Re: Ennis of S.C., Ala., Ga., etc.
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Re: Ennis of S.C., Ala., Ga., etc.
Lucy 6/09/09
Ancestors of Lucy Ennis
Generation No. 1
1.Lucy EnnisShe was the daughter of 2. J.W. Ennis and 3. Flora Lee Franklin.
Generation No. 2
2.J.W. Ennis, born 24 Feb 1915 in Chambers County, Alabama; died Apr 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia.He was the son of 4. Benjamin Watt Ennis and 5. Ora Lee Deloach.He married 3. Flora Lee Franklin.
3.Flora Lee Franklin, born 26 Mar 1917 in Marietta, Georgia; died 10 Dec 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Children of J.W. Ennis and Flora Franklin are:
i. Betty Jane Ennis, born 27 Mar 1934 in Columbus, Muscogee Co.,GA.
ii. Brenda Joyce Ennis, born 14 Feb 1947 in Atlanta, Georgia.
1 iii. Lucy Ennis
Generation No. 3
4.Benjamin Watt Ennis, born 06 May 1890 in Lee County, Alabama; died 13 Jun 1946 in Muscogee Co., GA..He was the son of 8. William Pinkney Ennis and 9. Jane Broughton Oliver.He married 5. Ora Lee Deloach 22 Sep 1907 in Troup County, GA.
5.Ora Lee Deloach, born Abt. 1894 in Chambers County, AL; died 1984 in Muscogee Co., GA..
Notes for Benjamin Watt Ennis:
Source:1920 Muscogee Co., Ga. census reads:
Ennis, B.W. age 29, b . Al., parentsb. Ala.
Ennis Arrie, age 27, b. Ala. parents b. Ala.
Marnie Ennis, age 11, daug. b. Ala.
Bernice Ennis, age 7, dau., b.Ala.
J. W. Ennis, age 5, son. b. Ala.
Cordelia, age 1, b . Georgia
Source:1930 Muscogee Co., Ga. census
More About Benjamin Ennis and Ora Deloach:
Marriage: 22 Sep 1907, Troup County, GA
Children of Benjamin Ennis and Ora Deloach are:
i. Marnie Eunice Ennis, born 31 Mar 1908 in Chambers County, Alabama; died 18 Nov 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia; married James Henry Molton; born 03 Jun 1912; died 28 May 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia.
ii. Bernice Ennis, born 1913 in Chambers County, Alabama.
2 iii. J.W. Ennis, born 24 Feb 1915 in Chambers County, Alabama; died Apr 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia; married Flora Lee Franklin.
iv. Cordelia Ennis, born 06 May 1917 in Muscogee Co., Georgia.
v. Claudia T. Ennis, born 1921 in Muscogee Co., Georgia.
vi. Benjamin Watt Jr. Ennis, born 18 Sep 1924 in Muscogee Co., Georgia.
vii. India Sue Ennis, born 10 Jan 1926 in Muscogee Co., GA.; died 1999 in Columbus, Muscogee Co.,GA; married Ralph Johns; born 11 Apr 1924; died 05 Jul 1995 in Columbus, Muscogee Co.,GA..
viii. Virginia Ennis, born 1929 in Muscogee Co., Georgia.
Generation No. 4
8.William Pinkney Ennis, born 24 Feb 1839 in Harris County, Ga.; died 11 Jun 1910 in Chambers County, Alabama.He was the son of 16. Arthur Ennis II and 17. Nancy B. Weaver.He married 9. Jane Broughton Oliver 21 Dec 1876 in Chambers County, Alabama.
9.Jane Broughton Oliver, born 12 Dec 1853 in Troup County, GA; died Aft. 1920 in Chambers Co. Alabama.
Notes for William Pinkney Ennis:
BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM PINKNEY ENNIS, CSA OF CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA
BY:Virginia Bell Clements Tuttle, his great granddaughter,Kennesaw Chapter 241 UDC
William Pinkney Ennis, born February 24, 1839 moved to Georgia from Lancaster County, S. C.His parents moved when he was quite small to Chambers County, Alabama.William was 22 years of age when the war between the states started and he enlisted.He was already married with one child and another one on the way.He and three of his brothers heeded the call to "arms" and to defend their Southern Homeland with promises that the war would be over in a few months.We would win!
