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Thweatt
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Georgia, like Tennessee, was one of the pioneer states to receive Thweatt
emigrants, and many families have moved on to other stales. The following family
lines, some short and some long, had their basic origin in, or now live in,
Georgia. A letter from New York City, February 17, 1937 said, "My father
was the son of Peterson Thweatt of Georgia. We have some of the old state of
Georgia money, signed by my grandfather during his term of office as comptroller
General during the Civil War." Signed, Alex S. Thweatt.
The immediate family line was furnished by Mrs. D. M. Wilbur, sister to Alex
S. Thweatt above, dated Mar. 8, 1937. "Alexander Stephens Thweatt married
Nancy Neil Hays, daughter of Major Thomas H. Hays and granddaughter of Gov. John
L. Helm, on Jan. 7, 1885, in Louisville, Kentucky." (A.S.T. died Dec. 4,
1917). Issue l-Haysel Helen Thweatt; m. Theodore P. Ralli, 2-Louise Peterson
Thweatt; m. Oscar Jackson Meyer, 3-Thomas H. Thweatt died in infancy, 4-Sara
Helen Thweatt; m. Donald McLeod Wilbur, 5-Alexander S. Thweatt; m. Isabella
Beckwith, 6-Nancy Brown Thweatt; m. Gerald B. Fennell.
The grandchildren are: Haysel T. Ralli, Theodore P. Ralli, O. Jackson Meyer,
Jr., Alexander Thweatt Meyer, Nancy Hays Meyer, Donald McLeod Wilbur, Jrú, and
Margaret Ann Thweatt. The following was furnished by Miss E. Ellington Chaires
of Nashville, Tennessee. James Thweatt, Esq. of Dinwiddie County, Va.
Born, 1722 married Sarah Studevant. Of this marriage came issue as follows: I.
John Thweatt, married Rebecca, daughter of James Peter- son, Virginia. II. James
Thweatt, Jr. married Elizabeth, daughter of Jno. Peterson, Va. III. Thomas
Thweatt, died young, unmarried. IV. Tabitha Thweatt, married John Hamilton,
Amelia Co., Va. late of Ga. V. Peterson Thweatt, died young, unmarried.
Elizabeth Williamson of Sparta, Ga. (Note: Dr. Raines lists but one heir above;
there may have been others). Issue as follows: 1. Sarah Thweatt, married Thacker
Howard, Milledgeville, Ga. 2. Elizabeth Thweatt, married Homer Howard,
Milledgeville, Ga.-brothers, 3. Rebecca Thweatt, married David Brady Mitchell,
son of David Mitchell of Georgia. 4. Martha Thweatt, married Aaron Cooper of New
Jersey. 5. Susan Thweatt, married Adolphus Rutherford of Milledge- ville, Ga. 6.
Mary Thweatt, married Willliam Al Bell, Falmbuth, Va. 7. Margaret Thweatt,
married Geo. S. Casey, Athens, Ga. 8. John Griffin Thweatt, married Julia Blown,
Milledgeville, Ga. 3. Micajah Thweatt, married Mary Thomas, Athens, Ga. 10.
Peterson Thweatt, Esq., married Mrs. Harley, nee Annie Campbell, Milledgeville,
Ga. Peterson Thweatt was Comptroller General, State of Georgia from 1855 to
1864.
John Griffin Thweatt married Julia Brown, daughter of Dr. George Brown and
niece of Gov. Joseph Brown of Georgia, 1821. Issue: 1 -laura Thweatt, never
married, 2-Lizzie Thweatt, never married, 3-Sue Mae Thweatt, never married,
4William Bell Thweatt; m. Mina Pharr, 5-Julia Thweatt; m. (?) Blad<shear,
6-Sat- lie Thweatt; m. Will Clements, 7-George Thweatt; m. Julia Cudisill,
8-Johnnie Thweatt; m. Charles Hardin. William Bell Thweatt I, b. ?, d. circa
1907; m. Mina Lake Pharr Apr. 27, 1892, b. June 28, 1863, d. Mar. 19, 1957. One
child; William Bell Thweatt II. William Bell Thweatt II, b. Apr. 23, 1905;
m. Ruth Myrtle Johnson Oct. 31, 1923, b. Sept. 8, 1904. Issue: 1-William Bell
Thweatt III, 2-Wirilhelmina Thweatt; m. Paul Edward Johnson, Jr., 3-John Dorman
Thweatt, unmarried, ú1-Mary Ethel Thweatt, un- married. William Bell Thweatt
III, b. May 26, 1932; m. Mary Allen Partin July 6, 1952, b. Aug. 10, 1933.
