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George Washington b. 1821
I am in search of the parents of my 3rd gg George Washington b. 1821 d. 1869 Sarepta, Calhoun, Mississippi. His headstone reads, "Sacred to the memory of George Washington, Born in VA 1821, Died 1869".
Family story was that he was cousin to the president George Washington and had lived down the street from his home. This may be slightly wrong information as I have found that his first wife Jincy Halford was 1st cousin to Martha Dandridge, wife of the first president through the Halford/Dalton/Redd/Dandridge line.
I first found George Washington in Girard, Russell, Alabama in 1840 census living next door to father-in-law John C. Alford (Halford) b. 1787 NC. I then found George Washington in 1850 Wetumpka, Coosa, Alabama census living with second wife Mary Ann McEwen (d/o Kirkham McEwen) along with two of the three children from the first marriage: Francis Marion, and John C. Family story was that first wife Jincy Halford died in childbirth with baby Catharine.
With search I discovered that George had remarried in Jan. 1845 at Muscogee, Georgia to Mary Ann McEwen (McCuin), so the first wife and daughter Catharine had to pass between the census of 1840 and the second marriage in 1845. No graves have been found. I found land purchase records of George Washington and John C Halford in early 1841 Jasper and Kemper Cos. Mississippi when they made a land purchase trip together-both purchasing land. I then find George Washington in 1858 land records in Elmore (formerly Coosa) county Alabama with Francis Marion McEwen as witness (George's brother-in-law from second marriage). I next find George listed in "Choctaw Living in the Chickasaw District" annuity rolls 1857-1860 near Pontotoc county Mississippi.
George served Ballentine's 2nd Partisan Rangers for CSA in MS. I have difficulty finding George between years 1860-1869 and his death. George's 2 sons of first marriage served CSA as follows: Francis Marion Washington in 18th AL Inf. Co. I and John C. Washington in 31st MS Inf. Co. D.
George's in-laws of first marriage: John C. Halford b. 1787 NC and Catharine Brown m. 1820 Warren Co. MS b. 1795 SC d. 01 Feb 1859 buried Methodist Campground [Ragland] cemetery Sarepta, Calhoun MS. John was s/o John Halford & Nancy Dalton, and Catharine was d/o James Brown b. 1770 SC d. 09 Nov 1820 Warren Co. MS and Elizabeth d. Oct 1842 Warren Co. MS. I've tracked John Halford from NC to Barnwell SC, to Warren & Simpson Co. MS to Russell Co. AL to Coosa Co. AL to Calhoun Co. MS in the 1860 census where his grandson John C Washington along with new bride Margaret Lewellen was living with him [spelled Holford in census].
George's in-laws of second marriage: Kirkham McEwen b. 19 Mar 1802 Newton GA d. 19 Nov 1865 Gwinnett CO, GA and Mary Ann Canada b. 21 Jan 1805 GA d. 12 Jun 1889 Morton, Scott Co., MS. Jasper Kirkham McEwen was born in Gwinett Co. GA where he grew to manhood. He married Mary Ann Canada in Gwinett Co. GA, daughter of Jesse Canada and Sarah Jones. His wife Mary Ann was born 21 Jan. 1805 in GA and died 12 Jun. 1889 in Morton, Scott Co. MS. They then moved to Meriwether Co, where they lived for two years before moving to Alabama in 1836 where they settled on the Tallapoosa River in Tallapoosa Co. ALA, about 14-miles south of Dadeville. In 1844, Kirkham moved to Coosa Co. (where his daughter Mary Ann met George Washington, a widower with two children. Mary Ann and George Washington married in Muskogee Co. GA in 1845 before returning to Coosa Co. ALA.) Jasper Kirkham McEwen was a Millwright/machinist/mechanic by trade, as were most of the McEwen men. He was also the Justice of the Peace for many years when he lived in Alabama. He was also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1855, Kirkham moved he and his wife to Calhoun Co. MS and then to Lowndes county before returning to GA where Kirkham died.
In the 1850 Wetumpka, Coosa, AL census both sets of George's in-laws are living side by side: the Halfords and the McEwens, who are both ex Justices of the Peace.
