This page updated on August 15, 1997
Southern Ancestors


The Surnames Listed Here

Campbell, Dawson, Hide, Johnston, Lockyer, McClelland, McGhee, McLelland, Moore, Reid, Ritter, Ross, Smith, Stevenson, Summers, Talbot, Watt, Wright.

Those names linked are my particular problem areas. Please check them out and if anything looks familiar please let me know.


Lucy Campbell (b)- circa 1777 Epping, England (d)- 1855 Essex, England
Sarah Dawson (b)- estim 1765 (d)-
Elizabeth Hide (b)- estim. 1673
Thomas Hide (b)- est. 1643
Ann Johnston (b)- c. 1700 (d)- aft. 1779
Robert Johnston (b)- est. 1670
Sarah Lockyer (b)- est. 1674
Thomas Lockyer (b)- est. 1644
McClelland (b)- circa 1675 (d)-
William McClelland (b)- Ireland (d)-
Helen Powe McGhee (b)- circa 1893 Mississippi (d)- circa 1921 Tennessee
Henry McGhee (b)- circa 1860 (d)- before 1905
Mary McLelland (b)- (d)- 1811
James Moore (b)- est. 1624 (d)- 1735 Prince Georges, Maryland
Mary Moore (b)- est. 1690 Prince Georges, Maryland (d)- 1769 Pr. Georges, MD
Jane Reid (b)- (??) (d)-
Caroline Ritter (b)- 15 Oct 1826 Baltimore Co., Maryland (d)- 22 Nov 1903
Jesse Ritter (b)- circa 1802 (d)-
Mary Ross (b)- Ireland (d)-
Mattie E Smith (b)- circa 1864 Alabama (d)- Mississippi
Henry Stevenson (b)- circa 1670 Scotland (d)-
Nancy Stevenson (b)- circa 1770 North Carolina (d)- circa 1837 North Carolina
Robert Stevenson (b)- circa 1695 Roxburgshire, Scotland (d)- before 1745
William Stevenson (b)- circa 1725 Antrim, Ireland (d)- 1809 North Carolina
James Andrew Summers (b)- 30 May 1848 North Carolina (d)- 4 Aug 1917
James Wright Summers (b)- 6 Nov 1882 Hawkins Co., Tennessee (d)- circa 1925 Tennessee
John Summers (b)- circa 1685 Pr. Georges, Maryland (d)- Pr. Georges, Maryland
John Summers (b)-est 1660
John Dent Summers (b)- 2 Dec 1803 North Carolina (d)- 2 Nov 1856
Thomas Summers (b)- est. 1725 Maryland
Zacharia Summers (b)- circa 1763 Maryland (d)- 1848 North Carolina
John Talbot (b)- 1671 Pocklinlot, England (d)- Maryland
Paul Talbot (b)- 1697 Maryland (d)- aft 1776
Rachel Talbot (b)- e. 1725 Maryland (d)- North Carolina
John Watt (b)- circa 1765 North Carolina (d)- 1821 North Carolina
Sarah Araminta Watt (b)- 23 Apr 1812 North Carolina (d)- 9 Jul 1853
William Watt (b)- 1722 (d)- 1791
Alice Nathan Wright (b)- 1853 Maryland (d)- 1935
James Wright (b)- 5 Nov 1813 Essex, England (d)- 22 Aug 1896
James Wright (b)- circa 1780 Essex, England (d)- 1855 Gravesend, England


Sarah Dawson married Zachariah Summers in Bedford, Virginia on 2 March 1786. This couple eventually moved to Iredell Co., North Carolina. Sarah was alive at least until 1860. I have no further hints about Sarah.


Henry McGhee married Mattie E. Smith, in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1889. I have only a little bit of information on either person. Mattie was born around 1864 in Alabama and Henry was probably born around the same time but I don't know where. The couple had two children, probably born, between 1890 and 1895. A daughter Helen Powe and a son Langdom. I believe that Henry and the son Langdom, were killed in an accident in Birmingham, Alabama, as Mattie became guardian for Helen around 1905. Mattie continued in Meridian until the late 1910's and then I loose track of her.
There are only two names often linked to these people. One is Frank McGhee who held a variety of buisness and municipal positions in Meridian during the time and an L. C. Smith who may be a brother or father to Mattie.


Jesse Ritter was probably born in Maryland in 1803 and was the father of Caroline Ritter who married James Wright in Baltimore. I have found an obituary for Mary Alder or Alden who was listed of the wife of Jesse Ritter but link to my Jesse. Jesse eventually went to Tennessee and lived with his daughter Caroline and her husband James. I have been unable to find anything more about Jesse.


If you have any information about any of these individuals I would appreciate an e-mail or note in my guestbook.

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