Puckett genealogy

 After many years of tracing all the Womack lines in America, I am doing research on my Puckett line.  I am revisiting a lot of old research on Puckett lines, and finding many individuals who were missed, and several mistakes in abstracted records.

Like Womack, Puckett is a big family, but not impossibly big, like Smith.  With Womack, I took all the Womacks (of all spelling variations) in the 1850 census, and tried to trace them back to the ancestral home in Virginia.  For the most part, I have traced most Womack lines.  I am not sure I will ever go into such depth with Puckett.  Just enjoying finding records.

I don't trust anything on the internet.  I do my own research, and draw my own conclusions.

I have gathered lots of Puckett info to organize and type out.

See my page on Puckett Y-DNA testing.  Gary Curtis Puckett published DNA results about 15 years ago.  I have studied these results, and combined them with my research to reach a very different conclusion than Gary.

Most of the Pucketts in America come from the Chesterfield County, Virginia Puckett family.  Chesterfield County was formed from Henrico County in 1749, and the Puckett family was in Henrico by 1655 and likely several years earlier.

There are at least three other Puckett lines in America, though I think they all come from the Chesterfield Puckett family:

1) Timothy Puckett who had a South Carolina land grant in 1736.  Probable son Ephraim had a SC grant in 1756.  The three Puckett men on the 1790 census of Orangeburg District, SC are likely grandsons and/or great-grandsons of the Timothy Puckett with the 1736 SC grant.  Part of this Puckett family went to Barren Co, KY (the part which became Hart Co, KY); the rest went to Amite Co, MS.  I believe the Timothy Puckett who got the 1736 SC grant was the same Timothy Puckett who was the son of John Puckett III and Elizabeth Allen.  DNA testing supports this theory.

2) Peter Puckett, who married Amie Keith on 27 Dec 1775 in St Paul's Parish, King George Co, VA.  This is far north of most of the Puckett family activity in Virginia.  Peter appears to be the father of a few Puckett men who later appear in marriage and tax records of Spotsylvania Co, VA.  Two of the Puckett men moved to Kentucky, and some descendants were there in 1850.   The Peter Puckett who married Amie Keith may be the same as the Peter Puckett from a 1762 Chesterfield Co, VA court record, in which a child Peter Puckett was bound out as an apprentice; no information was given regarding his parents.

3) Parham Puckett was born about 1775, the son of an unknown Puckett man and Mary Ezell who later married William Night/Knight.  In court records of Duplin Co, NC, Feb 1787, Parham Puckett was bound to Edward Dickson to learn to read and write.  Mary Ezell who married Mr Puckett was the daughter of Michael and Sarah Ezell, who sold their land in Mecklenburg Co, VA and moved to Duplin Co, NC, where it appears at least one Ezell son was already living.  The Ezell land was very near the Virginia land patent of Isham Puckett in Mecklenburg Co, VA.  Isham Puckett and Michael Ezell lived in western Mecklenburg Co, very near the line with Brunswick Co, VA.  The Parham family was nearby, perhaps the source of Parham Puckett's first name.  Solomon Puckett, likely son of Isham, signed the 10,000 Name Petition (for religious freedom for Baptists) in Virginia in 1776; his name appears in the same column as Benjamin Ezell and Richard Ezell and other men with surnames from western Mecklenburg and eastern Brunswick..  A Solomon Puckett was a Revolutionary War solder in NC, and his Captain had earlier been part of a unit based in Wilmington, NC, very near Duplin Co, NC.

Lots more Puckett info coming soon!

Streetman connection

 Richard Wommack, with descendants in Lincoln Co, MO, was Catherine; her maiden name supposedly Streetman.

In a bio of son Hiram Wommack, she was listed as Catherine Street - History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri , p.501 - Hiram Wommack

In 1904 bios of Wommacks in Yakima Co, Washington state, their father was listed once as William Streetman Wommack - An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties With an Outline of the Early History of the State of Washington, 1904, p.476.  In other bios for others of his children, he was referred to as William L Wommack and William F Wommack.

Boykin, Alford, Rogers, Cade

These are not my lines, just an interesting puzzle I ran across.  Also, I am not the first person to find these records, but I may be the first to link them and interpret them correctly (IMHO).

I believe these records will prove:

Thomas Boykin Jr, who died circa 1749 in Northampton Co, NC married Martha LNU (maiden/last name unknown) and had 3 daughters before he died:

1. Celia Boykin who married Michael Rogers
2. Winifred Boykin who married Drury Cade
3. Lurana Boykin who married James Alford

Northampton Co, NC Deed Book 7:77 - (LDS Film # 007517523, image 233) 27 June 1781, Michael Rogers, James Alford, Drury Cade of Wake Co, NC who married "Celia Boykin, Winefred Boykin and Susannah Boykin co-heirs with Thomas Boykin". 420 acres to Benjamin Branch.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8983-X3Z8?cat=296804

This would have been easier had the deed said:  "Celia Boykin, Lurannah Boykin and Winefred Boykin co-heirs of Thomas Boykin".

