To preserve the history of the Town of Valley Head, DeKalb County Alabama, and the history of the families who settled the area known as the head of Wills Valley.
“…to approach every historical claim with a critical eye and ear. But even when oral sources exaggerated or distorted the past, they provided a drama lost to written records, a notion of how it really was to be alive then and share the anger or the sense of hopelessness- or maintain dogged determination.” Wayne Flynt Poor But Proud, Alabama’s Poor Whites, 1989 University of Alabama Press
I am the great x 2 granddaughter of Dovey Shankles. Seaborn’s 2nd marriage yielded my great grandpa, Loyd,who had my grandpa, Mancil, who I was very fond of.
This journey led me here, for which I am very thankful, and would love any additional info on Milligan or Dovey. This is where my search stops. I can’t find more further back.
Do you happen to have next generations? I mean, since we’re family and all…
Thanks so much for all of this!
You need to email her at vbfillmore@gmail.com
Milligan Fossett was drafted by Confederate but deserted and died in a Confederate Prison in Richmond Virginia when Seaborn was 3 years old. Dovy married Samuel Shankles. She is buried at Robertson Chapel Methodist Church in Rainsville Al
Milligan Fossett was drafted by Confederate but deserted and died in a Confederate Prison in Richmond Virginia when Seaborn was 3 years old. Dovy married Samuel Shankles. She is buried at Robertson Chapel Methodist Church in Rainsville Al
Hi Sarah my husband is also a grandchild of Dovie Shankles.
DeKalb County, Alabama, Marriage Index 1836-1916
Fossett, Milligan to Lackey, Dovey A. 3-12- 1860
Fossett, Seaborn to Long Addie 11-2-1902 (Long, A.M. to Pruett, Addie V. 1-1-1895) spelled “Privett” on Find A Grave Memorials: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41670911/ada-victoria-fossett
Possible entry of marriage Dovey A. Lackey Fossett to Samuel Shankles as it is transcribed:
Shankles, Samuel to Fosset, Dicy 9-4-1866
Seaborn Fossett
BIRTH 2 Jan 1861
DeKalb County, Alabama, USA
DEATH 12 Apr 1940 (aged 79)
Jackson County, Alabama, USA
BURIAL
New Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery
Duncan Crossroads, Jackson County, Alabama, USA
1920 Jackson County Alabama Census shows Seaborn Fossett and family living in Section Percent 24
Children:
Leonard b: 1903
Loyd b: 1905
Launa b: 1909
Lois b: 1911
Lillian b: 1912
Charles b: 1914
Lee b: 1915
Ollie b: 1919
Reta Troxtel I just read your comment about the Troxtel woman that travelled on foot from another state and had children out of wedlock. My ancestor was Jane Troxtel. She had 5 children with unknown fathers and never married. She was neighbors and associated with Allen Lea family. Her daughter Margaret Troxtel Wade’s 2nd marriage was to Walter Lea. My mother was a Wade. Is this your family? Do you have more info on the above story?
Relation: Elizabeth Blevins “Troxel” is my third great grand aunt, she married George Jacob “Troxel”. Reference Wade: Docia Anola Wade, 1877-1954, was the mother of my former father-in-law, Jasper W. (Jack) Hartline, 1918-1999. I have some old pictures labled Troxtel, but have no idea thier first names. I will try to email to you maybe you can tell me who they are.
Jane Troxtel and her beginnings are some what confusing. Depending to the researcher, you get different information. I find Jane C. “Troxell” in the 1860 Census, Valley Head, DeKalb Co., Al, in the house hold of Samuel Thomas, age 75 born in Va., and Louisa Thomas age 25, born in Tn. I believe Louisa was a Troxtel. In the 1850 Census Valley Head, AL, listed an Elizabeth “Troxel” age 58, born in NC, with children Eliza, age 17, born in Tn, and Jane, age 3, born in Al. Jane, age 3, is probably the daughter of Eliza.
