Volume LXXIV
August 1, 2003
Information Exchange
C. Jones sends this
tidbit on Elizabeth Elliott who married Sam H. Jernigan.
Elizabeth Elliott was born 30 May 1864. Children were:
Infant Jernigan b. 1886
James Irvin b. 9 Nov. 1887, died 1952
William Lawrence b. Dec. 1890 Iva Mac? b.22 Jan. 1893 (lived in Ft. Worth, Tx)
Mary Eliz. b. 22 Sep.1895
Lera Bell b. 23 Feb.1898 (near Atlanta Ga.)
Marvin b. 25 Feb. 1901
Samuel Benton b. 6 Nov.1903
She has little else on this line except Elizabeths' ancestors. Thanks for the info. Every little bit helps!
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Sharon Tingley sends the following obits. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families.
This one came originally from Joan Johnson.
Abilene Reporter
EASTLAND - Steven Austin Haines, 19, died Wednesday June 25, 2003, from injuries received in a car accident.
Services will be Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Eastland with the Rev. Jim R. Wright officiating. Burial will be at the Merriman Cemetery. Edwards Funeral Home of Eastland will conduct the services.
Austin was born March 5, 1984, in Eastland, Texas to Steve and Sandra Haines. Austin was a 2002 graduate of Eastland High School and was a student at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos at the time of his death.
Austin was a loving son and brother. He was kind and good- hearted and will be missed by many. Austin loved to be with his family and friends. While he enjoyed all sports, Austin had a real love for golf.
Austin was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Jack and Ann Jernigan and Bertha Tankersly; and by his grandparents, D. H. and LaWanta Livingston and Jane Ann Lewis. He is survived by his parents, Steve and Sandra Haines; his sister, Ashlie Haines; his grandparents, Ed and Mary Lyn Haines and Charles and Beverly Lewis; great-grandparents, Dick and Katheryn Johns. Austin is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends including his girlfriend, Amanda Walker.
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June 20, 2003
Eugene, Oregon Register Guard
Charlotte Jernigan
SPRINGFIELD - A memorial service will be held June 22 for Charlotte LaVonne
Jernigan of Springfield, who died June 18 of heart failure. She was 62.
Jernigan was born May 2, 1941, in Sanger, Calif., to Otis Pierce and Carrie Medlock Props. She earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education at the
University of Oregon.
She married R. Curt Jernigan in Sparks, Nev., on Sept. 16, 1967. He died May 23, 2002.
Jernigan worked as a teacher. She also was a homemaker and a volunteer.
Her interests included studying the Bible and spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include four daughters, Darla Dowdy of Dexter, Lisa Gielish of Jasper, and Kari Jernigan and Wyndi Krueg, both of Springfield; five sisters, 10
grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Sunday's service will be at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. American Burial & Cremation Alternatives in Springfield is in charge of arrangements.
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Friday, December 27, 2002
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Wilma Jarnagin
LITTLEFIELD - Services for Wilma Grace Jarnagin, 65, of Plano will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hammons Chapel with the Rev. Donnie Howell officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Hammons Funeral Home in Littlefield. She died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002.She was born May 19, 1937, in Littlefield. She attended Littlefield schools and Anton High School. She moved to Long Beach, Calif., with her family in 1953. She graduated in 1955 from Wilson High School in Long Beach. She moved with her family to Anaheim, Calif., in 1963 and stayed until 1976. She worked with her mother in the family catering business for more than 20 years, beginning in 1983. She retired and moved to Plano in 1996 and helped run a day care business until 1997.Survivors include two sons, Ricky Lee Evans of Chino, Calif., and Johnny Boyd Evans of Plano; a daughter, Cynthia Sue Donnelly of Bartlesville, Okla.; and five grandchildren.
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Sharon received the following obits for Dr. Archie Stallings from Bill Josey.
Jernigan Descendant Discovered Anthrax Serum
Archie Stallings was the son of Emma Elizabeth Josey and William Daniel
Stallings III; the grandson of Thomas Jefferson Josey and Emily Francis Jernigan;
and the great-grandson of William Jernigan and Emily Sharp.
Archie was b. 30 Jan 1894 in Brazos Co., TX and d. 23 Apr 1974 in Montgomery,
TX. He is buried in the Alexander Cemetery in Bryan, TX.
Serum Discoverer Rites Held; Former Houstonian
Bryan (AP) -- Services are held here today for Dr. Archie Stallings, 80, the former Houston veterinarian who discovered a serum for the treatment of anthrax, a blood disease that affects cattle. Stallings died at his home near Montgomery.
Stallings, a native of Brazos County, received his degree from Texas A&M in 1923. He discovered the anthrax serum in the early 1930s. It was first used in Fort Bend County where at that time an epidemic of the disease was killing cattle. Later he operated his own veterinary clinic in Houston for 30 years.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Archie Jr., of Houston and Donald Howell of Morgan City, La.; and three daughters, Mrs. Alice Ray Overton of Wilmette, Ill., Mrs. Kathleen Cox of Houston, and Mrs. Betty Jo Reilly of Bronte, Tex.
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Wynell Simpson
the following info on the David & Alice Jernigan line.
1. David JERNIGAN. Born in 1723 in NC. David died in Wayne Co., NC in
1783-1791.
WILL written 28 JAN 1783
David married Alice, in WAYNE CO NC. Born in 1723 in Wayne Co., NC. Alice
died in Wayne Co., NC aft 1783. We do not know the last name of Alice. Some
say it is Page, but I have seen no source or proof of that. David's will
probated 1790/1.
