James Cohron

M, b. circa 1794, d. 1872
  • Last Edited: 24 Sep 2018
  • (Child) Birth*: circa 1794
  • (resident) Census: 1820; Jackson Co., Georgia
  • (resident) Census: 1825; Bibb Co., Georgia
  • Biography*: 6 November 1829; The following appeared in the "Georgia Messenger" and was published in "Marriages and Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers" by Folks Huxford: "James Flewellin, a most estimable and worthy citizen, was killed in a fight with James Cohorn at Warrior Plantation in the western part of the county, receiving three knife stabs from which he died two hours later. Cohorn was severely wounded by knife cuts made by his antagonist. The Inquest jury found that it was a case of murder and Cohorn was arrested and is now in jail here. Nov. 6, 1829." Wilkes Co, GA Deed Bk III, p.247, "John Cohron of Monroe County appoints James Cohron of Bibb County to recover his part in the estate of his father, Joseph Cohron."
  • (resident) Census*: 1830; Talbot Co., Georgia
  • (Deceased) Death*: 1872; Leon Co., Florida1

Citations

  1. [S1961] Marianne Fondren Hatton e-mail, e-mail address, 2018 - 2019,.

Seth Moore

M, b. say 1764
  • Last Edited: 12 Jul 2006

Family: Elizabeth Digby b. s 1766

Nancy Cohron

F, b. circa 1800
  • Last Edited: 28 Jan 2006

Family: Richard Heath b. s 1788, d. 31 May 1829

Citations

  1. [S1830] 1830, Census, District 172, Page 293
    one son, aged 10-15
    one daughter aged 5-10
    Nancy, aged 20-30, probably born ca. 1800.
  2. [S1840] 1840, Census, District 545, Page 127
    one male under 5
    one male 5-10
    two males 20-30 (one of them presumed to be her son, the other, her son-in-law)
    one female 20-30 (presumed to be her daughter)
    one female 40-50 (presumed to be Nancy).

Richard Heath

M, b. say 1788, d. 31 May 1829
  • Last Edited: 28 Jan 2006
  • Biography*: Page 238 - The Early Records of Georgia, Volume II, Wilkes County
    HEATH-HEETH, RICHARD dec'd. Henry Hight app. admr Oct. 12, 1829. Nancy Heath app. gdn of Rebecca and Martha Heath Mar. 1, 1830.
    Order of David Cooper dated Wrightsboro Mar. 27, 1832 to Sheriff of Wilkes Co. In the event of an execution in his favor vs Richard Heath's est being presented to you at the sales of Heaths property Tuesday next you are not to pay the money to Mrs. Heath or any of her agents under any circumstances etc. Joshua Morgan surviving, excr of Jos. Cohron vs Richard Heath and vs Henry Hight, admr, of Richard Heath, dec'd. Interrogatories of Chas. Mills of Baldwin Co., from Superior court of Wilkinson Co. He knew the plantation where Jos. Cohron died, to which Richard Heath moved about 1824 and lived till his death, said Chas. was one of the partitioners to lay off Mrs. Cohron's dower. Richard Heath died the last of May or 1st of June 1829. Feb. 3, 1832. Interrogatories of John Livingston, certified by Chas. C. Mills, J. I. C., Jan. 22, 1831. He knows said land on which Jos. Cohron lived on Augusta road and Williams creek. He knew Richard Heath and knows Joshua Morgan. He heard a conversation between said Heath and Morgan about five or six years ago, a short time after David Allison left Wilkes Co., which originated from a suit of Seth Moore vs said Richard Heath, who sold Heath the land.
  • (Child) Birth*: say 1788
  • (Groom) Marriage*: 10 April 1818; Wilkes Co., Georgia; Bride=Nancy Cohron
  • (Deceased) Death*: 31 May 1829; Wilkes Co., Georgia; or 1 Jun 1829

Family: Nancy Cohron b. c 1800

Elizabeth Cohron

F, b. say 1796, d. before 1 June 1830
  • Last Edited: 24 Sep 2018

Family: Buford Bird b. c 1783, d. 1853

Citations

  1. [S1] based on Joseph Cohron's estate in Wilkes County, of which Bird was the administrator. Bird also got a child's share on behalf of his wife.

