COLUMBIA COUNTY SURNAMES AND RESEARCHERS
Please help establish this page, by sending me (suzanneforte@windstream.net) names that you are researching in Columbia County,
along with a short bio of the information that you know/and or that you are seeking. I will publish it here along with your name and
email address so others researching these same names can contact you.
Surnames: Washington, Fitzgerald, Revell, Silas
Jan (jwashington@charter.net) is researching the James Washington family of Columbia County. The earliest she has found them in Columbia County is the 1820 census. He is listed with his five sons. However, he had two sons who were married in the county in 1813 and 1815. James was born between 1750/1760. She does not have the name of his wife, but two of his five sons were George (born about 1786) who married Sophia Fitzgerald, 9 July 1815 in Columbia County, and James, born about 1787, possibly in Northampton, NC who married Nancy Revell, 18 Feb 1813 in Columbia County. If anyone has information on this family, she would greatly appreciate it. Her branch descends through G. W. Washington whose wife was Martha in the 1840 and 1850 Columbia County censuses with all their children. G. W. is never in the censuses with them for some reason. They migrated to Colorado Co, Texas in the 1860 census. Her family descends from G. W. and Martha Washington through their son Robert Silas.
Surnames: Phillips, Parish, Whitaker, Kendricks, Taylor, Adams, Johnson, Lord
Janice Thurmond (jannt@comcast.net) is researching these surnames, please click HERE for additional information on these names.
Surnames: Goings, Kendrick, Moore, Copeland
Betty Matthews ( Matthewsplace@windstream.net ) is researching these surnames. Moses Goings was born about 1775. His son, Joseph, was born 1790-1800 in Columbia County. Married November 1, 1822 to Jude Kendrick, their son was Joseph B. Goings, born 1830-32 in Columbia County, married about 1850 to Caroline Moore. Joseph B. Goings died in Winchester, Virginia, October 6, 1864 during the Civil War. They had a daughter, Mary Laura Goings who married Stephen Wright Copeland. Please email her if you have information on this family.
Surnames: Wall, Theis
Janice Johnson ( jan-john@comcast.net ) is researching her great great grandfather's line. His name was Jonathan Wall, born 1817 in Georgia. He is on the 1840 Census for Columbia County, with a one year old son born 1839 and a wife. The son's name was William Carter Wall. Do not know his wife's name. This is his first wife, his second wife was Harriet Theis. Would like to have information and names of Jonathan's parents. Have other information on Jonathan from 1850. Would be glad to share. Please email her if you have information on this family.
Surnames: Young, Tudor, Hancock
Helen Hirtriter is researching these names, please contact her at bhhirtriter@aol.com
Descendants of Sarah J. Tudor and Ann Tudor
Descendants of James Timothy Hancock
Surnames: Willingham
Phillip Barr is searching for descendants of William Willingham who died in 1797 and his wife Nancy. They were associated with the Kiokee Church. Please contact him at pharb2@msn.com
Surnames: Ray, Bobo
Bev ( Hisdogbo@yahoo.com) is researching the above surnames. Ann Elizabeth Bobo Ray was born 22 Feb 1802 in Columbia County. Her mother was Jeaney (Jenney, Virginia) Bobo, born about 1768 in South Carolina. She married a Mr. Ray and they moved to Columbia County. Mr. Ray had a brother, Joseph Ray, who married Jeaney's sister, Nancy Bobo and these two families came to Raesville, Georgia about 1790-1800. Ann leave about 1825 because she married J.C.B. Washington and joins him in Franklin, Missouri in 1825. Please email Bev if you have information on this family.