John C McCain (Rootsweb.com) list Elizabeth maiden name as Blevins. It appears that Eliza Louisa Troxell married Samuel Thomas about 1856, because also listed is a male, 13, Washington Troxell and a male, 3, Samuel H. Thomas.
According to Charles Austin (Rootsweb.com, 2000) Elizabeth was married to George Jacob Troxell, probably before 1830, probably in TN.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15568422/jane-troxtel
Jane Troxtel
BIRTH 30 Oct 1845
DEATH 6 Jan 1921 (aged 75)
BURIAL
Head Springs Cemetery
Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA
MEMORIAL ID 15568422 · View Source
Children
John P. Troxtel 1867–1940
Thomas Alfred Troxtel 1871–1967
Tennie Elizabeth Troxtel Dean 1876–1952
The following site list the 1866 Alabama State Census:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GT5-8T2?cc=1915987&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AV6P5-KXF
Jane Troxtell as head of household, 1 male under ten and 1 female under ten. It appears Mr. Samuel Thomas had passed away before 1866.
Jane Troxtel listed on 1880 US Census:
Name: Jane Troxell
Sex: Female
Age: 34
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Township 5 Range 9, DeKalb, Alabama, United States
Event Place (Original): De Kalb, Alabama, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Birthplace: Alabama, United States
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Keeping House
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Father’s Birthplace: Alabama, United States
Mother’s Birthplace: Alabama, United States
Person Number: 0
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 558
Volume: 1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Jane Troxell Self F 34 Alabama, United States
Margaret Troxell Daughter F 14 Alabama, United States
John Troxell Son M 13 Alabama, United States
Lucy Troxell Daughter F 10 Alabama, United States
Thomas Troxell Son M 8 Alabama, United States
Tennessee Troxell Daughter F 4 Alabama, United States
Household ID: 11803017
Sheet Number and Letter: 558A
Affiliate Film Number: 0012
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Digital Folder Number: 005157230
Microfilm Number: 1254012
Image Number: 00076
Citing this Record
“United States Census, 1880,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JX-124 : 19 February 2021), Jane Troxell, Township 5 Range 9, DeKalb, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 558A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,012.
1900 in the house of her Son-in-law:
Event Type Census
Name Jane Troxtle
Sex Female
Age 54
Event Date 1900
Event Place Precincts 12-13 Phillips, Sulphur Springs, DeKalb, Alabama, United States
Event Place (Original) ED 71 Precincts 12-13 Phillips, Sulphur Springs, DeKalb, Alabama, United States
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Mother-in-law
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 10
Birth Date Oct 1846
Birthplace Alabama
Father’s Birthplace U S
Mother’s Birthplace U S
Jane Troxtle
Tennicy L Dean, Daughter, F, 24, Alabama
Other People on This Record
William T Dean, M, 29, Alabama
Event Type Census
Name William T Dean
Sex Male
Age 29
Event Date 1900
Event Place Precincts 12-13 Phillips, Sulphur Springs, DeKalb, Alabama, United States
Event Place (Original) ED 71 Precincts 12-13 Phillips, Sulphur Springs, DeKalb, Alabama, United States
Marital Status Married
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 10
Years Married 8
Birth Date May 1871
Birthplace Alabama
Marriage Year (Estimated) 1892
Father’s Birthplace Alabama
Mother’s Birthplace Alabama
Margaret L Dean, F, 7, Alabama
Mariah A Dean, F, 4, Alabama
James H Dean, M, 2, Alabama
Still looking for Jane Troxtel in 1910 US Census.
In 1920 Jane Troxtel is in the household of William and TN Dean
Land Patent: This may be your Jane.
Accession/Serial #: AL4160__.386 BLM Serial #: AL NO S/N
Names
Patentee: JANE TROXTEL
Survey
State: AL
Acres: 80
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 2/29/1892
Land Office: Huntsville
Cancelled: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat. 392)
Document Numbers
Document Nr.: 6939
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 12806
Accession/Serial Nr.: AL4160__.386
BLM Serial Nr.: AL NO S/N
Aliquot
Parts Sec./
Block Township Range Fract.
