Some Families of East Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, VA, PA & MD

Elizabeth Johns

F, b. circa 1677

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 3 Jan 2005

Birth*: circa 1677
Married Name: say 1698; Adams
Marriage*: say 1698; Principal=John Adams

Family: John Adams b. 1673

John Adams

M, b. 1673

Last Edited: 3 Jan 2005

Birth*: 1673; Stafford Co., Virginia
Marriage*: say 1698; Principal=Elizabeth Johns

Family: Elizabeth Johns b. c 1677

Henry Fox¹

M, b. circa 1650, d. 1714

Father: John Fox Jr.¹ b. s 1627, d. 16 Apr 1682

Last Edited: 3 Jan 2005

Biography*: Henry was probably born in Gloucester Co., VA but inherited land in both Gloucester and what is now King William Co. (formerly King & Queen Co.). He was a member of the House of Burgesses from King William County.¹
Birth*: circa 1650; Virginia¹
Marriage*: say 1671; Principal=Anne West¹
Death*: 1714; Virginia¹

Family: Anne West b. s 1652

Citations

[S257] John Fox e-mail, e-mail address, 1999,.

Anne West¹

F, b. say 1652

Last Edited: 3 Jan 2005

Birth*: say 1652; Virginia¹
Married Name: say 1671; Fox¹
Marriage*: say 1671; Principal=Henry Fox¹

Family: Henry Fox b. c 1650, d. 1714

Citations

[S257] John Fox e-mail, e-mail address, 1999,.

Anne Fox

F, b. say 1652

Father: John Fox Jr. b. s 1627, d. 16 Apr 1682

Last Edited: 6 Jan 2005

Birth*: say 1652

John Fox III

M, b. say 1654

Father: John Fox Jr. b. s 1627, d. 16 Apr 1682

Last Edited: 6 Jan 2005

Birth*: say 1654

Richard Johns

M, b. circa 1655

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 11 Mar 2018

Birth*: circa 1655

Arthur Johns

M, b. circa 1660

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 11 Mar 2018

Birth*: circa 1660

John Johns

M, b. circa 1662

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 11 Mar 2018

Birth*: circa 1662

William Johns

M, b. circa 1670

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 11 Mar 2018

Birth*: circa 1670

Thomas Johns

M, b. between 1658 and 1680

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 6 Jan 2005

Birth*: between 1658 and 1680

Robert Johns

M, b. between 1658 and 1680

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 6 Jan 2005

Birth*: between 1658 and 1680

Ann Johns

F, b. after 1685

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 11 Mar 2018

Birth*: after 1685

Martha Johns

F, b. after 1685

Father: Richard Johns b. s 1630
Mother: Jane Fox b. s 1634, d. a 1704

Last Edited: 11 Mar 2018

Birth*: after 1685

Sarah Hunt

F, b. 3 December 1777, d. 30 January 1859

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2007

(Child) Birth*: 3 December 1777; Virginia¹
Married Name: say 1796; Rivers
(Bride) Marriage*: say 1796; Groom=Robert Rivers
(household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=Thomas Holsey²
(Deceased) Death*: 30 January 1859; Pike Co., Georgia

Family: Robert Rivers b. 25 Aug 1775, d. 5 Jan 1826

Nancy Couls Rivers+ b. 9 Dec 1815

Citations

[S326] Carol e-mail, e-mail address, Jan 2007,.
[S1850] 1850, Census, District 68, Pike, Georgia Page: 203 Roll: M432_80.

Robert F. Holsey

M, b. 16 May 1836, d. 13 August 1862

Father: Thomas Holsey b. c 1809, d. b 7 Aug 1877
Mother: Nancy Couls Rivers b. 9 Dec 1815

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 29 May 2011

(Child) Birth*: 16 May 1836; Pike Co., Georgia
(household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=Thomas Holsey¹
(Groom) Marriage*: 1854; Pike Co., Georgia; Bride=Mary Elizabeth Scott
(Deceased) Death*: 13 August 1862; Richmond, Virginia; 53rd Georgia Infantry, Company H, Dixie Volunteers

Holsey, Robert F.-Private May 5, 1862. Died from measles in Brigade Hospital near Richmond, Virginia, August 13, 1862.²
(Interred) Burial*: say 16 August 1862; Coggin Cemetery, Zebulon, Pike Co., Georgia

Family: Mary Elizabeth Scott b. 2 Jun 1835, d. 19 Apr 1912

Mary E. Holsey b. c 1856
Sarah J. Holsey b. c 1858
William T. Holsey+ b. Mar 1860, d. 1937

Citations

[S1850] 1850, Census, District 68, Pike, Georgia Page: 203 Roll: M432_80.
[S259] Jacob Lafayette Halsey & Edmund Drake Halsey, Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire, England.
Correspondence from James W. Halsey, son of Thomas Halsey, farmer, of Barnesville, GA, 27 Sep 1885, Note G of Appendix, pages 469 - 470.