There are at least three odd things with this deed:

1. The wives, who are only named once in the deed, aren't in the same order as the husbands are listed.
2. When the clerk copied the original deed into the deed book, he apparently mistook Lurannah, a spelling variation of Lurana, for Susannah.
3. The deed says the women were co-heirs with Thomas Boykin, when I will show below, they were heirs of him.

The deed describes the land as 420 acres on Meherren river, and mentions Rebecca Braswell's corner and Thomas Moye's line.

This same land was sold in 1722 to Thomas Boykin Sr.

Bertie Co, NC Deed Book A:102 (LDS Film # 007510477, image 105)- John Bryan Junr for 11 pounds to Thomas Boyken of Chowan precinct, 23 May 1722, witness Henry[?] Roads, John Gray.  May Court 1723 acknowledged by John Bryan.  John Sutton Clerk.  420 acres in Chowan Precinct on south side of Meherren river.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z1-GWN?cat=330667

The description of the land is almost verbatim the same as the description from the 1781 deed.  It was common to copy the "metes and bounds" of a property from an earlier document, even if the neighbors from the earlier deed were all gone.  It was cheaper than paying for a new survey.  Other than the usage of "the" rather than "ye", there were just two differences, likely copying errors:  "his line" rather than "her line" (for Rebecca Braswell's line), and "No 58 Wt 68 pole" was "No 38 Wt 68 pole" in the earlier deed.

Notably, this deed was written when this land was part of Chowan Precinct, shortly before Bertie County was formed 2 Oct 1722.  The deed was proved and recorded in Bertie Co, and the land fell into Northampton Co, which was formed 31 Dec 1741 from Bertie.

Thomas Boykin Sr of Northampton Co, NC made his will 13 Apr 1748 (LDS Film # 007640346, image 372), in which he mentions wife Mildred, son Thomas Jr, and the following women, presumably his daughters:  Ann Craford, Martha Thornton, Eliz[abeth] Strickland and Patience Strickland.  The deed gave 1/3 of the estate to wife Mildred, and 2/3 to son Thomas, he to pay one shilling each to the above mentioned women.   Wife Mildred and son Thomas were named as executors.  One of the witness was Joseph Rogers, father of the Michael Rogers, above, who married Celia Boykin.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99GC-F9Q3-8?cat=457752

However, tragedy struck, because the will was presented in Northampton Co, NC Feb 1750 Court by "Martha Boykin relict widow of Thomas Boykin Junr who praying administration with the will annexed which was granted, both ye Executors nominated in ye sd [said] Will being dead..."

Since Thomas Boykin's Jr mother died, he inherited her 1/3 of the estate as eldest son by primogeniture.  So, Thomas Boykin Jr had all 420 acres his father bought in 1722.  Then Thomas Boykin Jr died, and since he had only daughters, they were co-heirs.  Had Thomas Boykin Jr had a son, the son would have inherited all the land.  Thomas Boykin Jr and wife Martha LNU were the parents of the three Boykin women in the 1781 deed.

Who married whom?

Michael Rogers married Celia Boykin - his 1793 will in Wake Co, NC names his wife as "Cele".

Drury Cade married Winifred Boykin.  Drury died intestate in Wilkes Co, GA, but on 2 Dec 1796, his heirs made 'article of agreement' to split his estate.  

Sorry, this record is on Ancestry (paid site) rather than FamilySearcch.

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/005756824_00179?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=339784

The articles of agreement name the heirs, and state Robert Cade and Drewry B Cade "to give their mother a good and reasonable maintenance during her natural life".

Though not named, their mother was Winifred Boykin Cade.  She signed her will in 1812, Wilkes Co, GA, naming my "two youngest sons namely Robert Cade and Drewry B Cade".

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/340406:8635?gsfn=Win*&gsln=Cade&ml_rpos=2

Since Robert and Drury B Cade must have been adults to enter into the article of agreement in 1796, they were born before the 1781 deed above, and from the 1781 deed, and Winifred Cade's will, she was the Boykin sister who married Drury Cade.

Which leaves us with "Susannah Boykin" - in the original deed given to the county to record, I am certain this was something like Lurannah,  Some people wrote cursive capital L like an S, and lower case r similar to n.  This is similar to the problem of distinguishing the names Samuel and Lemuel in old hand-written records.

James Alford made his will (Hancock Co, GA WB H:57) in 1812 naming wife 'Luraner'.

