Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485320377:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L81N-2K2
• _UID: EF7CAB1339E44CB3852792D6E13DB6204DDA

Notes:

IGI lists as Ezekel P. Ware

Ezekiel married Margaret about 1830. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485320330:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L81N-28S
• _UID: 8E879AB0456C45DDA8ADA6C946E2D8978D4D
• Misc: 1 Nov 1801, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; named to receive $100 at his grandfather's death
• Possessions: 24 Dec 1801, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; sold land to Richard Woodroof
• Possessions: 14 Jan 1805, Greene, Georgia, United States; purchased land from Ezekiel Park
• Misc: 15 Jan 1808, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; mentioned in grandfather's will
• Possessions: 4 Oct 1808, Greene, Georgia, United States; sold land to Francis Boykin
• Possessions: 17 Jul 1810, Jones, Georgia, United States; purchased land from William Baldwin, Sr.
• Census: 7 Aug 1820, Greene, Georgia, United States; Address:
  Woodham's District
• Census: 1830, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
• Possessions: 19 May 1840, Colorado, Republic of Texas
• Possessions: 12 Jul 1841, Colorado, Republic of Texas; recorded land purchase
• Residence: 1844, Colorado, Republic of Texas; appears on a Texas Tax List
• Misc: 1848, Colorado, Texas, United States; accused of assault with the intent to kill
• Census: 4 Sep 1850, Colorado, Texas, United States
• Occupation: 4 Sep 1850, Colorado, Texas, United States; farmer
• Possessions: 4 Sep 1850, Colorado, Texas, United States; real property $2500
• Possessions: 23 Sep 1857, Fannin, Texas, United States; patented 640 acres

Notes:

Could have been born in Caroline Co, VA or in MD, or even Caswell Co., NC

Marriage to Sarah Jemison could have been in Talladega or in Lincoln Co., GA.

It appears that the Thomas in Colorado Co, Texas is in fact this one and that he was one of the early settlers of Texas. See http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11945659/person/111050223/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid|pgNum and the links to the Columbus library for details

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/976644/person/-15746941/media/5?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid|pgNum

Ware Family History: Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Kings ...
By Wanda Ware DeGidio

http://www.warefamilies.org/

Four families: Winn, Thomas, Ware, Garrett of the southern United States, from 1600s to 1993 - Switzer Library, Cobb County; Atlanta History Center

Wilder and some connecting (especially some Ware) families in the Southeastern United States of America: a belated, 'though very incomplete, report of such part of them, of their origins, of their migrations and of their genealogies, as could be found in a cursory search

From nutherslatton on Ancestry:
Thomas WARE was born in 1770 in Caswell County, North Carolina. He died on 19 Jan 1859 in Colorado, Colorado County, Texas. He is one of the foundational ancestors of the Sons and Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Per the Colorado County Chronicles, Volume I & II: "Colorado County was originally part of Stephen F. Austin's first colony, and was known as the Municipality of Colorado under the rule of the Mexican government. In 1837 it was organized as one of the original counties of the Republic of Texas."

From http://library.columbustexas.net/history/Criminal%20Causes.htm
Texas Court Records Colorado County District Court Records Criminal Cause File Index, 1837-1930 compiled by Bobbie Elliott and Bill Stein.

Though they are often overlooked, the cause files in the Office of the District Clerk are an enormously valuable resource for both historians and genealogists. The cause files come in two types: criminal and civil. The former contain papers relevant to the various criminal cases that were directed to the district court; the latter the papers of the lawsuits that were filed in the district court. This is a list of the criminal cause files from the beginning of the county, 1837, until 1930.

The list provides the cause file number, the style of the case, the year the indictment was handed down, and a brief description of the alleged crime, as it appears on the indictment. Many of the numbers were assigned to more than one case. No explanation for this has been encountered. Often numbers appear to have been skipped. These numbers were probably assigned to a case, but either no cause file was created for the case, or the cause file that was created has been lost or filed elsewhere. Information on the cause numbers missing from the list below might be gleaned from the various minute and docket books in the Office of the District Clerk. Remember that accusation is not the same thing as guilt. Those wishing to discover the outcome of any of the cases listed below should investigate further at the Office of the District Clerk at the Colorado County courthouse.

