Family Stories

Alexander Ferguson I 1740-1817

Alexander Ferguson Sr. is the Revolutionary ancestor of the Statham-Ferguson DAR lineages; compiled sources say he served as a private in 1778 in Capt. Henry Heth's independent company of Virginia troops, married Mary Parker and died in Franklin County, Virginia, in 1817. The sources disagree on his birth (Essex Co., Va., 1740, vs. Scotland, 1747). No original record has been attached.

Still open: Typescript (lead): son of Daniel Ferguson and Mildred Donahoe; b. 1740 Essex Co.; d. Dec 1817 Franklin Co.; m. about 1764 Mary Parker. · DAR (lead): b. 1747 (or 1750) in Scotland; private 1778, Heth's company. · Pull Revolutionary service record and Franklin Co. will (about 1817-18, executor Thomas Ferguson).

Mary Parker Ferguson 1740-1826

Mary (Parker) Ferguson appears only in compiled sources as the wife of Alexander Ferguson Sr. A Ferguson typescript makes her the daughter of Thomas Parker, born about 1740 in Essex County and died 2 Jul 1826 in Franklin County; a DAR entry says 1749-1792. No original record has been attached.

Still open: Typescript (lead): b. about 1740 Essex Co.; d. 2 Jul 1826 Franklin Co.; father Thomas Parker. · DAR No. 97016 (lead): 1749-92, m. 1766. · Alexander Sr.'s 1817 Franklin Co. will would show whether she was living.

Alexander Ferguson II 1766-1809

Alexander Ferguson Jr. appears only in compiled sources (a Ferguson typescript and DAR lineage books) as the son of Alexander Ferguson and Mary Parker, husband of Nancy Wood and father of Thomas Ferguson. Those sources put his birth in Bedford County in 1765-67 and his death in Franklin County in 1806 or 1809. No original record has been attached.

Still open: Typescript (lead): b. 1765 Bedford Co.; d. 1809 Franklin Co.; m. 1 Dec 1788 Nancy Wood. · DAR No. 97016 (lead): 1767-1806, m. 1790. · Tree name says '(18 dna)': document which DNA matches support this line and through which children they descend. · Pull Franklin Co. will/estate (1806-09) and marriage bond.

Richmond Statham 1769-1839

Richmond Statham was a white slaveholder in Campbell County, Virginia, by 1820, recorded with about 14 enslaved people that year (and about 5, reading uncertain, in 1810). A Richmond Statham married Elizabeth Mosby in Amherst County in 1801. He died in 1839 and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Lynchburg; Find a Grave and a compiled history name him as father of Charles Wesley Statham.

• Married 18 Dec 1801, Amherst County, Virginia — Married Elizabeth Mosby (index); a printed abstract (Valentine Papers) gives the groom as 'Richard Statham'Virginia Select Marriages index; Virginia Compiled Marriages index
• Lived 1810, Virginia (county not shown on page) — 'Richmond Statom,' head; one white male 26-44 and [5] enslaved people (count uncertain, possibly 17)1810 U.S. census
• Lived 1820, Campbell County, Virginia — 'Richmond Statam,' head; about 14 enslaved people tallied (uncertain)1820 U.S. census
• Lived 1830, Campbell County, Virginia — Head; 9 free white persons; oldest male 50-60; enslaved-persons page not imaged1830 U.S. census
• Died 18 Oct 1839, Lynchburg, Virginia (burial place; death place not stated) — Find a Grave gives birth year 1769Find a Grave index
• Buried 1839, Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VirginiaFind a Grave index

Still open: Birth: tree abt 1767; Find a Grave 1769; 1830 census implies 1770-1780. Compiled book: born Nelson Co. 1767 (lead). 1880 census of son says father born England. · Was Elizabeth Mosby (m. 1801) a first wife before Rhoda Hill? Pull the original Amherst license (Richard vs Richmond). · Pull his 1839 estate inventory (Campbell Co.) for the names of enslaved people.

Nancy Ann Wood 1771-1839

Nancy Ann Wood appears only in compiled sources as the wife of Alexander Ferguson Jr. and mother of Thomas Ferguson. A DAR entry gives 1771-1839, agreeing with the tree; the marriage is dated 1788 or 1790. No original record has been attached.

Still open: DAR No. 97016 (lead): 1771-1839; m. 1790. · Typescript (lead): m. 1 Dec 1788. · Her parents are not named anywhere; look for a Bedford/Franklin marriage bond.

Rhoda Hill Statham 1788-1839

Rhoda (Hill) Statham was the wife of Richmond Statham and, per a Find a Grave index and a compiled family history, mother of Charles Wesley Statham. She was born about 1788 and died in July 1839, three months before her husband, and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Lynchburg. No original record names her yet.

• Died 11 Jul 1839, Lynchburg, Virginia (burial place; death place not stated) — Maiden name Hill; born 1788Find a Grave index
• Buried 1839, Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VirginiaFind a Grave index

Still open: Compiled family history (lead): born 1787, Prince Edward Co., Va.; died July 1839, Campbell Co. · Parents (William Hill and Anne Davis in the tree) have no supporting record. · Marriage to Richmond Statham not found.

Thomas Ferguson 1789-1870

Thomas Ferguson was a white man born in Franklin County, Virginia, who became a Lynchburg tobacco exporter, married English-born Elizabeth Catherine Beaumont, and fathered Maria Virginia (Ferguson) Statham. He died in Lynchburg in 1870 per the Find a Grave index and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery. His own parentage rests on compiled DAR lineages.

• Born 4 Mar 1789, Franklin County, Virginia — Birthplace from daughter's 1917 death certificate; date from Find a Grave indexVirginia Certificate of Death of Maria Virginia Statham, 1917; Find a Grave index
• Died 8 Jan 1870, Lynchburg, Virginia — DAR lineage (compiled) says 1872Find a Grave index
• Buried 1870, Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VirginiaFind a Grave index

Still open: DAR lineage books (leads): son of Alexander Ferguson Jr. and Nancy Wood; m. 1821 Elizabeth C. Beaumont; died 1872. · Compiled Beaumont genealogy (lead): tobacco exporter of Lynchburg. · Pull his 1850/1860 census and slave schedule entries, his 1870 will/estate and the 1821 marriage record.

Julia Hancock abt 1795-after 1900

Julia Hancock, a Black woman born about 1795-1800, appears in the 1870 Campbell County census at 75 in Moses Hancock's household, and in 1900 at 100, widowed, listed as 'grandmother' in Lacy Hubbard's household in Southside District, Appomattox County. The tree makes her the mother of Elvira Marshall, but no record found links her to Elvira or gives Elvira the Hancock surname. She was more likely kin to the Appomattox Hancocks (Jerry and Moses) and to the Hubbards.

• Lived 1870, Campbell County, Virginia — Julia Hancock, 75, in Moses Hancock's household1870 U.S. census (FamilySearch MFL2-RFT; index)
• Lived 1900, Southside District, Appomattox County, Virginia — Julia Hancock, 100, widowed, 'Grandmother' in Lacy Hubbard's household1900 U.S. census (FamilySearch MMFD-VHP; index)

Still open: No record ties her to Elvira Marshall; treat the tree link as unproven. · Her death after 1900.

Elizabeth Catherine Beaumont 1799-1839

Elizabeth Catherine Beaumont was born in England, according to her daughter Maria Virginia Statham's 1917 death certificate, and married Lynchburg tobacco exporter Thomas Ferguson. A compiled Beaumont genealogy says she came from Halifax, Yorkshire, and joined her mother and brothers in Virginia around 1818. The Find a Grave index gives her dates as 1799-1839, with burial in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg.

• Born 11 Feb 1799, England — Birthplace from daughter's 1917 death certificate; date from Find a Grave index; compiled book says about 1797, Halifax, YorkshireVirginia Certificate of Death of Maria Virginia Statham, 1917; Find a Grave index
• Died 18 Nov 1839, Lynchburg, Virginia (burial place; death place not stated) — DAR lineage (compiled) says 1833Find a Grave index
• Buried 1839, Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VirginiaFind a Grave index

Still open: Compiled Beaumont genealogy (lead): b. about 1797 Halifax, Yorkshire; brother Henry F. Beaumont b. 31 Dec 1799. · DAR (lead): 1801-33, m. 1821. · Search Halifax, Yorkshire baptisms and the 1821 Lynchburg marriage record.

Wilson Scott 1807-

Wilson Scott was a free man of color in antebellum Virginia: a boatman in 1850 and a Lynchburg laborer owning $500 in real estate in 1860, with his wife Betsy and children including Kesia, Adaline, Mary and Pleasant. The tree makes him the father of Addie (Scott) Rose, but he is probably not: Addie's 1875 marriage register names her parents as Joel and Sally. His own daughter Adaline appears to be a different woman, still single and living with a widowed Betsy Scott in 1880. He is kept here as context until a record settles the question.

• Born abt 1807, Virginia — Age 53 in 1860 (40 in 1850)1860 U.S. census
• Lived 1850, Virginia (county not shown on page) — Head, 40, mulatto, free household1850 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Worked 1850, Virginia (county not shown on page) — Boatman1850 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Lived 19 Jul 1860, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Head, 53, Black; real estate $500, personal $40; with Betsy, Kesia, Adaline, Mary, Pleasant and Esther (88)1860 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Worked 19 Jul 1860, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Laborer1860 U.S. census (free inhabitants)

Still open: Probably NOT Addie Rose's father (her 1875 marriage register names Joel & Sally). Detach unless a record names Wilson as her father. · Lynchburg free-Negro registers (Hustings Court) for Wilson and Betsy Scott. · Identify the county of the 1850 page.

Peter Callaham 1812-1892

Peter Callaham was a Black farm worker in Campbell County, born about 1812 by his death entry and the 1870 census (1880 gives about 1830), and so born into slavery. In 1870 he lived with his wife Sarah and their children in the Eastern Division of Campbell County, and that October Sarah registered the birth of their son Charles W. K. Callaham. By 1880 the family was in Falling River District. He died at Falling, Campbell County, in November 1892, aged 80; his wife Sarah reported the death and did not know his parents. His daughter Rosie Jones's 1937 death certificate names her parents as Peter Callaham and Sarah Hubbard.

• Lived 23 Jul 1870, Eastern Division, Campbell County, Virginia — Works on farm, age 59, with wife Sarah and five children1870 U.S. census
• Lived 15 Jun 1880, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Laborer, age 501880 U.S. census
• Died 2 Nov 1892, Falling, Campbell County, Virginia — General debility, age 80; parents unknown; consort of Sarah Callaham, who was the informant. The day reads "Nov 2" on the image (matching the death index); the 16 Oct proof review read it as 7Campbell Co. Register of Deaths 1892, Staunton River District, line 11

Still open: Death day: the register image reads "Nov 2" (re-checked 16 Oct 2026, matches the index); the proof review transcribed 7 Nov. Keep 2 Nov unless a second look says otherwise. · His parents: the 1892 register says unknown; only a Freedmen's Bureau or 1866 Campbell cohabitation record is likely to help. · Tree marriage in Greene County, Georgia (1870) is unsupported and likely another man. · Son Archie's 1958 death certificate (read Oct 2026) names Peter and Sarah Callaham as his parents.

Betsy Scott 1814-

Betsy Scott was a free woman of color, wife of Wilson Scott, recorded with him in 1850 and in Lynchburg in 1860. A widowed Betsy Scott, probably the same woman, lived in Rustburg District, Campbell County, in 1880 with her single daughter Adaline. The tree makes her the mother of Addie (Scott) Rose, but she is probably not: Addie married Peter Rose in 1875, and her marriage register names her parents as Joel and Sally.

• Born abt 1814, Virginia — Age 46 in 1860 (30 in 1850; 55 in 1880 if the same woman)1860 U.S. census
• Lived 1850, Virginia (county not shown on page) — Betsy, 30, mulatto, in Wilson Scott's free household1850 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Lived 19 Jul 1860, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Betsy, 46, Black, in Wilson Scott's household1860 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Lived 21 Jun 1880, Rustburg Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Probable: Betsy Scott, 55, widowed, with daughter Adaline Scott, 32, single1880 U.S. census

Still open: Probably NOT Addie Rose's mother (1875 register names Joel & Sally; Betsy's daughter Adaline was single in 1880). Detach unless a record links them. · Identity of 1880 Betsy with Wilson's wife is probable, not proven (age gap). · Maiden name and death unknown.

Patrick Marshall 1815-

Patrick Marshall was a Black farm worker in the Eastern Division of Campbell County in 1870, aged 55, with Elvira and children Sarah, Beverly, Clem (or Elam) and Lucy A.; he could not read or write. His daughter Lucy's 1898 marriage register names her parents as "P. & E. Marshall". Born about 1815, he lived most of his life under slavery.

• Lived 26 Aug 1870, Eastern Division, Campbell County, Virginia — Works on farm, age 551870 U.S. census

Still open: Link to Lucy rests on initials; Lucy's 1944 death certificate would confirm it. · Birth: about 1815 (1870 census) vs tree 1827. · Death, 1880 census, and the 1866 Campbell cohabitation register.

Charles Wesley Statham 1819-1889

Charles Wesley Statham was a white Lynchburg land speculator, tobacco manufacturer and banker, born about 1819 in the Appomattox area and married to Maria Virginia Ferguson in 1845. His 1860 estate was valued at $78,000 in real estate and $22,000 in personal property; the tree labels him an enslaver, though the slave schedules have not yet been pulled. He served as a Confederate artillery officer (Lee Battery, 1861-1864). He died in Lynchburg in 1889 and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery.

• Born 19 May 1819, Appomattox County, Virginia — Find a Grave index gives 19 May 1819, Appomattox Co.; censuses 1850 (30), 1860 (40), 1880 (61) fit about 1819-20; son's 1930 death certificate gives father's birthplace Appomattox Co.Find a Grave index; 1850, 1860, 1880 U.S. censuses
• Married 17 Dec 1845, Lynchburg, Virginia — Married Maria V. Ferguson (Furguson); tree and compiled book say 18 DecVirginia Select Marriages index (FHL film 32235)
• Lived 11 Sep 1850, Town of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Age 30, with wife Maria V. and sons Charles W. and Thomas R.1850 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Worked 11 Sep 1850, Town of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Speculator; real estate $4,0001850 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Lived 24 Jul 1860, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Age 40, with wife and six children1860 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Worked 24 Jul 1860, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Land jobber; real estate $78,000, personal estate $22,0001860 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Worked 28 May 1861 - 1 Mar 1864, Lynchburg, Virginia — 1st Lt., Lee Battery, Va. Light Artillery (Confederate); commanding Dec 1862; resigned 1 Mar 1864; later 'Colonel, Lynchburg L.D.T.'Confederate officer index card
• Lived 3 Jun 1880, Church Street, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Age 61; household with wife, four children and three Black/mixed-race servants; street name in margin, placement uncertain1880 U.S. census
• Worked 3 Jun 1880, Lynchburg, Virginia — Tobacco manufacturer1880 U.S. census
• Worked 1880s (before 1889), Lynchburg, Virginia — Vice-president and director, First National Bank; director, Lynchburg Ins. and Banking Co. (year of directory not printed)Lynchburg directory, 'Banks and Bankers' page
• Died 31 May 1889, Lynchburg, VirginiaFind a Grave index
• Buried 1889, Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VirginiaFind a Grave index

Still open: Pull 1850 and 1860 slave schedules for C. W. Statham (Lynchburg, Appomattox) and his 1889 will/estate to document the people he enslaved. · Parents Richmond and Rhoda (Hill) Statham come only from Find a Grave and a compiled family history (leads). · 1880 census gives his father's birthplace as England; compiled book says Richmond Statham was born in Nelson Co., Va. · Lynchburg Daily Virginian, 7 Dec 1858, 'Law and Justice' item (index) not yet pulled. · DAR lineage books (Miss Mary Statham, No. 24433; No. 22775) are compiled leads.

William Garland about 1819-after 1881

William Garland, a blacksmith born in Amherst County about 1819, was the father of Sarah Garland Thompson, whose 1913 death certificate names her parents as Wm. Garland and Malinda Williamson, and probably of Mary Ann Garland Gunn. When he married again on 22 Nov 1881, as a 62-year-old widower and blacksmith, the Amherst register named his parents as Dick and Jennie Garland, the only record so far that names them. In 1870 he was a blacksmith of 50 in Elon, Amherst County, with Linda (Malinda), 50, Rush, 18, and Albert and Mary Gunn. He is not in the Virginia slave births index, and he may have been free before 1865 (lead). No free Garland of color appears in Amherst or nearby counties in 1850 or 1860, so he was very probably born enslaved. On 19 Dec 1825 the people of the late James Garland of Amherst were divided, and "Jenny & 2 children Clifton & William" went to Elias Wills (deed, RECORD); that this is William and his mother Jennie is a lead (see the Garland and Wills context card).

• Lived 1870, Elon, Amherst County, Virginia — Blacksmith, 50; Linda, 50; Rush, 18; "Albert and Mary German" (Albert Gunn and Mary Ann Garland)1870 U.S. census, Elon, Amherst Co.
• Married 22 Nov 1881, Amherst County, Virginia — Wm. Garland, 62, widower, blacksmith, born Amherst, married Delphia Davis; his parents Dick and Jennie GarlandAmherst Co. marriage register 3, p. 111 (FamilySearch 1:1:6JB5-RRJP)

Still open: Dick and Jennie Garland in a record of their own. · Whether Rush Garland (b. about 1852) was his son (probable). · Whether William and his family were free before 1865.

Nancy Isbell 1820-

Nancy Isbell was a Black woman of mixed race born in Virginia about 1810-1820, probably enslaved before 1865. An index entry places a Nancy Isabell (b. about 1810) with Wyatt Isabell (b. about 1841) at Appomattox Court House in 1870. In 1880 she was a 60-year-old widowed washerwoman living with Bettie Staton (Statham) in Stonewall District, Appomattox County, listed as Bettie's mother. Bettie's 1917 death certificate names Bettie's father as Arthur Isbell but says the mother's name was not known, so Nancy's motherhood rests on the 1880 census alone.

• Born abt 1810-1820, Virginia — Age 60 in 1880; the 1870 index gives about 18101880 U.S. census
• Lived 1870, Appomattox Court House Township, Appomattox County, Virginia — Nancy Isabell (b. about 1810) in the same household as Wyatt Isabell (b. about 1841), probably her son1870 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MFLX-41J)
• Lived 9-10 Jun 1880, Stonewall District, Appomattox County, Virginia — Mother of the head, Bettie Staton; mulatto, widowed1880 U.S. census
• Worked 9-10 Jun 1880, Stonewall District, Appomattox County, Virginia — Washerwoman1880 U.S. census

Still open: Motherhood of Bettie is unproven (1880 census only). · Lead: Charles Isbell, Black, b. about 1822, d. 5 Jan 1917 Appomattox, parents Henry Isbell & Nancy Isbell. Same Nancy? If so her husband was Henry, not Arthur, at least for Charles. · Wyatt Isbell (her 1870 household) and his marriage record. · Her death.

Hall Hubbard 1822-1870

Hall Hubbard was a Black man living in Campbell County, Virginia, in 1870, aged 48 by the census, with Caroline and children Dennis, Mary, Anthony, Flora and an infant Sarah born in 1869. He died on 25 Dec 1870 at Green Hill (Seneca), Campbell County, a farm hand aged 42 who had been born in Halifax County, according to the death index. The tree makes him the father of Sarah (Hubbard) Callaham, but she was born about 1827-1840, so he is more likely a brother or other relative than her father. These facts come from indexes; the images have not been read.

• Born abt 1822-1828, Halifax County, Virginia — Age 48 in 1870 census; 42 at death; born Halifax Co. per death index1870 U.S. census (index); Virginia death register, Campbell Co., 1870 (index)
• Lived 1870, Campbell County, Virginia — Head, 48, Black, with Caroline, Dennis, Mary, Anthony, Flora and infant Sarah (b. 1869)1870 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MFLK-FMS)
• Died 25 Dec 1870, Green Hill / Seneca, Campbell County, Virginia — Farm hand, age 42, born Halifax CountyVirginia death register, Campbell Co., 1870 (index, FamilySearch 6Z1G-LMN5)

Still open: Probably NOT Sarah Hubbard Callaham's father (age gap); possibly a brother or other relative. No record links them. · Read the 1870 census and 1870 death register images (ages 48 vs 42).

Harry Henry Thompson 1824-

Henry (Harry) Thompson, born in Bedford County, was a farm worker in Campbell County in 1870, aged 46, with his wife Dianna and six children. Two sons named him as their father: Thomas W. Thompson Sr. (1929 death certificate, "Henry Thompson") and Charles Thompson, a minister (1917 death certificate, "Harry Thompson"). Thomas's 1876 marriage index also names "Harry and Dinah". Charles's certificate gives his mother as "[Dosh Kurd]", not Diana Christian, which is unresolved. He died before June 1900.

• Lived 20 Oct 1870, Western Division, Campbell County, Virginia — Works on farm, age 461870 U.S. census
• Lived 15 Jan 1917, Otter River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Named ("Harry Thompson", b. Bedford) as father of the minister Charles Thompson (b. 23 Feb 1861, d. 15 Jan 1917); mother given as "[Dosh Kurd]"Virginia death certificate of Charles Thompson, 1917 (File 31167)

Still open: His parents: the 1866 Bedford cohabitation register (if extant) is the best target. · Resolve the mother "[Dosh Kurd]" on son Charles's 1917 certificate vs Diana Christian. · Death before 1900. · Detach 1863 District of Columbia draft entry (no link).

Maria Virginia Ferguson Statham 1825-1917

Maria Virginia Ferguson was a white woman born in Lynchburg in 1825, daughter of Thomas Ferguson and English-born Elizabeth Beaumont. She married Charles Wesley Statham in 1845 and had at least nine children in a wealthy Lynchburg household; the tree labels her an enslaver, though the slave schedules have not been pulled. She died at 702 Church Street, Lynchburg, in 1917, aged 92, and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery.

• Born 16 Oct 1825, Lynchburg, Virginia — Father Thos. Ferguson (b. Franklin Co.), mother Elizabeth Beaumont (b. England)Virginia Certificate of Death, 1917
• Married 17 Dec 1845, Lynchburg, Virginia — Married Charles W. Statham; index names her father T. Furguson; tree says 18 DecVirginia Select Marriages index
• Lived 11 Sep 1850, Town of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Age 24, wife of Charles W. Statham1850 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Lived 24 Jul 1860, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Age 34, with husband and six children1860 U.S. census (free inhabitants)
• Lived 3 Jun 1880, Church Street, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — 'Mary V.,' 55, keeping house; street name in margin, placement uncertain1880 U.S. census
• Died 8 Nov 1917, 702 Church Street, 2nd Ward, Lynchburg, Virginia — Widow, age 92; informant son Thos. R. StathamVirginia Certificate of Death, 1917
• Buried Nov 1917, Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia — Death certificate: 'Presbyterian'; Find a Grave agreesVirginia Certificate of Death, 1917; Find a Grave index

Still open: No record supports her as the mother of Robert Statham (Black, b. about 1848); her documented children never include him. · Pull 1850/1860 slave schedules and Thomas Ferguson's 1870 estate for enslaved people in the family. · Compiled book and DAR lineage books (leads) trace her Ferguson line to Alexander Ferguson, Revolutionary private.

Caroline Hubbard 1825-

Caroline Hubbard, born about 1825, lived with Hall Hubbard in Campbell County, Virginia, in 1870, with children Dennis, Mary, Anthony, Flora and an infant Sarah born in 1869, according to the census index. The tree makes her the mother of Sarah (Hubbard) Callaham, but Peter Callaham's wife Sarah was 43 in 1870, so Caroline cannot be her mother by these ages. She may be a relative of Sarah; no record links them.

• Lived 1870, Campbell County, Virginia — In Hall Hubbard's household, b. about 1825, with Dennis, Mary, Anthony, Flora and infant Sarah1870 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MFLK-FMS)

Still open: Probably NOT Sarah Hubbard Callaham's mother (born about 1825 vs Sarah about 1827-1840). · Read the 1870 census image; find her after Hall's death in Dec 1870.

Sarah Hubbard Callaham 1827-

Sarah Callaham, born Sarah Hubbard according to her daughter Rosie Jones's 1937 death certificate, was the wife of Peter Callaham of Campbell County. She was born about 1827-1840 (43 in 1870, 40 in 1880), worked on the farm in 1870 and kept house in 1880, and could not read or write. She registered her son Charles W. K. Callaham's birth in 1870 and reported Peter's death in 1892, and her son Archie's 1900 marriage register names his mother as Sarah. Her own parents are unknown: the tree's Hall and Caroline Hubbard were too close to her in age to be her parents and were more likely relatives.

• Lived 23 Jul 1870, Eastern Division, Campbell County, Virginia — Works on farm, age 431870 U.S. census
• Lived 15 Jun 1880, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Keeping house, age 401880 U.S. census
• other 30 Oct 1958, Gladys, Campbell County, Virginia — Son Sam Archie Callaham's death certificate names his mother 'Sarah Callaham'Virginia death certificate 1958 (Ancestry 9278, cert. 1958025730; index)

Still open: Her parents: Hall (b. about 1822-28) and Caroline Hubbard are probably not her parents. A child's marriage register giving her maiden surname, or a Hubbard family record, is needed. · Her death (after 1900?) and 1900/1910 census entries; the tree's Lewis County, Kentucky death (1911) is unsupported and likely another woman. · FAN lead: Lacy Hubbard (b. about 1840, widow, Southside Appomattox 1900) and Pleasant Hubbard (b. 1850 Campbell; parents Phill and Martha Hubbard) are possible kin.

Elvira Marshall 1828-

Elvira Marshall, born about 1828, was the wife of Patrick Marshall and mother of Lucy Ann (Marshall) Cheatham; Lucy's 1944 death certificate and her sister Sarah A. Nowlin's 1949 certificate both name her as Elvira Marshall. A son Clem was born to Patrick and Elvira in Appomattox on 3 Jun 1864, a register entry that also names H. W. Marshall, very likely the family's enslaver. In 1870 she kept house in the Eastern Division of Campbell County with Patrick and four children. By 1880 Patrick had a new wife, Doshia, so Elvira probably died about 1878-80. No record gives her maiden name. The tree's 'Hancock' probably comes from a different woman, Elvira Hancock, wife of Jerry Hancock, who died in Appomattox in Nov 1878.

• child 3 Jun 1864, Appomattox County, Virginia — Son Clem Marshall born; parents Patrick and Elvira Marshall; H. W. Marshall also named (probably the enslaver)Virginia birth register (FamilySearch 6KBK-B111; index)
• Lived 26 Aug 1870, Eastern Division, Campbell County, Virginia — Keeping house, age 421870 U.S. census

Still open: Maiden name unknown: detach 'Hancock' and Julia Hancock as her mother (no record supports either). · Her death, about 1870-1880 (Campbell or Appomattox death registers). · Appomattox birth registers 1853-65 under H. W. Marshall for her other children.

Charles Thompson about 1832-before 1900

Charles Thompson was the father of Edward Thompson, Kerwin's 2nd-great-grandfather. He is named as the father on the death certificates of all five sons whose certificates have been read, Henry (1916), Charlie (1925), Edward (1926), John G. (1932) and Leroy (1948), and on his son William James Thompson's 1898 marriage certificate. Henry's and Charlie's certificates, both given by their sister Mary Jane Thornhill, say he was born in Buckingham County; the other three say Amherst, where the family lived. He was probably born in Buckingham County about 1832. In 1870 he was a farm hand in Elon Township, Amherst County, listed as mulatto, with Sarah and their sons Henry, Edward and Charles. Sarah was a widow by June 1900, so he died before then; no death record has been found. A white Charles E. Thompson of Nelson County and West Virginia, found in some online trees, is a different man.

• Born about 1832, Buckingham County, Virginia (probable) — Buckingham on Henry's (1916) and Charlie's (1925) death certificates; Amherst on Edward's, John G.'s and Leroy'sdeath certificates of his sons, Virginia, 1916-1948
• Lived Jan 1866-Sep 1871, Amherst County, Virginia — Father of Edmund (Jan 1866), Charles (Jan 1868) and Wm (20 Sep 1871), mother Sarah (J.) ThompsonVirginia birth registers, Amherst Co., 1866-1871 (index)
• Lived 1 Jul 1870, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — Age 38, farm hand, listed as mulatto1870 U.S. census

Still open: His own parents and his birth family in Buckingham County (the county's records burned in 1869); the Buckingham Freedmen's Bureau labor contracts (roll 62) are the next place to look. · His death between 1871 and 1900. · Do not merge with Charles Thompson (minister, 1861-1917), son of Harry Thompson.

Doctor Epperson 1835-

Doctor Epperson is named as the father of Nannie (Perkins) Wynn on her 1918 death certificate, and her 1872 marriage register gives her parents as Doctor and Amey. Nannie's mother was Annie (Amey) Perkins, and Nannie was born about 1848-50, by her own certificate in Halifax County. Prince Edward County birth registers of 1872-73 name a Doctor Epperson as father with a wife Margaret, but no record links that man to Nannie, so he may be a different man or Nannie may be from an earlier union.

• Lived 1872, Virginia — Named as father ("Doctor") of the bride Nannie Perkins, mother AmeyCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1872, p. 56, line 67

Still open: Is the Prince Edward County Doctor Epperson (wife Margaret) Nannie's father? Unproven. · Detach the 187[2] Prince Edward birth entry (father Jerry, not Doctor). · No record of his parents; no Virginia index hit on 'Doctor Epperson' by name.

Diana Lee Christian 1835-

Diana (Dianna) Thompson, born Christian according to her son Thomas W. Thompson Sr.'s 1929 death certificate, was the wife of Henry (Harry) Thompson. She kept house in Campbell County in 1870, and by 1900 was a widow living with her son Charles, a minister, in Otter River District, having borne eighteen children, ten then living. Charles's own 1917 death certificate gives his mother's name differently ("[Dosh Kurd]"), so her maiden name rests on one record.

• Lived 20 Oct 1870, Western Division, Campbell County, Virginia — Keeping house, age 341870 U.S. census
• Lived 14 Jun 1900, Otter River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Widowed mother of the head Chas Thompson; born Mar 1835; 18 children, 10 living1900 U.S. census

Still open: Maiden name Christian rests on Thomas's 1929 certificate only; Charles's 1917 certificate gives "[Dosh Kurd]". · Her parents: 1866 Bedford cohabitation register. · Her death after 1900. · Possible duplicate child Charles / Charles H. Sr. in tree.

Sarah Garland Thompson 1836-1913

Sarah Garland was born in Amherst County, probably on 20 Mar 1836, a daughter of William Garland and Malinda Williamson according to her death certificate. She was the wife of Charles Thompson and the mother of Edward Thompson, Kerwin's 2nd-great-grandfather: Edward's 1926 death certificate names his parents as Charles Thompson and Sarah Garland, as do the certificates of his brothers Henry (1916), Charlie (1925), Edward (1926), John G. (1932) and Leroy (1948). She bore nine children, seven living in 1900 and 1910; the known children are Henry, Edward, Charles (Charlie), William James, John G., Mary Jane (Thornhill) and Leroy (Lee, 1882-1948). In 1900 she was a widow living with her son William J. Thompson in Amherst County, with her youngest son Leroy; her daughter Mary Jane Thornhill lived next door. By 1910 she lived with her son Henry in Lynchburg, where she died on 30 Jan 1913. Mary Ann Garland, who married Albert Gunn in Lynchburg in 1870 and whose parents were also William and Malinda Garland, was probably her sister.

• Born 20 Mar 1836, Amherst County, Virginia — Parents Wm. Garland and Malinda Williamson; census ages point to about 1840Lynchburg death certificate, 1913 (Reg. No. C 50)
• Lived 1 Jul 1870, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — Domestic servant, wife in Charles Thompson's household1870 U.S. census
• Lived 6 Jun 1900, Amherst County, Virginia — "Mother", widowed, born May 1838, 9 children born, 7 living, in her son William J. Thompson's household with her son Leroy1900 U.S. census, Amherst Co., ED 9
• Lived 23 Apr 1910, 818 Kemper Street, Ward 2, Lynchburg, Virginia — Widowed mother of the head Henry Thompson; 9 children, 7 living1910 U.S. census
• Died 30 Jan 1913, 818 Kemper Street, Lynchburg, Virginia — Nephritis; widow; father Wm. Garland, mother Malinda Williamson; informant Henry Thompson, same addressLynchburg death certificate, 1913 (Reg. No. C 50)
• Buried 31 Jan 1913, Methodist Cemetery, Lynchburg, VirginiaLynchburg death certificate, 1913 (Reg. No. C 50)

Still open: Her parents William Garland and Malinda Williamson in records of their own. · Which Methodist Cemetery in Lynchburg.

Amy Booker 1839-

Amy Booker, wife of Garland Booker, was a widow who owned her farm free of mortgage in Madison Precinct, Elon Township, Amherst County, in 1900. She had borne 12 children, 4 then living, and her daughter Belle's family, including grandson Garland Thompson, lived with her. The 1889 marriage index of Belle and Edward Thompson names Belle's parents as Garland and Amy Booker; the register image has not yet been read.

• other 1878-1940, Lynchburg and Amherst County, Virginia — Named as mother (with Garland Booker) on son Robert Booker's 1878 marriage and daughter Mary Washington's 1940 death certificate; 'Ann Booker' on Bell Thompson's 1913 death indexVirginia marriages and death certificates (index)
• Lived 4 Jun 1900, Madison Precinct, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — Widowed head, owns farm free of mortgage; 12 children, 4 living1900 U.S. census

Still open: Is the 1910 'Annie Booker' (75, widow, same dwelling as Edward and Belle) the same woman? · Garland Booker's death before 1900. · Her maiden name: Robert Booker's and Mary Washington's records give only 'Amy Booker'. · The 1889 register reads "Ally [Amy?]" and Belle's 1913 certificate "Ann": hold as Amy/Ann.

John Wynn 1840-

John Wynn was born in Campbell County about 1830-1840 and married Nannie Perkins there on 13 May 1872; the marriage register gives his parents as Washington and Winnie. He farmed in Falling River District and by 1910 owned his farm free of mortgage. His children included Hettie Lou (Callaham), Robert Lee, Coley, Lott and Early; Hettie's 1918 death certificate and son Lott's 1943 marriage and 1945 Philadelphia death records name John Wynn and Nannie as parents.

• Married 13 May 1872, Campbell County, Virginia — Married Nannie Perkins; he was 32, laborer; his parents 'Washington & Winnie'; hers 'Doctor & Amey'; by Lott McIverCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1872, p. 56, line 67
• Worked 23 Jun 1880, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farm laborer1880 U.S. census
• Worked 22 Apr 1910, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farmer, owns farm free of mortgage; married 45 years1910 U.S. census

Still open: Parents Washington and Winnie [Wynn] rest on one register entry; replace the tree's placeholders and look for a second record (a sibling's marriage or death). · Birth year: about 1830, 1835 or 1840. · Death after 1910. · Married 1872 per register vs about 1865 per 1910 census.

Peter Rose 1841-

Peter Rose was a Black blacksmith born about 1840-41 in Campbell County, Virginia. His 1875 marriage register entry, the only record naming his parents, gives them as "Saml & Roena" (Samuel and Roena; the mother's name may read Rosina). He married Adeline (Addie) Scott in Campbell County on 9 Dec 1875, lived in Rustburg District with six children in 1880, and reported Addie's death in 1893. His daughter Anna Belle (Rose) Statham named him as her father in 1896 and 1952. Ancestry ThruLines shows 6 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Peter, probably the same matches seen through Anna and Fletcher Statham.

• Born abt 1841, Campbell County, Virginia — Age 34 at Dec 1875 marriage; 40 in 1880Register of Marriages, Campbell County, 1875
• Married 9 Dec 1875, Campbell County, Virginia — Married Adeline Scott; he was 34, blacksmith; his parents 'Saml & Roena' [alt. Rosina]; married by Jno. B. SmithCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1875, line 102
• Lived 21 Jun 1880, Rustburg Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Head, 40, with wife Adaline and six children1880 U.S. census
• Worked 1875-1880, Rustburg Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — BlacksmithRegister of Marriages, Campbell County, 1875; 1880 U.S. census
• Lived 10 Sep 1893, James River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Reported his wife Addie's death as husbandRegister of Deaths, Campbell County, 1893

Still open: Parents Samuel and Roena Rose rest on one register entry with no stated informant; a second record (a sibling's marriage or death) is needed. Replace the tree's placeholder parent with Samuel Rose and Roena. · Death not found (alive Sep 1893). · Find him in 1870 and 1900.

Adeline (Addie) Scott 1843-1893

Adeline (Addie) Scott Rose was a Black woman born in Campbell County, Virginia, about 1843-48 (32 at her marriage in 1875, 45 at her death in 1893). She married blacksmith Peter Rose on 9 Dec 1875 and raised six children in Rustburg District. Her marriage register, the only record naming her parents, gives them as Joel and Sally (Joel may read Jack), not Wilson and Betsy Scott as the tree has; her 1893 death entry leaves the parents blank. She died of dropsy in James River District, Campbell County, on 10 Sep 1893, and her daughter Anna Belle named her as mother in 1952. Ancestry ThruLines shows 6 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Adeline, probably the same matches seen through Anna and Fletcher Statham.

• Born abt 1843, Campbell County, Virginia — Age 32 at 1875 marriage; 40 in 1880 (about 1840); 45 at death (about 1848)Register of Marriages, Campbell County, 1875; Register of Deaths, 1893
• Married 9 Dec 1875, Campbell County, Virginia — Married Peter Rose; she was 3[2]; her parents 'Joel & Sally' [Joel alt. Jack]Campbell Co. Register of Marriages 1875, line 102
• Lived 21 Jun 1880, Rustburg Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Adaline Rose, 40, keeping house, wife of Peter1880 U.S. census
• Died 10 Sep 1893, James River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Dropsy, age 45, housework; parents column blank; informant husband P. RoseCampbell Co. Register of Deaths 1893, line 121

Still open: Parents CONFLICT: the 1875 register says Joel & Sally; the tree's Wilson & Betsy are another family (their daughter Adaline was single in 1880). · No Black Joel Scott found in Virginia 1870 indexes (searched 16 Oct 2026). Lead: Sallie Scott, 58, head of household, Campbell 1870 (FamilySearch MFLK-K9W). · Campbell 1866 cohabitation register for Joel x Sally Scott. · Burial place unknown.

Bettie Isbell Statham 1844-1917

Bettie (Isbell) Statham was a Black woman born in Virginia about 1844, very likely into slavery. Her 1917 death certificate names her father as Arthur Isbell; the informant did not know her mother's name, and her daughter Laura Austin's 1941 death index also gives her maiden name as Isabell. In 1880 she headed a farm household in Stonewall District, Appomattox County, with five children and Nancy Isbell, a 60-year-old widowed washerwoman listed as her mother. She and Robert Statham had children from 1865 on; by 1910 she was a widow in Brookville District, Campbell County, near her son Fletcher, and had borne 15 children, 4 then living. She died near Lynchburg on 7 Jul 1917 and was buried at Pleasant Valley. Ancestry ThruLines shows 6 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Bettie, probably the same matches seen through Fletcher Sr. and Anna. The published Virginia slave births index lists two children of Bettie under John W. Isbell in Appomattox: Laura (18 Aug 1859; 16 Aug in the FamilySearch index) and Minnie Jane (Oct 1861), the only children of Bettie recorded there in 1853-62.

• Born abt 1844, Virginia — Death certificate gives 1844; census ages range from about 1840 to 1850Virginia Certificate of Death, 1917
• other 18 Aug 1859, Appomattox County, Virginia — Daughter Laura born to Bettie, John W. Isbell named as owner (FamilySearch index: 16 Aug)Morales, Virginia Slave Births Index v.3 p.269
• other Oct 1861, Appomattox County, Virginia — Daughter Minnie Jane born to Bettie, John W. Isbell named as ownerMorales, Virginia Slave Births Index v.3 p.269
• Lived Dec 1865, Appomattox County, Virginia — Indexed as mother ("Betty") of Sally Statham, born Dec 1865, died 1868 at Appomattox Depot; father Robt. StathamVirginia death register, Appomattox, 1868 (index)
• Lived 2 Aug 1870, Clover Hill Township, Appomattox County, Virginia — Bettie, 25, keeping house, in Robert Statham's household1870 U.S. census
• Lived 9-10 Jun 1880, Stonewall District, Appomattox County, Virginia — 'Bettie Staton,' 40, head, with five children and her mother Nancy Isbell1880 U.S. census
• Worked 9-10 Jun 1880, Stonewall District, Appomattox County, Virginia — Farmer1880 U.S. census
• Lived 22 Apr 1910, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Widowed, 65; 15 children born, 4 living; same dwelling as son Fletcher's family1910 U.S. census
• Died 7 Jul 1917, Brookville District, Campbell County, Virginia (Lynchburg) — Nurse; age 73; father Arthur Isbell; mother "Don't know"; stricture of the common bile duct, with stomach cancer; informant Laura Austin, Lynchburg R.F.D. #3 (almost certainly her daughter)Virginia death certificate, 1917 (File No. 16573)
• Buried Jul 1917, Pleasant Valley, Lynchburg area, Virginia — Burial date blank on certificateVirginia Certificate of Death, 1917

Still open: Her mother: Nancy Isbell was 'Mother' in 1880. Charles Isbell (d. 1917, aged 95) names his parents as Henry and Nancy Isbel on his own death certificate (read Oct 2026); whether that Nancy is Bettie's mother is open. · Probable brother Wyatt Isbell (b. about 1830-41; Stonewall District 1880, 1900; wife Sally; children William McDaniel, Henry G., Lilly B.): his marriage record would name his parents. · Arthur Isbell has no record of his own yet. · Birth year: 1844 (death certificate) vs tree abt 1840.

Robert Statham 1848-

Robert Statham was a Black farm laborer born about 1847-48 in Virginia, almost certainly into slavery; no record names his parents. He and Bettie Isbell were a couple by 1865: the Appomattox death register (image read) records their daughter Sally, aged 3, who died in Dec 1868, with "Robt. Statham, Father" as informant. In 1870 he headed a household in Clover Hill Township, Appomattox County, and in 1871 he was recorded as father of a daughter Bettie; his son Fletcher Irvin Statham Sr. named him as father in 1896 and 1952. He is absent from the 1880 census and Bettie was a widow by 1910; no death record has been found. The tree's white father, Charles Wesley Statham (an enslaver), is rejected: no record supports it and Kerwin's paternal-line Y-DNA traces to the Tsogo, Ateke, Kota and Fang peoples of Gabon. Ancestry ThruLines shows 6 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Robert, the same count as through Fletcher Sr. and Anna, so they are probably the same matches. The 1870 census of Clover Hill shows Robert, 22, with Bettie and daughters Laura, Phebe and Alice. Laura, born about 1858, was probably his stepdaughter. A son, William J. (Jasper) Statham, married Susan Pannill in 1899, and his marriage names Robert and Bettie as his parents. In October 1867 "Statham Robert" registered to vote on the colored poll book of Appomattox District No. 5, the same list as seven Isbell men, Bettie's likely kin; the only other Statham on it was a Tazwell Statham, not yet identified. His daughter Phebe's 1937 death certificate names her father as "Bob Statham", born in Appomattox County, Virginia. A search of the 1850 and 1860 free-population schedules of ten counties (30 Oct 2026) found no free Statham of color, so Robert was born into slavery; no Statham household held a child of his age in 1850. The Statham name probably came through his father, perhaps one of the men the white Stathams held (see the Statham family context card).

• Born abt 1847-1848, Virginia — Age 22 in Aug 18701870 U.S. census
• Born abt 1847-1848, Appomattox County, Virginia — Birthplace "Appomattox Co, Va." given for "Bob Statham" on his daughter Phebe's 1937 death certificateVirginia death certificate, Pheobia Lee, 1937
• Lived Dec 1865, Appomattox County, Virginia — Indexed as father ("Robt.") of Sally Statham, born Dec 1865 in Appomattox, died Dec 1868 at Appomattox Depot; mother "Betty"Virginia death register, Appomattox, 1868 (index)
• other Oct 1867, Appomattox County, Virginia — Registered to vote: "Statham Robert", colored poll book, District No. 5, p. 81867 Virginia voter registration (Library of Virginia)
• Lived 2 Aug 1870, Clover Hill Township, Appomattox County, Virginia — Head, 22, Black, cannot read or write; with Bettie 25, Laura 12, Phebe 6, Alice 21870 U.S. census
• Worked 2 Aug 1870, Clover Hill Township, Appomattox County, Virginia — Farm laborer1870 U.S. census
• Lived 2 Aug 1870, Clover Hill Township, Appomattox County, Virginia — Robert, 22, farm laborer; Bettie, 25; Laura, 12; Phebe, 6; Alice, 21870 U.S. census, Clover Hill, p. 95, dwelling 814
• Lived Jul 1871, Appomattox County, Virginia — 'R. Statham,' [laborer], of Appomattox, father of daughter Bettie born July 1871 (mother Bettie)Register of Births, Clover Hill Township, Appomattox County, 1871
• Lived Sep 1877, Appomattox County, Virginia — Probably the father of Alice Statham (2 in his 1870 household), who died Sep 1877 aged 8; the index reads the parents as "Billy" and "B.B." Statham, so the image must be readVirginia death register, Appomattox, 1877 (index, FamilySearch HJRY-RXZM)

Still open: His parents: no record names them. Best target: an 1866 Appomattox cohabitation register entry for Robert & Bettie (may not survive the 1892 courthouse fire), or his own death record. · Do not revive the Charles Wesley Statham link; the Y-DNA rules it out. Leads for his father (unproven): Black Statham men of the Richmond Statham estate community, especially Edmund (b. 1821-30) and Warwick (b. about 1808). A Y-DNA test of a direct male Statham descendant of one of them would test this. · Death date and place unknown: alive Jul 1871, absent 1880, dead by 1910. The tree's 'Lynchburg' death place and 1856 burial fact are unsupported. · Appomattox personal property tax books 1866-1880 (Library of Virginia) for his last taxed year. · Who was Tazwell Statham (1867 voter, same district)? A possible lead: "Tazwell Wheeler", 40, Southside, Appomattox, 1870. · Virginia registered no deaths 1897-1912; Robert most likely died in that gap.

Mary Ann Garland Gunn about 1849-

Mary Ann Garland, 21, born in Amherst County, a daughter of William and Malinda Garland, married Albert Gunn, a plasterer born in Tennessee, in Lynchburg on 2 Mar 1870; the register marks them colored. Her parents' names, county and race match Sarah Garland Thompson's death certificate, so she was probably Sarah's younger sister. That is not yet proven.

• Married 2 Mar 1870, Lynchburg, Virginia — Married Albert Gunn, 22; her parents William and Malinda GarlandLynchburg marriage register, 1870, line 11 (Ancestry 62154)

Still open: Albert and Mary Ann Gunn in the 1870 and 1880 censuses, and their children's death certificates.

Nannie Perkins Wynn 1850-1918

Nannie Perkins married John Wynn in Campbell County on 13 May 1872, aged 22. Two records agree on her parents: the marriage register gives "Doctor & Amey", and her 1918 death certificate, reported by her son Robert Wynn, names Doctor Epperson and Annie Perkins and gives her birthplace as Halifax County. She bore eleven children, seven living in 1910, on the family farm in Falling River District. She died there on 7 Jul 1918, aged about 70, and was buried at Naruna.

• Married 13 May 1872, Campbell County, Virginia — Married John Wynn as Nannie Perkins, 22; parents Doctor and AmeyCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1872, p. 56, line 67
• Lived 23 Jun 1880, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife; her sister Hannah Perkins in the household1880 U.S. census
• Lived 22 Apr 1910, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — 11 children, 7 living1910 U.S. census
• Died 7 Jul 1918, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Paralysis; age about 70; born Halifax Co.; father Doctor Epperson, mother Annie Perkins; informant her son Robert WynnVirginia death certificate, 1918 (File 16715)
• Buried 8 Jul 1918, Naruna, Campbell County, VirginiaVirginia death certificate, 1918 (File 16715)

Still open: Which Doctor Epperson was her father? The Prince Edward Co. Doctor Epperson had a wife Margaret, not Amey/Annie Perkins. · Replace the tree's 'Living Perkins' with Annie (Amey) Perkins. · Birthplace Halifax (her own certificate) vs Campbell (Hettie's certificate). · Find Amy/Annie Perkins and sister Hannah Perkins.

Sally "Sallie" Cheatham 1850-

Sallie Cheatham was born about 1850 in Virginia and listed as mulatto. In June 1880 she was single and worked as a servant in Archy Bigbie's household in Clover Hill District, Appomattox County, with her children Augustus (7), Florence (4) and Irena (1). Her son Gus (1952) and daughter Nina B. Dews (born 1888 in Campbell County; died 1960) named her as their mother, and Gus's 1898 marriage gives his parents as "S. & S. Cheatham". Her maiden name is not known; the death certificates give "Cheatham", which may be her own surname, since she was single in 1880.

• Worked 5 Jun 1880, Clover Hill District, Appomattox County, Virginia — Servant, 30, single, in Archy Bigbie's household, with three children1880 U.S. census

Still open: Her marriage register entry with Sam (about 1870-1879) or her own death record would give her parents and maiden name. · Add daughter Irena (b. about 1879). · Her death and later census entries.

Charles Payne 1855-

Charles Payne was born in Campbell County about 1850-1861 (his ages disagree), a son of A. and Kitty Payne according to two marriage registers. His first wife was Amelia (Melia) Ward, daughter of David Ward, whom he married on 30 Dec 1879 in Campbell County (index); she bore their son William in 1881, and Charles himself reported the birth. Widowed, he married Malissa Ward in 1893 and, widowed again, Catherine Brown in 1895. He lived in Otter District, Bedford County, in 1900 and was still living, a widower of about 90, in his son William's home in 1940. Ancestry ThruLines shows 1 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Charles.

• Married 30 Dec 1879, Campbell County, Virginia — to Amelia ("Aruelia") Ward, 18, daughter of David & "D." Ward; his parents A. & Kitty PayneCampbell Co. marriage register (Ancestry 62154, index)
• Lived 10 Jun 1881, James River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Reported the birth of his son Wm. H. Payne; mother Melia PayneCampbell Co. Register of Births 1881, James River District, p. 267, line 273
• Married 23 Apr 1893, Campbell County, Virginia — Widower, 39, born Campbell Co., married Malissa Ward, 23; his parents 'A. & K. Payne', hers 'B. & F. Ward'Campbell Co. Register of Marriages 1893, p. 74
• Married 29 Dec 1895, Campbell County, Virginia — Widower, 34, laborer, married Catherine Brown, 24; his parents 'A. and Kitty Payne', hers 'Alex & Mary Brown'Campbell Co. Register of Marriages 1895, p. 89
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Head, renting; born May 1855 per this census1900 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Apr 1940, State Highway 668, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Father of the head William Payne, 90, widowed1940 U.S. census

Still open: His father's first name (only 'A.'). · Birth year: 39 in 1893 (about 1854) vs 34 in 1895 (about 1861) vs May 1855 (1900). · His death after 1940. · Read the 30 Dec 1879 marriage register image (Ancestry 62154, i1023774-00509).

Thomas Walter Thompson Sr. 1855-1929

Thomas Walter Thompson Sr. was born in Bedford County, in May 1855 by the 1900 census (his death certificate's age, 64, points to about 1865), a son of Henry (Harry) Thompson and Diana Christian. His 1929 death certificate, reported by his daughter Susie Gibson, names his parents, and his 1876 marriage index gives them as Harry and Dinah Thompson. He married Matilda Fields on 16 Apr 1876 and farmed his own land in Otter District, Bedford County, near Evington, where they raised thirteen children. He died at home on 9 Jul 1929. Ancestry ThruLines shows 7 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Thomas.

• Lived 20 Oct 1870, Western Division, Campbell County, Virginia — Farm worker, 18, in Henry and Dianna Thompson's household1870 U.S. census
• Married 16 Apr 1876, Bedford County, Virginia — Married Matilda Fields; his parents "Harry & Dinah Thompson"; hers: father blank, mother "Martha Martin"Bedford Co. marriage register, line 1346 (FamilySearch DGS 007578831, i=140)
• Worked 14 Jun 1880, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Farm hand1880 U.S. census
• Worked 20 Jun 1900, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Farmer, owns farm free; born May 1855 per this census1900 U.S. census
• Worked 2 May 1910, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Farmer (employer), owns farm1910 U.S. census
• Worked 16 Jan 1920, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Farmer, owns farm free1920 U.S. census
• Died 9 Jul 1929, Evington R.F.D. 2, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Gastric hemorrhage; age 6[4]; husband of Matilda F Thompson; father Henry Thompson, mother Diana Christian; informant his daughter Susie GibsonVirginia death certificate no. 17150, 1929
• Buried 12 Jul 1929, Evington, Bedford County, VirginiaVirginia death certificate no. 17150, 1929

Still open: Birth year: May 1855 (1900 census) vs about 1865 (age 64 at death). · Location of the Thompson family cemetery, Bedford County. · Are tree children 'Jarnatin' and 'Moneta' one daughter?

Samuel "Sam" Cheatham 1856-

Sam Cheatham is named as the father of Augustus (Gus) Cheatham on Gus's 1952 death certificate and of Nina B. Dews (born 1888) on hers in 1960, and his initial appears on Gus's 1898 marriage register ("S. & S. Cheatham"). No record of Sam himself has been found: in 1880 Sallie Cheatham was listed as single, a servant with her children, and no husband was present. A Samuel D. Cheatham, 50, born in Appomattox, son of J. and K. Cheatham, married in Campbell County ten days before Gus's wedding and may be the same man, but that is unproven.

Still open: Their marriage register entry (Appomattox/Campbell, about 1870-1879) would name his parents and settle whether he is the 1898 Samuel D. Cheatham (parents J. & K.). · No record gives his age; the tree's birth abt 1856 is unsupported. · The tree's father for him, Samuel Cheatham (b. 1829), has no supporting record.

Laura A. Statham Austin 1859-1941

Laura A. Statham was born in Appomattox County in August 1859, a daughter of Bettie Isbell. The published Virginia slave births index records Laura, born to Bettie on 18 Aug 1859 (16 Aug in the FamilySearch index), with John W. Isbell as owner. On 27 Sep 1882 in Appomattox she married Edward Austin Jr., a school teacher, as Laura A. Statham, 23. Widowed, she lived beside her brother Fletcher Statham in Campbell County in 1930. She died near Lynchburg on 13 May 1941; her death certificate names her father as Robert Statham and her mother as Bettie Isabell, both of Appomattox, and she was buried at Megginson's Cemetery.

• Born 18 Aug 1859, Appomattox County, Virginia — Born to Bettie; John W. Isbell named as owner (FamilySearch index gives 16 Aug)Morales, Virginia Slave Births Index v.3 p.269
• Married 27 Sep 1882, Appomattox County, Virginia — Married Edward Austin Jr., 31, school teacher; she was 23; no parents namedAppomattox register of marriages, 1882, p. 23 (Ancestry 62154)
• Lived Apr 1930, Brookville District, Campbell County, Virginia — Widowed head, 55, next door to her brother Fletcher1930 U.S. census
• Died 13 May 1941, Rt. 3, Lynchburg, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Widow of Edward Austin; father Robert Statham, mother Bettie Isabell, both born AppomattoxVirginia death certificate, state file 12423
• Buried 18 May 1941, Megginson Cemetery, Rt. 3, Lynchburg, Campbell County, VirginiaVirginia death certificate, state file 12423

Still open: Birth date: 18 Aug 1859 (book) vs 16 Aug (FamilySearch index).

Matilda Fields Thompson 1860-

Matilda Fields was born in Bedford County about 1858-1865 and married Thomas Thompson there on 16 Apr 1876. Her maiden name is Fields on seven of her children's records, including the death certificates of her daughters Mary Thompson (1976) and Juanita Ross (1969). She raised a large family in Otter District and later lived on Patrick Street in Lynchburg with her sister Charlotte Saunders. She died in Lynchburg on 8 Apr 1940; the death index names her mother as Martha Dobbins. Her sister Charlotte's 1933 death index names their father as Buck Fields and their mother as Martha Dobbins, the first record to name her father. Her 1876 marriage index calls her mother Martha Martin, so Martha's own surname is still unsettled. She is the link in Kerwin's direct maternal line between her mother Martha and her daughter Martha Thompson Payne. Both names are on record for her mother: Martha Dobbins (her own 1940 certificate and her sister's) and Martha Martin (1876); her father was Buck Fields.

• Married 16 Apr 1876, Bedford County, Virginia — Married Thomas Thompson as Matilda Fields; mother "Martha Martin", father blankBedford Co. marriage register, line 1346
• Lived 20 Jun 1900, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Wife; born Feb 1860; 12 children, all living1900 U.S. census
• Lived 7 Apr 1930, 196 Patrick Street, Lynchburg, Virginia — Widowed head, owns house; sister Charlotte Saunders in household1930 U.S. census
• Lived 10 Apr 1940, 196 Patrick Street, Lynchburg, Virginia — Probable match: Matilda Thompson, 75, widowed head1940 U.S. census
• Died 8 Apr 1940, Lynchburg, Virginia — Matilda Thompson, 75; mother "Martha Dobbins", father "Unobtainable"; spouse Tom ThompsonVirginia death certificate, 1940 (image read Oct 2026)

Still open: Martha's surname: Dobbins (death certificates) vs Martin (1876 marriage): a birth name and a later name? · 1870 Bedford/Lynchburg census page by page (Otter District) for Martha with Charlotte and Matilda. · Charlotte's marriage to Charles Saunders (about 1878-1900).

