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(IV) Charles Yancy Roberts, Jr., b. Dec. 17, 1906, m. Velma Vinson, May 16, 1928, ch. 1. Charles Y., III, b. July 28, 1931, m. Laura Von Seeburg, ch. (a) Laura Kathleen, b. Aug. 12, 1954. (b) Sylvia Joyce b. Oct. 1, 1935.
Inez Roberts
EUGENE ROBERTS
Eugene A. Roberts, b. Dec. 26, 1866, d. Oct. 26, 1939, was the son of Green and Mary Summers Roberts, mar. Lydia Dru- cilla James, b. Apr. 27, 1868, d. Apr. 2, 1943. Their ch. are :
I. Bernard Eugene, b. May 2, 1893, mar. Mary Elizabeth (1) Son, Bernard Eugene, II, b. Aug. 2, 1934.
II. Hattie Odessa, b. June 12, 1896, mar. Joseph C. Wells, Feb. 12, 1916, b. July 30, 1891. Their ch. are : James, 1930. Their ch. are :
(1) 1st son .Harry Eugene, b. Nov. 26, 1916, mar. Garylyn Juanita Jones, June 3, 1943, b. Dec. 2, 1927. Their ch. are :
(a) Jacqueline Odessa, 1st dau. b. Dec. 31, 1944.
(b) Mary Elizabeth, 2nd dau. b. Mar. 16, 1947.
(c) Peggy Ann, 2rd. dau., b. April 30, 1948.
(d) Gary Eugene, 1st son, b. Jul y8, 1949.
(e) Vaneace Stantley, 2nd son, b. Dec. 18, 1950.
(f) Richard Earl, b. Jan. 7, 1953.
(g) Thomas Randy, b. Aug. 20, 1954.
(2) Joseph Frederic, b. June 20, 1918, d. July 10, 1928.
(3) Julian Stantley, b. Oct. 4, 1920, d. Sept. 6, 1921.
(4) Warren Labon, b. Sept. 29; 1922, mar. Edna Mae Bayley. (who came from England) May 26, 1945, b. Feb. 7, 1925. Their ch. are :
(a) Geoffrey Carlton, 1st son, b. May 28, 1947.
(b) Terry George, 2nd son, b. Feb. 25, 1949.
(c) Marilyn Edna, dau., b. Apr. 30, 1952.
(5) Robert Harold, b. Aug 2, 1924, mar. Margaret Lee Sum- ner, Feb| 15, 1947, b. Feb. 12, 1927. Their ch. are :
(a) Tanya Ann 1st dau. b. Nov. 19, 1947.
(b) Robert Lee, 1st son, b. Dec. 31, 1949.
(c) Frances Joan and (d) Lydia Jan, twin girls, b. Jan. 21, 1954.
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(6) Mary Geneva, b. Oct. 6, 1929, mar. Carl C. Williams, Mar. 31, 1949, b. July 6, 1923. Their ch. are :
(a) Carl C. Williams, II, 1st son, b. Jan. 11, 1950.
(b) Linda Dianne, dau., b. Mar. 18, 1951.
(7) Vivian Rose, b. Jan 3, 1934.
(III.) Elton Aldine, b. June 24, 1904, mar. Mary Anne Fields, Aug. 6, 1933, b. Aug. 3, 1909. Their ch. is :
(a) Gloria Anne, b. June 29, 1945.
R. H. Wells, Route 5, Macon, Ga.
DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN ROBERTS
I. William Luke Roberts, b. Roberts Station, Ga., Mar. 6, 1849, d. March 27, 1901. Oldest son of Green and Mary Rob- erts, mar. Nov. 23, 1869 Sarah M. Goddard, b. Aug. 28, 1873. Their children are: Wiley Thomas, Nicholas Green and Sallie Sabina.
II. Mamie F. Roberts, dau. of William Luke Roberts by 2nd wife, Mamie V. Moore, b. Aug. 6, 1855, d. April 28, 1878, mar. Feb. 14, 1877.
