52 Cousins~Robert Warner Kepley

Robert Warner Kepley was born 21 April 1839, a son of John Peter Kepley and Rachel Simison. He was the eighth of nine children born to this couple. Robert Warner had 3 brother and 5 sisters. In 1860, Robert gave his occupation as a day laborer.

On 17 March 1859, Robert Warner Kepley married Sarah Louvina Holshouser, daughter of Henry Holshouser, if the informant for her NC death is correct. [Surname also spelled, Holtshouser]. 

Between March 1859 and 8 July 1870 Robert and Sarah conceived four children. During that time Robert Warner Kepley was involved in an incident that caused him to be incarcerated into the NC Penitentiary as a Convict. Presently, I have not uncovered why he was imprisoned.

Robert Warner Kepley and Sarah Louvina Holshouser had the following children:

1. Lewis Alexander C. Kepley, born 1860; married Margaret Elmina Waller, 18 May 1879, Rowan County, North Carolina; married Elizabeth J. Bean, 29 Mar 1908, Rowan County, North Carolina; died 15 Sep 1926, Providence, Rowan, North Carolina.

2. Mary Jane Kepley, born 9 Apr 1863, Rowan County, North Carolina; married Daniel H. Sides; died 31 Jan 1928.

3. Rosa Clementine Kepley, born 15 Oct 1864, Rowan County, North Carolina; married Samuel Green Lowder, 29 Jun 1902, Stanly County, North Carolina; died 24 Mar 1958, Stanly County, North Carolina.

4. George Calvin Kepley, born 13 Apr 1867, Rowan County, North Carolina; married Mattie Joan Shoe, 12 Jun 1892, Stanly County, North Carolina; died 15 Dec 1957, Gold Hill Township, Cabarrus, North Carolina.

Sadly, Robert Warner Kepley, age 33, died 24 Jul 1872 while imprisoned.

Sarah Louvina Holshouser Kepley raised her four children, never remarrying. Sarah died 28 April 1918 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was buried in the Pine Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina.

Robert Warner Kepley was my 2^nd Cousin 4X Removed.

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NOTE: The posted birth and death dates for Robert Warner Kepley are from his recently created FindAGrave Memeorial. These two dates are questionable at the best and DO NOT meet the Criteria for The Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). The 1850 Census shows him age 11, born abt 1839. The 1880 Census shows Sarah Louvina Holhouserr a widow. Consider his birth and death dates as questionable until fully proven.  

1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed November 2024); Memorial page for Robert Warner Kepley; (21 April 1839–24 July 1872); Find a Grave memorial # 177907291, Citing Unknown; Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA. 

2. 1850 U. S. Census, Rowan County, North Carolina, population schedule, School District 37, Rowan, North Carolina, Page: 229A(Stamped), Line 28, Dwelling 1832, Family 1858, Household of Rachel KEPLEY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 643. 

3. 1860 U. S. Census, Rowan County, North Carolina, population schedule, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, Page: 257 (stamped); Line 24-26, Dwelling 752, Family 717, Household of Robert KEPLEY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 April 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 912. 

4. 1870 Census, Wake County, North Carolina, population schedule, Raleigh Middle Ward, Wake, North Carolina, Page: 256 (stamped; Line 14, Dwelling 859, Family 1065, Robert KEPLEY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 April 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll. 

5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Robert Warner Kepley (21 April 1839–24 July 1872), Memorial # 177907291. 

6. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : online November 2024), Marriage: Robert Kepley & Sarah L Holsehouser; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.; Marriage Date: 17 Mar 1859. 

8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Sarah L “Sallie” Holsehouser Kepley (27 April 1837–27 April 1918), Memorial # 52488846. 

9. 1870 U. S. Census, Rowan County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morgan, Rowan County, North Carolina, Page: 519(stamped; Line 38, Dwelling 240, Family 224, Household of Sally KEPLEY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 April 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1158. 

10. 1900 U. S. Census, Rowan County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morgan, Rowan County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 242, Page: 343C (stamped; Line 5, Dwelling 175, Family 176, Sarah L. KEPLEY; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 11 April 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm T623;. 