How sad this must have been for the Ennis family to have all four grown sons go off to war.Two ofWilliam'sbrothers did not live to return.One other like himself returned to find his people suffering from poverty and a lack of means to provide for themselves.The slaves had been freed,the men had gone to war and were not home to plant the gardens and money crops.The majority of the people were farmers during the mid to late 1800's.The women and children worked the fields and gardens as best they could with the help of the older men.The court records and census reports indicate that the Ennis familyin Chambers County was not a wealthy family prior to the war.They were not large land owners with slaves but were probablyliving comfortably.William's wife Angeline Yarbrough's parents were large land owners with slaves.
The Muster Record of William Pinkney Ennis tells us however that he was a "waggoner" in the47th Infantry, Co. I. of Alabama.William enlisted as a Private on April 18, 1862 at Loachapoka, Alabama (about 30 miles from his home).The 47th Infantry was made up largely of men from Chambers and Tallapoosa County.It had one company each from Coosa and Cherokee County.The regiment moved quickly from Loachapoka to Stonewall Jackson's Corps in Virginia.This unit fought largely with the Northern Army of Virginia until after Gettysburg,it was with Longstreet at Chicamauga but rejoined the Northern Army of Virginia for the rest of the war.The day after Antietam in Maryland in the early fall of 1862 it could muster only 17 men of the 115 with which it entered the fighting with.Except for the battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, which it watched, it seemed to have always been in the thickest of the fighting.
The Muster Rolls show that William Pinkney Ennis was at Cedar Run on August9, 1862 and in GeneralHospital No. 2 in Richmond, Virginia on September 30, 1862.He was captured at Chicamauga on September 19, 1963 and received as POW at Camp Douglas, Ill. on October 4, 1963.He was discharged from Camp Douglas on June 13, 1865.He walked back to Lanett, Alabama with only the clothes on his back.He begged food along the way and ate what he could from fields, woods, and streams.He often walked with other released prisoners.No food was provided by Prison Guards or Officials since they were more concerned with feeding their own men than their enemy, the Southern Rebels.His tales ofthe Prison Camp at Camp Douglaswere of bitterly cold winters with very little food and no medical attention.Many died in the Camp.
William's brother John Marion Ennis was also in the 47th Infantry.He was a Hospital Corpman during the War and lived to return home.He was born July 4, 1829 S.C. and died July 23, 1901 in Elmore County, Alabama.His gravein Elmore County has a Confederate Tombstone.
Confederate Memorial Markers have been placed in Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, Alabama to honor William and histwo brothers who did not return.One brotherwas James W. Ennis, b. February 16, 1833 Georgia, diedSeptember 17, 1862 at Sharpesburg, Md.He is shown in records as a Cook.He was buried at Sharpesburg.
The other brother was Benjamin Thomas Martin Ennis, born April 17, 1844, Harris County, Georgia died July 26, 1863.He was wounded at Gettysburg, Penn. and died a few days later.He is buried in a mass grave at an old barn at Gettysburg.He was a Drummer Boy in Company E, 14th Infantry. He and his brother James were in the same Alabama Unit.
What a joyous homecoming this must have been for William Ennis.He and his wife Angeline Yarbroughhad the following six children before she died.
Laura Ennis, b. 1860 married J. D.Sloan
Elizabeth, b. 1862 (nothing else known)
William Benjamin P. Ennis, b. January 11, 1863 married 1st Margaret Weldon, 2nd, Nancy Lavicie Wood,3rd Lucy Lee Thomas
James Jefferson Ennis, b. February 28, 1867 married 1st Della, 2nd Ella Viola Bailey, 3rd Ethel Seay
Josephine Ennis, b. 1869 married William H. Smith
Thomas Wilson Ennis, b. August 7, 1872 married 1st Claudia Banks, 2nd Marjorie Mae Foster
After Angeline's deathWilliam remarried.He married Jane Broughton Oliver on December 21, 1876 in Chambers County and together they had six children.They are as follows
Eula P. Ennis, b. June 1878 married J. W. Deloach
Arthur Marion Ennis, b. July 31, 1880 married Jimmie Roe Lawrence
Olen Leonard Ennis, b . July 1883 married Willie Sue Prince
Loma Ennis, b. January 1886 married Jeffie Mathews
Benjamin W. Ennis, b. March 1890 married Ora Lee Deloach
Edna Bell Ennis, b. September 13, 1896 married Albert T. Logan
William Ennis, father of 12 children died at the age of 71 at his home in Lanett, Alabama.Family legend says his health was never really good after the war.
Other Yaborough marriages in Chambers County,Al are:
Francis Marion to Malissa Weldon ???