Section Meridian State Counties Survey
Nr.
SWNW 6/ 5-S 10-E No Huntsville AL Dekalb
NWSW 6/ 5-S 10-E No Huntsville AL Dekalb
Thank you…I had most of this. I can’t find Jane, Margaret, John Patrick or Lucy Ann Troxtel on a 1870 Census. My mother was told Margarrt was given to a family named Frosty and taken to Texas as a child. When she was 13 she came back to Alabama and later married John S Wade. She appears on the 1880 Census need 1870.
I am going through the census hopefully to find the 1870 census with Jane C. and others. I do have questions: In 1950 I find Elizabeth “Troxel” 56 with Eliza, 17 and Jane 3. Then in 1860, I find Louisa Thomas 25, Jane C. “Troxell” 13, Washington Troxell 8, and Samuel H. Thomas 3, in the household of Samuel Thomas 75 VA.
Was Louisa Thomas a “Troxell”?
Is anyone that uploaded pictures in the Crow gallery able to name some of the pictures for me? I am a decsendent of Joseph C Crow. My grandparents were Thurman Haney and Edith Crow.
Thank you
My mom venus can ill call her and tell her you need information
valley head
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Darlene, good to hear from you again. I will try to list names on pictures left to right:
Pic 1 Washington Dyer Crow, father of Joseph Columbus Crow.
Pic 2 Top Martha Jane Bunnell and Lena Geneva Crow: Center Cora Bell Bunnell Crow, Joseph Columbus Crow, Edith and Alva Crow, Nathaniel P.A. “Pulley” Bunnell. Children in laps Martha Crow, Washington P. Crow.
Pic 3 Children of Joseph C. and Cora Crow; Lena Geneva, Ava Viola, Washington Pomeroy, Martha V., Herbert Eskin, Hollis Benjamin, Joseph Columbus Jr., John Westley
Pic 4 Alva Crow Hulgan family (I have not sorted out all the childrens name)
Pic 5 & 6 Jacob Tolliver Beene, there is a Beene, Blansit, Crow connection.
Pic 7 & 8 Mary A Been, Paulina Beene
Pic 9 Johnny Hulgans’ mothers father Mr. Bell
Pic 10 Dyer B. Beene
Pic 11 Chester Blansit and Lillie Crow
Pic 12 Leonna Blansit
Pic 13 Nancy Blansit
Pic 14 Mr Buckles and children: Igie Buckles married Herbert E. Crow in 1933. Igie was one of 11 children.
Pic 15 Crow, Blansit, Beene family gathering (I have not sorted out the names)
Pic 16 Alva and Geneva Crow
Pic 17 “Bud” Crow huggin Ted Ellis, flanked by Bud’s daughters, not sure which Crow son was called Bud.
Pic 18 Columbus Crow and Alice Keith
Pic 19 Cora Belle Bunnell Crow, sons Joseph Columbus, Bud, Herbert, Bill, Hollis in lap.
Pic 20 Dyer Beene Crow and Annie Wells Crow
Pic 21 Edith Capitola Crow Haney, married Thurman Henry Haney
Pic 22 Crow family group, yet to be identified.
Pic 23 Geneva Crow
Pic 24 Greenberry Crow (son of Jonathan Crow and Susannah Crow) and Hannah Jane Crow daughter of Isaac Allen Crow Sr. and Sara Alice White Cox.
Pic 25 Your picture of Edith Crow Haney and other family members.
Pic 26 & 27 Isaac Allen Crow Sr with daughter Hannah, newspaper article about Mr. Crow.
Pic 28 Isaac Allen Crow jr and Catharine Cox married 1866
Pic 29 Sibert Bell, seated, Joseph Columbus Crow, leaning abt 1917
Pic 30 & 31 Joseph Columbus Crow, Jr. and Wilodene Givens married 1941
Pic 32 John Christopher Crow, son of Isaac Allen Crow, Sr.
