Genealogy Report: Descendants of Leonard Hornsby
Descendants of Leonard Hornsby
24.Leonard3 Roden (Mary2 Hornsby, Leonard1)39 was born 07 Apr 176540, and died 1840.
Notes for Leonard Roden:
Copied from the Hornsby/Stroud Family Bible, now located at Winthrop University - Dacus Library, Rock Hill, York Co., SC. Bible.- "Leonard Roden the Son of Jeremiah Roden and Mary his wife was born April ye _th 1765"
The day of the month was not readable on te Bible page.
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Leonard Roden
Sources:
Author: Lesley Waltham
Title: Roden Roots
Publication: Northeast Alabama Genealogical Publishing Co.
Text: Six Generations of the Decendants of Jeremiah Roden and SusannahKirkland of DeKalb Co., Alabama
Children of Leonard Roden are:
| 85 | i. | Barnston Barrington4 Roden, born 1797 in South Carolina; died Jan 1850 in Alabama. | ||
| 86 | ii. | William Jefferson Roden, born 1799 in South Carolina; died Unknown.He married Sarah Ann Sumners 1826 in Lincoln Co.,TN; born 1805 in Williamson Co.,TN; died Unknown. |
| More About William Roden and Sarah Sumners: Marriage: 1826, Lincoln Co.,TN |
| 87 | iii. | Leonard Roden, born 01 Apr 1802 in South Carolina; died 27 Dec 1871 in Limestone Co.,AL. | ||
| 88 | iv. | John Hornsby Roden, born 1804 in South Carolina; died Unknown in Alabama. | ||
| 89 | v. | David Roden, born 07 Jan 1807; died 03 Jan 1887 in Limestone Co., AL. | ||
| 90 | vi. | Elizabeth Roden, born 15 Jun 1809; died 28 Jan 1878 in Limestone Co., AL. |
28.Leah3 Blake (Phanuel "Fanny"2 Hornsby, Leonard1)41 was born 12 Jan 1775 in probably in Fairfield Co., SC42, and died Bet. 1862 - 1870 in probably near Homewood, Scott Co., MS.She married Samuel B. Windham Abt. Feb 1792 in Fairfield Co. or Kershaw Co., SC, son of Eustace Windham and Martha [--?--].He was born Abt. 1769 in probably in Nottoway Parish, Southampton Co., VA, and died Bet. 1850 - 1860 in probably near Homewood, Scott Co., MS.
Notes for Leah Blake:
Copied from the Hornsby/Stroud Family Bible, now located at Winthrop University - Dacus Library, Rock Hill, York Co., SC. Bible.- "Leah Blake Daughter of William Blake and Phanuel his wife was (born) ye 12th 1775 in January"
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1780 - (5) W/F Granville Co., NC
1790 - (15) W/F Granville Co., NC Epping Forest Dist
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Leah Blake
Leah was born on 12 January 1775 probably in Fairfield County, South Carolina.Leah died sometime after 1862 Homewood, Scott County, Mississippi, USA, at an unknown age.Her body was interred after 1862, probably near Homewood, Scott County, Mississippi, USA, but a gravesite or gravemarker has never been found.
Leah Blake is the daughter of William Blake and his wife Phanuel Hornsby.Samuel B. Windham and his wife, Leah Blake, may have married in Fairfield County, South Carolina, about1792.There is no proof of this; it is just a possibility that needs to be researched.Fairfield County, South Carolina, is believed to be the place of their marriage because it is believed that Leah Blake lived with her parents in Fairfield County, South Carolina, before she married.
It is not known, exactly, when Leah died.She sold two negro slaves to her son, Andrew J. Windham, in Scott County, Mississippi, on 01 September, 1862, so she died after 1862.Leah's husband, Samuel B. Windham, had already died when Leah sold these slaves to their son. Leah is not listed in the 1870 census, therefore, she probably died inScott County, Mississippi, sometime between 1862 and 1870.
She was listed as a household member living with her son, Andrew J. Windham, in the 1850 of Scott County, Mississippi.Leah was listed as a household member living with Andrew J. Windham in the 1860 Census Scott County, Mississippi.
Source - John B. Windham ([email protected])
Notes for Samuel B. Windham:
Samuel B. Windham
Samuel was born circa 1769 probably in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Virginia, British North America.He married Leah Blake.They probably married about February 1792 and they probably married in Fairfield County or Kershaw County, South Carolina.The exact date and exact place of their marriage has not been proven.During this time period, the State of South Carolina did not require a marriage license, therefore, it is unlikely that a marriage record will ever be found unless maybe it is a Bible record or a clergyman's diary.Samuel died sometime between 1850 and 1860 and he probably died near Homewood, Scott County, Mississippi.He was buried sometime between 1850 and 1860, probably near Homewood, Scott County, Mississippi, but a gravesite or gravemarker has not been found.
