Edmund Womack, death 2 Nov 1840

 

Macon Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1836-1844, November 03, 1840, Image 3, Column 3

DIED

In this city, yesterday morning, EDMUND WAMACK, a native of Virginia, but for the last 50 years a resident of this State, aged 74 years

This was the 3 Nov 1840 issue, so Edmund Womack died 2 Nov 1840.  

He was on the 1840 Census of Bibb Co (Macon), GA.

This was Edmund Womack, probable son of Alexander Womack and Milly Buckner of Luneburg Co, VA.  Edmund's was Mourning Crute.

Edmund was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, but strangely indexed as 'Charles Womack', died 2 Nov 1840, age 74, born in Virginia.

Unless there were two Womacks who died the same day, both 74, and both born in VA, the one buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Nov 1840 was Edmund Womack, not Charles Womack.  

This has caused a great deal of confusion.  I need to see the original internment records.

1847 Will of Turner Hunt, Monroe County, Georgia

Monroe Co, GA Will Book A, p.260  (Film 164231, image 165/448)

Georgia 

Monroe County 

February 25th 1845 

In the name of God Amen - I Turner Hunt Senr of the county of Monroe and state of Georgia being of sound mind and memory but knowing that all men must die, do you make and ordain this my last will and testament to wit.

1st I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Hunt one negro woman Keziah, one negro boy Kennan ,one negro girl Margarett, one negro girl Mariah, one negro boy Stephen, one negro girl Amelia, one negro girl Jane, one negro boy Henry, one negro Girl Rebecca one negro girl Harriet.  Also one feather bed and furniture, one mahogany sideboard, six stool chairs and two cows and calves.  I also lend to my beloved wife Elizabeth Hunt all that part of lot of land number 118 that lies below the Macon Road it being the Land whereon I now live so long as she sees proper to live on the land, but whenever she moves off of the land or dies, it then to belong to my children to be divided among them as the rest of my property.  I also lend to her one black horse named Salem, one bay mare named Nance and one four-wheeled carriage harness during her natural life.

2nd I give and bequeath to my son John Hunt $10 to be his full distributive share of all my property or estate.

3rd I give and bequeath to the children of my son Thomas Hunt to wit Robert P Hunt John T Hunt William W Hunt Martha A E Hunt Thomas A Hunt Joseph A Hunt James B Hunt Francis P Hunt Marcelus S Hunt and Mary A Hunt, all the distributive share of my estate that would belong to my son Thomas Hunt to be divided among them share and share alike, and I do hereby nominate and appoint Adaline Hunt my daughter-in-law trustee for the children of my son Thomas Hunt.

4th I give and bequeath to the children of my son Turner Hunt to wit Martha T Hunt, Louisa F Hunt, Susan D Hunt, Elizabeth Hunt, Stephen U D Hunt, Marcus L F Hunt and Turner Hunt all the distributive share of my estate that would belong to my son Turner Hunt and if there should be any more children born hereafter of my son Turner Hunt for them to share equal with a children already named share and share alike and I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Turner Hunt Hunt [sic] trustee for his above-named children.

5th I give and bequeath to the children of my daughter Lucy Russell that have already been born of her or may hereafter be born of her all the distributive of my estate that would belong to her, and I do hereby nominate and appoint Frances E Manson trustee for the children of my daughter Lucy Russell, I also lend to my daughter Lucy Russell one negro woman named Elizer during her natural life and after the death of my daughter said negro Elizer to be the property of my estate and to be divided among my children as the rest of my property. 

6th I lend to my daughter Polly Harkness all of her distributive share of my estate during her natural life and after her death give said distributive share of my daughter Polly Harkness to her two children Martin Hendrick and Nancy Hendrick. 

7th I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha Moreland her equal distributive [share] of my estate. 

8th I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Trippe her equal distributive share of my estate. 

9th I give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Clements her equal distributive share of my estate 

10th I give him the keys to my daughter Sarah Jackson her equal distributive share of my estate 

11th I give him a quote to my daughter Tabitha Perry her equal distributive share of my estate 

12th I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Manson her equal distributive share of my estate, 

13th I give and bequeath to my three grandchildren to wit Frances Womack [sic, Francis Womack], Jesse Womack and William Womack the whole of the distributive share of my estate that would belong to my daughter Rebecca Womack to be equally divided among them. 

14th I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Martha Womack now Martha Roberts one negro woman named Narcissa which negro I have already given her to be her full distributive share of my estate that would belong to her mother my daughter Rebecca Womack 

15th I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Susan Womack now Susan Mobley one negro woman named Angeline which negro I've already given to her to be her distributive share of my estate that would belong to her mother my daughter Rebecca Womack 

16th It is my wish and desire that my land that I now own in the 4th District Early County on Spring Creek containing 750 Acres, be sold privately by my executors and not at public sale for the benefit of my children as before mentioned in my will. 

17th It is my wish will and desire that all property that I have heretofore given to any of my children real or personal by deed or gift or any other way or manner whatever that they keep it and that nothing be said about it at the division 

18th It is my wish and desire that my old negro man named Roger and my old negro woman named Price be maintained and supported out of any estate during their natural life.

19th I do hereby nominate ordained and a point and by these presents nominate and appoint James Connelly, David Clements and Alexander Perkins my true and lawful executor to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all Wills heretofore made by me. 

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the year and day above written 

Turner (his X mark) Hunt Sen LS 

Signed in the presence of

A D Steele 

John H Greene 

John F Hanson 

Georgia 

Monroe County 

Personally came before us Archibald D Steele John H Greene & John F Hanson the witnesses to the above will & being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Turner Hunt Senr sign seal publish and declare this writing for his last will and testament, that they in the presence of testator & at his request & in his presence & in presence of each other attested said will as witnesses, that said testator at time of the execution of said will was of sound of disposing mind & memory & that he executed the same freely voluntarily and without compulsion.

Sworn to and subscribed before us the 6th day of Septr 1847 

A D Steele 

John H Green e

John F Hanson 

Test 

A G Fambrough J I C 

David Ogletree J I C

Georgia 

Monroe County 

We do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last will of the within named Turner Hunt Senr to see so far as we know or believe; that we will well & truly execute the same by paying the debts &  then the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods & chattels will thereunto extend & the law charge us that we will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels - so help us God.  Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 6th day of Septr 1847 

E G Cabaniss C C O 

Alexander Perkins 

David Clements 

John Connelly 

The last will and testament of Turner Hunt Senr dec'd having been proven on the oaths of Archibald D Steele John H Greene and John F Hanson before their honors Allen G Fambro and David Ogletree two of the justices of the Inferior Court of said County 

It is ordered by the court that the same be admitted to record and that letters testamentary be granted to Alexander Perkins, David Clements and James Connelly the executor in said well named.

