The name Pugh is Welsh. The Welsh did not use last names until fairly recently. In Wales one was identified by his father's name, such as James ap Hugh. The ap signifying son of in the Welsh language. When surnames were adopted these tended to be shorted into last names. Ap Howell becoming Powell, ap Rhys becoming Price, and ap Hugh becoming Pugh for example. I have found the name spelled various ways sometimes in the same document. The most common are Pugh, Peugh, and Pew. A number of Quaker Pughs came to PA at the invitation of William Penn and settled at what was called the Welsh Tract in what was then Chester Co. Many of the towns in that area carry Welsh place names. The connections if any between these Pugh is unknown at the present time. Quaker Pughs whose place of origin include: Ellis Pugh of Brithdu near Dolgelley, Co. Merioneth.; Evan, Robert and William Pugh of Bala, Co. Merioneth; and William Pugh of near Dolgelley, Co. Merioneth. Some of these appear as Hugh and ap Hugh in addition to Pugh in early records
? Pugh lived in Wales. His children:
John Pugh married Abigail Morgan.
Thomas Pugh
Hannah Pugh married James Miles.
Samuel Pugh
Joseph Pugh married Rebecca Moore.
David Pugh
Mary Pugh
* James Pugh our ancestor. See generation 1.
James Pugh born Wales, married 1698 at Radnor Monthly Meeting, PA Joan Price (daughter of David Price and Joan Awbrey. See Price family.), died 1724 at Uchlan, Chester Co., PA. Joan was born in Wales. James came to PA from Wales in 1682 and was indentured to John Bevin for his passage money. Received a tract in Merion Township which he exchanged for a larger one in Radnor Township. On 8, 25, 1703 (Quaker dates) he received a deed for 162 acres in Radnor Township (same date as his brother). Moved to Uwchlan in 1714. Lived for a time at "The Plow" in what is now Robeson Township, Berks Co., PA, but died at his home on French Creek. His children:
Dianh Pugh married 1755 Simon Meredith
Hugh Pugh school master in Radnor.
Rebecca Pugh married David Hilles. Moved to Redstone.
John Pugh born PA, married at Goshen Meeting 1730 Mary Jenkins. Moved to Coventry. His children:
Jonathan Pugh married 1st 1759 Naomi Evans, 2nd Mrs. Sarah Bateman.
Mary Pugh married 1763 Elihu Evans.
Anna Pugh married 1st John Roberts, 2nd John Lewis.
James Pugh Jr. born PA, married 1724 PA Jemima (not a Quaker), died 1769. His children:
Mary Pugh married Thomas Dalrymple.
Margaret Pugh married James McCray.
Jemima Pugh married Patrick McCarty.
Anna Pugh married David Jenkins.
Kezia Pugh
* Thomas Pugh our ancestor. See generation 2.
Joan Pugh born PA, married 1723 William Williams.
Sibilla Pugh born PA, married 1731 John Edwards.
Thomas Pugh born 1703 in PA, married out of meeting 1729 in PA Elizabeth Pugh (married out because they were cousins?). .Elizabeth was born 1709. Paid tax at Uantweal and Uwchlan in PA from 1730 to 1747. Moved to NC where he was received by certificate at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting on Sept. 3, 1756. He lived west of Hillsborough. Most if not all of Thomas' family were involved in the Regular Rebellion in NC. See "Regulator Rebellion" article for details. His family:
Enoch Pugh received at Cane Creek Feb. 2, 1760, married by Feb. 1, 1766 in a non Quaker ceremony.
Mary Pugh received at Cane Creek April 3, 1762, married June 16, 1762 at Cane Creek monthly meeting in Orange Co., NC Herman Husband. Herman Husband was a leader of the "Regulator" movement in NC in 1771. He moved to PA where he became a leader of the Whiskey Rebellion after the Revolution and died 1795.
John Pugh
James Pugh died June 19, 1771 Guilford Co., NC. Took part in the Battle of Alamance May 16, 1771 in the Regular Rebellion, for which he was executed.
Thomas Pugh Jr. (possible grandchildren).
Hannah Pugh (possible grandchildren).
Jesse Pugh born about 1732, received at Cane Creek on Feb. 2, 1760, married about 1759 Elizabeth Stewart (see Stewart family, generation 2), died before 1807 in Edge's District, Wilkes Co., GA when his orphans drew land lot 88, 6th District of Wilkinson Co., GA. Moved from Guilford Co. NC about 1773 to Wilkes Co. ,GA where he received a land grant on Sept. 30, 1773. This was recorded in the Public Record Office in London in folio 822 as allotment to Jesse Pugh of Guilford Co., NC, wife, 5 sons, 1 daughter from 16 to 2 years old, 100 acres on North Side of Little River below Macklemurray's old place. This is now part of Taliaferro Co. Probably returned to NC during the war because of the unsettled conditions and was involved in the Revolutionary War. On Oct. 4 , 1788 he was condemned for misconduct at the Cane Creek, NC monthly meeting, for which he was disowned (Taking part in the war?). At the same time he presented a recommendation from the Wrightsborough GA monthly meeting. He must have "gotten right" for on Nov. 1, 1788 he was granted a certificate to Wrightsbourgh from Cane Creek which he presented to Wrightsborough on Dec. 5, 1789. His children:
Elijah Pugh born 1760 in Orange or Guilford Co., NC, married 1784 Ruth DeStJulien, died June 23, 1824 in Clarke Co., Al and buried in Pugh Family Cemetery 4 miles from Grove Hill AL. Private in the GA militia under Col. Elijah Clarke in the Revolutionary War. In Nov. 1811 he was in Bigby Territory in Washington Co., GA and a Justice of the Peace in Jackson Co. GA in 1807 . Moved about 1812 to Clarke Co., AL where he lived four miles west of Grove Hill. DAR chapter in Clarke Co., AL named in his honor. His children:
Rebecca Jane Pugh born April 20, 1842, married 1st John Bennett, 2nd Jesse Skinner.
Isaac Alonza Pugh born Nov. 29, 1843. Lived Laurel Miss.
Amanda Pugh born Sept. 8, 1846, died April 1911, no marriage.
John Benjamin Pugh born Oct. 1, 1849. Lived Miss.
Jesse Pugh born Mar. 18, 1852, married Mrs. Alice Halty Finch.
William Henry Pugh born Mar. 13, 1855, married Ann Hope. Lived Miss.
Virginia Pugh born Oct. 29, 1860, died Nov. 5, 1932, no marriage.
James B. Pugh born Mar. 3, ?, died June 28, 1880.
Elijah Stewart Pugh born in AL Aug. 1, 1812, married Jan. 22, 1840 Amelia Chapman, died Nov. 22, 1871 His children:
Martha Pugh born Dec. 9, 1842, married 1st John Megginson,, 2nd Watt Bettis.
Walter S. Pugh born June 22, 1845,, married 1st Nov. 12, 1868 Virginia Dickinson, 2nd Mrs. Emma Dickerson Durden, died Jan. 20, 1931.
Hannah Pugh born Aug. 8, 1847, married Frank Woodard.
Rebecca Pugh born Sept. 11, 1851, married Sim Woodard, died Aug. 6, 1871.
Jesse Pugh married Molly Pegues. Moved to TX.
Sidney Pugh married Sallie Harrington.
John Monroe Pugh born Jan. 16, 1821, married Jan. 25, 1843 Elizabeth Johnston died Sept. 15, 1872. His children:
Mary R. Pugh married Frank Winn.
Estelle Pugh died as a young girl.
Betty Pugh born Sept. 12, 1864, married William Waters Waite, died June 9, 1938.
Alice Pugh died as a young lady.
Monroe Pugh married 1st Julia Lindsey, 2nd Docis Hixon.
Rebecca Pugh born Sept. 18, 1823, married John Dunbar, died July 22, 1846.
Stephen Pugh born Aug. 16, 1826, married Nov. 15, 1854 Jane Gilmore, died Jan. 25, 1902. His children:
Love Pugh married Kitty Dacey.
Ceph Pugh married Mary Chapman.
Warren Pugh married 1st Mary Granade, 2nd Jennie McGlathery.
Braxton Pugh married Minnie Brown.
Condie Pugh married Mae Sims.
Woodie Pugh married Kate Clarke.
Jesse Pickins Pugh born April 17, 1829, married Jan. 8, 1858 Melissa Bettis, died Mar. 12,1929. Served as Lt. in Capt. J.Y. Kilpatrick's Co. Gen. Wirts Adama Cavalry. His children:
Mary Frances Pugh born Dec. 23, 1859, married Dec. 10, 1879 Emmett Carleton died Nov. 7, 1895.
Fredonia Pugh born April 3, 1861, married April 14, 1880 George C. Cammack, died Feb. 26, 1948.
Cora Pugh born Dec. 17, 1864, died Feb. 1957 no marriage.
Alfred Bettis Pugh born July 8, 1866, died Aug. 20, 1891, no marriage.
Isaac Pugh born Jan. 10, 1868, no marriage.
John Talbert Pugh born Oct. 16, 1869, married Sept. 3, 1902 Carrie Cornelia Gordon, died Dec. 29, 1948.
Elijah Stewart Pugh born June 28, 1872, married Willie Crum, died June 21, 1955.
Jesse Pickins Pugh born Jan. 28, 1874, married Mae Cunningham died Aug.20, 1953..
Thomas Mathew Pugh born Nov. 26, 1877, Feb. 7, 1900 Myrtie Armistead.
Rezin Pugh born June 2, 1787, married July 3, 1806 in Jackson, Co., GA Elizabeth Jackson, Died July 1866. his children:
Alvin H. Pugh married Feb. 20, 1845 Mary Bell.
Zilla B. Pugh married a Brannon.
Alexander Pugh married Nancy Skinner. His children:
William Pugh
Jane Pugh
Mary Pugh
Axie Pugh
Warren Pugh married Sept. 19, 1874 Jane Woodard.
Franklin Pugh married Nov. 3, 1874 Tillie Woodard.
Eliza Pugh
Ruth Pugh married a Brittenham. Her children:
Mary A. Brittenham married a McFurgerson.
William J. Pugh married Sept. 11, 1845 Martha A. Bradley. Lived Union Parish LA. His children:
Elijah Pugh married Mar. 20, 1846 Sarah N. White. Lived Tallahatta Springs AL. His children:
John Pugh
Jerry Pugh
Lee Pugh
Sidney W. Pugh born Jan, 30, 1853, married Nov. 5, 1874 Mary E. Clanton, died Oct. 4, 1939..
Julia Ann Pugh married 2nd George Reid.