Joel A. Holsey

M, b. circa 1837, d. 4 January 1864

Father: Thomas Holsey b. c 1809, d. b 7 Aug 1877
Mother: Nancy Couls Rivers b. 9 Dec 1815

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 8 Jan 2005

Birth*: circa 1837; Pike Co., Georgia
(household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=Thomas Holsey¹
(Deceased) Death*: 4 January 1864; 53rd Georgia Infantry, Company H, Dixie Volunteers
Holsey, J.A.-1st Sergeant May 5, 1862. Wounded. Died from wounds January 4,1864.²

Citations

[S1850] 1850, Census, District 68, Pike, Georgia Page: 203 Roll: M432_80.
[S259] Jacob Lafayette Halsey & Edmund Drake Halsey, Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire, England.
Correspondence from James W. Halsey, son of Thomas Halsey, farmer, of Barnesville, GA, 27 Sep 1885, Note G of Appendix, pages 469 - 470.

James W. Holsey

M, b. 1 September 1840, d. 6 December 1926

Father: Thomas Holsey b. c 1809, d. b 7 Aug 1877
Mother: Nancy Couls Rivers b. 9 Dec 1815

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2007

Name Variation: James W. Halsey¹
(Child) Birth*: 1 September 1840; Pike Co., Georgia
(household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=Thomas Holsey²
Milit-Beg*: 16 February 1862; Holsey, J. W.-Enlisted as a Private in Co. D, 10th Regiment Ga. State Troops February 16, 1862. Mustered out May 1862. Enlisted as a Private in Co. H, 53d Regiment Ga. Inf. May 5, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal April 1863; 1st Sergeant January 1864. Wounded at Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864. Admitted to Receiving and Wayside Hospital #9, at Richmond, Virginia, May 9, 1864. Transferred to Jackson Hospital, at Richmond, Virginia, May 10, 1864; furloughed there for 60 days May 31, 1864. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Roll for December 1864, shows him wounded and in hospital. Pension records show he was in Atlanta, Georgia, hospital April 1865. (Born in Georgia.)
Marriage*: 22 November 1866; Pike Co., Georgia; Principal=Sarah E. Leak
(head of family) 1870 Census*: 1 June 1870; Pike Co., Georgia; household member=Sarah E. Leak, household member=Ida Holsey¹
(head of family) 1880 Census*: 1 June 1880; Pike Co., Georgia; Wife=Sarah E. Leak, Daughter=Ida Holsey, Daughter=Nancy Estelle Holsey, Daughter=Pearl E. Holsey, Son=Stacy Douglas Holsey³
(head of family) 1900 Census*: 1 June 1900; Meansville, Pike Co., Georgia; Wife=Sarah E. Leak, Son=James Olin Holsey⁴
(head of family) 1910 Census*: 15 April 1910; Meansville, Pike Co., Georgia; Witness=Sarah E. Leak⁵
(father-in-law) 1920 Census: 1 January 1920; Zebulon, Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=John Morris Means⁶
(Deceased) Death*: 6 December 1926; Lamar Co., Georgia
(Interred) Burial*: say 8 December 1926; Ebenezer Cemetery, Lamar Co., Georgia

Family: Sarah E. Leak b. 8 Jan 1845, d. 11 Sep 1910

Ida Holsey b. c 1868
Nancy Estelle Holsey+ b. c 1871
Pearl E. Holsey b. c 1873
Stacy Douglas Holsey+ b. 6 Jun 1876, d. 2 Jun 1914
James Olin Holsey b. 19 Jul 1884, d. 8 Jun 1917

Citations

[S1870] 1870, Census, Pike, Georgia; Roll: M593_169; Page: 201; Image: 405.
[S1850] 1850, Census, District 68, Pike, Georgia Page: 203 Roll: M432_80.
[S1880] 1880 Census, District 551, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T9_161; Family History Film: 1254161; Page: 57.4000; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 0346.
[S1900] 1900 Federal census, , Meansville, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T623 216; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 83.
[S1910] 1910 Federal Census, , Meansville, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T624_207; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 853.
[S1920] 1920 Federal Census, , Zebulon, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T625_273; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 162; Image: 723.

Martha C. Holsey

F, b. circa 1842

Father: Thomas Holsey b. c 1809, d. b 7 Aug 1877
Mother: Nancy Couls Rivers b. 9 Dec 1815

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

Birth*: circa 1842; Pike Co., Georgia
(household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=Thomas Holsey¹

Citations

[S1850] 1850, Census, District 68, Pike, Georgia Page: 203 Roll: M432_80.

