>My grandmother, Carrie Elizabeth Spear's mother was >Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Marsh. > >Sallie Marsh's parents were Jsmes William Marsh and >Lucinda H. Lynch of Jones County, Georgia. >Her grandparents were John B. Marsh and Sarah Harris. >John and Sarah Marsh moved to Jones County, Georgia >during the early 1800s from Chatham County, NC. > >John B. Marsh, the son of William H. Marsh and Sarah Stewart was born about >1781 in Chatham County, North Carolina and died about 1867 in Jones County, >Georgia. John married Sarah Harris, the daughter of Benjamin Harris and >Mary Boykin. Sarah was born about 1782 in Chatham County, North Carolina >and died December 14, 1856 at her home in Jones County, Georgia. About >1800 John Marsh and his family with other related families including the >Brooks, Stewarts, Hackneys, McDaniels, Boykins, and Harris' moved to >Georgia. John Marsh had the title of Major. At this time it is not certain >where this title came from. Sarah's death was written up in the Macon >Messenger on December 24, 1856. > >John B. Marsh c1781- c1867 >Sarah Harris c1782 - Dec. 14, 1856 > >children >This is probably not a complete list >Harmon Marsh >Benjamin Harris W. Marsh >Jane Marsh >Joseph J. Marsh >James William Marsh > >Harmon Marsh married Phoebe Moreland >Benjamin Harris W. Marsh married Jane Williams >Jane Marsh married Samuel White >Joseph J. Marsh married Sarah Jackson >James William Marsh married Lucinda H. Lynch > >William H. Marsh was the son of Robert Marsh. He was born >January 25, 1757 near Pittsboro, North Carolina and died >November 2, 1854 in Chatham County, North Carolina. >William Marsh married Sarah Stewart, the daughter of >Charles Stewart and Elizabeth (Pike?, dau of John Pike) >about 1782. Sarah was born March 8, 1764 in Chatham >County, North Carolina and died August 5, (1832?) in >Chatham County. > >William Marsh, b Jan. 1751 (or 1757- see Rev. War record) >d Nov. 24, 1854 >Will, Chatham County, North Carolina Dec. 3, 1853. >"Courier in the American Revolution; a rather small man >but sturdy from all accounts." (He married Sarah Stuart). > >Children >John Marsh- married Sara Harris; moved to Georgia >Robert Marsh- married Lucy Waddell >Alfred H. Marsh- married Sallie Elliott-lived Randolph County, NC >Spencer Stuart Marsh- married Ruth Terrell Brantley, moved to >Lafayette, Georgia (came from vicinity of Mt. Vernon Spgs., NC) >Abner B. Marsh- married Lydia Cheek-lived in Chatham Co, NC >Daniel H. Marsh- married Mary Smith; left North Carolina >Gray (Grey) Barbee Marsh- married Julia Brooks; moved to >Lafayette, Georgia >William Marsh- married Susannah Thompson >Charles Marsh- >Patsy (Martha)- married Henry Dorsett >Nancy Marsh- married John Andrews >Polly (Mary) Marsh- married James O'Daniel >Sally (Sarah) Marsh- married Lindsey Edwards; moved to Georgia >Elizabeth Marsh- married Hezikiah Dorsett >James Marsh- d young (not in will of his father) > >Robert Marsh was born about 1730 in Spotsylvania >County, Virginia and died March 14, 1801 in Chatham County, >North Carolina. Robert was in Orange County, North Carolina >until it was cut into Chatham County. > >The following was taken from the History of Chatham County, >North Carolina; >Robert Marsh, who settled eight miles north of Pittsboro prior >to the Revolution "was threatened with 30 lashes a month >until he consented to join the Regulators," William Marsh >(1759-1854) and his wife, Sarah Stewart, has 14 children, >who married into the Waddell, Thompson, Andrews, Hackney, >O'Daniel, Harris, Brooks, Edwards, Brantley, and Cheek familes. > >Some records of Chatham County, NC >1 Feb. 1773 John Stewart to Robert Marsh >14 May 1776 Robert Mash executor of Last Will and Testament >of Thomas Petty dec'd. > >Orange County, NC register >William Marsh - Mar. 13, 1759. earliest Marsh found in Orange Co. > >I hope this will help some. > >Gene Funderburk >funderbk@wilmington.net >Wilmington, NC >