He was listed in the 1850 U.S. Census of Scott County, Mississippi.This 1850 U.S. Census of Scott County, Mississippi, listed his birthplace as Virginia. It is not known, yet, if he was actually born in Virginia. He probably was born in Southampton County, Virginia, but more research is needed to prove where he was born. Samuel B. Windham is believed to havelived in Kershaw District, South Carolina until about 1798.He probably moved to Montgomery County, Georgia, about 1797.Sam'l Windham is listed as paying taxes in 1797 in Montgomery County, Georgia.It has not been determined, for sure, if he had his family with him this early in Georgia.There are some evidence that some of his children were born in South Carolina after this 1797 date, so he may have not completely moved to Georgia until about 1800.He was granted 256 acres of land in 1801 in Montgomery County, Georgia.He was living in Jackson County, Georgia, by 12 Aug 1802; proven by a 12 Aug 1802 attachment to a 1798 Kershaw County, South Carolina, land deed.Most likely, he left Jackson County, Georgia about 1813 and moved on the Chickasawhay River in Greene County, Mississippi Territory (present-day south-eastern State of Mississippi).It appears that he moved back "east" about 1815 to the area of present-day Wilcox County, Alabama.This area was still in the Mississippi Territory in 1815 and was not yet known as Wilcox County.On 10 December 1817, the State of Mississippi was created and the eastern portion of the old Territory of Mississippi was sheared off and that area became known as the Alabama Territory.Therefore, Samuel B. Windham found himself living in the Alabama Territory in 1817.Later in 1819 this area was created into the new State of Alabama.He lived in northeastern Wilcox County, Alabama, until about 1838 when he moved to Newton County, Mississippi.After living in Newton County for about six years, he moved to Scott County, Mississippi, about 1843/44. He was not listed in the 1860 Census, therefore, he probably died in Scott County, Mississippi, sometime between 1850 and 1860.
Samuel B. Windham was a slave owner and a farmer. The middle name of Samuel B. Windham is not known. He named one of his sons, Benjamin B. Windham.This may be a clue that the middle name of Samuel B. Windham is "Benjamin". At this time, the middle name of Samuel B. Windham is not known. "Benjamin" is just a clue.
Samuel B. Windham was listed on a tax roll in 1797 Montgomery County, Georgia, USA.He was listed on a land deed on 30 May 1798 Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA.He was listed on a land deed in 1801 Montgomery County, Georgia, USA.He was listed on a land deed on 18 October 1803 Jackson County, Georgia, USA.He was on a tax roll in 1814 Greene County, Mississippi Territory, USA.He resided, Wilcox County, Alabama, on 25 June 1823.Samuel was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census Wilcox County, Alabama.Samuel was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census Newton County, Mississippi.Samuel was listed as a household member living with his son, Andrew J. Windham, on the 1850 Census Scott County, Mississippi, USA.
Leah Blake
Leah was born on 12 January 1775 probably in Fairfield County, South Carolina.Leah died sometime after 1862 Homewood, Scott County, Mississippi, USA, at an unknown age.Her body was interred after 1862, probably near Homewood, Scott County, Mississippi, USA, but a gravesite or gravemarker has never been found.
Leah Blake is the daughter of William Blake and his wife Phanuel Hornsby.Samuel B. Windham and his wife, Leah Blake, may have married in Fairfield County, South Carolina, about1792.There is no proof of this; it is just a possibility that needs to be researched.Fairfield County, South Carolina, is believed to be the place of their marriage because it is believed that Leah Blake lived with her parents in Fairfield County, South Carolina, before she married.
It is not known, exactly, when Leah died.She sold two negro slaves to her son, Andrew J. Windham, in Scott County, Mississippi, on 01 September, 1862, so she died after 1862.Leah's husband, Samuel B. Windham, had already died when Leah sold these slaves to their son. Leah is not listed in the 1870 census, therefore, she probably died inScott County, Mississippi, sometime between 1862 and 1870.
She was listed as a household member living with her son, Andrew J. Windham, in the 1850 of Scott County, Mississippi.Leah was listed as a household member living with Andrew J. Windham in the 1860 Census Scott County, Mississippi.
