Andrew (Andrews) of Liberty County
Midway, Georgia
James Andrew, planter, died in 5 December 1770, buried Midway Cemetery. James Andrew was a member of the Puritan Dorchester settlement in Georgia who removed as a body from Massachusetts to South Carolina, and then to Georgia. He was a resident of the Midway community, and attended the Midway Church where, as was custom, the family owned their own pew. This pew was left to his wife, Esther. He also owned Lot No. 239 in Sunbury, which lot was deeded him on 2 January 1759 by Kenneth Baillie, John Elliott and Grey Elliott, the Trustees at Sunbury. Also, he owned a Lot at Newport Landing, which he bequeathed to his son, Thomas. His sons, John and Thomas equally divided his homeplace of 171-1/2 acres. Issue:
I. John Andrew, born at Midway, Georgia in 1758, died 10 March 1830, was the first itinerant Methodist preacher in Georgia. He was left an orphan when young, and was raised in the home of the Pastor of Midway Church, Rev. Mr. Osgood. Served as a Private under General Samuel Elbert, Georgia Troops, during the Revolutionary War;also, as an Ensign under General Wade Hampton. He married 1st, in South Carolina, 10 February 1779, Ann Lambright and had a daughter:
A. Ann Andrew, born 20 January 1780 who married Abram J. Roberts. He married the 2nd time at Colonels Island, Liberty County, Georgia, 20 September 1785, Manue Andrew.:
B. Mary Buer Andrew b. 1786 married 1807 Samuel LeSeuer.
C. Matilda Hull Andrew born 1792 married in 1809 George C. Spencer.
He married the third time in Elbert County on 11 December 1791 to Mary Overton Cosby and had issue:
D. James Osgood Andrew, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born 3 May 1794 in Wilkes County married 1 May 1816, Ann Amelia McFarland of Charleston, South Carolina.
E. Charles Godfrey Andrew, born 1795, died 1796.
F. Lucy Garland Andrew, born 1799 married (1) in 1830, John Wright, (2) in 1844, William R. Henry.
G. Betsey Sidnor Andrew, born 1800.
H. Scynthia Fletcher Andrew, born 1802, died 1803.
I. Caroline Wesley Andrew, born 1804.
J. Patsey Evelina Andrew, born 1806.
K. Judy Harvey Andrew, born 1809, died 1833.
L. Hardy H. Andrew, born 1811, died 1854.
M. William Harvie Andrew.
II. Thomas Andrew.
