Husband Benjamin Franklin Christie 326
Born: 1873
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Wife Lutie Crews
Born: 1884
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Children
1 F Georgia Marjorie Christie 327
Born: 26 Apr 1904 328
Christened:
Died: 28 Nov 1988 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 328
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., FL 328
Spouse: John Henry Melton 11
Marr: 5 Feb 1926
General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Franklin Christie
Alton Christie
Georgia Christie Melton
In reference to your inquiry of my relation to Georgia Christie Melton, She was my second cousin. Her father, Benjamin Franklin Christie and my grandfather, Charlie J. Christie were brothers. My father was Clyde P. Christie.
Added by Alton Christie on May 11, 2013 7:37 AM
Husband John Henry Melton 11
Born: 26 Oct 1903 - Benton, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 329
Christened:
Died: 1 Jan 1966 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 329
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., FL 329
Father: David Franklin Melton 232
Mother: Mary Louella Hines 232
Marriage: 5 Feb 1926
Wife Georgia Marjorie Christie 330
Born: 26 Apr 1904 328
Christened:
Died: 28 Nov 1988 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 328
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., FL 328
Father: Benjamin Franklin Christie 326
Mother: Lutie Crews
Children
1 F Doris Marjorie Melton
Born: 3 Jan 1927 - Lake City (Columbia Co) FL
Christened:
Died: 17 Feb 1995 - Jacksonville (Duval) FL
Buried: - Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
Spouse: Henry Carroll
2 F Geraldine Melton
Born: 21 May 1930
Christened:
Died: 6 Apr 2017
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., FL
Spouse: Joe Byrd Fields
3 F Shirley Ann Melton
Born: 17 Aug 1932 331
Christened:
Died: 2 Mar 1993 - Columbia County, Florida 331
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., FL 331
Spouse: Earl Hugh Giebeig
General Notes: Husband - John Henry Melton
Name: John H Melton
Alias: John Melton
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1903
Social Program Claim Date: 12 Jan 1966
Death Date: Jan 1966
Event Type: Social Program Correspondence
Digital Folder Number: DI0001099
Citing this Record
"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KSY-YS58 : Sat Apr 26 12:42:53 UTC 2025), Entry for John Melton.
General Notes: Wife - Georgia Marjorie Christie
The wife of John Henry Melton 1903 - 1966. They married on 02/05/1926. They had 3 children: Doris Marjorie b. 01/03/1927 d.02/17/1995;Geraldine "Jerri" b.05/21/1930; and Shirley Ann b. 09/17/1932.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10074712/georgia_marjorie-melton: accessed August 2, 2025), memorial page for Georgia Marjorie Christie Melton (26 Apr 1904\endash 28 Nov 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10074712, citing Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Alton Christie (contributor 46630650).
Husband Byra J. Clanton
Born:
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Marriage: 23 Aug 1934 - Lowndes Co., GA 115
Wife Sarah Dreda Cowart
Born: 24 Apr 1917 - Lowndes Co., GA 115
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Father: Samuel Walter Cowart
Mother: Lucy F. Wilkinson
Children
Husband Raymond Crews
Born: 14 Oct 1910
Christened:
Died: 6 May 1997 - Bradford County, Florida
Buried: - Crosby Lake Cemetery, Starke, Bradford, Florida
Father: Elias Crews
Mother: Martha J. Sapp
Marriage: 1933 - Union County, Florida
Wife Rether L. Clark
Born: 18 Sep 1914
Christened:
Died: 25 Oct 1983
Buried: - Crosby Lake Cemetery, Starke, Bradford, Florida
Children
1 F Iris Crews
Born: 1935
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Died:
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2 M Richard J. Crews
Born: 4 Sep 1953
Christened:
Died: 10 May 1974
Buried: - Crosby Lake Cemetery, Starke, Bradford, Florida
3 F Judy Lee Crews
Born:
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General Notes: Husband - Raymond Crews
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11634343/raymond-crews: accessed June 22, 2025), memorial page for Raymond Crews (14 Oct 1910\endash 6 May 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11634343, citing Crosby Lake Cemetery, Starke, Bradford County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Alton Christie (contributor 46630650). Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11634355/rether_l-crews: accessed June 28, 2025), memorial page for Rether L. Clark Crews (18 Sep 1914\endash 25 Oct 1993), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11634355, citing Crosby Lake Cemetery, Starke, Bradford County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Alton Christie (contributor 46630650).
