Mam-ma's Southern Family

Martha Jane Coor was born 10 May 1873 in Copiah County, Mississippi, to James Madison Coor and Melissa Ann Welch. [1] After her mother died, she moved to Erath County, Texas, with her father in the early 1880s. [2] She was nicknamed “Doll.” The story I got from my grandmother, Pansy Louise Lancaster, who was her granddaughter, was her grandfather called her that because she was so beautiful, like a doll. [3] Another researcher also told a similar story to me: “My dad, Ivey Coor, [nephew of Martha Jane, his father was James Rufus, brother of Martha], talked about Dolly numerous times. He said that the reason her nickname was Dolly was because she was so beautiful and looked like a Doll.” [4] Did her husband name her Doll or was she already called Doll before they were married? William Carl Lancaster and Mattie Coor were married on 9 March 1892 by minister, C.G. Kiker. [5] She was not named Doll in this document, but rather “Mattie,” a nickname for Martha. In 1880, she was name...

1771. Supposedly born on 13 January 1771 in North Carolina, though maybe in South Carolina. The only source are online trees. 1791. He married Linna Hughes, daughter of George Hughes, perhaps in Newberry District, South Carolina. [1] 1799 . November 19. James witnessed a deed between Burwell & Elizabeth Carpenter to Samuel Neighbours. Land located on Little Horse Creek, with neighbors bordering: John Hugars, Holland, and Joseph Hills, as well as the meeting house branch. [2] 1800 . February 14. James purchased land from Samuel Neighbours of Laurens County for $250 a tract of land on Horse Creek waters of Reedy River totaling 250 acres. Neighbors mentioned were Benjamin Arnold, Joseph Hill, James Hollon, and a meandering branch. [3] COMMENT: This is likely the first piece of land he purchased. Looking at maps, this land was near the southern border with Laurens District. 1800. Census. Greenville County. Location not stated. Males - Under 10-     ...

Jesse Loveless, the father of Ebenezer Loveless, is my maternal 3x-great-grandfather. Because of his early history in South Carolina, I do not have much information sourced. An exact birthdate came from another researcher. The marriage is an estimate from a published source and based before the first known son’s birth. The earliest record of someone named Jesse is the 1847 land purchase in Cass County, Georgia, where they were living in 1850. The items below are what I have collected over the years. Like the previous 12 for ’26 ancestors, I conducted a new full-text search and added them to the timeline. Those items are recorded in orange text. Red text indicates the need to re-locate the document at a FamilySearch Center to rewrite a full citation. My comments are in blue text. 1806 .     Jesse Loveless was born in South Carolina. He was 44 in 1850, [1] 54 in 1860, [2] and 63 in 1870. [3] A full birthday of 30 Nov 1806 appears in many trees with no source. [4...