Fifth Generation

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

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This is to answer a question. This is what my mother has:

Elizabeth Allred was born on August 17, 1747 in Bush Creek, Orange County, North Carolina. She married William Horner on August 17, 1767 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

These are the notes on Elizabeth’s parents but there may be some mistakes. John J. Allred born 1736 (probably wrong) in Randolph, North Carolina or in Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia and his will was probated in 1792 in Randolph County, North Carolina. His wife listed is Margaret Chaney but there seems to be some dispute.  Margaret Chaney is listed as the daughter of Francis Chaney and Sarah Orrick.

I found  some notes I found on genforum which says that Elizabeth Allred is the daughter of a John Allred who was born in 1706 or 1708 in Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia and who married Ann Hamilton. The John Allred of 1736 is listed as Elizabeth Allred’s brother rather than her father which would make Ann Hamilton Elizabeth Allred’s mother. The John Allred of 1736 married a Margaret Chaney.

This is definitely a subject of further research.

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Theadora Mae Deaton was born on May 5, 1877 in Barringers Township, Iredell County, North Carolina. She died on August 3, 1946 in Atlanta, Dekalb County, Georgia .She is the daughter of William Pinkney H Deaton and Sarah Isabella Souars (or Sowers, Sowars).

William P.H. Deaton was born on January 17, 1840 in Iredell County, North Carolina. He died on October 14, 1914 in Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina. His parents were Samuel Stanhope Deaton and Margaret Cook. I think he was orphaned at a young age because at this time I am unable to find him on record living with his parents. He lived nearby his Aunts and Uncles in Iredell County. In 1861, he joined the Confederate Army along with his cousins, Andrew Deaton (Labon Deaton’s son) and Aaron Deaton (James Cornelius Deaton’s son). They fought together in Company I 7th Infantry Division. All three of them were wounded together at the battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia on May 3, 1863. Aaron and Andrew died of their wounds in a Richmond hospital. William Pinkney Deaton survived and continues to fight until 1864. He returned home and in 1865 married Sarah Isabella Souars.

Sarah Isabella Souars was born on July 15, 1847 and died September 12, 1911 in Iredell County, North Carolina. She married William Pickney Deaton in 1865. Her parents were Philip Sowars and Elizabeth Overcash (?) both originally of Rowan County, North Carolina. Part of Rowan County was changed into Iredell County. She is of German descent. Her father probably died when she was very young.

Theadora was their 6th child. She was raised on a farm in Iredell County where she grew up with Josiphine, Lillie Bell, Regina, Robert, Lee, Daisy, and Mansfield. I do not have a lot of information of Theadora’s brothers and sisters, neither do I have pictures of them or of Theadora’s parents. My parents have pictures of Theadora at an older age which we got while we lived with my great grandmother.

Theadora met William Fowler who worked on the railroad. He might have been an orphan. We know nothing about where he came from or anything about his family. I think there is a story about how they met. She married William Henry Fowler around 1891. Her husband was a railroad man and worked as a conductor. Theadora was a homemaker. In Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina she gave birth to 6 children.

Thomas Carwell Fowler 1892-1987 married “Aunt Grace” Grace Wadsworth

Hilda Mae Fowler who died young in 1916

Audrey Lee Fowler 1897-1979 married Eddie R. Cathey

Blanco Dewey Fowler 1898-1976 He fought in WWI and married a woman named Esperence.

Ruth Hester Fowler 1901-1992 married first Julian McLin Keith and then Irby Lee. She is my great grandmother “Meemaw”

Theadora Mae Fowler 1906-1993 “Aunt Dora” married Wayman Leftwich Theadora was born in Atlanta, GA.

Before 1906, the Fowlers moved to Atlanta where William Henry Fowler was a conductor for the railroads. That is where he died in 1927. Theadora Deaton Fowler took care of my grandfather Charles Henry Keith Lee when his parents divorced. He was close to her until his mother moved from Atlanta in the 1930s. She watched him become a pilot in WWII and saw him come home safely after crashing his plane behind enemy lines. She died in 1946 in Atlanta.

Any stories about Theadora Deaton Fowler and her family or any pictures would be greatly appreciated.

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My entire life my grandfather Charles Lee, told me that he was German from his grandmother, Theadora Mae Deaton. He told me that his grandmother told him that she was German. My grandfather had a love of Germany from an early age and tried to learn the language. He would only drink German beer and loved to dance to German beer drinking music. The problem is that I couldn’t see how he was German. His grandmother’s name is Deaton which is English. I guess eventually it is Germanic if you go back to the Anglo-Saxon times, but nevertheless it is an English name. I thought my grandfather had a case of wishful thinking.