III. William Lawrence Roberts and Cecil Herbert Roberts. son of William Luke Roberts and 3rd wife, Jennie V. Foshee.
1. Wiley Thomas Roberts, son of William Luke and Sallie Goddard Roberts, b. in Roberts Station, Jones County, Ga., Aug. 29, 1870, d. Dec. 23, 1946, mar. Isabelle Hasseltine Neel, Dec. 22, 1892, b. Apr. 15, 1866, d. Oct. 3, 1945. Their children are :
Pearl Florine, Arthur Napoleon, Sallie Belle Virginia, Annie Winifred, William Howard and Hasseltine, all born in Jones County, Ga.
(a) Pearl Florine Roberts, b. Jan. 23, 1894, mar. Feb. 1, 1919, George Harrison O'Neal, b. Twiggs County, Ga. Their children :
(1) William Luke O'Neal, b. Dec. 9, 1919, Jones County, Ga. served as Chief Petty Officer in World War II. Member of Na- val Reserce. Mar. Mary Martin, b. Charleston, S. C. Their chil- dren are : Sara Marie, William Arthur and Betty Irene.
(2) Sara Winifred O'Neal, b. Jones County, Nov. 22, mar. George Franklin Winn, Feb. 10, 1946. Lt. Com. Naval Air Corps, World War II. One child, Sara Karen Winn.
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(b) Arthur Napoleon Roberts, b. Oct. 6, 1895, mar. Aug. 17, 1927, Roberta Barton, b. Bibb County, July 5, 1898. Their child is :
(1) Carlton Thomas Roberts, b. Ft. Valley, Peach County, Ga., June 4, 1928, U. S. Marine Corps, mar. Emily Peters of Bibb County, Ga. Their children are Pamela Ann and Carla Roberts.
(c) Sallie Belle Virginia Roberts, b. Feb. 9, 1897, mar. July 19, 1919 to Lt. George Arthur Roberts, World War. I, served with 42 and 36 div. Wounded at Meuse-Argonne Offensive at Somme Py. Capt. Macon Hussars, Macon Unit Nat'l. Guard. Their children are :
(1) Huliette Agnes Roberts, b. Jan. 11, 1924, mar. John Martin Edwards, II, U. S. Coast Guard, World War II, b. 1924 in Atlanta, Ga., mar. June 5, 1954. Their child is John Mar- tin, III.
(2) Hasseltine Neal Roberts, b. Nov. 22, 1938.
(d) Annie Winifred Roberts, b. June 27, 1900. mar. Apr. 11, 1924, Nolen McCrary, b. Dec. 6, 1889, Bibb County, Ga. Sgt. in World War I. P. H. Gassed at St. Michael, France. Lt. in Hus- sar. Nat'l. Guard, Macon Ga. Their children are :
(1) Annie Clem McCrary, b. Jan 5, 1926, mar. Harold Pres- ton Smith, U. S. Air Force, World War II, Port Allegany, Pa., Sept. 8, 1946. Their children are : Patricia Ann and Bruce Neal Smith. Annie Clem Mccrary served in Cadet Nursing Corps, U. S. Army, World War II.
(3) Isabelle Nolen McCrary, b. Oct. 1, 1928, mar. Edgar Forest Howard, Seabees, U. S. Navy, World War II, Forsyth. Ga., Aug. 1, 1948. Their children are : Carl Nolen Howard and Neal Cobb Howard.
(e) William Howard Roberts, b. Sept. 14, 1902, mar. June 10, 1922 Lucy Pearl Greene. Their children are :
(1) Roland Howard Roberts, b. May 3, 1923, served World War II. Lt. attached to British Tank Corp. Wounded in Hol- land Bulge. Mar. Myrtle Anita Small, Jones County. Their children are : Jack Lloyd Roberts, b. Sept. 30, 1945 and Roland Howard Roberts, b. Sept. 20, 1949.
(2) William Jack Roberts, b. Mar. 27, 1926, served with 4th
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Marine Corps. Wounded at Iwo Jima. Mar. Katherine Foshee. Their children are William Lawrence Roberts, b. April 14, 1949 and Jean Yvonne Roberts, b. Aug. 18, 1951.
