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There are two George families that
settled near one another in Franklin and Colbert counties of
Alabama. Members of these two families lived in the same
community of Pleasant Site in Franklin County and are buried near
one another at Winchester
(Lower Pleasant Site) cemetery. The
patriarchs of one of these families are Alexander George (b.17
Aug 1798) and his brother, Andrew George (sons of James George
and Elender _____ of Caldwell Co., KY).
The other George family, was founded by James
C. George who lived in nearby Itawamba Co.,
MS. Many of his descendents settled in Franklin and Colbert
Counties of Alabama. It is this branch of the George family that
will be the subject of this article. The only kinship
relationship found so far connecting these George families is
that they both married Conwill sisters. Alexander's second wife,
Pricilla E. Conwill Hutcherson (a widow), was the sister of
Rachael Conwill (James C. George's wife). The Conwill name is
sometimes spelled Conwell, but for this sketch, it will be
spelled Conwill.
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My son, Jason Williams, when he was age 8,
standing next to grave of Priscilla George (nee Conwill) at
Pleasant Site Winchester cemetery.
James C. George, was
born about 1804 in Tennessee or south Carolina. He died after
1850 Itawamba Co., Mississppi. He married Rachael Conwill who was
born about 1805 in south Carolina. She was the daughter of Jesse
Conwill, who was born about 1770. James and Rachael had at least
eleven children: Ezekiel George,
born about 1825; Abram B.
George; Wylie George,
born about 1829; Isaac W. George,
born about 1830; John George;
Caroline George, born
about 1834; Jesse Alexander George,
born about 1836; Amy George,
born about 1838; Sarah George,
born about 1840; Rebecca George born
about 1842; Amanda June George,
born 1845. I have records mostly for descendants of Abram B. and
John George, since descendants of these two had more contact with
one another, partially because they both married sisters of the
Crowell family, which I am also a descendant of.
The oldest son, Ezekiel George,
b. abt 1825 TN.; married Lydia ________ , b. abt 1824. They had
atleast six children, all apparently born in Itawamba County,
Mississippi. William, b. abt 1845; Melvina
George , b. abt 1847; Sarah
George , b. abt 1850;
Mary George, b. abt 1853; Amanda
George, b. abt 1857; Ary?
George, b. abt 1857. Not much else is known
on Ezekiel's descendants at this time.
The following is the family of Abram
B. George (born 15 Jan 1829, in Tennessee;
died 14 Dec 1901) who had a total of as many as twenty children.
He is buried at Winchester
cemetery (Lower Pleasant Site), Franklin
Co., AL. Abram served as a Private in Co. A, 10th "Picketts
Alabama Cavalry", C.S.A. Abram had seven known children by
his first wife, Melissa Roden and thirteen possibly by his second
wife, Nancy Camoline Crowell.
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Children by first wife. Melissa Roden: Child number one, John
W. George, born about 1850, Itawamba Co.,
MS. He Married Lucy ______ . They had five known children
(Fletcher; Arthur; Bell; Monroe; Maggy); Child number two, Franklin
Wright George, b. about 1853/1855 Itawamba
Co., MS. Married, Sarah Roxey Ann Turbiville. They had six
children (Mary A. George; Reuben C. George; Rosa George; Alice
George; Oscar George; Minni George); Child number three, Rachael
George, b. about 1853; Child number four, Mary
Jane George, b. 1859; d. 29 Mar 1900.
Married William Benjamin Mitchell in 1879, Franklin Co., AL.
Fifth child, Nathaniel George,
born about 1861, Franklin Co., AL; died 1942. Married Mary Jane
Josephine Wylie. They had eight or nine children (Floyd Arthur
George; Alonzo George; Sarah B. George; Riley R. George; Willie
0. George; Charles E. George; Millie(?) A. George; Mary George;
unnamed infant); Sixth child, Robert George,
born about 1863, Franklin Co., AL.; The seventh and last child by
first wife, Thomas George,
born about 1867, AL.
Children of Abram B. George by 2nd wife, Nancy Camoline Crowell,
daughter of David E. Crowell and Betty Hodge. Thirteen children
are known (a couple are not confirmed). Child number one, James
M. George, b.1869, married first Susie
Woods, then married second, Mary Etta James (daughter of Elias
and Cynthia Richardson James). One child (Sarah
A. George) born to first marriage, six
children (Nannie George; Ruby George; William W. George; Beulah
George; Alice George; Aubrey George) to second marriage. Most of
this family moved to Turkey, Texas around 1919. Nannie
George, b. 1897 AL married Albert Huffman; Ruby
George, b. Feb 1900 married John Easterling;
William "Bill" George,
b. 5 Mar 1902, married Faye Fuston in 1934; Beulah
George married Cletus Davis and moved to
Arkansas; Alice George, died
after 1971, married J.A. Fuston; Aubrey
George, lived in Plainview, Texas.
Abram's Child number two (second marriage), David
Lee George, born about 1871. His First
wife's name is unknown. Second wife, Naomi Samantha
"Dobe" James, was daughter of Elias W. James and
Cynthia Richardson. One child (Luther George, b. abt. 1893) from
first wife and three (Grady George, b. abt 1895; Lawrence George,
b. abt 1899; James Curtis George, b. abt 1909) from second wife.
That is about all that is known about this line of the family,
hopefully more will be learned later.
