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FAULK, Richard b. ca 1755 m. Sarah and d. ca 1810 in ColumbusCo., N. C. His LWT name ch: Jesse b. 1785 d. 3/1856 Marion Co. Msm. Lucy Nancy, dau. of Wynn Nance; Elizabeth m. Edmund Godwin;Edith m. John Gowan; Lucretia; Kesiah; Demaris; Ze1phia b. 1790m. Edward W. Nance; Hannah b. 1794 m. Rosanna Lee ca 1820 andafter her death, Helen Waters on 7/17/1858. Hinnant d. 4/3/1872,bur. with Rosanna in Faulk Cemetery near Fairmont, N. C. Hinnantres. Robeson Co., N. C., large landowner, active Whig. Issue:Mary Ann m. Allen Ford 1/2/1839; Caroline m. Graddy Herring Faulk1/8/1842; E1izabeth m. Williams Floyd 7/25/1846; Amanda B. m.Allen Ford 12/9/1848; Daniel Asbury Faulk m. (1) Harriet (2) SaraAnn Bethea 6/23/1853; Alexander; Martha E. m. Barry Godwin8/27/1854; James Collins Faulk m. Mary McLellan 8/30/1860; VolneyJesse m. Delilah Floyd 1/12/1877; Richard m. Flora McLe1lan12/21/1872; Penelope Jane m. James Edward O'Berry 2/29/1860;Hinnant Lee m. Mary Frances Murfee 2/2/1871. Issue of HinnantFaulk and Helen Waters: William Haywood m. (1) Temperance Ivy4/1/1878 (2) Sallie Andrews; Florida C. Faulk; Columbia A. m.Henry Harris; Charity D.; Carson Devon; Nemply Mae.
Ref: CharlesB. Schweizer, 2 Lakewood Drive, Edwardsville, ILL 62025.
FEW, William, Sr. b. 1714, res. of Maryland, d. 7/1794 ColumbiaCo., Ga., received bounty land grants in Richmond Co., Ga. 1769and 178l.. Wife at time of death was Ann. He was a Colonel in Rev.War. Issue: Benjamin Few, Colonel in Rev. War; William 6/8/1748-6/16/1828, d. Fiskhill, N. Y., represented Ga. in ContinentalCongress (Issue from Bible of William Few and Catharine Witter:Frances b. 4/20/1789 m. Albert Chrystie of N. Y. 4/1822, d.3/26/1885 lIastings, N. Y.; Mary b. 12/18/1790 N. Y.; Matilda b.2/22/1794 Ga. m. in N. Y. Rev. Doc Knox; Albert b. 9/5/1797 Ga.,d. 9/3/1810 N. Y.; Ignatius, Major in Patriot Army; Hannah m. Mr.Howard; Elizabeth m. Mr. Andrews. Richmond Co., Ga. Deed Bk A-2,p. 138, William Few, Sr. to Ignatius Few 12/4/1789, 34 acres onRae's Creek. Also, Deed Bk A-2, p. 162, William Few, Sr. toIgnatius Few, land originally granted William Few, Sr. in 1769 byland granted Leonard Claiborne and William Joiner. Richmond Co.,Ga. Estates, 4/1786, William Few, Sr. apptd admr of est. ofIgnatius Few. LWT of John Garvin of Augusta, Ga., Richmond Co.Wills 1793-1840, p. 134, all property to his son, Ignatius GarvinWhen he is 23. If he does not survive, then to William Few, thebro. of his wife, Sarah. Signed 9/1815.
FEW, William Preston, descended from William Few of Maryland whopurchased land in 1758 Orange Co., N. C., was b. 1714, d. 1794, aColonel in the Rev. War. He moved to Wrightsboro, Richmond Co.,Ga., and a son, Colonel William Few, represented Georgia in theContinental Congress, and his sons, Major Ignatius Few andColonel Benjamin Few were officers in the Patriot Army. Ignatiusm. Mary, dau. of William Candler, and their son was Ignatius A.Few, founder of Emory Universy, then Emory College.
Ref: Papers andAddresses of William Preston Few, Pres. of Duke University, by RobertH. Woody.
FIELD, Elijah Murphy "and his twin brother Elias E. Field were born Jan. 3, 1819 in Pickens district, S. C.; settled in Canton, Cherokee county, in 1843.In 1845 he represented Cherokee county in the legislature. In 1854 he bought a large plantation from Pumpkinvine creek to the Etowah and property in Cartersville. He was appointed assistant commissary general of the State of Georgia on Nov. 16, 1861. During this service while with his family, who refugeed to Bethany, now Wadley, Ga., he died on Oct. 9, 1864 and is buried there....He married Cornelia Maxey Harrison, who was born in 1820 in Greenville, S. C. while on a visit to this county. Of 9 children these were read and married in this county: (1) Mariah H. m. J. B. Conyers, died Jan. 17, 1869. (2) Richard H., b. Dec. 27, 1853, near Canton was admitted to the Cartersville bar, later removing to Kansas City where he died in 1930,m. Annie Camp of Marietta. (3) Jeremiah Elijah, b. Jan. 14, 1856, m. May Hampton of Kentucky, was a cotton merchant in Cartersvilleuntil his death in 1916....(4) James Madison, b. Oct. 21, 1857, m. Loula Shepherd, a daughter of John W. Shepherd and Mary Skinner who owned the Smith plantation before the Civil War where the J. H. Gilreath farm now is...." Ref:History of Bartow County (Cass) by Josephine Cunyus.
FRAZER, Rose listed 1830 Charleston Co., S. C. Census, Ward No. 3. No ages given.
FRAZER, Sarah, her LWT 1/31/1814, Charleston Co., S. C., Vol. 33 (1807-18), p. 1369, of St. Andrews Parish. Late Husband: John. Child: John L. Grandson: .Joseph Ferguson Dee. Grandniece:Elizabeth Campbell. Grandnephew: John Ladson Freaser Mills, sonof Rev. Thornas Mills. Also named: Jacob Freaser Auld, father ofDr. Isaac Auld.