Matthew Talbot CLEMMONS, JAMES. Parents: Reuben Jordan Crews, real estate attorney and former Colonel in the Georgia Militia, and Elizabeth Yarbrough Crews Parents: J. J. Coachman and S. A. Wilkinson. HERNDON, David Florida Governor. John Milton is remembered as the governor of Florida, who served under both the United States flag and the Confederate flag. He had a strong patriotic heritage with his grandfather, John Milton, serving in the Revolutionary War and being nominated as a candidate from the State of Georgia to be the first President of the United States. He was a distant descendant of the famed English poet John Milton. He was the son of a veteran of the War of 1812, General Homer Virgil Milton, and Elizabeth Jane Robinson Milton. He attended an academy in Louisville, Georgia, studied law, and established law practices in Columbus, Georgia; Mobile, Alabama; and in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1830, he first married Susan Amanda Cobb of Georgia, and before she died in 1842, four children were borne to this union. Then he married a much younger Caroline Howze, who he met in Alabama and 10 more children were born, yet only seven of their children lived to reach adulthood. During the Creek Indian War in Alabama, Milton was commissioned a captain serving from 1835 to 1837. Following a terrible steamboat accident on the Mississippi River, he suffered severe burns then decided to bring his family to his parent's home. After returning to Florida, he became active in politics as a Democratic presidential elector in 1848 and a member of the House of Representatives from Jackson County in 1850. On October 1, 1860, he was elected to be the fifth Governor of the State of Florida, and he was sworn into office a year later on October 7, 1861. Since Florida's secession from the Union was after the election, Milton was the legal governor of Florida under the laws of both the United States and the Confederacy. He actually was the one, as Governor-elected, to read the Ordinance of Secession to the crowd gathered at the Capitol in Tallahassee, thus making Florida the third state to leave the United States. A zealous advocate of secession, he had been outspoken on the position of states' rights for nearly 30 years. States' Rights meaning a state had the right to decide certain issues including the right to own slaves to work the huge plantations of the South. The 6,330 acres Sylvannia Plantation, which was built by slaves who were owned by the Robinson side of his family, was now Milton's home along with another smaller plantation nearby. As Florida's Governor during the war, he developed a very active state militia, promoted Florida's ability to serve as an important source of food and salt for the Confederate forces, issuing paper money that was sponsored by the state's public lands, and attempted to seize any Union strong-holds in the state. On the eve of the end of the war, under the disappointment of Jefferson Davis' surrender, and the stress having Florida being penniless from a lost cause and soon being occupied by Union Forces, Milton addressed his legislature to say he "preferred death to reunion with those Yankees". At this point, Milton left Tallahassee and returned to his family at Sylvannia Plantation. Then on April 1, 1865, Milton, at the age of 57 years, pointed a pistol to his head for a fatal self-inflected gunshot wound. He left his wife Caroline with several young children to face the hardships of living on a large plantation in a war-torn state without slaves. Milton's last child was born in 1861 and name Jefferson Davis Milton. Upon Milton's death, Abraham Allison became Florida's governor. Daughter of Henry Willis and Obedience Dutiful (Bugg) Cobb
Name: Raymond Crews
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1910
Birthplace: Lawtey, Florida
Employer: Starrett Bros Inc
Complexion: Light Brown
Race: White
Height: 6
Weight: 180
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Relative's Name: Rether Crews
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 16 Oct 1940
Event Place: Lawtey, , Florida, United States
Event Place (Original): Lawtey, , Florida, United States
Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards for the State of Florida
Household
Rether Crews
Digital Folder Number: 102815106
Image Number: 583
Citing this Record
"Florida, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CR-MZPM : Fri Apr 04 22:43:03 UTC 2025), Entry for Raymond Crews and Rether Crews, 16 Oct 1940.
Name: Mr Raymond Crews
Sex: Male
Age: 86
Birth Year (Estimated): 1911
Birthplace: Lawtey
Residence Date: 06 May 1997
Residence Place: Starke
Death Date: 06 May 1997
Death Place: Starke
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 07 May 1997
Event Place: Florida, United States
Event Place (Original): Florida, United States
Newspaper: Gainesville Sun, The
Affiliate Name: GenealogyBank, Inc.
