The 13 Children of
Edwy Liles Vardaman
and
Lucinda K. Mauk
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Page updated 12 Jul 2013
The updating of the
numbering system used on this page has been completed. Generation 28 is my own;
27 is that of my parents; 29 is that of my children, etc. -- John M. Gwin, May
2009
The reformatting of the name font and
census data for this page has been
completed. --John M. Gwin, Dec
2012
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Some history of this
page: For some time, I'd been hearing about a
Vardaman genealogist named J. H. "Jack" Vardaman of Alpharetta,
Georgia, who "knows more about the Vardaman family than anyone else"
but was not "on line". I even wrote a snail-mail letter to
him but never mailed it, thinking he was probably too busy to send me
anything, and besides, someone else had already sent me an online
version of much of his work. To make a long story short, Jack and
I are second cousins, and while we'd been in contact by telephone and
snail-mail, in Jan 2002, we were able to complete a whirlwind tour of
east-central Alabama together! He'd been trying unsuccessfully to
make
contact with the Gwin side of his family for some time. He is a
son of Jesse H. Vardaman, who was a son of Marshall E. and
Clara "Odie" Vardaman, my paternal grandmother's brother and
sister-in-law. Much of the material below is being updated based
on his contributions.
While talking to my father, Adrian
Sutton Gwin (grandson of John Forsythe Vardaman, the only
one of Edwy's and Lucinda's sons to survive the Civil War), in March
2000 (a year or so before Dad died), I mentioned that I had some new
information on his grandfather's dad, Edwy Liles Vardaman, and I
pronounced Edwy as I had always assumed it was pronounced, /ED-wee/.
He quickly corrected me, saying ED-WHY in a loud voice (because he was very hard of
hearing). "Edwy! Grandmother spoke of him often, and she
never called him anything but Mr. /ED-why/ Vardaman."
Lending perfect support to this
pronunciation is Jack Vardaman's note on the 1840 census for Meriwether
Co., GA, that "Edwy L. Vardaman is erroneously listed on this census as
'Edward Y. Vardaman'..."
So, cousins, meet the family of your
ancestor, ED-why Liles
Vardaman! : - )
A synopsis of Edwy Liles Vardaman: An
Analysis of Census Records
by Jesse H. (Jack) Vardaman, Jr., 17 Aug 2000
1810: ELV, b. 2 Feb 1804 in
Jefferson Co., GA, should be age 6, lvg. w/parents Thomas and Annie
Vining, in Putnam Co., GA; however, 1810 Census records for GA and
other states destroyed when British burned Washington, DC, in War of
1812.
1820: ELV, age 16, at home
w/ parents in Putnam Co., GA, one of two males listed in 16-18 age
group. But four other--unknown--males
are
shown
living there: two under age five and one each in 5-10 and 16-18
YOA gps., though ELV is only known son b. to Th. and An. V. before
1820.
1830: ELV, 26, Meriwether
Co., GA, m. (1825); he and wife Lucinda are the M and F in the 20-30
YOA gp.; had 3 dau. under 5 YOA: Mielda b. 1826, Minerva b. 1828, and
Cynthia b. 1829; Mienda (Mielda's twin) d. as infant.
1840: ELV listed in error as
Edward Y. Vardaman [due, no doubt, to the pronunciation of his name:
ED-why--see above] in Meriwether Co.; age 36 (in 30-40 gp.); LMV age
34, listed same gp.; 2 sons: John F. b. May 1835 in 5-10 gp. and
Wm. S. b. Jun 1840 in 0-5 gp.; 7 dau.s: four in 10-15 gp: Mielda b.
1826, Mienda (Mielda's twin) d. as inf., Minerva b. 1828, and Cynthia
b. 1829; three in the 5-10 gp: Frances b. 1831, Mary B. b. 1832,
and Nancy A. b. 1833; one in 0-5: Ziphia (Puss) b. 1836.
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OBITUARY
DIED--At his residence, near
Pinkneyville, in Cay (sic)(sic)
county, Alabama, at 7 o'clock a. m., on the 15th day of
July, 1879--EDWY L. VARDAMAN.
Deceased was born in
Putnam
county, Georgia, on the second day of February, A.D., 1804, and with
his father moved to Upson county, where he married Lucinda Mauk, and
afterward removed to Merriweather (sic) county, which he represented in
the Georgia Legislature in 1847, and in the fall of 1848 he removed to
Tallapoosa county, Alabama, and has lived in that vicinity from that
time to his death. His life was spent, chiefly in the service of
his neighborhoods,--as he served them as Justice of the Peace for about
twenty-four years. His mind gave way with his body, and for the
last five years, he has had health of neither mind or body; and has
never turned himself in bed the last 18 weeks of his life.
He left his second wife,
whom
he married on the 4th day of July, 1864, and eight children--all grown.
He was a member of the Primitive Baptist
Church and walked in accordance with his profession.
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Above, left, is my transcription of an obituary of Edwy L. Vardaman,
an
actual
photo
of
which
appears
to
the right of it. I don't know
from what newspaper it came, but my grandmother--his granddaughter, Adrian Belle Vardaman Gwin--had it
glued in her old scrapbook my own late father gave me in early 2000. In
the photo, notice her handwriting in the right margin in blue pen: "My Grandfather". Also notice
that she used pencil to line out the 15 in the date of his
death and to write in the correct 25 above it.
John Gwin, 5 May 2009
Cousin
Jack Vardaman
and I just spoke on the telephone this afternoon. He had called
to
confirm some data regarding Edwy and Lucinda's graves. My dad had
told
me on numerous occasions of his mother taking them--her four
children--to the cemetery at Smyrna Primitive Baptist Church (as well
as to many other local cemeteries) on many a "Decoration Day" or
cemetery work day.
They'd cut the weeds, place or plant new flowers, straighten fallen
fences, and restack older stones that had slipped or fallen when the
casket beneath had finally given way to rot and had caved in, lowering
the surface of the grave slightly and causing the stone's loosened
foundation to let the stone
teeter or fall. And while there is no stone there today to
memorialize their burials, we know today that
gg-grandparents Edwy and Lucinda Vardaman are indeed buried at Smyrna
Cemetery from the verbal testimonies of my father and his brother,
Uncle James B. Gwin, the latter of whom created a metal plaque in their
memory and placed it near their graves.
John Gwin, 9
December 2012
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An Outline of the Known
Family:
To
skip directly to Edwy's and Lucinda's
place in this outline, click here.
20.00--John
Vardaman, b. unk.,possibly 1670-80 but prob.
earlier, prob. in Sweden; may have been of German, Swedish, or Danish
descent, as all these countries have frontage on the Baltic Sea; d.
1714 leaving one adult son who was already married and away from home
and 3 minor children.
21.00--William
Vardaman,
Sr.,
"Old
William",
"William
I"
, prob. b. in
Sweden ca. 1695-1700, since court records in 1758 list his age as
"about sixty"; m1. 1720 in New Castle Co., DL to Magdalena
Petersson--proven by church records; William I had
moved from Delaware to Virginia by 1734 and many years later to
Newberry Co., SC, (1766); he had four sons and an unknown number of
daughters; (m2?). to an Elinor Herd/Heard--(suggested
by
some
sources--currently
moot);
m.2(
3?) to Bridgit Tinkler (Jack's and my
ggggg-grandmother); 4 sons
21.00--“Old” William Vardeman;
22.00--Peter Vardeman;
Virginia to Kentucky, brother
to John “The Pioneer” Vardeman
23.00--Thomas Vardeman; - Kentucky
24.00--Peter Vardeman; - Kentucky
25.00--John Thomas
Vard(e,i)man,
b.
Oct
1838; d. unk.; bd. unk.;
m. ca. 1868 to
Nellie F.
(nee unk., b. Feb 1846 in
KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.);
reports 11 of 11 ch.
lvg. in 1900;
[listed
as
John
T.,
age
61, in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
[listed as Nellie F., age 54,
in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
26.01--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in
KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
26.02--
John P. Vardiman, b. Nov 1870 in
KY;
d. unk.;
bd. unk.; m.
Luella M.
(nee
unk., b. Feb 1874 in IA);
at least 2 ch.
[listed
as
John
P.,
age 29, in the 3
Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO, and lvg. next door to his parents];
[listed
as Luella M., age 26, in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO]
27.01--
Charles H. Vardiman,
b.
Oct
1896
in
MO; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Chas.
H.
age
3, in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO]
27.02--
John W. Vardiman, b. Jul
1899 in MO; d. unk.; bd.
unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
John
W.,
age 10 mos., in the
3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO]
26.03--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
26.04--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
26.05--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
26.06--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
26.07--Miles S. Vardiman,
b.
Mar
1880
in KY;
d.
unk.;
bd.
unk.; m. ca. 1910 at unk. place to
Mary J. (nee unk., b.
ca. Feb 1885; d. unk.; bd. unk.); at least 2 ch.
[listed
as
Miles
S.,
age 20, in the 3
Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
[family not yet found in 1910 census];
[listed as Miles
S., age 39, in the 4 Jan 1920
census of Salisbury, Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
[listed as Miles, age 50,
in the 3 Apr 1930
census of N. Salisbury
Twp., Chariton Co., MO]
[listed as Mary J., age 34, in
the 4
Jan 1920 census of
Salisbury, Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
[listed as Mary, age 45,
in the 3 Apr 1930
census of N. Salisbury
Twp., Chariton Co., MO]
27.01--
Ross James Vardiman, b. ca. 1914 in
MO
[listed
as
James
R.,
age 6, in the 4
Jan 1920 census of
Salisbury, Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
[listed as Ross J., age 16, in
the 3
Apr 1930 census of
N. Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
27.02--Phillip Harris
Vardiman, b. ca. 1916 in MO;
[listed
as
Philip
H.,
age 4, in the 4
Jan 1920 census of
Salisbury, Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
[listed as Philip H., age
14, in the 3
Apr 1930 census of
N. Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO]
28.00--David Vardiman;
CONTRIBUTOR – Missouri to
Colorado; [PRIVATE]
26.08--
Bonnie S. Vardiman,
b.
Nov
1882
in
MO; d. unk.;
bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Bonnie
S.,
age
17, in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
26.09--
Maggie M. Vardiman, b. Jun 1885 in
MO; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Maggie
M.,
age 14, in the 3
Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
26.10--
"Lizzie" Vardiman, b. Nov 1887 in
MO; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Lizzie,
age
12, in the 3 Jun
1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO]
26.11--
Fannie L. Vardiman, b. Aug 1890 in
MO; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Fannie
L.,
age 9, in the 3
Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
22.04--James
Vardaman, d. 1797
(proven by estate papers); moved into SC with his parents in 1766; m1.