11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Sarah L “Sallie” Holsehouser Kepley (27 April 1837–27 April 1918), Memorial # 52488846

52 Cousins~Amy (Earnhart) Liggett

Amy (Earnhart) Liggett was born 19 August 1860 in Bedford County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Benjamin Earnhart and his wife, Susan, whose maiden name is unknown, Susan was the 1st born of two children born of this union. She had 5 half-brothers, 1 half-sister and a sister. Her father was previously married to Harriett McIntosh. Harriett passed away sometime between 1860 and 1870. Benjamin Earnhart married Susan, his second wife about 1860, shortly after the death of his 1st wife. 

Any Earnhart, age 18, married John Henry Newton Liggett, age 19, on 29 Aug 1878 in Bedford County, Tennessee. He was a farmer. 

John Henry Newton Liggett and Amy Earnhart had the following children:

i. Lillian Florence "Lillie" Liggett was born on 9 Oct 1879 in Tennessee, Lillie died on 6 Oct 1973 at the age of 93.

ii. Willie Liggett was born in Apr 1881 in California. 

iii. James Liggett was born in Mar 1885 in California. 

iv. Horace Greeley Liggett, born 11 May 1888, California; married Nora Edith Abbott, 1917; died 4 Feb 1956, Fresno County, California.

v. Nice A. Liggett was born in Jul 1889 in California. 

vi. Mrs. Hattie Ferman Liggett was born in Jul 1892 in California. 

vii. Earl Liggett was born in Oct 1894 in California. 

viii. Walter Liggett was born in Dec 1895 in California.

ix. Lloyd Liggett was born in Aug 1896 in California. 

                   

Amy (Earnhart) Liggett died on 9 December 1897, cause unknown. Mrs. Amy Liggett, wife of J. H. N. Liggett, died in Eureka School district on Thursday morning of this week. [Died 9 Dec 1897.] The Lemoore Leader, Lemoore, California, Sat, Dec 11, 1897.

We do know that John Henry N. Liggett was left with 7 children under the age of 10 and the other were only a few years older. Thus, in 1899 (exact date unknown) John Henery Liggett married Candace Alma Worley. to this union four additional children were born. 

John Henry Newton Liggett died 27 Oct 1834 in Hanford, Kings County, California.

TULARE MAN IS CALLED BEYOND

Death Saturday claimed J. H. N. Leggett, 76, of Tulare. He passed away at a Visalia hospital, following a paralytic stroke. 

Mr. Leggett had made his home on South D street in Tulare. He is survived by his second wife, Candace, of Tulare, and their son and daughter, Claude Leggett and Mrs. Viola Foster of Tulare; and by seven children by his first wife-- Mrs. F. Worley and Mrs. Hattie Ferman of Los Angeles and Lloyd, Horace, Walter, Earl and Tom Leggett of Hanford.

Funeral services were conducted at Hanford at two o'clock Monday afternoon, from the People's Undertaking Parlors.

[Tulare Advance-Register, 29 Oct 1934.]

Amy (Earnhart) Liggett was my 2nd Cousin 4X Removed. 

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed November 2024); Memorial page for Amy Earnhart Liggett; (19 August 1860–8 December 1897); Find a Grave memorial # 42111660, Citing Hanford Cemetery; Hanford, Kings County, California, USA.

2. 1870 U. S. Census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 18, Bedford, Tennessee, Page 328A & B (Stamped), Line 38, Dwelling 146, Family 150, Household of William EARNHART; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 22 October 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_.

3. 1880 U. S. Census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 18, Bedford, Tennessee, enumeration district (ED) 012; Page: #27B (Stamped), 54, Dwelling: #209, Family: #213, Household of J. H. N. LIGGETT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T9:.

4. "Local & County Items.," Death Notice, The Lemoore Leader, Lemoore, California, 11 December 1897, Page 3, column 3; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/: online November 2024).

5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Amy Earnhart Liggett (19 August 1860–8 December 1897), Memorial # 42111660.

6. "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2024), Marriage: Amie Earnhart & Jon H. N. Liggett, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5206961:1169; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/24538:1169.

7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, John Henry N. Liggett (December 1858–27 October 1934), Memorial # 42111753.

9. 1900 U. S. Census, Kings County, California, population schedule, Lucerne, Kings, California, enumeration district (ED) 0035, Page: #277B (Stamped), Line: #76, Dwelling: #153, Family: #154, Household of J. H. N. LIGGETT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T623.