Recorded October 21st 1847 

EG Cabaniss C C O

Brittain Womack 1828 Land Grant, Moore County, North Carolina

Britton or Brittain Womack Jr, born circa 1767, lived in Moore Co, NC, and was there for the federal censuses from 1800 through 1840.

NC Land Grant File No 2759, Moore County, to Brittain Wommack, 25 acres, Grant No 2722, Issued 30 Sep 1828, Entry 2251, Entered 20 Oct 1826, Book 137, Page No 404, Location: On Dannellys Creek.

See this map of old Moore County, NC.  The area Brittain Womack lived in is now Lee County, near the Harnett Co border.  In the upper right corner of the map, notice 'Danieley's Creek', called 'Dannellys Creek' on Brittain Womack's land grant, and called 'Daniels Creek' on modern maps.  Although not shown in the map at the link above, a small branch of Daniels Creek flows from Lee County into Harnett.

The survey shows that the 25 acres on Danellys Creek joined Brittain Wammack's other land, as well as the land of John McNeill.  Surveyor Malcolm Shaw made the survey on 20 Oct 1826, with Wm Wammack and Jno McNeill as chain bearers.

The William Womack who helped survey Brittain's land grant was almost certainly his son.  William married Elizabeth Sheppard, daughter of John Sheppard Sr.  Another William Womack, likely the first cousin of the William who married Elizabeth Sheppard, married Elizabeth's sister Nancy Sheppard.  By the 1850 federal census, both William Womacks were in Marion Co, GA.

The 1830 federal census of Moore Co, NC shows 'Wm Wamac', and the composition of his family matches what we know of the family of William Womack and Elizabeth Sheppard:

• Male 0-4: Robert Andrew Womack, born 24 Oct 1827
• Male 5-9: Elijah John Womack, born 4 Apr 1824
• Male 20-29: William Womack, born circa 1802
• Female 0-4: Nelly Womack, born circa 1829
• Female 0-4: Nancy Milla Womack, born circa 1825
• Female 20-29: Elizabeth Sheppard Womack, born 15 Apr 1805
• Female 20-29: unknown

Note that in the 1830 census, 'Wm Wamac' is listed immediately before father 'Briton Wamac' (indexed as 'Burton Wamac').  Right before William Womack is John Sheppherd Esq, William's brother-in-law, and Wm Thomas, married to William's sister-in-law, Mary Sheppard Thomas.  Nine lines before William Womack is John Sheppherd Sen, William's father-in-law.

As I detailed in another blog post, William Womack who married Elizabeth Sheppard was NOT William Allen Womack, son of John Womack by his common-law wife Susannah Allen for the simple reason that William Womack who married Elizabeth Sheppard was too young to have been named executor of John Womack's will.  Also, William Womack who married Elizabeth Sheppard has other records tying him to Brittain Womack as his probable father.

Note that John Sheppard's 1842 will mentioned daughter Mary Thomas, and Asa Sheppard's 1836 will mention "two children named after him".  In the 1850 census of Marion Co, GA, it appears Mary Sheppard Thomas has died, and Wm B Thomas (age 54, born in NC) is listed with several children, all listed as born in GA, but later censuses show at least his daughter Sarah (age 24 in 1850) was born in NC (Sarah apparently never married and was listed with her father in the 1880 census of Chattahoochee Co, GA as his daughter).  Son Asa Thomas was 21 in 1850.  Along with Asa Womack, son of William Womack & Nancy Sheppard, Asa Thomas was the other child named after Asa Sheppard.

1800 Federal Census, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

 The 1790, 1800 and 1810 federal censuses for Georgia were all lost, with the exception of the 1800 Federal Census of Oglethorpe Co, GA.  A copy of that census was found, and is at FamilySearch, LDS Film # 008153346.

This is part of a series of posts on the Warnock/Silvey connection.  John Warnock was listed in the 1800 Census of Oglethorpe Co, GA, LDS Film # 008153346, image 73 of 155.  His mother-in-law, the widow Rosanna Price, is listed 8 lines before John Warnock.

The breakdown of John Warnock's family in 1800:

• 2 Males 0-9 - John P Warnock & unknown
• 1 Male 16-25 - unknown
• 1 Male 26-45 - John Warnock
• 1 Female 0-9 - probably Rosanna Warnock
• 1 Female 10-15 - probably Mary Warnock who later married Drury Silvey
• 1 Female 26-46 - Mary 'Polly' Price Warnock

Note that Mary Warnock was born 17 July 1793, so was actually only 7, but incorrectly put in the wrong age category, a common mistake in these early censuses.  The 1800 Census date was 4 Aug 1800, and the enumerator was supposed to record people in the proper age categories for their ages on that date.  The other possibility is that Mary was actually older than her reported birth year; otherwise she was very young when she married in 1807. 

The will of Robert Warnock (Oglethorpe Co, GA Will Book A:99), signed on 6 Nov 1797, named his son John Warnock, grandson John Warnock, granddaughter Rosanna Warnock and granddaughter Mary Warnock.

Chatham County, North Carolina - court records

Court records of Chatham Co, NC record the deaths of John Womack (his will here) and his brother Brittain/Albridgton Womack (his estate records here).

LDS Film # 008189498, image 287/593.  Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1811-1816, Chatham Co, NC, p.139, 14 Feb 1814:  The last Will and Testament of John Womack decd was duly exhibited in open Court and proved by the Oath of Parish Cross a witness thereto whereupon William Allen one of the Executors therein named came into Court and was duly qualified.  Rorie Womack the other Executor therein named refused.

LDS Film # 008189498, image 391/593.  Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1816-1822, Chatham Co, NC, p.54, 13 May 1817 (court started on first Monday of May 1817, this record was on Tuesday, date derived with perpetual calendar):  Administration of all and Singular the Goods and Chattels rights and credits of Brittain Womack decd is granted Willie [clerk originally wrote 'William' but changed it to 'Willie'] Womack who entered into Bond in the Sum of One thousand Pounds with Thomas Barham and Brittain Womack his Securities & was qualified.  Ordered that Willie Womack Administrator of Brittain Womack decd have leave to sell the perishable estate of said deceased.

