William Hughes - Marshall Co and George

Our William Hughes was still in Marshall County in 1870 on page 55 of the census. He was remarried to Margaret who was 60 This was a second wife and she was born in TN. They had 26 year old Mary E. Hughes living there and a Charles Bowen who was 44 and born in Tennessee. William is listed as being born in SC and he is also listed as paralyzed and helpless. His estate was worth $150 with $100 in real estate.

I have seen the marriage records where William Hughes married a Margaret Stewart in 1855. I did not know they had a daughter until now.

Also, Charles Bowen, age 44 born in TN, living in the household. He is listed as a farmer. A James Bowen lived next door and is probably Charles' father.

The question that I have is:

Was Jane Hughes in Jefferson Co. in 1850, our gggrandmother, William's first wife? She was 59 years of age, born in SC, and living with Pleasant Sullivan. I strongly suspect that she and William separated and she moved in with Pleasant Sullivan and Cassandra Hughs Sullivan. Perhaps she died before 1855 or possibly a divorce???

This family split may explain why all of William and Jane's children went to Morgan County while William stayed in Marshall with his second wife and child.

Just found the documentation that I have been looking for that George Hughs, SC did serve in Revolutionary war from SC. He enlisted in the second regiment Nov. 9, 1776 and was later a private and sargeant in the militia.

Jefferson County Co. AL - 1850 Census

205A 10 Hughes Ary E. 12 Ga pg0199a.txt
212A 20 Hughes Benjamin 7 Ala pg0208b.txt
173B 18 Hughes Elizabeth P. 31 Ala pg0171a.txt
212A 21 Hughes Fayette 4 Ala pg0208b.txt
205A 14 Hughes George 4 Ga pg0199a.txt
212A 15 Hughes George 37 SC pg0208b.txt
208B 4 Hughes George W. 36 SC pg0208b.txt
171B 5 Hughes Harriet 1 Ala pg0171a.txt
205A 11 Hughes James 10 Ga pg0199a.txt
204A 24 Hughes Jane 59 SC pg0199a.txt
212A 19 Hughes Jesse 9 Ala pg0208b.txt
205A 8 Hughes Jesse 38 Ga pg0199a.txt
208B 10 Hughes John 6 Ala pg0208b.txt
208B 12 Hughes Marion 1 Ala pg0208b.txt
212A 16 Hughes Martha 37 SC pg0208b.txt
171B 2 Hughes Mary 63 NC pg0171a.txt
208B 5 Hughes Mary 33 SC pg0208b.txt
173B 19 Hughes Mary G. 6 Ala pg0171a.txt
208B 8 Hughes Matthew 10 Ala pg0208b.txt
208B 9 Hughes Nancy 8 Ala pg0208b.txt
208B 11 Hughes Pleasant 4 Ala pg0208b.txt
205A 9 Hughes Polly 32 Ga pg0199a.txt
205A 15 Hughes Rebecca 2 Ga pg0199a.txt
205A 13 Hughes Rhoda 6 Ga pg0199a.txt
212A 18 Hughes Rhoda E. 10 Ala pg0208b.txt
171B 1 Hughes Robert 64 SC pg0171a.txt
173B 17 Hughes Robert 29 Ga pg0171a.txt
173B 21 Hughes Sarah E. 8/12 Ala pg0171a.txt
173B 20 Hughes Stephen H. 5 Ala pg0171a.txt
208B 6 Hughes Thomas 14 Ala pg0208b.txt
212A 17 Hughes Thomas A. 12 Ala pg0208b.txt
205A 12 Hughes William 8 Ga pg0199a.txt
171B 4 Hughes William 5 Ala pg0171a.txt
171B 3 Hughes William 16 Ga pg0171a.txt
208B 7 Hughes William 12 Ala pg0208b.txt

DNA - AGAIN

Due to our failure in ordering the DNA kit from the right group, we never received results from the first DNA test.

Because of this, I have been reluctant to post that we are trying again, but... we are trying again.

A first cousin has kindly agreed to another test. The kit is ordered and I will post results asap.

Hughes Photo

This picture is from a Hughes researcher who would like help with the identification of the pair. The information that came with it is as follows:

The man in the photo is unknown. It is from a collection of a Hughes family whose father was named William Witsol Hughes. His daughter says that the only family she remembers him having is a sister called Meesie.
W.W. as he was called was born in 1891, he died in 1977 at the age of 86 years.

He was born in Polk County TN, he died in Dalton GA and is buried in the Deep Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Dalton GA

An expert on period clothing says the picture could have been made between 1904 and 1918, however, due to the length of the skirt it was probably 1918.
W.W. Hughes would have been 27 years old in 1918--this very well could be him.

I am leaving comments "open" for a time on this page hoping someone will be able to identify.