Pic 33 John Cicero Crow and spouse (still digging)
Pic 34 John M. Crow with Blansit and Beene family members (not yet sorted)
Pic 35 John Madison Crow and Mariah L. Hawkins
Pic 36 Daughters of John Madison Crow (not sorted)
Pic 37 John M. and Mariah Hawkins Crow
Pic 38 Joseph C. Crow Jr. 1972
Pic 39 Laura A. Keith Crow
Pic 40 Uncle Lum (Columbus Lafayette) and Aunt Laura Alice Keith Crow
Pic 41 Margaret Lucretia Crow
Pic 42 Martha V. Crow Chapman married Henry R. Chapman 1923
Pic 43 Margaret Lucretia Crow married George Washington Palmer 1901
Pic 44 Joseph Columbus Crow, seated, Lena Geneva standing, Cora Bell seated, holding Edith Capitola
Pic 45 Crow, not sure which one
Pic 46 Washington Dyer Crow Home Place
Pic 47 Washington Dyer Crow and second wife Mary Ann Beene married 1880
Pic 48 James Ellis Crow wife Nancy Kathryn York, children Winford, Jewel, Thelma, Harold, Martha and Alice
Pic 49 Billy Joe Ellis and Audry Bell Hulgan Ellis
Pic 50 Lena Geneva Crow Ellis
Pic 51 Andrew Ransome England husband of LaPatera Canzata Bunnell
Pic 52 Pauline Beene and James Hawkins
Pic 53 Herbert E. and Igie Buckles Crow with Unknown friends
Pic 54 Herbert Crow and unidentified friends
Pic 55 Herbert Crow and Roy Smith
Pic 56 Hollis Benjamin Crow wife Viola Shrader, children Jerry Wayne, Charles and Lois
Pic 57 Johnny, Jimmie, Tommy, Eddie Hulgan
Pic 58 George Washington Palmer and daughter
Pic 59 George Washington Palmer and Margaret Lucretia Crow
Pic 60 Malinda Crow S DaKota 1845-1927
Pic 61 Trecia Thompson and Johnny Hulgan
Pic 62 Crow Beene Hawkins Blansit family gathering (not sorted)
Pic 63 Andrew Jackson Wells and Belva Albertrue Crow early 1960s, married 1906
Pic 64 William Alfred Crow family home in Gainesville, Hall County, GA (still digging)
Pic 65 William Marshall Howell and Mary Magdeline Crow married 1925
Good to hear from you again, You Have a Very Blessed Day. Venus
This is in reference to Ellis notes regarding Troxtel stories about Robert E. Lee and Cherokee. I am a Troxtel. My father, E. F. Troxtel, was born in Valley Head. He was born in 1922. I grew up hearing variations on the same stories… related to Robert E. Lee (but my mother said it was just a coincidence because the family related Robert E. Lee was actually a farmer, married, who took up with a young woman with the last name Troxtel. She traveled on foot, alone, from another state, until the Lee family took her in. Lee and the woman had children. As he was married, the children had the last name Troxtel, not Lee). Personally, I always liked the story of the lone female traveler. She was strong, independent, and fearless.
I also heard about Cherokee hiding in Sequoia Caverns during the Trail of Tears march, so the Troxtel’s are supposed to have Cherokee lineage.
Another story was about an Indian Princess called Cornblossom who married Jacob Troxtel (although an internet search states the name as Troxel or Troxell. Interestingly, the original old spelling of the Troxtel/Troxel/Troxell name was Trachsel.) The Cornblossom story involved a massacre where Cornblossom died. The massacre was supposed to have occurred in Kentucky, but the Troxtel in the story was tied to DeKalb County, as well as Sand Mountain in North Georgia.
Yet another story tells about a rather nasty Troxtel who was a carpet bagger. He was known as Scalping Jake Troxtel. I am not sure if any of the tales are true, but one of my aunts worked on the Troxtel genealogy and she found much of the above information during her research. We thought Scalping Jake was a particularly colorful character.
I am interested in hearing more about the Troxtel woman in your story. My ancestor was Jane C Troxtel. She had 5 children fathers unknown and never married. Jane was associated with and lived close to the Allen Lea family. Her daughter Margaret was my great grandmother. Margaret’s second husband was Walter Lea. Do you have more info?
