Genealogy for
Elizabeth English
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Elizabeth English
1798 - 12/25/1888
(Shown at age 87)
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Elizabeth English was born about 1798 in a town near the Okmulgee River, Georgia and died on December 25, 1888 in Dale County, Alabama. Actual date of birth is unknown. She lived to be about 91 years old.
She was Creek Indian. Her Creek name was Nvhokv and pronounced (Nahoga / Nuh-ho-quh). Some of her descendants were told she belonged to the Harjo-Boggas parrot band of Creek Indians, however, this has never been proven. Her ancestry was proven, Between 1969-1984 she was issued EC #11147 by the Indian Claims Commission when her descendants submit applications for Docket 21 and/or 275 judgement funds ordered to be paid to citizens of Creek Nation and Eastern Creek descendants. Of the 3,975 (approximate) applications submitted, about 215 applications were rejected and the rest were found eligible to receive a portion of the docket money.
One story passed down to her great, great, grand-children says Elizabeth was separated from her people as a very young child during an annual, multi-village fishing event. When she was discovered alone in the woods by whites, she was taken in and raised by the English family. She married a half-Indian and the town where she lived named a special day after her. Based on this family's oral history, she was born to the Fuswvlke (pronounced Foos-wuhl-gee) or, in English, the Bird Clan.
When the Civil War begins in 1861, all six of her sons enlist in the Confederate Army. Her husband is injured and dies from his wounds. The family splits with all of her sons, except one, moving to Walton County, FL. Elizabeth lives with her daughter and youngest son in Geneva County, AL as well as travels to Walton County, FL for lengthly visits.
For an indepth review of documents supporting her Creek Indian ancestry, click here.
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 | Census | 6/1/1816 | Burnt Corn AL (Monroe County) | 18 yrs old | On line 6, Mahala Ward is shown living in a house with 4 women of color and 7 slaves. There are no whites living with her.
Next door on line 5, is her brother Sam Moniac
Further down the same census page her son, Benjamin Ward is listed. His household consists of one white male over 20 years old, one white male under 20 years old, and one female over 20 - a total of 3 inhabitants. |
| Census | 12/1/1830 | AL (Dale County) | 32 yrs old | James Warde's family is described as one son under 5, 3 sons between 5-9, and one male between 30-40. The house has two females: one under 5 and the other between 30-40 years old.
| Additional information about Dale County, AL around 1830: Dale County was established on December 22, 1824, from lands now found in Coffee, Geneva, and Houston counties. The first non-Indian settlers arrived in this area around 1820 -- shortly after the Creek Indian Wars ended and the Treaty of Fort Jackson was signed. Daleville became the first county seat. However, the town is simply called "Dale's Court House" around this time. | |
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| Other | 2/24/1837 | GA (Decatur County) | 39 yrs old | | James M. Baker and Nicy English appoint James Ward of Dale County Alabama, to sell/administer their share of the estate of James English. The estate was drawn up as Lot #155 (202.5 acres) in the 19th District of Early County GA (which became Decatur County in 1832).
The actual language of the document says "convey our share or proportion being, one half part as the heirs of James English deceased". This could be interpeted to mean James Baker and Nicy English each own 1/2 of the estate -- which would mean they are the only two survivors. Or, it could mean the two of them together own 1/2 of the estate and someone else owns the other half of the estate. |
| Other | 11/18/1837 | GA (Decatur County) | 39 yrs old | | John Rodgers pays $100 for Lot #155 owned by James English. James and Elizabeth Ward, orphan and heirs of James English, acknowledge this sale as being completed. |
| Census | 6/1/1840 | AL (Dale County) | 42 yrs old | page 31 -Line 17: The family of James Ward is described as consisting of one male under five-year-old, two between 5-9 yrs old, one between 10-14, two males between 15-19, and one male between 40-50 yrs old. Two females under 5 years old, one between 10-14, and one between 30-40 years old.
(possibly the brother of Tersey)Line 18: The family of J.L.B McCrone is recorded with two males under five-year-old, and one male between 20-30 yrs old, one female under five, one female between 20-30 years old..