There is a criminal case on file for Thomas Ware:
Criminal Cause File No. 563: State of Texas v. Thomas Ware (1848) assault with intent to kill William R. Turner. In his defense, the Turners were a rowdy, and even a dangerous bunch as evidenced by further court records:

Colorado County District Court Records Criminal Cause File Index, 1837-1930 Criminal Cause File Government Person(s) Charged Year Charged With: CCF# 286 Rep of Texas v. William Turner 1844 assault and battery on John Suggs
CCF# 288 Rep of Texas v. John Suggs 1844 assault and battery on William Turner
CCF# 289 Rep of Texas v. John Turner 1844 assault and battery on Robert H. Tobin
CCF# 341 Rep of Texas v. William R. Turner 1844 not keeping river banks in repair at ferry
CCF# 422 Rep of Texas v. William R. Turner 1845 keeping a gaming house
CCF# 558 State of Texas v. Robert W. Turner 1848 stealing a horse
CCF# 560 State of Texas v. Robert W. Turner 1848 assault with intent to kill John Tanner
CCF# 562 State of Texas v. John Tanner 1848 assault with intent to kill William R. Turner
CCF# 563 State of Texas v. Thomas Ware 1848 assault with intent to kill William R. Turner
CCF# 565 State of Texas v. Nicholas Ware 1848 assault with intent to kill William R. Turner
CCF# 685 State of Texas v. Fleming D. Turner 1850 carnal knowledge of his mother's sister

Criminal Cause File No. 683: State of Texas v. Nicholas Ware 1850 carnal knowledge of his sister's daughter
CCF# 107 State of Texas v. Washington H. Secrest 1853 assault with intent to kill William R. Turner
CCF# 268 State of Texas v. Robert Turner. James Johnson. and Franklin Cole 1858 gaming
CCF# 300 State of Texas v. Jesse Turner 1859 playing cards in public
CCF# 333 State of Texas v. William Turner 1860 assault with the intent to kill Jesse Launes
CCF# 487 State of Texas v. William Turner 1863 aggravated assault
CCF# 582 State of Texas v. William B. Dewees. Randolph Foster. Ira A. Harris. Don Turner. Amos Besch. Don F. Payne. and Cook 1866 betting at a gaming table
CCF# 600 State of Texas v. Bram Turner 1866 taking up and using an estray horse
CCF# 665 State of Texas v. Don F(frog). Turner 1868 theft of a buggy
CCF# 709 State of Texas v. Bram Harvey alias Bram Turner 1868 theft
CCF# 795 State of Texas v. Ben Turner 1869 rape
CCF# 814 State of Texas v. Jasper Woolridge alias Jasper Turner 1870 theft of a gelding
CCF# 844 State of Texas v. Don F. Turner 1870 assault with intent to murder
CCF# 861 State of Texas v. Charley Turner. John Harbert. Dave Dancy. George Turner. and Charley Turner 1870 aiding in escape of prisoners
CCF# 876 State of Texas v. John Turner and Mandy Clayton 1871 adultery
CCF# 889 State of Texas v. George Turner 1871 violating estray law
CCF# 890 State of Texas v. George Turner 1871 violating estray law
CCF# 1012 State of Texas v. George S. Turner 1872 assault and battery
CCF# 1078 State of Texas v. James Turner 1873 theft of a mare
CCF# 1121 State of Texas v. Don F. Turner 1873 permitting two prisoners to escape
CCF# 1129 State of Texas v. Don F. Turner 1873 negligence in permitting prisoners to escape
CCF# 1292 State of Texas v. Manley Turner. George Best. Drag De Man. and J. B. Leyendecker 1874 playing cards in a public place
CCF# 1493 State of Texas v. Sim Turner 1876 rape of Susan Caldwell
CCF# 1770 State of Texas v. Manly Turner 1879 theft of cattle
CCF# 2484 State of Texas v. Sim Turner 1892
CCF# 2535 State of Texas v. Jim Turner 1893 assault with intent to murder Henry Dancy
CCF# 2656 State of Texas v. Ben Turner 1897 murder of King Thompson
CCF# 2891 State of Texas v. Andrew Turner 1904 murder of an infant
CCF# 3008 State of Texas v. Warren Turner 1909 theft of mule
CCF# 2654 State of Texas v. Sanford Turner 1915 unlawfully injuring the fence of another
CCF# 3231 State of Texas v. Sanford Turner and Annie Turner 1915 assault with intent to murder
CCF# 3232 State of Texas v. Annie Turner 1915 assault with intent to murder
CCF# 3233 State of Texas v. Sanford Turner and Annie Turner 1915 assault with intent to murder

