My Mother's family have been in Georgia prior to 1820's, and in the Carolina's before that. In Georgia, if researching the period of 1820 - 1860's, these are the ancestors I am researching:
Busby:
William Reese Busby (Busbee, Buzbee, Busbay) born SC c1775 and Mary Winn b c 1785,South
Carolina. They migrated to Bibb County from South Carolina. Their daughter Charity
Busby b. 1807 in South Carolina married Phillip Scofield and another of their daughters,
was Lillian Busby who married Jack Johnson. Reese was on the 1830 Georgia Census for
Bibb County. We would like to know more about this family and find the names of all the
children for Reese and Mary Winn Busby. Possibly, some of these children were: James,
Inman, Allen, Charity Schofield, Lillian Johnson, Esther Jones and not proven Elizabeth
Jackson.
Reese may have been married before he married Mary Winn.
Reese was named in his father's will: Benjamin Busby, named his sons Miles, Reese and
Benjamin, Jr in his will in Edgefield, South Carolina in 1815. Perhaps there were other
children who were not named, including daughters, in Benjamin's will.
Corley: Abner was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His daughter Ann married my ancestor Arthur Watson. I have just started to research this family from Edgefield Dist, SC and I have met one other Corley cousins who ancestor is Jacob Corley b 1793, first cousin to my Ann. Jacob's father was Richard Corley, brother to my Abner. We would love to share information and learn more about the Corley family. The name Corley was ranked as 1794, with an estimated 15,778 people carrying that name in the US in the late 1960's, compared to 2.23 million Smiths, as quoted in American Surnames by Elsdon Smith. This has to help our chances in tracking down other Corley cousins.
Schofield: Phillip Schofill (Schofield) b 1803 and Charity Busby (as above), married on 26 December 1826 in Crawford County. Reese Busby Schofield says his Grandfather's name was William Schofield and stated he was from South Carolina. We are unsure as to the parentage of William Schofield of South Carolina, but believe his grandparents were Phillip and Rachel Schofield of Fairfield and Kershaw Counties, South Carolina. William is noted in Phillip's will.
Tradition stated, the elder Phillip Schofield had arrived in South Carolina in 1735 with Reverend Turbeville, from England. We haven't been able to provide any proof for this. We do have records of Rachel and Phillip owning land in both Kershaw and Fairfield Counties in south Carolina. This family was closely allied with Clouds and Nettles from this area.
Johnson: John Johnson (b. 1800 North Carolina - d Houston Co, Ga 1892 ) also known as Jack and Lillian Busby,daughter of William Reese Busby. Family tradition states Lillian was from Aiken, South Carolina. Their son Isaiah Johnson (b. 1828) was the right age to fight with his Howard cousins in the Civil War, but we haven't found any evidence of his service. We would like to know more about their lives after the Civil War, all indications are they stayed in Houston County. There is a J.B. Johnson listed in Houston County histories as being in the 55th Regiment of the Georgia Militia. We haven't seen the original record and wonder if this could be I.B. If anyone know there is a J.B., please email us, so that we will know it isn't our Isaiah B.
Howard: Michael b 1793, South Carolina and d. 1851, Houston Co,Ga and Temperance (Tempie) born South Carolina c1794 and died in Houston County by July 1874. Their children: Stancel, Temphestia, William W, Wade Hampton, Joseph West, Richmond W , Enoch and possibly Caroline and Allan A. Temperance and Michael were from the Edgefield District of South Carolina. Temperance was Temperance Watson daughter of Richmond and Sarah Watson.
They had at least 3 sons in Co G 62 Ga Cavalry, CSA. Their neighbor L.P. Sledge was one of the "Immortal Nine" of the Beauregarde Volunteers Co 6th GA Regiment. We would like to know about the 62 Georgia Calvary and the Immortal Nine and know where they fought.
In the 1890's there was a Howard School in Houston County, Georgia. The names of the the descendants and neighbours of Michael and Temphestia Howard: Bryant, Fretwell, Hester, Hancock, Johnson, Lisenby, Sledge, O'Neal, Peacock, Sullivan, Clark, English, Coker, Howard, Harper, Croom and Walker.
Hatfield: Washington born 1800 in South Carolina and Mary Hatfield born 1801in South Carolina. They had arrived in Houston County,Ga by 1830 and Wilkinson Co, Ga prior to that, he was a miller and died in Carroll County, Georgia before 1880. His son John Richard is untraceable after the War between the States. John Richard was in a boot camp at Talledega, Alabama. Later in the war, we see JR Hatfield in Macon serving in the reserves, 3rd regiment under Captain Akins. John Richard and Charity Schofield had several children who lived with their maternal grandparents, Phillip and Charity Schofield after the WBTS . This leads us to think Charity Hatfield also died around the time of the Civil War. Two of Washington's sons were in Cobb's Legion and both were killed in the war.
Cherry: William b. 1804 North Carolina and Edna Perrin Heard b 1824. They married in Bibb County,Ga on 25 Oct 1842. Their family Bible gives their children's names as:
| Andrew D | 09 October 1843 |
| Wiley Franklin | 21 October 1846 |
| James Raleigh | 22 April 1848 |
| Cornelia Angeline | 17 March 1850 |
| Jacob Lonza | 22 February 1852 |
| Emma Edna | 10 March 1854 |
| William Thomas | 10 April, 1858 |
| Robert Hanes | 17 April, 1858 |
Spencer and Riley Cherry seem to be William's brothers. William purchased his land from Spencer and Riley came and lived on William's land by 1850. Are they related to the Bibb County Cherry's? We haven't found a link to prove that, but they lived close to each other.
Heard: Edna Perrin Heard was the daughter of Nancy Foreman and James Heard of Barnwell, South Carolina. Their son, Isaac Foreman Heard is also an ancestor. Issac married Frances Wilder in Bibb County on the 9th of April, 1835. This Heard lineage goes back to the Heards who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1719 and came to Georgia via South Carolina. James Heard was born in South Carolina c 1784, arrived in central Georgia c1840. He died in Bibb County before August, 1843. His wife, Nancy and her son-in-law, William Cherry were guardians of the younger children. Nancy died in 1848 and William and Edna Cherry were the guardians for the younger children. James Heard's father was also James Heard of South Carolina, he was a patriot in the Revolutionary War and he also sold them iron to shoe their horses.
Watson Temperance Watson married Michael Howard about 1821 in Edgefield District, SC. Her father was Richmond Watson and we are now searching for descendants of the 10 children of Richmond Watson.
Richmond's parents are Arthur Watson (1745 - 1806) married Ann Corley. Their fathers were John Elijah Watson (1718 - 1791) and Abner Corley. Abner was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. John Elijah's wife was Ann Blair Murphy (1722- 1795). We would love to find other descendants of these three South Carolina families: Watson, Murphy and Corley.
Wilder: Green b 1792 Johnston Co, N.C and Rebecca Goodin lived first in Jones County and later in Bibb Co. Green's father was William Wilder and William signed the "Resolution of Protest" of Kyokee Creek. William fought in the Revolutionary War. William left a will in Jones County naming many of his children in Sep 1835. In Jones County, both a Lewis Goodin and a Faddy Whittenton lived nearby, Faddy may have been related to William's second wife Mary and Lewis may be related to Green's wife Rebecca Goodin. We would love to know more about the Goodin family. Green didn't leave a will. He did deed his land over to his daughter, Sarah Hatfield in 1866, as long as she cared for him until he died. Rebecca wasn't mentioned, so I feel she must have died by this time.
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