Our DNA testing tells us that we are 4 steps from the nearest Washington surname, but we have approx. 20 matches to Magee, McGee, McGehee, McKee, McGhie etc at 12, 25 and 37 panel tests. There are other surnames with multiple matches at 25 or better markers: McTiernan, Cox, Boice, Williams, Fitzhenry, McTiernan to name a few.
It is written in "Early Alabama History" that Betty Washington, sister of the president is connected to the McGehee family. I am thinking that perhaps old grandpa George may be connected to them in some way.
So if you're tired of crossword puzzles, try solving this 140 year old family mystery!
Family story was that he was cousin to the president George Washington and had lived down the street from his home. This may be slightly wrong information as I have found that his first wife Jincy Halford was 1st cousin to Martha Dandridge, wife of the first president through the Halford/Dalton/Redd/Dandridge line.
I first found George Washington in Girard, Russell, Alabama in 1840 census living next door to father-in-law John C. Alford (Halford) b. 1787 NC. I then found George Washington in 1850 Wetumpka, Coosa, Alabama census living with second wife Mary Ann McEwen (d/o Kirkham McEwen) along with two of the three children from the first marriage: Francis Marion, and John C. Family story was that first wife Jincy Halford died in childbirth with baby Catharine.
With search I discovered that George had remarried in Jan. 1845 at Muscogee, Georgia to Mary Ann McEwen (McCuin), so the first wife and daughter Catharine had to pass between the census of 1840 and the second marriage in 1845. No graves have been found. I found land purchase records of George Washington and John C Halford in early 1841 Jasper and Kemper Cos. Mississippi when they made a land purchase trip together-both purchasing land. I then find George Washington in 1858 land records in Elmore (formerly Coosa) county Alabama with Francis Marion McEwen as witness (George's brother-in-law from second marriage). I next find George listed in "Choctaw Living in the Chickasaw District" annuity rolls 1857-1860 near Pontotoc county Mississippi.
George served Ballentine's 2nd Partisan Rangers for CSA in MS. I have difficulty finding George between years 1860-1869 and his death. George's 2 sons of first marriage served CSA as follows: Francis Marion Washington in 18th AL Inf. Co. I and John C. Washington in 31st MS Inf. Co. D.
George's in-laws of first marriage: John C. Halford b. 1787 NC and Catharine Brown m. 1820 Warren Co. MS b. 1795 SC d. 01 Feb 1859 buried Methodist Campground [Ragland] cemetery Sarepta, Calhoun MS. John was s/o John Halford & Nancy Dalton, and Catharine was d/o James Brown b. 1770 SC d. 09 Nov 1820 Warren Co. MS and Elizabeth d. Oct 1842 Warren Co. MS. I've tracked John Halford from NC to Barnwell SC, to Warren & Simpson Co. MS to Russell Co. AL to Coosa Co. AL to Calhoun Co. MS in the 1860 census where his grandson John C Washington along with new bride Margaret Lewellen was living with him [spelled Holford in census].
George's in-laws of second marriage: Kirkham McEwen b. 19 Mar 1802 Newton GA d. 19 Nov 1865 Gwinnett CO, GA and Mary Ann Canada b. 21 Jan 1805 GA d. 12 Jun 1889 Morton, Scott Co., MS. Jasper Kirkham McEwen was born in Gwinett Co. GA where he grew to manhood. He married Mary Ann Canada in Gwinett Co. GA, daughter of Jesse Canada and Sarah Jones. His wife Mary Ann was born 21 Jan. 1805 in GA and died 12 Jun. 1889 in Morton, Scott Co. MS. They then moved to Meriwether Co, where they lived for two years before moving to Alabama in 1836 where they settled on the Tallapoosa River in Tallapoosa Co. ALA, about 14-miles south of Dadeville. In 1844, Kirkham moved to Coosa Co. (where his daughter Mary Ann met George Washington, a widower with two children. Mary Ann and George Washington married in Muskogee Co. GA in 1845 before returning to Coosa Co. ALA.) Jasper Kirkham McEwen was a Millwright/machinist/mechanic by trade, as were most of the McEwen men. He was also the Justice of the Peace for many years when he lived in Alabama. He was also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1855, Kirkham moved he and his wife to Calhoun Co. MS and then to Lowndes county before returning to GA where Kirkham died.
In the 1850 Wetumpka, Coosa, AL census both sets of George's in-laws are living side by side: the Halfords and the McEwens, who are both ex Justices of the Peace.