Jack believes this first wife of James may have been Sabra
Liles/Lyles for two reasons: (1) her married name is
Vardaman, and from census records, she's the only possible person who
could've been married to him; and (2) the name Liles is the middle name
of Jack's and my gg-grandpa, Edwy Liles Vardaman (who would become Old
William's g-grandson); Sabra was the mother of William's first two
children and possibly the first three; (m2. Jane Johnson);
seven children
23.02-
-Thomas
Vardaman, b. ca.1777 in
Dutch Fork, Newberry District, SC; d. 1857; m. in 1801 at about age 24
in Jefferson Co., GA, to
Annie Vining
(b.; d.; d/o
Shadrach Vining and
Phereby Ratcliffe); they moved around in GA and SC, finally
settling in Coosa Co., AL, in 1836;
nine children.
25.01--MiElda B.
Vardaman, b. ca. 1827 in Putnam Co., GA, 16 Sep
1826 (twin); d. 22 Jan
1884; bd. Concord
Cem., New Market, Madison Co., AL-- Find A Grave Memorial# 16610635);
m.
22
Nov
1842
in
Meriwether
Co., GA, to Israel Thomas Kilpatric
(b. ca. 1818 in Fayetteville,
TN; d. 1898; bd. Concord
Cem., New Market, Madison Co., AL-- Find A Grave Memorial# 16610626);
11 ch.
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[listed
as
Mielda
B.,
age
33,
in the 3
Jul 1860 census of
Beat No. 6, Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[listed as Mary V., age 43, in
the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL];
[listed as Mielda V., age 53, in
the 10-11 Jun 1880
census of Beat 12,
Madison Co., AL]
[but is listed as I. T.
Kilpatrick, age 42, in the 3 Jul 1860
census of Beat No. 6, Tallapoosa Co., AL, b. in SC];
[listed as I. T., age 52, in the
10 Aug 1870
census of New Market P. O., Twp. 1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL; again, b.
in SC];
[listed as Israel, age 62, in the
10-11 Jun 1880
census of Beat 12,
Madison Co., AL]
[John
M.
Gwin
Note: Cousin Marshel Roy Cunningham of Montevallo, AL, a descendant of
MiElda, says she is buried at Cumberland Concord Presbyterian Church
cemetery at Hazel Green, Madison Co., AL--e.mail him at GoneToAla at aol dot com]
26.01--
Minerva Caroline "Carrie"
Kilpatric,
b. Jan 1844 in GA; d.
unk.; bd. Maple Hill Cem., Huntsville, AL; m. ca. 1866 to
James W. Clark (b. Dec
1845); at least one ch.;
[listed
as
Caroline,
age
16,
in
the 3
Jul 1860 census of
Beat No. 6, Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[not listed as living at home in
the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL, and assumed married and living elsewhere];
[listed as Carrie Clark in the 30
Jun 1900 census of
Meridanville,
Pct. 11, Madison Co., AL]
[listed as James W.,
age 54 in the 30 Jun 1900
census of Meridanville, Pct. 11, Madison Co., AL]
27.00--Tessie Clark, b. Mar
1882; d. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Tessie,
age
18,
in
the 30
Jun 1900 census of
Meridanville, Pct. 11, Madison Co., AL]
26.02--
James Edwy "Bud" Kilpatric,
b.
24
Mar
1846
in
GA; d.
unk.; bd. unk.; m.
Zerelda Rebecca "Ella" Gibson
( ); unk. ch.;
[listed
as
James,
age
13,
in
the 3 Jul 1860
census of Beat No. 6,
Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[not listed as living at home in
the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL, and assumed married and living elsewhere];
[a James Kilpatrick--most likely ours--is
listed
in the 12 Aug 1870 census
of New Market P. O., Twp. 1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL, in the home of
the John W. Howard family]
26.03--
Zachary Taylor Kilpatric,
b.
ca.
Aug
-
Nov 1847
in
GA; d.
unk.; bd. unk.; m 25 Jan 1875 in Lincoln Co., TN, to
Emma Corn (b. in TN;
d. unk.; bd. unk.); unk. ch.;
[listed
as
Taylor,
age
12,
in
the 3 Jul 1860
census of
Beat No. 6, Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[not listed as living at home in
the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL, and assumed married and living elsewhere];
[a Z. T. Kilpatrick--confirmed by Cousin Jack Vardaman as
indeed being our
Taylor--is listed in the 12 Aug 1870
census of New Market P. O., Twp. 1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL, in the
home of the John W. Howard family]
26.04--
Allie Kilpatric,
b.
ca.
1850
in
GA;
d.
unk.;
bd.
unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed
as
Ally,
age
10,
in
the 3 Jul 1860
census of Beat No. 6,
Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[not listed as living at home in
the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL, and assumed married and living elsewhere]
26.05--
Amanda F. Kilpatric,
b.
ca.
1851
in
AL;
d.
unk.;
bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed
as
Amanda,
age
9,
in
the 3 Jul 1860
census of Beat No. 6,
Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[listed as Amanda F., age18, in
the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL]
26.06--
Mary Lenora Kilpatric,
b.
ca.
1853
in
AL;
d.
unk.;
bd.
Concord
Cem., New Market, Madison Co., AL--
Find A Grave Memorial# 16454329;
m.
H. M. Jones;
unk.
ch.;
[listed
as
Mary,
age
7,
in
the 3 Jul 1860
census of Beat No. 6,
Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[listed as Mary L., age 17, in
the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL]
26.07--
Thompson Butler
Kilpatric, b. ca. 1854 in AL; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed
as
Butler,
age
6,
in
the 3 Jul 1860
census of Beat No. 6,
Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[listed as Thompson B., age 17,
in the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL]
26.08--
Aldora/Adorah
Kilpatric, b. ca. 1856 in AL; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed
as
Aldora,
age
4,
in
the 3 Jul 1860
census of Beat No. 6,
Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[listed as Adorah, age 14, in the 10 Aug 1870 census of New Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL];
[listed as Cintha M. (sic), age 23, in the 10-11 Jun 1880 census of Beat 12,
Madison Co., AL]
26.09--William Lafayette "Bose"
Kilpatric, b. 20 Oct 1857 in south AL; d. unk.; bd.
unk.; m. on 3 Sept 1879 in Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN, to Mary Hannah Wilson (b. 1
May 1865; d. unk.; bd. unk.; Mary
m2. John Moseby Fulton);
div.
1893;
three known ch.;
[listed
as
Winfield,
age
2,
in
the 3
Jul 1860 census of
Beat No. 6, Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[listed as William L., age 12, in the 10 Aug 1870 census of New Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL]
27.01--
Alva Wilson Kilpatric,
b.
7
Jun 1880; d. unk.; bd. unk.; raised by William; m. 1900 to
Laura Edwin "Peach" Weatherford
(b. unk.; d. 1950; bd. unk.); at least 7 ch.
28.00--Woodrow Wilson Kilpatric,
b.
unk.;
d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk. ; unk. ch.
28.00--unk. Kilpatric, b. unk.; d.
unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk. ; unk. ch.
28.00--unk. Kilpatric, b. unk.; d.
unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk. ; unk. ch.
28.00--unk. Kilpatric, b. unk.; d.
unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk. ; unk. ch.
28.00--
unk. Kilpatric, b. unk.; d.
unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk. ; unk. ch.
28.00--
Lorene Kilpatric,
b.
unk.;
d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
Mr.
Richards; unk. ch.
28.00--
Ralph Weatherford
Kilpatric, b. unk.; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk. ; at
least one ch.
29.00--Wanda Lou
Kilpatric, CONTRIBUTOR,
[PRIVATE], m. Mr.
Slack,
[PRIVATE]
27.02--Lillian Agnes "Lily" Kilpatric, b. 1884;
raised by Mary;
27.03--stillborn daughter Kilpatric, b. 17 May
1885;
26.10--John M. Kilpatric,
b.
ca.
1859
in
AL;
d.
unk.;
bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed
as
John,
age
1,
in
the 3 Jul 1860
census of Beat No. 6,
Tallapoosa Co., AL];
[listed as John M., age 10, in
the 10 Aug 1870 census of New
Market P. O., Twp.
1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL]
26.11--Emma E. Kilpatric,
b.
ca.
1862
in AL; d.
unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed as Emer E., age 8, in
the 10
Aug 1870 census of New Market P.
O., Twp. 1, Rg. 1 E, Madison Co., AL];
[listed as Emma E., age 18, in
the 10-11 Jun 1880
census of Beat 12,
Madison Co., AL]
25.02--MiEnda Vardaman,
b. in Putnam
Co., GA, 16 Sep 1826 (twin); died as infant--(data on MiEnda provided
by M. R. Cunningham, above); of course, no children
DESCENDANTS NOT POSSIBLE
25.03--Minerva Vardaman,
b. in
Putnam Co., GA, 18 Mar 1828; d. 17 Jul 1842, about age 14--smothered
while playing in the cottonseed; bd. Meriwether Co., GA; no
children
DESCENDANTS
NOT
POSSIBLE
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25.04--Cynthia M. Vardaman,
b. 3 or 13
June or July 1829 in Meriwether Co., GA; d. 24 Dec 1905, bd. at Rock
Springs Bapt. Ch. Cem., Clay Co., AL; m. 5 Aug 1859 in Tallapoosa Co.,
AL, to Kenny
M. Hannon (some say Hammond?)
(b. unk. date in SC; d. unk.--killed in the Civil War; bd. unk.);
no kn. children
DESCENDANTS NOT POSSIBLE
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[listed as Syntha M. Hannon, widow, age
71 and b.
Jun 1828 in
GA/GA/GA, in the 2 Jun 1900
census of Pinckneyville Pct., Clay Co., AL, and lvg. w/her sister, Mary
Adair]
25.05--Frances Cemyra
Vardaman, b. 11
Jan 1831 in Meriwether Co., GA; d. 13 Jun 1910, bd. at Hatchet Creek
Presby. Ch. Cem., Brownsville, Clay Co., AL; m. 20 or 23 Feb 1854 in
Tallapoosa Co., AL, to George
Voulentine
House (b. 29 Apr 1829; d. 11 Feb
1906); 3 children
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For more details and
descendants
of these three known
children of
Frances and George, click his link above.
26.01--Albert Elias "Bud" House,
26.02--Mary
Jane Meldora House,
26.03--James
William "Willie" House,
For more details and
descendants
of these eight known
children of
Mary and Edward, click his link above.