Surnames: Crawford, Edding, Garrison, Humphries, Lucas, Marshall, McNeal, Pittman, Pollard, Stearns, Waller, Wellborn, Wynne
Joe Marshall ( jmarshall@splantations.com
)is a descendant of Rev. Daniel Marshall, and is searching for as many descendants of Rev. Daniel Marshall and Martha Stearns Marshall as
possible. Rev. Daniel was born in Windsor, Connecticut in 1706. He came to what is now Columbia County, Ga. in 1771, or
before and established Kiokee Baptist Church. He died in 1784. His first son, (1) Daniel, Jr. born to Rev Daniel
and Hannah Drake (who died in childbirth) supposedly died in Columbia County without issue. Other children born to Rev
Daniel and Martha Stearns Marshall were: (2) Abraham Marshall b. 1748 in Ct. d. 1819 in Columbia County; m. Ann
Waller, was pastor of Kiokee after his father. Children surviving childhood were Jubal Orion II, b. 1800 was said to
have moved to Alabama, and Jabez Pleiades b. 1802, b. 1832, succeeded his father as Pastor of Kiokee . (3) John, b.~1750
Ct. was in Columbia County at the death of his father, but said to have moved to Alabama or Louisiana later. Married in
Columbia County, had four daughters. (4) Zaccheus, b. 1753 in
Onnaquaggy, Mohawk Nation, Pennsylvania, during his parents
19 year journey from Ct. to Columbia County. D. 1821 in Columbia County. Married 1775 Susannah Lucas from South
Carolina. Children were Elbert, Samuel, Martha, Daniel L., Charlotte, and Elizabeth. Martha married Robert Pollard of
South Carolina. (5) Levi, b. 1754 in Winchester, Va. m. Sarah Wynne, three sons and four daughters. Was a successful
Planter in Columbia County. (6) Moses, b. 1756 in Winchester, Va. m. Mary Garrison, children were Benjamin,
Sina, Dorcas, Sarah, Mary and Solomon. Moses died in Hancock County 1803-1806. (7) Solomon, b. 1763 in South Carolina,
m. Sarah Crawford. b.1763 in Virginia. no record of children, he was said to be present at fathers death. No record of
children. Recent information indicates he may have moved to Huntsville, Al., married Susan Humphries, became a lawyer and
Judge, and had family, d. ~1850. (8) Joseph, b. 1765 in South Carolina, m. Elizabeth Waller, Elizabeth Edding, and
Mrs. Nancy Younger McNeal. Children were Mary, Joseph Abraham,
Hulda, Selina, Daniel. He died in 1817. (9)
Eunice, also known as Lucy, b. 1760 in North or South Carolina, married John Ichabod Pittman, said to have moved to
Gwinnett County, Ga. (10) Mary, little is known about Mary except that she married Elias Wellborn, and (11)
Benjamin, little is known about him. He was in some records briefly and it is assumed he died young. He was not listed as
being at his father’s bedside at death, as were all others listed.
Please contact Joe if you have information on these families.
SURNAMES: Fisk, Florence, Gibbs, Huffman, Prather, Smith, Taylor
Donna Vandersall ( svandersall@alltel.net
) is descended from Wiley Wilson Huffman who lived in Columbia County from at least 1870 through his death in 1910. His wife was
Narcissus Prather who was born in Columbia County in 1848. Her parents were A. C. (Addison Christian) Prather and Malissa Smith.
Her other great grandfather was Otis Peyton Florence (originally from Lincoln County) who was married to Margaret Waltina Fisk of Columbia County
(in 1890) for only a few years before his death. (Any info on his death would be appreciated.) He was the son of Stearn T. Florence. Margaret was the daughter of John Newton and Margaret Fisk. I've found surprisingly little information on the Fisks considering they were such a prominent family.
Finally, I'm looking for any information on James W. Gibbs and his wife
(probably his second) Henrietta Taylor. They were in Columbia County in
1880. I'm looking for anything about their marriage and her death (which occurred prior to 1885).
Please contact Donna is you have information on any of these families.
SURNAME: Maryland
Claudia ( mailto:claudiamaryland@aol.com ) is researching this surname. .The family moved to Richmond and Columbia Counties about 1875.
Please contact her if you have information on this family.
SURNAMES: Dabney , Carr, Watkins
Lynne ( sundown@satx.rr.com ) is researching these surnames. The Carr family was in Columbia County in early 1800's. Thomas Dabney, Jr, was born Sept 28 1790, died 1835, he married Anna Bell Watkins on December 15, 1819. Not sure is Watkins was her maiden name or from a previous marriage. Please contact Lynne if you have information on these families.
SURNAMES: Grinage, Greenage, Walton, Gill, Stanton
Celeste Garrett ( mcgwebmail@att.net )
is researching these surnames.
She would like to know where any of her Grinage ancestors in Georgia are buried. Also, there are other Grinages and Greenages in Georgia between 1760s and 1820s that she is not positive how (or if) they are related to Joshua. Here’s some of the information that she has:
Joshua Grinage and his possible relatives moved to Georgia around 1790 from Virginia. Joshua bought and sold quite a bit of land in Columbia County. His sister? (Sarah or Sallie Grinage) married William Walton. Several other Grinage names (sometimes spelled Greenage or Greenwich) that were associated with Joshua in Virginia are:
James and Aaron (who went to Louisiana); Edward (who lived in same household in Georgia as Joshua, then went to Tennessee); Rachel and Rebecca (who married in Columbia County, Georgia). Joshua's first wife, Sarah Gill, died in Columbia County in 1800. About a year later Joshua marries Mary D. (Polly) Stanton. Sometime afterward Joshua moved to Lincoln County.
