Stephen M. Chester

M, #6214, b. 27 Nov 1809, d. 12 Jun 1891
     Stephen M. Chester was born on 27 Nov 1809.1,2

Stephen M. Chester married Annie Vanlandingham, daughter of Peter Vanlandingham and Martha Ballard, on 6 Sep 1832 in Decatur Co., GA.3 Stephen M. Chester was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1850 in Decatur Co., GA, with others in the household: Annie Vanlandingham and Martha Ballard (his wife and mother-in-law.)4 Stephen M. Chester was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1870 in Decatur Co., GA, with others in the household: Annie Vanlandingham.5 Stephen M. Chester was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1880 in Decatur Co., GA, with others in the household: Annie Vanlandingham.6

Stephen M. Chester died on 12 Jun 1891 at age 81.2,1 He was buried in Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Grady Co., GA.1,2

Citations

  1. [S806] Grady County Historical Society Inc. (Comp.), Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia (P. O. Box 586, Cairo, GA 39828: Grady County Historical Society, Inc., 2006), p. 42. Hereinafter cited as Cemeteries of Grady County, Georgia.
  2. [S212] Cemetery Marker in Cairo City Cemetery, Cairo, Grady Co., GA, Section C, Row 1, Plot 2.
  3. [S1575] "Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978," Images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry.com : accessed 21 Dec 2013), Citing County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia, No.190.
  4. [S414] US1850.
  5. [S497] US1870.
  6. [S496] US1880.

Benjamin Tucker

M, #6215, b. before 1755, d. between 15 Oct 1829 and Feb 1830
Relationship
4th great-grandfather of Beryl Virginia Burns
Charts
Beryl V. Burns Pedigree
     Benjamin Tucker was born before 1755.1

Benjamin Tucker married Amey <...>.2

Parent/son Summary: Benjamin Tucker names Barnabas Tucker as his son in his will. This is an image copy of the original will from North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970. The abstract from Nash County, North Carolina Vital Records Abstracts showing Matthew Tucker as the father of Barna is incorrect. The names mentioned in the abstract are the exact names in the image copy of Benjamin Tucker's original will - his wife, sons, and daughters; the death information matches the date Benjamin Tucker's will was written and probated. No will for Matthew Tucker was found in this timeframe.3,4

Benjamin Tucker was enumerated as Head of Household in the censuses of 1790 in Nash Co., NC,1 of 1800 in Nash Co., NC,5 of 1810 in Nash Co., NC,6 and of 1820 in Nash Co., NC.7

Benjamin Tucker left a will dated 15 Oct 1829 in Nash Co., NC. Heirs: Amey <...> and Barna Tucker, his wife and son, other children named as heirs: Martha Musaw, Elizabeth Vester, Thomas Tucker, Barsheba Williams; grandchildren; Hixsey, Kelly, Edwin, Harty, and John Styles; s-i-l Guilford Griffin; wife's son, Drewry Savage.8

Benjamin Tucker died between 15 Oct 1829 and Feb 1830.3 His estate was probated in Feb 1830 in Nash Co., NC.9

Benjamin Tucker is mentioned in the Burns Family story.

Child of Benjamin Tucker and Amey <...>

Citations

  1. [S840] US 1790.
  2. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2014), Citing Nash County Clerk of Superior Court, Record of Wills, p. 367 #350 1/2 image 231.
  3. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch.
  4. [S1628] "Nash County, North Carolina Vital Records Abstracts," Abstracts, Cynthia Herrin (Ancestry.com : accessed 13 Jun 2014), Citing Families of Early North Carolina. 1909.
  5. [S627] US1800.
  6. [S811] US1810.
  7. [S595] US1820.
  8. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch, Vol. 1, p. 367, image 231.
  9. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch, p. 368 #350 1/2 image 232.

Amey <...>

F, #6216
Relationship
4th great-grandmother of Beryl Virginia Burns
Charts
Beryl V. Burns Pedigree
     Amey <...> married ? Savage.1

Amey <...> married Benjamin Tucker.2

In the will of Benjamin Tucker, dated 15 Oct 1829 in Nash Co., NC, Amey <...>, his wife, was named as an heir.3

Amey <...> is mentioned in the Burns Family story.

Child of Amey <...> and Benjamin Tucker

Citations

  1. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2014), Citing Nash County Clerk of Superior Court, Record of Wills, p. 367 #350 1/2 image 231. Benjamin leaves something to HER son, Drewry Savage.
  2. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch, p. 367 #350 1/2 image 231.
  3. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch, Vol. 1, p. 367, image 231.