(f) Hasseltine Roberts, b. July 20, 1907, mar. Theodore Purser Dubose, Aug. 3, 1927. Their child: Peggy Hasseltine Dubose, b. June 6, 1942.
2. Nicholas Green Roberts, 2nd son of William Luke and Sal- lie Goddard Roberts, b. Jones County, Ga. Nov. 23, 1871, mar. Della Renfroe, b. - died Mar. 1907. Their children are :
(a) Mary Green Roberts, b. Nov. 3, 1897, Jones County, mar. Jesse Lee Travis, Fayetteville, Ga. Their child is Edward L. Travis.
(b) Mark Fulton Roberts, b. Mar. 6, 1898, Jones County, mar. Carrie Thomas, Wamego, Kansas. Their children are : Inez and Theodore (Teddy) Roberts.
(c) Hansel Nicholas Roberts, b. Sept. 1, 1899, Jones County, mar. Margaret Brooks, b. June 21, 1901, Jones County. Their children are : Della, Renfroe, Petrana, Fulton.
(d) Luke Renfroe, b. April 6, 1900, Jones County, mar. Elsie Ware, Kansas City, Kansas, No children.
(e) Jesse Raburn Roberts, b. Aug. 18, 1902, born Jones County, mar. Robert Lynch, Newark, N. Jersey.
(f) Ellison Roberts (twin) b. May 15, 1904, Jones County, mar. Lizzie May Farrar, Fayetteville, Ga. Their children are George, Lewis and Carolyn.
(g) Elton Roberts (twin) b. May 15, 1904, Jones County. Unmarried.
2. Nicholas Green Roberts, mar. 2nd wife, Mrs. Oura Rob- ertson Collard, b. Tulsa, Okla. d. Jan. 1949. Brooks County. Their children are :
(a) Leon A. Roberts, b. Jones County, mar Mozelle Phillips, Valdosta, Ga. Their children are Betty, Roy, Raburn, Dorothy Jane, Tommie Lee and Phillip.
(b) Francis Roberts, b. Rebecca, Ga., mar. Hazel Simmons of Brooks County. Their child is Tommie Roberts.
3. Sallie Sabina Roberts, b. Aug. 18, 1878, Jones County, dau. of William Luke and Sallie Goddard Roberts, mar. Henry P. Emerson, Nov. 1893. Their children are :
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(a) Hugh Page Emerson, b. Aug. 2, 1900, Jones County, mar. Exie Waters, Miami, Florida. Their child is Ann Twyman Em- erson, b. Miami, Florida.
(b) Mary Ruth Emerson, b. Nov. 29, 1902, Jones County, Ga., mar. May 16, 1925, w. Roland Owens. Their children are : Mary Ruth and Nellie. Mary Ruth Owens married Charles Gro- grie. Nellie Owens married Joseph Magany.
(c) Josie Alma Emerson, b. May 4, 1908, Jones County, mar. John Anderson Childs of Jones County. Their children are : Johnnie, Janice and Faye Childs.
II. Mamie F. Roberts, b. Jan 17, 1878, d. May 1933, daugh- ter of William Luke and Mamie V. Moore Roberts, mar. 1900 to Homer A. Burkett, Dry Branch, Ga. Their children are :
1. Mary Burkett, b. 1903, Twiggs County, mar. Jonathan Lucas. Their child is Jonathan Lucas.
2. Louise Burkett, b. Feb. 3, 1907, Twiggs County, Ga.
3. Martha Burkett, b. July 10, 1919, Twiggs County, Ga. Married W. T. Avant, of Macon, Ga. Their children are Roy and Ray (twins), Gail, Dan and Jane.
III. William Lawrence Roberts, b. Feb. 17, 1883, Jones County, d. Jan. 1, 1948, son of Virginia (Jennie V. Foshee ) and William Luke Roberts, mar. Elizabeth Brantley, Macon, Ga. Their children are :
1. Marian Roberts, b. Bibb County, mar. Raymond Pinholster, Macon, Ga. Their children are Jimmie, Jane and Jack.
2. Martha. Deceased.
III. Cecil Herbert Roberts, b. Jan. 3, 1885, Jones County, Ga., mar. Nannie Estes, Macon, Ga. Their child is Nan Estes Roberts.