10. 1910 U. S. Census, Kings County, California, population schedule, Lucerne, Kings, California, enumeration district (ED) 0080, Page: #137B (Stamped), Line: #66, Dwelling: #196, Family: #197, Household of James N. LIGGETT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625:

11. 1920 U. S. Census, Tulare County, California, population schedule, Tulare, Tulare, California, enumeration district (ED) 0222, Page: #27B (Stamped), Line: #54, Dwelling: #209, Family: #213, Household and John H. N. LIGGETT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625:

12. 1930 U. S. Census, Tulare County, California, population schedule, Tulare, Tulare, California, United States, enumeration district (ED) 0068, Page: #232B (Stamped), Line: #75, Dwelling: #41, Family: #41, Household of John H. N. LIGGETT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T626:

13. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, John Henry N. Liggett (December 1858–27 October 1934), Memorial # 42111753.

14. "TULARE MAN IS CALLED BEYOND, 29 October 1934," Page 1, Column 1.">

52 Cousins~John M. and Sophronia S. Speed ~Mystery Couple related to Col. George Drye and his wife Mrs. Rowena Drye.

With today’s posting I have a real mystery in the family that I was completely unaware of just weeks ago.  

Comments were left on a posting to my blog post https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2022/06/mrs-rowena-drye-widow-of-col-george-drye.html. The young lady wanted to know how “John M. and Sophronia S. (Maiden name unknown) Speed were related to George and Rowena (Maiden name unknown) Dry were related. 

John M. Speed was born abt 1824 and died before December 1875. Sophronia S. (LNU) Speed applied for a Civil War Widows pension on 2 December 1875; Application#223713. 

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1172475

 It is not known when John M. Speed and Sophronia S. (LNU) Speed were married. Their only child, Elizabeth, was born in 1844 and in the 1900 Census her mother reported that she was deceased. 

On 13 June 1900, Sophronia S. (LNU) Speed wrote her Last Will and Testament. 

Last Will of Sophronia S. Speed

Sophronia S. Speed, being of sound mind do make this Will my last will revoking all previous wills:

First: I wish all my just debts and funeral Expenses paid.  Second, I wish my executor to buy me a lot in Eastern Cemetery, and there bury me, and erect over my grave a neat tombstone.

Third: I give to my Nephew Stephen Dry certain pictures and an upholstered chair, which I have pointed out to my executor, and which I desire him to have crated and shipped to my said nephew at Houstonville, Ky. 

Fourth: I give my Nephew John Dry a chair which my Executor is to have upholstered, and which is known to him. 

Fifth: I give to my niece, Amanda C. Bradley, a certain trunk which I have had my nurse pack, and the contents thereof, the said nurse, Mrs. A. B. Gregory, knowing the said trunk.

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Sixth: I give all my wearing apparel to Maria Milligan. 

Seventh: The remainder of my Estate of whatever description is to go into the hands of my Executor to be by him sold and the proceeds used by him without accountability in the paying of my debts, paying for my said lot in the said Cemetery, and the erection of my tombstone, and keeping my grave in repair. 

I appoint R. C. Bradley my executor and request that he be permitted to Execute bond without Security. 

This June 13th 1900.                Sophronia X S. Speed,

Witness W. E . Mitchell 

Rewena D. Weatherford 

Mrs. A. B. Gregory 

State of Kentucky, 

At a County Court held for Jefferson County at the Court House in the City of Louisville on the 18th day of July 1900 the foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Sophronia S. Speed deceased late of this County was produced in Court and proven by the testimony of W. E. Mitchell, Rewena D. Weatherford and Mrs. A. B. Gregory the subscribing witnesses thereto, whereupon the same was established by the Court to be the last will and testament of said testatrix and ordered to be recorded, and is recorded in my office as Clerk of said Court.