Line 20: The family of Hugh Davis is recorded with one male under five-year-old, two between 5-9 yrs old, one between 10-14, two males between 15-19, and one male between 30-40 yrs old. one female between 10-14, one female between 15-20 and one between 30-40 years old. Hugh is the brother of Thomas Allen Davis. |
| Census | 1/1/1850 | AL (Dale County) | 52 yrs old | Page 3, line 9 - James B. Ward - three males under 21, one male over 21, number of males between 18 and 45-1, number of males over 45 -1, two females under 21, one female over 21, one free person of color.
Alabama State Census |
| Census | 10/24/1850 | AL (Dale County) | 52 yrs old | | family#145: James B. Ward (age 54, farmer, born in SC), Elizabeth (age 52, born in GA), William J. (20, farmer, born in AL), Benjamin F. (16, farmer, AL), Elizabeth (14, AL), Mary (12, AL), Monroe (5, AL), Ann Elliott (12, race is recorded as "b" [choices were white, black or Indian], born in AL). |
| Census | 8/31/1860 | AL (Dale County) | 62 yrs old | | Family #1227: James B. Ward (age 65), Elizabeth (age 60), Monroe (male, age 15), Ann Ellis (black female, age 21), Wesly (mulatto male, age 6), Henry (black male, age 3), Amos (black male, 8 months old). James B. is a farmer and Monroe is a student. James estimates the value of his real estate to be 2,000 and his personal estate to be $4,973. James B. was born in SC, Elizabeth in GA and Monroe in AL. |
| Other | 8/28/1861 | The Monroe Letter AL (Dale County) | 63 yrs old | | The 'Monroe Letter'. A copy of the original statement made by James B. Ward to his son (and signed by L. S.) saying he is half Indian and his wife, Elizabeth, is a full-blood Creek Indian. |
| Other | 8/28/1861 | AL (Dale County) | 63 yrs old | Alabama, Dale County, August the 28th AD 1861: A deed of gift by James B. Ward to his wife Elizabeth Ward. Know all men by these presents that I James B. Ward of the County of Dale and State of Alabama considering the uncertainity of this life and being of sound mind and memory do give and bequeath unto my beloved Elizabeth the following property to wit. The south half of the South West quarter of Section 9 Township 2 and Range 25 and the South East quarter of the North West quarter of the same section township and range and the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section 8 the same Township and Range. Also one negro boy named Sam. Also all my household and kitchen furniture together with the present crop. Also forty head of cattle and forty head of sheep and forty head of hogs all of her own selection from my stock of cattle, sheep, and hogs. Also one sorrel horse with a blaze face and one mule together with one yoke of black sided oxen and waggon. Also all my plantation Tools together with my Buggy and harness and five hundred dollars in cash all the above property do I give my beloved wife Elizabeth during her life and at her death to belong to my son Monroe in witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal the day and date first above written. James B. Ward (L.S.)  |
| Census | 8/25/1870 | AL (Geneva County) | 72 yrs old | First recorded as house #3 and then renumbered to #385, family #5, then 390: Monroe Ward (age 25), Mary (age 24), Elizabeth (age 3), Joe E. (age 2), Elizabeth Ward (age 71) and Russell Jane Ward (age 68). Monroe says his occupation as farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $320 and his personal estate to be $591. All were born in AL except Russell Jane who was born in GA. Mary, Elizabeth and Russel Jane cannot read or write.
| Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1870: Geneva County was created two years prior to this census on December 26, 1868 from Coffee, Dale, and Henry Counties. It is located near the Choctawhatchee River.. The Freedmen's Bureau, formed after the Civil War, managed this land until they were abolished in 1868 by the US Congress. They were committed to the supervision and management of all abandoned lands and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen. Members of this group harassed settlers by taking bribes and acquired lands they were to protect during the time leading up to their disbandment. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 1/1/1873 | GA (Decatur County) | 75 yrs old | | FRIENDLY CREEKS of DECATUR GEORGIA: Copy of hand-written census of Friendly Indians living in Decatur County, GA. Elizabeth Ward, James Ward and Joe Ward are listed near the bottom and William Ward is the first person listed. A copy of this was given to us but the date was not provided. We are in the process of obtaining date, etc. info. (NOTE: We have located references saying it was dated 1873, but these are 3rd hand. Actual date of this document still needs to be confirmed.) |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 12/25/1888 | near Malvern AL (Geneva County) | 91 yrs old | | Elizabeth Ward 1798 - 12/25/1888 - Purvis Cemetery. (Old Indian Cem.) on Hwy 49 & CR70 north of Malvern. |
| Other | 6/1/1955 | AL | 67 yrs after death | | Copy of notarized document from Alabama State Archives verifying the photos of Mary Ward Davis, Elizabeth Rebecca Ward, and Susan Elizabeth Ward. |
| Other | 8/4/1955 | FL (Taylor County) | 67 yrs after death | | Jesse Marvin Ward, age 78, sworn, says he knows of his own personal knowledge that James B. Ward, born in South Carolina in 1796, and his wife Elizabeth English Ward born in GA in 1798, were both Creek Indians living in 1814. Their children were John Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, William Josiah, Benjamin Franklin, Mary, Elizabeth, and Monroe. |
| Other | 11/12/1955 | FL (Bay County) | 67 yrs after death | Sarah Emma Ward Hendrix says that she is 87 years of age and personally knew Elizabeth English Ward, wife of James B. Ward. Elizabeth English Ward was a Creek Indian. She says on oath that she is personally acquainted with Jesse Joe Ward of Bruce in Walton County, Florida, and she personally knows that Jesse Joe Ward is the grandson of Elizabeth English Ward.
She further says she is acquainted with Elizabeth Rebecca Ward of Freeport, Florida, in Walton County and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes of Pensacola, Florida, in Escambia County. Elizabeth Rebecca Ward and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes are the sisters of Jesse Joe Ward, and all of the above named are the grandchildren of Elizabeth English Ward. |
| Other | 11/12/1955 | FL (Walton County) | 67 yrs after death | | Charles O. Silcox, age 89, sworn, says he personally knew Elizabeth English Ward, wife of James B. Ward, and she was a Creek Indian. He was also personally acquainted with Jesse Joe Ward of Bruce, FL and Elizabeth Rebecca Ward of Freeport, FL, Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes of Pensacola, FL. Elizabeth and Lyda are sisters of Jesse Joe and all are grandchildren of Elizabeth English Ward. He is not related to the Wards. |
| Other | 11/12/1955 | FL (Walton County) | 67 yrs after death | | John Grady Ward, age 82, sworn, says he personally knew Elizabeth English Ward, wife of James B. Ward, was a Creek Indian. He personally knows Jesse Joe Ward of Bruce, FL is the grandson of Elizabeth English Ward. He also knows Elizabeth Rebecca Ward of Freeport and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes of Pensacola, who are sisters of Jesse Joe, and all of them are grandchildren of Elizabeth English Ward. |
| Other | 11/17/1955 | FL | 67 yrs after death | C.A. Faulk says he is 85 years old and personally knows Elizabeth English Ward, wife of James B. Ward. Elizabeth English Ward was a Creek Indian. He was personally acquainted with Jesse Joe Ward of Bruce in Walton County, Fl. He also knows Jesse Joe Ward is the grandson of Elizabeth English Ward.