They had the following children:
2 i. Alice (1749-) [Johnny Simpson's line]
3 ii. Polly (ca1750-)
4 iii. David (ca1755-1793)
5 iv. Steven (ca1760-1800)
6 v. Mary M (1752-1814)
7 vi. Isabel (1756-1821) [Wynell Simposn's line]
Second Generation
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Family of David JERNIGAN (1) & Alice
2. Alice JERNIGAN. Born in 1749 in Wayne Co., NC.
Alice married Joseph INGRAM, son of William INGRAM (1729-1771) & Elizabeth (1729-). Born ca 1749 in Nc. Joseph died in Johnston Co., NC in 1806, he
was 57.
They had the following children:
i. Nancy. Born in 1769.
ii. William. Born in 1772 in Johnston Co., NC.
8 iii. Needham (1780-1835)
iv. Elizabeth. Born in 1782 in Johnston Co., NC. Elizabeth married Charles STEVENS. Born in Sampson Co., NC.
v. Alice "Alcy". Born in 1785 in Johnston Co., NC. Alice "Alcy" married Daniel JOYNER. Born in Sampson Co., NC.
vi. Joseph. Born in 1790. Joseph died in Johnston Co., NC in 1843, he was
53. On 27 Apr 1818 when Joseph was 28, he first married Elizabeth BOON, in
Johnston Co., NC. On 23 Dec 1833 when Joseph was 43, he second married Rebecca THOMSON, in
Johnston Co., NC.
3. Polly JERNIGAN. Born ca 1750 in WA CO NC. Polly married Solomon HERRING, son of Anthony HERRING & Pattey. Born in 1730
in Bertie Co., NC? Solomon died in Wayne Co., NC in 1789, he was 59.
They had the following children:
i. Steven. Born in 1768 in Dobbs Co., NC.
ii. Sally. Born in 1772 in Dobbs Co., NC.
4. David JERNIGAN Jr. Born ca 1755 in Wayne Co., NC. David died in Wayne
Co., NC in 1793, he was 38. David married Millie, daughter of Joseph PIPKIN (-1789) & Susanna YEATES.
They had one child:
i. Page. Born ca 1775. Page married Sarah "Sally" EDWARDS.
5. Steven JERNIGAN. Born ca 1760 in Wayne Co., NC. Steven died in Wayne
Co., NC in 1800, he was 40.
Children:
i. Ally. Born ca 1788. On 31 Dec 1808 when Ally was 20, she married John TANNER, son of Samuel
TANNER (1744-1851), in Muhlenberg Co., KY.
9 ii. Nancy (ca1789-)
iii. Ailsy. Born ca 1790. On 27 Apr 1811 when Ailsy was 21, she married Thomas TANNER, son of Samuel
TANNER (1744-1851), in Muhlenberg Co., KY.
6. Mary M JERNIGAN. Born on 5 Apr 1752 in WA CO NC. Mary M died on 4 Jun
1814, she was 62. Research: Mary McKinne deed of gift to daughter Zilpha Fellows 13 Feb 1806
Hist'l S'n Fams, vol. 1, p 239. In 1770 when Mary M was 17, she married William McKINNIE. Born on 19 Feb
1749 in Wayne Co., NC. William died in Wayne Co., NC on 17 Sep 1790, he was 41.
They had the following children:
i. William (Twin). Born on 29 Oct 1771 in Wayne Co., NC. William died on
12 Feb 1842, he was 70. William married Elizabeth FULGHAM, daughter of Raiford FULGHAM & Winniford
PIERCE.
ii. John (Twin). Born on 29 Oct 1771. John married Elizabeth POPE.
iii. David. Born in 1773 in Wayne Co., NC. David married Mary WOOTON.
iv. Zilpha. Zilpha married William FELLOWS.
v. Alice. Alice died on 1 Feb 1853. Alice married Arthur FULGHAM, son of Raiford FULGHAM & Winniford PIERCE.
vi. Richard. Richard married Nancy COGDELL.
vii. Michael. Michael married Lottie POPE.
viii. Elizabeth. Elizabeth married William BOYKIN.
7. Isabel JERNIGAN. Born on 1 Nov 1756 in Wayne Co., NC. Isabel died in Wayne Co., NC on 10 Oct 1821.
Isabel married John HOWELL, son of Joshua HOWELL (1730-1799) & unk UNK (-1790/1795). Born on 29 May 1753 in Wayne Co., NC. John died in Wayne Co.,
NC on 15 Mar 1843. Research: American Revolution; Birthdate from Rev War Pen App and from Bible records from Joe Tucker.
They had the following children:
i. Polly. Born in 1777. Polly married unk HARRISON.
10 ii. Lewis (1778-1840)
11 iii. David (1790-1849)
12 iv. Alice (1785-1846)
13 v. Nancy (1786-1841)
vi. Wesley. Born on 2 Nov 1787 in Wayne Co., NC. Wesley died on 6 Aug 1837, he was 49.
14 vii. Ira Ezekiel (1796-1850)
Third Generation
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Family of Alice JERNIGAN (2) & Joseph INGRAM
8. Needham INGRAM. Born on 27 May 1780 in Johnston Co., NC. Needham died in
Ingram Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN in Oct 1835, he was 55. Needham married Nancy KING, daughter of Michael KING (1755-) & Sarah "Sally"
RHODES. Born on 27 May 1777 in Sampson Co., NC. Nancy died in Ingram Cemetery, McNairy Co.,
TN in Jul 1855, she was 78.
They had the following children:
i. Sarah (1802-1863)
ii. Needham (1806-)
iii. Mariah (1810-1843)
iv. Harriet Jane (1826-1861)
v. Ailcey
vi. Bryant
vii. Mary Ann
viii. William (-<1854)
Family of Steven JERNIGAN (5)
9. Nancy JERNIGAN. Born ca 1789. In Mar 1805 when Nancy was 16, she married James TANNER, son of Samuel
TANNER (1744-1851), in Muhlenberg Co., KY. Born in 1780. James died in Williamson Co., IL on 11 Apr 1851, he was 71.
