This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/354.466 Message Board Post: I see that a descendant of Zeke Stokes has already responded to your e-mail of several months back, but I fear she added little that you could use. In your question, you have John Stokes, born 1830, listed as the son of Samuel Stokes, who married Tabitha E. Hardy in 1861. I take it that you have accidentally confused the father for the son, although I do not know John D. Stokes's children were. John Stokes married Tabitha E. Hardy on October 24, 1864, as recorded in Marriage Book C, page 164, Bibb County, Georgia, Marriages. He was the son of Ezekiel C. Stokes and his wife Charlotte Honeycutt, who were married on January 5, 1838, as recorded in Marriage Book A, page 264, Bibb County, Georgia, Marriages. Ezekiel was the brother of my great-great-great grandfather William A. Stokes, who married Elizabeth Skipper in 1847 and Lydia Pink Skipper Watson in 1865. Their sister Elizabeth PencyAnn married Jesse Bartlett in 1842. We do not know how Daniel Stokes, who married Eveline Oglesby in 1846 may be related, but he was in Bibb County and marrying about the same time as the other Stokeses. Additionally, Absolom M. Stokes married Elizabeth Anderson in 1849. Absolom and William's marriages were performed by the same Baptist preacher, Richard A. Cain, who also performed the marriage of Daniel Stokes's widow, Eveline, to Bennett Peeples in 1851. I therefore think Absolom may also be a brother. All were born in South Carolina, but no one has determined the names of these siblings' parents or their point of origin in South Carolina. Ezekiel Stokes lived only a few years beyond his marriage. His widow, Charlotte, married Andrew Jackson Ward in the mid-1840s (I'm sorry, I don't recall the date) and they had a few Ward children in the household in addition to John D. Stokes, Charlotte's son from her first marriage, in the 1850 Census. One of the finest genealogists who ever lived, Bobby Frank Stokes, was a descendant of Ezekiel Stokes through his only child John D. Stokes. Unfortunately, Bobby died March of last year. Still, it should not be too difficult to track down the children and other descendants of John D., who served with his uncle, my grandfather, William, in Company C, 14th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards), enrolling for six months in August 1863. I should mention that William also had a son named John, whose full name was John Allen Stokes, born about 1850, and thus about ten or eleven years younger than his cousin of the same name. Additionally, William had a son named Samuel, who was by his second wife (his widowed sister-in-law, Lydia Pink Skipper Watson) and who was born sometime after August 1865. I am descended from William A. Stokes through two lines, but both are through his first wife, Elizabeth F. Skipper, who bore William at least seven children in 18 years of marriage. By the way, Charlotte Honeycutt was the daughter of Douglas Honeycutt and his wife, Sarah Farmer. Douglas was born out of wedlock about 1776 in North Carolina. (His father was an O'Neal, according to Bobby Stokes). He settled in Georgia after his mother died in South Carolina, where they had moved in his youth. Charlotte had a brother named Thomas Irvin (?Irwin) Hunnicutt, whose daughter Hester Anne Hunnicutt married John Allen Stokes, Charlotte's nephew by her first husband, Ezekiel. Most Hunnicutts in Bibb County now spell the name "Hunnicutt," although the spelling Charlotte used, as well as other variations, appear in the early records of the county. Assuming you have not already found all of this information, I hope these notes help. If you are at some distance from Macon and should like copies of any of the marriage records, census records, Georgia Confederate service records, or Georgia Confederate pension records, you may write to the Genealogical and Historical Room, Washington Memorial Library, 1180 Washington Avenue, Macon, Georgia 31201-1790. The staff will happily provide photocopies of requested materials for the cost of photocopying and postage. You may also e-mail the request to [email protected] Of course, you may also wish to visit the library should you find yourself in Macon. I am on staff there and will be very happy to assist you. With best wishes, I am, Very truly yours, Christopher Stokes