One suggestion about the Mary Cato/Nancy Booth quandry - I have found that ancestors, especially women, who go by middle names or names that are spelled differently than then sound, may appear in Census by their first names one time, middle names on another or a strange concoction of their name if it is different. So, could Nancy Booth be Mary Nancy Cato Booth or Nancy Mary C. Booth?? Just a thought as I have run into this a lot in my lineages. Judy Y in NC - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "spiral813" <spiral813@mciworld.com> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 1:47 AM Subject: [GACOFFEE] Descendants of Hiram Booth > It's been a while since I posted a message on Hiram Booth. > > Here's my problem: > > According to the death certificate of my great-grandmother, Mahala Booth b. abt. May 1855 GA d. 6 Apr 1925 Plant City, Hillsborough Co., FL, Hiram Booth is her father. Her mother was unknown. I found where Hiram Booth married Mary Cato 15 May 1840 Telfair County, GA. I haven't been able to find Mary listed as his wife in census records. I have found Hiram Booth with wife named Nancy in the following census: > > 1850 Telfair County, GA Census > Hiram Booth 33 yrs. Male Farmer born: Appling Co., GA > Nancy Booth 33 yrs. Female Wife born: South Carolina > Warren Booth 11 yrs. Male Son born: Ware Co., GA > Gilbert Booth 10 yrs. Male Son born: Ware Co., GA > Sally Booth 6 yrs. Female Daughter born: Ware Co., GA > Mary Booth 2 yrs. Female Daughter born: Telfair Co., GA > > 1860 Coffee County, GA Census > Hiram Boothe 50 yrs. Male > Nancy Boothe 45 yrs. Female > Warren Boothe 18 yrs Male > > 1870 Clinch County, GA Census > Hiram Booth 40 yrs Male born: GA > Mary Booth 19 yrs Female born: GA > > 1880 Coffee County, GA Census > Hiram Boothe 80 yrs. Male born: GA Father born: GA Mother born: GA > Nancy Boothe 90 yrs. Female b: GA Father born: GA Mother born: GA > > I did find in 1870 Tattnall County, Georgia Census a Nancy Boothe 50 yrs. old living with the family of Benjamin Griner. There was also a Louisa Boothe 14 yrs old living there. Nancy wasn't with Hiram in the 1870 Clinch County, Ga Census. Could this be Nancy in Tattnall Co.? > > One of our Lott descendants (now deceased) has in his genealogy work that Mahala's parents were Hiram Booth and Mary Cato. > Family story goes. . . . an Indian family was passing through Georgia and the children became very ill. The Indians left their children with the Georgia family and went on their way. They didn't think the children would live. The boy did die but the girl survived and this family raised her. She grew up and married my great-grandfather, Benjamin Harley "Tippy" Smith. This would explain why I can't find Mahala in the census with the Booth family. In the 1860 census all the children but Warren were missing from this household. Where were they? > > Is this Sally Booth the same Sarah "Sally" Booth that married Joseph Sapp, son of Enoch Sapp, Sr. and Martha Ruth "Ruthy" Barrow. Was Hiram married more than once? > > Mahala and Benjamin Smith had the following six children: > (1) Hiram J. Smith b. 21 Mar 1869 Coffee Co, GA married: 20 Feb 1890 to Lucinda Lott, d/o Arthur Lott & Mary Harper > (2) Mary Smith b. 17 Jun 1873 Coffee Co, GA married: 20 Feb 1890 to Elam Lott, s/o Arthur Lott & Mary Harper > (3) Daniel L."Preacher Dan" Smith b. 4 Mar 1878 Coffee Co, GA married: 17 Dec 1899 to Nelia Mae Wooten d/o Bryant Lee > Wooten & Susannah Passmore > (4) Robert Duncan "Dunk" Smith b. 28 Nov 1880 Douglas, Coffee Co, GA married: (1) 17 Jan 1904 Mariah Metts, d/o Aaron Metts & > Emma Elizabeth Grantham (2) 29 Jun 1925 Lillie Bell Harris, d/o Pate Washington Harris & Tobitha "Bitha" Delila Bailey > (5) James "Jimmy" Smith b. bet. 1882 - 1883 Coffee Co., GA. He died in his teens. > (6) Jesse Smith b. 23 Sep 1886 Coffee Co, GA d. 14 Jul 1902 Coffee Co, GA > > Would love to correspond with anyone connected to anyone mentioned. I welcome any suggestions on how I can find info on Hiram, Mahala and family. > > Thanks, > Brenda > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > We welcome any data, pictures, gedcoms,or family files that you wish to contribute to the Coffee or Atkinson County GaGenWeb sites. >