Household
Rether Crews
Richard Crews
Judy Lee
Oris Myrick Male Relative
Digital Folder Number: 101969463
Microfilm Number: 101969463
Image Number: 969
Originating System: 6
Name: Raymond Crews
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1910
Birthplace: Lawtey, Florida
Employer: Starrett Bros Inc
Complexion: Light Brown
Race: White
Height: 6
Weight: 180
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Relative's Name: Rether Crews
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 16 Oct 1940
Event Place: Lawtey, , Florida, United States
Event Place (Original): Lawtey, , Florida, United States
Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards for the State of Florida
Household
Rether Crews
Digital Folder Number: 102815106
Image Number: 583
Citing this Record
"Florida, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CR-MZPM : Fri Apr 04 22:43:03 UTC 2025), Entry for Raymond Crews and Rether Crews, 16 Oct 1940.
Citing this Record
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTL-467M : Mon Jun 03 20:31:27 UTC 2024), Entry for Mr Raymond Crews and Oris Myrick, 07 May 1997.
Name: Raymond Crews
Sex: Unknown
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1910
Race: White
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 May 1997
Event Place: Bradford, Florida, United States
Event Place (Original): Bradford, Florida, United States
Certificate Number: 54718
File Name: Missing Fiche
Citing this Record
"Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVZ4-8ZV : Wed Feb 19 13:22:57 UTC 2025), Entry for Raymond Crews, 06 May 1997.
General Notes: Wife - Rether L. Clark
Husband Matthew Talbot
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Wife Jane Clayton
Born:
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Children
1 M Clayton Merriwether Talbot
Born: Abt 1765 - Bedford County, Virginia
Christened:
Died: 13 Dec 1855 - Jefferson Co., KY
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Polly Crews
Marr: Abt 1790 - Wilkes County, Georgia 332
General Notes: Husband - Matthew Talbot
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthew Talbot
Matthew Talbot (1767 \endash September 17, 1827) was an American politician. He was the 30th Governor of Georgia.
Talbot was born in Bedford County, Virginia and moved to Wilkes County, Georgia after the American Revolution. Talbot served as a Captain in the Georgia Militia.
He was descended from one of the oldest Norman families in England. He was a grandson of Matthew Talbot, who was the third son of the tenth Earl of Shrewsbury. That Matthew Talbot was born in England in 1699. In 1722 he came on a visit to Maryland with his cousin Edward, a son Earl Talbot, to visit relatives who had settled there and for whom Talbot County in that State was named. He later moved to Maryland, and from there to Virginia where he had four sons. After the death of his wife, he moved to Bedford County, Georgia.[1]
From 1790 to 1791, Talbot served as superior court clerk in Elbert County. He represented Wilkes county as its representative in the Georgia General Assembly.
Talbot eventually moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia and was elected its delegate to the state Constitutional Convention in 1795 and 1798. In 1808, he was elected to the Georgia Senate and served in that capacity for fifteen years. From 1818 to 1823, he was the president of the Senate.
While Talbot was serving as that president of the Senate in 1819, governor William Rabun died in office, and Talbot served as the 30th Governor for two weeks.[2]
Death and legacy[edit]
He died near Washington, Georgia and is interred in the Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery in Washington.[3]
Talbot County, Georgia is named in his honor.[4]
References[edit]
William J. Northen, Men of Mark in Georgia, A. B. Caldwell, 1912, pp. 273\endash 275.
Georgia Governor Matthew Talbot". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
"Matthew Talbot". Find A Grave. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
"Profile for Talbotton, Georgia, GA". ePodunk. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matthew Talbot.
Matthew Talbot at Find a Grave
William J. Northen, Men of Mark in Georgia, A. B. Caldwell, 1912, pp. 273\endash 275.