Henry H. to Emma Jane Adcock, 10 Jan. 1861
John H. to Mary A. Muldrew, 6 April 1840
Littleton to Malissa House, 16 Jan. 1861
Mary A. to John F. Williams, 5 Oct. 1865
Sanford H. to Matilda O'Neal, 12 Jan. 1865
William J to Eliza J. Holt, 2 Feb. 1856
Calibee to Andrew J. Weldon, 30 Apr. 1862
Eliza to Benjamin Stonaker, 30 Dec. 1840
Emily to Henry Applewhite, ?Dec. 1865
Franklin to Elizabeth Foster 28 Apr. 1836
Franklin to Mary E. Carroll 16 Jan. 1866
Isaac to Mary R. Myhand 9 Nov. 1865
John to Jane Roberts 4 Apr 1837
John to Mary Farrer 7 Jul 1840
Laura A. to Travis G. Hammock 22 Feb. 1866
Martha to Joseph Boon7 Apr 1836
Martha Ann to Martin Holt 29 Jul 1849
Mary to Hincher Thomas 21 Mar 1839
Mary B to Chessley R. Moreman 17 Aug. 1865
Nancy to Richard G. Walker 4 Sept 1838
Nancy Ann to David F. Avant 4 Jul 1852
Sarah to Jefferson Myhand 30 Apr 1861
Thomas to Martha A. Foster 10 Jul 1838
Useby to Thornton House 10 May 1835
Wm. F. to Mary Mills 5 Sept 1861
1880 Oak Bowery, Chambers Co.,Al. census reads:
William P. Ennis, age 40, b. Ga., parents b. N.C.
Jane (2nd wife), age 26, b. Ga. parents b. GA
Lizzie Ennis, dau., age 18, b. Al.
James Ennis, age 12, b.Al.
Josephine Ennis, age 10, b.Al.
Thomas Ennis, age 8, b. Al
Eula Ennis,age 2, b. Al.
Arther Ennis, 10 months, b. Al.
Note:This census states his parents were born in North Carolina, not South Carolina which leads one to believe that it was his grandparents that were born in North Carolina.???????Most of this information came from the family file of Martha Jean Ennis who lives in Lanett, Ala.
This William died at the age of 71.
More About William Pinkney Ennis:
Burial: Jun 1910, Oakwood Cemetery,Lanett, AL
Notes for Jane Broughton Oliver:
Jane was the daughter of Francis Marion Oliver andNancy C.Walker.
He was alive in 1920.She is found living in Chambers Co., Al. with daughter Edna B. Ennis Logan and son-in-law Albert T. Logan.Her age is given as 66.
More About Jane Broughton Oliver:
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, Ala. (unmarked grave)
Fact 1: Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, AL
More About William Ennis and Jane Oliver:
Marriage: 21 Dec 1876, Chambers County, Alabama
Children of William Ennis and Jane Oliver are:
i. Eula P. Ennis, born Jun 1878 in Chambers Co. Alabama; died Aft. 1915 in Muscogee Co., GA; married J. W. Deloach; born Abt. 1870 in Alabama.
Notes for Eula P. Ennis:
Source:1920 Muscogee Co.,Ga. census reads:
House 199
J.W.Deloach, age 50, b.Al. parents b. Al (widowed), works in cotton mill
Willie, son, age 18, b. Al.
Jessie, son, age 14, b.Al.
Earnest, son, age 12, b.Al.
Lonie, dau., age 10,b.Al.
Sallie, dau., age 5, b. Al
Source:1910 Lanett, Chambers Co., Al.census
ii. Arthur Marion Ennis, born 31 Jul 1880 in Chambers County, Alabama; died 12 Jan 1955 in Chambers County, Alabama; married Jimmie Roe Lawrence 01 Jul 1906 in West Point, Troup County, Ga; born 05 Dec 1883 in Chambers County, Alabama; died 26 Jun 1967 in Chambers County, Alabama.
Notes for Arthur Marion Ennis:
Ennis Family Bible Records contributed by Jean Ennis of Lanett, Al.
More About Arthur Marion Ennis:
Burial: 15 Jan 1955, Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, Ala.
More About Jimmie Roe Lawrence:
Burial: 29 Jun 1967, Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, Ala.
More About Arthur Ennis and Jimmie Lawrence:
Marriage: 01 Jul 1906, West Point, Troup County, Ga.
iii. Leonard Olen Ennis, born Jul 1883 in Lee County, Al.; died 1940 in Lanett, Chambers County, Al; married Willie Sue Prince 15 Sep 1900 in LaGrange, Troup County, Ga.
Notes for Leonard Olen Ennis:
Source:1920 Lanett, Chambers Co.,Al.census reads:
Olin Ennis, age 36, b.Al.
Willis S. Ennis, age 34, wife,b.Al.