Our DNA testing tells us that we are 4 steps from the nearest Washington surname, but we have approx. 20 matches to Magee, McGee, McGehee, McKee, McGhie etc at 12, 25 and 37 panel tests. There are other surnames with multiple matches at 25 or better markers: McTiernan, Cox, Boice, Williams, Fitzhenry, McTiernan to name a few.
It is written in "Early Alabama History" that Betty Washington, sister of the president is connected to the McGehee family. I am thinking that perhaps old grandpa George may be connected to them in some way.
So if you're tired of crossword puzzles, try solving this 140 year old family mystery!
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Permalink Reply by Martha Davis on
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Terrie, have you asked for someone in Coosa AL or Gwinnett GA to do lookups in their Heritage Book? I've had good luck thru USgenweb postings. Martha
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Permalink Reply by Terrie Washington Routh on
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Yes I have and I was told nothing was found in Coosa Co. Alabama. Have not requested Gwinnett GA yet.
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Here we go...
George Washington
Facts and Sources - Ancestry.com
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1202327/person/-1974117689/facts/sou...
George Washington b. 1821-1869 burial Sarepta, Calhoun, MS
m1. Jincy Halford Abt.1822 – Bet. 1841-1844
c1. Francis Marion WASHINGTON 1838 AL – 1862 Corinth, MS
c2. John C WASHINGTON 30 Dec 1840 AL – 13 Feb 1917 Pontotoc, MS
c3. Catharine Bet. 1841-1844 Bet. 1841-1844
m2. Mary Ann McEwen b. 09 Aug 1827 Gwinett Co. GA d. 1924 Washington, Pontotoc Co., MS
Mary Ann WASHINGTON (1847 AL-15 Jun 1942) m. James L. LEWELLAN
James Hiram Kirkham Washington (24 May 1849 Coosa, AL - 03 Feb 1935 Pontotoc, MS) m. Sarah Adelene HITCHCOCK
George WASHINGTON (Apr 1851 Coosa, AL-1920 Pontotoc, MS) m1. Mattie GILLESPIE m2. Gulania Boatsman
Elizabeth Washington (Jul 1855 AL - unknown) m. James H. CALDWELL
Louisa Washington (1856-1917)
Lucy Ann Washington (01 Apr 1857 AL- 15 Jun 1942) m1. William Gathright MURPHY m2. Millisee Moss
Joseph Perry Washington (14 Aug 1860-29 Jan 1903) m. Josephine O. MURPHY
Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832 (not confirmed)
Name: George H. Washington
Number: 264
District: TWELFTH DISTRICT, SECOND SECTION, CHEROKEE
Residence: Candler's
County: Bibb
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Smith, James F.. The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery. New York, USA: 1838.
1840 United States Federal Census
Detail: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Russell, Alabama; Roll: 15; Page: 8.
Date:
Notes:
Actual text: Residence date: 1 June 1840
Residence place: Russell, Alabama, USA
Web address: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840
usfedcenancestry&h=1352837&ti=0&indiv=try
John C. Alford
1 male age 60-70
1 female age 40-50
Geo. Washington (next door to JC Alford)
1 male 0-5 (Must be Francis Marion as John C was b. 30 Dec 1840)
1 male 10-15
1 male 20-30
1 female 10-15
1 female 20-30
Mississippi Land Records
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewRecordRedir.aspx?tid=1202327&d...
Name: George Washington
Land Office: COLUMBUS
Document Number: 31073
Total Acres: 40.08
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 27 Feb 1841
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description:
1 NESE CHOCTAW No 12N 16E 17
Georgia Marriages to 1850
Actual text: Marriage date: 9 Jan 1845
Marriage place: Muscogee, Georgia
Web address: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamg
a&h=138186&ti=0&indiv=try
1850 United States Federal Census
Detail: Year: 1850; Census Place: Coosa, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M432_4; Page: 72; Image: 148.
