1850 Ware County Census 89th Subdivision (Free Inhabitants) 15 October 1850 Page 105 B These are all part of my family: 15 277 Elsy? Taff 29 F GA [my grt-grt-grt- grandmother -- Elzy is the usual spelling -- other family members who were named for her spell their names as Elzie and also Elzia -- the family later spelled the surname Taft; in the 1860 census, she is listed as Elzy Taft 49 M (!) so her birthdate is in dispute, even though I hope her sex isn't; I think the 47 must be more accurate than the 29 if Samantha -- see note below -- is really Margaret Ann] 16 Samantha Taff 18 F GA [this must be Margaret Ann Taft, Elzy's daughter born in 1832 -- see note below; there is no family record of a Samantha] 17 Jane Taff 6 F GA [my grt-grt- grandmother; her full name is Mary Jane Taff /Taft (9/26/1844 - 12/31/1921); she was the daughter of Elzy and Seth Durham (they were not married, but he recognized her as his daughter); married (1) Johnny Dees -- died during Civil War; had one daughter, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dees m. William "Buddy" Mancil (son of Hiram Mansell -- see note below -- and Elizabeth "Betsy" Durham, daughter of Seth Durham, who was the father of Mary Jane Taft above, and Serena, whose surname perhaps was Holloway -- this is a brickwall); these are my grt- grandparents; (2) James McKinnon, Jr. (see census entry below)] 18 278 James McKennon 46 M Farmer NC [surname is spelled McKinnon; b. 1804-d. 1880; he was the second sheriff of County County; he was married to: (1) Nancy Atkinson; (2) Emily "Millie" Rodgers; (3) Levisa/Louisa Meeks] 19 Emily McKennon 48? F GA [b. 1802; d. 1852; married: (1) William Mansell; (2) James McKinnon, Sr] 20 Harmen? McKennon 17? M GA [HIRAM Mansell NOT McKinnon -- he is the son of Emily "Millie: Rodgers and William Mansell -- see note above; his father took his brothers and moved to TX and later LA; Hiram remained behind with his mother and was raised by his stepfather, James McKinnon, Sr.; his son, William "Buddy" Mancil married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dees, whose mother, Mary Jane Taft Dees, married James McKinnon, Jr. -- complicated, isn't it?] 21 Mark McKennon 11 M GA [son of James McKinnon, Sr. and his first wife, Nancy Atkinson] 22 James McKennon 3 M GA [James McKinnon, Jr. -- son of James McKinnon, Sr. and Emily "Millie" Rodgers Mansell McKinnon; they also had a daughter, Keziah, b. 1850] 23 279 Nicey Roberts 36 F GA [widow of Robert Roberts] 24 Robert Roberts 16 M Farmer GA [married Margaret Ann Taft, b. 12/1832; d. 4/2/1911; daughter of Elzy Taft (see above)] 25 Gray Roberts 14 M GA 26 Mark Roberts 11 M GA 27 Daniel Roberts 10 M GA 28 Eli Roberts 6 M GA 29 Robert Roberts 77 M Farmer GA 30 P? Roberts 75 F NC Martha