Some notes:

William Allen, alias William Womack, was the son of John Womack by common law wife Susannah Allen.  John Womack made his will on 29 July 1813, naming sons Rorie Womack and William Allen as executors of his will.  Rorie was over 21, and William at least close to 21 when John made his will.  John would not have appointed a child his executor.  Yet, I see in multiple online trees the assertion that the William Womack (born circa 1802) who married Elizabeth Sheppard was William Allen Womack, son of John Womack and Susannah Allen.  William Womack who married Elizabeth Sheppard was in Marion Co, GA in the 1850 federal census.  This William would have been about 11 years old when John Womack made his will.  William Womack who married Elizabeth Sheppard was not John's son. 

'Willie' Womack's first name was pronounced Wiley, and often written as Wiley.  Also written as Wile, Willy, Wilie, etc.  Note that several men in this period spelled the name 'Willie', but pronounced it as Wiley, included the 3rd governor of Tennessee, Willie Blount (pronounced Wiley Blunt):  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Blount.  Clerks often confused the names William, Willie and Wiley in written court documents.

John Warnock and wife Mary "Polly" Price

John Warnock was in the 1788 tax list of Greene County, Georgia, listed in Alexander Autrey's District with just a white poll, no land (LDS Film #007903320, image 371/600).  A William Womack was also in the this district with a white poll, no land.  Other important names in this District for Womack and Warnock genealogy were Absalom Autrey, Alexander Autrey, Michael Cupp and Joseph Price.  

William Womack witnessed deeds for the Autreys and for Michael Cupp.  I have researched this William Womack extensively. He moved around a lot.  His wife was Rebecca, maiden name probably Ledbetter.  William moved to Wilkes Co, GA by 1793, then to Pendleton Co, SC, then to Jackson Co, GA, then to Tennessee, then to Kentucky, before moving to Gallatin Co, IL where he died in 1820.

Joseph Price was the father-in-law of John Warnock.  See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Price-14612, search for 'Warnoch'.  I have not verified this research, but it appears the Joseph Price family came to Georgia from Virginia around the same time that John Warnock and his father Robert Warnock came to Georgia from North Carolina.  So, it is likely John Warnock met his wife Mary "Polly" Warnock in Greene Co, GA.  

John Warnock may have been married previously, and the Thomas Warnock who married Charity Peters in 1807 in Oglethorpe Co, GA was possibly John's son from an earlier marriage.  Some researchers believe Thomas Warnock moved to Hinds Co, MS, but I have not verified that research.

The Rebecca Warnock who married John Miles in 1808 in Oglethorpe Co, GA was Robert Warnock's daughter, who Robert named in his will in 1797.

The Mary Ann Warnock who married Drewry Silvey in 1807, and the John Warnock who married Martha Briant (from deed records, it appears her maiden name was Briant, not Obriant) in 1817, both in Oglethorpe Co, GA, were the children of John Warnock and Mary "Polly" Price.  There was a third child, Rosana Warnock, named in Robert Warnock's 1797 will as his granddaughter; no further info on her.

On 9 Dec 1794, Rosanna Price and Joseph Price applied for letters of administration on the estate of "Joseph Price, late dec'd of Greene County".  (Greene Co, GA WB A:257, Film # 005756648, image 156/778).  Rosanna was Joseph Price Sr's widow, her maiden name unknown, and she administered her husband's estate with their son Joseph Price Jr.  An inventory for Joseph Price starts on p.258 of Will Book A and runs to p.260, dated 9 Mar 1795.  The final page mentions cows given to Polly Warnock and Jinny Williams.  Though not explicitly stated, other documents show these were likely Mary "Polly" Price Warnock and Jane "Jinny" Price Williams, daughters of Joseph & Rosanna Price.  At this time, Polly was pretty much always a nickname for Mary, and Jinny/Jenny for Jane.

Jane "Jinny" Price married first an unknown Mr Williams, followed by her marriage to Ransom Duke, 20 May 1798 in the marriage records of Oglethorpe Co, GA.  The estate records of Ransom Duke have Jane Duke as the administratrix of his estate.  

In the year 1800, the "heirs and representatives" of Joseph Price Sr sold his land in Oglethorpe County, Georgia (Oglethorpe Co, GA DB C:491, LDS Film # 007898905, image 285/666).  The heirs and representatives are listed as John Warnock, Joseph Price, Abel Price, George Price and Ransom Duke.  They all signed the deed, and Rosana Price signed as well.  So, Joseph Price Sr's sons, sons-in-law and widow all signed this deed.

John Warnock and the Price family appear near each other in the same tax district lists in Greene Co, GA and later Oglethorpe Co, GA.  These tax lists also show the relationship to Drewry Silvey, which I will get to.

John P Warnock, born circa 1795, was the son of John Warnock and Mary Price.  His marriage record in 1817 in Oglethorpe lists his wife as Martha Obriant, but her maiden name was likely just Briant, from deed records in Oglethorpe involving John and the Briant family.  John P Warnock was on the 1820 census of Oglethorpe Co, GA; the 1830 Census of Greene Co, GA; the 1840 and 1850 censuses of Troup Co, GA; and the 1860 and 1870 censuses of Russell Co, AL.  He married his second wife, Permelia B Buchanan, on 25 June 1848 in Troup Co, GA.

John P Warnock appears to have living descendants, and descendants of Drewry Silvey and Mary Ann Warnock should compare DNA.

The Calhoun Co, AR death certificate of daughter Martha Maregarette Warnock Grisham, 1 Dec 1830 - 16 Nov 1920, lists her parents as John P Warnock and Patsy Byrant; Patsy was a common nickname for Martha.

John P Warnock had War of 1812 service, and his widow Permelia applied for his pension.  The pension application file may have more genealogical value.  John P Warrnock also has records for the the First Seminole War (2 Regiment (Little's) Georgia Militia, Rank of Private), as well as the Creek War of 1836 (F & S Co., Alford's Batt'n, Ga. Mtd. Vols, Rank of 'Q. M. Sergt').

John P Warnock received a pension, probably for a disability suffered in one of the Indian Wars, and he was on the 'Revolutionary War Pension List', though he did not fight in the Revolutionary War.  Some of the men on the pension rolls were soldiers from later conflicts who were injured while serving, and John P Warnock falls into that category.  See https://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1746.pdf, search for both Warnock and Wamock (a transcription error).

More later...

Drewry Silvey and Mary Ann Warnock

First, I should say I am not convinced the woman 'Mary A' with Drewry Silvey in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses of Campbell Co, GA was his first wife, Mary Ann Warnock.  It could be that Drewry's first wife died, and he married a second woman named Mary.  If Mary Ann Warnock was Drewry's only wife, and her reported birthdate of 17 July 1793 is in fact correct, she was very young when she married 16 Feb 1807 - 5 months shy of turning 14.