The third child to Abram’s second marriage was Enlo George, b. about 1873. He had married his cousin, Mary George, d/o John George and Elizabeth Crowell. They had four children (Martha George, b. abt 1899; Myrtie "Murtie" George abt. 1902 ; Homer Lee George, b. 24 Sep 1904, d. 22 Nov 1972 CA; Mary Lee George, b. abt. 1906). Homer married Lily Dale Burns on 14 Jan 1925, Saltillo, MS. Mary Lee married Dewey Goff.
Abram and Nancy Camoline’s fourth child was Henry
George, born 1879, who married Ida Gray. No
other information is known concerning Henry. Fifth, was Rosa
George, a twin also born in 1879. Sixth, Wylie
George, nothing else is known. Seventh, Sylvester
"Vester" George, born 1881 moved
to Turkey Texas. The eight child is Dallas
George, born 1884, lived in Plainsview,
Texas, died after 1972. Ninth, was Wesley
George, born about 1886. Wesley married and
had three children (one girl and two boys). Charlie
George was the tenth child born to Abram and
Nancy Camoline George. He was born about 1888, married and had
two girls. Eleventh, was Jennings Burton
George, born 20 Aug 1893, married June 1924
to Wilma Keys Boswell, and died 12 Mar 1971. They had two girls, Cammiel
George and Billie George.
Jennings Burton became president of Mississippi Southern College.
There are two other possible children (Bonnie
Green George and Clyde
Burton George) of Abram’s second
marriage, but they are not confirmed. It is believed they were
children that died in infancy.
Abram's brother, Wylie
George, b. abt 1829 Itawamba Co, MS; married
Martha Green ( abt 1833, AL). They had eleven children: 1) Sarah
Palmirie George, b. abt 1851, MS; d. 1914;
married Daniel Jasper Prestage; 2) Brinkley
George, b. abt 1853, MS; 4) James
George, b. abt 1856, TN; 5) Susan
George, b. abt 1857, MS; 6) Theodocia
George, b. abt 1858, AL, married William
Leatherwood; 7) Buster George,
b. abt 1860, Franklin
Co., AL.; 8) David George,
b. abt 1861, Franklin Co., AL; 9) George Anna
George, b. abt 1862, Franklin Co., AL; 10)Thomas
George, b. abt 1865, Franklin Co., AL.; 11) Parthina
George, b. abt 1868, Colbert Co., AL.; 9) Lucie
George, b. abt 1870, Colbert Co., AL.
Abram’s brother John
George (b. about 1832), married
Elizabeth Crowell, the sister of Nancy Camoline Crowell. John was
a saddle maker for the Confederate Cavalry during the Civil War.
John and Elizabeth are buried in a unmarked grave at Euclatubba
Baptist Church cemetery in Saltillo, Lee County, Mississppi. They
had ten children: 1) Nancy George,
born about 1866; 2) Jesse George
, born about 1868; 3) Jim George,
born about 1870, moved to Texas; 4) John
"Johnnie" George, b. about 1873,
married Ellen ____; 5) Cammie Racheline
George was born 28 May 1877, and married
Alfred "Ab" Clark James (son of Elias James and Cynthia
Richardson) on 5 Aug 1891. (children listed below) 6) David
Isaac George , born 15 Dec 1878, d. 8 Nov
1946, married Willie Francis; 7) Mary George,
born 1880; 8) Josie George,
born 24 Aug 1882, died 19 Oct 1952; 9) Arthur
George; and 10) Lula
George, married Frank Sample.
Children of Cammie
Racheline George (and Alfred Clark James):
A) Daniel Arthur James,
b. 26 Jul 1892, Franklin Co., AL, d. 4 Nov 1970, Married Nellie
Hall. Served in the Army during WWI.; B) Lula
Modena James, born, 16 Dec 1893, Franklin
Co., AL, d. 15 Apr 1932, married Bonnie Peterson, both buried at
Euclatubba Baptist Church cemetery, Lee County, MS; C. Joe
Clark James, b. 6 Aug 1896, Franklin Co.,
AL; married Elizabeth Geneva "Bess" Crowder, (d/o Mary Caroline Lewis and
John Tom Crowder), 8 Jan 1929; served in Navy during WWI aboard the battleships, U.S.S. Mississippi and Idaho;
Graduated from Navy Radio School at Harvard University Was a
Pioneer in "Wireless Telegraph" (radio); d. 31 Aug 1985
buried at Belmont, Tishomingo Co, MS; D) Robert
A. James, b. 7 Nov 1898 AL, d. 8 Oct 1948,
married C. Davis; E) John Earl James, b.
5 July 1902 d. 14 Sep 1967, married Kate Burks; F)
Lela Burton James, b. 8 May 1904, d. Feb
1989, married Hoyle Easterling; G) Claudius
E. James, b. 14Jul 1906, d. 1995, married
first, Eva _______ married second, Rozie Ginn; H) Edna
Lucille James, b. 28 Mar 1908, d. 28 Mar
1968, married Toy Thrasher; I). Bonnie Mae
James, married Elias R. Warren; J) Alice
Beatrice James, b. 12 Aug 1915, MS, married
Verlon Ginn, d. 9
May 1989.
Alfred Clark James and Cammie Racheline George Family
Back row (Left to Right): Daniel James, Joe C. James, and Lula James. Front: John E. James sitting on lap of Alfred, Robert James, Cammie with Lela James.
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