From the records, apparently Thomas Ware and his brother Nicholas were joined in the attempt on William R Turner's life by John Tanner. William Turner owned the local gambling house and had other charges against him including assault and murder. Interesting bunch. As we say in Texas, people need killin'. Just kidding. It's possible Ware met up with WR Turner first in Greene Co, Georgia before the Wares and Turners moved to Texas.

From:
Consider the Lily: The Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas by Bill Stein

Stein, ed., "The Slave Narratives of Colorado County," Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, January 1993, p. 11; Colorado County Commissioners Court Minutes, Book 1, pp. 3-4.

"...Most curiously, another of the largest slaveholders, Charles B. Stewart, owned 20 slaves but no land or other taxable property in the county. Another, Thomas Ware, had a plantation of 1107 acres in the north part of the county which he presumably had operated since he acquired it on May 19, 1840. In 1846, he had 17 slaves. To his north was a 600-acre plantation, which had been purchased by Briggs W. Hopson on March 8, 1840. In 1846, it was operated by Hopson's widow, Elizabeth Y. Hopson, and staffed by thirteen slaves. "Ware's and Hopson's plantations were nestled amidst the growing number of smaller farms that were owned and operated by Germans, and isolated from them not only linguistically, but because they were two of the very few in the area that used slave labor. Whether for philosopical or economic reasons, the Germans who were settling in the area in increasing numbers, by and large did not own slaves. In 1846, for example, of the seventy slaveholders in Colorado County, only one was German. That man, Charles Kessler, did not live among the other Germans, and owned only two slaves.

"....On May 9, 1846, a little more than a year after the Colorado County commissioners created the patrols, the state government passed a law which authorized the various counties to create them. The law specified that slaves could be given no more than 25 lashes, and allowed the patrols to arrest white people who were "found in any assemblage of slaves, or in or about any negro quarter" (see Gammel, comp., The Laws of Texas 1822-1897, vol. 2, pp. 1497-1501)....

"Since 1850, the number of slaves in the county had nearly tripled, and the ranks of suspicious slaveholders had swelled accordingly. John Matthews had greatly increased the number of slaves he owned, surpassing James S. Montgomery as the largest slaveholder in the county. In 1856, Matthews had 81 and Montgomery 78. Caleb Claiborne Herbert, with 29 slaves, Richard H. Foote, with 24, George Washington Thatcher, with 19, and Thomas Ware, with 17, had continued to operate their nearby plantations. ...

".... Texas Monument, November 6, 1850. The vote at Frelsburg, still called Cummins Creek by the newspaper, was 35 to 0 in favor of the bill. In Columbus, 24 persons voted for the bill and 45 against. The large slaveholders voted 9 to 0 against the bill at Thomas Ware's plantation.

"....Others of the old plantations had also changed hands. Thomas Ware had died on January 19, 1859, leaving his estate to be divided among fifteen heirs. After some quick legal maneuvering, on March 9, 1859 his administrators, Nicholas T. Ware and Frances Elbert Harwell, organized Ware's 24 slaves into fifteen lots and had each heir draw a number from a hat to determine which slave or slaves he or she got. Soon, the plantation itself was conveyed to Phineas M. Garrett, who, in 1860, operated it with the help of 35 slaves.

"...Other people raised horses, hogs, or chickens. Several, including Robert Robson and Leon de Serin, raised sheep. De Serin, who had an aristocratic family background in France, was probably the single greatest champion of sheep-raising in the county. He had arrived in Texas on February 20, 1842, only to discover that the law then in force made persons eligible for land grants only if they arrived prior to January 1, 1842. Nonetheless, the day after they arrived, he and some of his fellow passengers drafted a letter to Sam Houston asking that they be granted special dispensations. Houston refused. De Serin spent the next few years struggling to support himself and his wife and daughter, fending off illness, and contemplating returning to France. In 1846, he moved to Colorado County and began raising sheep.... He is not known to have lived in the county after 1852. What became of his sheep, each of which he had named and for which he kept meticulous birth and death records, is unknown. De Serin's eccentric sheep-raising, and others' eccentric cattle-raising, were sideshows to the county's economic base, farming. There were two distinct types of farmers in the county: those who used slaves and those who did not. Most of the German farmers in the north part of the county did not, and their failure to do so isolated them further from their English speaking neighbors. The largest slaveholder in the north part of the county, Thomas Ware, had in 1849 sold his plantation to William Frels and purchased another, smaller one, to the north of Claiborne Herbert's on the east side of the Colorado River....