He further says he is acquainted with Elizabeth Rebecca Ward of Freeport, FL, in Walton County and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes of Pensacola, FL, Escambia County. Elizabeth Rebecca Ward and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes are the sisters of Jesse Joe Ward. All of them are grandchildren of Elizabeth English Ward. |
| Other | 12/10/1955 | AL | 67 yrs after death | | Allice Thomley says she knew John Jackson Ward to the be the son of James B. (Jim Bear) Ward and Elizabeth (English) Ward. She knew the family of John Jackson Ward and his wife, Susan Wynn Ward. She knows their children were Elizabeth (Purvis), Katherin (Kate Byrd), Nettie (Skipper), Sallie (Wright), Rebecca, Ellen (Singletary), Liza (Bonds), Teresy (Horn), Mary Jane (Skipper), John, Joe, Jeff, Jasper, Franklin Jackson (Frank), and Sterling. |
| Other | 12/16/1955 | AL (Geneva County) | 67 yrs after death | | State of Alabama, Geneva County: Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Susan Davis Martin, who says under oath that she is 88 years of age and is the daughter of Mary Ward Davis and James M. Davis, and that she is the granddaughter of James B. Ward, and Elizabeth (English) Ward. She lived with her grandmother Elizabeth English Ward until her grandmothers death. She further says that her grandmother, Elizabeth English Ward, was a Creek Indian and that she was known by all that knew her to be a Creek Indian. Signed: Susan Davis Martin. Witnessed R.H. Phillys & Ralph E. Yahn. Notary: Hilton Register |
| Other | 12/21/1955 | FL (Walton County) | 67 yrs after death | | Jesse Joe Ward, age 85, sworn, says he is one of six sons of William Joe and Apsebeth Ward. He knows of his on personal knowledge that his grandmother, Elizabeth English Ward, was a Creek Indian. After his grandfather, James B. Ward, died, he traveled with his family in a covered wagon pulled by a yoke of red oxen to Dale County, AL and brought Elizabeth English back to their home. All of Elizabeth’s sons had moved to FL because they were one-half Creek Indian and the people in AL did not like to associate with them, even after the Wards had fount with the whites against the Indians in a battle near their home. In this battle three of the Wards were killed. His grandmother brought her bed, sheets, and pillows and stayed with them for several years. His grandmother took fishing trips and he caught minnows for her to use as bait. She died in Alabama around 1890 when he was 20 years old. |
| Other | 12/28/1955 | AL | 67 yrs after death | | E.A. Eddie Alonzo Hundley says he was personally acquainted with James B. Ward and Elizabeth English Ward (now deceased). He knows Elizabeth English Ward [page wrinkled and text missing from copy] Creek Indian. All that knew her, knew her to be a Creek Indian. He also says that he is 92 years old and not related to James B. Ward or his wife Elizabeth. |
| Other | 12/31/1955 | FL (Walton County) | 67 yrs after death | | Jesse Joe Ward, who after being duly sworn says that he is 85 years of age, a grandson of James B. Ward and Elizabeth English Ward, the Creek Indian, and that their sons were John Jackson Ward, Thomas Jefferson Ward, James Madison Ward, Benjamin Franklin Ward, William Joe Ward and Monroe Ward. |
| Other | 1/9/1956 | FL (Walton County) | 68 yrs after death | | Elizabeth Rebecca Ward says under oath that she knew Elizabeth English, her grandmother, to be a Creek Indian. She also remembers her family bringing Elizabeth from AL in an oxcart for a long visit and her Uncle Monroe coming to take her back to AL. |
| Other | 1/14/1956 | FL (Geneva County) | 68 yrs after death | Charoles O. Silcox knew John J. Ward who is known as John Jackson Ward and he knew his wife, Susan Ward He also knows that they lived together for many years in Geneva County, Alabama as husband and wife and they had fifteen children who lived to be of age and their names are as follows:
Mary J. Ward, James J. Ward, Susan E. Ward, Nancy E. Ward, William J. Ward, Tiercy E. Ward, Louisa F. Ward, Franklin J. Ward, Thomas J. Ward, Rebecca A. Ward, Sarah M. Ward, Rody Ward, Sterling Ward and Annette Ward, and John J. Ward.