My sister is Reta Troxtel. The graves for the Lea family are in a graveyard on the back road to ft Payne from Trenton. I can’t remember its name. I think it is in valley head. The Leas had fancy gravestones. The Troxtels are buried close by but their headstones are rocks with information hand carved. There used to be hand carved stone birds on the graves but they have been stolen. The Leas fought for the north in the civil war. They were part of the Videttes of Northern GA. Even though the Troxtels were betrayed we didn’t turn out too bad. My father was an engineer with patents in ceramics. If you have any pictures I would love to see them.
Rachel Hawkins – Is there some way I can contact you. I have been trying to learn more about Jane C for several years. I have a Cornblossom DNS Project at Family Tree DNA and am descended from Jacob Troxell.
Thank you for sharing all this information. I’m the great granddaughter of Eulis B Hicks and trying to find more information on her ancestry. I was told she was full Cherokee. Anything you can share would be greatly appreciated.
Blessings
Patricia Rogers
If there is a Cherokee ancestor it may be: Martha Pack was born on 12 Jun 1810 in
TN who married William Jacob Beene.
Native American is not easy to trace, only DNA can tell. Elizabeth Pack was
a prominent resident of Valley Head and Wills Valley, said to be Cherokee. Could
be that Martha Pack is the connection.
Listed on vhhgfamilyhistory transcription:
Hicks, Eulis B. 1890 AL Dallas W. Phillips
DeKalb County, AL, Marriage Index 1836-1916:
Phillips, Dallas W. Hicks, Burley 5-6-1906 (MMDDYY)
Burial Head Springs Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, AL
Eulis Berline “Berlie” Hicks Phillips b. 2 Nov 1889 AL d. 14 Mar 1944
Father: Joseph Hicks 1862-1891
Mother: Harriet Saphronia Ellis 1870-1935
First Marriage Listed as:
Ellis, Susphraney H. Hicks, J. B. 10-8-1885
Second Marriage
Married John P Humble 12-23-1894
Harriet S. Ellis was the daughter of Abner Ellis 1847-1900 and
Serena Hawkins 1847-1911
Married: Dallas Whitfield Phillips 1880-1952
Listed On 1900 Census, DeKalb Co AL:
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John P Humble Head Male 25 Alabama
Harriet S Humble Wife Female 30 Alabama
Eulala Humble Daughter Female 5 Alabama
Ora M Humble Daughter Female 2 Tennessee
Eulis B Hicks Daughter Female 11 Alabama
Ancestors of Eulis Berline Hicks
Generation 1
1. Eulis Berline Hicks daughter of Joseph B. Hicks and Harriet S. Ellis was
born in 1889. She died in 1944.
Dallas W. Phillips.
Dallas W. Phillips and Eulis Berline Hicks married. They had 1 child.
Generation 2
2. Joseph B. Hicks was born in 1862. He died in 1891.
3. Harriet S. Ellis daughter of Abner Jackson Ellis and Serena H. Hawkins
was born on 06 Jul 1870. She died on 25 Mar 1935 in DeKalb Co AL.
Joseph B. Hicks and Harriet S. Ellis were married on 08 Oct 1885 in DeKalb Co AL.
They had the following children:
+ 1. i. Eulis Berline Hicks was born in 1889. She died in 1944.
Generation 3
6. Abner Jackson Ellis son of James Ellis Sr. and Mary Ann Phillips was born
on 12 Apr 1847 in DeKalb Co AL. He died on 09 Sep 1900 in DeKalb Co AL.
Notes for Abner Jackson Ellis: General Notes:
DeKalb Co AL Census 1870 pg 899a. DeKalb Co AL Census 1880 pg 534b. DeKalb Co
AL Census 1900 pg 99a.
7. Serena H. Hawkins daughter of Raleigh R. Hawkins and Henrietta Beene
was born on 20 Sep 1847 in DeKalb Co AL. She died on 13 Jan 1911 in DeKalb Co
AL.