By virtue of his purchase from Ware, Frels became by far the wealthiest and most productive of the German farmers."

http://www.columbustexas.net/library/history/footnote/part5-67.htm
Colorado County Probate Records, Final Record Book F, pp. 47-61; Colorado

County Tax Rolls, 1860; Eighth Census of the United States (1860) Schedule 2, Colorado County, Texas; Colorado County Deed Records, Book H, p. 101, Book J, p. 786, Book K, pp. 33, 34; Colorado County Bond and Mortgage Records, Book E, p. 428. Though Garrett did not finally complete purchase of Ware's plantation until February 21, 1863 (see Colorado County Deed Records, Book L, p. 353), it is clear from the tax rolls that he had acquired title to it earlier. Probably Garrett's purchase of the property was contingent upon him making a series of payments, which were only completed in 1863, at which time the deed was written. Rhodes came to the county in 1858, that year entering into a partnership with Angus McNeill and his family to cultivate McNeill's plantation (see Colorado County Bond and Mortgage Records, Book E, p. 171).

Thomas Ware was married four times. His first wife, Mary Sarah Jemison, our ancestor, bore him nine children, dying at the age of 41. His second wife was Phoebe Peeler, whom he married 2 Jun 1818. Together, they had an additional seven children. His third wife was Jerusa W Gordon Hope, a widow who he married 29 Feb 1844 in Colorado County, Texas. She bore him one child. His fourth marriage was to Nancy A McClosky, another widow, who he married 19 Feb 1848.

Thomas WARE and Mary Sarah JEMISON were married in 1793 in Greene County, Georgia.
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Posted on Ancestry 14 Jul 2010 by myroots737 on Ancestry:
Extracts from letter - dated 11 Jun 1894
Henry Ware to his daughter Elizabeth (Ware) Mitchell
... As to my relatives; my father had one brother old than himself, his name was John, my father's name was Thomas. They had one half-sister. John and Thomas were left orphans at the close of the Revolutionary Ware. My fatther was 16 years old at the time and was raised by his uncle, Robert Ware, who immigrated from Maryland (after the war) to Lincoln County, Georgia, where my father became a man.

He married my mother either in Lincoln County or Twiggs County, Georgia, I don't remember which. My uncle John immigrated to Kentucky at an early day, became a large property holder, and raised a large family of children. He visited us in Georgia, when I was about 8 years old. I remember his saying he could out-run, out-jump or throw down any man whose wife had thirteen children. I have met some of his grand-children. I have been informed that Mrs. Ex-President Lucy Hays, that noted temperance worker, was his grand-daughter - her mother was a Ware. I know but little of my father's relatives.

My mother was a Jemison, her name was Sarah, she died in Greene County, Georgia when I was 4 years old. I have a very indistinct recollection of her. She had two sisters. Elizabeth married William Kirkham. Artemisia married Moses Wheat, you know. They had five brothers, William, Samuel, Joseph, Robert, and Henry. Robert Jemison Jr of Birmingham, Alabama is a grandson of Uncle William. Elbert Jemison is a son of Uncle Robert. Owen, the young man you knew in New Orleans, was a grandson of Uncle Henry.

The old stock of Jemisons were men of intellect and enterprise. Aunt Artemisia (Jemison) Wheat was a woman of very superior ability.

Note: Henry Ware, the author of this letter, was the youngest child of Thomas Ware and Sarah Jemison.

Birth:
Wilder claims that he was born in Caswell Co, North Carolina. That seems, perhaps, more reasonable to me. Additionally, some marriage records say he is from VA.