Date:
Notes:
Actual text: Birth date: abt 1821
Birth place: Alabama
Residence date: 1850
Residence place: Coosa, Coosa, Alabama
Web address: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850
usfedcenancestry&h=18118721&ti=0&indiv=try
993. Washington George 29 AL farmer
Mary 22 GA
Fr. M. (m) 10 AL
John C. 9
Mary 3
Hiram 1 AL
1030. McEwen Kirkham 48 GA millwright 650
Mary Ann 45
George W. 21
Frances M. 19 GA
Almeda 18
Minerva 15 GA
Virginia 13 AL
Robert 7 or 9 AL
1031. Halford John C. 63 NC farmer 1500
Catherine 57 SC
Conaway Amanda 17 GA
Benjamin F.3/12 AL
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (1856 not confirmed)
Detail: Year: 1856; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_167; Line: ; List number: .
Date:
Notes: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl
&h=1384433&ti=0&indiv=try
Actual text: Name: Geo Washington
Birth Date: abt 1822
Birth Place:
Origin Date:
Origin Place: United States of America
Arrival Date: 13 Oct 1856
Arrival Place: New York
Departure Date:
Departure Place: Aspinwall, Panama
Destination Date:
Destination Place: United States of America
Web address: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl
&h=1384433&ti=0&indiv=try
Alabama Land Records (1858 confirmed)
Notes: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=al&h
=219418&ti=0&indiv=try
Actual text: Name: George Washington
Web address: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=al&h
=219418&ti=0&indiv=try
Name: George Washington
Land Office: MONTGOMERY
Document Number: 13576
Total Acres: 119.895
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 1 Mar 1858
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description:
1 SWNE ST STEPHENS No 20N 17E 2
2 NWSE ST STEPHENS No 20N 17E 2
3 NESW ST STEPHENS No 20N 17E 2
1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules (Oktibbeha, Mississippi not confirmed)
Notes: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860
slaveschedules&h=454268&ti=0&indiv=try
Actual text: Name: George Washington
Birth: abt 1822
Residence: 1860
Oktibbeha, Mississippi
Web address: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860
slaveschedules&h=454268&ti=0&indiv=try
American Civil War Soldiers
Detail: Side served: Confederacy; State served: Mississippi; Enlistment date: .
Date:
Notes:
Actual text:
Web address: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=hdss
oldiers&h=6805073&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
BOOK RESEARCH: 1860 Calhoun Co. MS census John C. Holford living in same household as John C. Washington, son of George. Mr. Jimmy Stribling, in his book research for the MS Dixie Rebels, found that the mother listed on John C. Washington's death certificate is Jincy Halford.
MILITARY DISCUSSION UPDATE: 09/08/2006
I have followed the trail of George WASHINGTON's father-in-law John C. HALFORD which traces back to Simpson County MS. We know that John C. Halford and G. WASHINGTON both took a land purchase trip to MS in early 1841. Halford purchased land in Jasper Co. MS, and Washington in Kemper Co. MS - their purchases were two weeks apart. We also have evidence that we are in some way related to 8 McGee (MaGee, McGhee, MeGaw, McGehee families through YDNA testing of our male descendents.
While researching early Simpson Co. MS records, I came across the fact that the county seat back then was MaGee, Simpson Co. MS. This has waved a huge red flag. Digging a bit deeper, I learned that there was a George Washington MaGee who served the 46th CSA along with a brother Thomas Jefferson MaGee and had lived in Marion County MS; well Marion County adjoins Simpson county. That is where my latest research leaves off...
Happy hunting! TJW-R
PRIOR MILITARY DISCUSSION:According to a roster transcribed from The Works Progress Administration Source Documents for Calhoun County, Washington, George, Sergeant, was listed in Company F, 2nd Mississippi Calvary aka Company F, Ballentine’s Cavalry – Calhoun County. On February 22, 1865, this unit was combined with the 7th Mississippi Cavalry. This George Washington shows up in Company D of the 7th Mississippi along with a lot of the people from Company F, 2nd Mississippi. This roster shows his rank in as Sergeant and rank out as Private.
CENSUS: Found George in Russell Co. AL (1840 census) Coosa Co. AL (1850 census), Elmore County AL 1858 (BLM Land Record #13576), verifying land record found for Kemper County MS 1841, and verifying death record found for Warren Co. MS (1869 accidental shooting), burial in Calhoun Co. Sarepta MS (1869) at Sarepta Cemetery. George was a Civil war soldier (Pontotoc Calvalry) and a Farmer. Found son John C. WASHINGTON 1860 Calhoun Co., MS census living in same household as John C. Halford (spelled Holford in census). The John C. Halford family lived next door to George in 1840 Russell Co. AL, next door to George's #2 wife's parents the McEwen family in 1850 Coosa Co. AL and lived in same household as John C. Washington (George's son) in 1860 Sarepta, Calhoun Co. MS census. John C. Halford probably was father of Jincy Halford, George's first wife as listed on son John C. Washington's death certificate in Pontotoc County MS.