Minnie Jane Isbell 1861–

Father and enslaver. Her father, John W. Isbell, was also her mother's enslaver. The Virginia slave birth index records Minnie Jane's birth in October 1861 in Appomattox County to Bettie, with John W. Isbell as owner; the family tree records him as her father.

• Born Oct 1861, Appomattox County, Virginia — Daughter of Bettie; John W. Isbell named as ownerVirginia Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866 (FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:W8R7-TLZM)

Henry Thompson 1863/64-1916

Henry Thompson, Edward's older brother, was born in Amherst County about 1863-64, a son of Charles Thompson and Sarah Garland. He married Birda Page in Amherst in 1886 (index naming his parents as Chas. and Sarah Thompson) and was a widower in Lynchburg by 1910, with his son Eugene and his widowed mother Sarah in the house. He worked as a driver and died in Lynchburg on 14 Apr 1916. His death certificate, given by his sister Mary Jane Thornhill, is the first record of his father's birthplace: Buckingham County.

• Married 21 Jul 1886, Amherst County, Virginia — Married Birda Page; parents Chas. Thompson and Sarah ThompsonVirginia Select Marriages (index)
• Lived 23 Apr 1910, Ward 2, Lynchburg, Virginia — Head, widowed, with son Eugene, 18, and his mother Sarah1910 U.S. census
• Died 14 Apr 1916, Lynchburg, Virginia — Driver; father Charles Thompson, born Buckingham Co.; mother Sarah Garland; informant his sister Mary Jane ThornhillVirginia death certificate, Lynchburg, file 8881

Still open: His wife Birda Page's death (1886-1910) and his son Eugene.

Sampson "Sam" Rose 1864-

Sam (Sampson) Rose was born in Amherst County about 1864-1870 and married Susan Jones in Lynchburg on 29 Apr 1891; the marriage index names his parents as Fayette Rose and Letitia. He was a laborer who owned his home in the Madison Heights area of Elon District, and in 1920 his daughter Sadie and her husband Garland Thompson lived with him. Sadie's delayed birth certificate and death certificate both name him as her father. Ancestry ThruLines shows 9 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Sam. His 1924 death certificate, given by his son Morris, names his mother as Latitia Rose; he died in Elon District, Amherst County, on 27 Jan 1924.

• Married 29 Apr 1891, Lynchburg, Virginia — Married Susan Jones; his parents Fayette and Letitia Rose; her mother Henrietta Jones, father blankLynchburg marriage register, 1891, line 55
• Lived 6 Jun 1900, Madison Precinct, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — Day laborer, owns house; born Apr 1864 per this census1900 U.S. census
• Worked 29 Jan 1920, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — Laborer at a wholesale store; owns home1920 U.S. census

Still open: Birth year 1864 vs 1867-1870. · Death after 1920. · Children Morris, Henrietta, Letitia, Girvia, Mary missing from the tree.

Susie Jones Rose 1864-

Susan (Susie) Jones married Sam Rose in Lynchburg on 29 Apr 1891; the marriage register index names her mother as Henrietta Jones and leaves her father's given name blank. In 1900 she had borne nine children, all living, in Madison Precinct, Amherst County. Her daughter Sadie's 1944 delayed birth certificate, sworn by her son Morris, gives her birthplace as Nelson County. The tree's father 'Hyatt Jones' matches only one record found: the 1878 Lynchburg marriage of Dilcey Jones, born about 1855 in Appomattox, daughter of Hyatt (or Wyatt) Jones and Henrietta, to Robert Booker, the brother of Belle Booker Thompson. Dilcey was very likely Susie's older sister, which would tie the Jones, Rose, Booker and Thompson families together two ways. Her 1919 death certificate, given by her husband, names her father as Harry Wilson and her mother as Henrietta Jones, both born in Virginia; she died at Madison Heights, Amherst County, on 19 Mar 1919 and was buried at Lovingston.

• other 18 Sep 1878, Lynchburg, Virginia — Probable sister Dilcey Jones, 23, born Appomattox Co., daughter of Hyatt [Wyatt] Jones & Henrietta, married Robert Booker (son of Garland & Amy Booker)Virginia Marriages 1785-1940 (FamilySearch XRCM-W5S; index)
• Married 29 Apr 1891, Lynchburg, Virginia — Married Sampson Rose; her mother Henrietta Jones; father blank (no "Hyatt Jones")Lynchburg marriage register, 1891, line 55
• Lived 6 Jun 1900, Madison Precinct, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — Wife, born Oct 1864; 9 children, 9 living1900 U.S. census

Still open: Father: blank on her 1891 marriage; 'Hyatt Jones' rests on her probable sister Dilcey's 1878 marriage. Read the 1891 image (62154_i1023819-00450). · 1870 Appomattox census for Hyatt/Wyatt and Henrietta Jones with Dilcey and Susan. · Dilcey (Jones) Booker's death certificate (1912+). · Her own death date and place.

Phebe Statham abt 1864-1937

Phebe Statham was a daughter of Robert and Bettie Statham, listed as Phebe, 6, in their Clover Hill household in 1870. She married Alfred Lee and was his widow when she died on 27 Feb 1937 in Brookville District, Campbell County, Virginia, aged about 70; she had worked as a domestic. Her death certificate names her parents as Bob Statham and Bettie Statham, both born in Appomattox County, and the informant was her brother Fletcher Statham. She was buried in Campbell County on 2 Mar 1937.

• Lived 2 Aug 1870, Clover Hill, Appomattox County, Virginia — Phebe, 6, in Robert Statham's household1870 U.S. census
• Died 27 Feb 1937, Brookville District, Campbell County, Virginia — "Pheobia Lee", widow of Alfred Lee, about 70, domestic; father Bob Statham, mother Bettie Statham, both born Appomattox Co.; informant Fletcher StathamVirginia death certificate (reg. 5, file 6876)
• Buried 2 Mar 1937, Campbell County, Virginia — Undertaker Strange & HigginbothamVirginia death certificate

Still open: Her marriage to Alfred Lee (date and place).

Edward Thompson 1865-1926

Edward Thompson, Kerwin's 2nd-great-grandfather, was born in Amherst County on 25 Dec 1865, a son of Charles Thompson and Sarah Garland, as his death certificate states. He was the four-year-old Edward in their 1870 household and probably the Edmund indexed as born to them in January 1866. He married Belle Booker in Amherst County on 25 Sep 1889; the register, read in October 2026, names his parents "Chas. & Sarah Thompson" (the index's "Elias" is an error) and farmed in Elon District, first in his mother-in-law Amy Booker's household and later as a truck farmer. He and Belle had at least eight children; his son Garland Thompson Sr. and daughter Susie Thompson White both named him as their father. He died suddenly of heat while at work in his field in Elon District on 2 Aug 1926 and was buried at Lovingston Cemetery; his son Garland was the informant. A DNA match of Kerwin's who descends from Edward's brother William James Thompson fits full siblings.

• Born 25 Dec 1865, Amherst County, Virginia — Age 60 y 7 m 7 d at death; parents Charles Thompson and Sarah Garland, both born Amherst Co.Virginia death certificate no. 18534 (1926)
• Lived 1 Jul 1870, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — Age 4 in Charles and Sarah Thompson's household1870 U.S. census
• Married 25 Sep 1889, Amherst County, Virginia — Married Belle Booker; his parents "Chas. & Sarah Thompson", hers "Garland & Ally [Amy?] Booker"Amherst Co. marriage register 3, p. 190 (FamilySearch DGS 007735325, i=210)
• Lived 4 Jun 1900, Madison Precinct, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — Farmer, son-in-law in Amy Booker's household (this census gives his birth as Dec 1861)1900 U.S. census
• Worked Apr 1910, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — Truck farmer, rented1910 U.S. census
• Died 2 Aug 1926, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — Farmer, married; heat apoplexy, "at work in field"; informant his son Garland ThompsonVirginia death certificate no. 18534
• Buried 5 Aug 1926, Lovingston Cemetery, Virginia — L. W. Pryor & Co., LynchburgVirginia death certificate no. 18534

Still open: Merge the tree's duplicate Edward (born about 1866, son of Charles and Sarah) into this Edward.

Charles "Charlie" Thompson about 1868/70-1925

Charlie Thompson, a son of Charles Thompson and Sarah Garland, was born in Amherst County, probably the Charles indexed as born there in January 1868 (his death certificate implies about 1870). He was a blacksmith in Lynchburg, divorced, and died there on 24 Aug 1925. His sister Mary J. Thornhill gave his father's birthplace as Buckingham County, as she had on their brother Henry's certificate.

• Died 24 Aug 1925, Lynchburg, Virginia — Blacksmith, divorced, age 55; father Chas. Thompson, born Buckingham Co.; mother Sarah Garland; informant his sister Mary J. ThornhillVirginia death certificate no. 17841
• Buried 27 Aug 1925, Methodist Cemetery, Lynchburg, VirginiaVirginia death certificate no. 17841

Lucy Ann Marshall 1869-1944

Lucy Ann Marshall was born in Campbell County about 1869, a daughter of Patrick and Elvira Marshall; her own 1944 death certificate index names them, as did (by initials) her 1898 marriage register. She was one year old in their household in 1870, and by 1880 was 11 in her father's household with a stepmother, Doshia. Her sisters included Sarah A. Nowlin (1878-1949) and her brothers Beverly and Clem (born 1864 in Appomattox). She had at least two children before marrying Gus Cheatham in 1898, and died in Campbell County on 14 Aug 1944.

• Lived 26 Aug 1870, Eastern Division, Campbell County, Virginia — Age 1, with Patrick and Elvira Marshal1870 U.S. census
• Lived 1880, Campbell County, Virginia — Lucy Ann, 11, in Patrick Marshall's household with stepmother Doshia (26) and siblings Beverly, Clement, Sallie, Dora, Edmonia1880 U.S. census (FamilySearch MCPG-8QX; index)
• Married 17 Jul 1898, Campbell County, Virginia — Married Gustavus Cheatham; parents P. and E. MarshallCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1898
• Lived 20 Apr 1910, Red House Road, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife; 9 children, 8 living; son Rufus H. Marshall in household1910 U.S. census
• Lived 9 Jan 1920, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife, 501920 U.S. census
• Died 14 Aug 1944, Campbell County, Virginia — Lucy Ann Cheatham, 74; father Patrick Marshall; mother Elvira Marshall; spouse Gus CheathamVirginia death certificate, 1944 (image read Oct 2026)

Still open: Read the 1944 certificate image (43006_162028006072_0158-00257) for the informant and birthplace. · Father of Rufus H. Marshall and Edna L.

Catherine Brown Payne 1870-

Catherine Brown, daughter of Alex and Mary Brown, married the twice-widowed Charles Payne in Campbell County on 29 Dec 1895. In 1900 she lived with him in Otter District, Bedford County, with his children from earlier marriages and her own son Charles Brown. She was William Payne's stepmother, not Kerwin's ancestor.

• Married 29 Dec 1895, Campbell County, Virginia — Married Charles Payne; parents Alex and Mary BrownCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1895, p. 89
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Wife; 1 child born, 1 living1900 U.S. census

Still open: Stepmother, not mother, of William Payne; detach her as William's mother in the tree if attached. · Her death.

Amelia "Melia" Ward Payne 1870-

Amelia ("Melia") Ward was William S. Payne's mother. She was born about 1861 and married Charles Payne in Campbell County on 30 Dec 1879, at 18; the register (indexed as "Aruelia" Ward) names her parents as David and "D." Ward. In June 1880 the young couple were farm laborers in Rustburg District, she listed as mulatto and as "Lelia". She bore William on 10 Jun 1881 (birth register, mother "Melia Payne") and died before April 1893, when Charles remarried as a widower. William's 1954 death certificate, naming his mother "Mellie Ward", is therefore correct. The tree's "Melia Ward, abt 1870" had been confused with Charles's second wife, Malissa Ward (m. 1893, parents B. and F. Ward).

• Married 30 Dec 1879, Campbell County, Virginia — 'Aruelia' Ward, 18, colored, daughter of David & D. Ward, married Chas Payne, 22, son of A. & Kitty Payne; by Jas. LynchCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1879 (Ancestry 62154, image i1023774-00509; index)
• Lived Jun 1880, Rustburg District, Campbell County, Virginia — 'Lelia' Payne, 19, mulatto, wife of Charles Payne, 221880 U.S. census (FamilySearch MCPG-GJY; index)
• child 10 Jun 1881, James River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Son Wm. H. Payne born; mother 'Melia Payne', father Chas. Payne (informant)Campbell Co. Register of Births 1881, p. 267
• Married 23 Apr 1893, Campbell County, Virginia — Malissa Ward, 23, single, married the widower Chas. Payne; her parents 'B. & F. Ward'Campbell Co. Register of Marriages 1893, p. 74

Still open: Read the 1879 register image (62154_i1023774-00509): her given name and her mother's name ('D.'). · Her death, between 1881 and April 1893. · Her parents David Ward and [D.]: a colored David Ward x Patience Ward had a son in Campbell in 1876 (lead). · Split the tree person: Amelia Ward (m. 1879, William's mother) and Malissa Ward (m. 1893, stepmother).

William James Thompson 1870-1943

William James Thompson, Edward's younger brother, was born in Amherst County, probably on 21 Sep 1870. His 1898 Amherst marriage certificate names his parents as Charles Thompson and Sarah Thompson; he married Ardelia Payne at Madison Heights on 11 May 1898. In 1900 he was a rock quarryman in Amherst County with Ardelia, their daughter, his widowed mother Sarah and his brother Leroy. By 1920 the family had moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a laborer. He died at Homestead Hospital on 12 Oct 1943 and was buried in Homestead Cemetery. A DNA match of Kerwin's (52 cM) descends from William's daughter Dolores, which fits full siblings with Edward.

• Married 11 May 1898, Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia — Married Ardelia Payne; his parents Charles Thompson and Sarah ThompsonAmherst Co. marriage certificate, 1898
• Lived 6 Jun 1900, Amherst County, Virginia — Rock quarryman; wife Adelia, daughter Willie A., mother Sarah, brother Leroy1900 U.S. census, Amherst Co., ED 9
• Lived 1940, Homestead, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — General laborer, 69, with Ardelia and their children1940 U.S. census, Homestead Ward 2, ED 2-233
• Died 12 Oct 1943, Homestead Hospital, Homestead, Pennsylvania — Father Charles Thompson; mother Sarah; informant his wife Ardelia (the form's "1890" birth year is a slip for 1870)Pennsylvania death certificate no. 91075
• Buried 15 Oct 1943, Homestead Cemetery, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania death certificate no. 91075

Belle S. Booker 1871-

Belle Booker, daughter of Garland and Amy Booker, married Edward Thompson in Amherst County on 25 Sep 1889, and in 1900 she and her family lived in her widowed mother Amy's household in Madison Precinct. In 1910 she worked as a stemmer in a tobacco factory and had borne eight children. A death index records Bell Thompson, Black, who died in Lynchburg on 2 Oct 1913, daughter of Garland S. Booker and Ann Booker, born in March (as Belle was); this is very probably her. Her siblings included Robert Booker (born 1856 in Lynchburg), who married Dilcey Jones in 1878, and Mary Washington (1871-1940); her father Garland also had children with Jennie Pettyjohn.

• Married 25 Sep 1889, Amherst County, Virginia — Married Edward Thompson; her parents "Garland & Ally [Amy?] Booker"Amherst Co. marriage register 3, p. 190
• Lived 4 Jun 1900, Madison Precinct, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — In her mother's household; born Mar 1871 per this census1900 U.S. census
• Worked Apr 1910, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — Stemmer in a tobacco factory1910 U.S. census
• Died 2 Oct 1913, Lynchburg, Virginia — Bell Thompson; father Garland Booker, mother "Ann Booker" (Amy in her siblings' records)Virginia death certificate, 1913

Still open: Birth year 1868, 1871 or 1876. · Her mother is "Ally [Amy?]" in 1889 and "Ann" in 1913: hold as Amy/Ann.

Fletcher Irvin Statham Sr 1872-1952

Fletcher Irvin Statham Sr. was born on 2 February in Appomattox County, Virginia, to Robert and Bettie (Isbell) Statham; his birth year is recorded from 1872 to 1876 (the death certificate says 1876). Two records name his parents: his 1896 Lynchburg marriage register ("Robt. & Bettie Statham") and his 1952 death certificate, reported by his son Fletcher Jr. He married Anna Belle Rose in Lynchburg on 22 Jan 1896, and they owned a home at Tyreeanna in Brookville District, Campbell County, for more than fifty years, raising at least ten children. He worked as a fireman at a brickyard, then at a bark extract plant and paper mill, and later as a bark-extraction foreman. Kerwin shares DNA with 6 people who descend from Fletcher Sr. and Anna through their other children (Ancestry ThruLines), which ties Kerwin's line to this couple. He died at home on 6 Jun 1952 and was buried at Megginson Cemetery.

• Born 2 Feb 1872 (records range 1872-1876), Appomattox County, Virginia — Age 7 in 1880 fits 1872-73; later records (WWI card 1875/76, death certificate 2 Feb 1876) point later; birthplace Appomattox Co. per 1896 marriage register and 1952 death certificate1880 U.S. census; 1896 Lynchburg marriage register; 1952 Virginia death certificate
• Lived 9-10 Jun 1880, Stonewall District, Appomattox County, Virginia — Son, 7, in mother Bettie Staton's household with grandmother Nancy Isbell1880 U.S. census
• Married 22 Jan 1896, Lynchburg, Virginia — Married Anna Belle Rose; he was 22, farmer, living in Campbell Co.; parents Robt. & Bettie StathamLynchburg Register of Marriages 1896, p. 21, line 13
• Lived 26 Sep 1896, Mt. Tyreanna, Blackwater District, Campbell County, Virginia — Father (fireman, of Mt. Tyreanna) of son Robt. Statham born 26 Sep 1896Register of Births, Campbell County, 1896
• Lived 22 Apr 1910, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Head, 35, owns home free of mortgage; widowed mother Bettie in the same dwelling1910 U.S. census
• Worked 22 Apr 1910, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Fireman at a brickyard1910 U.S. census
• Lived 12 Sep 1918, Lynchburg, Virginia — WWI registrant, age 43, born Feb. 2, 187[5/6]; wife Anna B. Statham nearest relativeWWI draft registration card
• Lived 2 Jan 1920, Concord Road, Brookville District, Campbell County, Virginia — Head, 42, [lineman] at an extract plant; home owned, mortgaged1920 U.S. census
• Lived 1920-21, Tyreeanna Av., R.F.D. No. 3, Lynchburg, Virginia — Fireman; wife Anna B.Lynchburg city directory, 1920-21
• Lived 4 Apr 1930, Tyreeanna Road, Brookville District, Campbell County, Virginia — Head, 54, fireman at a bark mill; owns home worth $1,5001930 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Apr 1940, Route 722, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Head, 64; home owned ($1,000); household includes grandchildren from Philadelphia and New York1940 U.S. census
• Worked 1939-1940, Campbell County, Virginia — Bark extraction foreman at a paper mill, 45 weeks worked in 1939, $6751940 U.S. census
• Lived 9 May 1950, Campbell County, Virginia (E.D. 16-3) — Age 74, unable to work, with wife Anna and son Fletcher Jr.1950 U.S. census
• Died 6 Jun 1952, Rt. 3, Lynchburg, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — As "Fletcher E. Statham", b. Feb. 2, 1876, Appomattox Co.; father Robert Statham, mother's maiden name given as Bettie Statham; cardiac decompensation due to senility; informant his son Fletcher Statham Jr.Virginia death certificate, 1952 (State File 14304)
• Buried 10 Jun 1952, Megginson Cemetery, Rt. 3, Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia — Cemetery name read [Megginson]; Find a Grave index agreesVirginia Certificate of Death, 1952; Find a Grave index

Still open: Birth year: 1872 (1880 census, tree) vs 22 in Jan 1896 (about 1873-74) vs 1875/1876 (WWI card, later censuses, death certificate). Search Appomattox birth registers 1872-1876 for a son of Robert and Bettie. · Add shared cM for the 6 ThruLines matches through Fletcher Sr. and Anna, and which child each descends from. · 1900 census: is 'Richard' Statham (b. Apr 1874, wife Annie, daughter Adele b. Feb 1899) actually Fletcher? · Children missing from the tree: Robt. [D.] (b. 26 Sep 1896) and Douglas Duvall (1905-1978, probably the tree's 'Dudley'). · Death certificate gives middle initial 'E.'; other records give Irvin/Irvine/I.

Augustus "Gus" Thomas Cheatham 1872-1952

Gus (Augustus) Cheatham was born in Appomattox County on 25 Jan, about 1870-1872, a son of Sam and Sallie Cheatham, and as a child lived with his mother, a servant, in a white farmer's household. His parents are named on his 1898 marriage register ("S. & S. Cheatham") and on his 1952 death certificate, reported by his son-in-law Clarence Callahan. He married Lucy A. Marshall in Campbell County on 17 Jul 1898 (the clerk swapped the bride's and groom's names) and farmed rented land in Falling River District. Widowed, he lived with his daughter Esther Callaham near Forest, where he died on 2 Sep 1952. Ancestry ThruLines shows 9 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Gus.

• Born 25 Jan 1872, Appomattox County, Virginia — Death certificate gives 25 Jan 1870; censuses fit 18721952 death certificate; censuses
• Lived 5 Jun 1880, Clover Hill District, Appomattox County, Virginia — Servant's child, 7, with mother Sally in Archy Bigbie's household1880 U.S. census
• Married 17 Jul 1898, Campbell County, Virginia — Married Lucy A. Marshall as Gustavus Cheatham (names entered in the wrong columns); his parents 'S. & S. Cheatham', hers 'P. & E. Marshall'Campbell Co. Register of Marriages 1898
• Worked 20 Apr 1910, Red House Road, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farmer, renting1910 U.S. census
• Worked 9 Jan 1920, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farmer, renting1920 U.S. census
• Lived 18 May 1950, Bedford County, Virginia — Widowed father-in-law in Clarence Callaham's household1950 U.S. census
• Died 2 Sep 1952, Rt. 1, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia — Cerebral hemorrhage; b. Jan-25-1870, Appomattox Co.; father Sam Cheatham, mother Sallie Cheatham; informant son-in-law Clarence CallahanVirginia death certificate, 1952 (State File 23625)
• Buried 6 Sep 1952, St. Luke Church cemetery, Campbell County, VirginiaVirginia death certificate, 1952 (State File 23625)

Still open: Birth year 1870 (death certificate) vs 1872 (censuses, tree). · Sallie's maiden name is not given; 'Cheatham' may be her own surname. · Tree child 'Rufus Cheatham' is his stepson Rufus H. Marshall. · Daughter Sallie's NYC death certificate no. 1151.

John G. Thompson about 1872/77-1932

John G. Thompson, a son of Charles Thompson and Sarah (Garland) Thompson, was born in Amherst County. He was probably the single butler, 38, living with his mother and brother Henry in Lynchburg in 1910. He later married Lillie, worked as an insurance agent, and died in Lynchburg on 21 Jul 1932; he was buried in the Old Methodist cemetery, as his brothers Henry and Charlie had been. His death certificate names Charles as his father, so he was a full brother of Edward; the Ancestry tree attaches him to Sarah alone.

• Died 21 Jul 1932, Lynchburg, Virginia — Insurance agent, married to Lillie; age 55; father Charles Thompson, born Amherst Co.; mother Sarah Thompson; informant his wifeVirginia death certificate no. 14938
• Buried 24 Jul 1932, Old Methodist cemetery, Lynchburg, VirginiaVirginia death certificate no. 14938

Still open: Whether he is the John, single, 38, in the 1910 household (probable).

Anna Belle Rose Statham 1874-1952

Anna Belle Rose was a Black woman born in Campbell County, Virginia, about 1872-1874 (her death certificate's year is overwritten to 1878), a daughter of blacksmith Peter Rose and Adeline (Addie) Scott. Two records name her parents: her 1896 Lynchburg marriage register ("Peter & Addie Rose") and her 1952 death certificate, reported by her husband. She married Fletcher Irvin Statham in Lynchburg on 22 Jan 1896 and kept house at Tyreeanna in Brookville District for 56 years, bearing at least ten children and later raising grandchildren there. Kerwin shares DNA with 6 people who descend from Anna and Fletcher Sr. through their other children (Ancestry ThruLines). She died at home on 2 Jan 1952 and was buried in a family cemetery in Campbell County (Megginson, per Find a Grave).

• Born 28 Mar 1874 (records range about 1872-1878), Campbell County, Virginia — Birthplace per 1896 marriage register and 1952 death certificate; death certificate year overwritten as 187[8]; 1880 age 6 fits 18741880 U.S. census; 1896 Lynchburg marriage register; Virginia Certificate of Death, 1952
• Lived 21 Jun 1880, Rustburg Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Daughter, 6, of Peter and Adaline Rose1880 U.S. census
• Married 22 Jan 1896, Lynchburg, Virginia — Married Fletcher Irvine Statham; she was 23, living in Lynchburg; parents Peter & Addie RoseLynchburg Register of Marriages 1896, p. 21, line 13
• Lived 22 Apr 1910, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife, 36; 10 children born, 6 living1910 U.S. census
• Lived 4 Apr 1930, Tyreeanna Road, Brookville District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife, 551930 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Apr 1940, Route 722, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife, 65; 9 children ever born; household informant1940 U.S. census
• Died 2 Jan 1952, Rt. 3, Lynchburg, Brookville Magisterial District, Campbell County, Virginia — Born Mar. 28, 187[8] (overwritten), age 73; father Peter Rose, mother Adeline Scott; cardiac decompensation due to cardio-renal hypertension; informant husband FletcherVirginia death certificate, 1952 (State File 1378)
• Buried 6 Jan 1952, Family cemetery, Campbell County, Virginia — Find a Grave index names Megginson CemeteryVirginia Certificate of Death, 1952; Find a Grave index

Still open: Birth year: 1874 (1880 census, tree) vs about 1872-73 (age 23 in Jan 1896) vs 187[8] on the death certificate. · Add shared cM for the 6 ThruLines matches through Anna and Fletcher Sr. · 1900 census 'Annie' Statham (b. May 1875, wife of 'Richard') may be her; unproven. · Children count conflict: 10 born by 1910 vs 9 in 1940. · Is Megginson Cemetery the family cemetery?

Archie Sam (S. A.) Callaham 1874-1958

Archie Sam Callaham was born in Campbell County about 1873-74 (an index gives 11 Nov 1873) and farmed in Falling River District near Naruna. He was a son of Peter and Sarah (Hubbard) Callaham: his own 1958 death certificate, read in October 2026, names his parents as Peter and Sarah Callaham, and his 1900 marriage register names his mother Sarah. He married Hettie Wynn on 14 Mar 1900, owned his farm by 1910, and reported Hettie's death in the 1918 influenza; by 1930 he had a second wife, Jennie. He died on 30 Oct 1958, at Gladys according to the death index. Ancestry ThruLines shows 6 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Archie.

• Married 14 Mar 1900, Campbell County, Virginia — Married Hettie Wynn; he was 24, she 17; his parents '[Pete(r)? / Fitts?] & Sarah' (first name partly illegible); hers 'J. W. & Nannie'Campbell Co. Register of Marriages 1900, line 47
• Lived 13 Jun 1900, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farmer, renting; born Nov 1874 per this census1900 U.S. census
• Worked 22 Apr 1910, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farmer, owns farm free of mortgage1910 U.S. census
• Lived 8 Jan 1920, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Widowed farmer with seven children1920 U.S. census
• Lived 2 Apr 1930, Farm Road, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farmer, owns farm; wife Jennie1930 U.S. census
• Lived 12 Apr 1940, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farmer, owns farm; wife Jennie1940 U.S. census
• Lived 28 Apr 1950, Falling River, Campbell County, Virginia — Widowed, living with son Gordon's family1950 U.S. census
• Died 30 Oct 1958, Gladys, Campbell County, Virginia — As Sam Archie Callaham, b. 11 Nov 1873, Campbell Co.; father Peter Callaham, mother Sarah CallahamVirginia death certificate, 1958 (image read Oct 2026)

Still open: Birth year 1873/1874 vs about 1869-1870. · Second wife Jennie: marriage (1920-1930), maiden name, death (1940-1950).

Martha (Dobbins / Martin) Fields

Martha is the earliest known woman in Kerwin's direct maternal (mtDNA) line. She was the mother of Matilda (Fields) Thompson and Charlotte (Fields) Saunders, both born in Bedford County about 1858-1863. Three death records of her children and grandchild call her Martha Dobbins (Charlotte 1933, Matilda 1940, Susie Gibson 1949), while Matilda's 1876 marriage index calls her Martha Martin. Charlotte's certificate names the father as Buck Fields. Martha was almost certainly born enslaved in Virginia; no record of her own has been found yet.

• other 16 Apr 1876, Bedford County, Virginia — Named as mother 'Martha Martin' at daughter Matilda's marriageBedford Co. marriage register, line 1346
• other 8 Apr 1940, Lynchburg, Virginia — Named as mother 'Martha Dobbins' on Matilda's death certificateMatilda Thompson's 1940 Virginia death certificate (image read)

Still open: Martin or Dobbins: birth name vs a later married name? · 1870 and 1880 Bedford census for Martha (with Buck Fields or a Dobbins husband). · Bedford Co. birth registers 1853-65 under the enslaver.

David Ward

David Ward is named as the father of Amelia ('Aruelia') Ward on her 30 Dec 1879 marriage to Charles Payne in Campbell County, which makes him William S. Payne's grandfather and Kerwin's 3rd-great-grandfather. The mother's name is indexed only as 'D.'. A colored David Ward and Patience Ward had a son David in Campbell County in Nov 1876, possibly the same family. Nothing else is known yet.

• other 30 Dec 1879, Campbell County, Virginia — Named as father of the bride Aruelia [Amelia] WardCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1879 (index)

Still open: Read the 1879 marriage image. · 1870/1880 Campbell census for a colored David Ward household with Amelia (b. about 1861).

William Payne 1880-1954

William Payne was born in Campbell County about 1880-82; the birth register, reported by his father, records "Wm. H. Payne" born 10 Jun 1881 to Chas. and Melia Payne. His mother was Amelia (Melia) Ward, daughter of David Ward, who married Charles Payne in Campbell County on 30 Dec 1879 (index); she is the "Mellie Ward" on his 1954 death certificate. After her death Charles married Malissa Ward (1893), a different woman, who was William's stepmother. He married Martha H. Thompson in 1908 and farmed in Otter District, Bedford County, near Forest, where they raised twelve children; widowed in 1937, he kept the farm and cared for his aged father. He died at Lynchburg General Hospital on 28 Jul 1954 and was buried in the family cemetery in Bedford County. Ancestry ThruLines shows 1 of Kerwin's DNA matches through William.

• Born 11 Jun 1880, Campbell County, Virginia — His own 1942 draft card; birth register gives 10 Jun 1881, death certificate 19 Jun 1882WWII draft registration card (1942)
• Born 10 Jun 1881, James River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wm. H. Payne, colored male; father Chas. Payne, mother Melia Payne; informant Chas. Payne, fatherCampbell Co. Register of Births 1881, James River District, p. 267, line 273
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Son in Charles Payne's household1900 U.S. census
• Married 16 Jun 1908, Bedford County, Virginia — Married Martha ThompsonVirginia Select Marriages index
• Worked 4 May 1910, Otter River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farm laborer, renting1910 U.S. census
• Worked 16 Jan 1920, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Farmer, renting1920 U.S. census
• Worked 11 Apr 1930, Black Water Road, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Farmer, owns farm1930 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Apr 1940, State Highway 668, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Widowed farmer; his father Charles in household1940 U.S. census
• Lived 1942, R.F.D. 1, Box 123, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia — Self-employedWWII draft registration card
• Died 28 Jul 1954, Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia — Uremia; carcinoma of the prostate; b. 6/19/1882, Bedford Co.; father Charles Payne, mother "Mellie Ward"; informant his daughter Eliza P. CallowayVirginia death certificate, 1954 (State File 14571)
• Buried 1 Aug 1954, Family cemetery, Bedford County, VirginiaVirginia death certificate, 1954 (State File 14571)

Still open: Birth date: 11 Jun 1880 (draft card) vs 10 Jun 1881 (birth register) vs 19 Jun 1882 (death certificate). · Middle initial S (tree) vs H (birth register) vs none. · Read the 30 Dec 1879 Campbell marriage register image (Ancestry 62154, i1023774-00509) to confirm Amelia Ward's parents (David & "D." Ward).

Hettie Lou Wynn Callahan 1883-1918

Hettie Lou Wynn was born in Campbell County on 9 Feb 1883, a daughter of John Wynn and Nannie Perkins. Her death certificate, reported by her husband Archie Callahan of Naruna, names her parents, and her 1900 marriage register gives them as "J. W. & Nannie". She married Archie Callaham on 14 Mar 1900 at seventeen and raised at least seven children on their farm in Falling River District. She died of the Spanish flu on 12 Oct 1918 and was buried at Naruna. Ancestry ThruLines shows 6 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Hettie.

• Born 9 Feb 1883, Campbell County, VirginiaVirginia death certificate, 1918 (File 25703)
• Married 14 Mar 1900, Campbell County, Virginia — Married Archie Callaham, aged 17; parents J. W. and NannieCampbell Co. Register of Marriages 1900, line 47
• Lived 22 Apr 1910, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife; 3 children, all living1910 U.S. census
• Died 12 Oct 1918, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Spanish flu; age 35; father John Wynn, mother Nannie Perkins (both b. Campbell Co.); informant husband Archie Callahan, NarunaVirginia death certificate, 1918 (File 25703)
• Buried 13 Oct 1918, Naruna, Campbell County, VirginiaVirginia death certificate, 1918 (File 25703)

Still open: The 1930 and 1940 'Jennie' is Archie's second wife, not Hettie. · Burial site at Naruna.

Martha H. Thompson Payne 1887-1937

Martha H. Thompson was born in Bedford County about 1887, a daughter of Tom Thompson and Matilda Fields. Her 1937 death certificate, reported by her husband William Payne, names her parents, and her children's birth certificates of 1912-1918 give her maiden name as Martha (Marthie H.) Thompson. She married William Payne in 1908 and raised twelve children on the family farm in Otter District near Forest. She died at home on 2 Feb 1937, aged about 50. Ancestry ThruLines shows 1 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Martha, and 7 through her father Thomas.

• Born Apr 1887, Bedford County, Virginia — Tree has abt 18891900 U.S. census
• Lived 20 Jun 1900, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Daughter in Thomas and Matilda Thompson's household1900 U.S. census
• Married 16 Jun 1908, Bedford County, Virginia — Married William Payne; parents Thomas and Matilda ThompsonVirginia Select Marriages index
• Lived 4 May 1910, Otter River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife, farm laborer working out1910 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Apr 1930, Black Water Road, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Wife of William Payne1930 U.S. census
• Died 2 Feb 1937, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Mitral regurgitation; arterial hypertension; age 50; father Tom Thompson, mother Matilda Fields; informant husband William PayneVirginia death certificate, 1937 (State No. 3830)
• Buried 4 Feb 1937, Bedford County, VirginiaVirginia death certificate, 1937 (State No. 3830)

Still open: Birth: Apr 1887 (1900 census) vs abt 1889 (tree). · Burial place in Bedford County. · Meaning of middle initial H.

Henrietta Jones

Henrietta Jones is named as the mother of Susan Jones on Susan's 29 Apr 1891 Lynchburg marriage to Sampson Rose, which makes her Sadie Rose's grandmother and Kerwin's 3rd-great-grandmother. The same Henrietta, with a husband named Hyatt (or Wyatt) Jones, is very probably the mother named on Dilcey Jones's 1878 marriage to Robert Booker; Dilcey was born about 1855 in Appomattox County. Nothing else is known yet.

• other 29 Apr 1891, Lynchburg, Virginia — Named as mother of the bride Susan JonesLynchburg Register of Marriages 1891 (Ancestry 62154:90492988; index)

Still open: 1870 Appomattox/Lynchburg census for her household. · Her husband Hyatt/Wyatt Jones (lead).

Sadie Rose 1893-1962

Sadie Rose was born in Amherst County on 4 Jan 1893 (her death certificate says 1892), a daughter of Sam Rose and Susie Jones. Her parents are named on a 1944 delayed birth certificate sworn by her brother Morris Rose, then 58; her death certificate confirms her father but gives her mother as "Unknown". She married Garland Thompson and raised at least eight children in Madison Heights and Lynchburg, working in a tobacco factory and as a laundress. She died in Lynchburg on 3 Apr 1962 and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. Ancestry ThruLines shows 2 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Sadie, and 9 through each of her parents.

• Born 4 Jan 1893, Amherst County, Virginia — Father Sam Rose (b. Amherst), mother Susie Jones (b. Nelson Co.); sworn by brother Morris Rose, 58; the state could not certify the date. Death certificate says 1892.Virginia delayed certificate of birth no. 8418 (filed 5 Jan 1945)
• Lived 29 Jan 1920, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — In her father Sam Rose's household; tobacco-factory laborer1920 U.S. census
• Worked 10 Apr 1930, Dawson Street, Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia — Laundress1930 U.S. census
• Died 3 Apr 1962, Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia — Acute coronary disease; age 70, b. 1/4/1892; father Sam Rose, mother "Unknown"; widow of Garland Thompson; informant Pecolia SteptoeVirginia death certificate, 1962 (State File 9566)
• Buried 1962, Forest Hill Cemetery, Campbell County (Lynchburg), Virginia1962 Virginia death certificate

Still open: Birth year 1892/1893/1894. · Marriage record with Garland Thompson (about 1910-1911); it would name her parents a second time. · Was she the 'Letitia' (b. Jan 1894) in her parents' 1900 household?

Garland Thompson Sr. 1894-1958

Garland Thompson Sr. was born in Amherst County about 1892-1894, the son of Edward Thompson and Belle Booker of Madison Heights. His 1958 death certificate names his parents, and his sister Susie Thompson White's 1930 Pittsburgh death certificate, for which Garland was the informant, names the same couple. He worked as a laborer for a grist mill, the Norfolk & Western Railroad, a flour mill and a guano factory, and with his wife Sadie Rose raised at least eight children in Madison Heights and Lynchburg. He died at Madison Heights on 19 Feb 1958 and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. Ancestry ThruLines shows 2 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Garland.

• Born 8 Jun 1894, Amherst County, Virginia — Death certificate date; his 1917 draft card and the 1900 census point to 1892Virginia death certificate no. 4438, 1958
• Lived 4 Jun 1900, Madison Precinct, Elon Township, Amherst County, Virginia — Grandson in Amy Booker's farm household1900 U.S. census
• Worked Apr 1910, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — Laborer, grist mill1910 U.S. census
• Worked 5 Jun 1917, Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia — Laborer for N&W Railroad Co. at Lynchburg; married, 3 childrenWorld War I draft registration card
• Lived 29 Jan 1920, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — Son-in-law in Sam Rose's household; flour-mill laborer1920 U.S. census
• Lived 10 Apr 1930, Dawson Street, Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia — Head, laborer at a guano factory; rented1930 U.S. census
• Lived 1930, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Informant (34 Kenney Way) for his sister Susie Thompson White's death; father Ed Thompson, mother Belle BookerPennsylvania death certificate of Susie Thompson White, 1930
• Died 19 Feb 1958, Madison Heights, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — Tuberculous pneumonia; father Edward Thompson, mother Belle Booker; wife Sadie; informant Pecolia SteptoeVirginia death certificate no. 4438, 1958
• Buried 21 Feb 1958, Forest Hill Cemetery, Campbell County (Lynchburg), VirginiaVirginia death certificate no. 4438, 1958

Still open: Birth year 1892 (1900 census, 1917 draft card) vs 1894 (death certificate). · Marriage record with Sadie Rose (about 1910-1911). · Was he the Garland Thompson in Pittsburgh in June 1930?

Clarence Robert Lee Callaham Sr. 1901-1961

Clarence Robert Lee Callaham Sr. was born on 9 Feb 1901 in Campbell County, the son of Archie Sam Callaham and Hettie Lou Wynn. His 1961 death certificate, reported by his wife Esther, names his parents, and his brother Gordon's 1939 marriage and 1974 death records name the same couple. He married Esther Marshall Cheatham about 1922 and they raised twelve children, first on a farm in Falling River District and from about 1935 near Forest in Bedford County, where he worked at sawmills. He died in Bedford County on 22 Jun 1961 and was buried at Evergreen Church cemetery, Naruna. Ancestry ThruLines shows 3 of Kerwin's DNA matches through Clarence Sr.

• Born 9 Feb 1901, Campbell County, VirginiaWWII draft registration card (1942); death certificate
• Lived 22 Apr 1910, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Son, 9, in Archie and Hetty Callaham's household1910 U.S. census
• Worked 25 Apr 1930, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Farmer, renting1930 U.S. census
• Worked 11 Apr 1940, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Log turner at a saw mill; same house in 19351940 U.S. census
• Worked 1942, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia — Sawmill near ForestWWII draft registration card
• Lived 18 May 1950, Bedford County, Virginia — Saw hand; father-in-law Gus Cheatham in household1950 U.S. census
• Died 22 Jun 1961, Bedford County, Virginia (near Lynchburg) — Coronary occlusion; age 60; father Archie Callaham, mother Hettie Wynn; informant his wife Esther CallahamVirginia death certificate, 1961 (State File 15546)
• Buried 1961, Evergreen Church cemetery, Naruna, Campbell County, Virginia1961 Virginia death certificate

Still open: Marriage record with Esther Cheatham (about 1922-1923). · Who was niece Nettie M. Jones (1930)?

Esther Marshall Cheatham Callaham 1904-1987

Esther Marshall Cheatham was born on 29 Apr 1904 in Campbell County, the daughter of Gus Cheatham and Lucy Ann Marshall; her 1987 death certificate index names her father as Gus Cheatham and her mother as Lucy Marshall Cheatham. She grew up in Gus's household (1910 and after), married Clarence Callaham Sr., and was the informant for her aunt Nina B. Dews in 1960. Her children's marriage records give her maiden name variously as Esther Marshall Cheatham, Esther M. Cheatham or Esther Marshall. She died in Lynchburg on 13 Oct 1987.

• Born 29 Apr 1904, VirginiaFind a Grave index
• Lived 20 Apr 1910, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Daughter, 6, in Gus Cheatham's household1910 U.S. census
• Lived 25 Apr 1930, Falling River District, Campbell County, Virginia — Wife of Clarence Callaham; first married at 181930 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Apr 1940, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Wife; same house in 19351940 U.S. census
• Lived 18 May 1950, Bedford County, Virginia — Wife; her father Gus Cheatham in the household1950 U.S. census
• Died 13 Oct 1987, Lynchburg, VirginiaFind a Grave index
• Buried 1987, Saint Luke Baptist Church cemetery, Charlotte County, VirginiaFind a Grave index
• Died 13 Oct 1987, Lynchburg, Virginia — Esther Marshall Callaham, 84; father Gus Cheatham; mother Lucy Marshall Cheatham; spouse Clarence CallahamVirginia death certificate, 1987 (image read Oct 2026)

Still open: Read the 1987 certificate image (43006_162028006071_0291-00386) for the informant. · Marriage record (about 1922).

Fannie Thompson 1920-1994

Fannie Thompson was born in Amherst County, probably on 19 May 1920, a daughter of Garland Thompson Sr. and Sadie Rose, and grew up in Madison Heights. Two marriage certificates, sixteen years apart, name her parents as Garland Thompson and Sadie Rose: her 1938 marriage to Charlie Lee McCraw and her 1954 marriage, as his widow, to Jessie James Calloway, performed by her brother Rev. Garland Thompson Jr. She was the mother of Kerwin's father (living), whose 1970 marriage return names her as his mother and gives his father as "Unknown"; DNA points to Fletcher Irvin Statham Jr. as that father. She died in Lynchburg in October 1994 as Fannie T. Calloway. Ancestry ThruLines shows no DNA matches for Kerwin through Fannie herself yet, but 2 through her parents.

• Born 19 May 1920, Amherst County, Virginia — Birth certificate no. 1920020972Virginia Birth Records index
• Lived 10 Apr 1930, Madison Heights, Elon District, Amherst County, Virginia — Daughter, 9, in Garland and Sadie Thompson's household1930 U.S. census
• Married 13 Feb 1938, Lynchburg, Virginia — Married Charlie Lee McCraw; she was 19, born "Lovingston Co. Va."; father Garland Thompson, mother Sadie RoseVirginia marriage certificate no. 2456, Lynchburg, 1938
• Married 14 Aug 1954, Lynchburg, Virginia — As Fannie Thompson McCraw, 34, widowed, born Amherst Co.; father Garland Thompson, mother Sadie Rose; married Jessie James Calloway; officiant Rev. Garland Thompson Jr.Virginia marriage certificate no. 21162, Lynchburg, 1954
• Lived 1970, Campbell County, Virginia — Named as mother (maiden name Fannie Thompson) on her son's marriage return; the groom gave his father as "Unknown"Virginia marriage return, Campbell Co., 1970 (State File 70 037115)
• Died Oct 1994, Lynchburg, Virginia — As Fannie T. CallowaySocial Security Death Index

Still open: Get the 1994 death certificate (tree gives 31 Oct 1994). · Birth: age 19 in Feb 1938 implies about 1918; 34 in Aug 1954 fits 19 May 1920. Birthplace Lovingston (Nelson Co.) on the 1938 certificate vs Amherst Co. · Death of first husband Charlie Lee McCraw (1938-1954). · Relationship with Fletcher Irvin Statham Jr.: no marriage record; the link is by DNA.

Matilda Elsie Thomas Payne Callaham 1928-2013

Matilda Elsie Payne was born in Bedford County on 8 Nov 1928, the youngest child of William Payne and Martha H. Thompson, and grew up on the family farm in Otter District. Her own 1947 marriage certificate names her parents and gives her maiden name as Matilda Elsie Payne, with no "Thomas"; the 1970 and 1980 marriage returns of her children also say Payne. "Thomas" appears in the birth index and on two later children's marriage returns (1974 and 1988) and is unexplained. She married Clarence Callaham Jr. on 14 Jun 1947 and raised seven children near Forest, and died on 17 Apr 2013, aged 84. Ancestry ThruLines shows no DNA matches for Kerwin through Matilda herself yet, but 1 through each of her parents.

• Born 8 Nov 1928, Bedford County, Virginia — Registered as Matilda Thomas Elsie PayneVirginia birth index (delayed record)
• Lived 11 Apr 1930, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Infant daughter in William Payne's household1930 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Apr 1940, Otter District, Bedford County, Virginia — Daughter, 11, in school1940 U.S. census
• Married 14 Jun 1947, Bedford County, Virginia — Married Clarence Callaham Jr.; she was 18, born Bedford Co.; maiden name Matilda Elsie Payne; father William Payne, mother Martha ThompsonVirginia marriage certificate no. 17295, Bedford Co., 1947
• Lived 18 May 1950, Bedford County, Virginia — Wife of Clarence Jr.1950 U.S. census
• Died 17 Apr 2013, Lynchburg, Virginia — Find a Grave gives ForestVirginia death index
• Buried 21 Apr 2013, Saint John Baptist Church cemetery, Forest, Bedford County, VirginiaObituary and Find a Grave index

Still open: Origin of 'Thomas' in her name (birth index; 1974 and 1988 children's returns) is unexplained; it is not her maiden name. · Death place Lynchburg vs Forest.

Buck Fields

Buck Fields is named as the father of Charlotte (Fields) Saunders on her 1933 Lynchburg death certificate index, with her mother Martha Dobbins. Charlotte was the sister of Matilda (Fields) Thompson, so Buck was very probably Matilda's father as well, and Kerwin's 3rd-great-grandfather in his direct maternal line. 'Buck' is a nickname; no other record of him has been found yet. He and Martha were very likely enslaved in Bedford County before 1865.

• other 16 Mar 1933, Lynchburg, Virginia — Named as father "Buck Feilds", with mother "Martha Dobins", on daughter Charlotte Saunders's death certificateCharlotte Saunders's 1933 Virginia death certificate (image read)

Still open: Read Charlotte's 1933 certificate image for his full name. · Matilda's 1876 marriage register and 1940 death certificate (father's column). · Bedford 1870 census and the 1866 cohabitation register (if extant).

Isaac Mallory abt 1805-

Index records name Isaac Mallory as the father of Littleton Mallory: the 1870 Madison County marriage register gives Littleton's parents as Isaac and Rosanna Malory, and Littleton's 1927 death certificate index names Isaac too. Isaac was born about 1805 and in 1870 lived at Wolftown in Madison County, Virginia, with Rose and their sons Littleton, Mason and Isaac. In 1880 he was at Locust Dale with Rosanna. His son Isaac Jr.'s 1875 marriage index also names Isaac and Rosa.

• Lived 1870, Wolftown, Madison County, Virginia — Black, b. about 1805, with Rose and sons Littleton, Mason and Isaac1870 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MFGP-W1H)
• Lived 1880, Locust Dale, Madison County, Virginia — With Rosanna (b. about 1804)1880 U.S. census (index)

Still open: Proof he is Littleton's father: the image of the 24 Nov 1870 Madison Co. marriage register. · A Virginia cohabitation register for Madison Co. (Library of Virginia), if it survives; Freedmen's Bureau records for Culpeper/Madison. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Rosanna Mallory abt 1805-

Index records name Rosanna (Rose, Rosa) Mallory as the mother of Littleton Mallory in the 1870 Madison County marriage register, and as the mother of his brother Isaac in 1875. She was born about 1804-1810 and lived with Isaac Mallory at Wolftown, Madison County, Virginia, in 1870 and at Locust Dale in 1880. Littleton's 1927 death certificate index gives his mother as "Bettie," which was probably confused with his wife Betsy; the contemporary marriage register is preferred.

• Lived 1870, Wolftown, Madison County, Virginia — "Rose," b. about 1810, wife of Isaac Mallory1870 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MFGP-W1H)
• Lived 1880, Locust Dale, Madison County, Virginia — b. about 1804, with Isaac1880 U.S. census (index)

Still open: Proof she is Littleton's mother: the image of the 24 Nov 1870 Madison Co. marriage register. · Maiden name unknown. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

John Baker abt 1807-

John Baker was born about 1807 in Virginia and farmed at Locust Dale in Madison County. In 1870 he and his wife Martha headed a household of nine children and an elder, Phillis Watts. The marriage register of their daughter Betsy, who married Littleton Mallory in November 1870, names them as her parents. Their sons James (married Eliza Gibbs, 1879) and Joseph (married Harriet Twyman, 1883, and Hattie Davis, 1897) also named John and Martha Baker as parents, and a son Warner was born in April 1865.

• Lived 1870, Locust Dale, Madison County, Virginia — John (63) and Martha (50) Baker (indexed "Boker"), race Black, with Margaret, Betty, Joseph A., Milly A., James, Sarah, Mary, Patsy Jane and Phillis Watts (70)1870 U.S. census, Locustdale, Madison Co., Va. (index, Ancestry 7163; M593 roll 1662, p. 11B)
• other 24 Nov 1870, Madison County, Virginia — Named as parents of Betsy Baker at her marriage to Littleton MaloryVirginia County Marriage Records (index, FamilySearch)

Still open: Find John and Martha in 1880 and in Madison County's 1866 cohabitation register. · His death. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Edmund Jefferson about 1818/25-after 1883

Edmund (Edmond) Jefferson was born about 1818-25 in Virginia and lived in Rapidan District, Madison County. His daughter Lucinda's 1889 marriage record names him as her father. In 1870 and 1880 he headed a household with his wife Lucinda and their children, among them the twins Sally and Lucinda, born about 1863-64; the census marked the family Mulatto. He was the great-grandfather of Malinda Mallory. He was a blacksmith who owned land: in 1870 Edmond Jefferson, 45, blacksmith, had real estate worth $200, and in 1880 he was 62 (censuses, RECORD). His children's records say he was born in Greene County. He is absent from the 1850 and 1860 free schedules, so he was very probably enslaved before 1865. His wife was Lucinda Nichols, and eight children are known: Amanda, Mary (Mollie) Price, Martha Jackson, James C., John F. (a school teacher), Henry C., and the twins Sallie and Lucinda. Online trees attach him to an Edmund Robinson born in 1813 at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest (Monticello's database of enslaved people); no record ties our Edmund to that man, so the family's Thomas Jefferson story is unproven. The death date of 1929 in some trees has no record behind it.

• Lived 1870, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Edmond (45) and Lucinda (50) Jefferson with James, Martha, John, Henry and twins Sally and Lucinda (7); race Mulatto1870 U.S. census, Rapidan, Madison Co., Va. (index, Ancestry 7163; M593 roll 1662, p. 72B)
• Worked 1870, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Blacksmith; real estate $200, personal estate $2001870 U.S. census (image read)
• Lived 1880, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Edmond (62) and Lucinda (55) Jefferson with John, Henry, Sallie and Lucinda (16)1880 U.S. census, Rapidan, Madison Co., Va. (index, Ancestry 6742; ED 107, p. 362d)
• Worked 1880, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Blacksmith, 621880 U.S. census (image read)

Still open: His life before 1865 and his death. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches. · His land: Madison Co. deeds with Edmund Jefferson as buyer, 1865-1900 (family knowledge places land of the Jeffersons in Madison County). · His enslaver before 1865 (an 1866 cohabitation register would name the last one); the Thomas Jefferson / Randolph story stays unproven.

Martha Baker abt 1820-

Martha Baker was born about 1820 in Virginia, the wife of John Baker of Locust Dale, Madison County. In 1870 she was 50 and the mother of a large household; an older woman, Phillis Watts, 70, who lived with them may have been her mother. Her daughter Betsy's 1870 marriage register names her parents as John and Martha Baker. Their sons James (married Eliza Gibbs, 1879) and Joseph (married Harriet Twyman, 1883, and Hattie Davis, 1897) also named John and Martha Baker as parents, and a son Warner was born in April 1865.

• Lived 1870, Locust Dale, Madison County, Virginia — John (63) and Martha (50) Baker (indexed "Boker"), race Black, with Margaret, Betty, Joseph A., Milly A., James, Sarah, Mary, Patsy Jane and Phillis Watts (70)1870 U.S. census, Locustdale, Madison Co., Va. (index, Ancestry 7163; M593 roll 1662, p. 11B)
• other 24 Nov 1870, Madison County, Virginia — Named as parents of Betsy Baker at her marriage to Littleton MaloryVirginia County Marriage Records (index, FamilySearch)

Still open: Her maiden name: is Phillis Watts her mother? · Her death. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Lucinda Jefferson abt 1822-

Lucinda Jefferson, the elder, was born about 1820-25 in Virginia. She was the wife of Edmund Jefferson of Rapidan District, Madison County, and the mother of twins Sally and Lucinda, born about 1863-64; the younger Lucinda's 1889 marriage record names her parents as Edmund and Lucinda Jefferson. She was the great-grandmother of Malinda Mallory. Her maiden name was Nichols: three records agree, her daughter Amanda's 1918 Virginia death certificate ("Lucinda Nickals"), her son John F.'s 1883 Orange County marriage ("Lucinda [N]ickles") and her daughter Martha Jackson's 1931 Pennsylvania death certificate ("Lucinda Nichols") (RECORD). Two of these give her birthplace as Greene County. "Runkle", in some trees, came from an unrelated Ohio woman. She was probably enslaved before 1865 and probably died between 1883 and 1900.

• Lived 1870, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Edmond (45) and Lucinda (50) Jefferson with James, Martha, John, Henry and twins Sally and Lucinda (7); race Mulatto1870 U.S. census, Rapidan, Madison Co., Va. (index, Ancestry 7163; M593 roll 1662, p. 72B)
• Lived 1880, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Edmond (62) and Lucinda (55) Jefferson with John, Henry, Sallie and Lucinda (16)1880 U.S. census, Rapidan, Madison Co., Va. (index, Ancestry 6742; ED 107, p. 362d)

Still open: Proof: the 1889 marriage register image and the census images. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches. · Her death (probably 1883-1900) and her parents.

Daniel Tilley abt 1826-

Index records name Daniel Tilley as the father of Duncan Alvis Tilley: Duncan's 1950 death certificate, his Social Security record and his 1906 marriage all give his parents as Daniel Tilley and Charlotte Turner. Daniel was born about 1826 and, with Charlotte, registered their marriage in Orange County, North Carolina, on 18 May 1866, almost certainly to record a marriage made while they were enslaved. In 1880 he farmed in Mangum Township, Orange County, with Charlotte, their children and the Harris family of their daughter Mary. The 1866 registration (RECORD, read 28 Oct 2026) says Daniel Tilley and his wife Charlott, "lately Slaves but now Emancipated", had cohabited "since the year 1847 or thereabouts". The 1880 census image (RECORD) shows sons Daniel, Emmet, Earnest, Duncan and Johnie and daughters Agnes and Mary J.; next door lived Edmund Tilley, a white farmer of 86 who had held 10 people in 1850 and 19 in 1860 (slave schedules, RECORD). That Edmund Tilley held Daniel and Charlotte before 1865 is a lead only. Their son Dennis's 1873 marriage licence and their daughter Mary Harris's 1919 death certificate both name Daniel and Charlotte as parents (RECORD).

• Married 18 May 1866, Orange County, North Carolina — Registered his marriage to Charlotte; almost certainly a freedmen's cohabitation registrationNC County Marriages (index, FamilySearch Q28T-H49X)
• Lived 22 Oct 1873, Orange County, North Carolina — Living; named as father on son Dennis Tilly's marriage licenceOrange Co. marriage licence, Dennis Tilly × Rebecca Cozart (image read)
• Lived 1880, Mangum Township, Orange County, North Carolina — Farmer, Black, b. about 1826, with Charlotte and children Daniel, Emmet, Earnest, Duncan, Agnes and Johnie1880 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MCX6-BDK)

Still open: Not found in the 1870 Orange Co. census index. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches. · His parents: no record names them; a Rena Tilley (b. about 1800-10, widowed, Mangum Twp. 1880) is a possible mother, not proven. · Edmund Tilley's estate file and the Orange and Granville Tilley wills (may name Daniel and Charlotte before 1865).