John G. Holsey

M, b. circa 1845, d. 30 November 1863

Father: Thomas Holsey b. c 1809, d. b 7 Aug 1877
Mother: Nancy Couls Rivers b. 9 Dec 1815

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 8 Jan 2005

Birth*: circa 1845; Pike Co., Georgia
(household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=Thomas Holsey¹
(Deceased) Death*: 30 November 1863; Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee; 53rd Georgia Infantry, Company H, Dixie Volunteers

Holsey, J. G.-Private November 7, 1863. Died at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 30, 1863.²

Citations

[S1850] 1850, Census, District 68, Pike, Georgia Page: 203 Roll: M432_80.
[S259] Jacob Lafayette Halsey & Edmund Drake Halsey, Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire, England.
Correspondence from James W. Halsey, son of Thomas Halsey, farmer, of Barnesville, GA, 27 Sep 1885, Note G of Appendix, pages 469 - 470.

Mary Jane Holsey

F, b. circa 1847

Father: Thomas Holsey b. c 1809, d. b 7 Aug 1877
Mother: Nancy Couls Rivers b. 9 Dec 1815

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

Birth*: circa 1847; Pike Co., Georgia
(household member) 1850 Census: 1 June 1850; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=Thomas Holsey¹
Married Name: say 1868; Hancock
Marriage*: say 1868; Principal=(?) Hancock

Family: (?) Hancock b. s 1845

Citations

[S1850] 1850, Census, District 68, Pike, Georgia Page: 203 Roll: M432_80.

Sarah E. Leak

F, b. 8 January 1845, d. 11 September 1910

Father: Garlington Leake b. 26 Aug 1801, d. 21 Oct 1883
Mother: Eliza Burge b. 22 Jul 1804, d. 8 Nov 1883

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2007

Name Variation: Sarah E. Leake
Birth*: 8 January 1845
Married Name: 22 November 1866; Holsey
Marriage*: 22 November 1866; Pike Co., Georgia; Principal=James W. Holsey
(household member) 1870 Census: 1 June 1870; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=James W. Holsey¹
(Wife) 1880 Census: 1 June 1880; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=James W. Holsey²
(Wife) 1900 Census: 1 June 1900; Meansville, Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=James W. Holsey³
(Witness) 1910 Census: 15 April 1910; Meansville, Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=James W. Holsey⁴
Death*: 11 September 1910; Lamar Co., Georgia
(Interred) Burial*: say 13 September 1910; Ebenezer Cemetery, Lamar Co., Georgia

Family: James W. Holsey b. 1 Sep 1840, d. 6 Dec 1926

Ida Holsey b. c 1868
Nancy Estelle Holsey+ b. c 1871
Pearl E. Holsey b. c 1873
Stacy Douglas Holsey+ b. 6 Jun 1876, d. 2 Jun 1914
James Olin Holsey b. 19 Jul 1884, d. 8 Jun 1917

Citations

[S1870] 1870, Census, Pike, Georgia; Roll: M593_169; Page: 201; Image: 405.
[S1880] 1880 Census, District 551, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T9_161; Family History Film: 1254161; Page: 57.4000; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 0346.
[S1900] 1900 Federal census, , Meansville, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T623 216; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 83.
[S1910] 1910 Federal Census, , Meansville, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T624_207; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 853.

Robert Rivers

M, b. 25 August 1775, d. 5 January 1826

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

Birth*: 25 August 1775
(Groom) Marriage*: say 1796; Bride=Sarah Hunt
Death*: 5 January 1826

Family: Sarah Hunt b. 3 Dec 1777, d. 30 Jan 1859

Nancy Couls Rivers+ b. 9 Dec 1815

Nancy Rebecca Holsey

F, b. circa 1851

Father: Thomas Holsey b. c 1809, d. b 7 Aug 1877
Mother: Nancy Couls Rivers b. 9 Dec 1815

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

Birth*: circa 1851; Pike Co., Georgia
(Bride) Marriage*: 2 December 1869; Pike Co., Georgia; Groom=Ferdinand S. Drewry
Married Name: say 1872; Drewry

Family: Ferdinand S. Drewry b. s 1848

Cornelia Frances Holsey

F, b. circa 1857

Father: Thomas Holsey b. c 1809, d. b 7 Aug 1877
Mother: Nancy Couls Rivers b. 9 Dec 1815

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

Name Variation: Frances Cornelia Holsey
Birth*: circa 1857; Pike Co., Georgia
Married Name: say 1878; Dingler
Marriage*: say 1878; Principal=William Damascus Dingler

