Robert E. Burke Genealogy

Rev F E Burke, 1926-2011

2011-12-29T19:17:00.000-08:00

I just got back to my home in Marietta, GA from my grandfather's funeral yesterday in Fenton, Michigan. Rev F E Burke died last Thursday after a long battle with leukemia at his winter home in Zephyrhills, FL. I flew down to Florida last weekend to see him, thinking he did not have much time. He died four days after I left. Here is an obituary. He was an amazing man.

My grandmother, Thelma Clara Womack Burke, had a minor stroke the day before the funeral, likely brought on by the stress of her husband's death, and caring for him in the last several weeks of his life. She is 86. She is in the hospital in Flint, MI, and we are praying for her. She was able to leave the hospital for a while to attend my grandpa's funeral service. She is the most kindhearted lady I have ever known.

Thelma and her sister Jewell are the last surviving children of my great-grandparents, Olga Austin Womack (1897-1949) and Mary Ann "Mollie" Hill (1900-1991).

Between my job, my 2 young daughters, my pregnant wife (expecting a boy in late March), deaths and health problems, I have been pretty busy, but I definitely want to get back to genealogy soon.

Womack DNA Testing

2011-11-07T18:02:00.000-08:00

In late 2003, we began Y-DNA testing of male Womacks to see what we could find, eventually getting nearly 30 participants.

Y-DNA tests look at DNA on the Y-chromosome, which only males have - in fact, it is what makes someone a male. All the other chromosomes get mixed up randomly, half from the mother and half from the father, except for the Y-chromosome in boys. It gets passed from father to son, virtually unchanged, except for the occasional random mutation (which usually does no harm).

Surnames also usually pass from father to son. This does not always happen, of course, and we call that an NPE, for non-paternal event. It could happen because of an unwed mother, infidelity, adoption, name changes, or in very rare cases, a widow remarrying soon after she got pregnant from her first husband and unsure who the father was.

We all "knew" about the 5 Womack brothers of Henrico Co, VA in the late 1600s, so we expected that the tests would show one haplotype (a DNA grouping) for all Womacks. Imagine our surprise when we found three haplotypes!

Y-DNA testing is like genealogy, in that we are looking for the MRCA - Most Recent Common Ancestor. Our DNA tests showed three MRCAs:

Abraham Womack, wife unknown, who died in 1733 in Henrico Co, VA
Richard Womack "Jr", wife Elizabeth (possibly a Puckett), who died in 1723 in Henrico Co, VA (I'll discuss why the "Jr" is in quotes below)
William Womack, wife unknown, who died before Feb 1778 in Halifax Co, NC

The Y-DNA from these groups is so different from one another that a biological relationship along male lineage is impossible. For each of the 3 groups, we have descendants of 3 sons of each MRCA. Since each MRCA had 3 sons with the same Y-DNA, we know for certain that the biological father had the same Y-DNA. Thus, we know for certain the Y-DNA of each MRCA.

From our current understanding of the structure of the early Womack family, Richard "Jr" and William were the nephews of Abraham. Richard "Jr" was the son of Richard "Sr" and William was the son of John. We believed Richard "Sr" and John to be Abraham's brothers.

As a quick review, records from the late 1600s in Virginia spell out the relationships:

A court record states that Abraham Womack was the brother of William Womack, deceased.
In another court record, Abraham states that Richard, deceased, was his brother.
In Thomas Womack's will, he lists Abraham as his brother.
Deeds in Henrico and Charles City Cos, VA show Richard and John calling one another brothers.

So, from these records, we can construct a family of 5 brothers. There were also at least one or two sisters, but for Y-DNA purposes, we are interested in the brothers.

We know from Thomas' will that he died without children. We also know from the court record that mentioned William, brother of Abraham, that William also had no surviving children; otherwise there is no way that Abraham (as eldest surviving brother under the law of primogeniture) would have received two-thirds of William's estate. That leaves Abraham, Richard, and John as the only brothers who had children.

One of the most fascinating aspects of Womack genealogy is that the vast majority of European-descent Womacks in America descend from one of the three MRCAs above. Every Womack tested so far descends from one of these three MRCAs. By the time of the 1850 census, there were a handful of Womacks, mostly in New York, who were recent immigrants from England. These were far outnumbered by about 2700 Womacks of various spellings in the 1850 census who descend from the three MRCAs. These three MRCAs can all be traced to small area of Virginia, which I find amazing. That sort of thing almost never happens with a surname as common as Womack.

So, there are records stating that Abraham, William, Richard, John and Thomas were brothers. However, the Y-DNA of Abraham differs from that of Richard "Jr" (purported son of Richard "Sr"), and they both differ from that of William (purported son of John).

Here is what the DNA testing tells us about the Richard "Jr" line. On of the following two statements MUST be true:

Abraham and Richard "Sr" did NOT have the same biological father.
Richard "Sr" was NOT the biological father of Richard "Jr".

There is no way of getting around it. One of the above statements MUST BE TRUE, and the other is almost certainly false; there is a tiny possibility that both are true.

Likewise, for the William line, one of the following two statements MUST be true:

Abraham and John did NOT have the same biological father.
John was NOT the biological father of William.

My gut feeling is that whatever happened occurred in the first generation, when there were fewer extant records about what happened. Also, we must consider the personality of John Womack - he was a mean guy. I do not see him adopting children, and his wife, Mary Akin, was probably far too scared too ever be unfaithful.

My conclusion is that Abraham, Richard, and John had three different biological fathers. They may still have been half-brothers, if they all had the same mother. Having the same mother would be enough for them to call each other brothers. I have never seen an old deed or will where it says "I give to my half-brother some land", even though I know they were half-brothers. It was always "brother". (Brother could also mean brother-in-law.)

Note that we cannot currently say anything about the DNA of Richard "Sr" or of John. This is because we have DNA from only one son of each of these men. If we had DNA from a second son of each of these men, we could say more. This is why a DNA test of a descendant of Terry Womacks of Brown Co, OH is important, because he MAY descend from William Womack, son of Richard Sr. Likewise, a DNA test of the Womack/Waymack families from Prince George Co, VA would be helpful, although we may never know with certainty the exact lineage back to John due to the loss of records.

One theory is that two or more of the 5 original Womack brothers were adopted. If that is the case, then the one most likely to be a biological Womack was Abraham, being the oldest.

I personally don't buy the adoption theory. I don't think that people back then would have thought to spare a child's feelings about both parents dying by pretending the child was their own. I think those notions of a child's welfare are much more modern inventions. I have in fact seen many cases in the 1800s where a child's parents died, and they were raised by relatives, but never adopted and had their name-changed. That kind of formal adoption is also, I think, a fairly modern invention.

When a man died intestate (without a will) in the 1600s, his widow got one-third of the estate. In fact, a man could not make a will in which he gave his wife less than one-third. If we made a will, he was free to give her more, or even everything. If he made no will, the eldest son got two-thirds of the estate, and the rest of the kids got nothing. (These were the laws of primogeniture, which existed in America until after the Revolution. The idea was to keep estates from being sub-divided every generation until they were too small, which mattered in England, where people had run out of land for agriculture.)

However, if a man died without a will, and his eldest son was a minor (under 21), the son was appointed a guardian, even if his mother was alive. The term guardian is misunderstood by most people doing family history. Back then, a guardian generally did not look after the physical well-being of a child; rather they managed money and property on behalf of the child, until the child reached his majority and could be given the property.

If a child's family was too poor to take care of that child, the child was "bound out" as an apprentice to someone. As an apprentice, they lived with their "master". I believe that no child was bound out until they were somewhat self-sufficient, around age 5. Until then, they stayed with their mother if possible, maybe with the support of the Church of England (the only official church at the time, and in charge of the welfare of the poor). Often, even a child who had an inheritance coming when they turned 21 had to be bound out, because the mother was too poor. This was why women tended to marry again very quickly after their husbands died, so they would have sufficient income to keep their family intact. This led to the phrase "married well and often".

We know a tiny bit about Thomas Womack's mother, who was possibly the mother of all 5 Womack brothers. In 1685, Thomas Womack took Timothy Allen to Henrico Co, VA court to receive some items he had inherited from his mother (who was unfortunately not named), who was deceased by 1685. Thomas had apparently just turned 21 (which matches a court deposition 7 years later in which he stated he was 28), and was due his inheritance from Timothy Allen, who was apparently the guardian of Thomas' inheritance from his mother. It is likely that Thomas' mother had married Timothy Allen, since it was common for a step-father to become the guardian of the step-kids financial affairs.

Since Thomas Womack was promised certain items by his mother, that hints at the possibility she made a will, either written or nuncupative (oral). The records of Henrico Co, VA are pretty much all destroyed before 1677 or 1678, and spotty in coverage thereafter. This may mean that Thomas' mother was dead before 1678, or that her will was made after 1678, but lost in one of the gaps in the record books.

Timothy Allen also appears in Orphans Court records of Henrico Co, VA as the guardian the financial estate of Thomas Womack and Mary Womack, whose inheritance was in cattle. Timothy Allen made two reports to the Orphans Court (which met annually) in 1677 and 1678. The 1677 report states that Thomas and Mary were the orphans of William Womack. It does NOT say that that William was the father of Thomas and Mary, and given the results of the DNA tests, it is certainly questionable whether this William was their father, biological or otherwise.

This 1677 Orphans Court report by Timothy Allen is the one and only mention of this William Womack, unless this was William, the brother of Abraham. This is a very speculative theory, but perhaps the 1674 court decision, in which Abraham was awarded two-thirds of his brother William's estate, was not the final word. This court decision was made at the Virginia colony level, and thus escaped the loss of Henrico's records circa 1677, but the colonial records are also very spotty for this time period. Perhaps the court reversed the decision when someone found a will which William had wrote (again, the existence of this will is very speculative), in which William, having no children, had given his estate (minus the obligatory one-third dower to his widow) to all his siblings equally. The older siblings, being over 21, would have received their share immediately, but the minor children, Thomas and Mary, had their inheritance managed by Timothy Allen.

It is more likely that William, brother of Abraham, died without a will, living a widow and no children, which resulted in Abraham getting two-thirds of the estate by the laws of primogeniture.

If you have read this far, you have noticed that I have yet to mention William Womack "the Immigrant", purported father of the 5 Womack brothers of Henrico Co, VA.

First off, there is no evidence whatsoever of the Womack family in Virginia prior to 15 Mar 1672/3 (a land patent from Virginia colony to Richard Womack), which was in 1673 the way we reckon time nowadays. Before 1673, the Womack family could have fallen from the sky for all we know. Given that their neighbors were mostly colonists from England (plus a few from France and Holland), and that Womack is a common name in England, it is certain that they came from England. However, they may have arrived shortly before 1673, and thus all 5 brothers were born in England, not Virginia. Almost every Womack family tree in existence claims the 5 brothers were born in Virginia, but this is all unfounded speculation.

Of course, people will believe the Womacks were in Virginia prior to 1673, but due to record loss, we won't find any record of them. However, the land patent records seem fairly complete for many, many years prior to 1673, and the fact that no Womack appears with a land patent is suggestive that they were recent arrivals in 1673. (Claims that Womacks had land patents before 1673 are mistakes or frauds, given that the land patents have been transcribed for many years, are are freely available to view on the Library of Virginia website.)

Back to the William Womack who was mentioned in the 1677 Orphans Court report with orphans Thomas and Mary Womack. The terms orphan is misleading. It was a legal term. It did not mean necessarily that both or either parent was dead. It meant that somebody had left an inheritance to Thomas and Mary, and the orphans court records consisted of reports by the financial guardians of the inheritance. William could have been a grandfather or an uncle.

If this William Womack was the father of Thomas and Mary, then he was almost certainly not the father of all 5 brothers. The most rational interpretation of the DNA results does not allow that William was the biological father of all 5 brothers.

Certainly, the history of the Womacks before 1673 was more complex than we know. It is highly possible the William Womack who has always been assumed to be the father of the 5 Womack brothers was, in fact, an uncle.

There may have been another uncle, Richard Womack, who was the recipient of the two earliest Womack land patents in 1673, and this Richard died without children, willing his land to his namesake nephew, Richard Womack who married Mary Puckett. There is no proof of this. I find it more likely that our single record of Richard's age is incorrect. He deposed in 1679 that he was 24, but the clerk may have recorded his age incorrectly. Researchers have been disturbed that Richard patented land at 17 or 18, though it was possible. I think he was older. In any case, there is evidence that the Richard Womack who married Mary Puckett was in possession of the 1673 land patents when he died in 1684.

So, what happened to cause the DNA split in the Womack family? Who knows? Some more DNA testing may shed some light. DNA tests on Womacks from England would be very interesting.

One wild theory is that the "father" of the 5 brothers (maybe named William, maybe not) was the biological father of William and Abraham by his first wife, and after she died, he married a woman whose husband had just died, and unbeknownst to her, she was pregnant by her first husband, and they assumed the new husband was the father. Then, this happened again with a third wife who was pregnant when they married!

Whatever happened, we may never know. As stated above, I now find the adoption scenario a little fishy.

As a researcher, I say thank God for the DNA split. It has been incredibly helpful in narrowing down the Womack lines that the participants belong to. In a few cases, the DNA testing led us to historical evidence that proved a Womack lineage.

As promised above, I will explain why I put the "Sr" and "Jr" in quotes. All of the Sr, Jr, III, IV jazz is a complete and utter invention of family researchers. We use it as a method of differentiating individuals with the same name, particularly fathers and sons. I could do a full essay on Sr and Jr, but suffice it to say the meaning has changed over the years. In many years of looking at countless documents from the 1600s to the 1800s, I have never once seen a person referred to as "III" or "IV". I have seen people referred to as "Sr" and "Jr" only, and beyond that, other ways of differentiating, such as "John Womack by the River". The terms "Sr" and "Jr" signified only that there were two people in the same area with the same name who needed to be told apart. It did not imply a father-son relationship, and I have seen it applied between grandfather/grandson, uncle/nephew, and even two cousins. Usually, there was no need for a man to go by "Sr" until there was someone else by that name who was around 14-16 years old, and could legally begin witnessing documents. Also, an individual was often referred to a "Jr" when young (in relationship to a father, uncle, etc) and "Sr" when older (in relationship to a son, nephew, etc).

Thus, in the legal proceedings in Prince Edward Co, VA concerning the death of Richard Womack "IV", son of a Richard "III", the elder Richard is referred to as "Sr" and the younger as "Jr". Likewise, Richard Womack "Jr" in Henrico Co, VA is always referred to as just "Richard Womack". He was too young when his father, Richard "Sr" died in 1684 to need differentiation from his dad; and he died before his son, Richard "III", was old enough to need differentiation from.

Furthermore, what if Richard Womack "Sr" was not the first Richard in the line, and the father (of at least some of the 5 brothers) was a Richard??? Our labeling of Richard Sr, Jr, III, and IV would be totally incorrect. Another reason to take all the suffix jazz with a grain of salt.

John Womack, Mary Dargan

2011-10-23T20:43:00.000-07:00

A recent post on the Womack Rootsweb board states that the Timothy D Womack/Warmack of Yazoo Co, MS was Timothy Durgan Womack. Timothy was born circa 1787, from his Army enlistment record.

The Durgan middle name reminded me of a record I had seen in Fairfield Co, SC:

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume I
Number 1, Winter, 1973
Fairfield County Will Book 1, 1787-1792
SCMAR, Vol. I, Winter 1973, No. 1, p.20
Page 61. Return of Kemp Taliafero Strother as guardian to Elizabeth Dargan, now James. Upon inquiring into my wards affairs, I find that her father William Dargan made a Will whereby he gave his personalties to be equally divided between his three children and his real estate to his son William Dargan. That John Wammock who married the eldest daughter tore said will, and took out letters of Administration. John Wammock has sold and disposed of such real and personal estate. I have found the original will tho' tore, and have tried to establish the same in Georgia, but as his (i. e., Strother's) ward is now married, he presumes his trust is now at an end. I have received no part of her property, but have been at an expense of about Four pounds on account of said estate. 16 Mar. 1790.

The original of this record may be viewed at familysearch.org here:

* South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964
* Fairfield
* County Court, Estate records
* 1787-1792
* No File Description Available
* Image 32 of 78

Kemp T Stother also took John Wommack to court in Edgefield Co, SC

Edgefield County, South Carolina, minutes of the County Court, 1785-1795, by Brent Holcomb
July 1788 - Kemp T Stroather vs John Wonack. Attmt. Judgement by default.
Oct 1789 - Kemp T Strother vs John Wommack discontinued.

Fairfield Co, SC is in the center of SC, while Edgefield Co, SC is on the border with Georgia, across from Burke Co, GA and Richmond Co, GA in the 1780s. Note that SC counties were called "Districts" at this time.

From what I could gather online, Kemp Taliaffero Strother was the son of William Strother and Catherine Dargan, and Catherine Dargan was the daughter of Timothy Dargan. This Dargan family is apparently mentioned in records of several central SC counties. Timothy Dargan also had a son William Dargan, and he appears to be the William Dargan mentioned as deceased by Kemp T Strother in 1790. This William Dargan had three children: an unnamed eldest daughter who married John Womack, Elizabeth Dargan who married a Mr James (according to Kemp T Strother's statement), and William Dargan Jr. Kemp T Strother was the first cousin of Elizabeth Dargan James, and acted as her guardian until she married.

The 1762 will of Timothy Dargan of Berkley Co, SC mentions children including William Dargan and Catherine Strother.

Also, Kemp T Strother's statement in 1790 mentions that he tried to establish the will in Georgia, implying that William Durgan Sr had property there.

Next, I found the following in the "General Name File" at the Georgia Archives:

Womack, Mary

Mr. Henderson presented a petition from Mary Womack, in behalf of herself and the other heirs of William Durgan, deceased. S.J. 1808, p.61. {Note that S.J. means "Senate Journal", the journal kept by the GA State Senate.

So, now we know that John Womack married Mary Dargan/Durgan, daughter of William Dargan.

Also, I found an earlier record of William Dargan, Jr:

Dargan, William

(Petition) From William Dargan praying to be taken from the act of banishment and to become a citizen he being at the time of passing the same and is still a minor. The committee are of opinion he be admitted as a citizen as the legislature has restored the estate of William Dargan to his children of which the petitioner is one, which was agreed to. House Journal, 1785, p.244.

Also, this:

Durgan, William

Monday the 10th of November 1800. Mr. Simms gave notice that he would tomorrow move for a Committee to be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill entitled "An Act to restore to the heirs of William Durgan all the personal estate of the said Durgan, that remains unsold by the State, who was on thee act of confiscation and banishment". H.J. 1800, p.47 {House Journal}. Nov. 13, 1800. Mr. Simms from the committee appointed reported a bill to be entitled "An act to grant certain privileges to Enoch James and others, the legal representatives of William Durgan, late of Burke County, deceased". H.J. 1800, p.59.

From this we find that the Mr. James that Elizabeth Dargan married was Enoch James. There is also a GA "General Name File" card for an Enoch James, probably the same one, that states he was an ensign in Wilkes Co, GA militia on 3 Apr 1793.

In March, 1782, the State of Georgia passed a law which punished certain people for supporting the British side during the Revolutionary War. Their property was to confiscated, and they were banished from the state, forced to leave within 60 days. The long list of people is broken up by county, and William Durgin appears under Burke County, GA.

Several people on the list appear to have not been banished. Rather, they "amerced", which means they simply payed a large fine and were able to stay, although their rights to vote or hold public office were restricted. Another way to prevent banishment was apparently to join the army as a soldier. In August 1782, William Dargan is listed as dead, from Burke Co, GA, among others who amerced or became soldiers.

In January, 1783, the GA House of Assembly heard a petition from "Mary Durgan & Sister."

So, it appears that William Dargan of Burke co, GA, son of Timothy Dargan, supported the British during the Revolutionary War. A fairly large percentage of the American population did support the British, and felt the American Revolution was wrong. William Dargan was dead by August 1782, but his children spent many years trying to recover his estate which the State of Georgia confiscated. From various records, the three children of William Dargan were Mary Dargan (married John Womack); Elizabeth Dargan (married Enoch James); and William Dargan Jr.

Robert Bean and Martha Womack

2011-10-12T19:44:00.000-07:00

Much new information has come to light on Robert Bean and his wife Martha Womack, and how they fit into the larger Bean and Womack families.

The claim that Robert Bean's wife was Martha Womack, and that she was the daughter of Jacob Womack of Watauga, was made by Lowry Franklin Owens (1864-1953). Note that historical evidence has verified that Martha was a Womack, but she was not the daughter of Jacob Womack.

Womack researcher Beth Walton found this:

Lucy Estelee Beene Rankin, a descendant of Robert Bean and Martha Womack wrote "The Bean Tree" Here is an exact excerpt from the book, written by Lowry Franklin Owens, great grandson of Robert Bean an Martha Womack:

".....Grandmother's father, Robert Bean fought in the War against the British, and I've often heard them tell that he was a "deadshot" with his rifle, and in one battle he killed the commanding officer, but I do not remember the name of the Battle, but he fought with a General Clarke from George as did others of his Watauga neighbors. I remember they talked a lot about the Battle of King's Mountain and as well as I can recollect this was near the North and South Carolina border.

Great grandfather Bean married Martha Womack (she was nicknamed "Patsey") soon after coming to the Watauga, and her father, Jacob Womack, was one of the early settlers there. After the close of the War, Robert and Martha Bean with their chldren began to move south through Tenessee and except for a brief say in Georgia, settled in Franklin County, Tennessee. He moved over to the adjoining County of Marion after it was formed and died there about 1824."

Also:

Verbatim: '.....On 7 Sep 1951 he wrote, " I, Lowry Franklin Owens am eighty seven years old, and was born the 21st day of April, 1864, in Old Tishomingo County (now Prentiss County), Mississippi; and as the last living grandson of Rhoda Bean and John Owens, I have been requested to write a short history of my family, which I will endeavor to do to the best of my knowledge........"

".......Grandfather John Owens was a very remarkable man as he lived to be 114 years, 6 months, 2 weeks of age and I remember him well as he died in 1877 when I was about thirteen years old. He would tell me he was nearly twice as old as his wife when they married. He was about thirty-five and Grandmother Rhoda was only eighteen, and yet he outlived Grandmother and married again, * cut his third set of teeth *, and his eyesight returned all after he was ninety years old. He is buried in the Old Forked Oak Cemetery about half a mile from the present Church and Cemetery on land now owned by Joe Moss in the 4th Distict of Prentiss County, Mississippi. Grandmother Rhoda Bean Owens died in Jackson County, Alabama before Grandfather moved here to Mississippi in 1848.

Grandfather John Owens fought as a young man in western North Carolina against the British and Tories as his father and family were Whigs. After the Revolutionary War was over several years, he married Rhoda Bean, and some of her people spelled the name Beene. Grandfather was born in North Carolina, but Grandmother Rhoda was born in what is now Tennessee, as her father Robert Bean had come as a young man with his parents from Virginia and settled on the Watauga."

Some tall tales to be sure. The exaggeration of the age of John Owens' age, for example, is addressed here.

The notion that Robert Bean and his wife Martha Womack were related to the Beans and Womacks of Watauga was wide-spread. Francis Marion Womack claimed the Watauga Womacks and Beans as kin in his 1905 letter; he was the nephew of the Levi Womack who married Martha Bean, daughter of Robert Bean and Martha Womack, and he mentions Bean's Creek several times.

Bean researchers found a Bible record of Robert Bean and Martha Womack's family. I transcribed it here, from records I ordered from National Archives. It is important to note that Martha's maiden name is not given in the bible record. From the bible, we learn that Robert Bean was born 3 May 1764, and his wife Martha was born 20 Mar 1758.

I was somewhat doubtful that Robert Bean's wife was even a Womack. Then I found this history of the Cothern family (this is a large PDF file). The Cothern surname is spelled many ways. Charles Cawthon married Elizabeth Womack in Virginia. Some time after Charles died, Elizabeth Womack Cawthon and her family moved to Franklin Co, GA, near where Robert Bean's family lived.

Elizabeth Womack Cawthon's uncle, William Womack, died in 1790 in Charlotte Co, VA. He was around 80 years old, and although he had married at least twice, he had no children. He had a fairly large estate of land and slaves. Some of that went to his widow, but the rest was split between his siblings. However, most of his siblings were dead by 1790, so it went to their children or grandchildren. There were several chancery cases in Charlotte Co, VA (which can be found on the Library of Virginia site) involving William Womack's estate. The Virginia Historical Society has the Asa Dupuy papers; Asa Dupuy was one of the many people who administered William Womack's estate, and his papers, along with the Charlotte Co, VA chancery cases, are a wealth of information on a large part of the Womack family. The William Womack estate is a vast topic, beyond the scope of this essay.

Frederick Stevilie was Elizabeth Womack Cawthon's lawyer, and he corresponded with Asa Dupuy in letters transcribed in the Cothern book PDF. In one letter dated 23 Apr 1814, he mentions Robert Bean and his wife:

... the Children of Abner Womack, and of John Spradlin all lived in the uppermost parts of Georgia, and are all seperated by removall to Different parts of the the Western Country, that the Cost would overrun the profit, to attempt to collect their parts [long blot] There are some of the Grand Children of John Spradlin living in Georgia, and James McBees wife Sally & Robert Beans wife were I believe the Children of Abner Womack. McBees wife Lives in Franklin or Jackson County Georgia & Bean is gone to the Western parts.

A couple words of explanation and caution:

Abner Womack was NOT the father of Martha Womack Bean and Sarah "Sally" Womack McBee. Frederick Stevilie was mistaken on this point. Abner Womack was the much younger half-brother of Elizabeth Womack Cawthon. Abner Womack fought in the Revolutionary War, and received a pension while living in Butler Co, KY; his pension application reveals he was born in 1764, after Martha Womack Bean was born in 1758, so no way was Abner her father. In fact, the Cothern book PDF also has a letter from the lawyer of Abner Womack of Butler Co, KY to Asa Dupuy concerning Abner's share of his uncle William Womack's estate. I will discuss the actual Womack father of Martha Womack Bean and Sarah "Sally" Womack McBee below.
The John Spradlin mentioned by Stevilie was John Spradling, husband of Mary Womack, sister to Elizabeth Womack Cawthon.
By the "Western Country", Stevilie just meant west of north-east Georgia, which included Middle Tennessee, where Robert Bean had moved.

The letter from Frederick Stevilie to Asa Dupuy was my proof that Martha, wife of Robert Bean, was really a Womack. Furthermore, the letter places Martha Womack Bean in the Womack family related to the William Womack who died in 1790 in Charlotte Co, VA. This is important, because it places Martha in an entirely different Womack DNA lineage than that of Jacob Womack of Watauga, who was claimed by Lowry Franklin Owens to be Martha's father.

The letter also revealed a previously unknown sister for Martha, Sarah Womack, wife of James McBee. In the Francis Marion Womack letter (mentioned above), he stated that "There were many of the Beans, McBees, Pains, and other families connected to father's family" in the Swedens Cove area of Marion County Tennessee; and he also state that his uncle, William "Buck" Womack married a McBee, whom we know from census records was Sarah McBee (she was quite likely a daughter or granddaughter of James McBee and Sarah Womack). James McBee was the brother of Joanna McBee, wife of Robert Walters of Franklin Co, GA, who had 4 Walters children who married 4 Cawthon children of Elizabeth Womack Cawthon.

This will likely be a two or three parter essay, and I will continue later.

Chronology of Abraham Womack, married first Martha Mitchell, married second Martha Watkins

2011-10-02T18:39:00.000-07:00

Abraham Womack, who married first Martha Mitchell, and married second Martha Watkins, was the son of Richard Womack (III) and Ann Childers. Abraham was likely the third eldest son, with Richard IV and Jacob being older.

The dates given for Abraham's birth and death are just plain wrong, or to be taken with a large grain of salt. The dates likely come from his grandson, John Warburton Womack, or John's son-in-law, General Marcus J Wright, CSA. The death date of 9 Dec 1804 is wrong, since Abraham's estate was probated in 1797. Likewise, the dates given for Abraham's first wife, Martha Mitchell, are suspect.

Ann McDonald's site, WomackHunter, gives great info on Abraham's descendants.

22 Apr 1742, Abraham Womack born, according to John Warburton Womack bio. This was in Virginia, likely Amelia County (Richard Womack purchased land there 23 Apr 1741).

7 May 1748, Martha Mitchell born according to John Warburton Womack bio. Ann McDonald's site gives Martha birth date as 4 Mar 1744.

Sep 1758, Abraham Womack listed as a private in the Lunenburg Co, VA militia - see Hening's Statutes at Large, search for Womack. Note that John Mitchell follows Abraham, likely Abraham's future brother-in-law. This was during the French and Indian War.

Aug 1761, Orange Co, NC Court minutes, 57-252, "Ordered that Richard Womack, Jacob Womack, Abraham Womack, Josiah Aldey {sic, Richard Womack's son-in-law}, Robert McFarland, Andrew Evans, Frederick Kerlock, Robert Donaldson, Hugh Barnet, William Barnet, William Chambers Jr, Edward Chambers & John Hurley be appointed a jury to lay out and open a road to begin where the road from the County line crosses the road leading from where John Pryor, Esq lives to Orange County house, thence ... to .. Granville County line, and that Edward Chambers, Robert McFarland & Thomas Douglas be appointed overseers."

John Pryor was the future father-in-law of two of Abraham's brothers, David and John. Robert McFarland was the father of James Harris McFarland, who married Abraham's daughter Cicely. Thomas Douglas later sold land to Abraham.

Note that the Richard Womack extended family settled in the part of Orange Co, NC which became Caswell in 1777, and Person in 1792. Another Abraham Womack, married to Elizabeth Stubblefield, lived in western Orange Co, NC (almost on the Guilford, later Rockingham, County line) at the same time. Care must be taken to distinguish the two Abrahams.

31 Mar 1763, Granville Co, NC marriages - Womack, Abraham & Martha Mitchel, spinster; John Mitchel bondsman; Jno Bowie witness. {Granville is just to the east of modern Person Co, NC.}

12 Nov 1765, Orange Co, NC, deed registered from Thomas Douglass to Abraham Womack for 166 acres. {Almost certainly part of a 266 acres Lord Granville patent to Thomas Douglas (patent book 14, p.385) dated 7 Jun 1761, for 266 acres in Orange Co on Hico Creek, adjoining John Pryor and others. Hico Creek flows from eastern Caswell into northwest Person Co, NC, very near Halifax Co, VA, where Abraham married his second wife, Martha Watkins. There is no record of when Abraham sold this land.}

12 May 1767, Orange Co, NC, deed registered from John Tabor to Abraham Womack for 205 acres. {Abraham sold this land on 30 Mar 1772, below.}

30 Mar 1772, Orange Co, NC, Orange Co, NC Deed Book 3, p.483, dated 30 Mar 1772, Abraham Womack of Orange to Alexander Davison of same, 205 acres, W side of May Creek {sic, Mayo Creek in modern north-east Person Co, NC}, on Thomas King's line, formerly Philip Pryor's.

3 Sep 1771, St. George Parish, GA {later Burke Co, GA; the area where the Womacks lived is modern Jefferson Co, GA}. Georgia Land Owner's Memorial 1758-1776. John Womack, 100 acres, St. George Parish, 2/100, 14 Dec 1771. Bounded on NW by John Emanuel, SW by Richd Womack and Peter Grant, other sides vacant. Granted to self 3 Sep 1771. Signed by Abraham Womack for John Womack.

1771-1775 - The state records of North Carolina, Volume 9, Part 1, undated petition to Gov Josiah Martin (who was gov from 1771-1775) from the inhabitants of Orange Co to split the county; among signers: David Womack and Abraham Womack (in a row); John Womack.

15 Nov 1773, St. George Parish, GA - Richard Womack of St George to son Jesse Womack, slave Tom, witnessed by Abraham Womack and Martha (her M mark) Womack; proved by Abraham Womack 9 Dec 1773.

2 July 1776 - Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia - Journal of the Council of Safety, 2 Jul 1776, The following gentlemen were recommended and approved as Magistrates for the District of Queensborough {another name for St. George Parish}: Abraham Wammock among others.

1777, Caswell Co, NC formed from northern half of Orange Co. See Map of Orange Co, NC districts.
Caswell Co, NC 1777 tax list:

Abraham Womack & Wyatt Stubblefield in Caswell Dist {north-west Caswell Co; this is the other Abraham Womack married to Elizabeth Stubblefield.}
David Womack in Nash Dist {north-east Caswell, modern north-east Person; this was Abraham's brother.}
John Womack in St. Lukes Dist {south-central Caswell, modern south-west Person; this was Abraham's brother.}

Abraham Womack who married Martha Mitchell was NOT in Caswell Co, NC in 1777, as is sometimes asserted. Nor was he in Caswell in the 1780 tax list; the Abraham Womack in that list is also easily shown to be Abraham married to Elizabeth Stubblefield.

However, by the 1784 Caswell tax list, Abraham Womack who married Martha Mitchell was back in Caswell. The 1784 tax list shows the following Womacks:

Abram Womack and Wyate Stubblefield in Caswell Dist {north-west Caswell Co; this is the other Abraham Womack married to Elizabeth Stubblefield.}
David Womack in Nash Dist {north-east Caswell, modern north-east Person; this was Abraham's brother.}
Abram Womack in St. Lawrence Dist; mentions 305 acres on Storeys Creek {north-central Caswell, modern north-west Person; this was Abraham Womack who married Martha Mitchell.}
John Womack in St. Lukes Dist {south-central Caswell, modern south-west Person; this was Abraham's brother.}

Few Womack researchers realize that Abraham Womack who married Martha Mitchell returned to Caswell Co, NC for a few years before moving back to Georgia.

1 Nov 1782 - Caswell Co, NC Deed Book B, p.7 - Joshua Browning of Caswell to Abraham Womack of same, for 247 lbs, 305 A on w side of Storey's Cr adj Roger Atkinson. 1 Nov 1782. Wit: Jno Atkinson, Thos. Neely.

1 Dec 1782 - death date for Martha Mitchell Womack, first wife of Abraham, from Ann McDonald's site.

3 Nov 1783 - Wilkes Co, GA, Abraham Womack warrant for 500 acres, warrant dated 3 Nov 1783; surveyed 6 Nov 1783; on Gravils Creek, near Powels Creek of Ogechee, bounding on all sides by vacant land. {Note this land was granted on 13 Dec 1785, below.}

3 Nov 1783 - Wilkes Co, GA, Abraham Womack warrant for 300 acres, warrant dated 3 Nov 1783; surveyed 6 Nov 1783; on the head of Harden's Creek of Little River, bounded by vacant land on all sides. {Note this land was granted on 28 May 1789, below.}

So, Abraham took a trip to GA in fall 1783 to find some land.

The locations of the grants are interesting.

The 500 acres was in Wilkes Co, GA until 3 Feb 1786 when Greene Co was formed; in Greene Co, GA until 17 Dec 1793 when Hancock Co was formed; in Hancock Co, GA until 24 Dec 1825 when Taliaferro Co was formed; and in Taliaferro Co, GA since (slightly north of Powelton, GA).

The 300 acres was in Wilkes Co, GA until 19 Dec 1793 when Warren Co was formed; in Warren Co, GA until 24 Dec 1825 when Taliaferro Co was formed; and in Taliaferro Co, GA since (in the vicinity of Hillman, GA). So, both of Abraham's plots of land wound up in Taliaferro Co, GA, one of the smallest counties in GA.

25 Nov 1784 - Caswell Co, NC Deed Book C, p.10 - Abraham Womack of Caswell to Joshua Browning of same, for 247 lbs, 305 A on w side of Storey's Cr adj Roger Atkinson. 1 Nov 1782. Wit: Hiram Howard, Jno Atkinson.

Note that Hiram Howard was Abraham's son-in-law, married to his daughter Lucretia. See Hiram's will. Note that Howard researchers have no proof whatsoever that Lucretia was a Farrar.

13 Dec 1785, Abraham Womack granted 500 acres in Wilkes Co, GA. Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909 > Colonial Records Register of grants, 1785-1786, v. III (page 366) > Image 389 of 920. Registered 20 Dec 1785.

22 Jan 1787 - Caswell Co, NC marriages. James H McFarland to Cisley Womack; James Robinson bondsman; Ald. Murphey witness. {Of course, Abraham was in Caswell Co, NC for the marriage of his daughter!}

1786-1787 - Abstracts of Granville Co, NC; Court Minutes 1786-1787, p.46 - Betsey Yancey, Abraham Womack paid as witnesses in case of Wm Neal vs. Jno Mitchel.

Some time between about 1782 and 1787, Abraham must have married his second wife, Martha Watkins. See the will of William Watkins in Halifax Co, VA.

28 May 1789, Abraham Womack granted 300 acres in Wilkes Co, GA. Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909 > Colonial Records > Register of grants, 1789, v. SSS (page 212) > Image 261 of 726. Registered 1 Jun 1789.

I will continue later.

Ansearchin Archives

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See http://tngs.org/

Here are the Womack references for issues before 1980:

1954-1959 - vague Womack queries

1960-1 - Query - Womack/McBride

1960-2 - Sumner Co, TN - 1799 petition - Warmmick, Wammick

1960-3 - Query - Womack/Gray (Lincoln Co)

1961-2 - Henry Co, TN marriages - Warmick (ACTUALLY is Warnick)

1961-3 - Bedford Co, TN - 1812 tax list - Warmick, Warmith

1962-1 - Query - Womack/McBride

1962-4 - Stewart Co, TN court - Warmack, Warmock (ACTUALLY IS Warnick)

1965-2 - Womack/Knowles Bible

1965-4 - Haywood Co, TN will book - Wamack

1966-1 - Query - Bean/Womack

1966-3 - Meigs Co, TN schools - Womack

1967-4 - Sevier Co, TN - 1799 petition - Wammick

1968-1 - Tennesseans in Texas - Womack

1968-2 - Cannon Co, TN cemetery - Womack; West TN Land grants - Womack; Query - Buckner/Womack

1968-3 - Sumner Co, TN marriages - Womack, also Womock (ACTUALLY is Warnick)

1969-1 - Haywood Co, TN cemetery - wamack; Query - Abraham Womack/Judith Minter

1969-3 - Baptist Church, Memphis, TN - Womack

1970-2 - Cocke Co, TN court - Wamac; Cocke Co, TN 1840 Cenus - Wormick(?)

