duane Mansir

• Charts: Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 16 Sep 2007

• (Child) Birth*: 7 January 1922; Good Hope, McDonough Co., Illinois
• (Groom) Marriage*: 15 December 1943; Good Hope, McDonough Co., Illinois; Bride=Mary Alice Strickland
• (Deceased) Death*: 9 November 2006; Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois¹

Horace Masely Strickland

• Father: Julius Lee Strickland b. 29 Aug 1875, d. 11 Dec 1932
• Mother: Mattie Carrie Wallace b. 20 Aug 1880, d. 27 Nov 1920

• Charts: Cohron Descendants, Halsell Descendants, Halsey Descendants, Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 19 Dec 2012

• (Child) Birth*: 4 September 1905; Troup Co., Georgia
• (Witness) 1910 Census: 15 April 1910; Robertson's Crossroads, Montgomery Co., Alabama; head of family=Julius Lee Strickland¹
• (Witness) 1920 Census: 1 January 1920; Capitol Heights, Montgomery Co., Alabama; head of family=Julius Lee Strickland²
• (Groom) Marriage*: 4 January 1934; Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama; Bride=Ethel Whatley
• (Head of Household) 1940 Census*: 1 April 1940; Athens, Clarke Co., Georgia; Wife=Ethel Whatley³
• Photographed*: say 1965⁴
  

  Horace Masely Strickland
• (Deceased) Death*: 26 December 1981; Albany, Dougherty Co., Georgia

Lloyd Strickland

• Father: Julius Strickland b. s 1765, d. c 1816
• Mother: Nancy Mullins b. c 1775, d. a 1 Jun 1840

• Charts: Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 6 May 2020

• Biography*: Lloyd Strickland was born about 1807 in Jackson Co. GA. He married Eliza Holmes in Troup Co. GA in 1835. He was on the 1840 census in Heard Co., and the 1850 census in Randolph Co. According to tradition the move from Heard to Randolph was because of problems with the Indians stealing horses. About six months prior to the Civil War, Lloyd and family moved to the vicinity of Windham Springs in northern Tuscaloosa County, AL. According to family tradition, they had intended to continue on to Texas. But while they were encamped here to rest and to rest their stock, there came a deep snow, and by the time it had melted and the weather had cleared, they decided to stay where they were. Lloyd homesteaded 360 acres about five miles from Windham Springs. Lloyd's son, William, served in the Civil War. William contracted a fever and died in the service. But Lloyd was a supporter of the Union cause. He filed a successful damage claim after the War, with the Southern Claims Commission (Case #18765), which mentions a number of details. Lloyd testified that for six months during the latter part of the rebellion, he fed and protected his son Lloyd, Jr., and five other young men, who were all "lying out to escape the conscript law." Lloyd, Jr., who was age 18 in 1864, had apparently been drafted into the Confederate Army against his will, and then deserted. Prior to 1870, Lloyd Sr. bought a farm in Fayette County, about 16 miles from Windham Springs, near the town of Berry. He was in the 1870 and 1880 censuses of Fayette Co. AL, and died there in 1897. Both Lloyd and his wife are buried at the Mt. Joy / Alta Cemetery, at Cedar Creek Baptist Church.
• (Child) Birth*: circa 1807; Jackson Co., Georgia
• (Groom) Marriage*: 17 December 1835; Troup Co., Georgia; Bride=Eliza Holmes
• 1840 Census*: 1 June 1840; Heard Co., Georgia¹
• 1850 Census*: 1 June 1850; Randolph Co., Alabama²
• 1860 Census*: 1 June 1860; Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama³
• 1870 Census*: 1 June 1870; Fayette Co., Alabama⁴
• (Deceased) Death*: 1897; Fayette Co., Alabama

Eliza Holmes

• Charts: Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 6 Oct 2000

• (Child) Birth*: circa 1817; Georgia
• (Bride) Marriage*: 17 December 1835; Troup Co., Georgia; Groom=Lloyd Strickland
• Married Name: 17 December 1835; Strickland
• (Deceased) Death*: 1888; Fayette Co., Alabama

Calvin Strickland

• Father: Julius Strickland b. s 1765, d. c 1816
• Mother: Nancy Mullins b. c 1775, d. a 1 Jun 1840

• Charts: Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 21 Nov 2019

• (Child) Birth*: 3 April 1803; Abbeville District, South Carolina
• (Groom) Marriage*: circa 1834; Georgia; Bride=Sarah (?)
• 1860 Census*: 1 June 1860; Randolph Co., Alabama¹
• (Deceased) Death*: 11 May 1865; Randolph Co., Alabama²
• Biography*: Calvin Strickland was born about 1803 in Abbeville District, SC. He was probably in Jackson Co. GA between 1807-1824. By 1826 he was in Fayette Co. GA, and appears on the tax digest there that year, as agent for Horatio G. Strickland. He paid taxes on Lot 179 in the 7th District of Fayette Co. He does not appear on the 1830 census in GA, but by 1832 he was in Campbell Co. GA. He won land that year in the Land Lottery, Lot 241 in the 23rd District of Cherokee Co. In 1834 he sold the lot to Larkin Strickland. (Cherokee Co. DB) Calvin married Sarah about 1833, Sarah's last name is not known and the marriage record has not been found. The marriage probably took place in Heard Co. GA or in Randolph Co. AL. Both counties have lost most early records due to fire. Sarah was born in 1815 in GA. Calvin was on the 1840 census of Randolph Co. AL. The listing does not appear to be accurate, as it does not list his three sons, nor does it give his age correctly. An elderly couple was in the household that year, probably Sarah's parents. In 1848 Calvin bought land in Section 17 of T22S R10E in Randolph Co. That is about three miles east of Malone, AL in the SW part of the county. It is not clear whether he lived on this land or not. (Federal Land Records, Cert. #10380) Calvin was on both the 1850 census and 1860 census in Randolph Co. and gave his occupation as wagon maker.

Sarah (?)

• Charts: Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 21 Nov 2019

• (Child) Birth*: circa 1815; Georgia
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1834; Georgia; Groom=Calvin Strickland
• Married Name: circa 1834; Strickland
• 1870 Census*: 1 June 1870; Randolph Co., Alabama; household member=Louisa Eliza Strickland, household member=Ephraim T. Strickland, household member=Aden Strickland, household member=Margaret Strickland¹