Pioneer Families of Elim Baptist Church (Ludowici, Georgia)

This list was taken from the Elim Baptist Church (Ludowici--formerly Johnson Station, Long County--formerly Liberty County, GA) website: www.elimbc.com

Pioneer Families

Information was derived from Elim Cemetery records, census records, Liberty County Marriage Records and family histories. "Pioneer families" listed are families with at least one person born prior to 1860, who were members of the church, and/or families related or closely associated to known members of the early Elim Baptist Church living within the Elim, Rye Patch, Johnsons Station (Ludowici), Walthourville, and Jones Creek communities. This list may not be all inclusive of the pioneer families who were closely associated or related to members of the church.

Andrews,

Edward Quarterman (1800-1880) & Margaret Beasley (1805-1881) m. 2-29-1822

Andrews,

Heartwell S. (1832-1900’s) & Catharine Ashmore (1842-1919) m. 12-1-1859

** Atkinson,

William Dawkins (1818-1879) & Elizabeth Jane Loyall (1814-1864) m.

Baggs

, William (1794-1844) & Charity Hope (1798-1885), m. 4-10-1821

Baggs, Sr.

Archibald (1760-1840) & Hannah Esther Dennison (1773-1841) m. 1790

Baxter,

Redden Gentry (1847-1929) & Julia Ann Gany (1848-1910) m. 1867

Beasley,

Joshua Edward (1842-1892) & Sarah S. McGowan (1847-1900) m. 8-30-1869

** Blount

, Rev. George A. (1846-1925) & Emma Ingram (1846-1935), m. 2-9-1871

** Bennett,

Rev. William Braxton (1842-1932) & Lavinia C. Street (1844-1935) m. 5-6-1865

Brewer,

James (1793-1853) & Delilah Simmons (1800–1880’s) m. unk

Brewer

, James Hendley (1844- ) & Maryann Martha Anderson (1847- ) m. 9-16-1869

Brewer,

Jesse (1829-1907) & Georgia Ann (1830- ) m. unk

Brewer

, Jesse Cling (1854- ) & Mary L. Branson ( ) m. 1-11-1878

* Brewer,

William B. (1818-1890) & Catherine Parker (1821-1893) m. 5-7-1840

Brewer

, William Hampton (1850-1931) & Lelia Middleton (1863-1925) m. 1880

** Brinson,

Isaac J. (1827-1867) & Rebecca (1826-1876) m.

** Butler

, William T. E. (1837- ) & Sarah E. (1842- ) m.

Clark,

Nicholas J. (1812-1850’s) & Caroline Hodges (1827-1902) m. 12-17-1845

Clark,

William N. (1852-1916) & Catherine Brunetta Wheeler (1856-1901) m. 12-7-1876

** Daniell

, David Gornto (1808-1884) & Mary J. Bettison (about 1795-1881) m. 7-23-1829

Darsey

, William Baillee (1800-1866) & Naomi Smart (1779-1850) m. 10-13-1824

** Darsey,

William Oscar (1840-1913) & Ann America "Mackey" Miller (1846-1915) m. 1865

Delk,

John (1812-1896) & Jane Hodges (1814-1887) m. 3-6-1834

DeLoach, Jr.

Hardy (1758-1828) & Mary Elizabeth Ross (1762-1830) m. 1782

DeLoach, Sr.

Hardy (1735-1820) & Elizabeth Hart (1738-1800) m. 1757

Devereaux,

Karon (1815-1860’s) & Delilah Lily Johns (1844-1901) m. 1-1-1844

Devereaux,

John Z. (1849-1918) & Narcissa Adella (Andrews) Shaw (1847-1916) m. unk

Devereaux,

Patrick B. (1847-1920) & Amanda E. Gany (1850-1926) m. 1-12-1868

Devereaux,

James M. (1851-1909)

Devereaux,

Owen C. (1853-1923) & Laura A. Butler (1859-1935) m. 1883

Dreggors

, Daniel W. (1836-1878) & Laura C. McGowan (1844-1910)