1970-3 - Fayette Co, TN 1840 Census - Wamack; Benton Co, TN marriages - Warmack; Benton Co, TN Confederate Vets - Warmack

1970-4 - Sumner & Wilson Co, TN 1807 petition - Womack

1971-1 - Shelby Co, TN / Memphis yellow fever epedemic - Wamack, Womock

1971-2 - Carroll Co, TN 1840 Census - Womack

1971-3 - White Co, TN 1840 Census - Wommack, Wormack; White Co, TN 1811 tax list - Wammick, Womack, Wammock

1971-4 - Franklin Co, TN 1812 Tax List - Womack

1972-1 - West TN Land Grants - Wormack

1972-2 - Sumner Co, TN marriages - Wormack; Jackson Co, TN 1802 tax list - Wamack

1972-3 - Warren Co, TN 1812 tax list - Wamack

1973-1 - Haywood Co, TN 1840 Census - Womack

1973-2 - Lawrence co, TN marriages - Womack

1973-3 - Smith Co, TN wills - Warmack Parker

1973-4 - Smith Co, TN wills - Womack

1974-1 - Shelby Co, TN 1850 Census - Wommack, Womach

1974-2 - Bedford Co, TN cemetery - Womach; Shelby Co, TN 1850 Census - Wommack, Womach

1974-4 - Lawrence Co, TN marriages - Wammack, Wommack

1975-1 - Fayette Co, TN 1836 tax list - Wormack

1975-4 - Davidson Co, TN 1840 Census - Wamack; Fayette Co, TN 1836 tax list - Womack

1976-1 - Bedford Co, TN 1840 Census - Wammock

1977-1 - citizen south of French Broad & Holston Rivers 1813 petition - Womack; Wilson Co, TN marriages - Warmock

1977-2 - Wilson Co, TN marriages - Wormack

1977-3 - Wilson Co, TN marriages - Wamack

1978-2 - Wilson Co, TN marriages - Womack

1978-3 - Index to Questionnaires of Civil War soldiers - Womack

1978-4 - Warren Co, TN deeds - Womack; Wilson Co, TN marriages - Womock, Warmack

1979-1 - Warren Co, TN deeds - Womack

1979-2 - Warren Co, TN deeds - Wamack, Womack

1979-4 - Warren Co, TN deeds - Wamack; Humphreys Co, TN 1840 Census - Wormack

Womacks in Orange County, North Carolina

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From Register of Orange County, North Carolina Deeds, 1752-1768, and 1793, transcribed by Eve B. Weeks.

Blogger is not so good at displaying my HTML table, so you may have to scroll way down the page to see it.

The story of early Orange Co, NC deeds is interesting. Orange Co, NC was formed in 1752. Womacks first appear in the later 1750s. For Womack research, we are only interested in Orange Co up until 1777, when Caswell Co was formed from Orange.

Much later, Jacob Pryor Womack and wife Ann "Nancy" Faddis would live in Orange Co, NC. Also, there was a Warnock family living in Orange Co which is sometimes confused with Womack; James Warnock (married to Margaret "Peggy" Bradford) was mistakenly listed in the 1810 Census of Orange as James Womack.

The Womacks in Orange Co, NC lived in the northern half of Orange which became Caswell in 1777. Richard Womack III and his descendants lived in the northeast area which became Person Co, NC in 1792. To the east was Granville Co, NC, where some of Richard's descendants have records.

Abraham Womack and his wife Elizabeth Stubblefield lived on Hogans Creek, in the northwest corner of Orange, very near the western border of Orange. On the other side of that border, to the west, was Rowan Co, until 1770 when Guilford Co was formed, then Rockingham, formed from Guilford in 1785. Abraham Womack (husband of Elizabeth Stubblefield) and his descendants have records in early Guilford Co, NC, and later in Rockingham Co, NC.

There is some confusion between the two Womack groups in early Orange/Caswell, since David Womack (son of John, son of Richard III) moved before 1810 from Person Co, NC to western Caswell, very near the Abraham Womack/Elizabeth Stubblefield clan. When David Womack died, his land was surveyed by Josiah Womack, who was the surveyor for Caswell Co at the time. This has led many to jump to the conclusion that Josiah was David's brother. However, it is well established that Josiah was the son of Abraham Womack & Elizabeth Stubblefield - he was named as Abraham's son and executor in his will, for one thing.

Near the end of the Revolutionary War, in 1781, a Loyalist named James Munro, whose property and business papers has been confiscated, took most of the Orange Co, NC deed books up to that point, and buried them, to use as ransom to get his possessions back. Some sources say the deed books just rotted in the ground, but others say they were found and dug up, heavily damaged. However, if they had been copied at that moment, more would have been saved. Instead, the county procrastinated for many years, before finally hiring a clerk to copy those deeds that were not too far gone.

Thus, the Orange Co, NC deeds from 1752-1781 were mostly destroyed. The remaining deeds (as I understand the story) are in three books.: Deed Book 1, which is the one volume of deeds from 1755-1756 that James Munro did not bury; Deed Book 2, which contains deed which were brought in for re-recording; and Deed Book 3, which contains the deeds which were buried, but were not too far gone to copy. There are a couple of mentions of Womacks in Deed Book 3.

Luckliy, there is another record that somewhat fills the gap. An Orange Co, NC clerk made a ledger of deeds from 1752-1768, with same basic information, such as grantor, grantee, etc. This ledger is in the NC Archives. That narrows the gap to 1768-1777 (when Caswell was formed), and there must have been some Womack deeds in that period, since they are mentioned in later records.

Some notes on the ledger entries

Most of the Womacks mentioned below were the Richard Womack III clan. He is mentioned, as well as his sons Jacob and Abraham. These records refer to two different Abraham Womacks.

The deed of Robert Stubblefield to Abraham Womack refers to Abraham married to Elizabeth Stubblefield (Robert's daughter). The same court session, the deed from Robert Stubblefield to his son Richard was also recorded, and I copied that entry as well. Note that Wyatt Stubblefield witnessed both deeds. In 1816, both Richard and Wyatt Stubblefield deposed for Josiah Womack's claim on the estate of his great-uncle, William Womack of Charlotte Co, VA. Note also, that in Caswell Co, NC Deed Book CC, p.64, Josiah Womack sold 300 acres on Hogans Creek, and the deed says the land was made up of two deeds from Robert Stubblefield to Abraham Womack, and a grant from the state of NC to Abraham Womack.

All the other mentions of Abraham Womack in the ledger below were Abraham Womack, son of Richard III. This Abraham purchased 166 acres from Thomas Douglass, and 205 acres from John Tabor (who was possibly the son of a Rachel Womack from a different Womack line, though that is a different story).

The 166 acres Abraham purchased from Thomas Douglass was almost certainly part of a 266 acres Lord Granville patent to Thomas Douglas (patent book 14, p.385) dated 7 Jun 1761, for 266 acres in Orange Co on Hico Creek, adjoining John Pryor and others. Hico Creek flows from eastern Caswell into northwest Person Co, NC, very near Halifax Co, VA, where Abraham married his second wife, Martha Watkins. John Pryor was the father-in-law of both David Womack, and John Womack, Abraham's brothers. There is no surviving record of when Abraham sold the 166 acre tract.

The 205 acres that Abraham purchased from John Tabor was later sold by Abraham in 1772. This is one of the 2 0r 3 mentions of Womacks in Orange Co, NC deeds before 1781. Orange Co, NC Deed Book 3, p.483, dated 30 Mar 1772, Abraham Womack of Orange to Alexander Davison of same, 205 acres, W side of May Creek {sic, Mayo Creek in modern NE Person Co, NC}, on Thomas King's line, formerly Philip Pryor's. Again, we have the Pryor connection.

Court	Grantor	Grantee	Acres	Type of Deed	Witness
14 Aug 1759	Hugh Barnett	Richard Womack	200	Sale	Acknowledged
14 May 1764	Richard Wamack	William Hawkins	189	Sale	Jacob Womack
13 Nov 1764	Hosea Tapley	Thomas Wilson Jr	195	Sale	Jacob Womack
13 Aug 1765	Robert Stublefield	Abraham Womach	150	Sale	Wyatt Stubblefield
13 Aug 1765	Robert Stubblefield	Richard Stubblefield	150	Sale	Wyatt Stubblefield
12 Nov 1765	Thomas Douglass	Abraham Womack	166	Sale	Jeremiah Harrison
12 May 1767	John Tabor	Abraham Womack	205	Sale	George Flynn
12 May 1767	Hosea Tapley	John Pryor	201	Sale	Acknowledged by Hosea Tapley
12 May 1767	John Payne	John Payne ?	380	Sale	Abraham Womack
12 May 1767	John Tabor	Issac Jackson	200	Sale	Abraham Womack

Two Abner Womacks born in 1799

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The Bible of William Womack lists two Abner Womacks born in 1799:

Abner C. Womack was born November 24, 1799.
Abner Womack was born February 8, 1799.

The second date, 8 Feb 1799, almost matches the 7 Feb 1799 birth date of Abner C Womack in the Samuel Hand Bible. It was this Abner C Womack who was the son of Abner Womack (10 Feb 1769) and Martha Byars (31 Dec 1774).

So, who was the Abner C Womack born 24 Nov 1799? I am pretty sure it was Abner, son of William Womack and Lucy Womack, who was born in 1799, according to a letter written by his son. It appears that Lucy Womack named a son Abner after her brother, about 10 months after Abner's son Abner was born.

Samuel Hand / Abner C Womack Bible

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From the Revolutionary Was pension application of Samuel Hand of Warren Co, TN (NC W10). footnote.com, p.16

Samuel Hand born the 11th of June 1761

My son Elkins Hand born the 12th of October 1783

My daughter Affee Hand born the 10th of March 1786

My daughter Temperance Hand born the 28th of February 1788

My son James C hand born the 10th of March 1793

My daughter Elizabeth Hand born the 3rd of September 1795

My daughter Jene Hand born the 18th of January 1798

My daughter Asenath Hand born the 27 of May 1804

My son Samuel Hand born the 19 of March 1804

My daughter Harriett Hand born the 16 of December 1809

My daughter Nancy Hand born the 20 of October 1812

Abner C Womack Jur was born in the year of our lord February the 7th 1799.

Asenath Womack was born the 27th of May 1804

Elizabeth Womack was born May the 11th 1822

William Pinkny Womack was born March the 31 1824

Samuel M Womack was born April the 21 1826

Maryan P Womack was born November the 10 1829

Abner Monroe Womack was born February 10 1832

James Jackson Womack was born July 7 1834.

[end of Bible record]
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The final person listed was Capt James J Womack: http://home.freeuk.net/gazkhan/tenn_orig_13-womack.htm

Note that he was an early Womack genealogist and wrote a letter circa 1909 that was reprinted in Womack Genealogy, VOL. IV, NO. 1 - JUNE 1960 - WHOLE NO. 7.

Tallapoosa Marriages - Video

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My first attempt at a YouTube video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL56lKTv7B0

Tallapoosa Co, AL marriages

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Tallapoosa Co, AL marriages - http://gsofea.org/documents/tallapoosa_marriages_vol_1.pdf

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGE RECORDS
Volume 1
1834-1863

James W Wamack and Elizabeth Lansford, no date, but between marriage in May 1844 - son of Thomas J Womack & Esther Goss
William T Kimbrough and Martha A Hamack [Wamack], 16 Jun 1844, G W Womack bondsman - dau of Bird Womack & Ann LNU
Henry N Womack and Amanda Knight, 27 Mar 1845 - son of Bird Womack & Ann LNU
James Wamack and Elizabeth A Sentell, 11 May 1845 - son of Thomas J Womack & Esther Goss
David N Bishop and Caroline Warmack, 17 Dec 1848 - unknown
John W Wormack and Mary E Dover, 20 Jul 1852 - son of Thomas J Womack & Esther Goss
Richard F Wallis and Martha J Warmock, 23 Jul 1854 - dau of Joel W Womack & Sarah Matthews
Henry Womack and Mrs Selena White, 17 Nov 1855 -son of Bird Womack & Ann LNU
William Womack and Harriet Smith, 13 Nov 1860 - son of Joel W Womack & Sarah Matthews
Lemuel Smith and Mary Hammock [Wammock], 15 Dec 1860, William Womack bondsman - dau of Joel W Womack & Sarah Matthews

Bacon and Womack Families of Georgia

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I recently discovered the death certificate of Ebenezer P Womack, son of John B Womack and his wife Keturah. The death certificate gives Keturah's maiden name as Bacon. I had long suspected Keturah was a Bacon due to names of her sons - Stokes Bacon Womack, and Lyddall B Womack. Lyddall's middle initial of B was almost certainly for Bacon, after the many men named Lyddall Bacon.

In 17th century Virginia, Edmund Bacon married Anne Lyddall, and several of their descendants were named Lyddall Bacon. Lyddall appears several ways in old records - Lydell, Ludwell, etc. Also, because the hand-written capital L looks like an S, the name is sometimes misinterpreted as Sydell, etc.

I am not a Bacon descendant, nor a Bacon researcher, but I found a few things about the Bacon family that married into the Womacks.

John B Womack (son of Bird Womack), who married Keturah Bacon, had an aunt named Eliza Womack who married Thomas W Bacon. I wondered how Thomas W Bacon related to Keturah Bacon, and in this post, I'll explain my conclusions.

See Bacon Genforum 3753. Thomas W Bacon married Eliza Womack on 11 Jan 1810 in Oglethorpe Co, GA, where they are listed in the 1820 Census. I do not find Thomas W Bacon again in the census until 1850, when he and Eliza were listed in Stewart Co, GA:

1850 Census of Stewart Co, GA, Panhandle Dist

p.40A, family 18 - Hamilton Mathews (36 GA) wife Nancy and children - possibly related to Joel Womack's wife Sarah Mathews
p.40B, family 22 - David Mathews (25 GA) wife Lucinda and children - possibly related to Joel Womack's wife Sarah Mathews
p.40B, family 25 - T W Bacon (68 VA), Eliza Bacon (56 VA), W H Bacon (male 3 GA), M A E Bacon (female 12 GA) - this is Thomas W Bacon and wife Eliza Womack
p.40B, family 26 - Nancy Mathews (56 GA) and sons - Nancy widow of Asa, parents of Sarah Mathews, wife of Joel Womack
p.41A, family 35 - Benjamin Garrett (48 GA), K W Garret (female 40 GA), children - from marriage records of Stewart Co, GA, Kitty Bacon to Benjamin Garrett 13 Jan 1841
p.41B family 37 - Edmond Bacon (35 GA) wife Martha & children
p.46A, family 101 - Thomas Bacon (26 GA) living with family of John B & Sarah Cole

Thomas W Bacon appears in a few deeds in Oglethorpe and and Greene Co, GA. Note that he always has the middle initial W, which stood for Winn, his mother's maiden name.

See this Rootsweb post.

From abook published in 1979 and is abstracts of records in the local and general archives of Virginia. Thomas W. Bacon and Elizabeth, his wife of Stewart County, Georgia deed to Thomas C. Winn of the state aforesaid and county of Greene. $150. 58 acres in Lunenburg Co. VA on the waters of Meherrin River adj. Wim. Franklin and James Shelburn & others. Dec. 16 1825.The Thomas Winn in this record was probably some sort of cousin to Thomas Winn Bacon.

Actually, this is from the The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. I, p.85 (the section on the Bacon family). These records are available in many libraries, and on Ancestry.com. Note that the date, 16 Dec 1825, must be incorrect, since Stewart Co, GA was not formed until 1826. Probably, the date was in 1835. Note that the William Franklin listed was married to Edith Womack, Eliza's sister. The land being sold was Eliza's share of a tract in Lunenburg Co, VA that her father, Josiah Womack, bequeathed to three of his daughters - Edith, Willy and Eliza.

Also, in 1810, Thomas W Bacon had sold some of Eliza's land in Nottoway Co, VA:

November 3, 1810. Thomas W. Bacon and Elizabeth, his wife, of
Oglethorpe Co. Georgia (the said Bacon being now in Virginia) to Obadiah
Nunally, of Nottoway Co. $200; 92 acres in Nottoway Co. 64 3/4 acres
absolutely without limitation and 27 1/3 a. are in remainder which will elapse at death of Keziah Womack.

Bacon researcher Gary W Cooper has researched Thomas W Bacon, believing Thomas to be brother to Gary's ancestor, Lyddall Bacon, who died in 1854 in Marion Co, GA. Lyddall Bacon was listed as 59, born in GA, in the 1850 Census of Marion Co, GA. For reasons I'll go into more in a minute, I believe Lydall was actually about 10 years older and born in VA. When Lyddall was listed in the 1840 Census of Stewart Co, GA, he was in the 50-59 category, placing his birth in the 1780s.

There were actually two Lyddall Bacons in GA in 1850. The other was older, born in SC about 1776, and was in Houston Co, GA in 1850 (he died there in 1857). This Lyddall Bacon was probably a second cousin to Lyddall Bacon of Marion Co, GA. At the SC Archives web site, I found the will of Nathaniel Bacon of Edgefield District, SC. Nathaniel listed a son Lyddall Bacon, and a grandson Nathaniel Bacon (illegitimate son of his daughter Elizabeth) as his male heirs. Ancestry has this Lyddall Bacon listed as "Ludwell Bacon" in Edgefield Dist, SC in 1810 and 1820, and in the same place in 1830 as "Sydel Bacon". I cannot find Lyddall in 1840, but he is listed in 1850 in Houston Co, GA. In 1850, the Slave Census shows Lyddall had 13 slaves, and the Lyddall Bacon in 1830 Edgefield had 8 slaves. Given the name, the ages from the census records, the slaves, and that he almost the only Lyddall Bacon in SC, I am confident the Lyddall Bacon in Houston Co, GA was the same as the one in Edgefield Dist, SC, son of Nathaniel Bacon. This Lyddall was probably the same Lyddall Bacon who appeared in some early GA records (Richmond and Elbert Counties) circa 1800.

The Nathaniel Bacon of Edgefield Dist, SC, may have been the son of John Bacon who made a will in Lunenburg Co, VA in 1758, listing a son Nathaniel, and naming his (John's) brother Lyddall Bacon. This would explain why Nathaniel named a son Lyddall. Anyhow, this is just an hypothesis which needs more work.

I stated above that Lyddall Bacon, son of Nathaniel Bacon, was almost the only Lyddall Bacon in SC. The 1810 Census of Abbeville Dist, SC lists "Ludwell Bacon" (Ancestry has him indexed as "Sudwell). About 47 households after this Lyddall Bacon in Lettice Winn. She was the widow of Thomas Winn, who made his will in 1797 in Abbeville Dist, SC. Note that Thomas Winn mentions in his will the estate of his brother Washington Winn in Lunenburg Co, VA.

In 1817, the Lyddall Bacon in Abbeville Dist, SC petitioned the SC state government to import into SC slaves bequeathed to him by his father in Lunenburg Co, VA. From The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. I, p.81:

Edmund Bacon , of Lunenburg Co. , power of Attorney to Capt. Lyddall Bacon of Abbeville County , state of South Carolina to recover from Robert Harrison of Egfield County , South Carolina the debt due by said Harrison as one of the securities of Mordecia Booth, it being a debt transferred to me by Christopher McConnico as assignee &c. 1818 , D. B. 24, p. 357.

I believe the Lyddall Bacon in Abbeville Dist, SC in 1810 was Gary W Cooper's ancestor. By 1820, this Lyddall Bacon was listed on the census of Jones Co, GA. In 1830, he cannot be found in the census, though numerous records show he was living in Bibb Co, GA. In 1840 he in Stewart Co, GA and in 1850 in neighboring Marion Co, GA.

This Lyddall Bacon could be called Lyddall Bacon III. His father was Lyddall Bacon Jr (born 27 Nov 1755) of Lunenburg Co, VA, and his mother was a Miss Winn, first name possibly Keturah (the nickname for Keturah was "Kitty"). The paternal grandparents were Lyddall Bacon Sr and Mary (possibly Allen). Lyddall Bacon Sr left a will in Lunenburg in 1775. Note that most of Lyddall's son also had sons named Lyddall. Note also that three men with the Stokes surname witnessed the will of Lyddall Bacon Sr - Stokes Bacon Womack was the son of John B Womack and Keturah Bacon.

Lyddall Bacon Jr was married first to a Miss Winn, daughter of Thomas Winn, who left a will in 1779 in Lunenburg Co, VA also here

Will 18 Sep 1779 Lunenburg County, Virginia
* Thomas mentions his wife, Sarah Winn; sons Bannister, Edmund and Washington Winn; daughters Henrietta and Maria Winn
Executors: Sarah Winn (his wife), John Winn (of Amelia County), William Winn, Lyddal Bacon
Witnesses: Christopher Dawson, Charles Irby, John Winn, Jr., Chas. Winn, Susannah Irby, Lucy Irby, John Winn.

I have not seen the will, or even a better abstract, but it appears that Thomas Winn did not mention all his children. He did not names his daughter married to Lyddall Bacon, although he named Lyddall as an executor. Some undocumented sources on the web say she was Keturah Winn. Also, Thomas Winn Sr did not name Thomas Winn Jr, though he did name son Washington Winn, whom Thomas Jr called his brother in his 1797 will in Abbeville Dist, SC.

There are at least three Keturah Winns in marriage records of Lunenburg Co, VA, so it must have been a name that ran in the Winn family,

I believe that both Lyddall Bacon III and his brother Thomas Winn Bacon named daughters Keturah Bacon. Since Lyddall Bacon III was in Abbeville Dist, SC in 1810, and Thomas Winn Bacon was in Oglethorpe Co, GA at the same time, and the Keturah Bacon who married John B Womack was born about 1811 in SC, she must have been the daughter of Lyddall III. This makes sense, given that Keturah Bacon Womack named her oldest son Lyddall Bacon Womack.

Thomas Winn Bacon and Eliza Womack had daughter Keturah "Kitty" Bacon about 1810 in GA. She married Benjamin Garrett on 13 Jan in 1841 in Stewart Co, GA, and is listed 10 families after her parents in the 1850 census there. These are the only two records of I have found for her. Her marriage record names her as Kitty Bacon, and in 1850 she is listed as K W Garrett. I think her name was probably Keturah Winn Bacon, after her grandmother. Her name was not Keziah, and no record lists her name as Keziah. Furthermore, Kitty is not usually a nickname for Keziah; Kezzy or Kizzy is. Kitty is a nickname for female names that begin with K or hard C, and with T as the next consonant, such as Catherine, Kate, and Keturah.

Lyddall Bacon Jr, on 10 Nov 1785, purchased 325 acres in Lunenburg (Book 14, p.275) from Thomas Winn of SC [Thomas Winn Jr in Abbeville Dist]; the land adjacent Elisha Winn, Covington Hardy, Alex Winn; witnessed by Joseph Winn, Drury Allen Bacon [Lyddall Jr's brother], and Thomas Gordon

On 6 Dec 1789, Lyddall Bacon Jr sold this same land in Lunenburg (Book 15, p.307) to Joseph Winn of Lunenburg. Lyddall's wife is named in the deed as Elizabeth Bacon. I believe she was his second wife.

Here is record that ties it all together:

Lunenburg Co, VA, Deed Book 14, p.103
I, Lyddal Bacon of Lunenurg, for the love I have for my children, Susanna Bacon, Sarah Bacon, Lyddal Bacon, and Thomas Winn Bacon, have given to them the following slaves: Lyddia, Elizabeth, John, Esther, and Sampson together with their future increase, reserving only my own life in the aforesaid slaves; I will stand seized of the same during my natural life to the use & behoof of my children, and them only, so that at my decease (or sooner as I see proper) the slaves will be equally divided among my children. Signed Aug 25, 1784 - Lyddal Bacon. Wit - Alexr Winn, Edmd Pks Bacon [Edmund Parkes Bacon, Lydall Jr's brother], Peter Stokes, David Stokes. Recorded Sep 9, 1784.

According to a WorldConnect entry, Susanna Bacon, daughter of Lyddall Bacon and Keturah Winn, lived 27 Nov 1777-27 Jul 1839, and married Pleasant Moon.

Thomas Winn Bacon was 68 in the 1850 Census of Stewart Co, GA, thus born circa 1782. Lyddall Bacon III must have also been born before 25 Aug 1784, which jibes with his 1840 Census record, but is off by about 10 years from his age in the 1850 census.

The interesting thing about the deed of slaves from Lyddall Bacon Jr to his children is WHY did he do it? I have seen similar things in the past, and here is the most probable reason. Thomas Winn had made his will in Lunenburg in 1779 and died in 1781. He left slaves to his children. His daughter (probably Keturah) had married Lydall Bacon Jr before 1777, and died before 25 Aug 1784. The slaves that Keturah inheritted were meant for her heirs, which would be her children, not her husband. Either because he was compelled legally, or because he wanted to stay in the good graces of the Winn family, Lyddall Bacon Jr deeded the rights to the slaves to his children, though he kept them for himself while he lived. He then later married again to Elizabeth, possibly Hardy.

So, that is what I have on the Bacon family. This needs more work. Need to see original documents in SC and VA, particularly concerning the heirs of Thomas Winn Sr.

William Womack and Lucy Womack

2011-02-26T21:06:00.000-08:00

Census breakdowns:

Josiah - c1781
Sarah - 10 Aug 1782 (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blantonroots/historians/bible/jeremiahtrans.htm)
Thomas - c1785
Burton - c1787
Isham Rice - 29 Sep 1789 (http://www.womacknet.com/features/fmwletter.html)
Nancy - c1794
William - 6 Sep 1795 (http://nelsonwomack-womackfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2007/11/william-buck-womack.html)
Jesse - c1797
Abner - 1799 (http://www.womacknet.com/features/jtwletter.html)
Levi - c1803
Asa Martin - 30 Apr 1806 (http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2009/01/josiah-womack-bible.html)

1800 Rutherford, NC

150 (057)

Wammock

William

42001

10010

4 males 0-9 - Isham, William, Jesse, Abner
2 males 10-15 - Thomas, Burton
1 male over 45 - William
1 female 0-9 - Nancy
1 female 26-45 - Lucy

1800 Rutherford, NC

150 (057)

Wammock

Josiah

00100

00010

1 m 16-25 - Josiah
1 f 26-45 - Comfort

1810 Rutherford NC

453 (110)

Womack

William

32101

00010

3 m 0-9 - Abner, Levi, Asa
2 m 10-15 - William, Jesse
1 m 16-26 - Isham (NOTE: married 5 Aug 1810)
1 m over 45 - William
1 f 26-45 - Lucy

1810 Rutherford NC

449 (106)

Wammack

Josiah

20010

40010

2 m 0-9 - Drury Vinson, William Roland
1 m 26-45 - Josiah
4 f 0-9 - all unknown
1 f 26-45 - Comfort

1820 Franklin TN

107 (064)

Wamack

Isham

100010

40010

1 m 0-9 - William Berry
1 m 26-45 - Isham
4 f 0-9 - Sarah (c1812), Nancy (c1814), Sela (Celia, 15 Oct 1815), Lucy (c1818)
1 f 26-45 - Mary Ann Steward

1830 Jackson AL

090

Warmack

Abner

1100

1010

1 m 0-4 - John Tipton
1 m 5-9 - William Pleasant ?
1 m 20-29 - Abner
1 f 0-4 - Mary Elizabeth
1 f 10-14 - unknown, not Abner's dau
1 f 20-28 - Isabella Patton

1830 Jackson AL

093

Warmack

William

2110

0120

2 m 0-4 - Robert Marion, Abner Terril
1 m 5-9 - Asa
1 m 10-14 - Isham
1 m 30-39 - William
1 f 5-9 - Nancy
2 f 10-14 - Martha, Lucy
1 f 30-39 - Sarah McBee

1830 Jackson AL

093

Warmack

Asa

1000

1 m 0-4 - Jesse Marion
1 m 20-29 - Asa
1 f 0-4 - Elizabeth Jane
1 f 20-29 - Sarah Patton

1830 Jackson AL

093

Warmack

Jesse

2000

0320

2 m 0-4 - Asa W, Josiah C C
1 m 30-39 - Jesse
3 f 5-9 - Mary, other 2 unknown
2 f 10-14 - both unknown
1 f 30-39 - FNU Perkins

1830 Rutherford, NC

485

Wormack

Isam

1000

0000

1 m 0-4 - unknown, possibly the A Womack in the 1850 Rutherford census
1 m 20-29 - Isham (son of Thomas > William & Lucy)
1 f 20-29 - Elizabeth Bailey

1830 Franklin TN

085

Womack

Isham

0210

001

3021

2 m 5-9 - Abner L J, Levi Teed
1 f 10-14 William Berry
1 m 40-49 - Isham
3 f 0-4 - Martha, Melissa, Sibella
2 f 10-14 - Sela, Lucy
1 f 15-19 - Nancy
1 f 30-39 - Mary Ann Steward

1830 Franklin TN

086

Womack

Levy B

2001

1200

100001

2 m 0-4 - William Riley, unknown
1 m 15-19 - unknown, not Levi's son
1 m 20-29 - Levi
1 f 0-4 - Rhoda (c1821)
2 f 5-9 - Sarah Frances (c1821), Elizabeth (c1824)
1 f 20-29 - Martha Bean
1 f 70-79 - Martha (Womack) Bean

1830 Franklin TN

107

Womach

Drewry

1000

0001

1 m 0-4 - William Balch
1 m 20-29 - Drury
1 f 15-19 - Margaret Balch

1830 Warren TN

370

Wamack

Comfort

1010

0010

1001

1 m 0-4 - John
1 m 10-14 - Jesse Burton
1 f 10-14 - unknown
1 f 20-29 - unknown
1 f 50-59 - Comfort

William Watkins will, Halifax Co, VA

2011-02-05T21:13:00.000-08:00

The will of William Watkins of Halifax Co, VA (WB 3, p.137, signed 13 Sep 1794, proved 27 Oct 1794) is related to that of Abraham Womack in 1797 in Hancock Co, GA (see previous blog post). William Watkins mentions daughter "Patsey Womack" to whom he leaves slaves Jude and Hannah. Patsey was a common nickname for Martha. In Abraham Womack's will, he leaves wife Martha Womack slaves Jude and Hannah.

The will of William Watkins has been transcribed verbatim here; however some paragraphs appear to have been missed. I have a detailed abstract of the will from Halifax County, Virginia Wills, 17992-1797, copyright 1991, by TLC Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL. Below, I have copied the incomplete transcription, and inserted missing parts from the abstract, which are in red. Note that the abstract parts are not verbatim from the original will, which I have not personally seen.

Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 3, p.137

Made 13 September 1794, Proven 27 October 1794. Transcription

"In the Name of God Amen I William Watkins of the County of Halifax being in a Low State of Health but of Sound Mind and Memory Praise be God for his goodness and loving kindness to me all my Life Long and for his continued favors to the present moments and knowing that it is appointed for all men to one day make constitute and ordain this to be my last will and testament revoking all other Wills heretofore made by me in meander and from following to Witt first of all I give my soul to god who gave it me and my Body to be decently buried and as touching such worldly estate as hath pleased god to bless me with I give and bequeath in manner and form following to Witt/ first of all I lend to my beloved wife Winifred Watkins all the upper end of the tract of land whereon I now live both low ground and high lands including the dwelling house I now live in and to be bounded on the lower end by a certain cross fence beginning on the river and containing above the (Barn) as the said cross fence now runs to my gate on the East side of my house adjoining James Coleman which said land and Every part thereof I lend her my said wife/ during her Natural life I also give to My beloved wife the following slaves to Witt/ Tom, Easter, Ben and Lucy to her and to her heirs and assigns forever. I also give to my beloved wife Winifred choice of two workhorses and a bay Colt two years old last May also choice of eight head of Cattle and choice of eight head of sheep five pigs together with all my household furniture except as shall be hereafter taken out together with all the working tools together with one third part of all my crop now on hand both corn and other tobacco and every other thing whatsoever growing or made on my plantation the present year I also give to my beloved wife one ox cart together with all the above (Land exceptions) to her and her heirs and assigns forever. I give to my son Thomas Watkins all my whole tract of land Whereon I now lives including the legacy above lent to my aforesaid wife when her right shall be ended Therein to be give to him my said son and to his heirs and assigns forever together with the following slaves to Witt/ Frank, old Tom, Jude, Betsy, Peter, Fancy, Lickey, and Frevey with their increases to be given to him and to his heirs and assigns forever together with one black Walnut bedstead bed two white cotton sheets one checkered one Virginia bed quilt and also one bed which he now hath in possession with its furniture together with all my horses and Mares not before given a way with all my stock of cattle, hogs , sheep, and not before given away to be given to him and to his heirs and assigns forever. I lend to my daughter Betsy Cunningham one Negro man named Isham, which she now hath in possession and one Negro girl. During her life and after her decease my will and desire is that the aforementioned Negroes and increases should be equally divided among all her children and to be given to them and to their heirs and assigns forever.

I lend to my daughter Mary Ann Perryman all that tract or parcel of land I purchased of John Patt lying on Winns Creek whereon she now lives during her life with one slave named Jim which she now hath in possession also a girl named Jenny during her life and after her deceased my will and desire is that the aforesaid, land and Negroes with their increase should be equally divided between all her children to be given to them and to their heirs and assigns forever.

To my daughter Lucy - 1 Negro man named Jacob, which she now has in possession, and 1 Negro girl named Ag. After Lucy's death, the Negroes and their increase to be divided among her children.

I lend to my daughter Fanny Brown one Negro boy named Philip which she now hath in possession also one Negro boy named Ruben during her life after her deceased my will and desire is that the aforementioned Negroes should be equally divided between all her children to be given to them and to their heirs and assigns forever.

To my daughter Patsey Womack - 1 Negro wench named Jude, which she now has in possession, and 1 Negro girl named Hannah. After Patsey's death, the Negroes with their increase to divided among her children.

To my grandson John Edwards - 1 Negro man named Antony.

I lend to my granddaughter Elizabeth Mearcy one Negro girl named Celah to her and to her heirs and assigns forever.

I appoint Thomas Watkins Senior whole and Sole Executor. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this thirteenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety four.

Alexander Boyd

William Tulleh

James Scott

At a court held for Halifax county the 27th day of October 1794 the within written last will and testament of William Watkins Deceased was exhibited in court and proved by 2 witnesses and Order to be recorded and according to law and together with James Watkins and Micajah Watkins his Securities entered into and Acknowledged the Bonds in the penalty of $5000 conditioned as the law directs certificate for obtaining probate thereon in due form of law is granted him.

Abraham Womack Will, Hancock County Georgia

2011-01-29T20:14:00.000-08:00

This will is also abstracted here: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/o/m/Glenn-D-Womack-KY/FILE/0006page.html

See also, Ann McDonald's site: http://womackhunter.homestead.com/

I have photocopies of the will from GA State Archives.

Note that Abraham Womack does not mention all his children in his will. In particular, he does not mention some of his daughters from his first marriage to Martha Mitchell. He does mention all his children by second wife Martha Watkins, as well as all sons by his first wife, and daughters Susannah Glenn (wife of Clement Glenn), and Mary Coleman (wife of Francis Coleman) by his second wife.

Apparently, Abraham knew he was dying and disposed of much of his property before he wrote his will.

Hancock Co, GA Deed Book B, p.475 - 25 May 1797, Abraham and Martha Womack sold 75 acres to Francis Coleman

Hancock Co, GA Deed Book B, p.545, 6 Apr 1796, Abraham Womack to Mansel Womack for love and affection, negro girl Winney, witnesses Stephen Lawrence and David Womack.

Hancock Co, GA Deed Book B, p.546, no date but immediately after deed above, Abraham Womack for love and affection to daughter Lucretia Howard - Jiny and her children Jon and Harry; to daughter Cissley McFarland - Sell and her children Lucy, Chany and Jim; to daughter Nancy Stone - Phillis; witnesses Stephen Lawrence and David Womack.

Cissley McFarland and Nancy Stone are not mentioned in Abraham's will, but their husbands, James H McFarland and William Stone, are mentioned. Lucretia Howard is not mentioned, but her daughter, Martha "Patsey" Howard, is. I am quite sure Lucretia's husband was Hiram Howard. Hiram Howard witnessed a deed (DB C, p.10, 25 Nov 1784) for Abraham Womack in Caswell Co, NC (the part which is now Person Co, NC). Also, Hiram Howard witnessed two consecutive deeds in Wilkes Co, GA (DB MM, p.85 & 87), both on 20 Feb 1793, where Abraham and Martha Womack of Green Co, GA (from which Hancock was formed in 1794) sold 150 acres each to Mansel Womack and "James Harris McFarland".

Will of Abraham Womack, Hancock County, Georgia Will Book A, page 219, signed 2 Jun 1797.

In the Name of God Amen
I Abraham Womack being weak in body but of sound memory blessed be God, do this day, June the second in the year of our Lord A.D. 1797, make and publish this my last Will and Testament in names and form following (vizt):

First, I give my body to the earth to be buried in a decent manner, and my spirit I Recommend to God who gave it.

Secondly, I lend unto my loving wife Martha Womack two negroe women Jude and Hannah during her natural life and after her decease for the said two negroes Jude and Hannah and their increase to be equally divided between my five youngest children Elizabeth Sarah Lucy William And Jesse. And should either of them die under age or before marriage for the survivors to divide equally.

I also lend unto my wife two other negro women Doll and Nann while my son
John becomes of age and after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years for them and their increase from this date to be equally divided between my three sons-in-law William Stone, Clement Glenn and Francis Coleman.

I also give unto my wife her bed, square table and walnut Chest. I lend unto my wife my young bay mare until she has three folds [sic, foals], the first for my son John, the second for my son William, and the third for my son Jesse and then the said mare to remain the property of my wife forever.

I lend my wife one hundred & twenty five acres and during her natural life, beginning at a hickory corner John Reeds line, running along Colemans line to a pine corner, Rogerss line, thence down my old line to Frazers line, thence across to said Reeds line including half of my present dwelling house, Spring and priviledge of other out houses.

I give unto my son John one hundred acres of land adjoining his brother
Shearward and my wife and after her decease I give and bequeath all my track of land containing two hundred and twenty acres unto my son John with all and singular their rights and appertainnances in any wise belonging including my present dwelling house, orchards, household, kitchen furniture, plantation tools and work horses. I also give unto my son John one feather bed, also one negro boy named January which is to remain with my wife until he arrives at the age of twenty one years and then he is to receive him and the hall and the stair room should he want them and the hundred acres of land before mentioned.

I give unto my five youngest children, five little negroes (to wit) David, Isom, Sam, James, and Amy to be divided as they become of age, I give unto my three daughters Elizabeth Sary and Lucy all my black walnut in my kitchen loft to be equally divided.

I give unto my son Shearward Womack my Folding table, also one negroe man named Bill to be received the twenty-fifth day of December 1798. Also my coat to be taken at my death.

I give unto my son David Womack one negroe man named Walt to be received the twenty-fifth day of December 1798. Also my mixed coat at my death.

I give unto my son Mancil Womack my green hand [?] cloth coat at my death.
I also give him Eighty five dollars and seventy cents to be paid the twenty-fifth day of December 1798.

I give unto my daughter Susannah Glenn one negroe girl named Chancy, also one feather bed...also Eighty five dollars and seventy five cents to be paid the twenty-fifth day of December 1798.

I give unto my daughter Mary Coleman one feather bed, one hair trunk, also one negroe girl named Cealey, also Eighty five dollars and twenty five cents to be paid the twenty-fifth day of December 1798.

I give to my granddaughter Patsey Howard Eighty five dollars and seventy five cents to be paid the twenty- fifth day of December 1798.

The work horse, wagon, and plantation tools, houses and kitchen furniture to remain on the plantation for the support of the family. The stock of meat cattle and sheep to remain on the plantation until December 1798 and equally division to take place between the children and as far as the young children's part, I trust my wife to take them and keep and give off as they become of age.....