Margaret Pugh born 1862, married William Nathaniel Rivers, died 1898.
Alice Pugh married a White. Her children:
Rezin Pugh White
Emma Jane White
Mary Pugh
Stephen Pugh married 1st July 19, 1849 Sarah Bennett, 2nd Feb. 4, 1864 M.A. Cathay . His children:
Edgar Pugh
Amanda Jordan Pugh
Martha Susan Pugh
Jesse Pugh
Rezin Pugh Jr. married Mar. 18, 1869 Martha Harrison.
Elizabeth Pugh married Lawrence M. Upchurch. Moved to Miss.
Miriam Pugh born GA Mar. 7, 1790, married July 17, 1807 in Jackson Co., GA Isaac Jackson, died Aug. 19, 1836. Her children:
Ruth Jackson married John W. Overstreet.
Flavilla Jackson married David Hall.
Stephen Jackson
Rebecca Jackson
Miriam Jackson
Jesse Pugh born GA Feb. 12, 1795, married Jan. 17, 1815, Elizabeth Robinson, died Feb. 24, 1865 near Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, LA. His children:
John B. Pugh married 1st Nov. 8, 1847 Caroline Wallace, 2nd Jan. 4, 1859 Mary DeWitt.
William Franklin Pugh born Feb. 12, 1828, married Feb. 7, 1853 Mary Francis Tidwell, died Aug. 13, 1882 Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, LA. His children:
Julian Pugh married June 27, 1857 Sarah O. Lee.
Isaac Pugh married Dec. 9, 1852 Eliza Jane Barfield.
Arias Pugh married 1st June 13, 1855 Ann Temper Motes, 2nd Jan. 1, 1857 Narcissa Duke, 3rd June 13, 1870 Mrs. Sarah Ferris.
Alvirah Pugh married 1st may 19, 1853 James R. Shaver, 2nd a North.
Stephen Pugh married Sept. 15, 1869 Nancy E. Tull.
Hannah Pugh born April 20, 1837, married April 20, 1857 Jesse Benton Moore, died May 24, 1904. Her children:
Samuel Foster Smith Moore born July 2, 1861, died June 29, 1937.
Clarinda Moore born Mar. 23, 1863, died Sept. 29, 1866.
Charle Ashlin Moore born Jan. 11, 1866, died may 10, 1925.
Nina Elizabeth Moore born Jan. 1, 1868, married Aug. 26, 1891 Dwight Clark Root.
Jesse Stribling Moore born Oct. 25, 18780, died may 18, 1904.
Willie Paxton Moore born June 4, 1876, died June 4, 1876.
Prudie Elvira Moore born June 17, 1878.
Achsah Pugh born Nov. 21, 1797, married 1st May 10, 1814 Amos Robinson, 2nd Jan. 19, 1828 Giles Chapman, died Nov. 26, 1871. Her children by 1st marriage:
Elizabeth Chapman married David Dawson.
Matilda Chapman married William Henry Franklin Waite.
Achsah Chapman married George W. Ford.
Sophia Chapman married J.D. DeWitt.
Celia Chapman married William W. Calhoun.
Elijah Chapman married Carrie Stewart.
David A. Chapman married Lillie Woodard.
Cornelia Chapman married Neal M. Calhoun.
Delia Chapman died while in college.
Amelia Chapman married John Stewart Calhoun.
Matilda Robinson born July 15, 1817, married Nov. 29, 1938 Daniel McLeod, died May 19, 1900. Her children:
Rebecca McLeod married William Henry Franklin Waite.
Arsenia McLeod born Sept. 13, 1839, married John A. Calhoun Sr., died DEC 31, 1914.
Alvirah McLeod born Nov. 7, 1852, married Lawrence Porter, died Dec. 16, 1874.
Christian McLeod born Nov. 22, 1850, married Jim Mathews, died Jan. 1, 1926.
Sallie McLeod married Bill Woods. Moved to TX.
Amos McLeod born May 4, 1845, married Aug. 15, 1867 Mary Jane McVay, died Feb. 17, 1908.
Stephen Wesley McLeod born Dec. 1,1848, married Mar. 21, 1866 Elizabeth Singleton, died Oct. 8, 1928.
Morris McLeod born Aug. 23, 1854, married dec. 5, 1883 Carrie Hixon, died Aug. 19, 1930.
Westley Robinson born June 5, 1820, married Nov. 14, 1844 Flora McLeod, died Feb. 10, 1877. His children:
Viola Vestine Robinson born Mar. 30, 1847, married Ira J. McLeod.
Axie Louvenia Robinson born July 14, 1849, no marriage.
Helen Agnes Robinson born May 20, 1851, no marriage.
Marion Fredonia Robinson born April 16, 1853, married Wright Calhoun.
Lemuel King Robinson born Mar. 14, 1855, married Susan Caraway.
Giles Ernest Robinson born May 16, 1857, married Alice Williams.
Amos Neal Robinson born Oct. 1, 1859, married Philmemia Walker.
Daniel Westley Robinson born Oct. 7, 1861, married Jennie Mclean.
John Jesse Robinson born Oct. 3, 1863, died as infant.
Eugenia Myrah Robinson born Oct. 1, 1866, married marshal Cravey, died May 31, 1932.
Sarah Robinson born Jan. 26, 1823, married Nov. 29, 1838 Whitfield Summers, died Dec. 9, 1890. Her children:
Sue Summers married Jim Tompkins. Her child.
Rebecca Summers married an Atchison.
Jennie Summers married a Morgan.
Jesse Summers married Sue Singleton.
Alonza Summers married Carrie Browning.
Caley Summers
Alviah Pugh born Feb. 7, 1801, married Joseph Hall. Lived Eutaw, AL.
Stephen Pugh born Jan. 10, 1805, died Sept. 6, 1883, no marriage.
Robert Pugh born in Orange or Guilford Co., NC, married in GA Alcey Kinman., died Clarke Co., AL. his children:
Elijah Pugh born Mar. 1, 1800 Wilkes Co., AL, married Dec. 22, 1825 Mary Johnston, died April 16, 1880 Grove Hill, AL. His children:
Uriah Nobles married Alice Agee.
Alice Nobles married Lee Agee.
S. Elizabeth Pugh born Mar. 22, 1829, married Feb. 19, 1846 John Bumpers. Her children:
Alice Bumpers married Turner Pugh (1st cousin).
Cornelia Bumpers married Robert Robinson.
Pugh Bumpers married Fannie Pearson.
Jim Bumpers married 1st Carlene Carter., 2nd Annie Hamilton.
Olive Ann Pugh born Mar. 30, 1831, married Sept. 10, 1852 Alfred Martin. Her children:
Mary Martin married a Pickens.
Nan Martin married a Pickens.
Meredith R. Pugh born May 19, 1833, married Dec. 10, 1854 Catherine Jane Nobles. His children:
Chase Pugh married Charlie Carter.
Catherine Olivia Pugh died young.
Meredith N. Pugh married Sally Sanders.
Joseph B. Pugh died as a young man.
James Abner Pugh died as a young man.
Merrial R. Pugh
James C. Pugh born April 20, 1836, married Susan Johnston (1st cousin). His children:
Percy Pugh died as a child.
Mary Pugh married Charlie Chambers.
Steve Pugh moved to TX.
Elijah Pugh married Sept. 20, 1899 Ella Friddle.
Martha Cornelia Pugh born July 26, 1842, married Jan. 27, 1858 Stephen P. Chapman, died Dec. 17, 1915. Her children:
James Stephen Chapman born Sept. 25, 1864, married Jan. 13, 1886 Ada Ellen Allen, died Aug. 6, 1934.
Robert Samuel Chapman no marriage.
Belia Grayson Chapman born Oct. 20, 1868, married Feb. 28, 1900 Minnie May, died April 30, 1953.
John E. Pugh born April 4, 1844, married July 26, 1865 Mary J. Brunson, died Aug. 24, 1924. His children:
Teedie Pugh married Jesse Jordan.
Leta Pugh married Jim Jordan.
Olive Pugh married 1st Tom James, 2nd Mit Woodard.
J. Manning Pugh married Carrie Woodard.
Alfred Pugh married Alice Hamilton.
Woodard Pugh married Lela Williamson.
Cathy Pugh married 1st Charlie Woodard, 2nd Osie Barron.
James Kinman Pugh killed in a horse race as a young man.
Nancy Pugh married Oct. 20 1820 Gideon A. Macon, died about 1846. Her children:
James Kinman Macon moved to TX.
Robert Pugh Macon moved to TX.
Martha Macon
Gideon A. Macon
Jane Macon
Olive Pugh married Jesse Johnson or Johnston. Moved to TX.
Martha Pugh married Oct. 1829 David Parham Jones. Lived in Wilcox Co., Al. her children:
David Jones
Etta Jones married Portis Stabler.
Parham Jones Jr. no marriage.
Ann Jones married John Jeffry. Her children:
John Jeffry Jr.
Gray Jeffry
Rush Jeffry
Meyer Jeffry
Martha Jeffry married Joe Kirk.
Della Jeffry married a Williamson.
Lucy Jeffry married Vaiden Dozier.
Rebecca Jones married John A. Campbell.
Mary Jones married David Parham Hicks. Her children:
Kitty Hicks died young.
Belle Hicks died young.
Cora Hicks married Robert Campbell.
Mary Hicks no marriage.
Jeffry Hicks (female) no marriage.
Henry Hicks died as a child.
Waller Hicks died as a child.
Joe Hicks died as a young man.
Paul Hicks no marriage.
Oscar Hicks married Margaret Privett.
Meredith T. Pugh married Nov. 16, 1850 Fannie A. Beckham, died about April 3, 1867. His children:
Glover Pugh married Florence Kale.
Oneta Pugh married Richard Rotch.
Addie Pugh married Richard McMullen.
Lester Pugh no marriage.
Hughie Pugh married Lomie Hare.
Leon Pugh no marriage.
Maggie Pugh married frank Coxwell.
Meredith Pugh married Virginia Shipp.
Jesse Pugh married Sarah Cunningham.
Robert Pugh married Margaret Fleming. His children:
Robert Pugh
Vivian Pugh
Emmie Pugh
Willie Pugh married a Dillons.
Maria Pugh married a Gresnall. Her children:
Alice Pugh married Percy Howell.
Harry Howell
Dennis Howell
Leslie Howell
Zeola Howell
Nora Pugh married Macajah York. Her children:
Edward York
Simmie York
Emma Pugh married Sam Oswald. Her children:
Fannie Oswald
Alexander Pugh moved in Indiana.