Her youth when she married is one of many reasons the UNDOCUMENTED and highly unlikely claim that her father was Jesse Womack Jr is so nonsensical, in my opinion.  Jesse Womack Jr was living in Washington County, Mississippi Territory (now Washington Co, AL) in 1807 as proven by extant tax lists, so why would he have a 13 year old daughter marrying hundreds of miles away in Oglethorpe County, Georgia in 1807?  It boggles the mind.

The Warnock family of Mary Ann Warnock Silvey was in Rowan County, North Carolina in the 1750s, in the area which became Surry County in 1770, and then became Stokes County in 1789.  Three Warnock men, Robert, Matthew and Samuel, appear in early records, but their relationship has not been determined.  They were clearly related from their interactions.  A great deal of research has been done by others on this family.  I found a research document entitled "Warnock Family of The Northern Piedmont of North Carolina - 1755 thru 1810" attached to one of these Warnocks in an ancestry family tree, however it does not list the author.  The research is generally very good.

Robert Warnock was listed in multiple tax lists of Surry Co, NC, including in 1774 with son John as a tithable (meaning over 16) in his household. Robert Warnock and wife Mary Ann are listed in a deed where they sold land in Surry Co, NC in 1785 - Surry Co, NC DB C:30 (Film # 007538681, image 236).

Robert Warnock and son John moved to Greene Co, GA where John appears in tax lists as early as 1789.  Matthew Warnock bought land in Greene Co in 1789 (DB 1:432).  Matthew is listed as "of North Carolina" and Robert Warnock was a witness to the deed.  Matthew returned to NC, where he was on the 1790 census of Stokes Co, NC in a household consisting of just himself.  It is unknown if Matthew ever married or had children.  

On 4 Dec 1794, in Stokes Co, NC, "Administration of the estate of Matthew Warnock dec'd was granted to Samuel Warnock..." (Stokes Co, NC, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, LDS Film # 008195646, image 306/816).

On 25 Dec 1794 in Greene Co, GA, "Robert Warnock applied for letters of administration on the estate of Mathew Warnock (on that part of it that is in the State of Georgia) late dec'd, a traveller in Pendleton county, S Carolina" (Greene Co, GA Will Book A:260, LDS Film # 00575664, image 158/778).  

Apparently, Matthew visited his land in Georgia in late 1794, and died in South Carolina while travelling back to North Carolina.  Robert Warnock and Samuel Warnock administered his estate in the two places Matthew had property.  John Warnock later took over the administration for his father Robert (Greene Co, GA Deed Book 3:249), probably when Robert became unable to act as administrator due to age or illness.  Over time, Robert and John Warnock sold the land that originally belonged to Matthew Warnock (Greene Co, GA Deed Book 3:274, 3:599, 4:163, 4:232,  4:359).

Robert Warnock made his Last Will and Testament on 6 Nov 1797 while a resident of Greene Co, Georgia.  It was recorded 10 July 1800 in neighboring Oglethorpe Co, GA.  (Oglethorpe Co, GA Will Book A:99).  Robert Warnock left belongings to son John Warnock, daughter Rebeckah Warnock, grandson John Warnock, granddaughter Mary Warnock and granddaughter Rosana Warnock.  In particular, he left his grandson John Warnock his Janus horse (likely a descendant of the famous race horse Janus), but Robert's son John to have use of the horse until it was seven years old.  

Robert Warnock's wife Mary Ann, from the 1785 deed mentioned above, must have died before Robert wrote his will.  Although not explicitly stated in the will, it seems clear that Robert's grandson John was the son of Robert's son John, and that Mary and Rosana were John's daughters.  This make sense, because John's mother was Mary Ann, so he named a daughter Mary Ann, who later married Drewry Silvey.  There is no further info on John's daughter Rosana, but as I will show in a later post, she was named for John Warnock's mother-in-law.

More later...

Katie Silvey Speer - incorrect birth year on grave

Katie Silvey first appears in federal censuses in the 1870 FC of Atlanta Ward 5, Fulton Co, GA, Dwelling #62.  She is 4 years old, with parents John (age 47) & Adeline (age 30) Silvey, indexed by ancestry as Silvasy.

In the 1860 FC of Atlanta Ward 5, Fulton Co, GA, Dwelling #1172, John (37) and Adaline (25) Silvey had only one child, daughter Mary Silvey, age 5, who died as a child in 1865:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84547837/mary-silvey

So, Katie Silvey was not alive in 1860, and was only listed as 4 years old in 1870.  In the 1880 FC of Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA, House #102, the Silvey family consists of John 50, Adeline 34 and Katie E 13.  Katie married William Speer, and she is listed in the 1900 FC of Atlanta Ward 5 as 32 years old, born Aug 1867.  She and her husband were living with her widowed mother Adeline.

In 1910 FC, Katie Silvey Speer was listed as 39; in 1920 FC she was 44; in 1930 FC she was 52; and in 1940 FC she was 60.  The 1950 and later censuses have not yet been released by the National Archives.

All of this goes to show that her birthdate on her grave stone of 22 June 1857 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84547943/kate-speer) cannot possibly be correct, and she was at least 9 years younger than shown.

In other words, she was born well after both of her paternal grandparents, Drewry and Mary Ann Silvey, had both died.  She did not personally know her grandparents.

Katie Silvey Speer believed her paternal grandmother's maiden name was WOMACK. She paid for a memorial headstone for her grandparents before 16 Mar 1934, when the cemetery was surveyed.  The memorial stone was placed near the original gravestone.  The newer memorial says "In memory of Drewry Silvey 1770-1860, Mary Womack Silvey 1793-1864'.  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68886268/mary-ann-silvey  (please ignore the UNDOCUMENTED and highly unlikely claim on Find-a-Grave about Mary being the daughter of Jesse and Mary Ann Abney Womack).

When Katie's father, John D Silvey, a wealthy man, died in 1897, the Atlanta Constitution newspaper ran an obituary listing his parents as Drewery Silvey and Miss Mary WARNEC.  Newspaper clipping.

The marriage record of Drewry and Mary exists in records of Oglethorpe Co, GA, and is sometime incorrectly stated to have occurred in 1805.  The marriage (or at least the license for the marriage) was dated 16 Feb 1807.  The typescript transcription has "Drewry Silon and Margaret Warnock 787" (microfilm entitled 'Oglethorpe County, State of Georgia, Marriages 'White' Transcribed 1794-1812', image 15 of 75).