Dunham

, William B. (1852- ) & Sarah Jane Hodges (1849-1916) m. 1875

Easterling

, Joel (1823- ) & Sarah A. Shaw (1823- ) m. 2-10-1853

* Foster

, Doctrine Hampton (1831- ) & Sarah Smith (1832-1912) m. 9-20-1854

Foster

, John H. (1795- ) & Margaret A. Reddish (1820- ) m. 12-29-1840

Foster

, John R. (1850- ) & Sarah J. Lang (1849-) m. 1880

Gaskin

, Manly J. (1855-1894) & Lilava W. Lee (1868-1941) m. unk

Gordon

, Artemus (1830-1895) & Nancy Brewer (1833-after 1900) m. 6-9-1853

Groover,

Charles A. (1829-1873) & Rebecca Robinson (1835-1887) m. 8-13-1851

Herbert

, Richard Michael (1817- ) & Jane Brewer (1827- ), m. 19 Jan 1843

*** Herbert

, George Richard (1857-1922) & Mary L. C. Gordon (1854-1916) m. 12-27-1876

*

+ Hodges, Elias Robert (1820-1901) & Eleanor Smith (1825-1889) m. 1-12-1843

+ Hodges

, William Elias (1852-1873) & Nicey Elinor Stewart (1848-1912) m. 1-2-1873

Hodges

, James Luther (1856-1926) & Martha Corrine Wheeler (1857-1926) m. 7-8-1875

Hodges

, John Gideon (1854-1923) & Sarah Eugenia Wheeler (1859-1951) m. 2-10-1876

Holland,

James ( ) & Laura Frances Brewer (1858- ) m. unk

Hope

, William (1770-1850) & 1^{st wife Sealia Wright (1770-1820) m. 1793}

& 2nd wife Bathsheba Davis (1803- ) m. 5-22-1822

Hope,

Jeff ( ) & Louise Delilah Brewer (1842-1919) m. unk

Horne

, Hendley Foxworth (1814-1899) & Susan Parker (1816-1844) m. 10-2-1832

*

Howard, John Hall (1824-1878) & Sarah Ann Brewer (1835-1909) m. 4-7-1853

Howard

, James Richard (1854-1922) & Rebecca Jane Wheeler (1861-1918) m. 4-6-1881

Howard

, James Solomon (1857-1911) & Emmaline Smart (1852-1909) m. 11-3-1878

Howard

, John Archibald (1858-1939) & Miriam E. Zorn (1859-1939) m. 1-10-1874

Howard,

John (1798- ) & Rachel DeLoach (1795-1855) m. unk

Howard

, William Henry (1856-1936) & Susan Jane Baggs (1864-1953) m. 1-21-1885

Keaton

, Kader Lawson (1826-1902) & Julia Anna Shaw (1827-1897/98) m. 1-9-1847

Keaton

, Henry Clay (1849-1913) & Martha Jane Flowers (1851-1915) m. 1873

Lee

, Thomas Benjamin (1833-1913) & Caroline (Hodges) Clark(1827-1902) m.5-27-1860

Maulden

, Andrew Fraser (1822-1913) & Mary Jane Dreggors (1833-1917) m.10-15-1857

Maulden,

William Washington (1858-1925) & Julia Ester Gordon (1859- ) m. 2-7-1878

McGowan

, Gideon Alonzo (1814-1856) & *Nancy Smith (1818-1894) m. unk

McGowan

, John (1802- ) & Sarah Middleton (1805- ) m. 1-4-1819

McGowan

, Joseph Edward (1851-1907) & C. Pauline Parker (1848-1902) m.12-13-1871

McVeigh,

James ( ) & Mary Brewer (1825-1854) m. 4-2-1844

Middleton

, Richard Benjamin (1830-1897) & Mary Emily McGowan (1841-1905) m.10-20-1857

Middleton

, William (1801-1871) & Elizabeth Ryals (1808-1889) m. 1821

Miller,

Elbert (1833-1863) & Susan Catherine Floyd (1837-1901) m. 4-3-1859

Miller,

Edward Payson (1840-1910) & Melissa Edwards (1846- ) m. unk

Mobley

, Hendley Washington (1854-1929) & Harriet Elizabeth Foster (1861-1927) m. unk

Mobley

, Albert (1830-1864) & Cynthia Scott (1835-1905) m. 8-22-1850

Murray, Jr.