They had the following children:
i. Samuel (1811-)
ii. Stephen "Steve" (1806-1894)
Family of Isabel JERNIGAN (7) & John HOWELL
10. Lewis HOWELL. Born on 6 Dec 1778 in Wayne Co., NC. Lewis died in Perry
Co., AL in 1840. Research: _Monroe Co., MS History Book_ "On Jun 11, 1838 Lewis Howell
purchased 640 acres of land in Monroe co., from Boling C. Burnett. This land was Section 4, Township 14 South, Range 7, East, located on the west
side of the Aberdeen Cotton-Gin Road approximately four miles north of Aberdeen." ". . . his son in law Archibald Campbell came to cultivate the
land." p. 579. Birthdate from Bible records of Joe Tucker. Lewis married Unknown. Born in 1775 in Wayne Co., NC. Unknown died in Perry
Co., AL on 19 Jan 1839, she was 64.
They had the following children:
i. Bennett B (1795-)
ii. John R (1798-<1850)
iii. Wiley W. (1799-)
iv. Needham (1803-)
v. Mary Ann (1805-1860)
vi. James F. (1806-)
vii. William (1810-1876)
viii. Rufus King (1812-)
ix. Jethro Ballard (1815-1897)
11. David HOWELL. Born in 1790 in Wayne Co., NC. David died in Wayne Co., NC
in 1849, he was 59. Research: David Howell Nov 1849. John Wm. Howell, James R. Howell, Jane
Holland, Dolly Howell, Sally Edwards. 10 - 310. David married unk. unk died bef 1847 in Wayne Co., NC.
They had the following children:
i. Serena J. "Jane" (1818-)
ii. Dolly (1824-)
iii. John W (1826-)
iv. Sally (1830-)
v. James Robert (1835-)
12. Alice HOWELL. Born on 2 Feb 1785 in Wayne Co., NC. Alice died in Wayne
Co., NC on 4 Apr 1846, she was 61. Alice married Henry CHEEK. Born in 1770. Henry died in Wayne Co., NC.
They had one child:
i. Henry R. (1824-)
13. Nancy HOWELL. Born on 24 Dec 1786 in Wayne Co., NC. Nancy died on 9 Mar
1841, she was 54. Nancy married KEATON.
They had the following children:
i. Mahala
ii. Polly
14. Ira Ezekiel HOWELL. Born in 1796 in Wayne Co., NC. Ira Ezekiel died in
Marengo Co., AL on 26 Aug 1850, he was 54. Research: Bible of Ira E. Howell bought in Mobile March 1st day 1845.
On 5 Oct 1827 when Ira Ezekiel was 31, he married Sintha ROBARDS, daughter of John ROBARDS Jr. & Rachel NIX, in Marengo Co., AL. Born on 4 Jan 1806 in
GA. Sintha died in Marengo Co., AL.
They had the following children:
i. Rachael G. (1829-)
ii. Rebecca Ann (1831-1847)
iii. John W. (1834-1837)
iv. Wiley Lafayette (1837-1915)
v. Matthew P (1839-1848)
vi. Harriett Sophia (1843-)
vii. Hannah L.
viii. Elizabeth
Wynell Simpson’s line is Isabell Jernigan who married John Howell. Her son Lewis Howell. Lewis’ daughter Mary Ann Howell married Archibald
Campbell. They married in Perry Co., AL and moved to Monroe Co., MS and before 1850 moved to Cass Co., TX.
We still do not know who was the wife of Lewis Howell.
We still do not know the wife of Joshua Howell who died 1791 nor his parents.
Johnny Simpson’s line is Alice Jernigan who married Joseph Ingram. Their son
Needham Ingram. Needham Ingram’s daughter Mariah Ingram married William
Simpson, Jr. and lived in Hardeman Co., TN.
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Patricia Walker Lyon sends the following about Oscar Jernigan and say that if you want more info, just whistle! Thanks Patricia!
Oscar Jernigan married a distant cousin of Patricia's named MALLIE CAROLYN HUBBARD. She was born 3/18/1874 in Pontotoc Co., MS. Mallie was a daughter of THOMAS LAFAYETTE HUBBARD and MARY ANN E. BRIGHT.
Here is her father's obit:
July 13, 1916 - Mr. Tom HUBBARD died last Sunday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar JERNIGAN. He had suffered with cancer of the face for a long time. Burial next to his wife at Campground, who died ten years ago. Thomas Lafayette HUBBARD, third son of Wylie and Martha Ann (JONES) HUBBARD, pioneer citizens from Giles county, Tennessee, was born June 1840 not far from where he now rests. He was reared there and married Miss Mary Ann BRIGHT of the same community. To them were born nine children, three of whom have passed away, two of them being married daughters and a son. Beside two sons and four daughters, he leaves a brother who lives in South Mississippi, the only remaining of his family.
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Barbara Fowler sends this tidbit which came from Dan Fairfax's list and was sent in by Bill Snipes. I think I covered everyone now!
The History of Needham
Needham in England
From Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary, in four volumes, 1831, it appears that Needham Market is in the County of Suffolk in the Parish of Barking, Hundred of Bosmere and Claydon, nine miles northwest of Ipswich. Population 1300 in 1831, 1393 in 1880. There is also in England another Needham, a parish in the Hundred of Earsham, Norfolk, one and one fourth miles southwest from Harleston. Population 351 in 1831. It is in the southern part of the County of Norfolk near the County of Suffolk. Dedham is in the northeast corner of the County of Essex, and but a short distance from the boundary between that County and Suffolk. Population 1651 in 1831. Suffolk is south of Norfolk, and Essex is south of Suffolk.