Well, sure enough he was correct and his grandmother was indeed half German. Thedora Mae Deaton’s mother was Sarah Isabella Souars from Iredell, North Carolina. She was born in 1847. Her father’s name is Philip Souars and her mother is Elizabeth. I couldn’t find anything else on the Souars. The only reference to the Souars name that I saw was the name of a man by Etienne Souars who was executed by the guillotine in Paris, France in 1784. I kept seeing references to the Sowers family in Iredell County so decided to check to see if a Sowars family matched up. In handwritten records, a “w” and a “u” look similar.

Sure enough there was a Philip Sowars who was born on Dec 4, 18oo in Rowan County, the part that because of boundary changes was turned into Davidson County. On the 20 March 1828 he married Elizabeth Overcash (Oberkirch) also of Davidson County, NC. Around 1848 they had a daughter named Sarah J. This is another case that if someone looked at written records, they would mistake the “I” for a “J”.

This is the lineage of Philip Sowars:

1.John Peter Sowars (1767-1802) Rowan,NC married Catherine Hepler

2.Johann Philipus Sowars (1733-1784) Born in Katzenbach, Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany) and died in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina. He married Christina Faust.

I looked on the message boards to see if anyone knew anything about the Sowars/Overcash and sure enough I found a post from a distant cousin who is also a descendant of Sarah Souars who traveled to Rowan County and did some research linking the family to Elizabeth Overcash (Oberkirch) and Philip Sowars! Elizabeth’s father may have been Michael Overcash also known as Oberkirch.

Now I understand what my grandfather was trying to tell me all of those years. I wish I could tell him that I am sorry for not believing him!

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8. Irby Overton Lee was born on February 2, 1901 in Whitewater Township, Oconee County, South Carolina. His parents are John James Lee and Mattie Emaline Sheppard. He died on December 11, 1984 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee. He married Ruth Hester Fowler in June 5, 1930 in Bolton, Fulton, Georgia. He later adopted Ruth’s son, Charles Henry Keith. He is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee. He had three brothers and two sisters.
He grew up in rural South Caroline but his family moved to close to a school for they felt education was important. I don’t know much else about his childhood. He went to college in South Carolina and later moved to the Atlanta, Georgia area. There he met Ruth Hester Fowler Keith. They married in the Atlanta area and soon moved because of the depression. They moved at one point to Texas and then to Chattanooga where he started Lee Furniture Company. He was given a key to the city, but I think the key was to East Ridge, TN. He traveled a lot because of his business and we still have the old postcards. They built a home in Chattanooga in the 1950’s and never moved. It was out in the country when they built it, but now it is down the street from Hamilton Place Mall. Irby Lee was active in a Presbetyrian Church for most of his life. He and Ruth had a beautiful and loving relationship and every picture of them together shows them having fun. I don’t remember much about him, as I was only 6 when he died. I remember him giving me candy from a ceramic bowl of strawberries and that he was bald. He seemed nice to me. He died at the age of 83.

9. Ruth Hester Fowler was born on July 30, 1901 in Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina and is the daughter of William Henry Fowler and Theadora Mae Deaton. She has two brothers and three sisters.

Her father worked for the railroads and that is probably what brought them to Atlanta, GA. According to the census they were in Atlanta, Ward 5, Fulton County, Georgia by 1910. She was very fashionable and wore the best clothes and make-up. She met Julian Keith while she was in High School. She described him as very handsome and an extremely charming man. I can see that from the few photos I have found of him. She told me they would meet behind the school and kiss. She married him at the age of 17 and had her darling son, Charles Henry Keith in January of 1920. I have heard that there were complications and that is why she could have no more children, but right now that is rumor. She divorced him before my grandfather turned 10, I think he was 8. I have heard two reasons why. My grandfather said his grandmother told him that his father had an affair or tried to have an affair with the maid. Ruth Lee told me it was because he drank and gambled too much. She was senile when she told me this though. It could be a combination of the two. Long too long afterwards she married Irby Lee. She worked most of her life as a saleswoman and woked in the Personality Shop in Chattanooga, TN. She never liked her daugher-in-law Frances Tucker. I have seen then fight myself. We called her Meemaw. I lived with her the last year of her life. It was stressful because she was senile and in poor health, but sometimes Meemaw could be a lot of fun and I enjoyed talking to her. She would give me fashion advice and hated the way modern girls dressed. She once tried to fix my hair like a flapper girl. In her mind, it was still 1930. We never got to know her age because she always lied about it. Her house was like a museum from the 1950’s. She even kept the same make-up! When she passed away, I missed her a lot. She was definitely a woman ahead of her time.

They only had one child

Charles Henry (Keith) Lee 1920-2005

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