By Winnie Roberts Mccrary MATTIE ROBERTS
Mattie Roberts, born Nov. 10, 1855, died Oct. 29, 1920, was the daughter of Green and Mary Summers Roberts, married Joseph N. Jones, Oct. 15, 1874, born Dec. 7, 1849, died Oct. 4, 1877. Their children are :
(I) Cora Lee, born July 6, 1875, died July 20, 1875.
(II) Carlton Colquette, born September 21, 1876, died Dec.
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14, 1937. Married Alice Roberts Nov. 3, 1897. Born May 4, 1876, died Nov. 18, 1915. Their children are :
1. Son, Joseph Colquette, born Oct. 30, 1898, died Dec. 20, 1898.
2. Son, Carlton Barklette, born Feb. 4, 1902, died Feb. 3, 1947.
3. Daughter CatharineRebecca, born Mar. 3, 1904, married George Warren Hadaway, Jan. 30, 1922, born Apr. 2, 1899. Their child is :
a. Ruby Janelle, born June 22, 1935, married James Lyndon Findlay, June 17, 1935, born Oct. 22, 1932. Their children are :
(1) Warren Devere, born May 11, 1954.
(2) Catharine Denise, born Dec. 21, 1955.
(3) Josie Christiana, rnd daughter, born June 1, 1907, mar. Lynwood Collins, May 27, 1925, born Oct. 22, 1904. Their children are :
(a) Alice, 1st daughter, born May 8, 1926, married Aug. 31, 1942, Robert C. Strozier, Jr., born Apr. 10, 1923. Their chil- dren are :
i. Robbie Lynn, born May 8, 1943.
ii. Josie Christiana, born Nov. 6, 1953.
(b) Lynwood G., Jr., born Oct. 21, 1927, 1st son of Josie and Lynwood Collins.
(c) Carolyn June, 2nd daughter of Josie and Lynwood Col- lins, born Dec. 1, 1934, married Roy Lee Kennedy, Jr., June S, 1952 born Nov. 1, 1927. Their children are i. Karen Leigh, born Oct. 7, 1953.
ii. Nancy Elaine, born Nov. 2, 1955.
(III) Josie, born May 4, 1878, died Oct. 10, 1905, married Ed- ward Lewis, Jan. 31, 1904. Their child was a baby girl born and died Oct. 10, 1905.
Written by : Mrs. George Hadaway
REUBEN ROBERTS DESCENDANTS
John Dawson Roberts, b. Oct. 26, 1863, d. June 27, 1943, was the son of Green and Mary Summers Roberts, mar. Margaret Elizabeth Wood, Dec. 14, 1886, b. Nov. 2, 1869, d. Aug. 4, 1937. Their ch. are:
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I. Mary Fannie, b. Apr. 8, 1888, mar. Brooks Greene, Apr. 21, 1907. Their ch. are:
(1) 1st dau. Inez, b. May 2, 1911, mar. Willie Stewart Dec. 20, 1930, b. July 11, 1911. Their ch. are : a. Betty, b. Sept. 25, 1931, mar. Joiner, May 13, 1950. Their ch. are: Gary and Marcia.
b. Billy, 1st son of Willie Stewart and Inez Greene Stewart. c. James Daniel, 2nd son.
(2) Louise, 2nd dau., b. May 13, 1922, mar. Erbie McGee, June 10, 1942.
(3) William Franklin, 1st son, b. Mar. 7, 1924, mar. Agnes Greer, Apr. 12, 1943. Their ch. are : Billy, Len, Ronny, Gary.