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Kay Stone sends this info:
Shady Grove Cem (Cofee Co., TN); Cem Comm. Apr 1996
F6 Ed Jernigan 17 Dec 1917 - 18 Jan 1997; (s/o Odie & Pearl); b/o Lorine
Heatherly; single
C22 Jernigan, Robert 8 May 1898 - 8 Aug 1935; s/o Robert Lee & Ella (Smith) Jernigan from Viola, TN
Gs/o George & Susan Jernigan from Gossberg, TN
Gs/o Alex Smith from Viola, TN
Md. Nellie Cooper
Ch: Louise, Robert Leon, Hazel, Bettie Lois
Note: Robert killed in car wreck just before Bettie Lois was born.
Cemetery Records of Robertson Co, TN
Vol III pg 23. 15-38 Jacobs Cemetery - Rock House Rd.
Jernigan, Daniel A. 4 Oct 1813 - 13 Jul 1896
Vol II Other Pages
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery - Hwy 52 E of Orlinda
Jernigan, Ewing M. 13 Nov 1878 - 24 Oct 1956}
Jernigan, Emma 18 Apr 1879 - 13 Nov 1962}
Jernigan, James L Sr. 2 Sep 1855 - 23 Feb 1929
Jernigan, Maggie 1 Jul 1861 - 16 Aug 1934
Jernigan, C B 17 Mar 1886 - 26 Aug 1945
Vol II Pg 8 Orlinda Cem.
Jernigan, James P. 13 Nov 1863 - 19 Jul 1952
Jernigan, Mollie Jones 22 Jun 1869 - 29 Apr 1950
Vol II Pg 66. Elmwood Cem. - Springfield
Jernigan, John W 16 Oct 1879 - 7 Apr 1954}
Jernigan, Ethel Lee 25 Mar 1885 - 3 Apr 1955}
Vol I Pg 5. Eubank Cem.
Jernigan, John W 1852 - 1915 Bro.
Jernigan, Mary F 1844 - 1916 Sister
Jernigan, Henrietta 5 Apr 1817 - 23 Feb 1881; w/o W. M. Jernigan
Vol I Pg 58 Pond Cem.
Intersection of Handleyton & Cedar Grove Rd & Hwy 6367
Jernigan, W E 24 Feb 1845 - 4 Apr 1875
Jernigan, Inf/o W E & M E Jernigan b&d 1 Apr 1875
Vol I Pg 62 Swann Cem - Cross Plains
Jernigan, Mary 7 Oct 1828 - 1 Aug 1907
Robertson Co, TN 1802 - 1930 Obituaries & Death Records; Gregory G. Poole
Robertson Co, TN Marr. Bk 2, 1859 - 1873
pg 12. Berry, James - Margaret A Jernigan; B:2 Jan 1842 Bk 2 pg 93 (Returned in 1866 without marriage certificate of return of any sort endorsed upon them.
R.H. Murphy, Clk)
pg 29. Covington, L B - Julia B JerniganB:2 Jan 1875 S: 3 Jan 1875 Bk 2: 315 Loose O: H L Covington PC
pg 39. Durrett, J W - Arvely A Jernigan; B: 6 Jul 1868 S: 16 Jul 1868 Bk 2: 132 Loose O: H L Covington Par.
pg 39. Durrett, W T - Lemizer Jernigan B: 31 Oct 1866 S: 1 Nov 1866 Bk 2:65 Loose BM: W S Winfield O: J S Durrett JP
pg 42 Ellison, Simon (col) - M J Jernigan (col) B: 27 Dec 1867 S: 31 Dec 1867 Bk 2:121 Loose BM: Prince Ellison O: H L Covington, Par
pg 42 Empson, Thomas D - N A Jernigan B:15 Apr 1859 Loose BB:2 BM: C J Frey
pg 71 Jones, John W - Sarah C. Jernigan B: 1 Feb 1864 S: 3 Feb 1864 Bk 1:31 Loose BB: 132 BM: W Jones O:
J.S. Durrett JP
pg 89 Moss, Charles - Elizabeth Jernigan B: 26 Sep 1874 S: 27 Sep 1874 Bk 2:316 Loose O: H L Cobington PC
pg 99 Poole, Richard - Susan Jernigan B: 12 Aug 1869 S: 15 Aug 1869 Bk 2:161 Loose OL Samuel Byram JP
pg 74 Kirk, Edward C - Lucy Jernigan B: 17 Jan 1867 S: 17 Jan 1867 Bk 2:97 Loose BM : R H Murphy Jr O: E T Hart MG
pg 115 O Feb 1864 by Bapt Min. W E Jernigan
pg 116 16 Oct 1859 by Bapt Min Wm E Jernigan
pg 110 Shannon, Jones E - Susan Jernigan b: 19 Jun 1866 S: 20 Jun 1866 Bk 2:81 Loose BM: J T Jernigan O: H L Covington, P.
pg 119 Tate, Isaac - Martha Jernigan B: 4 Sep 1871 S: 7 Sep 1871 Bk 2:217 Loose O: G H Burny JP
pg 129 Webb, R E - Eliza I Jernigan B: 21 Sep 1867 S: 22 Sep 1867 Bk 2:111 Loose BM: James W Berry; O: J D Arnold
pg 132 Widick, R D - N A Jernigan; B: 11 Nov 1869 S: 4 Nov 1869 Bk 2:252 Loose O: J M Wright JP
pg 140 Yeatman, John (col) - Rachel A Jernigan (col) B: 20 Mar 1874 S: 26 Dec 1874 Bk 2:320 Loose O: G H Burney JP
Code B - bond date S: - solemnized BK - Marr Bk 2 & pg # Loose - a loose
marriage original is available BB: - Entry in Bond Bk & pg # BM - Bondsman surety listed on marriage bond O: officiate BM - Bapt minister GM - Gospal minister JP
Robertson Co, TN 1836 Civil Dist & Tax List; James L Douthat
Tax Lists 1836-37-38-39
238 Jernigan, David 200 acres Dist 9
pg 260 Dist
Jernigan, Jno H. 11
Jerigan, Benj H
Jernigan, Braten
pg 261.