James Alford's wife was never Winifred Boykin, or Lurana Winifred Boykin.  It was just Lurana Boykin, mistaken for Susannah.

Also, Drury Cade who married Winifred Boykin was NOT Drury Boykin Cade, as seen in many trees.  The use of Boykin as a middle name by Drury's descendant comes from Winifred's maiden name.

John Rogers, father of Nancy Rogers Womack

Sherwood Womack married Ann 'Nancy' Rogers, circa 1798.  Sherwood's will here:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/rcd/rcd/rcd/abr 

Sherwood's brother Mansel Womack married Sarah Rogers, daughter of Drury & Tabitha Rogers.

How were Nancy & Sarah related?

Digging through records of Greene Co, GA and Hancock Co, GA, I found the father of Nancy Rogers was John Rogers.  His widow was Eliza LNU (last/maiden name unknown); she may have been Nancy's mother.

John Rogers died in 1806.  Eliza Rogers, who appears to have been his widow, administered the estate with Thomas Dawson, who married Susannah Rogers - some undocumented source have her middle name as 'Hill'.  From legatees mentioned in probate records, we can construct this Rogers family.

John Rogers children:

• Susannah Rogers married Thomas Dawson
• Ann 'Nancy' Rogers married Sherwood Womack
• Celia Rogers (spelled Celee, Selea in the records)
• Henry Rogers
• James A Rogers
• Josiah Rogers
• Alley Roger married William Lucas
• Martha 'Patsey' Rogers married Willie Alford
• Sarah 'Sally' Rogers

The area of Hancock Co, GA that John Rogers and the Womacks lived in had been formed from Greene Co, GA in Dec 1793.

John Rogers purchased land in Greene Co, GA from James Alford, whose son Willie would later marry John' daughter Martha. These were the 'Aunt Patsy Alford and Uncle Wiley' in the 1850 letter written by John Warburton Womack to his cousin Rebecca (Womack) Hinds, daughter of Sherwood and Nancy Rogers Womack.

The land John Rogers purchased was adjacent Abraham Womack, father of Sherwood. The 1793 tax list of Greene Co, GA shows Abraham Womack with land adjoining 'Jno Rogers'.

Greene Co, GA DB 1:126 - James Alford to John Rogers both of Greene, 11 Aug 1787, 250 acres waters of Ogechee, description mentions Michael Rogers & Thomas Credelle corner, Nathan Jones line, Slawters (?) line, Reads line, Wommacks line. Wit: Dd [David?] Love, Wright Taylor. - most of this land sold in 1805 by John Rogers to Thomas & William Howell (Hancock Co, GA DB I:101).

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gahanco2/willbooka.htm

Hancock Co, GA WB A:10 Film # 005759601, image 88 - Eliza Rogers and Thomas Dawson administrators of John Rogers security bond for $15000 dated 1 Dec 1806. - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-5FNQ?i=87&cc=1999178&cat=214887

Hancock Co, GA Will Book E:1-12 Film # 005759602 - image 438-444 - John Rogers est, Sherwood Womack, Francis Coleman buyers, Francis Coleman appraiser. Division of negroes, 30 Nov 1808 - Sherwood Womack, Thomas Dawson, 8 Rogers: Celee, Henry, James, Josiah, Aeley (?), Patsey, Sally, Eliza. - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-T963?i=437&cc=1999178&cat=214887


Hancock Co, GA Will Book K:282 (Film # 005759604, image 164) - Thomas Dawson adm of John Rogers decd, 1820-1821 vouchers to legatees - Josiah Rogers, James A Rogers, Willie Alford, Sally Rogers, Henry Rogers, Selea Rogers, William Lucas, Nancy Womack - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93G-83T5?i=163&cc=1999178&cat=214887

Marriage - Aley Rogers to William Lucas, Hancock Co, GA 22 Aug 1820

Alabama, US Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 - Thomas Dawson 25 Jan 1784 - 26 Feb 1846 (d Greene Co, GA) m Susanna Rogers 1 Dec 1803, she d 1 Oct 1864. - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73542808/suzanna-h.-dawson

Edmund Womack, death 2 Nov 1840

 

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

DIED

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1847 Will of Turner Hunt, Monroe County, Georgia

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

Georgia 

Monroe County 

February 25th 1845 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turner (his X mark) Hunt Sen LS 

Signed in the presence of

A D Steele 

John H Greene 

John F Hanson 

Georgia 

Monroe County 

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

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

A D Steele 

John H Green e

John F Hanson 

Test 

A G Fambrough J I C 

David Ogletree J I C

Georgia 

Monroe County 

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

E G Cabaniss C C O 

Alexander Perkins 

David Clements 

John Connelly 

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

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

Recorded October 21st 1847 

EG Cabaniss C C O

Brittain Womack 1828 Land Grant, Moore County, North Carolina

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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