Mincy Family

Mincy Family

This information concerns eight generations of the Mincy family.
1600-1900

• Individuals are listed chronologically, and those in red show the line of descent of James Wesley (Jim) Mincy.
• Connections of collateral lines to main lines are indicated by linked names.
• Generations within a family are separated by a series of asterisks.
• Unknown or unsubstantiated data are marked with blanks or with question marks.
• Spelling variations and transcriptions encountered in records and indexes: Mincy, Mincey, Minsy

   Richard
born: (about 1650) in VA
married: Mercy _?_ ( ) in VA
children: John
died: (1700) in Nansemond County, VA
buried:
census:
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   John (child of Richard Minshew and Mercy_?_)
born: (about 1683) in Upper Parish, Nansemond County, VA
married: Martha _?_ ( ) in VA
children: Jacob, John Jr, Nathan, Aaron, William, Isaac, Abraham
died: (1796) in NC
buried:
census:
note:

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   Aaron (child of John Minshew Sr and Martha _?_)
born: (about 1738) in Chowan County, NC
married: _?_ (about 1775) in NC
children: Jonathan, Aaron Jr
died: ( ) in Greenville County, SC
buried:
census:
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   Jonathan (children of Aaron Mincy and _?_)
born: ( ) in Chowan County, NC
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
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   Aaron Jr born: (about 1774) in Wayne County, NC
married: Mary Rachel Stanton (about 1798) in NC
children: Mahala [Lowery], Aaron, Isaac, Nancy, Courtney, Wealthy [McDonald], Temperance [Stepp] [McCay], Adallah [Elrod], Nathan, Abel, Elizabeth E. [Waters]
died: (February 23, 1848) in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, GA
buried: Shady Grove Cemetery, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, GA
census: On the 1830 census, he was in Hebersham County, GA
note: His wife's parents were Christopher Stanton and Mary Judith Robinson; she was born about 1774 in Rowan County, NC, and died September 23, 1848, in Lumpkin County, GA.

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   Mahala (children of Aaron Mincy Jr and Mary Rachel Stanton)
born: (October 11, 1798) in SC
married: John Lowery (February 22, 1829) in Habersham County, GA
children: David Sanford [Elizabeth Mardula Culpepper], Sarah E., Aaron Newton [Frances Croft], Rachel Arminda [Benjamin Jackson Culpepper], Jeremiah, John N., Martha Louise [William Vaught]
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1830 census, she was with her husband in Hall County, GA; on the 1840 census, there was a J.D. Lowery in Hall County, GA; on the 1850 census, she was in Cherokee County, AL; on the 1870 census, she was with her daughter Martha Louise Vaught in Cherokee County, AL
note:
CAVEAT: The marriage record shows John Lowery and Mahala Minorey, so this may not be Mahala Mincy. However, I have never found a Minorey family on any census record, so I suspect that the surname might be a transcription error, but I have not seen the original record to confirm my suspicion.
   Aaron
born: (September 28,1802) in SC
married: Elizabeth Carr ( ) in
children: Harriet M., Isaac N., John William, Rachel Emeline [J. B. Waters] , Caroline, Kinchen Carr, Savannah Sophronia, Josephine
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, he was in Lumpkin County, GA
note:
   Isaac born: (December 26, 1804) in SC
married: Sarah _?_ ( ) in
children: John, Mary, Louisa, William A., Reuben, Harry
died: (September 5, 1885) in Dawson County, GA
buried: Dawsonville Cemetery, Dawsonville, Dawson County, GA
census: On the 1840 census, he was in Hall County, GA; on the 1850 census, in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, in Dawson County, GA
note:
   Nancy born: (January 19, 1806) in SC
married: no
children: none
died: (1889) in Lumpkin County, GA
buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Cemetery, Lumpkin County, GA
census: On the 1850 census, she was in Lumpkin County, GA, with her brother Nathan; on the 1870 census, she was with her sister Elizabeth E. Mincy Waters in Lumpkin County, GA.