                  Attest Wm C. Johnson Clerk

Sophronia S. Speed, by her will, makes bequests of furniture and clothing to different persons, and directs her executor to sell the remainder and use the proceeds in the payment of her debts and for the care of her grave.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/160095867/

The Courier-Journal

Louisville, Kentucky 

Thu, Jul 19, 1900

Page 10, Column 1

Sophronia S Speed in the Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989

Name Sophronia S Speed

Residence Date Abt 1900

Residence Place Kentucky

Will Date 13 Jun 1900

Probate Date 13 Jun 1900

Probate Place Jefferson, Kentucky, USA

Inferred Death Year 1900

Inferred Death Place Kentucky, USA

Item Description Wills, Vol 21-23, 1896-1901

Individuals Listed (Name) Relationship

Sophronia S Speed

Stephen Dry_Nephew

John Dry_Nephew

Amanda C. Bradley_Niece

A.B. Gregory_Niece

Sophronia S Speed named the following George and Rowena D. Dry descendants in her Last Will.

1. Stephen Dry_Nephew; Stephen is the son of George and Rowena D. Dry.

2. John Dry_Nephew—John is the son of George and Rowena D. Dry.

3. Amanda C. Bradley_Niece is Amanda C. Drye wife of Richard Cobb Bradley. Amanda is the daughter of John F. Dry and granddaughter of Col. George Dry and Rowena D. Drye. 

Two additional individuals were bequeathed legacies. 

A, B Gregory, a nurse 

Maria Milligan. 

Fifth: I give to my niece, Amanda C. Bradley, a certain trunk which I have had my nurse pack, and the contents thereof, The said nurse, Mrs. A. B. Gregory, knowing the said trunk.

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Sixth: I give all my wearing apparel to Maria Milligan. 

Seventh: The remainder of my Estate of whatever description is to go into the hands of my Executor to be by him sold and the proceeds used by him without accountability in the paying of my debts, paying for my said lot in the said Cemetery, and the erection of my tombstone, and keeping my grave in repair. 

I appoint R. C. Bradley my executor and request that he be permitted to Execute bond without Security. 

Let's review for a minute: A nephew is the son of your brother or sister, while a niece is the daughter of your brother or sister; essentially, they are the children of your siblings, making you their aunt or uncle. 

If John and Stephen are, in fact, a nephew of Sophronia S Speed. Then, either George DRY or Rowena D. (LNU) is a sister of Sophronia S Speed. However, Amanda C. Bradley, wife of Richard Cobb Bradley is referred to as a Niece also.  But, Amanda is the daughter of John F. Dry and granddaughter of Col. George Dry and Rowena D. (LNU) Dry. That would make Sophronia S Speed to be the daughter of Col. George Dry and Rowena D. (LNU) Dry. 

Maria Milligan was Maria Hardesty before her marriage to Albert Milligan in Jan 1852, I have not found a blood connection to Sophronia S. Speed.

I suspect that Rowena D. Dry, wife and widow, of George Dry is the key to this mystery. 

If you have any information on the parents of Sophronia S. Speed, I would love to hear from you.  

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1. 1860, Marion County, Kentucky, population schedule, District 2, Marion, Kentucky, Page: #731 (penciled), Line: #22, Dwelling: #704; Family: #687, Household of John M. SPEED; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online December 2024); citing NARA publication M653_. 

2. Compiled military record (), U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Provo, Utah: www.ancestry.com), N/A. 

3. 1860, Marion County, Kentucky, population schedule, District 2, Marion, Kentucky, Page: #731 (penciled), Line: #22, Dwelling: #704; Family: #687, Household of John M. SPEED. 

4. 1900, Jefferson County, Kentucky, population schedule, Louisville Ward 6, Jefferson, Kentucky, enumeration district (ED) 0059, Page 286 (Stamped); Line: #26, Dwelling: #66, Family: #114, Household of Sue S. SPEED; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online December 2024); citing NARA publication T623, Roll: 533. 

5. KY Department of Archives and History, "Civil War Pension Index, 1861-1934" database, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/records/1172475: accessed December 2024), entry for John M Speed; Unit A 10 Ky. Infantry. 

6. C K Caron, City Directories for Louisville, Kentucky: 1861-1923 (Louisville, Kentucky: C K Caron, 1888), page 884, Sophronia SPEED. 

7. 1900, Jefferson County, Kentucky, population schedule, Louisville Ward 6, Jefferson, Kentucky, ED 0059, Page 286 (Stamped); Line: #26, Dwelling: #66, Family: #114, Household of Sue S. SPEED. 

8. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Probate Files & Loose papers, Sophronia S. Speed; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: online November 2024); Vol 21-23, 1896-1901. 

9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed November 2024); Memorial page for Sophronia Speed; (about 1818–17 December 1900); Find a Grave memorial # 52136289, Citing Eastern Cemetery; Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

10. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9066/records/142217

11. Jno M Speed in the U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1666/records/587040

52 Cousins~Mary Ann M. Dry

Mary Ann M. Dry, daughter of Peter Dry and Hetty Elizabeth A. Teeter was born about 1827 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.  She was the 4th of 5 children borne to Peter and Hetty. She had 3 sisters and a brother. 

 Mary Ann M. Dry, age 26, and John W. Sanders, age 22, were married on 8 Sep 1853 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 

John W. Sanders was a farmer. They owned a 75 acre tract of land known as the Elkin Tract conveyed to them by Peter Dry, Father of Mary Ann M. Dry.  

Transcription:

"tract of land by John W. Sanders and wife Mary A Sanders and conveyed by them by said Martin Dry by Deed Registered in Book 21, Page 663 Registers Office of Cabarrus County N. C. as all  right title and interest in above tract as formerly held by C. F. Dry & conveyed by deed to Martin Dry as Registered Book 22 Page 147 Registers Office Cabarrus County N. C." 

John W. Sanders and Mary Ann M. Dry had the following children: 

i. John F. "Silas" Sanders, born about 1855, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Cordelia Arline Aldrige, 10 Nov 1887, Anson County, North Carolina; died Mar 1932, Cabarrus, North Carolina. 

ii. William M. Sanders, born 29 Apr 1858, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Mary Elizabeth Hudson, 5 Nov 1891, Anson County, North Carolina; died 5 Jun 1911, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina. 

iii. Mary Emeline Sanders was born on 26 Jun 1860 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She died on 26 Aug 1890 at the age of 30 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 

 iv. Margaret L. Sanders, born abt 1863, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Thomas Wright Nickens, 1902; died 28 Dec 1925, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina. 

v. Charles L. Sanders, born 5 Jun 1864, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Margaret F. Nash, 16 Sep 1886, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 3 Apr 1910, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

John W. Sanders died on 26 Aug 1897 at the age of 66 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. No tombstone has been found but his obituary did appear in the "Daily Concord Standard, Thursday, 19 August 1897. 

Passed Over the River. 

Mr. John Saunders died at his home at Cabarrus Mills this morning at 4 o'clock. The deceased has been in feeble health for a year or more and the end has been looked for. He leaves a widow and four children, one daughter unmarried. 

Mr. Saunders was a consistent member of the Methodist church and died in triumphant hope of the new and better life. 

He was 66 years of age. The funeral services were held at 4 o'clock at the family home by Rev. McGee, and the remains were laid to rest in the old Lutheran cemetery. Daily of 19th.

The death of Johns's wife Mary Ann M. Dry was more complicated. No tombstone, obituary or death notice was found for her and her actual death date is still unknown. 

ON 8 September 1886; Both John and Mary Ann were alive as indicated on the Marriage License issued for their son, Charles L. Sanders. 

Mother and father both living on 8 Sept 1886 when the following Marriage Licensee was issued. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 for Chas L Saunders; Cabarrus, Marriage Licenses (1865 - 1965)

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60548/images/42091_327462-00879

On 26 August 1897, John Sanders Obituary stated that Mary Ann is living --He leaves a widow and four children, one daughter unmarried. 

No trace of Mary Ann Sanders was found in the 1900 Census thus we can say - It is believed that between 26 August 1897 and 6 June 1900, Mary Ann M. Dry Sanders passed away.

If you have info on the passing or burial of Mary Ann M. (Dry) Sanders, I would love to hear from you. 

Mary Ann M. (Dry) Sanders was my 1st Cousin 4X Removed. 

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 1. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page 445B(stamped), Line 14, Dwelling 670, Family 670; Peter DRY, Household of Peter DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 622. 

 2. 1860 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Subdivision East of NC RR, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Pages; 54B & 55A(Stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 358, Family 358, Household of J. W. SANDERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 1 August 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 890. 