Georgia State Archives Roster of State Governors
Georgia Governor's Gravesites Field Guide (1776-2003)
Georgia Secretary of State official website
National Governors Association
Husband James Clemmons
Born: 10 Jan 1838 - Lowndes County, GA 70
Christened:
Died: 30 Nov 1913 - Union County, Florida 70
Buried:
Father: William E. Clemmons
Mother: Lucinda Akins
Marriage: 1860 - Clinch County, Georgia 70
Wife Sarah Mathis
Born: 20 May 1838 - Lowndes Co., GA 70
Christened: 10 Mar 1867 - Prospect Primitive Baptist Church, Hamilton Co., Florida, USA 70
Died: 8 Jan 1912 - Union Co., FL 70
Buried:
Father: John Mathis
Mother: Jemima Lee
Children
General Notes: Husband - James Clemmons
1838-1913
CL1NCH
James Clemmons was born in Lowndes County, Jan. 10, 1838, son of William E. and Lucinda Clemmons (Vol. III). He came to Clinch county in his boyhood with his parents, and was married there in 1860 to Sarah (Sallie), daughter of John and Jemima Mathis (Vol. 111) She was born May 20. 1838, in Lowndes County, and died at her home in Union County, Fla., Jan. 8, 1912. Born to them were four children, viz:
I. Frances A.
2. Unity
3. James, Jr.
4. Isaac
He was a private in Co "G", 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Capt. John R. O'Steen commanding. This company was made up of Clinch county men and was mustered in at Homerville in 1862.
After the war, James Clemmons and family continued to live in Clinch county until 1878 when they removed to Union County, Fla. He homesteaded land and cleared up a farm and lived near Lake Butler until his death, Nov. 30, 1913.
Mrs. Clemmons was baptized into Prospect Primitive Baptist Church, Mar. 10, 1867, and was dismissed by letter June 8, 1878, when they moved to Florida. Her church record there not traced.
Husband Dr. Leonidas Crews
Born: 27 Oct 1831 - Thomaston, Upson, Georgia
Christened:
Died: 17 Jan 1903 - Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas
Buried: - Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton County, TX
Father: Reuben Jordan Crews
Mother: Elizabeth T. Phillips
Marriage:
Wife Sarah Helen Coachman
Born: 29 Mar 1843 - Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Christened:
Died: 14 Oct 1919 - Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA
Buried: - Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton County, TX
Children
General Notes: Husband - Dr. Leonidas Crews
Dr. Crews graduated from the New York University School of Medicine Class of 1855.
Dr. Leonidas Crews was an Assistant Surgeon in the Civil War, serving on General Beauregard's staff in Florida.
Dr. Crews was the father of fourteen children.
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CREWS, LEONIDAS, M. D.
Leonidas Crews, M. D., one of the most respected practicing physicians of the city of Hamilton, Texas, is a native of the little village of Thomaston, Upson County, Georgia, and a son of Reuben Jordan and Eliza Yarbrough (Philips) Crews. While our subject was an infant, his parents sought a new home in Harris County, of the same state, and there his childhood and youth were passed. He had educational advantages of a rather high order, and was a student in what was known as the Flat Showl Academy in Harris County, where he completed the course in Latin. The profession of medicine early attracted him, and his first reading toward that end as his life work was under the auspices of Dr. Thomas P. Park, with whom he studied two years. In the fall of 1853 the budding young physi-cian entered as a student in Jefferson College, Philadelphia, where he continued one session. The next fall he was enrolled in the medical department of the University of New York, where he attended two sessions, graduating March 9, 1855, and immediately beginning his medical career as a practicing physician at Steam Mills, Decatur County, Georgia, where the outbreak of the civil war found him a successful country doctor.
When the noise of battle broke over the land he did not long remain home, but enlisted as a private in an artillery company of Florida, under command of J. L. Dunham, but was almost immediately appointed as surgeon, after passing an examination before the board of examiners at Charleston, South Carolina. The most of the military experiences of our subject were confined to the Everglade state, and here he was found when the war finally ceased, and he was free once more to return to the practice of his chosen profession. From Marianna, Florida, the scene of the surrender of his com-pany, he went to Georgia, where he began his medical practice. In the year 1872 our subject removed to Valdosta, Lowndes County, where he remained until his removal to Texas.
Dr. Crews finally determined to seek a more productive field in Texas, and located in Hamilton, on the first day of May, 1875, and at once engaged in practice. There were already established here such physicians as Drs. Nicholson, Wilson and Steager, but Dr. Crews met with more than the usu-al measure of success. In 1878 Dr. Crews purchased one hundred and sixty acres on Lampasas creek, and was located there for five years, but in 1882 re-established himself in the city of Hamilton, where he has since remained. He is now sixty-five years old, has practiced medicine forty-one years, and has never taken a glass of whisky or used any alcoholic beverage whatever.