If my son John should die under age his property must be equally divided between my sons Shearward Womack, Mancil Womack & David Womack.

I do appoint my sons Shearward Womack, Mancil Womack, & James H McFarland Executors of my Last Will and Testament to take care and see the same be performed according to my true intent & meaning. In Witnesses whereof I here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of
John White
Thomas Lightfoot
Waller Brown.

Abraham Womack
Martha her + mark Womack

[Will followed immediately by inventory]

An Inventory of the goods and chattels of the Estate of Abraham Womack late deceased

ABSTRACT:
Slaves Bill, Nann, Doll, four small boys, Hannah, January, Jude, Cealy, Walt
225 acres oak and hickory land
3 horses, 23 meat cattle, 25 hogs
Various farm equipment, household furniture, harvested crops (mainly tobacco and corn), etc
Total $5154.14

Taken 1 Sep 1797 by John Rogers, Ajondobas [?] Reed, Peter [cannot read last name].

John Warburton Womack

2011-01-06T20:49:00.001-08:00

Found with google books.

Note that Ashby Womack never existed, and the line from Ashby back is a fraud and a con job which John Warburton Womack fell for.

American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. 1176, Volume IV, John Munsell's Sons, Publisher, 1889, Albany, NY.

p.71 (following ancestry of Marcus Joseph Wright, husband of John's daughter Pauline)

WOMACK, JOHN WARBURTON, b. in Georgia Oct. 15, 1807, d. at Eutaw, Ala., Aug. 29, 1863, one of the leading lawyers of Alabama, and refused, on several occasions, distinguished political places (m. Mrs. Ann Miller Hays, nee Beville, b. Aug. 5, 1808, dau. of Woodliff Beville, b. Feb. 14, 1781, d. in Greene co., Ala., May 3, 1837 [m. Judith Brackett, b. July 20, 1783, d. at Eutaw, Ala., Oct. 10, 1857, dau. of Benj. Brackett, b. May 10, 1754]. Woodliff was son of James Beville, b. June 15, 1748); his sons Sidney and Lowndes were officers in the Confederate army and both died soon after the war, his eldest dau. Pauline m. Gen. Marcus J. Wright (q. v.), his other dau. Octavia resides in Washington, D. C.; son of Mansel, b. June 4, 1770, d. in Butler co., Ala., Dec 12, 1826 (m. Mary Maria Lewis, b. Feb. 25, 1773, d. in Butler Co., Ala., Feb. 12, 1856, dau. of Jacob Lewis, b. Jan. 23, 1746, and Sarah Avery Noland, b. Jan. 16, 1750, and desc. from Wm. Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester, author of numerous books, who d. 1779); son of Abraham, b. Apr 22, 1742, d. in Hancock co., Ga., Dec. 9, 1804 (m. Martha Mitchell, b. May 7, 1748); son of Richard, b. Dec 7, 1710, d. in Hancock co., Ga., July 23, 1785; son of Ashby, b. Aug. 15, 1683, d. in Prince Edward co., Va., Feb. 4, 1776, came from England to Virginia in 1716, son of Edward, b. Mar 12, 1653, d. in Suffolk, Eng., Sep. 8, 1723; son of Lawrence, b. in Suffolk, Eng., May 23, 1612, d. there Nov. 7, 1685, bishop of Suffolk.

Womack / Blanton - Reminiscences of Christenberry Lee

2010-02-22T20:45:00.000-08:00

I will do a follow-up post with commentary.

See REMINISCENCES of CHRISTENBERRY LEE 1823 – 1895.

[The following appeared in the Forest City Courier, in installments, from October 6, 1938 to January 19, 1939. No attempt has been made to change unconventional spelling, capitalization – and lack thereof, or grammar. Where it appeared obvious that a transcription error had occurred we have added, or changed, letters and words. These changes are enclosed in parentheses and printed in italics. It is said that the original manuscript for the Lee Reminiscences was discovered in a desk in the Cliffside Mills Office, at some time uncertain.]

REMINISCENCES of CHRISTENBERRY LEE 1823 – 1895 (The Lee reminiscences appeared in part in The Forest City Ledger during 1895. The original manuscript, from which this series is taken, picks up events from a former chapter in which current news and personalities were discussed.)

Chapter 6 (partial)

There are two families in this country, the origin of which, I presume, is known but by few. I refer to the Blanton and Womack families. They were in the country as far back as I can go in my memory. Thomas Womack and Nancy Blanton came from England to America about the year 1760. They had two children before leaving England, but had not been married. Their children’s names were Thomas and Archie. Shortly after coming to America, they decided to marry. Thomas took the name of his father and Archie the name of his mother, and so in process of time there were two families, one headed by Thomas Womack and the other by Archie Blanton. In the year 1779 these two families moved to Rutherford county, N. C. Archie Blanton was the father of our own “Uncle Jerry Blanton,” of such precious memory. This good old man lived right near what is now called Oak Grove church. Fifty-five years ago I think it was called Blanton’s church. Uncle Jerry and Aunt Sallie were noted characters. They were proverbial for piety and exemplary living. Aunt Sallie was the daughter of Thomas Womack. Archie Blanton and Thomas Womack were full brothers, having the same father and mother. A very novel case it was. And so Uncle Jerry and Aunt Sallie were first cousins, lived together for many years and raised a large family of children. I remember being at their house in the year 1842. Churchwell A. Crowell was then the Methodist preacher on the circuit and I had gone with him to Blanton’s church and to Uncle Jerry’s for dinner. This was the only time that I remember to have been at their house, for I left the country the following year and went out west, but I remember to have seen the old people often at church and to have heard Aunt Sallie talk and pray and praise, for she was a great hand to shout about and rejoice in church. She was faithful in obeying the command, “Pray to thy father who is in secret,” and the promise following the command. “Thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly” was always fulfilled. She would clasp her hands and bless the Lord. Many a one has been deeply impressed with the earnestness, with which she would engage in the holy exercises of sanctuary. Even the very covering of her hands seemed to be impressive by the way they were used. Just the other day while talking about the old people with the wife of Franklin Blanton, who is a grandson of Aunt Sallie, she told me what a lady once said to her while she held one of the old lady’s half-handed cloth gloves in her hands, which she had chanced to come across and seemed almost to regard as being sacred, “Often,” said she, “Have I seen this old glove slap ‘glory’ to God,” and she was keeping it as a religious relic, something that would bring up pleasant associations in the mind of a religious nature, and nothing would more certainly bring about such associations in the mind of this woman than “Aunt Sallie’s glove.”

The two old people have long since passed away and gone to reap their reward for faithfulness in the Master’s vineyard. They had nine children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood Riley, Jesse, Josiah, Ransom, Jackson, Steven and Elijah were the names of the sons. Tempa and Sarah Ann were the names of the daughters. I believe that they all had families and raised a good many children.

The other branch of the family was not so prolific. They did not multiply and replenish so numerously. Thomas Womack had a son Lewis. If he had other sons I have not been able to get their names. Mrs. Louisa Smart, who is about sixty-five years old, tells me that when she was a little girl she knew a man by the name of Willis Womack and that his name was Anderson and from the best data I can get I conclude that Anderson Womack was the son of Thomas Womack, who came to North Carolina from Virginia in the year 1779, and that Willis Womack was a brother of Lewis Womack, who married Manima Padgett, or Hollifield. The Hollifields and Padgetts intermarried a good deal along about that time. Uncle John, Uncle Billy and Uncle Edmond Padgett were all brothers, and they married three Hollifield sisters. Uncle Edmond married Louranie. We all called them Uncle Edmond and Aunt Lou. They lived about one mile from my father’s house and I very often saw them. The style of Aunt Lou’s riding was rather novel, and to some, who were a little inclined to fun, amusing, for she rode not as was the manner of women, but otherwise. Lewis Womack lived only a few years after his marriage and died, leaving two children, Isham and Leah. These two persons are the first of the Womack family, of whom I have any recollection. Leah married Samson McDaniel, who was the father of our present honored citizen, Guilford McDaniel, Esq. Isham Womack married Betty Bailey, to whom were born sons and daughters who are yet among us.

Prince Edward County Order Books, 1754-1758

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Prince Edward County, Virginia was formed in 1754 from Amelia County. The court record indexes are generally about plantiffs and defendants in court cases. Womacks were mentioned in other scenarios, but I did nor try to read all the court records to find them.

Note that I was specifically looking for Womack and Blanton.

Order Book 1754-1758 Index
Womack, Abraham / Johnson, Peter - 41
Womack, Abraham / Moor, George - 9, 11, 14, 17, 32, 60, 80, 91, 122, 140
Womack, Abraham / Moor, George Jr & Thos Boulden - 3, 5, 153, 160
Womack, Abraham / Rice, Francis - 12
Womack, Abraham / Spradling, Charles - 8a
Womack, Marg. / Womack, Richard & Jacob - 157, 160
Womack, Richard / Warren, Alexander - 52, 62, 73, 80, 85

I found no Blantons as plaintiffs or defendants.

April Court 1754

p.3 - George Moor asignee of Thomas Bolden Plt (In debt) agst Abraham Womack Def, Continued for the return of the arbitrator.

June Court 1754

p.8a - Abraham Womack Plt (on a attachment) against Charles Spradling:
This day came the plt by his attorney and Charles Cauthon a Garnishee being swon saith he hath no effects of the said Defendant in his hands and it is ordered that Joseph Spradling be summoned to the next court.

p.9 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack In Debt, Continued for the ret. of arb.

July Court 1754

p.11 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack In Debt, Continued for the ret. of arb.

p.12 - On the Petition & Summons brought by Abraham Womack Plt against Francis Rice Deft for one pound fourteen shillings and eleven pence due by acc. This day came the Plt by his attorney and the defendant being solemnly called came not but made Default. Therefore it is considered by the Court that the Plt recover against the said Defendant the sum of 1/14/11 together with his costs by him in this behalf expended.

August Court 1754

p.14 - George Moor Plt vs Abraham Womack Def, In Deby, continued by consent of parties.

September Court 1754

p.17 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack on attachment cont'd on the motion of the Plt by his attorney.

March Court 1755

p.32 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack cont'd by consent of partys.

May Court 1755

p.41 - Peter Johnson Plt against Abraham Womack In Debt:
This day came the Ply by his attorney and Charles Cauthon and Abraham Womack Junr came into Court and undertook for the Defendant that if he the said Def shall be cast in the Suit he shall pay the Costs and Condemnation of this Court or render his Body to prison for the same or that they the said Cauthon and Womack Junr will pay the same for him. Whereupon the Defendant acknowledges the Plt's action for fourteen punds nine shillings and four pence. Therfore it is considered by the Court that that the plaintif recover against the said Defendant the aforesaid Sum together with Costs by him in this Behalf expended the said Defendant in Mercy & c. But this judgemen the cost excepted is to be discharged by the payment pf seven pounds four shillings and eight pence with Interest thereon to be computed After the rate of five per centum per annum from the fifteenth day of October One thousand seven hundred and fifty three untill paid and the Plt agree to stay execution on this Judgement two months from this time.

July Court 1755

p.52 - Richard Womack Plt against Alexander Warren Def In Case:
This day came the partys by their attorneys and the Def prays has leave specially to impart {?} the next Court & then to plead,

September Court 1755

p.60 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack, In Debt, cont'd for ret or arb.

p.62 - Richard Womack vs Alexander Warren, In Case, next court and then to plead.

February Court 1756

p.73 - Richard Womack vs Alexander Warren, cont'd by consent of partys.

May Court 1756

p.80 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack, cont'd for report.

p.80 - Richard Womack vs Alexander Warren, In Case.

June Court 1756

p.85 - Richard Womack vs Alexander Warren, In Case: {abstract} Jury, John Caldwell Foreman, Def not guilty of tresspass, Plt to pay his costs; William Brown, Francis Rice, William Thomason witnesses for Richard Womack, all awarded tobacco to be paid by Richard.

August Court 1756

p.91 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack, cont'd for report.

August Court 1757

p.122 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack, cont'd for report.

December Court 1757

p.140 - George Moor vs Abraham Womack, cont'd for report.

June Court 1758

p.153 - George Moor (asignee of Thomas Boulden) vs Abraham Womack, cont'd for report.

August Court 1758

p.157 - Margt Womack {Margaret Womack} widow & relict of Richd Womack decd Plt against Richard Womack & Jacob Womack Def, In Chancery: This day came the parties by their attorneys and the Deft prays and has time until next court & then to plead.

November Court 1758

p.160 - Margt Womack widw & Relect of Richd Womack Decd Plt against Richard and Jacob Womack Defendants, In Chancery: The Defendant Richard not appearing On the motion of the Plaintif by her attorney an attachment is awarded her against the said Defend Richard returanable here to next Court.

p.160 - Geo Moor asse of Thos Baldwin Plt against Abraham Womack Defend, In Debt:
The arbitrator to whom the Determination of the matters in Difference Between the Parties was submitted by a rule of this Court of the Twelvth Day of March 1754 this day returned their award as follows. In Consequence to a Reference to us made by George Moor and Abraham Womack to settle the matters in Difference depending between them on Liquidating the Accounts of the Parties we do find a Ballance in favor of George Moor due to him from the said Abraham Womack of Eleven Pounds & Six shillings Current money of Virginia which we accordingly awad that the said Womack do pay to him the sd Moore together with his Costs expended in prosecuting his suit and that thereupon the sd Moore Deliver up to him to be cancelled a certain Bond entered into by him and a certain Charles Spradling payable to Thomas Boulden and by him assigned to the said George Moor with a general release of demands prior to this date Given under our hands and seals this 15th Day of August 1758 --- Jno Nash, Clement Read. It is considered by the Court the Plt recover agt the Defend the sum above mentioned and his costs by him in this behalf expended.

Bible of William Womack

2010-02-03T21:27:00.000-08:00

From Generations of Thomas A and Louvisa Rice Womack, by Oscar B Womack

Bible records copied from the Bible of William Womack (son of Abner Womack) now owned by Mrs Franklin Glenn, McMinnville, Tenn.

William Womack, the son of Abner Womack and Martha his wife was b. March 23, 1792.
Didama Webb, the daughter of Jesse Webb and Didama his wife was b. June 6, 1792.
William Womack and Didama Webb was joined in the Holy state of matrimony Nov 7, 1811.
Abner Womack, the first born of William Womack and Didama his wife was born March 31, 1813.
Bal___ or Bal__ Womack the daughter of William Womack and Didama his wife was born _____31.
Lossen Hill Womack was born July 19, 1837.
James K Polk was born Sept 14, 1839.
James A. Womack was born Oct 2, 18__.
Samuel Rentfro was born August 15, 1797.
Rebecca Womack, wife of John Womack, was born Sept 14, 1799.
John Womack was born Sept 1794.
Martha Womack, the natural born daughter of Nathan Byars and Drucillah, his wife was Dec 31, 1774.
William Womack and Didama Webb was joined in the Holy State of Matrimony on Thursday the 7th of November, in the year of our Lord 1811.
Drucilla Womack and Jesse Webb was joined in the Holy state of matrimony on Thursday the 14th of January 1813.
Lebadiah Baker and Martha Womack was joined in the Holy State of matrimony on Thursday the 25th of September, in the year of our Lord 1817 for better or worse and so finish.
Abner Womack Jr. and Aseneth Hand were joined in the Holy Estate of matrimony and on Sunday the 17th of June in the year of our Lord 1821. Abner Womack, Jun. (his signature)
Abner C. Womack was born November 24, 1799.
William Womack was born March 23, 1792.
Didama Womack was born June 6th, 1794.
Abner Womack was born February 10, 1769.
John Womack was born September 16, 1793.
Nathan Womack was born March 8, 1795.
Birges Womack was born April 17, 1796.
Drucilla Womack was born October 27, 1797.
Abner Womack was born February 8, 1799.
Patsy Womack was born May 10, 1800.
Elizabeth Womack was born February 7, 1802.
Lucie Womack was born August 29, 1803.
Harrel B. Womack was born March 29, 1805.
Ransom P. Womack was born November 3, 1808.
Artilisen Womack was born August 1, 1810.
Polly Womack was born March 29, 1812.
Robert B. Womack was born October (torn).
Berryman H. Womack was born June 18, 1817.
Samuel Rentfro was borned August 15, 1797.
Abner Uzrey was born June 20, 1824.
William Uzrey was born Jan 28, 1820.
Lucy Uzrey was born Oct 27, 1817.
John Uzrey was born May ___ (torn).
Ransome Womack Pigg was born Nov 21, 1827.
Martha Ann W. Pigg was born Feb 19, 1832.
Irene Webb was born March __, 1813.
Henry Baker was born Sept 7, 1820.
John Carr was born Oct 10, 1801.
Martha P. Carr was born Feb 5, 1824.

This Bible was printed and published by Matthew Carey of Philadelphia, in 1810.

Will of Abner Womack, Warren County, Tennessee

2010-02-01T21:13:00.000-08:00

From Generations of Thomas A and Louvisa Rice Womack, by Oscar B Womack

Warren Co, TN Will Book 3, p.279

The last will and testament of Abner Womack, deceased.

I, Abner Womack do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me at any time made.

First, I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible, out of any moneys that I may die in possession of or that come into the hands of my executor.

Secondly. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Martha Womack, a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Warren and State of Tennessee, on Mountain Creek, it being the same tract that I am possessed of by my marriage to her. I also direct that she have one the first choice of my cows and calves, also a choice two or three year old heifer or steer, also a choice bedstead and furniture and half the bedclothing now in my possession. One brass mounted bureau, a choice set of plates, teacups and saucers and dish, also choice of three knives and forks, three chairs and three glasses, the smallest size kettle, a choice pot and skillet, all her own clothing and the value of five dollars in small articles not herein mentioned together with twenty-five dollars in good and lawful money out of my effects, also a small dining table. I also desire that my beloved wife shall be treated with all the respect due a faithful and virtuous step-mother by each and every one of my children and that they at no time see her in need without ministering to her relief.

Thirdly. Having given something more or less to all my children and not having any correct knowledge of the amount, I therefore desire that no account be taken of it.

Fourthly, I also desire that all my lands, negroes, horses, cattle, hogs, and sheep and every other description of property that I am possessed of, be sold and the proceeds thereof be equally divided between all m children or their heirs (that is to say), William, John, Nathan, Burgess, Drucilla, Abner C., Lucy, Elizabeth, Ransom P., Artelera, Robert B., Mary, Berry H., and Martha.

Lastly. I do hereby appoint Burgess H. and Ransom P. my executors. In witness I do to this my last will set my hand and seal this 28th day of December, 1842.

Abner Womack (seal)

Signed, sealed and published in our presence.
W. T. Christian
Henry Watkins
Hiram Christian

I also desire that my wife, Martha, {have?} a spinning wheel and cards and her own looking glass, candle stand, and candlestick, also one white flowered pitcher. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st of January 1843.

Abner Womack (seal)

Attest.
W. T. Christian
Henry Watkins
Hiram Christian

State of Tenn. Warren County. January term County Court 1856.
This day the will was proven by the oath of W.T. Christian, one of the subscribing witnesses to this will and also the oath of proven the handwriting of Henry Watkins and Hiram Christian, they living in another State, and ordered by the court to be spread {?} of record.
Given under my hand at office in McMinnville, this 7th day of January 1856.
R, McGregor, clk.

Martha Womack Bean - Bible Record

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Martha Womack was married to Robert Bean. A grandson, Lemuel Beene (1 Nov 1812 - 16 Jan 1884), fought in the Cherokee Disturbance circa 1836. Lemuel's widow, Easter (Fraiser) Beene of Alcorn Co, MS, applied for his pension. The Bean/Beene Bible record was included in the pension application.

My main concern is the Bible record included with this pension application, so my notes are sparse on other matters. Anyone sufficiently interested can order this pension application from National Archives with info below.

INDIAN WARS
Soldier: Beene, Lemuel
Dependent: Beene, Easter (Widow)
Service: Lackens Company Alabama Volunteers (Cherokee War) {also given as Capt Likens Co}
Date of Filing: 24 Oct 1892
Class: Widow
Application No: 2278
Certificate No: 593
State: Miss.

Bean/Beene Bible Record

Note that I am not certain these birth and death records were from pages of a Bible or just family record papers.

Note also that Martha (Womack) Bean's maiden name is not listed.

All hand-written except for stamp on second photocopy.

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Robert Beene Senr was born May the 3rd 1764
Martha his wife was born Mach {sic} the 20th 1758
Lemuel Beene was born Feb 5th 1782
Rhoda Beene was born Nov 2nd 1783
Obadiah Beene was born Dec 15th 1785
John Beene was born Jan 11th 1788
Elizabeth Beene was born Dec 10th 1789
William Beene was born Dec 12th 1791
Robert Beene was born July 10th 1794
Oliver Beene was born July 23rd 1796
Sally Beene was born Nov 6th 1798
Jesse Beene was born Dec 29th 1800
Martha Beene was born July 6th 1803

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Robert Beene Senor Departed this {word "life" missing} Nov 17th 1824
Aged 60 years, 6 months & 14 days
William Beene Departed this life May 24th 1839
Aged 47 years 5 months & 12 days
J. M. Beene Departed this life April 17th 1864
Aged 32 years 3 months & 19 days
Rhoda Beene Departed this life ~~Oct~~ Aug 1828
Aged 7 years & 6 months
Margaret Beene Departed this life Nov 23 1868
Aged 73 years 2 months & 3 days

{Fold in original paper}

Kendrick Miss
Please return
this when you
are done with it
to
Mrs Ester Beene

This was written by L Beene, but I do not when or at what date.

{Round Stamp} US Pension Office 13 Feb 1893 {apparently when this was received}

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William Beene was born Dec 12th 1791
Peggy Beene was born Sept 20th 1795
Lemuel Beene was born Nov 1st 1812
Robert Beene was born Sept 27th 1814
Malinda Beene was born Oct 9th {maybe 4th} 1816
Martha Beene was born Feb 2nd 1819
Rhoda Beene was born Feb 13th 1821
Levi W Beene was born Sept 1st 1823
A.L. Beene was born Sept 14th 1826
William M. Beene was born Nov 5th 1829
John M Beene was born Dec 28th 1831

Will of Abraham Womack, 1803, Lincoln County, North Carolina

2010-01-29T19:05:00.000-08:00

I transcribed this will mostly as is, keeping the spelling and punctuation. The will was divided into paragraphs, and the only thing I added was an extra line between paragraphs.

See notes following the will.

State of No Carolina
Lincoln County

In the in the name of god amean I abraham wamock of the State and County aforsaid Being weack of Boudy But Being of sound memory bequeath all of my Estate as followes

first I give to my grand son James Wamock son to Abraham Wamock my Bible and the Remaining of the following articles to Be divided Between my Grand Children of ~~son~~ Abn {preceding word was erased} of my son Abnor Wamock one Bead and furnitur and Bead stand one Chist {?} one oven one scilet 3 puter pleatts one sadle and Bridle one Beasson {Basin?} all the above property to be sold and the money ariseing {?} theron to Be Eaqiely diviced amongst the sd hears of my son abnor Wamock

Item the 2 I leave all the Rest of the household property Margrat Hacker allso one house also ten hea of Cattle & Eleven head of hogs and six head of shepe & nine head of gees with all my oather property and the sd property to be Sold and the Money ariseing from sd property to be {word missing, possibly "given"} to the sd Margrat hager nese {?} as witness my hand and seal this forth day of august 1803

Signed & delivered in the preasanss of ous
H L Hager {could be Mcgee}
John '' Beati
John Robinson

Abraham Womak (seal)

{Reverse side}
Abraham
Wamock
Will

Copy Issued
January the 5th 1804

W 1803

Notes on this will

This will has been transcribed before, see Womack Wills and Inventories, though some words are missing, and a few are mis-transcribed.

This is a "loose will", not recorded in the Lincoln County will books. As such, it is the original, and the signature of Abraham Womack is actually his signature. Likewise, the signatures of the witnesses are original. Abraham did not actually write the will, but dictated it to someone else, since handwriting is so different.

The signature of Abraham Womack seems to be from a shaky hand. Since Abraham was close to or slightly over 100 years old, this make sense.

The name of the third witness was definitely John Robinson. The other signatues are harder to make out, but I think they were John Beati (sic, Beatty) and H L Hager.

Perhaps one reason this will was not recorded is that is does not name an Executor, as was customary. Lincoln Co, NC court records of the time do not mention Abraham's will being probated. From dates on the will, we can place Abraham death between 4 Aug 1803 and 5 Jan 1804. Several places have his death incorrect as 16 May 1800, impossible since he wrote his will in 1803. His son, Abraham Womack Jr, died 6 May 1800 in Caswell Co, NC, and perhaps this is the source of the mistaken death date for Abraham Sr.

I do not think Margaret Hager was a relative of Abraham Womack, though he left her money from the sales of some his property in his will. I think she may have cared for him since he was so old. She was possibly paid to do so by Abner Womack, who moved to Kentucky in 1797. By coincidence, an Archibald Womack from the Richmond, VA area came to Lincoln Co, NC in the early 1800s and married there Sarah Hager. This Archibald Womack was only very distantly related to Abraham Womack.

Note that at the time of his death, Abraham Womack owned no real estate. He had purchased 160 acres in Tryon Co, NC in 1772:

Tryon Lincoln Deeds, Volume 1
Pp. 694—695: 23 1772, JOHN REED of Tryon Co., to ABRAHAM WAMMOCK of same, for lb 5 sterling …land on W side Catawba River, granted to JOHN BEATY, then conveyed to JOHN REED, 160 A…. JOHN REED (SEAL), MARTHA REED (SEAL), Wit: ABEL BEATTY, JNO. BEATY. Rec. Jan. term 1773.

See my NC Womack records.

In 1779, Tryon County, NC was divided into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties, and ceased to exist.

In Lincoln County Pleas and Quarters Court for Jan 1790, a deed from Abraham Wammock to Abner Wammock for 160 acres dated 25 Sep 1789 was proved by Jas. Reed. I have not seen the actual deed.

Abner Womack sold the land before moving to Kentucky:

Lincoln County, NC, Deed book 20:
266. 7 Nov 1797 Abner Womack (Lincoln Co) to Anderson Nunelly (same); for £80 sold 160 ac on W side of Catawba R; granted [no date] to John Beatty who sold to John Connelly who sold to John Reed who sold to Abraham Womack. [signed] A Womack; witness John Allen jurat and Abel William Dukworth. Rec Jan 1802. Book 20, p.403.

Abraham Womack had only some personal property when he died, and not very much worth anything.

I'll do some more posts on Abraham Womack's long life, with records in the Virginia Counties of Henrico, Amelia, and Prince Edward, and North Carolina Counties of Tryon and Lincoln. and why I believe he was about 100 years old when he died, but for now, I would like to address a few issues that researchers have noted with his will.

First issue is that he gives his Bible to a grandson James Womack, son of Abraham Womack, but from Abraham Womack Jr's Bible Record, we know that Abraham Jr did not have a son named James. I think that whoever wrote down the will as Abraham Sr dictated it made a mistake. It should have said "grandson James Womack son to Abner Womack". Abraham Sr's son Abner Womack did indeed have a son named James Womack, his eldest son, born about 1789 in Lincoln Co, NC, so about 14 when Abraham Sr wrote his will. There is reason to believe that Abraham Sr's Bible did go with Abner Womack's family:

Excerpt from Revolutionary War Pension Application (NC S30804) of Abner Womack of Butler Co, KY, his affadavit, 12 Nov 1832

{Swears} That he was born in Prince Edward County, State of Virginia, on the 7th January 1764. That he has record of his age at hand which was made by his father. That he lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina during his whole service and until 1797, when he moved to that part of Logan Kentucky which now forms the County of Butler where he now resides.

It would be great to find that Bible today! It probably went to Illinois with Abner's sons.

Another issue researchers raise is that Abraham Womack Sr fails to mention all his children in his will. In fact, as shown above, the reference to his son Abraham Jr was likely a mistake, so the only child he actually mentioned was his son Abner Womack. The simple answer to me is that Abraham Sr had very little property, and in his extreme old age was closest to his youngest son. The more complex answer was that he had three sets of children, by first wife Jane LNU, by Ann Blanton, and by second wife Elizabeth LNU. The three children by his first wife may have been estranged from him over the Ann Blanton affair, and he outlived one or two of them. The two children he had out of wedlock with Ann Blanton were not legally his heirs, and at least one or both were dead when he made his will. Although Abraham Womack Sr did not mention all his children in his will, there is sufficient evidence of his legitimate children, as well as proof of his illegitimate children (including Womack DNA testing and Blanton DNA testing).

The third issue that researchers have with Abraham's will is that the chancery records of his brother William Womack (who died without children in 1790 in Charlotte Co, VA) name Abraham as deceased before he wrote his will on 4 Aug 1803 - for example, this Charlote Court Order from 12 Mar 1803. The answer here is that Abraham's kin in Virginia had no contact with him since he left Virginia in the late 1760s, and they assumed that he was dead, which was a good assumption given that he was born circa 1706. The source of the information on Abraham and his family was likely his brother, Thomas Womack Jr (who administered William's estate), or possibly even Thomas Jr's widow, Mary LNU Womack. This is what they had to say about Abraham:

"Abraham Womack it is said went towards South Carolina a great many years ago, the oldest of the connection amongst us cannot remember him but understood of their relations that he removed as above..."

Note that plenty of mistakes were made in listing the families of William Womack's siblings. For Abraham's family, Elizabeth Womack Cawthorn, Mary Womack Spradling, and Abner Womack were remembered as his children, but Abraham Womack Jr was somehow forgotten, and this relationship had to be proved to the administrator of William Womack by Josiah Womack, son of Abraham Womack Jr.

Will of Massanello Womack

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Massanello Womack Will - Shelby County, Kentucky, Will Book B, page 93

{I added some punctuation and broke into paragraphs for readability.}

In the name of God Amen I Massanello Womack of Spencer County and State of Kentucky being sound in body and also of sound mind and memory and considered the uncertainty of life do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following (to wit):

Item 1st - I want all my just debts paid off the first thing.

Item 2nd - I give to my son John W Womack one dollar as he has heretofore had his proporton of my estate.

Item 3rd - I give to my daughter Sally G Maddox two hundred and eighteen dollars it being a note of hand dated the 1st day of March 1836 for two hundred dollars with its interest of eighteen dollars that I hold on Stephen H Maddox her husband in full for her interest in my estate.

Item 4th - I give to my granddaughter Judith F Jewel one Cow and Calf and my kitchen furniture that she has now in her possession.

Item 5th - I give to my granddaughter Martha Jane Dabney one folding table and one chest.

Item 6th - I give to my grandson Robert J Dabney my bed, bed stead and furniture and my saddle and bridle.

Item 7th - It is my will and desire that my negro man named Tom shall be emancipated and set free and receive fifty dollars out of my estate as circumstances will admit of.

Item 8th - It is my will and desire further that the balance of my estate not otherwise disposed of including money on hand shall be equally divided between my grandchildren namel Eliza Jewel, Garland A Dabney, Judith F Jewel, Martha Jane Dabney and Robert J Dabney.

Item 9th - I give to my nephew William Womack Junr one hundred and fifty acres of land Land lying now in Gallatin County formerly Shelby County Kentucky being part of a tract of land containg six hundred and eighteen acres the one hundred and fifty acres of Land was given some years before the balance of said tract was conveyed but I want it distinctly understood that I do not warrant or defend the right of said Land against any newer or better claim.

Item 10th - I hereby ordain constitute and appoint William Jewel Senr, Robert Jewel and William Jewell Junr as Executors to this my last will and testamant with full power and authority to carry this my last will and testament into full and complete effect as witness whereof I here unto set my hand and seal August 25th 1837.

Massanello Womack (Seal)

Witness Edmund Stone
James Wakefield
Jesse B Crocklin {???}

At a County Court held for Spencer County on Monday the 3rd day of September 1838 this invitory{?} purporting to be the last will and testament of Massanello Womack deceased was proved according to law by the oaths of Edmund Stone and James Wakefield witnesses thereto and it is ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Robert Jewell and William Jewell Junr two of the Executors therin named who made oaths thereto and together with William Jewell Senr their security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $250 conditioned as the law directs Certificate is granted the said Robert Jewell and William Jewell Junr for obtaining as probate of the said will in due from William Jewell Senr the other executor named in said will appeared in court and refused to take upon himself then further of the execution thereof. Atteste Raphl Lancaster CSCC {Clerk of Shelby County Court}.

{Will is followed immediately by an Inventory on p.94 (6 Sep 1838), and a List of Sales on p.95 (13 Sep 1838) with the Jewell family appearing most often; no Womacks were buyers. The estate was settled 3 Sep 1839 on p.221 with a full list of credit and debits of the estate. Tom, the slave freed by Massanello, received his $50, and I believe he left Kentucky and was the black Thomas Womack (born circa 1812 in VA) in Clark Co, IN for the 1840 and 1850 censuses.}

American Womack Records Before 1701, Part III

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See Part I and Part II.

Part III deals with Henrico Co, VA Orphan's Court records. Rather than just the records before 1701, I typed out every Womack reference in Henrico Orphans Court, which ran from 1677 to 1739. Some of these were also transcribed by Valentine, p.1780-1781. Also, the Library of Virgina (LVA) has a transcription on the same microfilm reel as the original.

It is no mistake that these court records often occur on 20 Aug, since that was the day designated for many years for Orphans Court to meet; it usually met just one day a year.

The earlier records are tough to read, and I am using Pauline Pearce Warner's transliteration.

Orphans Court Book 1677-1739 of Henrico County, Virginia by Pauline Pearce Warner, An Accurate Transliteration

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 1 Oct 1677, p.1

{Note that Pearce was unable to read the word after "Timothy Allen" (ink spot or page yellowing), but others have said it says "Junr", and same say "Senr". I cannot make it out in the original either, but my guess is that it says "Vizt" like the wording of all the surrounding paragraphs. Vizt or Viz is a Latin abbreviation meaning "that is to say", used to introduce details, and commonly used in legal documents.}

{Note that this the one and only reference in any records whatsoever of William Womack, whom some call "the Immigrant". There is some healthy debate that this record refers to William Womack, brother of Abraham Womack, and if so, than this is only one of two records referring to William, Abraham's brother, the other being the Virginia Colonial Council reference in Part II. However, I agree with Ann McDonald's Proposal, that this refers to William Womack Sr. I respectfully disagree with Ann's opinion that this Orphans Court record is referring to two Mary Womacks - I think it just refers to one Mary Womack, daughter of William Womack Sr.}

{I uploaded a scan of my photocopy here. Unfortunately, some of the words that are legible in the photocopy are not legible in the scan.}

An accott of Cattle belonging to the orphs of William Womeck decd presented by Timothy Allen ___ Mary Womeck 4 Cowes and one heifer. Mary Womeck and Thomas Womeck hath between them 4 Cowes and 3 Calves - the sd Marys proper stock is 5 head of Cattle and the stock between Mary and Thomas is 7 head of Cattle - which is in all - 12 head.
It is consented by the Court that one of Mary Womecks Cowes which is changed for a 3 yeare old heifer of Abraham Womeck shall soe stand confirmed.

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 20 Aug 1678, p.3

An Accott of the Cattle belonging to Mary and Thomas Womeck presented by Timothy Allen Vizt Mary Womeck hath to her selfe 2 Cow, Two Heifers; one of them two in the swamp - in all 4, three Cowes dead, but 2 of them sold.
Mary and Thomas Womck hath between them two Cowes one Calfe at home, 3 heifers in the sw____
Augst 20th 1678

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 20 Aug 1692, p.33

John Granger this day appeared in open Court & promises to bind Over his Estate to Peter Ashbrook & Thomas Puckett as Counter Security, the sd A______ and Womeck being Security for the sd Granger _____ payment of what Estate is left to the ____ Richard Womeck decd.

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 20 Aug 1694, p.36

Samuell Newman did this day in open Court tender unto Capt. Joseph Royall, Mr. Edwd Stratton, & Mr. Abra: Womack an acct of the Cattle Horses &c: belonging to the orph: of Carles Ffeetherstone pursuant to an order of the Court dated Augst the 1st 1694 in the other book, and Capt. Peter Field & Capt. Thos. Cocke offer themselves to become Security with them for the same Whereupn the sd Royall, Stratton & Womack doe consent agree to stand bound as formerly and the Clerke is ordered to take bond of them, and Newman ordered to pay all costs ariseing abt the sd Estate.

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 20 Aug 1703, p.46

It is ordered that Mr Abra: Womack Guard: to Robert Elam - one of the orphs. of Gilbert Elam decd doe give an Accot of what Estate he hath in his hands belonging to the sd. Orphan and that he give security for the same next Octr Court.

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 20 Aug 1711, p.53

John Easly by his petition Setts forth that he marryed the Daughter of Jeremiah Beuskin and therefore prays order for her estate which is in the hands of John Bolling Gentleman, and said Bolling appears and assumes to pay an Account of the said Easly to Abraham Womack the Sum of five pounds five shillings current money and also promises to pay the said Easly thirty six pounds ten shillings in goods at fifty per cent on the first Cost or in Tobacco at one penny per Pound, either of which payments is at the election of the said Easly, and in full satisfaction for his wifes estate, to which the sad Easly consents.

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 5 Oct 1725, p.54

Daniel Nunnally (who intermarried with Susanna Relict of William Womack deceased) failing to appear and comply with the order of September Court relating to Orphans, it is ordered that he be summoned to appear at the next County Court to Comply with the said order of September Court.

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 5 Oct 1725, p.54

{Three paragraph after David Nunnally paragraph, this next one deals with Martha Womack, daughter of Abraham Womack, who married first John Mosby, and second James Hambleton.}

James Hambleton (who intermarried with Martha Relict of John Moseby deceased) failing to appear & comply with the order of September Court relating to Orphans, it is ordered that he be summoned to appear at the next County Court to Comply with the said order of September Court.

{The very next paragraph deals with Womack Pucket who married Mabel the widow of William Pucket, worded almost exactly the same as the James Hambleton paragraph.}

Henrico Co, VA Orphans Court, 1677-1739, 5 Oct 1725, p.55

Ordered that the Churchwardens of Bristol Parish do make enquiry in what manner Elizabeth Womack Educates & provides for the Orphans of Richard Womack deceased and if her care of the said orphans be not such as they approve then they bind out the sd. Orphans according to the directions of the act of Assembly for the ditribution of Intestate Estates &c.

Alabama Womack Notes

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Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol IV, p.1395 - Henry and Lucy (Warmack) Browne of Wake Co, NC

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol II, p.1383 - Washington Co, AL history - John Wommack and others appointed in 1815 to choose a site for the couty-house.

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol III, p.422 - Anderson Crenshaw (1783-1847) bio, son Thomas Chiles (1818-1899) m. 1841 in Butler Co Lucinda Womack.

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol III, p.486 - David Levi and Caroline Margaret (Womack) Campbell

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol III, p.558 - Faith Lyman Hall (1846-) bio, son of Jackson Walter & Virgin (Womack) Faith, dau of John & Frances (Coleman) Womack.