Charlotte Turner Tilley abt 1830-

Index records name Charlotte Turner as the mother of Duncan Alvis Tilley, on his 1950 death certificate and his Social Security record. She was born about 1830 and registered her marriage to Daniel Tilley in Orange County, North Carolina, on 18 May 1866, almost certainly recording a marriage made in slavery. In 1880 she lived with Daniel and their children in Mangum Township, Orange County. Her daughter Mary Harris's 1919 death certificate index also names her as Charlotte Tilley. The 1866 registration (RECORD) says she and Daniel, "lately Slaves", had lived together since about 1847. She was alive in 1873 and 1880 and had died by Sept 1906.

• Married 18 May 1866, Orange County, North Carolina — Registered her marriage to Daniel TilleyNC County Marriages (index, FamilySearch Q28T-H49X)
• Lived 1880, Mangum Township, Orange County, North Carolina — Wife of Daniel Tilley, b. about 18301880 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MCX6-BDK)

Still open: Proof she is Duncan's mother: the image of Duncan's 1950 N.C. death certificate (FamilySearch FPGR-TZQ), which gives her maiden name Turner. · Daughter Mary Harris's 1919 death certificate image (FamilySearch F3HX-5KS). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

James Littleton "Litton" Mallory abt 1845-1927

Littleton (Litton) Mallory was born about 1845 in Madison County, Virginia, by his own account. His 1924 pension application, filed on the form for enslaved servants and laborers, says that in 1861 he was put to work as a teamster building Confederate breastworks while held by a master whose name reads as Conway. His 1870 marriage register, read in October 2026, names his parents as Isaac and Rosanna Mallory and shows he was a widower, and the 1870 census index shows him in their household at Wolftown. He married Betsy Baker in Madison County on 24 Nov 1870, raised a large family, and by 1900 owned his farm free of mortgage in Rapidan District; he could not read or write, signed by mark, and was widowed by 1910. A death certificate index gives his death in Madison County on 1 Nov 1927.

• Born abt 1845, Madison County, Virginia — Age 79 in July 1924; born Madison Co. (son's 1947 death certificate says Greene Co.; 1900 census says Mar 1850)Virginia Confederate Pension Application, Form No. 6, 1924
• Worked 1861, [Manassas?], Virginia — While enslaved (master named as [initials uncertain] Conway), forced to work as a teamster building breastworks for the Confederate engineersVirginia Confederate Pension Application, Form No. 6, 1924
• Lived 1870, Wolftown, Madison County, Virginia — "Littleton" (age suggests b. about 1839) in the household of Isaac Mallory (b. about 1805) and Rose (b. about 1810), with Mason and Isaac1870 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MFGP-W1H)
• Married 24 Nov 1870, Madison County, Virginia — "Littleton Malory (Col)", 26, widowed, married "Betsy Baker", 20; his parents "Isaac Malory & Rosanna his wife"; hers "John Baker & Martha his wife"Madison Co. marriage register, p. 44, line 2 (image read Oct 2026)
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison County, Virginia — Head, farmer, owned farm free of mortgage1900 U.S. Census, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 34, sheet 12A)
• Lived 22 Apr 1910, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison County, Virginia — Head, 64, widowed, farmer, owned farm; grandson Charles, 151910 U.S. Census, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 46, sheet 5A)
• Lived 1919, Madison, Virginia — Named as father and emergency contact of Pvt. Eugene Mallory returning from FranceU.S. Army Transport Service Passenger Lists, Princess Matoika, St. Nazaire
• Lived 30 Jul 1924, Madison, Madison County, Virginia — Age 79, unable to work, income $100 a year; signed by markVirginia Confederate Pension Application, Form No. 6, 1924
• Died 1 Nov 1927, Madison County, Virginia — Certificate index gives birth 1849 and parents Isaac Mallory and "Bettie" Mallory (the mother's name conflicts with the 1870 register's Rosanna)Virginia death certificate (index, FamilySearch QVRW-ZTJC)

Still open: Index records name his parents as Isaac Mallory (b. about 1805) and Rosanna/Rose (b. about 1804-1810); look for their cohabitation register at the Library of Virginia and Freedmen's Bureau records for Culpeper/Madison. · The enslaver named Conway (initials uncertain): pair with the 1860 Madison Co. slave schedules (context only, not kin). · Lead: brother Mason Mallory of Stanardsville, Greene Co., may explain the 'Greene Co.' birthplace on his son's death certificate. Peyton and Bettie Mallory's family is separate; do not merge. · Outcome and second page of the 1924 pension application; the given name 'James' is in no record. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

John Murphy 1846-

The 1900 census index shows John Murphy, born July 1846 in Mississippi, in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory, with his wife Jone, sons George, Lee and John, and "Minthi" Murphy, born May 1879 in Mississippi, who is very probably Mentha Murphy Reels. That makes him her probable father, but no record yet states the relationship in the original. His household also held Clemmie Murphy, born in June 1897, who is very likely Mentha's first child, Clementine Reels.

• Born Jul 1846, Mississippi1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MMGV-QJ9)
• Married about 1870 — Married Jone1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MMGV-QJ9)
• Lived 1900, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory — Head, with Jone, George, Lee, John, Minthi and Clemmie Murphy1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MMGV-QJ9)

Still open: Proof he is Mentha's father: Mentha's 1956 Oklahoma death certificate; read the 1900 Guthrie census image. · Search the 1880 census of Lee Co., Miss. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Betsie Baker Mallory 1850-bef 1910

Betsie (Betty, Betsy) Baker was born about 1848-50 in Madison County, Virginia. In 1870 she was 22 and living with her parents, John and Martha Baker, at Locust Dale in Madison County, with her sisters Margaret, Milly, Sarah, Mary and Patsy Jane, her brothers Joseph and James, and an elder, Phillis Watts, who was 70. On 24 Nov 1870 she married Littleton Mallory, and the marriage register names her parents as John and Martha Baker. By 1900 she had borne ten children, nine of them living, could read, and kept house on the family's own farm in Rapidan District. She died between June 1900 and April 1910, when her husband was listed as a widower.

• Born Jan 1850, Virginia — Born Jan 1850, age 50; son's death certificate gives Madison Co.1900 U.S. Census, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 34, sheet 12A)
• Lived 1870, Locust Dale, Madison County, Virginia — Betty, 22, in the household of John (63) and Martha (50) Baker (indexed "Boker"), with siblings and Phillis Watts, 701870 U.S. census, Locustdale, Madison Co., Va. (index, Ancestry 7163; NARA M593 roll 1662, p. 11B)
• Married 24 Nov 1870, Madison County, Virginia — Betsy Baker (b. 1850), daughter of John and Martha Baker, married Littleton MaloryVirginia County Marriage Records (index, FamilySearch, indexed under "Littleton Malory")
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison County, Virginia — Wife of Littleton Malory1900 U.S. Census, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 34, sheet 12A)
• Died bef Apr 1910 — Husband listed as widowed in April 19101910 U.S. Census, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 46, sheet 5A)

Still open: Image of the 1870 census page and of the 1870 marriage register entry. · John and Martha Baker in 1880, and in Madison County's 1866 cohabitation register (Library of Virginia). · Who was Phillis Watts (b. about 1800)? Possibly Martha's mother. · Her death, 1900-1910. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Martha Jefferson Jackson abt 1853-1931

Martha Jefferson, a daughter of Edmund and Lucinda Jefferson of Madison County, Virginia, and an elder sister of Lucinda Jefferson Reid, was in her parents' household in 1870. She married first a Burleigh and later a Jackson, and lived in Pittsburgh, where she died on 12 Sep 1931. Her death notice in the Pittsburgh Press of 14 Sep 1931 names her children Minnie Burleigh Davis, William M., Ernest, J. H. Burleigh and M. F. Jackson (RECORD).

• Lived 1870, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — In Edmond and Lucinda Jefferson's household1870 U.S. census (index)
• Died 12 Sep 1931, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Press, 14 Sep 1931, p. 29 (death notice, image read)

Still open: Her Pennsylvania death certificate (informant Minnie Davis).

Jone Murphy 1854-

The 1900 census index shows Jone (perhaps Joanna) Murphy, born December 1854 in Alabama, as the wife of John Murphy in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory, married about 1870, with "Minthi" Murphy, very probably Mentha Murphy Reels, in the household. She is Mentha's probable mother; no record yet states it in the original. Her sons George, Lee and John were also in the 1900 household.

• Born Dec 1854, Alabama1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MMGV-QJ9)
• Lived 1900, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory — Wife of John Murphy1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MMGV-QJ9)

Still open: Proof she is Mentha's mother: Mentha's 1956 Oklahoma death certificate; read the 1900 Guthrie census image (given name Jone/Joanna). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Louvina Gains Prince abt 1855-

The Dawes records (card and enrollment jacket images, read 17 Oct 2026) name Louvina (Lovona, Luvena) Prince, born Gains, as the mother of Nealy Prince. She was born about April 1855 in Indian Territory, a daughter of Ned Gains and Malinda Clay, and in September 1898 she was enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedwoman (roll 906) on Dawes card 234 with her husband Richmond and their children; the card names Louisa Burney as her former owner, which is context, not kinship. In 1900 she lived with Richmond in the Chickasaw Nation, married 23 years.

• Born Apr 1855, Indian Territory1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MSRY-R7N)
• Married 1877, Indian Territory — Married Richmond Prince1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MSRY-R7N)
• Lived 12 Sep 1898, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedwoman, roll 906, age 41-45; father Ned Gains, mother Malinda ClayDawes Census Card, Chickasaw Freedmen Field No. 234 (image read, National Archives)

Still open: Death date and place. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Richmond Prince 1856-1919

The Dawes records (card and enrollment jacket images, read 17 Oct 2026) name Richmond Prince as the father of Nealy Prince. Richmond was born in December 1856 in Indian Territory, a son of Menerva Prince, and in September 1898 he was enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedman (roll 905) on Dawes card 234 with his wife Lovona and their children; the card names Becky McAlester as his former owner, which is context, not kinship. In 1900 he lived in the Chickasaw Nation with Luvena, whom he had married in 1877, and their children, including Nealy. A Find a Grave index gives his death on 4 Oct 1919 and his burial at Elmore City, Garvin County, Oklahoma. Four Dawes cards agree on his parents: his own (234) and those of his brothers Aleck (196), Calvin (197) and Newton (458) all name the father only as "Prince" (owner Benj. Love) and the mother as Minerva Prince (owner David Burney) (RECORD). Online trees call his father "Newton Calvin Prince", a name joining two of his brothers; Newton was alive in 1902 and is not his father.

• Born 16 Dec 1856, Indian Territory — 1900 census index gives Dec 1856, I.T.; Find a Grave index gives 16 Dec 18561900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MSRY-R7N); Find a Grave index
• Married 1877, Indian Territory — Married Luvena (Louvina Gains); year from the 1900 census1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MSRY-R7N)
• Lived 12 Sep 1898, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedman, roll 905, age 42-46; mother Menerva PrinceDawes Census Card, Chickasaw Freedmen Field No. 234 (image read, National Archives)
• Died 4 Oct 1919, Garvin County, OklahomaFind a Grave index
• Buried 1919, Elmore City, Garvin County, OklahomaFind a Grave index

Still open: DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches. · His father's given name: none of the four cards writes it.

David Reid abt 1861-

Index records name David (Dave) Reid as the father of Sallie Elizabeth Reid Mallory: her 1911 marriage index gives her parents as "D. and L. Reid", and her obituary and 1974 death certificate index name Dave Reid and Lucinda Jefferson. The 1889 Madison County marriage register, read in October 2026, shows David Reed, 28, son of Henry Reed and Mary Page, marrying Lucinda Jefferson, 24, daughter of Edmund and Lucinda Jefferson, on 8 Jun 1889. The family tree's "William Sr." as his father is not supported.

• Married 8 Jun 1889, Madison County, Virginia — David Reed, 28, son of "Henry Reed & Mary Page", married Lucinda Jefferson, 24, daughter of "Edmund & Lucinda Jefferson"Madison Co. marriage register, p. 157 (image read Oct 2026)

Still open: Proof he is Sallie's father: her 1974 Virginia death certificate image, or the 1911 marriage register image. · His household in the 1900 and 1910 Madison Co. censuses (try 'Reed'). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Lucinda Jefferson Reid about 1863-1900

Index records name Lucinda Jefferson Reid as the mother of Sallie Elizabeth Reid Mallory, in Sallie's obituary index and as "L. Reid" in her 1911 marriage index; Sallie later named a daughter Lucinda. Lucinda was born about 1865, a daughter of Edmund Jefferson and Lucinda Jefferson, and married David Reid in Madison County, Virginia, on 8 Jun 1889. She died in Pittsburgh on 14 Apr 1900; the register names her parents as Edmond and Lucinda Jefferson, and she was buried in Orange, Virginia (RECORD). A Madison register line of 25 Dec 1881 licensed her to marry George Mann, but no minister's return was recorded, and in 1889 she married David Reed as single (RECORD).

• Married 8 Jun 1889, Madison County, Virginia — Lucinda Jefferson (b. about 1865, daughter of Edmund and Lucinda Jefferson) married David Reed/ReidVirginia marriages (index, FamilySearch 6J1K-84F8)
• Died 14 Apr 1900, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Parents Edmond and Lucinda Jefferson; buried Orange, VirginiaPittsburgh death register 1900 (image read)

Still open: DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Ellen Colbert Franklin abt 1867-

The Dawes records (card and enrollment jacket images, read 17 Oct 2026) name Ellen Franklin, born Colbert, as the mother of Letha (Peletha) Franklin. She was born about 1865-1869, a daughter of Ben Colbert and Jennie Walker, and on 14 Sep 1898 she was enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedwoman (roll 1373) on Dawes card 334 with her children Nellie, Madgie, Letha, Billy, Delah and Eliza, noted as separated from her husband Rob Franklin. In 1900 the census index shows her as a widow in the Chickasaw Nation with Nellie, Maggie, Litha and Billey. In 1920 her daughters Letha and Nellie were living together on Letha's farm in Brady Township, Garvin County. The cards write her name only as Ellen Franklin; "Colbert" comes from her father Ben Colbert's name (lead). Her mother Jennie Walker testified in 1898 that Ellen, 29, was the wife of Robert Franklin and named her children Nellie, Madgie, Letha, Billy and Delora.

• Lived 14 Sep 1898, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedwoman, roll 1373, age 29-33; father Ben Colbert, mother Jennie WalkerDawes Census Card, Chickasaw Freedmen Field No. 334 (image read, National Archives)
• Lived 1900, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Widowed head with Nellie, Maggie, Litha and Billey1900 U.S. census (index)

Still open: Death date and place. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Duncan Alvis Tilley 1869-1950

Duncan Alvis Tilley was born in July 1869 in North Carolina, in the Mangum Township area of what was then Orange County. His 1950 death certificate and 1906 marriage licence (both read in October 2026) name his parents as Daniel Tilley and Charlotte Turner, who registered their marriage in Orange County on 18 May 1866, most likely as formerly enslaved people recording a marriage made in slavery, and the 1880 census index shows him in their household. By 1900 he owned his house in the suburbs of Durham and worked as a day laborer, married nine years to Anna, with children Olivia, Eugene and a newborn daughter. On 5 Sep 1906 he married Alis P. Rogers in Wake County, and they raised a second family in Durham. His death certificate index gives his death in Durham on 17 Sep 1950.

• Born 11 Jul 1869, Mangum Township area, Orange (now Durham) County, North Carolina — The 1900 census gives July 1869 (record); his death certificate index gives 1869, Durham Co.; his Social Security NUMIDENT index gives 11 Jul 1871 at "Mangum Lushy[?]", N.C.1900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A); N.C. Deaths 1931-1994 (index, FamilySearch FPGR-TZQ); SS NUMIDENT (index, FamilySearch 6KS2-2P3R)
• Lived 1880, Mangum Township, Orange County, North Carolina — Son "Duncan" (b. about 1867) in the household of Daniel Tilley (b. about 1826, farmer) and Charlotte, with siblings Daniel, Emmet, Earnest, Agnes and Johnie, and Henry C., Mary J. and Willie J. Harris1880 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MCX6-BDK)
• Married c. 1891 — Married 9 years in June 1900 (to Anna)1900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A)
• Lived 6 Jun 1900, Suburbs of Durham, Durham Township, Durham County, North Carolina — Head; owned house free of mortgage1900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A)
• Worked 1900, Durham County, North Carolina — Day laborer; 2 months unemployed1900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A)
• Married 5 Sep 1906, Cary, Wake County, North Carolina — Married Alis P. Rogers, 17, daughter of A. B. and Eliza R. Rogers; licence calls him "son of Daniel Tilley and Charlotte Tilley, the father now Dead, the mother Dead"Wake Co. marriage licence (Ancestry 60548)
• Lived 1910-1950, Durham, North Carolina — With wife Alis/Alice/Alyce and children Elberta (Alberta), Charles Atlas, Benjamin, Esther (Esta May) and Major ThomasU.S. censuses 1910-1950 (index)
• Died 17 Sep 1950, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina — Father "Daniel Tilley", mother's maiden name "Charlotte Turner"; born 11 Jul 1869, Durham Co.North Carolina death certificate, 1950 (image read Oct 2026)

Still open: Index records name his parents as Daniel Tilley (b. about 1826) and Charlotte Turner (b. about 1830); get the 18 May 1866 Orange Co. cohabitation register image (FamilySearch Q28T-H49X). · Sister Mary Harris's 1919 death certificate (FamilySearch F3HX-5KS) names Danial and Charlotte Tilley; read it. Lead: Dennis Tilly (b. about 1848, m. Rebecca Cozart) may be a brother. · Marriage to Anna (Annie), about 1890-91, Durham/Orange Co.: not found; it would give her maiden name. · Birth year 1869 (1900 census, death certificate) vs 1871 (NUMIDENT). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Robert Franklin abt 1869-

The Dawes records (card and enrollment jacket images, read 17 Oct 2026) name Robert (Rob) Franklin as the father of Letha (Peletha) Franklin on her Dawes card. He was born about 1867-1871, a son of Russell and Resa Franklin, and was enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedman (roll 1231) on his own Dawes card, 298. By September 1898 he was separated from his wife Ellen (Colbert) Franklin, who enrolled with their children on card 334. His brother Caesar Franklin testified in 1898 that Robert, 27, was his brother by the same mother. His mother Resa swore in 1898 to her twelve children, Robert among them (Dawes jacket 255, RECORD), so his parents Russell and Resa Franklin are established. Card 255 also names Russell's parents, Buck and Polly Franklin, and Resa's, Caesar and Nelly James (RECORD, single card).

• Lived 1898, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedman, roll 1231, age 27-31; father Russell Franklin, mother Resa FranklinDawes Census Card, Chickasaw Freedmen Field No. 298 (image read, National Archives)

Still open: Death date and place. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Oscar Reels 1874-1957

Oscar Reels was born on 12 July, most likely in 1874 as his World War I draft card says, rather than 1870, and census indexes give his birthplace as Texas. He married Mentha Murphy in Logan County, Oklahoma Territory, on 25 Mar 1899, and they made their home in Guthrie, where their daughter Lillian Beatrice was born in 1912. Reels families appear in Fannin County, Texas, records of the 1890s, which fits the tree's birthplace of Bonham, but no record yet ties Oscar to them. He died on 6 Sep 1957 and was buried in Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie beside Mentha.

• Born 12 Jul 1874, Texas — WWI draft card index gives 12 Jul 1874; SS claims index gives 12 Jul 1870; censuses give Texas (1910-1930, 1950) and Oklahoma (1940); tree says Bonham, Fannin Co.WWI draft registration (index); U.S. censuses (index); SS Applications and Claims Index
• Married 25 Mar 1899, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory — Married "Mintha" Murphy (b. about 1880); Oscar b. about 1874Oklahoma County Marriages (index, FamilySearch VR3F-FMF)
• Died 6 Sep 1957 — Claim date 28 Oct 1957U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• Buried 1957, Summit View Cemetery, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma — Spouse Menthie ReelsU.S., Find a Grave Index

Still open: Next proof of his parents: his 1957 Oklahoma death certificate (Oklahoma State Department of Health), which may name them. · Birth year 1874 (WWI draft) vs 1870 (SS claims); read the draft card image. · Search the 1880 census of Fannin Co., Tex., for a Reels/Reel/Rials household with an Oscar about 6 (not found in 1880 or 1900 indexes). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches. · His parents: Ada Reels DeJournett's 1914 certificate names Albert Reels (b. Va.) and Leah; Oscar as their son is plausible at best (the 1880 Fannin Co. Leah Reeles household has no Albert or Oscar).

Anna (Annie) Tilley 1875-

Anna, called Annie, was born in March 1875 in North Carolina; her maiden name is not yet known. She married Duncan Tilley about 1890-91, when she was about 16, and in June 1900 she was living with him in the suburbs of Durham with three living children: Olivia, Eugene and a daughter born that March who had not yet been named. That daughter was Viola. Two of her children's marriage records name her: Olivia's 1920 marriage in Danville, Virginia, and Viola's 1923 marriage in Durham both give their parents as Duncan and Annie Tilley, which makes her Eugene Duncan Tilley's mother. Duncan married again in 1906, and Annie's children grew up in his house with his second wife, Alis.

• Born Mar 1875, North Carolina — Born March 1875, age 251900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A)
• Married c. 1891 — Married 9 years in June 1900; 3 children born, 3 living1900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A)
• Lived 6 Jun 1900, Suburbs of Durham, Durham Township, Durham County, North Carolina — Wife of Duncan Tilley1900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A)
• Lived 1910, Durham Ward 3, Durham County, North Carolina — Her children Olivia (13), Eugene (11) and Viola (9) in Duncan's household with his second wife Alis; Annie is not listed1910 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch ML9D-G2K)
• other 15 May 1923, Durham County, North Carolina — Named as mother when daughter Viola Tilley (20) married Freeman M. Smith: parents Duncan Tilley and Annie TilleyNorth Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011 (index, FamilySearch QP95-WPKX)

Still open: Maiden name: daughter Olivia Tilley Wills's 1927 Durham death certificate (not indexed online; order from N.C. Vital Records) should give it. · Viola Tilley Smith's death certificate (after 1940, Durham); and the 1923 Durham marriage license image. · Her marriage to Duncan Tilley, about 1890-91, Durham or Orange County: not found in any index; browse the register images. · When and where she died (1900-1906); Durham city death records begin about 1906. · Eugene's Social Security application (SS-5) by FOIA. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Menthia "Mentha" Murphy Reels 1879-1956

Mentha (Menthie) Murphy was born in May 1879 or on 1 May 1880 in Mississippi. She married Oscar Reels in Logan County, Oklahoma Territory, on 25 Mar 1899. In the 1900 census index she appears as "Minthi" Murphy, 21, in Guthrie in the household of John Murphy (born July 1846, Mississippi) and his wife Jone (born December 1854, Alabama), married in 1870, with her brothers George, Lee and John. Also in the house was John's granddaughter Clemmie, born in June 1897, very likely Mentha's daughter Clementine Reels, which points strongly to John and Jone as Mentha's parents. She and Oscar raised their family in Guthrie, where Lillian Beatrice was born in 1912. She died on 6 Aug 1956 and was buried in Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie.

• Born May 1879, Mississippi — 1900 census index gives May 1879, Miss.; Find a Grave gives 1 May 1880; tree says Tupelo, Lee Co.1900 U.S. census, Guthrie (index, FamilySearch MMGV-QJ9); U.S., Find a Grave Index
• Married 25 Mar 1899, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory — "Mintha" Murphy married Oscar ReelsOklahoma County Marriages (index, FamilySearch VR3F-FMF)
• Lived 1900, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory — "Minthi" Murphy, 21, single, daughter of John (54) and Jone (46) Murphy, with brothers George, Lee and John and John's granddaughter Clemmie (b. June 1897)1900 U.S. census, Guthrie (image read Oct 2026)
• Died 6 Aug 1956 — Death date from Find a Grave indexU.S., Find a Grave Index
• Buried 1956, Summit View Cemetery, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma — As Menthie Reels; spouse Oscar ReelsU.S., Find a Grave Index

Still open: Her 1956 Oklahoma death certificate (Oklahoma State Dept. of Health) should name her parents. · John and Jone Murphy in 1880 (not found in Mississippi indexes; browse Lee Co., Miss.). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

James Luther Mallory 1886-1947

James Luther Mallory, who went by Luther, was born in December 1886 near Madison, Virginia, the son of Littleton (Litton) Mallory and Betsie (Baker) Mallory; his own 1947 death certificate names them. He was 13 and in school in his father's household in 1900. He married Sallie Reid in Madison County on 28 Nov 1911, according to the marriage index, and they raised at least ten children on land he owned free of mortgage in Rapidan District. He died at home in Madison on 15 Dec 1947 and was buried there two days later. His recorded birth date varies across records; his own 1942 draft card says 15 Dec 1886.

• Born 15 Dec 1886, Near Madison, Virginia — His own statement on the 1942 draft card; other records give May 1887, Nov 1888 and ages implying up to 1891; Find a Grave says 24 Dec 1886WWII Draft Registration Card, 1942 (fourth registration)
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison County, Virginia — Son Luther, 13, at school, in Littleton Malory household1900 U.S. Census, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 34, sheet 12A)
• Married 28 Nov 1911, Madison County, Virginia — Married Sallie Reid (b. 1890, daughter of "D. and L. Reid"); Luther b. 1889, son of "L. and B. Mallory"Virginia marriages (index, FamilySearch)
• Worked Sep 1912, Madison, Virginia — Driver (father's occupation on daughter Nana's birth certificate)Virginia Certificate of Birth (delayed), Nana J. Mallory, 1912
• Worked 5 Jun 1917, Madison, Madison County, Virginia — Farming, self-employed; married with wife and 3 childrenWWI Draft Registration Card, 1917
• Lived 6 Feb 1920, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison County, Virginia — Head, farmer, owned farm free of mortgage1920 U.S. Census, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 59, sheet 7A)
• Lived 8 Apr 1930, Madison, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Head, farmer, own farm; first married at 221930 U.S. Census, Rapidan District, Madison Co., Va. (sheet 4B)
• Lived Apr 1940, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Head, farmer, owned farm1940 U.S. Census, Rapidan District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 57-4, sheet 2A)
• Died 15 Dec 1947, Madison, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Apoplexy; father Litton Mallory (b. Greene Co.), mother Miss BakerVirginia Certificate of Death, 1947
• Buried 17 Dec 1947, Gordon-Beasley Memorial Gardens, Madison, Madison County, Virginia — Burial date and town from death certificate; cemetery name from Find a Grave indexVirginia Certificate of Death, 1947; U.S., Find a Grave Index

Still open: Parents are proven by his 1947 Virginia death certificate (record: Litton Mallory and Miss Baker). Next record: the 1911 Madison Co. marriage register image, which names 'L. and B. Mallory'. · Birth date: 15 Dec 1886 (own 1942 card) vs 24 Dec 1886 (Find a Grave) vs Nov 1888 (1917 card) vs May 1887 (1900 census). · Whereabouts in 1910 (the 1910 servant James Mallory, 16, is probably someone else). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Alis P. Rogers Tilley 1889-1977

Alis P. Rogers was born about 1889 in North Carolina, the daughter of A. B. and Eliza R. Rogers according to the index of her marriage. She married the widowed or separated Duncan Tilley in Wake County on 5 Sep 1906, so she was the stepmother of Eugene Duncan Tilley, not his mother; the tree's surname Evans is not in any record found, and may come from another marriage or an error. Census indexes from 1910 to 1950 show her with Duncan in Durham, raising Elberta, Charles Atlas, Benjamin, Esther and Major Thomas. The family tree gives her death in Durham on 28 Sep 1977.

• Born about 1889, North Carolina — Born about 1889 (censuses 1910-1950 give 1889-1891)North Carolina county marriages (index, FamilySearch QKJQ-LR6V); U.S. censuses 1910-1950 (index)
• Married 5 Sep 1906, Wake County, North Carolina — Married Duncan Tilley as Alis P. Rogers, daughter of A. B. and Eliza R. Rogers (also indexed 3 Sep 1906; tree has 1905 and surname Evans)North Carolina county marriages (index, FamilySearch QKJQ-LR6V and QP9L-CJN6)
• Lived 1910-1950, Durham, North Carolina — Wife of Duncan Tilley; children Elberta (Alberta, b. 1911), Charles Atlas, Benjamin (b. 1916), Esther (Esta May) and Major ThomasU.S. censuses 1910-1950 (index)
• Died 28 Sep 1977, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina — Death date and place from the family tree onlyAncestry family tree 85793164

Still open: Next proof of her parents: the image of the 5 Sep 1906 Wake Co. marriage register (FamilySearch QKJQ-LR6V), which names A. B. and Eliza R. Rogers. · Source of the surname Evans (earlier marriage?). · Her 1977 N.C. death certificate (Durham). · Correct the tree: she is Eugene's stepmother; Olivia, Eugene and Viola were Anna's children. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Nealy Prince 1889-

Nealy Prince was born about February 1889 in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, a son of Richmond Prince and Louvina (Gains) Prince. In September 1898 he was enrolled with his parents and seven brothers and sisters as a Chickasaw Freedman, on Dawes card 234, now read from the card and jacket images, where his name is written "Nelia" and his age 10 (born about 1888); the card names his grandparents Menerva Prince, Ned Gains and Malinda Clay, and names the people who had enslaved his parents, which is context for finding records, not kinship. On 27 Feb 1910 he married Palethay (Letha) Franklin in Garvin County, and their son Grant was born that December. In 1920 and 1930 he was still in Garvin County, but the census indexes give his wife as Malissa, so either Letha died or the couple parted, or the name was misread. His death has not yet been found.

• Born Feb 1889, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) — 1900 census index gives Feb 1889; Dawes card 234 gives age 10 in 18981900 U.S. census, Chickasaw Nation, I.T. (index, FamilySearch MSRY-R7N); Dawes Census Card, Chickasaw Freedmen 234 (index)
• Lived 12 Sep 1898, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Enrolled as "Nelia" Prince, son, 10, roll 911, with his parents Richmond (42) and Lowvina (41) Prince and brothers and sisters Grant, Henderson, Holmes, Florence, Mollie, Charlotte and Sherman; post office Homer, I.T.Dawes Census Card and enrollment jacket, Chickasaw Freedmen No. 234 (National Archives, NAID 218650647 and 45258284)
• Lived 1900, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Son in the household of Richmond and Luvena Prince, married 1877, with brothers and sisters Grant, Henderson, Holmes, Florence, Mollie, Charlotte and Sherman1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MSRY-R7N)
• Married 27 Feb 1910, Homer, Garvin County, Oklahoma — "Neiley Prince", 22, and "Palethay Franklin", 20, both of Homer; licence 26 Feb 1910; married by Rev. H. Richardson; witnesses Richman Prince and Bill FranklinGarvin Co. Marriage Book 2, p. 346 (image read Oct 2026)
• other 26 Feb 1910, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma — Marriage licence for Nealy Prince and Palethay Franklin, recorded in Garvin County Marriage Book 2 (the county seat is Pauls Valley; where the licence was issued is not stated)Garvin Co. Marriage Book 2, p. 346
• Lived 1920, Garvin County, Oklahoma — Wife listed as Malissa (b. about 1899-1900)1920 U.S. census (index)
• Lived 1930, Brady Township, Garvin County, Oklahoma — "Neela" Prince with wife Malicy A. and son Grant C.1930 U.S. census (index)

Still open: Wife conflict: Paletha/Letha Franklin (m. 1910) vs 'Malissa'/'Malicy A.' (1920, 1930). Read the 1920 and 1930 census images and the 1910 marriage license. · Death date and place (tree: unknown). · Whether Nealy Prince Jr. of Enid (1950s directory) was his son. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Letha (Peletha) Franklin Prince about 1889/92-

Letha Franklin, also written Peletha or Paletha, was born about 1889-92 in the Chickasaw Nation (she was 20 at her 1910 marriage), Indian Territory, a daughter of Robert (Rob) Franklin and Ellen (Colbert) Franklin. Her Dawes card and enrollment jacket, now read, confirm her parents. In September 1898 she was enrolled as a Chickasaw Freedwoman on Dawes card 334 with her mother, who was then separated from her father, and her brothers and sisters Nellie, Madgie, Billy, Delora and a half-sister, Eliza; her grandmother Jennie Walker testified for the family, and her father Robert had his own card. She married Nealy Prince in Garvin County on 27 Feb 1910, and their son Grant was born that December; daughters Ellen (Hellen) and Willie May followed. The marriage ended by about 1918. In 1920 Letha was running her own farm in Brady Township, Garvin County, with her two daughters, her sister Nellie and Nellie's children, and in 1927 she married Cory Franklin. Nealy's later wife, Malissa, was a different woman. Grant named Bill Franklin, Letha's brother, as his draft contact, and his death record gives his mother's maiden name as Franklin.

• Born about 1892, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) — Age 6 on her Dawes card (1898); the 1900 census index gives 1889 or 1892; the tree's 1899 is too lateDawes Census Card, Chickasaw Freedmen No. 334 (image read)
• Lived 14 Sep 1898, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Enrolled as "Letha" Franklin, daughter, 6, roll 1376, with her mother Ellen Franklin, "separated from her husband Rob. Franklin"; post office Homer, I.T.Dawes Census Card and enrollment jacket, Chickasaw Freedmen No. 334 (National Archives, NAID 218650947 and 45259181)
• Lived 1900, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory — Indexed twice: "Letha," granddaughter in Russell Franklin's household, and "Litha" in her widowed mother Ellen's household1900 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch MSRY-WZQ)
• Married 27 Feb 1910, Homer, Garvin County, Oklahoma — "Neiley Prince", 22, and "Palethay Franklin", 20, both of Homer; licence 26 Feb 1910; married by Rev. H. Richardson; witnesses Richman Prince and Bill FranklinGarvin Co. Marriage Book 2, p. 346 (image read Oct 2026)
• other 26 Feb 1910, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma — Marriage licence for Nealy Prince and Palethay Franklin, recorded in Garvin County Marriage Book 2 (the county seat is Pauls Valley; where the licence was issued is not stated)Garvin Co. Marriage Book 2, p. 346
• Lived 1920, Brady Township, Garvin County, Oklahoma — Lethia Franklin, 25, head, owns her farm; daughters Hellen Jackson (6) and Willie May (3), sister Nellie (31) and Nellie's children Elnora, R. T. and Bill1920 U.S. census, Brady, Garvin Co., Okla. (index, Ancestry 6061; T625 roll 1464, p. 20A, ED 24)
• Married 5 Dec 1927, Garvin County, Oklahoma — Letha Franklin (32) married Cory Franklin (29)Oklahoma County Marriages (index, FamilySearch VR31-1MP)
• Lived 1930, Brady, Garvin County, Oklahoma — Wife of Carry E. Franklin, with stepdaughters (her daughters) Ellen J. (17) and Willie M. (13)1930 U.S. census (index, FamilySearch XC72-C2N)

Still open: Her death: the tree's 1982 Enid date is unproved; search Oklahoma death records as Letha Franklin. · The Prince divorce, Garvin County, about 1915-20. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches. · The ThruLines couple John M. Alexander x Polly Prince is contradicted by her Dawes card; her parents were Robert and Ellen (Colbert) Franklin.

Sallie Elizabeth Reid Mallory 1890-1974

Sallie Elizabeth Reid was born on 7 Mar 1890 in Madison County, Virginia, the daughter of David (Dave) Reid and Lucinda Jefferson, who had married there on 8 Jun 1889. Her own death certificate, her 1911 marriage record and her obituary all name them. Her mother Lucinda was a twin: in 1870 and 1880 Lucinda and her sister Sallie Jefferson lived with their parents, Edmund and Lucinda Jefferson, in Rapidan District, so Sallie Elizabeth was very likely named for her aunt, and she named a daughter Lucinda. She married Luther Mallory in Madison County on 28 Nov 1911 and raised at least ten children on the family farm near Madison; records describe her race variously as Col, Mu, Wh and Neg. Widowed in 1947, she died on 5 Feb 1974 in Charlottesville, Virginia, not in Baltimore as the tree has it, and was buried at Gordon-Beasley Memorial Gardens in Madison.

• Born 7 Mar 1890, Madison County, Virginia — Age 34 in Sept 1924, born Madison Co. (daughter's birth certificate, record); 7 Mar 1890 from her Virginia death record index and Find a GraveVirginia Certificate of Birth (daughter Malinda), 1924; Virginia death records (index)
• Married 28 Nov 1911, Madison County, Virginia — Married Luther Mallory; she was b. 1890, daughter of "D. and L. Reid"Virginia marriages (index, FamilySearch)
• Lived 6 Feb 1920, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison County, Virginia — Wife, 291920 U.S. Census, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 59, sheet 7A)
• Lived 8 Apr 1930, Madison, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Wife ("Dollie"), 36; first married at 191930 U.S. Census, Rapidan District, Madison Co., Va. (sheet 4B)
• Lived Apr 1940, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Wife, 521940 U.S. Census, Rapidan District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 57-4, sheet 2A)
• Died 5 Feb 1974, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia — Certificate no. 1974005271; age 83; father Dave Reed, mother Lucinda Jefferson, spouse Luther MalloryVirginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 (index, Ancestry 9278)
• Buried 1974, Gordon-Beasley Memorial Gardens, Madison, Madison County, Virginia — Memorial lists spouse J. Luther MalloryU.S., Find a Grave Index

Still open: Image of her 1974 death certificate (no. 1974005271) to see the informant. · Images of the 1889 (parents) and 1911 (her) marriage register entries. · The David Reid household in 1900 and 1910 (not found under Reid, Reed or Read). · David Reid's parents, Henry Reed and Mary Page (1889 marriage index): not yet found in a census. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Eugene Duncan Tilley 1898-1978

Eugene Duncan Tilley was born in April 1898 in North Carolina and was two years old in 1900, living near Durham with his father Duncan, his mother Anna, his sister Olivia and a baby sister. His mother was Anna (Annie), not his father's second wife Alis: an index of his sister Olivia's 1920 marriage names her parents as Duncan and Annie Tilley. Eugene married Marie (Marrie) Smith in Washington, D.C., on 14 Feb 1919, spent several years in Ohio, where Wallace was born in 1926, and by 1930 owned a home on Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore and worked as a chauffeur for a private family; he was marked a World War veteran. By 1940 Marie was listed as divorced, and his later life, including the tree's August 1978 death date, is not yet documented.

• Born Apr 1898, North Carolina — Son, born April 1898, age 21900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A)
• Lived 6 Jun 1900, Suburbs of Durham, Durham Township, Durham County, North Carolina — Child in household of Duncan and Anna Tilley1900 U.S. Census, Durham Township, Durham Co., N.C. (ED 26, sheet 8A)
• Married 14 Feb 1919, District of Columbia — Married Marrie (Marie) Smith; FHL film 2051923, ref. 89578District of Columbia, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1830-1921 (Ancestry 60261)
• Lived about 1923-1928, Ohio — Sons Warren L. and Wallace C. and a younger daughter were born in Ohio; Wallace's Ohio birth index names his father Eugene1930 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-204, sheet 1B); Ohio, U.S., Birth Index (Wallace Tilly, 1926)
• Lived 2 Apr 1930, Ward 13, Baltimore City, Maryland — Head, 32, owned home; World War veteran1930 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-204, sheet 1B)
• Worked Apr 1930, Baltimore City, Maryland — Chauffeur, private family, wage worker1930 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-204, sheet 1B)

Still open: Next proof of his parents: his death certificate (tree: Aug 1978, place unknown) or his Social Security application (SS-5); the 1900 census shows him in Duncan and Anna's household. · Mother: index of sister Olivia Tilley's 1920 marriage in Danville, Va., names Duncan and Annie Tilley (FamilySearch DCQ4-GN3Z); read the image. · Lead: a 1950s New York City marriage license index lists a 'Eugene Duncan Tilley' marrying Elizabeth Farmer; may be his later life in Brooklyn. Not yet linked. · WWI draft and service records; whereabouts in 1940; divorce record (1930-1940). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Marie E. Smith Tilley 1900-1946

Marie E. Smith was born in Baltimore in March 1900. In June 1900 she was a baby in the Jasper Street home of her grandmother Emily Burns, with her parents Wm. C. Smith (b. Dec 1874, a waiter) and Emma (Burns) Smith (b. Jul 1880); in 1910, aged 10, she was the "grand niece" in the Baltimore home of her great-aunt Alice Wilson, a widow, with her father William Smith, 32, a hotel waiter (censuses, RECORD). These records and her great-uncle's will agree, so her parents were very probably William C. Smith and Emma Burns (PROBABLE). Her father was a grandson of Catharine (Kent) Smith (about 1835-1904): the 1880 census lists William, 5, and Augusta, 7, as Catharine's grandchildren (RECORD). Which of Catharine's daughters was his mother is not proven; Kate Bruce Smith (b. 1858), the unmarried daughter at home in 1880, is the probable one by elimination. Catharine had been enslaved in Calvert County, Maryland, where her "master" was Yates Kent (Freedman's Bank, 1867, RECORD). Her husband Nathaniel Smith, born about 1839 in Calvert County and enslaved by Miss Kate B. Kent of Lower Marlboro, enlisted in Company B, 30th U.S. Colored Infantry, in February 1864 and was killed before Petersburg on 30 Jul 1864 (service record, RECORD). Catharine's children were Kate (1858), Alice (1859), William Cornelius (1861), Wallace Lee (1862/64) and Thomas R. (1871), and by 1880 she was a widowed seamstress in Baltimore, where she died on 12 Nov 1904. (The Kents are shown on this site as context, never as kin.) Marie married Eugene D. Tilley in Washington, D.C., on 14 Feb 1919, when she was 19. Their son Eugene Duncan Tilley Jr. was born at Provident Hospital, Baltimore, on 3 Jun 1921, when the family lived at Reisterstown, and died in Durham, North Carolina, on 4 Oct 1921 (RECORD). They lived in Toledo, Ohio, in the mid-1920s, where Warren was born in 1923 and Wallace probably in 1926. By 1930 they owned a home at 2528 Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore, with their children and a 17-year-old niece, Mary C. Hall. In 1940 she was divorced and owned her own home at 2521 Druid Hill Avenue, where she still lived in 1944. When her great-uncle Thomas R. Smith, Catharine's son and the Black owner of Smith's Hotel at 437 Druid Hill Avenue, died in August 1938, his will left "Mrs. Marie Smith Tilley, greatniece" six Baltimore properties, his silverware and teakwood dining suite, and $20,000 in trust, with her children among the residuary heirs (Afro-American, 20 Aug 1938, RECORD). When his brother Wallace L. Smith was murdered on 16 Dec 1939, the Afro-American of 23 Dec 1939 listed her among Wallace's heirs-at-law and described her, at his funeral, as the niece "quite devoted" to him and his late brother (RECORD). Her father was therefore dead by December 1939. A Find a Grave index entry for a Marie L. Tilley who died on 8 Feb 1946 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Baltimore, where Thomas and Wallace Smith also lie, matches the family's death date.

• Born Mar 1900, Baltimore, Maryland — Granddaughter in Emily Burns's household at 636 Jasper St., with parents Wm. C. Smith (b. Dec 1874, waiter) and Emma (b. Jul 1880)1900 U.S. census, Baltimore Ward 14, ED 182, sheet 8A
• Lived 1910, Baltimore Ward 17, Maryland — "Grand niece", 10, in the home of her great-aunt Alice Wilson, widow, with her father William Smith, 32, hotel waiter1910 U.S. census, Baltimore Ward 17, ED 255, sheet 2A
• Married 14 Feb 1919, District of Columbia — Married Eugene D. Tilley (as Marrie Smith); FHL film 2051923, ref. 89578District of Columbia, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1830-1921 (Ancestry 60261)
• other 3 Jun 1921, Baltimore, Maryland — Birth of son Eugene Duncan Tilley Jr. (d. 4 Oct 1921, Durham); family of ReisterstownBaltimore birth certificate C-11593; N.C. death certificate (images read)
• Lived 12 Feb 1923, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio — Son Warren Lincoln Tilley born in ToledoU.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Warren Lincoln Tilley)
• Lived about 1923-1928, Ohio — Sons Warren L. and Wallace C. were born in Ohio1930 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-204, sheet 1B)
• Lived 2 Apr 1930, 2528 Druid Hill Avenue, Ward 13, Baltimore City, Maryland — Wife; home owned, $8,0001930 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-204, sheet 1B)
• other 20 Aug 1938, Baltimore, Maryland — Named "greatniece" and heir in the will of Thomas R. Smith of Smith's Hotel, 437 Druid Hill Ave.Afro-American (Baltimore), 20 Aug 1938, p. 3, and Washington edition p. 1 (images read)
• other 23 Dec 1939, Baltimore, Maryland — Named among the heirs-at-law of her great-uncle Wallace L. Smith (murdered 16 Dec 1939); at his funeral called his nieceAfro-American (Baltimore), 23 Dec 1939 (image read)
• Lived Apr 1940, 2521 Druid Hill Avenue, Ward 13, Baltimore City, Maryland — Head, 40, divorced; owned home ($7,000); house number could read 25241940 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-254, sheet 61A)
• Lived 1944, 2521 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland — Named as Mrs. Living Tilley, contact on son's draft cardWWII Draft Registration Card (young men), 1944
• Died 8 Feb 1946, Baltimore, Maryland — Marie L. Tilley, buried Mount Auburn Cemetery, Baltimore; probably her (middle initial differs)U.S., Find a Grave Index (Ancestry 60525)

Still open: Her Baltimore City death certificate, 8 Feb 1946 (Maryland State Archives, REQ-0181), to confirm her parents. · Her father William C. Smith (b. Dec 1874): his death (before Dec 1939) and death certificate, which should name his mother (REQ-0325). A 1918 draft card of a William Cornelius Smith of 237 Druid Hill Ave., b. 25 Dec 1876, nearest relative Marie Smith, is probably him (index only; image not yet read). · Which of Catharine Smith's daughters was William's mother: Kate Bruce Smith (b. 20 Feb 1858) is probable by elimination, not proven. Catharine's widow's pension file (cert. 148,392, REQ-0326) may settle it. · Wallace L. Smith's 1939-40 administration file (REQ-0327), which should list the heirs and their descent; fellow heirs Mrs. Katie Rhodes and Mrs. Alicia Wheeler may share her grandmother. · Niece Mary C. Hall (b. about 1913, Md., in her 1930 home): perhaps a daughter of her aunt Augusta (Gussie) Smith Hall, named a niece in Thomas R. Smith's will. · The 1919 D.C. marriage license application (ref. 89578). · Warren's (1923) and Wallace's (1926) Toledo, Ohio, birth certificates. · The 1920 census (not yet found). · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Grant C. Prince 1910-1990

Grant Calvin Prince was born on 9 Dec 1910 in Garvin County, Oklahoma, the son of Nealy Prince and Letha (Peletha) Franklin, both children of Chickasaw Freedmen families. In 1930 he was living with his father in Brady Township, Garvin County, and his World War II draft registration named Bill Franklin, his mother's brother, as his contact. He married Lillian Beatrice Reels of Guthrie, and in the 1950s they lived at 410 East Wabash Avenue in Enid, where he was a custodian for Champlin Oil. He died on 11 Oct 1990 in Alameda County, California, not in Enid as the tree has it; the California death index gives his mother's maiden name as Franklin.

• Born 9 Dec 1910, Garvin County, Oklahoma — WWII draft card index gives Garvin Co.; the tree says Elmore City, where his grandfather Richmond Prince is buriedWWII draft registration (index); U.S., Social Security Death Index
• Lived 1930, Brady Township, Garvin County, Oklahoma — "Grant C." in the household of Nealy ("Neela") Prince and his wife Malicy A.1930 U.S. census (index)
• Lived 1940s, Oklahoma — WWII draft registration names Bill Franklin as his contact; a Billy Franklin was his mother Letha's brother on Dawes card 334WWII draft registration (index)
• Lived 1950s, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma — With wife Lillian B.; directory year not printedU.S. City Directories (R. L. Polk, Enid, Okla.)
• Worked 1950s, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma — Custodian, Champlin OilU.S. City Directories (R. L. Polk, Enid, Okla.)
• Died 11 Oct 1990, Alameda County, California — As Grant Calvin Prince, b. 9 Dec 1910, Okla.; mother's maiden name Franklin. The tree's Enid death place is wrongCalifornia, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 (index); U.S., Social Security Death Index

Still open: Next proof of his parents: his 1990 California death certificate (Alameda Co.) or his Social Security application (SS-5), which should name Nealy Prince and his mother. · Read the 1930 Garvin census image (Brady Twp.) to confirm he is Nealy's son and who 'Malicy A.' is. · Directory year for Enid; whether Nealy Prince Jr. of Enid was a brother. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Lillian Beatrice Reels Prince 1912-1989

Lillian Beatrice Reels was born on 17 Aug 1912 in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Oscar Reels and Mentha Murphy, as her Social Security claims index records. She married Grant C. Prince, and in the 1950s they lived at 410 East Wabash Avenue in Enid, Oklahoma. In later life she and Grant moved to California, and she died on 25 Sep 1989 in Alameda County, with her last residence in Union City; the California death index gives her mother's maiden name as Murphy.

• Born 17 Aug 1912, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma — Parents Oscar Reals and Mentha Murphy; race BlackU.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• Lived 1950s, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma — Wife of Grant PrinceU.S. City Directories (R. L. Polk, Enid, Okla.)
• Lived 1974-1989, Union City, Alameda County, California — Last residence in the Social Security Death IndexU.S., Social Security Death Index (index)
• Died 25 Sep 1989, Alameda County, California — Mother's maiden name Murphy, father's surname Reels; last residence Union City (SSDI)California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997

Still open: Next proof of her parents: her Social Security application (SS-5) or the 1920/1930 census images of Oscar Reels's Guthrie household. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Malinda Martha Mallory Newton 1924-2009

Malinda Martha Mallory was born on 30 Sep 1924 in Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia, the daughter of farmer James Luther Mallory and Sallie E. (Reid) Mallory, and her birth certificate names both parents. She grew up on the family's own farm near Madison, where she was "Linda," 15 and in school, in 1940. She married Wallace Cornelius Tilley Sr., their first children were born in Virginia, and by 1950 the family lived on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore with her sister Jeannetta Mitchell. A funeral-home index records her death at 84 on 5 May 2009 in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Her birth certificate marks her father's race as "Col" and her mother's as "Wh", as written.

• Born 30 Sep 1924, Rapidan Magisterial District, Madison County, Virginia — Certificate no. 45300; father Jas Luther Mallory ("Col"), mother Sallie E. Reid ("Wh"), as writtenVirginia Certificate of Birth, 1924
• Lived 8 Apr 1930, Madison, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Daughter, 5, on family farm1930 U.S. Census, Rapidan District, Madison Co., Va. (sheet 4B)
• Lived Apr 1940, Rapidan District, Madison County, Virginia — Daughter "Linda", 15, in school1940 U.S. Census, Rapidan District, Madison Co., Va. (ED 57-4, sheet 2A)
• Married by 1947, Virginia (probably) — Married Wallace Cornelius Tilley Sr.; their first children were born in Virginia about 1947-19481950 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-812, sheet 22); U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection (index)
• Lived Apr 1950, Baltimore City, Maryland — Wife ("Melinda"), 25, keeping house1950 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-812, sheet 22)
• Died 5 May 2009, Glen Burnie, Maryland — Age 84; residence Baltimore; parents Sallie and Luther MalloryU.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current

Still open: Source of the tree surname Newton (a later marriage?). · Death certificate and obituary, 2009. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

Wallace C Tilley Sr 1926-1975

Wallace Cornelius Tilley Sr. was born on 11 Feb 1926 in Ohio, the son of Eugene D. Tilley and Marie E. (Smith) Tilley, and the family had moved to Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore by 1930. His parents had parted by 1940, and he grew up with his mother, who was his contact when he registered for the draft at 18 in 1944. He married Malinda Mallory of Madison County, Virginia; their first children were born in Virginia, and by 1950 the couple lived on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore, where he worked as a salesman for a bathroom-fixtures maker. Social Security indexes place his death in May 1975.

• Born 11 Feb 1926, Ohio — Birth index entry, certificate 1926014349; father's name Eugene; 1944 draft card gives same date and OhioOhio, U.S., Birth Index, 1908-2003
• Lived 2 Apr 1930, Ward 13, Baltimore City, Maryland — Son, age 4, born Ohio, in household of Eugene D. and Marie E. Tillie1930 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-204, sheet 1B)
• Lived Apr 1940, Ward 13, Baltimore City, Maryland — Son, 14, in school, with divorced mother Maria Tilley1940 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-254, sheet 61A)
• Lived 1944, Baltimore, Maryland — Draft registration at 18; unemployed; contact Mrs. Living TilleyWWII Draft Registration Card (young men), 1944
• Married by 1947, Virginia (probably) — Married Malinda (Melinda) Mallory of Madison County, Va.; their first two children were born in Virginia about 1947-1948, and they were a married couple in Baltimore by April 1950. Marriage record not yet found.1950 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-812, sheet 22); U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection (index, spouse Malinda Martha Mallory)
• Lived 18 Apr 1950, 2034 Fulton Avenue, Baltimore City, Maryland — Head, 24, born Ohio, with wife Melinda and two young children; his wife's sister Jeannetta Mitchell also in the household1950 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-812, sheet 22)
• Worked Apr 1950, Baltimore City, Maryland — Salesman, bathroom-fixtures manufacturer, 40 hours1950 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Md. (ED 4-812, sheet 22)
• Died May 1975 — Death month/year; place not givenU.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Still open: Next proof of his parents: his May 1975 death certificate (Maryland, place not yet known), which should name his father and mother. The 1930 census and his Ohio birth index (father Eugene) already support them. · Ohio town of birth: the 1944 draft card shows a faint 'To...' that may be Toledo; order the Ohio birth certificate 1926014349. · Date and place of marriage to Malinda Mallory, about 1946 (probably Virginia). · Death place and burial, May 1975. · DNA: confirmation of this line will come from Brandice's father's-side matches.

John A. Dougherty and Lucy Russell Stewart Dougherty John 1809-1890

John Allen Dougherty, born in New York in 1809, married Lucy Russell Stewart, granddaughter of James McCalop, in 1848. On 29 Jan 1859 he bought Carolina, Col. Joseph S. Williams's plantation opposite Baton Rouge, with 80 enslaved people, every one named, for $200,000; among them were Ben the driver, Levi the blacksmith, Sandy the cooper, a Solomon and a Rachel the cook. The parish seat was laid out on Carolina's front and renamed Port Allen in 1878. His diaries name his East Baton Rouge plantations Highland and Montesano. In 1868 the sheriff sold Carolina to the Citizens' Bank. Lucy held about 3,400 acres north of Baton Rouge, which she and her heirs sold off between 1903 and 1914.

• Married 1848, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — to Lucy Russell Stewartfamily tree
• owned 22 Nov 1854, North Street, Spanish Town, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — His mother-in-law "Mrs. Elvira M. McCalop … widow of the late Stewart" bought a four-arpent lot on North Street, bounded by Spanish Town Street, from N. King Knox (the later Stewart–Dougherty House)EBR recorder's act, 22 Nov 1854, pp. 332–333 (pulled by B, 14 Oct 2026)
• Lived 29 Jan 1859, Carolina plantation (now Port Allen), West Baton Rouge Parish — bought with 80 named enslaved peopleWBR act No. 326
• Died 1890, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianafamily tree
• Lived 1895, North of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish — "Mrs. L. S. Dougherty, about 3400 Acs."1895 East Baton Rouge Parish map
• record 23 Oct 1953, Dougherty Place, Choctaw Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Quiet-title judgment, Kirk E. Williams v. Susie Ferguson Dougherty, Bette [?] Dougherty Williams, Stirling M. Dougherty Jr. and Robert Bruce Dougherty, over Lot 34, Square A, Dougherty PlaceEBR judgment book 1060, p. 396

Still open: 1860 slave schedules: about 81 people in West Baton Rouge and 78 in East Baton Rouge listed under him (to check).

Benjamin "Ben" Burgess abt 1820-before 1900

Benjamin Burgess was a farmer in the 10th Ward of East Baton Rouge Parish in 1880, aged about 60, with his wife Rexann and children Louis, Elizia and Manda. The census index gives his birthplace as Kentucky (the page reads Louisiana for him and Kentucky [?] for his parents). He is probably the father of Lewis (Louis) Burgess, who married Louisa Winfree in 1887, and of Fred Burgess, who stood surety for that marriage. He was not found in the 1870, 1900 or 1910 censuses. This family was attached to Brandi's line only through Lewis Burgess and Louisa Winfrey, whom the records have ruled out as Willie Burgess's parents (19 Oct 2026); it is kept as previously attached, now ruled out.

• Lived 16 Jun 1880, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farmer, 60 [?]; with Rexann 50, Louis 16, Elizia 14, Manda 8 (dwelling 188)1880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 10, ED 108 (Ancestry 4241368-00900 and -00902)

Solomon "Sol" Kelly abt 1822-after 1880

Sol Kelly's full name was Solomon: his son Timothy was baptized at St. Joseph, Baton Rouge, on 27 Nov 1875 as "Timothy Kelly (Solomon Kelly and Rachel)", born 1869. Rachel is also named as the mother of Isaac (1919 death certificate) and William (1953 death certificate); Amanda is named as the mother of John (born 1854) and Lou (born 1860), both born at Clinton. In 1880 Sol, 58, and Amanda, 55, lived in the 3rd Ward of West Baton Rouge Parish. His parents were born in South Carolina.