Odesa Bolt, daughter, age 17
John W. Ennis, son age 14, b.Al.
FrancesEnnis, dau,age 10
Lorene Ennis, dau., age 6
Louise Ennis, dau., age 4
Baby Ennis,son,age 4 months
Willie M. Bolt, granddaughter, age 5 months.
1930 Lanett, Chambers Co.,Al.census reads:
Olin L. Ennis, age 46, b. Al
Willie S.Ennis, wife, age 44, b. Al
John W. Ennis, son, age 25
Lorene Ennis, Dau., age 16
Louise Ennis, dau., age 14
Raymon E.., son, age 10
McClendon, Arnold, son-in-law, age 27
"Frances, Dau., age 20
"Martha A., gr-dau. age 11 months.
More About Leonard Ennis and Willie Prince:
Marriage: 15 Sep 1900, LaGrange, Troup County, Ga.
iv. Loma Ennis, born Jan 1886 in Lee County, Al; married Jeffie Mathews 14 Sep 1907 in LaGrange, Troup County, Ga; born 1890 in Alabama.
Notes for Jeffie Mathews:
Source:1920 McCrary, Muscogee, Ga. census reads:
W.J. Mathews, age 30, b. Al
Loma Mathews, age 34, b. Al.
Posey Mathews, age 9, b.Al.
Isornia? Mathews, dau, age 4 and 6 mos.
Living nextdoor is B.W.Ennis and his family and also J.W.Deloach (widowed) andhis family.
Cannot find Loma or W. J. Mathews on the 1930 census.
More About Jeffie Mathews and Loma Ennis:
Marriage: 14 Sep 1907, LaGrange, Troup County, Ga.
4 v. Benjamin Watt Ennis, born 06 May 1890 in Lee County, Alabama; died 13 Jun 1946 in Muscogee Co., GA; married Ora Lee Deloach 22 Sep 1907 in Troup County, GA.
vi. Edna Bell Ennis, born 13 Sep 1896 in Lee County, Alabama; died 11 Apr 1939 in Columbus, GAMuscogee County; married Rev. Albert T. Logan Abt. 1915 in Lee County, Al.
Notes for Edna Bell Ennis:
1930, Columbus, Muscogee Co., Ga. census reads:
Albert T. Logan, age 31b, Ala., Agent
Edna B. Logan, wife, age 33, b . Ala.
DeLoach, Jess, nephew, age 23, Spool-Hand, Hosiery Mill
1920Chambers Co., Al. census reads:
Albert T. Logan, age 20, b. Al.
Edna B. Logan, wife, age 23, b . Al.
Jane Ennis, mother-in-law, age 66, b.Ga., parents b .Ga.
Note:Timothy must have died because he is not found on either the 1920 or 1930 censuses.
More About Edna Bell Ennis:
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, Ala.
Fact 1: Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, Alabama.
More About Albert Logan and Edna Ennis:
Marriage: Abt. 1915, Lee County, Al.
Generation No. 5
16.Arthur Ennis II, born 26 Nov 1806 in Lancaster County, South Carolina; died 02 Feb 1891 in Chambers County, Alabama.He was the son of 32. Arthur Ennis I and 33. Martha Sims.He married 17. Nancy B. Weaver 30 Sep 1824 in South Carolina.
17.Nancy B. Weaver, born 05 Mar 1808 in Lancaster, S.C.; died 21 Apr 1859 in Chambers County, Alabama.She was the daughter of 34. Raleigh Payton Weaver and 35. Theodoscia "Odie" Sarah Middleton.
Notes for Arthur Ennis II:
Arthur Ennis and his children are found on the 1860 Chambers County, Al. census as follows: Page 745
House 209
Arthur Ennis, age 54, Farmer, Value 400, and 200born in SC Elizabeth, age 20,daughter,born in Georgia
Mary F., age 18, born in Georgia
Nancy, age 16, born in Georgia
Benjamin, age 14, born in Georgia
Hugh Wite, age 18, born in S.C.
Please note Arthur's wife was not listed.He remarried in 1861.
Source ofmost information for this family came from a Bible that is in possession of Jean Ennis of Lanett, Al.Most of the children ofArthur were born in Harris County, Ga. which is just a few miles from Chambers County, Ga.Arthur and his family were found on the 1850 Chambers County, Al. census on Page 315Arthur is found on the 1870 Chambers Co., Al. census beat No. 5. with wife Elizabeth, age 53,Mary F. age 35, daughter and Nancy age 27 b. Ga.