* Jehu Pugh our ancestor. See generation 4.
William Pugh moved to Ohio.
John Pugh moved to Ohio.
Jehu Pugh born about 1760-66 in Orange or Guilford Co., NC, married before 1788 probably in Wilkes Co., GA Elizabeth Kinman (see Kinman family), died about 1837 in Upson Co., GA. Elizabeth Kinman born 1770-80, died before 1850. In 1790 Wilkes Co., GA Tax Digest he (listed as Jahew Pew) is in Capt. John Collier's District (now Dist. 172 of Taliaferro Co.) and owned 500 acres of land in Wilkes and Washington Co. Also in this district are Jesse Pew, Mary, David, Samuel, James and, William Kinman, Amos and Isaac Stewart and John McGinty. Received 287 acres of bounty land in Washington Co. for Rev. War service. Drew a land lot in the 1805 GA land lottery. Moved to Jasper Co., GA (then called Randolph Co.) where he lived on the Ocmulgee River a few miles north of GA Hwy. 16. This land is now covered by Lake Jackson.
He moved to Upson County and raised dairy cattle on land now occupied by Smyrna Church in the northern part of the county west of Hwy.19. He made cheese from the milk which he carried to Macon to sell. According to an undated late 1830's Upson Co. Tax Digest he owned 405 acres in Upson Co., 202 1/2 acres in Lee Co. 767 in Jasper Co. and 152 1/2 acres in Butts Co. (land lot 152, 1st Dist.). Various deeds are found in the records of the above counties showing where his wife and children divided his property among themselves after his death. His children:
Sarah (Sallie) Pugh born about 1791 in GA, married Thomas Fallin, died after 1860 in Upson Co., and buried in Smyrna Church Cemetery. Her children:
Eliza Minter born about 1833
Lydia Minter born about 1833
Charlie J. Minter born about 1835, married S. K. C. His children:
John T. Minter born about 1836
Katherine (Kittie) S. (or G.) Fallin born Jan. 13, 1818, married Oct. 29, 1835 George Washington Langford Sr., died Oct. 1, 1836. Her child:
Jackson Fallin born about 1815, married 1st Feb. 2, 1836 Elizabeth Minter, 2nd April 22, 1858 Huldy Jones, died after 1880. His children by 1st marriage:
William C. Fallin born about 1845, married Aug. 20, 1865 Rhoda A.C. Taylor. His children:
George Washington Fallin born Aug. 14, 1869, married April 16, 1900 Mary Elizabeth Comer.
John C. Fallin born about 1847, married Jan. 16, 1868 Ann Lowery.
Richard J. Fallin born about 1850, married Dec. 26, 1867 Mary Louise Thompson. His children:
Emma Fallin born about 1871.
Sarah J. Fallin born about 1873, married April 8, 1894 Charles M. Barron, died 1952.
Nettie Fallin born about 1875, married Dec. 9, 1903 John Penn.
Edward Tilton Fallin born about 1877, married Jan. 1, 1905 Essie Moore, died Sept. 26, 1949.
Joseph R. Fallin born Jan. 3, 1884, married Jan. 1, 1905 Essie Moore, died Sept. 26, 1949.
Mitchell D. Fallin married 1st Dec. 20, 1908 Littie Bishop, 2nd ?
Pearlie Bell Fallin married Dec. 25, 1916 James W.H. Alford.
Sarah L. Fallin born about 1853, married Sept 3, 1876 Henry Gordy.
Simeon Fallin born about 1855.
A. Rebecca Fallin born about 1858, married May 20, 1877 William T. Bishop.
By 2nd marriage:
Sarah Fallin born about 1860, married Aug. 8, 1880 Mathew Helms. Her children:
Lula Grace Helms born Aug. 16, 1882, married Aug. 10, 1904 Arthur N. Self, died Mar. 5, 1943.
James Lemuel Helms born Oct. 15, 1885, married April 21, 1912 Josie Hoyle, died 1945.
Essie Helms born Mar. 22, 1888, married Dec. 13, 1911 William M. Pitts, died Aug. 15, 1976.
Thomas M. Fallin born about 1865, married Dec. 15, 1881 Julia Brown.
Edward Fallin born 1820-22, married April 13, 1858 Margaret A. Norris. His children:
S. Fallin born about 1848 (female)
I. C. W. Fallin born about 1850 (male)
P. Fallin born about 1854 (male)
Ace P. (Asa Pugh?) Fallin born about 1823. His children:
Thomas J. Fallin born about 1871.
Rosa A. Fallin born about 1872.
William E. Fallin born about 1874.
William Cape Fallin born Oct. 1825, married Mar. 5, 1848 Mary A. Norris. Served in Co. I, 32nd GA Regt. Living in Upson Co. in 1900. His children:
Eliza Catherine Fallin born 1849, married Jan. 21, 1868 James Jefferson Mabry.
Mary Caroline Fallin born about 1851, married Jan. 21, 1868 William W. Morris.
S. T. Fallin born about 1853 (female)
Martha A. Fallin born about 1855, married Jan. 4, 1875 Thomas W. Morris.
Charles A. Fallin born about 1856, married Nov. 18, 1875 Elizabeth Alford. His children:
William J. Fallin born 1859.
William Heron Fallin born may 20, 1864, married Aug. 2, 1883 Anna Gilbert, died June 7, 1954. His children:
James Crawford Fallin born Jan. 4, 1887, married July 4, 1906 Annie Salter, died Dec. 18, 1968.
Beatrice Fallin born Sept. 10, 1880, married Nov. 4, 1904 John William Torbert, died Sept. 17, 1979.
Carry Ada Fallin born July 21, 1891, married July 3, 1909 Oscar Page, died July 27, 1945.
Benjamin William Fallin born Oct. 12, 1893, married Nov. 2, 1913 Maudie Cumbie, died April 18,,1962.
Daniel Capers Fallin born June 12, 1896, died Feb. 9, 1899.
Ophelia Fallin born April 11, 1898, died Sept. 10, 1899.
Anna May Fallin born May 12, 1901, married Dec. 24, 1916 Edgar Story, died Sept. 24, 1969.
George Andrew Fallin born Sept. 28, 1902, married Mar. 8, 1930 Averria Ken, died Dec. 12, 1951.
Gwen E. Fallin born 1866.
John H. Fallin born 1868, married Dec. 11, 1888 Hassie Parks.
Robert J. Fallin born 1869, married Dec. 7, 1890 Hattie Griggers.
Westley C. Fallin born 1873, married Nov. 25, 1895 Evie Griggers.
Rebecca E. Moss Pugh born Sept. 16, 1798 in GA, married July 3, 1817 in Jasper Co., GA Hugh Blair Stuart (Stewart. Sturd), died Oct. 15, 1866 in Pike Co., AL and buried in Jones Cemetery near Troy AL. Hugh Stuart was a school teacher. Moved to Pike Co. AL before 1850. Her children:
Susanna Armintha (Mitt) Langford born Oct. 2, 1842, married Jan. 15, 1871 Mountain Hill Kendrick, died Oct. 13, 1926. Her children:
James Lyons Kendrick born Mar. 28, 1875, married Lilla Wilson, died June 6, 1964.
Frances Louis Kendrick born 1878, lived to about 103, no marriage.
Minnie Pink Kendrick no marriage.
Mary Bufford Kendrick no marriage.
Lucinda Louise (Lou) Langford born 1843, died 1870.
Sarah Ann Rebecca Moss Langford born 1846
Mary Ann M. (Pink) Langford born 1849, died 1880.
George Washington Langford Jr. born 1852, married 1st 1873 Millie Jones, 2nd 1895 Ella Stafford Bush, died 1940. His children:
Otis Langford born 1877, died 1948.
Emmett Langford born 1879, died 1949.
Alvin Langford born April 14, 1884, married Mar. 20, 1907 Annie Laura Williams, died April 4, 1975.
Nelle Langford born 1888, died 1978.
Henry Grady Langford born Sept. 6, 1890, married 1913 Janie Sappington, died Dec. 26, 1985.
Hugh Blair Moseley Langford born May 12, 1856, married Sarah Frances Addieran Wadsworth, died April 18, 1923. Moved to Pike Co., AL, then Covington Co., AL. His children:
Rufus Jackson Langford born Jan. 5, 1877, married Dec. 20, 1903 Emmie Vernon Parish, died Feb. 8, 1960.
Maude Patrick Langford born Oct. 6, 1878, married July 31, 1901 Chesterfield Robinson, died Mar. 24, 1973.
Effie Deliah Langford born Feb. 4, 1881, married Perry Algier Reardon, died Jan. 8, 1920.
Malinda Ellen Langford born dec. 31, 1882, married Dec. 26, 1901 James Monroe Dillard, died May 30, 1949.
Hugh Langford born Mar. 8, 1885, married Nov. 2, 1913 Eula Mae Moore, died Feb. 10, 1966.
Horace Langford born April 11, 1887, died Oct. 3, 1887.
Walter Bernard Langford born Oct. 7, 1888, married Feb. 12, 1912 Mary Ether Jordan, died June 8, 1980.
Sallie Alma Langford born Feb. 14, 1891, married May 7, 1911 Edward Welborn Ellis, died Dec. 1948.
Millie Langford born April 16, 1893, died April 19, 1893.
Eunice Annice Langford born April 14, 1894, married 1st William Covington Corbin, 2nd Tillman Franklin Kilpatrick, died Oct. 13, 1955.
Gertrude Varshall Langford born April 6, 1896, died Jan. 17, 1985.
Bernice Langford born June 6, 1898, married June 6, 1915 William Andrew Livings, died June 15, 1969.
Kate Langford born Jan. 3, 1901, married Aug. 15, 1923 Joseph Dean Chambless.
Ewell Nye Langford born Nov. 24, 1902, married Ruth Idelle Mallette, died Oct. 24, 1971.
Nancy Annice Langford born 1859. Moved to AL.
John Joseph Alexander Langford born 1864. Moved to AL.
Talitha Stuart
Margaret Stuart
John Stuart
Joseph Stuart born about 1826, married Martha A.
Susan Stuart
Rebecca Moss Stuart
Usabieus Annice Stuart
Hamilton Stuart
Martha (Patsey) Pugh born about 1796 in GA, married April 14, 1814 in Jasper Co., GA Burwell Morris, died after 1850. Her children:
Henry J. Minter born about 1842. Served in same unit as Burrell.
William C. Minter born about 1844. Served in same unit as Burrell.
Martha F. Minter born about 1846.
Asa A. Minter born about 1849.
N.A.M. Minter (female) born about 1852.