26.01--Louisa Frances Adair,
26.02--George
W. Adair,
26.03--Judge
Alford/Alfred Adair,
26.04--Edward
Sanford Adair,
26.05--Benjamin
Edwy
Adair,
26.06--James
P. Adair,
26.07--John
M. Adair,
26.08--Nora
A. Adair,
25.07--Nancy
Ann
Vardaman, b. 18 Jul 1833 in Meriwether Co.,
GA; d. 17 Oct 1844, age 11; bd. in Meriwether Co., GA; no
children
DESCENDANTS
NOT
POSSIBLE
|
25.08--John Forsythe Vardaman, b. 19 May
1835 in Meriwether Co., GA; d. 17 Jul 1906 at home near Goodwater; bd.
Smyrna Primitive Bapt. Ch. Cem., near Goodwater, Coosa Co., AL; m. Julia Ann Flynn;
4 ch., 12 grandchildren;
|
The Kellyton Advertiser
J. F. VARDAMAN
Mr.
J.
F.
Vardaman,
who
was
buried
at
Smyrna
Church
last Thursday, July 19, was
one of the most prominent men of Coosa county. He was born in
Meriwether county, Georgia, in 1834. He came to Alabama when a young
man, and was soon called off to the war where he served until its
close. After the war, upon his return home, he was married to Miss
Julia Flinn. He has been elected by the people of the county to many
responsible offices. In the fall of 1902, while he held the office of
County Superintendent of Education, he had an attack of rheumatism,
which compelled him to resign his office. He went to Hot Springs, Ark.,
for relief. After treatment there he was apparently free from the
disease, and upon his return home, while stopping over in Birmingham,
in January 1903, he was stricken with paralysis. From that time
until his death he was not able to talk. But he bore his
suffering with patience and was always cheerful. He was a good
man, well liked by every one who knew him. He leaves a wife, two
sons, Mr. Marshall Vardman, of Goodwater, and Hon. John W. Vardaman, of
LaFayette, two daughters, Miss Ada Vardaman, of Brierfield, and Mrs. T.
J. Webb, of Kellyton, to mourn his loss.
We extend to the family our
sympathy in this said bereavement.
|
|
[John
M.
Gwin
Note: At left is my
transcription of the obituary, a photo of which appears
above, of John Forsythe Vardaman of Coosa
Co. I found it in a scrapbook belonging to my grandmother,
Adrian "Ada" Belle Vardaman Gwin. In her pencilled hand at the
top it says, "The Kellyton Advertiser",
and
in
the
right
margin,
in
pen, also in her hand, it says, "my
father."
Below the obituary, in my father's hand, is written, "Edwy was my great-grandfather --J.
F. was his son, my
grandfather; and Peter L. was my
great-granduncle. Adrian
Gwin
--
1983"
|
26.01--
Marshal Evart (Everett?) Vardaman
m. Odie
Carlisle
27.04--
Jesse
H.
Vardaman,
Sr. m.
28.01--Jesse
H.
"Jack"
Vardaman,
Jr.
[PRIVATE]
26.02--
John William
Anderson "J. W.", "Dubby"
Vardaman, m. never (but at his
untimely death was engaged to marry Ms. Diamond Grimmett)
DESCENDANTS
NOT
POSSIBLE
26.03--
Maggie Mae
Vardaman, b. Sep 1870; d. early 1950's; bd. unk.; m.
ca. 1887 to her first cousin
Thomas
Jefferson
"Jeff"
Webb (b. unk., s/o
Charles David Webb and Clarissa Carlisle; d.
Dec 1932; bd. Alexander City Cem., Alexander City, AL); no ch.
DESCENDANTS NOT POSSIBLE
26.04--
Adrian
Belle "Ada" Vardaman, m. James
Basset
"Jim"
Gwin
27.01--
James Bassett Gwin, Jr.,
m.
Evelyn Reese;
no
natural
descendants but 2 adopted;
27.02--
John Vardaman "J. V."
Gwin, m1.
McQuiddy;
m2.
(1
ch.); m3.
Catherine
Larkin (3 ch.); 4 ch. total
27.03--
Julia Ida Gwin,
b.
ca.;
m.
Dr. Loo;
2
ch.
28.01--Walter Loo; at least one
ch.
[PRIVATE]
28.02--Michael Loo; died as baby
DESCENDANTS NOT POSSIBLE
27.04--
Adrian
Sutton Gwin,
b. 12 Sep 1916; d. 7 May 2001 in Las Cruces, NM; bd. in Witcher Creek
Cem., Witcher, Kanawha Co., WV; m. 11 Aug 1942 in New Orleans, LA, to
Dorothy Lee Keeney
(b. 10 Feb 1915; d. 31 May 2005 in Las Cruces, NM; bd. in Witcher Creek
Cem., Witcher, Kanawha Co., WV); 2 ch.;
28.01--
John McDonald Gwin, [PRIVATE]; m. to
Sharon Lynn Hamrick, [PRIVATE] ; 3 ch.
28.02--
Patrick
Forsythe
Gwin, b.
14
Feb
1951
in
So.
Charleston,
WV;
d.
Feb 2008 in Witcher, Kanawha Co., WV; m1.
Sheryl Ruffner, [PRIVATE]; 2 ch., 2
total; m2.
Vonda Kay
Mitchell, [PRIVATE]; 0 ch. (2 stepsons of
Vonda's), 2 ch. total;
29.01--Courtney Elaine Gwin, [PRIVATE];
29.02--Lauren Elissa Gwin, [PRIVATE];
25.09--Zilpha Thommie Hollaway "Puss"
Vardaman,
b.
1 Nov 1836 in Meriwether Co., GA/GA/GA;
d. 24 May 1922, bd. at Hatchet Creek Presby. Ch. Cem., Brownsville,
Clay Co., AL; m. John McLean McPhail (b.
Jan
1837
in
NC/NC/NC;
d.
unk.;
bd.
unk.);
no children (but
became stepmother to her husband's two sons by his first wife;
DESCENDANTS NOT POSSIBLE
|
[listed
as
Zilpha
T.
McPhail,
age
63
and b. Nov 1836 in GA/GA/GA, in the 2 Jun 1900 census of Pinckneyville
Pct., Clay Co., AL]
[listed
as
John
M.
McPhail,
age
63 and
b. Jan 1837 in NC/NC/NC, in the 2 Jun 1900 census of Pinckneyville
Pct., Clay Co., AL]
25.10--William Sanford
"Will" Vardaman,
b. 12 Jun 1840 in Meriwether Co., GA; d.
5 May 1862 in Civil War, battle of Williamsburg, Va.; never married;
enlisted in Co. A 14th Alabama Infantry--private; no known
children
DESCENDANTS
NOT
POSSIBLE
25.11--James Mathis
Vardaman, b.
16 May 1842 in Meriwether Co., GA; d. 30
Mar 1865 below Petersburg, Civil War; enlisted in Co. C 16th (or 60th?)
Alabama Infantry--rank, private; bd. at Rock Springs Bapt. Ch. Cem.,
Clay Co., AL; no known children
DESCENDANTS NOT POSSIBLE
|
25.12--Adeline Elizabeth
Vardaman,
b. 14 Nov 1843 in Meriwether Co., GA; d.
25 Mar 1923, bd. at Rock Springs Bapt. Ch. Cem., Clay Co., AL;
unmarried; no children
DESCENDANTS NOT POSSIBLE
|
25.13--Annie Lovedia
Vardaman,
b. 25 Oct 1845 in Meriwether Co., GA; d.
31 Aug 1922, bd. at Rock Springs Bapt. Ch. Cem., Clay Co., AL; m. 29
Feb 1873 in Clay Co., AL, to Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Luker (b.; d.); 7 ch.
|
Some Pertinent Census
Data
1
8
5
0 |
From the 7 Jan 1850 census of Twp. 24,
Tallapoosa Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Age
|
Est.
YOB
|
Race/
Sex
|
Occupation
|
POB
|
Other
|
John
M.
Gwin
Comments
|
1731/1731
|
Edry
L.
Vardaman
|
46
|
1804
|
wm
|
farmer
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Lucinda
Vardaman |
44
|
1806
|
wf
|
|
GA |
|
|
|
Syntha
Vardaman |
21
|
1829
|
wf
|
|
GA |
|
Cynthia
Vardaman
is
Edwy's
and
Lucinda's
fourth-born,
MiElda
having already
married and left the home, and MiEnda and Minerva having already
deceased.
|
|
Frances
Vardaman |
19
|
1831 |
wf
|
|
GA |
|
Frances
Cemyra
Vardaman,
5th-born
|
|
Mary
Vardaman |
17
|
1833 |
wf
|
|
GA |
|
Mary
Bruce
Vardaman, 6th-born |
|
John
Vardaman |
15
|
1835 |
wm
|
|
GA |
|
John
Forsythe
Vardaman
is
my
great-grandpa, 8th-born, 7th-born
child
Nancy
Ann
Vardaman having deceased some four years earlier at her age 11
|
|
Zyltha
Vardaman |
14
|
1836 |
wf
|
|
GA |
|
Zilpha
Thommie
Holloway Vardaman
|
|
William
Vardaman |
14? 111?
|
1836? |
wm
|
|
GA |
|
William
Sanford Vardaman |
|
James
Vardaman |
8
|
1842
|
wm
|
|
GA |
|
James
Mathis Vardaman |
|
Adaline
Vardaman |
6
|
1844
|
wf
|
|
GA |
|
Adeline
Elizabeth Vardaman |
|
Ann
Vardaman |
5
|
1845
|
wf
|
|
GA |
|
Annie
Lovedia Vardaman |
From the 19 Nov 1850 census of Twp. 20,
Tallapoosa Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Age
|
Est.
YOB
|
Race/
Sex
|
Occupation
|
POB
|
Other
|
John
M.
Gwin
Comments
|
810/810
|
I.
T.
Kilpatrick
|
32
|
1818
|
wm
|
farmer
|
SC
|
|
This
has
to
be
our
Israel
Thomas
Kilpatrick,
even though his POB is listed
as SC instead of TN, because his wife's name is similar to Mielda (and
as the ink is slightly smeared, it is somewhat illegible, so it COULD
have been Mielda), his age is about right, his children's first names
and ages agree with the 1860 census, and because his father-in-law,
Edwy, is living across town.
|
|
Mildeva---
(illegible)
Kilpatrick
|
23
|
1827
|
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Caroline
Kilpatrick |
7
|
1843
|
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
James
E. Kilpatrick |
4
|
1846
|
wm
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Gr
Taylor Kilpatrick |
3
|
1847
|
wm
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Alley
M
Kilpatrick
|
8mos.
|
Mar
1850
|
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
Alley's
DOB
and
POB
put
the
family's
move
from GA to AL sometime between March
and November of 1850--if this is
correct, that is! In the 1860 record of this family (see
below), it states that Alley was born in AL.
|
|
Lucinda
Parpman?