Jernigan, David 360A
Jernigan, Tho. G.
Jernigan, Wm Senr 215A
Jernigan, Elisha
Jernigan, Wm Jr
Jernigan, James
In the Southern Recorder (Milledgeville, GA newspaper) issue of Tuesday, October 16, 1841.
A Proclamation. By Charles J. McDonald,
Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of this State and the
Militia thereof, Whereas, I have received official information, that a murder
was committed on the body of John E. Jernigan, in the county of Greene, in this
State, on the 4th instant, by Mason E. Lanier and John Lanier; and it being
represented to me, that said Laniers have fled from justice, - I have thought
proper to issue this, my proclamation, thereby offering a reward of $300 for the
apprehension and delivery, to the Sheriff or Jailer of said county, the body of
the said Laniers; and I do moreover charge and require all officers, civil and
military, to be vigilant in endeavoring to apprehend and bring to trial the said
fugitive, in order that he may undergo a trial for the offense with which he is
charged.
Charles R. McDonald
By the Governor, William A. Tennille, Secretary of State.
Tuesday 12 October 1841 Greenesborough $500 reward offered for the apprehension of Mason E. Lanier & John Lanier for unprovoked murder on the body of John E. Jernigan on the night of Monday the 4th instant.
Albert Jernigan & Seaborn Jernigan.
John E. Jernigan was a son of Hardy & Frances (Colbert) Jernigan and brother of Albert & Seaborn. He died leaving widow Margaret (Rankin) and 2 children: Frances who md Augustus G. Caldwell and Hardy E. Jernigan & wife Jane E. had 1 daughter, Maggie S.
Claybank Memories, A History of Dale Co, AL.
COPIED pg 282 (Transcription: James John Jernegan was born March 17, 1879, in the Post Oak Community three miles north of Ozark, the son of James Henderson Jernegan and Lydia Ann (Lewis) Jernegan. His ancestors came to Dale County in December, 1825. He was educated in the public schools of Post Oak and Ozark, and at the turn of the century he taught school at Pleasant Grove for a short time before he was married. He lived all his life on the farm north of Ozark which his grandfather had homesteaded when he arrived in Dale County from North Carolina in 1825. For many years he ran a small store near his house at Post Oak. In the 1920s he worked for a time with Needham Marley and Emmett Davis as the bookkeepr and office manager of Davis-Marley Lumber Company which then was doing business on Depot Lane, just north of Broad street abutting the railroad. He walked into Ozark in the morning and back home at night, a distance of six miles every day. Jim Jernegan held the same public office two different times; he was elected as Dale County Tax Assessor in the 1930s and again in the 1950s. He served in the old 1901 courthouse when the tax assessor's office was in the southwest corner, downstairs.
On December 4, 1902, Jim Jernegan married Molly Lenora Marley, the daughter of Lovard Ezekiel Marley and Mary Elizabeth (Garner) Marley. Jim and Molly Lenora Jernegan had nine children: Ethel Mae Jernegan married Philip Samuel Sugg; they lived at Goodwater, Alabama, and had two children, Nell Sugg Metz and Philip Samuel Sugg, Jr.
Robert Collie Jernegan is not married; he lives at Rt Two, Ozark.
J. D. Jernegan married Jennie Melba Brown; they lived in Ozark and had five children, Jerry Jernegan, Janice J. Black, Jacqueline J. Williams, Bobby R. Jernegan, and Jennie J. Brunner.
John Leonard Jernegan retired as an Air Force colonel; he married twice, first to Ervil Fondren, and second to Sara Hurst; he had two children, James John Jernegan and Melissa J. Spurr.
Mary Elizabeth Jernegan married Cornelius Sutton; they live at Route Two, Ozark, and had three children, Patricia S. Baker, Rebecca S. Hodges, and Steven C. Sutton.
James Henderson Jernegan married Gladys Dykes; he is a retired agriculture teacher who now lives near Skipperville; they had three children, James Gordon Jernegan, Laura J. Holmes, and Elizabeth J. Hill.
Minnie Ray Jernegan married James H. Pigott; they live in Picayune, Mississippi, and have five children, Nancy Elizabeth Pigott, James R. Pigott, Mary Jean P. Navoy, Dr. Charles Pigott, and Thomas Pigott.
Morrison Paul Jernegan married Louise Hagler; Paul was elected as a Dale County Commissioner but is now deceased. Louise Jernegan is a Vice President and Director of SouthTrust Bank of Ozark; they had two children, Susan J. Deal now deceased, and Sharon J. Wilson.
Lenora Annette Jernegan married James Albert Taylor; they live in Atlanta, Georgia, and had three children, James A. Taylor, Jr., Jeffery Taylor, and Samule Taylor.
