Husband John Johnson 20
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Wife Lucretia Massey
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1 F Massey Johnson 20
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Christened: 5 Feb 1705 - St Peters Church, New Kent County, VA 85
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Spouse: Joseph Crew 20
Marr: 12 Jun 1725 - Friends Meeting House, Hanover County, Virginia 20,84
Husband Benjamin Sirmans
Born: 6 Feb 1792 - Effingham Co., GA 23
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Died: 1 May 1863 - Clinch County, GA 23
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Father: Josiah Sirmans 23
Mother:
Marriage: Jul 1814 - Emanuel County, Georgia 23
Wife Martha Johnson
Born: 1798 - Bulloch County, GA 23
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Died: 24 Dec 1856 - Clinch County, GA 23
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Children
1 F Rachel Sirmans 177
Born: 1824 - Irwin (now Lowndes) County, Georgia 23
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Spouse: Isaac Carter
Marr: 1842 - Lowndes County, GA 3
General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Sirmans
SIRMANS, BENJAMIN REGISTER, William Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181072455/william_wesley-johnson: accessed December 5, 2025), memorial page for William Wesley Johnson (1810\endash Jan 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 181072455; Maintained by AnnMarie (contributor 47046263).
Naomi J Todd Family Members JONES, CLAYTON. JONES, JAMES, Jr.
Benjamin Sirmans, prominent antebellum citizen of Lowndes and Clinch Counties, was born in Effingham County February 6, 1792, a son of Josiah Sirmans (Vol. 1). He was married in July 1814 in Emanuel County to Martha, daughter of David Johnson, Sr., (Vol. 1). She was born 1798 in Bulloch County and died at her home in Clinch County December 24, 1856. To Mr. and Mrs. Sirmans were born eleven children:
1. Cassie
2. Josiah
3. David J.
4. Lavina
5. Ezekiel J.
6. Rachel
7. Lucretia
8. Benjamin E.
9. Martha
10. Levi J.
11. Lyman A.
The Sirmans family lived in Emanuel County prior to moving to this section. They were cut into Emanuel out of Bulloch in 1812. The elder Sirmans moved to Appling County and was there in the 1820 Census but Benjamin with his family did not move to Appling. He seems to have moved here direct from Emanuel in 1822. He acquired land in the 10th land district of Irwin County, built his home, cleared up a fine plantation, and lived there until his death. In 1825, the territory was cut into the new County of Lowndes and in 1850, all of the 10th district east of the Alapaha River was placed in the new County of Clinch out of Lowndes (in 1920, it became Lanier County). Mr. Sirmans built a new and more commodious home in 1831 to replace the original one he had built. The home was on land lot 434, 10th district.
By legislative resolution approved December 26, 1826, he was named one of the commissioners to locate the county site of Lowndes County. He served as Representative from Lowndes in the legislature, 1828-1829 and in 1839 and 1840. He was State Senator from Clinch County, 1853-1854. He was postmaster, 1838-1841 at Alapaha post office (re-named Milltown in 1853 and now named Lakeland). Mr. Sirmans was a Whig in politics in antebellum days. He took a lively interest in the 1840 presidential election, supporting the Harrison-Tyler ticket. He was delegate from Lowndes to the State Whig Convention December 17, 1840 to nominate candidate for governor, and was a delegate on several other occasions to the state conventions of his party.
When Clinch County was created in February 1850, the legislative act named Mr. Sirman as one of the five commissioners to "lay out and organize" the new county. He was elected one of the two delegates from Clinch County to the State Secession Convention in January 1861, which convention voted Georgia out of the Union and into the Confederacy. Originally opposed to secession, he voted f or it on the final roll call in the light of events following the 1860 presidential election.
Mr. Sirmans united with Union Primitive Baptist Church September 9, 1848 and was baptized. His wife had previously united with the church December 11, 1841, and was baptized and died a member. He was granted a letter of dismission February 8, 1862.
The death of Mr. Sirmans occurred May 1st, 1863. He and his wife were buried in the Fender Cemetery.
Census References: 1810, Emanuel; 1830, 1840, Lowndes; 1850, 1860, Clinch.
Husband William Register
Born: 1777 - Duplin (now Sampson) County, North Carolina 4
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Died: 1848 - Lowndes County, Georgia 4
Buried: - Wayfare Baptist Church Cemetery, Echols County, Georgia
Father: John Register
Mother: Dorcas Rowell
Marriage: 20 Oct 1808 - Bulloch County, GA 4
Wife Ricy Johnson 4
Born: Abt 1785 4
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1 M Samuel Register
Born: 17 Jul 1812 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: 12 Nov 1886 - Echols County, GA 28
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Spouse: Rebecca Caroline Dowling 4
Marr: 30 Jun 1842 28
General Notes: Husband - William Register
1777-1848
LOWNDES
WILLIAM REGISTER, son of John Register, R.S., and brother to Samuel Register, 1786-1869, was born in Duplin, now Sampson County, North Carolina, in 1777, and died at his home in Lowndes County, Georgia., in 1848. He came to Bulloch County, Georgia, with his parents and was married there October 20, 1808, to Ricy Johnson, born about 1785. They had only one child that can be remembered by descendants: Samuel Register, born 1812, married Rebecca C. Dowling, daughter of Dennis Dowling of Lowndes County.