II. Lawrence Journegan, b. Mar. 17, 1890, d. July 7, 1890.
III. Lydia Mabel, b. Aug. 27, 1893, mar. Wesley Marvin McMullan, Dec. 29, 1915, b. Jan. 25, 1893. Their ch. are :
(1) 1st son, Robert Wesley, served in W WII from Sept. 23, 1940 until Nov. 3, 1945. Honorable discharge as Sgt. of U. S. Army Air Force. b. June 25, 1917, mar. Alma Hurley, Jan. 26, 1942, b. Nov. 11, 1916.
(2) 1st dau. Dorothy Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1920, mar. Carl D. Curry Nov. 23, 1941. Their ch. are :
a. Donald, b. July 8, 1942.
b. Russell, b. July 12, 1944.
c. Anne, b. Mar. 4, 1950.
(3) 2nd son, William Marion, b. July 10, 1922. Enlisted in U. S. Army Air Force Oct. 1943, during WW II. Served as Sgt. in 806th Med. A. E. Sq. 3rd Tec. Killed during flight over France, July 23, 1945. Body was buried in Clinton Cemetery Dec. 8, 1948.
(4) 2nd dau., Daisy, b. Aug. 29, 1925, mar. Louis P. Ward, Mar. 3, 1948. Their ch. are :
a. Grace, b. Dec. 22, 1952. (b) Marian Lynn, b. 12-26-'53.
c. Lewis, b. Apr. 13, 1955.
IV. Moses Green, b. Apr. 13, 1896, d. July 13, 1896.
V. Daniel Dawson, b. July 6, 1898, mar. Sarah Pierce, Nov, 1935.
VI. Homer Wood, b. July 23, 1900, d. Dec. 25, 1951. Mar. Evelyn Goggans, Dec. 29, 1921, b. Apr. 19, 1901. Their ch. are :
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(1) 1st dau. Helen, b. Mar. 18, 1925, mar. Franklin Lump- kin, June 6, 1947.
(2) Mary, b. Nov. 11, 1930, mar. Doyle Norris, Dec. 16, 1954.
(3) Pearla, b. Nov. 12, 1933, mar. T. Watson Poland, Dec. 3, 1950. Their ch. is :
a. Kenneth, b. Jan. 13, 1955.
(4) Clarice, b. Dec. 2 1935, mar. Leonard Kitchens, Nov. 8, 1952. Their ch. are :
a. Leonard, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1953.
b. Garry, b. July 6, 1955.
(5) Betty Jane, b. Aug. 19, 1940.
(6) Barbara Anne, b. Oct. 6, 1943.
VII Osburn Jackson, b. Oct. 7, 1902, mar. Katie Jones, Oct. 5, 1924, b. Aug. 5, 1905. Their ch. are:
(1) Weyman Ausburn, 1st son, b. July 23, 1927, mar. Kath- ryn Booth, Dec. 30, 1944. Their ch. is :
a. Ronny, b. Dec. 18, 1945.
Weyman Roberts' 2nd wife, Myrtice Childree, mar. July 18, 1953, b. Feb. 19, 1935. Their ch. is, a. Randy, b. Nov. 6, 1954.
(2) 1st dau. Shirley Ann, b. May 16, 1931, mar. William R. Williams, June 15, 1952, b. Aug. 2, 1931.
(3) Thomas Melvin, 2nd son, b. Apr. 8, 1936 (Kathryn Winona, 2nd dau .. b. May 10, 1938.
VIII. William Franklin, b. Mar. 7, 1905, mar. Marie Britt Nov. 19, 1926, b. May 16, 1908. Their ch. are :
(1)) 1st dau. Margie, b. May 13, 1928, mar. D. B. Carter, Mar 11, 1950 Their ch is : Debbie.
(2) Eleanor, b May 7, 1931, mar. Hubert Schultz, May 25, 1950. Their ch. are : Donna, Elaine, and Rhonda.
(3) Carolyn, b. 1933, mar. Quinton Johnon, July 16, 1954. IX. Mattie, b. June 8, 1907, mar. Reece Berry, Oct. 29, 1932, b. Sept. 30, 1910. Their ch. are :
(1) Geraldine Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1934, mar. Kyle Heath, Dec. 23, 1951. Their ch. is : Debrah, b. Mar. 22, 1954.