Buford Bird

M, b. circa 1783, d. 1853
  • Last Edited: 24 Sep 2018

Family 1: Polly Keeling b. s 1787

Family 2: Elizabeth Cohron b. s 1796, d. b 1 Jun 1830

Citations

  1. [S1] based on Joseph Cohron's estate in Wilkes County, of which Bird was the administrator. Bird also got a child's share on behalf of his wife.
  2. [S1820] 1820 Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Wilkes, Georgia; Page: 164; NARA Roll: M33_9; Image: 271.
  3. [S1830] 1830, Census, 1830; Census Place: Taliaferro, Georgia; Series: M19; Roll: 20; Page: 355; Family History Library Film: 0007040.
  4. [S1840] 1840, Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: District 604, Taliaferro, Georgia; Page: 251.
  5. [S1850] 1850, Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 78, Taliaferro, Georgia; Roll: M432_83; Page: 329B; Image: 220.
  6. [S1] Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
    https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USProbateGA&h=362382&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=4766.

(?) Cohron

F, b. circa 1790
  • Last Edited: 24 Sep 2018

Family: Joshua Morgan b. c 1786, d. a 1 Jun 1850

Joshua Morgan

M, b. circa 1786, d. after 1 June 1850
  • Last Edited: 24 Sep 2018

Family: (?) Cohron b. c 1790

Citations

  1. [S1] based on five children born between 1810 - 1820 on the 1820 census.
  2. [S1820] 1820 Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Wilkes, Georgia; Page: 187; NARA Roll: M33_9; Image: 292

    Name: Joshua Morgan
    Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Wilkes, Georgia
    Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
    Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1
    Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
    Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
    Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
    Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
    Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 7
    Total Slaves: 4
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11.
  3. [S1850] 1850, Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 78, Taliaferro, Georgia; Roll: M432_83; Page: 337A; Image: 235.

Huldah Simmons

F, b. say 1803
  • Last Edited: 30 Jun 2016
  • Married Name: Anderson
  • (Child) Birth*: say 1803
  • (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1821; Groom=Richard Anderson

Family: Richard Anderson b. s 1787

Guilford D. Cohron

M, b. circa 1813, d. circa 1880
  • Last Edited: 11 Jan 2015

Family: Sarah Spivey b. 1817

Sarah Spivey1

F, b. 1817
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2000

Family: Guilford D. Cohron b. c 1813, d. c 1880

Citations

  1. [S124] John I. Bruno, Newton County, Georgia Estate Records Volume I, A-K 1822 -- 1900, p. 116.

Cynthia L. Cohron

F, b. 27 September 1815, d. 6 September 1890
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2019

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJPW-6GB

Joseph Cohron

M, b. circa 1835, d. 10 March 1862
  • Last Edited: 3 Oct 2019

Family: Martha Anice Cason b. Nov 1838

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MW3T-JJV
  2. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMVY-7NR

John Arthur Cohron

M, b. 8 March 1823, d. 18 September 1885
  • Last Edited: 11 Nov 2019

Family: Elizabeth Ann Hillyard b. c 1824

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK5W-KCC
  2. [S245] Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/67929124/person/38171844782/facts
  3. [S245] Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/67929124/person/38171844673/facts

Nancy Cohron

F, b. 12 March 1819, d. 11 February 1900
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2019

Family: Samuel Franklin Ward b. 4 Nov 1819, d. 27 Aug 1903

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHS3-166
  2. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH2K-HB4

Samuel Franklin Ward

M, b. 4 November 1819, d. 27 August 1903
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2019