There are also other Grinages living in Georgia and South Carolina around 1767 that may be related. John and William Grinage, whom I have never found in the census records, had business relations with Joshua. John died in Columbia County around 1812. Joshua also sold John land in 1811 (have not obtained a copy of this deed yet - it is located in Putnam County for some reason). William Grinage had a business in Augusta and Joshua acted as his lawyer. William (or a son named William) eventually moved to Tennessee. There are also several female Grinages who were not the daughters of Joshua: Prudence; a Nancy Grinage (not the Nancy Grinage that married John Avery); Respina?; etc. Did I mention that a Mary Greenage married William Lenox in South Carolina in 1794? And of course there was an Obadiah Greenage that was hung in 1767 in Savannah for being a part of a notorious gang.
Any information would be welcome.
SURNAMES: Tindall, Young
Mike Grady mikiecgpmt@hot.rr.com
is researching these surnames.
If anyone can help me locate information on James B Young, born about 1790/91 it would be greatly appreciated. James
married Aletha Tindall (b-1805) on or about 8 Jan 1824 in Columbia, Georgia.
Their children would have included
Louisa(b:1826)James(b:1831), Mary(b:1833), Thomas(b:1835)
and William B Young (b:1845). (All birth dates are could be +/- 1 year)
I have found James and Aletha listed on the 1850/60/and 70
US Census' in Columbia County, but can't seem to find anything further back than that.
I am researching William B Youngs' line as he is my great, great grandfather.
Also, any information on William Booker Young, William
Booker Young Jr., or Irvin Young would be appreciated as
well. I believe that all lived in the Augusta/Hephzibah
area, where my father was born and raised.
SURNAMES: Evans, McDaniel, Jennings, Lamar, Percival
Peggy (McDaniel) McDonald (napeg@aol.com) is researching
these surnames from Columbia County GA.
Humphrey Evans b1776 Mecklingberg Co., VA d.1864 Appling,
Columbia Co, GA.
He married Jane Jennings b.1776 Mecklingberg County VA, d. after 1864.
Their children were:
William J. 1808
Prudence H. 1810
John P. Jennings 1814
Jane 1816
John P. Jennings EVANS married Caroline Rachel Appling LAMAR of Columbia County.
Their children were:
Nancy Jane b1837. Married Dr. James Jackson CARTLEDGE of Columbia County.
Prudence Sophronia b1841 Married Richard FOSTER
Humphrey b1844 CSA
Eliza Matilda b1846 married 1st. James Anthony GARNETT (died in
Civil War)
married 2nd. William McDANIEL of Modoc/Edgefield SC
Please contact Peggy at napeg@aol.com
if you have information on this family.
SURNAMES: Hays, Hayes
Susan Black Davis is researching these surnames from Columbia and Warren Counties. Please contact her at Suenann@comcast.net if you have information.
SURNAMES: Roberts, Fitzgerald, Morris
Gerry Hill (GerryInGa@yahoo.com) is researching the different Roberts families of Columbia Co. Ga.
Actual line Jesse who married 9 Feb 1805 Columbia, Mary Fitzgerald and moved from Columbia to Merriwether to Ocalla, Marion, Fl. where he died 11 Dec 1848. Two of his sons
Irby and Wiley Asbury also married Columbia-that I have been able to identify. Another dtr. Mildred is supposed to have married Abraham Rittenhouse Morris 16 Jul 1835 Columbia. Other married Meri.
Would like to sort out all the Roberts in Columbia
Please contact Gerry at GerryInGa@yahoo.com is you have information on these families
SURNAMES: Strozier
Phyllis Porter is searching for information on John Martin Strozier who is listed in several deeds in Columbia County in 1795 and 1798. If anyone has any information on this man or his family, please contact her. She descends from Peter Strozier of Wilkes County and is trying to determine the relationship of these two men. Also are there any estate records for John Martin Strozier or any other records that might provide names of his children.
Please contact Phyllis at PmpGenie@aol.com
SURNAMES: Hixon, Stallings
Doris Leifeste is researching the Hixon and Stallings surnames.