note:
   Courtney
born: (May 22, 1808) in SC
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note:
   Wealthy
born: (April 13, 1810) in SC
married: Lorenzo Dow McDonald ( ) in
children: Reuben Phillip, Anderson Ray, John, William Glenn, Mary Ann C., Eliza Ann, James H. Tate, Lorenzo Dow Jr., George D., Sinclair A., Alfred T., Allen P., Daniel L. Duncan
died: (January 7, 1880) in GA
buried:
census: On the 1850 and 1860 census, she was in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1870 census, her husband was in
note:
   Temperance
(Tempy)
born: (December 28, 1812) in SC
married: (a) Nelson Colby Stepp (May 11, 1836) in Lumpkin County, GA
               (b) William Hill McCay (December 27, 1849) in Murray County, GA
children: (a) Nathan Nelson, Aaron Newton, George Chapel
               (b) James Turner, Roda Marth Ann
died: (July 1, 1897) in Fannin County, GA
buried: Epworth Methodist Church cemetery, Epworth, Fannin County, GA
census: On the 1850 census, in ; on the 1860 census, in ; on the 1870 and 1880 census, in Fannin County, GA
note:
   Adallah
born: (April 8, 1814) in SC
married: Joseph T. Elrod (August 29, 1835) in Hall County, GA
children: Rachel E., Eliza A. ◊, Mary E. ◊, Jesse, Martha, James, Nancy Jane
died: (between 1850 and 1860) in Gilmer County, GA (?)
buried:
census: On the 1840 census, she was in Hall County, GA; on the 1850 census, in Gilmer County, GA; on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, in Fannin County, GA
note: Her husband was the brother of Mary Ann Elrod, wife of Abel Mincy.
   Nathan born: (April 8, 1816) in SC
married: Malinda Keither (July 28, 1839) in Lumpkin County, GA
children: Nancy J., Eliza, James Harvey, Martha Ann [Barker], Mary F., Sarah E., George
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 and 1860 census, he is in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1870 census (as Nathaniel Mincy) and the 1880 census, Dawson County, GA
note:
   Abel born: (December 30, 1818) in Pendleton District, SC
married: Mary Ann Elrod (June 5, 1836) in Lumpkin County, GA
children: Nancy Arminda [L. B. Rogers], Elizabeth Caroline [N. N. Stepp], Joseph Marion, John Wesley Smith, Jarvis, Mattie (?) and Cordelia (?)
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1850 census, he was in Gilmer County, GA; on the 1860 census, in Tishomingo County, MS; on the 1870 census, in Alcorn County, MS [with two unknown females: Mati, age 12, and Cordelia, age 8. Also, I suspect that the Frances, age 43, and James, age 22, who are listed as Mincys in the household are actually Frances E. Sears Cave and her son James McCullough Cave]; on the 1880 census, in Smith County, TX.
note:
   Elizabeth E.
(Terrie?)
born: (June 25, 1823) in SC
married: Moses A. Waters Jr (November 28, 1850) in Lumpkin County, GA
children: Nancy J., John W., Charles F., Henry T., Henry D., William, Martha [Crane], Mary
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1860 and 1870, census, she was in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1880 census, in Lumpkin County, GA as Terrie Waters.
note:

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   Nancy Arminda (children of Abel Mincy and Mary Ann Elrod)
born: (December 7, 1838) in Gilmer County, GA
married: Levi Braxton Rogers (1853) in Polk County, TN
children: Stephen M., Dock Braxton, Francis M. (Frank), Forest Lee, Lou, Lilly, John A., Benjamin F., Georgiana, Alonzo McW. (Lon), William M., Florence L., Levi Fletcher
died: (between 1910-1920) in McNairy County, TN
buried: New Hope United Methodist Church cemetery, Mc Nairy County, TN
census:
note: Her husband, son of Ellen and Anderson Rogers, was born (August 20, 1834) in Buncombe County, NC, and died (September 20, 1898) in McNairy County, TN.
   Elizabeth Caroline born: (July 28, 1839) in Gilmer County, GA
married: Nathan Nelson Stepp ( ) in Lumpkin County, GA (marriage Book B, page 197)
children: Missouri, Georgiana, James Walter
died: ( ) in
buried:
census: On the 1860 and 1870 census, she is in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1880 and 1900 census, in Dawson County, GA. Her husband was her first cousin, son of Nelson Colby Stepp and Temperance Mincy.
note:
   Joseph Marion born: (May 8, 1837) in Gilmer County, GA
married: (a) _?_ ( ) in
               (b) Matilda Frances Mills Trawick (February 5, 1870) in GA (?)
children: (a) George W.
