I finally have a copy of a picture of my great great grandfather, Marshall Daniel Majors. He was born in 1845 in Marion County, Georgia and died in 1932 in Alabama and is buried in Ripley, Tennessee. This is a copy of the original picture that is in the possession of my father.
I went to Annapolis last Tuesday and had a wonderful time! Annapolis is a beautiful city on the Chesapeake Bay. It also has a lot of history, including my family history. My Watkins side comes from that area. I am related to the Gassaways, Chews, Burgesses, Watkins, Ridgely’s, and maybe the Howards. I see their names everywhere. I went to St. Paul’s church and found a few gravestones. Some of those buried were related through marriage. There was one Gassaway, but at this time we can’t find a connection. He was a Nicholas Gassaway, son of Captain Nicholas Gassaway who died in 1699. We cannot find this Nicholas Gassaway. I have also seen it transcribed as Thomas Gassaway.
Annapolis is the home of one of my brick walls. My 4th great grandfather was Thomas Spencer Watkins. We know his parents were Joseph Watkins and Ann Brown. We don’t know who Ann Brown’s parents are. She was orphaned as a small child and a Rev. Archibald Spencer took care of her. When he died Ann Brown inherited most of his estate. So was Ann Brown’s mother’s maiden name Spencer? She named her sons Thomas Spencer Watkins and another Archibald Washington Watkins. Thomas Spencer Watkins was born in 1769 in Anne Arundel County Maryland. Archibald Washington Watkins was born in 1778. Their other children were Margaret (1765), named for her paternal grandmother Margaret Lamb, John Watkins (1767), Martha Ann (1771), Joseph (1776), Gassaway (1781), and Richard (1797). There is ancestor John Lamb and John Watkins who married Ann Gassaway. There are no Richards. Is Richard from the maternal line? There is a Thomas Spencer and a William Brown mentioned in several documents in Ann Arundel County. It is still a mystery.
Since Election Day is coming soon, I will write about a few politicians we have in our family. Being involved in our communities in an old family tradition that I honestly have not kept up. I don’t have any world famous politicians in my family in recent history, but many who have served their local communities.
My father’s family have a tradition of getting involved in politics. I don’t know much about my mother’s family’s political activities. My mother’s family were pioneers and were some of the first families to come to Tennessee. They were worried about survival. She had on one line ancestors who were against slavery and fought for the North during the Civil War and a distant cousin was shot because of his beliefs. She is the descendent of Alexander Boyer who worked for the Dutch government during the late 17th century. He settled in Delaware and could speak several languages. I need to research further my mother’s family’s political heritage.
My father’s side has always been known to be actively involved in politics. My great- grandfather Joseph Magruder Tucker was the mayor of Ripley, TN in the 1940s. He also served on the city council and was an alderman. I am sure he was a Democrat. My father has several ancestors who served in the House of Burgesses in Virginia and were involved in politics in Maryland. A distant cousin married a daughter of a member of Congress. On the Lumpkin side, his ancestor’s brother was the first governor of Georgia. He is also more distantly related to a few members of Congress and governors of Maryland. He is a distant cousin to the Alabama senator Howell Heflin. He might be related to Andrew Jackson but that hasn’t been proven. My aunt did lobbying work and knew Tipper Gore. My grandfather, always a Republican, was not impressed. There is a story that my grandmother met Al Gore Sr, but I don’t remember the details.
My family, being from the South, were usually Democrat. My grandparents were the exception. Charles Lee Sr. was always a Republican and didn’t even support FDR. My grandmother, Frances Tucker Lee, became a Republican later in life. My mother’s parents became Republicans as well. They are younger than my dad’s parents but as far as I know they were brought up to love FDR. My great- grandmother, Mildred Warren Johnson, was a huge fan of FDR and supported the Democrat ticket the rest of her life. I believe most of my family changed to the Republican party because they did not like the radicals taking over the Democrat party.
I have already written a post about this great great grandparent, the mother of my great grandmother, Ida Pope Majors. I never wrote down her lineage which is very interesting. She comes from an old Georgian family. Remember fathers are the even numbers and mothers are the odd. To find the parent double their number and for the mother, double the number and add one.
1. Ida May Landrum 1854 in Oglethorpe County Georgia- 1895 Lauderdale County, Tennessee, married Marshall Daniel Majors, also of Georgia
2. William Thomas Landrum 1827 Oglethorpe County, Georgia- 1870 Oglethorpe County, Georgia
3. Sara Rebecca Milner- 1834 Oglethorpe, Georgia- 1874 Oglethorpe, Georgia
4. William H Landrum 1794 Orange County, Virginia- 1867 Lauderdale, Tennessee
5. Jane Bledsoe 1791 Virginia- 1861 unknown
6. John Dunn Milner 1808 Oglethorpe, Georgia- 1863
7. Matilda Lumpkin 1813 Oglethorpe, Georgia- 1850 Oglethorpe, Georgia (does anyone have a picture of her?)
8. William Thomas Landrum 1759 Orange County Virginia- 1833 Oglethorpe, Georgia
9. Nancy Bell, there needs to be more research on her
10. William Bledsoe 1761 Fredericksburg, Virginia (nearby where I live, I need to look him up!)- 1841 Oglethorpe, Georgia