Possessions:
Wilkes County, Ga Deed Book UU, 1803-1804, p. 159
24 Dec 1801
Thomas Ware of Jackson Co., Ga to Richard Woodroof of Wilkes Co., Ga for $225, 140 acres in Wilkes Co., adj N. by Major Cawl, S. by David Tomlinson, & vacant at time of survey, S.E. by Little River, N.E. by Benj. Catching. (signed) Thomas Ware. Wit: Richard Russell, Absalam Levret, Solomon Thornton, J.P. Rec 25 Feb 1804.

Possessions:
Greene County, Georgia Deed Book BB, p. 259
Ezekiel Park to Thomas Ware, 14 Jan 1805, $210, 140 ac in Greene Co, originally granted to Nathan Hicks and by him conveyed to Daniel Thacker, who conveyed said land to Ezekiel Park. Rec 27 Jan 1806

Misc:
grandson Thomas, son of John Ware

Possessions:
Sold 191 acres on Richland Creek to Francis Boykin for $530

Possessions:
Greene County, Georgia Deed book CC, p. 474
William Baldwin, Sr to Thomas Ware of Jones Co on 17 Jul 1810 for $100, 184 3/4 ac in Greene Co., Rec 22 Aug 1810

Census:
Enumeration: 200201-121
Slaves: 102-42
Total: 18

Very many Peelers nearby, as well as Wares who are likely Thomas' children.

Census:
Enumeration: 10010001-000221001
Slaves: 4002-132
Total: 21

Possessions:
" Another, Thomas Ware, had a plantation of 1107 acres in the north part of the county which he presumably had operated since he acquired it on May 19, 1840. In 1846, he had 17 slaves."

Possessions:
Kidder Walker
Chief Justice
C C
Saml J Redgate J. P.
John F Miller J P

Republic of Texas
County of Colorado

Be it Rememberd that on this 12th day of July A D 1841 there was Begun and held in and for Said County a Regular Term of the County Court present Kidder Walker Chief Justice, John F Miller William David Associate Justices, W B Perry Clerk & Joseph G Ball Depty Sheriff, when the following Business was transacted, to wit, a list of Deeds was furnish By the Clerk, having Been admitted to Record Since the last term of this Court was ordered to Be entered in the minutes & is as follows to wit

J Cummings to T Ware
quarter league of land on Cummings Creek known as north quarter of the upper league of said Cummings Consesion
oath Before clerk By S J Redgate & J W Dodson witnesses

Misc:
Criminal Cause File No. 563: State of Texas v. Thomas Ware (1848) assault with intent to kill William R. Turner

Census:
In 1850, he is enumerated as from North Carolina rather than Maryland.

Possessions:
Thomas is listed as owning 17 slaves in 1850

Possessions:
Grantee: Thomas Ware
Certificate: 131
Patentee: Thomas Ware
Patent Date: 23 Sep 1857
Acres: 640
District: Fannin
County: Fannin
File: 871
Patent #: 1851
Patent Volume: 9
Class: Fan. 3rd

Thomas married Mary Sarah Jimerson in 1796 in Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, United States. Mary (daughter of Robert Jemison, II and Margaret Kirkham) was born on 17 Jan 1776 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States; died before 27 Aug 1817 in Greene, Georgia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485317869:1030:191555462
• _UID: C5D1DDAEBABF429C8708F6F94612CE5773CA
• Possessions: 10 Dec 1799, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; deed of gift of land and a slave from her father

Notes:

Could have been born in Lincoln Co, GA. Or Talladega, AL. NC seems more likely to me.

Sometimes called Mary, sometimes Sarah. Usually Sarah.

N1

Listed in IGI as Sarah Jamison, Sarah Jemison, Sarah Jameson. I don't know where the Mary came from.

Also seen as born in Rockbridge, Prince Edward Co., VA and died Twiggs Co., GA

Died:
siblings partitioned inherited land on 27 Aug 1817 and there were only 7 shares. So Sarah had to have died by then.

Notes:

Married:
U.S. marriage records says that this occurred in Georgia. In 1796, Alabama was a part of Georgia, I think.