S. Minter (female) born about 1859.
John H. Morris born Jan 1823, married about 1844 Mary A. Living in Upson Co. in 1900. His children:
William J. Morris born Aug. 6, 1847, married Mary C., died Dec. 21, 1903. His children:
Laura M. Morris born about 1870.
Eliza H. Morris born about 1872.
William J. Morris born about 1874.
Mary E. Morris born about 1876.
Charles J. Morris born about 1876.
Mattie B. Morris born Feb. 1882
Ivey A. Morris born June 1888.
Mark C. Morris born June 1876.
Henry Morris born 1849.
Thomas Marion Morris born May 1841, married Jane. E., died Jan. 29, 1932 His children:
Mary E. Morris born July 1888.
Alsire C. Morris born Nov. 1897.
Essie Morris born Nov. 1897.
L. C. Morris born about 1854, married Samantha. His children:
William L. Morris born about 1877.
Sarah Morris born June 1859.
William R. Morris born about 1828.
Elizabeth Morris born about 1836.
* Asa Pugh/Peugh our ancestor. See generation 5.
Ney (Nigh, Neigh. Descendants say his name was Nye) A. Pugh/Peugh born about 1802 in AL (according to census), married April 4, 1825 in Henry Co., GA Nancy A. Crew, died before 1870. Moved to Henry Co. land owned by his father (which became part of Butts Co.). Adopted Peugh spelling when he moved to Pike Co. near his brother Asa. His children:
Anthony R. Minter born about 1870.
Robert W. Minter born about 1873.
James G. Minter born about 1874.
John R. Minter born about 1876.
Nancy M. Minter born about 1878.
(male) Minter born May 1880.
Nancy E. Minter born Sept. 10, 1847, married 1866 George W. Coates, died Jan. 4, 1926 Marshall Co., Al. Her children:
Henry Coates born about 1870.
Eliza Coates born about 1874.
John Coates born about 1876.
Lillie Mae Coates born Dec. 29, 1889 GA, married Alonza Camp, died Feb. 29, 1940 Elora TN.
L. F. Minter (female) born about 1851
Robert N. Minter born 1853, married Eliza. His children:
Renza P. Minter (female) born about 1877.
Martha Minter born about 1854.
William H. Minter born about 1859, married Ester E.
Charles C. Minter born about 1863.
James J. Minter born about 1867.
Jehu Minter born 1857.
Charles Joseph Peugh born Butts Co., GA Dec. 24, 1831, married 1st Feb. 5, 1854 Catherine Minter, 2nd about Nov. 11, 1894 to Ann Brumbeloe, died Jan. 11, 1905. Served in Civil War in Co. A, 13th GA Regt. form May 12, 1862 until surrender at Appomattox. Wounded in left shoulder at Winchester VA in 1864. Lived at Kenzie, Upson Co. His children by 1st marriage:
Samantha Pugh born 1871
Lovenice Pugh born 1873.
Johnny Pugh born 1878.
Armita E. Pugh born 1879.
John A. Peugh born about 1871
James A. Peugh born May 1875, married Hassie. Lived in Tift Co. 1920. His children:
Alma Peugh born about 1903.
Emmett Peugh born July 21, 1904, died Sept. 1969..
Jesse Peugh born about 1907.
Royce L. Peugh born about 1909.
Ruth Peugh born about 1911.
Herbert Peugh born about 1916.
William A. Peugh born Jan. 1835, married April 5, 1868 Nancy A. Philipse, died 1902. Served in Civil War in Co. A, 13th GA Regt. from July 8, 1861 until surrender at Appomattox. His children:
James Peugh born about 1872.
Westley W. Peugh born April 1875, married Charity E. His children:
Cora C. Peugh born Mar. 1898.
Alice M. Peugh. born Feb. 1900.
Matez C. Peugh born about 1879.
Mattie Peugh born Jan. 1881, married Dec. 20, 1901 Charles T. Smoot.
Robert Asa Peugh born June 29, 1838, married Mar. 6, 1862 Margaret E. Taylor, died Nov. 1896. Buried Beulah Church Cemetary in Pike Co.
Samuel W. (Wesley?) Peugh born about 1843. If this is Wesley he also served in Co. A, 13th GA Regt. as a private. Killed at Malvern Hill VA on July 1, 1862 and buried at Holywood Cemetery Richmond VA.
Sarah A.E. Peugh born about 1845.
Nancy Ellie Peugh born July 4, 1829, married Jan. 3, 1850 in Upson Co., GA to John Willingham, died Sept. 27, 1901. Her children:
John W. Willingham born about 1861.
William Willingham born about 1868.
Asa Pugh/Peugh born about 1800-03 in Wilkes Co., GA, married 1st in Jasper Co. according to family tradition Peggy Teal (Jasper marriage records show a James Pugh marrying a Margaret Steel on Dec. 21, 1820. Peggy is a nickname for Margaret and James may have been a misreading of the name Asa.), 2nd probably in Pike Co., GA about 1824 Olive (Ollie) McGinty (possible daughter of John McGinty), died about 1836-37 in Pike Co., GA. Olive was born about 1800-10 in GA, married 2nd Dec. 4, 1838 Riley G. B. Woolley, apparently died before 1850 in Upson Co., GA. She may have died before July 1841 when James K. Holsey was appointed as the guardian for Asa's children. Asa moved with his father to Jasper Co. In the 1821 Asa Peugh of Martin's District (GMD 248) Jasper Co., GA drew land lot 12, 2 Section of Monroe Co. which became Pike Co. and is now part of Spalding Co. By 1827 he moved to this land which was east of the Roved-Zetella Road north of Rover GA. This is the first time that the spelling Peugh is used and I suspect that he kept the spelling to insure his claim on the land. He gave land for Liberty Church in Pike Co. He drew land in the 1832 land lottery in Cherokee Co. land lot 688, District 2, 1st Section. He was a resident of Bustin's District in Pike Co. at that time. He died after the 1836 tax digest was prepared and before the 1837 index. In Dec. 1841 James K. Holsey sold 1/2 of Asa's Pike Co. land. The other half was later purchased by Nancy Peugh's husband, James Waller. In Sept. 1844 James K. Holsey as guardian for his children sold his Cherokee Co. land and Jasper Co., land and some slaves. At the auction of Asa' estate, James K. Holsey purchase for Nancy Peugh a side saddle, trestle bedstead and furniture. a lot of bed clothing and a large chest. His children by his 2nd wife:
William Washington Peugh born about 1827 in Pike Co., married Oct. 7, 1846 in Upson Co., GA Sarah Ann Minter, buried at Valley grove Cemetery, Atwater, Upson Co., GA. Lived land lot 109, 10th District of Upson Co. (555 GMD). He served as a private in Co. I, 32nd Regiment of GA Vol. Infantry, Army of TN from Upson Co., "Woodson Guards". Wounded at Morris Island SC on July 20, 1863 and surrendered at Greensboro NC on April 26, 1865. After the war he moved to Pike Co. and in 1880 was living in Jackson Co., AL. His children:
Asa Peugh born about 1855, married Nov. 14, 1872 Sarah E. Wascosey, (possibly died Feb. 16, 1934 in Runnels Co., TX.) Lived in AL and TX.
Nancy J. Peugh born about 1856.
Eliza C. Peugh born about 1859.
Margaret Peugh born about 1861, married Robert Colquitt. Her Children:
Mary Peugh born about 1864.
James T. Peugh born about 1867, (possibly died Nov. 30, 1930 Parker Co., TX)..
Drucilla Peugh born about 1868.
Lula A. Peugh born about 1869.
Willie Peugh (female) born about 1874.
Elmira (Almira) C. Peugh born 1831 in Pike Co., married May 4, 1864 in Spalding Co., GA James Carruthers (who died by 1880), died 1894, buried Glenwood Cemetery Upson Co. Elmira was deaf and was sent to the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford CN for which the state of GA provided $3000. The state decided to start a deaf department at the Hearn Manual Labor School at Cave Spring in Floyd Co. They sent a teacher to CN where he trained for a year. He returned on May 15, 1846 with four students, one of whom was Elmira. The Hearn School became the GA School for the Deaf. Item in Oct. 18, 1873 "Thomaston Herald" - Accident on Tuesday when a calf gored a little child of Mr. James Carruthers, inflicting a very serious wound. (child not named) Her children:
Robert Carruthers born about 1869.
Elmira Carruthers born about 1873, married Dec. 24, 1885 Allen L. Jimmerson.
Robert James (Jim) Peugh born Sept. 7, 1833 Pike Co., married April 25, 1856 Sarah J. Willingham in Upson Co., died Oct. 21, 1862 at Camp William Duncan Smith near Savannah, GA, buried Shiloh Church Cemetery in Upson Co.. He served as a private in Co. I, 32nd Regiment of GA Vol. Infantry, Army of TN from Upson Co., "Woodson Guards". His children:
Febb Peugh born about 1859-61
Jim Peugh
Andrew Jackson Peugh born about 1837 in Pike Co., married April 19, 1857 in Upson Co. Martha Willimgham, died after Feb. 11, 1885 and before June 1885. Sent to Sing Sing prision at Albany NY where he died of TB. Surposed to have been falsely accused of tax evasion. He served as a private in Co. I, 32nd Regiment of GA Vol. Infantry, Army of TN from Upson Co., "Woodson Guards" from May 7, 1862. Listed on roll November 1862 as missing-sick. His children:
Alvah H. Peugh born Mar. 1, 1888, married Nov. 29, 1917 Lucille Corinr Gilleland, died Oct. 2, 1965. Served in WW I (sn 1-354285)
Jane Josephine (Jo) Peugh born 1859, married Nov. 25, 1886 James B. Gordy. Her children:
Missouri (Zudie) Peugh born 1861, married Dec. 6, 1877 Charles Moore. Her children:
Anger Hood Peugh born Aug. 1862, married Dec. 14, 1879 Nancy Louisa Fincher, died Milledgeville State Hospital. His children:
Maggie Peugh born Jan. 14, 1884, married Andrew S. Coggin, died Sept. 30, 1936. Her children:
Annie Georgia Peugh born 1866, died 1942. Her children by ? Minter:
Robert Peugh born about 1909.
James Alton Peugh born about 1911.
Walter Peugh born about 1913.
Ethel Peugh born 1920, married a Langford.
Laura Peugh born about 1915, married a Warren.
Marvin Peugh born Sept 7, 1919, died July 1971.
Emory Peugh
Irene Peugh married a Holmes.
Lena Peugh born about 1918, married a Roach.
Leona Peugh born aboit 1916, married a Hawley.