He knows that John J. Ward was known as the oldest son of James B. Ward and his wife Elizabeth English Ward and that Elizabeth English Ward was a full-blooded Creek Indian. He knows John J. Ward or John Jackson Ward was a half Indian and the son of the Full-blooded Indian and was recognized by all of the people of the Community as being that. Of his own personal knowledge, he knows Elizabeth English Ward as a full-blooded Creek Indian. He also says he will be ninety years of age February 22, 1956 and he is not related by blood or marriage to James B. Ward and Elizabeth English Ward. |
| Other | 2/29/1956 | AL (Geneva County) | 68 yrs after death | | Susan Davis Martin of Gevena County, Alabama, says she is 86 years of age. The attached two photographs are true pictures of her mother, Mary Ward Davis, the daughter of Elizabeth English Ward the Creek Indian and James B. Ward. She has had these pictures in her possession since the death of her mother Mary Ward Davis and she knows they are true pictures of her. |
| Other | 12/28/1956 | AL | 68 yrs after death | | Thomas Henry Peel, of Geneva County, Slocomb, Alabama, says he is 86 years old. He knew Elizabeth English Ward, widow of James B. Ward, and her two sons, John Jackson and Monroe Ward and her daughter, Mary Ward, who married James W. Davis. Elizabeth English Ward lived with her daughter, Mary Ward Davis in her later years and died there. He knew Elizabeth English Ward for several years and she was known by all to be a full blooded Creek Indian. James W. Davis was my nearest neighbor, lived only two miles away. He is
not related by blood or marriage to Elizabeth English Ward or any of her descendants. Nor is he related by blood or marriage to any of the Davis family. |
| Other | 1/5/1957 | AL (Geneva County) | 69 yrs after death | | Susan Davis Martin, age 84, provides a question/answer format deposition. Said Elizabeth English Ward smoked a pipe and had a crippled hand. Elizabeth died after getting her feet caught in the bed covering when trying to get out of bed. She broke her hip which eventually caused her death right before Christmas 1883. Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Ward Jackson, James B. Bolin, her mother and father, several younger brothers and sisters and Susan were witnesses to Elizabeth’s death. Elizabeth was born about 1800 and was 4 or 5 when she was lost and then found by James English just before dark. She said they left her on the west side of the Ocmulgee river for safety while they went shad-fishing, that the swift currents were dangerous. Said Elizabeth was born in what was then known as Houston County, Georgia, between the Flint and Ocmulgee Rivers. |
| Other | 3/12/1957 | AL | 69 yrs after death | Mrs. Alice Thomley, age 98, says she knew John J. Ward (also known as John Jackson Ward) and she knew his wife, Susan Ward. They lived together for many years in Geneva County, AL. As husband and wife they had fifteen children who lived to be of age. Their names were: Mary J. Ward, James J. Ward, Susan E. Ward, Nancy E. Ward, William J. Ward, Tiercy E. Ward, Louisa F. Ward, Franklin J. Ward, Thomas J. Ward, Rebecca A. Ward, Sarah H. Ward, Rody Ward, Sterling Ward, Annette Ward and John J. Ward.
She knew John J. Ward was the oldest son of James B. Ward and his wife Elizabeth English Ward and that Elizabeth English was a full-blooded Creek Indian. She knew John J. Ward (or John Jackson Ward) was half-Indian and the son of the full-blooded Indian and was recognized by all in the community to be that. She further says she is not related to Elizabeth English or any of her descendants. |
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| 4 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL and southern border of AL. |
| 5 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
| 7 |
1805 |
Indian cessions opened up large portions of western (Choctaw) and northern (Chickasaw and Cherokee) Alabama to white settlers. |
| 13 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
| 14 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
| 15 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave AL and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
| 15 |
1813 |
Two battles begin the Creek Indian War: (1) Fort Mims Massacre - Fort Mims is attacked on August 13 by the Red Sticks while the inhabitants are eating their noon meal. The massacre brings an immediate response from the whites and soldiers are recruited from Tennessee, Georgia and other territories, and (2) The Battle of Holy Ground on December 1813. |
| 16 |
1814 |
The Treaty of Fort Jackson is finalized on August 9, 1814. William Weatherford (Red Eagle) surrenders to Gen. Andrew Jackson and cede their lands to the federal government. This opens approximately half of present-day AL to white settlement. |
| 16 |
1814 |
Battle at Horseshoe Bend on March 27, leaves the Creek Red Sticks scattered and unorganized. Those that survive the battle flee south into northern Florida and band together as the Seminoles. Red Eagle (Billy Weatherford) surrenders to General Andrew Jackson at Fort Jackson later in the year. |
| 19 |
1817 |
Alabama Territory is created when Congress passes an act to divide the Mississippi Territory and admit it into the union as a state. Alabama will remain a territory for two more years. |
| 21 |
1819 |
Alabama admitted to the United States |
| 37 |
1835 |
Alabama gold rush begins in the east-centrl hill country. |
| 39 |
1837 |
The Second Creek war begins in 1836. In 1837 The Battle of Hobdy's Bridge becomes the last indian battle in AL. |
| 42 |
1840 |
Alabama reports a total population of 590,756 on the 1940 Federal Census. This includes 335,185 whites, 255,571 blacks, 253,532 slaves, zero Native Americans, and others. |
| 52 |
1850 |
State population=771,623.