This hardly seems the likely place for this marriage. Talladega was frontier country. The Jimersons and the Wares were well established on the eastern side of Georgia and did not seem to be heading out to the west to get married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485320312:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: LHDY-KFT
• _UID: E8FAA2DDAC0D4595A9F385853CF370407956
• Residence: 15 May 1785, Franklin, Georgia, United States; land was sold adjoining John Ware
• Residence: 27 May 1788, Franklin, Georgia, United States; land was sold adjoining John Ware
• Misc: Jan 1797, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; appointed constable
• Misc: 1798, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; registered a stray
• Misc: Aug 1798, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; appointed constable

Notes:

According to the letter from Henry B Ware, John had 2 sons John & Thomas. John supposedly went to Kentucky and was prominent there. John Garrett Ware died shortly after the Revolutionary War, when Thomas was 16, maybe in Maryland or in Georgia. In any case, Thomas was raised by John G. Ware's brother Robert, who had moved from Maryland to Georgia.

Misc:
Estrays, 1797-1807
1798 John Ware - appraised by Francis Puckett and Walker Haws

Died:
Henry Ware, his father, calls out a piece of land that John received as a part of his estate prior to Henry's death. He also explicitly gives land to John's son Thomas, but otherwise does not name John as a recipient of any bequests.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485317847:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 279W-DVJ
• _UID: 6BC4692E8A374B8CADAFCC9A7825D2B74694
• Residence: 1785, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; appears on tax list
• Misc: 20 Sep 1786, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; witnessed a deed
• Possessions: 14 Oct 1786, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; purchased land in Wilkes County
• Misc: 1787, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; paid property tax
• Possessions: 1787, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; received land grant of 200 acres on Cherokee Creek
• Possessions: 1788, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; received land grant of 250 acres on Cherokee Creek
• Possessions: 17 Aug 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; purchased land in Wilkes County
• Residence: 17 Aug 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, United States
• Possessions: 7 Dec 1791, Columbia, Georgia, United States; purchased eight Negro slaves for 45,000 lbs of tobacco
• Possessions: 26 Nov 1792, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; purchased land from John Simmons
• Possessions: 15 Apr 1794, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; purchased land in Wilkes County
• Possessions: 1 Jan 1795, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; purchased land in Wilkes County
• Misc: Aug 1799, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; witness to court case William Luker vs Robert Leverett
• Possessions: 10 Dec 1799, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; deed of gift to Sarah and Thomas Ware
• Probate: 7 Jan 1800, Lincoln, Georgia, United States

Notes:

Does this really make sense? Would Robert Jimerson really be married so late and not have children until he was 50, continuing until after he was 70?

Residence:
Robt. Jemison, 1 poll, 250 acres Wilkes Co

Just a few houses away from Henry Ware.

Misc:
Wilkes County Deed Book DD, 1788-1789, p. 95
Thomas Sullivin, Mark Sullivan, Owin Sullivin, all of Richmond Co., to Shadrack Mims of Wilkes Co., Wit: Nicholas Ware, Nathan Jordan, Squire Ware, Robt. Jemerson, Solomon Collins.

Robert's son Robert married a woman named Mims, perhaps related to Shadrack.

Possessions:
John Roberts to Robert Jemison. 14 Oct 1786. Deed for 174 acres of 300 acres originally granted to John Roberts on 21 July 1784. The land in Wilkes County is bounded SW by said Roberts' land, NE Cherokee Creek. Witnessed: Edmd. Beard, Nicholas Ware, and Samuel Payne. John and Elizabeth Roberts sign by mark. Elizabeth Roberts, wife of John Roberts renounces dower, 16 Nov 1786. Registered April 6, 1797. Pages 42-44

Found in Lincoln County deed book A

Misc:
Capt Ware's District
Robert Jameson
700 acres, class 2
200 acres, class 3


Possessions:
Book N.N.N
Jemison, Robert
200 ac, Cherokee Creek, 1787, page 3

Possessions:
Book QQQ
Jemison, Robert
250 acres, Cherokee Creek, 1788, p. 441

Possessions:
John Page Junr. of Burke County to Robert Jemison of Wilkse County. 17 Aug 1790. Deed to 200 acres in Wilkes County on a branch of Cherokee Creek, waters of Little River, granted to John Page, 7 Apr 1789. Witnessed: Isaac Perry before Jacob Lewis, J.P. Registered 6 Apr 1797. Pages 45-46

Found in Lincoln County deed book A

Possessions:
Thomas Merriwether to Robert Ware. 8 Negroes for the price of 45,000 lbs inspected tobacco. Moll, John, Molly, Lucy, Robin, Nan, Easter, Matt