J. James Dorsett, b. Aug. 8, 1911, mar Margaret Williams, Jan. 1935.
Mabel Roberts McMullan
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SINGLETON
Capt. Matthew Singleton, b. Isle of Wight, Va., in 1730, lived in S. C., d. Sept. 20, 1787 in S. C. Capt of Singleton Co.
Edward Storey Vinson, b. Oct. 5, 1850, mar. Annie Morris, b. Sept. 1855, married Feb. 4, 1875.
Annie Morris was the dau. of Harriett Singleton and Thos. Henry Morris of Jones Co., Ga., mar. Feb. 4, 1851.
Harriett Singleton, b. Feb. 20, 1831 was the dau. of LeRoy Singleton and Nicey Walker, b. March 12, 1809, d. Feb. 13, 1844, mar. June 4, 1829.
LeRoy Singleton, b. Nov. 23, 1805, d. Apr. 3, 1872, son of James Singleton and Hester Medlock, b. 1785, mar. 1803.
James Singleton, b. 1782, d. 1812, son of Robert Singleton and Margaret Van Nuyse, b. 1765, mar. 1781.
Robert Singleton, b. Mar. 16, 1763, d. Dec. 5, 1820, son of Capt. Matthew Singleton and Mary James of Va., b. Jan 13, 1735, d. Sept. 20, 1787, mar. 1750.
Children of Edward Story Vinson and Annie Morris, Mill- edgeville, were: Harriett Vinson (Mrs. J. W. Cannon, Cor- dele) Leila Vinson (Mrs. M. J. Guyton, Dublin), Mrs. M. V. Stone, Dublin, Congressman Carl Vinson, Milledgeville. Capt. Morris Vinson died in W. W. I. Edward Vinson, Cordele, Fred L. Vinson, Gulfport, Miss. Col. Wilbur H. Vinson, Atlanta. Thos. Henry Morris is buried in Clinton.
Mrs. M. J. Guyton, Dublin, Ga.
SKETOE
L. Sketoe, of Griswoldville and son of Gary and Rachael Campbell Sketoe, was born in Darlington, Dis. of S. C., Oct. 27, 1831. The grandfather was John Sketoe, a Spaniard, who came first to N. C. then to S. C., where he died. The son Gary, mar. in S. C., then came to Wilkinson Co. in 1837, then to Twiggs for a year and then to Jones Co. He died in 1870 and his wife in 1868. Out of ten ch. born, only two lived to maturity. William died in the army of Virginia during the war. L. Sketoe followed railroading just after the war in 1872, but bought a large farm at Griswoldville. In 1860 he had mar. Mary Brewer and they had two ch. William D., railroad contractor, and Cornelia G.,
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who mar. William Balkcom, Jones Co. When his wife died, Sketoe mar. 2nd, Alice Tarver Alford who had three ch. by her 1 st husband, A. O. Alford, (Ava, Alice, and A. O.) She had two ch. by her 2nd husband, Sketoe and they were: Lela R., Mar. Alonzo Balkcom, Jones Co., and Thomas L. Sketoe. Mrs. Sketoe d. on May 4, 1891. He was a Mason, a populist and a Method- ist.
SMITH
Leonidas Smith of Jones Co., was the son of John T. and Elizabeth Frances Key Smith. He was b. in Jones Co. Dec. 17, 1840.
The Smiths came here from Weldon, N. C. John T. and Lovid Smith, brothers, came here together.
Children born to John T. and Elizabeth F. K. Smith were: Amanda (Mrs. Jeremiah Miller) Leonidas, Robert, John H.
The mother of these children died and he mar. 2nd. Carrie C. Clark of Houston Co. Ga. Their ch. were :
Benjamin T., Sarah F. (Mrs. Green of Hancock Co), and William A. of Jones Co.