Little can be learned at this time concerning William and Ricy Register. The records show that William Register and his wife were both baptized into Union Church August 12, 1837 and that she died a member sometime in 1840-1841 (she was living in 1840 but dead in April, 1841). The date of her death is not shown on the church roll. Her husband was dismissed by letter April 10, 1841, to join in organizing a new church nearer his home and which became Wayfare Church. Mr. Register died in 1848 and became the first person to be buried at Wayfare Church. His wife is buried at Union Church. Both graves are unmarked. Mr. Register lived in present Naylor district of Lowndes County.
Note: It is very likely that there were other children than Samuel, named above. The 1830 Census shows three girls and three boys in the family at that time; the 1840 Census shows one girl and one boy. These other children, if any, probably moved to Florida as there seems to be nobody in this section that knows of any children except the son, Samuel named above.
Census References: 1830, Ware; 1840, Lowndes.
Husband William Wesley Johnson
Born: 1810 - South Carolina
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Died: Jan 1870 - Clinch County, Georgia
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1 F Martha Johnson
Born: 5 Mar 1845
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Died: 17 May 1917
Buried: - Cedar Grove Cemetery, O'Brien, Suwannee County, Florida
Spouse: Rev William H. Cowart
Marr: 1864
2 F Jane Johnson
Born: 15 Jan 1850
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Died: 24 Dec 1908
Buried: - Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Statenville, Echols County, Georgia, USA
Spouse: David Cowart
Marr: 10 Jun 1866
General Notes: Husband - William Wesley Johnson
Husband Henry Johnston
Born: 1890
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Marriage: 1908 - Clinch County, Georgia
Wife Susie Waldron
Born: 1890 133
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Died: 1910
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Father: Asbury Banner Waldron Sr.
Mother: Caroline J. North
Children
Husband Gifford E. Todd
Born: 16 Sep 1915 - Missouri
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Died: 30 May 1983
Buried: - Affton, St Louis County, Missouri
Father: William R. Todd
Mother: Mary C.
Marriage:
Wife Augusta M. Jones
Born: 29 Aug 1916 - Franklin County, Missouri
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Died: 1 Apr 2002 - Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama, USA
Buried: - Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Father: Anthony Bert Jones
Mother: Margaret Jane Harmes
Children
1 F Naomi Joan Todd
Born: 1 Jul 1934 - St Clair County, Missouri 608
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Died: 29 Feb 2012 - St Marys, Camden County, Georgia 608
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Spouse: Harold Bueford Maloney
General Notes: Husband - Gifford E. Todd
United States Census, 1940
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Gifford E Todd
Augusta M Todd
Naomi J Todd
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K74G-CZM : accessed 22 March 2018), Naomi J Todd in household of Gifford E Todd, Ward 8, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-175, sheet 5A, line 38, family 133, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2188.
Gifford E. Todd
BIRTH
Missouri, USA
DEATH
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
BURIAL
Saint Paul Churchyard
Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
MEMORIAL ID
Gifford E Todd
Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices
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Citing this Record
"Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices, 1941-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q4-KHYX : accessed 22 March 2018), Gifford E Todd, 14 Nov 1944; citing Military Service, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
General Notes: Wife - Augusta M. Jones
Parents
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Anthony Bert Jones
1884'961942
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Margaret Jane Harmes Jones
1888'961976
Spouse
Gifford E. Todd
1915'961983
Siblings
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Gertrude Jones*
1905'961907
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Ernest L. Jones*
1907'961982
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Josephine E. Jones Sohn*
1908'961931
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Olive Leona Jones Hoyt*
1911'961944
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Ruth Marie Jones Butler*
1914'962004
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Bertetta Lucille Jones Enloe*
1919'962009
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Anthony Cleo Jones*
1922'962004
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Virginia Ellen Jones Lindemann*
1927 '96 unknown
Gifford E Todd
mentioned in the record of Mrs Augusta Mon Todd Jones
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gender
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Naomi Or Harold Maloney
Others on Record
Michael Maloney
Keith Maloney
Cathy Woolsey
Karen Reed
Berdetta Enloe
Margaret Krater
Dorothy Wieda
Anthony Jones
George Jones
Norma Hammes
Elmer Hammes
Tamara Heppe
Charles Heppe
Ruth Butler
Virginia Linderman
Citing this Record
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKT2-2MSX : accessed 22 March 2018), Gifford E Todd in entry for Mrs Augusta Mon Todd Jones, Missouri, United States, 03 Apr 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing St. Louis Post-Dispatch, born-digital text.