Known children of Samuel B.1 Windham and Leah Blake were as follows:
i. Houston Windham, born 25 December 1792 probably in Kershaw District, South Carolina, USA; married (--?--) (----?----); married Unicy Patterson ("Patterson" surname is tentative, not proven).
ii. Thomas B. Windham, born circa 1798 probably in Kershaw District, South Carolina, USA; married Dicey Sutton.
iii. Page R. Windham, born circa 1800 probably in Kershaw District, South Carolina, USA; married Zylphia Davis.
iv. Mary "Polly" Windham, born circa 1802 probably in Montgomery County, Georgia, USA; married Abraham M. Martin.
v. Harriet Mozelle Windham.Harriet was born circa 1803 probably in Jackson County, Georgia, USA.She married Frederick A. Thomas on 22 September 1822 Wilcox County, Alabama.She married Levi McDaniel circa 1835.Harriet died in February 1853 Sabine County, Texas, USA, at an unknown age. Harriet was probably a free white female, age 20 and under 30, in Frederick A. Thomas' household, on the 1830 Census Wilcox County, Alabama, USA.
vi. Benjamin B. Windham, born circa 1805 Jackson County, Georgia, USA; married Charlotte Sproles; married Sarah E. (----?----).
vii. Phanuel Windham, born 10 October 1807 Jackson County, Georgia, USA; married Edmund Waite.
viii. (male) Windham.(male) was born circa 1810 Jackson County, Georgia, USA.
The given name of this child is not known.In fact, it has not even been proven that this is a child of Samuel B. Windham and his wife, Leah Blake.Listing of this male child is assumed strictly on the basis that there was a 20 to 30 year old male living in the household of Samuel B. Windham in the 1830 Wilcox County, Alabama, federal census.All persons living in the house of a head of household were not always a child but I think there is a good possibility that this is a child of Samuel B. Windham.
ix. Aletha Ann Windhamwas born circa 1813 probably Jackson County, Georgia, USA.She died South Carolina.
Aletha Ann Windham is not a proven child of Samuel B. Windham and his wife Leah Blake.
x. John Darby Windham, born 13 February 1816 Mississippi Territory (present-day Alabama), USA; married Eliza Sprauls(Sproles?); married Frances "Fannie" Monteith.
xi. Andrew J. Windham, born circa 1817 probably in Wilcox County, Alabama, USA; married Eliza Castle; married Sara J. Robinson.
xii. Charlotte "Lottie" Windham, born circa 1820 probably in Wilcox County, Alabama, USA; married George W. Boyd.
Source - John B. Windham ([email protected])
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It has been very difficult to determine, geographically,where Samuel B. Windham lived from about the late-1780s until he moved to Georgia sometime between 1798 and 1800.Determining exactly where he lived during this time period is complicated because we have not found any actual record of him between the late 1780s and 1798.The earliest South Carolina record that has been located for Samuel B. Windham is a 30 May 1798 Kershaw County land deed where Samuel Windham sold 50 acres of land to Andrew Spradley.He is not listed in the 1790 federal census but it is believed he was living from about 1790 until about 1800 in "present-day" south-western Kershaw County, South Carolina.However, this area was not always called Kershaw County.In order to understand how this area was formed and evolved into Kershaw County, it requires some study and understanding of the history of the many changes in boundary lines and County name changes of this area.
In early South Carolina, land deeds/grants and exactly where the land was located was NOT described as Townships, Ranges, and Sections as it is in many (but not all) areas of the United States.Usually, in early South Carolina the location of the land was simply stated as being on or near a particular waterway (Branch, Creek, River, etc.).The description of where the land was located may include the names of other land owners whose land bordered the land being purchased or sold.The lack of more detailed information of where the land was located, sometimes makes it just about impossible to determine exactly where someone lived, even if a land deed, land grant or other legal document is found.
It is very important to understand that all records before 1785 were filed in Charleston, Charleston Co., SC, regardless of the residence in South Carolina of the person filing the record.The South Carolina State Capital was moved from Charleston to Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, in 1786.Any record (Wills, probates, land, etc) that were filed after 1785 could have been filed in one of the districts that was created in 1785.Because of the remote area of this South Carolina "Back Country" and the far distances needed to be traveled to record a legal document (land deed, Will, etc), many times these legal documents where written, signed and just held at home by a private citizen until there was an opportunity and need to legally record that document at the Courthouse.It is possible that many times, a legal document was written signed and held by a private individual in a particular county or district, then at a later time (sometimes, many years later) the document was filed at a Courthouse.Sometimes, by then, the district or county lines had been redrawn and even though the person did not move, the document was then filed for record in a renamed, completely different district or county from what it was called when he had originally made the legal document.This explains how a legal document is sometimes found filed in a courthouse that was not even in existence when that document was dated and signed.