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol III, p.608 - William Tyre & Mary (Womack) Parrish of Raleigh, NC

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol III, p.798 - Herbert Edward Hampton (1800-1877) bio, married Martha, dau of John & Sarah (Lewis) Womack

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol III, p.800 - Thomas Sharpe Herbert bio, son of Edward Hampton & Martha (Womack) Herbert.

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol I, p.181 - History of Butler Co, AL - first elections at house of Jesse Womack on 13 Dec 1819; p.184 - Jesse Womack, senator, 1840-1; p.185 - John W Womack, rep, 1835-6; Jesse Womack, rep, 1839-40

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol I, p.552 - History of Eutaw, J W Womack aquired lands in 1818.

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol II, p.855 - History of Lauderdale co, AL - J B Womack {John Burgess Womack}, representative, 1834-5.

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol II, p.1129 - Pike Co, AL History - Jesse Womack, senator, 1840-1

Timothy D Womack Army Enlistment

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This is the Timothy D Womack/Warmack who lived in Yazoo Co, MS.

ancestry.com - U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 > 1798 May 17 - 1815 > W, Y-Z, p.460 (stamped p.155).

Entry #5290 - Womack, Timothy D; Pvt; 44 USI {United States Infantry?}; under Capt Joseph J Miles; 5'9" tall; grey eyes; light hair; light complexion; age 27; occupation: Laborer; born Bask{?}, GA; enlisted May 2-12, 1814 at New Orleans by Capt Miles for duration of the War; NOTES: D.R. dated Feb 16, 1815, present. D.R. New Orleans Feb 28/15, present, sick in Regtl Hospital. J.R.P.M Barracks, New Orleans April 30/15. Discharged Apr 8 or 10, 1815. See pension case.

John Warmack notes

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My notes in {}. I copied Womack/Warmack references. Also, I am typing out some Sherrard/Sherrod references that happen to be on the same photocopied pages.

This is primarily about John Warmack Sr of Yazoo Co, MS. These are the records of his family in Georgia before they moved to Mississippi in the early 1820s.

Note that I think the William Womack/Warmack in these records was the father of John Warmack, but it may be his brother, or some records may be John's father and some are his brother.

John Warmack also had a probable brother, Timothy D Womack/Warmack, but I have found no records of him in Georgia, other than his Army service records that says he was born in GA (which I will abstract in another blog entry).

Georgians Protest the Yazoo Land Fraud, 1795, in Georgia Genealogical Magazine (GGM), Vol 22, No 2-3, p.95 - Washington County
{This record is very important because there are almost no surviving records of Washington Co, GA, in addition to the early GA censuses also being lost.}

The petitions protesting the Yazoo Land Fraud survive and are substitutes for Georgia's lost censuses. Reproduced below are the signatures from the Washington County petition, now in the Telamon Cuyler Collection of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscripts Library, University of Georgia Libraries. The petition is undated but presumably was signed in 1795.

{many names} ... William Wammack, John Wammack {in a row}, {three Blackshear men a few lines above William & John Wammack} David Blackshear, Edwd Blackshear, Elijah Blackshear. {NOTE: A David Blackshear was involved in deeds with the Womacks in Montgomery Co, GA, see below.}

Montgomery County, Georgia, a Source Book of Genealogy and History, by James E Dorsey and John K Derden

Deed Abstracts - (p.115) Deed of conveyance, William Lott, Jr, to John Jones, 200 acres, Wt Arthur Lott, John Wammock, Thos Davis, 14 Jul 1800.

Deed Abstracts - (p.116) Deed of conveyance, Moses Hornsby to John Jones, 930 acres, Wt Arthur Lott, John Wammock, Thos Davis, 14 Jul 1800.

Deed Abstracts - (p.236) William Womack, Henry Moffet. Wit: David Blackshear, Simon Hadly. 28 Mar 1803.

Deed Abstracts - (p.242) Joel Sherrard, Sarah Sherrard (wife), John Jones. Wit: Seaborn Jones, James Thomas. 9 Apr 1803.

Deed Abstracts - (p.279) Joel Serrard (Sherrard) ... Negro girl Rymer ... prop of Samuel Williamson. Wit: William W Roberts, Henry Hilliard. 14 Jul 1804.

Deed Abstracts - (p.279) William Wammock, David Blackshear. Wit: John Mitchell, John Wammock, John Hill Bryant. 5 Oct 1804.

Deed Abstracts - (p.362) John Warmack, Daniel McIntosh. Wit: Murdock McIntosh, Charles McKinnon, Abner Davis. 3 Feb 1808.

Deed Abstracts - (p.368) John Lowe, John Warmack. Wit: Simon Hadley, Thomas Raines. 5 Feb 1808.

Deed Abstracts - (p.368) William Wamock, John Wamock, John Jones. Wit: Nevin Culbreath, Abner Davis. 5 Feb 1808.

Deed Abstracts - (p.369) Jesse Flugham (of Washington County), Talliaferro Fulgham. Wit: Joel Sherrard. 5 Feb 1808.

Deed Abstracts - (p.120) John Warmack (of Twiggs County), Murdock McIntosh. Wit: Donald McIntosh, Christiana McIntosh. 30 May 1810.

Will Book A (1808-1863), p.5 - LWT of William Ryals ... Wife Elizabeth {this abstact is incorrect, wife was Edith} ... Son John B Ryals ... Son Joseph Ryals ... Son William R Ryals ... Dau Elizabeth Womack ... Dau Matilda Ryals ... Dau Winniford Colq(-) ... Son Joseph ... Dau (?) Mary Ryals ... Grandchildren: Thomas B, Mary Anne and Edith Colquhann .. Son in Law: Angus (?) Colquhann ... Testators: George Wyche, Nirdham(?) R Bryan, Benj F Harris ... 24 Nov 1827. {NOTE: this Womack reference unrelated to all others - Elizabeth Ryals was the wife of Nathaniel Green Womack, grandson of Abraham Womack IV and Judith Minter.}

Jury Lists, Jurors 1805 - Henry Moffet, John Wamuck (among others)

Jury Lists, Jurors 1806 - William Wammack (among others)

Womack Land Grants in Montgomery County, Georgia

Wamack, Wm - Montgomery, Book G-5, p.471, 960 acres, 1809 [Plat Book WW, p.21, William Warmack].

Wammock, Jno - Montgomery, Book F-5, p.71, 650 acres, 1805 [Plat Book VV, p.39, Swift Creek, John Wamock].

Womock, Wm - Montgomery, Book AAAAA, p.550, 700 acres, 1798 [Plat Book CC, p.433, William Wamock].

Womock, Wm - Montgomery, Book EEEEE, p.402, 100 acres, 1803 [Plat Book DD, p.479, William Wamock].

Also, one land grant in Washington Co, GA which *may* be this William Womack, but since there were several William Womacks in GA at the time, it is hard to tell if this is the correct William Womack:

Womock, Wm - Washington, Book AAAAA, p.236, 50 acres, 1798.

The 1797-1798 tax list for Montgomery Co, GA is at the Georgia Archives Virtual Vault; William Wamock (on p.23) paid taxes on 700 acres.

Georgia Land Lottery Records - see my early GA Womack Records.

Note that John Wammock and William Wammock from Montgomery Co, GA registered for the 1805 GA Land Lottery but did not win.

In the 1807 GA Land Lottery, John Warmack and William Warmack from Montgomery Co, GA both won (John won two lots):

John Warmack Montgomery 54th Wilkinson 12 325
John Warmack Montgomery 54th Baldwin 7 64
William Warmack Montgomery 54th Wilkinson 27 171

By 1809, Wilkinson and Baldwin Counties had been divided into several smaller counties, including Twiggs and Pulaski, in which we find records of John Warmack's family. Note that an unrelated Womack family was in Pulaski Co, GA at the same time: David Womack (son of Abraham Womack & Martha Mitchell) was on the 1820 Census in Pulaski Co, GA, and he later moved to Gadsden Co, FL (see the book, Little River Pioneers, by Miles K Womack). So, there are some Pulaski Co, GA records that refer to David Womack's family, not John Warmack's family.

Early Twiggs Co, GA records are lost, and so are all census records before 1830. John Warmack apparently lived in Twiggs Co, GA in 1810, since when he sold his land in Montgomery Co, GA to Murdock McIntosh, the deed said John Warmack was from Twiggs Co. John Warmack had sons Benjamin Warmack and Joel Sherrard Warmack who begin appearing in Georgia records in the early 1820s. Also, there was a William Warmack who married in May 1815 in Pulaski Co, GA. Since John Warmack had a son named William who was too young to be married in 1815 (see later Mississippi records), this William Warmack was either John's brother or father.

Georgia Marriages, 1811-1820

Wormack, William to King, Elizabeth, 23 May 1815 (license), Pulaski cr.

Although early Twiggs Co, GA records are gone, John Warmack had dealings in Pulaski Co, GA (which at that time was adjacent to Twiggs, to the south of Twiggs), and luckily, records of Pulaski Co, GA have survived.

Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1809-1823, by Lee G Barrow.

Petit Jurors, Oct 1818 - John Wormack {among others}

Court of Ordinary Minutes, p.38, Apr 1816, ... Elizabeth Wormack formerly Elizabeth King admx of the estate of Samuel King decd.

Court of Ordinary Minutes, p.53, Sep 1816, ... Elizabeth King, now Elizabeth Wammack, Admx on the estate of Samuel King, decd.

Court of Ordinary Minutes, p.53, Sep 1816, Ordered that letters of administration de bonis non with the will annexed on the estate of William Roberts decd be granted to John Sherrod - andthat he be bound in the sum of $6000 and that Simon Bardin be his security.

Court of Ordinary Minutes, p.56, Jan 1817, Ordered that the verbal will of Elizabeth Roberts be recorded and that John Sherrod & John Wommack be executors to the same & John Sherrod be appointed guardian for Henry Roberts and John Wommack guarian to Benjamin Roberts, both sons of Wm Roberts decd.

Court of Ordinary Minutes, p.62, Jan 1817, Ordered that Wm J Murrell be appointed guardian to the person & property of Simon Roberts and that he [be] bound in the sum of $1200 and John Wommack and John Hodges be his securities.

Court of Ordinary Minutes, p.70, May 1817, Ordered that Wm J Murrell appear at the next Court of Ordinary Minutes to give new security in place of John Wommack & John Hodges.

Court of Ordinary Minutes, p.74, Sep 1817, Ordered that a warrant of appraisement on the estate of Elizabeth Roberts decd be directed to Thos McGriff, Wm May, Hinchey Warren, Jno Wommack, and Blakely Edins.

Court of Ordinary Minutes, p.74, Sep 1817, Ordered that John Sherrod be appointed guardian to the person & property of Simon Roberts and that he [be] bound in the sum of $1200 and John Wommack be his security.

More Georgia Land Lottery Records - see my early GA Womack Records.

In the 1820 GA Land Lottery, Benjamin Warmack of Twiggs Co, GA, son of John Warmack, won:

Benjamin Womack Twiggs Bozeman's Habersham 10 164

In the 1832 GA Land Lottery, Elizabeth (King) Warmack of Pulaski Co, GA, widow of William Warmack, won:

Elizabeth Wammock, widow Pulaski Bryan's 2 9 91

The following marriage records appear in Pulaski:

Lucretia Womack - John Rodgers 23 Dec 1819 Pulaski
Martha Womack - George Little 2 Mar 1820 Pulaski

Lucretia and Martha Womack were daughters of David Womack (son of Abraham Womack & Martha Mitchell) who was on the 1820 Census in Pulaski Co, GA, and who later moved to Gadsden Co, FL (see the book, Little River Pioneers, by Miles K Womack). Thus, they are unrelated to John Warmack.

Also, Wyche Womack of Pulaski Co, GA, son of David Womack, won in the 1821 GA land lottery:

Wyche Wammack Pulaski Regan's Monroe 2 252

Georgia Newspaper Records

John Warmack, and his sons Benjamin Warmack and Joel Sherrard Warmack, were mentioned a few times in early GA newspapers.

Genealogical Abstracts from the "Georgia Journal" (Milledgville) Newspaper, 1809-1840, by Fred R Hartz and Emilie K Hartz.

Issue of 18 Apr 1820, List of unclaimed letters, dated 18 Apr 1820, at Marion, GA post office: Benjamin Wamock {among others}. {NOTE: Marion was the county seat of Twiggs Co, GA until 1868 when the county seat was moved to Jeffersonville. See Twiggs County Courthouse.}

Issue of 18 Jul 1820, List of unclaimed letters, dated 1 Jul 1820, at Madison, GA post office: Joel S Warmack {among others}. {NOTE: Madison is the county seat of Morgan Co, GA; unknown why Joel was there.}

Issue of 10 Oct 1820, List of unclaimed letters, dated 10 Oct 1820, at Madison, GA post office: Joel Warmack {among others}.

Issue of 30 Jan 1821, List of unclaimed letters, dated 1 Jan 1821, at Marion, GA post office: B Warmack {among others}.

Issue of 27 Feb 1821, Will be sold at the court-house, in the town of Hartford, Pulaski Couny, on the first Tuesday in April next, the following property, to wit: ... One gray horse, 17 head of hogs, one cow, all taken as the propery of William H Mathers, to satisfy sundry executions in favor of Benjamin Warmack ... (signed) B Barker.

Issue of 30 Oct 1821, List of unclaimed letters, dated 30 Sep 1821, at Marion, GA post office: Benjamin Warmack {among others}.

Issue of 24 Sep 1822, On the first Tuesday in November next, will be sold at the place appointed for holding court in Fayette County, the following property, to wit: ... One lot of land, No. 252, in the 13th district of formerly Henry, now Fayette, levied on as the property of William H Mathers, to satisy a fi fa from the Superior Court in Pulaski County, in favor of Benjamin Warmack ... (signed) John S Welch, Sheriff.

Issue of 15 Jul 1823, On the first Tuesday in September next, will be sold at the court-house in Early County ... the following property, to wit: One lot of land, No. 393, 28th district of said county, taken as the property of James Kendrick and John Warmack, to satisfy an execution in favor of Henry Bunn ... (Signed) William A Carr, Sheriff. {NOTE: this may have been a different John Womack/Warmack}

War of 1812

John Warmack may have been in the War of 1812, see Georgia Military Records War of 1812 (partial roster). Note that the page also mentions General David Blackshear, probably the same David Blackshear in Montgomery Co, GA records with the Warmacks.

This is everthing I have on John Warmack in Georgia. I will do another post on the records of John Warmack's family in Mississippi.

Notes on William W Womack Family

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See http://groups.google.com/group/womack-genealogy-on-the-web/browse_thread/thread/c5d9cd260c6f6b99/fecff768545dca16

See WGN message, Thursday, February 12, 2004, from Doris Cox:
Agness Womack married to Edward Douglass.
Marriage bann: 14 October 1829 Pittsylvania Co VA
Marriage: 15 October 1829 Pittsylvania Co VA
Signer of Certificate: Agness W. Womack
Surety: Richard White
Minister: Rev. Griffith Dickenson, Sr.
Marriage Bann Page 93.
Marriages of Pittsylvania Co., VA 1806 - 1830 by Kathleen Booth Williams
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore
Book page 44. Book found at Library in Chatham in Pittsylvania Co VA.

Shelby Co, TN marriages
27 Jul 1835, G L Douglas Security, #873, Joseph L Waller to Agnes W Douglas.
25 Feb 1834, L R Brown security, #816, Joseph Smith to Sarah W Womack.
1 Oct 1838, R A Motly security, #1151, C Parr to Sarah W Smith, Executed 4 Oct 1838 by Henry L Moran MG.

In 1880, Womacks were in Union Twp, White co, AR.

Somehow listed as "Horndel" in 1860. Probably a mistake copying the name "Wormack".

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, White, Arkansas; Roll M653_52; Page: 915; Image: 443; Family History Library Film: 803052.
House 667
W W Horndel 50 M W Farmer 800 500 VA -- William W(atson?) Womack
E Horndel 25 F W TN -- Elizabeth (LNU) Womack, should be 45
S H Horndel 26 M W Farmer TN -- Stephen C(oleman?) Womack
Wm Horndel 17 M W Farmer TN -- William Womack, birthplace should be MS
John Horndel 14 M W TN -- John Womack, birthplace should be MS
Martha Horndel 10 F W TN -- Martha Womack, birthplace should be MS
E Horndel 8 F W TN -- Elizabeth Womack, should be 12, birthplace should be MS
N Horndel 6 F W TN -- Nancy Womack, birthplace should be MS
Nancy Horndel 36 F W TN -- Nancy (Sandeford) Womack, should be 27
C Hazlewood 26 M W TN
Mary Howe 21 F W TN

ancestry - Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900
Stephen C. Womack / Nancy W. Landeford {Sandeford} 28 Jul 1859 White AR
Kit Mooring / Martha T. Womack 18 Dec 1877 White AR
S. C. Womack / S. E. [Mrs] Hefner 22 Oct 1882 White AR
E. D. Womack / Martha Adams 5 Nov 1885 White AR
W. F. Womack / Fannie E. Armstrong 17 Dec 1885 White AR
Henry T. Ausburn / Elizabeth Warmac 19 Aug 1866 White AR
John T. Wormack / Lizer R. Harrison 29 Dec 1867 White AR

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 5, Hill, Texas; Roll M593_1591; Page: 458A; Image: 434; Family History Library Film: 553090.
House 19
Osborn, Patrick H 26 M W Farmer -- 150 AL
Osborn, Elizabeth 22 F W MS -- Elizabeth (Womack) Osborne
John E 3 M W TX
Ephraim B 87 M W Physician NC
Nancy 69 F W VA

LDS has Patrick Henry Osborne (son of Ephraim Brevard Osborne & Nancy Smith) married to Elizabeth June Womack. White Co, AR marriage records have Henry T [should be P] Ausburn to Elizabeth Warmac, 19 Aug 1866. Named as daughter Elizabeth H Osborn in will of William W Womack (indexed as William V Warmack) in White Co, AR, dated 11 May 1867.

See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=david_hughey&id=I115280
Nancy Sandeford who married Stephen C(oleman) Womack was the grandaughter of Stephen Coleman McDaniel (brother of Sarah McDaniel who married Charles Womack) and Lockey Douglass, who was probably related to Edward Douglass who married Agness W Womack.

See http://genforum.genealogy.com/douglass/messages/1619.html - says Edward C Douglass (who married Agness W Womack) was the son John and Elizabeth McDaniel Douglas. They also had a son, George Livingston Douglas(s) who was probably the G L Douglas who acted as security for marriage of Agness W (Womack) Douglas to Joseph Waller.

Halifax County, Virginia Womack Deeds

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Halifax County, Virginia Womack Deeds - these are very rough abstracts

Book 1, p.309, 27 May 1757, Richard Womack of Lunenburg to Patrick Shealds of Prince Edward, 870 acres, part of patent to Richard Womack 5 Feb 1757. Jacob Womack one of the witnesses.

Book 2, p.83, 20 Dec 1759, Richard Womack of Cornwall Parish, Lunenburg, to Robert Peek (or Peck) of St Patrick Parish, Prince Edward, 400 acres, part of patent to Richard Womack 5 Feb 1757.

Book 2, p.224, 18 Sep 1760, Richard Anderson, Paulin Anderson & John Watkins of Amelia to Isham Womack of Halifax, half of 400 acre tract, other half to Charles Cauthron {husband of Elizabeth Womack}.

Book 2, p.226 - 18 Sep 1760, Richard Anderson, Paulin Anderson & John Watkins of Amelia to Charles Cawthron {husband of Elizabeth Womack} of Halifax, half of 400 acre tract.

Book 4, p.22 - 14 Apr 1762, Robert Wormock (or Warmock) of Halifax to James Dillard, a horse and other items.

Book 4, p.31 - 14 Jun 1762, Robert Warmock & wife Mary Ann of Halifax to Thomas Duncan of same, horses, cattle, etc.

Book 5, p.252 - 14 Nov 1764, Daniel Dean of Halifax to Jacob Womack of Orange Co, NC, 207 acres.

Book 5, p.227 - 18 Oct 1764, Isham Womack & wife Elizabeth of Halifax to Champness Terry of same, 200 acres.

Book 6, p.95 - 18 Sep 1766, Charles Cothran {husband of Elizabeth Womack} of Halifax to Obediah Russell of same, 200 acres.

Book 7, p.267 - 1 Nov 1768, Daniel Hudson & wife Tabitha of Charlotte Co to Abraham Womack of Halifax, 480 acres, Beavers Creek.

Book 8, p.31 - 8 Feb 1768, William Womack Sr of Cumberland Co to Charles Womack of Cumberland Co, 315 acres. William Doss and Sussaner {sic, Susannah Womack} Doss witnesses.

Book 8, p.205 - 15 May 1771, Richard Womack of Charlotte Co to Thomas Owen of Halifax, 200 acres on Hunting Creek, witnesses Thomas Stovall, Bartholomew Stovall, Thomas Womack.

Book 8, p.211 - 15 May 1771, Richard Womack of Charlotte Co to Charles Lee of Halifax, 150 acres on Hunting Creek, witnesses Thomas Stovall, Bartholomew Stovall, Thomas Womack.

Book 9, p.40 - 2 Nov 1773, Abraham Womack of Halifax to Walter Robertson of Halifax, slave "Jim", for a debt Womack owes Robertson.

Book 11, p.408 - (blank month & day) 1779, Abraham Womack of Halifax to John Coleman of Halifax, 480 acres.

Book 12, p.85 - 24 Nov 1780, Thomas Womack & Sarah his wife of NC to Robert Owen of Halifax, 150 acres on Hunting Creek, bounded by Humphrey Brooks {who fathered child out of wedlock with Sarah Womack, dau of Thomas} & others. {NOTE: In Halifax Co, VA Pleas #5, 1764-1767, p.32, 21 Mar 1765, a deed is noted from Ambrose Cobb to Thomas Womack. The deed was apparently not copied into the deed books. This is apparenty the land Thomas & Sarah sold in 1780, since, from other Halifax deeds, Ambrose Cobb also owned land in the Hunting Creek area.}

Book 12, p.101 - 20 Feb 1783, Charles Womack of Halifax to Matt Duet Willians of Charlotte Co, 373 acres.

Book 14, p.616 - 25 Nov 1789, Abraham Womack of Halifax to William Naish of Mecklenburg Co, slave "Annina".

American Womack Records Before 1701, Part II

2009-12-06T17:08:00.000-08:00

This blog entry completes all known pre-1701 Womack records that were not recorded at the Henrico County, Virginia level. We did the Land Patents in Part I. Here, we have two court records at the Virginia Colony level, plus Charles City Co, VA deeds, and a letter from William Byrd I concerning the death of Richard Womack.

Subsequent entries will deal with records at the Henrico County level.

VA Colonial Council, 1670-1676, p.177, 8 Apr 1674, Jamestown, VA

Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, By Henry Read McIlwaine, published 1924, p.369.

8 Apr 1674.
Tho: Ludwell {Secretary of Virginia}
Womeck & Clarke.
The Difference Between Abra: Womeck and Wm Clarke about the estate of Wm Wm {sic} Womeck Deced. It is ordered that the Said Abra: Womeck (brother of the said William) have two thirds of his Estate, both reall {sic} and psonall {sic} and the widdow have the other Pt.

VA Colonial Government, 12 Sep 1688, Jamestown, VA

Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscipts, 1652-1781, Wm P Palmer, editor, Volume I, p.21.

John Womack vs. Jno. Granger and wife -- action for Slander. 12 Sep 1688.

Charles City Co, VA, Fragmentary Will & Deed Book 1692-1694, p.155, 5 Jun 1693

Charles City County, Virginia Records 1737-1774 With Several 17th Century Fragments, Abstracted and Compiled by Benjamin B Weisiger III

p.155 Deed of gift John Farley, Sr. of Apamatock in Henrico Co. for love & affection, to his son John Farley, half of my land at Blackwater in Charles City Co., which I purchased of Hercules Flood, 75 acres, being the lower part. .20 Nov. 1692
Wit: Nich. Dison, Margarett (T) Dison, Nich. (H) Dison, Jr.
Signed: John Farley
Recorded 5 June 1693
Wife of John, Sr. relinquished her dower right

p.l55 Deed John Farley, Sr. of Bristol Parish, Henrico Co. for an exchange of land of John Womack of same, where he now lives, 100 acres, granted to him by his brother Richard Womack, I grant him 75 acres in Blackwater, Charles City Co., next to land I gave my son John, 75 acres. 5 June 1693
Wit: Thomas (X) Gayton, Wm Walthall, Nich. Dison
Signed: John Farley His wife Mary relinquished her dower right

{REB - Note that Prince George Co, VA was formed from Charles City Co in 1702.}

Westover (Charles City Co), VA, Letter from William Byrd I, dated 25 Apr 1684, possibly later

Copied from Markie Owen's website.

The Virginia Historical Register

Vol. 1-11-64...
Capt. Byrds Letters
James City in Virginia
April the 25th, 1684

To Thomas Grendon per Zack Taylor

Dear Sir,
This I hope will come to your hands to congratulate your safe
arrival in England, having little news to send, all being well
at your house. The General Assembly is now sitting, and your
neighbour Hill Speaker. I hope all things will go on smoothly.

Old Sturdivant, his son, Millner {,} Shipy, Womacke, and Hugh Cassell were all killed by the Indians in their returne from the Westward, about 30 miles beyond Ochanechee. What prejudice it is to mee you may guesse, they having (had they come will in) made a very advantagous journey. On Easter monday I spoke with 50 Seneca Indians about 12 miles abouve my house; they have promised to behave themselves hereafter very peaceable towards the English. I shall not trouble you further at present, but with my best respects and service to yourselfe and all our friends, wishing all health and prosperity, I am, Sir, Your reall friend and Servant
W.B.
Jack Warren and Will Randolph our worthy Burgesses, frequently
drinke your health.

Pray be mindfull of my shoes and Boots & C.

NOTE:

The Valentine Museum indicates that the Susquehanna
Indians conducted the raid which killed the above
personnel.

{REB - More on William Byrd here.

Adventures of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, Virginia M Meyer editor, p.351, footnote #18 - Marion Tinling, ed, The Correspondences of the Three William Byrds of Westover, Virginia, 1684-1776 (Charlottesvill, 1977), I, pp 15-16. The date of this letter may have been later in the yesr. Letters of administration on the estates of John Milner, Thomas Shippy, Richard Womeck (and John Davis) were granted to their widows at the same Henrico County court, 1 Aug 1684, and all of these men's inventories show some connection with the Indian trade: Indian boys and girls, trading knives, a tomahawk, Indian baskets (Henrico Co Wills & Deeds 1677-92, pp. 282-290). The Occaneechee Trail or Path led from Fort Henry (Petersburg) through Ocaneechee Town (near present Clarksville, Meklenburg County), close to the forks of the Dan and Roanoke Rivers. Twenty miles west of that would be present Person Co, NC.
}

American Womack Records Before 1701, Part I

2009-12-06T11:07:00.000-08:00

This is the first of a series of blog enties on the earliest (pre 1701) Womack records in America.

This first entry is the Virginia Land Patents which mention Womacks. See Virginia Land Patents. This data comes from the book series Cavaliers and Pioneers, Volumes 1-8. All of these patents can all be viewed at the Library of Virginia here: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO.html

Land Patents were kept at the Virginia Colony/State capital, which was Jamestown until 1699 when it was moved to Williamsburg, and then moved to the current capitol, Richmond, in 1780.

The following are ALL the land patents that mention Womacks before 1701. There is an undocumented assertion that William Womack recieved a patent in 1657 or 1665. This patent has never been found, and I will address it and other fictional/dubious assertions in a later blog entry.

My notes and comments in {}.

VA Land Patent, Book 2, p.94, 20 Nov 1646, Charles City Co, VA

David Jones, 650 acs. Charles City Co, 20 Nov 1646, p.94. Bet 2 creeks opposite against Taphanna Marsh upon the northerly side of the River, being a neck of land ESE upon David Jones Cr 300 acs by former patent & 350 acs due for trans of 7 pers: Richard Wolfe, Tho. Peacock, Peteer Debar, Ja. Thompson, Fra. Rocke, Margaret Weym'ke (Weymarke), Mary Hunter.

{REB - I do not believe Margaret was a Womack, but the name is similar.}

VA Land Patent, Book 6, p.447, 15 Mar 1673 (OS 1672), Henrico Co, VA

Richard Womack, 450 A, 3 R, 8 P, Henrico Co, N side of Appomattock Riv, 15 Mar 1672/3, p.447. At a br of Ashen Sw, adj John Puckett; the Spring Run, Mr Baugh; nigh the Round Slash; to Major Harris, &c. Trans of 9 pers: Sarah Johnson, John Adams, Mary Cooke, Jane Hayes, Jane Barrett, Tho. Browne, Joan Grigory, Jane Treble, An. Percer.

VA Land Patent, Book 6, p.454, 26 May 1673, Henrico Co, VA

James Akin & Richd Womack, 335 acs, Henrico Co, N Side Appamattock Riv, 26 May 1673, p.454. At the head of Tho Wells; to Finton's run, &c. 250 acs granted said Akin 20 Oct 1665 {Patent Book 5, p.517}, 85 acs due them for the trans of 2 pers: Philip Childers, Ann Daily.

VA Land Patent, Book 7, p.75, 23 Apr 1681, Henrico Co, VA

Mr George Browning, 37 A, 2 R, 8 P, Henrico Co, in Varina Par, 23 Apr 1681, p.75. Adj Mr Liggon; Abraham Womacke; Thomas Sheppey; Thomas Jones; &c. Tran of 1 pers. {not named}.

VA Land Patent, Book 7, p.200, 20 Nov 1682, Henrico Co, VA

Wm Pucket & Tho Pucket, 757 acs, Henrico Co, Bristol Par, N ide of Appamatox Riv, 20 Nov 1682, p.200. The first 50 acs next above Mr Wm Baugh, on Pierce's Toile Cr' 300 acs wherof beg on sd Cr, at the Spring Bottom; to the Ashen Sw; along the line of Mr Walthal; &c; 257 acs adj Richard Womeck; & John Puckett; &c. 500 acs granted John Pucket 27 Jan 1665 {Patent Book 5, p.589, John Pockett}, & bequeathed to his 2 sons: Wm & Thomas; 257 for the trans of 6 pers: Jone White, Alce ___, Patrick Foster, Robt. Tovey (or Povey), John Edwards, Gil. Pucket.

VA Land Patent, Book 7, p.250, 16 Apr 1683, Henrico Co, VA

Mr Joseph Tanner & Mr Richard Wamocke, 206 A, 1 R, & 20 P, Henrico Co, in Bristoll Par, on N side of Appomattock Riv, 16 Apr 1683, p.250. Beg at Major Wm Harris, to the Holy Ground Slash; to maine br of Ashen Sw; &c. Trans of 5 pers: Tho. Bayes, Richd. Perrot, David Salisbury, Tho. White, Hen. Boyce.

VA Land Patent, Book 8, p.46, 21 Apr 1690, Henrico Co, VA

John Scott (or Stott), 206 A, 1 R, 20 P, Henrico Co, in Bristoll Par on N Side of Appomattock Riv, 21 Apr 1690, p.46. Beg at Maj Wm Harris; on the Holy Ground Slah; down maine br of the Ashen Sw; to Richard Waymock (Wamock). Granted Mr Joseph Tanner & Mr Richard Waymock, 16 Apr 1683 {Bk 7, p.250, see above}, deserted, & now passed by order, &c. Imp of 5 pers. {not named}.

{REB - the desertion of the 206 acres probably coincides with death of Richard Womack prior to 9 Aug 1684 (Henrico Co, VA 1677-1692 Will & Deed Book, p.285).}

VA Land Patent, Book 8, p.172, 20 Oct 1691, Henrico Co, VA

Mr John Worsham, Mr Edward Straton (Stratton), & Mr Abraham Womack, 879 acs in Henrico Co, Verina Par, N side of Swift Cr, 20 Oct 1691, p.172. Beg at the mouth of Cold Water Run. Imp of 18 pers: Richard Lewis, Judith Lewis, Sarah Somerseal, Clemens Proveer, John Stewart, Wm. Migettoe, James Butlidge, John Bull, Eliza. Pain; Dick, Tom, Nan, Peter Negroes; 5 Negroes by Cert. granted Mr Rich. Kennon for 70 Negroes by Hen. Co. Ct., 1 Apr 1690.

VA Land Patent, Book 8, p.216, 19 Apr 1692, Henrico Co, VA

Mr Abraham Womack Senr, 269 acs, Henrico Co, 19 Apr 1692, p.216, 200 acs purchased of Gilbert Deikon; the residue being King's land; beg on line of Gilbert Elam, dividing this from Wm Clark; adj Edward Stratton; Hugh Ligon; the Granery road; & Thomas Shippey. Imp of 2 pers: Tom & Sue.

{See Patent Book 4, p.9, Gilbert Deacon, 7 Oct 1655, 324 acs, adj Tho Sheppey & Elam, grant renewed on 18 Mar 1662; also Bk 5, p.125, George Browning, 10 Jun 1663, 400 acres between the land of one Clark, Henry Lawne, Gilbert Deacon, and Robert Elan; also Bk 7, p.455, William Clarke, 20 Apr 1685, 124 acres escheated land. Formerly granted to Gilbert Deacon.}

VA Land Patent, Book 9, p.161, 15 Oct 1698, Henrico Co, VA

Abraham Womeck, 200 acs, Henrico Co, 15 Oct 1698, p.161. Escheated from Gilbert Deacon, by inquisition under Wm Randolph, Esqr, Esch'r, &c.

{This was part of the 269 acres granted to Abraham Womack in Bk 8, p.216 (see above). Gilbert Deacon was granted 324 acres on 7 Oct 1655 (Bk 4, p.9). Sometime before 23 Apr 1681, Abraham Womack purchased 200 of the 324 acres, since on 23 Apr 1681, he was listed as owning land adjacent to George Browning (Bk 7, p.75, see above). Gilbert Deacon apparently kept the remaining 124 acres. However, he apparently had failed to pay taxes on any of the land, including the 200 acres he sold Abraham Womack. The 124 acres of land was escheated (returned to the crown) for failure to pay taxes. On 20 Apr 1685, William Clarke got a grant for the 124 acres (escheated land, formerly granted to Gilbert Deacon), but Abraham Womack was in hot water concerning the back-taxes on the other 200 acres until an inquistion was held by Esq William Randolph, and Abraham was re-granted the land in this patent. Thus, Abraham Womack and William Clarke were neighbors, each owning part of the former land of Gilbert Deacon. They would later have a court battle over their property line (Henrico Co, VA 1678-1693 Order Book, p.310). Also, this William Clarke married the widow (name unknown) of William Womack, Abraham's brother (Minutes of the General Court of Virginia, 1670-1676, p.177; Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, By Henry Read McIlwaine, published 1924, p.369).}

VA Land Patent, Book 9, p.168, 15 Oct 1698, Henrico Co, VA

John Puckett, 257 acs, Henrico Co, adj Richard Womecke; down the Spring Bottom; to Mr William Baugh, &c; 15 Oct 1698, p.168. Part of 757 acs granted to William Pockett & Thomas Pockett, 20 Nov 1682 {Bk 7, p.200, see above}, deserted, & now granted by order, &c. Trans of 6 pers: Thomas Peterson, Wm Nicholas, Mary Nicholas, Hen. Drewery, Peter Morgan, Robt.Dolby.

Ingram Genealogy, Part III

2009-08-15T20:41:00.000-07:00

Please read first:

Ingram Genealogy, Part I
Ingram Genealogy, Part II

Charlton Ingram had 3 Kentucky Land Grants:

Ancestry, Kentucky Land Grants

Grantee Acres Book Survey Date County WaterCourse
Ingram, Chalton 400 11 23 Mar 1805 Livingston Cumberland R
Ingram, Chalton 150 18 9 Jul 1805 Livingston Cumberland R
Ingram, Charlton 11 xxx 7 30 Nov 1838 Trigg Little R

As discussed in an earlier post, I believe Charlton's mother was named Susannah (1790 Caswell tax list, also Charlton's brother John had a daughter named Susannah Ingram). Charlton Ingram married Lucy Womack and his first cousin, Benjamin Ingram, married Lucy's sister, Ann "Nancy" Womack.

Benjamin Ingram and wife Nancy Womack lived in Pendleton Co, SC from about 1792 to about 1802, then they moved to Livingston Co, KY (the part which became Caldwell in 1809). They must have returned to Caswell Co, NC before going to KY, since Benjamin Ingram was there 1 Sep 1803 when he recieved his share of Abraham Womack's estate. From deed records of Pendleton Co, SC, and from tax records of Caldwell Co, KY, I guessed that Benjamin's parents were James Ingram and Catherine LNU.

Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories, By Junie Estelle Stewart King

Livingston Co, KY, Book A, 1799-1818
INGRAM, JAMES. Oct 4 1806. April 1807. Wife: Caty. Children mentioned but not named. Ex: Benjamin Ingram (son), Samuel Burton (son-in-law). Wit: Moses Ingram, Falton East.

Note the witness Moses Ingram, who was son of Charlton Ingram.

This will abstract verified my theory. Benjamin wrote his own will a couple years later, and it mentions his father's estate, and that his mother was still living.

I suspected that Benjamin's father James was brother to Charlton's father Benjamin. So, I looked for a James married to a Catherine, with brother Benjamin married to Susannah. See http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/3739/d27.htm#P1995.

Here, we have Benjamin Ingram married to Susannah Coin (I think she was actually Susannah Quine), and James Ingram married to Catherine Young. I am sure these are the correct Ingrams, and that they came from Baltimore Co, MD (the part which became modern Harford Co, MD) to Orange Co, NC (the part which became modern Caswell Co, NC) between 1770 and 1772. They were part of a larger migration of people from Maryland to North Carolina, including the families of Miles, Slade, Wright, Poteat (Poteet), and Richardson. Benjamin Ingram and James Ingram were the sons of John Ingram and Mary Peasley. See "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759" (which is available on ancestry.com) for more info on this Ingram family in Maryland. The will of John Ingram is in Maryland Calendar of Wills: 1732-1738 By Jane Baldwin Cotton.

In Maryland, deeds could be registred with the county or the colony government.

Compare these two deeds:

Baltimore County, Maryland Deed Records, Vol 4, 1767-1775, by John Davis

19 Nov 1770, Isaac & Mary Wright, William & Sarah Wright, Abraham & Averilla Wright (sons and heirs of William Wright), planters, of Baltimore Co, MD to Corbin Lee, 166 pounds, 500 acres patented 12 Aug 1696, by Edward Felk, who devised to his cousin Edward Pigg, who sold to Samuel Maxwell, who sold to William Wright Sr. Signed Isaac (x) Wright, William (x) Wright and Abraham Wright. Wit: J Beale Howard and James Gittings.