Recorded 30 Sep 1795

Possessions:
James Richards, Esq., sheriff of Richmond County, to Robert Jemison of Wilkes County. 15 April 1794. Deed for 500 acres in Wilkes County in the fork of the Savannah and Little Rivers, originally granted to William Paine, and sold by the sheriff as a result of suite of George Houston against the executor and executrix of the estate of Andrew McLean, late of Richmond County, dec'd. Witnessed: Andrew Whitefield, J.P. and John Course, J.P. Registered 13 April 1797, Paged 50-51

Found in Lincoln County deed book A

Possessions:
John Roberts of Wilkes County to Robert Jemison of the same. 1 Jan 1795. Deed for 160 acres, part of grant to Roberts made on December 21 1791, on Cherokee Creek in Wilkes County. Witnessed: William Picket before William Dowsing, J.P. John Roberts signs by his mark. Registered April 16, 1797, Pages 48-50

Found in Lincoln County deed book A

Possessions:
Robert Jemison of Columbia County to loving daughter Sarah Ware. 10 December 1799. Deed of gift for land where Sarah and her husband Thomas Ware and family now reside, 180 acres on Cherokee Creek adjoining Smith Williamson, Henry Smith, and Joseph Kirkland. Also a Negro girl named Rachel. Witnessed: Thomas Barron, Jacob John Dees, and William Jemison. Registered 28 February 1800. Pages 140-141

Lincoln County Deed Book B

Probate:
Letters of administration granted to Margarett & William Jemison

Died:
Robert gave land to his daughter on 10 Dec 1799 in a way that sounds a lot like a will. On 7 Jan 1800, his wife applies for letters of administration. So, he died between 10 Dec 1799 and 7 Jan 1800.

Robert married Margaret Kirkham about 1775 in South Carolina, United States. Margaret (daughter of Henry Kirkham) was born in 1755; died in 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485318053:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L44K-V9P
• _UID: C00EB3BB0C5C4615A43B6D744D51A8282D46
• Misc: 7 Jan 1800, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; granted letters of admnistration for her husband
• Misc: 14 Nov 1800, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; as executrix for Robert Jemison, sold land to Basil Wheet

Notes:

It appears that after Robert died, Margaret married a second time to William Hunter. In March 1803, Margaret makes her return of Robert's estate and is listed as Margaret Hunter. At that same court, William Hunter is appointed the guardian of Margaret's two youngest children.

There is a Robert Kirkham of Greene County, later of Twiggs County interacting with Ware, Jemison folks. Could be Margaret's brother

Misc:
Margaret Jemison, executrix of the estate of Robert Jemison dec'd, to Basil Wheat. 14 Nov 1800. Deed for 312 acres, part of three original surveys, two to John Roberts and one to John Page, adjoining Cherokee Creek of Little Rover. Margaret Jemison signs by mark. Witnessed: Robert Walton, J.I.C., Robert Ware, J.I.C, John Lockhard, J.I.C, and Newel Walton, Junr., J.I.C. Registered April 30, 1805. Pages 229-31.

Notes:

Married:
The fact that Margaret is named as Robert's Executrix is a good case for her to be his wife.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485320381:1030:191555462
• _UID: A797BB572D9847069BFE481D8174BE5669CB
• Misc: 29 Jun 1776, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; mentioned in will of Knowel Page
• Misc: 1778, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; registers a mark with the county registrar
• Possessions: 1784, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; received land grant for 450 acres on Savannah River
• Residence: 1785, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; appears in tax list
• Misc: 23 Nov 1785, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; and was Justice of the Peace
• Misc: 18 Sep 1786, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; had a deed proved before him as Justice of the Peace
• Misc: 29 Mar 1787, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; was Justice of the Peace
• Misc: 13 Jan 1788, Greene, Georgia, United States; and was Justice of the Peace
• Misc: 21 Feb 1788, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; had a deed proved before him as Justice of the Peace
• Misc: 1 Oct 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; witnessed deed from Robert Ware to Jacob Jordan
• Misc: 20 Aug 1791, Greene, Georgia, United States; and was Justice of the Peace
• Misc: 17 Feb 1794, Greene, Georgia, United States; and witnessed a deed
• Misc: 4 Mar 1795, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; had a deed proved before him as Justice of the Peace
• Misc: 24 Jul 1797, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; listed as executor for John Garrett
• Possessions: 12 Nov 1798, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; witnessed deed from Robert Ware to James Hamrick
• Possessions: 26 Apr 1799, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; sold land to Minor Winn
• Will: 1 Nov 1801, Lincoln, Georgia, United States
• Misc: 6 Mar 1802, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; inventory of the estate
• Misc: Mar 1803, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; returns for the year 1802 submitted
• Probate: 15 Jan 1808, Lincoln, Georgia, United States