Jehu Jackson Styles (1831-1882) & Amanda Fullwood (1835-1869) m.7-1-1853

Murray

, Francis M. (1859-1941) & Lee Hampton Foster (1865-1935) m. 1880

** Norris

, John Gordon (1842- ) & Sarah "Sallie" E. (1850- ) m. 1876

** Parker, Jr.

William Hall (1811-1887) & Sarah Jane Carter (1814-1900) m. about 1833

Parker

, George Washington (1814-1869) & Arsenath Sena Baxter (1825-1864) m.12-15-1840

Pinholster,

David E. (1797-1852) & Lubedia Maulden (1812- ) m. 4-29-1829

Pinholster,

John E. (1834-1862) & Amanda Maulden (1839-1870) m. unk

** Price, Jr.

Reverend Lewis (1828-1894) & Susan F. Geiger (1840-1890) m. 12-23-1858

Ray

, Elias Still (1832-1906) & 3rd wife Eliza Gertrude Sanders (1853-1882) m. unk

*

+ Shaw, John (1796-1860’s) & Sarah Ann Harnage (1809-1883) m. unk

Shaw

, George Washington (1838-1874/5) & Narcissa Adella Andrews (1847-1916) m.1-7- 1868

Shaw

, Jeremiah Landrum/Lamar (1832-1898) & Mary Abelle Smart (1845-1911)

Sheppard

, Edmond Jackson (1815-before 1870) & Mary Martin-Dreggors (1822-1890) m. 4-9-1844

Simmons,

Isaiah (1849-1925) & Elenor Florilla Wheeler (1847-1929) m. 12-17-1869

Sloan

, John R, (1843- ) & Nancy Elizabeth Sophronia Hodges (1845-1919) m. unk

Smith

, James Madison (1823-1893) & Mary Louisa Baggs (1822-1897) m. 12-16-1847

Smith

, William Baxter (1815-1856) & Mary Ann Hodges (1818- ), m. 12-21-1837

Smith, Jr.

William (1789-1867) & Mary Ann Baxter (1790-1856) m. 8-10-1810

Stewart

, William Frederick (1848-1935) & Martha Ann Hodges (1843-1918) m. unk

Tidwell

, John J. (1839-1898) & Jane L. Devereaux (1846-1925) m. unk

++ Way

, John E. (1832-1922) & Margaret Robinson Fennel (1834-1913) m. 6-11-1852

Way, Jr.