? Savage

M, #6217
     ? Savage married Amey <...>.1

Citations

  1. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2014), Citing Nash County Clerk of Superior Court, Record of Wills, p. 367 #350 1/2 image 231. Benjamin leaves something to HER son, Drewry Savage.

John T. Burns

M, #6218, b. 18 Feb 1783, d. between 1845 and 1850
     John T. Burns was born on 18 Feb 1783 in GA.1,2,3 He was the son of Thomas Burns and Elizabeth Roberts.
John T. Burns was given a deed of gift by Thomas Burns, his father, 2 Nov 1801 in Screven Co., GA.4

John T. Burns married ? <...> John T. Burns was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1820 in Screven Co., GA.5 He was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1830 in Leon Co., FL.2

John T. Burns was on the 1840 taxlist in Decatur Co., GA. He was also on the 1845 taxlist.6 He was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1840 in Decatur Co., GA.3

John T. Burns died between 1845 and 1850.7

Child of John T. Burns and ? <...>

Citations

  1. [S2339] Rawls & Burns, Rawls Family Bible , p. 3. Hereinafter cited as Rawls Family Bible.
  2. [S657] US1830.
  3. [S285] US1840.
  4. [S1948] Screven Co., GA, Deeds: Book A, 2-P, p. 30, Screven County Clerk of Courts, Sylvania, GA. Hereinafter cited as Screven Co., GA, Deeds.
  5. [S595] US1820.
  6. [S2270] "Tax Digest, 1824-1866," images, no index, FamilySearch (familysearch.com : accessed 13 Feb 2020), Citing Georgia. Court of Ordinary, Georgia. Court of Ordinary

    1840, 555th District, p. 6, 0 poll, 250 acres County crossed out, District 7 No. 47 23 cents 4 3/8 mills

    1845, Capt. Herring‘s District, p. 1, 0 poll, 250 Early Co., District 27 No. 123; 250 acres Early Co., District 14 No. 17, 1 stallion ($5.00) $6.71 8 3/4 mills.
  7. [S2270] "Tax Digest, 1824-1866," images, no index, FamilySearch, Georgia. Court of Ordinary, 1845.

Benjamin Vanlandingham1

M, #6219, b. circa 1736, d. before Feb 1780
     Benjamin Vanlandingham was born circa 1736.2

Relationship Summary: Benjamin Vanlandingham and Peter Vanlandingham were father and son. The Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, fourth Monday in February, 1780, states, "Peter Vanlandingham orphan of Benjamin Vanlandingham" etc.1

Benjamin Vanlandingham died before Feb 1780 / the date Peter Vanlandingham was declared his orphan.1

Child of Benjamin Vanlandingham

Citations

  1. [S1627] Marvin K. Dorman, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; abstracts of court minutes, 1744-46, 1757-94 (Winston-Salem, N. C.: Hutchison-Allgood Print. Co., 1968). Hereinafter cited as Edgecombe County, North Carolina; Court Minutes.
  2. [S1611] Frederick Holmes Cron, Distant Voices As Heard From The Water's Edge (P.O.Box 505, Wyandotte, OK 74370: The Gregath Publishing Company, 1999), p. 169. Hereinafter cited as Distant Voices.

Eliza Fort

F, #6220
     Eliza Fort married Lovett B. Smith Sr. on 29 Dec 1808 in Warren Co., GA.1

Citations

  1. [S1241] Marriage Books-County Ordinary Court-Georgia Archives, Georgia Marriage Records from Microfilm (Georgia Virtual Vault), Warren County Marriage Records, Book A, 1794-1814, page 30.

Nicey Batchelor

F, #6221, b. 1798, d. circa 1865
     Nicey Batchelor was born in 1798 in NC.1,2 She was the daughter of John Batchelor.

Nicey Batchelor married Nelson Bone, son of John Bone and Elizabeth <...>, after 1823 in Nash Co., NC.3,4

Nicey Batchelor was enumerated in the censuses of 1850,2 and of 1860, in Nash Co., NC, in the household of Nelson Bone (her husband.)5

Nicey Batchelor died circa 1865.6

Citations

  1. [S1611] Frederick Holmes Cron, Distant Voices As Heard From The Water's Edge (P.O.Box 505, Wyandotte, OK 74370: The Gregath Publishing Company, 1999), p. 160. Hereinafter cited as Distant Voices.
  2. [S414] US1850.
  3. [S1612] "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970," Images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2014), Citing Nash County Clerk of Superior Court, Record of Wills, p. 517.
  4. [S1631] Ruth Smith Williams and Margarette Glenn Griffin, Abstracts of Will Book 1, Nash County, North Carolina, 1778-1868 (Rocky Mount, N.C.: J. W. Watson, 1967), in which her father names her in his will as Nicey Bone. Hereinafter cited as Abstracts of Will Book 1, Nash County, NC.
  5. [S402] US1860.
  6. [S1611] Frederick Holmes Cron, Distant Voices, p. 1. This is from the recollection of John Wesley Bone, who knew his grandfather, Nelson Bone and his step-grandmother, Nicey Batchelor.