Dr. Crews became a married man May 30, 1861, leading to the altar Miss Helen Coachman, daughter of J. J. and Sarah (Wilkinson) Coachman. Mrs. Crews is a native of the Palmetto state, and was born March 29, 1843, at Georgetown. She is the mother of fourteen children, of whom the oldest is Clarence Coachman, born March 31, 1862, married Pauline Mingus, and is now living at Hico, where he is occupying the responsible position of editor of the Courier. Eulalie was born January 28. 1866, and died October 16, 1892. She was the wife of F. H. Baker. Floyd Coachman was born May 2, 1867, was mar-ried to Rowe McKinnie, and is now living at Dublin, where he publishes the Tele-phone. Donella celebrated as her birthday October 6, 1868, and is now the wife of George H. Boynton, editor of the Llano Times. Elma was with her parents but a little time, born March 15, 1870, and dying August 10, 1874 -- a brief life story. Percival Coachman was born September 30, 1871, and is now at East Las Vegas, New Mexico. Stella first saw the light July 7, 1873, and is now the wife of J. E. Williams, one of the successful druggists of the city. The names and birthdays of the younger children, who are all at home, are noted as follows: Wilkinson Coachman, September 9, 1875; Helen, August 1, 1877; Simmie, May 12, 1879; Leonidas Coachman, January 12, 1881, who died May 24. 1888; John Coachman, born April 6, 1883; Coachman, born March 23, 1886, and Lizzie, October 22, 1888. Our subject has always been identified politically with the Democratic party, and in matters of religion is associated with the Christian Church, having been a mem-ber of that church for fourteen years.
The father of our subject was a lawyer and died at the age of fifty years. He was the owner of a Georgia plantation of three hundred and twenty acres, and was regarded as a highly successful man. The mother of our subject was born in North Carolina, and died in the month of September, 1854, in her forty-fifth year. Dr. Crews had several brothers and sisters, whose names and history we briefly give: Charles Constantine FAG # 13889596, who was a soldier in the Confederate Army, entered as captain and came out as brigadier general. He operated with General Wheeler, and was twice shot, but never captured. Algernon, who lived only to his second year. James Mortimer FAG # 40603995 , who also was conspicuous in the Confederate service, rising to the rank of colonel, and for a time was attached to General Forrest's staff, and afterward had command of a regiment. Fleming Jordan FAG # 39024666 , who also was in the war, entering as a private and rising to the rank of captain. Jackson Philip was a Baptist preacher and had charge of a school at Memphis. He died of yellow fever. He also followed the fortunes of the Stars and Bars, and was a graduate of the Emory and Henry College, Virginia; and Sarah FAG # 74610327 , who died at the age of fourteen years.
The grandfather of our subject, Martin Crews, was a man of Revolutionary fame, and left five children, of whom Reuben Jordan was the oldest. The others were James Ware, Martin Mortimer, James Fleming and Elizabeth, who remained unmarried. The Crews family was probably of German extraction.
The maternal grandfather of our subject was Charles Philips, who was a native of North Carolina, but moved to Georgia in an early day. He was married to Miss Anna Nix, and their children were Eliza Yarbrough (the mother of our subject), Dorinda, Margaret, Pleasant Jackson, Abram, George Nix, Sarah and Henry Lowe. (Source: History of Texas, Central Texas, Vol I, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896)
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55313798/leonidas-crews: accessed November 15, 2025), memorial page for Dr Leonidas Crews (23 Oct 1831\endash 3 Jan 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55313798, citing Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Dee Winter (contributor 47046829).
General Notes: Wife - Sarah Helen Coachman
Mrs. Crews was the mother of fifteen children.