John (1790-1850’s) & *Sarah Ann DeLoach (1806-1880’s) m. 8-19-1828

Way

, William Fleming (1844-1924) & MaryAnn Holland Zorn (1853-1940) m. 1870

Way,

William Byron (1858-1934) & Alice Theodora Devereaux (1860-1955) m. 5-16-1880

Wells

, Evan (1827-1902) & Georgia Ann Price (1834- ) m. 3-13-1851

Wells,

William S. (1855-1904) & Mary D. Devereaux (1856-1934) m. 1856

Wheeler

, Capers B. (1855-1890) & Alice C. McGowan (1854-1900’s) m. 7-19-1877

Wheeler

, Henry John Ripley (1822-1881) & *Zilpha Brewer (1822-1896) m. 9-12-1844

Wheeler,

Rev. Jacob (1808-bef 1870) & Mary (1816- ) m. unk

Wheeler

, James Ferman (1836- ) & Harriet Amanda Hodges (1848-1882) m. unk

*

Wheeler, Robert John (1780-1874) & Catherine P. Bacon (1781-1879) m. 6-12-1806

Wheeler

, Thomas B. (1816-1893) & Sarah A. (1829-1896) m. unk

Wheeler

, Edmond Bacon (1854-1943) & Emily Elizabeth Flowers (1861-1941) m. 2-17-1881

Yarbrough

, Elijah (1853-1935) & Mary C. (1853-1927) m. 1872

Yarbrough

, Needom M. (1812-1895) & Rebecca (1822-1904) m. unk

Zorn

, Daniel W. (1856-1929) & Sara Ursula Long (1867-1945) m. 11-27-1884

++ Zorn

, James Daniel (1835- ) & Mary Jane Surrency (1838-1913) m. 2-27-1859

Zorn

, William Thomas (1826-1906) & Nancy Dubberly (1830-1910) m. 10-28-1852

++ Zorn

, William Washington (1824-1900) & Emiline A. Shaw (1834-1870’s) m. 8-10-1865

2nd wife Mary Elizabeth Darsey (1854-1898) m. 12-24-1872

* Charter Members of Elim Baptist Church organized in 1857

** Pastors of Elim Baptist Church

*** Clerks of Elim Baptist Church

+ Deacons of Elim Baptist Church

++ Served both as Clerk and Deacon of Elim Baptist Church

 

         

Morgan Harbin LOONEY (Part 1)

Professor MORGAN HARBIN LOONEY by Teresa McVeigh                     

Morgan Harbin LOONEY was a famous educator, author, and Chautauqua lecturer in the 19th Century. Before public schools became popular, he started schools in Georgia, Texas and Arkansas.

Morgan LOONEY was born 27 October 1827 in Fairplay, Oconee County, South Carolina. He was the son of Noah LOONEY (1799-1876) and Sarah Frances CLEVELAND MCNEIL (1802-1889), daughter of John McNEIL and Frances CLEVELAND. Noah was the son of Robert LOONEY (bef. 1749-1824), son of Adam LOONEY (1725-bef 1770), son of Robert LOONEY (bef 1692-1770) who probably emigrated from the Isle of Man about 1731 to Pennsylvania, then later settled in Augusta County, Virginia. He was named Morgan for Nancy MORGAN HART, a famous Revolutionary War heroine.

By the 1830 Census Noah LOONEY had moved to Carnesville in Franklin County, Georgia, where Morgan started school. “His education in Carnesville, GA was first under his cousin, Dr. Claud BARTON, then for about 5 years under Prof. Cecil HAMMOND, a Yale graduate. He learned elocution, mathematics, Latin, Greek, rhetoric, and composition.” He began teaching Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Math in Hartwell, Georgia when he was age fourteen.

On 26 December 1849 he married Sarah E PARKER, daughter of John D and Nancy (MERRITT) PARKER. Morgan’s brother George later wrote a letter to the editor of The Sun (30 Oct 1933, College Park, GA) about the wedding:

"...my brother, Morgan H. Looney had boarded at John D. Parker's to teach a school at Parker's Store--my sister Sarah Ann Looney was a pupil. B.B. Parker and Sarah Ann Parker were also students. At the close of the session, Miss Sarah Ann Looney became Mrs. Sarah Ann Parker, and Miss Sarah Ann Parker had changed her name to Sarah Ann Looney. The marriages had been consummated on successive nights as weddings and infaires as was the custom in those days. Mr. Parker went to Elbert Co. to teach. Mr. Looney to Palmetto where his wife had many relatives among the Redwines and Hearnes. Both became famous teachers."

By the 1850 Census Morgan and Sarah LOONEY had moved to Coweta County, Georgia. Sarah Parker LOONEY died there 28 Mar 1851. Her tombstone tombstone is in New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, 5 miles north of Palmetto (Coweta County), GA.

Sacred
To the Memory of
Mrs. Sarah E. Looney
Who died in Coweta Co. on the 28t
of March 1851
She was the kind and obedient daughter,
The gentle and loving wife, the patient
and pious Christain.
At the hour of death she was perfectly
resigned and happy.
An Early flower ere the glory of its
summer, has faded away from earth
But it blooms again in heaven, to fade
and wither no more.
Lo soft remembrance drops the pious tear,
And Holy Love stands yet a mourner here.


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