In Search of The Grandmothers
Left to Right Rhoda Wilson Streetman, and Mary Frances [NeSmith] Streetman
and Mary Magdalene [Logue]NeSmith

All the geneaolgy research done today is based solely on the paternal lineage. This has made it very difficult to gather information on our Grandmothers. There is little to none available, unless you are fortunate enough to have learned the maiden name of your Grandmother.  The male surname seems to be the most important and some facets of this is understandable in trying to trace one's lineage. From 1733, when the Colony of Georgia was first founded, until 1752 all lands were granted to the settlers by "Tale Male." This meant that lands were allotted to male heirs only, and were not to be sold or mortgaged or willed to any persons except a male heir. If there were no male heir, then, lands reverted back to the Trustees who established the colony. This is just another example of the difficulties in research.
Information on all my Grandmothers in my lineage is very important to me, because my Grandmother, Mary Frances NeSmith Streetman, played a very important part in my life. I would like to think I have played an important part in the lives of my Grandchildren and would not in years to come be just a name lost in a database. All the information I have been able to find on my ancestral Grandmothers is sketchy at best. It is a work in progress and will continue.   Donnis Coleman 2002

The Grandmothers
Note: Not a lot of information documented so far. Frances Bailey is the only completed link. Click to learn more about her.

Rhoda Wilson Streetman - wife of William Geter Streetman, mother to Lovick Streetman, Grandmother to Harrison Streetman, and GGrandmother to my mother, and GGGrandmother to my generation of Streetmans
Frances Jane Bailey - wife of Lovick Streetman, Mother to Harrison Streetman, Grandmother to my generation of Streetmans
Mary Magdalene Logue NeSmith - wife of Allison NeSmith, Mother of Mary Frances [Nesmith]Streetman, Grandmother to Doris [Streetman] Dea, GGrandmother to my generation of Streetmans
Mary Frances NeSmith Streetman - wife of Jesse Harrison Streetman, Mother of Doris Evelyn Streetman, grandmother to my generation.