 3. 1870 U. S. Census, Lenoir County, North Carolina, population schedule, Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, Page: 37B(Stamped); Line 12, Dwelling 274, Family 274, Household of J. W. SAUNDERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 1 March 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1144. 

 4. 1880 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Poplar Tent, Cabarrus, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 038, Page: 508B(Stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 173, Family 173, Household of John SANDERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 1 March 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0955. 

 5. "Passed Over the River.," Obituary/death notice, Daily Concord Standard, Concord, North Carolina, 19 August 1897, Page 1, Column 1; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/: online November 2023); https://www.newspapers.com/.

 6. "North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: Viewed 1 March 2019), Marriage: John W. Sanders & Mary Ann Dry; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Marriage Date: 8 Sep 1853. 

7. Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), 1, 126, 1st. Lt. John W., SANDERS. 

8. Land Deed - John W. Sanders and Wife to Martin Dry; 6 January 1868; Deed Book #21; Page(s) 663; Register of Deeds; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; 14 March 2020. 

9. "Passed Over the River.," Obituary/death notice, Daily Concord Standard, Concord, North Carolina, 19 August 1897, Page 1, Column 1; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/: online November 2023); https://www.newspapers.com/. 

10. "Mary Emeline Sanders," Obituary, The Concord Times, Concord, North Carolina, 5 September 1890, Page 3, Column 5; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/: viewed 4 June 2021); https://www.newspapers.com/. 

52 Cousins~Catherine Sellers

Catherine Sellers, daughter of John Sellers and Henrietta Norwood, was born about 1805 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 

J. Jeptha Gulledge was born about 1801 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was a son of The Rev. Joel Gulledge and Zilpha Huntley. He was the eight of eleven children born of this union. He had five brothers and five sisters. 

Jeptha Gulledge married Catherine Sellers about 1824. This date is estimated based on the birth of Thomas S. Gulledge on 30 June 1825. Thomas is believed to be their first-born child. 

Jeptha and Catherine were most likely married in Chesterfield County and made the trip to Carroll County, Tennessee with John Sellers and Henrietta Norwood, her parents, in the year 1827.     

Jeptha Gulledge died very young at age 41. He signed his Last Will on 4 Sep 1842. His estate was probated in Oct 1842 by John Sellers, the appointed Executor.  

Jeptha Gulledge, died between 4 Sept 1842-31 Oct 1842 in Carroll County, Tennessee. 

Transcription:

"said Jeptha died in Carroll County Tenn some time in the year 1842 & that before his death he made & published his will, and that ..."

Catherine died about 1855, at the age of 50, in Carroll County, Tennessee.

J. Jeptha Gulledge and Catherine Sellers had the following children:

i. Thomas S. Gulledge, born 30 Jun 1825, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Elizabeth Jane Roark, 14 Oct 1845, Carroll County, Tennessee; died 12 Sep 1849, Carroll County, Tennessee.

ii. Joel L. Gulledge was born on 23 May 1826 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on 23 Jun 1844 at the age of 18 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

iii. Zelpha Ann Gulledge, born 20 Mar 1829, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Thomas Springer, 15 Feb 1846, Carroll County, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1910, Pecos, Reeves, Texas.

iv. John Jackson Gulledge was born on 24 Jun 1830 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on 26 Nov 1840 at the age of 10 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

v. Mary Jane Gulledge, born 1832, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Samuel W. Holmes, 1 Sep 1848; died about 1892.

vi. William R. Gulledge was born in 1836 in Carroll County, Tennessee. 8 He died before 6 Dec 1886 at the age of 50 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He had his estate probated on 6 Dec 1886 in Carroll County, Tennessee.

vii. Martha Ellen Gulledge, born 26 Oct 1840, Carroll County, Tennessee; married Newton Cannon Hardy, 12 Sep 1860, Carroll County, Tennessee; died bef 1900.

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https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2018/07/last-will-and-testament-of-jeptha.html

Catherine (Sellers) Gulledge was my 1st Cousin, 5X Removed.

NOTE: There are many complete dates for the Birth, Death and Marriage of some of these individual's. All unsourced, so I have omitted the dates because they are nothing more than fiction. 

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1. 1830 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, Carroll County, Tennessee, Page: 179(penciled); Line 6th from Bottom; Household of Jeptha GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_174.

