Resa Miller - Oct 27, 2008
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/banks/htmlpagesbanks/p
oorschopage2.html
Billie Harris - Oct 28, 2008
Very informative. Thanks so much for posting that site, Resa. Good work !
Martha Lewallen - Oct 29, 2008
Thanks for the information. It lead to this question, maybe someone can help.
From 1859 Poor School Children List
Elizabeth Lewallan's children
Lewallan Lydia 16
Lewallan Thomas A. 12
Lewallan James W. 9
Lewallan Wyly F. 6
These are the children of Joseph C. Lewallen, b 1763 and second wife Elizabeth "Betsy" Watson Lewallen.
In the 1860 Census of Banks County, two of the sons are living in the house hold shown below.
1860 United States Federal Census 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James Louallen
Age in 1860: 9
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Militia District 4, Banks, Georgia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Middle River
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
William Browning 55
Elizabeth Browning 43
Rebecca Browning 14
William Browning 12
Sarah Browning 9
James Louallen 9 Are these Elizabeth Watson Lewallen's Children???????????????
Wyly Louallen 6
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Militia District 4, Banks, Georgia; Roll: M653_111; Page: 274; Image: 275.
Did Elizabeth remarry? or are children just living with the Brownings or could they be related? Have not found Thomas A. "Tal" in the 1860 census but I believe he is listed in the 1864 listing below.
Possibly?
1864 Census for the Re-Organization of the Georgia Militia
Banks County, GA
284th GMD
Leuallen, T., 16 yrs, 2 mos., Farmer
From Banks County Cemetery and History, Richard Chambers
Mrs. Betsy Lewallen died last Friday, aged 80---- Mother of Tom Lewallen.
BCJ, Thursday, 04/13/1899
Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
Martha
Billie Harris - Oct 29, 2008
Martha, in just looking at this, it would appear James and Wyly are probably Elizabeth's children. If they were on the poor children's school list then more than likely Elizabeth couldn't afford to keep them herself so they were living with the Browning family in 1860.
I was surprised to see such a list. I didn't know something like that existed. In my own family though in the very, very early 1900's, I know there were poor houses where really poor families lived. My grandfather died during the 1916 flu outbreak and my grandmother and my dad and his brothers all had to move into the long shotgun poor house in Arkansas. It was something my dad never talked about and I didn't find out about it until after he had died.
Billie Harris - Oct 30, 2008
Martha, was that Joseph (born 1763) the one that's thought to have been the earliest ancestor of your Banks County family? If that's the case, the more than likely he wouldn't have been the son of William Lewelling who died 1799 in Randolph County because William's son, Meshech, was born 1787 and Joseph was born 24 years later. I'm wondering if Joseph (b. 1763) and William (d. 1799) might have been brothers because William named a son Joseph.
Since the DNAs tie both of these together, the Randolph County NC and the Banks County GA, as well as the DNA of a descendant of Anderson Lewallen of Prince Edward County, VA. who would have been born somewhere around 1760, then somewhere there back there is a common ancestor. And they may have been related to Richard Lewallen (son of Daniel) who was born 1763 in Prince Edward County, and perhaps even to Jesse Lewallen also of Prince Edward County. Daniel, Richard's father, only named his son Richard in his Will, but were there other children? While Joseph, Daniel, Richard, William and Jesse are all common given names, Anderson isn't. Was Anderson named after a mother's maiden name? Hmmmm. Just thinking out loud here but if anyone has any ideas, please let's talke about them.
Martha Lewallen - Oct 31, 2008
Billie, check the posting you did on 07-30-08 of the descendants of Jesse Lewallen, it has William F. Lewallen as father of Joseph C. Lewallen b1763.
I was checking census for Wyley Lewallen since he has to tie in somehow to those Banks County folks, and have not found James Calvin in 1870 census, did he go to another state between Alabama and Texas?