Provincial Court Land Records, 1770-1774 (Maryland State Archives Website)

21 Nov 1770, Benjamin Ingram of Baltimore Co, planter to Corbin Lee of Baltimore Co and Robert Alexander, Esq of Baltimore Co, 138 pounds, land called Michael's Chance, 100 acres. Signed Benjamin (B) Ingram, Corbin Lee, Robt Alexander. Wit: J Beale Howard and Jas Gittings. 21 Nov 1770, Benjamin Ingram acknowledged deed, wife Susannah relinquished dower. Recorded 27 Apr 1771.

So, we have two deeds of land bought by Corbin Lee, with same witnesses, two days apart. The first deed was recorded in Baltimore County, MD, and the second with the Province (or colony) of Maryland.

According to Baltimore County Families 1659-1759 by R.W. Barnes, the three Wright brothers above had a fourth brother, Jacob Wright. I found this marriage record:

Ancestry, Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777

Wright, Jacob to Priscilla Ingram, 4 Aug 1765, 2 BA 228
meaning Baltimore County - 2 BA - St. John's and St' George's Parish; copy made by Harrison at MHS [Maryland Historical Society]. (Despite the title of the manuscript, the records are chiefly those of St. John's Parish.)

Note that in Caswell Co, NC, James Ingram (son of Benjamin/Susannah) had a daughter named Priscilla Ingram (married Moses Allen). James also had a son named Benjamin Ingram who married Priscilla Wright.

Ingram men were the bondsmen for four Wright marriages in Caswell before 1850, indicating a strong connection between these families. There were also lots of deed records in Caswell talking about Ingram and Wright together.

Abraham Wright and Jacob Wright were in Caswell Co, NC in the 1777 tax list near the Ingrams. Isaac Wright died in 1774 in Orange Co, NC before Caswell was formed in 1777 (see below). So far, I have found no record that brother William Wright came to Orange/Caswell.

Ancestry, Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800

A-174 Will of ISAAC WRITE of St. Mathew's Parish.
Dated 26 May 1772, proved Aug 1774. Wife: Mary
sons: Zacharias and Isaac, both under age.
"Rest of my estate to be equally divided amongst all my children: Providence, Zacharias, Mary and Isaac Write."
Executrix: wife Mary.
Witnesses: Bridger Haynie, Benjamin Ingram, Abraham Miles.

This is the first record of Benjamin Ingram in North Carolina. Here, he witnesses the will of Isaac Wright, the same Isaac Wright with wife Mary who sold sold their land to Corbin Lee in Baltimore Co, MD two days before Benjamin Ingram with wife Susannah sold their land to Corbin Lee in Baltimore Co, MD. Note that one of the other witnesses, Abraham Miles, was the son of Thomas Miles, and this family has been proved to come from Baltimore Co, MD to Caswell Co, NC (see the book Marylanders to Carolina).

Issac Wright married Mary Richardson in Baltimore Co, MD on 19 May 1761. Early Caswell tax lists show Lawrence Richardson and James Richardson living near Ingram and Miles families in Caswell; both Lawrence Richardson and James Richardson have records in Baltimore Co, MD. Isaac Wright's son Zacharias or Zachariah was born about 1762 in Maryland; he married Polly Hayes 24 Dec 1793 in Caswell, and according to researchers of this family, moved to Grayson Co, VA (the part which became Carroll Co, VA). He was alive for the 1850 Census, listed as 88 years old, born in Maryland. Issac Wright's daughter Providence Wright married Richard Haddock on 29 Jul 1796 in Caswell with bondsman Lawrence Richardson.

There was another Isaac Wright near the Ingrams in Caswell: http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=99&p=localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.caswell. A Caswell deed record gives his mother as Mary, and his sister's names. At first, I thought this was the son of Isaac Wright and Mary Richardson, but there seems to be too many discrepancies - the names of this Isaac's sisters do not match the daughters of the Isaac who made his will in 1772. This Isaac was probably the son of Abraham Wright, brother of Isaac who made his will in 1772. If so, Abraham Wright married a second time to Mary LNU, because his first wife was Avarilla Harryman (the marriage record in Baltimore Co, MD says Abraham Wright, 20 Feb 1759, to Avarilla Harryman, 2 BA 218).

I have not seen the Ingrams in the 1777 tax list of Caswell, but according to ancestry, there was Benjamin Ingram, John Ingram, and two James Ingrams. I think this was Benjamin Ingram (wife Susannah Quine), his sons John and James, and his brother James Ingram (wife Catherine Young). Benjamin's son Charlton was born 30 Jul 1757, thus not quite 21 in 1777, and probably still living with his father.

A 1783 Caswell deed mentions land of James Ingram, Jr. Benjamin Ingram had a son James Ingram, and one grandson I know of named James Ingram, John's son, who was either a child or not born yet in 1783. Remember that the terms Sr and Jr did not imply a father/son relationship back then, just that two people had the same name and one was older or younger. I think the James Ingram Jr in the 1783 deed was Benjamin's son James, and that he was called Junior to distinguish from his uncle, James Ingram (wife Catherine Young).

From Pendleton Co, SC deeds, and South Carolina land records, James Ingram was in Pendleton by maybe as early as 1785, certainly by 1790 when he was on the census there (also in 1800). James's sons Benjamin and William were also there in census records (Benjamin in 1800, William in 1790 and 1800). James's son-in-law, Samuel O Burton, was also in Pendleton, and Benjamiin Ingram witnessed a deed for Samuel Burton there. I will come back to Pendleton records.

Back to old Maryland records.

Ancestry, Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777

Ingram, Benjamin, 5 Jan 1743, Susannah Coin, 2 BA 189
Ingram, James, 25 Aug 1752, Catherine Young, 2 BA 206
[Baltimore County, MD, St. John's Parish]

Susannah Coin is the only Coin in early Maryland marriage records, so at first I thought the name was Cain, but now I am sure it was Quine.

See the will of Walter James, written 2 Apr 1751 in Baltimore Co, MD in Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 10: 1748-1753 By F. Edward Wright. Note that Walter James was one of the bondsmen on the administration of the estate of Mary Peasley Ingram (Benjamin's mother).

Note that the will mentions Susannah Ingram, to whom Walter James left cattle and slaves, which was quite a large inheritance, since slaves were very valuable. I believe Susannah Quine Ingram was the step-daughter of Walter James.

The book St. John's and St. George's Parish Registers, 1696-1851 By Henry C. Peden mentions Jane Quine, daugter of William and Elizabeth born 20 June 1713 in Baltimore Co, MD. Later, it mentions Jane Quine marrying William Detter on 6 Oct 1736. William Detter was actually William Ditto, who was from a French Huguenot family which originally spelled the name Ditteau. I believe that William Quine died, and his widow Elizabeth married Walter James.

Walter James's will does not mention a wife, so Elizabeth must have died before 2 Apr 1751. The book "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759" (which is available on ancestry.com) mentions that Walter James and wife Elizabeth bought land in 1740 from Samuel Maxwell (see above, he sold land to William Wright, Sr). So, Walter James's wife was named Elizabeth. Note the sentence in Walter James's will: "only one bag of feathers JANE ditto". This was Jane Quine Ditto, wife of William Ditto!!! The person who transcibed the will must have thought it was "ditto" meaning "repeat", often abbreviated in old documents as "do" or with a quote mark.

By the way, the Ditto family must be hard to research, since it is such a common word. It reminds me of when I was researching the File family. Try doing a google search for File!!!

Back to Walter James's will - he calls Walter James [Jr] his son, and Priscilla James (another Priscilla!) his daughter. It seems he calls Henry Quine his son, and the will's language is a little confusing about this; certainly Henry Quine sometimes went by Henry James in Baltimore records. I think that Susannah Ingram, Jane Ditto, William Ingram, and Elizabeth Denton were the step-children of Walter James Sr by his marriage to the widow Elizabeth LNU Quine, widow of William Quine.

Priscilla James, daughter of Walter James Sr, married Salathiel Galloway on 28 Sep 1753, and he died in 1756, with widow Priscilla administering the estate with bond from Benjamin Ingram and Henry James (aka Henry Quine).

In 1750, Benjamin Ingram and William Grover were bond on the administation of the estate of Oliver Harriott. No idea how or if Harriott is related to Ingram or Quine. However, William Grover may be related. See Baltimore County, Maryland Deed Records: 1727-1757 By John David Davis. William Quine and wife Martha of Baltimore Co in 1748 to William Grover for love and affection 8 acres. This must be William Quine Jr, brother of Benjamin Ingram's wife, Susannah Quine. Also, Martha, wife of William Quine Jr, may have been Martha Ingram, because John Ingram (Benjamin's brother) mentioned in his 1738 will brothers-in-law William Quine and Humphrey Tudor, and brothers Benjamin Ingram and James Ingram, with William Wright (possibly the William Wright Sr above?) one of the witnesses.

The 1786 tax list of Caswell Co, NC show three Quines in Caswell District of Caswell County: William Quine (right after John Ingram), Mary Quine (2 after James Ingram), and Benjamin Quine (right before Abram Miles). Quine is a very rare name. It would be extemely coincidental for these Quines in Caswell Co, NC not to be the same Quines in Baltimore Co, MD. Several other Caswell records show Quine and Ingram together. For example, John Ingram and Charlton Ingram were buyers at the estate sale of William Quine in 1800. See Lumbee Indians and Goins Family, William Quine witnessed deeds for both James Ingram and Charlton Ingram in Caswell.

I mentioned above that John Ingram Jr (Benjamin's brother) named Humphrey Tudor as a brother-in-law; he was married to Dorcas Ingram, Benjamin's sister. After Humphrey died, Dorcas married an Abraham Wright, and church records show they had a son Solomon. This Abraham Wright must have been somehow related to the William Wright Sr, father of the four Wright brothers, three of whom came to Caswell (and one of them, Jacob Wright, married Priscilla Ingram).

Enough for tonight, I will post more on Ingrams later.

Ingram Genealogy, Part II

2009-08-08T15:29:00.000-07:00

Here are some Ingram marriages in Caldwell Co, KY (http://genealogytrails.com/ken/caldwell/marriages18091828.html):

Name:Eli Ingram
Spouse: Nancy Banister
Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1810 Oct. 21

Name:Mahala Ingram
Spouse: Rebecca Randolph
Marriage Date: 01 Feb 1812 Feb 6

Name:Thomas Malone
Spouse: Matilda Ingram
Marriage Date: 01 Feb 1812 Feb 6

Name:John Poach
Spouse: Catherine Ingram
Marriage Date: 15 Feb 1813 Feb. 28

Name:Wm Chambers
Spouse: Sally Ingram
Marriage Date: 26 Sep 1816 Sept. 26, Henry Darnall

Name:Charlton Ingram
Spouse: Elizabeth Flemming
Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1817

Name:Milton C. Ingram
Spouse: Cynthia Harris
Marriage Date: 09 Jan 1821 14 Jan., Joel Smith

Name:Charles Jones
Spouse: Tamsey Ingram
Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1821

Name:William Ingram
Spouse: Nancy Lowry
Marriage Date: 30 Oct 1821

Name:Eli Ingram
Spouse: Nancy Thetford
Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1825 Holloway Collie, J. P

At least three children of Charlton Ingram and Lucy Womack were married in Caldwell Co, KY: Mahala, Matilda, and Milton.

Charlton Ingram married his second wife, Elizabeth Flemming, in Caldwell on 24 Jun 1817. His first wife, Lucy Womack, had died Nov 1816, per the William Peoples Womack family record: http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2009/01/josiah-womack-bible.html

Charlton Ingram was on Caldwell Co, KY tax lists from 1809 (the year Caldwell was formed from Livingston Co, KY) to 1825, when we presume Charlton died. See http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/INGRAM/1998-12/0913687298

The 1790 "Census" of Caswell Co, NC is here: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/caswell/census/1790/1790cswl.txt. Note that the actual Census for 1790 Caswell Co, NC was lost, and this list is recreated from tax lists. I have not seen the actual tax list, but I understand it has more info than just names. John, James, and Charlton Ingram (all sons of Benjamin Ingram) appear in Caswell District. A James Ingram and a Susannah Ingram appear in Richmond District. I think the James Ingram in Caswell District and the James Ingram in Richmond District were the same man, since I looked at Caswell Co, NC deed book, and James Ingram owned a lot of land. I believe Susannah Ingram was the widow of Benjamin Ingram, who had died in 1789, and in July 1789, his 640 acre tract had been divided between his sons James, John, and Charlton Ingram.

Several explanations have been given for the relationship of Charlton Ingram who married Lucy Womack and Benjamin Ingram who married Ann "Nancy" Womack. Some have Benjamin as the son of Benjamin who died 1789, but that Benjamin had just 3 sons (James, John, and Charlton) per the July 1789 Caswell court record.

Another incorrect explanation was that Benjamin Ingram who married Nancy Womack was the son of James Ingram, son of Benjamin who died 1789. However, James Ingram's 1792 will calls his son Benjamin Ingram one of his youngest sons, and Caswell records indicate this Benjamin Ingram had a gaurdian as late as 1802, thus wan not yet 21 years old in 1802. See http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/INGRAM/1998-12/0913689011. There is no way that this Benjamin Ingram was the one who married Nancy Womack in 1786.

Other incorrect explanations include incorrect origins of the Caswell Co, NC Ingram family in Virginia. I will get to those later. The Ingrams in Caswell Co, NC did not come from Virginia.

Charlton Ingram was accidentilty listed twice in the 1800 Census of Caswell Co, NC:

Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Hillsboro, Caswell, North Carolina; .Roll 31; Page: 121; Image: 127.

Chalton Ingram 30210 - 21010

Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Hillsboro, Caswell, North Carolina; .Roll 31; Page: 102; Image: 108.

Chattan Ingram 21210 - 21010

Charlton Ingram was missed in the 1810 Census of Caldwell Co, KY, though tax records reveal he was there. Several other Ingram families were in the Caldwell tax records but missed in the 1810 Census, including Benjamin Ingram married to Nancy Womack. Also missed was William Womack, Charlton's brother-in-law.

Charlton Ingram was in the 1820 Census of Caldwell Co, KY:

Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: , Caldwell, Kentucky; Roll M33_19; Page: 34; Image: 38.

Charlton Ingram 000101 - 01110

He is near other Ingram families and other related and allied families. He is listed right after David Benton, married to Mary Womack, the sister of Charlton's first wife Lucy Womack, though Lucy had died Nov 1816.

In my next post on Ingram genealogy, I'll talk about Benjamin Ingram married to Nancy Womack.

Ingram Genealogy

2009-08-06T20:50:00.000-07:00

Ingram is not one of my personal lines, but one I got interested in while researching my Womack family. Abraham Womack Jr and Elizabeth Stubblefield had several children, including Lucy Womack who married Charlton Ingram (often spelled Chalton Ingram), and Ann "Nancy" Womack who married Benjamin Ingram.

Both marriages occurred in Caswell Co, NC:

Groom: Charton Ingram
Bride: Lucy Wamack
Bond Date: 2 Nov 1778
Bond #: 000016142
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 008329
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 149
Bondsman: Benjamin Ingram
Witness: Wm Campbell

Groom: Benjamin Ingram
Bride: Nancey Womack
Bond Date: 9 May 1786
Bond #: 000016143
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 008851
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 149
Bondsman: William Cochran
Witness: H Haralson, Deputy Clerk

Abraham Womack [Jr] made his will in Caswell Co, NC on 15 Sep 1796, and it was probated Oct 1800. Among his children, he mentions Lucy Engram and Nancy Engram. Full text of will is here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rgwomack/thomas_womack.htm

We also have a Bible record for Abraham Womack's family: http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2009/01/josiah-womack-bible.html

From the bible, we know Lucy Womack was born 16 Jun 1761, and Ann "Nancy" Womack was born 21 Sep 1758. Both were likely born in Virginia.

Related to this Bible is a family record in possession of William Peoples Womack (son of Josiah, grandson of Abraham), in which it states that William Womack (Abraham's son) died Jan 1820, and Lucy Womack (Ingram, Abraham's daughter) died Nov 1816.

Abraham's son Josiah Womack was the executor of the will. He collected several receipts from the heirs, which are in Abraham's probate file in Caswell.

I receieved of Josiah Womack Executor of Abraham Womack Decd one bed and furniture in full of the legacy left me by the said Abraham Womack Decd will me in right of my wife. Recvd this 12 day of April AD 1803.
Test Betsey Womack
Chalton his CI mark Ingram

NOTE: Betsey Womack was Elizabeth Womack, who was Abraham's daughter and not yet married when Abraham died. She lived in Caswell, and thus we can be sure that Charlton Ingram was also in Caswell on 12 Apr 1803.

NOTE 2: Charlton / Chalton's mark consisted of his initials, C I, but the I had a small bar drawn through the middle. This mark is the same on the letter of William Womack, below.

I receieved of Josiah Womack Executor of Abraham Womack Decd 5 s [5 shillings?] in full of the legacy left me by the said Abraham Womack Decd will me in right of my wife. Recvd this 1st day of September AD 1803.
Test Betsey Womack
Benj Ingram

NOTE: This proves Benjamin, husband of Ann "Nancy" Womack, was in Caswell Co, NC on 1 Sep 1803.

Dear Brother,
You will please pay to our Brother [-in-law] Chalton Ingram the Balance of my Legacy Coming to me after Satisfying your self Agreeable to my letter and this Shall be your Receipt for the same. Given under my hand this 16th day of December 1804.
Wm Womack
To Mr. Josiah Womack
Test Chalton his CI mark Ingram

NOTE: William Womack (eldest son of Abraham) and Charlton Ingram must have been far from Caswell on 16 Dec 1804, though it appears Charlton Ingram returned to Caswell with this letter. I think that on 16 Dec 1804, William Womack and Charlton Ingram were both in Tennessee or Kentucky.

The Abraham Womack [Jr] probate file also contains receipts to Betsey Womack (Abraham's daughter) on 23 Dec 1800 witnessed by William Bethell; to Joseph Brackin (husband of Sina Womack, Abraham's daughter) on 9 Jan 1801 witnessed by Wm Bethell; and a final report to the Caswell County Court on 16 Sep 1809 stating that Josiah Womack had given every Legatee of Abraham Womack Decd their legacy, except for David Benton (married to Mary Womack, Abraham's daughter) who had refused to accept his legacy of 5 shillings.

Charlton Ingram also has a Bible record: http://genforum.genealogy.com/ingram/messages/714.html

Note "Luck ? W. Ingram b. 16 June 1761". This is Charlton's wife, Lucy Womack, and her birth date in Charlton's Bible matches that in Josiah Womack's Bible (link above). Charlton's birth date is given as 30 Jul 1757.

Some researchers have Lucy Womack as Lucy Rachel Womack. I have no idea where the Rachel came from, and I have found zero proof of this.

The Bible probably belonged to Charlton and Lucy's son, Amaziah Ingram, because it lists his wife, Charlotte (Saxon) Ingram, as well as their kids. It also lists all of Charlton and Lucy's kids, whose names all began with "M", other than Amaziah:

Mosses Ingram b. 5 Sept. 1780 - Moses
Mansma Duke Ingram b. 16 Jan 1783 - Marmaduke
Mahalah or Mahalak Ingram b. 29 Oct 1785 - Mahala (male)
Medesdien (?) Ingram b. 21 Feb 1788 - Medes or Medis
Amayiah(?) Ingram born 20 Oct 1790 - Amaziah
Matilda Ingram b. 23 Oct 1793 - Matilda
Milton Ingram b. 22 Oct 1796 - Milton
Milly C. Ingram 5 Sept 1799 - Milly or Mildred
Maicahe ? Ingram b. 4 April 1803 - not sure about this one
Masila Ingram b 20 July 1807 - Marilla

Darnell, Nancy / Ingram, Moses 4 Oct 1808 Tennessee Montgomery County (Ancestry, Tennessee Marriages to 1825)

More to come on this subject, including how Charlton and Benjamin Ingram (who married Lucy and Nancy Womack) were related, and the origins of this Ingram family. Will post more tomorrow, must sleep now.

George Womack, son of Thomas Womack and Louvisa Rice

2009-08-01T21:48:00.000-07:00

George Womack, son of Thomas/Louvisa, is not generally recognized as such. However, there are records of George in Rutherford Co, NC, in Warren Co, TN, and he is next to his brother Abraham Womack in the 1830 Census of Pope Co, IL. His wife was Margaret LNU. This Margaret has been claimed as wife of James Womack, George's brother, but that is incorrect.

George Womack - born 1780-1790, NC, died before 1840
Margaret LNU - born c1794 SC
George Washington Womack - c1820 TN
John G Womack - c1823 TN
Sarah J Womack - c1826 TN
Shepherd F Womack - c1827 TN
Green B Womack - c1831 IL (moved to Nebraska)

Sarah J Womack Mick thought to be dau of George/Margaret because she fits with girl in HH in 1830 and 1840, she is near her brothers in 1860, she had son named Green B.

Illinois Marriages to 1850

Brinkley, Larindy to Womack, Stephan F. [Shepherd F] 7 Oct 1849 Illinois Gallatin County

Meek, John to Wommack, Sarah 2 Jun 1845 Illinois Gallatin County

Stephens, Darcus Ann to Womack, George 12 Sep 1845 Illinois Pope County

1850 Census - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~reburke/lines/data/womack/ew/index.html
Hardin Co, IL - G W Womack (30, TN) & family
also, enumerated in Tazewell Co, IL as Washington Womack (40, KY)
Pope Co, IL - Shepherd Wormack (22, TN) & John Wormack (27, IL)
Margaret (LNU) Womack, widow of George, missed in 1850
Green B Womack missed, probably with mother
Sarah (Womack) Mick, wife of John W Mick, missed in 1850

John W Mick (34, IL) / Sarah Mick (34, IL) - children Charles R, Green B, Emma A
p.80, house 565
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 11 S Range 6 E, Pope, Illinois; Roll M653_220; Page: 0; Image: 237.

Sarah J Mick, 43, TN - Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 11 Range 6, Pope, Illinois; Roll: M593_270; Page: 452; Image: 89.

Shepherd F Womack (33, TN) & family, including mother Margeret Womack (66, SC)
p.82, house 585
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 11 S Range 6 E, Pope, Illinois; Roll M653_220; Page: 0; Image: 239.

John G Womack (36, TN) & family
p.84, house 601
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 11 S Range 6 E, Pope, Illinois; Roll M653_220; Page: 0; Image: 241.

Green B Womack (28, IL) & family including brother George W Womack (40, TN)
p.69, house 484
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 12 S Range 6 E, Pope, Illinois; Roll M653_220; Page: 0; Image: 226.

Rutherford Co, NC Deeds
Book 36-, p-190 6-10-1828 Deed 3-19-1811 James Womack to John C.
Elliot 100 a. for $50 land on Hinton's Creek adj. Anderson Womack's line.
Wss: Thos. Goode, George Womack, James Womack

Womack Land Enrties in Warren Co, TN
George Womack #705 9-9-1824 Grant Book 1, Sec 1. p-225. On the
waters of Mountain Creek on Concord Meeting House
Branch near Samuel Green's Boundary line. 50 acres.
Plat Book 1. P-349, Survey made 1827

1810 Rutherford Co, NC
452 (109) 5 Womack George 00010 10010
male 26-44 George
female 0-9 unknown
female 26-44 Margaret

1820 - cannot find, probably in Warren Co, TN

1830 Pope Co, IL
017 9 Wamack George 2210 001 1000 01 8
male 0-4 - Shepherd F, age 3
male 0-4 - unknown
male 5-9 - John G, age 7
male 5-9 - unknown
male 10-14 - George W, age 10
male 40-49 - George, about 45
female 0-4 - Sarah J, age 4
female 30-39 - Margaret, age 36

1840 Hardin Co, IL (Hardin created from Gallatin & Pope in 1839)
225 22 Warmick Margaret 0111 0010 0010001 6 3 Ag
male 5-9 - Green B, age 9
male 10-14 - Shepherd F, age 13
male 15-19 - John G, age 17
female 10-14 - Sarah J, age 14
female 40-49 - Margaret, age 46
female 80-89 - unknown
** Unknown where George W Womack (age 20) was in 1840.

Asa Dupuy Papers

2009-07-18T19:51:00.000-07:00

Asa Dupuy was one of the many people who administered the estate of William Womack who died in 1790 in Charlotte Co, VA.

See http://www.vahistorical.org/arvfind/grigsby2.htm. The Asa Dupuy papers are at the Virginia Hisorical Society. Roger Womack used this as source when writing about the descendants of Thomas Womack and Mary Farley. However, the papers are pretty vast - I ordered most of them from VHS, and I still have some to go. There is much more info in them.

First off, William Womack was not a bachelor. The estate papers show his wife at time of death was Elizabeth or Eliza. Earlier deed records show that William's wife at that time was Jane, so must have been married twice. William apparently had no children, and thus his estate fellto his siblings. However, most of his siblings were dead, so it fell to their children. The results is a very large, though confusing, family record of the descendants of William's parents, Thomas Womack and Mary Farley.

William Womack's estate was initially administered by his brother, Thomas Womack, Jr.

When Thomas Jr died, his widow Mary Womack took over the administration of William's estate.

When Mary Womack died, her will executor John Lamkin Crute took over the administration of William's estate. (Coincidentally, John Lamkin Crute was the brother of Mourning Crute Womack, wife of Edmund Womack).

Finally, the Charlotte Co, VA court appointed James Dupuy and his son Asa Dupuy as administrators of William Womack around 1810. Asa was still handling the estate as late as 1840, a few years before his death.

There is a long document spanning several pages that starts with "Charlotte Court 1st October 1810". It appears to be an account to the court of the state affairs to that point. Here are some interesting parts:

"Abraham Womack it is said went towards South Carolina a great many years ago, the oldest of the connection amongst us cannot remember him but understood of their relations that he removed as above..."

"Isham Womack we can hear nothing of nor which way he removed to ..."

"Mary Mann we have lately heard was living in Amherst County about 40 years ago ..."

"Judy Hamilton no representatives can be heard of only that before or about the American Revolution they went toward the Spanish Teritory ..."

It should be noted that as late as 1810, the admistrators of William Womack were unaware that William's brother Abraham had a son Abraham Jr - the early decrees only mention Elizabeth (Womack) Cauthorn, John and Mary (Womack) Spradling, and Abner Womack as children of Abraham. James and Asa Dupuy did not know about Abraham Jr until they were contacted by Abraham Jr's son, Josiah Womack.

Much of the information conveyed by Josiah Womack is in Roger's page. However, there was also an interesting affadavit from Josiah's uncles, Richard and Wyatt Stubblefield:

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State of North Carolina
Caswell County

Aggreeable to the Request of Josiah Womack of sd County & State with undernamed subscribing Justices for sd County being called on by sd Womack this 8th of March 1816 at Meredith Prices in the County and State aforesaid in order to qualify Wyatt Stubblefield of Pittsylvania County Virginia as Respects the Linage [sic] of Abraham Womack Junr of Caswell County and State Aforesaid - Also Richard Stubblefield of Rockingham County and State of North Carolina - Wiatt Stubblefield of Pittsylvania Virginia after being Duly Sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God to Declare the truth Respecting the Linage of Abraham Womack of Caswell County North Carolina Do Say that Josiah Womack herein named is a Lawful begotten Heir of abraham Womack Junr of Caswell County North Carolina and that Abraham Womack Junr of Caswell County and state aforesaid was son of Abraham Womack Senior of Linkhorn [sic, Lincoln] County North Carolina the sd Stubblefield Do further say that Abraham Womack senior of Linkhorn County N Carolina is full brother to William Womack of Charlotte County Virginia Also to Thomas Womack of Nottoway County Virginia the sd Stubblefield Do say that Abraham Womack Senior of Linkhorn County had Heirs as follows vz by the first wife three children namely Abraham Womack Mary Womack and Elizabeth Womack by the second wife one son by name of Abner the said Wyatt Stubblefield do further say that he was Aquainted perfectly with the Womack family for about sixty five year - Richard Stubblefield of Rockingham County N Carolina after being sworn on the holy Evangelist Do say thar Josiah Womack of Caswell County N Carolina is Lawful Heir of Abraham Womack of Caswell County and that sd Abraham Womack Junr [of] Caswell N Carolina is Son to Abraham Womack of Linkhorn County North Carolina - and furthermore the sd Richard Stubblefield Doth not say taken and examined the Day and Date above mentioned in Witness whereof we hereby aknowledge this our hand and seals.
William Robertson JP
Meredith Price JP
Wyatt his X mark Stubblefield (seal)
Richd Stubblefield (seal)

**************************

All the talk of "heirs" as opposed to "children" is interesting. I take it that the Stubblefields were dancing around the issue of Abraham Womack Sr's illegitimate children, Thomas Womack and Archie Blanton, who were not legally Abraham's heirs, since they were born out of wedlock.

Much more on info from the Asa Dupuy papers to come later ...

Abner Womack of Butler County, Kentucky – 1845 Will

2009-02-27T21:33:00.000-08:00

Butler Co, KY Will Book A, p.138-140

Abner Wamack’s Will

In the name of God Amen, I Abner Wamack of the county of Butler and commonwealth of Kentucky do make this my last will and Testament In manner as follows (to wit) Disallowing all Former wills by me heretofore made do make constitute and appoint this my last will and testament In manner and form as follows & c.

1st My soul to God who gave it and my body to the Earth to be buried in a decent manner at the Discretion of my Executor herein after name without pomp or vain Show & c.

2nd All my children and their heirs hereafter named to receive one dollar each viz. James Wamack, Elizabeth Oaley {?}, Margaret Neil Heirs, Lewis Wamack Heirs, Martha L Hargrove, Isabel Hawes, Milly Solomon, Nancy More, Abner Wamack Heirs to be levied out [p.139] of my small mesick {?} that all land North of the beginning of my land be for the youngest son Chapman our {?} corner from my beginning corner till the south west corner of Joseph Forsythe’s old survey and the balance of all land I hold by title to be of any quantity whatever after being laid off afore ably {?} to this division line from my beginning corner a due strait to J Forsythes’s No West corner of his old survey on an elm sapling and high Ridge and whatever balance there may be of all the land I hold title to be the property of Abraham Wamack who I constitute my Executor of this my last will and Testament & Further I will that all my Just debts be punctually paid & made and constituted this [blank] day of [blank] after the sale of my goods In promise of.

3rd I wish to add two more items. I direct that my daughter Milla Sollomon do receive one milck cow out of my estate and further direct that my loom and tackling to them and their heirs forever and further direct that one feather bed one blanket two pillows one sheet one counter pin or bed quilt to my daughter Nancy Moore to her and her children heirs forever. I also give to my grand daughter Eliza Moore one yearling calf to be hers forever the latter clause was added by one of the subscribing witnesses Edw Beeson.

Signed sealed and delivered in presents of us this ninth day of May 1844.

Abner Wamack (seal)

Test
Edw Beeson
Thos Turner

I further direct that after the forenamed legacies {are?} paid that all the balances of my personal Estate I give to my son Abraham Wamack his heirs forever the above clause was added by direction after signing by Edward Beeson May 9th 1844.

[p.140]
State of Kentucky
Butler County Set {?} April Term 1845
I Vincent S Hay clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do certify that at the April term 1845 of said court the foregoing Instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Abner Wamack was produced into court and proven by the oaths of Thos Turner and Edw Beeson the two subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded whereupon the same together with this certificate is duly recorded in my office. Given under my hand this 23rd day of April 1845.
V S Hay Clk.

Some Womack Records, Caswell County, North Carolina

2009-02-22T20:14:00.000-08:00

My notes in {}.

Caswell County, North Carolina Tax Lists, 1777, 1780, & 1784 by TLC Genealogy

1777, Caswell District {also known as St. Martins District; the north-west quadrant of present-day Caswell Co, NC}
Stubblefield, Wyatt – 1160.0.8 valuation of property (in pounds/shillings/pence)
Womack, Abraham – 587.16.0 valuation

1777, Nash District {also known as Dunsmore District; the north-east quadrant of present-day Person Co, NC}
Womack, David – 1219.6.0 valuation

1777, St. Lukes District {the south-west quadrant of present-day Person Co, NC}
Womack, John – 726.14.11 and as guardian to Tapley, __ - 696.0.0 valuation

1780, Caswell District
Stubblefield, Wyatt – 5416.0.0 valuation
Womack, Abraham – 3493.8.4 valuation
Womock, William – 309.1.0 valuation {William right after Abraham}

1780, Nash District
Womack, David – 3830.0.0 valuation

1780, St. Lukes District
Womack, John – 7189.4.0 valuation

1784, Caswell District
Stubblefield, Wyate – 1 white poll, 5 black polls, 1487 acres, Hogans Creek, 1085.13.4 valuation
Womack, Abram – 0 white polls, 2 black polls, 382 acres, ____ {no location listed}, 327.6.8 valuation

1784, Nash District
Womack, David – 2 white polls, 6 black polls, 800 acres, Cattle Creek, 1066.13.4 valuation

1784, St. Lawrence District {the north-west quadrant of present-day Person Co, NC}
Womack, Abram – 1 white poll, 4 black polls, 305 acres, Storeys Creek, 601.13.4 valuation

1784, St. Lukes District
Womack, John Esq. 890 acres, Flat Creek; 420 acres, Double Creek; 200 acres, Hico Creek; 350 acres, Mayo Creek; 1 white poll, 6 black polls, 1320.0.0 valuation

Caswell County Deeds, Katherine Kerr Kendall

DB B, p.7 – Joshua Browning of CC to Abraham Womack of same, for 247 pounds, 305 a on w side Storey’s Creek adj Roger Atkinson. 1 Nov 1782. Wit: Jno Atkinson, Thos Neeley.

DB C, p.10 – Abraham Womack of CC to Joshua Browning of same, for 247 pounds, 305 a on both sides of Storey’s Creek adj Roger Atkinson. 25 Nov 1784. Wit: Hiram Howard, Jno Atkinson.

Abstracts of Granville County, North Carolina

Court Minutes 1786-1787 – p.46 – Betsey Yancey, Abraham Womack paid as witnesses in case of Wm Neal vs Jno Mitchell.

{The Abraham Womack on Hogan’s Creek was the one married to Elizabeth Stubblefield; this Abraham was present in the Caswell tax lists for 1777, 1780, and 1784. The Abraham Womack on Storey’s Creek in 1784 Caswell tax list was the one married to Martha Mitchell (they married 31 Mar 1763 in Granville Co, NC). He had been in GA in the mid-1770s, then moved back to NC for a few years before returning to GA. He probably married his second wife, Martha Watkins, at this time; she was from Halifax Co, VA, just to the north of present-day Person Co, NC. Abraham’s daughter, Cicely Womack married James Harris McFarland in Caswell Co, NC on 22 Jan 1787. Abraham Womack appeared as a witness in a case against John Mitchell (probably related to his first wife) in Granville Co, NC, which is just east of present-day Person Co, NC. Hiram Howard, who witnessed the deed where Abraham sold his land on Storey’s Creek, was Abraham’s son-in-law, married to his daughter, Lucretia. Although Abraham did not mention Hiram Howard or Lucretia in his will (though he did mention granddaughter Betsey Howard), he deeded a slave to daughter Lucretia Howard in Hancock Co, GA shortly before his death; and Hiram Howard was a witnesses to two deeds of Abraham Womack in Wilkes Co, GA (to son Mansil Womack and son-in-law James Harris McFarland). Hiram Howard left a will in 1821 in Oglethorpe Co, NC naming wife Lucretia. See http://womackhunter.homestead.com/ .}

Womack Records, Burke County, North Carolina

2009-02-21T21:39:00.000-08:00

My notes in {}.

Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records, 1778, Volume I; Abstracted, Compiled and Indexed by Edith Warren Huggins

1778 Land Entries - #782, p.262, James Byers, 200 acres on Crooked Creek of Catawba River, beginning William McCaffertys entry including entry Jacob Womack formerly did live. Entered 3 Sep 1788. Warrant Ordered.
{Crooked Creek off of the Catawba River is in southern present-day McDowell Co, NC, to the south of I-40, near a town called Old Fort; p.54, A-2, on my DeLorme North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer.}

1778 Land Entries - #1355, p.447, Thomas Wommock, 200 acres on Tomes Creek about a mile above mouth, beginning John McDowells, up for complement. Entered 29 Dec 1778. Not paid. Warrant Issued. Transferred to George Little (?).
{Tomes Creek is actually (I think) Toms Creek, a tributary of the Catawba River, in north-central present-day McDowell Co, NC; it is near a town called Toms Creek, a few miles north of Marion; p.32, C-3, on my DeLorme North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer.}

1778 Land Entries - #1373, p.453, William Wofford, 125 acres including junction with Turkey Cove fork and north fork of Catawba River, formerly owned by William Wommock. Entered 29 Dec 1778.
{I cannot find Turkey Cove fork, but there is a Turkey Cove Valley through which flows North Catawba River, and Turkey Cove Baptist Church, near Woodlawn, a few miles north of Marion, in north-central present-day McDowell Co, NC; ; p.32, C-3, on my DeLorme North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer.}

Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records, 1779-1790, and Important Miscellaneous Records, Volume II; Abstracted, Compiled and Indexed by Edith Warren Huggins

1779-1791 Land Entries - #1803, p.599, Thomas Brady (also Bradly), 300 acres on Second Broad river including both sides of the river “and a Shole and Womacks old place for complement.” Entered 25 Nov 1778. Thomas Bradly 300 acres.
{John Bradley Will, Tryon Co, NC, Written 24 June 1778, Proved Oct 1778, mentions 400 acres of land lying near “Wommacks fort” in Burke County.}
{Second Broad River is in south-central present-day McDowell Co, NC; it is crossed by “Old Fort-Sugar Hill Road”; p.54, A-4, on my DeLorme North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer.}

1783-1785 Land Entries - #133, Jacob Womach, 400 acres on west side of French Broad River in forke of the first creek that falls into said (river) below Hominy Creek including both forks and large cain brake for complement. Entered 10 Oct 1783. Transferred to James Greenlee and James Davidson. Transferred to James Greenlee by Said Womack.
{Hominy Creek of French Broad River is in central present-day Buncombe Co, NC, just west of Asheville; p.53, A-5, on my DeLorme North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer.}

1783-1785 Land Entries - #198, James Greenlee, 200 acres on north side French broad River, beginning William Whitson’s lower line, down river for complement. Entered first by Jacob Womack the 30th of Augt. 1783. (Undated)
{Probably in present-day Buncombe Co, NC.}

1783-1785 Land Entries - #216, Richard Hailey, 120 acres both sides of Glady Creek including improvements where Jacob Womack lived. Entered 15 Apr 1785.
{Possibly, Glady Creek is Glades Creek, a tributary of the Catawba River, in south-central present-day McDowell Co, NC, a couple miles SW of Marion; p.32, D-3, on my DeLorme North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer.}

#75, Jacob Womack, 100 acres on the rock creek W. fork of Second Broad River one mile above mouth, beginning pine on South Side Creek, up both Sides Creek including his improvement for complement. 20 July 1787. Warrant Issued.
{Probably the portion of Second Broad River is in south-central present-day McDowell Co, NC.}

Misc. Papers, Promissory Notes, Bills of Sale, 1782-1820 – John Ragsdale to Thos Womack, 28 Jan 1780. Oliver Spradlig (Spradling).