Arthur is found on the 1880 Chamber County census page 42.His age is shown as 74. Elizabeth is shown as being 68.In the same house are Mary Farley, age 85 and Elizabeth Coggin age 24.Census states that Elizabeth was a Laborer and that Mary was Grandmother ? .This census states that Arthur's father was born in S.C. and his mother in Virginia.
Arthur made the supreme sacrifice for the Confederacy.Your compiler has found no record that he owned slaves but the war was about more than just slavery.It was about State Rights and the unfairness of the way the South was being treated through taxation and tariffs.It should never have happenedand your Compiler gets angry and sad (has shed a few tears)just thinking about it and the effect it had on all her ancestors.
Arthur had four sons to go to War.Two were killed, two returned to live with the horrible memoriesof battle and the Yankee prison not to mention the poverty conditions that existed for the next forty or more years.Your Compiler's ancestor was his son William B.P.Ennis who was captured and lived to tellhorrible stories of the Yankeeprison camp he was in near Chicago, Ill. (Camp Douglas).
As the father of eight children Arthur experienced many happy beautiful moments.Surely there was much love and laughter in the Ennis house.God's love saw him through it all and he never lost his faith.He lived to the ripe old age of 85.
It seems that Arthur and some of his sons had a problem with alcohol.The Rocky Springs Baptist Church Records 1839-1964 reads as follows:
1848 Recived by letter sister Nancy Ennis
1851 Dispute between sister Ennis and Martha Roper
1851, June 14th difference between Sister Ennis and Martha Roper amicably settled.
1852, Sept. Received by experience Mary Frances Ennis.
1853, Sept. Received by experiene Elizabeth Ennis
1854, Feb. 18 - John M. Ennis drinking too much.His case seen into by church.
1854, June 14, Arthurh Ennis drunk again.
1855, Feb. Arthur Ennis requested his name be removed from church records.
same date Arthur Ennis cited for not attending church. Bro.T. J. Worrell appointed tocite him to church.
1855 Aug. , Arthur Ennis guilty of intoxication for which he was sorry and asked the church to bear with him and he would try to do better.
1857 A. Ennis cited for being drunk, heard committe rep.
1857 Oct.19, M.Ennis gives responsefor being absent (this is John Marion Ennis)
1858, Feb. 20,John Marion Ennis refused to come to church, requested the church exclude him, committee sent John Davis and Abner Webb to talk to him.
1884 Arthur Ennis charged with durnkness and excluded from church.
More About Arthur Ennis II:
Burial: MacedoniaBaptist Cemetery,Lafayette, Al.
Fact 1: Buried at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Lafayette, AL
Fact 2: 1840, Was found of the Harris County, Georgia, census
Fact 3: Bef. 1850, Moved to Chambers County, Alabama
Notes for Nancy B. Weaver:
She is proven by the Ennis bible.Her Weaver ancestor John Weaver was born in Germany.
More About Nancy B. Weaver:
Name 2: Nancy Weaver
Burial: Macedonia Baptist Cemetery, Lafayette, Al.
Fact 1: Buried at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Lafayette, AL
More About Arthur Ennis and Nancy Weaver:
Marriage: 30 Sep 1824, South Carolina
Children of Arthur Ennis and Nancy Weaver are:
i. Martha Jane Ennis, born 31 Dec 1825 in probably Lancaster District,S.C.; died 16 Oct 1896 in Kershaw, S.C; married Thomas Baker 21 Nov 1859 in Chambers County, AL; born 1807 in South Carolina; died in Probably Kershaw, S.C..
Notes for Thomas Baker:
Source:1860Chambers Co.,Al. census (no children)
1870 Flat Rock, Kershaw Co.,S.C. census reads:
Thomas Baker, age 63, b. S.C.
Martha J. Baker, wife, age 45, b. S.C.
William Baker, son, age 7, b. S.C.
More About Thomas Baker and Martha Ennis:
Marriage: 21 Nov 1859, Chambers County, AL
ii. John Marion Ennis, born 04 Jul 1829 in South Carolina; died 20 Jul 1901 in Elmore County, AL; married Irena Margaretta Elizabeth Cooper 26 Jun 1851 in Chambers Co. Alabama; born 1832 in Lancaster, S.C.; died Aft. 1869.
Notes for John Marion Ennis:
Source:1880 Elmore Co., Al. census, Bible Records, and CSA records.
1900 Elmore Co., Al. census reads:
Ennis, John M., age 71, b. Jul.1829 S.C. parents b. S.C.
Fannie B., dau-in-law, age 31, b. SC, parents b. SC
Lilly,gr.daug. age 10, b. Ala.