Perryman?
|
17
|
1833
|
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
1
8
6
0 |
From the 3 Jul 1860 census of Walnut Hill
P. O. , Beat 6, Tallapoosa Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Age
|
Est.
YOB
|
Race/
Sex
|
Occupation
|
POB
|
Other
|
John
M.
Gwin
Comments
|
1206/1091
|
I.
T.
Kilpatrick
|
42
|
1818
|
wm
|
farmer
|
SC
|
|
|
|
Mielda
B. Kilpatrick |
33
|
1827
|
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Caroline
Kilpatrick |
16
|
1844
|
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
James
Kilpatrick |
13
|
1847
|
wm
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Taylor
|
12
|
1848
|
wm
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Ally
|
10
|
1850
|
wf
|
|
AL!
|
|
Somebody
made
a
switch
on
us!
in
1850,
it was recorded that Ally had been born
in GA; however, here it is recorded that she was born in AL. This means
that the family's move to AL from GA could've taken place earlier than
I surmised in my comments in the 1850 census above.
|
|
Amanda
|
9
|
1851
|
wf
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Mary
|
7
|
1853
|
wf
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Butler
|
6
|
1854
|
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Aldoa
|
4
|
1856
|
wf
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Winfield
|
2
|
1858
|
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
John
|
1
|
1859
|
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
From the 29 Aug 1860 census of Pinkneyville
P. O.,
Western Div. Beat 10, Tallapoosa Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Age
|
Est.
YOB
|
Race/
Sex
|
Occupation
|
POB
|
Other
|
John
M.
Gwin
Comments
|
1130/1130
|
Edward
Adair
|
33
|
1827
|
wm
|
farmer
|
AL
|
|
I'm
not
yet
sure
that
this
is
our
Edward and wife Mary Bruce. We'll record
this census report, however, and see if it matches up with a known
report later.
Hmmm. He does show up in 1870 as E. M., all else being quite equal. The
only additional child is James, age 3 (b. ca. 1863).
|
|
Mary
Adair |
28
|
1832 |
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Frances
Adair |
7
|
1853 |
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
George
Adair |
6
|
1854 |
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Alfred
Adair |
3
|
1857 |
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Sanford
Adair |
2
|
1858 |
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Benjamain
Adair |
8mos.
|
Jan
1860 |
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
1
8
7
0 |
From the 10 Aug 1870 census of New Market
P. O.,
Twp. 1, Range 1 E, Madison Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Age
|
Est.
YOB
|
Race/
Sex
|
Occupation
|
POB
|
Other
|
John
M.
Gwin
Comments
|
66/70
|
I.
T.
Kilpatrick
|
52
|
1818
|
wm
|
farmer
|
SC
|
|
|
|
Mary
V. Kilpatrick |
43
|
1827
|
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
This
has
to
be
our
Mielda,
but
how
in the world the enumerator got Mary V.
from it, I'm not sure.
|
|
Amanda
F. Kilpatrick |
18
|
1852
|
wf
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Mary
L. Kilpatrick |
17
|
1853
|
wf
|
|
AL |
|
|
|
Thompson
B. Kilpatrick |
17
|
1853
|
wm
|
|
AL |
|
This
must
be
Butler,
whose
first
name
must
be Thompson
|
|
Adorah
Kilpatrick |
14
|
1856
|
wf
|
|
AL |
|
|
|
William
L. Kilpatrick |
12
|
1858
|
wm
|
|
AL |
|
|
|
John
M.
Kilpatrick |
10
|
1860
|
wm
|
|
AL |
|
|
|
Emer
E. Kilpatrick |
8
|
1862
|
wf
|
|
AL |
|
|
From
the 20 ___ 1870
census of Pinkneyville,
Fractional T22 R6, Clay Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Age
|
Est.
YOB
|
Race/
Sex
|
Occupation
|
POB
|
Other
|
John
M.
Gwin
Comments
|
23/21
|
E.
M.
Adair
|
40
|
1830
|
wm
|
farmer
|
SC
|
|
|
|
Mary
|
37
|
1833 |
wf
|
keeps house
|
GA
|
|
|
|
Frances
|
15
|
1855 |
wf
|
|
GA
|
|
|
|
G.
W.
|
14
|
1856 |
wm
|
works on farm
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Alfred
|
12
|
1858 |
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
Sanford
|
11
|
1859 |
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
B.
E.
|
10
|
1860 |
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
Jack
Vardaman
told
me
that
this
is
Benjamin
Edwy Adair, named for both his
grandfathers.
|
|
James
|
3
|
1867 |
wm
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AL
|
|
|
|
1
8
8
0 |
From the 10-11 Jun 1880 census of Beat 12,
Madison Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Age
|
Est.
YOB
|
Race/
Sex
|
Relat
2HoH
|
Occupation
|
POB
S/F/M
|
Other
|
John
M.
Gwin
Comments
|
74/82
|
Israel
Kilpatrick
|
62
|
1818
|
wm
|
self
|
farmer
|
SC/SC/SC
|
|
|
|
Mielda
V. Kilpatrick |
53
|
|
wf
|
wife
|
|
GA/GA/GA
|
liver and bowels
(aerangete?)
|
|
|
Cintha
M. Kilpatrick |
23
|
|
wf
|
dau
|
|
AL/SC/GA
|
|
Something
of
a
mystery
is
here;
for
now,
we'll assume this as Adorah. Cynthia M.
is Mielda's younger sister--Adorah's aunt--and somehow in the
conversation, this eneumerator must have heard one name for the other.
|
|
Emma
E. Kilpatrick |
18
|
|
wf
|
dau
|
|
AL/SC/GA |
|
|
|
Martha
Kilpatrick |
10
|
|
mu/f
|
servant
|
|
AL/--/--
|
|
|
[listed as Edward M. Adair, age 53, in
the 1880 census of
Wicker and Pinckneyville, Clay Co., AL]
From the 1880 census of Wicker and
Pinckneyville, Clay Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Relat
2HoH
|
Race/Sex
|
DOB (column illiegible)/
Age
|
Marr
Stat
|
POB
S/F/M
|
Occupation
|
John M. Gwin Comments
|
|
|
|
Edward
M.
Adair
|
head
|
wm
|
53
|
m
|
|
|
The
original
photo
is
illegible--too
dark
for
me
to read--therefore, I've
had to rely on Ancestry.com's
transcription thereof. Even with this setback, it sure is shaping up to
be the same family I found in 1860 and 1870.
|
|
|
|
Mary
B. Adair |
wife
|
wf
|
48
|
m
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Judge
A. Adair |
son
|
wm
|
23
|
s
|
|
|
This
matches
up
exactly
with
the
Alfred
who
is named in the 1860 and 1870
censuses above.
|
|
|
|
Edward
S. Adair |
son
|
wm
|
22
|
s
|
|
|
This
matches
up
exactly
with
the
Sanford
who
is named in the 1860 and 1870
censuses above. |
|
|
|
James
P. Adair |
son
|
wm
|
13
|
s
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John
M.
Adair |
son
|
wm
|
6
|
s
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nora
A. Adair |
daughter
|
wf
|
1
|
s
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
9
0
0
C
E
N
S
U
S
1
9
0
0
|
From the 18 Jun 1900 census of Pct. No. 3,
Socapatoy, Coosa Co., AL
Res/Fam
|
Name
|
Relat
2HoH
|
Race/Sex
|
DOB/
Age
|
MarrStat
YrsMd/
#Ch/#Lvg
|
POB
S/F/M
|
Occupation
|
John M. Gwin Comments
|
|
|
199/207
|
Thomas
J.
Webb
|
head |
wm
|
Nov 1861/
38
|
m/13
|
AL/GA/AL
|
Merchant
|
Thomas
Jefferson
"Uncle
Jeff"
Webb.
He
owned
a
timbering business early on, as
I recall Dad saying once, then later owned some sort of five and dime
store in Alexander City.
My second cousin Jack Vardaman writes: "I do know who
his parents were (Charles David
and Clarissa Carlisle Webb).
I
should,
as
Clarissa
Carlisle
was
the
aunt of my grandmother, Odie
Carlisle Vardaman, wife of Maggie's brother, Marshall
E.
Vardaman. Clarissa was my great-great aunt.
Consequently, Jeff Webb was not only my great uncle by marriage but
also my first cousin, twice removed. Jeff Webb and my
grandfather, M. E. Vardaman, were not only brothers-in-law but also
first cousins. As a young boy I can recall knowing Uncle Jeff
personally. My dad took us to visit his grandmother Julia and
Aunt Maggie and Uncle Jeff Webb in Alexander City on several different
occasions."
This of course means that Jeff and Maggie were also first cousins to
each other.
|
|
|
|
Magga
M.
Webb
|
wife
|
wf
|
Sep 1870/
29
|
m/13/0/0
|
AL/GA/AL |
|
Maggie
Mae
Vardaman
Webb,
my
grandaunt,
whom
I
met perhaps only once, at least
in my memory, long after Uncle Jeff died and just before she did. My
dad, like Jack, remembered them both well, of course.
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William
O.
Davis
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boarder
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wm
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Oct 1865/
34
|
s
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SC/MS/SC
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Salman Grapins (?)
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Henry
Gaddis
|
servant
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bm
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Jan 1878/
22
|
s
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AL/AL/AL
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Farm laborer
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|
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200/208
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John
F.
Vardaman
|
head
|
wm
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May 1835/
65
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m/35
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GA/SC/GA
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Farmer
|
John Forsythe Vardaman, for whom my
brother Patrick Forsythe Gwin was named.
He is my dad's maternal grandfather.
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Julia
Vardaman |
wife
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wf
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Oct 1840/
59
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m/35/4/4
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AL/GA/GA
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Julia Ann Flynn Vardaman, daughter
of Benjamin
and
Susan
Flynn,
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Ada
Vardaman |
daughter
|
wf
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Feb 1877/
23
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s
|
AL/GA/AL |
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Adrian Belle "Adabelle" Vardaman, my
paternal grandmother, who would marry James
Basset
"Jim"
Gwin in
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Susan
Flen
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mother-in-law
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wf
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Jan 1813/
87
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wd/---/6/4
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GA/SC/SC
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Susan Watson Flynn, wife of Benjamin Flynn, daughter of "the
Watsons of Georgia" as Dad often told me his grandmother Julia had told
him.
Aha! Susan here claims to have SIX
children, not four or five, and that only the four are still alive in
1900! We know who these four are, who they married, and who their
children are and beyond; however, we know nothing of these two who are
dead by 1900.
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From
the
30
Jun
1900 census of
Meridianville, Pct. 11, Madison Co., AL
Res/Fam
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Name
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Relat
2HoH
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Race/Sex
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DOB/
Age
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MarrStat
YrsMd/
#Ch/#Lvg
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POB
S/F/M
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Occupation
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John M. Gwin Comments
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278/279
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James
W.