Family: William Damascus Dingler b. 18 May 1853

Mary Elizabeth Scott

F, b. 2 June 1835, d. 19 April 1912

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 3 Aug 2020

(Child) Birth*: 2 June 1835; Georgia; daughter of Robert Jackson Scott & Mary Scoggins
Married Name: circa 1854; Holsey
(Bride) Marriage*: 1854; Pike Co., Georgia; Groom=Robert F. Holsey
Mlt pension*: between 1898 and 1901; Mary E. Halsey, widow of Robert F. Halsey, who has resided in Ga. since 1835. Was a soldier in
     Co. H. 44th Reg. GA. Vol. Enlisted in June 1862 and served up to Aug. 11th 1862. Died on the
     11th of August 1862 in camps near Richmond, Va. of measels she. Married 1854¹
(Mother) 1900 Census: 1 June 1900; Pike Co., Georgia; head of family=William T. Holsey²
(Deceased) Death*: 19 April 1912; Pike Co., Georgia
(Interred) Burial*: say 21 April 1912; Coggin Cemetery, Zebulon, Pike Co., Georgia

Family: Robert F. Holsey b. 16 May 1836, d. 13 Aug 1862

Mary E. Holsey b. c 1856
Sarah J. Holsey b. c 1858
William T. Holsey+ b. Mar 1860, d. 1937

Citations

[S1] Pike County Ga Archives Military.....Pension Rolls 1898 - 1901.
[S1900] 1900 Federal census, , Williamson, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T623 216; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 81.

Mary E. Holsey

F, b. circa 1856

Father: Robert F. Holsey b. 16 May 1836, d. 13 Aug 1862
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Scott b. 2 Jun 1835, d. 19 Apr 1912

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

(Child) Birth*: circa 1856; Pike Co., Georgia

Sarah J. Holsey

F, b. circa 1858

Father: Robert F. Holsey b. 16 May 1836, d. 13 Aug 1862
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Scott b. 2 Jun 1835, d. 19 Apr 1912

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

(Child) Birth*: circa 1858; Pike Co., Georgia
Married Name: 1875; Moore
(Bride) Marriage*: 1875; Pike Co., Georgia; Groom=George I. E. Moore

Family: George I. E. Moore b. c 1855

William T. Holsey

M, b. March 1860, d. 1937

Father: Robert F. Holsey b. 16 May 1836, d. 13 Aug 1862
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Scott b. 2 Jun 1835, d. 19 Apr 1912

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 8 Jan 2007

(Child) Birth*: March 1860; Pike Co., Georgia
(Groom) Marriage*: circa 1893; Georgia; Bride=Alice Hood
(head of family) 1900 Census*: 1 June 1900; Pike Co., Georgia; Mother=Mary Elizabeth Scott, Wife=Alice Hood, Daughter=Elizabeth R. Holsey, Daughter=Mattie Love Holsey¹
(head of family) 1910 Census*: 15 April 1910; Pike Co., Georgia; Wife=Alice Hood, Daughter=Mattie Love Holsey²
(head of family) 1920 Census*: 1 January 1920; Pike Co., Georgia; Wife=Alice Hood, Daughter=Mattie Love Holsey
(Deceased) Death*: 1937; Pike Co., Georgia
(Interred) Burial*: 1937; Coggin Cemetery, Zebulon, Pike Co., Georgia

Family: Alice Hood b. Jul 1869, d. 22 Sep 1956

Elizabeth R. Holsey b. Feb 1895
Mattie Love Holsey b. Sep 1897

Citations

[S1900] 1900 Federal census, , Williamson, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T623 216; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 81.
[S1910] 1910 Federal Census, , Driver, Pike, Georgia; Roll: T624_207; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 109; Image: 830.

Garlington Leake

M, b. 26 August 1801, d. 21 October 1883

Last Edited: 3 Sep 2012

Birth*: 26 August 1801
(Groom) Marriage*: circa 1823; Bride=Eliza Burge
Death*: 21 October 1883; Lamar Co., Georgia
(Interred) Burial*: say 23 October 1883; Ebenezer Cemetery, Lamar Co., Georgia

Family: Eliza Burge b. 22 Jul 1804, d. 8 Nov 1883

Sarah E. Leak+ b. 8 Jan 1845, d. 11 Sep 1910

Eliza Burge

F, b. 22 July 1804, d. 8 November 1883

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

Birth*: 22 July 1804
(Bride) Marriage*: circa 1823; Groom=Garlington Leake
Married Name: circa 1823; Leak
Death*: 8 November 1883; Lamar Co., Georgia

Family: Garlington Leake b. 26 Aug 1801, d. 21 Oct 1883

Sarah E. Leak+ b. 8 Jan 1845, d. 11 Sep 1910

Ferdinand S. Drewry

M, b. say 1848

Charts: Halsell Descendants

Last Edited: 7 Jan 2005

Birth*: say 1848
(Groom) Marriage*: 2 December 1869; Pike Co., Georgia; Bride=Nancy Rebecca Holsey