Notes:

DAR-PATRIOT: Sol, GA [,, nsdar66]
DEATH: [,, nsdar66]

Henry Ware is listed as J.P. on a number of land and slave transactions indicating that he was in Wilkes County and Greene County and active in the community.

Many of these show up in Wilkes Co., deed books as well as Greene Co. after its creation. This, to me, indicates that he was near the border. Or at least the land transactions occurred in what became Greene Co.

Misc:
Wills states that the slave Queen is to be freed but to remain under the protection of Henry Ware Sr. Henry Ware to share duties as executor.

Possessions:
Book DDD
Henry Ware senr
450 acres, Savannah River, 1784, p. 164

Residence:
Henry Ware, Esq. 5 1/2 polls, 9 slaves, 700 acres Wilkes Co.

Misc:
Wilkes County, Ga., Deed Book EE, 1788-1790
18 Sep 1786 Samuel Smith to Francis Smith, Wit: Thomas Hubbard, Alexr Smith, Henry Ware, J.P.

Misc:
Wilkes County Deed Book AA, p. 178
6 April 1786
Andrew West and Barbara his wife to Joseph Thomas of Richmond County, Ga.

Misc:
Wilkes County, Ga. Deed Book DD, 1788-1789, p. 186
20 Nov 1787, Christopher Blanton and Patsey his wife to Hezekiah Bussey, all of Wilkes Co. Proved before Henry Ware, J.P. 21 Feb 1788

Misc:
Wilkes County, Ga., Deed Book MM, 1794-1795
p. 523, 4 Mar 1785, Robert Ware and Jane (Jean), his wife, to Samuel Weathers, all of Wilkes County, for L50, 100 acres on Savanah River, adj. river bank, William Wallas, Bussey, along river bank. (signed) Robert Ware, Jane Ware, Wit: Jas Davis, Daniel Gray, James Gray, Henry Ware, J.P. Regd 18 July 1795

Misc:
In the probate for David Murray Sr, Henry Ware Sr & Jr are listed as the executors for John Garrott, dec'd. This is listed on a Note of David Murray & Hugh Middleton of Ga and S.C. to Henry Ware Sr. and Jr., execrs of John Garrott, dec'd signed Jan 17, 1785, for L8. Paid his proportionate part by Wm Murray, admr 1798.

I suspect that John Garrott is the father of Martha Garrett Ware.
There is a later marriage record for John Garrott to Patsy Kendrick, 10 Feb 1811, p. 601 of the marriage records.

Possessions:
Henry Ware Senr. and Martha his wife to Minor Winn of Fairfield County, S.C. 26 Apr 1799. Deed for 146 acres being part of 250 acres granted to Henry Ware Senr on the Savannah River,

Seems that the rest of this note was not copied.

Lincoln County Deed book C

Probate:
Page 43, Will book A

Henry married Martha Garrett about 1755 in Virginia, United States. Martha was born in 1735 in Virginia, United States; died in 1817 in Lincoln, Georgia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485317047:1030:191555462
• _UID: 25A53E2C669644DF9AC832A2E1EA1ACD3B35
• Possessions: 26 Apr 1799, Lincoln, Georgia, United States; sold land to Minor Winn

Other Events and Attributes:

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• _UID: 505A273C6026483DA714A6F6C61BD33F624F

Notes:

Originally from Northern Ireland. Settled near Philadelphia, PA. Died at the age of 100.

Robert married Sarah. Sarah died in North Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485319410:1030:191555462
• _UID: 2AABBC06BB64482AB0533BBC2B14835135A7

Notes:

Died at the age of 98.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485318052:1030:191555462
• _UID: AC04E7860D7A4FE9A410BFCCF04B43F68FB0