Felton Peugh
Bessie Peugh born 1886, married Nov. 15, 1903 Joseph Preston Watts.
Maude Peugh born 1890 married Oct. 4, 1905 Jospeh Preston Watts (her sister's widower).
Generation 1, John Kinman.
John Kinman May have married Mary who appears as a widow in the 1790 Wilkes Co. GA tax digest and was still living in 1803. His children:
James Kinman remained in IN when father moved to TN.
* James Kinman our ancestor. See generation 2.
David Kinman died 1831. Came to Wilkes Co., GA and later went 1st to Grant Co., KY and then to Pike Co., IN. See his journey song following. His children:
William Kinman found in 1790 Wilkes Co., tax digest.
Levi Kinman born 1789, died 1840. Came to GA and later went to Pike Co. IN
(Note the 1st four children and Mary are found in the 1790 Wilkes tax digest in the same district as Jesse and Jehu Pugh. This area now part of Taliaferro Co.)
James Kinman married Jane, died 1821. A Quaker and traditional father of Elizabeth Kinman who married Jehu Pugh. At this time I do not know much about this person. In the 1793 Wilkes Co. tax digest Jehu Pugh lived next to him. On Aug. 2,1892 he was appointed guardian of Mary and David Mason, orphans of John and Nancy Mason, What if any connection to these Masons is unknown. The Kinman's moved on to Jasper Co. and about 1808 joined the Quaker migration to Indiana. Various family members came from Jasper, Morgan and Greene Co. and ended up around Pike Co. Indiana where James left a will naming the following children:
Betsey (Elizabeth) Kinman married Jehu Pugh. Our ancestor. See Pugh family, generation 4.
James Kinman Jr.
David Kinman
Mary Kinman consent given by father Feb. 26, 1798 to marry Alexander McKeen
Pugh Kinman
Alcey (Nancy ?) Kinman married Robert Pugh, brother of Jehu Pugh. See her family under his listing. (I believe that Alcey might have been misread as Nancy in the will.)
Thomas Kinman
I left my old dwelling, as I do relate.
We traveled northwestward up the Oconee
And crossed the dividing ridge to Chatahoochee.
'Tis not my long journey that troubles me so
Nor leaving Greene County, for what do I owe,
But most that doth grieve me and trouble my mind
Is leaving my relations in Georgia behind.
Farewell my old neighbors, I bid you adieu.
I am going to travel the wilderness through
I am going to travel the desert all through.
So, farewell, old relations, I bid you adieu.
May kind Heaven protect you and guard you through life,
And safely conduct you through troubles and strife,
And when in the tomb your frail bodies do lie
May your souls soar away to sweet mansions on high.
Three days and three nights we were forced to lie.
The rain was descending, the river was high.
At length we got over and our way we could see
So we escaped quite over to the water Coosee.
Our course we did steer to the Ocmulgee
And crossed over the ridge to Conesage.
We crossed over the rived in the evening quite late
And entered the boarder of Tennessee state.
We crossed the Tennessee, we crossed over the Clinch
Pursuing our journey, we resolved not to flinch.
We scaled the high mountain, on summit did stand,
And traveled down the western side to sweet Cumberland.
The rich land of Kentucky we soon had in view.
We crossed over the river, passed Lexington through,
And came on to Eagle the last day of May,
Resigned to the Heavens, contented to Stay.
Composed by David Kinman on his journey from Georgia to Kentucky and sung to his children, Mr. S.F. Kinman of Petersburg, IN sent a copy to James LeConte in 1913 and this copy can be found in the LeConte Collection at the Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia
The McGinty name is also found as Ginity, Maginnity, Mag Fhinneachta and as a derivation Finaghty. It is a Co. Donegal Ireland family name, and found as Ginty and Genty in north Connacht.
I believe that the Pughs and McGintys were acquainted at least as far back as 1790 in Wilkes Co. when John McGinty was in the same district as Jehu Pugh and witnessed, with Jesse Pugh, the will of Martha Stewart in 1791. I also believe that they may have been Quakers. In the 1830 Pike Co. census, John and Josiah McGinty are listed with John being only 14 names from Asa Pugh. Asa sold land to Lewis Borders in 1835. Lewis and his brother Benjamin Borders both married McGintys. I believe that the marriage may have been in the Quaker manner which would explain why it is not found in the county records..
James McGinnahtie born County Donegal, Ireland about 1640. His son:
William McGinnaghtie born County Donegal, Ireland 1665. His possible son:
John McGinty born County Donegal, Ireland, married Mary.died 1763 in VA. Came to Augusta Co., VA between 1738 and 1740. His children;
John McGinty
Robert McGinty
* John McGinty our ancestor. See generation 2.
Margaret McGinty
Ann McGinty
Sara McGinty
Mary McGinty
John McGinty born County Donegal, Ireland about 1720, married Sara Lived in the Green Brier settlement on Muddy Creek, VA (now West VA). Because of Indian troubles he moved in 1762 to Mecklenburg Co., NC where he lived on Sugar Creek, now Charlotte, NC. His children:
* John McGinty our ancestor see generation 3.
James McGinty in 1785 Wilkes Co., GA tax digest Capt. Karr Dist.
Robert McGinty born about 1746 in Augusta Co., VA, married Deborah Wright, died Jan. 1841 in Jones Co., GA. . Another source says that Robert McGinty married Deborah Jackson a member of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in 1788 and joined Wrightsborough Monthly meeting in 1779. He moved by 1777 to Germany Creek in Wilkes Co., GA (now McDuffie Co.). Fled during the Revolutionary War and returned after the war to live on Kettle Creek. Served in war as a private under Elijah Clarke. Robert McGinty is listed as a member of the Phillips Mill Baptist Church in Wilkes Co. in 1787. Robert McGinty is listed as a Grand Juror in Hancock Co. for the Sept. Term on 1797. He was a Baptist minister. His children:
Basil McGinty
Joseph McGinty Jr.
Mary McGinty married Mar. 4, 1811 John Russell.
Elizabeth McGinty married James Gibson.
John McGinty born about 1774, May have gone to Miss Territory.
James McGinty born about 1776, married Tempy. Went to AL in 1835.
Robert McGinty born 1782, married 1st July 5, 1807 in Hancock Co., GA Penelope Moore, married 2nd 1851 Elanna, moved to the Brazos River in TX . His children:
William McGinty
Thomas McGinty born Sept. 9, 1784, married 1804 Sarah Castleberry, died 1868 in Morehouse Parish, LA. Moved to Wilkinson Co., GA before going to LA. His children:
Mary Ann McGinty born Jan. 8, 1808, married a Smith.
Elizabeth McGinty born Jan. 17, 1811, married William M. Cooper. Her children:
Cora Iola Cooper married Andrew Torrance.
Robert McGinty born May 23, 1812, married Dec. 17, 1846 in Monroe Co., GA Jemina Ann Moore. Moved to Stewart Co., AL.
William Jones McGinty born June 22, 1814, married Feb. 25, 1831 in Monroe Co., GA Martha Davidson, died June, 1896 Ringold LA. His children:
Thomas J. McGinty born 1838, died Oct. 21, 1863.
Zadok McGinty born 1840.
James McGinty born 1842.
Amanda McGinty born 1845, married Dave Brown.
Elizabeth Ann McGinty born 1848, married Feb. 15, 1866 Isaac Newton Yates.died Jan. 30, 1884.
Robert Dean McGinty born Mar. 28, 1850, married 1st Oct. 24, 1869 Arvy Smith, 2nd in 1887 Mrs. Mahalia Conly Cowart, 3rd 1906 Mrs. Mary Alice Scott McCoy, died Feb. 12, 1927.
William Gibson McGinty born July 21, 1852, married 1st Nov. 28, 1869 Emma Cynthia Smith, 2nd Mar. 2, 1881 Mary Harriett Kolb, died July 17, 1939. (His son Joseph Eugene McGinty was a Master Sergeant under Teddy Roosevelt in the "Rough Riders" at the battle San Juan Hill in the Spanish American War.)
Joseph Beebee McGinty born Dec. 9, 1854, married 1892 Margery Louise Templar, died Dec. 12, 1936.
Nancy McGinty born Aug. 23, 1816.
Jackson McGinty born Jan. 15, 1818.
Deborah McGinty born Aug. 17, 1819, married Milton D. Sledge. Her children:
Millie Sledge
Collin Sledge
Jim Sledge
Mary Ann Sledge
Susan Sledge
John Sledge
Catherine McGinty born Jan. 26, 1822.
Washington McGinty born 1786, married 1st in 1810 in Hancock Co. Nancy Thompson, 2st in Aug. 13, 1813 in Baldwin Co., GA,Tabitha Moore, 3nd Naomi Moore, 4th Elizabeth Harrington, died 1872 in Randolph Co., AL Moved to Wilkinson Co., and eastern Pike Co. GA (now Lamar Co.) before going to AL.His children by 2st marriage:
Nancy McGinty married in Pike Co., GA Sept. 26, 1833 John Means. Her children:
Robert McGinty
Franklin McGinty
By 3nd marriage:
Naomi McGinty
Narcessa E. McGinty born 1831.
Ann McGinty born 1832.
George McGinty
Pinkney McGinty born about 1840
James McGinty born about 1842.
By 4th marriage
Solina A. McGinty born about 1848.
+ 2 sons
Isaac McGinty born 1787, married July 7, 1814 in Baldwin Co., GA Sarah Samples. This may be the Isaac McGinty who married Mary Malone in Pike Co. on Feb. 2, 1832 and was living in the Cabin Dist. of Spalding Co., GA in 1860.
William McGinty born 1788, married 1st ?, 2nd Mar. 14, 1824 Baldwin Co., GA Martha Grant, died 1858 in Monroe, Co. Lived in Monroe Co., GA. His children by 1st marriage:
Robert McGinty
Lewis McGinty
By 2nd marriage;
John Thomas McGinty
plus 4 sons and four daughter
Mary McGinty
Shadrach McGinty born about 1792, married Aug. 5, 1818 in Putnam Co., GA Mary Lamar, died after 1843. In Bibb Co., GA in 1830. His children:
John McGinty
Robert McGinty
James McGinty
Meshach McGinty born about 1793. In Jones Co., GA in 1830, Baptist minister in Upson Co., GA in 1847. Moved to Bibb Co., AL. His children:
George W. Stewart
Abednego McGinty
Josiah McGinty born about 1800, married 1825 Marion Penelope Russ. His children:
B.R. McGinty
Marion Evans McGinty
Mariale Penelope McGinty
Perry A. McGinty
John McGinty born 1760-70. Moved to Wilkes Co., Ga. and still there in 1820. The 1790 Wilkes Tax digest shows John McGinty in the same district as the Pughs and Kinmans and owning 100 acres (now in Taliaferro Co.). An undated 1790s Wilkes Co. tax digest shows Robert, John, and James McGinty in Capt. Karr's District.. John McGinty witnessed a deed in Butts Co. between Charles Rainey and John R. Cargile (whom lived near Jehu Pugh). Served in Rev. War. Moved to Pike Co., GA. where he lived near Asa Peugh. Drew land (as John Maginty) in 1832 Land Lottery as Rev. War soldier from Bustin's Didtrict of Pike Co. LL 297, 2nd Dist., 2nd Section. and in 1832 Gold land Lottery LL840, 3rd Dist., 4th Section. Not found in 1840 GA census. His children
(male) McGinty
(male) McGinty
* Olive McGinty our ancestor. See Pugh family, generation 5.
