-----Original Message----- From: Grace S. Green <glsgreen@alltel.net> To: Jim Lee <jimlee@beachlink.com> Date: Saturday, July 07, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [GAELBERT] Rollcall: Elbert County Connections >Jim, > >Does this help you any? Please send me wnat you have on Larkin Gatewood's >family. > >Grace S. Green >Cisco, GA for the summer > >Benjamin Thomas Thornton > > > > > First Generation > > > 1. Benjamin Thomas1 THORNTON, son of Mark THORNTON Jr and Susanna DOZIER, >was born in Albemarle County, Virginia 12 October 1771. Benjamin died 21 >January 1854 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 82 years of age. > > He married Sarah Elizabeth UPSHAW 1796. Sarah was born 31 January 1779. > > > > Benjamin Thomas THORNTON and Sarah Elizabeth UPSHAW had the following >children: > > 2 i. Thomas2 THORNTON was born circa 1797. > 3 ii. Elizabeth THORNTON was born circa 1799. She married John >DICKERSON circa 1808. John was born in Albemarle County, Virginia circa >1783. John died 1862 in Franklin, now Hart County, Georgia, at 79 years of >age. > + 4 iii. Benjamin T THORNTON Jr was born 15 August 1801. > + 5 iv. John THORNTON was born circa 1803. > 6 v. Daniel THORNTON was born in Elbert County, Georgia circa 1806. >He married Lucy BRADLEY in Elbert County, Georgia, 3 October 1826. Lucy was >born in Elbert County, Georgia 11 October 1811. Lucy died December 1848 at >37 years of age. > + 7 vi. Priscilla Kendrick THORNTON was born 1810. > 8 vii. Reuben THORNTON was born in Elbert County, Georgia circa >1812. Reuben died 30 August 1855 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 43 years of >age. He married Elizabeth Lane JACKSON in Elbert County, Georgia, 18 June >1837. Elizabeth was born in Elbert County, Georgia 12 January 1818. >(Additional notes for Elizabeth Lane JACKSON ) Elizabeth died 17 April >1893 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 75 years of age. > He was listed as a resident in the census report in Elbert County, >Georgia, 1850. > + 9 viii. Mary Sarah THORNTON was born 1814. > 10 ix. Dozier THORNTON was born in Elbert County, Georgia 10 June >1817. Dozier died 28 September 1874 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 57 years >of age. His body was buried in Falling Creek Baptist, Church Cemetery. He >married Jane M FORTSON in Elbert County, Georgia, 25 September 1834. Jane >was born in Elbert County, Georgia 10 June 1819. Jane was the daughter of >Jesse FORTSON and Mary Ballenger WHITE. Jane died 31 July 1889 in Elbert >County, Georgia, at 70 years of age. Her body was buried in Falling Creekk >Baptist , Church Cemetery. > > > > Second Generation > > > 4. Benjamin Thomas2 THORNTON Jr (Benjamin Thomas1) was born in Elbert >County, Georgia 15 August 1801. Benjamin died 12 April 1878 in Franklin, >now Hart County, Georgia, at 76 years of age. His body was buried 1878 in >Hart Co GA, Northview City Cemetery. > > He married Ann Frances (Nancy) PAYNE in Elbert County, Georgia, 16 >September 1819. Nancy was born in Elbert County, Georgia 19 December 1804. >Nancy died 1850 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 45 years of age. > > Benjamin was a Baptist Preacher and a member of the House of Representives. > > Benjamin Thomas THORNTON Jr and Ann Frances (Nancy) PAYNE had the >following children: > > 11 i. Fleming Payne3 THORNTON was born in Elbert County, Georgia 22 >May 1820. Fleming died 24 January 1887 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 66 >years of age. His body was buried in Adams-Thornton, Lot, Elbert Co GA. >He married Harriet Frances ADAMS in Elbert County, Georgia, 3 October 1842. >Harriet was born in Elbert County, Georgia 31 January 1823. Harriet was >the daughter of James A. ADAMS and Mary A. HUNT. Harriet died 15 June 1902 >in Elbert County, Georgia, at 