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.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Josiah Womack Bible
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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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Richard Womack of Wilson County, Tennessee
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
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
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Edmund Womack & Mourning Crute
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.
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.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
James, Lorenzo, Nancy, and Ransom Womack
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.
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.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Obadiah Womack
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
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
Monday, July 21, 2008
More on William Warmack of Davidson Co, TN
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".
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".
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