Martha McGinty born about 1809 in GA, married Dec. 26, 1832 in Pike Co.Benjamin Boarders. Living in Carroll Co. in 1850. Her children:
Mary Borders born about 1838.
Martha Borders born about 1839.
Michael Borders born about 1843.
Benjamin Borders born about 1846.
Catherine McGinty born about 1813, married 1824 in Pike Co. Lewis Boarders. In Pike Co. in 1850. Her children:
John Boarders born about 1834.
Nancy Boarders born about 1840.
Jane Boarders born about 1842.
Washington Boarders born about 1844.
Thomas Boarders born about 1846.
Lewis Boarders born about 1849.
Mary McGinty born 1815-20 married July 21, 1844 in Pike Co., GA William D. Pender
Generation 1, David Price.
David Price was a Quaker from Breckonshire, Wales, married about 1665 Joan Awbrey (daughter of Thomas Awbrey), came to the Radnor Meeting in PA in 1690. Rented 300 acres of land in Radnor township from James Price of Wales for 3 years or forever if James did not come over (he did not). Received a city lot in Philadelphis on Chestnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets but sold it. Joan was born about 1640 in Wales, died 1699 in PA. His children:
* Joan Price married James Pugh (brother of above). Our ancestor, see Pugh family generation 1.
+ 4 additional children born in Wales.
Generation A, Gruffydd ap Cynan King of North Wales, died 1136. His daughter:
Generationa B, Lady Gwenllian married Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of South Wales. Their daughter:
Generation C, Lady Elizabeth married Edmund, feudal Lord of Cayrowe. Their son:
Generation D. Sir Edgar de Carew Lord of Cayrowe. His son:
Generation E, John de Carew feudal Lord of Carew. His daughter:
Generation F, Anne de Carew (also called Nesta) married Thomas Awbrey (son of William Awbrey of Aberkynfrig and Slough in Brecknockshire Wales). Their son;
Generation G, Thomas Awbrey of Aberkynfrig, constable and ranger of the forest of Brecon, married Johan (daughter of Trahaerne ap Einion, Lord of Comond). Their son:
Generation H, Thomas Awbrey-goch of Aberkynfrig, married Nesta (daughter of Owen Gethyn of Glyn Taway). Their son:
Generation I, Richard Awbrey of Aberkynfrig, married Creislie (daughter of Philip ap Elidor "Phe ab Elerd"). Their son:
Generation J, Gwalter Awbrey of Aberkynfrig, married Johan (daughter of Rees Morgan, see descent following). Their son:
Generation K, Morgan Awbrey of Aberkynfrig, married Alice (daughter of Gwatkin Thomas ap David Lloyd). Their son:
Generation L, Jenkin Awbrey of Aberkynfrig married Gwenllian (daughter of Owain ap Griffith of Tal y Llyn and a descendant of Charlemagne and Magna Charta Barons). Their son:
Generation M, Hopkin Awbrey of Aberkynfrig, married Gwenllian (daughter of Owain ap Griffith of Tal y Lyn). Their son:
Generation N, William Awbrey of Aberkynfrig, married 2nd Jane (widow of Thomas Lloyd and daughter of Sir Richard Herbert, Lord of Montgomery Castle and Jane daughter of Gwilim ap Rees Philip of Llwyn-howell. Sir Richard was a gentleman usher to Henry VIII), died June 27, 1547. Their son:
Generation O, Richard Awbrey of Aberkynfrig, married Margaret (daughter of Thomas Gunter of Gileston), died 1580. Their son:
Generation P, Richard Awbrey of Llanelyw Breckockshire, married Anne (daughter of William Vaughan of Llanelyw), buried Sept. 25, 1646. Their son:
Generation R, Thomas Awbrey of Llanelwn parish. His daughter:
Generation A, Alfred, King of Dublin, married Lady Eva (daughter of Dermot, King of Leinster). Their son:
Generation B, Suttrick , King of Dublin, married Lady nesta (daughter of Theodore-mawr, Prince of South Wales). Their son:
Generation C, Ideo Wyllt, Lord of Clwye in Brecon, married Eleanore (daughter of Drympenog, Lord of Cantre Seliffe). Came from Ireland to Wales with a band of soldiers to assist Rees ap Theodore against the Normans. Their son:
Generation D, Cadwgan Hen His son:
Generation E, Griffith ap Cadgan Lord of Llangadog. His son:
Generation F, Cadwgangoch His son:
Generation H, Howel-goch His son:
Generation I, Einion His son;
Generation J, Morgan His son:
Generation K, Rees Morgan of Llangadog Carmarthenshire. His daughter:
Generation L, Johan married Gwalter Awbrey. See generation J in above chart.
The spelling Stewart and Stuart are used interchangeable. Most of the descendant use the Stewart spelling. The early Quaker records use the Stuart spelling. For simplicity I have used the spelling Stewart for all the US descendants..
Walter Stewart born about 1630 in Perthshire Scotland. His children:
Robert Stuart Born 1655 in Perthshire Scotland, married Janet Forsythe , died Londonderry, Vester Ireland. Moved to Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland before going to Ireland. His children:
John Stewart born 1682 Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, married 1st in Londonderry, Ireland about 1702 Elizabeth Clark, married 2nd about 1715 Elizabeth Forsythe, died Windham, Rockingham Co., NH. His children by 1st marriage:
Mary Stewart born May 5, 1730 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, married Abraham Peck.
Margarete Stewart born Oct. 4, 1731 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, married 1st John Kately, 2nd John Anderson, 3rd James Stewart.
William Stewart born Feb. 12, 1733 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, married Elizabeth Clark.
John Stewart born 1735 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, married 1st Ann McClellan, 2nd Jean Love, died Aug. 28, 1818 NY.
Jennet Stewart born about 1737 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, married Joseph Bell.
Rebecca Stewart born May 28, 1738 Lundsburg, Franklin Co., MA, married about 1753 John Stewart.
Samuel Stewart born 1739 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, married Rebecca Henry.
Lydia Stewart born about 1740 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, married Joseph McKown.
Robert Stewart born 1707 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH, married Lydia Blair.
James Stewart born 1709 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH.
John Stewart born 1711 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH, married Rebecca Costa. His children:
Rebecca Stewart born Dec. 20, 1750 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH.
Mary Stewart born May 2, 1753 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH.
Hannah Stewart born Nov. 1755 Windham, Rochingham Co., NH.
Adam Stewart born Sept. 12, 1758 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH.
By 2nd marriage:
Samuel Stewart born 1718 aboard ship from Ireland, married about 1744 Alice Atchinson His children:
William Stewart born 1746, Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH.
Isobel Stewart born 1748, Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH.
Samuel Stewart born Feb. 23, 1749 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH.
Mary Stewart born May 18, 1753 Colrain, Franklin Co., MA.
Alice Stewart born Mar. 26, 1754 Colrain, Franklin Co., MA.
Rebecca Stewart born July 26, 1756 Colrain, Franklin Co., MA.
James Stewart born Jan. 5, 1759 Colrain, Franklin Co., MA.
Sarah Stewart born about 1763 Colrain, Franklin Co., MA.
Robert Stewart born 1766 Colrain, Franklin Co., MA.
Joseph Stewart born Jan. 17, 1721, married 1st about 1741 Margaret Thompson, married 2nd Hannah Hescock, died Feb. 22, 1821 NY. His children:
Margarite Stewart born 1723 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH, married William Aiken.
Robert Stewart born about 1684 Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
Juliana Stewart born about 1686 Londonderry, Vester, Ireland.
Ann Stewart born about 1688 Londonderry, Vester, Ireland.
Samuel Stewart born 1690 Londonderry, Vester, Ireland.
Alexander Stewart born about 1680 Edinburgh Scotland, married about 1708 in Chester Co., PA Mary Bailey, died Jan. 5, 1715 in Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA. Mary was born Nov. 10, 1688 Bromhill, Wiltshire, England, and died in 1741 in Bradford Township, Chester Co., PA. Mary Bailey was the daughter of Joel Bailey and Ann Short both of whom were Quakers. Joel Bailey, the son of Daniel and Mary Bailey, was baptized on Jan. 29, 1658 in Bromham parish, Whiltshire, England and made his will on Dec. 10, 1728. Alexander Stewart was not a Quaker and the marriage was disapproved by the Quakers. After his death she wrote a letter dated Nov. 5, 1715 to the Newark (later Kennett) monthly meeting stating she "owned that she is sorry that she did contrary to good orders.) Mary Bailey Stewart married 2nd Jan. 12, 1716 George Harlan. Alexander came to America by Sept. 14, 1697 when he was one of 46 servants that Elbridge Amos Stuart brought to Chester PA. He was bound as an indentured servant to Francis Chadsey in Chester Co., PA for seven years, eight if he was taught to read and write. On June 10, 1701 he was transferred, with his consent, to Henry Nagel to be taught the shoemaker's trade for an additional 15 months of service. His service terminated about 1705. On Oct. 5, 1713 he bought 350 acres of land on the south side of Brandywine Creek on the east side of the present Kennett Square in Chester Co., PA. His children:
Jane (June) Stewart born 1709 Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA, married May 14, 1730 in Bradford Township, Chester Co., PA Josiah Taylor.
* Robert Stewart our ancestor. See generation 2.
Ann Stewart born Aug. 4, 1712 Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA, married Aug. 1, 1744 at Christ Church in Philadelphia Henry Marsh.
Mary Stewart born May 8, 1714 Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA, married Joseph Taylor.