Margaretta, gr.dau., age 7, b. Al
Odie Mildred, gr.dau., age 5, b. Al.
Lou Edna, gr. daug.. age 4, b. Al
Annie, gr.dau., age 2, b. Al.
Living two doors away is a son named John L. Ennis, b. Mar. 1857 and his family.
John Marion served in the 47th AL Infantry (CSA) with his brother William Pinkney Ennis.Luckilyhe and William made it back home.The two other brothers who fought in the War were not so lucky.
They were James W. Ennis (buried Sharpsburg, Md.) and Benjamin Thomas Martin Ennis(buried at Gettysburg, PA).
Records of Rock Springs Baptist Church,Chambers Co., Ala. read:
1868Nov. 7th, J. M.Ennis and wife Margarette applied for letters of dismissal.
More About John Marion Ennis:
Burial: Jul 1901, Mt. Gilead Prim.Baptist Church, Elmore County, AL
Notes for Irena Margaretta Elizabeth Cooper:
Irena Margaretta Cooper was the daughter of Andrew Cooper (1800 SC-1838 Chambers Co.,Al. and Alsey Cooper (1800 S.C. da. 1869 Chambers Co.,Ala.).
More About John Ennis and Irena Cooper:
Marriage: 26 Jun 1851, Chambers Co. Alabama
iii. James W. Ennis, born 16 Feb 1833 in Harris County, Georgia; died 17 Sep 1862 in Sharpsburg, Md.(CSA).
More About James W. Ennis:
Military service: Killed in Civil War (CSA)
iv. Odie Elizabeth Ennis, born 16 Apr 1835 in Harris County, Ga.; died 06 Aug 1916 in Tallapoosa County, AL; married William Jackson Robertson.
v. Mary Frances Ennis, born 06 May 1838 in Harris County, Georgia; died 16 Mar 1903 in Alabama; married William Logan Daughtery 20 May 1879 in Chambers County, AL; born Abt. 1837 in Tennessee; died Dec 1901 in Chambers Co., Alabama.
Notes for Mary Frances Ennis:
Records of Rock Springs Baptist Church read:
1877 Aug. 18th Mary Frances Ennis and Martha Jane Ennis joined Sandy Ridge Methodist Church, excluded from Rock Springs.
Notes for William Logan Daughtery:
Source:1900 Chambers Co.,Al. census reads:
William Daughery, b.Mar. 1837, Ten. parents b. S.C.
Mary F. wife, b.Georgia, parents b. S.C.
Henry B., son, b. Aug. 1862 in Tenn. parents b. Tenn.(by 1st wife)
Mary, dau., b. May 1863 Georgia (by lst wife)
Willie, son, b. May 1884, Ala.
James, son, b . Apr. 1885, Ala
Thomas, son, b . Jan. 1887 Ala.
Ollie L., dau., b. Sept. 1891 Ala.
John, son, b. Feb. 1894 Ala
More About William Daughtery and Mary Ennis:
Marriage: 20 May 1879, Chambers County, AL
8 vi. William Pinkney Ennis, born 24 Feb 1839 in Harris County, Ga.; died 11 Jun 1910 in Chambers County, Alabama; married (1) Jane Broughton Oliver 21 Dec 1876 in Chambers County, Alabama; married (2) Angeline Yarbrough 27 Sep 1859 in Chambers County, Alabama.
vii. Nancy Annie Ennis, born 28 Dec 1841 in Harris County, Georgia; died 30 Jun 1915 in Chambers County, Alabama; married Dallas Caldwell 27 Oct 1870 in Chambers Co., Alabama.
More About Nancy Annie Ennis:
Burial: Jul 1915, Antioch Baptist Church, Lafayette, Al.
Notes for Dallas Caldwell:
Source:1880 Chambers Co., Ala. census and marriage record.
More About Dallas Caldwell and Nancy Ennis:
Marriage: 27 Oct 1870, Chambers Co., Alabama
viii. Benjamin Thomas Martin Ennis, born 17 Apr 1844 in Harris County, Ga.; died 26 Jul 1863 in Wounded and died at Gettysburg, PA(CSA).
Notes for Benjamin Thomas Martin Ennis:
Confederate Memorial Marker has been placed in Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, AL along with two
of his other brothers.A memorial marker has been placed for the 4th son of Arthur Ennis, II.It
was placed in the county where he died.This brother was John Marion Ennis who died in 1901 in Elmore County, AL.
More About Benjamin Thomas Martin Ennis:
Burial: Buried near old barn at Gettysburg, PA.