• Baptized 27 Nov 1875, St. Joseph, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — baptism of his son "Timothy Kelly (Solomon Kelly and Rachel)", born 1869Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records vol. 13 p. 358 (SJOBR-20, 115)
• Lived 1880, 3rd Ward, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — with Amanda, 551880 U.S. census

Still open: Rachel and Amanda: two partners at once or in turn? Unresolved. · Who enslaved Sol's family: the white Kelleys of Clinton and Pride are a lead only.

Rexann Burgess abt 1830-

Rexann Burgess, born in Louisiana about 1830, was Benjamin Burgess's wife in the 1880 census of East Baton Rouge Ward 10, keeping house, with Louis (16), Elizia (14) and Manda (8). Probably the mother of Lewis Burgess. This family was attached to Brandi's line only through Lewis Burgess and Louisa Winfrey, whom the records have ruled out as Willie Burgess's parents (19 Oct 2026); it is kept as previously attached, now ruled out.

• Lived 16 Jun 1880, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Benj. Burgess; keeping house1880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 10, ED 108 (Ancestry 4241368-00900 and -00902)

Rachel (Kelly) b. about 1830s

Rachel was the partner of Sol (Saul, Solomon) Kelly and the mother of Rev. Isaac Kelly (b. about 1857-64), William Kelly (b. 1865/66), Tim Kelly (b. about 1869) and, newly found, Jane Kelly (b. about 1854). Jane's 1942 Baton Rouge death record (index) names her parents Saul Kelley and Rachel Kelly and gives Jane's birthplace as West Feliciana Parish, the first clue that Rachel lived in West Feliciana in the 1850s. Isaac's death record says he was born in East Feliciana, William's says Baton Rouge. Rachel's own surname and birth are not yet found; she and Sol have not been located in the 1870 or 1880 indexes.

• child about 1854, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Daughter Jane Kelly born (d. 31 Mar 1942, Baton Rouge, widow)Louisiana, Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960 (FamilySearch index)
• child 1875, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Son Tim baptized at St. Joseph, 'Timothy Kelly (Solomon Kelly and Rachel)'St. Joseph baptism 1875 (record held)

Still open: Read Jane Kelly's 1942 death certificate (informant, mother's maiden name). · West Feliciana estate inventories of the 1850s for a Rachel with a daughter Jane (b. about 1854). · Sol and Rachel in 1870 (try 'Saul Kelley', West Feliciana and EBR).

Julia Ann Sanders Winfrey about 1833-14 Jul 1944

Julia Ann Sanders was born in Mobile, Alabama (about 1833-50; her ages vary widely) and married Louis Winfrey in East Baton Rouge on 17 Nov 1869. Her state death record (cert. 5142702) gives her death on 14 Jul 1944 in Baton Rouge, widow of Louis Winfrey, and names her mother as Julia Sanders. The tree's 16 Jan 1836-17 Jul 1941 dates come from a Find a Grave memorial and conflict with the state record. In 1870 she lived in Baton Rouge with Lewis Winfrey and children Mary (6), Louisa (2) and George (1); later censuses place the couple in Wards 7, 9 and 10 of East Baton Rouge, and in 1930 and 1940 she lived with her daughter Susie Stewart (b. about 1876) in Ward 9, where the 1940 census says she had lived in Mobile in 1935. This family was attached to Brandi's line only through Lewis Burgess and Louisa Winfrey, whom the records have ruled out as Willie Burgess's parents (19 Oct 2026); it is kept as previously attached, now ruled out.

• Born about 1833, Mobile, Alabama — Birthplace from death record and the 1910, 1920 and 1940 censuses; ages vary (1833-1850)Louisiana State Death Records cert. 5142702 (index)
• Married 17 Nov 1869, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Marriage bond and licence with Louis Winfrey, both "colored"EBR marriage bond and licence, 1869; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Lived 1870, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With Lewis Winfrey, 39; Mary 6, Louisa 2, George 11870 U.S. census (FamilySearch index)
• Lived 1940, Ward 9, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Widow, mother in the household of her daughter Susie Stewart1940 U.S. census (FamilySearch index)
• Died 14 Jul 1944, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Widow of Louis Winfrey; mother Julia Sanders; age given as 111Louisiana State Death Records, cert. 5142702, vol. 514 (Ancestry 63144 rec. 1714309; FamilySearch Louisiana Deaths)

Still open: Read cert. 5142702 (Ancestry image 63144_d54af3f5_0088-00753): father's name, informant, burial. · Julia Sanders the mother: Mobile, Alabama records (1866 Alabama state census, Freedmen's Bureau Mobile). · Which children were Julia's: Louisa (b. about 1868) predates the 1869 marriage.

Louis "Lewis" Winfrey abt 1840-1924

Louis Winfrey was Louisa Winfrey Burgess's father. This family was attached to Brandi's line only through Lewis Burgess and Louisa Winfrey, whom the records have ruled out as Willie Burgess's parents (19 Oct 2026); it is kept as previously attached, now ruled out.

• Married 17 Nov 1869, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Marriage bond and licence with Julia Ann Sanders, both marked "c" (colored); 8th JDC, p. 99; security Wm. McCullen [?] (c)EBR marriage bond and licence, 1869; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• witnessed 22 Dec 1887, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Witnessed (by mark) the marriage of his daughter Louisa Winfree to Louis BurgessEBR marriage return, 1887; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026

Martha Porter about 1848/59-1930

Martha Porter was Willie Burgess's mother and so Dorothy Mae's grandmother. Her son Fred's 1956 death certificate gives her birthplace as Zachary, in East Baton Rouge Parish, and her own 1930 death certificate names her father as John Porter. In June 1880 she was a widowed laborer of 30 in the 4th Ward of East Baton Rouge, listed just after an older widow, Viney [McHugh?], 60, with her children Ellen, Jim, George, Fred and baby William (Willie). The census taker wrote the children's surname as Porter. By 1900 she was a cook in Ward 4 of West Baton Rouge (Port Allen). She had borne fourteen children, eight then living. Her sons were recorded under three surnames: Burgist (Jim, George, Willie), Williams (Fred) and Milton (David and Joseph). Her married daughter Ellen Lawson lived five doors away. In 1910 she owned her house there, and in 1930 she lived on River Road with her son Jim, two doors from her son Joby. She died at Lobdell on 4 November 1930 and was buried at Mulatto Bend. Her children's records confirm her as their mother: Joby Milton's 1956 certificate and Fred Williams's 1956 certificate both name Martha Porter, and William Lawson Jr.'s names his mother Ellen "Verges" (Burgess). The censuses disagree on where her parents were born (Louisiana, Kentucky and Georgia, or Alabama).

• Born about 1857, Lobdell, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 73 at death; birthplace from her death certificate. The censuses give about 1850-63 and her parents as born in Kentucky and GeorgiaLouisiana death certificate, Reg. No. 15096 (1930)
• Lived 14 Jun 1880, Ward 4, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Laborer, 30, with daughter Ellen 12 and sons Jim 6, George 5, Fred 3 and William 2 months1880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 4, ED 105, p. 38 (Ancestry 6742, image 4241368-00694)
• Lived 8 Jun 1900, 4th Ward, West Baton Rouge Parish (Port Allen), Louisiana — Widow, cook; 14 children born, 8 living; sons Jim, George, Fred William, Willie, David and Joseph1900 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge, ED 164, sheet 6A
• Lived 1910, Ward 4, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Widow, owns her house; 14 children born, 6 living; sons Jim Burgess, David and Joseph Milton; grandsons Mathews and William Lawson1910 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge Ward 4, ED 138, sheet 14A (index; image filed)
• Lived 1920, Ward 4, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Martha Porter, 57, head, with her son Jim Burgess1920 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge, ED 152, p. 13B (index)
• Lived Apr 1930, River Road, 4th Ward, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Mother, 80, in her son James Burgess's household1930 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge, ED 7, p. 5B
• Died 4 Nov 1930, Lobdell, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 73; heart disease and age; recorded as "single"; father John Porter, mother "don't know"; informant read as "Wallis Joslyn", LobdellLouisiana death certificate, Reg. No. 15096 (Ancestry 63144, image 63144_c779770f_0298-00894)
• Buried 5 Nov 1930, Mulatto Bend, West Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaLouisiana death certificate, Reg. No. 15096

Still open: Her Burgess husband (about 1874-82) and the Milton father of David and Joby (about 1886-91): West Baton Rouge marriage books. · Her mother (not known to the 1930 informant) and her father John Porter in 1870. · Her other children: Ellen (Lawson) is known; fourteen were born. · The older widow in her 1880 household was Viney McHUGH (indexed 'McKugt'), 60, with a daughter Vinie, 12; whether Viney was Martha's mother is unproven. · Her children were recorded as Porter in 1880 and as Burgess later, suggesting the Burgess father was not her husband. A white Burgess family (George W. Burgess, overseer and later planter in West Feliciana, enslaver) lived in the Zachary-Port Hudson corridor; it is context only, and no record ties it to her children. DNA and Ellen's 1887 marriage record are the next tests.

James McCalop ?-1850

James McCalop was a West Baton Rouge sugar planter. In 1843 he bought Belair, a 19-arpent plantation, from Francis M. Hereford for $23,289; his home estate was Poplar Grove, about four miles above Baton Rouge on the west bank. He died on 9 July 1850. His will left the property unsold, in the care of his daughter Elvira and her husband Nolan Stewart. New Orleans factors sued the estate over notes he had endorsed for his neighbour John B. Scudder, and on 30 July 1852 the sheriff seized about 42 enslaved people "belonging to the Estate of James McCalop": Moses, Maria and her children Helen, Joseph and Henry, Matilda and her children Louisa, Mary Eliza, Alfred and John, Nancy Green, Martin Cox, Elsy, Rachel, Joe Smith and others, all named in the return. The seizure was later dropped and they stayed with the estate. His will, written at Poplar Grove on 4 July 1849, left the residue to "my Great Grand Children, Kitty's children and Lucy's", with his daughter Elvira managing everything for her life. The West Baton Rouge inventory of 8 August 1850 valued the estate at $204,614.60 and listed about 176 enslaved people in numbered family groups; a second appraisal on 27 April 1857 valued it at $423,878.98, of which $164,250 was enslaved people, about 186 named. A free woman of color, Eliza Jane McCalop, received $500 of a legacy from him in 1855.

• Lived 14 Nov 1843, Belair, West Baton Rouge Parish — bought Belair from Francis M. HerefordWBR conveyance, 1843
• Lived 4 Jul 1849, Poplar Grove, West Baton Rouge Parish — wrote his willWBR Probate No. 440, Folder III pp. 223–226
• Died 9 Jul 1850, West Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaSupreme Court opinion in WBR Probate No. 440
• Lived 30 Jul 1852, Poplar Grove, West Baton Rouge Parish — sheriff seized about 42 named people of his estateWBR Probate No. 440, sheriff's return

Still open: The missing page of the 1857 inventory (about $18,650 of people). · Who Eliza Jane McCalop, free woman of color, was. · Nolan Stewart's succession, WBR No. 509.

John Porter (of Lobdell) fl. 1850s

John Porter is named as Martha Porter's father on her 1930 death certificate, which gives his birthplace as Lobdell. Martha's 1900 and 1910 census entries give her father's birthplace as Kentucky and her mother's as Georgia instead; the 1930 informant was not a known relative. No John Porter household has yet been found in the 1870 or 1880 indexes for West Baton Rouge.

Still open: Find John Porter in 1870/1880 (Porter, Parter, Poter) and in Freedmen's Bureau labor contracts for West Baton Rouge.

John Kelly abt 1854-1919

John Kelly was born at Clinton about 1854, a son of Sol Kelly and Amanda. He farmed at Scotlandville, where he died on 7 Sep 1919, aged 65. He was buried in Sweet Olive Cemetery.

• Born c.1854, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Age 65 at deathLouisiana death certificate, reg. 10842 (1919)
• Died 7 Sep 1919, Scotlandville, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married farmer; parents Sol Kelly and AmandaLouisiana death certificate, reg. 10842 (1919)
• Buried 10 Sep 1919, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaLouisiana death certificate, reg. 10842 (1919)

Still open: The informant, Emma Kelly, is probably his daughter Emma (b. 1889).

Elvira McCalop Stewart and Col. Nolan Stewart Nolan d. 1854; Elvira living 1858

Elvira Moore McCalop, James McCalop's daughter, married Nolan Stewart in Wilkinson County, Mississippi (marriage bond 16 April 1820; licence 16 April 1821, "Nolan Stewart & Elvira McCaleb"). Nolan, son of James Stewart, was a Woodville property owner, trustee and guardian there from about 1818. Their daughters Catharine (born about 1825) and Lucy Russell (born about 1827) grew up in Wilkinson County; in January 1834 their grandfather, by then in West Baton Rouge, gave each girl an eleven-year-old enslaved girl, "Cit" to Catharine and Evaline to Lucy. The family was still "of Wilkinson" in 1838; in 1840 McCalop gave his granddaughters Highland, and in 1841 Nolan took over the people of Daniel Woodard's Wilkinson County estate and brought them to Louisiana. Nolan was McCalop's executor; he died on 10 April 1854, six weeks after Catharine (26 February 1854). In November 1854 Elvira bought the new brick town house at 741 North Street, Spanish Town, Baton Rouge, which her descendants kept for more than a century; during the war it served as a U.S. General Hospital. She died by 1870.

• Married 16 Apr 1820/1821, Wilkinson County, Mississippi — marriage bond and licence, Nolan Stewart & Elvira McCalebWilkinson County marriage records (FamilySearch 3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-8S5K-D)
• Lived 1850s, Stewart Home Place, West Baton Rouge ParishWBR Probate No. 440; 1858 conveyance
• Died 10 Apr 1854, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Col. Nolan StewartWBR Probate No. 440, Folder II p. 9

Still open: Nolan Stewart's own succession (WBR; REQ-0087) may hold the Home Place inventory: the first place to look for Creasy, Henry and Nancy Stewart.

Catharine "Kitty" Stewart Williams and Alfred A. Williams Catharine d. by 1854

Catharine N. ("Kitty") Stewart, daughter of Nolan Stewart and Elvira McCalop, married Alfred A. Williams on 15 December 1842 and died on 26 February 1854, leaving James McCalop, Mary McDugald and Nolan Stewart Williams. Alfred A. Williams became McCalop's executor and his children's tutor in 1854, ran Poplar Grove (875 hogsheads of sugar in 1855), and in 1858 bought half of the Stewart Home Place with 149 enslaved people. In 1860 he held 55 people in East Baton Rouge. He is not known to be related to B's Williams family, whose enslaver was Dr. John B. Hereford.

• Lived 16 Apr 1858, Stewart Home Place, West Baton Rouge Parish — A. A. Williams bought an undivided half with 149 named enslaved peopleWBR conveyance, 16 Apr 1858

Rev. Isaac C. "Ike" Kelly 1857-1919

Isaac Kelly was born in East Feliciana Parish about 1857, a son of Solomon (Sol) Kelly and Rachel; his 1919 death certificate names his mother as Rachel, and his brother Timothy's 1875 baptism at St. Joseph, Baton Rouge, names "Solomon Kelly and Rachel". He married Susie Lee about 1893 and farmed in Ward 3 of East Baton Rouge Parish, where the family appears in 1900 and 1910 with children Phyllis, Solomon, Eddy, Israelite, Nehemiah, Matthew and Lena. Remembered as Rev. I. C. Kelly, he died at Richmond Park in June 1919 and was buried at Sweet Olive. His first marriage is on record: he married Frances ("Francis") Richardson at Baton Rouge on 28 February 1878 (licence 23 February), and they appear together in the 1880 census. Frances was very probably the mother of his older children Phyllis, Solomon and Eddy. Susie Lee Kelly's deeds of 1920 and 1948 state that she married "secondly" Ike Kelly, deceased.

• Born Mar 1857, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Son of Sol Kelly and Rachel Kelly1900 U.S. census; death certificate 7199
• Married 28 Feb 1878, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — First marriage, to "Miss Francis [Frances] Richardson"; licence 23 Feb 1878; married by Rev. Ed Johnson; witnesses Isaac Williams, Lewis McGill [?] and Lucy KellyEBR marriage bond, licence (16-33) and return, 1878; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Married c.1893, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Susie Lee; married 7 years in 19001900 U.S. census
• Worked 21 Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farmer; household west of Plank Road with Susie and seven children1900 U.S. census
• Worked Apr 1910, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farmer, general farm; with Susie and four children1910 U.S. census
• Died 16 Jun 1919, Richmond Park, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Laborer; informant wife Susiedeath certificate 7199
• Buried 16 Jun 1919, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianadeath certificate 7199

Still open: Is he the Isaac Kelly, 22, with wife Frances in the 1880 EBR Ward 3 census, and was Frances the mother of Phyllis, Solomon and Eddy? · Death date reads 15 or 16 Jun 1919; Susie's succession says 1918. · Age conflict: death certificate 'about 55' vs censuses pointing to 1857.

Fred Burgess abt 1858-

Fred Burgess, 22, single, was working on a farm in East Baton Rouge Ward 10 in 1880, with his father born in Kentucky and his mother in Louisiana, the same as Ben and Rexann Burgess two pages away in the census. On 21 Dec 1887 he signed, by mark, as security on Lewis (Louis) Burgess's marriage bond. He was very probably Lewis's brother. The "Uncle Fred" in Dorothy Mae's diary was a different man: Fred William Burgess of Port Allen, Willie's brother.

• Lived 16 Jun 1880, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farm worker in James Vaughan's household (dwelling 201)1880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 10, ED 108 (Ancestry 4241368-00900 and -00902)
• witnessed 21 Dec 1887, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Security on the marriage bond of Louis Burgess and Louisa WinfreeEBR marriage bond, 1887

Lewis (Louis) Burgess abt 1860-1931

Lewis "Louis" Burgess was a farm laborer in Wards 9 and 10 of East Baton Rouge Parish. He and his wife Louisa raised a large family; in 1910 ten children were at home. Louisa died in 1922, and by 1930 Louis, then 70, lived with his son Willie in Baton Rouge and worked mowing lawns for private homes. He died in October 1931 at the East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson and was buried in Baton Rouge. His 1887 marriage bond was signed by Fred Burgess as his security, the first record of another Burgess man standing with him; the bond does not state the relationship. In 1880 a Louis Burgess, 16, was living in Ward 10 with Benjamin and Rexann Burgess, probably his parents (not yet proven). A Fred Burgess, 22, with the same parents' birthplaces (father Kentucky, mother Louisiana), was working on a farm in the same ward in 1880, so Fred was very probably Lewis's brother. His own son Willie Burgess (about 1898-1963, wife Rebecca, later Pearl) was a different man from Dorothy Mae's father. The records now show that Dorothy Mae's father Willie Burgess (died 1948) was a son of Martha Porter, so this family is no longer shown as Brandi's ancestors. It stays here because the records were gathered while it was attached to Willie.

• Born Jan 1860, Louisiana — Birth month and year as given in 1900; 1920 gives his father's birthplace as Maryland1900 U.S. census
• Lived 16 Jun 1880, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — PROBABLE: "Louis", 16, son, in the household of Benj. Burgess (60, farmer) and Rexann [?] (50), with Elizia 14 and Manda 81880 U.S. census, ED 108 p. 24 (Ancestry 4241368-00902)
• Married 22 Dec 1887, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Louisa Winfree; licence 21 Dec 1887 (17th JDC); married by E. Harrison, minister; witnesses Louis Winfrey (the bride's father's name), Richard West, James Bats [?]. Fred Burgess signed the bond as his securityEBR marriage bond, licence and return (20-187), 1887; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Lived 26 Jun 1900, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farm laborer, renting; wife Louisa and seven children; could read and write; Emanuel (Manuel) Burgess, b. Feb 1864, and wife Laura also in Ward 101900 U.S. census
• Lived 20 May 1910, Police Jury Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farm laborer; wife Louisa and ten children1910 U.S. census
• Lived Jan 1920, Ward 9, Precinct 1, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farm laborer on a rented farm; wife Louisa, sons and grandsons1920 U.S. census
• Lived 12 Apr 1930, Ward 2, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Lawn mower for private homes; living with son Willie1930 U.S. census
• Died 25 Oct 1931, East Louisiana State Hospital, Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Residence Baton Rougedeath certificate 12210
• Buried 26 Oct 1931, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianadeath certificate 12210

Still open: Not yet found in the 1880 census. · The original 1887 civil marriage record (EBR Clerk).

Samuel Lewis abt 1860-?

Samuel Lewis was born in Louisiana about 1860. In 1900 he lived with his wife Fannie, daughter Martha and son Jonas on the Burgas Plantation, owned by D. Witt Beckham, near Star Hill in West Feliciana Parish. By 1910 the family was in Ward 3 of East Baton Rouge Parish.

• Born c.1860, Louisiana1900 U.S. census
• Lived Jun 1900, Burgas Plantation, Star Hill, Ward 2, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — With wife Fannie, daughter Martha and son Jonas; plantation owned by D. Witt Beckham1900 U.S. census
• Lived Apr 1910, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 50, with wife Fannie and son Jonas1910 U.S. census

Still open: Where was he in the 1870 and 1880 West Feliciana censuses? · When did he marry Fannie (about 1885) and when did he die?

Emily Lucy "Lou" Kelly Morrison abt 1860-1925

Lou Kelly was born at Clinton, a daughter of Sol Kelley and Amanda. She married Abe Morrison and worked as a domestic. She died at Zachary on 17 Jan 1925 and was buried the next day at Wax; her husband gave the information for her certificate.

• Born May 1860, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Death certificate gives birthplace Clinton; age illegiblefamily tree
• Died 17 Jan 1925, Zachary, Ward 4, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Abe Morrison; domestic; father Sol Kelley (b. Clinton), mother Amanda (b. Baker)Louisiana death certificate, reg. 458 (1925)
• Buried 18 Jan 1925, Wax, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Undertaker J. D. GilbertLouisiana death certificate, reg. 458 (1925)

Still open: Her husband Abe Morrison was living in 1925, but the tree has Abe Morrison Sr. dying in 1862. Either the tree is wrong or her husband was a different Abe (a Jr.?).

Manuel (Emanuel) Burgess abt 1860-1864-

Manuel Burgess, 20, Black, was working on the farm of the white Bradford family next to Benj. Burgess's household in 1880 (East Baton Rouge Ward 10). As Emanuel Burgess (born Feb 1864) he lived in Ward 10 with his wife Laura in 1900, and as Manuel with Laura in 1910, near Lewis and Louisa Burgess. Probably Lewis's brother.

• Lived 16 Jun 1880, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farm worker, 20, Bradford household1880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 10, ED 108 (Ancestry 4241368-00900 and -00902)
• Lived 1900, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Head, with wife Laura1900 and 1910 U.S. census indexes

Louisa Kelly Lewis abt 1862-1926

Louisa Kelly was born in Baton Rouge about 1862, a daughter of Sol Kelly. She married Harry Lewis, and their sons included Harry Jr. (1905) and a son recorded as "Mary" (1907). She died at home in Baton Rouge on 7 Feb 1926, aged 63, and was buried in Sweet Olive Cemetery.

• Born c.1862, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 63 at death; father Sol Kelly, born East FelicianaLouisiana death certificate, reg. 1651 (1926)
• Died 7 Feb 1926, 925 Scott St., Ward 2, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Harry Lewis (informant); houseworkLouisiana death certificate, reg. 1651 (1926)
• Buried Feb 1926, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Mrs. J. D. Gilbert, undertakerLouisiana death certificate, reg. 1651 (1926)

Still open: Her mother's name is blank on the certificate; the tree's Amanda is not confirmed by it. · Her husband Harry Lewis Sr. and their children are not yet in the tree.

Louisa (Winfrey) Burgess abt 1864-1922

Louisa Burgess was born in Ward 9 of East Baton Rouge Parish; her death certificate names her parents as Louis Winfrey and Julia Sanders, who was born in Alabama. She married Lewis (Louis) Burgess in a civil ceremony in East Baton Rouge on 21/22 Dec 1887; her own parents had married on 17 Nov 1869. She and Lewis farmed in Wards 9 and 10, and by 1910 she had borne fifteen children, thirteen then living. In 1918 her son Marshall named her as his nearest relative on his draft card. She died at Duchein Place, near Baton Rouge, in June 1922. Her parents' marriage is on record: Louis Winfrey and Julia Ann Sanders, both "colored", took out a marriage licence in East Baton Rouge on 17 November 1869, and a Louis Winfrey witnessed her own wedding in 1887. The records now show that Dorothy Mae's father Willie Burgess (died 1948) was a son of Martha Porter, so this family is no longer shown as Brandi's ancestors. It stays here because the records were gathered while it was attached to Willie.

• Born c.1864, Ward 9, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — 1900 census gives May 1864; birthplace from death certificate1900 U.S. census; death certificate 5817
• Married 21/22 Dec 1887, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — civil marriage to Louis BurgessB's abstract (Diocese of Baton Rouge visit notes, 12 Oct 2026)
• Lived 26 Jun 1900, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farm laborer; wife of Lewis Burgess; seven children born, all living1900 U.S. census
• Lived 20 May 1910, Police Jury Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Second marriage; 15 children born, 13 living1910 U.S. census
• Lived 12 Sep 1918, RFD 4, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Named as mother and nearest relative of son Marshall L. BurgessWWI draft card (Marshall L. Burgess)
• Lived Jan 1920, Ward 9, Precinct 1, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With husband Louis on a rented farm; mother's birthplace given as Alabama1920 U.S. census
• Died 13 Jun 1922, Duchein Place, near Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Father Louis Winfrey, mother Julia Sanders; informant Louis Burgessdeath certificate 5817

Still open: Birth year varies from about 1855 to 1869 across records. · Is the Louisa, 2, in Lewis and Julia Winfry's 1870 household (EBR Ward 3) her? · Who was her first husband (1910 says second marriage)?

Mary "Susie" Lee Kelly 1864-1956

Susie Lee was born on 4 July 1864, a daughter of Alfred Lee. Her first marriage, to John Banks, ended in divorce; their daughter Pearl Bank was her only child from it to survive infancy. About 1893 she married Isaac Kelly, and they had Israelite, Nehemiah, Matthew and Lena in East Baton Rouge Parish. As a widow she bought property from the Prescotts in 1920 and 1927. She died in Baton Rouge in December 1956, aged 92. Her daughter Pearl's death certificate (state file 5641) settles Pearl's death as 28 Apr 1949, not 1946. Her land records trace her lots on Eureka Street in Colonial Hill: Lot 95 bought from Nellie Dougherty Prescott in 1920, Lots 97 and 99 assessed to her in the 1930s, Lot 99 sold to Nehemiah in 1948 and Lot 97 lost at a tax sale in 1951. The 1949 succession of her daughter Pearl Jackson names Susie as "mother of the deceased".

• Born 4 Jul 1864, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Daughter of Alfred Lee; death certificate gives birthplace as 'Plains'death certificate 16467; Morning Advocate obituary
• Married c.1893, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Isaac Kelly, her second husband1900 U.S. census
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Isaac; mother of 7 children, 4 living1900 U.S. census
• Lived 5 Nov 1920, Austin Ave, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Bought property from Nellie Dougherty Prescott; widow of Ike KellyEBR cash sale deed, Bndl 059/308
• owned 5 Nov 1920, Colonial Hill, Eureka Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Bought Lot 95 from Mrs. Nellie Dougherty Prescott for $75; the deed states she married first John Banks (divorced, 22nd JDC) and second Ike Kelly, deceasedEBR Conveyance Book 93, p. 186; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Lived 16 Aug 1927, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Bought further property from the PrescottsEBR cash sale deed, Bndl 006/705
• Lived 10 Apr 1930, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Widowed homeowner, with two Williams grandchildren1930 U.S. census
• sold 20 May 1948, Colonial Hill, Eureka Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Sold Lot 99 to Nehemiah Kelly for $250; witnesses Rosa Johnson and Dorothy Mae JacksonEBR Conveyance Book 770, folio 59; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• lost property 13 Jun 1951, Colonial Hill, Eureka Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Lot 97 sold by the sheriff for 1950 taxes ($22.29) to Sam MirandaEBR tax deed, 1951; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Died 23 Dec 1956, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Domestic; widow of Rev. I. C. Kelly; informant son Matthewdeath certificate 16467
• Buried 28 Dec 1956, Gilbert Memorial Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Desselle Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 16467 (1956)
• other 26 Dec 1956, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Obituary: born 4 Jul 1864 in Scotlandville, widow of the Rev. I. C. Kelly; services at Donaldson Chapel Free Baptist Church; survived by sons Matthew and Nehemiah, daughter Mrs. Lena K. Lewis and stepdaughter Mrs. Phyllis LeeState-Times, 26 Dec 1956, p. 10A; Morning Advocate, 27 Dec 1956, p. 8

Still open: Birth year conflict: death records say 1864; 1900 census says Mar 1876 and 1930 census about 1875. · Pearl Bank's death: succession says 1946, a family diary says 28 Apr 1949.

William Kelly 1865-1953

William Kelly was a son of Sol (Saul) Kelly and Rachel and the husband of Priscilla Barnes. He held a strip of land on the north side of Rosenwald Road in Scotlandville, between the Bayou Sara road (today's Scenic Highway) and the Y&MV railroad (beside today's Scotland Avenue), which he laid out as a subdivision in 1943. The school land was a sale, not a donation. On 8 Nov 1946 William asked the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board $800 an acre for 5 acres and $1,000 an acre for 8¾ more, and the board called the price excessive. Six weeks later, on 19 Dec 1946, he and Priscilla sold the board 5 acres in the middle of his subdivision for $2,500 ($500 an acre) "as a site for a Negro school"; the newspapers that day reported the board's plan for a Black elementary school there. If the family remembers the land as a gift, the deed records a sale, though the lower price he accepted may be part of that memory. The board's 1949 building program listed a new Negro elementary school on Rosenwald Road, and by November 1950 a new school stood on the road. Fitted to today's map, the 1946 plat places the five acres on the block between Chinn and Lewis Streets: the parish lot map still labels the frontage lot "Kelly", the land west of it "Kelly, William Tract", and the house lots east of it to the railroad "Suburb Kelly", a subdivision filed in June 1947. A 2015 local history of Scotlandville (Arcadia) calls the Kellys the only Black family in Scotlandville before Southern University arrived in 1914. The conveyance indexes show him buying land in pieces from 1903 to 1923; in 1900 he rented, and by 1910 he owned a mortgaged farm on the Bayou Sara road. Two of the tracts came from his wife's family: a sale by her brother Edward Barnes (about 1906) and an exchange with her sister Sarah Barnes Myers (1910). Her father, Aaron Barnes, a carpenter born in North Carolina, already owned property in Baton Rouge in 1870 and owned his farm outright in 1900.

• sold 19 Dec 1946, Rosenwald Road, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Sold about 5 acres from his 1943 subdivision to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board for $2,500, "to be used as a site for a Negro School"; the deed states he married "but once and then to Priscilla Barnes Kelly" Plat of 16 Dec 1946: 353 ft on Rosenwald by 617 ft deep, part of lots 1-7 of his 1943 subdivision; today the block between Chinn and Lewis Streets (parish lot "Kelly" Tract B and Perry Place).EBR Original 62, Bundle 1971 (COB 696); East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• other 19 Dec 1946, Rosenwald Road, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — School Board story: the superintendent would try to purchase six acres from William Kelley, Scotlandville, "for a site for a negro elementary school", between the Bayou Sara road and the Y&MV railroad on RosenwaldMorning Advocate and State-Times, 19 Dec 1946, p. 6
• other 8 Nov 1946, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Asked the School Board $800 an acre for 5 acres and $1,000 an acre for 8¾ more on Rosenwald Road; the board called the price excessiveMorning Advocate, 8 Nov 1946, p. 6
• owned 31 Jan 1947, Bayou Sara Road near the Scotland Plant, Scotlandville, Louisiana — 30.28 acres assessed to "William Kelly #1"Sheriff's tax certificate, 1947; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• other 13 Jun 1947, Rosenwald Road, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Suburb Kelly" subdivision filed on the Kelly land east of the school site, running to the railroadCity-Parish GIS subdivision layer (East Baton Rouge), read 23 Oct 2026
• other 16 Nov 1950, Rosenwald Road, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — A "new school on Rosenwald rd." is in place (beer-permit ruling); the 1949 program had listed a new Negro elementary school thereState-Times, 16 Nov 1950, p. 18; Morning Advocate, 2 Jan 1949, p. 53

Still open: Which school was built on the site and when it closed: the 1950s newspapers point to North Scotlandville Elementary (not yet proven). Scotlandville Magnet High (1960) is across the tracks, not on the Kelly land. · The 2015 Scotlandville book calls him a native of Kansas and gives 1866-1954; his death certificate says born Baton Rouge and died 16 May 1953. · Read the deeds behind the index entries (East Baton Rouge Clerk): Edward Barnes (COB 37 p. 62), Sarah Myers (COB 45 p. 149), and the 1920 Kernan sales of former Scotland Plantation land.

Katherine Eleanor "Nellie" Dougherty Prescott 1866-1933

Nellie Dougherty, daughter of John A. Dougherty and Lucy Stewart, married Col. Arthur Taylor Prescott in 1888. In 1920 and 1927 she sold land in Baton Rouge to Susie Lee Kelly, widow of Rev. Isaac Kelly, B's ancestor. She died in Baton Rouge in 1933.

• Lived 1920, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish — sold land to Susie Lee Kelly (again in 1927)East Baton Rouge conveyance index
• sold 5 Nov 1920, Colonial Hill, Eureka Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Through her husband A. T. Prescott as agent, sold Lot 95 Colonial Hill to Susie Kelly (née Lee) for $75; witnesses T. Jones Cross and G. W. BurgessEBR Conveyance Book 93, p. 186 (pulled by B, 14 Oct 2026)

Still open: The 1920 and 1927 deeds to Susie Lee Kelly (EBR Clerk).

Elizia Burgess abt 1866-

Elizia Burgess, 14, was a daughter of Benj. and Rexann Burgess in the 1880 census of East Baton Rouge Ward 10; probably a sister of Lewis Burgess.

• Lived 16 Jun 1880, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Daughter, 141880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 10, ED 108 (Ancestry 4241368-00900 and -00902)

Ellen Burgess Lawson about 1868/71-about 1900/10

Ellen Burgess was Martha Porter's eldest known child and Willie Burgess's sister. She married William Lawson in East Baton Rouge on 26 Jan 1887 (licence 25 Jan), before Eli E. Griffin, minister; J. A. Milton stood as security on the bond. The record names no parents. In 1900 the couple lived beside Martha in West Baton Rouge Ward 4 with sons Mathew and William; by 1910 the two boys lived with their grandmother Martha. Her son William Lawson Jr. (born 27 Feb 1894, Port Allen; died 20 Dec 1942, New Orleans) served in World War I; his death index gives his mother as 'Ellen Verges', a sound-spelling of Burgess. In 1900 she was 29 and had borne five children, three living: Mathew (1892), William (1894) and Olivia (1896). By 1910 her husband was a widower, so Ellen probably died between 1900 and 1910. Her son Mathew "Mack" Lawson (1892–1967), a World War I veteran, lived at Mulatto Bend and is buried there.

• Lived 1880, Ward 4, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Ellen, 12, with her mother Martha Porter1880 U.S. census
• Married 25 Jan 1887, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — to William LawsonLouisiana parish marriage index (FamilySearch)

Still open: Her death date. · Her father: the 1887 marriage record names no parents. J. A. Milton, the bondsman, may be her stepfather or a Milton relative.

Manda Burgess abt 1872-

Manda Burgess, 8, was a daughter of Benj. and Rexann Burgess in the 1880 census of East Baton Rouge Ward 10; probably a sister of Lewis Burgess.

• Lived 16 Jun 1880, Ward 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Daughter, 81880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 10, ED 108 (Ancestry 4241368-00900 and -00902)

James (Jim) Burgess about 1874-1939

Jim Burgess was Martha Porter's son and Willie Burgess's older brother, written "Burgist" (1900) and "Burger" (1910) in the census. He lived with his mother all his life in West Baton Rouge, and in 1930 owned the house on River Road where she lived with him, two doors from his brother Joby. His death certificate shows a single man of Port Allen, age 65, who died on 21 May 1939 at the East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson after about six weeks there. He was buried at Port Allen through Peoples Funeral Home of Baton Rouge. The hospital reported his death and did not know his parents, so the match is very likely but not proven.

• Died 21 May 1939, East Louisiana State Hospital, Jackson, Louisiana — of Port Allen; buried Port Allen (probable match)Louisiana death certificate

Still open: Confirm the 1939 death is Martha's son (hospital patient file).

Frances ("Francis") Richardson Kelly -

Frances Richardson was Rev. Isaac Kelly's first wife. Their marriage licence was issued in East Baton Rouge on 23 Feb 1878 and they were married at Baton Rouge on 28 Feb 1878 by Rev. Ed Johnson; the witnesses were Isaac Williams, Lewis McGill [?] and Lucy Kelly. In 1880 Isaac and Frances lived in Ward 3. She was very probably the mother of Phyllis (b. 1883), Solomon (b. 1885) and Eddy (b. 1889).

• Married 28 Feb 1878, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Isaac KellyEBR marriage bond, licence and return, 1878

Fred Williams (Fred William Burgess) 1878/79-1956

Fred was Martha Porter's son, Fred Porter, 3, in the 1880 census. By 1900 he went by the surname Williams: he is "William, Fred", born December 1878, in her Port Allen household. He spent his life in West Baton Rouge around Lobdell, Kahns and Mulatto Bend, farming and laboring. He married Emma Minor about 1903 (her father Jackson Minor lived with them in 1920), and later a wife called Dicy or Icy. No children appear in his households. He was the "Uncle Fred" who came to his brother Willie's burial in December 1948. He died at Mulatto Bend on 19 May 1956 and was buried there. His death certificate names his mother as Martha Porter, born at Zachary, and gives his father as unknown.

• Died 19 May 1956, Mulatto Bend, Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — buried at Mulatto Bend, 21 May 1956Louisiana death certificate, state file 7301

Willie (William) Burgess about 1879/80-1948

Willie (William) Burgess, Dorothy Mae's father, was a son of Martha Porter and a Burgess father whose given name is not yet known. The 1880 census of East Baton Rouge Ward 4 lists Martha Porter with Ellen, Jim, George, Fred and William, a baby two months old, so he was born about 1879-80 (B has set his birth to about 11 Oct 1879, the day and month from his draft card); later records give September 1881 (1900 census) and 11 Oct 1888 (his 1942 draft card, which gives his birthplace as East Baton Rouge). In 1900 he was an 18-year-old day laborer in his widowed mother's home in the 4th Ward of West Baton Rouge (Port Allen), with his brothers Jim, George and Fred William and his half-brothers David and Joseph Milton. Dorothy Mae's diary names her father's brothers as Uncle Joby, Uncle David and Uncle Fred, and Joby Milton's 1956 death certificate names Joby's mother as Martha Porter, which ties Willie to Martha. In 1924 he lived at Richmond Park in North Baton Rouge, a "process man", when Dorothy Mae was born. By 1942 he lived in New Orleans. He died at Charity Hospital there on 26 Dec 1948, and Dorothy's diary records his burial in Greenstreet Cemetery two days later, with Joby, David and Fred present. The family tree had made him a son of Lewis Burgess and Louisa Winfrey; that parentage belongs to a different Willie Burgess of Baton Rouge (about 1898-1963), and B has removed it. Around 1918 to 1922 he was married to Pallie (Polly) Thomas (born 1889 in Baton Rouge, daughter of Alex Thomas and Melissie Edwards; died 1954 in New Orleans); no children of that marriage are known. In 1920 Willie and Polly rented on America Street in Baton Rouge, where he worked at an oil plant. By 1930 he was in New Orleans, a railroad freight hand on South Rampart Street, with a wife named Louise. Family memory named two more daughters of Willie. Census and Social Security records show that the young women Dorothy's diary names were daughters of Robert Kelly and Mattie Hawkins of Baton Rouge, so they were more likely relatives on her mother's (Kelly) side. That question is still open. A 1900 census of the same ward (RECORD) lists Serena Burgist, 19, a widow with one child, boarding nearby, while Willie, 18, was single in his mother's house with a granddaughter of Martha's, "Ugenie", 2; in 1910 Eugenia, 13, lived with Serena and her husband Ed Willis. This makes Eugenia very probably Willie's daughter by Serena, though no record yet names him as her father. The white George W. Burgess Sr., often suggested as the Burgess father, married Mrs. Keziah A. McHugh in 1867 (RECORD); an index of a July 1873 marriage of "Kezia Ann Burgess" to John H. Knox suggests he was dead by 1873, years before Willie was conceived, but the image has not yet been read.

• Born about Apr 1880, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "William", 2 months old, in Martha Porter's household (Ward 4). Later records give Sep 1881 (1900 census), about 1885 (1924) and 11 Oct 1888 (1942 draft card)1880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 4, ED 105, p. 38 (Ancestry 6742, image 4241368-00694)
• Lived 14 Jun 1880, Ward 4, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With his mother Martha Porter, 30, laborer, his sister Ellen and his brothers Jim, George and Fred1880 U.S. census, East Baton Rouge Ward 4, ED 105, p. 38
• other 22 Apr 1897, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — LEAD, not proven to be this Willie: a William Burgess married Serena Haybert (licence No. 319; Rev. George Armstrong; J. A. Milton a witness)West Baton Rouge marriage licence 319 (FamilySearch DGS 7409374, image 120)
• Lived 8 Jun 1900, 4th Ward, West Baton Rouge Parish (Port Allen), Louisiana — "Willie Burgist", 18, day laborer, son of the widowed Martha Poter [Porter], with brothers Jim, George and Fred William and half-brothers David and Joseph Milton1900 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge, ED 164, sheet 6A, dwelling 118 (Ancestry 4119813_00438)
• other 5 Jun 1913, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — LEAD: Eugenia Burgess, 16, native of West Baton Rouge, "daughter of Will Burgess and Serena Burgess", married Lonzo Willis ThomasOrleans marriage book 71, f. 142 (FamilySearch DGS 4769152, image 268)
• owned 3 Feb 1920, McGrath Heights (Roosevelt Street), Baton Rouge, Louisiana — POSSIBLY THIS WILLIE (lead): a Willie Burgess "living with his wife Pally Thomas Burgess" sold lots 3-4, Square 3, McGrath Heights to Capital Building & Loan (1920) and to Alvan L. Drehr (1922). His wife's name matches a 1918 draft card of a Willie Burges born 1881EBR conveyances 1920 and 1922; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Lived 12 Oct 1924, Richmond Park, North Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Process man", age 39, on daughter Dorothy Mae's birth certificatebirth certificate 23414 (Dorothy Mae Burgess)
• Lived 25 Apr 1942, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — WWII draft registration: age 54, born 11 Oct 1888, East Baton Rouge; unemployed. His mailing address is the one on his 1948 death certificateWWII draft card, serial U-1188, Local Board 1, Orleans Parish (Ancestry 1002)
• Died 26 Dec 1948, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Laborer; parents recorded as unknown; birthplace given as Port Allen; Dorothy Mae's diary: "My Daddy died at 4 o'clock this morning"death certificate 7243
• Buried 28 Dec 1948, Greenstreet Cemetery (location not yet identified) — Dorothy Mae's diary: "We buried my daddy today in Greenstreet Cemetery. Uncle Joby & Uncle David & Uncle Fred came"Dorothy Mae Burgess's diary, 28 Dec 1948
• other 1 Jan 1949, New Orleans, Louisiana — Deaths list: "Willie Burgess, 53, Charity"Times-Picayune, 1 Jan 1949, p. 9; New Orleans States, 1 Jan 1949, p. 14

Still open: His Social Security application (REQ-0075) should name his parents in his own words. · His Burgess father: Martha Porter's husband of about 1874-82 (West and East Baton Rouge marriage books). · Is he the Willie Burgess married to Pally Thomas (1918 draft card, 1920-22 deeds)? · Where is Greenstreet Cemetery? A death notice may say (Times-Picayune 27-28 Dec 1948; Louisiana Weekly 1 Jan 1949). · Was he the William Burgess who married Serena Haybert in 1897, and so the father of Eugenia Burgess (b. about 1897)? Lead only. · Serena Burgess × Edward Willis, West Baton Rouge 1918 (vol. 6 p. 23): does it call her Willie's widow? (REQ-0261) · "Kezia Ann Burgess" × John H. Knox, Baton Rouge, July 1873: if she is George W. Burgess Sr.'s widow, he cannot be Willie's father (REQ-0259).

Phyllis "Aunt Tootsie" Kelly Lee 1883-1962

Phyllis Kelly, Aunt Tootsie, was a daughter of Isaac (Ike) Kelly, born in Scotlandville; in 1900 she lived in his household. Susie Lee Kelly's obituary calls her a stepdaughter. She married James Lee at Scotlandville on 21 December 1900 (year faint; may be 1902) and was his widow when he died in Baton Rouge in 1953. A deaconess of Donaldson Chapel Free Baptist Church, she died at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, in October 1962 and was buried at Sweet Olive. No succession of her own was found in the East Baton Rouge index (B, 14 Oct 2026).

• Born 10 Nov 1883, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Father Ike Kellydeath certificate, New Orleans city file 62 07030
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Daughter, 16, in Isaac and Susie Kelly's household1900 U.S. census
• Married 21 Dec 1900, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married James Lee at the bride's residence; Rev. J. W. Washington officiatingmarriage certificate
• Lived 4 Sep 1953, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Wife of James Lee and informant at his deathJames Lee death certificate, state file 11736
• inherited 23 Oct 1953, Suburb Gracie, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Recognized as James Lee's surviving spouse and sole heirEBR Probate No. 8951; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Died 11 Oct 1962, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Widow; housewife; deaconess, Donaldson Chapel Free Baptist Churchdeath certificate; State-Times obituary 14 Oct 1962
• Buried Oct 1962, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaState-Times obituary 14 Oct 1962

Still open: Birth date conflict: death certificate 10 Nov 1883, 1900 census Dec 1883, tree 10 Dec 1882. · Who was her mother? The death certificate says Susie Lee, but Susie's obituary calls her a stepdaughter. · The marriage year is faint and may read 1902.

James Lee 1883-1953

James Lee was born in East Baton Rouge Parish; his death certificate gives 8 November 1883 (the tree has 1877). He married Phyllis Kelley at the bride's residence in Scotlandville on 21 December 1900 (the year may read 1902). He was a laborer and died in Baton Rouge on 4 September 1953; his wife Phillis was the informant. He was buried at Sweet Olive Cemetery.

• Born 8 Nov 1883, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Parents not known to the informantdeath certificate, state file 11736
• Married 21 Dec 1900, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Phyllis Kelley at the bride's residence; Rev. J. W. Washingtonmarriage certificate
• Died 4 Sep 1953, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Laborer; informant wife Phillis Leedeath certificate, state file 11736
• Buried 7 Sep 1953, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianadeath certificate, state file 11736
• Died 1953, Suburb Gracie (Gaines/North 20th Street), Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Succession judgment 23 Oct 1953 (No. 8951 Probate): widow Phillis Kelley Lee sole heir; estate Lot L, Square 31, Suburb Gracie, bought 25 Mar 1919EBR Probate No. 8951, Book 1060; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026

Still open: Birth date conflict: death certificate 8 Nov 1883, tree 14 May 1877. · The marriage year is faint and may read 1902. · The tree names Isham (Isom) H. Phillips as his father; no record yet supports this.

Solomon Kelley 1885-1930?

Solomon Kelley was born in May 1885 and in 1900 was living in Isaac Kelly's household in Ward 3 of East Baton Rouge Parish, listed as his son. The 1920 census index shows him in Baton Rouge with his wife Bertha and son Chester. The family tree gives his death as September 1930, but no death record has been found yet.

• Born May 1885, Louisiana1900 U.S. census
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son, 15, in Isaac and Susie Kelly's household1900 U.S. census
• Lived 1920, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With wife Bertha and son1920 U.S. census
• Died 8 Sep 1930, Louisianafamily tree

Still open: No death record found for 8 Sep 1930; check the Louisiana State Archives index. · Who was his mother? He was born before Isaac married Susie (c.1893).

David Milton 1886/94-1966

David Milton (often written Melton) was born on 11 August 1886 at Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish, a son of Martha Porter and brother of Joseph "Joby" Milton. In 1917 he was single, working for the Baton Rouge Coal Company at Lobdell and supporting his mother. In 1920 he was a blacksmith in West Baton Rouge with his wife Lubertha Harrison, a stepson and a daughter, Velma. In 1922 Lubertha sold half of her lot in the Town of Tournoir to his nephew William Lawson Jr. He later lived in Baton Rouge, where his wife Bertha (Lubertha) Harrison died in 1944 and was buried at Sweet Olive Cemetery. He was the "Uncle David" at his brother Willie's burial in 1948. His own 1966 death certificate, read in October 2026, gives his birth as 12 Aug 1894 in West Baton Rouge, his father as "unknown" and his mother's maiden name as Martha Porter; his Social Security record names his parents as Joseph Milton and Martha Porter. He died in Baton Rouge on 22 Sep 1966 and, a World War I veteran, was buried at Port Hudson National Cemetery near Zachary.

• Lived 8 Jun 1900, 4th Ward, West Baton Rouge Parish (Port Allen), Louisiana — Son of Martha Poter, born Aug 18881900 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge, ED 164, sheet 6A
• Lived 1910, Ward 4, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son, 23, in his mother Martha Porter's home1910 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge Ward 4, ED 138, sheet 14A (index; image filed)
• Died 22 Sep 1966, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Born 12 Aug 1894, West Baton Rouge; father "unknown"; mother's maiden name "Martha Porter"; World War I veteranLouisiana death certificate, state file 15869
• Buried Sep 1966, Port Hudson National Cemetery, Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — World War I veteranLouisiana death certificate, state file 15869

Still open: Birth: 11 Aug 1886 (earlier records) vs 12 Aug 1894 (death certificate and Social Security index). · His father: "J. A. Milton", a witness at William Burgess's 1897 marriage and bondsman for Ellen Burgess in 1887, may be the Joseph Milton of the Social Security record (lead). No J. A. Milton x Martha Porter marriage is in the West Baton Rouge index; try East Baton Rouge.

Jonas (John) Lewis 1888-1964

Jonas Lewis was born in September 1888 at Star Hill in West Feliciana, a son of Samuel and Fannie Lewis, and in 1900 lived on the Burgas Plantation. By 1910 they lived in East Baton Rouge. In 1917 he was a Standard Oil day hand supporting one child. In 1930 he owned a home in Zachary, with wife Mary. Fannie Lewis Smith's Social Security index names a Jonas Lewis, probably him, as her father. He died in 1964.

• Born Sep 1888, Star Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Son of Samuel and Fannie Lewis1900 U.S. census; WWI draft card
• Lived Jun 1900, Burgas Plantation, Star Hill, Ward 2, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — "Jonious", 11, with parents and sister Martha1900 U.S. census
• Lived Apr 1910, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Single, 20, with parents Samuel and Fannie1910 U.S. census
• Worked 5 Jun 1917, Standard Oil Co., Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Day hand; living in Zachary; single, supporting one childWWI draft card
• Lived Apr 1930, Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Jones" Lewis, 40, homeowner, with wife Mary and son1930 U.S. census
• Lived Apr 1940, Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With wife Mary J. and son1940 U.S. census
• Worked 1942, Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Day laborer; contact Mrs. Mary GasperWWII draft card U2372
• Died 13 Dec 1964, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 76Louisiana statewide death index

Still open: The 1930 census says he first married at 20, but his 1917 card says single. · Is 'Mary Gasper' (1942) his wife Mary J.'s maiden name? · His 1964 death certificate should name his parents.

Eddy Kelley 1889-?

Eddy Kelley was born in June 1889 and was living in the East Baton Rouge household of Isaac Kelly in 1900. His later life and death are still being researched.

• Born Jun 1889, Louisiana1900 U.S. census
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son, 10, in Isaac and Susie Kelly's household1900 U.S. census

Still open: Is he the Ed/Eddie Kelley who married Clara (Clariah) Moore in North Baton Rouge? · Is he the Edward Kelley buried at Baton Rouge National Cemetery in 1928? · Who was his mother? He was born before Isaac married Susie (c.1893). · Edna Kelley's death certificate (16 Dec 1921) names her parents as Ed Kelley and Clara Moore, both of the 3rd Ward; Clara (Clariah) Moore Kelley's certificate (11 Oct 1946) calls her the widow of Eddie Kelley. If this is Eddy, he died before Oct 1946. Confirm with a 1910/1920 census of Ed and Clara Kelley.

Pallie (Polly) Thomas Burgess 1889-1954

Pallie Thomas was born on 10 Feb 1889 in Baton Rouge, daughter of Alex Thomas and Melissie Edwards. She was Willie Burgess's wife: the 1918 draft card and 1920-22 property sales in Baton Rouge name her as his wife, and in 1920 the couple lived in Baton Rouge with no children. In 1930 she was in New Orleans, listed as widowed though Willie lived until 1948, so they had probably separated. She died on 20 Oct 1954 in New Orleans.

• Died 20 Oct 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana — Willie Burgess's widow; born Hopeville, La.; parents Alex Thomas and Melissa ThomasLouisiana death certificate, 1954 (Willie's folder)
• Buried Oct 1954, Prairieville, Ascension Parish, LouisianaLouisiana death certificate, 1954

Still open: Their marriage record (East Baton Rouge, about 1905-1918).

Pearl Banks Jackson 1890-1949

Pearl Banks was born in Baton Rouge on 20 Feb 1890, the daughter of John Banks and Susie Lee, and was Susie's only child from that marriage to survive infancy. She married Isaac Jackson and worked as a domestic. She died a widow at her home in Baton Rouge on 28 Apr 1949 and was buried in Sweet Olive Cemetery; her half-sister Lena Kelley gave the information for her certificate. Her 1949 succession confirms she was Susie Lee Kelly's daughter: the court named Susie "mother of the deceased" and divided Pearl's Richmond Park home among Susie and Pearl's half-siblings Lena, Matthew and Nehemiah Kelly.

• Born 20 Feb 1890, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Daughter of John Banks and Susie LeeLouisiana death certificate, state file 5641 (1949)
• Died 28 Apr 1949, 943 N. 31st St., Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Widow of Isaac Jackson; domestic; aged 59Louisiana death certificate, state file 5641 (1949)
• Buried 2 May 1949, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Capital Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 5641 (1949)
• Died 1949, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Succession judgment 27 May 1949 (No. 6588 Probate): heirs Lena White Kelley, Matthew Kelley, Nehemiah Kelley and Susie Kelley, "mother of the deceased", one-fourth each; her estate a 1938 Capital Building & Loan contract on Lot 43, Square 1, Richmond ParkEBR Probate No. 6588, Book 819; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026

Still open: The tree and her mother's succession give her death as 1946; the certificate says 28 Apr 1949 (matching Dorothy's diary). · The tree spells the surname Bank; the certificate says Banks. Her husband Isaac Jackson is not yet in the tree.

Arteil "Arteal" Kelley 1891-1947

Arteal (A. T.) Kelly was a son of William Kelly and Priscilla Barnes and a Scotlandville merchant. He was married to Amanda Lemon (1935 deed) and owned Scotlandville property, including the lot he leased to Standard Oil for a service station in 1932.

• leased 7 Jul 1932, Baker Road and Washington Avenue, Scotland Heights, Scotlandville, Louisiana — As A. T. Kelly, leased Lot 4, Square 6 (a service station, SS #2065) to Standard Oil of LouisianaEBR COB 269, folio 106 (pulled under Arteal's name); East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• sold 7 Oct 1935, Joseph A. Blythe Scotland subdivision, Scotlandville, Louisiana — With his wife "Amanda Lemon Kelley" and Robert Sims, sold Lot 1, Block 47 to Percie Reily; he signed "A. T. Kelley"EBR COB 301, folio 459; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026

Joseph "Joby" Milton 1891-1956

Joseph "Joby" Milton (also Melton) was born on 22 December 1890 at Lobdell, West Baton Rouge Parish, a son of Martha Porter. He worked for a coal company, then as a carpenter, and from the 1940s owned several lots in the Town of Tournoir, on the highway near Port Allen, where he ran Joby Milton's Bar and Saloon. With his first wife, Evelina (Everlene) Wallace, he had at least eight children, among them Joe Jr., John, Mary (later Mrs. Robert Jackson), Willie, Robert, Freddie and Albertha (later Mrs. Louis Desel). Evelina died between 1934 and 1952. He later married Ruth Jarrell (Jarreau); they were living apart by March 1956. He died at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, on 29 April 1956 and was buried at Mulatto Bend. His succession (West Baton Rouge no. 2020, judgment of 30 October 1958) recognized Ruth as his widow and divided his Tournoir property among his children. In 1952 he sold a Tournoir lot beside St. John Baptist Church to his brother Fred Williams. His daughter Mary Jackson reported his death and those of her brother Willie and her cousin Mack Lawson. His death certificate names his mother as Martha Porter.