Children of Mary Bailey by her 2nd marriage to George Harlan:
Rebecca Harlan
Dinah Harlan
Hannah Harlan
Joel Harlan
Michael Harlan
George Harlan
Robert Stewart born Jan. 25, 1711 in Kennett Township, Chester Co., PA, married 1st about 1733 in PA Martha Richardson (daughter of Isaac Richardson and Catherine Gandy. She had a sister Elizabeth Richardson who married a Chadds and died in PA.), 2nd Martha Margaret Stewart, died before 1790 in Wilkes Co., GA. Martha Richardson was born May 23, 1717 in Whiteland Township, Chester Co., PA, died 1793 in Wilkes Co., GA. She was a Quaker and was disowned by the Concord monthly meeting for being married by a 'priest". He was four when his father died and left him his Kennett Township property which he gained title to at age 21. He refused to be a Quaker an adopted the spelling Stuart although later he did use the Stewart spelling. He sold his East Marlborough township land on Jan. 28, 1734 and moved to Whiteland township where his mother-in-law lived. About 1750 moved to Robeson Township, Berks Co., PA. Moved to the Frederick Co. in the Shenandoah Valley of VA, but finding no location to their liking moved on to Cane Creek, Orange Co. (now Almance Co.), NC where Matha and her daughters Mary, Catherine and Rachel were received from the Exeter Quaker Monthly Meeting in Berks Co. to the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting on Jan. 7, 1758 and Robert and Alexander and the younger children on Mar. 3, 1758. On Sept. 29, 1764 Robert and his wife and younger children transferred to New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford Co., NC. On May 29, 1773 they were dismissed from New Garden to Bush River in Newberry Co., SC. They went however to Wightsboro in Columbia Co., GA where they were received on Dec. 4, 1773. They settled on Little River in Wilkes Co., GA by 1773 when Robert received a grant on Aug. 22, 1773. This land is now part of Taliaferro Co. They returned to SC during the Revolutionary War, but returned to Wilkes Co., GA toward the end of the war.
Martha Stewart born Aug. 10, 1762 Wilmington, DE. Disowned in 1780 by Wilmington monthly meeting.
George Stewart born Mar. 6, 1767 Philadelphia, PA.
Ann Stewart born Sept. 16, 1769 in Wilmington, DE.
Alexander Stewart born about 1736 in Chester Co., PA. married at Cane Creek, Orange Co., NC on May 17, 1759 Elizabeth Pike, died 1767. His children:
Abigail Stewart born Dec. 11, 1797, married Dec. 2, 1827 William Harris. died Aug. 2, 1874.
Ivy Stewart born Jan. 1, 1802, married 1st April 8, 1835 Sarah Osborne, 2nd Mrs. Villa Porter.
Abigail Stewart born May 18, 1762, married June 7, 1780 Thomas Dixon, died May 26, 1843.
John Stewart born Jan. 30, 1764, married 1st 1787 Elizabeth Dixon, 2nd April 23, 1812 Mary Stout, died Jan. 17, 1856 in Chatham Co., NC. His children:
Diana Stewart born Aug. 13,1789, married Jan. 15, 1807 Joseph Allen, died 1862.
Solomon Stewart born 1792, married Feb. 10, 1813 Rachel Underwood, died 1875.
Alexander Stewart born 1794, married Oct. 21, 1813 Ann Stout, died 1848.
Elizabeth Stewart born Mar. 13, 1797, married Jan. 12,1815 Simon Baker, died 1868.
Simon Stewart born April 10, 1800, married Dec. 8, 1824 Eunice Johnson, died 1880 White Lick Ind.
Benjamin Stewart born 1802, married April 7, 1828 Sarah Newlin, died 1880
Hannah Stewart born 1805, married Oct. 12, 1826 Jeremiah Piggott, died 1881
Charles Stewart born May 27, 1814, married April 9, 1835 Ruth Hadley, died 1903 in Woolson, Iowa. His children:
Ivy Stuart born July 16, 1837, married Phoebe Ann Wooten. Moved to Mitchell Co., Kansas.
Joshua Stuart born Sept. 20, 1838, married Aug. 29, 1861 Ruth Johnson, died Sept. 16, 1921. Lived Jefferson Co., Iowa.
Mary Jane Stuart born June 23, 1840, died May 28, 1906. No marriage.
Riley Stuart born Jan. 15, 1842, died as infant.
Huldah Stuart born April 27, 1843, died as infant.
Joseph Gurney Stuart born Jan. 10, 1845, married Aug. 14, 1872 Martha Hoskins, died Mar. 28, 1922. Lived Des Moines, Iowa.
Joel Stuart born Sept. 9, 1847, married Jan. 19, 1870 Mary letitia Ratliff, died July 2, 1902. Lived in Kansas and Iowa.
Rebecca Elizabeth Stuart born Sept. 8, 1849, married Sept. 10, 1871 David Jones, died Jan. 4, 1888. Lived Fairfield Iowa.
Julia Stuart born Sept. 19, 1851, died as infant.
William Zeno Stuart born April 9, 1855, died in AK.
Henry Stewart born Feb. 11, 1766, married 1787 Mary Nelson, died Nov. 9, 1850 Davidson Co., NC. His children:
Martha Stewart born June 26, 1790.
Catherine Stewart born Mar. 2, 1794, married Jeremiah Little.
Zimri Stewart born Sept. 7, 1795.
Jehu Stewart born June 25, 1797, married 1822 Rebecca Hicks.
Elizabeth Stewart born Dec. 22, 1798, married Jonathan Synder.
Alexander Stewart born Dec. 3, 1800, married Marha Miller.
John Stewart born Jan. 11, 1803, married Elizabeth Williams, died 1840.
Mary Stewart born Jan. 4, 1806.
Anna Stewart born Dec. 24, 1807, married Benjamin Lanier.
Tabitha Stewart born July 16, 1810.
Mary Stewart born 1738 Chester Co., PA, married Thomas Taylor?
Catherine Stewart born about 1742 Chester Co., PA, married John Ballinger and lived on the land where the Battle of Guilford Court House took place.
Rachel Stewart born about 1744 Chester Co., PA, married Evan Harris
Jehu Stewart born Oct. 10, 1740, Chester Co., PA, married 1st July 4, 1765 New Garden monthly meeting Sarah Stanley, 2nd June 30, 1805 New Garden monthly meeting Sarah Guyer, died June 30, 1827 Guilford Co., NC. His widow and some of his children went to the Quaker settlements in Indiana. His children by 1st marriage:
Isaac Stewart born April 23, 1796, married Dec. 8, 1822 Sarah Johnson, died Aug. 6, 1859 near Greenfield Ind.
Phebe Stewart born Dec. 12, 1797, died April 24, 1820.
Sarah Stewart born Feb. 8, 1800.
Jehu Stewart born June 25, 1802.
Martha Stewart born Mar. 8, 1805.
Guielma Stewart born Jan. 22, 1808, died May 5, 1808.
Guielma Stewart born Mar. 22, 1809.
Robert Stewart born Dec. 1, 1811, died April 19, 1812.
Asenath Stewart born Feb. 1, 1813.
John Stewart born Mar. 26, 1775 New Garden, NC.
Jehu Stewart born Nov. 10, 1770 New Garden. NC, married 1795 Mary Cook, died 1844.
Mary Stewart married 1st John Hunt, 2nd Joseph Guyer.
Sarah Stewart married Sept. 6, 1789 Hezekiah Hurn.
Elizabeth Stewart married James Martin.
Catherine Stewart married about Sept. 1802 James Hiatt. Her children:
Robert Stuart Hiatt
By 2nd marriage:
Amos Beard
Jane Beard
Amos Stewart born June 30, 1808 New Garden NC, married Aug. 10, 1830 Matilda Hadley, died Aug. 1, 1905 Chester Ind. His children:
Martha Jane Stewart
Jehu Harlan Stewart born June 20, 1836 Guilford Co., NC
Sarah Ann Stewart
Mary E. Stewart
Jonathan Hadley Stewart
David White Stewart
Robert Addison Stewart
Eliza L. Stewart
Elbridge Amos Stewart
Francis Bacon Stewart
Rachel Stewart born Nov. 27, 1810, married Oct. 29, 1835 James Farlow.
Isaac Stewart born about 1746 in Whiteland Township, Chester Co., PA, married May 8, 1770 Orange Co., NC Susanna Thornburgh, died 1819 Clarke Co., GA. Disowned from Deep River monthly meeting for "outgoing in marriage: June 30, 1770. When to Wrightsboro Quaker settlement but returned to Newberry Co., SC during the war but returned to GA in 1781. Served in the GA and SC military. His children:
(female) Stewart married James Head. Her children:
(female) Stewart married Cornelius Atkinson
Robert Stewart born about 1785, married July 7, 1807 in Clarke Co. Priscilla Greer.
Nancy Stewart married Oct. 2, 1896 in Clarke Co. Robert Conner.
Robert Stewart born about 1748 Chester Co., PA. (May be son of Alexander Stuart of Frederick Co.)
* Elizabeth Stewart married Jesse Pugh, our ancestor. See Pugh/Peugh family, generation 3.
By 2nd marriage:
Temperance Stewart born Mar. 15, 1793, married July 28, 1810 Christian Co. Samuel Cannon, died Sept. 6, 1855. Moved to Lincoln Co., MO. Her children:
Bluford Cannon
James Cannon
Stuart Cannon
Jane Cannon
John Cannon
Robert Cannon
Elizabeth Cannon
Samuel Perry Cannon
Lydia Cannon
William Coates Cannon
Isaac Newton Cannon
Jane Fields Cannon
Lydia Stewart married James Lacey.
Ann Stewart married 1st James Crabtree, 2nd Joseph Brown.
Rebecca Stewart born Sept. 22, 1796, married Nov. 10, 1814 Thomas Brown.
Mary Stewart marriage bond April 27, 1817 Andrew Brown.
Ruth Stewart marriage bond July 21, 1826 John Hanna.
Patience Stewart
Jane Stewart
Priscilla B. Stewart married 1832 William Hunter.
Matilda Stewart
Amos Stewart born April 28, 1759 in Orange Co., NC, married 1782 in Columbia Co., GA Martha (Patty) Few, died July 3, 1837 Taliaferro Co., GA. Revolutionary War soldier under Capt. Young from SC in Mar. 1776. Discharged after battle of Stone Ferry near Charleston in 1779. Served 3 months in GA against Tories and Indians soon after his marriage. His children:
Owen Stewart born about 1783 Columbia Co., married Mary, GA, died 1848 Taliaferro Co., GA. His children:
Judith Stewart
Lawson Stewart married Oct. 20, 1831 Mary Evans.