It was on the 12th day of March in 1785 that Camden District, South Carolina, was subdivided into seven (7) counties of York, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Richland, Claremont, and Clarendon (Source: "The Statutes At Large of South Carolina; Edited, Under Authority of the Legislature" by Thomas Cooper, M.K.-L.L.D., Vol. Fourth, containing the acts from 1752, Exclusive, to 1786, Inclusive.). This arrangement lasted until 1791, when the counties of York and Chester were removed from Camden District and became part of the Pinckney District. At that time (19 Feb 1791), Kershaw County was created out of the lower portion of Lancaster County. When Kershaw County was created 19 Feb1791, it also took (in addition to the lower portion of Lancaster County) the southeastern tip from Fairfield County (then making this area the south-western tip of Kershaw County). The area that Kershaw County took from Fairfield County was bounded on the north-east by Wateree River, on the south basically by Twenty Five Mile Creek (also known as Five and Twenty Creek). The southern line was a straight line and Twenty Five Mile Creek is crooked so Twenty Five Mile was not the actual boundary but it was "basically" Twenty Five Mile Creek. The western boundary of the tip taken by Kershaw County from Fairfield County was the present-day Fairfield-Kershaw Counties line.The South Carolina State Act of 19 Feb 1791 that created Kershaw County, also took a portion of the area of the north-eastern tip of Richland County and gave that area to the newly formed Kershaw County.It was the area near Bear Creek, south-west of Wateree River, north of "basically" Twenty Five Mile Creek and east of the present-day Fairfield-Kershaw Counties line, where it is believed that Samuel B. Windham lived from about 1790 to about 1800.The area on Twenty-Five Mile Creek where it is believed Samuel B. Windham lived is maybe about 15 to 20 miles south of the mouth of Wateree Creek that empties into Wateree River in north-eastern Fairfield County, SC, where the Blake and Hornsby families lived.
We know that Samuel B. Windham married about 1791 or early 1792 to Leah Blake, daughter of William Blake and his wife Phanuel "Phanuel" Hornsby.We can determine this approximate marriage date because of the birthdate of their first born child, Hughston (Houston) Windham (proven by an entry in the Hornsby/Stroud Bible).Knowing that Samuel B. Windham married Leah Blake in 1791 or early 1792, it is logical to believe that he lived "fairly" close to the Blakes and Hornsbys before and during this 1791 and 1792 time period.It is proven that William Blake, father of Leah Blake, lived on Wateree Creek, present-day Fairfield County, South Carolina, in 1781 (proven by William Blake's Will).However, in 1781 this area was known only as Camden District because Fairfield County was not created until 1785.It is proven that Leah Blake was living in Camden District, Fairfield County, South Carolina, in the household of her widowed mother, Phanuel "Fanny" Blake, in 1790 when the federal census was taken.It is proven that Leonard Hornsby, grandfather of Leah Blake, lived on that same Wateree Creek, present-day Fairfield County, South Carolina, in 1779 (proven by Leonard Hornsby's Will).However, in 1779 this area was known only as Camden District because Fairfield County was not created until 1785.The Blakes and Hornsbys were apparently very close neighbors to each other.Wateree Creek is located in the extreme north-eastern tip of present-day Fairfield County, South Carolina, and Wateree Creek empties into Wateree River just north-east of the very small Fairfield County, SC, community of Bucklick.The community of Bucklick, Fairfield County, SC, is such a small community that a detailed county map is required in order to locate it on a map.The location of where Wateree Creek empties into Wateree River can also be easily found by looking at a east bank modern-day map of Wateree River and seeing where the common border line between Lancaster County and Kershaw County, South Carolina, meet the Wateree River on the east bank.After finding this point, almost directly across the Wateree River and a little to the north on the west bank of Wateree River is where Wateree Creek empties into Wateree River.Big Wateree Creek and Little Wateree Creek are both very long creeks.These two smaller creeks come together (converge) and then these two combined smaller creeks becomes known as just Wateree Creek (the "Big" and "Little" words are dropped) about two and one-half miles before it empties into Wateree River.Wateree Creek is only about two and one-half miles long measured from the juncture of Big Wateree Creek and Little Wateree Creek to the mouth of Wateree Creek where it meets Wateree River.Somewhere on the two and one-half miles section of Wateree Creek before it empties into Wateree River is where it is believed the Blake and Hornsby families (including William Blake and Leonard Hornsby) lived before 1792.Most modern-day maps do not show this two and one-half miles of Wateree Creek just before it empties into Wateree River because, today, there is a large dam downstream on Wateree River that forms the very large and long Lake Wateree.The dam that forms Lake Wateree has backed-up water that swallows-up or floods almost the entire two and one-half miles long Wateree Creek, therefore, on most modern-day maps, only Big Wateree Creek and Little Wateree Creek names are shown.However, the two and one-half miles long Wateree Creek is still there under the backwaters of Lake Wateree.
