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.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Samuel Hand / Abner C Womack Bible
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.
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.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tallapoosa Marriages - Video
My first attempt at a YouTube video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL56lKTv7B0
Monday, April 25, 2011
Tallapoosa Co, AL marriages
Tallapoosa Co, AL marriages - http://gsofea.org/documents/tallapoosa_marriages_vol_1.pdf
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGE RECORDS
Volume 1
1834-1863
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
Monday, April 11, 2011
Bacon and Womack Families of Georgia
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
See this Rootsweb post.
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:
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:
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
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:
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.
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
See this Rootsweb post.
From abook published in 1979 and is abstracts of records in the local andThe Thomas Winn in this record was probably some sort of cousin to Thomas Winn Bacon.
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.
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, ofBacon 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.
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.
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, VirginiaI 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.
* 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.
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.103According to a WorldConnect entry, Susanna Bacon, daughter of Lyddall Bacon and Keturah Winn, lived 27 Nov 1777-27 Jul 1839, and married Pleasant Moon.
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.
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.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
William Womack and Lucy Womack
Census breakdowns:
1800 Rutherford, NC
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
1 m 16-25 - Josiah
1 f 26-45 - Comfort
1810 Rutherford NC
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1 m 0-4 - William Balch
1 m 20-29 - Drury
1 f 15-19 - Margaret Balch
1830 Warren TN
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
- 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) | 13 | 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) | 14 | Wammock | Josiah | 00100 | 00010 |
1 m 16-25 - Josiah
1 f 26-45 - Comfort
1810 Rutherford NC
| 453 (110) | 1 | 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) | 4 | 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) | 44 | 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 | 12 | Warmack | Abner | 1100 | 1 | 1010 | 1 |
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 | 22 | Warmack | William | 2110 | 01 | 0120 | 01 |
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 | 24 | Warmack | Asa | 1000 | 1 | 1000 | 1 |
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 | 25 | Warmack | Jesse | 2000 | 01 | 0320 | 01 |
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 | 27 | Wormack | Isam | 1000 | 1 | 0000 | 1 |
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 | 26 | Womack | Isham | 0210 | 001 | 3021 | 01 |
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 | 1 | Womack | Levy B | 2001 | 1 | 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 | 20 | Womach | Drewry | 1000 | 1 | 0001 |
1 m 0-4 - William Balch
1 m 20-29 - Drury
1 f 15-19 - Margaret Balch
1830 Warren TN
| 370 | 6 | 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
Saturday, February 5, 2011
William Watkins will, Halifax Co, VA
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
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.
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