Genealogy for
Elias Green Whiddon
| About Elias Green Whiddon |
|---|
Elias Green Whiddon
8/17/1774 - 7/7/1834
|
Elias Green Whiddon was born on August 17, 1774 in Nash County, North Carolina and died on July 7, 1834 in Decatur County, Georgia. He lived to be 59 years old.
He was called Eli. About 1796 he married Ludicia "Dicey" Huxford.
Their children:
Bennett (1797 -1834)
Mathew (abt. 1800)-married Ann Fain
Sevier (2/22/1801- 2/18/1868)- married Matilda Smith
Mary "Polly" (1805)
Nancy (1806) -married William M. Owens
John H.(1810)
Elizabeth P. "Eliza" (1815-1897) -married James Hugh Gough
Elias/Eli Jr. (1818 -7/1849 died in Decatur Co.GA) married Elizabeth
Louisa (1820)
Alexander(1821)-married Elizabeth "Eliza" Johnson
William (1824)-married Elizabeth McGowan
James (1824) -married Rebecca Holt
David (1828)- married Martha Ann Caswell | 
 | Census | 1/1/1800 | SC (Darlington County) | 25 yrs old | | page 30, line 11 - Ely Whiddon -one Male (Under 10)
one Male (26 thru 44),
two Females(Under 10),
two Females (10 thru 15),
one Female ( 26 thru 44) |
| Census | 8/7/1820 | GA (Decatur County) | 46 yrs old | | Page 5, line 28 - Eli Widdeon - one males (under 10),one male (10-15),three male (16-25), one male (26-44),four female (under 10), two female (10-15), one female (26-44)and three slaves. |
| Other | 1/1/1821 | NC | 46 yrs old | | Will of William Whiddon - Eli Whiddon Admin |
| Census | 1/1/1830 | Quincy FL (Gadsden County) | 55 yrs old | pg.149 -line 16- Elias Whidden Sr.:
one Male - 5 thru 9,
two Males - 10 thru 14,
one Male - 15 thru 19,
one Male - 40 thru 49,
two Females - Under 5,
two Females - 5 thru 9,
one Female - 15 thru 19,
one Female - 30 thru 39.
line 17 -Elias Whidden Junior: one Males - 20 thru 29:
one Female - 20 thru 29.
line 18 -Budley Whiddon:
one Male - 20 thru 29,
one Female - Under 5,
pg. 145, line 8 -Alanson Whiddon:
one Male - 15 thru 19,
one Male - 20 thru 29,
one Female - Under 5,
two Females - 20 thru 29.
pg. 151 - Sevier Whidden:
one Male - Under 5,
one Male - 20 thru 29,
one Female - Under 5,
one Female - 20 thru 29.
| Additional information about Gadsden County, FL around 1830: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
|
| Census | 1/1/1830 | GA (Decatur County) | 55 yrs old | Page 5, line 8 - Eli Widdeon - two males (under 5), two males (5-9),one male (10-14),one male (20-29), one male (50-59),one female (5-9), one female (10-14), one female (15-19),one female (20-29), one female (40-49)and six slaves.
| Additional information about Decatur County, GA around 1830: Decatur County is officially created in 1823 from new lands and portions of Early County. Of interest, Hernando Desoto traveled through this area in 1540 following the Capachequi River (now called the Flint River). Later, this county is divided to form Grady, Seminole and Thomas counties. This map of Decatur County, GA was created around 1830. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
|
| Other | 5/3/1834 | GA (Decatur County) | 59 yrs old | On Petition of Dicy and John H. Whiddon
Ordered that letters of Administration be granted to Dicy Whiddon and John H. Whiddon upon the estate of Eli Whiddon decd. and that letters of administration be granted accordingly.
Ordered that John Hutchinson , John White, John Mills, John Donaldson and Ransome Brahm be appointed to appraise the estate of Eli Whiddon decd. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 7/7/1834 | Attapulgus GA (Decatur County) | 59 yrs old | | Eli Green Whiddon,
BIRTH April 17, 1774,
Nash County, North Carolina,
DEATH July 7, 1834,
Decatur County, Georgia,
Cemetery:
Mosquito Creek in
Attapulgus, Decatur County, Georgia |
| Other | 5/1/1835 | GA (Decatur County) | 1 yrs after death | | Will of Eli Whiddon |
| Other | 1/1/1836 | GA (Decatur County) | 2 yrs after death | Order that if no objection is made by the term of this court that said letter of dismission be granted according to law.