Generation No. 6
32.Arthur Ennis I, born Abt. 1770 in N. C.; died Bef. 1836 in Camden, Lancaster Co.,South Carolina.He was the son of Jesse Ennis.He married 33. Martha Sims Abt. 1790 in South Carolina.
33.Martha Sims, born Abt. 1772 in Virginia; died 1867.She was the daughter of Irvin Joseph Sims and Molly McGeehee.
Notes for Arthur Ennis I:
Much research has been done to try to find the parents of Arthur Ennis I, your Compiler's known ancestor but to date nothing has been found.No proof exists that Arthur's wife's surname was Sims. (See possible clue below).Jesse can not definitely be proven as being the father of this Arthur I.
Information has been documented as much as possible.Arthur Ennis I (designated No. 1 to distinguish from his son). owned land on Cedar Creek S.C. (Source:Lancaster County S.C. DeedAbstracts 1787-1811 by Brent H. HJolcomb, C.A.L.S. 192, Book G, page 214)September 17, 1807.
There was listed in the book " Memoirs of Georgia" an article about a Charles W. Ennis, ex-sheriff and farmer in Milledgeville, Ga.The article stated he was born in Baldwin County, Ga. in 1845 and that his parents were P. M. Ennis and Evaline Minor Ennis.The article did not state where they were from, just that they were of Scotch-Irish descent.These Ennises maybe related to Arthur.
The 1790 census for South Carolina lists Jesse Ennis,Heads of family and age 16 and up males - 1, Free while males under 16 - 4,free while females including head of house - 3.This census is for the Camden District, Lancaster County, S.C. where the family bible for Artur II says he was born.In the 96th District, Union County, S. C. 1790 Census there is listed a John Ennis. in house 1-2-3In the 98th District, Newberry County, S.C, 1790 Census there is listed a George Ennis, in house 1-0
This was found in a researcher's notes:
Andrew Ennis Augusta, Ga.merchant, Grantee in deed in Franklin Co, Ga. 1795 fromThos. Murray, qv. Arthur Ennis adj. landowner in deed Lancaster Co., S.C. 1833 by Ervin.We Sims, qv, to Furney Sims, Tract on Cedar Creek of Catawba R.We do know that Arthur owned land on Cedar Creek and probaly the Sims mentioned here were related to his wife.A deed was found in Chambers County,Al. with the name Capt Andrew Ennis.There were two dates on this deed, 1861 and 1871There is probably a connection between the Chambers County Ennis to the Andrew of Augusta, Ga.Arthur's second wife is believed to be Margaret Fleming. There was a property dispute about 115 acres of land in S.C. in 1840 between Margaret Ennis and Arthur's named sons.Margaret's age was given as between 30 and 40 years of age.She was to receive only 1/3 of Arthur's land.In another document found in the Lancaster CourthousePeter Fleming was appointed guardian of minor child, George. Document dated 11 March 1836George could be the child of the second wife.Peter could have been Margaret's brother.We cannot establish George's age because we do not know exactly when Arthur died.To be a minor,he had to have been under the age of 21 when his father died.
Your compiler has two marriages that she feels sure belongs to these Ennis but she cannot at the present identify.Marriages in Lee County, Alabama:Homer Hammock to Olive or Aline EnnisinBook D;Wm. M. Webb to Nettie L. Ennis, Aug. 28, 1888. Bk. B.
More About Arthur Ennis I:
Fact 1: 17 Sep 1807, Owned land on Cedar Creek, S. C.
Notes for Martha Sims:
Last Name believed to be "Simms/Sims.
Descendant Sherry McLemore states that Martha, aka Middy/Mittie b. 1845 married Arthur Ennis.She was the daughter of Irvin Joseph Sims, b. 1778, d. 1864 in Lancaster, S.C. married Molly McGeehee and had the following issue:
Joseph Sims, d. before 1864, Mary d. before 1864 (had married a Sartain); Jarrett, b.1803 d. 1882; Rebecca b. 1804, married James D. Cauthen, Martha(Middy) b. 1805 mar. Arthur Ennis; Samuel b. 1808; Francis Ann b. 1815 d. 1885 mar. James Brady Reeves.Sherry descends from Samuel and Frances line (double Sims kinship).
Note:Date of birth of this Martha Sims does not coincide.
More About Arthur Ennis and Martha Sims:
Marriage: Abt. 1790, South Carolina
Children of Arthur Ennis and Martha Sims are:
i. Bramey Ennis, born Abt. 1793 in S.C; married Cornelius.
ii. Mary Ennis, born 1794 in S.C.; died 1888; married Hugh White.
Notes for Hugh White:
1850 Marion County, GA census, page 294 shows children Elizabeth, age 14; Thomas age 11, Hugh age 9.These could be grandchildren.