11. Jean Bolling 1761 Spotsylvania County, Virginia (Fredericksburg)- 1838 Oglethorpe County, Georgia
12. Jonathan Milner 1778 Georgia- 1844 Oglethorpe County, Georgia
13. Rebecca Dunn 1783- 1829 Oglethorpe County, Georgia
14. Rev. George Lumpkin 1788- 1858 Oglethorpe, Georgia
15. Sarah Pope 1787 Wilkes County, Georgia
16. Thomas Landrum 1727 Essex County, Virginia- 1785 Orange, North Carolina
17. Mary Hawkins 1730- 1785 Virginia, North Carolina?
18. Joseph Bell
19. Elizabeth Morley, there is not a lot of information on them
20. Moses Bledsoe 1720-1764 Spotsylvania County, Virginia probably near Fredericksburg
21. Mary Miller- Spotsylvania County, Virginia
22. John Bolling 1739 Shadwell, Albemarle, Virginia (beautiful area)- 1812 Clarke County, Georgia
23. Ursela Bell 1736 Orange County, Virginia
24. John Milner 1746 England- 1812 Oglethorpe, Georgia
25. Elizabeth Godwin 1749 Virginia- 1812 Oglethorpe, Georgia
26. Drury Dunn died in 1811 in Hancock County, Georgia
27. Martha Powell 1752 Virginia- 1825
28. John Lumpkin 1762 Halifax County, Virginia- 1834 Oglethorpe County, Georgia (the father of Governor Wilson Lumpkin of Georgia)
29. Lucy Elizabeth Hopson 1764 Goochland County, Virginia- 1820 Oglethorpe, Georgia
30. Henry Augustine Pope 1760 Halifax, North Carolina- 1807 Oglethorpe, Georgia
31. Clara Hill 1763 Chowan, North Carolina- 1798 Wilkes County, Georgia
32. John Landrum 1700 Essex County, Virginia- 1770 Chatham County, North Carolina
33. Mary Buckner from Essex County, Virginia
40. William Bledsoe (more research needed)
41. Anne
42. William Miller
46. Roger Bell 1705 Fredericksburg, Virginia- 1774 Orange County, Virginia
47. Elizabeth
48. John M. Milner 1720 Ravenstonedale, Westmoreland, England
49. Ann Pitt 1724 England
50. Barnaby Godwin 1723 Virginia??
51. Wilkinora Wilkinson 1727 Virginia- 1790
52. John Dunn 1714 Virginia
53. Lucy Bolling
54. Edward Powell
55. Mary
56. George Lumpkin 1723 King and Queen County, Virginia- 1799 Wilkes Georgia
57. Mary Archdeacon Cody 1729 Halifax County, Georgia- 1800 Lexington, Georgia
58. Henry Hopson 1713 Henrico, Virginia
59. Martha Neville 1720 Albemarle County, Virginia- 1800 Halifax, Virginia
60. Henry Pope 1725 Edgefield County, North Carolina- 1764 Halifax County, North Carolina
61. Tabitha Bradford 1726 North Carolina
62. Abraham Hill 1732 NAnsemond, Virginia- 1792 Wilkes, Georgia
63. Christian Walton 1739 Virginia- 1808 Wilkes County, Georgia
64. John Landrum 1665 Aberdeenshire, Scotland- 1708 Essex County, Virginia
65. Sophronia Jane Evans 1670 Essex County, Virginia- 1707 Essex County, Virginia
96. John Milner 1677 England- 1744
97. Patience Bridger
100. William Godwin 1697- 1736 Isle of Wight, Virginia
101. Ann Pitt
112. Robert Lumpkin 1688 King and Queen, Virginia- 1784 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
113. Unknown 1690-?
114. James Cody 1718 Ireland- 1795 Warrenton, Georgia
115. Sarah Womack
116. Joseph Hopson 1675 Henrico County, Virginia- 1767
117. Margaret Hatcher 1690 Henrico County, Virginia
118. James Neville 1686- 1752 Albemarle County, Virginia
119. Lucy Thompson 1696- 1785
120. John Pope 1692 Isle of Wight County, Virginia- 1745 Edgecombe, North Carolina
121. Mourning McKinnie 1704- 1745 North Carolina
122. John Bradford 1704 Jamestown, Virginia- 1735 North Carolina
123. Rebecca Pace 1706- 1794
124. Abraham Hill
125. Judith Hinton
126. Thomas Walton 1713- 1759
127. Sarah Roundtree all from North Carolina
130. John Evans born in Wales died in 1703 in Essex County, Virginia
131. Marian Johnson said also to be from Wales but no proof.
200. Thomas Godwin 1640 of Virginia
201. Martha Bridger also of Virginia
224. Jacob Lumpkin 1644-1708
225. Ann
232. William W. Hopson 1651- 1732 Virginia
233. Elizabeth
234. Benjamin Hatcher 1644-1727 of Henrico County, Virginia
235. Elizabeth Greenhaugh
240. Henry Pope 1663- 1728
241. Sarah Watts 1664-?
242. Barnaby McKinnie 1673- 1740
243. Mary Exum
244. Richard Bradford 1660 London- 1725 Virginia
245. Ann Roles
246. Richard Pace 1670 in Virginia
247. Rebecca Poythress 1672in Virginia
248. Henry Applewhite Hill died in 1719 in Nansemond County, Virginia
249. Mary Pugh died in North Carolina
250. John Hinton
251. Mary Hardy
252. Thomas Walton
253. Sarah
254. Francis Roundtree
262. Martin Johnson 1625 in Wales?
448. Thomas Lumpkin
464. Henry Hopson 1630 Rhode Island
465. Mary
468. William Hatcher 1613 CAREBY, LEICHESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND
469. Mary Smith
470. John Greenhaugh 1614 England- 1696 Virginia
480. William Pope 1634- 1700 Isle of Wigh, Virginia
481. Mary Bridges
482. John Watts
483. Alice English
484. Michael Macquinny
485. Elizabeth
486. Jeremiah Exum
487. Ann Lawrence
488. Richard Bradford of London, England
489. Frances Taylor
492. Richard Pace
493. Mary Knowles
496. Thomas Hill
497. Mary Marshall
498. Daniel Pugh