Elizabeth Cornelia Simpson
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born: (November 27, 1788) in Washington County, GA
married: George R. Sessions (by 1807) in Washington County, GA
children: Wade Hampton [Mary Allen] [Ellen McClendon], Frances Elizabeth, Narcissa [Samson Lewis Lamkin], Sarah [William J. Scott], Lewellyn McWilliams [Elizabeth Cornelia Jeffcoat] [Emma Pert], Samuel Robison [Naomi Johnson], Lewis (Lewe) McNeill [Mary _?_] [Sallie Cameron], Abner Mitchell Rutherford [Cornelia Antoinette Terrell] [Margaret _?_], Harriet Matilda [Joseph Lamphlier Dutton Jr], John Shinod [Jane D. Strickland], Romeo
died: (January 1,1854) in Leon County, FL
buried:
census: On the 1820 census, she was (age 26-45) with her husband in Washington County, GA; on the 1830 census, she was (age 30-40) with her husband in Jefferson County, FL: on the 1840 census, she was (age 40-50) with her husband in Jefferson County, FL; on the 1850 census, she was (age 59) with her husband in Leon County, FL; on the 1860 census, their son Abner Mitchell Rutherford (AMR) was (age 37) in Madison County, FL
note: She probated her father's will in Jefferson County, FL, in 1833. An obituary appeared in the Southern Christian Advocate: "Elizabeth C. Simmons (sic), wife of George Sessions, died 1 January 1854, in Leon County, aged 65. She was born in Washington County, Georgia." A few months later, this paper published an obituary showing that George Sessions died February 18, 1854, in Leon County, FL. The Southern Christian Advocate was the official publication for the Methodist Conferences in the states of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
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John Gallimore
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born: (about 1789) in Washington County, GA
married: Frances (Fannie) Sabrina McNeill (about 1808) in Washington County, GA
children: Sabrina Anna [James Stephen Townsend], unknown male, Mary McNeill [John Edward Bryant Morris], Joel Walter [Emily Almedia Alexander]
died: (February 19, 1837) near Warrenton, Fayette County, TX
buried:
census: On the 1820 census, he was (age 26-45) in Washington County, GA; on the 1830 census, he was (age 40-50) with his wife in Jefferson County, FL; on the 1840 tax roll, his son Joel Walter was in Fayette County, TX
note: He started the post office in Monticello, Jefferson County, FL; moved to Brazoria County, TX, in December, 1831; elected to the First Congress of the Republic of Texas on September 5, 1836. A survey map (1843) of Fayette County, TX, lists J. G. Robinson (#32) with land on Cummins' Creek. His son Joel Walter is buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, TX (removed from Florida Chapel Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette County, TX in 1932) |
Samuel
"General"
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born: (about 1792) in Washington County, GA
married: no
children: no, but he was appointed guardian of Lewellen M. Robison's minor children in 1838.
died: (about 1873) in Washington County, GA
buried:
census: On the 1820 census, he was (age ) in Washington County, GA; on the 1830 census, he was (age 30-40) with his father in Washington County, GA; on the 1840 census, he was (age 40-50) in Washington County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was (age 56) in Washington County, GA; on the 1860 census, he was (age 67) in Washington County, GA; on the 1870 census, he was (age 78) in Washington County, GA
note: He was a Justice of Inferior Court, Washington County, GA. In a letter dated March 5, 1837, Samuel wrote to his brother John Gallimore in Texas that their stepmother Nancy moved from Washington County, GA, to Stewart County, GA, and thence to Alabama about 1834.
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Lewellen M.
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born: (1794) in Washington County, GA
married: (a) Eliza Amelia Madison Coleman (June 24, 1819) in Greene County, GA
(b) Martha Tarpley (April 3, 1835) in Wilkinson County, GA
children: (a) Ann Eliza, Nathaniel Green, Robert Coleman
(b) none
died: (April 8, 1838) in Washington County, GA
buried:
census: On the 1820 census, he was (age 16-26) with his wife in Washington County, GA; on the 1830 census, he was (age ) in Wilkinson County, GA; on the 1850 census, his second spouse was a widow in Talbot County, GA
note: A list of acts passed by the legislature of Georgia, November and December 1831, in the Macon Telegraph on December 31, 1831, includes "To separate and divorce Lewellen M. Robison and Amelia E. Robison, his wife." After the divorce, Eliza married William Rountree (April 17, 1833) in Washington County, GA. Lewellen's obituary appeared in the Macon Telegraph on April 23, 1838. |
Sarah
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born: (about 1800) in Washington County, GA
married: (a) Thomas Hardyman (by 1820) in Washington County, GA
(b) Francis A. Dawkins (January 11, 1844) in Jefferson County, FL
children: (a) none
(b) none except Mary [John Mikell] and Parmelia Jane [William Mikell]: children of Francis A. Dawkins and Louisa Blount.