Issue: 1-George Michael Thweatt, b. Apr. 8, 1954, 2-John Richard Thweatt, b.
Feb. 17, 1957. Peterson Thweatt-Annie (Campbell Harley) Thweatt. Issue: 1- ( )
Thweatt, married John Mickle, Montgomery,Ala. 2. ( ) Thweatt, married Edgar
Tucker, Opelika, Ala. 3. Alexander Stephens Thweatt, Esq., New York City, New
York. James Thweatt, Jr., b. 1751; married Apr. 3, 1777, to Elizabeth Peterson,
daughter of John Peterson, Dinwiddie Co., Va.
He resided near Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, when he died Sept. 14, 1814.
Issue: l-Uriah Thweatt, Esq., Baldwin County Ga., b. Jan. 13, 1781; m. Harriet
Napier, sister of LeRoy Napier, Esq., Macon, Ga., d. Nov. 10, 1815, 2-Thomas
Thweatt, Esq., b. Sept. 23, 1786; m. Temperance Turner, Sparta, Ga., for his
first wife, secondly, he married Catherine Hamil. He died Feb. 2, 1852 and lies
buried in Atlanta, Ga. Issue only by first wife: Charles T. Thweatt, Esq., M. C.
of Alabama. Late United States Consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
"Miss Elizabeth Spear was married to John Turner Thweatt in Monticello,
Ga., Oct. 23, 1834. John Turner Thweatt was the son of Rev. Thomas Thweatt of
Monroe County. He was the nephew (should be son) of James Thweatt, Monroe. Sarah
Studevant married James Thweatt, Esq., Dinwiddie County, Va. They were the
grandparents of John Turner Thweatt. This information was from an old family
Bible belonging to Charles Spear--1815." Eliza Thweatt, b. Mar. 14, 1704;
m. (Ist) Archibald Alexan- der, Esq. No issue. Secondly, she married Michael
Kennan, Esq. Issue: Michael Kennan, Uriah and Tecumseh Kennan. Also Eliza Kennan
who married a Mr. Sewell. Kinchen Peterson Thweatt, Esq., Upson County, Ga., b.
Jan. 4, 1789, d. Jan. 1849. Married, first Elizabeth, sister of Jell Reese,
Sumpter Co., and Gordon Reese, Meriwether Co., Ga. Second wife, Eliza Harris.
Mary Thweatt, b. Aug. 6, 1797; m. General William Flewellen, Jones County, Ga.,
and her second husband was the Rev. Isaac Johnson. General William FLewellen--Mary
Thweatt Flewellen. Issue: l-Eliza, died unmarried, 2-William Flewellen, Esq.,
3-Abner Flewellen, late president Cuthbert Female College, Cuthbert, Ga. James
Thweatt, Esq., M.D., Bolingbroke, Monroe County, Ga. Born Aug. 19, 1793, d. Apr.
4, 1867.
Was graduate of the University of Georgia and a physician of note. He married
Frances Flanders Moore, who bore him an only daughter, Camilla Thweatt, who
married David Bartlett Searcy, M.D., Talbot Co., Ga. Issue: 1-James Thweatt
Searcy, 2-Carolina Thweatt Searcy; m. (Ist) a Mr. David, m. (2nd) a Mr. Hollie,
3-William E. Hamilton Searcy, Griffin, Ga. OBticial Court Reporter of the Flint
Judicial Circuit, Married Eugenia Pauline Rogers, Forsythe, Ga. Issue: 1-William
Everard H. Searcy, Jr, Attorney at Law, Griffin, Ga., 4-l;rances Moore Searcy;
m. Abner Thurmond Holt, Macon, Ga. Issue: 1-Abner L. Holt; m. Miss Wells,
2-Chas. C. Holt; m. Annie Young, Eufaula, Ala. Issue: Edward Holt, 3-James
Thweatt Holt; m. Susan Williams, Macon, Ga., 4- Frances Camilla Holt; m. Joe A.
Thomas, Macon, Ga., 5-Daniel Searcy Holt, 6-Alberta Estelle Holt; m. Herbert
Stone of South Carolina. Tabitha Thweatt, born in Virginia in 1747, married John
Hamilton, Esq., Amelia County, Va., later of Hancock County, Ga. Died in Hancock
County in 1805. Issue as follows: 1. Marmaduke Hamilton, Esq., b. Sept. 22,
1770, Hancock Co., Ga.
Represented Hancock in the House in 1816. Fought duel with General Epps Brown
at Sand Bar Ferry on the Savannah River, wounding his adversary. Married
Elizabeth Scott who died Dec. 25, 1837. He died in Sparta, Ga., Nov. 18, 1832.