The typescript comes from a ledger book "Marriage Licenses Granted".  Image 88 of 198, microfilm entitled 'Oglethorpe County, State of Georgia, Marriages 'White', Vol 1, 1794-1832'.  Here, in cursive handwriting, is "1807 Febry 16, Drewry Silon [?, possibly 'Silver'] to Margan [possibly 'Maryan'] Warnock [possibly 'Wamock'] 720".

Womack and Warnock are often confused in old handwriting, but are distinct surnames.  Womack is English and Warnock is Scottish, and they have distinct Y-DNA in tested patrilineal lines.

The other Womack or Warnock marriages in Oglethorpe County, Georgia were:

• Thomas Warnock to Charity Peters, 19 Jan 1807
• John Miles to Rebecca Warnock, 8 Oct 1808
• Liza Wamack [Womack] to Thos Bacon, 11 Jan 1810
• John Warnock to Martha Obriant [Briant or Bryant], 30 May 1817

Other than Eliza Womack to Thomas Bacon, I believe the rest were Warnock marriages.  Eliza Womack who married Thomas Bacon was the daughter of Josiah Womack and Keziah Wilkinson of Nottoway Co, VA; she moved to Georgia with her brother Bird Womack and her widowed mother, and there are deed records in Virginia where Thomas and Eliza Bacon sold the land she inherited from her father, Josiah Womack (Lunenburg Co, VA Deed Book 32:453A).

This is the first of a series of posts to show that Drewry Silvey married Mary Ann WARNOCK.  Stay tuned for DOCUMENTATION of her parents.

Henry Christian and Nancy Womack of Jones County, Georgia

 From this website:  https://thegagenweb.com/gajones/obits.html

Macon Weekly Telegraph
~excerpt~TRIBUTE OF RESPECT, SINCERITY LODGE NO. 161, F. A. M, January 12, 1878
Brother Henry Christian was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, July 4, 1814, and died in Jones county, Georgia, on his plantation, near Clinton, where he lived, of a severe and protracted attack of pneumonia, on the 11th of December, in the 64th year of his age.
His youngest brother, Wm. R. Christian, died a few weeks previous in the same house of the same disease; and it is a remarkable coincidence that of the numerous family, all, except two living brothers, have died of pneumonia.
Brother Christian, in many respects, was a remarkable man. He came to Jones county, Georgia, in 1835, a stranger and penniless, yet by energy and industry he acquired a large property, raised a large family and educated them liberally. Born and raised poor himself, he never received the advantage of an education-having gone to school only a single day-still he learned to read, write and calculate well, and filled two important offices in Jones county, sheriff and tax collector, with great credit to himself and satisfaction to his friends and the public.
.....O. P. Finney, R. T. Ross, W. P. Grover, D. M. Committee.

July 5, 1887
Macon Daily Telegraph
Clinton, July 4 - The death of Mrs. Nancy Christian will be painful news to the citizens of Jones county. She died at her home in Clinton on Saturday morning after a painful illness of several months, and was buried at the same place on Sunday morning. She was upwards of eighty years old, and leaves a large family of children and grandchildren, who have the deep sympathy of many friends.  [She died Saturday, 2 July 1887, using a perpetual calendar.]

The Georgia death certificate of their son Hardy Christian (31 Aug 1838 - 15 Sep 1926) list his parents as Henry Christian and Nancy Womack.

Alexander Womack Jr in Cocke County, Tennessee

 Many years ago, when I started trying to sort out the Womack family in the US, I discovered that the Alexander Womack in Bedford Co, TN was likely the son of David Womack and his wife Elizabeth Hawkins, going against conventional wisdom that this was Alexander Womack Jr, David's brother.

Furthermore, I discovered deed records in Buncombe Co, NC, starting in 1813 (G:267), where an Alexander Womack from Cocke Co, TN began buying and selling land; the names Henry Buckner and Buckner Womack:  http://womackgen.com/ew/other/nc_womack_records.html

I was convinced this was Alexander Womack Jr and his son Buckner Womack, but an older generation researcher insisted this was Alexander Womack III and his brother Buckner, and that Alexander III was buying land at the age of 16 (based on the belief he was born in 1797; I think he was born closer to 1800).

Cocke County, Tennessee is a 'burned county' with most county records before the 1850s gone, as well as Federal censuses before 1830. However, there were Tennessee land grants in Cocke Co which were kept by the state government, and not lost.

On 12 Oct 1807, Alexander Womack Jr and wife Sarah McDearmon sold most of their land in Campbell Co, VA (DB 8:44). Alexander next appears as an adjacent land owner in a 23 June 1808 survey in Cocke Co, TN:

Tennessee Early Land Records, Series 3, Book 45:133 (Image 88/418) - No 245. Cocke Co, TN, 6th Dist, 23 June 1808 surveyed for Hezekiah Cairy 250 acres including his improvement, both sides of Clay Creek … “a corner of Alexander Wamocks deeded land” … “Fowlers line” … “conditional line between him and Coner” ….”line between him and Henry Reece”. John Shield Ds 6th S [District 6 Surveyor]. Chain Bearers: Buckner Wamack & John Cairy. Filed in the office 17 Sep and recorded 3 Nov 1808.

Note that Hezekiah Cairy's survey was next to Alexander Womack's deeded land, i.e., land which Alexander bought.  Note also that Buckner Womack was a chain carrier.  

In 1810, Alexander Womack had two surveys of his own:

Tennessee Early Land Records, Series 3, Book 45:308 (Image 188/418) - No 523. Cocke Co, TN, 6th Dist, 17 Nov 1810, surveyed for Alexander Wamock 68 acres including his improvement, both sides Clay Creek, … “line of his deeded land” … “conditional line between him and Buckner Wamack” … “Thomas Celendenans line” … “Buckner Wamacks claim” … “conditional line between him and Bowyers” … “conditional line between him and Thomas Fowler”. John Shields DS. Chain Bearers: Buckner Wamack & John Cairy. Filed in the office 22 Nov 1810, recorded 22 Nov 1810.

Tennessee Early Land Records, Series 3, Book 45:309 (Image 188/418) - No 524. Cocke Co, TN, 6th Dist, 17 Nov 1810, surveyed for Alexander Wamock 100 acres including his improvement, waters of Clay Creek, adjoining said Wamocks “deeded tract of 150 acres”. John Shields DS. Chain Bearers: Buckner Wammack & John Cayry. Filed in the office 22 Nov 1810, recorded 22 Nov 1810.