1880 Hamilton County, TX Census
Household Gender Age
Spouse Leonidas Crews M 48
Sarah H. Crews F 37
Child Clarence C. Crews M 18
Child Eulalia Crews F 14
Child Floyd C. Crews M 13
Child Donellen Crews M 11
Child Percival C. Crews M 8
Child Stella Crews F 6
Child Wilkinson C. Crews M 4
Child Hellen Crews F 2
Child Simmie Crews F 1
Charlotte P. Coachman F 52
1900 Hamilton County, TX Census
Spouse Leonidas Crews M
Sarah H Crews F
Child Helen Crews F
Child Simmie Crews F
Child John C Crews M
Child Coachman Crews M
Child Lizzie Crews F
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1910 Census, Hamilton, Hamilton County, TX
Household Gender Age
Helen Crews F 67y
Wilkerson Crews M 34y (son)
Coach Crews M 24y (son)
Charolette Coachman F 81y (sister)
Francis Coachman F 69y (sister)
Husband David Herndon 4
Born: 1813 - South Carolina 4
Christened:
Died: Abt 1888 - Echols County, GA
Buried:
Marriage: 7 Jul 1832 - Montgomery County, Georgia 4
Wife Eliza Coarsey
Born: 1812 - Georgia
Christened:
Died: Abt 1890 - Echols County, GA
Buried:
Children
1 M John Herndon
Born: 1835 - Montgomery County, Georgia, 4
Christened:
Died: 1890 - Echols County, Georgia
Buried: - Carter Cemetery, Echols County, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Marcella Carter
Marr: 1873
General Notes: Husband - David Herndon
1813-1888
ECHOLS
DAVID HERNDON was born on or near the line of Barnwell and Colleton counties, South Carolina, in 1813, a son of Phillip Herndon. His mother was a sister of Capt. Jesse Carter (q.v.) and others of that family which moved to Appling County about 1819-1820, some of them later moving to Lowndes County. Phillip Herndon and family moved to Appling county along with the Carters. His grandfather, William Herndon, was born in 1743 in Caroline County, Virginia, and moved to North Carolina where he was in the Revolutionary War, then moved to Barnwell District, South Carolina.
David Herndon grew up in Appling County, Georgia, his parents living near the old county seat village of Holmesville. When he was of age he left home and went to Montgomery County and there met Miss Eliza Coarsey, and they were married July 7, 1832 in that county. She was born in this state in 1812. To David and Eliza were born:
1. John
2. George W.
3. James M.
4. Joshua
5. Rachel
6. David
7. Rebecca Ann
8. William
9. Howell
About 1840, Mr. Herndon and family moved to Irwin County and settled in that portion cut off in 1854 into Worth County. Record is found of his service as a Grand Juror in Irwin County, September Term, 1848, and at other times. After several years spent there in farming and stock-raising he sold out and moved about 1855 to Lowndes, now Echols County. In 1858 the family was cut off out of Lowndes into Echols. Mr. Herndon was a resident there until his death about 1888. His wife died about 1890. They are buried in Echols County.
Hon. Thomas D. Herndon, present Clerk of Echols Superior Court, is a grandson.
Census References: 1850, Irwin; 1860, Echols.
Husband John Milton II
Born: 20 Apr 1807 - Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia
Christened:
Died: 1 Apr 1865 - Marianna, Jackson County, Florida
Buried: - St Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA
Father: Gen Homer Virgil Milton
Mother: Eliza Jane Robinson
Marriage: Abt 1830
Wife Susan Amanda Cobb
Born: 27 Sep 1809 - Georgia
Christened:
Died: 23 Nov 1840
Buried: - St Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson COunty, Florida
Children
General Notes: Husband - John Milton II
Bio by: Linda Davis
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8823596/john-milton: accessed May 11, 2025), memorial page for John Milton II (20 Apr 1807\endash 1 Apr 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8823596, citing Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
General Notes: Wife - Susan Amanda Cobb
First wife of John Milton (II), Governor of FL and Lawyer
Husband R. Kirkland
Born:
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Died:
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Marriage:
Wife Synthia Coleman
Born: 16 Sep 1816
Christened:
Died: 8 Jan 1896
Buried: - Oak Grove Church Cemetery, Columbia Co., Florida, USA
Children
1 F Avy Kirkland
Born: 22 Aug 1852
Christened:
Died: 17 Aug 1891
Buried: - Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Deep Creek, Columbia County, Florida, USA
2 F Alice Kirkland
Born: 1854
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Hugh Melton
3 F Louisa Kirkland 220
Born: 20 Nov 1857 - Coffee County, Georgia, USA
Christened:
Died: 17 Jan 1900 - Lake City, Columbia County, Florida 60
Buried: - Oaklawn Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida
Spouse: Solomon Robert Milton
Marr: 1 Oct 1879 - Columbia County, FL 58. (Death of Spouse)
4 M George C. Kirkland
Born: 29 Oct 1861 - Georgia
Christened:
Died: 17 Jul 1928 - Baker County, Florida
Buried: - Oak Grove Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker County, Florida