Family: Nancy Cohron b. 12 Mar 1819, d. 11 Feb 1900

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHS3-166

Mary E. Cohron

F, b. May 1833, d. 13 March 1918
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2019

Family: William Abraham Harris b. c 1829, d. 30 Jul 1860

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MW3T-JJC
  2. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M3ND-BWW
  3. [S1870] 1870, Census, 1870 Cleburne Co., AL. family 124
    Mary 40
    John 19
    Nancy 13
    Simeon 10
    Jefferson 8.
  4. [S1880] 1880 Census, 1880 Courthouse, Cleburne Co., AL.
    Emon Pearse 86 GA.
    Mary E. 42 GA.
    James Harris 25 AL. stepson
    Jeferson 16 AL. stepson
    Margret 78 others
    Ann Harris 16 GD AL.

William Abraham Harris

M, b. circa 1829, d. 30 July 1860
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2019
  • (Child) Birth*: circa 1829; South Carolina; son of Archibald Harris & Elizabeth Carter
  • (Groom) Marriage*: say 1847; Paulding Co., Georgia; Bride=Mary E. Cohron1
  • (Deceased) Death*: 30 July 1860; Cleburne Co., Alabama; from: Belva Harris Cauthen, June 2008:

    as uncle abe harris also wrote, abraham harris sold his land there in paulding co, ga to rattler gann and also moved to calhoun/cleburne co, al by 1860.

    the 1860 calhoun/ cleburne co, al census shows that our abraham harris, wife, mary, were living in the same cainland/ caneland district as his uncle daniel harris and this robert harris while his father, our arch harris/ elizabeth carter and their son, our jabes harris, were living in the kemps creek area of calhoun/ cleburne co, al in 1860.

    our abraham harris died there in cleburne co, al in 1860 and here is info re his estate:

    Calhoun Co, Al, July 30, 1860. Citation on Probate of the Will of Abraham Harris offered by Simeon C. King to Mary Harris, widow. August 13, 1860. Simeon C. King appointed Executor of the Estate of Abraham Harris, deceased, with William King and Archabald Harris. Bond for $1500.00.

    Dec 20, 1867. Statement for final settlement by Simeon C. King, Executor of the Estate of Abram Harris, deceased. Heirs and distributees listed as:
    Mary Harris, widow of lawful age
    A.B. Harris
    John Harris
    James Harris
    Nancy Harris
    Simeon F. Harris
    are the children; all are minors and reside in Cleburne Co., AL.2,1

Family: Mary E. Cohron b. May 1833, d. 13 Mar 1918

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M3ND-BWW
  2. [S363] Belva Harris Cauthen e-mail, e-mail address, June 2008,.

Martha A. Cohron

F, b. 14 February 1830, d. 12 April 1891
  • Last Edited: 17 Oct 2020

Family: Willis Marion Pearce b. 7 Dec 1825, d. 27 Oct 1892

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJPW-6G2

Willis Marion Pearce

M, b. 7 December 1825, d. 27 October 1892
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2019

Family: Martha A. Cohron b. 14 Feb 1830, d. 12 Apr 1891

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/29WW-C91
  2. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJPW-6G2

Joseph Walter Choron

M, b. 6 May 1856, d. 21 November 1935
  • Last Edited: 3 Oct 2019

Family: Sarah Margaret Liza Gentry b. 9 Jan 1873, d. 23 May 1957

Citations

  1. [S501] FamilySearch Family Tree, .
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1WH-CZ1

