Genealogy for
Jane Virginia Palmer
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Jane Virginia Palmer
1/9/1801 - 11/1/1882
(Shown at age 49)
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Jane Virginia Palmer was born on January 9, 1801 in Clinton, South Carolina and died on November 1, 1882 in Jackson Co., Florida. She lived to be 81 years old.
Married in SC. She had twelve children with husband William. | 
 | Birth Certificate | 12/24/1818 | Charleston SC (Lauren County) | 17 yrs old | The birth of a son named William F. Bevis is recorded for William Langley Bevis and his wife Jane Virginia Palmer. ![Source: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2001.](images/source.gif) |
| Census | 10/25/1850 | District 41 GA (Heard County) | 49 yrs old | | Recorded as family #469: William L. Bevis (age 35, born in Virginia), Jane (age 30, born in South Carolina), John (age 21), Jances L (male, age 18), Susanah (age 15), Nancy (age 14), Thomas (age 12), Punkny (male, age 10), Martin L. (male, age 7), Andrew J. (age 4). William estimates the value of his property at $700. He is a farmer, John is a mechanic and Jances is a farmer. Place of birth is not recorded for the children. |
| Census | 6/1/1860 | Marianna FL (Jackson County) | 59 yrs old | Recorded as family $650 beginning on line 15: William L. Bevis (age 69), Virginia (age 59), J. Pinkney (20), Susanna (21), Martin L. (17), and Andrew J. (13). William was born in VA, Virginia, Pinkney & Susanna in SC, and Martin & Andrew in GA. William is a farmer and estimates the value of his personal estate at $500.
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 11/1/1882 | FL ( Jackson County) | 81 yrs old | | Jane Bevis (1801 -1882) Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenwood, Jackson, Florida |
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Jane, her family, and friends. For example, Jane is 2 years old when 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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1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL. |
| 9 |
1810 |
Western Florida, from the Pearl River to the Mississippi, is annexed by the US from Spain. |
| 12 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, over 2,000 Muskogee-speaking Creeks move to Florida in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). Most come from AL and GA. |
| 17 |
1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
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1821 |
Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards. |
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1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
| 22 |
1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
| 23 |
1824 |
Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol. |
| 34 |
1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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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. |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
| 41 |
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. |
| 44 |
1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
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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. |
| 54 |
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. |
| 60 |
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. |
| 63 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 64 |
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. |
| 64 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 69 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 81 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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| 6 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 13 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 29 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 38 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 43 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 52 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 55 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 58 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 64 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 68 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 76 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 78 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 27 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 33 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 60 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 61 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 81 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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| 29 |
1830 |
South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy. |
| 59 |
1860 |
About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces. |
| 67 |
1868 |
South Carolina was readmitted to the Union. |
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1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 3 |
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. |
| 5 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
| 10 |
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. |
| 19 |
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. |
| 29 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 34 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 36 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 39 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 41 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 54 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 59 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 61 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 62 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 64 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 67 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 74 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 75 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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 | William Bevis
Born on January 3, 1791 and died on October 1, 1870.
They were married 3/5/1818.
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The Children of Jane Virginia Palmer
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William F. Bevis
Born in Laurens District (Charleston), South Carolina on December 24, 1818 and died in Bascom, Florida on February 4, 1907. He was 88 years old.
Called "Uncle Billy". Married in Henry Co. GA. He had ten children with wife Martha:
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Margaret J.
- France A.
- Susan
- Sarah Elizabeth
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John Bevis
Born in an unknown place on October 4, 1820 and died in an unknown location on August 25, 1824. He was 3 years old.
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Alfred John Bevis
Born somewhere in South Carolina on September 9, 1823 and died in Jackson County, Florida on April 26, 1896. He was 72 years old.
He married Martha A.Harwell
children: Andrew F.
Adam J.
James P.
Jane C.
Ada Consalvirda (1851)
Sarah "Sallie"P.
William " Willie" H.
Coleman A. (1860)
Albert L.(1863...
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Martin Luther Bevis
Born in Heard County, Georgia on June 30, 1824 and died somewhere in Florida on September 14, 1869. He was 45 years old.
He was a Private in Co E, CSA Florida 8th Infantry Regiment. He was taken prisoner on July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg, PA and released on June 10, 1865....
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Elizabeth Bevis
Born in Laurens County, South Carolina on November 11, 1825 and died in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on June 6, 1903. She was 77 years old.
She married William James Bates
children:
Eldridge
Dennis
William Langley
Nancy M.
James D.
Andrew L.
Joseph ...
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79 years old
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John Anderson Bevis
Born in Laurens County, South Carolina on April 5, 1828 and died in Gadsden County, Florida on January 12, 1908. He was 79 years old.
He married Eugenia Whiddon (1841-1926) She was the daughter of Sevier and Kessiah Johnston Whiddon.
Eugenia and John's children:
Julia Eugenia
Charles Franklin
William Edward
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70 years old
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James Franklin Bevis
Born somewhere in South Carolina on September 29, 1830 and died in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia on March 27, 1907. He was 76 years old.
He married Louisa Jane McDonald
children: Lonnie A.
Luther L.
Laura J.
William M.
Linton E. ...
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Savannah Bevis
Born in Laurens County, South Carolina on January 24, 1833 and died in Jackson County, Florida about 1904. She was about 70 years old.
She married Pinkston Henry Moore
children:
Sarah J.(1861)...
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Nancy Bevis
Born in Laurens County, South Carolina on June 16, 1835 and died in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on September 7, 1931. She was 96 years old.
She married Joshua S. Johnson
children:
Frances
Mollie
Mary
Samuel ...
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Thomas Leverett Bevis
Born somewhere in South Carolina on October 31, 1837 and died in Jackson County, Florida on December 28, 1907. He was 70 years old.
Thomas enlisted in CO A, 5th FLA BAT. CAV. on Aug 5 1862, in Chattahoochee, FL. He surrendered at Tallahassee, FL in May 1865 and was paroled at Tallahassee, FL. on May 17,1865.
He married Lo...
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Joshua Pinkney Bevis
Born in Laurens County, South Carolina on April 14, 1840 and died in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on September 18, 1911. He was 71 years old.
He married Mary Elizabeth Sweet (1842-1911)
children:
Carrie
Addison "Addie"
Leonidas "Lonnie"
Mary Lou
Annie J.
Maggie
Edgar
Clark
Ross A....
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Andrew Jefferson Bevis
Born somewhere in Georgia on April 16, 1845 and died in Jackson Co., Florida on June 21, 1925. He was 80 years old.
He married Mary Jane Bridges
children:
Robert William (1866)
Annie Jane (1868)
John Willis (1872)
Andrew Jefferson (1872)
Nattie Lee (1875)married James Henry Davis
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