• Born 1891, Louisiana — Year from his death certificate; Dec 1889 in the 1900 censusNew Orleans death certificate, file 56-2916
• Lived 8 Jun 1900, 4th Ward, West Baton Rouge Parish (Port Allen), Louisiana — Joseph Milton, 10, son of Martha Poter1900 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge, ED 164, sheet 6A
• Lived 1910, Ward 4, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son, 19, in his mother Martha Porter's home1910 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge Ward 4, ED 138, sheet 14A (index; image filed)
• Lived 16 Jun 1946, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Uncle Joby" lived "across the river"Dorothy Mae Burgess's diary
• Died 29 Apr 1956, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Widowed bartender of Port Allen; father Joby Milton, mother Martha Porter; informant Mary JacksonNew Orleans death certificate, file 56-2916
• Buried 4 May 1956, Mulatto Bend, Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaNew Orleans death certificate, file 56-2916

Still open: Was the informant "Mary Jackson" (1956), like "May Jackson" on his son's 1952 certificate, Dorothy Mae (Burgess) Jackson? Lead. · His wife (Eveline?, mother of Willie Milton) and her death.

Evelina (Everlene) Wallace Milton about 1891-between 1934 and 1952

Evelina Wallace was born about 1891 at Lobdell and married Joseph "Joby" Milton about 1908. Two West Baton Rouge deeds give her maiden name: in May 1934 Joby bought a Tournoir lot from John Wallace as "a married man whose wife is Evelina Melton, born Wallace, with whom he is living", and a 1952 deed calls her "Evelina Wallace Milton, deceased". (Her son Freddie's 1974 death certificate gives Smith instead.) She was a seamstress, and they had at least eight children, including Joe Jr., John, Mary, Willie, Robert (born 30 August 1918, her sixth child), Freddie and Albertha. She died between 1934 and 1952, probably before 1940. Her mother, Francis (later Gray, then Smith), lived with the family in 1930.

Still open: Her death and burial, 1920-1930. · Her marriage to Joby (West Baton Rouge marriage books, about 1908).

Mathew "Mack" Lawson 1892-1967

Mathew Lawson, called Mack, was born in January 1892 at Lobdell, the eldest son of William Lawson and Ellen Burgess, and so Willie Burgess's nephew. After his mother's death he and his brother lived with their grandmother Martha Porter (1910). He worked for the Baton Rouge Coal Company at Lobdell, served in World War I, and married Octavia. He lived at Mulatto Bend and died at Plaquemine Hospital on 15 September 1967. He was buried at Mulatto Bend; his cousin Mary Jackson reported his death.

• Died 15 Sep 1967, Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana — buried Mulatto Bend, Port AllenLouisiana death certificate 15769

Israelite Kelly 1894-c.1920

Israelite Kelly was born in January 1894, a son of Isaac and Susie Lee Kelly, and grew up in Ward 3 of East Baton Rouge Parish. In June 1913, at 21, he married Annie Jackson in New Orleans. His mother's succession records that he died about 1920 without children.

• Born Jan 1894, Louisiana — Son of Isaac and Susie Kelly1900 U.S. census
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — In his parents' household1900 U.S. census
• Lived Apr 1910, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son, 16, in Isaac C. and Susie Kelly's household1910 U.S. census
• Married 2 Jun 1913, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Married Annie JacksonNew Orleans Marriage Records Index
• Died c.1920, Louisiana — ChildlessSusie Lee Kelly succession, Probate 13,743 (1960)

Still open: Exact date and place of his death are unknown. · Is the separate folder 'Kelly, Israelite Sonnie' the same man?

Rev. Fernandez Kelly 1894-1972

Fernandez Kelly, recorded in the tree as Fernanda Kelley, was born at Scotlandville on 15 Aug 1894, a son of John Kelly. He retired from Esso and was also a minister; his wife was Maud. He died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge on 3 Jul 1972 and was buried at Southern Memorial.

• Born 15 Aug 1894, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son of John Kelly; mother given as unknownLouisiana death certificate, state file 117-13453 (1972)
• Died 3 Jul 1972, Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Retired from Esso; ministerLouisiana death certificate, state file 117-13453 (1972)
• Buried 8 Jul 1972, Southern Memorial, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Scotts Bluff MorticiansLouisiana death certificate, state file 117-13453 (1972)

Still open: The tree names him Fernanda; the certificate shows a man named Fernandez. · The certificate gives his mother as unknown; the tree has Letty McGill.

William Lawson Jr. 1894-1942

William Lawson Jr. was born on 27 February 1894 at Port Allen, a son of William Lawson and Ellen Burgess. His death certificate names his mother as Ellen "Verges", a sound-spelling of Burgess. He registered for the draft in World War I. His first wife was Josephine Brooks; in 1922 they bought half a lot in the Town of Tournoir from his aunt-by-marriage Lubertha Harrison Milton, which was sold for unpaid taxes in 1927. He lived with his grandmother Martha Porter as a boy, and later moved to New Orleans, where he worked on pipelines and lived on Colapissa Street with his wife Miriam Dupre. He died of tuberculosis at the U.S. Marine Hospital in New Orleans on 20 December 1942 and was buried at Chalmette.

• Born 27 Feb 1894, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Date from his World War I draft registrationU.S. WWI Draft Registration Cards (Ancestry 6482, index)
• Died 20 Dec 1942, New Orleans, Louisiana — buried ChalmetteNew Orleans death certificate 6876

Nehemiah "Nema" Kelley 1895-1972

Nehemiah Kelley was born in Scotlandville in July 1895 to Rev. Isaac C. and Susie Lee Kelley and was baptized at Nazarene Baptist Church in 1916. He worked as a garage porter and truck driver in Baton Rouge and retired from Esso Standard Oil in 1960. He married three times, to Lily Baker, Martha Lewis and Rosa Clark, the mother of his three children. He died in Baton Rouge in September 1972.

• Born 27 Jul 1895, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son of Rev. Isaac C. and Susie Kelleyfuneral program, 11 Sep 1972
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Nema", 4, in his parents' household1900 U.S. census
• Baptized Aug 1916, Nazarene Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Baptized by Rev. Hallfuneral program, 11 Sep 1972
• Worked Apr 1930, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Porter at a garage; renting, with wife Rosa and three children1930 U.S. census
• Worked Apr 1940, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Truck/team driver; with wife Rosa and children1940 U.S. census
• bought 20 May 1948, Colonial Hill, Eureka Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Bought Lot 99 from Susie Kelly; married to and living with Rosa Clark [?] KellyEBR Conveyance Book 770, folio 59; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Lived 22 Apr 1950, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With wife Rossie (Rosa) and family1950 U.S. census
• Worked 30 Jun 1960, Esso Standard Oil, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Retiredfuneral program, 11 Sep 1972
• Died 4 Sep 1972, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married three times: Lily Baker, Martha Lewis (both divorced), Rosie Clarksuccession, Probate 28,561
• Buried Sep 1972, "Luthern" Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Funeral 11 Sep 1972, Nazarene Baptist Churchfuneral program

Still open: Census ages (32 in 1930, 53 in 1950) suggest a birth about 1897-98, not 1895. · When were his marriages to Lily Baker and Martha Lewis?

Clara (Clariah) Moore Kelley abt 1895-1946

Clara (Clariah) Moore was born in Baton Rouge about 1895, a daughter of Joe and Marie Moore. She married Eddie Kelley and was the mother of Edna Kelley (died 1921). A widow by 1946, she died in Baton Rouge on 11 Oct 1946 and was buried in Sweet Olive Cemetery.

• Born c.1895, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 51 at death; parents Joe and Marie MooreLouisiana death certificate, state file 11548 (1946)
• Died 11 Oct 1946, 2620 Fague(?) St., Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Widow of Eddie Kelley; housewifeLouisiana death certificate, state file 11548 (1946)
• Buried 14 Oct 1946, Sweet Olive Cemetery No. 1, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Gilbert Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 11548 (1946)

Still open: Is her husband Eddie Kelley the tree's Eddy Kelley (1889)? Her widowhood shows he died before Oct 1946. · The certificate is a phone photo; the street name and cause of death are hard to read.

Magdalene "Lena" Kelly Lewis 1899-1989

Lena Kelly was born in Scotlandville on 18 June 1899, a daughter of Isaac and Susie Lee Kelly. At 14 she married Prince Williams, and their son Moses James Williams was born in Baton Rouge that October. She later married Hamilton Paul White in 1945 and Tom Lewis in 1956. With her brothers Matthew and Nehemiah she was an heir and petitioner in their mother's 1960 succession. She died in Baton Rouge in February 1989.

• Born 18 Jun 1899, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Daughter of Isaac and Susie Kellydelayed birth certificate (1956)
• Lived 21 Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Magdeline", infant, in her parents' household1900 U.S. census
• Married 30 May 1914, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Prince WilliamsEBR marriage license and certificate
• Lived 12 Oct 1924, Richmond Park, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Housework; mother of four living childrenchild's birth certificate, 1924
• Married 4 Aug 1945, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Hamilton Paul White; license notes an earlier divorce in 1929EBR marriage license and certificate
• Married 3 Nov 1956, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Tom Lewis; witnesses Rosa Johnson and Samuel SmithEBR marriage license and certificate
• Lived 26 Jul 1960, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Heir and petitioner in her mother's successionSusie Lee Kelly succession, Probate 13,743
• Died 25 Feb 1989, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianadeath certificate

Still open: Her headstone gives 1900 as her birth year; her birth and children's records support 1899.

Harry Lewis Jr. 1905-1959

Harry Lewis Jr. was born in Baton Rouge on 25 Dec 1905, a son of Harry Lewis Sr. and Louisa Kelley. He was a mechanic at Darden Machine Shop and the husband of Lucy. He died at home in Baton Rouge on 30 Nov 1959 and was buried in Sweet Olive Cemetery.

• Born 25 Dec 1905, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son of Harry Lewis Sr. and Louisa KelleyLouisiana death certificate, state file 16404 (1959)
• Died 30 Nov 1959, 1121 East Blvd., Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Mechanic, Darden Machine Shop; husband of LucyLouisiana death certificate, state file 16404 (1959)
• Buried 2 Dec 1959, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Gilbert Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 16404 (1959)

"Mary" Lewis abt 1907-1949

A son of Harry Lewis and Louisa Lewis, born in Baton Rouge about 1907, is named "Mary" on his death certificate, which describes him as male. He was a laborer living at 715 N. 14th St., Baton Rouge, and the husband of Ethel. He died in rural Ascension Parish near Gonzales on 28 Apr 1949 and was buried in Sweet Olive Cemetery.

• Born 1907, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 42 at death; parents Harry and Louisa LewisLouisiana death certificate, state file 5267 (1949)
• Died 28 Apr 1949, Gonzales (rural), Ascension Parish, Louisiana — Laborer; husband of Ethel; residence 715 N. 14th St., Baton RougeLouisiana death certificate, state file 5267 (1949)
• Buried 2 May 1949, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Gilbert Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 5267 (1949)

Still open: The first name "Mary" on a male's certificate may be a clerk's error (Marion? Murry?); check the 1910/1920 census of Harry and Louisa Lewis.

Fannie Lewis Smith 1911-1992

Fannie Lewis was born in Baton Rouge on 31 July 1911. The Social Security claims index names her parents as Jonas Lewis and Mary L. Augustus. In 1920 she lived with her Augustus grandparents, Alex and Hattie, in Ward 3 of East Baton Rouge Parish. The 1940 census lists her as the wife of Elmo Smith, working as a maid, with her widowed mother in the household. She died in Baton Rouge in 1992.

• Born 31 Jul 1911, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Father Jonas Lewis; mother Mary L. AugustusSSA Applications and Claims Index
• Lived 29 Jan 1920, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Granddaughter, 8, in Alex and Hattie Augustus's household1920 U.S. census
• Worked Apr 1940, Baton Rouge Ward 2, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Maid; with husband Elmo Smith, son, and her mother Mary Augustus1940 U.S. census
• Worked Apr 1950, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Maid, cafeteria1950 U.S. census
• Died 22 Sep 1992, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaSSDI; obituary

Still open: Her SS-5 application should confirm her father's full name.

Edna Kelley abt 1912-1921

Edna Kelley was the daughter of Ed Kelley and Clara Moore, all of the 3rd Ward of East Baton Rouge Parish. She died of typhoid fever at North Baton Rouge on 16 Dec 1921, aged 9, and was buried the same day.

• Born c.1912, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 9 at deathLouisiana death certificate, reg. 13408 (1921)
• Died 16 Dec 1921, North Baton Rouge, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Father Ed Kelley (informant), mother Clara Moore; buried the same day (cemetery name hard to read)Louisiana death certificate, reg. 13408 (1921)

Still open: Is her father Ed Kelley the tree's Eddy Kelley (1889), son of Rev. Isaac Kelly? Confirm with a 1910/1920 census.

Willie Milton 1916-1952

Willie Milton was born on 6 December 1916 at Lobdell, a son of Joseph "Joby" Milton and Evelina Smith. In 1940 he was a carpenter at the Poplar Grove sugar refinery, and his draft card names "Mr. Joby Milton" as his father. He served in the Army from December 1942 to October 1945. He died single at Mulatto Bend on 23 September 1952, aged 36, and was buried there. His sister Mary Jackson reported his death.

• Died 23 Sep 1952, Mulatto Bend, Port Allen rural (Ward 4), West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Single; father Joe Milton and mother Ev[e]line Milton, both born Port Allen; WWII service Dec 1942-Oct 1945; informant "May Jackson"Louisiana death certificate, State File 12250
• Buried Sep 1952, Mulatto Bend, Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaLouisiana death certificate, State File 12250

Still open: Was "May Jackson" Dorothy Mae (Burgess) Jackson, his first cousin? Lead.

Martha Lewis ?

Martha Lewis was the second wife of Nehemiah "Nema" Kelley (1895-1972), son of Rev. Isaac C. and Susie Lee Kelly. His succession records that they married after his divorce from Lily Baker and were themselves later divorced, before his marriage to Rosa Clark.

• Married c.1915-1928, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Nehemiah Kelley as his second wife; later divorcedNehemiah Kelley succession, Probate 28,561

Still open: Who were her parents? She may be Martha (b. about 1886), daughter of Samuel and Fannie Lewis, or kin of Tom Lewis; neither is proven. · Her marriage or divorce record (East Baton Rouge, about 1915-1928) would give her age and parents.

Dorothy Mae Burgess Jackson Haynes 1924-2002

Dorothy Mae Burgess was born on 12 Oct 1924 at Richmond Park in North Baton Rouge. Her birth certificate, which spells her name "Dortha May", names her father Willie Burgess, a "process man", and her mother Lena Kelly. She married Lawrence Jackson in 1942 and Edward Haynes in 1963. Music filled her life: she was a member of St. Mary Baptist Church in Baton Rouge for 62 years and sang in its choir for at least 50, and she sang with the Koralaires, the gospel group on WXOK radio's weekly program in Baton Rouge, from the group's start. She worked as a short-order cook at a Baton Rouge bowling alley until she retired in 1989. In 1998 she moved to Texas, joining Mt. Hebron Missionary Baptist Church in Garland, and she died at Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett on 1 Sep 2002. She is buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Rowlett.

• Born 12 Oct 1924, Richmond Park, North Baton Rouge, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Recorded as Dortha May Burgess; father Willie Burgess, mother Lena Kellybirth certificate 23414
• other 1940-2002, St. Mary Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Member for 62 years; sang in the church choirObituary, Advocate (Baton Rouge), 3 Sep 2002, p. 8
• Married 4 May 1942, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Lawrence Jacksonfamily tree
• other from the start, WXOK radio, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Sang with the Koralaires on the station's weekly gospel program, a member from the group's start; sang in the St. Mary Baptist Church choir for at least 50 years (family)Obituary, Dallas Morning News, 11 Sep 2002; B (family knowledge)
• Married 1 Apr 1963, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Edward Haynes1963 marriage license and certificate, East Baton Rouge
• Worked until 1989, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Short-order cook at a bowling alley until she retired in 1989Obituary, Dallas Morning News, 11 Sep 2002
• Lived 1998, Rowlett, Texas — Moved to Texas, first to Rowlett, later a nursing home in Rockwall; joined Mt. Hebron Missionary Baptist Church, GarlandObituary, Dallas Morning News, 11 Sep 2002
• Died 1 Sep 2002, Lake Pointe Medical Center, Rowlett, Texas — Aged 77; of Rockwall, TexasObituaries, Advocate 3 Sep 2002 and Dallas Morning News 11 Sep 2002
• Buried Sep 2002, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Rowlett, Texas — Funeral at Rest Haven Funeral Home-Rowlett ChapelObituary, Advocate (Baton Rouge), 3 Sep 2002, p. 8

Still open: Her 2002 Advocate obituary gives her birthplace as New Orleans; her 1924 birth certificate (better source) says North Baton Rouge.

Harry Lewis Sr. ?-after 1926

Harry Lewis Sr., born in Baton Rouge according to his son's death certificate, was the husband of Louisa Kelly, daughter of Sol Kelly. They lived at 925 Scott St., Baton Rouge, where Louisa died in 1926. Their sons included Harry Jr. (1905-1959) and a son recorded as "Mary" (1907-1949).

• Lived 7 Feb 1926, 925 Scott St., Ward 2, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Husband and informant at the death of his wife LouisaLouisiana death certificate of Louisa Lewis, reg. 1651 (1926)

Still open: Birth, death and marriage dates unknown; look for Harry and Louisa Lewis in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.

Ruth Jarrell Milton 1926-1989

Ruth Jarrell was Joseph "Joby" Milton's second wife; in 1950 they lived on Mulatto Bend Road, where he ran a bar. They were living apart by March 1956, but after his death that April she was recognized as his widow and administered his estate (West Baton Rouge succession no. 2020; judgment of possession 30 October 1958). She lived on in Port Allen and died on 20 March 1989; she is buried at Port Allen.

Still open: Joby's succession file no. 2020, which should name all his heirs.

Fannie Louis (Gibson) abt 1810-?

Fannie is named as the mother of Louisa Gipson Smith in Louisa's 1925 death index, recorded as "Fannie Louis". A compiled index records an 1871 marriage of Scott Smith to "Louisa Lewis", probably Louisa, which may reflect Fannie's surname. Louisa's censuses give her mother's birthplace variously as Tennessee, Louisiana and Missouri. Louisa's 1925 death certificate (reg. 11583), now seen, writes the name as "Nannie Louis", born in Louisiana. First name on the certificate is Nannie, not Fannie (the index reading). The "Louis/Lewis" surname agrees with the 1871 marriage index name "Louisa Lewis".

Still open: Is she the Fanie Gibson, 60, born Louisiana, living next door to Scott and Louisa Smith in Baton Rouge Ward 3 in 1870? · Was Louis (Lewis) her maiden name? · When and where did she die?

Thomas Smith and Fanny Williams Smith Thomas about 1840-44 - after 1900

Thomas Smith, born in Louisiana about 1840-44 to parents born in Kentucky, was very probably the father of Isabella Smith, Johnny Johnson's mother (probable). His 1876 marriage names him "son of Geo. & Millie", so his parents were George and Millie (no surname given). He married Fanny Williams, born in Virginia about 1831-40, in Iberville Parish on 13 Jun 1876 (Rev. Bazile Dorsey); the 1900 census says they had been together since about 1868. They were farm laborers in Ward 1 of Iberville, by Bayou Goula, from 1870 to 1900. In 1880 their household included daughters Emma, 12, and "Elsabella", 7; in 1900 a boy, George Johnson, born Oct 1880, was listed as "adopted". In 1900 Fannie was recorded as the mother of no children, so whether she was Isabella's birth mother is unresolved. Kentucky- and Virginia-born parents point to the domestic slave trade into the Iberville sugar parishes; the enslaver is not identified.

• Lived 14 Jun 1870, Ward 1 (P.O. Bayou Goula), Iberville Parish, Louisiana — Thomas Smith, 30, farm laborer, born Louisiana; Fanny, 30, keeping house, born Virginia1870 U.S. census, Iberville Ward 1, p. 59
• Married 13 Jun 1876, Iberville Parish, Louisiana — "Thomas Smith Son of Geo. & Millie" married "Miss Fanny Williams"; Rev. Bazile Dorsey; witnesses Henry E. Sanders, Armstead Sanders, Richard Lee YoungIberville marriage record, p. 216 (FamilySearch DGS 7418485, image 384)
• Lived 29 Jun 1880, Ward 1 (P.O. Bayou Goula), Iberville Parish, Louisiana — Tom Smith, 40, laborer; Fanny, 30; daughters Emma, 12, and "Elsabella", 7; three boarders1880 U.S. census, Iberville First Ward, p. 60
• Lived 11 Jun 1900, Ward 1 (P.O. Bayou Goula), Iberville Parish, Louisiana — Thomas, b. Dec 1844, parents born Kentucky, married 32 years; Fannie, b. Dec 1831, Virginia, "mother of 0 children"; George Johnson, "adopted", b. Oct 18801900 U.S. census, Iberville Ward 1, ED 13, sheet 11B

Still open: Isabella's birth mother (her baptism, REQ-0200). · Thomas's death after 1900: two Iberville Tom/Thomas Smith deaths (1922, 1934) do not match his parents' names. · George Johnson (b. 1880), "adopted" in 1900, is a lead for where the Johnson surname came from.

Scott Smith Sr. 1844-1939

Scott Smith Sr. was born about 1844; the death index gives East Baton Rouge Parish. He farmed in East Baton Rouge from at least 1870 to 1920. His wife Louisa had borne sixteen children by 1900, thirteen then living, including Scott Jr., John, James, Silas, Martha, Timothy, Fannie, Daniel, William and Henry. By 1920 he owned his farm. Widowed by 1930, he lived with his son John and died in North Baton Rouge in 1939. His death certificate (reg. 8873), now seen, gives his birthplace as East Baton Rouge Parish and names his parents as Jessie Smith and Mary Joseph, both born in East Baton Rouge; he was 95, a widowed farmer, living in the Brooktown area of North Baton Rouge. Death certificate 8873 has now been seen; it confirms death on 30 Jul 1939 in North Baton Rouge (Ward 3),. The census columns for his parents' birthplaces point to Virginia: his father was born in Virginia (1880, 1910) and his mother in Virginia (1910, 1920), and the 1930 census and his son Timothy's death certificate give Virginia as Scott's own birthplace. His 1939 obituaries say he was brought to Baton Rouge parish as a small boy in about 1840, which fits a child carried from Virginia in the domestic slave trade. (The 1870-1920 censuses and his death certificate give Louisiana instead, so Virginia is the better-supported answer, not a settled one.)

• Born Jul 1844, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — censuses give ages from 1844 to c.18511900 U.S. census; death index
• Lived Jul 1870, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farm laborer; with Louisa, 16, and baby Lee1870 U.S. census, p. 27
• Married 25 Mar 1871, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Marriage bond and licence, Scott Smith (c) and Louisa Lewis (c); security David Butler (c); p. 152EBR marriage bond and licence, 1871; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Lived Jun 1880, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer; wife Louisa and children Scott, John, James, Rinda, Silas1880 U.S. census, ED 108
• Lived Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer, renting; 16 children born, 13 living; son Silas next door1900 U.S. census, ED 34
• Lived Jan 1920, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer, owned farm free of mortgage; with Louisa and son Henry1920 U.S. census, ED 30
• Lived Apr 1930, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — age 85, widowed, in son John's household1930 U.S. census, ED 17-15
• Died 30 Jul 1939, North Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — age 95, widowedLouisiana death index (certificate 8873)
• Buried 1939, Mount Olive Cemetery, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Gilbert Funeral Home; burial date not givenLouisiana death certificate, reg. 8873 (1939)
• other 1 Aug 1939, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — "Ex-Slave, 105, Expires Leaving 167 Descendants": a former enslaved man whose family said he came to East Baton Rouge Parish as a small boy about 1840 and never left it; birthplace unknown to the family; father of 17 children, 75 grandchildren and 75 great-grandchildren; member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church; his 105th birthday was 12 July (family claim)State-Times, 1 Aug 1939, p. 1; Morning Advocate, 2 Aug 1939, p. 7

Still open: 1930 census gives his birthplace as Virginia; all earlier censuses say Louisiana. · Nicey Smith Asberry (6 Feb 1900 - 25 May 1962, wife of Isaac Asberry) is named on her death certificate (state file 7747) as a daughter of Scott Smith and Louiza Gipson. She is not in the June 1900 household; confirm with the 1910/1920 census or a marriage record before adding her. · Birthplace: his own death certificate says East Baton Rouge, but son Timothy's 1960 certificate says Virginia (as does the 1930 census). · His 1939 obituaries say the family believed he came to East Baton Rouge as a boy about 1840 from "parts unknown"; his death certificate says born East Baton Rouge. The obituaries also count 17 children (the tree has 13). · Who enslaved him is unknown. J. J. (Jesse James) Smith, a white overseer in East Baton Rouge in 1850 and enslaver of a 19-year-old male in 1860, is a weak lead only: he was a child in 1840. East Baton Rouge conveyance books of 1853-1865 may settle it.

Kitty (Katherine) Baker Johnson about 1845-before 1910

Kitty Johnson, born about 1845-47 in Louisiana, was the wife of Hudson Johnson and the mother of Hattie Johnson Augustus. In 1870 she lived in Ward 6 (Clinton), East Feliciana, with Hudson and children Hattie, Patsey, Louisa and William, plus a Sam Johnson, 16; in 1880 the household also held Walker, Salley, Martha, Malinda and Hester. Her maiden name was probably BAKER: the Social Security index entry for her son John Johnson (b. 25 Dec 1885, Baton Rouge) names his parents as Hudson Johnson and Kitty Baker. Her daughter Malinda Johnson Knox's 1929 New Orleans death record calls her Katherine. Hudson was a widower by 1910.

• Born about 1845, Louisiana — Age 25 in 18701870 U.S. census (index)
• Lived 1870, Ward 6, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Hudson Johnson, 30; Hattie 9, Patsey 7, Louisa 5, William 21870 U.S. census, roll M593_512, p. 361A
• Lived 1880, 6th Ward, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — With Hudson and children incl. Walker, Salley, Martha, Malinda, Hester1880 U.S. census, ED 115, p. 131D

Still open: Confirm Baker: order John Johnson's SS-5; look for Baker households near Clinton in 1870 (note: Sol Kelly's partner Amanda is also indexed as a Baker; probably unrelated). · Her death (between 1885 and 1910).

Louis Gipson fl. c.1850

Louis Gipson is known only as the father named in his daughter Louisa Gipson Smith's 1925 death index. Louisa's censuses give her father's birthplace variously as Kentucky (1880) and Tennessee (1900). He has not been found by name in the 1870 or 1880 censuses of East Baton Rouge or nearby parishes. Louisa's 1925 death certificate (reg. 11583), now seen, gives his birthplace as Louisiana. Birthplace Louisiana on the certificate, against Kentucky (1880) and Tennessee (1900) in Louisa's censuses. The open item about certificate 11583 can be closed.

Still open: Who was he, and where did he live after emancipation? · Louisa's 1925 death certificate (No. 11583) may give more about him.

Louisa Gipson Smith abt 1852-1925

Louisa Gipson, daughter of Louis Gipson and Fannie Louis, lived with Scott Smith and a baby, Lee, in Baton Rouge in 1870. A compiled index records Scott Smith's marriage to "Louisa Lewis", probably her, in 1871, and later censuses list her as his wife. They farmed in East Baton Rouge for fifty years, owning their farm by 1920, and she bore sixteen children, thirteen living in 1900. Louisa died in Baton Rouge in September 1925. Her death certificate (reg. 11583), now seen, records her as "Mrs. Luizer Smith", wife of Scott Smith, aged 75, and names her parents as Louis Gipson and Nannie Louis, both born in Louisiana. The certificate names her mother "Nannie Louis" (not Fannie) and gives both parents' birthplace as Louisiana (the tree has Kentucky and Tennessee).

• Born Apr 1852, Louisiana — Month and year from 1900; other records give 1850-18601900 U.S. census
• Lived 29 Jul 1870, Ward 3, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Keeping house, Keeping house, with Scott Smith, 20, and Lee, 3 months1870 U.S. census
• Married 25 Mar 1871, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Scott Smith as "Louisa Lewis" (c)EBR marriage bond and licence, 1871; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Lived Jun 1880, Wards 5 and 10, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Keeping house; Scott a farmer; five children including Silas, 11880 U.S. census
• Lived 18 Jun 1900, Ward 3 east of Plank Road, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Scott farming rented land; 16 children born, 13 living1900 U.S. census
• Lived 1910, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With Scott, farmer and employer, and family1910 U.S. census
• Lived 23 Jan 1920, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Scott farming land they owned free of mortgage1920 U.S. census
• Died 11 Sep 1925, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 75; father Louis Gipson, mother Fannie Louis; husband Scott Smithdeath index, certificate 11583
• Buried 12 Sep 1925, Mount Olive Cemetery, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Undertaker Mrs. J. D. GilbertLouisiana death certificate, reg. 11583 (1925)

Still open: Nannie (Fannie) Louis/Lewis in 1870 East Baton Rouge: two Fannie Lewis households (Ward 8, both b. about 1830-33 Virginia) are unconfirmed leads. · The 'Louisa H ... x Calvin S. Smith, S&M, 9 Jan 1854' EBR entry cannot be her (she was about 2); treat as a different couple.

Hattie Johnson Augustus abt 1861-1940

Hattie Johnson grew up near Clinton in East Feliciana Parish in the household of Hudson and Kitty Johnson; her death certificate names Hudson as her father. She married Alexander Augustus in 1884 and lived on rented farms in Ward 3 of East Baton Rouge Parish from at least 1900 to 1930, bearing about twelve children. In her later years she helped raise grandchildren, including Samuel Smith. She died at Roppoloville in January 1940. Her 1940 death certificate (State File 560) names her parents Hudson Johnson and Kitty Johnson, both of Clinton; the informant was Florence Mooney [?]. A Social Security index for her brother John Johnson (b. 25 Dec 1885, Baton Rouge) gives their mother's maiden name as Kitty Baker, and the 1929 Orleans death record of her sister Malinda Johnson Knox names the mother Katherine.

• Born c.1861, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Age 9 in 1870; birthplace from death certificate1870 U.S. census; death certificate
• Lived 11 Aug 1870, Ward 6 (P.O. Clinton), East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Hattie, 9, in Hudson and Kitty Johnson's household1870 U.S. census
• Lived 23 Jun 1880, Ward 6, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Daughter, 20, single, farm laborer, in Hudson Johnson's household1880 U.S. census
• Married 4 Dec 1884, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Married Alexander Augustusfamily tree
• Lived 15 Jun 1900, Ward 3 east of Plank Road, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farm laborer; wife of Alexander; 7 children born, all living1900 U.S. census
• Lived 15 Apr 1910, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — About 12 children born, 8 living; her father Hudson in the home1910 U.S. census
• Lived 29 Jan 1920, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With Alex, a son, a daughter and four grandchildren1920 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Apr 1930, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With Alex and grandsons Alfred Montgomery and Sam Smith1930 U.S. census
• Died Jan 1940, Roppoloville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — About 22-23 Jan; father Hudson Johnsondeath certificate

Still open: Birth year conflicts: about 1857 to 1875 across records. · Who was her mother Kitty (a Kittie Anderson Johnson, d. 1939, is only a lead)? · Her son Isadore's 1971 death certificate (informant: his wife) gives her maiden name as Hattie Williams; her own death certificate and other records say Johnson.

Alexander Augustus abt 1862-1935

Alexander "Alex" Augustus was a farmer in Ward 3 of East Baton Rouge Parish for at least thirty years. He and his wife Hattie Johnson raised a large family, and Hattie's father Hudson Johnson lived with them in 1910. In 1920 and 1930 their home also held grandchildren, among them Samuel Smith and Alfred Montgomery. His death certificate names his father as Ben Augustus. He died in March 1935 at Baird (Bird) Station. His death certificate (reg. 3144) describes him as a married farmer born at Bird Station, son of Ben Augustus and Mary Jones; he was buried on 18 Mar 1935 (cemetery name illegible) by Gilbert Funeral Home. The certificate gives his age as 60 (about 1875), against Jan 1862 in the 1900 census. Note: his 1921 deed calls his wife "Hattie Augustus, born Williams", not Johnson; this conflict is unresolved.

• Born Jan 1862, Louisiana — Birth month and year as given in 19001900 U.S. census
• Married 4 Dec 1884, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Married Hattie Johnson; censuses give about 1883-84family tree
• Lived 15 Jun 1900, Ward 3 east of Plank Road, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farmer renting a farm; wife Hattie and seven children1900 U.S. census
• Lived 15 Apr 1910, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farmer and employer, renting; father-in-law Hudson Johnson, 70, in the home1910 U.S. census
• Lived 29 Jan 1920, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farmer on his own account; grandchildren Fannie Lewis, Alfred Montgomery and Samuel Smith in the home1920 U.S. census
• sold 16 Mar 1921, Suburb Gracie (Greenwell Springs Road), Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Sold a 50 × 120 ft lot to Santo Marchifava for $1,000; the deed calls him married to "Mrs Hattie Augustus, born Williams"EBR Conveyance Book 96, folio 80; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• leased 3 Feb 1923, Greenwell Springs Road, Third Ward, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Sub-leased 25 acres (held from E. M. Percy) to Isadore Augustus for 1923EBR lease, 1923; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Lived 11 Apr 1930, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farmer, renting; wife Hattie, grandsons Alfred Montgomery and Sam Smith1930 U.S. census
• Died 17 Mar 1935, Baird (Bird) Station, Ward 9, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Father named as Ben Augustusdeath certificate

Still open: Death date: certificate reads 17 Mar 1935; the tree has 16 Mar. · Birth year varies by record (1862 in 1900, about 1865 in 1920, about 1870 in 1930). · Is the single laborer Alexander Augustus, 18, in St. James Parish in 1880 the same man?

Scott Lee Smith Jr. 1870-1917

Scott Lee Smith Jr. was a son of Scott Smith Sr. and Louisa Smith. The archive identifies him with "Lee", three months old, in the 1870 census. In 1880, aged ten, he was listed as working on the farm in East Baton Rouge Parish. The death index records him as married when he died in Baton Rouge on 4 Jul 1917, aged 46. His death certificate (reg. 7019), now seen, describes him as a married laborer, born in the 3rd Ward, a son of Scott Smith Sr. and Louisa Smith; it shows his father was still living in 1917. The certificate gives the place of death as 304 Carouth(?) St., Ward 1, Baton Rouge (the index entry says Ward 3). Age 46 implies about 1871 (census: Mar 1870).

• Born Mar 1870, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — listed as Lee, 3 months old1870 U.S. census
• Lived Jun 1880, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — age 10, works on farm, with parents Scott and Louisa1880 U.S. census, ED 108
• Died 4 Jul 1917, Ward 3, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — age 46, married; parents Scott and Louisa SmithLouisiana death index (certificate 7019)
• Buried 5 Jul 1917, Sweet Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Undertaker J. G. WinfieldLouisiana death certificate, reg. 7019 (1917)

Rev. James Smith 1873-1964

James Smith was born in Baton Rouge on 25 Dec 1873, a son of Scott Smith and Louisa (Lizia) Gipson. He was a self-employed minister and the husband of Penny Hamilton. A widower of 90, he was struck by a motor vehicle and died on 25 Nov 1964; he was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery.

• Born 25 Dec 1873, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son of Scott Smith and Lizia GipsonLouisiana death certificate, state file 18613 (1964)
• Died 25 Nov 1964, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Dead on arrival at Baton Rouge General Hospital after being struck by a motor vehicle; widowed; ministerLouisiana death certificate, state file 18613 (1964)
• Buried 30 Nov 1964, Mount Olive Cemetery, Greenwell Springs Road, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Community Funeral ServiceLouisiana death certificate, state file 18613 (1964)

Still open: Birth: certificate 25 Dec 1873; tree about 1875. · His wife Penny Hamilton is not yet in the tree.

Silas Smith 1877-1954

Silas Smith, son of Scott Smith and Luliza Gipson, lived all his life near Scotlandville, according to his death certificate. He farmed for decades with his wife Julia, whom he married about 1899; their son Scott was born about 1904. A 1915 birth certificate for Samuel Smith names his father as Seilice Smith, probably Silas, and mother Lena Augusta. In 1942 he worked at Southern University. He died in 1954 and was buried at Mount Olive Cemetery.

• Born 6 Feb 1877, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — other records give 2 Feb 1877, 4 Feb 1878, Aug 1878Louisiana death certificate (state file 8736)
• Lived Jun 1880, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — age 1, with parents Scott and Louisa Smith1880 U.S. census
• Married 8 Dec 1898, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Julia Spears; bond and licence p. 169 and minister's certificate (29/169); security Hebert WhiteEBR marriage bond, licence and certificate, 1898; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Married c.1899, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — to Julia; married 1 year in 19001900 U.S. census
• Lived Jun 1900, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer, renting; next door to parents1900 U.S. census, ED 34
• Lived 1910, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer on own account; wife Julia, son Scott, 61910 U.S. census, ED 27
• Worked 12 Sep 1918, Indian Mound, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer, employed by W. Ford WilsonWWI draft registration card
• Lived Apr 1930, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer, renting, owned a radio; wife Julia1930 U.S. census, ED 17-15
• Worked 27 Apr 1942, Southern University, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — employed by Dr. F. G. Clark; lived on Bayou Sara Rd.WWII draft registration card
• Died 22 Jul 1954, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer, widowed; mother named Luliza GipsonLouisiana death certificate (state file 8736)
• Buried 24 Jul 1954, Mount Olive Cemetery, Greenwell Springs Road, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Peoples Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate (state file 8736)

Still open: Birth date varies across records (2 or 6 Feb 1877, 4 Feb 1878, Aug 1878). · Tree names Gatsie Augustus as Samuel's mother; records point to Lena Augustus, born c.1888.

Julia Smith 1881-1932

Julia Spears married Silas Smith in East Baton Rouge on 8 December 1898 and was his wife in every census through 1930.

• Married 8 Dec 1898, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Silas Smith as Julia SpearsEBR marriage bond, licence and certificate, 1898; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026

Isadore Augustus 1884-1971

Isadore Augustus was born at Clinton on 16 Sep 1884, a son of Alex Augustus and Hattie. He worked at a sawmill and was married to Ella. He died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge on 7 Jan 1971, aged 86, and was buried at Gilbert Memorial Gardens. His 1975 probate (East Baton Rouge No. 31168) names his first wife Martha Haynes (divorced), his second wife Ella Jackson (d. 3 Dec 1973), and his only child, Mary, born 13 Nov 1908, with "no other children"; so the family tree's Alex Augustus (1912) and Isadore J. Augustus Jr. were not his sons.

• Born 16 Sep 1884, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — Son of Alex Augustus and HattieLouisiana death certificate, state file 71000555 (1971)
• leased 3 Feb 1923, Greenwell Springs Road, Third Ward, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Sub-leased 25 acres from Aleck Augustus for 1923EBR lease, 1923; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, pulled by B 14 Oct 2026
• Died 7 Jan 1971, Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Retired sawmill worker; husband of EllaLouisiana death certificate, state file 71000555 (1971)
• Buried 11 Jan 1971, Gilbert Memorial Gardens, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Desselle Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 71000555 (1971)
• other 1975, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Probate No. 31168: only child Mary (b. 13 Nov 1908), "no other children"; first wife Martha Haynes (divorced); second wife Ella Jackson d. 3 Dec 1973East Baton Rouge Probate No. 31168, petition (1975)

Still open: Birth: certificate 16 Sep 1884; tree 6 Sep 1884. · The certificate (informant: his wife) gives his mother's maiden name as Hattie Williams; other records say Johnson. · The tree also holds a "Fridore Augustus" (16 Sep 1885 - Jan 1971), probably a duplicate of Isadore.

Timothy (Timyth) Smith abt 1885-1960

Timothy Smith, written Timyth on his death certificate, was a son of Scott Smith and Louisa (Luiza) Gipson. He worked as a janitor in Baton Rouge and was married to Rosa Lea. He died at home in Baton Rouge on 16 Dec 1960 and was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery.

• Born Aug 1885, Louisiana — Birth month and year from the 1900 census; his death certificate says 24 Dec 1894family tree (1900 U.S. census)
• Died 16 Dec 1960, 730 North 37th St., Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Janitor; husband of Rosa Lea SmithLouisiana death certificate, state file 18983 (1960)
• Buried 20 Dec 1960, Mount Olive Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Peoples Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 18983 (1960)

Still open: Birth: the certificate gives 24 Dec 1894, about nine years later than the 1900 census (Aug 1885). · The certificate says his father Scott Smith was born in Virginia. · His wife Rosa Lea is not yet in the tree.

Lena Mary Augustus abt 1888-1943

Lena Mary Augustus, also recorded as Mary, was a daughter of Alex and Hattie Augustus and is listed in their rented-farm household in Ward 3, East Baton Rouge, in 1900 and 1910. She was the mother of Samuel Smith (1915) and, per an SSA claims index, of Fannie Lewis (1911). In 1940 she lived in Baton Rouge with her daughter Fannie and son-in-law Elmo Smith. She died at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, in November 1943 and was buried at Scotlandville. Family members knew her as Gatsie (Getsy); a younger sister named Gatsie also appears in the 1910 census. The certificate gives birth as 15 Nov 1891 in East Baton Rouge Parish; records made in her lifetime point to about 1888 (already noted as open). It names the cemetery as "Maxwell(?)", Scott's Bluff funeral director, Scotlandville. Her parentage is proven: the Orleans death record index for Mary Augustus (d. 25 Nov 1943, b. 1891 in East Baton Rouge) names her parents Alex and Hattie Augustus, matching the certificate held.

• Born May 1888, Louisiana — Listed as Mary, 12; later records agree on about 18881900 U.S. census
• Lived 15 Jun 1900, Ward 3 east of Plank Road, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Daughter in Alex and Hattie Augustus's farm household1900 U.S. census
• Lived 15 Apr 1910, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Mary, 21, single, farm laborer on the home farm1910 U.S. census
• Lived 6 Dec 1915, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Mother "Lena Augusta", 27, housewife, on son Samuel Smith's birth certificatebirth certificate 31041 (Samuel Smith)
• Lived Apr 1940, Ward 2, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Widowed, 51, in the home of daughter Fannie and her husband Elmo Smith; same house in 19351940 U.S. census
• Buried 28 Nov 1943, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianadeath certificate 6960
• Died 25 Nov 1943, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Widowed; in hospital 1 month 6 days; residence 1310 N. 39th(?) St., Baton Rouge; parents Alex and Hattie Augustus, both born ClintonLouisiana death certificate, state file 6960 (1943)

Still open: Birth date: 1900-1915 records point to about 1888; her death certificate gives 15 Nov 1891. · She is recorded as widowed, but no marriage has been found. · Ancestry holds duplicate profiles for her (Mary Augustus, May 1878 and abt 1889) awaiting merge.

Rev. Daniel Smith 1892-1942

Daniel Smith was born in Baton Rouge on 15 Dec 1892, a son of Scott Smith and Louisa Smith. He became a minister and married Annie, who appears as a daughter-in-law in the 1910 census. He died in Baton Rouge on 7 May 1942, aged 49, and was buried two days later.

• Born 15 Dec 1892, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son of Scott Smith and Louisa SmithLouisiana death certificate, state file 2802 (1942)
• Died 7 May 1942, 1346 Ascension St., Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Minister; husband of Annie Smith; buried 9 May 1942 (cemetery not named), Capital Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 2802 (1942)

Still open: Birth: certificate 15 Dec 1892; tree Dec 1893 (from the 1900 census). · Burial place not given on the certificate.

Scott Smith 1904-1955

Scott Smith, a grandson of Scott Smith Sr., was born in Baton Rouge on 29 Jan 1904 to Silas Smith and Julia (Spears). A day laborer married to Fannie, he lived at the same Scotlandville address where his father died. He died there on 21 Aug 1955 and was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery.

• Born 29 Jan 1904, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son of Silas Smith and Julia SpearsLouisiana death certificate, state file 9704 (1955)
• Died 21 Aug 1955, 10670 King Fish Ave., Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Day laborer; husband of Fannie SmithLouisiana death certificate, state file 9704 (1955)
• Buried 24 Aug 1955, Mount Olive Cemetery, Greenwell Springs Road, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Peoples Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 9704 (1955)

Still open: The certificate gives his mother's maiden name as Spears; check against the tree's Julia Smith. · His wife Fannie is not yet in the tree.

Samuel Smith 1915-1966

Samuel Smith was born in Baton Rouge on 6 Dec 1915. His birth certificate names his father as Seilice Smith, probably Silas Smith, and his mother as Lena Augusta (Lena Augustus). In 1920 he lived with his grandparents Alex and Hattie Augustus. In 1937 he married Alma Lee Randall, daughter of Joe Randall. He died in Baton Rouge in 1966 and was buried in Gilbert Memorial Cemetery; his succession was settled in East Baton Rouge later that year.

• Born 6 Dec 1915, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — father Seilice Smith, 37, farmer; mother Lena Augusta, 27Louisiana birth certificate (reg. 31041)
• Lived Jan 1920, Ward 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — age 4, grandson in household of Alex and Hattie Augustus1920 U.S. census
• Married 26 Aug 1937, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — to Alma Lee Randall, daughter of Joe Randall; mother named Lena Augustusmarriage license and certificate
• Worked before 1966, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Retired employee of the Humble Oil and Refining Co.Obituary, Advocate, 14 and 15 Jan 1966, p. 10
• Died 11 Jan 1966, Baton Rouge General Hospital, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — mother named Lean Augustus, born Clinton; died at 4 p.m. at Baton Rouge General Hospital (obituary)Louisiana death certificate
• Buried Jan 1966, Gilbert Memorial Cemetery, East Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaLouisiana death certificate
• other 15 Jan 1966, Rising Sun Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Funeral conducted by the Rev. Willie Pitcher; survivors include his wife Alma Lee, his sister Mrs. Fanny Smith and his brother Alfred Montgomery of Berkeley, CaliforniaObituary, Advocate, 14 and 15 Jan 1966, p. 10

Still open: Birth certificate says Baton Rouge; later record gives Bird (Baird) Station. · Tree lists mother as Gatsie Augustus; records name Lena Augustus.

Berrum Williams abt 1787/1797-after 1870

Berrum Williams was born in Africa. Before emancipation he and his family were enslaved by Dr. John B. Hereford, whose plantation lay on the Mississippi opposite Prophet's Island in West Baton Rouge Parish. The inventory of Hereford's estate, taken 6 Dec 1852, lists Berrum (55) with Harriett, "his wife" (36), and the children Louisa (21), Jefferson (14), Jim (8), Washington (4) and Grace (1), among 120 enslaved people. In 1870, free, he was recorded as "Baron William", aged 83 and born in Africa, living with Harriet, Gracie, his daughter Martha Posey and her children, and Charlotte. His sons Jefferson and James (with James's wife Crecy) lived next door. He is the family's African-born ancestor.

• Born abt 1787-1797, Africa — Age 55 in 1852 (about 1797); 83 in 1870 (about 1787); both parents foreign-bornHereford estate inventory 1852; 1870 U.S. census
• Lived 6 Dec 1852, Hereford plantation, opposite Prophet's Island, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Enslaved. Listed as "Berrum", 55, valued $500, with Harriett "his wife" 36, Louisa 21, Jefferson 14, Jim 8, Washington 4 and Grace 1Succession of Dr. John B. Hereford, WBR Probate No. 468, inventory (FamilySearch film 007417860)
• Lived 19 Sep 1870, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Baron William", 83, at home; with Harriet, Gracie, the Posey grandchildren and Charlotte1870 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge, p. 64, dwelling 541

Still open: Where in Africa? The family book says Monrovia. · Who bought or kept the family after Hereford's death: the estate sale or partition (images after 00466) and the 1860 slave schedule. · His age differs: 55 in 1852, 83 in 1870.

Harriet Williams abt 1810-16-?

Harriet was the wife of Berrum ("Baron") Williams, the family's African-born ancestor. She was born in Virginia about 1810-16 and was described as mulatto. In the 1852 inventory of Dr. John B. Hereford's West Baton Rouge estate she is "Harriett, his wife, 36", listed with Berrum, 55, and their children Louisa, Jefferson, Jim (James), Washington and Grace. Free in 1870, she kept house for Berrum near Walls, with Gracie, Charlotte, Martha Posey and Martha's children; her sons Jefferson and James lived next door. Her Virginia birth means she was very probably carried to Louisiana through the domestic slave trade, but how and when she came, and who her parents were, is not yet known. Hereford was her enslaver: context, not kin.

• Born abt 1810-16, Virginia — Age 36 in 1852; 60 in 1870, born Virginia1852 Hereford inventory; 1870 U.S. census
• Lived 1852, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Harriett, his wife, 36" with Berrum, 55, and children Louisa 21, Jefferson 14, Jim 8, Washington 4, Grace 1 (enslaver Dr. John B. Hereford; context only)WBR Probate No. 468, succession of Dr. John B. Hereford
• Lived 19 Sep 1870, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Harriet, 60, mulatto, keeping house, born Virginia; with Baron (Berrum) William, 83, born Africa1870 U.S. census, WBR p. 64, dwelling 541

Still open: Her parents and the Virginia-to-Louisiana sale: search New Orleans coastwise slave manifests (1820-1852) and WBR/New Orleans conveyances naming Hereford as buyer of a girl or woman Harriet. · Three images B downloaded are NOT proven to be her: the 1850 New Orleans free-inhabitants entry (Harriet Williams, 36, mulatto, Va.) cannot be her, since she was enslaved in WBR in 1852; the 1868 Freedmen's Bureau destitute list (Harriet Williams, 57, issued by O. Mayo, place not on the page) and the 1910 Lafon Home, New Orleans (Harriet William, 92, widow, born Virginia) are unproven possibilities. · Her death (after 1870): not found; she and Berrum are not yet found in 1880.

Creasy (Crecy) Stewart Williams abt 1843-46-?

Creasy Stewart was born enslaved in Louisiana about 1843-46 and married James Williams, son of Berrum and Harriet Williams, about 1869 (Ancestry marriage index). In 1870 she was living with James next door to his parents near Walls; in 1880 she was 37, keeping house, with James and their children. Her parents are given as Henry and Nancy Stewart only by the 2003 Williams-Dent family book; no record yet names them. The strongest record lead to her before freedom is "Creasy aged 18" in the 27 Apr 1857 appraisal of James McCalop's West Baton Rouge estate, which passed to Nolan Stewart's heirs, explaining a Stewart surname. A Henry Stewart, Black, born about 1816 in Virginia, was living in West Baton Rouge in 1870 with Zoe, 15; he is a candidate for her father but not proven. The Stewart and McCalop families who held her are context only, not kin.

• Born abt 1843-46, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 24 in 1870, 37 in 1880; "Creasy aged 18" in Apr 1857 if the same woman1870 and 1880 U.S. censuses
• Lived 27 Apr 1857, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Creasy aged 18", listed alone, in the appraisal of James McCalop's estate (enslaver; context only)WBR Probate No. 440, Folder III p. 19
• Married 1869, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married James WilliamsLouisiana Compiled Marriage Index 1718-1925 (Ancestry 7837)
• Lived 19 Sep 1870, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Crecy", 24, mulatto, with James, 22, and baby Amanda, next door to "Baron William" (Berrum) and Harriet1870 U.S. census, WBR p. 64, dwelling 542
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Crecy, 37, keeping house, wife of James Williams; parents born Louisiana1880 U.S. census

Still open: Her parents: no record names Henry and Nancy Stewart (family book only). Test the 1870 Henry Stewart (b. about 1816, Virginia; WBR) and the 1880 William (b. 1842) and Eliza Stewart household, which had a daughter Crecy, 6. · Nolan Stewart's succession (WBR No. 509, 1854) and the missing p. 8 of the 1857 McCalop inventory: look for Creasy with a mother. · The 1869 marriage register entry (WBR Clerk) for date and witnesses. · Her death: not found. Check whether the 1885 marriage of 'Mrs. Creasy Williams' to Narcisse Louis is her (James Williams was living until 1933).

James Williams Sr. 1844-1933

James Williams Sr. was a son of Berrum Williams, who was born in Africa, and of Harriet, who was born in Virginia. As a child he was enslaved by Dr. John B. Hereford of West Baton Rouge Parish: Hereford's 1852 estate inventory lists "Jim", aged 8, with his parents and his brothers and sisters. In 1870 he lived next door to his parents with his wife Crecy (Creasy) Stewart and their baby Amanda. A marriage index records his marriage to Creasy in 1869. In 1880 they were farming in the 6th Ward with six children, including their son Major. The family book lists nine children in all. The tree gives his death as 12 Jan 1933 at Walls.

• Born Jan 1844, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — 1880 census age 38 suggests c.1842family tree
• Lived 6 Dec 1852, Hereford plantation, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Enslaved; "Jim", 8, with his parents Berrum and HarriettSuccession of Dr. John B. Hereford, WBR Probate No. 468, inventory
• Married 1869, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — to Crecy (Creasy) StewartLouisiana Compiled Marriage Index
• Lived 19 Sep 1870, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — James, 22, farm laborer, with Crecy 24 and Amanda (6 months), next door to his father Berrum ("Baron William", 83, born Africa)1870 U.S. census, West Baton Rouge, p. 64, dwelling 542
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer; wife Crecy and children Annie, Linny, Augy, Sarah, Major, Hannah1880 U.S. census, ED 62
• Died 12 Jan 1933, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianafamily tree

Still open: The 1880 census seems to give his father's birthplace as Africa; confirm, since the page lines are offset. · Exact 1869 marriage date in West Baton Rouge clerk's records. · His son Major's 1954 death certificate names the father as "James William", born in Tennessee; the tree has Walls, West Baton Rouge.

Cause Dent abt 1852-1925

Cause Dent was a farm laborer in the 5th Ward of West Baton Rouge Parish. In 1880, aged 28, he lived with his wife Amelia (25) and their children Sarah, Wash, William, Cause Jr., Eli, Joe and Henry, who was born in November 1879. Other young Dent households (Ki, and Edmund with Hetty) lived nearby. His daughter Hennie married Major Williams in 1900.

• Lived 10 Jun 1880, 5th Ward, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Farm laborer, 28; wife Amelia; seven children1880 U.S. census, ED 60, p. 43, dwelling 450
• Married 26 Dec 1895, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — "Cause Dents" married Phillis Price (his second marriage, after Amelia Patrick's death)West Baton Rouge marriages book (compiled index), p. 34

Still open: Amelia's maiden name (the tree has Patrick) and her death (the tree has 1883). · Cause in the 1870 census.

Sarah Williams Dickey about 1874-1950

Sarah Williams, a daughter of James Williams Sr. and Creasy Stewart, married a Dickey (Stanton or Stanley; not yet settled). She died at Charity Hospital in New Orleans in July 1950, aged 76.

• Died Jul 1950, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana — Deaths list: "Sarah Dickey, 76, Charity"Times-Picayune, 28 Jul 1950, p. 46

Still open: Her husband's first name (Stanton or Stanley Dickey).

Major Williams 1876-1954

Major Williams was born at Walls in West Baton Rouge Parish on 20 Nov 1876, a son of James and Crecy Williams. He married Hennie Dent in 1900, and they raised a large family at Walls, where he farmed on his own account and also worked as a blacksmith. Hennie had died by 1940 (the family book gives 1931); Major continued farming and in 1950 lived with his son Benjamin. He died at Arbroth in April 1954. His death certificate (state file 5051), now seen, calls him Rev. Major Williams, a minister, widower of Hennie Williams, son of James William (born Tennessee) and Cressie Williams; his daughter Mae Belle was the informant. The certificate confirms death on 9 Apr 1954 at Arbroth (the family book and tree say 7 Apr), with the parish written as Pointe Coupee. It gives his birth as 1877 at Walls (draft card: 20 Nov 1876). It does call him Reverend.

• Born 20 Nov 1876, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — birthplace from children's birth certificatesWWI draft registration card
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — age 3, with parents James and Crecy Williams1880 U.S. census, ED 62
• Married 11 Apr 1900, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — to Hennie Dent; family book gives 20 Feb 1900, Mt. Zion Baptist Churchmarriage certificate, WBR p. 569
• Lived May 1910, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer on own account, renting; 7 children born, all living1910 U.S. census, ED 140
• Worked 1 May 1916, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — blacksmithdaughter's Louisiana birth certificate (reg. 11850)
• Worked Sep 1918, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — laborer, employed by W. P. TegreWWI draft registration card
• Lived 1930, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer, renting; wife Henna1930 U.S. census, ED 61-9
• Lived Apr 1940, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — farmer, widowed, with younger children1940 U.S. census, ED 61-9
• Lived Apr 1950, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — age 73, widowed, in son Benjamin's household1950 U.S. census, ED 61-14
• Died 9 Apr 1954, Arbroth, Louisiana — age 77, widowed; parents James and Cressie Williams; index says Pointe CoupeeLouisiana death index (certificate 5051)
• Buried 12 Apr 1954, Rosehill (Alford) Cemetery, Arbroth, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Death certificate: "Alford, La. Cem."; the West Baton Rouge Black cemeteries compilation identifies Alford Cemetery as Rosehill Plantation Cemetery at Arbroth (begun 1932); Gilbert's Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 5051 (1954)

Still open: Death date 9 Apr 1954 (index) vs 7 Apr 1954 (family book); parish West Baton Rouge or Pointe Coupee? · Marriage date: 11 Apr 1900 (certificate) vs 20 Feb 1900 (family book).

Hennie Dent Williams abt 1881-1931

Hennie Dent was the daughter of Cause Dent and Amelia Patrick, who married in West Baton Rouge on 18 Jan 1870. Her own death certificate (reg. 8085, seen) names both parents: father Cause Dent, mother (maiden name) Amelia Patrick; her husband Major Williams gave the information. She married Major Williams on 11 Apr 1900, and from at least 1910 they lived in Ward 6 of West Baton Rouge Parish, around Walls and Arbroth. Major farmed and worked as a blacksmith; by 1918 Hennie had borne thirteen children. She died at Arbroth on 26 May 1931, aged 49, a housewife born at Chamberlin, and was buried at Walls on 29 May. Her brothers Henry Dent (d. 1930) and Joseph Dent (d. 1936) have death certificates that also name Cause and Amelia. Through Hennie runs Michael Richard's direct maternal line to Amelia Patrick.