On application ordained that Dicy Whiddon be and she is hereby appointed guardian for Wm Whiddon, Jas Whiddon and David Whiddon being minors of Eli Whiddon, late said of this county decd. Under the age of fourteen years and further that (John H. Whiddon be and he is hereby appointed guardian for Louisa Whiddon and Alexander Whiddon) and further that Sevier Whiddon be and he is hereby appointed guardian for Eliza Whiddon having designated their guardians by choice being over their age of fourteen years each the above appointed guardians first giving bond and security according to law Dicy Whiddon in the sum of two thousand dollars. John H. Whiddon in the sum of of sixteen hundred dollars. Sevier Whiddon in the sum of eight hundred dollars and otherwise quality as required by the statute of this in such case made and provided. |
|
- About
- Georgia News
- Discoveries
- News Headlines
- North Carolina News
- U.S. Events
- World Events
Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during
Elias Whiddon's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Elias, his family, and friends. For example, Elias is 1 years old when On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 8 |
1782 |
The British evacuate Savannah on in July. |
| 10 |
1784 |
Franklin and Washington Counties are formed. |
| 11 |
1785 |
Burbon County formed. |
| 12 |
1786 |
Greene County was created the same year Oglethorpe dies. |
| 14 |
1788 |
Bourbon County Act rescinded. |
| 15 |
1789 |
December 21 - Governor Telfair signs first Yazoo Act selling 20,000,000 acres of and for $207,000 or about one cent per acre to. The Yazoo Companies attempted to pay in worthless paper money and Georgia refuses to transfer the land. The Virginia Yazoo, headed by Patrick Henry, even had the unmitigated gall to attempt to pay in worthless Georgia paper money. The South Carolina Yazoo Company sues Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court to compel delivery but the suit fails when Georgia is able to obtain ratification of the eleventh amendment to the U.S. Constitution on February 7, 1795. |
| 16 |
1790 |
Alexander McGillivray, a mixed-blood of the Upper Creek Nation cedes the Altamaha lands to the Oconee. This treaty -- Treaty of New York -- is signed by President George Washington. |
| 16 |
1790 |
Columbia and Elbert Counties are created. |
| 19 |
1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
| 20 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
| 21 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
| 27 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
| 28 |
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. |
| 29 |
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. |
| 33 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
| 34 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
| 35 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
| 37 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
| 37 |
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". |
| 38 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
| 38 |
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". |
| 39 |
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). |
| 43 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
| 45 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
| 46 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
| 47 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
| 48 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 49 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 50 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 51 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 52 |
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. |
| 53 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 56 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 57 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 58 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 59 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 3 |
1777 |
The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier |
| 9 |
1783 |
The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m. |
| 11 |
1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
| 19 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 25 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 26 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 33 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 40 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 56 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 1 |
1775 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America. |
| 2 |
1776 |
NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
| 26 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
| 37 |
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. |
| 38 |
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. |
| 54 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 60 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 15 |
1789 |
The capitol of North Carolina moves from New Bern to Raleigh and North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America. |
| 56 |
1830 |
The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 1 |
1775 |
On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America. |
| 2 |
1776 |
July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
| 4 |
1778 |
Alliance between United States and France |
| 13 |
1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
| 19 |
1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
| 20 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
| 24 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
| 29 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 30 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
| 31 |
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. |
| 32 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
| 37 |
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. |
| 46 |
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. |
| 56 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 5 |
1779 |
Spain declares war on England |
| 6 |
1780 |
Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland |
| 9 |
1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
| 13 |
1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
| 14 |
1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
| 15 |
1789 |
French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium |
| 18 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
| 19 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
| 21 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
| 22 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
| 23 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
| 59 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
| |
Marriages
|
|---|
| Ludicia Huxford
Born about 1786 and died on December 1, 1843
|
|  |
The Children of Elias Green Whiddon
|
|---|
|
Louisa Whiddon
Born in Decatur Co., Georgia about 1820 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida about 1863. She was about 43 years old.
Louisa and her sister Eliza married on the same day, July 11, 1837 in Decatur County GA. Louisa married Henry A. Lewis (1815 NC).
They had six children:
- Eliza Lewis (183...
|
|
 |
 
|
|