There are other later Tennessee land records from Cocke Co that show Alexander Womack assigned several claims to Benjamin Bryant, likely he same man he bought land from in Buncombe Co, NC (DB H:277).  There are further land records referring to Buckner Womack's land in Cocke Co in the 1820s.

These records are clearly too early to be referring to Alexander Womack III, even if you believe he was born as early as 1795, which I have seen claimed on the web, though no evidence supports he was born that early.  These records clearly refer to Alexander Womack Jr.

Sarah Womack, daughter of Alexander Womack III and Mary Neal

One of many Womack genealogy errors floating around the web is that Alexander Womack III and his first wife Mary Neal had a daughter named Angeline Womack who married James Hammonds.  In many online trees, Angeline is shown with the same death date and place as Dillie Ann Womack Williams (link to her gravestone), a known daughter of Alexander and Mary.

The James Hammond this supposed Angeline married is sometimes listed as 'James F Hammonds' or 'James Isham Hammonds'.

The reality is that there was a James T Hammond/Hammonds (grave here) who married Angeline Marler (grave here), and that James T Hammonds was the son of Isham T Hammons (grave here) and Sarah Womack, daughter of Alexander Womack III and Mary Neal.

Interestingly, the stones for James T Hammonds and his wife Angeline are on the same base, but they are not listed as husband and wife.

Isham T Hammons was on the 1850 Federal Census of Polk Co, TN, listed 2 households from the family of brother-in-law James Alexander Womack.

• Isom T Hammons 30 - M W Farmer $250 NC
• Sarah - 25 F W NC
• Moses A - 8 M W TN
• James T - 6 M W TN
• George W - 5 M W TN
• Henry - 4 M W TN
• Jonathan - 2 M W TN

By 1860, Sarah had died, and Isham had married second wife Mary:

1860 FC Polk Co, TN, District 6, Family 681

• I T Hamon - 40 M W Farmer $4000 $6000 NC
• Mary - 24 F W TN
• James - 16 F W TN Farm Labor TN [mistakenly listed as female]
• Jessy - 9 F W TN [mistakenly listed as female]
• Sarah - 6 F W TN
• Samuel - 4 M W TN
• Mariah - 2 F W TN
• Infant - 6 months F W TN
• Moses Hamon - 80 M W Farmer NC
• Martin James - 22 M W Laborer NC

Death certificates show that Jesse (grave here) was the child of Sarah Womack, and Sarah (grave here) was the child of Mary Morgan.

• TN Death Certificate - Jessie Hamonds, died 24 Jan 1923 in Polk Co, TN, age 73, born Apr 1850, born in TN, father Isam Hamonds born in TN, mother 'Miss Wamick' born in TN.
• TN Death Certificate - Mrs S J Waldrop [incorrectly indexed as 'Waldrof' on ancestry] , died Blount Co, TN on 21 Nov 1925, date of birth not given, age 65, born in TN, father Isaac Hammond born in TN, mother 'Morgan' born in TN.

So, Sarah Womack, wife of Isham T Hammonds, died soon after son Jesse was born (25 Apr 1852, according to his gravestone).  Isham remarried to Mary Morgan who had daughter Sarah, born circa 1854 (her gravestone just gives the year 1854).

James T Hammonds, born 24 Jan 1844, son of Isham Hammonds and Sarah Womack, married Angeline Marler.  She is in the 1850 FC of McMinn Co, TN with parents George and Nancy Marler.  Angeline Marler is shown as 11 in the 1850 census, and her sister Francena is 6.  Francena Marler later married Elijah Thompson Womack (grave here), Sarah Womack's younger half brother.  After Francena's death, Elijah Womack married second wife Sarah Foster.

The family of James 'Hamon' and wife Angeline and children are on the 1870 FC of McMinn Co, TN.  I cannot find them in 1880, but from birth places of children, it appears they moved to Arkansas, then on to the Indian Territory before it became Oklahoma.  Marriage records of some of their children in the 1890s and early 1900s are in Muskogee Co, OK.

Before moving from Tennessee, James Hammonds was a buyer at the estate sale of his grandfather, Alexander Womack III, in 1874, see earlier post.

The Idaho death certificate of Minnie M Hammonds Hammack (her grave), daughter of James & Angeline, lists her parents as James Hammons and Angeline Marlow, a variant of Marler.  A newspaper obituary listed her place of birth as Servilla, TN, which is a town in Polk Co, TN.  Minnie married John A Hammack, and they are listed on the 1910 FC of Osage Co, OK; her father James Hammons, age 66 living with them.

Another daughter was Effie Jo Hammonds (her grave), who married William Dallas Williams; her Social Security application lists her parents as Jim Hammons and Angeline Marlow.

In short, Alexander Womack III and Mary Neal did not have a daughter named Angeline who married James Hammonds.  Rather, they had a daughter Sarah, born circa 1825 in North Carolina, who married Isham Hammonds, and their son James T Hammonds married Angeline Marler.  Angeline's sister, Francena Marler, married Elijah Thompson Womack, who was the son of Alexander Womack III by his second wife, Freelove Thompson.

Probably, the family lore got confused along the way because of the Hammonds and Marler connections.

Sarah Womack, born circa 1825, was likely the first daughter of Alexander Womack III.  He named her after his mother, Sarah McDearmon, who his father, Alexander Womack Jr, married 27 Dec 1798 in Prince Edward Co, VA.  Alexander Womack III was not born in 1797 as is erroneously all over the web; rather he was born closer to 1800, which will be the subject of another post.

Will of Robert Bolton mentions John Warnock, not John Womack

The 1789 will of Robert Bolton in Chatham County, Georgia has been cited as proof that a John Womack lived there.

Luckily, we have both the recorded will and the original.

Chatham Co, GA original wills. Etc - LDS Film # 005765219, image 639 - 644, Robert Bolton, Sr will, dated 24 July 1786, recorded 22 May 1789. This is the original will. One paragraph mentions John Warnock, not Womack. The name ‘Warnock’ is very legible: “I devise to my afflicted neighbour John Warnock such of my old waring apparel as my Executors shall think proper to give, and that my executors shall pay to John Warnock Twenty Shilling annum during his natural life to be paid out of my Estate not before bequeathed.” 

The recorded will, in Chatham Co, GA Will Book C:61 (LDS Film # 005759791, image 61) is much harder to read, and “John Warnock” looks more like “John Womack”.