Taxes 1782-1793, 1788: Return of William Morrison (taken from 1788 Civil and Criminal Cases, file 3): {list including} Jacob Wamock, 2 p.

List of Jurors 1783-1790, April 1788: {list including} Jacob Womack.

List of Stray Delivered to Samuel Greenlee 1777-1783 – {long list including} John Spradling {husband of Mary Womack}, Thomas Wammock, William Wommack {Thomas and William in a row}.

Estate Papers 1777-1795 – Littlejohn, Thomas, 1783, Adm. Bond: Eli Littlejohn, Jacob Womack. Inv. 16 Oct 1784, 800 acres. Names Jacob Guier, Chesly Dobs, Thos Davenport, George Davidson, James Webb, Charles Wakefield, Joanna Clark, Charles McDowell, Wm. White.

Estate Papers 1777-1795 – Montgomery, John Jr., 20 Oct 1782. …. Many papers and accounts. Names: {long list including} Thomas Womack {more names} Jonathan Kemp {possibly the one married to Martha Womack, daughter of Richard Womack III}.

Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important Miscellaneous Records, 1751-1809, Volume III; by Edith Warren Huggins

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1780 File – Thomas Wammock to John Cooper (debtor), account, July.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1781 File – Thomas Womack vs. John Ragsdale, July.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1783 File (No. 1) – Greenberry Wilson vs. Wm Usey, Oct. Bail: Jacob Womack.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1783 File (No. 1) – John Hughes vs. Joseph Ballow. Bond: Thos Womack, William Womack. April.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1783 File (No. 1) – John Parsons vs. Jessy (Jesse) Moore, farmer, April. Bail: Wm Fletcher. (2) vs. ….. (torn), executed by Jacob Womack. (3) vs. …. (torn), executed by Jacob Womack. Bail: Saml Greenlee.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1783 File (No. 1) – Thomas Womack vs. Thomas Patton, April.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1783 File (No. 2) – James Greenlee vs. Wm Price, blacksmith, Feb 8, judgement. Wit: Chas McDowell, Wm Johnson. (2) James Greenlee vs, James Man, Oct 27. Bail: Thos Womack. (3) James Greenlee vs. Frederick Grider; on reverse: “James Erwin, student in Mount Sturges School Master.”

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1783 File (No. 2) – James Walker vs. Samuel Bright, Jan. Bail: John Armstrong, Thos Womack.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1784 File – Thomas Rabone vs. Jacob Womack, July. (See special report at end of this file 1784).

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1784 File – John Goodbread vs. Thomas Bradley, May 22. Certificate of suspension of grant to Bradley on head of Second Broad R., including Womack’s Old Fort. Signed: W. Williams, D. Sec., Hillsborough.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1784 File – Thomas Rebum (Rayborn) vs. Jacob Womack, Sept. Bail: John Armstrong, John Patton.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1784 File – Jacob Womack acc’t. to James Stuart, debtor, “1 black horse, to the half of a negrow man …” Oct. Judgement.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1786 File (No. 2) – Nathan Wommack (and Wormock) vs. Will Cook, March 21. Bond: Chas Cook. 2 papers.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1786 File (No. 2) – Armon Gipson (Gibson) vs. Jacob Womack, Sept. 26.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1787 File (No. 3) – Subpoena – Jacob Womack in case of Barns vs. George Ledbetter, April.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1788 File – Burke Co., GA, Dec 13, affid. of Jesse Womack before Jon. Kemp, JP, that he was present with Blasengame Harvey and went to the house of Anthony Dickey in pursuit of negroes of Thomas and Joel Walker.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1788 File (No. 2) – Subpoena – Jacob Womack, John Wood in case of James Wood vs. James McWilliams, April.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1789 File (No. 1) – State vs. Joshua Wamock {should this be Johnson Womack? See 1790 case, below.}, assault on Joshua Lawrence.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1789 File (No. 1) – Subpoena – Jacob Wommack, John Wood in case of James Wood vs. James McWilliams, April.

Civil and Criminal Cases, 1790 File (No. 2) – State vs. Johnson Womack.

Burke County, North Carolina, Records, 1755-1821, (Including Wills Index 1784-1900) Volume IV; by Edith Warren Huggins

Some Laws of NC Pertaining to Burke County – (2) 1777. Washington County (Tenn.) inhabitants were in need of a public road through the mountains into Burke County for “Horses, Carts, and wagons to pass to Sea Ports in this State and South Carolina.” Charles McDowell, John McDowell, Samuel Bright, Ezekiel Smith and Jacob Womack to be Commissioners to lay off and mark a road from Charles Robinson’s where court had been held for Washington County, to Edward Smith’s where it had been held for Burke County. Both counties to appoint officers to clear and help keep the road repaired and be allowed 8 shillings daily, with chain carriers and road markers allowed payment per day out of county taxes.

Morgan District Miscellaneous Court Papers, 1759-1801, Page 2 – Wm Wofford and Lucia Spradling. Evidence to support charge. John Spradling, Wm Johnson, Thos Wommack. Sept. Court 1782. Jurors: John Walker, Wm Penland, Jno. Blanton, John Dysart, William Willson, Wm Sumter, Robert ___ (?), Joseph Steel, Jonathan Hampton, George Brown, David Dickey, James Reed, Wm. Moore, ____ (?) (Not Legible), Sub. 3 Sep 1782, State vs. above, returned to March 1783 term. Bail: Wm Spradling, Joseph Dobson, CSC.
{See http://www.womacknet.net/thomaswomack.htm. This was a bastardy case. The child of William Wofford and Lucia Spradling was apparently William Washington Wofford, see WorldConnect entry.}

Land of Thomas Womack & Mary Farley

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Land of Thomas Womack & Mary Farley

This is an essay about how Thomas Womack who married Mary Farley got the land he lived on, and how it was divided between his 5 sons.

20 Oct 1691 – VA Patent Book 8, p.172 – 879 acres to Mr. John Worsham, Mr. Edward Straton [Stratton] and Abraham Womack on Swift Creek.

Thus, Abraham Womack’s share was 293 acres (one third of 879).

15 Aug 1699 – Henrico County, VA Will & Deed Book 1697-1704, p.147 – Mr, John Worsham and Mr. Abraham Womack Sr. of Henrico to Edward Stratton son of Edward Stratton lately deceased, our right in 1/3 part, or 293 acres, on north side of Swift Creek, called “Coldwater Run”.

Thus, Abraham Womack’s share was still 293 acres (one half of the remaining 586 acres).

1704 tax list of Henrico – Abraham Womack with 560 acres.

NOTE: Abraham’s land was in two tracts, one with 293 acres, and the other with 269 acres, for a total of 562 acres. I will write another essay on the 269 acres (which went to Abraham’s son, Abraham Womack, Jr.), though it should be noted here that 200 acres of the 269 was granted to Abraham twice (Patent Book 8, p.216; and Patent Book 9, p.161); this was a fairly common practice and a way of re-affirming that the colonial government knew who owned what land.

1 Apr 1708 – Henrico County, VA Will & Deed Book 1706-1709, p.89 - Edward Stratton of Henrico and wife Anne to John Worsham and Abraham Womack Sr. of Henrico, 293 acres on north side of Swift Creek, Coldwater Run; land is 1/3 part of patent to Capt. John Worsham, Abraham Womack and Edward Stratton deceased, and the 293 acres sold by Womack & Worsham to Stratton on 15 Aug 1699.

Thus, Abraham Womack’s share was 439.5 acres (half of 879)

1 Feb 1709 (recorded as 1 Feb 1708, but this was Old Style year) - Henrico County, VA Will & Deed Book 1706-1709, p.134 – Abraham Womack for love and affection to son Thomas Womack, all my land on Coldwater and Swift Creek, 400 acres.

NOTE 1: This was actually not 400 acres (though that is what the deed says), but rather 439.5 acres.

NOTE 2: This deed was incorrectly transcribed by Benjamin B. Weisiger as “Abraham Womack Jr.” to son Thomas Womack. I have a clear photocopy of the original, and it does not say either Jr. or Sr. Abraham’s mark he used to sign was the same he used to sign earlier documents, and the same sign he made on his 1733 will; whereas his son, Abraham Womack, Jr., signed his name.

Thus, Thomas Womack (married to Mary Farley) owned 439.5 acres.

31 Jul 1712 – Henrico County, VA Will & Deed Book 1710-1714, p.154 – Thomas Womack and wife Mary of Henrico to Richard Grills of same, 36 acres on north side of Swift Creek, part of patent to Capt. John Worsham 20 Oct 1691.

Thus, Thomas Womack (married to Mary Farley) owned approximately 403.5 acres.

Signed 24 Mar 1733/ Proved Jan 1734 – Henrico County, VA Will & Deed Book 1725-1737, p.424 - Will of Thomas Womack - note he dated it 24 Mar 1732/1733, meaning 1732 Old Style and 1733 New (modern) Style, and it was recorded Jan 1733, but that was an Old Style year; the New Style year was 1734. Thomas divided land between his 5 sons, with Abraham and William sharing a tract from Licking Branch to Rocky Run, and required to sell out only to one another; Isham and Thomas sharing a tract from Rocky Run to the “head line”, also required to sell to one another; and Francis the remaining part which included the land Thomas Sr. lived on.

Thomas Womack Sr. died with approximately 403.5 acres, so each of his 5 sons got an average of about 80 acres. In reality, Abraham and William got about 80 acres each; Isham and Thomas got about 65 acres each; and Francis got about 100 acres.

1736 Southside Henrico Tax List – the part of Henrico which became Chesterfield County in 1749. Several Womacks including:
1) Abraham Womack “at the bridge”. 3 Levys. Execution of John Hatchett Jr. against you. Quit-rents 80 acres.
2) William Womack [two lines after Abraham Womack, with Judith Worsham in between]. 1 Levy. 320 acres. “Your Mothers debt in the store”.

NOTE 1: There was another Abraham Womack further in the tax list “at the Hundred”, meaning Bermuda Hundred, which was on the James River, which had no bridge at that time, only ferries. The bridge near Abraham Womack “at the bridge” was probably over Swift Creek. Abraham "at the Hundred" was the uncle of the Abraham "at the bridge".

NOTE 2: John Hatchett who had an execution against Abraham was married to Abraham’s sister, Elizabeth Womack.

NOTE 3: Abraham Womack and William Womack had a total of 400 acres, which the approximately 403.5 acres that Thomas Womack Sr. had owned. William Womack’s 320 acres apparently included his own share, as well as those of his brothers, Isham, Thomas, and Francis, who apparently were not yet of age in 1736.

The 1736 tax list supports that Thomas Womack Sr. died with approximately 403.5 acres.

6 Jun 1741 - County, VA Misc. Court Records 1738-1746, p.1146 – William Womack & wife Jane of Dale Parish, Henrico to Abraham Womack Jr. of same, 80 acres on north side of Swift Creek bounded by the Rocky Run, mouth of Swift Creek, & Daniel Worsham, deceased.

NOTE: Abraham Womack (son of Thomas Womack & Mary Farley) called “Jr.” here to distinguish him from his uncle, Abraham Womack, who would have been the oldest Abraham Womack in Henrico Co, VA. William Womack and Jane LNU, his wife, next appear in records of Amelia Co, VA.

Thus, Thomas Womack’s land owned by 4 sons was still at approximately 403.5 acres; with Abraham owning 160 acres of the total.

1 Apr 1745 – Henrico County, VA Will & Deed Book 1744-1748, p.17 - Abraham Womack and wife Jane of Dale Parish, Henrico Co to Henry Winfree of St. John’s Parish, King William Co, 200 acres on north side of Swift Creek, bounded by Daniel Worsham and Rockey Run.

NOTE: Of the 200 acres, 80 were Abraham’s share of his father’s estate, and 80 were what his brother William sold him; I do not know where the remaining 40 acres came from (possibly rounding errors, see notes below). Need to see original deed. Abraham Womack and wife Jane LNU next appear in Amelia Co, VA.

Thus, Thomas Womack’s land owned by 3 sons (Isham, Thomas, Francis) was at approximately 243.5 acres; since Abraham sold 200 acres which included 160 acres of the original 403.5 acres.

25 May 1749 – Chesterfield County formed from the part of Henrico County south of the James River.

1 Oct 1754- Chesterfield County, VA Deed Book 2, p.244 – Isham Womack and Thomas Womack of Amelia Co, VA to Henry Winfree of Chesterfield Co, 130 acres on Rocky Run, Swift Creek.

Thus, Thomas Womack’s land owned by 1 son (Francis) was at approximately 113.5 acres.

5 Jul 1754 - Chesterfield County, VA Deed Book 2, p.173 – Mary Womack and Francis Womack her son of Chesterfield to John Roberts of Chesterfield, 100 acres on Coldwater Run, Swift Creek.

NOTE: We seem to be down to 13.5 acres of the 403.5 acres that Thomas Womack Sr. died with, but really I think that when Francis sold out in 1754, that was the last of Thomas Sr.’s land. I think the 13.5 acres is just several “rounding errors” in several deeds. It could be that the divisions that Thomas Womack, Sr. made between his 5 sons were never surveyed for exact acreage. For example, it could be that the land given to William and Abraham was actually about 173.5 acres, rather than 160 acres; the 80 acres Abraham was taxed for in 1736 was an approximation, as was the 80 acres William sold to Abraham. Abraham may have realized he had slightly more than 160 acres and rounded up (quite a bit) to 200 acres when he sold out.

Benjamin Womack Will

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Benjamin Womack Will
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Transcribed by Robert E Burke, 10 Feb 2009, from PDF files of original, provided by Jamie Fish

Note that I separated it into paragraphs and added a little punctuation to aid readability. I tried to leave capitalization as in the original.

Note that the words "the use" has been mis-transcribed as "Thuise", supposedly Benjamin's wife. A close reading shows that his wife's name is given as "Ann".

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In the name of god amen this eighteenth Day Day [sic] of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety one, I Benjamin Warmack being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks Be to almighty god for the Same and knowing the mortality of my body and knowing that is appointed to all men once to die Do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament that is to say I give and Recommend my Soul to the hands of god that give it my body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried Decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing Doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall Receive the Same again by the might power of god and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it Hath pleased god to bless me in this Life I give and Dispose of the Same in following manner and form.

Imprimis [Latin, “first of all”] I give ann my Dearly beloved wife the use of my manner plantation stock and negroes & furniture of my household to Raise her Children [?] During her Life or widowhood.

Item I give to wyley [my?] Son one Hundred acres of Land lying between my two plantations.

Item I give unto Jacob my Son all my Land above the [?] Road on the South Side of kneels Creek [sic, “Neils Creek”] not not medling [?] with the land Belonging land on which I now life [sic].

Item I give unto William my son after my wife time in it my Dwelling house in with all the land belonging to the Same on the north Side of neels Creek my plantation and mill Down the Creek I Leave to be Sold to pay my Debts.

Item I give Benjamin my Son two negroes Cherry and one that fillis goes with [meaning Fillis’s unborn baby].

Item I give to my Daughter Lucie [my negro] fillis.

Item I give Leathey my Daughter one negro named Rachel.

Item I give to Sarah my Daughter one negro named mourning I give to my sons Jacob & William Each of them one negro named moses to Jacob and fed [???] to William I give wyley my Son one negro named Jinney [?]

Turn over

165 [number written in different handwriting]

[next page difficult to read, right side is very faded, guessing on some words]

177 [hand written page number]

And I give to my Brother [in law William Roland and ??] to my Son Wyley to be my [Executors of ??] this my Last will and Testament [cannot read next few words] Confirming this and [cannot read] my Last Will and Testament and [cannot read] I have hereunto Set my hand [and affixed ??] my Seal This 18th Day of February 1791.

Benj <mark> Warmack Seal

Witness
John Johnson
Jesse Jones
Hardy his mark Blalock

James A Womac - Goodspeed

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From History of Tennessee, Containing Historical and Biographical Sketches of Thirty East Tennessee Counties, The Goodspeed Publishing Co, 1887.

McMinn County, p.1031-1032

James A. Womac, a well-known resident of the Ninth District, was born in Rutherford County, N.C., July 14, 1822. He is the eldest of six children born to Alexander and Mary (Neal) Womac. The father was of Irish descent, thought to have been born in Cocke County, Tenn., about 1802. He went to North Carolina at an early date and there remained until 1839, when he moved to the Ocoee Purchase in Bradley County. During the war he came to McMinn County, where he died in 1877. He was a successful farmer. The mother was of Welsh origin, born in North Carolina about 1802, and died in her native state in 1832. Our subject remained with his father until he attained his majority. He then began as a tiller of the soil. He purchased a small farm, to which he has since added, and it now contains 1,000 acres. He came to McMinn County shortly after the war, and remained until 1878, when he went to Meigs County. Three years later he returned to his present location. While a resident of Polk County he was six years a justice of the peace. During the late civil war he was pressed into the Confederate service, declining the rank of captain which was offered him. He served as first lieutenant. He was in no battle. At the age of nineteen he joined the Baptist Church, and at twenty-four was ordained a minister. He is a Master Mason, and belongs to Sons of Temperance. In August 1844, he married Margaret, daughter of James and Masila Thompson; the latter born in North Carolina in 1829, and was committed to the grave on her thirtieth birthday. She was a member of the Baptist Church, and mother of five children, of whom are living Mary M., Riley B., Woddy [sic] A. and Evaline -- Buckner died in infancy. In 1859, our subject married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Higdon, who was born in McMinn County, about 1841, and died in Meigs County in 1880. She was also a member of the Baptist Church. Eleven children were the fruits of this union, ten of whom are living: Daniel S., Lillian, Esther S., Thomas M., Ransom J., Margaret, William James, Robert S., Schuyler and George W. In August, 1880, Mr. Womac married Catherine, widow of W. F. Whiteside, and daughter of James H. and Carolina Hamilton. Mrs. Womac was born in McMinn County in 1845. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. James H. Hamilton was born in McMinn County, October 27, 1811. He was a local minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a Master Mason. He was a tanner by trade. He married October 20, 1837, and died November 2, 1871, leaving a wife and eight children. His wife was born June 9, 1819, and died October 10, 1880. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Josiah Womack Bible

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Josiah Womack Bible Record

From “Womack Family Courier”, October 1984, p.112-116

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REB – my notes are in [].

I have tried to copy this as best I can.

I disagree with some of the conclusions presented here. Primarily, I disagree that the William Womack who married Lucy Womack, daughter of Thomas Womack & Louvisa Rice, was the son of Abraham Womack & Elizabeth Stubblefield.

William Womack, son of Abraham Womack & Elizabeth Stubblefield, married Rebecca (last name unknown, NOT Rebecca Parker), and moved from Caswell Co, NC to Georgia; then to Pendleton Dist, SC; then to Tennessee; then to Caldwell Co, KY; and finally to Gallatin Co, IL, where he died in Jan 1820. I have the documentary evidence for this.

The William Womack who married Rebecca Parker, daughter of Edward Parker, lived in Halifax Co, VA. Edward Parker named several children in his will, including Rebecca Womack, Miles Parker, and Henry Parker. William Womack of Halifax Co, VA had a wife named Rebecca and sons Edward, Miles, and Henry Womack. Furthermore, Edward Parker had lived in Halifax Co, VA in close proximity to the William Womack there, before moving to Rowan Co, NC.

The William Womack who married Womack, daughter of Thomas Womack & Louvisa Rice, was, I believe, the son of Isham Womack. This Isham Womack was the son of Thomas Womack & Mary Farley, and thus Isham was the uncle of Thomas Womack (son of Abraham, son of Thomas) who married Louvisa Rice. This Isham was known to have children William and Martha. William Womack and wife Lucy Womack had a son named Isham Rice Womack. Also, their son, Levi Berry Womack, married Martha Bean, daughter of Robert Bean & Martha Womack; and Levi Berry Womack & Martha were said to be first cousins [need documentation for this].

There were over 40 William Womacks in America around 1800, and I believe they have been thoroughly confused.

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From the editor:

The following information and bible records were sent by Mrs. Charles T. Womack (Pauline) of Greenwood, Miss. I am including a part of her June 26, 1984 letter to me to explain the following information which includes several bible records. –Annette (She and her husband are from 3 Womack Lines)

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Dear Annette,

I am enclosing two Womack family Bibles. The first is listed as Josiah Womack but has his parents, Abraham & Eliz., sisters and brothers. The Asa Martin Womack Family Bible came with “our” Womack family to Yalobusha Co. Miss. There is a generation between these two bibles – William & Lucy Womack. We were able to find out about them through other sources.

In our possession we have the James E. Womack Family Bible (James E. Womack & Frances Sarah Wood marr. Yalobusha Co, Miss Oct 1884). In this bible is given the births marriages of each above parents, then the family of James Edward is given, their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren – which makes 6 generations.

From John Alexander Womack (1834-1927) on down we have the death certificates, the bible, marriage records in Yalobusha Co. MS, tombstones in Shiloh Cem. and certain family knowledge because grandchildren of this man told us so much. The generation before that Asa Matin Womack (1806-1863) – we were able to trace with deeds and other legal documents and the generation before that with deeds, bible and other material…

One other thing – the sheet giving the marriage of Abraham Womack and Elizabeth was found in Yalobusha Co. MS. A grandson of Abraham (1726-1800) was William Peebles Womack. He marr. Matilda Oliver in Caswell Co. NC. They came to De Soto Co. MS sometime in the 1840s. Their daughter, Willie Etta Womack b. 1854 in Miss marr. Lee Jackson and moved to Yalobusha Co and this page was given to show the M. of Abraham and Eliz. to be put together with the Bible record still in NC …

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WOMACK
Vol 2
William Gaston Chapter DAR
Gastonia, North Carolina

Bible records from Caswell-Gastonia-Buncombe County, North Carolina
Page 710

Name of family: Josiah Womack of Caswell County, North Carolina
Bible Date of Publication: [blank]
Name and address of owner: Miss Hester Womack, Rt 1, Caswell Co., Ruffin, NC

MARRIAGES
Josiah Womack and wife, Polly Massey was married Feb 17, 1803
Benjamin Jestus and Eliza was married Oct 11, 1824
Thomas M. Womack and Elizabeth Pollard, his wife was married Feb 1834
John H. Bracken and Martha S. Womack was married Dec 2, 1835
Abraham Womack and Louisa M. Cobb was married Dec 12, 1838
Joseph B. Womack and Elizabeth S. Blackwell was married Dec 16, 1847

BIRTHS
William Womack, son of Abraham Womack, was born Nov 11, 1753
Mary Womack was born March 22, 1756
Ann was born Sept 21, 1758
Lucy was born June 16, 1761
Jeremiah was born Aug 16, 1763
Sina was born Jan 4, 1766
Jehu was born July 19, 1768
Josiah was born March 26, 1771
Elizabeth was born Sept 19, 1773
Levy was born Dec 7, 1775
Polly, wife of Josiah Womack was born Aug 9, 1783
William C. Justus was born Aug 8, 1825
Nathan Massey was born Jan 15, 1774
Emely E. Justus was born Aug 8, 1835
Eliza S. Womack was born Nov 15, 1803
Polley Womack was born Nov 17, 1805
Thomas M. Womack was born Oct 9, 1807
Martha S. Womack was born April 27, 1810
William P. Womack was born July 31, 1812
Abraham Womack was born October 31, 1814
Maryan Womack was born Feb 26, 1817
Lewis P. Womack was born Feb 20, 1820
Joseph B. Womack was born April 5, 1823
Albert G. Womack was born March 9, 1835
William L. Womack was born June 27, 1836
Felix H. Bracken was born Oct 9, 1836
Nancy Arabella Womack was born the 12 Jan 1843
Martha Allas Womack was born Sept 30, 1848
Mary N. Womack was born May 16, 1851
William Pinckney Womack was born July 25, 1855
Joseph F. Womack was borned Aug 20, 1858
Ider Decota Neighbors was borned July 17, 1869
Etta May Neighbors was borned Dec 22, 1873
Joseph Osco Neighbors was borned Nov 13, 1876
John Glasic Neighbors was borned July 29, 1878, died Nov 10, 1951

DEATHS
Abraham Womack departed this life May 6, 1800, aged seventy four years
Elizabeth, his wife departed this life March, 1780
Sina Brackin departed this life April 13, 1800, aged thirty-four years
Jehu Womack departed this life April 21, 1794, aged 26 years
Elizabeth Massey departed this life Jan 19, 1816, aged forty-three years
Levy Womack departed this life March 8, 1796, aged twenty years
Polley Womack, daughter of Josiah, departed this life, aged four years, four months and six days
William C. Justice departed this life Nov 11, 1832
James C. Justice departed this life Nov 21, 1832
Josiah Womack departed this life Jan 30, 1848
Mary, wife of Josiah Womack, departed this life Sept 9, 1865
John Glasic Neighbors died Nov 10, 1951
Thomas Massey departed this life Jan 9, 1817
Mary Massey departed this life June 19, 1828
Emely E. Justice departed this life Jan 31, 1850
Matilda Justice departed this life July 4, 1851
Benjamin W. Justice departed this life May 10, 1860, aged 67 years
Elizabeth, his wife departed this life Oct 28, 1857
Martha J. Paschal departed this life May 7, 1866 (or 1856)?
Mary A. S. Ware departed this life Mar 28, 1859
Louisa M. Justice died Feb 23, 1860
Joseph B. Womack departed this life Oct 17, 1858
Elizabeth Womack, wife of Joseph B. Womack departed this life July 22, 1879

Recorded herein on this April 29, 1955.

Copied from the files of Register of Deeds, Caswell County, North Carolina
Mr. J. Burch Blaylock, Register
Copied by Mrs. Kay Dixon, member of Wm. Gaston Chapter DAR, Gastonia, NC, Sept, 1955

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CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM WOMACK (1726-1800) and ELIZABETH STUBBLEFIELD (d.1780)

WILLIAM WOMACK: b. 11 Nov 1753 VA, d. Jan 1820 TN, m. Lucy Womack (1766 VA – after 1835 d/o Thomas Womack & Louvisa Rice)
MARY WOMACK: b. 22 March 1756 VA, d. ?, m. David Benton
ANN WOMACK: Called “Nancy”: b. 21 Sept 1758 VA. d. ?, marr. 9 May 1786 Benjamin Engram [Ingram] in Caswell Co, NC
LUCY WOMACK: b. 16 June 1761, d. Nov 1816, marr. Charteon Engram [Charlton Ingram] 2 Nov 1778 Caswell Co NC s/o Benjamin Engram.
JEREMIAH WOMACK: b. 16 Aug 1763 d. before his father (Abraham) made his will. Did not marry. Named for uncle Jeremiah Stubblefield.
SINA WOMACK: b. 4 Jan 1766, d. 13 April 1800 aged 30 [34] yr. marr. 28 Jan 1795 Caswell Co. NC to Joseph Brackin.
JEHU WOMACK: b. 19 July 1768 d. 21 April 1794, did not marry.
JOSIAH WOMACK: b. 26 March 1771, d. 30 Jan 1848, marr. Mary “Polly” Massey 17 Feb 1803, Caswell Co. NC (born Margaret?)
ELIZABETH WOMACK: b. 19 Sept 1773 d. 16 Jan 1816 marr. Mr Massey?
LEVI WOMACK: b. 7 Dec 1775, d. 8 Mar 1796, age 20 yr., did not marry.

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WOMACK FAMILY BIBLE

Asa Martin Womack was born April 30, 1806 and died March 24, 1863
Sallie Patton Womack was born Jan 8, 1810 and died Jan 31, 1863

CHILDREN:
Elizabeth Jane Womack was born Dec 17, 1827, died early part of 1865, Pine Bluff, AR
Jesse Marion Womack was born Dec 27 1828, and died in Union Prison in Ill in the winter of 1864
Florinda Isabelle Womack was born Mar 25, 1832 and died 1908
John Alexander Womack was born Nov 27, 1834 and died July 15, 1927
Martha Frances Womack was born Jan 8, 1837
Mary Emeline Womack was born May 20, 1839 and died Dec 1893
William Edward Womack was born Aug 27, 1841 and died July 15, 1863 from wounds received in the Battle of Gettysburg
James K. Polk Womack was born Jan 6, 1844 and died on a battlefield in Kentucky on Jan 19, 1864
Riley Patton Womack was born May 4, 1846 and died in battle in Georgia on Aug 29, 1864
Simpson Parks Womack was born Mar 10, 1849 and died Oct 1872
Sallie Ann Womack was born Dec 15, 1851 and died Sept 1925

MARRIAGES
Asa Martin Womack and Sallie Patton were married Dec 17, 1826

Their Children:
Willis Davis Johnson and Elizabeth Womack marr. Dec 1847 (Dec 23, 1847)
Curtis Terry and Florinda Isabelle Womack marr. June 28, 1855
John Alexander Womack and Frances Jane Long marr. Jan 14, 1858
John Franklin Womack and Martha Frances Womack marr. Sept 7, 1865
Levi Berry Womack and Mary Emeline Womack marr. Jan 1, 1867
W. W. Adams and Sallie Ann Womack marr. Dec 2, 1879

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The above Bible was destroyed when the tornado of 1942 destroyed the home of Charles W. Womack, son of John A. Womack who built the home. Elizabeth (Betty) Brown Goza had copied this Bible. Her daughter, Mrs. Hubert McAlexander of Holly Springs, Miss had this and sent to PHW in 1962. Betty Brown Goza was a granddaughter of John Alexander Womack (1834-1927) and stayed in the John A. Womack home much of the time as her mother, Mary Alice Womack Brown died young. Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery has Mary A. Brown wife of S. P. Brown and daughter of J. A. and Fannie A. Womack, Jan 8 1859-April 29, 1881. The Asa Womack Family Bible had survived a fire of the John A. Womack home in 1900. A picture of this home was given to Charles T. Womack Jr. b. 1912 by Marie Womack who had lived with her grandparents, James Edward Womack and Frances Sarah Wood Womack.

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Pauline H. Womack: 307 E. Monroe, Greenwood, Miss 38930.
Her three lines are as following:

Line 1:
Thomas & Louvisa Rice Womack
Lucy Womack & William Womack
Asa Martin Womack & Sarah Patton +
John Alexander Womack & Frances J. Long
James Edward Womack & Frances Wood
Charles Theodore Womack & Ruth Pate
Charles T. Womack, Jr. & Pauline Hartman *

Line 2:
Abraham Womack & Elizabeth Stubblefield
William Womack & Lucy Womack
Asa Martin Womack & Sarah Patton

Line 3:
Martha Womack, b. 1758 marrd. Robert Bean
Elizabeth Bean & John Patton
Sarah Patton + & Asa Martin Womack

The children of Ch. T & Pauline Hartman *
Charles T. (4th) & Sally Hale
a. Daniel
b. Nancy
c. David
d. John
Paula Ann Womack & Harvey E. Campbell
a. Whitney
b. Harvey, Jr.

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[hand-writtten]

Wm. P. Womack Book
Bought of Jas. Osbourn
1843 price $1.00

Abraham Womack & Elizabeth Stubblefield was married Oct the 30th 1751
Elizabeth died March _ 1780
Abraham died May 6th 1800

Wm Womack their son Died January 1820
Lucy their daughter died November 1816

[back to type-written]

Have carefully compared this copy of page of records in Wm. P. Womacks family records with the original document submitted to me and hereby declare it appears to be a true and accurate copy thereof.

Seal

[hand-written signature] William A. Calla [???, cannot read]
Notary Public

My Commission Expires March 1, 1965.

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Richard Womack of Wilson County, Tennessee

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Wilson County, Tennessee
Will Book 1819-1824, p.27-28
Will of Richard Womack

In the name of God Amen, I Richard Wammock of Wilson County and state of Tennessee considering the uncertainty of this life and being of sound mind and memory blessed by Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit that is to say.

First of all In [?] all my debts to be paid.

Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Rachael Wammock the plantation I live on during her life, also I lend my loving wife my negro man named Caleb and my negro woman named Rhoda enduring her lifetime also my household and kitchen furniture also two head of horses her choice also all the cattle also twenty head of hogs her choice also all the sheep all the above enduring her lifetime, excepting what I shall bequeath hereafter, also I lend my loving wife all my farming tools of every kind enduring her lifetime.

Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Wammock the land that he lives on, that is to say the East end of the tract that I purchased from John Doak in his lifetime the dividing line running thus Beginning on the Raspberry Ridge near the standing stones thence running North to a beach on the North boundary line of the said tract so as to inthode [?] the lower field to him and his heir forever.

Fourthly I give & bequeath unto my son Elijah Wammock the plantation that I live on that is to say the west end of the tract of land that I purchased from John Doak in his lifetime as above stated divided by the division line just inventoried that is to say after the death of my loving wife to him and his heirs forever.

Fifthly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susannah Hubbard and the heirs of her body the first living child that my negro woman Rhoda shall have, but if she should not have another child before the death of my wife then she shall have one hundred dollars in fact after the death of my wife.

Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane Shores my negro boy Mercer to her and her heirs forever.

Seventhly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Lucy Jones my negro boy Abraham to her and the heirs of her body.

Eighthly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Patsey Wammack my negro boy Edmund to her & the heirs of her body also a mare, saddle & bridle to be worth sixty dollars also a cow and a colt also a feather bed and five retuna [?] also four pewter plates & baron [?] also a skillet.

Ninthly I give and bequeath unto my two grandchildren the son and daughter of Joel Wammock dec’d that is to say Michael R Wammock and Elizabeth Crane fifty dollars each also ten dollars for an old wagon to be divided between them that is to say after the death of my wife.

Tenthly I give and bequeath unto the heirs of Jeremiah McKenney dec’d one share to be equally divided between them out of what shall remain after the death of my wife.

Eleventhly I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Fanny McKenney the daughter of Jeremiah McKenney dec’d one feather bed and furniture.

Twelfthly I give and bequeath unto my sons Richard and Elijah Wammock all the property that is not willed after my death to be equally divided between them that is to say not interfered with what is willed non leave.

Thirteenthly I give and bequeath unto my grandson John Wammock a young sorrel horse that he claims also a saddle and bridle also one cow and calf and a feather bed and furniture that is to say if he shall stay on the farm and behave himself until he is twenty years of age then to be entitled but if he fails not to be entitled to the above property.

Fourteenthly After the death of wife I will that all the property that I have owed [?] to my wife as above to be equally divided among the following heirs to wit, Richard & Elijah Wammock & Jane Shores, Lucy Jones also Patsey Wammock the heirs of Jeremiah McKenney one share and Susannah Hubbard one share and her son Granvell Wammock one fourth of her share but it is to be understood that Richard & Elijah Wammock do draw each a share as above in the division if they shall leave [?] their land that is now in Law but if the land should be garnered [?] then they shall not be entitled to my part of the said division. Let it be understood that I give my Granddaughter Rachel Crate a same fourth part of the part left to her mother Jane Shores.

Lastly I will that John W Payton and Elijah Wammock be my lawful executors to execute this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand & affixed my seal this the 16th day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen. No security will be required of the Executor,

Richard Wamock {seal}

Witnesses Present
John Green Jurat }
James Cropper Jurat }

State of Tennessee }
Wilson County Court }
November Term 1819
The foregoing last will and testament of Richard Wamock dec’d was exhibited in open Court and proved on the oaths of John Green & James Cropper the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
The same recorded 31st January 1820.
Test John Allcorn Clerk of Wilson County Court

Edmund Womack & Mourning Crute

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Edmund Womack married Mourning Crute, as proved by the will of Hannah Crute:

Columbia Co, GA - HANNAH CRUTE, 11 Feb 1805:13 Jan 1806, p.62-65
Ch: Caty D Jennings, Rebekah Foster, Mourning Womack. Exrs: Friends, Edmond Womack (son-in-law) and Thomas Barron of Lincoln Co. Wits: Thomas Hogan, Mary Hogan.

A reading of the actual will shows that it mentions Hannah Crute's land in Virginia. Edmund (often spelled Edmond) was a very rare name among Womacks. The only Edmund Womack at that time was the one married to Mourning Crute. He appeared in tax records of Nottoway Co, VA in the late 1790s, last appearing in 1799. In 1801, he was in the tax list of Lincoln Co, GA, which is adjacent to Columbia Co, GA where Hannah Crute made her will.

Edmund Womack was most likely the son of Alexander Womack, Jr. In 1799, Edmund Womack and Mourning his wife sold 140 acres in Lunenburg Co, VA to Jacob Womack, which was adjacent to land of Alexander Womack. Womack researcher Sam Womack and others have proved that this Jacob Womack was the son of Alexander Womack, Jr. DNA tests have confirmed this. Since Edmund sold land to Jacob, and they were about the same age, we think they were brothers.

See http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SE-TN/1999-10/0940984580

Mourning Crute, wife of Edmund Womack, was the daughter of Richard Crute Jr and Hannah Lamkin (according to Crute family research). Richard Crute Jr died in 1794 and his widow Hannah moved to GA a couple years later. Edmund Womack and family came to GA between 1799 and 1801.

See http://www.afrigeneas.com/forumd/index.cgi?md=read;id=5400

Edmund Womack can be found in tax and land records of Lincoln, Columbia, Jasper, Newton, Jackson, Putnam, and Washington Counties in Georgia. He appears to have been somewhat of a land speculator, as many were back then as GA opened up to settlers. He was a farmer and a miller. He won land in the GA Land lotteries in 1820 and 1832. He was also involved in several law suits that were mentioned in GA newspapers of the time.

In 1826, Edmund Womack and his son John Edmund Womack killed a man named William Robertson. This proclamation appeared in GA newspapers on 11 July 1826:

Georgia -- By his excellency GEORGE M TROUP, Governor ... A Proclamation. Whereas I have received official information that on the 24th day of June last, and aggravated murder was committed on the body of WILLIAM ROBERTSON, in the county of Jasper, by EDMUND WAMACK and JOHN WAMACK, of Newton County in this State, and that the said JOHN WAMACK made his escape. Now therefore, I have thought proper to issue this my Proclamation, offering a reward of $250.00 ... Given under my hand ... at the State House in Milledgeville, this 6th day of July 1826 ... (Signed) GEORGE M TROUP. By the Governor. (Signed) DANIEL NEWNAN, Secretary of State. Note. -- JOHN WAMACK is about 19 years od age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, dark complexion, sandy hair, blue eyes, and stout made; he rode off a large blood bay horse.

"The Georgia Black Book" by Robert Scott Davis, Jr, lists the convicts at the GA State Penitentiary at Milledgeville up to 1850:

#313 EDMOND WOMACK; Voluntary manslaughter; sentenved to 4 years, running from 21 Aug 1826 to 21 Aug 1830, convicted in Jasper county, Farmer, born in Virginia, 55 yrs, 5 ft 9.5 in, fair skin, grey hair, blue eyes. Pardoned 16 Dec 1826.

#314 JOHN E WOMACK; Voluntary manslaughter; sentenved to 5 years, running from 21 Aug 1826 to 21 Aug 1831, convicted in Jasper county, Farmer, born in Georgia, 19 yrs, 5 ft 4.5 in, fair skin, sandy hair, hazel eyes. Pardoned 2 Nov 1829.

