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(STILL) Looking for more info on this Childress Line; especially David's ancestors:
David CHILDRESS b. cir 1768, Spartanburg District, South Carolina, m. cir 1789, in South Carolina, Annis _______. David died Oct 1850, Humphries Co., TN.; Children: Meredith CHILDRESS b. 14 Oct 1800, and Henry Mitchell CHILDRESS b. 30 Nov 1788. David may have more children..;
Meredith CHILDRESS was b. 14 Oct 1800, South Carolina, m. (1) 2 Feb 1828, in Jefferson Co., AL, Cerena HARMON, (daughter of Samuel HARMON and UNKNOWN) d. 1844, Lafayette Co., MS, m. (2) AFT 1844, Louisa _______. Meredith died 9 Sep 1848, Lafayette Co., MS, buried: Harmontown Baptist Church Cemetery. He left a WILL:packet no. 357, page 21,Lafayette Co.,MS,dated: 09/09/1848, Names:Wife,Louisa; step-daughter, Rebecca Elizabeth, Mention: children (not named),Executors:W. B. McGraw and Mitchell Childress, Witnesses:John H. Craig and Isaac L. Childress, MEREDITH's CHILDRES:Caroline "Callie" CHILDRESS b. cir 1844, John Wesley CHILDRESS, Samuel CHILDRESS b. 21 Jul 1831, Annis E. CHILDRESS m. 25 Mar 1851, in Lafayette Co., MS, Robert P. COOPER, Robert Smith CHILDRESS m. 11 Jan 1857, in Lafayette Co., MS, Margaret C. COOK, b. 10 Apr 1840, d. 29 Mar 1903, buried: Free Springs Cemetery, Harmontown, MS, Levi Harmon CHILDRESS, Cerena CHILDRESS, and David CHILDRESS.
Henry Mitchell CHILDRESS b. 30 Nov 1788, South Carolina, m. 1811, Lucy ________.Henry left a WILL:page 137, packet#838, Dated:31 May 1859,Names:Wife, Lucy. Children, Henry W., Rufus, Wiley J., William H., Elizabeth McGraw, Jane Harris, Executor:John W. Estell, S. P. Crawford, W. H. Harmon and C. K. Campbell. HENRY MITCHELL's CHILDREN: William H. CHILDRESS, Henry W. CHILDRESS, Rufus CHILDRESS, Jane CHILDRESS(Married name was HARRIS), James M. CHILDRESS, Elizabeth CHILDRESS(Married W.B. MCGRAW), Wiley J. CHILDRESS b. 8 Oct 1831.
My Great GrandParents were cousins: Caroline "Callie" CHILDRESS (Daughter of Meredith) b. cir 1844, Lafayette Co., MS, occupation School Teacher, married: (1) 22 Nov 1860, in Lafayette Co., MS, Wiley J. CHILDRESS, b. 8 Oct 1831, Lafayette Co., MS, (son of Henry Mitchell CHILDRESS and Lucy ________) d. 19 Sep 1863, Georgia, m. (2) 13 Jan 1874, in Lafayette Co., MS, Lee CAMPBELL, b. 07 Jul 1844, d. 26 Jul 1880, Lafayette Co., MS, buried: Free Springs Cemetery. Caroline died Layfette County, MS. The 1880 US Census for Lafayette County, Mississippi, states Callie's father was born in South Carolina and her mother was born in Alabama. Wiley: Wiley is reported to have died at the battle of Chickamanga, north of Atlanta. Lee: Lee was stepfather to Willie Wyley. The 1880 US Census for Lafayette County, Mississippi, states Lee's father was born in North Carolina and his mother was born in Mississippi.Children by Wiley J. CHILDRESS: Mary I. CHILDRESS b. Apr 1860, Willie Wyley CHILDRESS b. 31 Mar 1863; Children by Lee CAMPBELL: Lillie CAMPBELL b. 20 May 1880, Lafayette Co., MS, d. 23 Dec 1894, Lafayette Co., MS, buried: Free Springs Cemetery, Alice CAMPBELL m. Charles BAILEY(Married Charles Bailey), Dick CAMPBELL b. 1875, MS.
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