The John Womack who lived in Savannah, Chatham Co, GA in the early 1800s was the son of Wiley Womack and Elizabeth Shuman.  He married first Mary Hudson, and after they divorced, he married Ann Black (who had recently divorced her first husband, Edmund Warren).  John Womack had a daughter, Mary Ann Womack, Mary Hudson, but no known children with second wife Ann Black.  John Womack and wife Ann are in the 1850 Federal Census of Burke Co, GA, living with Ann's son-in-law and daughter, James Griffin and Lucy Warren, Ann's daughter from her first marriage.  John is shown as age 60, but was older, likely born circa 1785 or a little earlier.

Subsequent posts will give more documentation on this.

Death Certificate of Alexander Crockett Womack

 The death certificate of Alexander Crockett Womack is in the Arkansas Death Certificate, 1914-1969, collection on Ancestry.  The digitized film is '1919, 049-063', and his death certificate is at image 851 of 2922.

It says that 'A C Wammac' died 9 Nov 1919 in Harrison, Boone Co, AR.  His date of birth is 20 Mar, no year given, but he listed as 70 years old at death.  The informant was Mrs A C Wammac of Harrison, AR.  His place of birth is listed as White Co, TN, and his parents as 'G Wammac' and 'Rachell Trapper'.

His Find-a-Grave memorial is here.  From various sources, we know his full name was Alexander Crockett Womack.  He appears in the 1850 FC of White Co, TN as Crockett Womack, age 3, with his apparently widowed mother Rachel, and his older siblings.  This family later moved to Arkansas.

I have always suspected Rachel was Rachel Cropper, the widow of Granville Womack.  The marriage bond of Granville Wammack and Rachael Cropper was made 17 June 1823 in Wilson Co, TN, with Mansfield Massey as the bondsman.  Granville Womack was listed in the will of his grandfather, Richard Womack of Wilson County, Tennessee, dated 16 Mar 1819, in which Richard lists Granville Womack as the son of Richard's daughter Susannah Hubbard.  Thus, Granville was an 'illegitimate' child, born out of wedlock.

Somehow, lazy researchers have mixed things up, and have Richard Jr as Richard Granville Womack, which means (by their silly logic) that Richard Sr was also named Richard Granville Womack.  There is no proof that Richard Womack who died in 1819 in Wilson Co, TN was named anything other than Richard, and the same goes for his son.  From a careful reading of Richard Sr's will, the only Granville was his grandson Granville Womack, who was the son of Richard Sr's daughter Susannah Womack, before she married Joseph Hubbard (Wilson Co, TN marriage bond dated 22 Mar 1809, with Richard Wamack as bondsman).

James Cropper's will is in Wilson Co, TN Will Book 1848-1853, p.24, Aug Term 1848, will of James Cropper:  wife Rhoda Cropper, daughter Polly Cunningham, daughter Sally Donnell, daughter Betsey (no surname given), daughter Lovey Massey, daughter Rachel Wommack, son James Cropper, son Hiram L Cropper, daughter Jane (no surname given), step-daughter Mary Holland, executor Elijah Wommack, signed 20 Nov 1843, witnesses Hardin Ragland, H A Johnson, Terrell Davis; proved Aug Term 1848 by oaths of Harden Ragland and H A Johnson.

Although I have been unable to find Granville Womack in tax lists or census records, he had a large family.  His wife Rachel was alive in 1843 for the writing of her father, James Cropper's, will.  By 1850, it appears Granville was dead, and Rachel was the head of the family in White Co, TN.

The name Cropper was often rendered Crapper.  In fact, in James Cropper's will, the cursive handwriting seems to say Cropper sometimes, and Crapper others.  The name may have been Crapper, or at least pronounced that way sometimes.  

Alexander Crockett Womack's widow, Sarah Elizabeth Daniel, was the informant on his death certificate, and said his mother was Rachel Trapper.  Trapper, oddly enough, does not seems to be a real surname, or one that was very rarely used.  More likely, Alexander's widow misread from a family Bible the name Cropper or Crapper as 'Trapper', or misheard Alexander's mother's maiden name.  Or, the person who filled out the certificate with the information from Alexander's widow misheard.

Anyhow, Alexander's parents listed as 'G Wammac' and 'Rachell Trapper' make me certain he was the son of Granville Womack and Rachel Cropper.

Elijah Thompson of Rutherford County, North Carolina

 Rutherford Co, NC Will Book E:63, LDS Film # 004779261, image 472/687.  March Court 1840.  Will of Elijah Thompson, dated 4 Dec 1839, mentions wife Margaret Thompson and other heirs, relationship not stated:  Elijah Thompson Senior [sic, must be a mistake for 'Junior'], Ransom Thompson, Elvira Thompson, Ambrose Thompson.  At the death of his wife, remainder of his estate divided amongst his 'Eares' [sic, 'Heirs'].  Witnesses:  John Ellison & William Garrett.

These Thompsons lived in the part of Rutherford Co, NC which became Polk County, NC in 1855.  

Alexander Womack III lived in this area until about 1839, and married Freelove Thompson after the death of his first wife, Mary Neal.  Alexander and Freelove moved to Polk Co, TN.  This research can be confusing, because of two Polk counties.

See my post on James Alexander Womac's Goodspeed biography for proof his father Alexander Womac/Womack married Mary Neal.  See also the death certificate of Margaret (Womack) Staton, born 19 Sep 1835 and died in McMinn Co, TN on 23 Apr 1915, which lists her parents as Alexander Womac and Freelove Thompson.

Alexander and Freelove had a son named Elijah Thompson Womack as well as a daughter Margaret Womack.  Though not mentioned by name in Elijah Thompson's will, it is clear Freelove was his daughter, and Freelove named children after her parents.  She also named a son Ransom Womack after her brother Ransom Thompson, who witnessed a deed for Alexander Womack (III).  Additionally, Freelove had daughter Elvira Sarepta Womack, named at least partially for a sister, Elvira Womack.

Also, Freelove had a daughter named Lucinda Rella or Cinderella Womack.  She is listed variously in the census and other records as Sinda, Lousinda, Lucinda, Rella, Cindy (death certificate of her son James William Farris), and Cinderella (death certificate of her daughter Nancy 'Nannie' Bell Brown).  Her tombstone lists her as Sinda Farris and the tombstone of her husbands says he was Free M Farice and that he married Sinda R Wamack.

Elijah Thompson Jr, brother of Freelove Thompson Womack, was married to a woman named Cinderella (see 1850 Federal Census of Rutherford Co, NC).  It is likely Freelove named a daughter Cinderella after her sister-in-law.