79 years of age. Her body was buried in >Adams-Thornton, Lot, Elbert Co GA. > > 12 ii. Sarah Kindrick THORNTON was born in Elbert County, Georgia >14 February 1826. Sarah died 4 August 1912 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 86 >years of age. She married Joseph Y ARNOLD circa 1846. Joseph was born >circa 1821. > 13 iii. Benjamin Callaway THORNTON was born 13 December 1827. >Benjamin died 30 October 1881 in Franklin, now Hart County, Georgia, at 53 >years of age. His body was buried in Hart Co GA. He married twice. He >married Melissa GAINES in Elbert County, Georgia, 17 November 1846. Melissa >was born in Elbert County, Georgia circa 1830. Melissa died circa 1848 in >Elbert County, Georgia. He married Priscilla Jane TEASLEY in Elbert County, >Georgia, 4 September 1851. Priscilla was born in Elbert County, Georgia 24 >July 1834. Priscilla was the daughter of Beverly Allen TEASLEY and >Elizabeth EAVENSON. Priscilla died 23 May 1896 in Franklin, now Hart >County, Georgia, at 61 years of age. She was listed as a resident in the >census report in Elbert County, Georgia, 1850. > Benjamin's occupation: Baptist Minister. > > 5. John2 THORNTON (Benjamin Thomas1) was born in Elbert County, Georgia >circa 1803. John died 1832 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 29 years of age. > > He married Frances ADAMS in Elbert County, Georgia, 23 October 1823. >Frances was born in Elbert County, Georgia 22 October 1806. Frances was the >daughter of William ADAMS and Catherine MANSFIELD. She married Moses >FLEMING in Elbert County, Georgia, after 1833. Frances died 7 September >1860 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 53 years of age. > > > > John THORNTON and Frances ADAMS had the following children: > > 14 i. Sarah S.3 THORNTON was born in Elbert County, Georgia 21 >February 1824. Sarah died 16 December 1863 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 39 >years of age. She married George W. EAVENSON in Elbert County, Georgia, 1 >August 1839. George was born in Elbert County, Georgia 23 February 1817. >(Additional notes for George W. EAVENSON ) George died 16 July 1898 at 81 >years of age. > > 15 ii. William T THORNTON was born in Elbert County, Georgia 1828. >William died 28 January 1863 at 34 years of age. He married Lucinda A >ALMOND in Elbert County, Georgia, 2 November 1847. Lucinda was born in >Elbert County, Georgia 29 October 1831. Lucinda was the daughter of >William M ALMOND and Mary Sarah THORNTON. Lucinda died 18 December 1900 in >Elbert County, Georgia, at 69 years of age. She was listed as a resident in >the census report in Elbert County, Georgia, 1850. > William's occupation: Farmer CSA. He was listed as a resident in the >census report in Elbert County, Georgia, 1850. > 16 iii. Reuben Benjamin THORNTON was born in Elbert County, Georgia >22 December 1830. Reuben died 21 May 1891 in Hartwell, Hart Co GA, at 60 >years of age. His body was buried 1891 in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia. >He married Mary Jane TEASLEY in Elbert County, Georgia, 1852. Mary was born >in Elbert County, Georgia 14 November 1833. Mary was the daughter of John >Adams TEASLEY and Elizabeth Carroll (Betsy) HALEY. Mary died 1910 in >Hartwell, Hart Co GA, at 76 years of age. Her body was buried 1910 in >Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia. > > > 7. Priscilla Kendrick2 THORNTON (Benjamin Thomas1) was born in Elbert >County, Georgia 1810. Priscilla died 16 August 1847 in Elbert County, >Georgia, at 37 years of age. Her body was buried in Family graveyard. > > She married Simeon HUNT in Elbert County, Georgia, 31 July 1823. Simeon >was born in Elbert County, Georgia 1 February 1798. Simeon was the son of >James HUNT Jr and Jemina CARTER. Simeon died 11 February 1875 in Elbert >County, Georgia, at 77 