| SILAS ATKINSON O'QUINN *CSA*
O’QUINN, SILAS ATKINSON
1827-1907
APPLING COUNTY
Silas
O’Quinn was appointed 3rd Sergeant of CO. K, 2nd Regt, 1st
Brigade, G, GA State Troops 10 October, 1861.
He was mustered out April 1862 and on
5 September 1862
enlisted as a private in
CO.
B, 54th
Regt.
GA
Inf. On
15 October 1862
he transferred to
CO.
K, 4th Regt., GA
Calvary
(Clinch’s).
Roll for March 1864, last one on file, shows him present.
He was paroled at
Thomasville
,
GA
on
25 May 1865
.
Silas
sold a horse to the Army for $125 plus $25 for horse’s equipment.
He was also paid $25 every 2 months for use and risk of another horse,
evidently the one he rode.
Silas
Atkinson O’Quinn was born in Appling County on March 16, 1827 and died March
17, 1907 in Charlton County, now Brantley. The
surname was originally spelled with one ”N” (O’Quin).
Silas was the son of Silas O’Quin
(1789-1880) and
Nancy
Crummey (1789-1870, daughter of
Stephen Crummey and Rebecca Carter Crummey.
Silas, Sr., was born in North Carolina, moved to
South Carolina
about 1800 and then to
Georgia
in 1821.
He settled near Ten Mile Creek in
Appling
County.
He eventually moved to
Wayne
County
and died there
January 6, 1880
. Silas
married at least three times:
1) Mary E. Wilkinson, b. c.1833. No
further information. 2)
Nancy Carter, b. abt 1827 in S.C. and d. abt 1857/1858 in Baker
Co.
, FL.
They had four children. 3)
Susan Bryan, b. Dec. 5, 1843 in Live Oak, Fl. and d. Aug. 17, 1920 in Brantley
Co., GA. They had seven children.
Silas and Susan are b. in Bachlott Cemetery, Brantley Co. GA.
Children of Silas A. O’Quinn and his
wives’ are:
1)
Clayton H. O’Quinn, b.
12/8/1852
, d.
6/2/1924
m. Julia Miranda
Lynn
1/24/1894
b. 1858, d. 1921, daughter of Charles
W. and Civility (Dinkins) Lynn. Clayton
and Julia are buried in Bachlott Cemetery, Brantley Co., GA.
2)
Robert T. O’Quinn, b.
6/30/1854
, d.
7/11/1928
(1) m. Fannie Roland
1/24/1883
(2) Nancy Dowling c. 1900 b. 2/9/
1865, d.
5/10/1934
, daughter of Aaron Dowling.
Robert and Nancy are b. in Sardis Cemetery, Charlton Co. GA.
3)
James M. O’Quinn, b.
3/6/1857
.
No further record.
4)
Nancy O’Quinn, b.
3/12/1861
d.
12/5/1934
m. Paul Dowling, b.
7/20/1861
, d.
12/30/1919
son of David C. and Letitia (Thomas)
Dowling. Nancy and Paul are b. in
Dowling Cemetery in Brantley County, GA.
5)
Mary Jane “Molly” O’Quinn, b.
1/19/1862
, d.
9/12/1930
, m. William Isaac Minchew
3/22/1882
, b.
2/19/1862
, d.
4/2/1939
, son of John J. and Dory Ann
(Dennison) Minchew. Mollie and
William are b. in Bachlott Cemetery, Brantley Co. GA.
(Note: Their daughter, Verdie
Jane Minchew m. William Henry Howard, first sheriff of Brantley Co;
granddaughter Georgia Verona Howard m. another sheriff, Joseph Walter Crews.)
6)
James J. O’Quinn, b.
2/26/1865
, d.
1/5/1947
, m. Sarah L. “Sallie” Crews
3/12/1896
b.
1/2/1879
daughter of Archibald and Nancy
Griffin Crews. Jim and Sallie are b.
in High Bluff Cemetery, Brantley County, GA.
7)
Frances Elizabeth O’Quinn b.
8/26/1868
, d. before 1880.
No further information.
8)
David Brantley O’Quinn, b.
9/22/1875
, d.
11/30/1929
, m. Anna Elizabeth “Bessie”
Griffin
, b.
10/5/1895
, d.
5/2/1942
, d. of James Darling and Henrietta
“Hettie” Cason Griffin. David is
b. in
Bachlott
Cemetery
; “Hettie” is b. in High Bluff.
Both are in
Brantley
County
.
9)
Silas Atkinson O’Quinn, Jr. b.
9/12/1876
, d.
10/2/1949
, m. Catherine Virginia “Katie”
Drury
7/21/1907
, b.
12/2/1888
, d.
5/30/1974
, daughter of E.L. and Gertrude (
Walker
) Drury.
Silas and Katie are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
10) Viola O’Quinn, b.
10/8/1881
, d.
10/7/1946
. m.
5/18/1899
Alfred Albert “Jack” Crews, b.
5/17/1871
, d.
11/9/1933
.
Viola and Jack are b. in
Bachlott
Cemetery
,
Brantley
County
.
11) Nettie O’Quinn, b.
5/17/1882
, 5/ 27/ 1975, m. (1) Jerry D. Crews,
b.
5/15/1878
d.
12/25/1910
, son of James Bryant and Keziah
(Morton) Crews. Jerry is b. in Bethlehem Cemetery, m. (2) c.1916 Oliver S.
Hickox, b. c. 1893 d. 10/27/1959, son of Leonard and Laney Hickox, Nettie and
Oliver are b. in Flagler Memorial Park, Dade County, Fl.
Silas had three brothers who served in the
*CSA*: Alexander, David and George W.
1)
Alexander O’Quinn:
22 Sept. 1862
enlisted in GA 7th
Cavalry, CO, G. Mercer Partisans. In June/July 1863 he transferred to GA 24th
Bn, Co A. Separation date unknown.
2)
David O’Quinn:
01 Sept. 1861
was commissioned and elected Captain
of the 970th District of the State Militia (in
Clinch
County
).
3)
George W. O’Quinn: In 1861 joined the Confederate forces.
Records show more than one G.W. O’Quinn, and it is that George enlisted
in the GA 4th Cavalry (Clinch’s),
Co.
E. He made or repaired shoes for
soldiers.
Military
service was researched and a stone was ordered by Gaynell H. Sasser on June 17,
2004, and placed by Jerry Van Herrin on August 4, 2004.
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