Husband Clayton Jones
Born: 1805 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: Abt 1835 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 28
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Wife Malissie Rouse
Born: 1809 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: 1864 28
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Children
1 F Harriet Jones
Born: 1829 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 28
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Died: 24 Jul 1882 3
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Spouse: William M. Avera
2 M Irwin Jones
Born: 1830 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 28
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3 M Henry Jones
Born: 1834 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 28
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General Notes: Husband - Clayton Jones
1805-1837
BERRIEN
Clayton Jones was one of the first emigrants to this section when he came here in 1821 along with Josiah Sirmans (Vol. I) and his sons from Emanuel County. He was born in Bulloch County about 1805; names of his parents not yet ascertained. He married Malissie Rouse, daughter of Martha Rouse who became the wife of Jonathan Sirmans (Vol.Ill). She was born in 1809 in Bulloch County. Born to Clayton and Malissie Jones were three children, viz:
1. Harriet
2. Irwin
3. Henry
(Note: The marriage license of Henry and wife gives her name as Elizabeth Ann, but she was called Polly Ann. After Henry's death in the Confederate Army, she married Micajah Paulk, Jr., in 1866).
Clayton Jones was living in Capt. Bryan's district (451st) of Ware County in the time of the 1827 land lottery. The district in those days embraced all of the 7th and 8th land districts, the 7th now being mostly in Clinch County. Soon after, and before 1830, he had moved further westward and located in Lowndes on the west side of the Alapaha River in present Berrien County. He died there about 1835. His widow married Harmon Gaskins (Vol.11), and had further issue. She died 1864.
Husband James Jones Jr. 3
Born: 26 Mar 1814 - Camden County, GA 3,25
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Died: 26 Aug 1853 - Ware County (Now Brantley) Georgia 25
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Father: James Jones
Mother: Nancy Delk 4
Marriage: 15 Dec 1830 25
Wife Sarah Mizell 3
Born: 27 Jan 1813 25
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Died: 31 Oct 1849 25
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Children
1 F Isabelle Jones
Born: 6 Apr 1836 - Ware County, GA 3
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Died: 24 May 1909 3
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Spouse: James Griffin Jr.
Marr: 1853 3
2 M James Perry Jones III
Born: 25 Mar 1840 - Brantley Co., GA 131
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Died: 23 May 1924 - Pierce Co., GA 131
Buried: - High Bluff Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, GA
Spouse: Nancy Crews
Marr: 10 Jan 1868 131
General Notes: Husband - James Jones Jr.
James Jones, Jr., was born in Camden County, March 26, 1814, a son of James and Nancy Jones (Vol. 1). The family early moved to Wayne (now Brantley) County where the subject grew up to manhood. He was married Dec. 15, 1830, to Sarah, daughter of Jesse Mizell (Vol. I). She was born Jan. 27, 1813, and died Oct. 31, 1849, four days after the birth of her eleventh child. On June 15, 1850, Mr. Jones married Jane Albritton, daughter of Thomas Albritton (Vol. 11). She was born in 1830, and died in 1913. By her three children were born. The fourteen children in their order were as follows:
1. Mary Jane
2. Civility
3. Nancy
4. Isabelle
5. Gideon
6. James P.
7. Jesse
8. Nathaniel
9. Harriet
10. Edward B.
11. Owen Harvey
12. Sarah Jane
13. Charlotte M.
14. Harley
Soon after marriage, Mr. Jones settled on lands in the 590th District of Ware County (now Brantley) not far from High Bluff Church, where he came to have a large plantation and carried on his operations with slave labor. This was on lot of land 107, 9th district of Ware. On August 26, 1853, he was hacked to death with a hoe in the hands of a negro boy named George, a slave of James Griffin, Sr., a neighbor, the boy having been loaned to Mr. Jones to do some work. His remains were buried in the cemetery at High Bluff Church where his deceased wife had been buried. The murderer was captured and hung.
James Jones, Jr., at the time of his death was Justice of Ware Inferior Court, having been elected to the office in 1850 at a special election. His sons-in-law, James Knox and Matthew R. A. Albritton, were the administrators of his estate.
Mr. Jones was a member of High Bluff Primitive Baptist Church at his death. He was received into the church through baptism Sept. 13, 1846. He was a private in Capt. James Walker's company of Ware County militia in the Indian War, 1828-1840, and was Captain of a company of Ware County militia in August and September, 1840.
Census Refs: 1840, 1850, Ware.
Husband John Jones 4
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Died: Abt 1790 - Washington County, Georgia 4
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Marriage: 15 Sep 1769 - Effingham Co., GA 4
Wife Mary Powell 4
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1 M James Jones
Born: 1772 - Effingham Co., GA 4
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Spouse: Nancy Delk 4
Husband Robert Jones
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1 F Nancy Jones
Born: 1830 - Camden County, Georgia 39
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Died: 1881
Buried: - High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Bryant C. Crews
Marr: 1847 39