Leonidas Smith was in the 12th Ga. Reg., Co. B, during the Civil War and fought in many battles. He was wounded at Ma- nassas and returned home. He was elected Sheriff of Jones Co. in 1868 and served four years. He mar. in Jones Co. Mary A. M. Tufts April 14, 1870 and they had 12 children. Tallulah, (Mrs. Charles Farrar), (baby died), Sarah J., William, Mamie Lee, John T., Fannie, Laura Belle (Lollie), Claude, Virgil, Col- ton and Ruth. He was a Democrat and a Master Mason.
(Memoirs of Ga. Vol. II)
SMITH
Jeremiah Smith, born about 1775, came from North Carolina to Jones County, Georgia in the early 1800's. His son, Jere- miah (Griff) Smith, b. 1818, mar. Bethinia Morrison, from Monroe County and their children were :
(I) Mose Smith, b. Oct. 15, 1844 and d. March 8. 1909, who mar. Lula Alexander, b. Nov. 7, 1854, d. Apr. 24, 1942, and their ch. were seven :
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(1) Sidney Smith, mar. Susie Maynard and had ch. Kelly, Hilda, Mose and Felton.
(2) Ella Smith, b. Apr. 22, 1875, d. Jan. 5, 1928, mar. W. H. Gordon and their two ch. were: Mose W. Gordon, mar. 1st Dove M. White and had son, M. W. Gordon, Jr. Mar. 2nd Katherine Bradford and had a dau. Marthella Gordon. Second ch. Rubye Gordon, mar. Peter Benton Wheeler and had one son, P. B. Wheeler, Jr.
(3) Grady Smith, mar. Ida Finney and had two ch. Augusta, who mar. Marion Woodcock and had two sons, Woody and Tom; Tarver Smith, mar. Louise King and has four ch. Kathy, Grady, Lucia, Murray.
(4) Mosie May Smith, mar. Joe Brooks, and had ch. Daisy.
(5) Pauline Smith, mar. Paul Hudson and had ch. Martha.
(6) Daisy, mar. Gus Gordon and had ch. Lula and Harry.
(7) Stella Smith, mar. Zach Gordon and had son, Jack Mil- ler Gordon, who mar. Mary Willard and has ch. Jackie and Connie.
(II) Second son of Jeremiah and Bethinia Morrison Smith was Columbus (Duck) Smith, b. Aug. 23, 1856 and d. Oct. 24, 1916, who mar. Susie Alexander. Their ch. were: Thomas Grif- fin Smith, b. Aug. 24, 1877, d. Dec. 2, 1924, who mar. Maude Lee Green, the dau. of Francis Green, Pvt. Ga. Inf. C. S. A., b. 1843 and d. Aug. 5, 1929. (see battle of Sunshine) Their ch. were :
(1) Mattie Lou Smith, who mar. Gus Gordon and had ch. Susie and Martha Lou.
(2) Thomas Elton Smith, b. Dec. 2, 1902, and mar. 1st Mar- guerite Hendricks on Sept. 8, 1925. Their dau. is Barbara Jane Smith, b. Sept. 11, 1926. He mar. 2nd Sarah B. Jones Smith.
(2) Maude Lee Smith was b. Feb. 27, 1906 and d. Sept. 23, 1924.
(3) George C. Smith who mar. Ada Bell Greene and had ch : Elon, Coleman and Anne.
Elton Smith
STALLINGS
George Stallings, came from Augusta, Richmond Co. to Jones County in the 1880's. He married Belle White, April 2, 1889
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and they lived on the White plantation near Haddock. He is probably the first man in Jones County to grow short horn cattle commercially. He brought over a man from Scotland to look af- ter these cattle and was very successful.
George and Belle White Stallings had two sons; George Ver- non Stallings, who is now with the Walt Disney Studios as an artist and writer. The second son, Oliver White Stallings is with a World Construction Company. George Stallings, Sr. was called the "Miracle Man", when his Boston Braves won the pennant three times. He married the second time the widow of one of his ball players, Bert Thorp Sharpe, (widow of Bud Sharpe) and they had one child, a son, George Stallings, Jr., who graduated at the University of Georgia, served in World War II in a Tank Battalion, was wounded and received several decorations. George, Jr., married Evelyn Neel who also served in World War II, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Neel of Macon. They have three children : Neel, Margaret and George Stallings, III.