• Born c.1881-82, Chamberlin, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Daughter of Cause Dent and Amelia Patrick; age 49 at death in May 1931. The tree's exact date 14 Jul 1881 has no record.Louisiana death certificate, reg. 8085 (1931)
• Born c.1881, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 35 in 1916 and 37 in 1918birth certificates of her children, 1916 and 1918
• Married 11 Apr 1900, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Major Williamsmarriage certificate, WBR p.569
• Lived May 1910, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Major Williams, farmer; 7 children born, all living1910 U.S. census
• Lived 1 May 1916, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Housewife; husband Major a blacksmith; 11th child bornbirth certificate 11850 (Williams child)
• Lived 4 Jul 1918, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Twins born; 13 children born, 11 livingbirth certificates 18400-18401
• Lived 1920, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With Major, farmer, and ten children1920 U.S. census
• Lived 1930, Ward 6, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — With Major, farmer on his own account1930 U.S. census
• Died 26 May 1931, Arbroth, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Age 49, married, housewife; born Chamberlin, La.; father Cause Dent; mother Amelia Patrick; informant Major WilliamsLouisiana death certificate, reg. 8085 (1931), image seen
• Buried 29 May 1931, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Major Williams (informant)Louisiana death certificate, reg. 8085 (1931)

Still open: Exact birth date: 14 Jul 1881 (tree) has no record; the 1880 census (Cause Dent household, June 1880) does not yet include her, which fits a birth after June 1880. · Amelia Patrick's own parents: the leading lead is William Patrick Sr. (b. about 1824-28, WBR, mulatto farmer), a witness at the 1870 wedding; his wife Sarah married him only in Feb 1870, so is probably a stepmother. · Birthplace: Chamberlin (her death certificate) vs Walls (children's certificates). · Joseph Dent's 1936 death certificate (No. 3447) image: check the informant and Amelia's maiden name.

Henry Dent abt 1882-1930

Henry Dent was a son of Cause Dent and Amelia Patrick and a brother of Hennie Dent Williams. He died at Walls on 14 Dec 1930, aged 48, and was buried there two days later. His brother-in-law Major Williams gave the information for his certificate.

• Born c.1882, Louisiana — Age 48 at deathLouisiana death certificate, reg. 17093 (1930)
• Died 14 Dec 1930, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Parents Cause Dent and Amelia Patrick; informant Major WilliamsLouisiana death certificate, reg. 17093 (1930)
• Buried 16 Dec 1930, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Undertaker J. G. GilbertLouisiana death certificate, reg. 17093 (1930)

Still open: Not yet in the tree; add as a son of Cause Dent and Amelia Patrick.

Orange Williams Sr. 1882-1968

Orange Williams, a brother of Major Williams, was a native of Walls in West Baton Rouge Parish. He married Nancy Joseph on 29 Jan 1903. He later lived in Baton Rouge, where he belonged to the Greater Israelite Baptist Church. He died at the Hill Haven Rest Home on 12 Nov 1968, aged 86, survived by three sons (Felix of Baton Rouge, Prosper and Orange Jr. of San Francisco) and three daughters, and was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery.

• Married 29 Jan 1903, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Married Nancy JosephWest Baton Rouge marriages book (compiled index), p. 137
• Died 12 Nov 1968, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Aged 86, a native of Walls; at the Hill Haven Rest HomeObituary, State-Times, 14 Nov 1968, p. 10
• Buried Nov 1968, Lutheran Cemetery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Services at Greater Israelite Baptist Church; Desselle's Funeral HomeObituary, State-Times, 14 Nov 1968, p. 10

Prince Williams Jr. 1888-1962

Prince Williams Jr. was born in East Feliciana Parish and lived in Baton Rouge. In May 1914 he married Magdalene "Lena" Kelly, and their son Moses James (Solomon) was born that October, when Prince was working as a night watchman. The family tree gives his death in East Baton Rouge Parish in 1962.

• Born 1 Jul 1888, Wilson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — son's 1914 birth certificate gives age 25, born East Felicianafamily tree; son's birth certificate
• Worked Oct 1914, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — night watchmanson's Louisiana birth certificate (reg. 12478)
• Died 12 Sep 1962, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianafamily tree

Still open: Tree calls his wife 'Lena White' (a later married name); records name Magdalene Kelly.

Corine Williams Jones Griffin 1889-1966

Corine Williams, a daughter of James Williams Sr. and Creasy Stewart, later Corine Jones and Corine Griffin, died at Charity Hospital in New Orleans about 26 Mar 1966, aged 76.

• Died about 26 Mar 1966, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana — Deaths list: "Griffin, Corine, 76, Charity"Times-Picayune, 29 Mar 1966, p. 39; States-Item, same day, p. 42

Rev. Rayfield (Raphel) Williams 1902-1953

Rayfield Williams, written Raphel on his death certificate, was born at Walls on 3 Aug 1902, a son of Major Williams and Hennie Dent. He became a Baptist minister and lived in Baton Rouge with his wife Sophie. He died there on 11 Jan 1953, aged 51, and was buried at Scotlandville.

• Born 3 Aug 1902, Walls, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Son of Major Williams and Hennie DentLouisiana death certificate, state file 0453 (1953)
• Died 11 Jan 1953, 922 North 36th St., Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Baptist minister; husband of Sophie WilliamsLouisiana death certificate, state file 0453 (1953)
• Buried 14 Jan 1953, Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — Cemetery name hard to read ("Nix Wax"?); Capital Funeral HomeLouisiana death certificate, state file 0453 (1953)

Still open: Birth date: certificate 3 Aug 1902; tree 1 Aug 1902. · His wife Sophie is not yet in the tree.

Jean François Gaiennie about 1760-1804

Jean François (Francisco) Gaiennie, a native of the parish of Brûlon in France and son of Julien Gaiennie and Renée Le Brun, lived in New Orleans. He was the father of Gervais Gaiennie. He died suddenly and was buried in New Orleans on 27 Sep 1804, about 43 years old, already a widower of Eulalie (Eugenia) Sardet.

• Buried 27 Sep 1804, New Orleans, Louisiana — About 43; died suddenly; widower of Eugenia [Eulalie] Sardet; native of the parish of BrûlonArchdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records (SLC, F6, 34)

Still open: His wife's first name appears as Eulalie, Elisabeth and Eugenia.

Suzanne Lavigne Chenet about 1763-1841

Suzanne (Susanna) Lavigne was the wife of Pierre "Perique" Chenet and the mother of Marie Nathalie Chenet Gaiennie. Her parents were Robert (Roberto) Lavigne and Suzanne Le Roux: the St. James baptisms of her children in 1799 and 1801 name Roberto Lavigne as maternal grandfather, with the grandmother written 'Susanna Lafleur' (1799) and 'Susanna LeRoux' (1801), and the partition of the succession of 'Suzanne Le Roux, widow of Robert Lavigne', made on 18 May 1819 (St. James notarial act No. 138, read in Oct 2026), gives one of the six shares to 'Pierre Chenet, aux droits de Suzanne Lavigne, son épouse'. The two grandmother surnames fit a Le Roux dit Lafleur family; the tree has her as daughter of Antoine Leroux dit Lafleur (b. 1692). Suzanne died 1 Jul 1841 and was buried 2 Jul 1841 aged about 78, so she was born about 1763. Her 1841 succession divided the estate among ten Chenet heirs. Her husband's 1837 succession (St. James No. 463) records her parents' estate divisions: Robert Lavigne's, made by commandant Manuel Andry at St. John the Baptist on 22 Nov 1794, and Suzanne Leroux's of 18 May 1819. At the 1837 sale she bought back the family plantation for $6,000. Her sister Elizabeth (Isabel), widow of Louis Blondeau, died before May 1844, and Elizabeth's succession (St. James No. 640) names Suzanne's Chenet children among the heirs.

• Born about 1763, Louisiana (German Coast or Cabahanocé) — Aged about 78 at burial, 1841Burial, St. Michael, Convent, SMI-4, 155 (B's abstract)
• Married 30 Jun 1783, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana — Susanne, daughter of Robert Lavigne and Susanne Leroux, of St. Charles Parish, married Pierre ChenetArchdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records (SJBED, M1, 17)
• child 8 Nov 1805, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Daughter Natalie (Marie Nathalie) born; christened 15 Jan 1806Louisiana, Births and Christenings (FamilySearch index); SJA-3, 297
• Lived Sep 1817, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Her mother Suzanne Le Roux, widow of Robert Lavigne, dies; Pierre Chenet is one of six heirsSt. James Court of Probates, Succession No. 93 (FamilySearch film 007671522; held)
• other 18 May 1819, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Her husband Pierre Chenet, administrator of her mother's succession, received her one-sixth share ($1,622.47) in the partition of the estate of Suzanne Le Roux, widow of Robert LavigneSt. James acts 1819, No. 138 (FamilySearch film 007900784, image 429)
• other 4 Nov 1837, St. James Parish, Louisiana — As widow, bought back the Chenet plantation at the estate sale for $6,000St. James Court of Probates, Succession of Pierre Chenet, No. 463 (1837–41), FamilySearch DGS 7671508 img 167–208 (held; transcribed 23 Oct 2026)
• Died 1 Jul 1841, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Widow of Pierre Chenet; buried 2 Jul 18411844 release of her succession (held); St. Michael burial SMI-4, 155

Still open: Her own baptism, about 1763 (St. Charles/St. John registers, Archdiocese of New Orleans). · Robert Lavigne's origin, and the Le Roux dit Lafleur link (the tree's Antoine Leroux dit Lafleur).

Eulalie Alexandrine Sardé (Sardet) Gaiennie 1774-before 1820

Eulalie (Eulalia) Sardet, 'native of this parish' (New Orleans), was the wife of Jean François Gaiennie of Brûlon, Maine, and the mother of Francisco (b. 1793), Eulalia (b. 1795) and Gervais (b. about 1797). Her parents are named in the published baptisms of her children: Nicolas Sardet, native of Bordeaux, and Margarita Reyne (Marguerite Reine), native of New Orleans, who stood godmother in 1793. Her sister Jeanne (Juana) married François's brother Urbain Gaiennie in 1789, and her widowed mother later married Pierre Le Bourgeois of St. James, which explains the family's move upriver. She was dead by 1820, when Gervais's marriage calls her deceased.

• Born 5 Jan 1774, New Orleans, Louisiana — Date from the tree; 'native of this parish' in 1793Tree; Sacramental Records vol. 5, SLC B11, 284 (published)
• child 14 Oct 1793, New Orleans, Louisiana — Son Francisco baptized; maternal grandparents Nicolas Sardet (Bordeaux) and Margarita Reyne (New Orleans)Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records vol. 5, SLC B11, 284 (published)
• child 30 Apr 1795, New Orleans, Louisiana — Daughter Eulalia bornSacramental Records vol. 5, SLC B11, 390 (published)

Still open: Her 1774 baptism (Sacramental Records vol. 3) and her marriage to François Gaiennie (vol. 4, 1784-90): not in the free volumes; the publisher's site blocked automated access on 16 Oct 2026. · Marguerite Reine's own parents (New Orleans, about 1750s).

William Cole Gent about 1787-1870

William Cole Gent was a farmer of Baltimore County, Maryland, and the father of Mary Ann Gent Wilderson. His headstone at Sherwood Episcopal Church, Cockeysville, says he died on 28 Dec 1870 in the 84th year of his age, so he was born about 1787. He married on 7 Jun 1809 and served as a private in the 6th Regiment of Cavalry, Maryland Militia, in the War of 1812. In 1850 he was 61, with land valued at $35,000, and his wife was Mary; a deed of 20 Dec 1850, in which 'William C. Gent and Mary Gent his wife' sold land to their son Joshua, confirms her name. The 1860 slave schedule lists him as holding at least seven enslaved people. His home area near Shawan became known as Gentsville. His will of 20 Dec 1870 names nine children, among them Mary Ann Wilderson. His father may have been Thomas Gent of Back River Upper Hundred, and the family may have come from Great Torrington, Devon, where a William, son of Thomas and Philippa, was baptized in 1786; this is unproven.

• Married 7 Jun 1809, Baltimore County, Maryland — MarriageMaryland compiled marriages (index)
• Lived 24 Oct 1850, Baltimore County, Maryland — Farmer, 61, real estate $35,000; wife Mary 601850 U.S. census (image read)
• sold 20 Dec 1850, Baltimore County, Maryland — With his wife Mary, sold part of "Adventure" to son Joshua GentBaltimore Co. deed, pp. 480-481 (image read)
• Died 28 Dec 1870, Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland — "In the 84th year of his age"; buried Sherwood Episcopal ChurchHeadstone photo; will probate

Still open: Prove his parents (Thomas Gent? Devon origin?) through Baltimore County deeds or Thomas Gent's estate. · His wife Mary's maiden name.

Priscilla Woodland (the elder) about 1801-after 1858

Priscilla Woodland, 40, was shipped from Baltimore to New Orleans by the trader Hope H. Slatter on the brig Porpoise in December 1841, with Henry, Alexander, two Josephs, Rachael, Washington, Charles, Catherine, Margarett (6) and an infant, Priscilla Jr. The manifest gives no relationships, but the younger Priscilla's 1922 death certificate names her mother as Priscilla Mason and her father as Joseph Woodland, so the elder Priscilla's maiden name was probably Mason. She was enslaved on Gervais Gaiennie's St. James plantation (1854 inventory) and was sold with it to his widow in 1858. She is probably Margaret Woodland's mother, which would make her Georgiana Gainnie's grandmother; that is not yet proven. No record of her after 1858 has been found.

• Lived Dec 1841, Baltimore, Maryland, to New Orleans — Priscilla Woodland, 40, 5 ft 1 in, with the Woodland children, held "under the Laws of the State of Maryland"; arrived New Orleans 7 Jan 1842Outward slave manifest, brig Porpoise, Hope H. Slatter, sworn 11 Dec 1841
• Lived 15 Apr 1842, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Prescille, 44", listed with the Woodland family among 26 enslaved people mortgaged by Gervais Gaiennie to the Citizens' Bank of LouisianaSt. James conveyance book 20, act No. 15, f. 25-27 (FamilySearch film 008152235)
• Lived 11 Sep 1854, Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Listed at 35, "négresse américaine", $400 (the age is probably wrong)Succession of Gervais Gaiennie, St. James Parish, No. 1230 (1854 inventory)
• Lived 23 Nov 1858, Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Priscilla Woodland, 59, sold with the plantation to the widow Nathalie Chenet GaiennieSt. James Probate No. 922, 1858 sale list

Still open: Her death, after 1858. · The Maryland owner who sold the Woodlands to Slatter in 1841. · Isaac Mason, 19 in 1854 on the same plantation, may be kin (lead).

Marie Nathalie Chenet Gaiennie 1805-1878

Marie Nathalie Chenet was born on 8 Nov 1805 in St. James Parish, a daughter of Pierre "Perique" Chenet and Suzanne Lavigne, and was baptized at St. James on 15 Jan 1806. She married Gervais Gaiennie at St. Michael's, Convent, on 22 Jan 1820. They had at least nine children, among them Alphonse Florestan. As his widow she petitioned in his 1854 succession, naming their eight living children. A widow of Gervais Gaiennie, aged 68, was buried at St. Michael's on 25 Nov 1878, probably her. On 28 Aug 1837 she gave her husband Gervais Gaiennie power of attorney to act for her in her father's succession (St. James No. 463), and she shared one tenth of the estate.

• Born 8 Nov 1805, St. James Parish, Louisiana — baptized 15 Jan 1806St. James baptism register (SJA-3, 297), abstract
• Married 22 Jan 1820, St. Michael, Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana — to Gervais GaiennieSt. Michael marriage register (SMI-2, 77), abstract
• other 28 Aug 1837, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Power of attorney to Gervais Gaiennie in her father Pierre Chenet's succession; heir to one tenthSt. James Court of Probates, Succession of Pierre Chenet, No. 463 (1837–41), FamilySearch DGS 7671508 img 167–208 (held; transcribed 23 Oct 2026)
• other 23 Nov 1858, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Bought her late husband's plantation, 47 enslaved people (the Woodland family among them) and his Citizens' Bank stock at the succession sale for $100,000St. James Probate No. 922
• other 23 Jan 1867, Former Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Pierre Laiche vs Widow Gervais Gaiennie": the sheriff sold her plantation (about 51 miles above New Orleans, Section 74) to Lievin DePoorter; the Wildesen brothers bought it from him in 1867-74St. James conveyance book 36, No. 79 (FamilySearch DGS 8152239, images 101-102)
• Buried 25 Nov 1878, St. Michael, Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "widow of Gervais Gaiennie, age 68" (probable)St. Michael burial register (SMI-22, 107), abstract

Still open: Her 1820 marriage gives her age as 17; her baptism makes her 14. · Her succession (about 1878), St. James Clerk.

Samuel Wilderson 1805-after 1880

Samuel Wilderson was the father of Joseph Walker Wilderson Sr. and John Henry Wilderson; DNA matches with descendants of his son William Charles Wilderson prove the link to the family's Wilderson line. A published transcript of the register of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Chanceford, York County, Pennsylvania, records his birth on 15 Nov 1805 and baptism on 23 Mar 1806 as a son of "Carl Wildesen and Wife", which supports a Pennsylvania birth and a father named Charles. In 1850 he headed a household in Carroll County, Maryland, with his wife Mary Ann (Gent) and their children, among them John H. and Joseph. In 1840 his Baltimore County farm household held six enslaved people: a man over 55, a woman of 24-35, a boy and three girls under 10 (1840 census, RECORD). He was still alive in June 1880, a widower of 77 born in Pennsylvania, in the Baltimore County household of his son R. (Richard Remington) Wilderson (1880 census, RECORD), so the family tree's death in 1878 is wrong. Enslaver of six people in 1840: shown here as the family's history, stated plainly.

• Born 15 Nov 1805, Chanceford, York County, Pennsylvania — Baptized 23 Mar 1806 at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Chanceford, as a child of "Carl Wildesen and Wife"St. Luke's Lutheran register, published transcript (Samuel's folder)
• Lived 1840, Baltimore County, Maryland — Farmer; household of 9 free white persons and 6 enslaved people1840 U.S. census, Baltimore Co., 2nd District, p. 59 (image read)
• Lived 27 Aug 1850, District 4, Carroll County, Maryland — Head of household with Mary A. and children including John H., 13, and Joseph, 61850 U.S. census (image read)
• Lived Jun 1880, Baltimore County, Maryland — "Samuel", father, 77, widowed, b. Pennsylvania, in son R. Wildoson's household1880 U.S. census, Baltimore Co., 8th District, ED 240, p. 29 (image read)

Still open: His death after June 1880 (a Loudon Park burial about 1886 is a lead).

Mary Ann Gent Wilderson about 1812-after Dec 1870

Mary Ann Gent married Samuel Wilderson (indexed 'Wildeson') in Baltimore on 4 Jan 1831. In 1850 the family lived in District 4, Carroll County, Maryland, where Samuel, 44, farmed land valued at $50,000; the children included William C., John H. and Joseph. In 1860 Mary, 46, headed a household in the 4th District of Baltimore County with Samuel, Joseph (17), Joshua, Charlotte, Remington, Franklin and Catherine, and in July 1870 'Mary Wildeson', 52, still headed a household near Owings Mills. Her father, William Cole Gent of Cockeysville, wrote his will on 20 Dec 1870; it names 'my daughter Mary Ann Wilderson', left her $300 a year for her own separate use, and left $300 each to her children Remington and Kate. She was therefore alive at the end of 1870; the often-repeated death date of 1860 is wrong.

• Born about 1812-14, Maryland — Age 38 in 1850, 46 in 18601850 and 1860 U.S. censuses (index)
• Married 4 Jan 1831, Baltimore, Maryland — Married Samuel Wilderson ('Wildeson')Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970 (FamilySearch index)
• Lived 1850, Carroll County, Maryland — With Samuel, 44, and children incl. William C.1850 U.S. census (image read)
• Lived 1860, 4th District, Baltimore County, Maryland — Head of household, 46, with Joseph 17 and six other children1860 U.S. census, roll M653_468, p. 71 (index)
• Lived 8 Jul 1870, District 4 (P.O. Owings Mills), Baltimore County, Maryland — "Mary Wildeson", 52, head, with Charlotte, Richard R., Franklin and Kate1870 U.S. census (image read)
• other 20 Dec 1870, Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland — Named "my daughter Mary Ann Wilderson" in her father William C. Gent's willWill transcript, Baltimore Co. Wills Bk 3 f. 458 (compiled)

Still open: Her death (after Dec 1870) and burial. · Her mother: William C. Gent's wife Mary (the 1850 deed names only 'Mary'; an index gives Mary Gorsuch, m. 1809).

Joseph Griffin and Louisa Griffin b. about 1820 (Va.) and about 1825 (Md.)

Joseph Griffin, born about 1820 in Virginia, and his wife Louisa, born about 1825 in Maryland, lived at Convent, St. James Parish, in June 1870 with daughters Adeline (b. about 1852), Henrietta (b. about 1854) and Laura (b. about 1856). Both were born in the Upper South, so both were probably carried to Louisiana in the domestic slave trade. The 1876 marriage index of their daughter Henrietta to Alexander Augustine names them as her parents. An Adeline Griffin, born in St. James, died 1 Sep 1878.

• Lived 3 Jun 1870, Ward 1 (P.O. Convent), St. James Parish, Louisiana — Household of Joseph, 50, and Louisa, 45, with Adeline, Henrietta and Laura; indexed as "Giffin"; recorded Black1870 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, p. 4, dw 30 (image read)

Still open: No marriage, 1880 census, death or Freedman's Bank entry has been found for them (searched Oct 2026). · Lead: "Lougue" [Luke?] Griffin, 50, born North Carolina, St. James Ward 4 in 1870, and Luke Griffin's St. James succession No. 1439 (1883). · Louisa's maiden name; the 1880 Joseph Griffin (60, b. Va., wife Maria, St. Martinville) may be the same man remarried (lead).

Henry Woodland about 1823-probably 1870s

Henry Woodland was one of the Woodland family carried from Baltimore to New Orleans by the trader Hope H. Slatter on the brig Porpoise in December 1841 (Henry Woodland, 18) and held on Gervais Gaiennie's St. James plantation: he is the "Henry de 18 ans" of the 15 Apr 1842 mortgage, 30 in the 1854 inventory, and 34 in the 23 Nov 1858 sale of the plantation to Gaiennie's widow (St. James Probate No. 922). He was probably the Henry Woodland of St. James Ward 1 in 1870 with his wife Jeannette and children George, Rose, Jeannette, Amelia and Alice; children Marie Alice (1868) and Henry (1873) were baptized at St. Michael's, Convent. No record of his death has been found; he probably died between 1873 and 1880. How he was related to Margaret Woodland is not known. Oliver Woodland's 1914 death certificate names a father Henry Woodland of Hagerstown, but this Henry was only 18 when Oliver was born, so an older Henry is more likely (lead).

• Lived Dec 1841, Baltimore, Maryland, to New Orleans — Henry Woodland, 18, 5 ft 7½ in, on the brig Porpoise manifest with Priscilla Woodland and the Woodland childrenSlave manifest, brig Porpoise, Baltimore to New Orleans (shipper Hope H. Slatter)
• Lived 15 Apr 1842, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Henry de 18 ans", listed with the Woodland family among 26 enslaved people mortgaged by Gervais Gaiennie to the Citizens' Bank of LouisianaSt. James conveyance book 20, act No. 15 (FamilySearch film 008152235)
• Lived 23 Nov 1858, Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Henry Woodland, 34, sold with the plantation to the widow Nathalie Chenet GaiennieSt. James Probate No. 922, 1858 sale list
• Lived Jun 1870, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Probably the Henry Woodland, 30, with wife Gennet and children George, Rose, Gennet, Amelia and Alice, beside Oliver and Margaret Woodland1870 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, dwelling 25

Still open: His death, probably 1873-1880: St. Michael (Convent) burial register. · How he was related to Margaret and Oliver Woodland.

Catherine (Woodland) and her children Morgan and Louis Woodland about 1830-after 1858

Catherine was carried from Baltimore with the Woodland family in December 1841 and held on Gervais Gaiennie's St. James plantation: "Catherine de 12 ans" in the 15 Apr 1842 mortgage. In 1848 her son Louis Morgan was baptized as a child of Catherine, "slave of Gervais Gainnie". The appraisal in St. James Probate No. 922 notes that her daughter Mary, "a griffe girl daughter of the slave Catherine", had died by 1855. In the sale of 23 Nov 1858 she was listed as Catherine, 28, "having but one arm", with her children Morgan, 10, and the infant Louis Woodland, six months, all sold with the plantation to Gaiennie's widow. Her own surname is not written in these lists; her infant was recorded as a Woodland.

• Lived 15 Apr 1842, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Catherine de 12 ans", listed with the Woodland family among 26 enslaved people mortgaged by Gervais GaiennieSt. James conveyance book 20, act No. 15 (FamilySearch film 008152235)
• Lived 23 Nov 1858, Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Catherine, 28, "having but one arm", with her children Morgan, 10, and Louis Woodland, 6 months; her daughter Mary had died by 1855St. James Probate No. 922, 1858 sale list and appraisal

Still open: What became of Catherine, Morgan and Louis after 1858. · How Catherine was related to Priscilla and Margaret Woodland.

Margaret Woodland about 1835/40 – 1900s

Margaret Woodland was Georgiana Gainnie's mother. She was probably the "Margarett, 6" shipped from Baltimore to New Orleans in December 1841 with Priscilla Woodland and her children by the trader Hope H. Slatter; Georgiana's 1957 death certificate gives her birthplace as Kent County, Maryland. Four months after the voyage, on 15 Apr 1842, a "Marguerite, 6" was listed with "Prescille, 44", "Jos Woodlen, 14", Henry, Alexandre, Catherine, Washington, Charles and "Prescilla, 2" among 26 people Gervais Gaiennie mortgaged to the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana (St. James conveyance book 20, act 15; record read in Oct 2026), which places the Woodland family on his plantation by then. She was probably the "Marguerite" (19 in 1854, 23 in 1858) enslaved on the St. James plantation of Gervais Gaiennie, Florestan's father, and from 1858 of his widow Nathalie Chenet. After freedom she lived in Ward 1 of St. James Parish (1870, with her children Alexander, Mary and Martha), worked as a servant in Florestan Gaiennie's Jefferson Parish household in 1880, and in 1900 lived at Lutcher with her daughter Margaret Freeman and granddaughter Evelina Webster. She and Florestan never married. Slatter had shipped two other Woodlands from Baltimore in March 1841, William, 24, and Margarette Ann, 16; Margarette Ann was probably a relative rather than Georgiana's mother, since she was born about 1825. Two death certificates read in October 2026 point back to Maryland: Priscilla Woodland the younger (died 1922), the infant on the Porpoise, was born at Hagerstown, a daughter of Joseph Woodland and Priscilla Mason, and the informant was Frank Wilderson, probably Margaret's grandson; Oliver Woodland (died 1914), who shared her dwelling in 1870, was also born at Hagerstown, a son of Henry Woodland. Neither certificate names Margaret, so her own parents are still probable, not proven. She died after June 1900, probably before 1910.

• Lived Dec 1841, Baltimore, Maryland, to New Orleans — "Margarett, 6" listed with Priscilla Woodland, 40, and her children on the brig Porpoise, shipped by the trader Hope H. Slatter (probably this Margaret)Outward slave manifest, brig Porpoise, sworn 11 Dec 1841
• Lived Mar 1841, Baltimore, Maryland, to New Orleans — Not Margaret herself: Slatter shipped William Woodland, 24, and Margarette Ann Woodland, 16, on a schooner (John Martin, master) sworn at Baltimore 4 Mar 1841. Probably relativesOutward slave manifest, Hope H. Slatter, sworn 4 Mar 1841, examined New Orleans 31 Mar 1841 (Ancestry 1562)
• Lived 15 Apr 1842, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Marguerite, 6", listed with "Prescille, 44", "Jos Woodlen, 14" and the other Woodland children among 26 enslaved people mortgaged by Gervais Gaiennie to the Citizens' Bank of LouisianaSt. James conveyance book 20, act No. 15, f. 25-27 (FamilySearch film 008152235)
• Lived 11 Sep 1854, Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — probably the "Marguerite, créole, 19" in the inventory of Gervais Gaiennie's estate, listed beside Priscilla Woodland the youngerSuccession of Gervais Gaiennie, St. James Parish (1854 inventory)
• Lived 23 Nov 1858, Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — probably the "Marguerite, 23" sold with the plantation to the widow Nathalie Chenet Gaiennie, Florestan's motherSt. James Probate No. 922, 1858 sale list (FamilySearch DGS 7672157)
• Lived Jun 1870, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Margaret Woodland, 261870 U.S. census
• Lived 21 Jun 1880, Ward 4, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana — Widowed servant, 48, in Florestan Gaiennie's household with son Alix and daughter Florence1880 U.S. census
• Lived 9 Jun 1900, Ward 1 (Lutcher), St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Mother," 60, widowed, in her daughter Margaret Freeman's household with granddaughter Evelina Webster; mother of 5 children, 3 living1900 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, ED 52, sheet 15A

Still open: No record yet names her own parents. Joseph and Priscilla Woodland (Priscilla Jr.'s parents) are probable, from the 1841 manifest grouping. · Her birth year varies by record (about 1832–1844) and her birthplace between Maryland and Louisiana. · Her death: after June 1900, probably before 1910; look for a burial at St. Michael, Convent, or Lutcher. · Mary Gannier's 1960 death certificate names Florestine Gannier as Mary's father too, which conflicts with the family account that Georgiana was Florestan's only child with Margaret. · The 1841-42 sale of the Woodlands to Gervais Gaiennie is not recorded in St. James; the New Orleans Notarial Archives (notary Boudousquié) are next.

Georgiana Cockey Wildesen 1836-1935

Georgiana Cockey was the wife of John Henry "Harry" Wildesen, Joseph Wilderson Sr.'s brother, and so part of the white Wilderson family shown here as the family's history. She was born on 29 Dec 1836 in Maryland, a daughter of Judge Mordecai Gist Cockey of Finksburg, Carroll County: she is "Georgeaner", 13, in his 1850 household and "Georgana", 19, in 1860, and her 1935 Ohio death certificate names her father as Mordicai Cockey (RECORD). She married Harry in Carroll County on 25 Mar 1867 (index) and lived with him on the Convent plantation in St. James Parish, by 1879 called the "Georgiana Plantation". Widowed by 1900, she lived in New Orleans with her son Harry Cockey Wildesen, and later moved to his home near Toledo, Ohio. She died at Ottawa Hills, Lucas County, Ohio, on 9 Aug 1935 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo.

• Born 29 Dec 1836, Maryland — Father Mordicai CockeyOhio death certificate 49882 (image read)
• Lived 1850, Carroll County, Maryland — "Georgeaner", 13, in Mordecai G. Cockey's household, District 41850 U.S. census (image read)
• Married 25 Mar 1867, Carroll County, Maryland — Married I. [J.] H. WildersonMaryland compiled marriages (index)
• Died 9 Aug 1935, Ottawa Hills, Lucas County, Ohio — Widow of John Henry Wildesen; informant her son Harry C. WildesenOhio death certificate 49882 (image read)
• Buried Aug 1935, Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, OhioOhio death certificate 49882 (image read)

Still open: Her mother: probably Eurith Bramwell (published sources), not yet in a record naming Georgiana.

John Henry "Harry" Wilderson about 1837-between 1885 and 1900

John Henry (Harry) Wilderson, born in Maryland about 1837, was the older brother of Joseph Walker Wilderson Sr. In 1850 he was 13 in Samuel and Mary A. Wilderson's household in Carroll County, Maryland. On 29 Jan 1867, a few days after the sheriff sold the plantation of the widow of Gervais Gaiennie, he went into partnership with its buyer, Lievin DePoorter, and bought an undivided half. In June 1870 he was a planter at Convent, St. James Parish, with land worth $14,000, next door to his brother Joseph, and in 1879 he bought Joseph's half. In 1880 he was 44, living next door to Henrietta (Griffin) Augustine. He was still alive on 28 Jun 1882, when he and C. P. McCan bought Sections 76-77 in St. James, and on 31 Jan 1885, when he sold to McCan, so the family tree's death in 1880 is wrong. By June 1900 he had died: his widow Georgina lived in New Orleans with their son Harry, a stenographer. Before he bought into the Convent plantation he was in Louisiana by November 1865, witnessing the Freedmen's Bureau pay roll of John Burnside's Conway plantation at Houmas, where the Griffin family worked. The 1941 death certificate of Harry Wilderson of Convent, a Black man, names his father as "Harry Wilderson"; whether that was this man is unproven. None of the deeds says that he and Joseph were brothers; that rests on the censuses and DNA. His wife was Georgiana Cockey (1836-1935), daughter of Judge Mordecai Gist Cockey of Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland; they married in Carroll County on 25 Mar 1867 (marriage index) and her 1935 Ohio death certificate names her father and her husband (RECORD). Notarial acts of 1879 and 1885 show that the Convent place was by then called the "Georgiana Plantation" (RECORD). B treats Harry Wilderson of Convent, the son of Fannie Stevens, as the Black Harry most likely related to the family; a second, unrelated Harry Wilderson of Jena Street, New Orleans, has been set aside.

• Lived 27 Aug 1850, District 4, Carroll County, Maryland — John H., 13, in Samuel and Mary A. Wilderson's household, with Joseph, 61850 U.S. census (image read)
• witnessed Nov 1865, Conway Place, Houmas, Ascension Parish, Louisiana — "J. H. Wildesen" witnesses the Freedmen's Bureau pay roll for the quarter ending 1 Nov 1865; "H. Wildesen" witnesses the 1866 labor contractFreedmen's Bureau, Louisiana labor records (FamilySearch DGS 7641647 image 362; DGS 7641607 image 517)
• other 29 Jan 1867, Former Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Partnership with Lievin DePoorter; bought an undivided half of the former Gaiennie plantation for $12,186.22½St. James conveyance book 36, No. 80; book 37, No. 113 (images read Oct 2026)
• Married 25 Mar 1867, Carroll County, Maryland — Married Georgiana W. Cockey ("I. H. Wilderson" in the index)Maryland compiled marriages (index)
• Worked Jun 1870, Ward 1 (P.O. Convent), St. James Parish, Louisiana — "H. Wilderson", planter, born Maryland, land worth $14,000; next door to his brother Joseph1870 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1
• other 22 Mar 1879, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Bought Joseph Walker Wildesen's half of the plantation for $15,720St. James conveyance book 47, p. 385
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Harry Wildersen", 44, born Maryland, parents born Maryland1880 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1
• other 28 Jun 1882, St. James Parish, Louisiana — With C. P. McCan bought Sections 76-77: he was alive in June 1882St. James conveyance book 49, No. 154
• sold 31 Jan 1885, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Sale to C. P. McCan; last record of him aliveSt. James conveyance records (image read Oct 2026)

Still open: His death, between 1885 and 1900, probably in New Orleans: an Orleans succession may name his heirs. · Whether he was the father of Harry Wilderson of Convent (1941 death certificate names a father "Harry Wilderson").

Priscilla Woodland Randle (the younger) about 1840-1922

Priscilla Woodland was the infant "Priscilla Woodland, Jr." on the 1841 Porpoise manifest. She was listed beside "Marguerite" on the Gaiennie plantation lists of 1854 (14) and 1858 (18). In 1900 she was Priscilla Randle, 60, born in Maryland, wife of Joseph Randle at Lutcher, with five children born and one living; Oliver Woodland lived next door. Her death certificate (22 Mar 1922, Lutcher) gives her birthplace as Hagerstown, Maryland, and her parents as Joseph Woodland and Priscilla Mason of Baltimore. The informant was Frank Wilderson, probably Georgiana Gainnie's son. She was probably Margaret Woodland's younger sister.

• Lived 15 Apr 1842, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Prescilla, 2", listed with the Woodland family among 26 enslaved people mortgaged by Gervais Gaiennie to the Citizens' Bank of LouisianaSt. James conveyance book 20, act No. 15, f. 25-27 (FamilySearch film 008152235)
• Lived 23 Nov 1858, Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Prescilla, 18", sold with the plantation to the widow Nathalie Chenet GaiennieSt. James Probate No. 922, 1858 sale list
• Lived 1900, Ward 1 (Lutcher), St. James Parish, Louisiana — Priscilla Randle, 60, born Apr 1840, Maryland; married 20 years to Joseph Randle; 5 children born, 1 living1900 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, ED 52, sheet 17A
• Died 22 Mar 1922, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Widow, 82; born Hagerstown, Md.; father Joseph Woodland, mother Priscilla Mason; informant Frank WildersonLouisiana death certificate, Reg. No. 3051 (1922)

Still open: Whether Frank Wilderson the informant was Georgiana's son Frank Benjamin Wilderson (inference).

Mary Alix Fazende Gaiennie 1841-1877

Alix Fazende was a daughter of François Fazende and Estelle Verlain De Gruy of New Orleans. Her father's 1870 will, proved in 1876, names her as "Alix, wife of F. Gaiennie", the wife of Florestan Gaiennie. The tree gives her birth in 1841 and her death in 1877, before the 1880 census, where Florestan appears as a widower.

• Born 6 Jun 1841, Louisianafamily tree
• Died 1877, Louisianafamily tree

Still open: Her own 1877 succession has not been found. · Birth and death need records.

Joseph Wilderson about 1841-1909

Joseph (Joseph Walker) Wilderson Sr., a white man born in Maryland about 1841-46, was the father of Joseph Wilderson Jr. (b. July 1870) of Lutcher, whose 1927 death record names his parents as Joseph Wilderson and Henrietta Griffin. In 1850 a Joseph, 6, lived in Carroll County, Maryland, in the household of Samuel and Mary A. (Gent) Wilderson with an older brother John H., 13; in 1860 Joseph, 17, was in his mother's household in Baltimore County. In June 1870 he was a 24-year-old plantation manager at Convent, St. James Parish, next door to his brother Harry (John Henry) Wilderson. The St. James conveyances, all read in October 2026, show the brothers buying the former plantation of Gervais Gaiennie, Georgiana Gainnie's grandfather, which the sheriff had sold in 1867: John Henry bought a half in 1867, Joseph Walker bought the other half in 1874 and sold it to John Henry in 1879. None of the deeds states that they were brothers. In June 1880 he was a single overseer, 33, living alone in the Fourth Ward of Ascension Parish. On 3 Jan 1882 he married Marie Louisa Curtis in Ascension Parish. In 1883 the Donaldsonville Chief called him "the efficient manager of the Crescent", the Buckner Crescent plantation on Bayou Lafourche, where "Mr. and Mrs. Wildersen" entertained guests from Carrollton. In his last years he was overseer of Myrtle Grove Plantation in Plaquemines Parish, owned by Theodore S. Wilkinson and, by 1908-09, the Myrtle Grove Co., Ltd., where the local paper called him "Captain Joseph Wildersen, one of the oldest employes on the place". He died of pellagra at Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, on 14 Nov 1909, recorded as "Joseph Weldesen", white, a native of Maryland, aged 68, married, an overseer, and he was interred in New Orleans. On 22 Nov 1909 "Mrs. Jos. Wilderson", his widow, bought lot 382 in Carrollton Cemetery, almost certainly for his grave. DNA matches with descendants of Samuel's son William Charles Wilderson prove the Maryland link: Joseph was a son of Samuel and Mary Ann (Gent) Wilderson. His widow was probably the "Louise" Wilderson, born in South Carolina in April 1850, who in 1900 lived at 7913 Birch St. in Carrollton with his brother's widow Georgina and her son Harry (lead).

• Lived 27 Aug 1850, District 4, Carroll County, Maryland — Joseph, 6, in Samuel and Mary A. Wilderson's household, with John H., 131850 U.S. census (image read)
• Lived 27 Jun 1860, 4th District, Baltimore County, Maryland — Joseph, 17, in Mary Wilderson's household1860 U.S. census (index)
• Worked 3 Jun 1870, Ward 1 (P.O. Convent), St. James Parish, Louisiana — Manager, 24, white, born Maryland; next to H. (Harry) Wilderson, planter1870 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, p. 5 (image read)
• child Jul 1870, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Son Joseph Wilderson Jr. born; mother Henrietta Griffin1927 Orleans death record of the son (held)
• bought 24 Jan 1874, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Joseph Walker Wildesen bought Lievin DePoorter's half of the former Gaiennie plantationSt. James conveyance book 45, p. 384 (image read Oct 2026)
• sold 22 Mar 1879, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Sold that half to John Henry Wildesen for $15,720St. James conveyance book 47, p. 385 (image read Oct 2026)
• Worked 10 Jun 1880, Ward 4, Ascension Parish, Louisiana — "Wildeson, Joseph", white, 33, single, Overseer, born Md., parents born Md.; lives alone (dw 368, fam 402)1880 U.S. census, Ascension Parish, Fourth Ward, ED 94, p. 34 (image read)
• Married 3 Jan 1882, Ascension Parish, Louisiana — Married Marie Louisa Curtis; Rev. Benjamin M. Palmer officiated; recorded 18 Jan 1882Ascension Parish marriage book, pp. 93-94 (FamilySearch DGS 7726087, images 54-55)
• Worked Jul-Dec 1883, Crescent Plantation (Buckner), Bayou Lafourche, Ascension Parish, Louisiana — Manager of the Buckner "Crescent" plantation: "the efficient manager of the Crescent"; the 1883 crop credited to "the experience and skill of Mr. Wildersen"; Mrs. Wildersen hosted a soiree there in JulyDonaldsonville Chief, 7, 21, 28 Jul, 8 and 22 Dec 1883, p. 3 (Chronicling America)
• other 12 Jun 1900, 7913 Birch St., Carrollton, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Lead: "Louise" Wilderson, "Aunt", born Apr 1850 in South Carolina, recorded "S" (single), in the house of Harry Wilderson (stenographer) and his widowed mother Georgina; probably Joseph's wife Marie Louisa (Curtis) while he worked on the plantation1900 U.S. census, New Orleans Ward 16, ED 144, sheet 14A (image read)
• Worked by Nov 1909, Myrtle Grove Plantation, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana — Overseer of Myrtle Grove "for a number of years" ("Captain Joseph Wildersen, one of the oldest employes on the place"). The plantation belonged to Theodore S. Wilkinson (1900 census: planter, owns the farm) and was listed in 1908-09 as Myrtle Grove (The) Co., Ltd., with a sugar factoryLower Coast Gazette, 20 Nov 1909, p. 2; 1900 U.S. census, Plaquemines Ward 7, ED 43, sheet 22A; Bouchereau's Revised Directory 1908-9, pp. 16, 22
• Died 14 Nov 1909, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — "Joseph Weldesen", white, a native of Maryland, aged 68, married, overseer; pellagra. Not indexed under any Wilderson spellingOrleans Parish death register, 15 Nov 1909, p. 1142 (FamilySearch DGS 7797789, image 378)
• Buried Nov 1909, Carrollton Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Probable grave: lot 382, bought 22 Nov 1909 by "Mrs. Jos. Wilderson"; the cemetery's interment books have a gap from Sep 1908 to May 1910Carrollton Cemetery lot register (FamilySearch DGS 8451107, image 135)

Still open: His widow is not named in 1909 ("Mrs. Jos. Wilderson"); a Plaquemines Parish succession may name her and show whether she was Marie Louisa Curtis. · Birth year: about 1841 (aged 68 at death) vs 1843-46 (1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses). · Lead: the 1900 "John Wildeson", boarder, b. May 1852 in Maryland, sugar-factory laborer on the Wilkinson place in Plaquemines Ward 7, may be Joseph misreported or a younger brother (Franklin, b. about 1852). · Lead: George Wilderson Grisamore (married 1910) suggests a close tie to the Grisamores of Belle Alliance, the neighbouring place in 1883. · Plaquemines successions 1909-1912 (REQ-0203); when the Wilkinsons acquired Myrtle Grove (REQ-0204).

Oliver Woodland 1842-1914

Oliver (Olivier) Woodland, 16, was sold with the Gaiennie plantation in 1858. In 1870 he shared a dwelling in Ward 1 of St. James with Margaret Woodland, and he later farmed his own land near Lutcher. His 1914 death certificate gives his birth as 9 Mar 1842 at Hagerstown, Maryland, and his father as Henry Woodland, also of Hagerstown; his son O. F. Woodland Jr. was the informant. Hagerstown is the birthplace on Priscilla Woodland the younger's certificate too, so he came from the same Woodland family. His father was Henry, not Joseph, so he was probably Margaret's cousin, half-brother or nephew rather than her full brother (lead).

• Lived 23 Nov 1858, Gaiennie plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Olivier Woodland, 16, sold with the plantationSt. James Probate No. 922, 1858 sale list
• Lived 1870, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Shared a dwelling with Margaret Woodland1870 U.S. census
• Lived 1900, Ward 1 (Lutcher), St. James Parish, Louisiana — Widowed farmer, owns his farm; son Oliver, 211900 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, ED 52, sheet 17A
• Died 10 Jun 1914, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Born 9 Mar 1842, Hagerstown, Md.; farmer; father Henry Woodland, born Hagerstown; mother "don't know"; informant O. F. Woodland Jr.Louisiana death certificate no. 13365 (1914)

Still open: How he was related to Margaret Woodland. · His burial place (read as "St Martinville" on the certificate; uncertain).

Porter Johnson abt 1847-?

The family tree names Porter Johnson as the father of Johnny Johnson (born 1892) and husband of Isabella. No record yet connects him to Johnny or Isabella, so his place in the family is still being researched.

Still open: Was Porter Johnson really Johnny Johnson's father? Johnny's death certificate or SS-5 should say. · Is there an Iberville marriage record for Porter Johnson and Isabella, about 1889-91? · When and where did he die (before 1900)?

Henrietta Griffin (Augustine) b. about 1854

Henrietta Griffin, born about 1854 in Louisiana, is named as the mother of Joseph Wilderson Jr. (b. July 1870) in his 1927 death record, whose informant was the undertaker; no other record yet places him with her, so her motherhood rests on that one statement plus strong circumstantial evidence. She was almost certainly born into slavery. In June 1870 she was 16, living at Convent, St. James Parish, with her parents Joseph Griffin (b. about 1820, Virginia) and Louisa (b. about 1825, Maryland) and her sisters Adeline and Laura; the census recorded the family as Black and spelled the name 'Giffin'. About six dwellings away, on the next census page, lived Joseph Wilderson, a 24-year-old white plantation manager born in Maryland, beside H. (Harry) Wilderson, a farmer with real estate worth $14,000. Her son Joseph was born a month later. No marriage between Henrietta and Joseph Wilderson has been found. She married Alexander Augustine in St. James on 15 Jun 1876; the certificate, read in October 2026, calls her "daughter of Joseph Griffin and Louisa Griffin, of St. James" and him "son of Adolphe and Adel Augustine, of the city of New Orleans", free people of color before the war. In June 1880 'Henrietta Augustine', 25, kept house in Ward 1 with her daughter Louisia, 6, and no husband; the very next household was that of Harry Wildersen, 44, white, born in Maryland, Joseph Wilderson's probable brother. Her age, her father's Virginia birthplace and her married surname all fit, so this is probably (strong) the same Henrietta. Joseph Jr. was not in her household in 1880 and has not been found elsewhere that year. The plantation the Griffins lived and worked on is not named in either census; that it was the place the Wildersons managed or owned is a lead. Before freedom she was enslaved on the Houmas plantations: an 1858 act of sale of the Houmas places and the people held there lists, 'on the Conway Place', Joe Griffin about 46, Louisa about 40, Becky about 17, Adeline about 6, Henrietta about 4, Laura about 2 and Henderson about nine months, the same parents and daughters as the 1870 household. In 1865 and 1866 her father and her sister Adeline appear on the Freedmen's Bureau pay roll and labor contract of the same Conway plantation, witnessed by J. H. (Harry) Wildesen. After 1880 she is hard to find. On 4 Mar 1888 a 'Henriette Augustin' stood as godmother, with Victor Jean Baptiste, at the christening of Octavie Green, daughter of Walles Green and Mathilde, at St. Mary's Church in Union, St. James Parish; if this is she (likely but unproven), she was alive in 1888, and Alexandre Augustin's remarriage in New Orleans in 1886 followed a separation rather than her death. She has not been found in the 1900 or 1910 census under any name, in the New Orleans death indexes for 1876-1891, or in the St. James church burials of Black parishioners for 1883-1891. She probably died in St. James Parish between 1888 and 1900, or remarried under a surname not yet known. Her husband Alexander Augustine's own birth record (read 28 Oct 2026) shows he was born free in New Orleans on 12 Dec 1852.

• Born about 1854, Louisiana — Age 16 in 18701870 U.S. census (index)
• other 1858, Conway Place, Houmas plantations, Ascension Parish, Louisiana — "Henrietta, aged about four years", enslaved, listed with Joe Griffin (about 46), Louisa Griffin (about 40), Becky (about 17), Adeline (about 6), Laura (about 2) and Henderson (about nine months) in the sale of the Houmas plantations by John S. Preston to John BurnsideAscension Parish conveyance, 1858, English text p. 75 (FamilySearch DGS 8192917, images 44-46; image read)
• other 1865-1866, Conway Place, Houmas, Ascension Parish, Louisiana — Her father Joe Griffin (No. 9) and sister Adeline, 14, on the Freedmen's Bureau pay roll (quarter ending 1 Nov 1865) and 1866 labor contract of John Burnside's Conway plantation, witnessed by J. H. (Harry) Wildesen. Henrietta, about 11, is not listedFreedmen's Bureau, Louisiana labor records (FamilySearch DGS 7641647 image 362; DGS 7641607 image 517; images read)
• Lived 3 Jun 1870, Ward 1 (P.O. Convent), St. James Parish, Louisiana — Daughter, 16, of Joseph (50, b. Va.) and Louisa (45, b. Md.) Griffin ("Giffin"), with sisters Adeline and Laura; recorded Black; on the next page Joseph Wilderson, 24, white, Manager, b. Md., beside H. Wilderson, farmer1870 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, Convent P.O., p. 4, dw 30 / fam 35 (image read)
• child Jul 1870, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Son Joseph Wilderson Jr. born; his 1927 death record (informant the undertaker) names his mother Henrietta Griffin. Not in her household in 1870 (born after the enumeration) or 18801927 Orleans death record (held)
• Married 15 Jun 1876, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Married Alexander Augustine, son of Adolphe and Adel Augustine of New Orleans; she is "daughter of Joseph Griffin and Louisa Griffin, of St. James"; Rev. Jesse Keyes, BaptistSt. James marriage certificate 3452 (FamilySearch DGS 7718186, image 248)
• Lived 11 Jun 1880, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Augustine, Henrietta", B, 25, keeping house, father born Va.; daughter "Louisia", 6; no husband in the household; next dwelling (47) Harry Wildersen, 44, white, born Md. Identification probable (strong)1880 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, ED 155, p. 26, dw 46 (image read)
• other 4 Mar 1888, St. Mary's Church, Union, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Godmother ("Henriette Augustin"), with Victor Jean Baptiste, at the christening of Octavie Green, born 5 Dec 1887, daughter of Walles Green and Mathilde. Identification as Henrietta Griffin Augustine is a leadDiocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 17, pp. 255-256, citing St. Mary, Union, baptisms vol. 1, p. 79 (printed index)

Still open: The St. Mary (Union) register entry for the 1888 christening, which may say more about the godmother. · Her death: St. Michael (Convent) and St. Mary (Union) burial registers, 1880-1900. · A possible remarriage in St. James, 1880-1900, under a new surname. · Find Louisa (b. about 1874) under her married name; her death certificate should name her father. · Successions of Joseph or Louisa Griffin, or of Alexander Augustine (St. James). · Becky (b. about 1841) and Henderson (b. about 1857), listed with the family in 1858, are probably her siblings.

Alphonse Florestan Gaiennie Jr. 1862-1919

Alphonse Florestan Gaiennie, a native of New Orleans, was the son of Florestan Gaiennie; after his father died in 1884 he petitioned for tutorship of his younger siblings. He married Jennie Elizabeth Curien in 1888. In 1896, of Lafourche Parish, he patented a vacuum-pan vapor separator for sugar evaporating, and in 1900 he lived in Thibodaux, listed as an engineer (reading uncertain). He died at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, in March 1919.

• Born Aug 1862, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Month and year from 1900 census; birthplace from death record1900 U.S. census; Orleans death record Bk 176 f115
• Lived 1884, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana — Petitioned for tutorship of his minor siblings after his father's deathJefferson Parish succession petition (26th JDC)
• Married 7 Feb 1888, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Married Jennie Elizabeth CurienNew Orleans marriage index vol. 12 p.1000
• Worked 15 Sep 1896, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana — Patented a vacuum-pan vapor separator for sugar evaporating; one-third assigned to John V. Leche of ThibodauxU.S. Patent 567,895
• Lived 5 Jun 1900, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana — Engineer [?]; wife Jeanne and five children1900 U.S. census
• Died 19 Mar 1919, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico — Age 56; cause angina pectoris; recorded in Orleans ParishOrleans death record Bk 176 f115
• other 21 Mar 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana — Death notice: died at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, aged 56, a native of New Orleans, "husband of the late Jeanne Curien"Times-Picayune, 21 Mar 1919, p. 2

Harry (Henry) Wilderson of Convent about 1862-1941

Henry, called Harry, Wilderson was a Black man born about 1860-65 in St. John the Baptist Parish who spent his life at Convent, St. James Parish, the same stretch of river as Joseph Wilderson Jr. His mother was Fannie (Fanny) Stevens, wife of John (Jean) Baptiste; in 1880 'Henry Wilson', 15, lived in their household as Fanny's son. On 6 Mar 1882 he married Celestine Theriot at St. Michael's Church, Convent, where the register names him 'Henry Wilderson' and his mother 'Fanny Jean Baptiste'. Census takers usually wrote the family as 'Wilson'. He and Celestine had eleven children, nine living in 1910, among them Harry Jr. (about 1882-1915), Willie, Benjamin and Joseph; in 1910 he was a farmer who owned his home. He died at Convent on 31 Oct 1941. His death certificate, given by his son Willie, names his father as Harry Wilderson and his mother as Fannie Stevens. The white planter John Henry "Harry" Wilderson, Joseph Wilderson Sr.'s brother, co-owned the Convent plantation from 1867, so he may have been that father, which would make Harry a first cousin of Joseph Wilderson Jr. That is a lead: only the one late death certificate names the father, and the white Harry is not documented in Louisiana before November 1865. B keeps him (not the Harry Wilderson of Jena Street, New Orleans, a different man) as the Black Harry Wilderson most likely related to Joseph Wilderson Jr.

• Born about 1860-65, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana — Age 15 in 1880, 50 in 1910, 67 in 1930; birthplace from his death certificate1880-1930 U.S. censuses; 1941 death certificate
• Lived 14 Jun 1880, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Henry Wilson", 15, son, laborer, in the household of John Baptiste and Fanny1880 U.S. census, St. James, ED 156, sheet 540A (image read)
• Married 6 Mar 1882, St. Michael's Church, Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Married Celestine Taroit (Theriot); "Henry Wilderson (Fanny Jean Baptiste)"Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 15, citing St. Michael marriages vol. 25, p. 184 (printed index)
• Lived 15 Apr 1910, Ward 2 (Convent), St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Harry Willson Sr.", mulatto, 50, married 28 years, owns his home; Celestine, 48, mother of 11 children, 9 living; son Harry Jr. next door1910 U.S. census, St. James Ward 2, ED 68, sheet 1A (image read)
• Died 31 Oct 1941, Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Father Harry Wilderson; mother Fannie Stevens; wife Celestine; informant his son WillieLouisiana death certificate 13309 (image read)

Still open: His baptism (about 1860-65), which may name his father. · The St. Michael 1882 marriage entry itself, which may call him a natural son or name his father. · The white Harry Wilderson's succession (1885-1900), which may name heirs. · A Y-DNA test of a direct male-line descendant would test descent from the Maryland Wildersons.

Margaret (Woodland) Freeman 1866 – 1910s

Margaret (Marguerite) Freeman was born in July 1866 in Louisiana, probably the daughter of Margaret Woodland, with whom she lived in 1900 (the census calls Margaret Woodland her mother and Evelina Webster, Mary Gannier's daughter, her niece). She probably married Peter Freeman in St. James Parish on 13 May 1889 and was widowed before 1900. She had one child, who did not survive. In 1910 she lived alone in her own house in Lutcher. She is not found after 1910.

• Married 13 May 1889, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Peter Freeman married "Margara Gaurin"; a witness reads "[Oliver?] Woodland"; no parents named. Supports, does not prove, that she was Margaret Woodland's daughterSt. James marriage book 10, p. 195 (FamilySearch DGS 7718199, image 314)
• Lived 9 Jun 1900, Ward 1 (Lutcher), St. James Parish, Louisiana — Head, 33, widowed; with her mother Margaret Woodland and niece Evelina Webster1900 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1, ED 52, sheet 15A
• Lived 15 Apr 1910, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Marguerite Freeman, 43, widowed, living alone in her own house1910 U.S. census, Lutcher Ward 1, ED 66, sheet 2A

Still open: Is she Margaret Woodland's daughter? Only the 1900 census says so; she is not in her mother's 1870 or 1880 household. · Her death: after April 1910, probably before 1920.