I live not too far from the GA State Archives, so I tried to find the court preceedings. I cannot find my notes, but they were in Jasper County, Georgia Superior Court, for either July or Aug 1826. Edmund Womack had been suing William Roberson for a debt. They were in court in Jasper Co, GA about the debt. Robertson had paid back some of the debt, but Edmund and his son John E thought that the money they had been paid with was counterfeit, and they were very angry about that. John E confonted Robertson in front of the Jasper County court house (and several witnesses) and struck Robertson in the head with a wooden walking stick, killing him. Originally, Edmund and John E pleaded not guilty to murder, but after a few witnesses testified, they changed their plea to guilty of manslaughter, for which they got much lighter sentences.

I cannot find Edmund Womack in the 1820 Census of GA, the first available for GA. In 1830, he was in Putnam Co, GA. In 1840, he was probably the Edmond Womack in Bibb Co, GA. After that, I do not know what became of Edmund Womack or his wife Mourning. I know they were both a live in the 1820s because of newspaper notofications of letters at post offices for both Edmund and Mourning.

See http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WOMACK/2002-06/1023460086

Name:
John E. Womack
Spouse:
Nancy Louisa Stone
Marriage Date:
8 Jul 1830
Marriage County:
Putnam
Marriage State:
Georgia

In 1840, John E Womack was in Coosa Co, AL. In 1850, he was in Independence Co, AR.

According to "Goodspeeds History of Independence County", J E Wamac helped build the court house for Independence Co, AR.

Edmund Womack and Mourning Crute probably had other kids besides John Edmund:

Name:
Hope H. Wommack
Spouse:
Martha McCray
Marriage Date:
18 Oct 1830
Marriage County:
Talbot
Marriage State:
Georgia

Since John Edmund Womack named a son Hope, it is possible this Hope H Wommack was his brother. However, I know nothing more about this Hope.

Update 2 Jan 2009 - Hope H Wommack was actually Hope H Hammack or Hammock. The Womack/Wommack name is often confused with Hammack/Hammock in old handwritten records. Hope H Hammack can be found in censuses of Talbot Co, GA, and it was he who married Martha McCrary. See WorldConnect for Hope H Hammock.

There was also a Josiah Womack in Putnam Co, GA, and his Army enlistement record indicates he was born in 1793 in Charlotte Co, VA, and that he was a miller. I cannot find Edmund Womack in the tax records of Charlotte Co, VA, but his father Alexander and brothers Jacob and William were there in the 1790s, so possibly Edmund was there long enough for Josiah to be born.

Name:
Josiah Womack
Spouse:
Nancy Holliman
Marriage Date:
10 Aug 1819
Marriage County:
Putnam
Marriage State:
Georgia

Josiah Womack was in the 1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses of Putnam Co, GA. In 1850, he was in Hancock Co, GA.

James, Lorenzo, Nancy, and Ransom Womack

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Some links on these Womacks:

http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/FamHist-Hardin.html

http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/FamHist-Pope.html

http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/ILHARDIN/2000-11/0974159246

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ILPOPE/2002-08/1029205092 - James, Lorenzo, Nancy, and Ransom Womack

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ILHARDIN/2000-11/0974159246

http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jgholson/1833.htm

These Womacks are mentioned in the records of Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church, as well as Grand Pier Primitive Baptist Church, in Pope Co, IL and Hardin Co, IL.

The area of Pope / Hardin / Gallatin is very complex for Womack genealogy. There were at least 5 Womack families here:

1) William Womack & Rebecca LNU - sons Green, Benjamin, Levi, Joseph, Clement.
2) Abraham Womack & Unknown - sons Abraham & John Wesley
3) George Womack & Margaret LNU - sons George W, John G, Sheppard, and Green B.
4) Obediah Womack & Elizabeth Woods - see this blog post.
5) James, Lorenzo, Nancy, and Ransom Womack

There was also Walton Cox Womack in the area -
WAMICK, WALTON C WILSON, REBECCA 1837-11-01 OOA/0267 00000000 POPE

Walton had a land patent in modern-day Hardin Co, IL (then part of Pope) in 1838, which lists him as "Walton Cox Womack of Gallatin County, Illinois". He had later patents in Franklin Co, IL where he was in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. In 1870, he was enumerated as "Mathew Warmick" in Jefferson Co, IL.

I want to focus on James, Lorenzo, Nancy, and Ransom Womack, though Walton may be part of this family too.

All 4 married in Pope Co, IL:
WOMACK, RANSOM MCDONNAL, SUSANAH 1835-06-05 Q0A/0196 00000000 POPE

WOMACK, JAMES JOHN, POLLY 1836-07-28 OOA/0222 00000000 POPE

STORY, DUDLY WAMACK, NANCY 1836-12-07 OOA/0233 00000000 POPE

WAMACK, RANSOM P HOGG, MARTHA 1836-12-22 OOA/0236 00000000 POPE

WAMACK, LORENZO COLIER, ELIZABETH 1837-01-22 OOA/0237 00000000 POPE

Some of the families that they married into also attended the Primitive Baptist Churches - Collier, Story, Hogg.

The Hoggs in the area seem to descend from Francis R Hogg - 1840 Census of Pope Co, IL. His second wife was Aquilla Story Carter, widow of John Carter (whom she married 26 Mar 1806 in Christian Co, KY):

Carter, Aquila
Hogg, Francis
14 Jan 1816
IllinoisPope County

Interestingly, many people seem to believe that Aquilla's maiden name was Womack. I do not know why.

Martha Hogg who married Ransom P Womack was likely the daughter of Fransis R Hogg and Aquilla Story. Ransom & Martha had a son named Francis Marion Womack and a daughter Martha Jane Womack, both of whom ended up in Wayne Co, MO (though only very distantly related to the large Warmack family in that county). There is a bio on Francis Marion Womack in one of those Goodspeed-type books for Missouri that give his parents and sister.

See http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MOWAYNE/2006-02/1140616409

The part in the thread about Francis Marion Womack's father being Ransom Pinckney Womack, son of Abner Womack, is entirely incorrect, since Ransom son of Abner married Nancy Burks and died in 1892 in Warren Co, TN.

Ransom Womack is on the 1840 Census of Pope Co, IL, shown in his 30s. He has two males under 5, and a female in her 30s, apparently Martha Hogg Womack. From Pope Co, IL marriage records, it appears he was married to Susannah McDonald first.

Ransom is list right after 4 Floyd families, which were also in the church records, and who came from the Bedford / Lincoln Co area of TN. They were closely related to Anthony Floyd who married Mariah Womack, dau of Michael Womack of Bedford Co, TN. So, perhaps the proximity of Ransom Womack to the Floyds is a clue.

Ransom died before 1850. I cannot find any trace of his family. Interestingly, in the 1850 Census of Pope Co, IL, in the HH of Spencer Floyd, there is a 13 year old male named Frances [sic] Vermont. Vermont does not seem like a real surname. In fact, this "Frances Vermont" is one of only 12 people in the US with the Vermont surname according to ancestry. Anyhow, I think it is possibly this was Francis Marion Womack, and that when the census was hand-copied, Womack or Warmack was mis-read as Vermont.

I know nothing more of Lorenzo Womack other than the church record mentions and his marriage to Elizabeth Collier.

It is possible that Lorenzo died soon after marriage, since there is a 1 Oct 1839 land patent for Elizabeth Womack in modern-day Hardin Co, IL (then part of Pope). This land patent was adjacent to land patents for Abraham Womack Sr, believed to be a son of Thomas Womack & Louvisa Rice, and his soon Abraham Jr. Also, another adjacent land patent for an Elizabeth Womack (same one?) on 10 Jun 1848.

James Womack married Polly John. Ancestry has her name as Mrs Polly John. Besides the Church records, this is all I know of James. He also may have died soon after marriage and his widow may be the Mary Womack with a land patent dated 28 Jul 1838, also adjacent to Abraham Womack Sr.

Nancy Womack married Gilford Dudley Story, brother of Aquilla Story who married Francis R Hogg. Gilford also spelled Guilford. Here are the census citations for Nancy:

Nancy Story, 36, TN - Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Pope, Illinois; Roll: M432_125; Page: 252; Image: 6.

Nancy J Story, 44, TN - Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 5 S Range 3 E, Franklin, Illinois; Roll: M653_177; Page: 532; Image: 533.

Nancy J Story, 51, TN - Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 6 Range 3, Franklin, Illinois; Roll: M593_221; Page: 214; Image: 430.

In 1860, the Story family was in the same township as Walton Cox Womack, exactly 40 households before Walton.

I think that James Womack may be the same James Womack who was the son of Thomas Womack & Louvisa Rice, and who was in Warren Co, TN in the 1820 Census.

See http://www.womacknet.com/message/archive/2001/2001.04.html - look for "Caney Fork". It is actually Caney Fork Primitive Baptsist Church. A James Womack was a member, and was apparently involved in an argument with a William Dunham - who coincidentally moved to Effingham Co, IL and was the grandfather of James C Cohea who married Hester Ann Womack, dau of Levi and Polly Baker Womack.

I do not know how many Womacks were Primitive Baptists, but here we have a James Womack who was a Primitive Baptist in Warren Co, TN. Then we have another James in Pope Co, IL near Abraham Womack and George Womack, who were also part of the same Warren Co, TN Womack bunch. There is a good chance they are the same James.

I think James was in Warren Co, TN in 1830, but missed in the Census. I think Susannah Womack who married Lewis Mason was his daughter; they were married by 1830. When James moved to Illinois, I think his son Arsey Womack stayed in Warren Co, TN. After James died in Illinois, I think his unmarried daughters - Sarah, Sarilda, and Dorinda - returned to Warren Co, TN where they stayed with their brother Arsey. The names Sarilda is a very rare Womack name - Walton Cox Womack had a dau named Sarilda.

Several undocumented online genealogies list James Womack's family. All have him married to a Margaret Bowers, which is bogus. The Margaret Womack in the 1840 Census of Hardin Co, IL and the 1860 Census of Pope Co, IL was the widow of George Womack, James's brother.

Some of the supposed children of James can be dismissed easily. Harriet and "Mioranni" are sometimes listed. These were Harriet and Missouri Womack, daughters of Shepherd Womack and Larinda Brinkley; Shepherd Womack was the son of George Womack & Margaret LNU.

Also, Shepherd, Green, George W, and John were not the sons of James Womack, but rather of George Womack & Margaret LNU.

A Newton Womack is sometimes listed as the son of James, but that is from confusion over the several Green Womacks in Illinois, one of whom had a brother named Newton. In any case, James was not the father of Green or Newton.

That leaves Arsey, Sarah, Sarilda, Alonzo and Walter as the commonly cited children of James.

Here is the theory:

I do not know the name of James Womack's first wife. Perhaps the church records will reveal that. His second wife was Mrs Polly Johns. Alonzo and Walter were really Lorenzo and Walton.

Here is a list of known children for James:
Arsey
Ransom P
Walter Cox
Lorenzo
Nancy m Dudley Story
Susannah m Lewis Mason
Sarah m James Mooney Green
Sarilda m Thomas Womack
Dorinda m Lewis Mason

In the 1880 Census, Dorinda was listed as born in IL. Could this be confusion from having lived there?

See http://www.womacknet.com/message/archive/1997/1997.08.html - Your father's Grandmother, DORINDA WOMACK MASON was born in 1825 of native born american ????? who were the parents of 19 children. They lived at various times in KY, OH, IN, IL, TN and GA.

Obadiah Womack

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I just got a packet from National Archives. It was the pension file of David Womack, who served in the Civil War for the Union in 29th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers Infantry, Company C. From the pension index, I knew the pension went to his mother, Elizabeth Womack.

Here are some hilights from the pension file. I have been studying this family for a while, so I have some other notes, not in the pension file, that I will put between square brackets [].

David Womack, discharged 26 Jan 1865 at Kenneville, LA on Surg. Cert. of disability.
Certificate of Disability says he enlisted 1 Jan 1864 at Natchez, MS [this was a re-enlistment, enlisted first 25 Aug 1861 in Shawneetown, Gallatin Co, IL], born in Smith Co, TN [another part of the pension file says he was born in Franklin Co, TN], 5 ft 11 in tall, fair complexion, gray eyes, farmer, under Captain Eli W Green. Surgeon S L Chenney said he developed Phthisis Pulmonaris [sp?] from exposure, affecting both lungs. "The soldier wishes to be addressed at Town: Shawneetown, County: Gallatin, State: Illinois."

Pensioner Dropped - US Pension Agency, Chicago, IL - Elizabeth Womack Mo [Mother?], Cert No 106978, last paid $8 on 4 Sep 1881, died 16 Nov 1881, does not say where.

Dependent Mother Declaration for Army Pension - Gallatin Co, IL, 11 Jan 1866, Elizabeth Wammack, aged 56, resides at Shawneetown, Gallatin Co, IL, widow of Obadiah Wammack and mother of David Wamack who was a Private, Co C, 29th Reg of IL Vol Inf, pension to start 28 Feb 1865 [back-dated, I guess], Centralia Illinois Pension Agency. David Wamack died 28 Feb 1865 of consumption contracted while in the service of the US; prior to his enlistment he aided and assisted Elizabeth by his labor for over four years, that he was born to her at Franklin Co, TN on ____ [date left blank]. attest Jas B Turner, A M L M Barr. Also on 11 Jan 1866, William D Kinsall and Harriet Kinsall declared they were aquainted with Elizabeth Womack and that she was the mother of David Wamack. Jas B Barger, Clerk of the County Court.

Gallatin Co, IL, 18 Jan 1866, personally appeared before the clerk of the County Court Green B Wamack and Newton Wamack, citizens of Gallatin, deposed they were aquainted with David Wamack, late a Private, Co C, 29 Reg IL Vol Inf, and know him to be a son of Elizabeth Wamack, that they have been personally aquainted with mother and son more than 20 years. [No relationship given between Green/Newton and David/Elizabeth.] They were well aquainted with Obadiah Wamack who was the father of David and mother of Elizabeth. Obadiah abandoned his family about 20 years ago, and has not lived with or supported his wife since, and Obadiah has not been heard from for about 15 years, not known whether alive or dead; that Elizabeth is a poor woman with no real estate and personal property not worth more than $40 total. attest A M L M Barr, Wm B Elder. Signed G B Womack, Newton his X mark Womack. Jas B Barger, County Clerk.

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That's pretty much ot for the pension file. I ordered the "short" file for $25 with only the papers of genealogical interest. The full file for $50 might have more.

Obadiah Womack married Elizabeth Woods on 28 Jan 1830 in Gallatin Co, IL. See the IL State Archives site:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html

WOMACK, OBADIAH WOODS, ELIZABETH 1830-01-28 001/0001 GALLATIN

I believe this to the correct Obadiah and Elizabeth, because I know of no other Obadiah Womack in that time frame, and because Elizabeth wound up back in Gallatin Co, IL.

Obadiah Womack is on the 1840 Census of Franklin Co, TN, a few lines from Michael Womack and Michael's son Charles Womack. Michael believed to be the son of David Womack and Elizabeth Hawkins who lived in Bedford Co, TN, which was adjacent to Franklin before Moore Co, TN was formed. I do not yet know how Obadiah was related to Michael.

I can find neither Obadiah nor Elizabeth in 1850. A probable son, William James Womack, was listed as James Womack, age 22, born in Illinois, in the home of Elisha H Womack in Lincoln Co, TN in the 1850 Census. Lincoln Co, TN was adjacent to both Bedford and Franklin. Elisha H Womack also believed to be a son of David Womack and Elizabeth Hawkins. James was listed in Elisha's HH after Elisha's known kids. The fact he was born c1827 in IL is interesting - perhaps he was the son of Obadiah by another woman before Elizabeth Woods. William James appears as W J Womack in several Lincoln Co, TN tax lists in the late 1840s near Elisha H Womack and his sons. Later censuses show William James Womack as born in TN.

Obadiah Womack apparently abandoned Elizabeth and moved to Coahoma Co, MS. He appears to have gone back and forth between Coahoma Co, MS and Monroe Co, AR. He married someone, possibly a Miss Moses, and had David Obadiah Womack and William T Womack by her. Odd that he named sons in his new family David and William after having a David and William in his first family. In the 1860 Census, Obadiah D Womack, age 8, born in AR, is living with the David Moses family in Monroe Co, AR; and W T Womack, 12, MS, is living with the family of Harry H and Barbara [Moses] Jones. David Obdiah and William T were also enumerated with their father in 1860 in Coahoma Co, MS:

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Coahoma, Mississippi; Roll: M653_580; Page: 0; Image: 251.
p.733, PO Swan Lake, house 18
Obadiah Womack, 48 M W blacksmith TN
Martha 21 F W GA
William 13 M W MS
Obadiah 9 M W AR
Charles 5 M W AR
Ruben 2 M W AR

See http://genforum.genealogy.com/moses/messages/9.html

See http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/WOMACK/2007-11/1195523287

Obadiah Womack married in Monroe Co, AR: Obediah WOMACK, 45, to Martha CARVER, 18, at res of Alfred Carver, by Wm. HH Fellers JP, Cache Twp, 11 Feb 1858. Obadiah was a JP in Monroe Co, AR and officiated marriages in 1855 and 1856.

He must have died prior to 1866. Martha remarried in Monroe Co, AR: FURLOW, John, 52, to Martha WOMMACK, 27, 4 Jan 1866 by Peter Jolly JP

In the 1870 Census of Monroe Co, AR, William (20 MS) and Dave (17 MS) Womack are living with the Barbara (Moses) Jones family. This is the last I see of these Womacks.

There was a Ruben Wamack (15 AR) in the 1870 Census of Alexander Co, IL who may have been Obadiah's son by Martha Carver.

Back in Lincoln Co, TN, W J Wamack married Elizabeth Ward on 6 Oct 1853.

By 1860, Elizabeth Womack was in Franklin Co, Illinois:

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 7 S Range 4 E, Franklin, Illinois; Roll: M653_177; Page: 492; Image: 493.
p.492, PO Cave, house 955
Elizabeth Womack 54 F W "Farmeress" TN
William J 32 M W Farmer TN
Elizabeth 24 F W Housekeeper TN
Lafayette 5 M W TN
Margaret 4 F W TN
Mary 1 F W TN
Elisha 28 M W Farm Labor TN
David 18 M W Farm Labor TN
Sarah A 10 F W TN

Note that "Township 7 S Range 4 E" in Franklin Co, TN is also called "Cave Township", and this is where Greene B Womack was in the 1880 Census.

Note the names David and Elisha, both of which ran in the family of David Womack and Elizabeth Hawkins.

By 1870, this family was in Gallatin Co, IL. W J Womack and family were HH 99 in Township 9 Range 9. In HH 81 was the family of George Rich, and in that HH was Elizabeth Womack, age 6, born in NC. I think the age of "6" is incorrect, and that this was actually Elizabeth Woods Womack who married Obadiah Womack; she was probably 60 or so years old. The census taker noted she could neither read nor write, which he did not bother to do for any children under 10 excecpt for this Elizabeth. In the next household, HH 82, Sarah Womack (22, TN) was listed with the family of Thomas Rich. Also in that HH was Robert Henry (23, IL), whom Sarah married later:

HENRY, ROBERT WOMACH, SARAH 1871-03-20 B/ 336 GALLATIN

Note that Thomas and George Rich were brothers who were in Marshall Co, AL in 1850; and that Thomas J Rich married Eliza E Cartright on 24 Mar 1857 in Franklin Co, TN. It is likely the Womack and Rich families knew one another back in Tennessee.

In 1870, Newton Warmack (40 TN) was in Hendeerson Co, KY, listed as a wagon maker, which job he did most of his life. I cannot find Green B Womack in 1870. Newton had married Rebecca Lowry, but then divorced her; they had a son, Joseph.

WOMACH, NEWTON LOWRY, REBECCA 1868-11-05 00B/0102 GALLATIN

Rebecca (Lowry) Womack and children Joseph and Emma were in the 1870 Census of Gallatin Co, IL.

In 1880, I cannot find Elizabeth (Woods) Womack, though she died in 1881. I also cannot find Sarah (Womack) Henry. Greene B Womack (44, IL?) and family were in Cave Twp of Franklin Co, IL. Newton Womack (39, TN) and family were in Benton Twp, Franklin Co, IL. James Wamack (54, TN) and family were in Gallatin Co, IL.

See http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~davidca/Gall-cem/Book2.htm
From the Shawnee News, Centennial Issue of Aug. 13, 1896 (Shawneetown, Gallatin Co, IL): Deaths, James William Womack b. Moore County, Tenn. 1820, interred Westwood.

He was born about 1827 or 1828, and Moore Co, TN was not yet formed when he was born (it was formed in 1871), but it was formed from Lincoln and Franklin Co, TN.

I ordered the indexes to Gallatin Co, IL deaths, but could not find and of the Womacks in question, or Sarah (Womack) Henry.

In 1900, Newton Womack (63, TN) and family were in Franklin Co, IL and with him was "nephew" Robert Henry (16, IL), obviously the son of Robert Henry and Sarah Womack. This Robert Henry has a WW1 draft card that says he was born 16 Dec 1887 in Shawneetown, IL. Newton Womack listed as a wagon maker.

Greenberry Womack (63, TN) was listed in Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois with his family in 1900.

See the obituaries of Newton and Green here: http://www.womacknet.net/obit/wobitsil.htm

More on William Warmack of Davidson Co, TN

2008-07-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

More on William Warmack of Davidson Co, TN

Concerning Jabez Winchester - he was on the 1840 Census of Henry Co, TN, after which I cannot find him.

Concerning the name "William Seignor Warmack" and his exact birth and death dates:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p14795.htm

I do not know the documented sources of this info; perhaps someone has this documentation. In his will, William Warmack named children:

Mathew Warmack
Thomas Warmack
William Warmack
Richard Warmack
Edward Warmack
Jesse Warmack
Hiram Warmack
Robert Warmack

I have seen Richard listed as "Richard Robert Warmack" which seems odd given that William Warmack had a son named Robert. I do not know the source of the middle names of William's sons.

I was asked about the William Warmack on an 1809 petition from Sumner Co, TN (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/sumngall.htm). I had seen that list before. Due to the fact that there were also men named Stubblefield on the list, and that they were closely related to Elizabeth Stubblefield, wife of Abraham Womack of Caswell Co, NC, I think the William Warmack in this list was actually William Womack, son of Abraham. I talked about this a few months ago here: http://groups.google.com/group/womack-genealogy-on-the-web/browse_thread/thread/e0bd32a56f39e5e0/ae9f530ff89df6e9?lnk=gst&q=stubblefield#ae9f530ff89df6e9. The William Warmack married to Millicent Martin was in Warren Co, KY in 1809.

William Warmack married to Millicent Martin did have some dealings in Sumner Co, TN later:
Marriages of Sumner County,Tennessee, 1787-1838
Stephen C Bowers to Nancy Lasiter, 8 Jun 1830, Wm Womack bondsman

Concerning some confusion over the men named Thomas Womack/Warmack.

A Thomas Womack married Lavina Dennis in Guilford Co, NC in 1799. Based upon the time and place, it is likely this Thomas was the brother of William Warmack who married Millicent Martin. It has been said this Thomas who married Lavina Dennis moved to Davidson Co, TN where he died. This is undocumented and untrue as far as I can tell. Instead, this Thomas moved to Putnam Co, GA, where he was in gthe 1815 tax list, and the 1820 and 1830 censuses. In 1840 and 1850 he was in Jasper Co, GA, adjacent to Putnam. In 1850, Thomas was listed in Jasper Co, GA with wife wife Lavina. By 1860, he was dead, but Lavina was listed as "Vina" in 1860 and as "Lavinia", age 88, in 1870. See http://genforum.genealogy.com/dennis/messages/1226.html. The Calloway and Dennis families also came to this part of Georgia. Lavina Dennis was named in the will of her father, William Dennis, signed in 1791 in Guilford Co, NC.

There were 3 Thomas Warmack marriages in Tennessee before 1870:
Thomas Warmack to Harriet Byrn, 7 Oct 1828, Davidson Co, TN
Thomas Warmack to Nancy Shivers, 27 Jan 1859, Davidson Co, TN
Thomas J Warmack to Elizabeth Baker, 18 Sep 1867, Benton Co, TN

The first was the son of William Warmack and Millicent Martin, and the other two were grandsons, sons of William Warmack Jr and Matthew Warmack respectively.

I have read that Nancy Shivers was actually Nancy Shriver, dau of Abraham Shriver and Drusilla Piles. This is incorrect. Her name was Nancy Shivers (quite clear on the original marriage record), and she was the dau of Jonas Shivers - they were in the 1850 Census of Davidson Co, TN - ancestry.com has Jonas as "Jones Shivers". In 1860, Thomas Warmack (son of Matthew), was listed in the 1860 Census of Davidson Co, TN as "Thomas Warmac" with wife Nancy; they were in the household of Jonas Shivers, who is indexed by ancestry as "Jonas Iswoirs".

More on Warmack genealogy

2008-07-16T20:48:00.000-07:00

Some folks have asked me some questions regarding Warmack genealogy. Before I field those questions, I would like to establish what I believe is the relationship between Warmack and Womack.

When I talk about this family, I tend to use the spelling "Womack". This is because my grandma spells it that way, and because it is the most common spelling in America and in England. It is not the "correct" spelling.

I have read people stating that Warmack is a "misspelling" of Womack. I find that pretty insulting, and I can understand why people get upset. There is no wrong way to spell a name. People forget that names are part of language, and that language evolves. If we could go back in a time machine to England 1000 years ago, we would have a very difficult time undestanding the speech of the people back then. The Womack family has been in America well over 300 years, and branched out over much of the country. It would be amazing if there were no variations.

I recounted my personal Womack line here: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~reburke/lines/data/womack/burrellwomack.html

My grandmother is Thelma Clara (Womack) Burke. Her great-grandparents were Burrell H Womack and Avarilla Cook. However, their marriage record lists them as "Burwell Warmack and Avy Cook". Practically every Womack line has records where the name is spelled Warmack. This is how the name was sometimes pronounced, in some southern accents. This pronunciation happened most often in Tennessee and Georgia.

My grandfather, Thelma's husband, was born and raised in Tennessee. When I first got into genealogy, I asked him about his family. He told me about his Aunt Noler. It took me a month of looking through census microfilm to realize he had said "Aunt Nola". It was just my Grandpa's Tennessee accent.

I have also seen records where southerners stated that had lived in Perlaskey County, Georgia. Where is Perlaskey County? They meant Pulaski County.

Many of our ancestors (including many of mine) were illiterate. Many people take that to mean they were stupid. However, they could probably name more plants than almost anyone alive today. They knew about animals, and farming, and the names of constellations, and they could quote scripture. People today fill their minds with TV and celebrity gossip, so who is more stupid? Anyhow, enough of that rant. Our ancestors were often illiterate to the point they could not spell their last name, so when their children did learn to read, they spelled the name as they heard it, which was how it was pronounced in the area they lived.

Womack has two primary pronunciations today:
WOE MACK - rhymes with "row back"
WAH MUCK - rhymes with "raw buck"

These are certainly not the only pronunciations.
There is also Waymack, prounced WAY MACK (rhymes with "way back"). This spelling is found in Virginia, Illinois, and Arkansas.

Long ago, the name was occassionlly spelled Walmack, which I believe was pronounced WAL MACK (reminds me of Wal-Mart). Walmack is related to Warmack. The R and L sounds are related - there is a reason why names with R in them have nicknames with L in them: Mary - Molly, Sarah - Sally, Dorothy - Dolly, Caroline - Callie, Harold - Hal. As English speakers, we hear the difference between R and L very easily, but speakers of some languages, such as Japanese, have a tough time telling them apart. Walmack occurred mostly in some areas of Virgina, though I have seen it in other places. The areas where Walmack occurred were often areas with lots of Germans, French, or Dutch, so maybe that had something to do with the Walmack spelling and pronunciation.

Some Womack branches put an S sound on the end, so we got the spellings of Womacks (mostly in Ohio and Illinois) and Wamax (in West Virginia).

There are plenty of spelling variations that are prounced the same:
Womac
Wommack
Wamack
Wammack
Womick
Womach (the "ch" pronounced like "ck")
etc.

I have heard people say that cannot be related to the Womack family because their family spells it Wommack! These people really need to go through some old records. I have seen tax list where the name is spelled differently several years in a row. I have seen the name change spelling in the same document, sometimes in the same sentence. The people who insist on the Wommack spelling might be surprised to find records of their ancestor spelled Wamack, Woemack, Waughmick, Warmack, etc.

One origin of the Womack name I have heard is that it comes from the Old English for hollow oak - Wombok - womb (which literally meant "hollow space") and ok (oak). I cannot vouch for this origin, but if true, the name evolved to drop the B sound.

The earliest Womack records in America tend to spell the name Womeck or Womecke, but then Womack becomes pretty standard. Once the Womacks started branching out of Virginia, the spelling went wild.

I have heard people say things such as they can find no Warmack before 1700. This is because there were none. The Womack name had not evolved into Warmack yet - that would happen after they moved to Tennessee and Georgia. You can read a highly unlikely alternative scenario here: http://www.warmack.com/clan_macrae.shtml

There are several surnames that are confused with Womack, but are entirely different names:
Warnock / Warnick / Warneck / Warnack
Warmath / Warmouth / Warmoth
Waynick / Wenick
Hammock / Hammack (the H confused for W)

These names often appear the same as Womack or Warmack in old handwriting. We have trouble distinguishing today, and the same mistakes were made years ago. I have seen tax lists where Womack is spelled Warmoth. I have seen marriage records where Warnock is spelled Warmack. I spent several days trying to track down Eli and Monica Womack mentioned in a Georgia newspaper - I figured it must be correct if it was in print - only to research and find it was Eli Warnock and his wife Monica Gray. The people who printed newspapers were given handwritten documents which they had to interpret as best as they could.

Although there are many spellings and pronunciations, all Womack variations have three things in common:
W sound at the beggining
M sound in the middle
K sound at the end

No Womack variation ever had an N or a T or a H, so Warnock, Warmoth, and Hammock are totally unrelated.

I have seen people quote ship lists that "say" Warmacks came to America from Scotland or Ireland. First off, have they seen the actual hand-written list or a typed-out version? Some people (who mostly work for ancestry.com) have no business interpreting old handwriting. These supposed Warmacks mostly look like Warnick or Warnock to me.

I have a few "Genealogy Commandments", one of which is "Thou shall not jump to conclusions based upon a single record".

I went through these ship lists, and found these people that some thought looked like Warmack. I then took the extra step of taking the info from the ship lists (names, ages, birth places) to track these people down in the censuses. I was not always successful in finding them, but when I did (about half of them), the census records show they were Warnock or Warnick.

You will sometimes see Warmack in old UK (England) censuses, but if you follow these people back or forward a census or two, you will see they were Womacks. The same Warmack pronunciation sometimes happened in England as well.

I research the entire Womack family (all spellings) in America, but I stop around 1850 to keep this project from being too large - plus most people have no trouble tracing their ancestry after 1850. Prior to 1850, I know of 3 legitimate Warmack lines in America.

Warmack Line #1
The brothers William and Matthew Warmack came from Virginia; to Guilford Co, NC; to Warren Co, KY; then to Davidson Co, TN. William died there, but Matthew moved on to Wayne Co, MO. William and Matthew were the sons of Richard Womack / Walmack / Warmack. There were lots of Richard Womacks in Virginia, but most are accounted for, and I only know of two that make sense for reasons I will eventually get around to explaining. These were Richard Womack, son of Matthew Womack; and Richard Womack, son of Abraham Womack, Jr. A DNA test by a Warmack male of this line could prove one or the other.

Warmack line #2
William Womack / Warmack came from Wake Co, NC. He was the son of John Womack who died in the 1760s in Johnston Co, NC; this John probably came from Virginia. William Womack came from Wake Co, NC; to Wilkes Co, GA; to Washington Co, GA; to Montgomery Co, GA; to Pulaski Co, GA where he died. His sons, Timothy and John Warmack, moved to Mississippi. Two of John's sons lived in Copiah Co, MS - one went by Benjamin Womack, and the other went by Joel Sherrard Warmack.

Warmack line #3
John Warmack was born about 1789 in South Carolina, but moved at an early age to Franklin Co, GA; then to Habersham Co, GA. He was last seen in the 1850 census in Benton Co, AL. This is the one Warmack line I have not hooked to Womack yet; however John Warmack's name was often spelled Womack, so I feel he also has Womack ancestry.

I coordinate the Womack DNA project, in addition to doing tons of Womack research. The current cost of a DNA test is $138, and it must be taken by a male Womack or Warmack. It is very easy, and totally painless. I would love to see more volunteers as participants, with more Womack spelling variations. I truly believe we are all related.

Richard Womack of Goochland Co, VA

2008-07-13T11:23:00.000-07:00

Links to my research on the family of Richard Womack/Wommack/Walmack/Warmack of Goochland and Fluvanna Co, VA:

1) http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~reburke/lines/data/womack/ew/lines/Descendants_Richard_Goochland_VA.html

2) http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-notes-on-henry-w-davis.html

3) http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2008/07/henry-w-davis-revolutionary-war-pension.html

4) http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2008/07/womack-davis-in-fluvanna-co-va-order.html

5) http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2008/06/william-warmack-will.html

Richard Wommack notes

2008-07-13T07:43:00.000-07:00

An email I sent to Tina (a Wommack researcher) on Richard Wommack who married Catherine Streetman. My email (juno) keeps messing up.

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Hi Tina,

I have a lot of info, but I do not have my notes in front of me, so working off memory.

I have been going through microfilms of Virginia personal property tax records which ran from 1782 thru 1850 for every VA county for almost every year. For Halifax Co, VA, I looked from 1782-1812, but I found no trace of Richard Womack/Wommack. I did find the families of the "Cherry Grove" Womacks (http://www.womacknet.net/cherrygrove.htm) and the families of Abraham Womack III and his descendants.

I found your Richard in Pittsylvania Co, VA, which is adjacent to Halifax, and where the Streetman family was.

BTW, one thing I would like to know is the proof that Catherine was a Streetman???

Anyhow, Richard Womack (various spellings) appears in Pittsylvania tax lists from the 1790s thru 1805 or 1806 (need to look at my notes to be sure of last year). Pittsylvania was divided into two districts, with some more of the "Cherry Grove" Womacks in one district, and Richard Womack the only Womack in the other district - except for 1805 in which a Matthew Womack also appears.

Starting in 1787, VA law stated these tax lists must be alphabetized, which did not mean perfectly alphabetized, but all the "A" surnames together, etc. Matthew Womack and Richard Womack were both under "W" in 1805 Pittsylvania, but far apart, so not sure if there is any connection. However, Richard was a few times near Mary Wadlow, and in one year right next to her. Mary Wadlow's maiden name was Womack and she was the widow of William Wadlow - see http://www.planetmurphy.org/pagebuild.php?pagebody1=WadlowWilliam.htm. Richard's proximity to Mary Wadlow may be a coincidence, but I doubt it.

The tax lists show things such as white tithables (males over 16), slaves, horses, etc. Richard always just had one white male over 16 (himself) and no slaves.

There were SEVERAL Richard Womacks in VA at various points in time, and I have some of them in the tax lists I have looked at, but they are all accounted for. For eaxmple, Richard Womack in tax lists of Campbell Co, VA was the son of Alexander Womack, and this Richard moved to Wilson Co, TN about 1807. My biggest task with the Womacks has been sorting the ones with the same names.

The reason I am sure that the Richard in Pittsylvania Co, VA is yours is because (1) the other Richards are accounted for, (2) the Streetmans were in Pittsylvania, (3) he disappears about the time he is said to have moved to TN, and (4) Pittsylvania is right next to Halifax where his son Richard was said to have been born.

I have much more info, including two possibilities of Richard's father. Let me know what you think so far, and if this makes sense.

-Robert

More notes on Henry W Davis

2008-07-12T20:15:00.000-07:00

These are some random notes on Henry W Davis and his Womack/Warmack relatives.

Middle name was "Williams" NOT "William". His name is written as Williams in his Rev War Pension (letter from grand-daughter); in court records of Fluvanna Co, VA; and in one tax record of Fluvanna Co, VA.

I found Richard Womack/Walmack/Warmack, father-in-law of Henry Williams Davis, in tax list of Goochland Co, VA for 1782, 1783, and 1784. I cannot find Richard in 1785 or 1786, but he was in Fluvanna Co, VA (adjacent to Goochland) in 1787, 1788, and 1789:

Fluvanna County, Virginia
FHL Film # 2024538 - Personal property tax lists, 1782-1826

1782-1786 – no Womacks found

1787 B
[WM over 21, WM 16-21, B over 16, B under 16, horses, carriages]
0052 [19 May] Williams Davis – 1 0 0 0 0 0 [note: first name spelled “Williams”]
0054 [19 May] Richard Womack – 1 1 0 0 2 0

1788 B
0069 Richard Womack – 1 2 0 0 2 0

1789 A
0082 Richard Womack – 1 2 0 0 2 0

1790 – 1826 - no Womacks

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Note that the tax lists were alphabetized by last name. Luckily, the tax collector also wrote the date he collected the taxes for 1787, and on 19 May 1787, he collected taxes for both Williams Davis and Richard Womack.

Note also, the the household of Richard has one white male over 21 in 1787, 1788, and 1789, who was presumably Richard himself. In 1787, he had one white male between 16 and 21, and in 1788 and 1789 he had two 16-21, presumambly sons.

I did some very quick searches for Davis in Goochland & Fluvanna tax lists, but only found the "Williams Davis" in Fluvanna in 1787, but I may have missed him in other years.

See my earlier posts with court records from Fluvanna that list "Henry Williams Davis", one in conjunction with several Wommacks. Also, the post with notes from the Rev War pension file of Henry W Davis, in which his granddaughter, Nancy (Davis) Litton, gave his name as "Henry Williams Davis". I found that Nancy Davis married Henry Litton in 1840 in Williamson Co, TN. One WorldConnect entry has Nancy as dau of Thompson Davis & Ellender Riley; Thompson Davis was the son of Henry W Davis and Judith Womack. Henry & Nancy Litton were 4 families from Thompson Davis in the 1850 Census of Williamson Co, TN; and Nancy Litton was still living in the 1900 Census of Williamson Co, TN. She wrote her letter in 1903 to Washington DC asking for Rev War bounty land in the name of her grandfather.

The pension file has several affadavits, one from William Warmack of Benton Co, TN vouching for Judah Davis, widow of Henry W Davis. This William Warmack was Judah/Judith's nephew; he was the son of William Warmack Sr of Davidson Co, TN. Another affadavit fom Thomas Prowell said he was Henry's cousin and they lived near one another in Fluvanna Co, VA. Also, there is the affadavit from Lucy [Womack/Warmack] Ramsey, in which she states that she was Judah's sister. It was this info that helped me connect these Womacks - Lucy Womack married Stephen Ramsey in Guilford Co, NC.