Clark
|
head
|
wm
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Dec 1845/
54
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m/34
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AL/AL/AL
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farmer
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Carrie
Clark |
wife
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wf
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Jan or Jun 1844/
56
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m/34/7/6
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GA/SC/GA
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Tessie
Clark |
daughter
|
wf
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Mar 1882/
18
|
s
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AL/AL/GA
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Edie
Turner
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nephew
|
wm
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Feb 1879/
21
|
s
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AL/AL/AL |
farm laborer
|
This
name
must
be
Eddie,
not
Edie,
since
he is male; he is probably James
Clark's blood nephew and no relationship to me; however, he could be
the son of one of these of Carrie's sisters: Allie, Amanda, or Mary.
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Isreal
T.
Kilpatrick
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father-in-law
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wm
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Jan 1818/
82
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wd
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SC/SC/SC
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Dorrie
Ventris
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sister-in-law
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wf
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Nov 1855/
44
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wd
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AL/SC/GA
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She
might
James
Clark's
brother's
widow
and
no
relationship to me; however,
her name, age, and POB (and parents' POB) lead me to believe that she
is Carrie's sister Adorah; if so, she married a Mr. Ventris. |
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[listed as , age , in the
2 Jun1900 census of
Pinckneyville Pct., Clay Co., AL]
From the 2 Jun 1900 census
of Pinckneyville Pct., Clay Co., AL
Res/Fam
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Name
|
Relat
2HoH
|
Race/Sex
|
DOB/
Age
|
MarrStat
YrsMd/
#Ch/#Lvg
|
POB
S/F/M
|
Occupation
|
John M. Gwin Comments
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21/21
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John
M.
McPhail
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|
w
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Jan 1837/63
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m24
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NC/NC/NC
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farmer
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Zilpha
T.
McPhail
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w
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Nov 1836/63
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m24/0/0
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GA/GA/GA
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This is 25.09--Zilpha Thommie Hollaway Vardaman (called
Puss), b. 1 Nov 1836 in Meriwether Co., GA;
d.
24
May
1922,
bd.
at
Hatchet
Creek Presby. Ch. Cem., Brownsville,
Clay Co., AL; m. John McLean
McPhail |
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22/22
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Mary
B.
Adair
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|
w
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Apr 1833/67
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wd/--/8/7
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GA/GA/GA |
farm manager
|
This is Zilpha's older sister, 25.06--Mary Bruce Vardaman,
b. 18 Apr 1832 in Meriwether Co., GA |
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John
M. Adair |
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w
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Aug 1874/25
|
s
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AL/SC/GA
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farm laborer
|
|
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Syntha
M.
Hannon
|
|
w
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Jun 1828/71
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wd/--/1/0
|
GA/GA/GA |
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This is Zilpha's even older sister, 25.04--Cynthia M. Vardaman,
b. 3 or 13 June or July 1829 in Meriwether Co., GA; d. 24 Dec 1905, bd.
at Rock Springs Bapt. Ch. Cem., Clay Co., AL; m. 5 Aug 1859 in
Tallapoosa Co., AL, to Kenny
M. Hannon |
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23/23
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James
P.
Adair
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|
w
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May 1867/33
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m13
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AL/GA/GA
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farmer
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Emma
S. Adair |
|
w
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Jan 1869/31
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m13/6/5
|
AL/AL/GA |
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Ostrich
T. Adair |
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w
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Aug 1888/11
|
s
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AL/AL/AL
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Purser
G. Adair |
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w
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Nov 1890/9
|
s
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AL/AL/AL |
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Mary
O. Adair |
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w
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Jun 1893/6
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s
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AL/AL/AL |
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Maud
T. Adair |
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w
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Feb 1895/5
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s
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AL/AL/AL |
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Willie
D. Adair |
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w
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Dec 1898/1
|
s
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AL/AL/AL |
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Have you
seen
Cousin David Vardiman's
Super Site?
http://www.treespot.net/index.htm
As of May 2009, this site is serving as the
online archive of a growing number of
Cousin Jack Vardaman's photos. As of July 2013, the site continues to
grow. Thanks,
David and Michelle!
|
An Outline of Some
Descendants of "Old" William Vardeman
Showing
How
David
Vardiman
and
Jack
Vardaman
Are
Related to John Gwin
Hello John:
For you
and me to connect to a common ancestor, we must go back to “Old”
William
Vardeman of Delaware, Virginia, and South Carolina and then down
through his sons, Peter and James Vardeman. Peter and James of
generation 22 were brothers, and their children were first cousins to
each other. Following down the generations, one can see that
David of generation 28 is a sixth cousin to both Jack and John (who are
second cousins to each other) as shown:
21.00--“Old” William Vardeman;
22.00--Peter Vardeman;
Virginia
to
Kentucky,
brother
to John “The Pioneer” Vardeman
23.00--Thomas Vardeman; - Kentucky
24.00--Peter Vardeman; - Kentucky
25.00--John Thomas
Vard(e,i)man,
b.
Oct
1838
; d. unk.; bd. unk.;
m. ca. 1868 to
Nellie F.
(nee unk., b. Feb 1846 in
KY
; d. unk.; bd. unk.);
reports 11 of 11 ch.
lvg. in 1900;
[listed
as
John
T.,
age
61, in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
[listed as Nellie F., age 54,
in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
26.01--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in
KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
26.02--
John P. Vardiman, b. Nov 1870 in KY
; d. unk.;
bd. unk.; m.
Luella M.
(nee
unk., b. Feb 1874 in IA
);
at least 2 ch.
[listed
as
John
P.,
age 29, in the 3
Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO, and lvg. next door to his parents];
[listed
as Luella M., age 26, in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO]
27.01--
Charles H. Vardiman,
b.
Oct
1896
in
MO; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Chas.
H.
age
3, in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO]
27.02--
John W. Vardiman, b. Jul
1899 in MO
; d. unk.; bd.
unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
John
W.,
age 10 mos., in the
3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO]
26.03--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
26.04--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
26.05--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
26.06--
unk. Vardiman,
b.
unk.
date
in KY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
26.07--Miles S. Vardiman,
b.
Mar
1880
in KY
;
d.
unk.;
bd.
unk.; m. ca. 1910 at unk. place to
Mary J. (nee unk., b.
ca. Feb 1885; d. unk.; bd. unk.); at least 2 ch.
[listed
as
Miles
S.,
age 20, in the 3
Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
[family not yet found in 1910 census];
[listed as Miles
S., age 39, in the 4 Jan 1920
census of Salisbury, Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
[listed as Miles, age 50,
in the 3 Apr 1930
census of N. Salisbury
Twp., Chariton Co., MO]
[listed as Mary J., age 34, in
the 4
Jan 1920 census of
Salisbury, Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
[listed as Mary, age 45,
in the 3 Apr 1930
census of N. Salisbury
Twp., Chariton Co., MO]
27.01--
Ross James Vardiman, b. ca. 1914 in
MO
[listed
as
James
R.,
age 6, in the 4
Jan 1920 census of
Salisbury, Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
[listed as Ross J., age 16, in
the 3
Apr 1930 census of
N. Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
27.02--Phillip Harris
Vardiman, b. ca. 1916 in MO
;
[listed
as
Philip
H.,
age 4, in the 4
Jan 1920 census of
Salisbury, Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO];
[listed as Philip H., age
14, in the 3
Apr 1930 census of
N. Salisbury Twp., Chariton Co., MO]
28.00--David Vardiman;
CONTRIBUTOR – Missouri to
Colorado; [PRIVATE]
26.08--
Bonnie S. Vardiman,
b.
Nov
1882
in
MO
; d. unk.;
bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Bonnie
S.,
age
17, in the 3 Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
26.09--
Maggie M. Vardiman, b. Jun 1885 in
MO
; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m.
unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Maggie
M.,
age 14, in the 3
Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
26.10--
"Lizzie" Vardiman, b. Nov 1887 in
MO; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Lizzie,
age
12, in the 3 Jun
1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO]
26.11--
Fannie L. Vardiman, b. Aug 1890 in
MO; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.
