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Telitha 'Annie' Ann Frances Ayers 

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Capt. John 'Jack' David Ayers
10/7/1791 - 1858

Betsey Kegg
1796 - 1830
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Telitha 'Annie' Ann Frances Ayers
2/18/1824 - 1880
Telitha 'Annie' Ann Frances Ayers was born on February 18, 1824 somewhere in South Carolina and died about 1880 in Calhoun Co., Florida. Actual date of death is unknown. She lived to be about 55 years old.

Annie's first marriage was to William David Cutts they had one son William David Cutts Jr.
Records
Census10/14/1850 5 th district FL (Calhoun County) 26 yrs old 
family #5: John Ayrs (age 43, born in SC), Arilda (age 43, born in GA), Tellitha (25, SC), David (11, GA), John (12, GA), Thos. (10, GA), Benjam. (8, GA), William (8,GA), Elizabeth A. (6, GA), Asa (4, GA), Quinn (2, FL), Ishmael (4 months old, FL). John states he is a Blacksmith.

#7 William Ayrs & family are listed 
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1850: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Census1/1/1860 Ocheesee district FL (Calhoun County) 35 yrs old 
Family# 52: Alithea Cutts (age 25) born in GA, domestic, Jeremiah Cutts (8)FL, William D. Cutts (3)FL. Alitha states she can't read or write and is mulatto.

#53 William Ayers(41) & family (next door)  
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Census7/9/1870 FL (Calhoun County) 46 yrs old 
Recorded as family #267 beginning on line 184: J. Jesse Bailey (age 56), Francis Bailey (age 45), Preston (19), Catherine (16), Thomas (8), John (7), Henry (5), and David Cutts (11). Jessie is a farmer and estimates the value of his estate at $500. He, his wife, and oldest child was born in SC and the rest in FL. Jessie is the only person in the house who can read and write.

Recorded as family #269 beginning on line 27: Gadi Baley (age 26), Wealthy Baley (age 25), David Baley (4), and Jessee Baley (2). Gadi is a farmer and estimates the value of his estate at $200. He was born in SC and everyone else in FL. Both adults can read and write.  
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1870: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Graveyard/Tombstone1/1/1880 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 55 yrs old 
Magnolia Cemetery: Ann Ayers Bailey, born Feb. 18, 1824 and died about 1880. There are more than 50 other Baileys in this cemetery. 

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11 1835 The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida.
13 1837 NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian.
18 1842 Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory
18 1842 Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years.
21 1845 Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
26 1850 Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.
31 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
37 1861 No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
40 1864 Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
41 1865 Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.
41 1865 May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east.
46 1870 During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers.
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6 1830 The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
15 1839 Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
20 1844 The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
29 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
32 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
35 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
41 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
45 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
53 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
55 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
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4 1828 Gold is discovered in Georgia.
10 1834 July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
37 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
38 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
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6 1830 South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy.
36 1860 About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces.
44 1868 South Carolina was readmitted to the Union.
AgeDateEvent
6 1830 Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
11 1835 Second Seminole Indian War begins.
13 1837 The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
16 1840 Oregon Trail is established
18 1842 Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
31 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
36 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
38 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
39 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
41 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
44 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
51 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
52 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
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9 1833 Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico
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Marriages
William Cutts
Born about 1825 and died about 1860.
They were married 1/1/1856.

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Jesse Bailey
Born about 1814 and died about 1876.
They were married 1/1/1861.

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The Children of Telitha 'Annie' Ann Frances Ayers

31 years old
William David Cutts Jr
Born somewhere in Florida on an unknown day in June 1858 and died somewhere in Florida about 1905. He was about 46 years old.

We know he was born in June, but not the day. Occupation: Calhoun Co. Justice of the peace.

Children: David N. Cutts (Sept. 1889), James J. Cutts (Jan. 1898), and George D. Cutts (9/1/1899 to ...
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James Thomas Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on December 14, 1861 and died in an unknown location about 1922. He was about 60 years old.

His first wife was Jane Ellafair Williams after they Divoriced in 1886, he married Mary Priscilla Clark Ayers (9/3/1875 -12/1/1956).
He had three children with wife Mary:
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Jonas B. Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on November 24, 1863 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on April 16, 1932. He was 68 years old.

Married 2/12/1886 to Elizabeth "Betty" Pope in Calhoun Co. FL. He had eight children with wife Elizabeth:
  1. William Jesse (3/7/1886-7/13/1967) He never married, he is buried in ...
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John Henry Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on an unknown day in July 1865 and died in Blountstown, Florida on December 8, 1932. He was 67 years old.

His first wife was Jessie Florence Parish and they were married on 6/29/1886. Jessie died in about 1902.
Two years later John married Martha Charity Ayers Goff. ...
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