Mary Gannier (Gainnie, Guegne) Scott about 1868/1875-1960

Mary Gannier was Georgiana Gainnie's sister. Her New Orleans death certificate (16 Aug 1960) names her parents as Florestine and Marguerite Gannier and gives her birth as 13 Jul 1875 in Maryland; the informant was her grandson, the Rev. Reuben A. Hack, who did not know the family's birthplaces well (Florestan was born in Louisiana). She is probably the Mary, 2, in Margaret Woodland's 1870 household, which would put her birth about 1868. Her St. James succession (1967) calls her the widow of Willie Scott, married only once; the certificate says "never married". Her only child, Evelina Webster, lived with Margaret Woodland and Margaret Freeman in 1900 and died before her. Mary owned a lot in Lutcher from 1928, and she was buried from New Orleans at Mt. Olivet.

• Lived 1870, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Probably the Mary, 2, in Margaret Woodland's household1870 U.S. census (index)
• Lived 30 Jul 1928, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Bought a lot in Lutcher from Mrs. Drauzin GaudetSt. James conveyance book 64, folio 506 (cited in Succession No. 3547)
• Died 16 Aug 1960, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Age 85; father Florestine Gannier, mother Marguerite Gannier; "never married"; informant Rev. Reuben A. Hack, grandsonNew Orleans death certificate, City File 60-06108
• Buried Aug 1960, Mt. Olivet, New Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans death certificate, City File 60-06108
• other 19 Aug 1960, New Orleans, Louisiana — Death notice (as Mary Gannier): mother of the late Evelyn Hack Brown; grandmother of Ethel Hack Thomas and the Rev. Reuben A. Hack; members of King Solomon Baptist Church and the True Benevolent and Golden Rule Benevolent Associations of Lutcher invited; burial Mount Olivet CemeteryTimes-Picayune, 19 Aug 1960, p. 2
• Lived 17 Nov 1967, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Succession filed: "Mary Guegne, also known as Mary Gainnie and Mary Ganier, widow of Willie Scott"; affiants Henrietta Wilderson Johnson and Johnnie JohnsonSt. James Parish Succession No. 3547

Still open: Her birth year: about 1868 (1870 census) or 1875 (death certificate). · Her marriage to Willie Scott.

Isabella b. about 1870-73 - fl. 1910

Isabella, mother of Johnny (Johnnie) Johnson (b. 17 Sep 1892), was very probably Isabella Smith, a daughter of Thomas Smith and Fanny Smith of Iberville Parish (probable, strong). Three records, all read in October 2026, chain together. In June 1900 Isabella, born Oct 1870, was the wife of Abram Chieles [Chillis] in Iberville Ward 1, with her son John Johnson, born Sep 1891, listed as his stepson. On 6 Oct 1900 Abram Chillis married "Isabella Smith daughter of Thomas Smith and Fanny Smith" in Iberville. In 1910 Abe and Isabella Childress, married ten years, lived at Lutcher with her son John Johnson, 21. Thomas Smith and Fanny Williams, who married in Iberville in 1876 and farmed near Bayou Goula, had a daughter "Elsabella", 7, in 1880. In 1900 Fannie was recorded as the mother of no children, so Isabella's birth mother is still open. No marriage of Isabella to a Johnson has been found. Johnny's own death certificate or Social Security application is still the direct test.

• Born Oct 1870, Iberville Parish, Louisiana — Month and year from the 1900 census1900 U.S. census, Iberville Ward 1 (FamilySearch index)
• Lived 29 Jun 1880, Ward 1 (P.O. Bayou Goula), Iberville Parish, Louisiana — Probably the "Elsabella", 7, daughter, in Tom and Fanny Smith's household1880 U.S. census, Iberville First Ward, p. 60
• Lived Jun 1900, Ward 1, Iberville Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Abram Chieles [Chillis], 30; John Johnson, b. Sep 1891, in the household; Jim and Ellen Fisher next door1900 U.S. census, Iberville Ward 1, sheet 4 (image held)
• Married 6 Oct 1900, Iberville Parish, Louisiana — Abram Chillis (son of Joshua and [Eliza?]) married "Isabella Smith daughter of Thomas Smith and Fanny Smith"Iberville marriage book 7, p. 280, No. 563 (FamilySearch DGS 7418488, image 150)
• Lived Apr 1910, Lutcher, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Isabella Childress, 38, wife of Abe, married 10 years, one child born; her son John Johnson, 211910 U.S. census, St. James Ward 1

Still open: Johnny Johnson's 1973 death certificate or Social Security application (REQ-0077) should name his mother directly. · Her baptism (about 1870-73) would name her birth mother (REQ-0200). · Who was Johnny's father? No Johnson marriage to an Isabella found in Iberville, 1886-1899.

Joseph Wilderson 1870-1927

Joseph Wilderson was born in St. James Parish about 1870 and married Georgiana Ganier (Gainnie) on 26 Feb 1891. From at least 1900 to 1920 he worked as a sawmill laborer in St. James Parish, living in Lutcher by 1910, and owned his home. By 1918 Georgiana had borne fifteen children, eight living. Records name Henrietta, Viola, Alexander, Frank, Ernest and Dorothy May. His 1927 New Orleans death record names his parents as "Joseph Wolderson and Henreitta Griffin, both natives of La." The family tree gives his death in New Orleans on 9 Oct 1927. His New Orleans death record (9 Oct 1927, 4515 Clara St.) describes him as a married laborer, a native of Louisiana, and names his parents as Joseph Wilderson and Henrietta Griffin, both natives of Louisiana; his remains were shipped to Lutcher. The death record confirms death on 9 Oct 1927 in New Orleans. It names his mother as Henrietta Griffin and gives his father, Joseph Sr., as a native of Louisiana (the tree says Maryland). The Sanborn fire-insurance maps of Lutcher (July 1909 and November 1926) show Square 4, where his 1902 deed placed his Lot 7, between Exchange Alley, St. Louis Street and Plantation Road, built up with small dwellings; the maps give no lot numbers or owners, so which house was his is not yet known. The 1909 New Orleans Sanborn shows that the house at 4515 Clara St., where he died, was built after 1909, in Square 656 (RECORD maps).

• Born Jul 1870, St. James Parish, Louisiana — birthplace from daughter's 1918 birth certificate1900 U.S. census; 1918 birth certificate
• Married 26 Feb 1891, St. James Parish, Louisiana — to Georgiana Ganier (Gainnie); married 9 years in 1900St. James marriage return, Book 11, p. 173
• Lived 1900, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — enumerated as 'Wilson'; sawmill laborer, owned home1900 U.S. census, ED 52
• Lived Apr 1910, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — sawmill laborer; wife Georgiana and children1910 U.S. census
• Worked 1920, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — laborer, sawmill; owned home1920 U.S. census, ED 47
• Died 9 Oct 1927, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — At 4515 Clara St.; remains shipped to LutcherOrleans Parish death record, 9 Oct 1927

Still open: His baptism (about 1870) in the St. Michael registers for people of color. · The death record gives his age as 52 (about 1875), against Jul 1870 in the 1900 census. · B's hypothesis: "Griffin" may echo the racial term griffe/griffonne. Untested. · R. Swart's plan of the Reynaud tract, Lutcher (20 Apr 1899), to place Lot 7 within Square 4 (REQ-0324).

Harry Cockey Wildesen about 1871-1962

Harry Cockey Wildesen, son of John Henry "Harry" Wildesen and Georgiana Cockey, was born in St. James Parish about 1871 (other records say 1876 or 1878). On 23 Oct 1900 he married Martha Virginia Breeden at Grace Church, New Orleans; the marriage certificate names his parents as John H. Wildesen and Georgiana Cockey (RECORD). He was a clerk with the U.S. Customs in New Orleans in the 1900s. He and Martha later divorced, and by 1919 he lived in Toledo, Ohio, where he married Frances E. Stevens; his 1919 marriage application again names his mother as Georgeana Cockey (RECORD). Martha (Breeden) later married Samuel F. Joor and died in Fallsington, Pennsylvania, in 1941. White kin of the Wilderson line, shown as the family's history. He died at Merced, California, on 20 Jan 1962, a retired export manager of the Champion Spark Plug Company of Toledo, survived by his wife and a daughter, and was buried in Merced District Cemetery (Merced Sun-Star, 22 Jan 1962, RECORD; the obituary gives his birth as 10 Sep 1883 in Louisiana).

• Married 23 Oct 1900, Grace Church, New Orleans, Louisiana — Married Martha Virginia Breeden; son of John H. Wildesen and Georgiana CockeyOrleans marriage certificate, Book 43 folio 241 (image read)
• Married 28 May 1919, Lucas County, Ohio — Marriage application with Frances E. Stevens; mother's maiden name Georgeana CockeyLucas Co. marriage application 33507 (image read)
• Died 20 Jan 1962, Merced, Merced County, California — Retired export manager, Champion Spark Plug Co., ToledoMerced Sun-Star, 22 Jan 1962, p. 13 (image read); California Death Index
• Buried Jan 1962, Merced District Cemetery, Merced, CaliforniaMerced Sun-Star, 22 Jan 1962, p. 13

Georgiana Gainnie Wilderson abt 1874-1957

Georgiana Gainnie was born in St. James Parish and married Joseph Wilderson there in February 1891. The couple settled at Lutcher, where Joseph worked at the sawmill and they owned their home. She bore fifteen children, eight living in 1918. Widowed by 1930, she stayed in her Lutcher home, near her son Frank, and died in New Orleans in October 1957. Her death certificate (city file 57-7345), now seen in a phone photo, shows she died at home at 5022 La Salle St., New Orleans, on 28 Oct 1957, a widow aged 76; her son Alexander was the informant. A 1965 heirship affidavit states that she married Joseph Wilderson in St. James Parish on 26 Feb 1891, that each married only once, and that she died in Orleans Parish on 28 Oct 1957; it names their eight children. Her son Ernest's 1923 baptism at St. Joseph, Paulina, names his mother as "Georgiana Ganier". A Mary Gainnie, widow of Willie Scott (d. 1960), was probably her sister: Georgiana's daughter Henrietta swore to Mary's death and heirs in 1967.

Father and enslaver. Her father, Florestan Gaiennie, was white and an enslaver. Her mother, Margaret Woodland, had been enslaved by his family: she is listed among the people held by his father, Gervais Gaiennie, in 1842.

• Born Apr 1874 (1900 census); later records suggest 1875, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Birthplace from her daughter's 1918 birth certificate1900 U.S. census; birth certificate 14916 (1918)
• Married 26 Feb 1891, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Married Joseph Wilderson; witnesses Louis Abedrect [?] and Miss Louise Freemanmarriage return, St. James Bk 11 p.173
• Lived 1900, Ward 1, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Joseph (sawmill laborer, indexed "Wilson"); 7 children born, 4 living1900 U.S. census
• Lived 25 Apr 1910, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — With Joseph, sawmill laborer, and their children1910 U.S. census
• Lived 17 May 1918, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Maiden name Gainnie, house work; 15 children born, 8 livingbirth certificate 14916 (Wilderson child)
• Lived 1920, Lutcher, Ward 9, St. James Parish, Louisiana — With Joseph in their own home1920 U.S. census
• Lived 1930, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Widowed head of household, owns her home1930 U.S. census
• Lived May 1940, Lutcher, Ward 9, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Widowed, 64, owns her home; son Frank's household nearby1940 U.S. census
• Died 28 Oct 1957, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Age given as 76New Orleans death index, certificate 7345
• Buried 29 Oct 1957, St. Vincent No. 2 Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Funeral home on North Claiborne Ave.New Orleans death certificate, city file 57-7345 (1957)
• other 29 Oct 1957, New Orleans, Louisiana — Death notice: widow of Joseph Wilderson; mother of Sister Marion Joseph (Holy Family), Living Johnson, Viola Turnage, Thelma La Veigne, Alexander, Louis and Ernest Wilderson and the late Frank; sister of Mrs. Mary Ganier; 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral from Louisiana Undertaking Co. with Requiem High Mass at Holy Ghost Catholic ChurchNew Orleans States, 29 Oct 1957, p. 4

Still open: Birth year: Apr 1874 (1900) or about 1875 (1918-1940); the tree's 1873 has no support. · Her death certificate (informant: son Alexander) gives her birth as 15 Apr 1881 at Lutcher. This conflicts with Apr 1874 (1900 census) and her 1891 marriage; not adopted. · The same certificate names her father as "Florentine Ganier", born in France; her mother's name is blank and her birthplace is a Maryland county (reads "Kent"?). This is the informant's claim; not adopted as proof of parentage. · Her sons' certificates (Frank, 1949; Louis, 1964) give her birthplace as Louisiana / Lutcher. · The certificate says 60 years in New Orleans, which conflicts with her Lutcher residence 1891-1940. Order a clean copy; the photo is hard to read. · Family: Margaret Woodland had one child with Florestan Gaiennie, Georgiana; they never married, and Florestan's children with Alix Fazende are her half-siblings (B, 14 Oct 2026). No record yet names Margaret as her mother.

Henrietta Wilderson Johnson 1894-1969

Henrietta Wilderson was born at Lutcher on 15 Jun 1894, a daughter of Joseph Wilderson and Georgiana Gainier. She married Johnny Johnson and kept house in Lutcher. She died at St. James Parish Hospital on 21 Apr 1969 and was buried in St. Vincent Cemetery, New Orleans. Her succession (St. James No. 5846) states that she died on 21 Apr 1969 at St. James Parish Hospital, Lutcher, married only once, to Johnny Johnson, and left four children: Lester, Joseph, Pearl and Louis E. Their home was Lot 3, Square 4, Lutcher, bought by Johnny in 1928. In 1967 she and Johnny swore to the death and heirs of Mary Gainnie Scott.

• Born 15 Jun 1894, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Daughter of Joseph Wilderson and Georgiana GainierLouisiana death certificate, state file 117-8048 (1969)
• Died 21 Apr 1969, St. James Parish Hospital, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Johnny Johnson; housewifeLouisiana death certificate, state file 117-8048 (1969)
• Buried 24 Apr 1969, St. Vincent Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Brazier's Funeral Home, DonaldsonvilleLouisiana death certificate, state file 117-8048 (1969)
• other 23 Apr 1969, New Orleans, Louisiana — Death notice: wife of Johnny Johnson; mother of Pearl Anderson, Lester, Ernest and Joseph Johnson; sister of Viola Turnage, Ernest Wilderson, Thelma La Vigne and Sister Miriam Joseph S.S.J.; members of the Golden Rule Benevolent Association of Lutcher, Union Bethel A.M.E. Church and New Orleans bridge clubs invitedTimes-Picayune, 23 Apr 1969, p. 20
• Funeral 24 Apr 1969, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Paulina, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Services from her home in Lutcher, then religious services at St. Joseph, PaulinaTimes-Picayune, 23 Apr 1969, p. 20

Still open: Birth: certificate 15 Jun 1894; tree Jun 1893.

Alexander Wilderson 1897-1968

Alexander Wilderson was born at Lutcher on 30 Jun 1897, a son of Joseph Wilderson and Georgiana Ganier. In 1918 he worked for the Colonial Pharmacy at Gramercy. He moved to New Orleans, where in 1940 he was a porter in a retail dry-goods store and in 1942 worked for Godchaux's clothing store on Canal Street. He was the informant on his mother's 1957 death certificate. He died at Flint-Goodridge Hospital in January 1968 and was buried in St. Vincent Cemetery.

• Born 30 Jun 1897, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Son of Joseph and Georgiana WildersonWWII draft registration card
• Worked 1918, Gramercy, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Colonial Pharmacy; nearest relative Joseph WildersonWWI draft registration card
• Worked Apr 1940, New Orleans, Louisiana — Porter, retail dry-goods store1940 U.S. census
• Worked 1942, New Orleans, Louisiana — Godchaux's Clothing Store, Canal StreetWWII draft registration card
• Died Jan 1968, Flint-Goodridge Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana — "Son of the late Joseph and Georgiana Wilderson"Death notice, Times-Picayune, 29 Jan 1968, p. 2
• Buried Jan 1968, St. Vincent Cemetery, Soniat Street, New Orleans, LouisianaDeath notice, Times-Picayune, 29 Jan 1968, p. 2

Frank Benjamin Wilderson Sr. 1900-1949

Frank B. Wilderson was born at Lutcher on 19 Apr 1900, a son of Joseph and Georgiana Wilderson, and lived there all his life. He was a retail merchant and the husband of Valentean. He died at Lutcher on 4 Feb 1949 and was buried at Paulina.

• Born 19 Apr 1900, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Son of Joseph and Georgiana WildersonLouisiana death certificate, state file 2213 (1949)
• Worked 12 Sep 1918, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Laborer for Lutcher & Moore Cypress Co.; nearest relative Georgiana Ganier WildersonWWI draft registration card
• Worked Apr 1940, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Hauling, on his own account1940 U.S. census
• Died 4 Feb 1949, Lutcher, Ward 5, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Retail merchant; husband of ValenteanLouisiana death certificate, state file 2213 (1949)
• Buried 6 Feb 1949, Paulina, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Funeral director Abraham BerryLouisiana death certificate, state file 2213 (1949)
• other 5 Feb 1949, New Orleans, Louisiana — Death notice: died at his residence in Lutcher; husband of Valentine Harper; son of Mrs. Georgiana Wilderson; funeral at Lutcher Chapel M.E. ChurchTimes-Picayune, 5 Feb 1949, p. 2

Still open: The certificate gives his mother's birthplace as Louisiana; the tree has Caroline County, Maryland.

Louis Arthur Wilderson Sr. 1903-1964

Louis Wilderson Sr. was born at Lutcher on 26 Aug 1903, a son of Joseph Wilderson and Georgiana Ganier. He earned a B.A. at Fisk University and spent about thirty years with the Orleans Parish schools as a vocational teacher and later a counselor. He was a member of the Knights of Peter Claver and of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. His wife was Hazel, born Lewis. He died in New Orleans on 10 Jun 1964, and after a Mass at Epiphany Church he was buried in St. Vincent Cemetery No. 2.

• Born 26 Aug 1903, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Son of Joseph Wilderson and Georgiana GanierNew Orleans death certificate, city file 64-04341 (1964)
• Worked Apr 1940, New Orleans, Louisiana — Vocational teacher, public school1940 U.S. census
• Worked 1942, New Orleans, Louisiana — Employer Orleans Parish School BoardWWII draft registration card
• Died 10 Jun 1964, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — School-system counselor; husband of Hazel (Lewis)New Orleans death certificate, city file 64-04341 (1964)
• Buried 13 Jun 1964, St. Vincent Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — Labat-Charbonnet Funeral HomeNew Orleans death certificate, city file 64-04341 (1964)
• other 12 Jun 1964, New Orleans, Louisiana — Obituary: native of Lutcher; B.A., Fisk University; about 30 years an Orleans Parish teacher and counselor; Knights of Peter Claver and Phi Beta Sigma; Mass at Epiphany ChurchTimes-Picayune, 12 Jun 1964, pp. 8-9

Still open: The certificate gives his mother's birthplace as Lutcher; the tree has Maryland. · His wife's maiden name, Lewis, is new; the tree has her as Hazel Wilderson, about 1903 (the certificate's age implies about 1906).

Helen L. Monconduit (McConduit) Wilderson 1913-2009

Helen Monconduit was the daughter of Dennis (Donia) Monconduit and his wife Louise, a landowning farm family of color in Ward 5 of St. James Parish. Her grandfather Anatole Monconduit owned his farm free of mortgage by 1910, and her father owned a farm on Louisiana Highway 30 in 1940. Helen grew up there with her brothers and sisters. New Orleans clerks wrote her name McConduit, and as Helen L. McConduit she married Ernest J. Wilderson in New Orleans on 19 Jun 1940. In 1950 she was a bookkeeper and he a high school teacher, living on Humanity Street. The Social Security Death Index gives her birth as 16 Dec 1913 and her death on 10 Aug 2009, with a last residence in Hyattsville, Maryland. The St. James Parish clerk holds land and oil-lease records in her name; they are not yet in the archive.

• Born 16 Dec 1913, Louisiana — censuses give about 1914; the place of birth is not yet recordedSocial Security Death Index (index)
• Lived 1920, Police Jury Ward 5, St. James Parish, Louisiana — age 6, with her parents Donia (Dennis) and Louise Monconduit and her siblings1920 U.S. census, ED 41 (index)
• Lived 1930, Louisiana Highway 30, Ward 5, St. James Parish, Louisiana — age 16, in school, in her grandfather Anatole Monconduit's household with her parents1930 U.S. census, ED 5 (index)
• Married 19 Jun 1940, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — to Ernest J. Wilderson; parents named as Dennis and Louise McConduitOrleans Parish marriage record, certificate A-46484
• Worked 1950, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — bookkeeper; 1860 Humanity St.1950 U.S. census, ED 36-264 (index)
• Died 10 Aug 2009, last residence Hyattsville, Maryland — the family tree gives New OrleansSocial Security Death Index (index)

Still open: The St. James land and oil-lease records in her name (REQ-0134). · Her obituary and birthplace (REQ-0135).

Dorothy Mae Wilderson (Sister Miriam Joseph, SSF) 1918-1999

Dorothy Mae Wilderson was born in Lutcher on 17 May 1918, the youngest child of Joseph Wilderson and Georgiana Gainnie, who had married at Antioch Baptist Church in Paulina on 23 Feb 1891. Her birth certificate calls her her mother's fifteenth child; the Sisters' tribute says the couple had eight children, so the higher number likely counts children who died young. Her father was Catholic and her mother was not; Dorothy became Catholic at Holy Ghost School in New Orleans and was baptized at Holy Ghost Church in 1928. After McDonogh 35 and two years at Xavier University she entered the Sisters of the Holy Family on 8 Sep 1939, took her first vows as Sister Mary Miriam Joseph in 1942 and her perpetual vows in 1948. Over nearly fifty years she taught and served as superior in missions across Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and California, and was Novice Mistress from 1952 to 1959. When she entered she was first called Sister Dorothy Marie. She celebrated 60 years in religious life in 1999. She died on 10 Aug 1999 at Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital in New Orleans; the Times-Picayune notice of 12 Aug 1999 calls her the "daughter of the late Joseph Wilderson and Georgiana Ganier Wilderson of Lutcher". Her funeral Mass was held at the Motherhouse Chapel on 12 Aug, and she was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.

• Born 17 May 1918, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — father Joseph Wilderson, 47; mother Georgiana Gainnie, 43Louisiana birth certificate (reg. 14916)
• Baptized 13 May 1928, Holy Ghost Church, New Orleans, Louisiana — baptized at about age 10 as Mary Dorothy Wilderson by Rev. A. J. Walsh, C.S.Sp.; sponsors Alton Sarrazin and Mildred Walker. She converted while at Holy Ghost School; confirmed there 8 May 1932Holy Ghost baptism certificate (issued 27 Aug 1939) and SSF entrance record, Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Lived 1930, Lutcher, St. James Parish, Louisiana — age 10, in school, with widowed mother and brother Ernest1930 U.S. census, ED 47-9
• Lived 1930s, New Orleans, Louisiana — attended Holy Ghost School, graduated McDonogh 35, then two years at Xavier UniversitySSF entrance record and 1999 memorial tribute, Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Religious life 8 Sep 1939, Sisters of the Holy Family, 717 Orleans St., New Orleans — entered the convent of the Sisters of the Holy FamilySSF entrance record, Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Religious life 19 Mar 1942, Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans — first vows as Sister Mary Miriam Joseph, before Reverend Mother Mary ElizabethAct of Profession, Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1942-43, Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — St. Francis of Assisi mission; taught schoolSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1943-45, Tulsa, Oklahoma — St. Monica missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1945-48, Lafayette, Louisiana — Immaculate Heart missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Religious life 15 Aug 1948, Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans — perpetual vows, before Reverend Mother Mary PhilipAct of Profession, Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1948-49, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Holy Ghost missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1949-52, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana — St. Catherine of Siena mission and school; also worked in the Klotzville schoolSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Lived Apr 1950, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana — listed as Dorothy M. Wilderson, born about 1919, in the household headed by Anniece A. Ducloux, during her St. Catherine of Siena mission1950 U.S. census index (FamilySearch)
• Worked 1952-59, New Orleans, Louisiana — Novitiate of the Sisters of the Holy Family; Novice MistressSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1959-1960s, Galveston, Texas — Holy Rosary missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1965-71, Tulsa, Oklahoma — St. Monica and Holy Family missionsSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1971-72, 1979-81, New Orleans, Louisiana — Joan of Arc missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1973-75, New Orleans, Louisiana — Lafon DaycareSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1975-76, Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana — Holy Ghost missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1977-79, Lafayette, Louisiana — St. Paul missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1981-89, Houston, Texas — Our Mother of Mercy missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Worked 1989-, Compton, California — Our Lady of Victory missionSSF missions form (1992), Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Died 10 Aug 1999, Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana — "Daughter of the late Joseph Wilderson and Georgiana Ganier Wilderson of Lutcher"Times-Picayune, 12 Aug 1999 (death notice)
• Lived 1999, St. Raphael Church, New Orleans, Louisiana — celebrated her 60th jubilee in religious life1999 memorial tribute, Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Funeral 12 Aug 1999, Motherhouse Chapel, Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans — Eucharistic Celebration for her life; homily by Fr. Thomas Frankfuneral program, Sisters of the Holy Family archive, New Orleans (photographed 15 Oct 2026)
• Buried Aug 1999, St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LouisianaTimes-Picayune, 12 Aug 1999 (death notice)

Still open: The end year of her Galveston mission (the form reads 196?).

Linda Jules Adams 1930-2012

Linda Wylene Jules was born in New Orleans on 6 Jul 1930, a daughter of Henry Exnicious Jules Sr. and Emily Gwendolyn Johnson Jules, and was a sister of Ida-Lorraine Jules Wilderson (her own obituary and her brother's of 2000 both say so, PUBLISHED). Raised at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, she went to Xavier Prep and Xavier University and graduated from St. Mary's School of Nursing, St. Louis, in 1951. She was an operating-room nurse at Flint-Goodridge Hospital in New Orleans, Cedars of Lebanon in Los Angeles and Sloan Kettering in New York. She married Dr. William Roosevelt Adams (d. 1990), a physician, civil-rights leader and former chief of staff at Flint-Goodridge. After Hurricane Katrina she lived in Minneapolis. She died in New Orleans on 22 Feb 2012, aged 81, and was entombed in Mount Olivet Mausoleum (Times-Picayune, 26 Feb 2012, PUBLISHED). The tree's birth about 1931 and its blank death are corrected by the obituary.

• Born 6 Jul 1930, New Orleans, LouisianaFuneral notice, Times-Picayune, 26 Feb 2012
• Died 22 Feb 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana — Aged 81Funeral notice, Times-Picayune, 26 Feb 2012
• Buried 28 Feb 2012, Mount Olivet Mausoleum, New Orleans, Louisiana — After a Mass at St. Gabriel the ArchangelFuneral notice, Times-Picayune, 26 Feb 2012

Still open: Her marriage record (date and place not yet found).

Ida-Lorraine Jules Wilderson 1932-2019

Ida-Lorraine Jules was born in New Orleans on 10 Feb 1932, a daughter of Henry E. Jules Sr. and Emily Jules, and a sister of Linda Jules Adams. She married into the Wilderson family in 1955 (a marriage record of 11 Jun 1955 and her obituary agree). Educated at Xavier Prep and Xavier University, she taught in the Orleans Parish schools, studied at the Universities of Chicago, Michigan and California, moved to Minneapolis in 1962, and earned a PhD in educational psychology at the University of Minnesota. She coordinated special education for the Minneapolis Public Schools, served as a principal, and practised as a licensed clinical psychologist. She died at home in Minneapolis on 25 Jan 2019, aged 86, and her funeral was held at the Basilica of Saint Mary (Times-Picayune, 1 Feb 2019, PUBLISHED). The tree's birth about 1932 and blank death are corrected by the obituary.

• Born 10 Feb 1932, New Orleans, LouisianaObituary, Times-Picayune, 1 Feb 2019, p. A16
• Lived 1962, Minneapolis, Minnesota — Moved to MinneapolisObituary, Times-Picayune, 1 Feb 2019, p. A16
• Died 25 Jan 2019, Minneapolis, Minnesota — Aged 86, at homeObituary, Times-Picayune, 1 Feb 2019, p. A16

Michel Richard dit Sansoucy abt 1630-1687

Michel Richard, called Sansoucy (sans souci, "carefree", a typical soldier's nickname), is the earliest Richard on this line. The 1671 census of Port-Royal, Acadia, lists him aged 41 with his wife Madeleine Blanchard and their children, among them Martin, 6. By 1686 he was 56 and married to his second wife, Jeanne Babin, 18. He died about 1687; Jeanne then married Laurent Doucet.

• Lived 1671, Port-Royal, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) — aged 41, with Madeleine Blanchard and their children, among them Martin, 61671 census of Acadia (transcription, Association des Richard du N.-B.)
• Lived 1686, Port-Royal, Acadia — aged 56, with his second wife Jeanne Babin, 181686 census of Acadia (transcription)

Still open: No register entry survives for his marriages (Port-Royal registers before 1702 are lost).

Martin Richard abt 1665-after 1714

Martin Richard, son of Michel Richard dit Sansoucy and Madeleine Blanchard, was 6 in the 1671 Port-Royal census. By 1693 he had married Marguerite Bourg, and by 1698 they had moved to Beaubassin (Chignecto), where the census lists them with their sons Martin, Alexandre and Michel. They were still at Beaubassin in 1714. He signed the 1695 oath of allegiance with his mark.

• Lived 1671, Port-Royal, Acadia — aged 6, in his parents' household1671 census of Acadia (transcription)
• Married about 1691, Port-Royal, Acadia — to Marguerite Bourg (1693 census: "Martin RICHARD 22, Marguerite BOURG sa fe. 23, Martin leur fils 1")1693 census of Acadia (transcription)
• Lived 1698, Beaubassin (Chignecto), Acadia — "Martin RICHARD 33; Marguerite BOURG 24; Enfans: Martin 6; Alexandre 3; Michel 1"1698 census of Acadia (transcription)
• Lived 1714, Beaubassin (Chignecto), Acadia — with Marguerite Bourg and children Alexandre, Michel, Marie, Marguerite, Joseph, Madeleine, Pierre1714 census of Acadia (transcription)

Antoine Patin dit Bellaire about 1684-before 1749

Antoine Patin, called Bellaire, was among the early settlers of French Louisiana and the great-grandfather of Marguerite Patin, wife of Louis Judice. The census of New Orleans in 1727 lists him with his wife and four children, and a son George was baptized there on 6 Mar 1730. Published abstracts of Superior Council marriage contracts (Forsyth and Pleasonton) document the name Patin dit Bellaire and give his wife as Gasparde Monette (Demonette), who was dead by August 1745; Antoine himself was dead by May 1749 (the family tree gives 22 Jan 1747 at Pointe Coupée). His son Antoine Patin II was born at Bayou Goula.

• Lived 1727, New Orleans, Louisiana — With his wife and four childrenConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.40
• other 6 Mar 1730, New Orleans, Louisiana — Son George baptizedConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.145
• Died before May 1749, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — Dead by May 1749 (marriage contract of his son); the family tree gives 22 Jan 1747Forsyth and Pleasonton p.206; family tree

Still open: His origin (family tree: Morillon, Savoie, 1684) rests on online trees only.

Alexandre Richard abt 1695-after 1752

Alexandre Richard, son of Martin Richard and Marguerite Bourg, was 3 in the 1698 Beaubassin census. He married Magdelaine Thibaudeau, and in 1741 the family moved from Beaubassin to French-held Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island), fourteen years before the 1755 deportation. The 1752 census finds him at Malpèque, aged 57, with Magdelaine, 47, and their younger children, and his married sons Pierre, Michel and Paul in nearby households. Some records call him Léandre. What became of him after the 1758 deportation of Île Saint-Jean is unknown.

• Lived 1698, Beaubassin (Chignecto), Acadia — aged 3, in Martin Richard and Marguerite Bourg's household1698 census of Acadia (transcription)
• Lived 1741, Malpèque, Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) — arrived with his family from Beaubassin1752 La Roque census ("in the country 11 years")
• Lived Aug 1752, Malpèque, Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) — aged 57, with Magdelaine Thibaudeau, 47, and children Jean, Joseph, Victor, Anne, Catherine, Jeanne Rosallye1752 La Roque census of Île Saint-Jean

Still open: His 1724 Beaubassin marriage entry, naming Magdelaine's parents. · His fate after 1752: deported in 1758, fled with his son Pierre's family to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, or died.

Jacques Cantrelle abt 1697-1777

Jacques Cantrelle came from Saint-Léger in Picardy, France, a son of Claude Cantrelle (family tree). In July 1727 he was in New Orleans with a wife and probably one child. His first wife, a midwife, was killed in the Natchez uprising of November 1729; the published death lists do not give her name, so the "Marie Françoise Minquelse" of online trees is neither confirmed nor contradicted. On 16 Apr 1730 at New Orleans he married Marie Marguerite Larmusiau, whose first husband Pierre Lehoux had also been killed at Natchez, and in 1731 their household was at Cannes Brûlées above New Orleans. He was an early leader of the Acadian Coast settlement at Cabahannocer (St. James), held enslaved people, and his son Michel became commandant and judge there. He was buried at St. James on 21 Oct 1777 as a "former churchwarden, patron of this church"; Bodin's index gives 21 Oct 1779, but the burial register abstract is preferred.

• Lived Jul 1727, New Orleans, Louisiana — With his wife and probably one child (census of 1 Jul 1727)Conrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.44
• other Nov 1729, Natchez post (Fort Rosalie), Natchez, Mississippi — His first wife, a midwife, was killed in the Natchez uprisingConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 pp.134, 142 (lists of the Natchez dead)
• Married 16 Apr 1730, New Orleans, Louisiana — Married Marie Marguerite Larmusiau, widow of Pierre LehouxArchdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records v.1 (SLC M1, 193)
• Lived 1731, Cannes Brûlées, Louisiana — "Canterel" household in the 1731 census of farms and concessionsConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.59
• Buried 21 Oct 1777, St. James Parish, Louisiana — "Jacques, former churchwarden, patron of this church"Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records v.2 (SJA-1, 56A)

Still open: His first wife's given name is in no published list. · Death year: burial register abstract 21 Oct 1777 vs Bodin's index 1779.

Marie Jeanty about 1709-1740

Marie Jeanty was the mother of Louis Jacques Judice (b. 21 Oct 1731, New Orleans) by her husband Jacques Judice. Before Judice she had been married to Antoine Gabinion (Gavignon), called Frappe or "Frape du Bord", who was killed in the Natchez uprising of November 1729 together with two of his children; the published death list says his "wife is living and married to a man called Judice". Whether the two children were hers is not stated. A 1740 marriage contract also gives her an earlier husband, Louis Rousseau, dead by 1740, and a daughter Anne Rousseau, born at Natchez, who married Dominique Dalmont on 14 May 1740. The order of her husbands is not proven. Her 1730 marriage to Judice is in the New Orleans church register, not yet read; no 1730 marriage contract survives.

• other 13 May 1722, Grands Houmas, Louisiana — Lead: a Louis Rousseau with a woman was at the Grands Houmas; not shown to be her husbandConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.9
• other Nov 1729, Natchez post (Fort Rosalie), Natchez, Mississippi — Her husband Antoine Gabinion dit Frappe ("Frape du Bord") killed with two of his childrenConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 pp.132, 141
• Married 1730, New Orleans, Louisiana — Married Jacques Judice (family tree: 2 Apr 1730, St. Louis Church)family tree
• other 21 Oct 1731, New Orleans, Louisiana — Son Louis Jacques Judice bornArchdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records v.1 (SLC B1, 13)
• other 14 May 1740, New Orleans, Louisiana — Daughter Anne Rousseau, born at Natchez, married Dominique Dalmont; Louis Rousseau named as her late fatherForsyth and Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts p.100

Still open: The order of her husbands (Rousseau, Gabinion, Judice) is unproven. · Her 1730 marriage to Jacques Judice in the St. Louis Church register (SLC M1). · Her death (family tree: 1740, New Orleans).

Marie Marguerite Larmusiau about 1710-1785

Marie Marguerite Larmusiau came to Louisiana as a child: the passenger list of the Elephant, embarked on 10 Aug 1720, names Jean Baptiste Larmusiau, surgeon major, with his wife Catherine Thérèse Sevenin and three children aged 3, 10 and 17. A child of 10 fits Marie Marguerite, but her parentage is a lead until her 1730 marriage entry is read. Her first husband, Pierre Lehoux (Le Houx), was in New Orleans in July 1727 with a wife and one child; he had been storekeeper at the Arkansas post and was clerk and interpreter at Natchez, where he was killed in the uprising of November 1729 together with a child and a niece. On 16 Apr 1730 at New Orleans she married Jacques Cantrelle, and in 1731 their household was at Cannes Brûlées. Her Lehoux daughter Marguerite married Jacques Roy on 22 Jan 1746. The family tree gives her death on 20 Jul 1785 at Cabahannocer (St. James).

• other 10 Aug 1720, Ship Elephant, bound for Louisiana — Lead: Jean Baptiste Larmusiau, surgeon major, with his wife Catherine Thérèse Sevenin and children aged 3, 10 and 17Conrad, First Families of Louisiana v.1 pp.96, 99
• Lived 1 Jul 1727, Orleans Street, New Orleans, Louisiana — Pierre Le Houx's household: wife present, one childConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.45
• other Nov 1729, Natchez post (Fort Rosalie), Natchez, Mississippi — Her first husband Pierre Lehoux, clerk and interpreter, killed with a child and a niece; "his wife is living and married to a man called Cantrel"Conrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 pp.133, 142
• Married 16 Apr 1730, New Orleans, Louisiana — Married Jacques Cantrelle, as the widow of Pierre LehouxArchdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records v.1 (SLC M1, 193)
• Lived 1731, Cannes Brûlées, Louisiana — "Canterel" household in the 1731 censusConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.59
• Died 20 Jul 1785, Cabahannocer, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Date and place from the family treefamily tree

Still open: Her parents: Larmusiau and Sevenin fit the 1720 list, but her 1730 marriage entry (SLC M1, 193) should name them. · Jean Baptiste Larmusiau's death: not in Conrad's New Orleans deaths, 1724 - Feb 1728.

Antoine Patin and Anne Marguerite Mayeux Antoine about 1722-1768

Antoine Patin, son of Antoine Patin dit Bellaire and Gasparde Monette, was born at Bayou Goula. His first wife, Marie Anne Rondot, daughter of Jean Rondot and Marie Colon, died in the 1740s; his brother Etienne married Adrienne Rondot in 1747. On 24 May 1749 at Pointe Coupée he contracted marriage with Anne Marguerite Mayeux, whose parents Pierre Mayeux and Marie Sellier were both dead by then; her brothers and sisters included Geneviève, wife of Jean François Decuir, and François. Their daughter Marguerite (b. 1758) married Louis Judice in 1774. The family tree gives Antoine's death on 28 Dec 1768 at Pointe Coupée and Anne Marguerite's on 12 Mar 1817 at Plattenville, Assumption Parish. All of this comes from published abstracts and the family tree; the original contracts and registers are still to be read.

• Born about 1722, Bayou Goula, Louisiana — Antoine Patin born at Bayou GoulaForsyth and Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts p.151
• Married 24 May 1749, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — Marriage contract of Antoine Patin and Anne Marguerite Mayeux; her parents Pierre Mayeux and Marie Sellier both deadForsyth and Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts p.206
• Died 28 Dec 1768, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — Antoine Patin; date from the family treefamily tree

Still open: The 1749 contract and the Pointe Coupée church entries themselves.

Pierre Richard 1730-1806

Pierre Richard was born about 1730 in Acadia, a son of Alexandre Richard and Magdelaine Thibaudeau. The 1752 census of Île Saint-Jean shows him at Malpèque, aged 22, with his wife Marguerite Dugast (Dugas), 17, in his parents' household; they had arrived in 1741. After the deportations he was a prisoner at Halifax: the list of French Acadians held there on 12 Aug 1763 has "Pier Richare, his wife, four children: 6." The family reached Louisiana before 1779 (Acadian Memorial, Plaque 5), when their son Fabien married at St. Martin de Tours, "of Opelousas." Pierre married Isabelle Aucoin on 22 Aug 1797 and was buried on 3 May 1806, aged about 78; an 1825 St. Landry inventory of his heirs names her as his widow.

• Lived Aug 1752, Malpèque, Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) — La Roque census: Pierre 22, wife Marguerite Dugast 17, with his parents Alexandre and Magdelaine Thibaudeau1752 La Roque census of Île Saint-Jean (transcription, islandregister.com)
• Lived 12 Aug 1763, Halifax, Nova Scotia — prisoner: "Pier Richare, sa femme, quatre enfants: 6"List of French Acadians at Halifax, 1763 (J.-E. Roy, Rapport sur les archives de France, 1911, p. 628)
• Lived before 1779, Opelousas, Louisiana — Arrived in Louisiana before the 1785 ships; listed on Plaque 5 of the Acadian Memorial Wall of Names with Marguerite Dugas and son Pierre. Son Fabien married at St. Martin de Tours, 10 Jan 1779, "of Opelousas"Acadian Memorial Wall of Names, St. Martinville (B's photos); St. Martin de Tours register transcript
• Married 22 Aug 1797, Opelousas, Louisiana — Second marriage, to Isabelle Aucoin (Hébert's abstract)Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records; 1825 St. Landry inventory of his heirs names her as widow
• other 19 Aug 1797, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Marriage contract with Isabelle Aucoin (St. Landry marriage contracts 1797, No. 65); signed by markDe Ville, Louisiana marriage contracts
• Buried 3 May 1806, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — "age about 78"Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1801–1810, p. 617

Still open: Hébert's 1797 marriage names his parents "Leandre & Marie Thibodeaux"; the 1752 census says Alexandre and Magdelaine Thibaudeau. Probably one man (Léandre a short form of Alexandre). · St. Landry succession No. 383 (Dec 1825), the full file behind the held 1825 inventory, still to pull (UL Lafayette microfilm reel 0078).

Louis Jacques Judice 1731-1806

Louis Jacques Judice was born in New Orleans on 21 Oct 1731, a son of Jacques Judice and Marie Jeanty. A burgher of New Orleans, he rose to militia captain and commandant of the Lafourche district (Cabahannocer and Ascension). With his first wife, Marie Jeanne Cantrelle, he had children baptized at New Orleans from 1752, among them Louis (1754). Marie Jeanne was buried at Ascension in September 1794, and on 19 Jun 1795 he married Marie Henriette Rassicot, widow of Pierre LeComte; they had daughters Margarita (1798) and Eulalie (1802). He was buried at Ascension (Donaldsonville) on 20 Jun 1806.

• Born 21 Oct 1731, New Orleans, Louisiana — Son of "Jacques, resident upstream of the river" and Marie JeantyArchdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records v.1 (SLC B1, 13)
• Married abt 1751, New Orleans, Louisiana (probably) — Married Marie Jeanne Cantrelle; marriage entry not found; first child baptized Apr 1752Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records
• Married 19 Jun 1795, Ascension, Louisiana — Married Marie Henriette Rassicot, widow of Pierre LeComte; he is called captain of militia and commandant of this districtDiocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records v.2 (ASC-2, 64)
• Buried 20 Jun 1806, Ascension (Donaldsonville), LouisianaDiocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records v.3 (ASC-4, 65)

Still open: His 1751 marriage entry (New Orleans).

Jean Taylor (Teleur) about 1735-1815

Jean Taylor was born in Germany about 1735 and married Magdeleine Heisnensmain [?], also German. Their daughter Magdeleine, born in the United States, married Christophe Gatt in 1793. He lived in the Grand Coteau quarter of St. Landry Parish and died there after a long illness, aged 80; he was buried in the St. Landry Church cemetery, Opelousas, on 26 Nov 1815.

• Buried 26 Nov 1815, St. Landry Church cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana — Of Germany, a resident of Grand Coteau; husband of Magdeleine, a German; died after a long illness aged 80Certified extract (1982), St. Landry Church burial register

Marie Jeanne Cantrelle abt 1735-1794

Marie Jeanne Cantrelle was a daughter of Jacques Cantrelle; her father stood godfather to her son Louis Judice in 1754. She married Louis Jacques Judice about 1751, probably in New Orleans, and was buried at Ascension on 26 Sep 1794 as the wife of Luis Judice, captain of the militia and commandant of the district. Which of her father's two wives was her mother is not yet proven. No baptism for her appears in Bodin's published index, so whether her mother was Cantrelle's first wife, a midwife killed at Natchez in 1729, or Marie Marguerite Larmusiau, whom he married in 1730, is still open.

• Buried 26 Sep 1794, Ascension, Louisiana — "Maria Juana, wife of Luis Judice, Capt. of the Militia and Commandant of the District"Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records v.2 (ASC-4, 16)

Still open: Her mother: Cantrelle's first wife (a midwife killed at Natchez in 1729, name not stated) or Marie Marguerite Larmusiau (married 1730). Her baptism in the St. Louis Church register would settle it.

Christophe Gatt (Gatte) about 1747-1825

Christophe Gatt, a German blacksmith, married Magdeleine Teller (Taylor), daughter of Jean Teller and Magdeleine Heisnensmain, at Opelousas on 3 Jun 1793. The family lived at Grand Coteau and later near the Pont de la Butte. Their children included François Christophe (1794), Christophe (1796), Pierre (1799), Elizabeth and André. He died at his home on 14 Aug 1825, aged 78, and was buried the next day. (A 2026 family presentation's death date of 14 Aug 1829 is a slip for 1825.)

• Married 3 Jun 1793, Opelousas, Louisiana — Married Magdeleine Teller (Taylor); he of Bigem, Germany, son of William and Sophie StroderHébert, Southwest Louisiana Records vol. 1A (Opel. Ch. v.1-A, p.44)
• Died 14 Aug 1825, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Aged 78; spouse of Magdelaine Taylor; buried 15 Aug 1825Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1819-1825 (Laf. Ch. v.2 p.8 #20)

Antoine Simian (Antoine George de Simiane) 1753-1811

Antoine Simian (Simien), a white merchant at Opelousas whose parents were Etienne Simian and Marie Grenier of Marseille, enslaved Marie (in the family tree, Marie Magdaleine Lemelle) and her children. He freed Marie and her son Louis on 12 Apr 1791. His will of 25 Oct 1791 treats her son Antoine, aged 5, as property, bequeathed to Louis. His will of 4 Sep 1800 names Louis, George, Baptiste and Francis, born of Marie, as his natural sons and heirs; Antoine is not among them. The family tree records him as Marie's husband and as the father of Antoine (b. 1786) and Adelle Mary (b. 1802). On the records, he was Marie's enslaver, not her spouse, and Antoine's enslaver; he is named father only of the four sons in the 1800 will.

Enslaver. He enslaved Marie (Marie Magdaleine Lemelle) and her son Louis until he freed them in 1791, and in his 1791 will he left her son Antoine, aged 5, as property. The family tree shows him as Marie's spouse and Antoine's father; no record read so far says either. He is shown here as their enslaver, and as father only of the sons his 1800 will names.

• other 12 Apr 1791, Opelousas Post, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Freed Marie and her son Louis, mulattoOpelousas colonial act, 12 Apr 1791: abstract slips (typed and handwritten); act itself not yet ordered
• other 25 Oct 1791, Opelousas Post, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Will: Marie, "who he liberated from slavery", his legatee; "little negro Antoine age 5 years old, who is also the son of Marie", left as property to LouisWill of Antoine Simian, Opelousas, 25 Oct 1791 (published English transcript; original act not yet ordered)
• other 4 Sep 1800, Opelousas Post, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Will: natural mulatto sons Louis (11), George (6-7), Baptiste (4) and Francis (1), born of Marie, his heirs; Antoine not namedWill of Antoine Simien, Opelousas, 4 Sep 1800 (published English transcript of a clerk's copy certified 1871)
• Died 28 Jun 1811, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Date from the family treefamily tree (Chevalier/Richard)

Still open: Order the 1791 and 1800 acts; the transcripts are published English renderings, not images.

Louis Judice 1754-1819

Louis Judice was born on 19 Dec 1754 and baptized three days later at St. Louis Church, New Orleans, a son of Louis Jacques Judice and Marie Jeanne Cantrelle; his grandfather Jacques Cantrelle was his godfather. On 30 Apr 1774, at Pointe Coupée, he married Marguerite Patin, the young widow of Jean Baptiste Labbé. He served as a lieutenant and later captain of militia. After Marguerite's death he married Magdeleine Chrétien at Opelousas on 13 Jan 1800 (contract 7 Jan). His succession shows a home plantation on Bayou Teche, six heirs by Marguerite (Jacques, Louis Jr., Maximilien, Celeste, Marguerite Celima and Marcelite) and four by Magdeleine. He died without a will on 14 Aug 1819 and was buried at St. Martin de Tours the next day. A 2021 newspaper column that gives his death as 1797 is wrong; 1797 is the year Marguerite died.

• Born 19 Dec 1754, New Orleans, Louisiana — Baptized 22 Dec 1754, St. Louis Church; son of Louis and Jeanne Cantrelle; godfather Jacques Cantrelle, his grandfatherArchdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records v.2 (SLC B3, 32)
• Married 30 Apr 1774, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — Married Marguerite Patin, widow of Jean Baptiste Labbé, daughter of Antoine Patin and Marguerite MayeuxDiocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records v.2 (PCP-2 pt 2, 165)
• Lived Jan 1779, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Called Lieutenant de Milice at son Godefroy's baptismSt. Martin de Tours Register One
• Married 13 Jan 1800, Opelousas, Louisiana — Church marriage to Magdeleine Chrétien, daughter of Joseph Chrétien and Magdeleine SonnierHébert, Southwest Louisiana Records (Opel. Ch. v.1-A p.87)
• Lived 1819, Bayou Teche, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Home plantation 13 x 40 arpents; inventory names 34 enslaved peopleSt. Martin succession No. 344
• Died 14 Aug 1819, Attakapas, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Died intestateSt. Martin succession No. 344
• Buried 15 Aug 1819, St. Martinville, Louisiana — "Age about 69"St. Martin de Tours burials v.4 #1267 (Hébert)

Still open: Did Godefroy (b. 1778) and Marie Zélime (b. 1793), absent from the 1819 heirs, die young?

Marguerite Patin 1758-1797

Marguerite Patin was born on 18 May 1758 and baptized at Pointe Coupée, a daughter of Antoine Patin and Marguerite Mayeux. At 13 she married Jean Baptiste Labbé at Pointe Coupée on 15 Feb 1772; he was buried that December. On 30 Apr 1774 she married Louis Judice there. Two of their children were baptized at St. Martin de Tours, and her husband's 1819 succession names six of their children, including Jacques Judice, as heirs. She was alive in January 1797 and had died by October 1800; the family tree gives 4 Aug 1797.

• Born 18 May 1758, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — Baptized 11 Jun 1758; daughter of Antoine Patin and Marguerite MayeuxDiocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records v.1B (PCP-1, 188)
• Married 15 Feb 1772, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — First marriage, to Jean Baptiste Labbé of Des Allemands (buried 28 Dec 1772)Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records v.2 (PCP-2 pt 2, 123A)
• other 14 Feb 1772, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — Marriage contract with Jean Baptiste LabbéDe Ville, Louisiana marriage contracts pp.116-117
• Married 30 Apr 1774, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — Married Louis JudiceDiocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records v.2
• other 30 Apr 1774, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana — As Labbé's widow, contracted marriage with "Louis SUDIN", very probably a misreading of JudiceDe Ville, Louisiana marriage contracts pp.171-172
• Lived 1778-1793, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Children Godefroy (b. 1778) and Marie Zélime (b. 1793) baptizedSt. Martin de Tours Register One

Still open: Her birth, marriage and death dates come only from the tree; original records not yet seen.

Pierre Richard dit Tinan (also recorded as "dit Petchnoma") abt 1763-1811

Pierre Richard dit Tinan ("dit" means "called": Pierre Richard, called Tinan) was the son of Pierre Richard and Marguerite Dugas; his burial calls him "dit Petchnoma". He owned a 6 by 82 arpent plantation on the Vermilion; his widow was Marie Dugat. His brother Fabien's 1779 marriage entry names their parents as Pierre Richard and Marguerite Duga. His 1811 estate names six children: Anaclet, Marguerite (Mrs. Ursin Hebert), Marie Louise (Mrs. Moise Hebert), Angelle, Louis and Philippe, and six enslaved people: Etienne, Eugene, and Ulalie with her children Jean, Narcisse and Baptiste. He died on 24 July 1811, aged 48, and was buried in the parish.

• Born about 1763, Louisiana — from his burial age, 48 (the tree has 1768)Hébert SWLR p. 763 (burial abstract)
• Married 1787, Louisiana — to Marie Josephe Dugas (Marie Dugat)family tree
• Lived Aug 1811, Bayou Vermilion, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — home plantation 6 x 82 arpents; estate appraised $7,780.50St. Martin succession No. 95
• Died 24 Jul 1811, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — "Pierre of Opel. dit Petchnoma d. 24 July 1811 at age 48 yrs." (the tree says 23 Jul); widow Marie Dugat petitioned for inventory 7 Aug 1811Hébert SWLR p. 763 (St. Martin Ch. v. 4, #698); St. Martin succession No. 95
• Buried 1811, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — cure's receipt: 'deceased and buried in this parish'St. Martin succession No. 95 (receipt of 30 Jun 1812)

Still open: Angelle, aged 20 in 1811, is still called a minor in 1814; check her baptism. · Check the original St. Martin burial entry (v. 4, #698) for the spelling of "Petchnoma".

Marie Magdaleine Lemelle (also Esprit) about 1765-

Marie, a Black woman, was enslaved at Opelousas by Antoine Simian, a merchant from Marseille. On 12 Apr 1791 he freed her and her son Louis, a mulatto child. The family tree names her Marie Magdaleine Lemelle (also Esprit) and records Simian as her husband; the records read so far show him as her enslaver, and no marriage between them has been found. His 1791 will left her his land, buildings and furniture, and bequeathed her elder son Antoine, "little negro", aged 5, as property to her son Louis. His 1800 will names her executrix and calls Louis (11), George (6-7), Baptiste (4) and Francis (1), born of her, his natural sons. That the Marie of these records is the tree's Marie Magdaleine Lemelle rests on how the documents were filed; the slips give no surname.

Enslaved by. Antoine Simian enslaved her and her son Louis until he freed them on 12 Apr 1791. The family tree records him as her spouse; the records show him as her enslaver.

• other 12 Apr 1791, Opelousas Post, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Freed, with her son Louis, mulatto, by Antoine Simian ("Emancipation of Marie, Negress, and her son, Louis, mulatto")Opelousas colonial act, 12 Apr 1791: abstract slips (typed and handwritten); act itself not yet ordered
• other 25 Oct 1791, Opelousas Post, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Named in Simian's will as "his negress Marie who he liberated from slavery"; left his land, buildings, furniture and clothesWill of Antoine Simian, Opelousas, 25 Oct 1791 (published English transcript; original act not yet ordered)
• other 4 Sep 1800, Opelousas Post, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Named executrix; mother of his natural sons Louis, George, Baptiste and FrancisWill of Antoine Simien, Opelousas, 4 Sep 1800 (published English transcript of a clerk's copy certified 1871)

Still open: Order the 1791 emancipation act and both wills from the Opelousas Notarial Records. · Her sons Louis, George, Baptiste and Francis are not in the family tree; the tree's Adelle Mary Simien (1802) is not named in the 1800 will.

Jacques Santiago "Troisile" Judice 1776-1851

Jacques Judice, known as Troisile, was born in 1776 at Cabahonce in St. James Parish, a son of Louis Judice and Marguerite Patin (family tree); his father's 1819 succession names him an heir, and a sale entry to "Troisile Judice" is signed "Jacques Judice". He married Marie Louise Hyacinthe Boutté in 1797 (tree). The December 1851 St. Martin succession of a Jacques Judice, very probably him, names nine heirs, among them Théogène. His marriage contract (De Ville's published abstract) calls him a native of Attakapas and a militia sub-lieutenant, son of Louis Judice and Marguerite Patin, and his bride Marie Louise Hyacinthe Boutté the daughter of Antoine Boutté and the late M. F. Hyacinthe De Grui.

• Born 10 Sep 1776, Cabahonce, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Son of Louis Judice and Marguerite Patinfamily tree
• Married 31 Jan 1797, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Married Marie Louise Hyacinthe Bouttéfamily tree
• other 1797, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Marriage contract with Marie Louise Hyacinthe Boutté, daughter of Antoine Boutté and the late M. F. Hyacinthe De Grui; he is "native of Attakapas", militia sub-lieutenantDe Ville, Louisiana marriage contracts p.115
• Lived 1819, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Bought a lot as "Troisile Judice" at his father's estate sale, signing Jacques JudiceSt. Martin succession No. 344

Still open: The tree gives 11 Dec 1851 as his death date; the succession shows only that he died before 12 Dec 1851. · His wife Boutté is not mentioned in the 1851 succession.

Antoine Simien about 1786-

Antoine, born about 1786, was a son of Marie (in the family tree, Marie Magdaleine Lemelle). In 1791 he was enslaved: Antoine Simian's will of 25 Oct 1791 calls him "little negro Antoine age 5 years old, who is also the son of Marie" and leaves him as property to his younger brother Louis, whom Simian had freed with their mother. The family tree records Antoine George de Simiane (Simien) as his father; neither will says so, and the 1800 will, which names Simian's natural sons, does not include him. His father is therefore not shown: the records read so far show Simian only as his enslaver.

Enslaved by. Antoine Simian held him as property in 1791 (left to his brother Louis in Simian's will). The tree's record of Simian as his father is not supported by either will.

