Volume XXXIV
July 1, 1999                                                                                         

Jernigan Genealogy Homepage

Information Exchange

Jean Shroyer sends this info that she found in the Harris Co., TX book on Genealogy Charts submitted by some of the members back in 1983 which was compiled by the Harris Co., TX Genealogical Society.

1. John Campbell JERNIGAN, born 18 MAR 1897 Greene Co.,GA; mar. 30 JUN 1920; died 28 NOV 1965 Birmingham, AL

(spouse of No.1) Ruby Dee SANDERS born 27 JUN 1902 Frzier, GA; died 27 DEC 1973 Birmingham, AL

2. Leland Albert JERNIGAN born 14 APR 1867 Greene Co. GA; mar. 03 JUN 1886; died 13 APR 1948 Birmingham, AL

(spouse of No.2) Albert JERNIGAN ELEY born 04 JUL 1866 Greene Co., GA; died 07 JUN 1936 Ashburn, GA

3. Albert A. JERNIGAN born 16 FEB 1829 Greene Co., GA; mar. 15 OCT 1850; died 18 NOV 1892 Greene Co., GA

(spouse of No. 4) Rebecca Ann Margaret PARROTT born 14 OCT 1835 Greene Co., GA; died 22 MAY 1900 Greene Co., GA

4. Albert JERNIGAN born 16 MAY 1797 GA; mar. 1) 23 DEC 1822; died 20 AUG 1866 Greene Co., GA

(spouse of No.4) Lucy PERKINS born 09 MAY 1801 GA; died 01 MAY 1858 Greene Co., GA

The above couple also parents of Frances Eliza JERNIGAN (sister of Albert A. JERNIGAN) born JUN 1825 Greene Co., GA; died 16 NOV 1876 GA

5. Hardy JERNIGAN born 1766 Craven Co., SC; mar. 1790; died (Will Proven 21 MAR 1836 Hancock Co., GA)

(spouse of No. 5) Frances COLBERT born ca. 1777 NC; died 17 MAY 1854 Monroe Co., GA<BR>

Notes by TXJEAN@aol.com

1. Archibald PERKINS born ca. 1746 Goochland Co., VA mar. 1764 NC; died 15 OCT 1840 Greene Co., GA (son of Abram PERKINS and Cecily TURPIN of Goochland/Pittsylvania Co., VA to Orange and Caswell Co., NC.)

(spouse Elizabeth GIBBS (need data/lineage on her family) VA/NC

(See spouse of No. 4 Lucy PERKINS, dau. of Archibald and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Perkins of Greene Co., GA)

(These Perkins descend from the lineage of Nicholas PERKINS of ENG to America who settled in Virginia colonies.) Hunt, Perkins, Wade, Middlebrooks, Jernigan, Pound, Whitesides, Whitehurst, Ware, Lyon, Grimes, Swann, Hammock, Veasey, Colbert, Parrott and more relate to my connections here on the Perkins and Jernigans of VA to NC (some SC) and to TN and TX and OK....

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Billy Norrell writes, "Recently an article appeared in the Tri City Ledger which is published in Flomaton, Alabama (near the Florida Line). The article under "Jay Fla. News", is about a benefit held for Grayson Jernigan who will be having a kidney transplant on July 1st. I am including part of the article:"

" There was a benefit held at the Jay School auditorium on June 11 for Grayson Jernigan, who will be having a kidney transplant on July 1st (if all goes as planned). Grayson attended Chumuckla Elementary School where he was in kindergarden when he became sick. He is now being home-schooled due to having dialysis three times a week. Each treatment lasts four to five hours. Grayson will have to stay in the hospital for about a month after his kidney transplant. This will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, at UAB Medical Center. There is an account set up at Sun Bank in Milton, Florida, to help with these expenses if you would like to contribute."

Cards and letters may be mailed to the UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The address is UAB Hospital;
619 South 19th Street; Birmingham, AL 35233

(Thanks to Jeri Corbitt for finding the address of the hospital for us!)

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Barbara Fowler sends this peach recipe.