Of the twenty-five grandchildren of Jim Jernegan, nineteen of them have college degrees and several have advanced or professional education. Jim Jernegan died May 6, 1971.
pg 356 Tax assessor J J Jernegan 1939, 1953
pg 10 1820 Settlements in Henry (later Dale) Co. Sylvan Grove Settlement - early settlers include Asa Alexander Sr.& David Jernigan
Tennessee Land Grants surnames I-K; Sistler
pg 12 COPIED List of Jernigans with county, year of grant, # 0f acres, District, Bk & pg #, and grant number.
pg 9 COPIED List of Jarnagans with same info as above.
pg 13 Johnagan, Thomas (GE) 1786, 200 acres, Northern District, Bk 7 pg 240 grant #51
Johnigan, Alen (RU) 1831, 50 acres Middle District, Bk 13 pg 22 grant #10560
Johnigan, Lewis (B) 1829 50 acres Middle District Bk 11 pg 535 grant #9289
Pontotoc Co, MS Marr. Bk 1849 - 1891; Hazel Beess Neel
pg 10 p. 486 Jernegan, Wiley H - Newell, Harriet J. 11 Dec 1855
pg 50 p. 687 Jernigan, G W - Newell, Francis Ann 8 Mar 1866
pg 50 o 442 Jernigan, Harris - Brown, Sarah 6 Aug 1862
pg 67 p. 180 Wood, Wm J - Jarnigan, Sarah E 1 Nov 1858
pg 98 p. 330 Jernigan, J H - George, D A 12 Nov 1871
pg 98 p. 458 Jernigan, Wiley - George, Altha 8 Mar 1874
pg 88 p. 350 Blagg, A R - Jernigan, Elizabeth 30 Jan 1872
pg 114 p. 645 Wingo, H C - Jernigan, Mary 7 Jul 1878
pg 138 p. 25 Jernigan, R S - Miss D J Gregory 6 Oct 1880 (cert reads B L Gregory)
pg 158 p. 225 Jernigan, W J - Ida H Edwards 27 Jan 1889
pg 157 p. 34 Gregory, S J - Winnie Jernigan 28 Apr 1887
Union Co, MS Cem. Records; DAR
pg 46 Ebenezer Cem in Tippah Co.
Jernigan, inf s/o J T & A J Jernigan 20 Aug 1860 - 24 Aug 1860
Jernigan, John T 2 Aug 1838 - 28 Jan 1862
Jernigan, Sarah Ann Jane w/o John 29 Nov 1832 - 13 Dec 1890
pg 100 Glenfield Memorial Cem. in New Albany
Jernigan, Louise 3 Jan 1917 - 25 Feb 1968
Jernigan, Grady 12 Sep 1913 -
Jernigan, Myrtle 1 Mar 1886 - 21 Jan 1973
Jernigan, Grover C 13 May 1886 - 30 Mar 1967
pg 184 New Albany Cem
Jernigan, Wiley Harris 8 Dec 1883 - 22 Dec 1969
Jernigan, Dovie Laura 3 Sep 1885 - 30 Aug 1966
pg 222 Old Oak Grove Bapt Church Cem
Jernigan, Lynda Joyce d/o Grady & Louise b&d 18 Jul 1943
Marriages of Hancock Co. (GA) 1805 - 1850; Mildred L. Brantley
*Note: all of these people have connections with either Needham or Hardy Rice Jernigan.
Alexander, Nathaniel G. & Mary Mapp no date
Alexander, Asa C & Mrs Pheriba Kendall; 4-21-1825
Burch, Gerard - Susannah Simms; 1-22-1811
Burch, Jared Jr - Betsey H. Beckham; 8-7-1817
Burch, Richard C - Martha Jernigan; 3-6-1822
Butts, Edmund - Elizabeth Graybill; no date
Doney, Lowden - Nancy Jernigan; 8-12-1818
Dunn, John E. - Elmina Jernigan; 6-19-1831
Fort, Arthur - Eliza Jernigan; 5-10-1810
Graybill, John - Nancy Choice; 11-7-1815
Jarrel, Elisha P. - Mary S Simmons; 9-9-1849
Meggs, Wm - Seleta Askew; 8-19-1810
Mann, Jeremiah D. - Mary Jernigan; 10-14=1823
Mapp, Wm L - Rebecca A Mapp; 12-12-1844
Nellums, Clevers A. - Ann Howell; 2-17-1824
Nelums, James H - Minerva Hilsman; 12-26-1849
Purkins, Alexander - Seleta Jernigan; 12-26-1816
Parker, Lewis - Julia Jernigan; 9-21-1819
Taliaferro Co, GA Marriage Records 1826 - 1864; Ingmire
Jernigan, Martha A. R. - Moore, Wm A.; 11-29-1854
Marriage Records of Monroe Co., GA
Williams, Jenkins D. - Burch, Frances E.; 10-2-1838 *brother of Evelina Belmont Williams who md Seaborn Jones Jernigan; Frances is daughter of Richard Chunn Burch & Martha Matilda Jernigan.
Jernigan, Eveline T. - Slaton, Elisha; 11-14-1838
Jernigan, Selita - Kennedy, Bird; 11-16-1837
Marion Co, GA Marr. Records 1844 - 1866; Ingmire
Jernigan, Sarah A - Avant, Wm C 2-5-1859 *Sara Adalade d/o Ptolemy & Sarah L (Jarrell) Jernigan
Journigan, M A - Perry, W O; 2-5-1852 *Missouri Antoinette, d/o Ptolemy & Sarah.
The History of Clay Co, GA
pg 158. McGoogan, John md F E Jernigan; 10-13-1881 by S E Lewis, JP
pg 105. Mt Vernon Cem.
Jernigan, W G h/o Rebecker 20 Aug 1829 - 12 Jan 1899
pg 71. "Old Cem" at Ft Gaines
Jernigan, Tabitha Jane w/o Mills H. age 19 y 10m 24 d d. 25 Apr 1855
pg 41. Muster Roll Co F 32 Reg GA Vol Inf Army TN, CSA
Jernigan, BW Pvt May r, 1862
pg 36. Muster Roll Co E 59th Regt GA Vol Inf
Jernigan, Wm G Pvt May 10, 1862
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William Morgan sends this interesting article.
Dead Fowl Plague Old Cemetery
By Jon Steinman, Orlando
Sentinel, June 9, 2003
About 160 years after pioneer Aaron Jernigan settled the area that would
become Orlando, his final resting place is the scene of a modern mystery most fowl.
For more than a month, dead and often bloody chickens and roosters have been turning up at the Lake Hill Cemetery on Orlando's west side.