The 1850 Federal Census reveals the
White population=426,514;
African-American population=345,109;
Slave population=342,844;
Free black population=2,265;
Urban population=35,179;
Rural population=736,444;
Cotton production in bales=564,429;
Corn production in bushels=28,754,048;
Number of manufacturing establishments=1,026. |
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| 3 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
| 4 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River. |
| 5 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
| 9 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
| 10 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
| 11 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
| 13 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
| 13 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
| 14 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
| 14 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
| 15 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
| 19 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
| 21 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
| 22 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
| 23 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
| 24 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 25 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 26 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 27 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 28 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
| 29 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 32 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 33 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 34 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 35 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 38 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
| 39 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 40 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 49 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 52 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 53 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 54 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 55 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 56 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 58 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 59 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 60 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 72 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 77 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 2 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 9 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 16 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 32 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 41 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 46 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 55 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 58 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 61 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 67 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 71 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 79 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 81 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 2 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
| 13 |
1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
| 14 |
1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
| 30 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 36 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 63 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 64 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 84 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 87 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 5 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
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1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
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1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
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1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
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1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
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1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
| 32 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 37 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 39 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 42 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 44 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 57 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 62 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 64 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 65 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 67 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 70 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 77 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 78 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Born about 1796 and died about 1861.
They were married 1/1/1814.
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John 'Jack' Jackson Ward
Born in Dale County, Alabama on February 16, 1821 and died in Malvern, Geneva Co., Alabama on August 12, 1901. He was 80 years old.
His grave marker says he was born in 1827, however, his reported age on census documents proves he was born closer to 1821.
Married 1843 to Susan Elizabeth Wynn (born 2/23/1825 in GA died 12/6/1896 i...
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James Madison Ward
Born in Dale County, Alabama on June 30, 1823 and died in Bruce, Florida on February 3, 1891. He was 67 years old.
He served in the 33rd Alabama Infantry CSA which was organized in Pensacola, FL in April 1862. They fought battles in AL, TN, GA and the Carolinas. The 33rd disbanded before the official surrender a...
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Thomas Jefferson Ward
Born in Dale County, Alabama on June 8, 1825 and died in Bruce, Florida on July 1, 1919. He was 94 years old.
He and his family moved to Florida between 1862 and 1866. He served in the Confederate Army. It says Pvt Co F 6 Ala Inf CSA on his tombstone.
Children:
- Mary Jane (1848, Dale C...
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Elizabeth Ward
Born in Dale County, Alabama on April 18, 1826 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on December 17, 1908. He was about 82 years old.
Many researchers beleive Elizabeth Ward White is the missing daughter of James B. Ward and Elizabeth English Ward. She would have married and left her parent's home before the 1850 Census recorded he...
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40 years old
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William Josiah Ward
Born in Dale County, Alabama on March 23, 1830 and died in Bruce, Florida on April 4, 1924. He was 94 years old.
He was called Diamond Joe, because he made a diamond shape mark on all his possessions. He could recite most of the Bible by memory. He built a log school house on Seven Run Creek near Bruce, FL.
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76 years old
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Benjamin Franklin Ward
Born in Dale County, Alabama about 1834 and died in Ponce De Leon (Holmes Co. ), Florida on June 23, 1923. He was about 89 years old.
Married Martha Edna Gilley (born 4/28/1838 in Alabama and died 1/16/1913). Children:
- Jesse E. (1858-1942),
- Jincy F. (1860-),
- James W.(1862-1948),
- Martha L.(...
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Elizabeth Rebecca Ward
Born in Dale County, Alabama about 1836 and died in Dale County, Alabama about 1858. She was about 22 years old.
Rebecca Ward married Rufus Purvis (a brother to the two Purvis sisters, Lydia & Holland, who marry Rebecca's brothers). The actual date of their marriage is unknown. If she married him before his f...
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76 years old
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Mary Jane Ward
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on March 26, 1838 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on March 21, 1921. She was 83 years old.
She was called "Polly"...
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Monroe James Ward
Born in Dale County, Alabama on April 7, 1845 and died in Walton County, Florida on June 7, 1907. He was 62 years old.
Military service: Pvt Co. D 53 Ala Inf CSA. He married Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Russell (3/15/1844 AL - 4/23/1912 FL).
Children:
- William D. (1870),
- Benjamin F.,
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