Southern Cooking, by Mrs. S.R. Dull 1928

Jernigan Sweet Pickled Peaches

Select ripe, firm fruit, peel and put into jar closely. Use a sweet Spiced vinegar, tie whole spices in cheese cloth, bring vinegar to boil, pour over the peaches, repeat for 9 monrnings. Keep fruit well under the vinegar. Cloves stuck into peaches (half dozen into each peach) make them look pretty. When this is done, do not add cloves to vinegar. Do not have to seal.

I was searching for a pickled peach recipe when I found this one in my mother's favorite old cookbook. In the preface of the book the following information is given about Mrs. Dull. I thought that this information and the date might be a clue as to which Jernigan family originated this recipe. Mrs. Dull was born in Laurens County, Georgia. Her father was Ira Eli Stanley, and her mother was Mary Breazeal. She is granddaughter of Ira Stanley, son of James Stanley, who moved to Laurens County from Newbern, NC. Mrs. Dull was the editor of the Home Economics page of the Atlanta Journal, which housekeepers read before turning to the society pages.

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If you have a Jesse in your family tree, you can thank Kay Stone for this information!

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Sharon Tingley writes, "A friend of mine sent me this information on the family of Elberta Loda Jarnagin, so I added it to my database. I have no idea how he fits in to the "big picture," but maybe it will help somebody"

15 iv. Lanny Royce WADE.

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Sharon Tingley found these tidbits in her files and sent them in case they could help someone.

Washington Pike Presbyterian Church Graveyard in Knox Co, TN

In memory of Hester Anderson, relict of the late Colonel James Anderson, formerly the wife of Captain J.B. Jarnigan

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Listed under Capt. Dye's Co., July 26, 1861, Sulphur Rock, AR:
T. N. Jernigan
(Note from Sharon Tingley: I think this should be T. M. Jernigan, for Thomas Morris Jernigan, b. 18 Dec 1843 TN; d. 20 Dec 1897 in Independence Co., AR. As a 16-year-old he lived with his parents, the Rev. Wm. H. & Dicy Jernigan, for the 1860 Independence Co. census. In 1870, he was living in Sulphur Rock P.O. with wife Arkansas and young son Thomas; next door were his parents.)

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From the TN Chattanooga Times, Monday, April 10, 1933, p. 2:
Mrs. Fannie S. Jernigan
Durham, NC, April 9 (UP) -- Mrs. Fannie Jernigan, 68, of Raleigh, widow of Thomas R. Jernigan, consul-general to Japan and to Shanghai, China, during the Cleveland administration, died of a heart attack here this afternoon while visiting Duke University.

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In Ebony, TX near the Regency Bridge there is a plaque in memory of Raymond Burns Jernigan, who died on May 9, 1924 at the age of 10 years old, when the bridge collapsed. The Regency Bridge connects Mills and San Saba Counties in Texas.
If anyone has further information on the family of Raymond Burns Jernigan, please contact Sharon Tingley.

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Kay C. Stone writes: I've finally gotten to this point, and here it is! Please let me know as soon as possible how many books you wish, in order to place the order. I plan to have it at the printer's by the first weekend in August. Print and binding time will be 4-6 weeks.

Jernigan Reunion

A Gathering of Some of the Descendants Of Thomas Jernigan,
Immigrant 1635
Of Nansemond County, Virginia
Particularly The Family of His
Great-Grandson
Henry Jernigan (ca. 1710-1783),
Planter
Of Johnston County, North Carolina

Originally Published
By
Lillian Jernigan Worley

Second Edition
Edited
By
Kay Crockette Stone

The original text has been faithfully preserved, although re-typed, re-ordered and indexed. New information, pictures, sources, and an addendum which includes some families not covered in the first edition has been added.
• 8 ½ X 11" size
• Every-name index
• Acid -free paper
• Hardbound cover

Order form for Jernigan Reunion
Prepublication price $25.00 each Pre-publication price valid until July 30, 1999
I would like to order ____ copies at $25.00 each. (S&H $3.50) $__________

Send to:
Name: ____________________________
Address: ____________________________
City: ____________________________
Zip code: ____________________________

Send order form and payment to:
Kay C. Stone
2240 Banana Road
Lakeland, FL 33810-2009

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Inquiries

Julie Tannehill is trying to locate Shane Eugene Jernigan DOB 10/10/84. Parents are Eugene Jernigan and Joni
Jernigan. She thinks he is located some where in the Georgia or Florida area. Julie is his sister. If you have any idea of his whereabouts please let her know.