2. James Thweatt Hamilton, Esq., b. 177-. 3. Thomas Peterson Hamilton, b. 1782;
m. Elizabeth Freeman. Capt. of Artillery in Creek War. 4. John Hamilton, died
unmarried in 1806. 5. George Hamilton, b. 1784; m. Elvisa Eavens. 6. Sarah
Thweatt Hamilton, b. Amelia Co., Va., Nov. 28, 1775, d. Thomas County, Ga., July
19, 1850; m. Robert Raines, Esq., Hancock County, Ga.
He was Captain of Company Four--First Reg1ement of Georgia Troops in the
Revolutionary War. He died in 1816 after having served as Representative of
Hancock Co., State of Georgia, 1810-1811. 7. Frances Hamilton, b. Jan. 22, 1781;
m. Brigadier General David Blackshear, Laurens Co., Ga., Dec. 2, 1802, d. Feb.
28, 1827. 8. Martha Hamilton, d. in childhood. 9. Mary Hamilton, b. Jan. 17,
1770, Hancock County, Ga., d. Thomas County, Ga., Mar. 23, 1870; m. George White
Hays, Esq. of Clarke County, Ga., formerly of Charlotte Co., Va., later of
Thomas Co., Ga. 10. William Hamilton, Esq. Colonel and Aide-de-camp to General
Blackshear, Creek War. Born in 1789; m. Mary Bryan, second marriage to Elizabeth
Bryan. 11. Everard Hamilton, Esq. Colonel and Aide-de-camp to Major General John
Floyd of the Creek War and of the War of 1812. Born in Hancock Co., Ga., Dec. 4,
1791.
On Oct. 3, 1816 he married Mary Haggard, daughter of Maj. General Floyd. Was
Secretary of State of Georgia during the administration of Gov. Troups,
Forsythe, and a portion of the Gilmer administration. Died in Savannah, Georgia,
in January, 1847. "Tabitha Thweatt Hamilton's daughter, Sarah Thweatt
Hamilton, married Robert Raines, and their daughter, Angelina Goodwin Raines,
married Thomas Peter Chaires, and their son, Capt. Joseph lohn Chaires married,
Nov. 11, 1862, Ellington Bruce Bryan (Bryans of North Carolina) and I am (E.
Ellington Chaires) their daughter, Frances Hamilton, married Gen. David
Blackshear. He was my (E. Ellington Chaires) great uncle on my mother's side,
and mother's sister, Susan, married his son, David Blackshear, Jr."
"There are two families here besides myself, John G. and Malvin M. Thweatt;
none of us are related, as far as I know. There is family in Columbus, Ga., and
one in Memphis, Tenn."
The following is from Mrs. Susan T. Du Puis (Mrs. John G. Du Puis, Jr.):
"My grandmother was Harriet Louiza Threatt who came to Alabama from
Virginia shortly before the Civil War. Her mother was a Martin, and her father's
name was Daniel Thweatt. The following from Alberta Orr Cofer (Mrs. C. J. Cofer)
of Atlanta to the H. M. Thweatts of the same city: "Temperance Shugars
Turner married Thomas Thweatt. The Thweatts came to Hancock Co., Ga., from
Greenville Co., Va. Emporia is the county seat.
The following lineage is from a family tree furnished by Mr W. H. Searcy,
Sr., of Cairo, Ga.; after his death, on Feb. 20, 1933 by his sons, Dr. W. M.
Searcy and W. H. Searcy. From W. H Searcy, Sr., "It was made by a woman in
Tennessee whose name do not know." I place a part of it in this book
because of its value to the later Thweatts and relatives of Georgia.
"The father of James Thweatt, Sr.,was John Thweatt the first emigrant to
Virginia. He settled a plantation in Prince George County, Va., where his son,
James, was born in 1643." (She no doubt, arrived at the date, 1643, from an
affidavit made by James Thweatt in 1701, that he was 64 years of age or
thereabouts. 64 from 1707 is 1643.
This original, John, had: I."James Thweatt, born 1643, married Elizabeth
Soane, daughter of Wm. Soane." The curator of the diagram does not state
that John Thweatt was the issue of James and Elizabeth but does number him as
2nd ancestor, "John Thweatt, born 1678; m. 1713, his cousin, Judith Soane."
From the dates we concluded that John and Judith had issue. 1. John Thweatt, b.
Apr. 1720, d. 1722. 2. James Thweatt, b. Mar. 12, 1722. 3. Wm. Thweatt .
4. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 1724. 5. John Thweatt, the second, (no birth date). 6.