Boone-Hughes connection

Most of you have read this already, but for those who haven't you will find this to be of interest.

Wills: SYNOPSES of the BOONE WILLS & ADMINISTRATIONS of BERKS CO., PA, 1750-1923

George Hughes in Revolution

The book, South Carolinians in the Revolution, written by Sara Sullivan Ervin gives several Hughes who fought in the revolution from Carolina. The only George Hughes and probably our George fought under General Sumter in Sumter's Brigade. His captain was William Smith (My husband descended from William Smith although I do not know if this is the same William.) There was also a troop under Nathaniel M. Martin. William Hughes was in this troop. It was a much larger troop, however, than Smith's troop.

An interesting note on Sumter's Brigade worth mentioning is that Ramsay, in his history of South Carolina, says that party of exiles who had fled into N.C., as the British advanced made choice of Col. Sumter to be their leader and that he took the field against the victorious British at a time when the inhabitants had generally abandoned the idea of supporting their independence. The British had burned Sumpter's home and turned his family out of doors. They also burned the home and library of the local clergyman, Rev. Simpson and all Bibles which contained the Scots translations of the Psalms..."

When these men from South Carolina joined to fight under this former colonel, they seemed to have been ready to sacrifice whatever need be to gain independence. The book goes on to say that, "The People arranged themselves under Sumter with the enthusiasm of men called upon to defend not only their civil liberties but their holy religion... These men were woodsmen of the frontier up-country living mostly in the northeastern part of the state (George was in the 96th district as we know.)

South Carolina was no longer in a condition to pay, clothe or feed troops, therefore Sumter's men furnished their own horses and brought along their muskets and rifles. Often 'iron tools of neighboring farms were worked up by blacksmiths into rude weapons. Bullets were made by melting pewter furnished by housekeepers. (In the batles some had to keep their distance until the front lines had fallen and they were supplied with the arms of fallen men.) When victorious, they rifled the dead of weapons.

General Sumter was so daring and fearless he was called "The Gamecock."

I feel confident that this is describing my own ancestor as we also find fighting under General Sumter, John Pendleton, Daniel Sullivan, Andrew Young, and Jacob Young, to name just a few. These names are common to the Hughes family line from which I came.

I also found in my recent reading, a book of South Carolina Indian Affairs Documents. This is something for which I have searched. A small portion of the contents concerning Richard Heughes, 1757 will be posted here in a few days.

Due to a constant barrage of obscene spam, I have taken to closing all comments. If you would like to comment on this post send an email to jhsgran@aol.com and I will consider it as a post.

Land Lottery Information - State of GA

From The First Official Register of Land Lotteries of Georgia - Lottery of 1827

According to Sherwood's Gazetteer, Map of GA 1827, the land allotted in 1827 was bounded by the northern boundary of Carrol Co., the eastern boundary of Coweta to along the Flint River to and along the southern boundary of Lee and Randolph.

Those who had fought in the Revolutionary war or who were widows of Rev. War soldiers were given preference over others in this drawing. William H. Hughes was given 2 chances due to his service in the War of 1812.

Page 82 Burke County

William H. Hughes, Robinsons - No. 122 Dist. 2 Sec. 4

Other Hughes who won land in this lottery were Ann, Dempsey, Eliza, Eliah, George, Harden, Jane, John, (Gwinnett Co.) Joseph, Samuel, Sarah, Simon, Susan, Thomas, W.G. William, William W.

I apologize for not being able to list the counties of all of these, but once again, I did not have time to complete the research.

Now from the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of GA published in 1838 by Harper & Brothers under Valuable Works of Harper & Brothers and written by James F. Smith of Milledgeville, Georgia:

Page 91 - William Hughes, Hamiltons Gwinnett Co.

To win this land lottery, a person had to have lived in Georgia for three years. The person seeking the land went to Milledgeville (then capital) on the specified day and tickets were drawn simultaneously from drums. One drum contained names of the ticket holders and one the land lots giving districts and sections. In this way the person whose name was drawn knew immediately which lot he had drawn. He then paid the state a grant fee of $18.00 and the title was issued to him. From that time forward he could do whatever he chose with the land. The state did NOT require he live on the land or even cultivate it.

Pictures

For sometime, I have known about the website containing a picture of George Hughes, Nancy Swift, W.H. Hughes and S.P. Hughes. I suppose I thought everyone else knew about it too, but maybe some of you did not.

The names are so much like my family and they lived in an adjoining county in AL.

Distant Cousins

Most readers are probably already aware of the vast amount of information linked to this site, but for those who are not, you might want to look here:

DistantCousins.com

1790 SC census

I would like to thank Bill Murphy for this entry. He sent the census in as an EXCEL document and I could not get my system to upload that one, so it was saved as an HTML. Still it is readable.

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