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Larry and Debbie Simpson are searching for Richard Jernigan. He would be around 25 years old and graduated from North Georgia college in the ROTC program. He then went in Army and was stationed in Korea in 1996.

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Polly Hile writes, "I hope you can help me with my search for my gg-grandfather Floyd Jernigan b: 12-03-1885; d: 12-18-1944
1st wife was Maggie Lewis b: 1886 d: ? they had 5 children
1)- my g-grandfather Clifford Jernigan b : 05-13-1909 d: 11-07-1928 Muhlenburg Co., Martwick. wife: Zelpha Olas Ray b: 12-08-1906 d: 11-23-1992 Muhlenburg Co., Greenville. 1 child, my grandmother - Vera Mae Jernigan b: 10-16-1928 m: 08-25-1945 Thomas Jefferson Geary b: 04-08-1926 d: 04-18-1993 m: 12-18-1998 Howard Maurice Ward.
2) Thelma Jernigan b: 1905 d:?
3) Flora May Jernigan b:? d:?
4) Lorine Jernigan b: 06-09-1914 d:?
5) Pauline Jernigan b: ? d:?

Floyd m: Carrie ? b: 12-15-1895 d: 03-02-1988 they had 2 children
1) Nancy I. Jernigan b: 01-01-1930 d: 08-05-1945 drowned
2) Betty Joe Jernigan b: 05-06-1933 d: 05-06-1933
Most of these people are either buried in Nelson Creek Cemetery or Rose Hill Cemetery.

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Joe Armbruster writes, " I just started my Jernigan research. My Great-Great Grandmother was Roxanne Jernigan, d/o Arther and Julia Jernigan. Arther s/o Arther and Sarah Jernigan, both from North Carolina." 

Children of Arther Alford and Julia Ann Owens Jernigan:
Gerald L. born 1871
Frank, born 1889
George A., born 1876
All info is from census sheets

Roxanna J. , born April 1873, in TN, married Charles Merriman Feb 19, 1891 in Fayette Co. Illinois. Children are Hazel Merriman, born 1894, died 1912 and Illinois Merriman, born Dec. 1899.

Hazel had a child, Lucille Merriman, born May 23, 1912. adopted by Joseph and Esther Egan November 8, 1912. The adoption deed states that both parents are dead, however Lucille's birth certificate does not list a father and lists her as illegitimate.

Lucille married Lee Rea, born 1903 in Quitman Co. Mississippi, on Nov. 24, 1938, one child Florence Rea, born 1939, divorced 1941 (about), died July 14, 1978.

Florence Rea married John Armbruster 1960, 4 children, one is me. For ease:

Joe Armbruster< Florence Rea<Lucille Merriman<Hazel Merriman< Roxanna Jernigan.

Two other bits of info that I am working on: Roxanna remarried a Weiland by 1910 and was widowed by 1920 with additional children listed, but I am not sure of the parentage of the children. Additionally, there is a child Russell Merriman listed on 1920 census as a Grandchild and 9 years old. At that time Roxanne was a Weiland and the other daughter was too young, so it is possible that Hazel had another child, but Roxanne kept this one. If anyone has any further info on this line, please contact Joe.

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Nikki writes, "I'm not sure if you can help me or not, but I am trying to find information on a Fannie Jernigan, who married my great grandfather Noah Marsh in Smith County, Tn on May 24,1885.  This is all I have on her, so if any of these names, or dates look familiar please let me know.

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Lynda Spann came across some family names on a couple of back issues of the Jernigan Homepage.   Does anyone have any other information on the PUGHS OR TUNSTALLS?  If you do, please contact Lynda.

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Genealogy Links

Sharon Tingley sends this web site and says, "Check out this web site on Lorenzo Dow. Remember that Needham had a son Lorenzo D. and it is speculated that he was probably named after this well-known itinerant preacher, Lorenzo Dow.  They say that thousands of babies were named after him."

http://www.acun.com/dentons/Lorenzo%20Dow.htm

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Reunions

A Jernigan reunion hosted by descendants of Daniel Jernigan & Nancy McKay will be held July 10-11, 1999 in Troy AL.  Here's the scoop: Travelers arrive Fri, Jul 9. Reservations can be made at the Holiday Inn, Hwy 231 /Hwy 29, Troy AL. 334-566-1150 This is for double beds/kingsize beds at a cost of $55 per nite which includes two complimentary breakfasts. Each individual is responsible for making his/her own reservations, deadline is June 25. Make sure to identify that you are with the Jernigan Reunion to receive group rate.