Tallitha Stewart married Archibald Gresham, died by 1849. Her children:
Amos S. Gresham
Maria Stewart married Stephen Ellington, died by 1849. Her children:
Elizabeth Stewart
Rachel Stewart
Hannah Stewart married 1761 Cane creek, Orange Co., NC a Brooks. Disowned Aug. 7, 1784 at Wrightsboro. Her children:
Since the Quaker faith and religious practices affect this family so much, I have decided to add a few words about the Society of Friends or as they are more commonly known Quakers. The Quakers were founded in 1647 by an English preacher, George Fox. They emphasized a direct relationship with God. An individual's conscience, not the Bible, was the ultimate moral authority. They had neither clergy or churches. Instead they had meeting houses where they meditated silently and only spoke when the spirit moved them. The Quaker beliefs spread throughout the British Isles and to Holland and Germany.
One of the converts was William Penn. His father was an admiral and was owed money by King Charles II. Because of their practices the Quakers were persecuted and Penn conceived the idea of a colony in the New World where they could live in peace. A few Quakers had already settled in America, but this was to be the first large migration. Penn approached the King with his idea and a charter was granted on Mar. 4, 1681 for a new colony. The King named it Pennsylvania. On Nov. 8, 1682, Penn arrived, and with the assembled Friends, founded the city of Philadelphia. Invitations were sent to the Welsh Quakers to settle in Pennsylvania, and a parcel of land was set off for them, the "Welsh Tract".
The Quaker religion was organized around the meeting. The basic unit was the Local Meeting which met in a plain room at a meeting house or home. Minor offenses were settled and overseers to report violations of the discipline to the monthly meeting were appointed.
The Monthly Meeting was where most of the church business was conducted. It was composed of all local meetings of a small geographical area. The monthly meeting regulated marriages, controlled funds, gave charity, supervised schools, disciplined or disowned anyone guilty of a moral offense, and sent reports to the quarterly meeting.
The Quarterly Meeting was attended by delegates from each monthly meeting in a geographical area. Any problems too important for a monthly meeting were referred to the quarterly meeting where they could be settled or placed on the agenda for the yearly meeting.
The Yearly Meetings were attended by delegations from the quarterly meetings. There were six yearly meetings in PA and NJ (called Philadelphia), NY, MD, VA, NC, and New England. Generally any decision reached was binding on all quarterly and monthly meeting in the jurisdiction. If a decision could not be reached the matter would be postponed until the next meeting and they might write a letter to London for advice. London was considered to be 1st among equals.
Quaker marriage customs. Quakers were required to marry within the Society. If they married outside they would be disowned. In order to marry, members had to publicly state their marriage intentions at two monthly meetings in a row, A committee would be appointed to investigate for any impediment. If one was found the couple would be privately advised. If there was no impediment the couple would be liberated to marry after the 2nd declaration. To conduct the marriage at least 12 Friends had to be present at either a public or private meeting. At least 12 witnesses signed the certificate. There was no minister. If a spouse died, the remaining spouse was suposed to wait a year before remarriage. I believe that Jehu Pugh's marriage was recorded somewhere in the Wrightsboro meeting records.
Quaker dates: Quakers did not use the standard names of the months. Instead they called them the 1st month, 2nd month, etc. Until the change over from the Julian to Gregorian calendar in 1753, the 1st month was March. In 1853 the 1st month became January.
Disownment occurred when a member acted in a manner contrary to discipline. The member would be visited by a committee appointed by the meeting, If the member failed to acknowledge fault after the visitation he was disowned and could not be reinstated until acknowledgment of the fault was made. Among the records of our family disownments were issued for "marrying out of unity" and for the involvement in armed conflicts such as the Regulator Rebellion and the Revolutionary War.
In response to the problems which caused the Regulator Rebellion, Quaker leaders in the Hillsboro area of NC decided that it might be wise to migrate. On Sept. 1, 1767 their representative appeared before the Governor and Coucil of GA to petition for land. A grant of 12,000 acres adjoining the Indian Line from Little River was made providing that ten families should come by Feb. 1, 1768. About 40 families made the initial trip to what is now mainly in McDuffie Co. Additional land was added to the Quaker reserve in 1768 and 1773. Following the defeat of the Regulators additional Quakers such as the Pughs arrived The principal town was Wrightsborough where the Monthly meeting was held.. William Bartram visited the area in late spring 1773 and wrote..."The inhabitants of this part of the Country having formerly been inured to industry & farming in the Northn Colonies, & finding this fruitefull Soil turn their hands to the sam sort of Agriculture. They Plant Wheat Barley, Flax Hemp, Oats, corn, Cotton, Indigo Breed Cattle Sheep & Make Very good Butter & Cheese". Remember that Jehu Pugh later made and sold cheese in Upson Co. During the Revolutionary War the Quaker settlements were subject to raids from pro-American but basically lawless groups who perceived the area to be pro British. Many, such as Jesse Pugh and his family, went to the safer Quaker settlements in NC and SC, returning after the war. After the war the area, which had been reserved by the British for the Quakers, was opened up for settlement by all. By the 1790's the Quakers were no longer in the majority in the area.
One other issue needs to be discussed about our Quaker ancestors. That is the issue of slavery. This became a very important issue among the Quakers in the early years of the 19th century after the invention of the cotton gin brought about a rapid expansion of slavery in the area. Quakers, who did not practice slavery, found that they could not economically compete with this labor..In 1802 a Quaker preacher, Zachariah Dicks, arrived at Wrightsborough and exhorted the Quakers to remove themselves from the midst of slavery and predicted an internecine war within the lives of the children then living (how prophetic!). This created a mild panic among the Quakers. What amounted to a split occurred between those who wished to keep slaves and those who did not. Thousands of Quakers from the southern states who opposed slavery moved north to Quaker settlements in Ohio and Indiana. Three of Jehu Pugh's brothers, the Kinmans, and some of the Stewarts went north with this exodus. The Quaker religion in the south began a decline from which it never recovered.
I believed that the Pugh's and their relatives may still have been following Quaker practices even after moved to Jasper and Upson Co. The "Historical Atlas of Religion in America" by Edwin Scott Gauslad indicates the present of a Quaker 'church" in Upson Co. in 1850. I have never found or seen any other reference to this church. I wonder if the lack of marriage records for Asa lies in the fact that he was married in the Quaker manner and therefore not officially recorded.
The Regulator movement in NC and the subsequent Battle of Alamanac were probably an important factor in causing the Pughs to move south to GA. I am therefore providing some background this topic.
The Regulators were a group of Orange County, NC residents who felt that their interests were not being served by the colonial government 135 miles away at New Bern. The local sheriffs were embezzling large amounts of the funds. Protests were lodged with the colonial government but fell on deaf ears. In 1768 the sheriff of Orange County announced that he would accept taxes for two days only at each of 5 places and anyone paying elsewhere or at another time would be assessed an additional two shillings and sixpence. Orange Co. covered a large area at that time and the farmers had to travel a great distance to pay. Additionally the people were cash poor and often had to borrow to pay their taxes. At this same time Gov. Tryon requested 15000 lbs. from the provincial legislature to build a residence. The protest against these actions grew into "The Regulation", a name borrowed from a SC movement. The Regulators considered themselves to be defenders against the lawlessness of predatory officeholders.
The Regulators never had one leader, although there were several who were prominent in the movement, among whom was Herman Husband, a Quaker who was married to Mary Pugh the daughter of Thomas Pugh. Discouraged because of their failure to secure their aims through peaceful means the Regulators began to take more radical measures. Violence, and lawlessness were the order of the day and they refused to pay fines, terrorized those who administered the law, and disrupted court proceedings. The wealthier colonists on the coast considered them to be a mob.
In March of 1771 the governor's council advised Gov. Tryon to call out the militia and march against the Regulators. With a force of less than 1000 men Gov. Tryon met the Regulators on the banks of Alamance Creek near present day Burlington on May 16, 1771. Although they had a force of about 2000, the Regulators had no leadership, efficient organization and arms to match the better organizes militia. Many fled the battle field leaving their braver comrades to fight on. Among those who remained was a gunsmith, James Pugh the son of Thomas Pugh. He fired at the militia from behind what is now called "Pugh's Rock" at the Alamance Battlefield site. The battle lasted two hours and each side lost nine men and a large number of Regulators were wounded.
About 15 prisoners were captured and six were executed. Among these was James Pugh. When executed he was placed on a barrel as was the custom, he was composed and calm and asked to be allowed to address the crowd for a half hour. He declared that he had long been prepared to meet his God, that he had no regrets for what he had done in the matter, and that his blood would be good seed sown on good ground which would soon produce a hundredfold. He then recapitulated the causes that had led to the conflict and asserted that the Regulators had taken no life prior to the battle, that they had aimed at nothing more than a redress of their grievances. That Tryon had brought an army to murder the people instead of taking sides against dishonest officers, corrupt clerks and tax gathers. He mentioned Edmund Fanning, the clerk of the Hillsborough Recorder's Court, by name. At that time, his half hour having expired, Fanning suddenly knocked the barrel out from under him and he was hung in the presence of Gov. Tryon on June 19, 1771. Another Regulator executed on the battlefield was James Few whose brother William Few signed the U.S. Constitution for GA. Herman Husband escaped to PA where he was a leader of the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 after the Revolution. Some consider that the Regulator movement was a prelude to the Revolutionary War.
Names found among paper's relating to the Regulator's include not only James Pugh and Herman Husband, but also Thomas, Jesse, Enoch and John Pugh. A William Kinman is also found in these papers.
Even though those involved in the movement were offered pardons if they pledged an oath of allegiance to the royal government, many of those involved moved on as Jesse Pugh did.
Various members of the Pugh family were disowned by the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting probably for being involved with the Regulators. Jesse on June 1, 1771, Thomas on Sept. 7, 1771 and on Sept. 7, 1771 Thomas Pugh was disowned specifically for joining a company of armed men.
On Aug. 31, 1771 John Pugh was charged as an outlaw for breaking up court at Hillsborough on Sept. 1770. A deposition from Elizabeth Jones said that she had seen him 40 miles away on Sept. 23, 1770 Elizabeth Pugh, Peninah Pugh and Ann Jones swore that they had also seen him about 40 miles from Hillsborough on Sept. 24-25, 1770. Another petition from inhabitants of Guilford Co. stated they were acquainted with John Pugh for 9-10 years, he was sober, honest, and industrious, and that knowing himself innocent of the crime of rebellion fled to distant parts for his safety leaving a wife and one small child in utmost extremity. They asked for a pardon for John Pugh. I do not know the outcome of this case.