               (b) Fannie Kathryn, John Wesley [Martha M. Fryar], William Marcus [Laurie Josephine Mills], and stepson Thomas W. Trawick from his wife's first marriage to L. D. Trawick.
died: (December 5, 1925) in Alcorn County, MS
buried:
census: The 1860 census of Tishomingo County, MS, shows Matilda F. Mills, age 21, born in NC. She was enumerated with her mother Catherine Wheeler Mills, age 65, born in MD. The 1870 census of Alcorn County, MS, shows Joseph Mincy, age 32, and a son named George, age 3, enumerated in the household of Tilda Taywick, age 30, and Thomas Taywick, age 14. The mother of George is unknown, but on the 1880 census of Smith County, TX, he is listed as the grandson of Able Mincy and Mary Ann Elrod. The 1910 census of Alcorn County, MS, shows Matilda Frances Trawick having been married twice. A marriage record in Tishomingo County, MS, dated March 2, 1855, shows Matilda Mills as the bride of L. D. Traywright [Trawick].
note:
   John Wesley Smith born: (March 1, 1850) in Gilmer County, GA
married: Nancy Ann Rebecca Smith (August 20, 1871) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
children: John Fletcher Pearl, William Walton, Bertha Ann, Robert Paine, Sterling Sanford, Ellis Lamar
died: (September 8, 1920) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
buried: Box Chapel Cemetery, Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
census:
note:
   Jarvis born: (December 12, 1854) in Gilmer County, GA
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note: In a letter written by James Cave dated July 6, 1860, he mentions that the two youngest Mincy boys are both sick and that the youngest is not expected to live. Jarvis is likely one of these two boys.
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   John Fletcher Pearl (children of John Wesley Smith Mincy and Nancy Ann Rebecca Smith)
born: (June 7, 1872) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
married: ( ) in
children:
died: (1960) in Memphis, Shelby County, TN
buried: Box Chapel Cemetery, Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
census:
note:
   William Walton born: (September 3, 1874) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
married: Myrtie Olier Stormant (September 20, 1905) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
children: James Roy, Franklin Walton, George Wallace [NOTE NAME], Benjamin Theodore
died: (February 8, 1923) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
buried:
census:
note:
   Bertha Ann born: (February 23, 1877) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
married: Madison Barnes (August 4, 1904) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
children:
died: (June 20, 1905) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
buried:
census:
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   Robert Paine born: (April 19, 1880) in married: Lillian Beatrice Monroe (November 17, 1901) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
children: Robert Paine Jr, Lillian Irene, James Wesley, Mary Louise, Jack
died: (January 12, 1955) in Forth Worth, Tarrant County, TX
buried:
census:
note: An e-mail communication from Michael L. Mincy says that his uncle, James Wesley (Jim) Mincy, related his arrival in Forth Worth, Tarrant County, TX, thus. "It was [late at night] on a cold, rainy night, in October [1920], and we came into the 'old' Santa Fe Depot .... The wind was blowing, and I was freezing! And that's the 'first thing' I remember about Forth Worth!" The Mincy family possibly arrived with their inlaws, the Monroe family, from Corinth, Alcorn County, MS. They originally came from McNairy County, TN, right on the border with Alcorn County, MS. The Forth Worth, TX, city directory (1926 and 1930) lists Thomas P. Mincy, employed at the Diamond Hill Barber Shop, and his wife Beatrice living at 2809 Oscar Avenue. In 1931, Jas G. Cave, carpenter, wife Lula, and son Jas T. (USN) were living at 3056 Oscar Avenue.
   Sterling Sanford born: (October 29, 1882) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
married: Lorene Sherrill (July 23, 1907) in Henderson, Chester County, TN
children: Ruby Eloise, Thelma Rebecca, Helen Louise, Sterling Sherrill, John Albert, Grace Evelyn, Joseph Edward
died: (June 2, 1939) in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA
buried:
census:
note:
   Ellis Lamar born: (March 26, 1885) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
married: ( ) in
children:
died: (April 21, 1909) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS
buried:
census:
note:
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   Robert Paine Jr (children of Robert Paine Mincy and Lillian Beatrice Monroe)
born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
census:
note:
   Lillian Irene born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
buried:
census:
note:
   James Wesley
(Jim) born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
buried:
census:
note: This is my uncle Howard Cave's boyhood friend in Fort Worth. His father, who was a barber there, related how the Cave and Mincy families came to Texas together in a wagon.