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Editor's Note

The decision has been made.  We are moving to Pennsylvania.  Ed has accepted the job offer from Checkpoint.  We are told that he will mainly stay in the Pittsburgh area and won't be travelling as he was before.  This means that he will be home most nights!  Friday, we leave to head north to start house shopping!  Keep us in your prayers that we can find a house quickly that we can afford!  We need to get up there and settled before school starts again. 

It has been very busy around here in the Boots household with packing things up in boxes!  There is not a single room that doesn't have at least one box sitting in it!  We have very little "moving" around space as we prepare to move!  It has gotten to a point that the girls groan when they see boxes sitting on the side of the road or in a store, because they know that I'll be stuffing them in the car to take them home.  We also have been long range "house-shopping" on the internet.  Everyone has their criteria for the house.  Krystal wants a swimming pool, Cyndi seems to be very fond of hardwood floors (I don't know so don't ask me why), Ed wants property and a garage (a four car one will do), Kim insists on a four bedroom house.  It seems that the 15+ years as well as the 8 months that she spent in the womb is enough togetherness for her.  She wants her own room!  I will just be glad to have my own roof over my own head and the knowledge that I am where I am going to be!  I'm so tired of this limbo life I've been leading lately!

We have other wonderful news in our family. My nephew, Matthew Mcleod Dubis arrived on June 3rd!  He was 8 lbs, 4 oz and was 20" long.  (Why are babies long when the rest of us are tall?).  He is a joyful addition to my brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Beth's family.  His big brother Benjamin is quite tickled to have him around too!

Other celebrations this month will be my grandmother Jernigan's birthday.  She is a joy to be around with her fantastic sense of humor and love for all of us.  Happy Birthday Grandma!

Sharon Tingley has done all of us quite a service!  She has completed an every name index of the Jernigan Homepage.   I haven't had time to put it online yet, but hope to have it up when I return from my 4th of July/house hunting trip to PA.  It should make everyone's search of the pages by ancestor's name much easier!  Sharon, there are no words to amply thank you enough, but suffice to say, I am in your debt!

The Jernigan Homepage is probably moving as well in the near future.  I have been extended an offer that is too good to refuse.  I'll elaborate more later, but I will make sure that all of you are notified of the change!  If you aren't on my mailing list, drop me an email and I'll see to it that you are put on there!

For those of you who are sending me information to put on the homepage (and I am happy to hear from anyone with info!), please put "For the Homepage" in the subject line.  This will make it easier for me to identify it amongst all the other stuff I receive.

Krystal's softball team finished in first place for her age group.  Go Hot Rods!  It was a very exciting tournament.

Kim is off on a mission trip this week in Pikeville, TN.  She is there with a handful of youths from our church working on a construction project for a family in need.  When she left she said that she thought that they would be painting and building a wheelchair ramp.  I was very impressed with Kim.  I told her that if she wanted to go on the mission trip, she would have to earn the $200.00.  She agreed and went to work doing odd jobs to earn most of the money.  To make up for what she didn't earn, she put all the money she received for her birthday towards the trip and some family members contributed the rest.  Kim wants to make mission trips a regular event in her life.

I will be leaving Friday morning to head for Tennessee to pick Kim up on the way (so to speak) to PA.  The route that I am taking to Pikeville takes me pretty much in the footsteps of my great-great grandfather, Blake Jernigan as he fought with the 32nd Ga during the civil war. Starting in Kennesaw Mountain to Cartersville, Adairsville, Calhoun, Resaca, Dalton, Tunnel Hill and ending up in Chickamauga and Chattanooga!  I plan to have a great day before picking Kim up in the evening.  I'll be sure to fill you in on the next homepage.

I hope that all of you have a wonderful 4th of July!  Remember all of the men who fought so bravely (especially the Jernigans!) for us to have this day to celebrate. But be careful!  I want all of you to enjoy the barbeques, picnics and fireworks, but please stay safe!  I'll see ya next month!

Until then... Happy Hunting!

Your editor,
Marla Boots

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