Martha Thweatt, (no birth dale). 7. Mary Thweatt, (no birth date). 8. Judith
Thweatt, (no birth date). (Numbers 2 to 8, inclusive, my own for further
reference. S.A.T.). No. 2, who the curator refers to as "3rd ancestor James
Thweatt, b. Mar. 12, 1722; m. Sarah Sturdivant. Issue: John Thweatt, b. 1745; m.
Rebecca, daughter of James Peterson. The issue of John and Rebecca was Peterson
Thweatt; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Williamson, Sparta, Ga." The second
child listed of James and Sarah, the curator refers to as "4th ancestor
James Thweatt, b. 1751, in Dinwiddie Co., Va., and d. Sept. 14, 1814, in Ga.; m.
Elizabeth, daughter of John Peterson."
The third child listed is Tabitha Thweatt, b. 1747, in Va.; m. John Hamilton
of Amelia Co., Va., d. 1805, Hancock Co., Ga. Fourth listed is Peterson Thweatt,
died unmarried. Fifth listed is Sarah Thweatt; m. John Mitchell, Esq. Number 3,
my number, Wm. Thweatt; m. a Miss Peterson, Issue: 1-James Thweatt, 2-Wm.
Thweatt; m. Prudence, daughter of Benjamin and Tabitha Osborne. Wm. was a Lt. in
Continental Line. 3-Peterson Thweatt. Number 4, , Elizabeth; m.
Drury Birchett. Number 5, , John Thweatt, the second; m. widow
Taylor nee Penelope Goodwin. Number 6, my number, Martha Thweatt; m. Thomas
Goodwin Number 7, , Mary Thweatt. Number 8, Judith Thweatt, b. July
23, 1743; James Goodwin. The issue of Number 4, my number, Elizabeth and Drury
Birchett: l-Wm. Birchett, b. 1756, 2-Elitabeth, b. 1760, 3-Dr b. 1762,
4-Susannah, b. 1764. The issue of Number 6, Martha and Thomas Goodwin: 1-Thomas
Goodwin, 2-Matthew Goodwin; m. Ann 1 well, 3-Joseph Goodwin; m. Elizabeth,
daughter of Peter Peter and Lucy Osborne (Wealthy) of Isle of Wight Co., Va.,
4-Tab Goodwin, b. Jan. 25, 1721, 5-David Goodwin, b. Aug. 27, 1722 Amy Goodwin,
7-James Goodwin who was the youngest child m. Judith Thweatt.
The curator's fourth ancestor, James Thweatt, who mar Elizabeth Peterson, had
issue: 1. Uriah Thweatt of Baldwin Co., Ga., b. Jan. 19, 1781 Nov. 10, 1815; m.
Harriett, sister of Leroy Napier of Macon, 2. Rev. Thos. Thweatt, b. Sept. 1786;
m. (Ist) Tempen Turner and m. (2nd) Catherine Hamil. He died Feb. 2, 1852, bu at
Atlanta, Ga. Only two children: a-John Turner Thweatt; m. 1 Elizabeth Baxter
Spear, b-Charles T. Thweatt who was a men of Congress of Alabama and U. S.
Consul to Brazil, S.A. ] Thomas Thweatt was a minister in Monroe Co., Ga. 3.
Eliza Thweatt, b. 1784, m. (Ist) A. Alexander, no issue (2nd) to Michael Kennan;
Issue: Michael, Uriah and Eliza Kennan 4. Kinchen Peterson Thweatt, b. Jan. 4,
1783, d. 1843 in Upson o., Ga.; m. (Ist) Elizabeth Reece and m. (2nd) Eliza
Harris 5. Mary Thweatt, b. 1737; m. (Ist) Gen. Wm. Flueller Jones Co., Ga., m.
(2nd) Rev. I. Johnson. Issue: a-Eliza Fluel b-Hon. Wm. Fluellen, Solicitor
General, c-Cuthbert Fluellen, ( President of Cuthbert Female College in Georgia.
6. James Thweatt, b. Aug. 19, 1733, d. Apr 4, 1867. Called his home 'Bolinbrooke.'
He was an eminent physician of Monroe Co., Ga. He graduated from the
University of Georgia. He married Frances Flanders Moore, daughter of Thomas and
Nancy Walton Moore. My number 4, Kinchen Peterson and Elizabeth Thweatt had
issue: Martha J.; m. (?), S. Searcy and James T. Thweatt. Kinchen Peterson
Thweatt and second wife, Eliza Harris, had issue: W. K. Thweatt and Ben Thweatt.
Kinchen and Eliza Thweatt had further issue: Sarah Antoinett Thweatt, b. 1836,
in Upson Co., Ga.; m. Feb. 6, 1856, to Wm. H. Searcy, Esq., b. May 30, 1825.