They've been hung from trees, left on grave markers and otherwise strewn about the 5-acre reminder of days -- and people -- long gone and buried beneath
Orlo Vista. Bewildered residents have theories -- such as voodoo rites and cockfighting leftovers -- about the birds generally found inside knotted plastic
bags.
Sometimes they're decapitated or missing feet. The birds were first noticed in late April, and up to a couple of bags a week have been found since. There
have been up to three chickens in a bag.
Orange County Animal Services officials theorize that the chickens are being used to help train fighting dogs.
"There's definitely some mischief going on, no doubt about that," said Charlie Bibber, a longtime Orlo Vista resident and president of the Lake Hill
Cemetery Association, the community group that maintains the cemetery on Old Winter Garden Road. He is hoping to have gates installed to keep cars from cruising in at night, and is at work on "No Trespassing" signs.
Still, he has turned to the Orange County Sheriff's Office for help. So far, no one can figure out who's
leaving the fowl carcasses, let alone put a stop to it.
Different people have different ideas about this ongoing feather flap, which
occasionally spills into the Ohev Shalom cemetery next door.
The Orlando Game Club, a pre-eminent cockfighting establishment once located on Orlo Vista's north side, convened cockfights for about 40 years until the activity was outlawed in Orange County decades
ago. That has some residents speculating that the old practice is still clawing and pecking away, but now operates underground. Others point to some new residents in the area, many from the
West Indies, and hint at voodoo practices.
"I figure there's either voodooism or maybe it's cockfighting," said Opal Flynn, 81, a retired grade-school teacher whose
The History of Orlo Vista will be out in hardcover in the fall. "We can't prove anything."
The birds, like the decapitated pair found Wednesday morning, don't bear evidence of mauling. And cockfight managers might be more likely to
dispose of their evidence in a back-alley trash bin than in the open.
That, taken with the curious fact that some of the bags hold a few pennies as well as dead birds, makes the case for voodoo stronger for some in the
neighborhood.
"One day we saw a woman go in and take something from a tree. I think it was voodoo or something," said a clerk at La Caribbean Jamaican Take Out & Grocery, across the street from Lake Hill. "She took a bag from a tree and left."
With a hand on her mouth, the store clerk cast a long gaze out the window
overlooking the cemetery. She hadn't heard about the recurring problem among the
headstones.
"It's voodoo," she said, and then declined to give her name because she said she feared for her safety.
"Weird," said Mike Scott, Orange Animal Services director of field operations. "Haven't heard anything like it."
A study published by the University of Florida in February found that voodoo and other mystical practices are experiencing a renaissance in the state, in
large part because of Latin American and African-Caribbean immigration.
But it's not only the newly arrived who practice those crafts.
"All forms of African-American spiritual beliefs are now being practiced by a large number of white people," according to Jeffrey Anderson, a UF history
graduate student who compiled the report.
"That wasn't common in antebellum days."
Anderson said the clues point directly to mysticism.
"The pennies might be payments to a spirit or god, or that the person is hoping more money comes back to them later," Anderson said.
"This is pretty common in voodoo or Santeria or those kind of things. The chickens are most likely a sacrifice to the dead or some spirit. It doesn't have
to necessarily be a direct ancestor of the person in the graveyard, but the dead are important. Graveyards are powerful spiritually.
It's hard to say if the voodoo rites are peaceful, he said.
"Normally it's not something you have to worry about."
But it does worry the local residents who tend the cemetery.
Pioneer Jernigan, who came to the area in 1843 and was its first state
representative, died in 1891. Eighty years later a memorial plaque was erected announcing his final resting place with the words: "Orlando's first settler."
Jernigan's grave is actually more than 20 yards to the west, where it sits in the shade beneath old oak boughs.
Bibber speculates that the grave's location on the cemetery's fringe has kept it feather-free.
But at the rate the birds are piling up, it may only be a matter of time before a bird-heavy bag is draped across Jernigan's marker, Bibber said.
"It bothers me," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, it's abuse of the cemetery, where people were
supposed to be buried in peace."
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Alan
Jarnagin, submitted a query to last
month's Home Page looking for information about his grandfather, Charles
Jarnagin, b. 1872 in Ohio. Charles was an orphan raised in the Fayette County
Children's Home. Alan recently added the following information:
"When we last communicated back in February, I was trying to trace my
orphaned grandfather, Charles Smith Jarnagin, in Fayette/Highland Counties,
Ohio. Since then through the Ohio Historical Society, I have found his birth
record with his father and mother plus all three of them on the 1880 census
living on a farm in Union Township where Charles was born. Apparently he was
orphaned sometime after the 1880 census. Now that I have found Wesley Jarnagin
and Mary Nixon, my greatgrandparents, I have been trying to trace their lines in
an effort to discover where I belong."
Armed with this new information and thanks to Kay Stone's extensive list of
Jernigan marriages, we were able to find the following record:
John W. Jarnigin m. Mary E. Nixon 23 Jan 1866 Ross Co., OH
So Alan now knows that his great-grandfather's name was actually John Wesley
Jarnagin, and he has a new place to search for information -- in Ross Co., OH.
He promises to update us when he fits together more pieces of his puzzle!
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Clynn Lee is looking for information on the parents of Henry Jernigan. His daughter, Velma Jernigan, married in into Clynn’s Gordon line and he has been having a hard time tracing Henry's parentage down. Henry was born 9 Mar 1845 and died 21 mar 1929. He had two wives. His first wife is Ella Berry and his second wife is Harriett. Both wives are buried by him in the Hatcher Cemetery, Walton, Florida. If you can help Clynn, please contact him.
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Deborah Jones writes: "I am researching Texas gravestone carvers, and have come across a gravestone (carved in German) with a date 1885 in a Lutheran cemetery in Pflugerville, Texas. It is signed "A.J Jernigan Austin, Tex".