[listed
as
Fannie
L.,
age 9, in the 3
Jun 1900 census of Marshall Twp.,
Saline Co., MO];
24.01--Edwy
Liles
Vardaman, m. Lucinda K. Mauk
25.08--John
Forsythe
Vardaman
m. Julia Ann Flynn
Clay County Alabama USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries
Rock Springs Cemetery
Clay County Alabama
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October 2002 Updated Jan-2010
Rock Springs Cemetery
is located in
Township 22, Range 6, Section 2
Millerville, Clay Co., AL [Near the Coosa Co. Line]
Luker, Henderson 1851-1940 [S/o Charles Luker and Martha Shores]
Luker, Elizabeth 1863-1947 [D/o Wm Saxon & Margaret Lumpkin]
Deason, Naomi Sep 8, 1905 Apr 27, 1907 [D/o A.V. Deason and Alice Barnett]
Luker, Larry Ellis B/d Dec 22, 1948
Luker, James Ellis Apr 13, 1911 Oct 28, 1974 [S/o Fletcher Luker & Bell Saxon]
Luker, Lucile M. Jul 9, 1915 Oct 28, 1998 [Machen]
Luker, L.V [Lodusky] Sep 16, 1860 Mar 9, 1937 [D/o F.M. Partridge & Betsy Price]
Luker, J.M [John Monroe] Mar 25, 1856 Jan 9, 1938 [S/o Charles Luker and Martha Shores]
Adair, Rebecca Mar 6, 1853 Mar 18, 1936 [D/o Andrew McWhorter]
Adair, J.A [Judge] Sep 22, 1856 Jun 28, 1906 [Son of Edward M. Adair and Mary Vardaman]
Adair, Alice May 6, 1888 Jun 15, 1904
Barnett, Nora Adair Feb 17, 1873 Jul 15, 1904 [D/o Edward Adair & Mary Vardaman]
Barnett, Coy son of Cube & Nora B/d 1900
Luker, James Warner Feb 16, 1914 Oct 27, 1971
Luker, Robert W. Sep 9, 1915 Dec 21, 2002
Luker, Gabie F. Feb 28, 1919 May 11, 1995
Luker, Infant B/d Sep 27, 1939
Luker, Will S. 1880-1937 [S/o W.H. Luker & Elizabeth Saxon]
Luker, Bertha J. 1882-1965 [Jacobs]
Williamson, Willie Merle Aug 12, 1908 Feb 10, 1977
Luker, Fletcher L. May 27, 1880 Mar 24, 1963 [S/o James Luker & Opal Peoples]
Luker, Mary Belle Nov 8, 1879 Feb 7, 1953 [D/o Wm Saxon & Margaret Lumpkin]
Luker, Benjamin A Nov 29, 1822 Jun 1, 1884 (Co E, 3rd AL Res CSA) [Husband of Eliza
Klaunch, buried at Alder's Springs Clay County, son of William Luker and Catherine Crook]
Luker, Martha A. Jan 11, 1822 Aug 15, 1916 [Shores]
Luker, Charles S. Jan 20, 1820 May 24, 1896 (Co E, 3rd AL Res CSA) [S/o William
Luker & Catherine Crook]
Luker, Infant of J.B & E.J. B/d Oct 21, 1892
Luker, Lina Jan 5, 1879 Jan 16, 1968 [D/o William Luker & Louise Barnett]
Luker, Ophelia Jul 29, 1882 Jul 24, 1946 [Machen]
Luker, J.M. [James Monroe] Mar 9, 1868 Jan 11, 1942 [S/o William Luker and Louise Barnett]
Luker, Ora Lou Dec 25, 1916 Aug 9, 1927
Luker, W.E [William Elijah] Apr 23, 1845 Jun 16, 1933 [Son of Charles Luker and Martha Shores]
Luker, Louise Jun 22, 1847 Jan 28, 1926 [D/o John Barnett and Sarah Wood]
Vardaman, Adeline Nov 14, 1843 Mar 24, 1923 [D/o Edwy Vardaman & Lucinda Mauk]
Luker, Jesse C. Dec 10, 1881 May 27, 1907
Luker, B.F [Benjamin] Jan 23, 1849 Sep 16, 1917 [Son of Charles Luker and Martha Shores]
Luker, Annie L Vardaman Oct 25, 1845 Aug 31, 1922 [D/o Edwy Vardaman & Lucinda Mauk]
Luker, Charles Zack Oct 30, 1868 Feb 12, 1954 [S/o Charles Luker and Martha Shores]
Adair, Mary B. Apr 13, 1832 May 21, 1909 [Wife of Edward Adair buried in the
Hammond Cemetery Clay County]
Hammond, Cynthia Jan 13, 1829 Dec 25, 1905
[Daughters of Ed Vardaman and Lucinda Monk]
Holmes, Louie Feb 15, 1903 Jul-1906
Holmes, Irene May 6, 1901 May 7, 1901
Holmes, Luther Apr 7, 1902 Apr 10, 1904
[Children of Thomas Holmes and Mary Rozelle]
Holmes, Mary Rozelle Oct 14, 1881 Nov 14, 1951
Holmes, Thomas J. Aug 15, 1872 Oct 19, 1955
Holmes, Ryley Aug 29, 1880 Sep 22, 1880
Holmes, Infant B/d Aug 5, 1882
Holmes, Mary Ann Elizabeth Jul 5, 1892 Sep 7, 1892
[Children of James Holmes and Parizada Kelley]
Holmes, Parizada Jun 22, 1850 Jan 14, 1916 [D/o Archibald Kelley & Pemelia Barnett]
Holmes, James E. Jun 13, 1845 Oct 10, 1922 [Private Company G, 31st Alabama Inf. CSA]
Holmes, Archie L. Apr 28, 1871 Apr 13, 1925
Jones, Nora Holmes Nov 16, 1874 Apr 13, 1925
Morrison, Iwana Olley Dec 16, 1876 Dec 24, 1938 [D/o James Holmes & Parizada Kelley]
Morrison, W.H. Jul 24, 1884 Aug 19, 1974 [S/o Tom Morrison & Elizabeth Higginbotham]
Holmes, Kelly Ingram Apr 26, 1908 Dec 12, 1977
Hammond, Ella Jane Feb 11, 1877 Nov 12, 1963
Hammond, William Alonzo Jan 19, 1872 May 30, 1960 [S/o Thomas Hammond & Elizabeth Machen]
Luker, Charles P. Aug 28, 1889 Nov 4, 1952
Luker, Janie Gosdin Jun 4, 1867 Jun 28, 1937 [D/o E.P. Gosdin & Susan Carwile]
Luker, James B. Aug 23, 1858 Feb 10, 1935 [S/o Charles Luker and Martha Shores]
Luker, Lucile Feb 14, 1891 Mar 22, 1920
Nail, Zadie D. Jan 25, 1873 Sep 29, 1943 [D/o Benjamin Luker and Anne Vardaman]
Nail, James Ira May 13, 1870 Jul 22, 1956 [Son of Joseph Nail and Senia Barnes]
Nail, James Feb 27, 1907 Jun 21, 1907
Hammonds, Agnes B/d Dec 6, 1937
Luker, Emmaline No Dates [1856-1923] [D/o Benjamin & Eliza Luker]
McWhorter, Mary F. Sep 25, 1887 Sep 18, 1967 [D/o Benjamin Luker & Ann Vardaman]
McWhorter, Ivy Ode Jun 14, 1880 Oct 6, 1962 [S/o Joseph McWhorter & Frances Conaway]
McWhorter, Infant B/d Aug 4, 1919
McWhorter, Infant B/d Feb 18, 1914
McWhorter, Edwy Sep 4, 1915 Jul 14, 1924
McWhorter, Lester May 19, 1910 Nov 18, 1933
McWhorter, Kimrue L. 1923-1983
Luker, Olin Feb 4, 1908 Jun 20, 1964 [S/o James & Jane Luker]
Luker, Forrest Sep 13, 1912 Mar 23, 2004 [Saxon]
Luker, Orin Feb 4, 1908 Dec 3, 1977
Luker, Annie Lou Nov 28, 1910 Dec 21, 1992 [Saxon]
Stewart, Mattie Jane 1889-1962 [D/o Henderson Luker & Elizabeth Saxon]
Luker, Nathan Jan 18, 1913 Sep 13, 1928
Luker, Vachel L. Jr. Nov 23,1923 Jun 2, 1924
Luker, Rilla Jacobs Jan 7, 1887 Oct 10, 1974
Luker, Vachel Lee Feb 26, 1881 Feb 2, 1978 [S/o John Luker & Lodusky Partridge]
Hammond, John C. Nov 21, 1898 Oct 31, 1978
Hammond, Maudine W. Oct 20, 1913 Jul 16, 1993
Luker, Dewey 1894-1969 [S/o J.B. Luker & Janie Gosdin]
Luker, Mildred 1904-1993 [Bailey]
Luker, Charles Britt Oct 28, 1931 Mar 31, 1981
Luker, James Lamar Oct 27, 1924 Oct 20, 1981
Luker, Ruth Brown Aug 12, 1928-OD
Hammond, Sorea P. Nov 17, 1945-OD
Hammond, James Oct 10, 1940 Dec 31, 2001
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THE
ZACHARY TAYLOR KILPATRICK
MYSTERY
********************
by
Jesse H. "Jack" Vardaman, Jr.
March 16, 2013
********************
1850
U.S.Census
for
Tallapoosa
County, AL
ZACHARY TAYLOR
KILPATRICK, son of Israel
Thomas
and Mielda
(Vardaman) Kilpatrick, first
appears in documented records in the
household of his parents, on the 1850 U.S. Census for Tallapoosa
County,
Alabama where he is listed as Z. Taylor Kilpatrick, age 3, and born in Georgia.
Israel T. and Mielda (Vardaman)
Kilpatrick were married in
Meriwether County in west-central
Georgia, 22 November 1842 and, on this 1850 census, have two children
older
than Zachary Taylor -- (1) daughter Minerva Caroline
"Carrie" Kilpatrick, age 7, born
January 1844, as reported for her on the 1900 U.S. Census for Madison
County,
AL and the year 1844 (no month or day) inscribed on her grave stone at
Maple
Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, AL, and (2) son James Edwy
"Bud" Kilpatrick, age 4, born 24
March 1846, as reported for him on the 1900 U.S. Census for Denton
County, TX (month
and year only) and on his grave stone (complete date) at Highland
Cemetery in
Lawton, Comanche County, OK.
Note: The birth date (Jan. 1844) cited above
for Carrie would result in her being only
age six, not seven, on this 1850 census dated the 29th of November, 1850.
However, she would be only about
one month shy of her seventh birthday.
A correction of her age on the 1850
census, from seven to six, would then agree with
her
age
of
sixteen reported on the 1860 U.S. Census for Tallapoosa County for this family.
We have no record
that furnishes
us with an exact birth date for Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick, however an
age of
three on the 1850 census (which is dated 29 November 1850), if correct,
would
extrapolate to a date of birth sometime between December 1846 and
November 1847. A birth date between July
and November
of 1847 would also agree with his age as shown on the 1860 (age 12),
1870 (age
22) and 1880 (age 32) censuses. I
believe that this enables us to comfortably state that he was born in
the
latter half of 1847 (i.e., between 29 August 1847 and 29 November 1847).
The exact date of the
move of the
Israel T. Kilpatrick family from Meriwether County, GA, to Tallapoosa
County,
AL. is not known. However, our
first record for Israel Kilpatrick in Tallapoosa County, AL, is from a
deed to
property that he purchased in the Walnut Hill area of southern
Tallapoosa
County, dated 23 January 1849 This
definitely places him in Tallapoosa County at that time but still does
not furnish
any clue as to exactly when he may have arrived in that area. Since the birth place of all three
children listed on this census is reported as Georgia, the date of the
move is
indicated to have come after the birth of the last child, Zachary
Taylor Kilpatrick,
in the latter part of 1847. I
believe that this effectively places
the date of the move as sometime during the year 1848.
This does not, in any
way,
disagree with the place of birth (Georgia) reported for Zachary Taylor
Kilpatrick on this census. It is
reasonable to assume that the head of household (Israel Kilpatrick)
furnished
the census taker with the information reported on this census and there
is no
reason to believe that he would not have known or might be mistaken
regarding
exactly where his three young children of that date were born.
Note: The year 1848 is also the year in which
Edwy Lyles Vardaman, father
of Mielda (Vardaman) Kilpatrick, moved his family from Meriwether
County, GA, to Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Although the Edwy Vardaman family settled in the Pinkneyville area located in the
northwest corner of Tallapoosa County
while the Israel Kilpatrick family
settled in the southern portion of the County,
might the two families have made this move together?
1860
U.S.Census
for
Tallapoosa
County, AL
Zachary Taylor
Kilpatrick, son of Israel T. and
Mielda (Vardaman) Kilpatrick,
is still in the household of his parents on the 1860 U.S. Census for
the Walnut
Hill District of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, where he is listed as Taylor
Kilpatrick, age 12, born in
Georgia.