Elijah Thompson Jr had a daughter named Freelove Clarisa Thompson, according to family tree data that I have not yet verified.  She married Elias Lingerfelt, and Elias & Freelove C (Thompson) Lingerfelt are listed in the 1850 FC of Polk Co, TN, as are Alexander and Freelove (Thompson) Womack.

The preponderance of evidence makes me fairly certain that Freelove Thompson, wife of Alexander Womack III, was the daughter of Elijah Thompson Sr and his wife Margaret or Rutherford Co, NC.

As always, do your own research to verify this for yourself.

Georgia Archives, General Names Index

 Here are the variant spellings of Womack in the GA Archives General Name Index.  I will do the ones spelled 'Womack' later.

Note I skipped some that were from the late 1800s or 1900s.

Note also that some info was provided by library patrons, not staff, and may be dubious.

My comments in [].

Some abbreviations in the index cards:

• MR = Military Records
• JP = Justice of the Peace Records
• SJ = Senate Journal

Spelling other than Womack

• Wamack, John, Lieut, Newton Co, 3 Mar 1826 - 7 May 1829 (MR 1808-1929, p 164)
• Wammack, James, Lieut, Jones Co, 16 May 1828 - (MR 1808-1929, p 199)
• Wammack, John, JP 267th Dist, Franklin Co, 21 Apr 1813 - (JP 1813-1817, p 351)
• Wammack, John, Capt 267th Dist Co, Franklin Co, GM 21 Apr 1813 -
• Wamock, Benjamin, Capt, Scriven Co, 23 Mar 1822 - 15 July 1815 (MR 1808-1829, p 82)
• Wamock, M, Lt 1st Co, 2nd Batt, 4th Reg, 3 Apr 1793 -
• Warmack, Jesse, B in VA, 1730 - 1815, 1st Lt, 10th Co (Capt Blassengame Harvey), Col John James, Regt, 3 Feb 1778 - (SOA 1754-1827, p 226). M Dorothy Prior (born 1740 - ) 
• Warmack, John, Priv, Capt Thos W Harris’ Co GM, 11 Nov 1813, 1814, Ft Mitchell (MR 1779-1839, p 128)
• Wommack, Allen, Priv, Capt Francis Jones Co, Eff Co M, - 1793 - (MR 1784-1815 - Eff Co)
• Wommack, Jesse, JP 358th Dist, Jones Co, 30 Jan 1817 - (JP 1813-17 p 742)
• Wommack, John, Ens, Laurens Co, 22 July 1819 - 21 May 1823 (MR 1808-1829, p 40) [probably Warnock]
• Wommack, Wyley, 1st Lt, Wilkinson Co, 7 May 1834 - 25 Jan 1837 (MR 1829-1841 p 61); Capt, Wilkinson Co, 25 Jan 1837 (MR 1829-1841 p 125)
• Wommock, Mary. Mr Scruggs notifies the Senate that he will tomorrow move for the appointment of a committee to prepare & report a bill to secure to Mary Wommock, formerly Mary Hudson, a ngro woman given to her by deed from her grandfather, Robert Hudson, and to secure to the said Mary Wommock, formerly Mary Hudson, any property which she may hereafter acquire by Deed, Will or otherwise. SJ 1809, p 11.
• Womoch, Benjamin, Lieut, Emanuel Co, 28 Mar 1826 - 23 Mar 1830 (MR 1808-1829, p 166) [probably Warnock]

Alexander Womack of McMinn County, Tennessee

 There is a Find-a-Grave memorial for 'James Alexander Womack':  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27677828/james-alexander-womack

It shows a tombstone engraved with 'Womack, James Alexander, 1797-1877' and 'Freelove Thompson '1805 - 1877'.

This was not, of course, the original tombstone, but one added fairly recently, probably within the last 50 years, by well-meaning descendants meaning to honor their ancestors.  However, most of the information on the tombstone is incorrect.

Over the next few posts, I will go over mistakes on the tombstone, as well as some recently discovered information.

Topics:

• He did not die in 1877
• He was not born in 1797
• His name was not 'James Alexander Womack'
• Probable parents of second wife, Freelove Thompson
• Some clues to family of first wife, Mary Neal

To start with, he died in 1874, not 1877.

His will is a little hard to read, but says the will was probated in November 1874:

McMinn Co, TN Will Book G:259 (LDS Film #830196, image 159/507)

Last Will and Testament of Alexander Womac

State of Tennessee

McMinn County

Know all men by these presence that I Alexander Womac in the presents of mind do make this day my Will. I give to my wife Freelove, my land & stock, household & kitchen furniture, after the funeral expenses is paid and for Free Paris [sic, 'Farris'] still to work the farm and keep up the repairs & pay the taxes and take care of my wife so long as she lives and at her death I want all sold and equal divide made with all the children alike and Elizabeth to have to make her equal.  I wish this to be faithfully executed and in order that it be done I appoint James A. Womac to tend my business and to attend to my wifes trading and to attend at the death of the old woman to wind up this my will. Signed, Sealed, and delivered the presents of us this 11th day of May 1874. I also give my mare colt to Free Paris [sic, 'Farris'] & his wife Lucinda the loom day and date above for the

services in waiting on me.

Alexander his X mark Womac (Seal)

Witness

Thos Prince

Wm Calhoun

Probated Nov/74.

There is also the Bond for his son J A Womack, to be executor of the will.  The bond is clearly dated 5 Nov 1874, and signed 'James A Womac'.  (McMinn Co, TN, Bonds, Administrators & Executors, p.10, LDS Film # 004776241, image 37/843).  Also signing the bond were Daniel Wamack and S H McWhirter - from census records, this was Samuel H McWhirter, a physician in McMinn Co.

Also, McMinn Co, TN Court Minutes, Vol 1:134 (LDS Film # 008478623, image 100/532) - 2 Nov 1874, will of Alexander Womack proved by witnesses James Prince and William Calhoun, and James A Womack appointed executor.

Note that the clerk who copied the will into the will book made a couple mistakes:  Free Paris instead of Free Farris, and Thos [Thomas] Prince instead of James Prince.

Estate sale, 21 Nov 1874, by James A Womack, administrator, buyers were James Hammond, Free Farris, R A Womack, E L Womack and D Womack.  (McMinn Co, TN Inventories of Estates, 1:34, LDS Film # 004776242, image 36/403)

Thus, Alexander Womack died between 11 May 1874, when he signed his will, and 2 Nov 1874, when his will was probated.