Joel Griffis
Sex: M
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1. *Sarah Register
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Benjamin Grooms
Sex: M
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1. *Jane Townsend
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1. Keziah Grooms
Keziah Grooms
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 13 Apr 1818 - South Carolina 3
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Death: 24 Mar 1902 - Cartersville, St Johns, Florida ( at age 83) 3
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Father: Benjamin Grooms
Mother: Jane Townsend
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1. *George Carter
Marriage: 19 Dec 1836 3
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Benjamin F. Guest
Sex: M
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Birth Date: 1848 13
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Father: Miles Jackson Guest
Mother: Hulda Kight
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1. *Mary Ann Waldron
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Benjamin W. Guest
Sex: M
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Birth Date: 1814 - South Carolina
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Father: William Guest
Mother: Agnes
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1. *Georgia Ann Waldron
Marriage: 1844 - Ware County, GA
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John Guest
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1. Nancy Guest
Miles Jackson Guest
Sex: M
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Birth Date: 8 Mar 1810 - Barnwell County, SC 13
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Death: 7 Mar 1865 - Clinch County, GA ( at age 54) 13
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Father: William Guest
Mother: Agnes
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1. *Hulda Kight
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1. Benjamin F. Guest
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GUEST, Miles JacksonMILES JACKSON GUEST was born in Barnwell District, South Carolina, March 8, 1810, son of William and Agnes and grandsn of John Guest, R.S., who died in that county in 1828. William Guest had a sister, Nancy (or Ann) and her husband, John Rice, who moved to Georgia also and resided in Clinch County. With his parents, M. J. Guest moved to Tattnall County, Georgia, and soon after was married to Miss Hulda Kight who was a sister of Hiram Kight of Clinch County. She was born April 10, 1812, in Georgia and died at her home in Clinch County, September 30, 1882. Their children were:
1810-1865
CLINCH
1. William Allenb. 1832, m. Eliza Wilkerson
2. Miles Jacksonb. 1833, died in boyhood.
3. Hiram Walkerb. 1834, m. Annie Waldron.
4. John Powellb. 1837, m. Sarah Ann Stanfield of Tattnall Co.
5. Jamesb. 1840, m. Serena miner, daughter of Win. of Ware Co.
6. Elizabethb. 1843, m. Kindred C. Cowart.
7. Maryb. 1845, m. Andrew L Henderson.
8. Benjamin F.b. 1848, m. Mary Waldron.
9. Darkis Matildab. 1851, m. David Henderson.
10. Francis Marionb. 1854, m. Tobitha Ann Griffis, daughter of Juniper.
About 1834-1836 Mr. Guest removed to Ware County and granted lands from the State, mostly in the 8th district of his county. He built his home on some of these lots, cleared up and operated a large plantation with slave labor, near the present village of Manor, Ware County. In 1861 he exchanged these lands for the holdings of Duncan Giddens in northern Clinch County, consisting of about 3000 acres, plantation, millpond and watermill, etc. He moved there and continued to live there until his death March 7, 1865. He and his wife are buried in the nearby Guest Millpond Cemetery. His widow and Rev. Guilford Lastinger were the administrators on his estate, and sold the Guest holdings except the dower-lands, to Fisher Griffin in 1866. John Moore became the owner of this property at sheriff's sale in 1868, and operated the farm and water mill until the 1880s when he sold same to Francis Marion Guest, youngest son of Miles J. Guest, and who owned the same until his death in 1907.
Mr. Guest served three terms as Sheriff of Ware County: 1836-1838, 1844-1846 and 1850-1852. He was deputy clerk of the superior court a short while, also in the Indian War he served as a private in Capt. David J. Miller's company of Ware county militia in 1838.
Census References: 1830, Tattnall; 1840, 1850, 1860, Ware.
Nancy Guest
Sex: F
AKA: Ann Guest
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Birth Date: 1783 13
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Death: 1863 - Echols County, GA ( at age 80) 13
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Father: John Guest 13
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1. *John Rice 13
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1. Elizabeth Rice
2. Christina Rice
3. Mehala Rice
4. Rachel Rice
5. John Guest Rice
6. Sarah Rice