Using the 1798 land sale by Samuel B. Windham, tax listings, census records and land records for two brothers of Samuel B. Windham (Reuben Windham and Willis Windham),it appears that the Windham families lived about 15 to 20 miles south-west of where the Blakes and Hornsby families lived on Wateree Creek in Fairfield County, South Carolina.It is believed that Samuel B. Windham lived somewhere just a little north of Twenty-Five Mile Creek and just a little south-west of Bear Creek in what is the present-day south-western tip of Kershaw County.From 1785 until 18 Feb 1791 this area that Samuel B. Windham is believed to have lived in was the eastern tip of Fairfield County, South Carolina.The County boundary line changed on 19 Feb 1791 and the area both north and south of Twenty-Five Mile Creek became part of Kershaw County, South Carolina.The area "basically" north of Twenty-Five Mile Creek was taken from Fairfield County and put in Kershaw County.The area "basically" south of Twenty-Five Mile Creek was taken from Richland County and put in Kershaw County.After 19 Feb 1791, without moving, Samuel B. Windham was then living in Kershaw County, SC, instead of Fairfield County, SC.
Source - John B. Windham ([email protected])
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Tax& Jury Records for Montgomery County, GA
BLAKE John1797 Tax
BLAKE John1798 Tax
WINDHAM Saml.1798 Jury
More About Samuel B. Windham:
Burial: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Homewood Cemetery, Scott Co., MS
More About Samuel Windham and Leah Blake:
Marriage 1: Abt. Feb 1792, Fairfield Co. or Kershaw Co., SC
Marriage 2: Bet. 1795 - 1799, Darlington Co?, South Carolina
Children of Leah Blake and Samuel Windham are:
| + | 91 | i. | Hughston4 Windham, born 25 Dec 1792 in probably Kershaw District, SC; died Abt. 1845 in probably Butler Co., AL. | |
| + | 92 | ii. | Thomas B. Windham, born Abt. 1798 in probably Kershaw District, SC; died Abt. 1868 in Angelina Co., TX. | |
| + | 93 | iii. | Page R. Windham, born Abt. 1800 in probably Kershaw District, SC; died Aft. 1880 in Madison Co., MS. | |
| + | 94 | iv. | Mary "Polly" Windham, born Abt. 1802 in probably in Montgomery Co., GA; died Aft. 1889 in Newton Co., MS. | |
| 95 | v. | Harriett Mozelle Windham, born Abt. 1803 in probably Jackson Co., GA; died Feb 1853 in Sabine Co., TX.She married (1) Frederick A. Thomas 22 Sep 1822 in Wilcox Co., AL; born Unknown; died Unknown.She married (2) Levi McDaniel, Sr. Abt. 1835 in Mississippi; born 24 Sep 1808 in South Carolina; died Abt. 1888 in Sabine Co., TX. |
| More About Harriett Mozelle Windham: Burial: 1853, Mill Creek, Sabine Co., TX |
| More About Frederick Thomas and Harriett Windham: Marriage: 22 Sep 1822, Wilcox Co., AL |
| More About Levi McDaniel, Sr.: Burial: Abt. 1888, Mill Creek, Sabine Co., TX |
| More About Levi McDaniel and Harriett Windham: Marriage: Abt. 1835, Mississippi |
| + | 96 | vi. | Benjamin B. Windham, born Abt. 1805 in Jackson Co., GA; died Abt. 1885 in probably in Grand Bay, Mobile Co., AL. | |
| + | 97 | vii. | Phanuel Windham, born 10 Oct 1807 in Jackson Co., GA; died 28 Feb 1889 in Falls? Co., TX. | |
| 98 | viii. | Male Windham, born Abt. 1810 in Jackson Co., GA; died Unknown. | ||
| 99 | ix. | Aletha Ann Windham, born Abt. 1813 in probably Jackson Co., GA; died Unknown in South Carolina. | ||
| + | 100 | x. | John Darby Windham, born 13 Feb 1816 in Mississippi Territory (present-day Alabama); died 30 Mar 1898 in Callahan Co., TX. | |
| + | 101 | xi. | Andrew J. Windham, born Abt. 1817 in probably Wilcox Co., AL; died Aft. 1880 in probably Brown Co., TX. | |
| + | 102 | xii. | Charlotte "Lottie" Windham, born Abt. 1820 in probably Wilcox Co., AL; died Aft. 1880 in probably Navarro Co., TX. |