WIFE #1 Jincy Halford is daughter of John C. Halford and wife Catherine Brown (1840 Russell Co. AL, 1850 Coosa Co., AL, 1860 Sarepta, Calhoun Co. MS). Mrs. Halford died 1st Feb. 1859 and is buried at Methodist Campground Cemetery [Ragland], Calhoun Co. MS. The Halford's must have been the first of the family to appear in MS, since George was selling his property in Elmore Co. AL in 1858.
Children of George and Jincy Halford wife#1:
Francis Marion Lee Washington b. 1840 (18th AL Inf. Co "I" also listed with Isaiah Washington and John C. Alford) married Louisa ARCHER daugh. of John Samuel ARCHER and Rosa E. BERRY of Coosa and Shelby Cos. AL.
John C. Washington b. 30 Dec. 1840 m. Margaret A. Lewellen
(John C. was in the 31st MS Infantry more commonly called "Dixie Rebels")
Catherine Washington b. 1841 (Supposed to have died at birth with mother, graves never found)
Have not found graves of George's wife #1 Jincy or daughter Catharine. May be in Coosa, Lee, Russell Co. AL, Harris Co. GA, or Jasper/Keemper Cos. MS during land purchase trip of 1841.
WIFE #2 Mary Ann McEwen, daughter of Jasper Hirum Kirkham McEwen b. Gwinnet Co GA and Mary Ann Canada. The McEwen's also moved to MS about in 1855. The Washington's were of the first white settlers in Southern Pontotoc Co. MS and bought land from the Mathis Indians or a family named Mathis that were Indian. Written in MS Memoirs. This Mathis family are related to the Miller family, whose daughter Rubie Miller married Joseph Albert Washington in Pontotoc Co. MS. Update: MATHIS' may be Choctaw Indian. -
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Uploading John C Washington death certificate, s/o George Washington.
Uploading Annuity Rolls for George Washington.
Uploading 1870 US census John C Washington family.
I don't know that the Warren county MS accidental shooting of George X Washington in 1869, recorded 1870 was that of my George Washington. George was buried in Sarepta city cemetery near his son John's home near the Calhoun/Pontotoc county lines. There is family story that George's brother-in-laws Jasper and Newton were mad at George for some reason, so George kept moving up until his death. The brother-in-laws moved after George's death to Shelby county Alabama area.
There was no estate records found. No guardianship records have been found. I've pulled the deed from Elmore county Alabama (formerly Coosa county) and Francis Marion McEwen was witness (George's brother-in-law). 119 acres, dwelling and corn crib. - Attachments:
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Uploading 1870 US Census Mary Washington family (widow of George Washington).
Uploading 1858 Deed Elmore Co. Alabama.
Uploading 1841 Kemper county MS deed
I do not have the death certificates for the children James H. K. Washington, George Washington (181-1920), Lucy Ann "Louisa" Washington and Joseph Perry Washington.
RE: You wrote, “…first white settlers in Southern Pontotoc Co. MS,” citing “Written in MS Memoirs.” Is the latter a published source?
Mississippi Memoirs is a published source per Pauline O Moore Washington for insertion into her book, "The Washington's of Pontotoc County."
Now there was another John Washington b. 1806 SC listed in the 1850 US Census in Washington, Pontotoc, Mississippi 10 years prior to my family showing up on the US census in MS. He was the only other Washington as far as I know in that area of south Pontotoc county near the Chickasaw county line. I have always thought that we were related to him as he came from Alabama, had 3 daughters Martha 1834, Mary 1837 and Susan 1844 all born in Alabama, and he was living in the William W CHRISTIAN b. 1822 SC household. We also have a 25 panel YDNA match to the Christian surname that goes back to Union Co. KY.
We have three 37 marker YDNA matches to the WILLIAMS surname. On the annuity rolls you will see George living near Sloan Williams. - Attachments:
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WAS-Elmore1858.pdf, 182 KB
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WAS-Kemper1841.pdf, 398 KB
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