Sarah Monk
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 1802 - Bulloch County, GA 13,31
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Father: William Monk 31
Mother: Jerushia Parrish
Spouses and Children
1. *David Mathis
Marriage: 1822 31
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Children:
1. William Mathis
2. Jerushia Mathis
3. Elbert Mathis
4. Jemima Mathis
Telitha Monk
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1794 - Burke County, GA 2
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Death: 1863 - Lowndes Co., GA ( at age 69)
Burial: in Cat Creek Cemetery (Lowndes) GA
Parents
Father: William Monk 31
Mother: Jerushia Parrish
Spouses and Children
1. *William Bexley Cowart
Marriage: 22 Aug 1812 - Bulloch County, GA 2
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Children:
1. Larkin Cowart
2. Linnie Cowart
3. Hillery Cowart
4. Elizabeth Cowart
5. David Cowart
6. Miles Cowart
7. Mary Cowart
8. Jemima Cowart
9. Nancy Cowart
William Monk
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1763 - Edgefield District, South Carolina 13
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Death: Abt 1825 - Bulloch County, Georgia ( about age 62) 13
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Spouses and Children
1. *Jerushia Parrish
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1. Rhoda Monk
2. Telitha Monk
3. Nannie Monk
4. Sarah Monk
5. Malachi Monk
6. William Monk
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General:
MONK, WilliamWILLIAM MONK, a Revolutionary soldier, and ancestor of a large family connection in Wiregrass Georgia, was born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, in 1763, and died at his home in Bulloch County, Georgia, about 1825. He was a son of Malon (sometimes spelled Menon and Menin) Monk. The family moved to Burke County, Georgia, in 1777-1778, and later to Bulloch County. Richard Monk, brother of William, was appointed administrator of their father's estate in Bulloch County, November 10, 1808. William Monk married Jerushia Parrish, born 1773, sister of Henry Parrish, Sr. To them were born the following children (list that follows shows county where most of each one's descendants now live) :
1763-1825
BULLOCH
1. Hiramb. 1790, m. Mary. Died 1817 in Bulloch Co.
2. Rhodab. 1792, m. James Mathis; Berrien County.
3. Telithab. 1794, m. William B. Cowart; Lowndes County.
4. Charlotteb. 1797, m. Moses Tomlinson; Clinch County.
5. Mahlonb. 1800, m. Elizabeth ______; Colquitt County.
6. Nannieb. 1801, m. William Carter; Lowndes County.
7. Sarahb. 1802, m. David Mathis; Cook-Lowndes counties.
8. Malachib. 1805, m. (1) ______ DeLoach, sister of Ebenezer (2) Mehala Rice, daughter of John, Clinch Co.
9. Williamb. 1809, m Ailcy Dampier, daughter of John, Worth Co.
10. Miel or Milesb. 1811, m. (wife unknown).
11. Pollieb. 1812, m. James Griffin, son of Thomas, Berrien Co.
12. Susannahb. 1814, in. (husband unknown).
13. Jemimab. 1816, m. Ebenezer DeLoach; Lowndes County.
William Monk was a Revolutionary soldier and served as a private in the Georgia Line (p. 388, Knight's Roster of the Revolution). Mrs. Maude E. Garrison of Adel, became the first descendant to join the D.A.R. on this line. She is a member of John Floyd Chapter, D.A.R. and her National Number is 378429.
A few years after William Monk's death his widow and unmarried children moved to Lowndes County, also others of the family connection. She is shown in the 1830 Census of Lowndes as the head of a family consisting of self, three sons and two daughters. In 1850 she was living with her daughter, Rhoda and her husband, James Mathis in Lowndes County (territory now in Berrien County). She died about 1857 and was buried at Union Church.
William Monk
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 18 May 1809 - Bulloch County, GA 1
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Death: 24 Sep 1855 - Worth County, Georgia ( at age 46) 1
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Parents
Father: William Monk 31
Mother: Jerushia Parrish
Spouses and Children
1. *Ailey Dampier
Marriage: 1828 - Bulloch County, GA 1
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Notes
General:
MONK, WILLIAMWilliam Monk, a son of William and Jerushia (Parrish) Monk (see Vol. 1), was born in Bulloch County May 18, 1809, and died at his home in Worth County, September 24, 1855. He was married in 1828 to Miss Ailey Dampier, a daughter of John Dampier (see Vol. 1). She was born May 14, 1807 and died at her home in Worth County January 24,1886. To Mr. and Mrs. Monk were born:
1809-1855
WORTH
1. Matildab. 1830, m. Jordan Hancock
2. Mary Annb. 1832, m. John C. Sumner January 12, 1854.
3. Martha Annb. 1835, m. Daniel S. Sumner February 18, 1853.
4. Hiramb. 1838, never m.
5. Milesb. 1840, m. (1) Martha Hancock 1861 (2) Susan Norman.
6. Johnb. 1841, died single in C. S. Army.
7. Mahlonb. 1844, died single.
8. Sarah Annb. 1847, probably died single.
9. William W.b. 1852, m. (1) Margaret Hancock (2) Mary Florence Williams.
William Monk was a private in the Indian War in Capt. Hamilton W. Sharpe's volunteer troop of Lowndes County militia. Soon after marriage, he and his wife moved to the Seventh land district of what was then Irwin County, acquired lands there, built a home, cleared up a large farm, and lived there until his death. A year before he died, he was cut into the new County of Worth out of Irwin.
Mr. and Mrs. Monk are buried on their old home place, five miles south of the present town of Poulan. The property is now owned by a grandson, Judge C. W. Monk of Sylvester.
Census References: Irwin, 1840, 1850.
William R. Monk
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1849 - Ware (now Clinch) County, GA 1
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Father: Malachi Monk 13
Mother: Mehala Rice
Lucy Montgomery
Sex: F
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1. *William Hutto
Marriage: 1806
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Benjamin Moody
Sex: M
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1. Isadora Moody
Isaac Moody
Sex: M
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1. *Sarah Carter
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Isadora Moody
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Father: Benjamin Moody
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1. *David J. Waldron
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George Moore
Sex: M
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1. *Jane Barcroft
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1. Magdalene Moore