His age on this
census (dated 3rd
of July 1860) agrees with his calculated birth date (see above) during
the last
half of 1847. His place of birth
is again reported as Georgia which is in agreement with the information
on the
1850 census.
The two older
children listed on
the 1850 census (Carrie, now age 16 and James Edwy, now age 13) are
also still
in the household together with seven additional children who have been
added
since the 1850 census.
1870
U.S.Census
for
Madison
County, AL
Zachary Taylor
Kilpatrick, son of Israel and
Mielda (Vardaman) Kilpatrick,
together with his brother, James Edwy Kilpatrick, is now found in the household of John
W. Howard in
the New Market District of Madison County, AL, located in the far
northern
portion of Alabama on the state border with Lincoln County, Tennessee. He is listed as Z. T.
Kilpatrick, age 22, on this
census which
is consistent with his calculated birth date in 1847..
His older brother, James Edwy
Kilpatrick, is also listed in
this same
household as J. E. Kilpatrick,
age 23,.and both men are reported to have been born in Alabama. They are also both reported as farm
workerss.
Note: The reported place of birth for both
men has now changed from Georgia, as reported
on previous censuses, to Alabama.
But, also note that this is the first census
on
which
the
two Kilpatrick brothers are no longer at home with their
parents and the data regarding their place of
birth has been furnished to the census taker
by someone other than their parents. Based
on the earlier, more reliable information,
this change in the place of their birth is obviously incorrect
for both men.
Israel T.
Kilpatrick, the father of J.
E. and Z. T. Kilpatrick, has also moved
his family, now consisting of himself, his wife Mielda and seven minor
children,
from Tallapoosa County, AL, to the New Market District of Madison
County, AL,
sometime between 1860 and 1870.
This move is reported by one descendant to have occurred after
the close
of the Civil War which would place it ca 1865-1870.
There is little doubt that the two oldest sons, now found
residing in the John W. Howard household in Madison County (see
preceding
paragraph), made the move from Tallapoosa County, AL, to Madison
County, AL,
with their parents before leaving home to reside in the John W. Howard
household.
It is critical to
note that I.
T. and Mielda
Kilpatrick's oldest child, daughter
Minerva
Caroline
"Carrie"
Kilpatrick, has married
James W. Carter, son
of Milton
and Manerva Carter, 8 March 1866, in Madison County, AL, and is in her
husband's household on this 1870 U.S Census for Madison County, AL. If the marriage date and place is correct
(and there is no known information which disagrees) this places the
Kilpatrick
family move from Tallapoosa County, AL, to Madison County, AL, prior to
March
1866 (i.e.sometime between July 1860 ,the date of the 1860 Tallapoosa
County
census, and March 1866, the date of the marriage) and could still have
occurred
after the close of the Civil War.
1875
Marriage
of
Zachary
Taylor Kilpatrick to Emma Corn
Taylor Kilpatrick (sic) (Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick),
son
of
Israel
and Mielda (Vardaman) Kilpatrick married Emma Corn, daughter of John A. and Sarah (Moore) Corn, 25 January 1875 in Lincoln County,
Tennessee
(source: Tennessee
State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives
Microfilm). The locating of
this marriage in
Franklin County, TN, which appears on several family trees on the
internet, is
incorrect.
Emma Corn, the daughter of John A. and Sarah (Moore) Corn, was born sometime in 1850.
She is in her parent's household in
Franklin County, TN , on the 1850 U.S. Census, age "0".
This census page is dated October 1850
(no day of month shown) so we know that Emma was born prior to October
1850 but
has not yet reached the age of one at the time of the census.
Her age on all
subsequent
censuses -- for 1860 (age 10), 1870 (age 20) and 1880 (age 30) -- are
totally
consistent. She was born in
Franklin County, Tennessee, where she spent her early childhood through
the age
of 10 as the family is in Franklin County for both the 1850 and 1860
censuses. However, sometime between 1860
and
1870, John Corn moved his family from Franklin County to next door
Lincoln
County where he is found on the 1880 census and that is where Emma met
and
married Taylor Kilpatrick.
Note
for
orientation
purposes:
Franklin County, TN, lies on Tennessee's southern
border with the state of Alabama, and is
situated between Lincoln County, TN, to the
west and Marion County, TN, to the east.
The next county along Tennessee's southern
border,
east
of
Marion County, is Hamilton County, home of the city of
Chattanooga. Lincoln,
Franklin and the western part of Marion County are all
adjacent
to
the Alabama state line while the
eastern half of Marion County and Hamilton
County (and the city of Chattanooga) are adjacent to Tennessee's state line with Georgia.
Fayetteville,
the
county
seat
of Lincoln County, is 93 miles directly west of the
city of Chattanooga,
the county seat of Hamilton County.
The town of Winchester, the county
seat of Franklin County, lies on the direct route west from Chattanooga to Fayetteville as does the town of
Jasper, the county sear of Marion County.
The
above
information
may
have some relevance to future items to be shown below.
1880
U.S.Census
for
Dallas
County, TX
Z. T, Kilpatrick (Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick),
son
of
Israel
and Mielda (Vardaman) Kilpatrick, is found, head of his own
household,
on the 1880 U.S. Census, at Hutchins, a small town in south Dallas
County, TX,
on the outskirts of the city of Dallas
He is again listed as Z. T. Kilpatrick (as he was in 1870 back in Alabama), and age 32, which is
consistent with his calculated birth date. His
place
of
birth on this census is reported as Alabama
with Georgia reported as the place of birth for both his father and
mother. This place of birth for
him, while consistent with that shown on the 1870 census, is incorrect
as is
the place of birth for his father which should be South Carolina, not
Georgia.
His wife Emma, age
30, is in the
household with him. She is
reported as born in Tennessee with both parents reported as born in
Virginia. These places of birth
for Emma and her parents appear to be correct as they are consistent
with the
places of birth reported for them on other censuses and various family
trees. Zachary Taylor and Emma
have no children, however another couple, Antony and Eliza Lax, are
included in
their household.
It is interesting to
note that Z.
T.'s brother, James Edwy Kilpatrick, with
whom he appears to have traveled in the past, is now also found in
Ellis
County, TX, located in the same general area of the state.
Ellis County abuts Dallas County on the
south and the town of Hutchins (in Dallas County) lies no more than ten
miles
north of the Dallas County border with Ellis County.
James E. Kilpatrick has married Zerelda Rebecca
"Ella" Gibson, daughter of Hawkins
Martin and Sarah Ann
"Sally" Bryan (Bradley) Gibson,
15 February 1875 in Dallas County, TX. He
is listed on the 1880 census as head of his own household
which includes his wife and four year old son, W. B. (sic) Kilpatrick (William Bryan Kilpatrick).
As can be noted, the two brothers, Z. T. and J. E., are
still living not far from each other.
It is also to be noted that on this census James Edwy reports
his place
of birth correctly as Georgia, not Alabama as was reported for him in
1870, but
he also cites both his father and mother as being born in Georgia, the
same as in
1870, which is incorrect for his father.
The two brothers have now reported the place of birth of their
father
incorrectly as Georgia on two consecutive censuses.
It is interesting to
note while James
Edwy Kilpatrick again correctly reports his place of birth on the 1900
census
as Georgia, he reverts to reporting it on the 1910 census incorrectly
as
Alabama (as in 1870). On both the
1900 and 1910 censuses he continues to incorrectly report his father's
place of
birth as Georgia (instead of South Carolina) and his mother's place of
birth,
correctly, as Georgia. He died in
1918 so the 1910 census is the last on which he appears.
Did the two brothers
move to
Texas together? While that is not
impossible, it appears highly unlikely. Although
Zachary
Taylor
has married 25 January 1875, back in
Lincoln County, TN, before moving to Texas, James Edwy does not marry
until .15
February 1875 in Dallas County, Texas
The move of the two
brothers to
Texas together is not likely as such a scenario would have required
James Edwy to
make the move to Texas after the 25th of January 1875 (the date
of Zachary
Taylor's marriage in Tennessee) which would then have left James less
than
three weeks to find, woo and marry a wife - a very improbable
occurrence. James
has
undoubtedly
made the move to Texas sometime prior
to his brother's move to that state.
But,,,,,,who knows when?
Or did the two
brothers move to
Texas together prior to Taylor's marriage to Emma Corn in 1875 and he,
then,
later, journeyed back to Tennessee to claim her for his bride and
return to
Texas with her. I rather doubt
this scenario but it certainly is not impossible.
Next
Now, it appears, we
may have
arrived at the end of our story about Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick as
there are no
further records that can be located for him. No
death
or
burial record or subsequent census record can be
found. The only further records
that have some relevance as to what may have happened to him are as
follows:
Chattanooga,
Tennesse,
City
Directory
Records for Emma Kilpatrick
1892 Chattanooga,
TN, City
Direcory:
Mrs.
Emma
Kilpatrick,
residence rear 510 Market.
No
further
information. Is this the
wife of Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick, son of Israel
and
Mielda
(Vardaman)
Kilpatrick? I
believe that, in all probability, it is -- see next record.
1894 Chattanooga,
TN, City
Directory:
Emma
Kilpatrick, widow of
Taylor,
residence 516 Sidney
Note:
The name "Kilpatrick" in implied for the "Taylor"
mentioned in the above record.).
No
further
information. However, this
entry clearly indicates that this must be Emma (Corn) Kilpatrick,
wife of Zachary Taylor
Kilpatrick, and that he has died leaving
her a widow.
1897 Chattanooga,
TN, City
Directory:
Miss
Emma
Kilpatrick,
clk D. B. Loveman Co., bds 722 E. 9th, residence same
Mrs. Emma Kilpatrick,
grocer,
722
E.
9th, residence same
No
further
information.
An analysis of the
above three
records:
(1)
The 1894 record citing her as the widow of "Taylor" surely establishes her as the widow of
Zachary
Taylor Kilpatrick, son of Israel and Mielda Kilparick.
(2)
Lacking any further information, this same record appears to
establish that Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick has died leaving his wife a
widow.
(3)
Widow, or not, it appears that Emma has returned to Tennessee,
without her husband and the 1897 record suggests that she has a
daughter with
the same name, Emma, who has now reached an age to be able to obtain
work outside
the home as a clerk in a commercial establishment.
(4)
If (3) above is correct, the daughter, Emma, would be the
only known child of Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick, son of Israel and Mielda
Kilpatrick.
Does this close the
case on
Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick?
I'm afraid not! Further research has suggested another
possibility!
The
Second
Zachary
T.
Kilpatrick
1900
U.S.Census
for
Coleman
County, Texas
Zachary T.
