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Ancestors of Shawna Lynne Rowe

Generation No. 7

      98. Reuben G. Ray, died Bef. 1850. He married 99. Keziah Sharp 05 March 1822 in Jasper Co., Georgia.

      99. Keziah Sharp, born Abt. 1795.

Notes for Reuben G. Ray:



Notes for Keziah Sharp:
1850 Census, Heard Co., Georgia, 41st district, microfilm M432 59, page 325/162, dwelling #338, family #371:
Kisiah Ray      55      F            500      Ga
James S. "      23      M      Farmer            Ga
Emily "            21      F                  Ga
Frances "            17      F                  Ga

1860 Census, Heard Co., Georgia, P.O. State Line, Ga, 30 July 1860, by J.N. Pittman, page 75/735, dwelling #508, family #371:
Kesiah Ray      65      F      Farmer      600      200      Ga
Reuben "            26      M      Student                  Ga
Frances "            22       F                        Ga

1870 Census, Heard Co., Georgia, P.O. Franklin, Ga, 27 July 1870, 761 CM, by W.M. Wilson, page 127/338, dwelling #934, family #805:
Ray, Keziah      75      F      W      Keeping House      600      400      Ga
", Frances      35      F      W      At Home                        Ga

More About Reuben Ray and Keziah Sharp:
Marriage: 05 March 1822, Jasper Co., Georgia

Children of Reuben Ray and Keziah Sharp are:

	i.	James S. Ray, born Abt. 1827 in Georgia.
49	ii.	Emily Ray, born Abt. 1829 in Georgia; died 03 November 1894; married George Washington Drummond in Waresville, Georgia.
	iii.	Frances Ray, born Abt. 1833 in Georgia; died Abt. 1910 in Bartlett, Bell Co., Texas.

      102. Alfred Nolen Jones, born 02 July 1823 in Oglethorpe Co., Georgia; died 15 February 1910 in Heard Co., Georgia. He was the son of 204. Mason Jones and 205. Frances "Franky" Noland. He married 103. Martha Prudence Wood 10 January 1850 in Heard Co., Georgia.

      103. Martha Prudence Wood, born February 1833; died 19 March 1924. She was the daughter of 206. Col. Winston Wood and 207. Dicey Gay.

More About Alfred Nolen Jones:
Miscellaneous: WFT Pedigree #1466, volume 5

More About Alfred Jones and Martha Wood:
Marriage: 10 January 1850, Heard Co., Georgia

Child of Alfred Jones and Martha Wood is:

Eva Tabitha Jones, born 15 October 1861; died 20 March 1903; married William Britton Turner 04 December 1881.

      104. Thomas Randolph, born 1830 in Tennessee; died 1863 in Somewhere in east Texas. He married 105. Malinda Jane Fitzgerald.

      105. Malinda Jane Fitzgerald, born 27 December 1832 in Tennessee; died 01 October 1919 in in Texas panhandle somewhere. She was the daughter of 210. Anderson Fitzgerald and 211. Charity Baily.

Notes for Thomas Randolph:
As told by Gramma (Mary Nelle Shattuck Drummond):
The story is that he (Thomas) was hung in east Texas. They lived on the Arkansas/Texas border. He would change uniforms (Union/Confederate) to get home to give his family food. He got caught in a town in the wrong uniform, so he was hung.

As told by Granbobby (Robert Turner Drummond) on 25 June 2000:
During the Civil War, Tom Randolph was captured in Greenville, Texas by the Confederates. He would switch Union/Confederate uniforms to go home to his family. He was wearing a Union uniform and was captured by the Confederates. They were hanging the other "prisoners" and would write their names down. There is not any record of Tom being hung or of any existance of him after that. So, it's speculated that was in fact hung, or (no one knows this for sure or not--it's just rumor...) he escaped and went down to south Texas and raised another family. No one will ever know...!

More About Thomas Randolph:
Military service: Civil War
Once lived in...: Cass Co., Texas

More About Malinda Jane Fitzgerald:
Once lived in...: Cass Co., Texas

Children of Thomas Randolph and Malinda Fitzgerald are:

	i.	Henry Columbus Randolph, born Abt. 1845 in Cass Co., Texas; married Elizabeth Wheeler.
	ii.	John Wesley Randolph, born 1849 in Bradley Co., Tennessee; died 1929; married Linnie ?.
52	iii.	William Madison Randolph, born 26 December 1851 in Texas; died 08 July 1908 in Fisher Co., Texas; married Mary Francis Pennington.
	iv.	Mary M. Randolph, born 1854 in Texas; married ? Mankin.
	v.	Nancy Aura Randolph, born 1858 in Texas; married Charles Blanton.

      106. Elias Green Pennington, born 1810 in South Carolina; died 1869 in Sonita Creek, Arizona. He was the son of 212. Elijah Pennington. He married 107. Julia Ann Hood 1832.

      107. Julia Ann Hood, born Abt. 1812 in North Carolina; died in Blossom, Texas.

Notes for Elias Green Pennington:
As told by Granbobby (Robert Turner Drummond) on 25 June 2000:
We are not sure how true this story is, but it has been passed down through the generations!

Elias lived with his parents in their house until he was 20 years old. His dad gave him a rifle, a horse, and $2,000.00 (a great deal of money back then!) and said to Elias, "You are a grown man now and need to make your own home. This is my home." and sent him off.

Elias moved down by Red River, Texas (then Red River County, now Fannin County). He acquired 320 acres from Anson Jones, then governer of Texas. Elias' wife, Julia Ann Hood Pennington was still living then. There was a widow and her children living close to Elias and Julia.

They started a little Primitive Baptist Church. Elias was the first man to join the church after it was constituted. The church was eventually abandoned because the Comanches would attack people on their way to church.

Elias got "itchy feet" and started heading west. He left without his family in search of land. He went to Kechi Creek, Jack County, Texas and farmed there for two years. He then went back and got his family and they joined a wagon train west. Julia Ann Hood died in childbirth. Elias and his children ended up in Tuscon, Arizona. They were in the freighting business. They would use oxen and deliver materials to the mines. They would also cut and sell hay in Arizona. Elias and his sons started a hand-operated saw mill in Tuscon. They hand sawed planks and sold them to the residents.

Apparently, they lived outside of Tuscon and a neighbor told Elias that he should move his family into Tuscon to protest them from Indian raids and he said to them, "I have as much right as the damned indians! They can go around me!"

The story of Elias' death is this: The indians left Elias alone for a long time because he raised good horses and they would steal them. Elias had a black mare that he would pen and lock-up so the indians couldn't steal her. Apparently, they killed him over it.

More About Elias Green Pennington:
Cause of death (Facts Pg): killed by Indians.
Census: 1850, Fannin Co., Texas

More About Elias Pennington and Julia Hood:
Marriage: 1832

Children of Elias Pennington and Julia Hood are:

53	i.	Mary Francis Pennington, born 28 December 1852; died 20 December 1935; married William Madison Randolph.
	ii.	Elias Green Pennington, Jr.
	iii.	James Pennington
	iv.	Laura Ellen Pennington
	v.	John P. Pennington
	vi.	Larcena Ann Pennington
	vii.	Ann B. Pennington
	viii.	Margaret D. Pennington
	ix.	Amanda Pennington
	x.	William H. Pennington
	xi.	Sarah J.E. Pennington