1860 Chambers County, AL census, page 745 shows a Hugh White, age 18, living with Arthur Ennis II.
iii. James Ennis, born 1796 in South Carolina; died 1886 in Muscogee County, Ga; married Martha Abt. 1835.
More About James Ennis and Martha:
Marriage: Abt. 1835
iv. Benjamin Ennis, born Abt. 1805 in South Carolina; died 1896 in Blount County, Alabama; married Elsie T. Weaver Abt. 1820 in South Carolina; born Abt. 1806 in Lancaster, S.C..
Notes for Benjamin Ennis:
Benjamin and Elsie lived in the vicinity of Buena Vista, Ga. during the Civil War.Their son Arthur was killed in the War at age 18.
Benjamin and his brother Arthur married sisters, Nancy and Elsie Weaver.
More About Benjamin Ennis:
Date born 2: 1805, South Carolina
Notes for Elsie T. Weaver:
Elsie was the daughter of Raleigh Weaver and Theodosia Middleton.Benjamin and Elsie Weaver are found on the 1850 Blount County, AL census, page 107.She is believed to be the sister of
More About Benjamin Ennis and Elsie Weaver:
Marriage: Abt. 1820, South Carolina
16 v. Arthur Ennis II, born 26 Nov 1806 in Lancaster County, South Carolina; died 02 Feb 1891 in Chambers County, Alabama; married (1) Nancy B. Weaver 30 Sep 1824 in South Carolina; married (2) Elizabeth Beard 12 Nov 1861 in Chambers County, AL.
34.Raleigh Payton Weaver, born Abt. 1770 in Lancaster County, South Carolina; died Aft. 1840 in Itawamba County, Mississippi.He was the son of Frederick Weaver and Elizabeth Unknown.He married 35. Theodoscia "Odie" Sarah Middleton Abt. 1799 in Lancaster, S.C..
35.Theodoscia "Odie" Sarah Middleton, born Abt. 1780 in North Carolina; died 19 May 1858 in Itawamba County, Mississippi.She was the daughter of Thomas Middleton and Ann (Nancy) Basket.
Notes for Raleigh Payton Weaver:
Records in Lancaster County, South Carolina, name Raleigh Weaver as son of Frederick.Names of children and their birthdates found at Ancestry.com (7 Submitted Trees).
More About Theodoscia "Odie" Sarah Middleton:
Name 2: Theodes. Middleton
Fact 1: She was known as "Odie".
More About Raleigh Weaver and Theodoscia Middleton:
Marriage: Abt. 1799, Lancaster, S.C.
Children of Raleigh Weaver and Theodoscia Middleton are:
i. Posey Pinckney Weaver, born Abt. 1800 in Lancaster, S.C.; died 1894 in Texas.
ii. Jesse Weaver, born 09 Sep 1804 in Lancaster, S.C.
iii. Elsie T. Weaver, born Abt. 1806 in Lancaster, S.C; married Benjamin Ennis Abt. 1820 in South Carolina; born Abt. 1805 in South Carolina; died 1896 in Blount County, Alabama.
Notes for Elsie T. Weaver:
Elsie was the daughter of Raleigh Weaver and Theodosia Middleton.Benjamin and Elsie Weaver are found on the 1850 Blount County, AL census, page 107.She is believed to be the sister of
Notes for Benjamin Ennis:
Benjamin and Elsie lived in the vicinity of Buena Vista, Ga. during the Civil War.Their son Arthur was killed in the War at age 18.
Benjamin and his brother Arthur married sisters, Nancy and Elsie Weaver.
More About Benjamin Ennis:
Date born 2: 1805, South Carolina
More About Benjamin Ennis and Elsie Weaver:
Marriage: Abt. 1820, South Carolina
iv. Frederick Weaver, born 08 Jan 1808 in Chesterfield, Lancaster, S.C.
v. Elizabeth Weaver, born 05 Mar 1808 in Lancaster, S.C.
17 vi. Nancy B. Weaver, born 05 Mar 1808 in Lancaster, S.C.; died 21 Apr 1859 in Chambers County, Alabama; married Arthur Ennis II 30 Sep 1824 in South Carolina.
vii. Francis Weaver, born Abt. 1811 in Lancaster, S.C.
viii. John Middleton Weaver, born 01 Mar 1812 in Lancaster, S.C.
ix. Martha Weaver, born 02 Mar 1816 in Lancaster, S.C.
x. Thomas Pinkney Weaver, born 27 Jan 1821 in Lancaster, S.C.