The original Stallings home burned and the present Stallings' live in a new home on the old plantation near Haddock.
STEWARTS
Thomas Jefferson Stewart and Sara Finney Stewart's son, Ben Stewart, b. in Jones Co., Ga. 2-10-1854, d. 12-7-1914, mar. Milly Cantey Woolfolk, b. 12-1-57, d. 12-7-1944, of Russell Co., Ala. Their ch. were: Thomas Jefferson Stewart, b. 8-21-1881, who m. Ann Octavia Burden (dau. of Richard F. Burden and Amelia M. Bass) of Jones Co. on 12-4-1907. (2) Walter Ballard Stewart, mar. Louis Clark, Americus, Ga. (3) Harry Cantey Stewart, b. 9-13-1885, mar 1st Eunice Stewart, ch. Harry C., Jr., and Battey F. 2nd wife Gladys Bizzell; Crowell W., Thos. Jef- ferson, Gladys H. and Milly C. (4) Ben Stewart mar. Ethel Stewart.
JOSEPH GILL STILES
Joseph Gill Stiles was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, the son of John and Agnes Stiles. He was one of a large family of children. John Stiles was a Revolutionary Soldier in Vir- ginia. He moved with his family to Georgia and settled in
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Oglethorpe County. He bought a lot in the town of Lexington in 1798, but later he bought land on Long Creek and started to farm.
Joseph G. Stiles was married three times. He first married Elizabeth Barber, daughter of George Barber of Oglethorpe CountyCounty, March 13th 1799. He bought land in Oglethorpe County after his marriage and lived there a while before he moved to Jones County. He and his wife Elizabeth had four daughters, Sarah, Margaret, Nancy and Agnes Stiles. Elizabeth (Betsy Stiles died in 1805.)
Joseph was living in Oglethorpe County and he married a second time, Sara Watkins Davis, July 9th, 1807. It was about this time that he decided to leave Oglethorpe County and go to Jones County. The records of Oglethorpe County show the sale of his land and those of Jones County show that Joseph Styles bought land there in 1808. Joseph and Sarah Stiles had seven children, Elizabeth, Cynthia, Margery P., Mary A., Joseph, Amanda M., and John Stiles.
Numbers of grants had been made in Jones County. All per- sons who received the grants did not want the land and they sold it. Joseph Stiles bought large tracts of land and owned a large plantation. At this time there was another Joseph Stiles of the Stiles Family in Chatham County. Joseph Stiles then started signing his name using his middle initial to avoid confusion. Rec- ords in courthouses show that not only did Joseph G. Stiles pur- chase land in Jones County, but in many of the other counties as well.
The home of Joseph G. Stiles was located on the old road known as "The Garrison Road" that ran from Milledgeville to first, Ft. Hawkins, then Macon. The stage coaches used this road. His plantation was used as a stage coach stop.
John Stiles, father of Joseph G. Stiles, sold his land in Ogle- thorpe County and moved to Twiggs County not far from the home of his son. John had remarried and his second wife, Claris- sa Stiles, survived him when he died in 1826. Joseph G. Stiles was the administrator of his father's estate.
Sarah, the second wife of Joseph Stiles died in 1842. Joseph then married a third time. He was married in Jones County to
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Mrs. Mary Glover, April 7, 1843. They had two children, Louisa M. and Nicholas H. Stiles.
The older children had scattered and lived in other counties in Georgia and some lived in Alabama. Every ten years Joseph G. Stiles had a family reunion. He sent his wagon trains to collect them, even the children in Alabama. It must have taken the wagon train a long time to go to Alabama and return, while other wagons were collecting the families in Georgia.
Joseph G. Stiles lived to be a very old man and died February 15, 1858 when he was seventy-nine years old.
Since he had only two sons, Joseph, Jr., and Nicholas, to mar- ry, there are very few descendants by the name of Stiles. None of them are now living in Jones County. His daughters all mar- ried to have many descendants throughout this state and other states.
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