John Mulkey

M, b. say 1742, d. before 1809
  • Last Edited: 20 May 2019
  • (Child) Birth*: say 1742
  • (Groom) Marriage*: say 1765
  • Deed*: 6 December 1785; Wilkes Co., Georgia; Deed Book AA, page 12 (or 92) -- Silas Mercer to the heirs of John Mulkey, deceased, viz. Nancy, John, Elizabeth, Mary, and James, 250 acres on Harding Creek.1
  • (Deceased) Death*: before 1809; Wilkes Co., Georgia
  • Deed: December 1809; Wilkes Co., Georgia; Joseph Cohron to John Mulkey [son of John Mulkey Sr.], 30 acres, one-sixth part of a tract owned by heirs of John Mulkey Sr., deceased, on Hardin's Creek adjacent to H. B. Gibson, Samuel Simmons, Charles Mallon, David Russell, Andrew Wilson. Witness: Andrew G. Semmes, John Semmes Jr.
  • Deed: December 1809; Wilkes Co., Georgia; Deed Book YY, page 65 -- John and Annis Mulkey, Joseph Cohron for Nancy his wife, Betsy Cohron in right of her husband Joab Cohron, Mary Mulkey, James Mulkey, Bridget Mulkey of various counties and state of Georgia to Thomas Semmes of Wilkes for $200, 225 acres on Harden's Creek adjacent Henry B. Gibson, Samuel Whatley, Samuel Simmons, Charles Mallon, Davis Russell, Andrew C. Rison. Witnesses: Andrew G. Semmes, JOhn Semmes Jr.

Family:

Citations

  1. [S1958] Philip Mulkey Hunt, The Mulkeys of America.
    Page 721.

Felix G. Cohron

M, b. 1798, d. 13 March 1887
  • Last Edited: 2 Sep 2018

Family 1: Matilda Youngblood b. c 1793

Family 2: Nancy E. C. Parish b. s 1820, d. 1 Jun 1907

Citations

  1. [S1] War of 1812 Pension Files on Fold3.com.
  2. [S1830] 1830, Census, 1830; Census Place: Monroe, Georgia; Series: M19; Roll: 19; Page: 203; Family History Library Film: 0007039
    Name: Felix Cohron
    Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Monroe, Georgia
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
    Total Free White Persons: 5
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5.
  3. [S1840] 1840, Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: District 592, Pike, Georgia; Page: 148
    Name: Felix G Cohren
    Home in 1840 (City, County, State): District 592, Pike, Georgia
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
    Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 7
    Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7.
  4. [S1] Ancesrty.com. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978.
  5. [S1860] 1860, Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1001, Spalding, Georgia; Roll: M653_136; Page: 195; Image: 197; Family History Library Film: 803136.

    Household Members:     
    Name     Age
    Felix G Cohran     62
    Nancy C Cohron     25
    Alfred G Cohron     12
    Benj H Cohron     1.
  6. [S37] Mary Bondurant Warren, Family Puzzlers, #498, p.10.

Matilda Youngblood

F, b. circa 1793
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2000

Family: Felix G. Cohron b. 1798, d. 13 Mar 1887

Sarah Elizabeth Cohron

F, b. circa 1841, d. 1886
  • Last Edited: 2 Nov 2017

Family: John Wesley Gaines b. 8 Mar 1834, d. 22 Feb 1904

Citations

  1. [S1] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, Lasswell/Echols Family Tree, laurierodriguez1.

John Wesley Gaines

M, b. 8 March 1834, d. 22 February 1904
  • Last Edited: 2 Nov 2017

Family: Sarah Elizabeth Cohron b. c 1841, d. 1886

Citations

  1. [S1] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, Lasswell/Echols Family Tree, laurierodriguez1.

David R. Cohron

M, b. 11 September 1844, d. May 1864
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2000
  • (Child) Birth*: 11 September 1844
  • (Deceased) Death*: May 1864; Civil War

Emily Francis Cohron

F, b. 5 October 1839, d. 31 March 1928
  • Last Edited: 13 Jul 2006

Family: Elias Calvin Ely b. 1 Sep 1832, d. 14 Aug 1896

Citations

  1. [S313] Donald Haynes e-mail, e-mail address, Jul 2006,.
    Elias Calvin Ely Bible record.

Infant Son Cohron

M, b. 5 April 1847, d. 7 April 1847
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2000