Kilpatrick, son of unknown
parents, is found, age 38, born May
1862 (as reported on this census). residing as a boarder in the
household of
James L. Duncan, on the 1900 U.S. Census, for Coleman County, TX. He is reported as "S"
(single), not "wd" (widowed) or "dv" (divorced) and has no
wife or children. He is also
reported as born in Alabama and that both his father and mother were
born in
Georgia.
Note: His birth date of May 1862 reported on
this census does not agree with his date
of birth of 6 May 1860 which is inscribed on his grave stone (see
below). Assuming
that his date of birth on the grave stone is correct, he would
correctly be age 40, not 38,
at
the
time
of this 1990 census.
Despite extensive and
intensive
research, no record of this individual can be found on any preceding
census or
as a member of any family tree available for research on the internet.
1910
U.S.Census
for
Coleman
County, Texas
Zachary T.
Kilpatrick, son of unknown
parents, is found, age 47, head of
his own household, on the 1910 U.S. Census for Coleman Couny, TX. He now has a young wife, Bertha E.
Kilpatrick, age 26, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Parker, and the
couple
reports that they have been married 5 years which places the date of
their
marriage as ca 1905. They have no
children at the time of this census.
He again reports that he was born in Alabama and that both
parents were
born in Georgia. Beulah (Parker)
Kilpatrick reports that she was born in Texas and that her father was
born in
Tennessee and her mother in Mississippi.
Note: If his date of birth as inscribed on
his grave stone (6 May 1860) is correct, he
would correctly be age 49, not 47, at the time of this census
(dated.18th-19th
of April, 1910) and
would have been age 44 or 45 at the time of his marriage
to Beulah. and close to 25 years older
than his bride. This apparent two
year error in his age on this census is consistent with the same
apparent error
in his age on the 1900 census.
1920
U.S.Census
for
Coleman
County, Texas
Zachary T.
Kilpatrick, son of unknown
parents, is found, age 59, head of
his own household, on the 1920 U.S. Census for Coleman County, TX. His wife, Beulah E.
Kilpatrick, age 36, is listed in
the household,
as is their son, John P. Kilpatrick,
age 5 & 6/12, Zachary T.
again reports that he was born in Alabama and both parents in Georgia
while
Beulah again reports that she was born in Texas, her father in
Tennessee and
her mother in Mississippi. Their
son, John P. Kilpatrick is reported as born in Texas with his father
born in
Alabama and his mother in Texas.
Note: Unlike his age on the 1900 and 1910
censuses, Zachary T.'s age of 59 on this
census (dated 7th and 9th of February, 1920) now agrees with the date
of his birth (6 May 1860) inscribed on his
grave
stone.
I have found these
three people,
at findagrave.com on the internet, buried at the Talpa Cemetery in
Talpa,
Coleman County, TX, and have pictures of their grave stones:
Grave
Stone
Inscriptions
Z.
T.
Kilpatrick
born
May 6 1860,
died March 16, 1927
Beulah
P.
Kilpatrick
born
Oct. 4, 1883,
died Jan. 17, 1968
Parker Kilpatrick
(born
June
6,
1914,
died Dec. 26, 1950
I also have copies of
the death
certificates for both Beulah E. Kilpatrick and her son, Parker
Kilpatrick,
as
well as a copy of
Bertha's obituary. None of these
documents contains any information about Zachary T. Kilpatrick other
than his
name. The son, John Parker Kilpatrick,
was listed as "feeble minded" and died in the Texas State Mental
Hospital in Austin, Texas. The
death certificate for Beulah Kilpatrick reports that she died at the
"Abilene State School Hospital" of uremia and hypertensive
cardiovascular disease and that she suffered from severe mental
retardation with
epilepsy.
WHO IS THIS SECOND
ZACHARY T.
KILPATRICK WHO SUDDENLY APPEARS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1900 AT THE AGE
OF 38 OR
40?
Analysis
The last confirmed record that we have for the
first Zachary
T. Kilpatrick, son of Israel and Mielda Kilpatrick, is his appearance
on the 1880 census
for Dallas County, TX, at the fairly young
age of 32, with a wife but no children.
We have only one very tenuous, record after that date which
appears to
apply to him.
Conversely, the very first record that we have for the second
Zachary T.
Kilpatrick is his appearance at the age of 38 (sic) or 40, with no wife
or
children, on the 1900
census in
Coleman County, TX. The first thought
that comes to mind is can these two Zachary T. Kilpatricks be the same person?
So, let us examine
the
similarities and differences in the two sets of records.
(1)
They have the same name. Yes, both
are named Zachary T. Kilpatrick. However,
the full name of the son of
Israel and Mielda Kilpatrick is confirmed as Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick. The
records
indicate
that he was probably familiarly called
"Taylor" (his middle name). Born in 1847, he was surely named in
honor of General Zachary Taylor who led the U.S. Army to victory in the
Mexican
War of 1846-1848. A national hero,
Zachary Taylor was elected the 12th President of the United States in
November
1848. He took office in March 1849
and served until July 9, 1850, when he took ill and died, prematurely
ending
his term in office
However, we do not
know
the full name of the second Zachary T. Kilpatrick.
While it is tempting to assume that he, too, was named after
the General and later, President of the U.S., Zachary Taylor, we do not
know
this although it could well be the case.
All of the records that we have identify him only with the
middle
initial of "T" for his middle name. In
addition, it is noted that he was born in May 1860, 10
years after the death of General (and President) Zachary Taylor. This lapse of time might lessen, to
some extent, the possibility that he was named in honor of that
individual. As far as we know, his
middle name may have been any name beginning with a "T".
So, it is not certain that the complete
names of these two individuals are exactly the same.
(2)
Both men identify their place of birth as Alabama and the
place of birth of their parents as Georgia. While
we
know
that
the place of birth of Zachary T. Kilpatrick, son of Israel and
Mielda
Kilpatrick, was Georgia, not Alabama, and that his father was born in
South Carolina,
not Georgia, these incorrect places of birth, reported for him and his
father
on both the 1870 and 1880 censuses, to not detract from the fact that
both of
the Zachary T. Kilpatricks report their place of birth as well
as that
of their parents in exactly the same place.
(3)
Both men claim Alabama as their place of birth, and Zachary
T. Kilpatrick, son of Israel and Mielda Kilpatrick, is found in
Tallapoosa
County, AL, on the 1850 and 1860 censuses and in Madison County, AL, on
the
1870 census, confirming his presence (although not birth) in Alabama
prior to a
move to Texas.
We have no records of
any sort to
tell us where the second Zachary T. Kilpatrick may have resided during
the
period from his birth in 1860 (the date inscribed on his grave stone)
to 1900
when he is found in Texas on the 1900 census.
As previously noted,
Zachary T.
Kilpatrick, son of Israel and Mielda, is located in Dallas County, TX,
in 1880
while the second Zachary T. Kilpatrick is found in Coleman County, TX,
on the
1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses and he died and is buried at Talpa in
Coleman
County..
If the reported data
on available
records is correct, this second Zachary T. Kilpatrick would have been
age 10 at
the time of the 1870 census and, in all probability, still at home with
his
parents, assuming that his father did not die during the Civil War. In 1880 he would have been age 20 and
there would be no certainty that he would still be in his parent's
household
even if they were still living at that time.
Note that Coleman
County, TX, is
located in west Texas near the city of Abilene in Taylor County, TX,
about 180
miles west of Dallas County. While
the lack of close proximity of the locations for these two men does not
necessarily
lessen the potential for them to have been one and the same person, it
certainly
does nothing to augment that possibility either
(4)
In 1880, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, son of Israel and Mielda, .has
a wife, Emma (Corn) Kilpatrick and no children. In
1900,
the
second Zachary T. Kilpatrick is single but will
later (ca 1905) marry a much younger Bertha E. Parker.
Based on certain
Chattanooga, TN,
City Directory records (as previously outlined) we know that Emma
(Corn)
Kilpatrick returned to Tennessee sometime after the 1880 census and no
later
than 1892, claiming to be a widow of Taylor Kilpatrick and apparently
with a
daughter, also named Emma. Note
that, based on previous records, Zachary T. Kilpatrick, son of Israel
and
Mielda, was apparently familiarly called "Taylor", his middle name.
The above City
Directory records
lead us to understand that Zachary T. Kilpatrick, son of Israel and
Mielda, has
died, possibly in Texas, leaving his wife a widow and that she has
returned to
the southeast Tennessee area where she was born, raised and married and
has
Corn family kinfolk.
However, it is known
that, in
that era, divorced women often categorized themselves as widows. With this possibility in mind, it is
easy to imagine a scenario in which Emma and her husband could have
divorced in
Texas after 1880 with Emma, together with a young daughter, returning
to be
with her Corn family relatives in Tennessee. This
would
have
left Zachary T. as a single man in Texas.
who would later marry a second wife and start a new family.
(5)
The single largest problem with trying to meld these two Zachary
T. Kilpatricks into one individual is their age and date of birth. For these two men to be the same
individual the original Zachary T. Kilpatrick would have had to shave
12 years
from his age and change his birth date from the latter part of 1847
(confirmed
- see previous discussion on pages 1 and 2) to May 6, 1860 which is
inscribed
on the grave stone of the second Zachary T. Kilpatrick and which agrees
in
general with that person's age as reported on the 1900, 1910 and 1920
censuses.
The available records
that we
have for the original Zachary T. Kilpatrick include nothing that might
warrant
such a change and it would be sheer speculation with no confirming
data,
however flimsy, to support such an
assumption.
Conclusion
Careful consideration
of the
above analysis fails to support a conclusion that all of these
records
are for the same individual.
Despite some
similarities in the
two different sets of data, the most critical and determining factor
leading to
this conclusion is the difference in the age and birth dates reflected
in the
two different sets of records, for which no reasonable explanation can
be
envisaged.
Until such time as
additional,
relevant information may come to light, my conclusion is that these
records
apply not to the same person but to two separate individuals.
As a result, the date
and place
of death and burial for both Zachary Taylor Kilpatrick (son of Israel
and Mielda
Kilpatrick) and his proven wife, Emma (Corn) Kilpatrick, remain unknown
although the existence of a previously unknown daughter (Emma) appears
valid.
At the same time, the
parents of
the second Zachary T. Kilpatrick, as well as his history prior to his
appearance at the reported age of 38 on the 1900 census also remains
unknown.
The following two
questions
remain unanswered.
WHAT HAPPENED TO
ZACHARY TAYLOR
KILPATRICK, SON OF ISRAEL AND MIELDA (VARDAMAN) KILPATRICK AND HIS WIFE
EMMA
AFTER 1880?
and
WHO IS THE SECOND
ZACHARY T.
KILPATRICK WHO SUDDENLY APPEARS, OUT OF NOWHERE, ON THE 1900 CENSUS?
The End
.