• Born about 1786, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Aged 5 in Oct 1791Will of Antoine Simian, Opelousas, 25 Oct 1791 (published English transcript; original act not yet ordered)
• other 25 Oct 1791, Opelousas Post, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — "Little negro Antoine age 5 years old, who is also the son of Marie", bequeathed as property to LouisWill of Antoine Simian, Opelousas, 25 Oct 1791 (published English transcript; original act not yet ordered)

Still open: When and how he became free. · A record naming his father, if any (order the 1791 act).

Pierre Anaclet Richard 1788-1859

Pierre Anaclet Richard was born on 26 Apr 1788, son of Pierre dit Tinan Richard and Marie Josèphe Dugas, and was 23 in his father's 1811 estate. He married Marie Eugénie Chiasson in 1816; she died about 1821, and her 1822 estate, inventoried at his house in St. Martin Parish, lists land, cattle and seven enslaved people. He married Marie Carmélite Cidalise Sonnier in 1827. In 1850 he was a planter in Lafayette Parish, aged 62, with Cidalise and their children, among them Lufroy and Lastie. He died on 25 Jan 1859.

• Born 26 Apr 1788, Opelousas, Louisiana — baptized 14 Dec 1788Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records (Opel. Ch. v.1-A p.88)
• Married 6 May 1816, Opelousas, Louisiana — to Marie Eugénie ChiassonHébert, Southwest Louisiana Records
• Married 14 Jan 1827, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — to Marie Carmélite Cidalise SonnierHébert, Southwest Louisiana Records
• Lived 11 Sep 1850, Western District, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — planter, 62, with Cidalise and their children1850 U.S. census
• Died 25 Jan 1859, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — aged 66Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records (Laf. Ch. v.4 p.77)

Still open: His succession, Lafayette No. 872 (21 Mar 1859), still to pull from the Lafayette Parish Clerk.

Marie Eugenie Chaisson Richard 1789-1820

Marie Chiasson was the first wife of Anaclet Richard. Her estate, opened at St. Martin in March 1822, names two living children, Pierre Fergus (about 4) and Marie Hermione (about 3). The inventory lists land on Bayou Vermilion and at Prairie Faquetaique, about 100 cattle, and seven enslaved people: Charles, Codio [?], Cesar, Heline and her daughter Sophie, and Victoire and her infant son. Louis Chiasson served as undertutor.

• Born 16 Jun 1789, Louisianafamily tree
• Died 19 Nov 1820, Louisiana — estate opened 10 Mar 1822; record gives no death datefamily tree

Still open: Her parents are not named in the estate; Bazile and Louis Chiasson are likely close kin. · Tree children 'Infant Boy (1816)' and 'Marie (1819)' not living in 1822; check burials.

Marie Thérèse Bonin (Bonnet) about 1795/97-1867

Marie Thérèse Bonin was a free woman of color, the mother of Jean Baptiste Gathe and the grandmother of Marie Elise "T-Mom" Gathe Richard. Her son's 1868 marriage indexes name his parents as André Gad and Marie Thérèse Bonnet. Four censuses agree on a birth about 1795-97, not the tree's 1787. In 1830 she was the free woman of color aged 24-35 in André Gathe's St. Martin household, with five boys and a girl under 10. By 1840 she headed her own free household with no adult man, and in 1850 she was 53 at Anse Charpentier with Pierre, Louis, Jean Baptiste, Aurelia, Don Louis, Ozémé and Adelina Gathe. In 1860 she lived at Vermilionville, listed as mulatto, 65, owning land worth $500, with Aurelia, Jean Baptiste and his little daughter Félicité. Free Bonin households of color lived beside her in 1840, among them Hypolite Bonin, a man of about her age who may have been a brother. A Lafayette act of 10 Jun 1859 (No. 3499, read in October 2026) shows that she held a St. Martin tract of which one fifth came to her from "the Succession of Louise Godo f.w.c. the original proprietor" and four fifths she had bought from Charles, Celeste, Ursin and Arsène Bonin. The five Bonin siblings were therefore Louise Godo's heirs, and Louise Godo, a free woman of color, was very probably their mother. The family tree's Hypolite Bonin is not her father: that link rests on a circular online match and on dates that belong to a white Hypolite Bonin. Her mother was Louison Lédé, a free woman of color, and her grandfather was Louis Lédé, a free man of color of St. Martin Parish. Hébert's abstracts of the St. Martin baptisms of 1800-1802 record Therezia, Celeste and Carlos, children of Luis Mas and Luison Lede (PUBLISHED); Louis Lédé freed Louison, her mother Françoise and her brothers and sisters in 1794, and his will of 5 Dec 1815 names "Louison" first among his children (RECORD, St. Martin Estate No. 759). The "Louise Godo" of the 1859 act is very probably the same Louison. The published abstracts, the will and the 1858-59 heirs act agree, so B counts this chain as established; the original baptism entries are still to be ordered. A 2026 family presentation says she was born a slave in 1787; that year fits none of the four censuses, no manumission has been found, and she may have been born free.

• Born about 1795-97, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Ages: 24-36 (1830), 36-55 (1840), 53 (1850), 65 (1860)1830-1860 U.S. censuses, St. Martin and Lafayette
• Lived 1830, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Free woman of color, 24-36, with 5 boys and 1 girl under 10, in André Gathe's household1830 U.S. census, St. Martin Parish, p. 122
• Lived 1840, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — "Marie Tr. Bonin", free colored head, with 5 boys under 10, 2 males 10-24 and 2 girls; no adult man. Arsène and Hypolite Bonin, free men of color, on the next lines1840 U.S. census, St. Martin Parish, p. 301
• Lived 1850, Anse Charpentier, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Marie Therese, 53, heading a household with Pierre 28, Louis 22, Jean Bte 19, Aurelia 15, Don Louis 30, Ozémé 17 and Adelina 5 (relationships not stated)1850 U.S. census, St. Martin, dwelling 374
• other 10 Jun 1859, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Sold her right in a St. Martin tract: one fifth inherited from "the Succession of Louise Godo f.w.c. the original proprietor", four fifths bought from Charles, Celeste, Ursin and Arsène BoninLafayette conveyance Act No. 3499 (FamilySearch DGS 008450860, images 397-398)
• Lived 31 Jul 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Marie Teraise Bonnin, 65, mulatto, real estate $500, personal $400; with Aurelia, Jean Baptiste and Félicité Gatte1860 U.S. census, Lafayette Parish, p. 103, dwelling 780 (also Vermilionville p. 9, dwelling 81)
• Died 21 Nov 1867, Lafayette, Louisiana — Death date from the family treefamily tree
• other Jul 1868, Lafayette, Louisiana — Named as mother of the groom Jean Baptiste Gad at his marriage to Marguerite LangèleFamilySearch marriage indexes HSTZ-LGT2 and QLMH-J1CN
• other 26 Jun 1868, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Her succession, No. 1188, opened (indexed; not filmed)Lafayette succession index (FamilySearch DGS 007668965, image 24)

Still open: Her baptism (St. Martin de Tours, about 1795-97). Hébert's "Therezia Mas", baptized 1800 as a daughter of Luis and Luison Ledé, is plausible; whether "Ledé" and "Godo" name the same mother is open. · Whether she was born free; no manumission has been found. · Her succession No. 1188 (1868) and Louise Godo's estate: order from the Lafayette and St. Martin clerks.

André Gathe (Gatt) 1802-between 1830 and 1840

André Gathe (Gatt), a white man, was the father of Jean Baptiste Gathe and his brothers and sisters by Marie Thérèse Bonin, a free woman of color. As a white man and a free woman of color they could not legally marry. He was the André born in 1802 to Christophe Gatt and Magdeleine Taylor (Hébert, PUBLISHED): in 1820 Christophe's household had a son 16-18, and an André Gatt witnessed his sister Elizabeth's marriage in 1819. In 1830 André Gathe headed a St. Martin household of one white man and eight free people of color, among them a woman of Marie Thérèse's age and six children. He is not seen after the 1830 census: by 1840, and again in 1850, Marie Thérèse headed the household alone, so he died between 1830 and 1840. The tree's 12 May 1832 has no record. A 2026 family presentation gives him a birth about 1770, a death in 1859 and an Ishak (Atakapa) mother; no record supports any of these, and the records name Magdeleine Taylor as his mother. Their first known children were born about 1823-25. Michael Richard's DNA matches through five of his children confirm the line.

• Born 1802, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Son of Christophe Gatt and Magdeleine Taylor; the tree gives 20 Nov 1802 and the 1820 census fitsHébert, Southwest Louisiana Records (PUBLISHED); family tree for the day
• Lived 7 Aug 1820, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — A white male 16-18 in Christoph Gatt's household1820 U.S. census, St. Martin Parish, p. 160
• Lived 1830, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Head; 1 white male (marked 15-19) and 8 free people of color: a woman 24-36, a female 10-24, 5 boys and 1 girl under 101830 U.S. census, St. Martin Parish, p. 122, line 24

Still open: His death, between 1830 and 1840 (the tree's 12 May 1832 and the 1859 of a family presentation are unsourced). · His baptism, to confirm the 1802 birth: the 1830 census marks him 15-19, not 20-29. · The tree also carries an André born 1780 (died 1859) with an Ishak (Atakapa) mother. No record supports that person; he is probably a duplicate of this André, and the Ishak (Atakapa) mother is a family tradition only.

Francois Senegal (Sinnegal) abt 1805-1866

Francois Senegal was a free man of color in Lafayette Parish, the husband of Celeste Bonin (Bonnet) and the father of Louison Senegal. Three of their children were baptized at Lafayette on 18 Jan 1824 as children of "Francois RENE & Celeste BONET", mulatto, which fits the family story that he had belonged to a man named René; by 1835 the church recorded him as Francois Senegal. He received a federal land patent for 79.23 acres in 1855. In the 1850 census, aged 45, he headed a household in the Western District with Celeste and their children, and in 1860 he lived at Vermilionville with Celeste and their son Alcide. Celeste, a midwife, died in April 1860. His wife Celeste was one of the five Bonin siblings who inherited from Louise Godo, a free woman of color (1859 act). In March 1854 a Marie Louise Senegal bought federal land beside his; she was very probably his daughter Marie Louise (baptized 1824), not his mother.

• Baptized 18 Jan 1824, Lafayette, Louisiana — Children Francois (3), Louis Alexandre (2 months) and Marie Louise (1) of "Francois RENE & Celeste BONET", mulattoHébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, Records of Blacks, p. 277 (Laf. Ch. v.1 pp. 25-26)
• Baptized 4 Oct 1835, Lafayette, Louisiana — Son Ursin, child of Francois Senegal and Celeste BonnetHébert (Laf. Ch. v.3 p.122)
• Lived 8 Sep 1850, Western District, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Head, 45, with Celeste Bonin 48 and six children1850 U.S. census, Lafayette Parish, dwelling 70
• other 9 Mar 1854, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Bought 79.23 acres of federal land as "Francois Sénégal f.m.c." (certificate 5614)Federal tract book, T9S R4E, p. 36
• other 13-15 Mar 1854, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Marie Louise Senegal bought 39.62 acres beside him (certificate 5618); very probably his daughterFederal tract book, T9S R4E, p. 191
• owned 1855, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Federal land patent, 79.23 acres, T9S R4E Sec. 18General Land Office land patent records
• Lived 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Francois 60, Celeste 50, Alcide 181860 U.S. census, dwelling 209
• other Apr 1860, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — His wife Celeste: free, mulatto, married, 60, midwife, died April 18601860 U.S. mortality schedule

Still open: Their marriage (about 1820): not in the Hébert abstracts checked so far. · Celeste's parents: the 1859 act makes her an heir of Louise Godo, very probably her mother; Hypolite Bonin is ruled out. · His 1866 death and succession. · Read the 20 Oct 1866 act of his heirs (Lafayette Conveyance Book M), which lists his property and the adult children who inherited.

Marie Carmelite Cidalise Sonnier Richard 1809-?

Marie Carmelite Cidalise Sonnier was born on 7 Nov 1809 and baptized on 3 Feb 1810 at St. Martin de Tours, daughter of Leufroy Saunier "of la Côte Gelée" and Carmelite Commeau (Hébert abstract of the baptism, St. Martin Ch. v.6 #862). Her parents married at St. Martinville on 31 Jan 1809; Leufroy was the son of Sylvain Sonnier and Magdeleine Bourg, and Carmelite the daughter of Charles Comeaux and Perpétue Broussard (Hébert and Touchet, published). On 14 Jan 1827 she married the widower Pierre Anaclet Richard at Lafayette. Her sons Lastie (1866 St. Landry marriage) and Leufroy (1853 marriage to Edita Lalonde) both name her as their mother. This Sonnier family is separate from any other Sonnier line in the tree.

• Born 7 Nov 1809, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Baptized 3 Feb 1810; parents Leufroy Saunier & Carmelite Commeau; grandparents Silvain Saunier & Magdeleine Bourg, and Commeau & Perpétue BroussardHébert, Southwest Louisiana Records (St. Martin Ch. v.6 #862), published abstract
• Married 14 Jan 1827, St. John, Lafayette, Louisiana — Married Pierre Anaclet Richard, widower of Marie Eugénie ChiassonHébert SWLR p. 763 (Laf. Ch. v.1 p.58), published abstract
• other 18 Sep 1853, Lafayette, Louisiana — Named as mother ('Marie Sidalise Saunier') at her son Leufroy Richard's marriage to Edita LalondeHébert SWLR p. 475 (Laf. Ch. v.4 p.89)
• other 1866, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Named as mother of Lastie Richard at his marriageSt. Landry marriage No. 3123

Still open: Her death: Touchet says about 1856; the tree says 18 May 1885. Find a burial entry. · Her grandfather Comeaux's given name: Charles (her parents' 1809 marriage; Touchet) or Jean (one abstract of her baptism). · View her 1810 baptism in the St. Martin de Tours register (Diocese of Lafayette request) to move her parents from PUBLISHED to RECORD.

Louis Théogène Judice 1816-1867

Théogène Judice was born on 23 January 1816 at Grand Bois near St. Martinville, a twin (family book). The 1851 succession of Jacques Judice names him as an heir. In 1841 he married Hortense Azema Patin, widow of Edouard LeBlanc. In 1850 he was at Carencro, Lafayette Parish, listed as a butcher; in 1860 as a planter. The death certificates of Mary Euseide and Elodie Judice name him as their father. He died in Lafayette in 1867. Bodin's published index of his 1841 marriage names his parents as Jacques Judice and Marie Louise Hyacinthe Boutté. His wife's succession, opened on 28 Nov 1867, calls him already deceased; he has no succession of his own in the Lafayette index.

• Born 23 Jan 1816, Grand Bois, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — A twinSt. Martin Church v.7 #18, via family book p. 65
• Baptized 13 Aug 1816, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, LouisianaSt. Martin Church v.7 #18, via family book p. 65
• Married 14 Oct 1841, St. John's Church, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Married Hortense Azema Patin, widow of Edouard LeBlanc; his parents Jacques Judice and M. L. H. BouttéLafayette Church v.3 p.93; Bodin, Selected Acadian and Louisiana Church Records v.2 p.133
• Lived 1850, Carencro, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Butcher, age 34, with wife Azema and children1850 U.S. census, via family book p. 64
• Died 30 Sep 1867, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisianafamily tree

Still open: No succession of his own in the Lafayette index; his wife's No. 1133 (1867) is the estate record. · Names of the people he enslaved in 1850 and 1860 are not yet known.

Hortense Azema Patin 1818-1867

Hortense Azema Patin was born at St. Martinville in 1818, a daughter of Ursin Patin and Marie Aspasie Guidry. She married Edouard LeBlanc in 1838 and, as his widow, married Théogène Judice at St. John's in Lafayette in 1841. Their children were Marie Aspasie, Jacques Alexandre, Marie Euphemie, Philomene Idea and Lucien. She died in Lafayette in September 1867, weeks before her husband. She was the wife, not the mother, of Louis Théogène Judice, and was not the mother of his daughter Mary Euseide (Grandma Jim); her own parents were Ursin Patin and Aspasie Guédry (1820 baptism, Hébert abstract). Her succession (Lafayette No. 1133), opened on 28 Nov 1867 by her brother Clairville F. Patin and read in October 2026, names her heirs as the minors Euphemie, Idea and Lucien Judice and the major Alexandre Judice, "issue of her marriage with Theogene Judice her deceased husband"; the inventory came to $2,844.

• Born 30 Aug 1818, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Daughter of Ursin Patin and Marie Aspasie Guidryfamily tree
• Married 8 May 1838, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Married Edouard LeBlancLafayette Church v.2 p.289, via family book p. 65
• Married 14 Oct 1841, St. John's Church, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Married Louis Théogène JudiceLafayette Church v.3 p.93; Bodin, Selected Acadian and Louisiana Church Records v.2 p.133
• other 28 Nov 1867, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Succession No. 1133 opened by her brother Clairville F. Patin; heirs Euphemie, Idea, Lucien and Alexandre Judice; inventory $2,844Lafayette Successions Book 1, pp. 146-162 (FamilySearch DGS 007689293, images 328-337)

Still open: Some trees give 8 Sep 1867 for her death; the church record says 6 Sep.

Lufroy (Leufroy) Richard 1829-1860

Lufroy Richard, son of Pierre Anaclet Richard and Cidalise Sonnier, was a laborer in his father's household in 1850, aged 21. He married Editha Lalande in 1853. In 1860 he lived in Vermilionville, aged 31, keeping a billiard hall and bar, with real estate worth $1,200, his wife Editha and their children Matilde and Cleophas; the 1860 slave schedule lists him with one enslaved woman, aged 50, whose name it does not give. On 19 or 20 Nov 1860 he was shot with a pistol in a brawl with Fernest Martin in Vermilionville and died almost at once (Opelousas Courier, 24 Nov 1860); the burial record says "killed during an argument." His son Valery, by Louison Senegal, grew up in Louison's household, and Valery's 1873 church marriage names his father as "L. Richard". The 1860 census entry reads "Billard & Barkeeper" on the original page (some indexes read it as carpenter).

• Lived 11 Sep 1850, Western District, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — laborer, aged 21, in his father Anaclet's household1850 U.S. census
• Married 18 Sep 1853, Lafayette, Louisiana — Married Edita Lalonde (Lalande)Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records (Laf. Ch. v.4 p.89)
• Lived 5 Aug 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Billiard and bar keeper [?], 31; with Ectila (Editha) 28, Matilde 6, Cleophas 51860 U.S. census, Vermillionville, dwelling 43
• Lived 4 Aug 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — held one enslaved woman, aged 50 (unnamed in the schedule)1860 U.S. census, slave schedule, p. 453
• Died 20 Nov 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — shot with a pistol in a brawl with Fernest Martin; died almost at onceOpelousas Courier, 24 Nov 1860; Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records (Laf. Ch. v.4 p.89)

Still open: His baptism (about 1829–30). · His succession, Lafayette No. 911 (26 Nov 1860), still to pull: it may name the enslaved woman and show his trade. · No record calls him a carpenter (family history); the censuses say laborer (1850) and billiard and bar keeper (1860).

Louison (Lorine) Senegal abt 1830-?

Louison Senegal was born about 1825-30 into a free family of color in Lafayette Parish. In 1850 she appears as "Louiza", aged 20, in the household of Francois Sinnegal (45) and Celeste Bonin (48), with Louis, Adele, Marie C., Ursin and Alcide. The 1850 census does not state relationships, but Ursin's 1835 baptism names his parents as Francois Senegal and Celeste Bonnet, and Louis (Louis Alexandre) is probably the child baptized in 1824 to "Francois René & Celeste Bonet" (Hébert abstracts, leads). In 1860 and 1870 she headed her own household near Vermilionville, which included her son Valery; in 1870 she was listed as a planter. Valery's 1934 death certificate gives his mother's maiden name as "Louise Sénegal". Valery's father, Lufroy Richard, married Edita Lalonde in 1853, so Louison and Lufroy were not married.

• Lived 8 Sep 1850, Western District, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — "Louiza Sinnegal", 20, mulatto, in her parents' household1850 U.S. census, Lafayette Parish, dwelling 70
• Lived Jun 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Louison Senegale, 25, with Jules, Ursin, Valery, Celeste and Zilda; relationships not stated1860 U.S. census, p. 30, dwelling 213
• Lived Jun 1870, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Louzon Senigal, 40, planter, with Ursin, Valery, Celeste, Marguerite, Ozide1870 U.S. census, p. 133

Still open: Her baptism (about 1825-30, St. John, Lafayette, or Grand Coteau), searched under both SENEGAL and RENE; Hébert's index has a 'Louisa RENE' on p. 274 to read. · Francois Senegal's and Celeste Bonin's own parents. The tree's Charles Senegal × 'Mary (half Portuguese)' and Hypolite Bonin × Marie are tree only; the Casamance 1687 story is family tradition. · Her death date and place. · Her age varies: 20 in 1850, 25 in 1860, 40 in 1870. · A Lafayette act of 20 Oct 1866 by the adult heirs of François Senegal (died 2 Sep 1866) appears to carry her signature as 'Louison', which would make her his daughter; this reading comes from a machine transcription and must be checked on the image (Conveyance Book M).

Jean Baptiste Gathe (Gate) 1831-1907

Jean Baptiste Gathe was born about October 1831, a son of André Gathe, a white man, and Marie Thérèse Bonin, a free woman of color; his 1868 church marriage (St. John, Vermilionville, act No. 971, read in Oct 2026) names him "Baptiste Gad, son of André Gad and Marie Thérèse Bonnet". He grew up in his mother's free household in St. Martin Parish: he was 19 at Anse Charpentier in 1850, and in 1860 he and a daughter, Félicité, 3, were still in his mother's household in Vermilionville, which the census counted twice. Marguerite Langel and her children lived separately that year. By 1870 he and Marguerite kept house together in Vermilionville, where he owned land worth $500; they married on 2 Jul 1868, and the act declared that the marriage legitimised their children Angèle, Louis, Philomène, Joseph, Arsène and Marcellite. In 1880 he farmed in Ward 3 of Lafayette Parish, and in 1900, in the town of Lafayette, he and Marguerite said they had been married 45 years; she had borne nine children, eight then living. He owned his farm free. The family book and online trees give his death in Lafayette on 2 Sep 1907 and burial at St. John Cemetery; no record of either has been found. Michael Richard's DNA matches through four of his children confirm the line.

• Born Oct 1831, Louisiana — Ages 19 (1850), 29 (1860), 38 (1870) and 49 (1880) all point to about 1831; the 1900 census's "Oct 1821" is an errorfamily tree / family book
• Lived 1840, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Probably one of five free boys of color under 10 in his mother Marie Tr. Bonin's household1840 U.S. census, St. Martin Parish
• Lived Nov 1850, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Jean Bte, 19, in Marie Therese's household at Anse Charpentier with Pierre, Louis, Aurelia, Don Louis, Ozémé and Adelina1850 U.S. census, St. Martin Parish, Ance Charpantier, p. 165, dwelling 374
• Lived 31 Jul and 7 Aug 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Jn Bte Gatte, 29, mulatto, with his daughter Félicité, 3, in his mother M. Teraise Bonnin's household (counted twice)1860 U.S. census, Lafayette Parish, p. 103, dwelling 780, and Vermilionville, p. 9, dwelling 81
• Married 2 and 10 Jul 1868, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Married Marguerite Langel; parents André Gad and Marie Thérèse BonnetFamilySearch marriage indexes HSTZ-LGT2 (civil) and the St. John church index
• Lived 1 Jun 1870, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Farm laborer; real estate $500; Farm laborer; real estate $500; with Margarite and six children1870 U.S. census
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 3, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Farmer; with wife, children, sons-in-law and granddaughters1880 U.S. census
• Lived 9 Jun 1900, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Farmer, owns his farm free; married 45 years; wife Margaret, 9 children born, 8 living1900 U.S. census, Lafayette Town, ED 43, sheet 14, dwelling 294
• Died 2 Sep 1907, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Date from the family book and online trees only; no record yetfamily book (compiled)

Still open: His death date needs a record (before statewide registration); Marguerite was a widow by 1910. · His baptism, about Oct 1831 (St. Martin de Tours, then St. John, Vermilionville). · The family home at "200 S. Washington St." (family tradition): the April 1928 Sanborn map of Lafayette (sheet 18) numbers no "200" in that block between Bryan and Cameron (houses start at 204 and 205), so the 1881 deed is still needed.

Marguerite Langel (Langèle) Gathe about 1836/40-after 1910

Marguerite was born about 1836-40 (the 1860-1900 censuses; the 1910 census makes her 79), probably in the Attakapas country, and was a free woman of color before the Civil War. Her 1868 church marriage to Jean Baptiste Gathe names her as "Marguerite, daughter of Lui Langèle"; no mother is named. A Louis Langel, a white man in Lafayette in the 1840 census with a free girl of color under 10, may be that father, but nothing yet ties the girl to Marguerite (lead). In 1860 she headed her own household in Vermilionville as "Marguerite Langell", 24, mulatto, with Angelle, Louis, Philomene and Ofelia; Philomene's birth on 8 Jan 1859 is indexed with mother Marguerite Langele and no father. She married Jean Baptiste Gathe at Lafayette on 2 Jul 1868 (St. John, Vermilionville, act No. 971), an act that legitimised their children Angèle, Louis, Philomène, Joseph, Arsène and Marcellite, and the censuses of 1870 and 1880 show her keeping house for him and their children. Their daughter Marie Elise married Joseph Richard. In 1900 she and Jean Baptiste said they had been married 45 years, and she had borne nine children, eight living. By 1910 Marguerite was a widow of 79 living with Elise and Joseph in Lafayette. The tree's "Largelle", "Langdon" and "Bath" are not her name: "Langdon" comes from the 1916 death index of her son Aurelien ("Magarete Langdon"), a misheard Langel. A 2026 family presentation's birth about 1823 does not fit the censuses, and her father's name "Luc" in some indexes is a misreading of the church record's "Lui".

• Lived 8 Jan 1859, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Daughter Philomene born; mother Marguerite Langele, no father namedFamilySearch, Louisiana Births and Christenings (HSR8-KP2), index
• Lived 4 Aug 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — "Marguerite Langell", 24, mulatto, head, with Angelle 5, Louis 4, Philomene 2 and Ofelia 6 months (no surnames given)1860 U.S. census, Vermillionville, p. 3, dwelling 22
• Married 2 and 10 Jul 1868, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Married Jean Baptiste Gad (Gathe), son of André Gad and Marie Thérèse Bonnet; bride's father Luc (Lui) Langèle. Civil index 2 Jul 1868; church index 10 Jul 1868FamilySearch: Louisiana Marriages 1816-1906 (HSTZ-LGT2); Louisiana Parish Marriages 1787-1958 (QLMH-J1CN)
• Lived 1 Jun 1870, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Keeping house; Keeping house; in Jean B. Gate's household with six children1870 U.S. census
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 3, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Keeping house; husband, children, two sons-in-law and two granddaughters1880 U.S. census
• Lived 9 Jun 1900, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Jean B. Gath, born Apr 1840; married 45 years; 9 children born, 8 living1900 U.S. census, Lafayette Town, ED 43, sheet 14, dwelling 294
• Lived 15 Apr 1910, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Widow, 79, mother-in-law in Joseph and Elise Richard's home1910 U.S. census

Still open: Her mother, and her father Luc/Louis Langel's own origins: the 1868 church entry names only her father; try the civil return. · Her baptism, about 1836-40 (St. Martin of Tours or St. John, Lafayette), under Langel/L'Ange/Langlé. · Whether Angelle, Louis, Philomene and Ofelia (1860) are Jean Baptiste Gathe's children; the 1859 Philomene index names no father. · Date and place of death (after Apr 1910; family book says 1918/19, Lafayette).

Lui (Louis) Langèle ?-?

"Lui" (Louis) Langèle is named as the father of Marguerite Langel in her 1868 marriage to Jean Baptiste Gathe at Vermilionville ("fille de Lui Langèle"; St. John church act No. 971, read in Oct 2026); no wife is named. Some indexes read the name as "Luc", a misreading. A Louis Langel, a white man aged 30-39, was in Lafayette Parish in the 1840 census with one free girl of color under 10. He may be the same man and the girl may be Marguerite, but the census names no one else, so this is a lead, not proof. The name "Louis (or Jean) Frederick" used in a compiled family book and a 2026 family presentation appears in no record.

• Lived 1840, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Louis Langel, free white male 30-39, with one free girl of color under 10 (lead: identity with Luc Langèle not shown)1840 U.S. census, Lafayette Parish, line 381
• other Jul 1868, Lafayette, Louisiana — Named as father of the bride Marguerite at her marriage to Jean Baptiste Gad (Gathe)FamilySearch marriage indexes HSTZ-LGT2 and QLMH-J1CN

Still open: His wife, dates, and free or enslaved status: read the 1868 St. John register entry and search Lafayette/St. Martin registers (Hébert, Records of Blacks) under Langel, Langlé and L'Ange.

Valery B. Richard ("Grandpa Jim") 1853-1934

Valery Richard's 1934 death certificate (No. 3030, Jennings), read from the original image, names his father as "L. Richard" and his mother's maiden name as "Louise Sénegal". He was born on 23 Oct 1853 and was 81 at his death. His wife is given as Mary Judice. The father's initial fits Lufroy (Leufroy) Richard, who in 1860 kept a billiard hall and bar in Vermilionville with his wife Editha Lalande. Valery grew up in his mother Louison Senegal's household near Vermilionville, a free family of color. In 1880 he farmed in St. Landry Parish with his wife Zeade (Mary Euseide Judice). By 1900 they owned a house in Jennings, where he died on 18 Mar 1934.

• Born 23 Oct 1853, LouisianaLouisiana death certificate No. 3030
• Lived Jun 1860, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — age 7, household of Louison Senegale, 25; relationships not stated1860 U.S. census, p. 30, dwelling 213
• Lived Jun 1870, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — age 18, field hand, household of Louzon Senigal, planter1870 U.S. census, p. 133
• Married 12 Feb 1873, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette, Louisiana — to (Mary) Euzedie Sonnier, daughter of J. Judice and Celeste Sonnier; he is "son of L. Richard and Lorine Senegol"church marriage certificate, register vol. 4 p. 342
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 2, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — farm work; wife Zeade and children Mary, Joseph, Eras and infant son1880 U.S. census
• Lived Jun 1900, Jennings, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana — day laborer, owned house; 8 children born, 7 living; son Joseph next door1900 U.S. census, ED 24
• Lived Apr 1920, Wood Street, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — laborer, owned home; widowed daughter Ella and grandchildren with them1920 U.S. census, ED 74
• Lived Apr 1930, Church Street, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — age 75, owned home; wife Mary E. a midwife1930 U.S. census, ED 27-4
• Died 18 Mar 1934, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — age 81; parents indexed as L. Richard and Lorine Senegol; buried 19 Mar 1934; headstone gives 9 Feb 1934Louisiana death certificate No. 3030 (image seen, 8 Oct 2026)
• Buried 19 Mar 1934, Calvary Cemetery, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — Gordon & Byrd, Crowley, undertakers; shared headstone: "Mary J. Richard, Jan. 19, 1856 – Apr. 8, 1944; Valery Richard, Oct. 1, 1854 – Feb. 9, 1934"Louisiana death certificate No. 3030

Still open: His baptism (about 1853) has not been found. It would confirm both parents in a church record. · The tree's dates (born 1 Oct 1854, died 9 Feb 1934) differ from the certificate (born 23 Oct 1853, died 18 Mar 1934).

Mary Euseide "Grandma Jim" Judice Richard 1856-1944

Mary Euseide Judice, remembered as Grandma Jim, was born in St. Martin Parish on 19 January 1856; her 1873 church marriage and her death certificate name her parents as Judice ("J." in 1873, "T." in 1944) and Celeste Sonnier. She married Valery Richard at St. John's in Lafayette on 12 Feb 1873. She had eight children, seven living in 1900. The family was in St. Landry Parish in 1880 and Jennings by 1900. In 1930 she was a midwife at 73; French was her mother tongue. She died in Jennings in 1944. Her father was Louis Théogène Judice (1816-1867), who appears as "J. Judice" (1873) and "T. Judice" (1944); her sisters Clara and Elodie are also his daughters (Elodie's 1935 certificate: "Theogene Judice"). His parents were Jacques "Troisîles" Judice and Marie Louise Hyacinthe Boutté (his 1816 baptism, Hébert abstract; his father's 1851 succession lists him as an heir). Hortense Azema Patin (1818-1867) was his wife from 1841, not his mother, and not Grandma Jim's mother; her children were Grandma Jim's half-siblings.

• Born 19 Jan 1856, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Father T. Judice, mother Celeste Sonnierdeath certificate, state file 513
• Married 12 Feb 1873, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette, Louisiana — Married Valery Richardchurch marriage certificate, register vol. 4 p. 342
• Lived 25 Jun 1880, Ward 2, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — "Zeade", 24, keeping house; with husband Valery and four children1880 U.S. census
• Lived 11 Jun 1900, Jennings, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Valery; married 27 years; 8 children born, 7 living1900 U.S. census
• Lived 12 Apr 1920, Wood Street, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — With husband Valery, widowed daughter Ella and grandchildren1920 U.S. census
• Worked 7 Apr 1930, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — Midwife, general practice, own account; Church Street household1930 U.S. census
• Lived 12 Apr 1940, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — Widowed head of household, 84; mother tongue French; 8 children1940 U.S. census
• Died 8 Apr 1944, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — Informant her son Eraste Richarddeath certificate, state file 513
• Buried 11 Apr 1944, Calvary Cemetery, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — shared headstone: "Mary J. Richard, Jan. 19, 1856 – Apr. 8, 1944; Valery Richard, Oct. 1, 1854 – Feb. 9, 1934"death certificate, state file 513

Still open: The 1873 church register page itself and her 1856 baptism (St. Martin de Tours). · Louis Théogène's 1816 baptism (St. Martin Ch. v.7 #18) seen in the original, not only in Hébert. · The 1900 census gives her birth as Jan 1854, not 1856.

Clara Judice 1857-?

Clara Judice was born in July 1857, a daughter of Théogène Judice and a sister of Mary Euseide and Elodie. In 1880 she was Clara David, 22, wife of Pierre David, with children Gabriel, Aleda, Charles and Philomène in St. Landry Parish. In September 1885 the Opelousas Courier reported that "Clara Judice, a colored woman" of Coulee Croche swore an affidavit before Justice Alfred Pavy charging two men with an attempted assault on her as she walked home from a neighbor's; both were jailed to await the grand jury. The 1900 census shows her widowed in Ward 2 of St. Landry Parish with five children, among them Aristide, Celeste, Alice and Auguste. On 27 Feb 1908, as "Mrs. Clara Davis née Judice", she married Gerand Mayfield in St. Landry Parish (license No. 33476); the Grand Coteau church entry, as abstracted by Hébert, calls her the widow of Davis and names her parents. In 1910 she was Clara Mayfield, 55, married two years, with her children Alice and Augustin Davis in the household.

• Born Jul 1857, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Daughter of Théogène Judice and Celeste Sonnierfamily book p. 55
• other 10 Jan 1874, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Marriage licence No. 7657 issued to Pierre Richard and Clara Judice; the return is blank, so the licence does not show that the marriage took placeSt. Landry marriage licences (FamilySearch DGS 4922825, image 242)
• Married abt 1875-1877, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Married Pierre David (Davis); children Gabriel b. about 1876 onward1880 census; children's records
• Lived 1880, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Clara David, 22, wife of Pierre David, 27; children Gabriel 4, Aleda 3, Charles 2, Philomène 5 months1880 U.S. census
• other Sep 1885, Coulee Croche, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Swore an affidavit charging two men with an attempted assault on her; both jailed to await the grand jury (identification with this Clara probable)Opelousas Courier, 12 Sep 1885, p. 1
• Married 27 Feb 1908, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Married Gerand Mayfield as "Mrs. Clara Davis née Judice"; license issued 22 Feb 1908; married by a Catholic priestSt. Landry marriage license No. 33476; Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1908 (Grand Coteau Ch., Black Reg. v.6 p.20)
• Lived 1910, Ward 2, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Clara Mayfield, 55, wife of Gerand Mayfield, 70; married 2 years; 7 children born, 4 living; stepchildren Alice Davis 14, Augustin Davis 111910 U.S. census

Still open: Pierre David's death (between 1880 and 1900). · The original Grand Coteau church entry for the 1908 marriage. · St. Landry district court minutes, 1885 (outcome of her complaint). · Whether the Pierre Richard of the unreturned 1874 licence is the Pierre David she was married to by 1880.

Marie Louise Elodie Judice Broussard 1861-1935

Elodie Judice was born in St. Landry Parish in September 1861; her 1935 death certificate names her parents as Theogene Judice and Celese Sonnier. A modern church certificate records her marriage to Jules Broussard at St. Peter's, Carencro, on 1 February 1881. She died at Cankton on 19 July 1935, aged 70, after being struck by a car.

• Born Sep 1861, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — Listed as Marie Louise Judice in the family bookfamily book p. 55
• Married 1 Feb 1881, St. Peter's Church, Carencro, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Married Jules Broussard; witnesses Joseph Dugas and Edward Jeanmodern church marriage certificate
• Lived 1930, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — "Eloide", 70, wife of Jule Broussard; son Theode, 261930 U.S. census

Still open: Her 1861 baptism record has not been found. · The original 1881 register entry at St. Peter's is not yet seen.

Marie Elise Gathe Richard 1873-1948

Marie Elise Gathe, called Elise, was a daughter of Jean Baptiste Gathe and Marguerite of Lafayette Parish. She married Joseph Richard on 14 Jan 1897 at St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette; they were in Calcasieu Parish in 1900 and in the town of Lafayette by 1910, where they owned their home by 1930. Unlike her husband, she could read and write. Her widowed mother lived with them in 1910. Elise died in Lafayette in December 1948, and she and Joseph share a headstone. Her death certificate (state file 15594), now seen, shows she died at home at 200 S. Washington St., Lafayette, late on 28 Dec 1948, wife of Joseph Richard, and names her parents as John Gothe and Margrette Gothe, both born in Louisiana. The certificate gives her birth as 14 Dec 1874 (age 74y 14d); her headstone says 14 Dec 1873. Ancestry indexes the death as "Elise Richard", 29 Dec 1948. Two records name her parents: her 1948 death certificate ("John Gothe" and "Margrette Gothe", seen) and the index of her 1897 church marriage ("Jean Baptiste Gathe" and "Marguerite Angele"), which also names the groom's parents Valery Richard and Euseide Judice. Her father Jean Baptiste was the son of André Gathe and Marie Thérèse Bonin. The indexes of her parents' 1868 marriage name her mother Marguerite's father as Luc Langèle; who he was is still a lead.

• Born 14 Dec 1873, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Date from her headstoneheadstone (photo)
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 3, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Elise, 4, in Jean B. and Marguerite Gate's household1880 U.S. census
• Married 14 Jan 1897, St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette, Louisiana — Married Joseph Richard; 1900 and 1910 censuses confirm 1897Lafayette marriage licence No. 5719 and return
• Married 14 Jan 1897, St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette, Louisiana — Index names her parents Jean Baptiste Gathe and Marguerite Angele, and the groom's parents Valery Richard and Euseive [Euseide] JudiceFamilySearch, Louisiana Parish Marriages 1787-1958 (index)
• Lived 1900, Ward 10, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana — Wife of Joseph, day laborer; two daughters; she could read and write1900 U.S. census
• Lived 1910, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — 8 children born, 6 living; her widowed mother Marguerite in the home1910 U.S. census
• Lived 1920, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Joseph an ice-wagon deliverer; seven children at home1920 U.S. census
• Lived 9 Apr 1930, Ward 3, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Home owned; sons working as house painter and hotel porter1930 U.S. census
• Lived 8 Apr 1940, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Same owned house as in 19351940 U.S. census
• Died 28 Dec 1948, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — At home; wife of Joseph Richard; father John Gathe, mother Margrette Gathe; informant Alfred Richard. The certificate gives her birth as 14 Dec 1874Louisiana death certificate, state file 15594 (1948)
• Buried 30 Dec 1948, St. John Cemetery, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — J. C. Mouton, funeral directorLouisiana death certificate, state file 15594 (1948)

Still open: Birth year: headstone 1873; death certificate 1874. Her baptism (St. John, Lafayette, Dec 1873/74) would settle it. · The 1897 church register entry itself (already proven by licence No. 5719; the register would show witnesses).

Joseph Adolph "Ti-Pop" Richard 1876-1955

Joseph Adolph "Ti-Pop" Richard was the son of Valery Richard and Mary Judice. He married Marie Elise Gathe on 14 Jan 1897 at St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette (licence No. 5719), and after living in Jennings in 1900 they settled in Lafayette, where he worked as a laborer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, an ice-wagon deliverer and at odd jobs, and owned a Washington Street home. At least twelve children were born to them; nine survived him, including Sister Anne Marie, SSF. He died at home in 1955.

• Born 16 Feb 1876, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — baptism abstract: "RICHARD, Joseph (Valery & Marie Useide JUDICE) b. 16 Feb. 1876"Louisiana death certificate (3-382); WWI draft card; Hébert (Laf. Ch. v.7 p.191)
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 2, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — age 4, with parents Valery and Zeade Richard1880 U.S. census
• Married 14 Jan 1897, St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette, Louisiana — to Marie Elise Gathe; 1900 census says married 3 yearsLafayette marriage licence No. 5719 and return
• Lived 1900, Jennings, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana — day laborer, renting; wife Elise, daughters; parents next door1900 U.S. census, ED 24
• Lived 1910, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — farm laborer; mother-in-law Marguerite Gathe, 79, in household1910 U.S. census, ED 70
• Worked 12 Sep 1918, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — laborer, Southern Pacific RailroadWWI draft registration card
• Worked 1920, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — deliverer, ice wagon1920 U.S. census, ED 33
• Lived Apr 1930, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — owned home worth $1,000; laborer, odd jobs1930 U.S. census, ED 28-10
• Lived Apr 1950, Washington St., Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — age 75, widowed, in son Alfred's household1950 U.S. census, ED 28-20
• Died 22 Mar 1955, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — age 79; parents Valeri Richard and Mary Judice; Lafayette resident 50 yearsLouisiana death certificate (3-382)
• Buried 24 Mar 1955, St. John Cemetery, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Requiem Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church; Mouton Funeral Homedeath certificate; obituary, 23 Mar 1955

Still open: St. Paul's funeral register entry (Mar 1955) not yet obtained.

Valery Richard Jr. 1880-1917

Valery (Valrie) Richard Jr. was a son of Valery Richard Sr. and Mary Judice, born in June 1880 when the family lived in St. Landry Parish. In 1900, aged 19 and single, he lived with his parents in Jennings. He later worked as a bartender in Port Arthur, Texas, where he died on 1 Jun 1917, aged 38 and married. Eraste Richard of Jennings reported the death, and he was buried in Jennings.

• Born Jun 1880, Louisiana — infant son, 9 days old, in 1880 census; tree gives 16 Jun 1880, Lafayette1880 U.S. census; 1900 U.S. census
• Lived Jun 1880, Ward 2, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — infant in household of Valery and Zeade Richard1880 U.S. census
• Lived Jun 1900, Jennings, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana — age 19, single, with parents1900 U.S. census, ED 24
• Worked 1917, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas — bartenderTexas death certificate (state file 16701)
• Died 1 Jun 1917, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas — age 38, married; parents Valrie Richard Sr. and Mary JudiceTexas death certificate (state file 16701)
• Buried 2 Jun 1917, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — informant brother Eraste Richard of JenningsTexas death certificate (state file 16701)

Still open: Certificate says married; his wife is not yet identified.

Arthur Joseph Richard Sr. 1911-1998

Arthur Joseph Richard Sr. (church records list him by his saint's name first, as Joseph Arthur) was born on 12 Oct 1911 in Lafayette and baptized at St. John the Evangelist on 18 Nov 1911, the son of Joseph Richard and Elise Gathe. In 1930 he was a house painter, living with his parents. On 15 Aug 1934 he married Mae Belle (Maebel) Williams, 20, of Port Allen, daughter of Major Williams, under a Lafayette licence; this marriage joined the Richard family and the West Baton Rouge Williams family. He was active in the Knights of Peter Claver, and the order's 1970 national convention program lists him as State Deputy. He died in 1998.

• Born 12 Oct 1911, Lafayette, Louisiana — baptized 18 Nov 1911, St. John the Evangelistbaptism certificate, St. John the Evangelist
• Married 15 Aug 1934, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — to Mae Belle Williams, 20, of Port Allen, daughter of Major WilliamsLafayette marriage licence No. 18678 and return
• other 1 Aug 1970, Mobile, Alabama — Listed as "State Deputy Arthur J. Richard" in the program of the Knights of St. Peter Claver 55th National ConventionConvention program (family papers)
• Died 8 Dec 1998, Lafayette, Louisianafamily tree; family history (E. Bowles)

Still open: Death record (Dec 1998) not yet seen.

Edolia Richard Prejean 1915-2001

Edolia Richard was born in Lafayette on 16 Oct 1915, a daughter of Joseph Richard and Marie Elise Gathe Richard. She married Oran Prejean on 16 Feb 1938 and had seven children. She died at Our Lady of Lourdes in Lafayette on 12 Sep 2001 and was entombed in St. John Cemetery.

• Born 16 Oct 1915, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Daughter of Joseph Richard and Marie Elise Gathe RichardDaily Advertiser (Lafayette) obituary, 16 Sep 2001
• Married 16 Feb 1938, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Married Oran PrejeanDaily Advertiser (Lafayette) obituary, 16 Sep 2001
• Died 12 Sep 2001, Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, LouisianaDaily Advertiser (Lafayette) obituary, 16 Sep 2001
• Buried Sep 2001, St. John Cemetery, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — EntombedDaily Advertiser (Lafayette) obituary, 16 Sep 2001

Leora Margaret Richard (Sister Anna Marie, SSF) 1918-2000

Leora Richard was born in Lafayette on 20 Apr 1918, the youngest child of Joseph Richard and Elise Gathe. She entered the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans and was known as Sister Anna Marie (Anne Marie). Her Social Security claim record, under her religious name, names her parents as Joseph Richard and Elise Goth[e]. A 2004 St. Paul School centennial program remembers her as "a pioneer of St. Paul School" in Lafayette. She died in New Orleans on 15 Dec 2000. Like her cousin Sister Miriam Joseph (Dorothy Mae Wilderson) on the Wilderson side, she was a Sister of the Holy Family.

• Born 20 Apr 1918, Lafayette, Louisiana — daughter of Joseph Richard and Elise Goth[e]Social Security Applications and Claims Index
• Died 15 Dec 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana — as Sister Anna Marie RichardSocial Security Death Index

Still open: Entrance and profession dates, assignments, and burial place: request drafted to the Sisters of the Holy Family archives.

Wallace (Wa-Wa) Louis Mouton 1918-1998

Wallace "Wa-Wa" Mouton was born on 25 Oct 1918 (tree), a son of Rousseau (Louis) Mouton and Inez Richard, and was a well-known figure in Lafayette: on his death the Daily Advertiser ran a front-page story calling him a "Lafayette legend" (index only). He had been married 55 years, so since about 1943. He died at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center on Sunday 21 Jun 1998, aged 79, and after a Mass at St. Genevieve Catholic Church was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Lafayette (Daily Advertiser, 25 Jun 1998, p. 8A, PUBLISHED).

• Born 25 Oct 1918, Louisianafamily tree
• Died 21 Jun 1998, Lafayette, Louisiana — Aged 79, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical CenterDaily Advertiser (Lafayette), 25 Jun 1998, p. 8A
• Buried 27 Jun 1998, Calvary Cemetery, Lafayette, LouisianaDaily Advertiser (Lafayette), 25 Jun 1998, p. 8A

Still open: The tree has a second profile for him (Louis Wallace Mouton, Chevalier-Richard tree).

Marie Jeanne Magnus fl. 1726-1736

Marie Jeanne Magnus, a native of Chaumont in the diocese of Cambrai and daughter of Charles Magnus and Marie Catherine Boblée, married Louis Roy of Montréal at St. Louis Church, New Orleans, on 16 Apr 1730 as the widow of Etienne Reine. The published census of 1 Jan 1726 shows Etienne Reine at Natchez with a wife and two children, and the lists of the Natchez dead name him among those killed in the uprising of November 1729, calling him "a Flemming" and adding that "his wife is living and married to a man named ROY". In 1731 Louis Roy's New Orleans household had a wife and four children. Her daughter Marie Jeanne Reine, "daughter of the late Etienne Reyne and Marie Jeanne Magnus", married Louis Baudimont on 23 Apr 1736; she was probably the seven-year-old orphan girl of that name at the Ursuline convent in 1731.

• Lived 1 Jan 1726, Natchez post (Fort Rosalie), Natchez, Mississippi — Etienne Reine ("Rive") with a wife and two childrenConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.31
• other Nov 1729, Natchez post (Fort Rosalie), Natchez, Mississippi — Her husband Etienne Reine, "a Flemming", killed in the Natchez uprisingConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 pp.134, 142
• Married 16 Apr 1730, St. Louis Church, New Orleans, Louisiana — Married Louis Roy of Montréal as the widow of Reine; daughter of Charles Magnus and Marie Catherine Boblée of Chaumont, diocese of CambraiSt. Louis Church marriage register, 1730 (documents filed)
• Lived 1731, New Orleans, Louisiana — Louis Roy's household: a wife and four childrenConrad, First Families of Louisiana v.2 p.58
• other 23 Apr 1736, New Orleans, Louisiana — Daughter Marie Jeanne Reine married Louis BaudimontForsyth and Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts p.33

Still open: Whether the 1731 Ursuline orphan Marie Jeanne Reine, 7, was her daughter (lead). · The family tree has two Etienne Reine records that may be one man (B to decide).

Robert (Roberto) Lavigne about 1744-1794

Robert Lavigne was a locksmith in New Orleans when his daughter Marie was baptized in 1767. He married Suzanne Le Roux and was the father of Suzanne Lavigne, wife of Pierre Chenet. He was buried at St. John the Baptist on 12 May 1794, aged about 50, and his estate was inventoried and divided by commandant Manuel Andry on 21–22 Nov 1794. The inventory lists eight people he and his wife enslaved: Marie, a Mina woman, with her five children Silvestre, Laurent, Gabrielle, Lune and Magdelaine; Agatte (Aja/Fon/Arada); and Michelle (Wolof). His widow's property was auctioned on 13 Oct 1817 for $9,937.62, and the partition of 18 May 1819 divided it in six shares among his children; that act and his daughter Elizabeth's succession of 1846 name them: Suzanne (Mrs. Pierre Chenet), Elizabeth (Mrs. Louis Blondeau), Henriette (Mrs. Antoine Claireau), Eléonore (Mrs. Adam Vicknair), Robert and Antoine.

• Lived 9 Nov 1767, New Orleans, Louisiana — Locksmith; daughter Marie baptizedArchdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records (SLC, B6, 8)
• Died 12 May 1794, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana — Buried, aged about 50; wife named 'Susana La Flor'Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records (SJBED, F1, 28)
• other 21 Nov 1794, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana — Estate inventory and partition by commandant Manuel Andry (act 57); eight enslaved people listedAfro-Louisiana History and Genealogy database, estate 07-S-056-008-1794 (Ancestry coll. 7383); cited in St. James Succ. No. 463
• Lived 1799, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Named as maternal grandfather (and godfather) at Maria Carmelita Chenet's baptismSt. James baptisms SJA-3, 188 (B's Diocese abstract)
• other 18 May 1819, St. James Parish, Louisiana — Partition of his widow Suzanne Le Roux's estate in six shares: Suzanne (Pierre Chenet), Isabelle (widow Louis Blondeau), Eléonore (Adam Vickner), Robert, Antoine, and the children of the late Henriette (Antoine Clairo)St. James acts 1819, No. 138 (FamilySearch film 007900784, image 429)

Still open: The original 1794 inventory and partition (St. John the Baptist original acts, 1794, act 57). · The 13 Oct 1817 auction of his widow's property (St. James 1817 acts), which should list the people sold and the buyers.

Louis Lédé (Leday) about 1760-before 1834

Louis Lédé was a free man of color of St. Martin Parish (the Attakapas post) and the grandfather of Marie Thérèse and Celeste Bonin. He was born enslaved, the son of the white Frenchman Jean François Lédée, and was freed under his father's will of 8 Mar 1785 (abstract: "Relationship of Freer to the Freed: Father"). His partner Françoise, a Black woman, and their children Louison, Françoise, Thérèse, Jean François and Mariette were listed among the people of his father's estate in 1785; by 1794 they were in Louis's hands, and on 24 Dec 1794 he freed them all. In his will of 5 Dec 1815 ("Louis le Dey mulâtre libre", very old, signing by mark) he left his estate in equal shares to his children Louison, Thérèze, Louis, Jean, Henry and Cécile, acknowledging the three youngest, whom he had bought from the Delahoussayes, as his own and willing them free. His succession was opened on 1 Jul 1834.

Father and enslaver. His father, Jean François Lédée, a white Frenchman of the Attakapas post, was also his enslaver: Louis was born enslaved in his father's household and was freed under his father's will of 8 Mar 1785.

• other 6 Apr 1785, St. Martin Parish (Attakapas), Louisiana — Freed under the will of his white father, Jean François LédéeHall, Louisiana Slave Manumission Records (abstract of the Attakapas records)
• other 24 Dec 1794, St. Martin Parish (Attakapas), Louisiana — Freed Françoise and their children Louison (20), Françoise, Thérèse, Jean François and MarietteHall, Louisiana Slave Manumission Records; St. Martin Book 15 no. 437 (abstract)
• other 5 Dec 1815, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Will naming his children Louison, Thérèze, Louis, Jean, Henry and Cécile as heirsSt. Martin Estate No. 759 (images read)
• other 1 Jul 1834, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — Succession opened on the petition of his sons Jean and HenrySt. Martin Estate No. 759 (images read)

Still open: His own mother is not named in any record. · His death date and burial (St. Martin de Tours, about 1815-34). · The original 1785 will and 1794 act (abstracts only so far).

Louison Lédé (Luison Lede) about 1774-before 1859

Louison Lédé, born about 1774, was the mother of Marie Thérèse Bonin and Celeste Bonin. She was born enslaved, the daughter of Louis Lédé and Françoise; in 1785 she was a girl of 10 among the people of her grandfather Jean François Lédée's estate, and on 24 Dec 1794, aged 20, she was freed with her mother and her sisters and brother by her father Louis. As "Luison Lede" she was the mother of Therezia and Celeste (baptized 1800) and Carlos (1802), children of Luis Mas (Hébert's abstracts of the St. Martin baptisms). Her father's will of 1815 names her first among his children. The "Louise Godo, f.w.c." whose St. Martin land passed to the Bonin siblings, by 1859, is very probably Louison.

• Born about 1774, St. Martin Parish (Attakapas), Louisiana — Age 10 in 1785, 20 in 1794Hall abstracts of the 1785 will and 1794 manumission
• other 24 Dec 1794, St. Martin Parish (Attakapas), Louisiana — Freed by her father Louis Lédé, with her mother FrançoiseHall, Louisiana Slave Manumission Records; St. Martin Book 15 no. 437 (abstract)
• other 1800, St. Martin de Tours, St. Martinville, Louisiana — Baptisms of Therezia and Celeste, children of Luis Mas and Luison LedeHébert, Southwest Louisiana Records (abstract); St. Martin baptisms v.1S #500-501

Still open: Her own baptism (St. Martin de Tours, about 1774). · The original 1800 and 1802 baptism entries (on order from the Diocese of Lafayette). · Whether "Louise Godo" of the 1859 act is the same woman (very probable).

Jean François Lédée died before 24 Jun 1785

Jean François Lédée was a white Frenchman at the Attakapas post (St. Martin Parish) who held enslaved people, and the father of Louis Lédé, whom he freed in his will of 8 Mar 1785. In the census of Opelousas and Attakapas of 4 May 1777 his household held nine enslaved people, among them "Louis Mulâtre", Françoise and Louison. His 1785 will lists the people of his estate, including Françoise and her children Louison (10), Françoise, Thérèse, Jean François and Marinette, his son's partner and children. He had died by 24 Jun 1785. That he was a son of Léonard Ledé and Sébastienne Bordet of Issy-l'Évêque, France (married 1720), is a lead from online trees, not proven.

Enslaver. Father and enslaver of Louis Lédé, from whom the family descends. He held Louis in slavery and freed him by his will of 8 Mar 1785; the same estate still held Louis's partner Françoise and their children, among them Louison, the family's ancestor.

• Lived 4 May 1777, Attakapas (St. Martin Parish), Louisiana — Household no. 4; nine enslaved people including Louis, Françoise and Louison1777 census of Opelousas and Attakapas (AGI Cuba 2358 fol. 81), Hall abstract
• other 8 Mar 1785, St. Martin Parish (Attakapas), Louisiana — Will freeing his son LouisHall, Louisiana Slave Manumission Records (abstract)

Still open: His origin in France and his parents (a lead: Léonard Ledé × Sébastienne Bordet, Issy-l'Évêque). · The original 1785 will (St. Martin original acts).

Julia Sanders (of Mobile) fl. 1830s

Julia Sanders is named as the mother of Julia Winfrey on her 1944 Louisiana death record (cert. 5142702). Her daughter was born in Mobile, Alabama, about 1833-50. Nothing else is yet known.

Still open: Mobile County records; read the 1944 certificate for the father's name.

Elvira McCalop Dougherty Garig 1851-

Elvira McCalop Dougherty, daughter of John A. Dougherty and Lucy Stewart, married William Garig on 16 Oct 1872 at St. James (Episcopal) Church, Baton Rouge, the Rev. Henry N. Strong officiating.

• Married 16 Oct 1872, St. James Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Married William Garig; bond and licence 13/320; security F. A. TunnardEBR marriage bond, licence and return, 1872 (pulled by B, 14 Oct 2026)