Notes for Serena H. Hawkins: General Notes:
DeKalb Co AL Census 1910 pg 197a.
Abner Jackson Ellis and Serena H. Hawkins married. They had the following
children:
i. Charles Tolbert Ellis was born on 06 Jun 1872 in DeKalb Co AL. He
married Pallie Margaret White on 05 Oct 1902 in DeKalb Co AL. He died on 11
Mar 1908 in DeKalb Co AL.
ii. Edger Ellis was born on 03 Oct 1875 in DeKalb Co AL. He married Mary
Elizabeth Lowry on 30 Oct 1898. He died on 04 Apr 1951 in DeKalb Co AL.
+ 3. iii. Harriet S. Ellis was born on 06 Jul 1870. She married John P.
Humble on 23 Dec 1894 in DeKalb Co AL. She died on 25 Mar 1935 in DeKalb Co
AL.
Generation 4
12. James Ellis Sr. son of William II Ellis and Hannah Davis was born in 1805
in Carter Co TN. He died on 05 Nov 1863 in Stevenson, Jackson Co AL.
Notes for James Ellis Sr.: General Notes:
Alabama and Tennessee Cavalry First Regiment(Vidette)
https://www.angelfire.com/al2/1sttnalvidcav/index.html
This regiment was organized as follows: Companies A, B, C, G, and H at Stevenson
and Bridgeport, Alabama, from September 10, 1863, to April 26, 1864; and
companies D, E, and F, at Tracey City and Nashville, Tennessee, from December 9,
1863 to February 24, 1864, to serve one year. It was mustered out of service June
16, 1864, in accordance with orders from the War Department.
Second Lieutenant James Ellis……….died of disease……..November 05, 1863
DeKalb Co AL Census 1850 pg 406b.
DeKalb Co AL Census 1860 pg 33.
DeKalb Co AL Census 1870 pg 899a.
13. Mary Ann Phillips daughter of Richard Phillips and Susannah Chambers
was born on 27 Feb 1811 in Jasper, Marion Co TN. She died in Aug 1874 in DeKalb
Co AL.
James Ellis Sr. and Mary Ann Phillips were married on 28 Jul 1828 in Marion Co
TN. They had the following children:
i. Susannah Ellis was born in 1832.
ii. William D. Bud Ellis was born in Nov 1833 in TN.
Notes for William D. Bud Ellis: General Notes:
Member of Co C, 1st Ala&Tenn Ind Vid, Union. Alabama and Tennessee Cavalry
First Regiment (Vidette)
This regiment was organized as follows: Companies A, B, C, G, and H at Stevenson
and Bridgeport, Alabama, from September 10, 1863, to April 26, 1864; and
companies D, E, and F, at Tracey City and Nashville, Tennessee, from December 9,
1863 to February 24, 1864, to serve one year. It was mustered out of service June
16, 1864, in accordance with orders from the War Department.
DeKalb Co AL Census 1860 pg 33.
DeKalb Co AL Census 1870 pg 899a.
DeKalb Co AL Census 1880 pg 534b.
William ELLIS Self M Male W 41 TN TN TN
Martha ELLIS Wife M Female W 41 AL TN TN
Mary ELLIS Dau S Female W 18 AL TN AL
James ELLIS Son S Male W 14 AL TN AL
Hinah ELLIS Other S Female W 12 AL TN AL
Hanah J. ELLIS Other S Female W 9 AL TN AL
Rolley ELLIS Other S Male W 6 AL TN AL
Eller ELLIS Other S Female W 2 AL TN AL
Alesia ELLIS Other S Female W 3M AL TN AL
Source Information:
Census Place Township 4, Beat 13, De Kalb, Alabama
Family History Library Film 1254012
NA Film Number T9-0012
Page Number 534D
iii. Richard Ellis was born in 1836.
iv. Jacob Ellis was born in 1838.
v. James C. Ellis was born in 1841 in Marion Co TN. He married Nancy York
on 19 Jul 1860 in DeKalb Co AL. He died on 12 Jul 1863 in Confederate Prison, OH.