Sarah A. Searcy died Dec. 21, 1877, aged 41 years, 10 months and 8 days. The
curator goes on with two more generations of Searcys on her chart. She
also builds family trees of the Chichesters and Raleigh families.
Also, Sturdevants, Hamiltons and Holts. The curator further writes,
"Peterson Thweatt was son of John and Rebecca Thweatt. Rebecca was daughter
of James Peterson. Peterson Thweatt, Esq., of Sparta, Ga.; m. Elizabeth,
daughter of Wm. Williamson and had issue: 1. Sarah Thweatt, named for Sarah
Sturdivant; m. Thacker Howard of Milledgeville, Ga. 2. Elizabeth Thweatt; m.
Homer Howard, brother of Thacker. 3. Rebecca, named for Rebecca Peterson; m. D.
B. Mitchell, son of Gov. D. B. Mitchell, Gov. of Ga. 4. Martha Thweatt; m. Aaron
Cooper, Esq., of New Jersey. 5. Susan Thweatt; m. Adolphus S. Rutherford, Esq.,
of Milledgeville, Ga. 6. Mary Thweatt; m. Wm. A. Bell, Fallsmouth, Va. 7.
Margaret Thweatt; m. George S. Casey of Athens, Ga. 8. John Griffin
Thweatt; m. Julia Brown of Milledgeville, Ga. 9. Micajah Thweatt; m. Mary Thomas
of Athens, Ga. 10. Hon. Peterson Thweatt, Comptroller General of Ga., 1855-
1864; m. a widow, hits. Harley, nee Annie Campbell of Milledgeville,
Ga."
The entire family of ten were all pre Civil War folk. How many sons and
grandsons were in the war and how many lost their lives? What was the cost
in dollars to this family of ten? Thirdly, how many prayers, tears and
heartbreaks did this family of ten have?
My own father was a Confederate soldier and one of a family of sixteen. My
maternal grandmother was a widow with six daughters and one son, a lad of junior
age, and had to survive in the thick of "Middle Tennessee." In
my boyhood, many of the stories I have listened to from both sides of the house.
Fourthly, one of my prized possessions, that I now own, is a $100.00 Confederate
Note of the State of Georgia, signed by P. Thweatt, Comptroller of the
Treasury.) The earliest Thweat of record is James Thweat, grant dated
1670.
A recently submitted Georgia Thweatt family: Leon Marshall Thweatt, b.
Enfaula, Ala., d. Jan. 14, 1923, Columbus, Miss.; m. Jessie Moreland. Issue:
Robert P. Thweatt, b. Oct. 3, 1887. Robert Plink Thweatt, d. May 15, 1958; m.
Feb. 10, 1910, Lois Liliian Harvey, b. Jan. 14, 1890. Issue: 1-Robert Marshall
Thweatt, b. Nov. 21, 1910, 2-Thirza. Elizabeth Thweatt, b. Jan. 17, 1916; m
James R. Tully. Robert Marshall Thweatt, b. Panama Canal Zone; m. Oct. 6, 1340
to Ethel Eleanor Davidson, b. Jan. 2, 1914, Columbus, Ga. Issue: Marsha Eleanor
Thweatt, b. Sept. 4, 1942. Another Georgia Thweatt family line that, for lack of
boys, has not spread the Thweatt name to a great extent. George Brown Thweatt;
m. Julia Rudisill. Issue: l-Antoinette (Nettle) Thweatt, 2-John Griffin Thweatt,
3-Dorothy Thweatt; m. J. M. Brantley, 4Georgia Thweatt. (Nettle) Thweatt, b.
Aug. 4, 1895; d. July 19, 1955; m. July 23, 1916, David Fleetwood Tread- well,
b. Oct. 19, 1835. Issue: l-Antoinette Treadwell, 2-Thomas Treadwell, b. Feb. 19,
1921; m. Lodean Richmond. Antoinette R. Treadwell, b. Sept. 19, 1913; m. Oct.
15, 1938, Hubert F. Jordon, b. Oct. 1, 1916. Issue: 1-David Jordon, b. Mar. 8,
1341, 2-Richard Jordon, b. Dec. 25, 1947. John Griffin, d. Dec. 7, 1952; m. June
22, 1927, Gladys Mc- Gee, b. Feb. 5, 1833, Forsythe, Ga. Issue: l-liosanne
Thweatt, b. Sept. 20, 1929; m. William A. Willingham, 2-John Griffin Thweatt, b.
Nov. 21, 1932; m. Nov. 26, 1954, Charlotte Delano Goss, b. Apr. 14, 1934.
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