Eddie Lou Strickland

F, #6222, b. 26 Jun 1919, d. Jul 1989
     Eddie Lou Strickland was born on 26 Jun 1919 in Dade Co., FL.1,2,3 She was the daughter of William F. Strickland and Mamie E. Whiddon.

Eddie Lou Strickland was enumerated in the censuses of 1920,3 of 1930,4 of 1935,5 of 1940,6 and of 1945, in Taylor Co., FL, in the household of William F. Strickland (her father.)7

Eddie Lou Strickland married Howard Leslie Quigg Jr., son of Howard Leslie Quigg Sr. and Katherine Maude Lee, in 1948 in Dade Co., FL.8,9 Eddie Lou Strickland was enumerated in the census of 1950 in Miami, Dade Co., FL, in the household of Howard Leslie Quigg Sr. (her father-in-law.)10

Eddie Lou Strickland and Howard Leslie were living in Miami, Dade Co., FL, in 1958.11

Eddie Lou Strickland died in Jul 1989 at age 70.2,1 She was buried in Miami Memorial Park Cemetery, Miami, Dade Co., FL.2

Citations

  1. [S766] Social Security Death Index (SSDI), (RootsWeb.com: RootsWeb). Hereinafter cited as Social Security Death Index.
  2. [S1489] Cemetery Marker in Miami Memorial Park Cemetery, Miami, Dade Co., FL (6200 SW 77th Ave (25.71238 -80.31861)).
  3. [S681] US1920.
  4. [S679] US1930.
  5. [S920] FL1935.
  6. [S1399] US1940.
  7. [S916] FL1945.
  8. [S885] Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com, Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 (Original data: Florida Department of Health. Florida Marriage Index, 1927-2001. Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida and Marriage records from various counties located in county courthouses and/or on microfilm at the Family History Library), Vol. 1167, No. 5643.
  9. [S371] Jacksonville, FL, Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001, from original data: Florida Department of Health, Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, Certificate Number 445. Hereinafter cited as Florida Divorce Index.
  10. [S2621] US1950.
  11. [S1633] Polk's Miami City Directory (Miami & Jacksonville, Fla.: R. L. Polk & Co.), 1958-59, p. 787. Hereinafter cited as Polk's Miami City Directory.

William F. Strickland

M, #6223, b. 21 Feb 1888, d. 18 Nov 1967
     William F. Strickland was born on 21 Feb 1888 in FL.1,2

William F. Strickland married Mamie E. Whiddon on 17 Apr 1907 in Taylor Co., FL.3,4 William F. Strickland was enumerated as Head of Household in the census of 1910 in Cabbage Grove, Taylor Co., FL, with others in the household: Mamie E. Whiddon.4

William F. Strickland was enumerated as Head of Household in the censuses of 1920 in Taylor Co., FL, with others in the household: Mamie E. Whiddon and Eddie Lou Strickland,1 of 1930 in Taylor Co., FL, with others in the household: Mamie E. Whiddon and Eddie Lou Strickland,5 of 1935 in Taylor Co., FL, with others in the household: Mamie E. Whiddon and Eddie Lou Strickland,6 of 1940 in Taylor Co., FL, with others in the household: Mamie E. Whiddon and Eddie Lou Strickland,7 and of 1945 in Taylor Co., FL, with others in the household: Mamie E. Whiddon and Eddie Lou Strickland (his wife and daughter.)8

William F. Strickland died on 18 Nov 1967 at age 79.2 He was buried in Oakland Church Cemetery, Cabbage Grove, Taylor Co., FL.2

Child of William F. Strickland and Mamie E. Whiddon

Citations

  1. [S681] US1920.
  2. [S1632] Cemetery Marker in Oakland Church Cemetery, Cabbage Grove, Taylor Co., FL.
  3. [S1400] FamilySearch, Florida Marriages, 1830-1993 (Florida counties), p. 416.
  4. [S663] US1910.
  5. [S679] US1930.
  6. [S920] FL1935.
  7. [S1399] US1940.
  8. [S916] FL1945.