Notes for James C. Ellis: General Notes:
DeKalb Co AL Census 1870 pg 892b.
vi. Alfred Ellis Sr. was born on 17 Mar 1843 in DeKalb Co AL. He died on 12
Sep 1895 in DeKalb Co AL.
vii. Leunna Ellis was born in 1844.
viii. Hannah Ellis was born on 11 Feb 1845.
+ 6. ix. Abner Jackson Ellis was born on 12 Apr 1847 in DeKalb Co AL. He
died on 09 Sep 1900 in DeKalb Co AL.
x. Nancy Elizabeth Ellis was born in 1850.
xi. Sarah C. Ellis was born on 31 Mar 1852 in Sulphur Springs, DeKalb Co
AL. She married John Dean on 23 Dec 1869 in DeKalb Co AL. She died on 23 Apr
1888 in DeKalb Co AL.
xii. Mary Ann Missanar Ellis was born on 11 Feb 1855. She married Thomas
Van Buren Gifford on 16 Mar 1871 in DeKalb Co AL. She died on 23 Nov 1937 in
DeKalb Co AL.
14. Raleigh R. Hawkins son of Benjamin Hawkins and Mary Molly Taylor
was born on 12 Nov 1800 in NC. He died on 15 Oct 1882 in DeKalb Co AL.
Notes for Raleigh R. Hawkins: General Notes:
DeKalb Co AL Census 1850 pg 406a & 406b. DeKalb Co AL Census 1860 pg 1.
DeKalb Co AL Census 1870 pg 889b.
DeKalb Co AL Census 1880 pg 534b. “Rolley”
Rolley HAWKINS Self M Male W 80 NC Farmer Retired VA VA
Henaretah HAWKINS Wife M Female W 70 TN Keeping House GA GA
Josophene HAWKINS GDau S Female W 25 AL At Home AL TN
Source Information:
Census Place Township 4, Beat 13, De Kalb, Alabama
Family History Library Film 1254012
NA Film Number T9-0012
Page Number 534D
15. Henrietta Beene daughter of William Jacob Beene and Martha Pack was
born on 12 Jun 1810 in TN. She died on 13 Jan 1895 in DeKalb Co AL.
Raleigh R. Hawkins and Henrietta Beene married. They had the following children:
+ 7. i. Serena H. Hawkins was born on 20 Sep 1847 in DeKalb Co AL. She
died on 13 Jan 1911 in DeKalb Co AL.
ii. Nancy Hawkins was born in 1825 in McMinn Co TN. She died in 1882.
iii. Elizabeth Jane Hawkins was born in 1827 in TN.
Notes for Elizabeth Jane Hawkins: General Notes:
DeKalb Co AL Census 1850 pg 406b. Son “William H. H. Gatlin” is William Henry
Harrison Gatlin.
DeKalb Co AL Census 1860 pg 1. Living in the house hold of father.
iv. Mary A. Hawkins was born in 1830. She married Nathan Lowry in 1850.
v. John Jackson Hawkins was born on 20 Oct 1836. He died on 12 Mar
1893 in Scott Co AR.
vi. James Taylor Hawkins was born on 16 Apr 1838.
vii. William C. Hawkins was born in 1833.
viii. Greenville A. Hawkins was born on 31 Jan 1840 in DeKalb Co AL. He
died on 31 Jul 1912.
ix. Martha L. Hawkins was born on 12 Oct 1842 in AL. She died on 29 Oct
1899 in DeKalb Co AL.
x. Lucinda Hawkins was born on 20 Mar 1844 in DeKalb Co AL. She died on
17 Mar 1863 in DeKalb Co AL. She married Martin Van Buren Smith on 07 Oct
1871 in DeKalb Co AL.
xi. Levena H. Hawkins was born in 1846.
xii. Harriet Hawkins was born on 11 Jun 1852 in AL.
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Preparer: VB Fillmore
Address: PO Box 434
Valley Head, AL 35989
USA
Email: vhfamilyhistory@gmail.com
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