died: (between 1850 - 1860)
buried: possibly in Leon County, FL
census: On the 1820 census, she was (age 16-26) with her husband in Washington County, GA; on the 1830 census, she was (age 20-30) with her husband in Jefferson County, FL; on the 1840 census, she was (age 30-40) with her husband in Jefferson County, FL; on the 1850 census, she was (age 50) with her second husband in Jefferson County, FL; on the 1860 census, her second husband was (age 73) a widower in the household of his daughter Mary and son-in-law John Mikell in Jefferson County, FL
note: Sarah moved to TX with her brother John Galimore Robison in 1831. Francis A. Dawkins, son of Mary Calvert Harrison and William Dawkins, married (October 18, 1806) Louisa Blount in Emanuel County, GA. They may have had sons William and Francis. |
Alexander Irvin
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born: (about 1801) in Washington County, GA
married: Amanda Fitzallen Talbot (April 19, 1838) in Henry County, AL
children: Anna Williston [Charles Russell], Mary Elizabeth [Dandridge Claiborne Freeman], John Walter, Alexander W., Susan L. [James E. Young], Samuel Benton [Clemmie Estelle Ainsworth]
died: (October 22, 1863) in Muscogee County, GA
buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA
census: On the 1840 census, he was (age 30-40) with his wife in Muscogee County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was (age 49) with his wife in Muscogee County, GA; on the 1860 census, he was (age 50) living in a separate household from his wife Amanda (age 45) in Muscogee County, GA; on the 1870 census, his widow was (age 55) in Muscogee County, GA.
note: He was an attorney in Macon, Bibb County, GA, and a member of the legislature from Muscogee County, GA, about 1854. |
James M.
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born: (about 1804) in Washington County, GA
married: Elizabeth _?_ ( ) in GA
children: John S. [Catherine Brunson], Nancy, William Winfield [Emma Elizabeth Barwick]
died: (after 1880) in Colquitt County, GA
buried:
census: On the 1820 census he was (age 16-18) with his father in Washington County, GA; 1830 census, he was (age 20-30) with his father in Washington County, GA; on the 1840 census, he was (age 30-40) with his wife in Baker County GA; on the 1850 census, he was (age 46) with his wife in Baker County, GA; on the 1860 census, he was (age 56) with his wife in Mitchell County, GA; on the 1870 census, he was (age 65) with his wife in Mitchell County, GA; on the 1880 census, he was (age 75) with his wife in Colquitt County, GA
note: An older brother age 40-50 may have been with him on the 1840 census in Baker County, GA.
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William H.
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born: (1806) in Washington County, GA
married: Elizabeth H. Fisher (about1832) in GA
children: Samuel, Alexander, William F., Winfield Robert [Sarah A. Shinholser], John, Mary Elizabeth, Milton, Edward C., John W.
died: (1877) in Washington County, GA
buried:
census: On the 1820 census, he was (under age 10) with his father and stepmother Nancy in Washington County, GA; on 1830 census, he was (age 20-30) with his brother Samuel Jr, in Washington County, GA; on the 1840 census, he was (age 30-40) with his wife in Washington County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was (age 44) with his wife in Washington County, GA; on the 1860 census, he was (age 54) a widower in Washington County, GA; on the 1870 census, he was (age 63) in Washington County, GA;
note: A family Bible belonging to Edward C. Robison shows William F. (born in 1839), Edward C. (born May 5, 1850), a brother named John W. (born 1858), who was a doctor (?), died in 1895, and brother Winfield Robert, who died in March, 1904, and no other information about a sister named Mary Elizabeth.
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Winfield Wright
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born: (November 20, 1809) in Washington County, GA
married: Susan Milligan Ellison Harris (May 11, 1838) in Washington County, GA
children: unknown, Mary Jane [John Francis Ellison], Samuel Ellison, Susan Elizabeth [John Wesley Williams], Alexander Winfield [Penina Septima Moses]
died: (October 24, 1865) in Columbus, Muscogee County, GA
buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA
census: On the 1820 census, he was (age 10-16) with his father and stepmother Nancy in Washington County, GA; on the 1850 census, he was (age 40) with his wife in Muscogee County, GA; on the 1860 census, he was (age 45) with his wife in Muscogee County, GA; on the 1870 census, his wife was (age 53) a widow in the household of her daughter Susan and son-in-law John wesley Williams in Muscogee County, GA; on the 1880 census, his widow was (age 55) with her daughter Susan A. Williams in Muscogee County, GA
note: He was a Methodist Episcopal minister. His wife was the daughter of Susan Milligan and John A. Ellison and the widow of Samuel H. Harris, whom she married (April 14, 1837) in Talbot County, GA.
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