Does anyone have any information that about this particular Jernigan (as a stone carver, gravestone carver)? Is he one of your Jernigan's?
Any information you could send me would be tremendously appreciated!!"
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Dan Fairfax has the following inquiry:
The 1800 Bladen County, NC Census spells Whitmel Jernigan entry as Whitmil Jornigan, Abram Jernigan as Abram Jornigan, and shows Abram Jornigan/Jernigan as next family over from Micajah Fairfax in Bladen County ...area which is now Columbus County, NC "Cypress Branch" Area off of NC Hwy 1004 near Hayes Road intersection with NC Hwy 1004. Whitmil [Whitmel] Jornigan [Jernigan] lives two "Family Homes" away from Dempsey Coleman of Columbus County, NC "Fame".
David Strickland is listed as two Family Homes away from Micajah Fairfax on the other side and Philip Strickland lives three Family Homes away from Micajah Fairfax and between Richard Watts and Richard Tatom Family Homes.
You can locate the Cypress Branch area of NC Hwy 1004 out of Fair Bluff, NC via www.topozone.com in the "CERRO GORDO" Quad, with Map Center at 695117E & 3794133N coordinates. I started with Fair Bluff, NC and went East on NC Hwy 1004 [ "Rough'n'Ready" Road ].
My question is "Who were Abram Jernigan/Jornigan's parents and wife and children?"
Then he had this followup:
May have been a son of Abram Jornigan/Jarigan/Jernigan
... My Abram Jornigan was listed in the 1800 Bladen County, NC Census ... Actual
location being in now Columbus County, NC in the Cerro Gordo area of Hwy 1004 NC
at Cypress Branch. Any additional information would be greatly appreciated!!!
Also there is a topozone Feature that is labeled "Tories Island"
within a mile of this area and I was wondering if anybody had any history on the
origin of this landmark [important enough to be on a GNIS Topo map"?
Also there is a cemetery right at Cypress Branch on NC Hwy that crosses Cypress
Branch right off of HWY 1004 NC, and I was wondering if anybody knew the name
and if it has been surveyed?
The reason I am pursuing this is because our "Brick Wall" is Micajah
Fairfax, 1800 Bladen County, NC Census and he lived next door and his son Nedom/Needham/Neadham
Fairfax was identified in Whitmel/Whitmil Jornigan/Jernigan/Jarnigan's 1973
Bladen County Will as a Cousin, meaning Whitmel's Uncle's daughter married Nedom
Fairfax????
Also, anybody have a clue as to Abram Jernigan's[Jornigan, Jarnigan, Jarnagan]
[1800 Bladen County Census] parents?
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Annual reunion at "Hilltop Camp" near Knoxville TN, for descendants of Richard Parvin Jernigan and Arbie Belle Stanfield Jernigan. Folks will arrive the evening of Friday August 1. The main day of activities will be Saturday August 2, with catered breakfast and lunch. Light dinner that night, then breakfast and lunch Sunday August 3. For more information/directions contact Thomas B Jernigan 865 947 6245 or Richard P Jernigan 865 457 3676. Attendance varies ... usually in the 50 to 150 range in recent years. Info posted by Brent Smith 919 781 1004 (Raleigh NC).
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Genealogy Links
Cheryl Moree recommends this site. She says that it contains TN area Jernigan Death Certificates as well as various other things.
She also recommends this site for anyone who has Methodist preachers in their line.
http://www.gcah.org/umac_inv.htm
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Editor's Note
Another busy month in the Boots household. The girls and I headed to SC to spend a week with my parents. I spent most of the time at my grandmother's who is recovering from a broken hip and wrist after a fall. She has her good and bad days, but as the doctor says, "She is one tough cookie!" Even with all that she is enduring, her sense of humor and her concern for others is ever present. She is one special lady. She just celebrated her 86 birthday last week!
Last month I told you we were double car shopping. Well, we found our truck and Krystal found her car. So we are all mobile once again!
Cousin Deb and her family came by for an overnight visit, which we greatly enjoyed, despite the wild afternoon we had preparing for their visit. Within a half hour of their arrival, we had a terrible storm. That in itself wouldn't have been so bad, but it was raining sideways and coming in the windows. So I ran around closing them. The roof started leaking which necessitated placing buckets in the attic. The electricity went out. Then I noticed that the basement was turning into a pond as water started coming in under the back door. I was mopping this up when someone knocked on the door. It was some poor woman who was very lost and needed directions, which I wrote out for her. While I was doing that, I heard a muted ringing and tried to figure out what it was when I realized that it was the phone downstairs. The two phones on the main floor are electrical. Needless to say, we didn't get to the phone in time, but I was able to get a message telling me that Deb and her family was almost to my house. I sent the lost lady on her way and then talked Deborah and Wayne to my house. Thank goodness they had a cell phone. The storm had washed out our lower driveway, so we decided to park them right where they had pulled in. After getting them settled, I realized that the basement was continuing to flood despite the fact that the rain had stopped. I threw a few more towels down the steps and decided I might as well relax. (Fortunately, we have a drain down there and eventually the water disappeared.) The electricity came on a few hours later, allowing me to cook the meal I promised them. We spent the rest of the evening just talking and laughing. It was wonderful!
As to other activities, we have been working on getting the girls college ready again. Krystal goes back to Vanderbilt on the 20th of August. Kim has a little longer, she returns on August 31st. The summer has flown!
I want to thank everyone that has sent in info for the homepage. If you haven't seen what you sent in yet, it will be in the next one. I had enough info for this one and most of the next one! This is great! Keep sending the info in though. I'll be waiting to hear from you!
Until then, ...Happy hunting!
Your editor,
Marla Boots
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