2. 1840 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, Carroll, Tennessee, Page: 67B(stamped); Line: #27, Household of Jeptha GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_Roll: 521.

3. 1850 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 13, Carroll County, Tennessee, Page: 112B(stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 1493, Family 1593, Household of Catharine GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: Online November 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 889.

4. J. Jeptha Gulledge (1842), WILL BOOK: Last Will and Testament; page 62; Probate Office, Carroll County, Tennessee.

5. Carroll County, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Jeptha Gulledge; digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com: online November 2023); NR Page 111.

6. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-992Q-P9KV

52 Cousins~Matilda Eddins

Matilda Eddins was the 6th child born to Williams Eddins and Elizabeth Wilson. She had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Matilda's parents were born in Chesterfield, South Carolina and had moved the family from Chesterfield to Madison County, Alabama Territory arriving before March 1818. 

There on 9 March 1818, her father listed in this deed as Washington Eddins purchased from Moses & Christiana Jones a tract of land in Madison County. 

Matilda Eddins was born 10 August 1825 in Madison County, Alabama. 

Matilda, age 19, married Hardy Bryant Deese, age 19, on 4 June 1845 in Monroe County, Alabama. 

H. B. Deer [Dees] in the Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942 

Name H. B. Deer 

Gender Male 

Marriage Date 1845 

Marriage Place, Monroe, Alabama 

Spouse Matilda Eddins 

FHL Film Number 1289610 V. A-B 

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/records 

  

Hardy Bryant Deese worked as a farmer and as a Wagon Maker while Matilda tended the home and children. 

Hardy Bryant Deese and Matilda Eddins had the following children: 

  i. William Ruffin Deese was born in 1847 in Butler County, Alabama. He died in 1868 at the age of 21. 

 ii. Curtis "Kirk" Deese was born on 22 Jun 1848 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 20 Nov 1936 at the age of 88.  

 iii. Cornelieus Neal Deese, born 23 Mar 1852, Butler County, Alabama; married Nancy, 4 Feb 1880, Monroe County, Alabama; died 20 Dec 1931, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 

 iv. Silas Deese, born 22 Sep 1853, Butler County, Alabama; married Abigail Williams, 21 Oct 1880, Wilcox, Alabama; died 3 Jul 1929. 

 v. Ezra E. Deese was born on 7 Mar 1854 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 29 Apr 1917 at the age of 63. 

 vi. Sarah Katherine Deese was born on 17 Mar 1857 in Butler County, Alabama, United States. She died on 4 Feb 1934 at the age of 76 in Zwolle, Sabine, Louisiana. 

  vii. John Edward "Ed" Deese was born on 12 Jul 1858 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 15 Apr 1934 at the age of 75 in Many, Sabine, Louisiana. 

 viii. James Lafayette "Jim" Deese was born on 22 Aug 1860 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 4 Nov 1935 at the age of 75 in Many, Sabine, Louisiana. 

  ix. Martha Ann "Mattie" Deese was born on 2 Nov 1868 in Butler County, Alabama. She died on 30 Apr 1937 at the age of 68 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 

  

  Matilda Eddins is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com/:accessed May 2024); Memorial page for Hardy Bryant “H.B.” Dees; (24 October 1825–26 May 1901); Find a Grave memorial # 92932184, Citing Jerusalem Cemetery; Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA. 

2. 1850 U. S. Census, Butler County, Alabama, population schedule, Township 11, Butler, Alabama, Page: #254 (Stamped), Line: #18, Dwelling: #161, Family: #161, Household of Bryant DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com:online May 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm M432. 

3. 1866 State Census, Butler County, Alabama, population schedule, Butler County, Alabama, Page 35, Line 24, Bryant Dees; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com:online May 2024). 

4. 1880 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Foxs Mills, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 185, Page: #241 (stamped), Line: #26, Dwelling: #23, Family: #23, Household of H. B. DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: online May 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_0035. 

5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Hardy Bryant “H.B.” Dees (24 October 1825–26 May 1901), Memorial #92932184. 

6. "Alabama, County Marriage Index, 1816-1942," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: online May 2024), Marriage: H. B. Dees & Matilda Eddins; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/records. 

7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Matildia Eddins Dees (10 August 1825–11 May 1901), Memorial #92932102.