   Mary Louise born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
buried:
census:
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   Jack born: ( ) in
married: ( ) in
children:
buried:
census:
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Richard	born: (about 1650) in VA married: Mercy _?_ ( ) in VA children: John died: (1700) in Nansemond County, VA buried: census: note: * * * * * * *
John	(child of Richard Minshew and Mercy_?_) born: (about 1683) in Upper Parish, Nansemond County, VA married: Martha _?_ ( ) in VA children: Jacob, John Jr, Nathan, Aaron, William, Isaac, Abraham died: (1796) in NC buried: census: note: * * * * * *
Aaron	(child of John Minshew Sr and Martha _?_) born: (about 1738) in Chowan County, NC married: _?_ (about 1775) in NC children: Jonathan, Aaron Jr died: ( ) in Greenville County, SC buried: census: note: * * * * *
Jonathan	(children of Aaron Mincy and _?_) born: ( ) in Chowan County, NC married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried: census: note:
Aaron Jr	born: (about 1774) in Wayne County, NC married: Mary Rachel Stanton (about 1798) in NC children: Mahala [Lowery], Aaron, Isaac, Nancy, Courtney, Wealthy [McDonald], Temperance [Stepp] [McCay], Adallah [Elrod], Nathan, Abel, Elizabeth E. [Waters] died: (February 23, 1848) in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, GA buried: Shady Grove Cemetery, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, GA census: On the 1830 census, he was in Hebersham County, GA note: His wife's parents were Christopher Stanton and Mary Judith Robinson; she was born about 1774 in Rowan County, NC, and died September 23, 1848, in Lumpkin County, GA. * * * *
Mahala	(children of Aaron Mincy Jr and Mary Rachel Stanton) born: (October 11, 1798) in SC married: John Lowery (February 22, 1829) in Habersham County, GA children: David Sanford [Elizabeth Mardula Culpepper], Sarah E., Aaron Newton [Frances Croft], Rachel Arminda [Benjamin Jackson Culpepper], Jeremiah, John N., Martha Louise [William Vaught] died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1830 census, she was with her husband in Hall County, GA; on the 1840 census, there was a J.D. Lowery in Hall County, GA; on the 1850 census, she was in Cherokee County, AL; on the 1870 census, she was with her daughter Martha Louise Vaught in Cherokee County, AL note: CAVEAT: The marriage record shows John Lowery and Mahala Minorey, so this may not be Mahala Mincy. However, I have never found a Minorey family on any census record, so I suspect that the surname might be a transcription error, but I have not seen the original record to confirm my suspicion.
Aaron	born: (September 28,1802) in SC married: Elizabeth Carr ( ) in children: Harriet M., Isaac N., John William, Rachel Emeline [J. B. Waters] , Caroline, Kinchen Carr, Savannah Sophronia, Josephine died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, he was in Lumpkin County, GA note:
Isaac	born: (December 26, 1804) in SC married: Sarah _?_ ( ) in children: John, Mary, Louisa, William A., Reuben, Harry died: (September 5, 1885) in Dawson County, GA buried: Dawsonville Cemetery, Dawsonville, Dawson County, GA census: On the 1840 census, he was in Hall County, GA; on the 1850 census, in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, in Dawson County, GA note:
Nancy	born: (January 19, 1806) in SC married: no children: none died: (1889) in Lumpkin County, GA buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Cemetery, Lumpkin County, GA census: On the 1850 census, she was in Lumpkin County, GA, with her brother Nathan; on the 1870 census, she was with her sister Elizabeth E. Mincy Waters in Lumpkin County, GA. note:
Courtney	born: (May 22, 1808) in SC married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried: census: note:
Wealthy	born: (April 13, 1810) in SC married: Lorenzo Dow McDonald ( ) in children: Reuben Phillip, Anderson Ray, John, William Glenn, Mary Ann C., Eliza Ann, James H. Tate, Lorenzo Dow Jr., George D., Sinclair A., Alfred T., Allen P., Daniel L. Duncan died: (January 7, 1880) in GA buried: census: On the 1850 and 1860 census, she was in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1870 census, her husband was in note:
Temperance (Tempy)	born: (December 28, 1812) in SC married: (a) Nelson Colby Stepp (May 11, 1836) in Lumpkin County, GA (b) William Hill McCay (December 27, 1849) in Murray County, GA children: (a) Nathan Nelson, Aaron Newton, George Chapel (b) James Turner, Roda Marth Ann died: (July 1, 1897) in Fannin County, GA buried: Epworth Methodist Church cemetery, Epworth, Fannin County, GA census: On the 1850 census, in ; on the 1860 census, in ; on the 1870 and 1880 census, in Fannin County, GA note:
Adallah	born: (April 8, 1814) in SC married: Joseph T. Elrod (August 29, 1835) in Hall County, GA children: Rachel E., Eliza A. ◊, Mary E. ◊, Jesse, Martha, James, Nancy Jane died: (between 1850 and 1860) in Gilmer County, GA (?) buried: census: On the 1840 census, she was in Hall County, GA; on the 1850 census, in Gilmer County, GA; on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, in Fannin County, GA note: Her husband was the brother of Mary Ann Elrod, wife of Abel Mincy.