William Hixon, Sr., died in Columbia Co., Ga., in 1772 or at least that is the date that she has found on Rootsweb for his death. His wife's name was Elizabeth. They were both born in N.C. Their children were Ann, Elizabeth Ann, John, Kashiah, Mary, Timothy and William Jr., all born in Columbia Co. from 1755 to 1767.
William, Jr., was the father of Rev. Seaborn Hixon, who was b. 1799 in Columbia Co. He married Mary Stallings.
Please contact Doris at dorisjoann1@yahoo.com you have information to share on these families.
SURNAMES: Castleberry, Danelly, Waters
Barb Waters is researching these surnames from Columbia County. Please read her
query and more information by clicking HERE and email her at jwaters539@comcast.net is you have any information on these names.
Surnames: Barnard, Germany, Heard, Fraser
Robert C. Johnston, Jr is researching these surnames from Columbia County. Please read his query and contact him
at rcj@elmore.rr.com if you have any information on these names.
I have discovered evidence in my research that Edward Barnard, the infamous Indian Trader, and early land owner in the old town of Augusta, may be related to my Barnard Heard family of neighboring Wilkes County and Robert Germany family of Columbia and Richmond Counties and Augusta, Georgia early history. I would like to locate more evidence and facts about the relationships between Edward Barnard and his wife Henrietta Fraser, daughter of James and Margaret Fraser, and the Germany family, in particular, James Germany who married Margaret Fraser after the death of her husband, and Robert Germany, brother of James Germany. The Germany family of Augusta and the Heard family of Wilkes County were connected in many ways, with two Heard brothers, Maj. Barnard Heard and Gov. Stephen Heard, marrying two daughters of Robert Germany, Nancy and Jane respectively. Since Edward Barnard, Robert Germany, Barnard Heard and Stephen Heard are deeply imbedded in the early history of Georgia, the town of Augusta, the fighting with Indians, and the Revolutionary War, I strongly feel there was a deeper relationship between these men and their families.
I am very interested in learning more about the children of Edward Barnard, especially any daughters. "Barnard Heard" is an interesting name and I'm wondering if he was named after Edward Barnard because of close ties with him and Barnard's father, John Heard, who built Heard's Fort near the present site of Washington, GA. Any help, guidance, or theories as to the connection of these historical figures during the early days of Georgia would be greatly appreciated.
Surnames: Lyle, Shannon
Lisa Lyle Vimmerstedt is researching these surnames. Please contact her at LillyKLyle@aol.com if you have information on these families
I am interested in any deeds or land owned by Robert Taylor Lyle in the early 1900's (probably around 1906) or his father in law Elbridge Gerry Shannon. I know that they lived in Martinez, Georgia and had several children born there from about 1906 until 1915 when they left Martinez, GA and moved back to Lexington, KY. I was just wondering how in the world they decided to move to Martinez---it might have been that the Shannons had some land there and when Elbridge Gerry Shannon died in 1906 then his daughter Mayme Shannon Lyle and her husband Robert Taylor Lyle moved down there to be with her mother.
Surnames: McDuffie, Taylor, Johnson
Annette McDuffie Haven ( Brightfeather65@aol.com ) is researching these surnames.
Looking for William McDuffie b.1800 Georgia, d. ? Georgia -
Son William McDuffie b. Sept. 1827 Georgia died in Civil War, Port
Hudson La. 1862 - migrated to Holmes County, Florida - m. Charity A.
Taylor b. May 15, 1830 Thomas County, Georgia
George McDuffie was born in Columbia County.
His parents were John and Jane McDuffie, they came to Columbia County in the 1790's, and had quite
a few children.
I have not seen a list any where of their children's names with the exception of George.
William McDuffie b. Sept 1827, in Georgia is a brick wall for me. He is my gg Grandfather.
Please contact Annette if you have information on these surnames.
Surname: Griffin
Paula Knape is researching the Griffin surname.
Jeremiah Griffin was born in 1774 in Wilkes County, Georgia and died in 1847 in Canton, Mississippi.
Between these dates he lived in Columbia County. Some of his children were born there.
He may have been the owner of a prosperous gold mining operation as well as a planter.
His children were John, Richard, Nathaniel, Mary Ann, Jane, Nancy and Elizabeth. Possibly another daughter.
Please contact Diane at Dknape1969@aol.com if you have information on this family.
Surnames: Pearre, Key
Beth Webb is researching her maternal ancestors PEARREs (from Georgia) and KEYs (from South Carolina just across the border).