Also, an affadvit for Henry W Davis in Davidson Co, TN 5 Aug 1836, in presence of Stephen C Bowers and Preston Byrn. The Bowers and Bryn names were associated William Warmack Sr's family.

There is also a copy of the marriage bond in the pension file. This version of the bond has the surety as David Layne or Lain (spelled both ways), not "Lanoir" as in Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia 1733-1815 Compiled by Kathleen Booth Williams.

David Layne was interesting. He had a dau, Clarissa, who married John Glass in Goochland Co, VA. A John Glass (the same one???) married Mary Walmack in 1788 in Fluvanna Co, VA. A Mary Wommack was mentioned in Aug 1787 Fluvanna Court records along with other Wommacks and Henry W Davis.

David Layne was also involved with John Davis who married Nancy Walmack.

Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia 1733-1815 Compiled by Kathleen Booth Williams

17 August 1786. Henry W. DAVIS and Judith Walmack. Sur. David Lanior. Wit. David Layne amd Thomas Payne. p. 34

25 October 1785. John DAVIS and Nancy Walmack, dau. of Richard Walmack who is surety. Also, his name is spelled Richard Wamack on the bond. p. 31

20 Mar 1780. John DAVIS and Nancy Hall, dau. of Janie Hall. Sur. David Layne. Wit. Reubin Weatherspon [sic]. John Davis, "consent only". p.24

20 Mar 1790. John DAVIS and Ann Hall. No surety is given. Married 20 March. (Deed Book 15, p.385). Goochland County Marriage Register p.42

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From the book index, David Layne was surety for only two marriages, Henry W Davis to Judith Walmack, and John Davis to Nancy Hall. Note that supposedly John Davis married Ann Hall exactly 10 years after marrying Nancy Hall. I believe both records refer to the same marriage, and the first date is wrong; Nancy was usually a nickname for Ann back then. Thus it appears John Davis's first wife, Nancy Womack, died and he remarried Ann "Nancy" Hall in 1790. Some researchers have John Davis and Nancy Womack moving to Elbert Co, GA. This appears incorrect, and other researchers have the John Davis in Elbert Co, GA married to Sarah Hamm, which seems correct from a look at Elbert Co, GA census records.

Henry W Davis had a grandson named William Wommack Riley. He was the son of Eliphas Riley and Elizabeth Davis (dau of Henry W Davis / Judith Womack). William Wommack Riley was born in 1813 in Davidson Co, TN and moved with his family to Illinois where he became one of the early Mormons. He moved to Utah where he died. Anyhow, it is interesting his middle name was Wommack, one of the many spelling variations of Womack or Warmack. He was probably named for great-uncle William Warmack Sr of Davidson Co, TN. See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3293052&id=I0390. As a Mormon, he contributed some early genealogical data on the Riley family, though apparently not much on the Womacks.

Henry W Davis had a son, Henry W Davis Jr. His Bible record can be found in "Family Bible Records, Wayne County, Tennessee By Wayne Co. Historical Society, Wayne County Historical Society (Wayne County)" which is on Google Books here: http://books.google.com/books?id=y_LQYdjFsSMC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%22Henry+W+Davis%22+bible&source=web&ots=RSmiUFDYaN&sig=uHdpjeG7oCZwWhVowJO9Bp85FpY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA53,M1
Henry W Davis Jr's Bible says his father died 9 Jan 1838, aged 84; that Judah Davis (his mother) died 21 Oct 1843; that Henry W Davis, Esq and Judah Warmack married 14 Aug 1784. Note he spelled his mother's maiden name WARMACK.

Henry W Davis Jr was married 3 times, the first time to Sally Winchester. I also found this marriage in Davidson Co, TN marriage records. Sally may have been the daughter of Millicent (Martin) Warmack by her first marriage to a Mr. Winchester. Note that the marriage of Jabez Wincheter in 1827 in Davidson Co, TN had Thomas Warmack (son of William Warmck / Millicent Martin) as the bondsman; I think Jabez was probably Millicent's son.

I also went through tax records of Warren Co, KY for 1797-1821. No Womacks appear until 1806. The name appears in these tax records for different years as Womack, Wamack, Warmack, etc. In 1806-1808, the Womacks are two Williams, Bird, Allen, Eppy, Jesse, and Abraham.

Thomas Womack wrote his will in Rowan CO, NC in 1799 naming children Sarah, Abraham, William, Richard, Jesse, Bird, Eppy, and Archibald; Allen Womack was a witness to the will. It is currently unknown how Allen Womack relates, but my current guess is that he was the son of Abraham, given that Allen named a son Abraham. Numerous records show that most of Thomas Womack's son moved to Warren Co, KY.

So, one of the William Womacks in Warren Co, KY was William, son of Thomas. The other William was William Warmack, Sr who later moved to Davidson Co, TN. Note that Warren Co, KY deed records show that William Warmack and Martha Martin both bought adjacent lots of land on the same day from Landon Key; Landon Key had also sold land to Allen Womack.

The tax lists were roughly alphabetized with all the "A" surnames together, etc. The Womacks were often in a row, and the tax lists show William Womack and Allen Womack with land on Bay Fork (of Barren River), and Abraham Womack with land on Drakes Creek.

The 1810 tax list was missing from the microfilm I looked at, but something that is supposedly the 1810 Warren Co, KY tax list is here: http://www.burgoo.com/3333333333073156.html

There were two William Womacks in Warren Co, KY from 1806 thru 1813, one of whom owned land on Bays Fork. From 1814 to 1818, there is just one William Womack with no land.

A Matthew Womack [Warmack] appears only in 1811; he appears as Matthew Mommack in the 1810 tax at the link above.

Henry W Davis appears in the Warren Co, KY tax lists starting in 1811 thru 1819. Henry Davis Jr appears in 1820 and 1821. Henry W Davis owned 114.5 acres on Drakes Creek from 1812 thru 1819. Stephen Ramsey [married to Lucy Womack / Warmack] was on the 1811 tax list, and "James Stephen Ramsey" in 1812; this may have been James AND Stephen Ramsey since the tax list shows two men over 21. I proably missed some of the Ramseys, but I found James Ramsey in 1816 with 100 acres on Green River which was originally owned by "Asle Davis". There was an Asel Davis in Warren Co, KY who was possibly related to Henry W Davis.

More later...

Henry W Davis Revolutionary War Pension File

2008-07-12T19:58:00.001-07:00

Henry W Davis Revolutionary War Pension File on footnote.com
Virginia
W 350
widow Judah [Judith Womack]
54 pages

p.3-4 - Aug Term 1821, Henry W Davis, 62, resident of Williamson County [Tennessee]
wife Judith, 58
dau Polly, 16, lives at home, other children gone
grandchild Paralee Venable, 4, mother dead, father left state
sworn 6 Aug 1821

p.11 - (date cut off)
Judah Davis, resident of Benton County, widow of Henry W Davis, married 1 Aug 1787, husband died 1 Jan 1837

p.12-13 - Benton County, affadavit of William Warmack and John Ragsdale supporting claim of Judah Davis, 22 May 1843.

p.15-16 - pages from family Bible, most unreadable
29 ??? 1787
1784
Anderson Davis born Jan 13 17??
Nathaniel Davis born 12 May 1796
Henry W Davis Jr born 16 Feb? 1797
Polly Davis born 17 Feb 18?5

p.16-17 Wayne Co, TN, 26 Jul 1843, affadavit of Lucy Ramsey, resident of Wayne, about 66 years of age, Judah Davis is oldest sister, was at wedding 1 Aug 1787 in Goochland Co, VA

p.20 - Williamson Co, TN - Thomas Prowell (will be 68 on 15 Sep 1843) affadavit for Judah Davis, wife of Henry W Davis, he is Henry's cousin, lived near each other in Fluvanna Co, VA, sworn on 4 Aug 1843

p.25 - copy (hand-written) of marriage bond of Henry W Davis and Judith Walmack from the clerk of Goochland Co, VA, 31 Jul 1850. Know all men by these presents that we Henry W Davis and David Layne are held & firmly bound unto the Executive body of this State in the just amount of fifty punds current money to which payment will ??? to be made we bind ourselves, our & each of our heirs Exrs & admrs jointly & severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated the seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty six. The consideration of the obligation is such that if there is no lawfull case to obstruct a marriage intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Henry W Davis and Judith Walmack of this County, then this obligation to be void, else to remain in force.
Sealed & delivered
Henry W David {seal}
David Lain {seal}
Sealed & delivered
in presence of
Thos Payne

p.27 - Aug 1/03 (1 Aug 1903?) Mrs Nancy Litton no title to B L [bounty land] as granddaughter

p.35 - General Land Office, recieved May 15 1903, Nancy Litton, Theta, Tenn, May 11 1903, Relative of Henry Williams Davis, Rev War - letter from Nancy Litton, granddaughter of Henry Williams [note the s] Davis

p.45 - Davidson Co, TN, affadavit for Henry W Davis, 5 Aug 1836, in presence of Stephen C Bowers and Preston Byrn

Not Womack - Warnock/Warnick

2008-07-09T21:19:00.000-07:00

This family was not Womack, but are often confused with Womack/Warmack. They were Warnock or Warnick.

See http://genforum.genealogy.com/warnock/messages/637.html

Wilson Co, TN marriages
John Smith to Polly Warnick on 24 Jan 1807
Benjamin [Beunajah] Gray to Eloner [Eleanor] Warnick 1 Mar 1808

Guilford Co, NC marriages
Edward Green to Margrit [Margaet] Warnock 2 Dec 1790 bm John Starrat
Elijah Hamilton to Mary Wornoch 14 Aug 1786 bm James Warnoch
Benjamin Nelson [Wilson] to Jean [Jane] Warmock [Warnock] 25 Nov 1797 bm Sampson Smith
Robert Warnock to Margrit [Margaret] Smith 17 Mar 1794 bm Jonathon Smith

Orange Co, NC marriages
James Warnock to Peggy Bradford 23 Sep 1798, bm Thomas Bradford

Davidson Co, TN marriages
William Warmack [Warnock] to Nancy Griffin 5 Dec 1803

Womack & Davis in Fluvanna Co, VA Order Books

2008-07-09T17:10:00.000-07:00

Fluvanna County Virginia Order Books

Microfilm:
Order books 1777-1784 Order books, v. [1] 1783-1791
FHL US/CAN Film 31476

p.178 - Aug 1785 - Isaac and Ann (his wife) Knight deed to Henry Williams Davis proved.

p.178 - Aug 1785 - Petition of Henry Williams Davis to build a water grist mill on his land

p.421 - Aug 1787 - Burnley vs Wommack, compl't dism'd - Jean Wommack, Mary Wommack, Matthew Wommack, Richard Wommack and Henry Williams Davis appeared according to their Recognizance entered into before Samuel Richardson Gentleman a Justice of the Peace for this County and on hearing as well the complaint of James Burnley pl[plaintiff] on oath of said Jean, Mary, Matthew, Richard and Henry Williams it is ordered that they be aquitted and discharged.

p.549 - May 1789 - John Holland assignee of Reuben Carden, Plaintiff against Richard Walmuck, Defendant, in Debt, Judgement - long text but gist is that Abraham Venable is lawyer for Defendant, who owes 7 pounds, 17 shillings, 6 pence; pay or go to jail.

Womack / Ingram connections

2008-06-18T20:12:00.001-07:00

Abraham Womack, Jr and wife Elizabeth Stubblefield of Caswell Co, NC had 2 daughters who married Ingram men. In his will, Abraham names these daughters as Lucy Engram and Nancy Engram.

Chalton Ingram maried Lucy Womack in 1778 (Chalton often spelled "Charlton").
Benjamin Ingram married Nancy Womack in 1786.

The relationship between Chalton and Benjamin is not clear. A Caswell deed establishes that a Benjamin Ingram was Chalton's father, but there is no record of the relationship of the younger Benjamin.

Benjamin Ingram (married to Nancy Womack) moved (I think) to Pendleton Dist, SC, where he was in the 1800 Census. He then moved to Caldwell Co, KY where he died in 1810. He is on the 1810 tax list, but not the 1810 Census - his widow Nancy was in the 1810 Census. According to WorldConnect entries, Eli Ingram and John B Ingram were the sons of unknown Ingram and Nancy Womack. Both Eli and John B were born in the 1790s in SC.

A few lines from Benjamin Ingram in the 1800 Census of Pendleton Dist, SC was William Womack - Benjamin's brother-in-law, and the oldest child of Abraham Womack. William also moved to Caldwell Co, KY - missed in the 1810 Census, but present in the 1810 tax list.

Chalton Ingram (married to Lucy Womack) was in Caswell Co, NC in 1800, but by 1810 he was also in Caldwell Co, KY. He and Lucy had several children, all of whose names began with "M".

See this post - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DARNELL/2008-03/1206112059

It mention the will of Benjamin Ingram, which I have not seen. I wonder if that will mentions Eli or John B as sons?

The post also mentions the Cannon family. William Womack witnessed a deed for a Kinson Cannon in Pendleton Dist, SC; this Kinson Cannon also moved to Caldwell Co, KY where he died and has probate records.

The relationship between Benjamin Ingram and the Darnells probably goes back to Caswell Co, NC - Benjamin Darnell was born in NC circa 1795.

William Warmack will

2008-06-13T20:38:00.000-07:00

This appears to be copy of the will for use in the probate of Thomas Warmack (son of William) in Williamson Co, TN.

Williamson Co, TN records

William Warmack
Will
Thos Warmack
since? Dead

William Warmack Will Recorded July 27th 1840 ~
In the name of God amen, I William Warmack being weak of body but of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time made. First. I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possibleout of any money that I may die possessed of of [sic] or may first come into the hands of my executors. Secondly I do give and bequeath to my beloved wife Milly Warmack during her natural life the place at which I now live containg two hundred acres of land or thereabout together with all my stock of every description household and kitchen furniture farming tools of every description together with any debts that may be due me at the time of my death with liberty to sell any part thereof except the land either for the purposes of support or for that of making an equal distribution among my eight children. At the death of my wife it is my desire that my land all other property then in the possession of my wife to be sold upon such credit as my executors think most likely to advance the interest of my estate & the proceeds equally divided among my eight children whose name are hereunto annexed. Mathew Warmack Thomas Warmack William Warmack Richard Warmack Edward Warmack Jesse Warmack Hiram Warmack and Robert Warmack. Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my two oldest sons Mathew Warmack and Thomas Warmack my Executors. In Witness whereof I do to this will set my hand and seal this 21st day of October 1838.
William his X mark Warmack {seal}
Signed sealed & published in our presence & we have subscribed our names hereto in the
presence of the testator this 21st day of October 1838.
Wm P Bowers Anthony Jones, Witnesses
State of Tennessee Davidson County Court January Term 1839
A paper writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of William Warmack decd was produced in Court for probate & proven thus Anthony Jones one of the subscribing witnesses thereto being first sworn deposes & says that he became such in the presence of William P Bowers the other subscribing witness thereto & that he verily believes the said William Warmack was of sound and disposing mind and memory at the time of the executing of the same. A true copy. Test R B Castleman
Clerk of Davidson County Court

Womack Deeds in Lunenburg County, Virginia

2008-02-23T20:25:00.000-08:00

Deed Book 1

p.137 - William Womack (ncg) to Richard Lunday of Lunenburg, 80 acres, 2 Sep 1750.

Deed Book 4

p.323 - Richard Womack of Lunenburg to William Watkins of Lunenburg, 1652 acres, 4 Oct 1756, Ann wife of Richard Womack.

p.330 - Richard Womack of Lunenburg to David Flournoy of Prince Edward, 150 acres, 5 Oct 1756, Ann wife of Richard Womack.

p.331 - Richard Womack of Lunenburg to George Moore of Prince Edward, 8 acres, 5 Oct 1756.

p.516 - Richard Womack of Lunenburg to Jacob Womack of Lunenburg, 200 acres, 1 Aug 1757.

Deed Book 6

p.174 - Richard Womack of Lunenburg to Joseph Bass of Chesterfield, 590 acres, 1 Jul 1760.

Deed Book 7

p.141 - Jacob Womack of North Carolina to Samuel Comer of Lunenburg, 175 acres, 2 Sep 1761.

Deed Book 8

p.50 - Bartolomew [sic] Zachary of Amelia to Alexander Womack of Prince Edward, 400 acres, 10 May 1764. [This part of Lunenburg became Charlotte County - Charlotte Co, VA DB 3, p.333 - Alexander Womack of Prince Edward to David Rice, 400 acres, 2 Aug 1773, Martha wife of Alexander Womack. See http://www.naturesync.com/~zoomastr/nance/deeds-land/nancevadeeds.htm.]

Deed Book 14

p.209 - Michael Tirpin [Turpin ?] of Lunenburg to Alexander Womack (ncg), 250 acres, 12 May 1785.

p.228 - Alexander Womack of Lunenburg to William Lax of Lunenburg, 160 acres, 14 Jul 1785, Milly wife of Alexander Womack.

p.298 - Richard Harrison of Georgia to Josiah Womack of Amelia, 200 acres, 31 Jan 1786.

Deed Book 16

p.477 - Thomas Womack of Mecklenburg to Lodowick Farmer of Lunenburg, 100 acres, 10 May 1794.

More later...

Prince Edward County, Virginia Deeds - Womack

2008-02-17T19:24:00.000-08:00

These are the Prince Edward County, Virginia (abbreviated as PE) deeds in which a Womack was grantee or grantor.

Info from Deed Books 1 & 2 comes from books by TLC. Later deeds are some quick abstracts by me. All the deeds of PE are on microfilm on permanent collection at my local LDS FHC.

Deed Book 1

p.48b George Lumkin of PE to Richard Wammuck of Lunenburg, 400 acres, 20 Jan 1755.

p.146b John Robertson of PE to Thomas Womack (ncg), 100 acres. 14 Mar 1758.

p.175a William Womack of PE to Noel Waddle of Cumberland, 100 acres, 9 Aug 1758, Jane wife of William Womack.

Deed Book 2

p.14a Richd Womack of Lunenburg to John McGehee of PE, 400 acres, 8 Jan 1759, Ann wife of Richard Womack.

p.18a Abraham Womack of PE to James Moore of PE, 11 acres, 1 Mar 1760.

p.53b Samuel Goode of PE to Abraham Womack of PE, 50 acres, 14 Jul 1761.

p.178a Abraham Womack of PE to Richard Burks of PE, 50 acres, 21 Nov 1763, Elizabeth wife of Abraham Womack.

Deed Book 3

p.2 Richard Burks of PE to William Womack of Halifax, 127 acres, 21 Nov 1764.

Deed Book 4

p.60 Thomas Womack to Sharpe Spencer, 120 acres, 10 Nov 1771.

Deed Book 5

p.95 William Womack of PE to William Rice of PE, 127 acres, 16 Mar 1772.

p.222 James & Robert Donald & Co to William Womack.

p.550 William Womack of Charlotte to Samuel Goode of PE, 114 acres, 17 Dec 1777.

Deed Book 6

p.127 William Womack of PE to Samuel Goode of Charlotte, 286 acres, 6 Nov 1776.

p.336 John & Elizabeth Bruce of Amelia to Josiah Womack (ncg), 585 acres, 20 Aug 1779.

p.345 Josiah Womack of Amelia to John Trabue, 100 acres, 18 Oct 1779.

p.415 Samuel Arbuckle of PE to William Womack of Frederic [sic, should be Frederick Co, VA], 400 aces, 1781.

p.453 William Hendrick of Cumberland to Massanello Womack of Cumberland, 1782.

p.507 Alexander Womack of PE to Benjamin Harrison of Camel [sic, should be Campbell Co, VA], 176 acres, 22 Jul 1780 (1782?).

Deed Book 7

p.162 Massanello Womack, vacant land, 16 Mar 1785.

p.286 Massanello Womack of PE to William Bennett of PE, 14 Jun 1787.

p.316 William Davidson of PE to Massanello Womack of PE, 1786.

p.334 John Wimbish (ncg) to William Womack (ncg).

Deed Book 8

p.199 James McElroy of PE to William Womack of PE.

p.260 Massnello Womack to William Bennett, Elizabeth wife of Massanello [this is simply Elizabeth's consent for the deed in DB 7, p.286].

More later...

Bird Womack and wife Ann

2008-01-15T20:27:00.000-08:00

Found this deed while going through Prince Edward Co, VA records:

DB 14, p.49 - 16 Feb 1807, Bird Womack, Ann Womack his wife, and Keziah Womack of Nottoway Co, VA to William Franklin of Nottoway, for 240 pounds, 242.5 acres in Prince Edward and Charlotte Counties. Signed Bird Womack, Ann Womack, Keziah (her X mark) Womack. Witnesses Dennis Waddell, Jn L Crute, John Smith. Prince Edward court 16 Feb 1807 acknowledged by Bird Womack and Ann Womack.

Bird was the son of Josiah Womack and Keziah Wilkinson. Bird's sister Rebecca was married to Dennis Waddel, a witness to this deed.

Chesterfield Co, VA tax lists

2007-12-08T22:03:00.000-08:00

These are from an LDS microfilm of fragmentary tax lists of Chesterfield Co, VA (formed 1749 from Henrico Co, VA]

1747 [Chesterfield not created yet, this is actually a Henrico tax list]
Henry Wamock - 1 tithable

1756
Francis Womack - 1

1757
Jossiar Womack - 1
Thomas Womack, Sam, Abram [Sam & Abram were slaves] - 3
Thomas Womack - 1
[above three in a row]
William Womack - 4 [?]
Francis Womack - 1

1758 - incomplete, no Womacks

1761
William Wammock Nunelie - 1
Josiah Wommack, Robin [slave] - 2
Henry Wammack - 1

1776
Wm W[omack] Nunnally, Frank, Doll - 3

1777 - incomplete, no Womacks

1778 - incomplete, no Womacks

1814 Insolvents - incomplete, no Womacks

1821 Insolvents
Ann Womack - 1 white

Undated tax list fragments, circa 1751
Thos Womack, Jossiah Womack, Thos Womack, Abram, Sam - 5

David Womack and Esther Tanner

2007-12-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

David Womack married Esther Tanner in Rutherford Co, NC:

Groom: David Womack
Bride: Esther Tanner
Bond_Date: 04 Oct 1809
County: Rutherford
Bondsman: Philip Wood
Witness: James Morris

In the 1810 Census, David was in Rutherford Co, NC; in 1820 he was in Union Co, KY; in 1830 his widow Esther was in Union Co, KY.

In the 1840 Census, their son, Oliver Clayton Womack, was in Hopkins Co, KY. I am not sure where Esther was, but possibly with her daughter, Ursula (Womack) Tanner. (A John D Tanner was in Shelby Co, IL in 1840).

In the 1850 Census, Esther (age 66, born in VA)was with her daughter Ursula in McDonough Co, IL; her son Walton B Womack was in McDonough as well. In 1860, she was again with Ursula in Story Co, IA (Iowa) (age 76, born in VA).

The three known children of David Womack and Ursula Tanner were Oliver Calyton Womack, Ursula Womack (married John D Tanner), and Walton B Womack.

Union Co, KY marriages
Squire R David to Louisa E Warnock 23 Nov 1832
John D Tanner to Ursula W Womack 18 Feb 1833

Louisa E in the above marriage record may have been a Womack; various WorldConnect entries claim she was. Squire Davis was in Hancock Co, IL in 1840 (as S R Davis), and again in 1860. I cannot find him in 1850. Louisa died and Squire remarried 24 Sep 1853.

Ursula, Oliver Clayton, and Walton B were all in the 1880 Census, and Ursula and Walton B were also in the 1900 Census.

Here are some Census citations:

Uralda "Lanner" - 35 NC (mother Esther Warmack in HH)

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: , McDonough, Illinois; Roll: M432_116; Page: 261; Image: 366.

Ursula Tanner - 45 NC

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington, Story, Iowa; Roll: M653_339; Page: 21; Image: 282.

Ursula Tanner - 55 NC

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Washington, Story, Iowa; Roll: M593_420; Page: 195; Image: 392.

Ursla Tanner - 56 NC VA VA

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Leota, Norton, Kansas; Roll: T9_391; Family History Film: 1254391; Page: 397.3000; Enumeration District: 203; Image: 0439.

Ursla Tanner - 85 (April 1815) NC PA PA

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Cimarron, Woods, Oklahoma; Roll: T623 1343; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 217

O C [Oliver Clayton] Warmack - 67 NC __ __

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Dixon, Webster, Kentucky; Roll: T9_446; Family History Film: 1254446; Page: 39.1000; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 0076.

Walton B Womack - 66 KY Germany Germany

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Saint Claire, Jewell, Kansas; Roll: T9_383; Family History Film: 1254383; Page: 316.2000; Enumeration District: 121; Image: 0638.

W B Wammuck - 83 (Dec 1816) KY Germany Germany

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Nevada, Story, Iowa; Roll: T623 460; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 121.

So, Walton thought his foks were from Germany. the parent's birthplace for Oliver Clayton was left blank. In 1880, Ursula said her folks were both born in VA, and in 1900 she said they were both born in PA.

Walton was wrong about his parent's birthplaces, and we get no info from Oliver Clayton. We know Esther (Tanner) Womack was born circa 1784 in VA. So, it is likely that the 1880 Census for Ursula was correct. Thus, David Womack was born in Virginia.

David's parentage has been claimed by some as Thomas and Louvisa (Rice) Womack. Certainly, the majority of the Womacks in Rutherford Co, NC were this family. However, the "known" sons of Thomas/Louvisa - Anderson, Abraham, George, James, William - all have records that tie them together at least circumstantially. There are no such records I am aware of for David that tie him with the other Rutherford Co, NC Womacks.

I have a theory who David's parents might be. Hint: there was another Womack family in McDonough Co, IL in 1850, which might be circumstantial, but McDonough was a very small population county.

I think a DNA test with a male Womack descendant of David Womack and Esther Tanner might be very helpful in narrowing down the possibilities.

Chesterfield County, Virginia Wills

2007-11-15T18:32:00.000-08:00

See
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~reburke/lines/data/womack/ew/lines/ChestefieldVAWills.htm

I transcribed many estate records from Chesterfield Co, VA. The data comes from LDS microfilms of the originals. I did not transcribe the earlier wills, since they are here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rgwomack/wills.htm

I can say who some of these people probably were. I have photocopies of other records transcribed from Chesterfield Co, VA that I still need to type out, so some of my evidence comes from these records.

Here is a quck overview of each, with the will book number and page number in parentheses.

1) Jesse Womack (5-101) - son of Thomas, son of Thomas, probable son of Richard Jr, son of Richard Sr.

2) Sarah Womack (5-149) - widow of Thomas Womack(Jr), son of Thomas (Sr), probable son of Richard Jr, son of Richard Sr. Susannah was her daughter who she named as "Suckey" in her will. Suckey was a common nickname for Susannah.

3) Thomas Womack (6-259) - Thomas III, son of Thomas, son of Thomas, probable son of Richard Jr, son of Richard Sr.

4) William Womack (6-280) - I think this was the William Womack married to Martha LNU who was mentioned in the transcription of Chesterfield Co, VA Womack records by E. P. Valentine. I think this William was the son of William, son of Abraham (Jr), son of Abraham Sr. The John and William Womack mentioned as administrators were likely the sons of William.

5) John (8-319) - married to Catharine LNU. He was the son of Joel, son of Thomas, probable son of Richard Jr, son of Richard Sr. See http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2007/09/joel-and-sarah-womack-children.html

6) William (12-94) - married to Elizabeth Perkinson. Son of Francis, son of Thomas, son of Abraham Sr.

7) Suckey (12-446) - not sure who she was. She was NOT the Susannah "Suckey" Womack who was the daughter of Thomas Womack (Jr) and Sarah LNU, since that Susannah Womack married John Spears and was still alive in the 1850 Census of Chesterfield.

8) Catharine (16-72) - Catharine (LNU) Womack, widow of John - see 8-319 above.

9) Francis (17-53) - Francis Jefferson Womack, son of William - see 12-94 above.

10) Isham (17-156) - Isham C Waymack from Prince George Co, VA. He married a cousin of some sort, Critty Womack.

11) Elizabeth (18-158) - Elizabeth (Perkinson) Womack, widow of William - see 12-94 above.

12) Jame (18-420) - James Madison Womack, son of William - see 12-94 above.

Womack Family in America before 1850 - Classification

2007-10-17T18:59:00.000-07:00

The Womack family in America circa 1850 was fairly large - about 2400 to 2800 individuals, not counting slaves held by Womacks. A couple years ago, I abstracted all the Womack US federal census records up to and including 1850. At the time, I had no idea how many of them were related. I still do not know how many are related, but I have made some headway. This has led me to classifying the Womacks into several divisions.

Scientists are always classifying things, such as species of living things, minerals, stars, languages, etc. They make their groupings based upon similarities between things.

I have two types of groupings for the Womack family, which I call branches and divisions. A branch is group of people with one common Womack ancestor - the head of that branch. A division is a group of people who are possibly not related, but grouped together by similar characteristics. Some of these may form divisions may eventually become branches with more research.

I believe the vast majority of white Womacks in America in 1850 were the descendants of the Womacks of the late 1600s in Henrico County, Virginia. This includes all spellings, including Warmack. For each branch or division, I have a description that includes a name and a place. The place is usually where the person was known to have lived last.

Note that I do not trace the descendants of Womack females. Sorry, this project is large enough just with Womacks.

Some branches come from other branches. I do this to make the branches smaller, and thus easier to understand.

Before asking me questions about these branches, remember it for Womack individuals in America before 1850. So please, no comments/questions about other families, Womacks in other areas of the world, or Womacks after 1850.

A) The Core Womack Family from Henrico Co, VA - the first 4 generations, starting with William Womack, sometimes called "the Immigrant". Researchers have made many mistakes in this part of the family, leading to an enormos amount of confusion. However, a great deal of this part of the family is understood.

B) The 17 Womack great-grandsons of the Immigrant

B.1) William Womack of Cumberland Co, VA - son of William, son of Abraham

B.2) Abraham Womack of Lincoln Co, NC - son of Thomas, son of Abraham - see branches D.1 and D.2 below.

B.3) William Womack of Charlotte Co, VA - son of Thomas, son of Abraham - married Jane LNU; they had no children, but William's estate records hold many clues to the families of his siblings.

B.4) Thomas Womack of Nottoway Co, VA - son of Thomas, son of Abraham

B.5) Isham Womack of Halifax Co, VA - son of Thomas, son of Abraham

B.6) Francis Womack of Chesterfield Co, VA - son of Thomas, son of Abraham

B.7) Abraham Womack of Halifax Co, VA - son of Abraham, son of Abraham

B.8) William Womack of Chesterfield Co, VA - son of Abraham, son of Abraham

B.9) Thomas Womack of Rowan Co, NC - son of Abraham, son of Abraham

B.10) Richard Womack of Goochland Co, VA - son of Abraham, son of Abraham - father of William Warmack of Davidson Co, TN and Matthew Warmack of Wayne Co, MO.

B.11) Richard Womack of Burke Co, GA - son of Richard, son of Richard

B.12) Alexander Womack of Campbell Co, VA - son of Richard, son of Richard

B.13) Thomas Womack of Chesterfield Co, VA - probably son of Richard, son of Richard

B.14) Matthew Womack of Amelia Co, VA - probably son of Richard, son of Richard

B.15) Henry Womack of Goochland Co, VA - son of William, son of Richard

B.16) William Womack of Halifax Co, NC - son of William, son of John

B.17) John Womack of Johnston Co, NC - probably son of William, son of John

C) Womack Family of Prince George Co, VA - this is a division rather than a branch. These Womacks appear to be the descendants of John's three sons John, Richard, and Abraham. Despite the records loss in Prince George, we know Richard was there as late as 1742, and Abraham at least until 1759.

D) Branches off of (or probably off of) the "B" branches

D.1) Thomas Womack of Burke Co, NC - married Louvisa Rice - the son of Abraham (B.2). See also E.6.

D.2) William Womack of Gallatin Co, IL - married Rebecca LNU - the son of Abraham Womack (who married Elizabeth Stubblefield), son of Abraham (B.2). This was NOT the William who married Lucy Womack, dau of Thomas/Louvisa (C.1). Nor was it the William Womack, son of Thomas of Rowan Co, NC (B.9).

D.3) Thomas Womack of Jasper Co, GA - married Lavina Dennis - probably the son of Richard (B.10)

D.4) Allen Womack of Buchanan Co, MO - probably the son of Richard (B.10)

D.5) Abraham Womack of Monroe Co, GA - married Judith Minter - probably the son of Abraham (B.7)

D.6) Benjamin Womack of Gadsden Co, FL - probably the grandson of Frederick, son of William (B.16)

E) Other Womack Branches and Divisions that almost certainly descend from the Henrico Co, VA Womack Family.

E.1) Richard Womack of Smith Co, TN - wife Catherine (supposedly Steetman). From VA, supposedly Halifax Co, although a search of tax records for every year from 1782 to 1810 failed to find him. Descandants spell the name "Wommack".

E.2) Terry Womacks of Brown Co, OH - from VA, supposedly the son of Henry Womack (see B.15), but I would need more documentation or DNA testing to believe this.

E.3) Peter, Lewis, and David Womack of Lincoln Co, TN - all born in NC, probably brothers from their proximity, occupations, and similar names of their children.

E.4) Warmack Family from Franklin and Habersham Cos, GA - descend from an unknown male Womack or Warmack, who married Sarah LNU. After his death, she married Jesse Putman. Son John born in SC. Dau Susannah married Littleton Meeks. Not descended from Ian Warmack (no such person, see Fictional Womacks below). Ian supposedly settled in GA, which makes little sense, given that John Warmack was born in SC, possibly Union Co, SC where Jesse Putman was from.

E.5) Archibald Womack of Lincoln Co, NC - married Sarah Hager - confused with Archibald, son of Thomas (B.9). Possibly the Archer Womack, son of Thomas, son of Thomas (B.13).

E.6) William Womack of Marion Co, TN - married Lucy Womack, dau of Thomas/Louvisa (D.1). NOT the son of Abraham Womack (wife Elizabeth Stubblefield), son of Abraham (B.2). Possibly the son of Isham (B.5).

E.7) William Womack of Campbell Co, VA - married Catherine (possibly Blankenship). NOT the son of Francis (B.6). William son of Francis married Elizabeth Perkinson, and he wrote a will in Chesterfield Co, VA in 1830 naming his wife Elizabeth. Also, DNA evidence strongly suggests that William in Campbell Co, VA could not have descended from Francis, since DNA of his descendant matches that of descendants of Richard (B.11) and Alexander (B.12).

E.8) Womack Family of Northern Virginia - there was supposedly a William Womack in Frederick Co, VA in 1779 and 1782 tax lists. More research needed here, but my gut feeling is that this was actually a Hammack family that was mis-transcribed. The Womacks in northern VA counties after 1800 were probably the descendants of Peter Womack, son of Thomas, son of Thomas (B.9).

E.10) Womack/Warmack family of Montgomery Co, GA - a division that is very little understood. John and William Womack/Warmack appear in early records in Montgomery Co, GA, and then in Twiggs and Pulaski Co, GA. John Warmack moved to MS, and people from this group were in Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, and Yazoo Cos, MS among others. A Timothy Womack was probably John's brother, and John had sons John and William Warmack, and possibly other children, such as Patience Warmack, Benjamin Womack, and Joel Sherrard Warmack. Note that some descendants spelled the name Womack, but most were Warmack.

E.11) Josiah Womack of Hancock Co, GA - married Nancy Holliman

E.12) David Womack of Union Co, KY - married Esther Tanner - possibly a son of Thomas/Louvisa (D.1).

E.13) Abraham Womack of Obion Co, TN (later in Arkansas Co, AR)

F) Other unclassified single Womack families before 1850 that probably decsend from Henrico Co, VA - This includes Womack families that were not extended families in 1850, and the head of household was born after 1800. This includes families such as Newton Womack in Fayette Co, TN in 1850. Note that there are very few Womacks in this category.

G) Womacks NOT descended from the Henrico Co, VA Womack Family

G.1) Recent Womack Immigrants - mostly or all in New York in 1850, all from England

G.2) African-American - a handful of free black Womacks in 1850; the vast majoity were slaves.

G.3) Native American - there were NO Native American Womacks. The Womack name comes from England. There were Womacks with Indian blood from their mother's side of the family.

H) Womacks who were not really Womacks - mistakes

H.1) Mistakes made in the past - mistakes made in censuses, newspapers, by county clerks, etc where people were called Womack who really were not. Example: Elizabeth Womack in the 1850 Census of Madison Co, TN was actually Elizabeth (Fly) Warmath, widow of Henry Warmath.

H.2) Mistakes made in record tanscriptions - Womack is difficult to tell from several other names in some old handwriting, and in documents that are faded or otherwise hard to read. An example is the supposed Womacks in Stewart Co, TN, all of whom were Warnicks.

I) Non-existent Womacks

I.1) Legendary or Fictional Womacks - often handed down in family oral traditions. Example: Ian Warmack of Georgia. Real research either finds no proof of these people, or finds other (and real) ancestors. These fictional Womacks do proove that someone was a great story teller.

I.2) Fraudulent Womacks - the Womacks in this category were created by unscrupulous "professional genealogists" to separate people from their money. Example: Henry Womack of Accomack Co, VA.

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Whew, that was a lot of typing - I count 46 branches and divisions. I think that covers all the Womacks in America prior to 1850.

Hopefully, this will get some discusion going. Obviously, I left a lot of details out. Let me know if I missed a grouping, or any other comments/questions.

Abraham Womack of Goochland Co, VA, continued

2007-09-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

In an earlier post (http://rebgen.blogspot.com/2007/09/abraham-womack-bollings-quarter-branch.html), I wrote how I found this deed record online:

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BAKER_BOLIN/2000-09/0968899679

Goochland County, DEED BOOK 4, Page 239
Aug 15 , 1743 from Ashford Hughes of the Parish of St. James and Goochland, to Alexaander Wamack [incorrect!!!] of same, for 55 (Pounds), all that tract of land in Goochland on the south side of the James River and bounded by Bollings Quarter Branch, the branches of Muddy Creek, Womack, about 400 acres. Signed -Ashford Hughes. Wit- Charles Raley, Fras Amoss, Thomas Dillon. Recorded Sep 20, 1743..

I saw the microfilm of the actual deed today and it very clearly says Abraham Womack, NOT Alexander. It also says the land was on Womack's line.

Thus, Abraham Womack, son of the original Abraham (born circa 1644), owned 800 acres in Goochland - 400 bought from Ahford Hughes, and 400 in an adjacent parcel in a land patent dated 25 Aug 1731.

I also abstracted a 1747 deed of Abraham Womack to William Womack:

Goochland Co, VA Deed Book 5, p.352. 17 Nov 1747 - Abraham Womack Junior of Goochland Co to brother William Womack for "natural affection" 100 acres on Bollings Quarter Branch, "part of the survey that my father lived on". Wit: Richard Ligon, James Ligon, Sarah Ligon. Acknowledged by Abraham Womack in Goochland Court 17 Nov 1747.