Nathan	born: (April 8, 1816) in SC married: Malinda Keither (July 28, 1839) in Lumpkin County, GA children: Nancy J., Eliza, James Harvey, Martha Ann [Barker], Mary F., Sarah E., George died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1850 and 1860 census, he is in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1870 census (as Nathaniel Mincy) and the 1880 census, Dawson County, GA note:
Abel	born: (December 30, 1818) in Pendleton District, SC married: Mary Ann Elrod (June 5, 1836) in Lumpkin County, GA children: Nancy Arminda [L. B. Rogers], Elizabeth Caroline [N. N. Stepp], Joseph Marion, John Wesley Smith, Jarvis, Mattie (?) and Cordelia (?) died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was in Gilmer County, GA; on the 1860 census, in Tishomingo County, MS; on the 1870 census, in Alcorn County, MS [with two unknown females: Mati, age 12, and Cordelia, age 8. Also, I suspect that the Frances, age 43, and James, age 22, who are listed as Mincys in the household are actually Frances E. Sears Cave and her son James McCullough Cave]; on the 1880 census, in Smith County, TX. note:
Elizabeth E. (Terrie?)	born: (June 25, 1823) in SC married: Moses A. Waters Jr (November 28, 1850) in Lumpkin County, GA children: Nancy J., John W., Charles F., Henry T., Henry D., William, Martha [Crane], Mary died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1860 and 1870, census, she was in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1880 census, in Lumpkin County, GA as Terrie Waters. note: * * *
Nancy Arminda	(children of Abel Mincy and Mary Ann Elrod) born: (December 7, 1838) in Gilmer County, GA married: Levi Braxton Rogers (1853) in Polk County, TN children: Stephen M., Dock Braxton, Francis M. (Frank), Forest Lee, Lou, Lilly, John A., Benjamin F., Georgiana, Alonzo McW. (Lon), William M., Florence L., Levi Fletcher died: (between 1910-1920) in McNairy County, TN buried: New Hope United Methodist Church cemetery, Mc Nairy County, TN census: note: Her husband, son of Ellen and Anderson Rogers, was born (August 20, 1834) in Buncombe County, NC, and died (September 20, 1898) in McNairy County, TN.