She trying to establish her connection to the line of Nathaniel PEARRE, Revolutionary Soldier and Humphrey Offutt PEARRE,
Confederate Soldier of the 48th Georgia Infantry. The KEY line married the Pearre's in 1910 and I can only take it back to William H. KEY b. 1855.
Please contact Beth at ThreebeesW@aol.com if you have information on these families.
Surnames: King, Few
Henry King is researching the family of Henry King. He married Sara Few b 1812, Columbia
County Ga.Moved to McNary County, Tenn, had 9 children , then divorced him and married a
Ledford circa 1860 .Henry needs information about Sara; was her maiden name Few?
or was she previously married.
Please contact Henry at hepster60@yahoo.com if you have information
Surnames: Lashley, Olive, Wheeler, Thomas
Robin Goodwin (rdgoodwin42@hotmail.com ) is looking for information on the Lashley family. She only knows the
following information: Elijah was the son of Edmund (Edmond) Lashley and Delilah Olive. Elijah married Mary Wheeler in Columbia County,
Georgia on 10/12/1812. Elijah had a sister named Elizabeth who married Lewis Thomas on Jan. 8, 1824 in Columbia County Georgia.
They also had another sister named Sarah and a brother named Hardy, but she has no information on those two. Any help is appreciated.
Please contact Robin at rdgoodwin42@hotmail.com if you have information.
Surnames: Runnels/Reynolds, Cliatt/Clyatt
Dori Lloyd ( lloyd.fam@juno.com ) is researching these surnames.
She is trying to find information about Lucy Runnels/Reynolds who married Isham Cliatt/Clyatt in Richmond Co. GA on
July 10, 1817. There is an Isom Cliatt in Richmond County in 1820. This may be my Isham. The 1830 and 1840 censuses have Isham in Columbia
County. 1850 lists him in Lincoln County--I'm assuming the county changed names, he didn't move. By 1860 they are in Berrien County. I suspect she
is a sister of Martin B. Reynolds, daughter of Mary (ukn), but have no proof or corroborating stories.
Please contact Dori if you have information on these surnames.
Surname: Hand
John Reed ( jcreed57@gmail.com ) is researching the Hand family in Georgia. They have been in SE GA since the mid 1800's and believes they
came to Columbia County by the mid 1700's...the family came from England to Long Island in 1635, and then in time sent some hardy souls down
South
Henry Hand Sr.
b. 1/12/1735 E. Hampton, LI, NY
d. 9/11 or 9/13/1811 Columbia Co. GA
m. Sarah Miller ~1758
Rev. Henry Hand Jr.
b. 5/17/1764 d.
1/19/1837
m. Elizabeth Harrison
William Hand
b. 1786 Columbia Co. GA d.
1860
m. Sarah E…?
William R L Hand
b. 12/5/1818 d.
10/12/1897 Hazlehurst, GA ~“Handtown”
m. Ester Deen b. 2/24/1832 d.
5/21/1908
William R L Hand and his descendants are buried in Jeff Davis County,
would like to find out more about the first Georgia Hands, why they came [land grants?],
who they were, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if
desired, posted on the "Hand cousins" yahoo group bulletin board:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins
Surname: Hutchinson
Anna Jones ( annaj703@hotmail.com ) is researching the Hutchinson surname.
Her great great grandfather was Seaborn Hutchinson, born 1824 in Georgia, his brother was John Hutchinson born in Columbia County
Please contact Anna at annaj703@hotmail.com if you have information on this family.
Surname: Youngblood
Ron Youngblood ( RYoungb775@aol.com ) is researching the Youngblood surname.
He is looking for information on John Miles Youngblood, Jr.
He petitioned for land in what is now Columbia County in 1771. He was
awarded 300 acres of land on Little Kiokee Creek in 1774.
His wife's name was Mary and he stated in his petition that he had seven
children. I'm really seeking the names of those children.
John Miles Youngblood, Jr. also served in the American Revolution out of
Georgia.
Please contact Ron at RYoungb77@aol.com if you have information on this family.
Surname: Foster, Colbert
Mary T. McGuire ( mstxmac@yahoo.com ) is Researching William Claiborne Foster, born
Virginia , may have lived in Columbia County before 1820. Married to Elizabeth Colbert, who was probably a widow as a son Frederick Colbert is
mentioned in her will. Children of union are John W., Julia B, Prudence, William C., Richardson, and Flavel Foster, born before move to Alabama.
Think William C. died in Georgia, Elizabeth died in 1835 in Monroeville , Alabama .
Please contact Mary at mstxmac@yahoo.com if you have information on this family.
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