years of age. His body was buried 1875 in Elbert >County, Georgia in the family graveyard. > > > > Priscilla Kendrick THORNTON and Simeon HUNT had the following child: > > 17 i. Emma Priscilla3 HUNT was born in Elbert County, Georgia 8 May >1846. Emma died 2 May 1907 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 60 years of age. >She married Robert Patton EBERHARDT in Elbert County, Georgia, 26 September >1861. Robert was born in Elbert County, Georgia 13 October 1834. Robert >died 17 January 1907 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 72 years of age. > > 9. Mary Sarah2 THORNTON (Benjamin Thomas1) was born in Elbert County, >Georgia 1814. > > She married William M ALMOND in Elbert County, Georgia, 6 January 1831. >William was born in Elbert County, Georgia 1809. He was listed as a >resident in the census report in Elbert County, Georgia, 1850. > > She was listed as a resident in the census report in Elbert County, >Georgia, 1850. > > Mary Sarah THORNTON and William M ALMOND had the following children: > > 18 i. Lucinda A3 ALMOND was born in Elbert County, Georgia 29 >October 1831. Lucinda died 18 December 1900 in Elbert County, Georgia, at >69 years of age. She married William T THORNTON in Elbert County, Georgia, >2 November 1847. William was born in Elbert County, Georgia 1828. William >was the son of John THORNTON and Frances ADAMS. William died 28 January >1863 at 34 years of age. William's occupation: Farmer CSA. He was listed >as a resident in the census report in Elbert County, Georgia, 1850. > She was listed as a resident in the census report in Elbert County, >Georgia, 1850. > 19 ii. Benjamin Thornton ALMOND was born in Elbert County, Georgia >1850. He married Louisa Rebecca CLEVELAND in Elbert County, Georgia, 24 >September 1869. Louisa was born in Broad River, Elbert Co GA 5 March 1850. >Louisa was the daughter of Peter CLEVELAND and Mary Frances WHITE. She >married Dixon Henry WARREN in probably, Elbert County, Georgia, circa 1883. >Louisa died 1936 in Elbert County, Georgia, at 86 years of age. Her body >was buried 1936 in Elbert County, Georgia, Doves Creek Baptist Church Cem. >Louisa was divorced from Benjamin Thornton ALMOND in Elbert County, Georgia, >1873. > He was listed as a resident in the census report in Elbert County, >Georgia, 1860. Benjamin was divorced from Louisa Rebecca CLEVELAND in >Elbert County, Georgia, 1873. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim Lee <jimlee@beachlink.com> >To: GAELBERT-L@rootsweb.com <GAELBERT-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:11 PM >Subject: [GAELBERT] Rollcall: Elbert County Connections > > >>Two of my great-grandparents married in Hart County after the Civil War, >>bringing together several Elbert County families. >> SUSAN REBECCA SEWELL, (1847--1931) was the daughter of JOSEPH SEWELL >and >>MARY C. "POLLY" STINCHCOMB. >> WILLIAM HARWELL DICKERSON (1839--1920) was the son of JOHN DICKERSON >>(and grandson of ZACHARIAH DICKERSON and an unknown wife, possibly SUSAN) >>and ELIZABETH THORNTON, daughter of BENJAMIN THORNTON and SARAH UPSHAW (and >>granddaughter of Rev. DOZIER THORNTON and LUCY ELIZABETH HILL.) (SARAH >>UPSHAW, first wife of BENJAMIN THORNTON, SR., was daughter of JOHN UPSHAW >>and AMY GATEWOOD.) (AMY GATEWOOD was daughter of LARKIN GATEWOOD and >>CATHERINE PENN.) >> First on the scene, so far as I can tell, was DOZIER THORNTON who >>founded Vann's Creek Baptist Church at Ruckersville in 1785. >> The biggest hole in my patchwork quilt is the marriage of SARAH UPSHAW >>and BENJAMIN THORNTON, SR. There are many clues to both prove and disprove >>this marriage. >> Soon after their marriage, WILLIAM H. DICKERSON and SUSAN REBECCA >SEWELL >>moved to Troup County, GA, where they raised seven children. >> --Jim Lee, jimlee@beachlink.com Nags Head, NC >> >