Elizabeth Caroline	born: (July 28, 1839) in Gilmer County, GA married: Nathan Nelson Stepp ( ) in Lumpkin County, GA (marriage Book B, page 197) children: Missouri, Georgiana, James Walter died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1860 and 1870 census, she is in Lumpkin County, GA; on the 1880 and 1900 census, in Dawson County, GA. Her husband was her first cousin, son of Nelson Colby Stepp and Temperance Mincy. note:
Joseph Marion	born: (May 8, 1837) in Gilmer County, GA married: (a) _?_ ( ) in (b) Matilda Frances Mills Trawick (February 5, 1870) in GA (?) children: (a) George W. (b) Fannie Kathryn, John Wesley [Martha M. Fryar], William Marcus [Laurie Josephine Mills], and stepson Thomas W. Trawick from his wife's first marriage to L. D. Trawick. died: (December 5, 1925) in Alcorn County, MS buried: census: The 1860 census of Tishomingo County, MS, shows Matilda F. Mills, age 21, born in NC. She was enumerated with her mother Catherine Wheeler Mills, age 65, born in MD. The 1870 census of Alcorn County, MS, shows Joseph Mincy, age 32, and a son named George, age 3, enumerated in the household of Tilda Taywick, age 30, and Thomas Taywick, age 14. The mother of George is unknown, but on the 1880 census of Smith County, TX, he is listed as the grandson of Able Mincy and Mary Ann Elrod. The 1910 census of Alcorn County, MS, shows Matilda Frances Trawick having been married twice. A marriage record in Tishomingo County, MS, dated March 2, 1855, shows Matilda Mills as the bride of L. D. Traywright [Trawick]. note:
John Wesley Smith	born: (March 1, 1850) in Gilmer County, GA married: Nancy Ann Rebecca Smith (August 20, 1871) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS children: John Fletcher Pearl, William Walton, Bertha Ann, Robert Paine, Sterling Sanford, Ellis Lamar died: (September 8, 1920) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS buried: Box Chapel Cemetery, Corinth, Alcorn County, MS census: note:
Jarvis	born: (December 12, 1854) in Gilmer County, GA married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried: census: note: In a letter written by James Cave dated July 6, 1860, he mentions that the two youngest Mincy boys are both sick and that the youngest is not expected to live. Jarvis is likely one of these two boys. **
John Fletcher Pearl	(children of John Wesley Smith Mincy and Nancy Ann Rebecca Smith) born: (June 7, 1872) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS married: ( ) in children: died: (1960) in Memphis, Shelby County, TN buried: Box Chapel Cemetery, Corinth, Alcorn County, MS census: note:
William Walton	born: (September 3, 1874) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS married: Myrtie Olier Stormant (September 20, 1905) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS children: James Roy, Franklin Walton, George Wallace [NOTE NAME], Benjamin Theodore died: (February 8, 1923) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS buried: census: note:
Bertha Ann	born: (February 23, 1877) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS married: Madison Barnes (August 4, 1904) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS children: died: (June 20, 1905) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS buried: census: note:
Robert Paine	born: (April 19, 1880) in married: Lillian Beatrice Monroe (November 17, 1901) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS children: Robert Paine Jr, Lillian Irene, James Wesley, Mary Louise, Jack died: (January 12, 1955) in Forth Worth, Tarrant County, TX buried: census: note: An e-mail communication from Michael L. Mincy says that his uncle, James Wesley (Jim) Mincy, related his arrival in Forth Worth, Tarrant County, TX, thus. "It was [late at night] on a cold, rainy night, in October [1920], and we came into the 'old' Santa Fe Depot .... The wind was blowing, and I was freezing! And that's the 'first thing' I remember about Forth Worth!" The Mincy family possibly arrived with their inlaws, the Monroe family, from Corinth, Alcorn County, MS. They originally came from McNairy County, TN, right on the border with Alcorn County, MS. The Forth Worth, TX, city directory (1926 and 1930) lists Thomas P. Mincy, employed at the Diamond Hill Barber Shop, and his wife Beatrice living at 2809 Oscar Avenue. In 1931, Jas G. Cave, carpenter, wife Lula, and son Jas T. (USN) were living at 3056 Oscar Avenue.
Sterling Sanford	born: (October 29, 1882) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS married: Lorene Sherrill (July 23, 1907) in Henderson, Chester County, TN children: Ruby Eloise, Thelma Rebecca, Helen Louise, Sterling Sherrill, John Albert, Grace Evelyn, Joseph Edward died: (June 2, 1939) in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA buried: census: note:
Ellis Lamar	born: (March 26, 1885) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS married: ( ) in children: died: (April 21, 1909) in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS buried: census: note: *
Robert Paine Jr	(children of Robert Paine Mincy and Lillian Beatrice Monroe) born: ( ) in married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried: census: note:
Lillian Irene	born: ( ) in married: ( ) in children: buried: census: note:
James Wesley (Jim)	born: ( ) in married: ( ) in children: buried: census: note: This is my uncle Howard Cave's boyhood friend in Fort Worth. His father, who was a barber there, related how the Cave and Mincy families came to Texas together in a wagon.
Mary Louise	born: ( ) in married: ( ) in children: buried: census: note:
Jack	born: ( ) in married: ( ) in children: buried: census: note: