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The
following information was compiled from Census records, family records,
gravestones and other sources by descendent Delores Hall Thompson. Additions
and corrections are encouraged. Address to 109 Archers Lane, Columbia, SC
29212-1601 or e-mail: thompson_c_d@msn.com
Contents:
Foreword
Part
One--Daniel Elliott Rich
Part
Two--Descendents of Daniel Elliott Rich
Part
Three--Ancestors of Daniel Elliott Rich
Part
Four--Another Stephen Rich of Appling County GA
FOREWORD
By the time
Emanuel County GA was formed in 1812 members of this Rich family had already
established homesteads in the area. The Hall Cemetery near Modoc is believed
to have been the family burial ground. The old section near the main gate has
dozens of graves which are unmarked and probably date to the first half of
the 19th century. Early county records show a number of apparent family
members. A few remained; others moved on. Some are known to have settled in
Decatur County GA.
Daniel
Elliott Rich was a pioneer resident of Emanuel County and established a
homeplace near present day Modoc. Many of his children and their descendents
remained in the county and intermarried with other local families. A large
number of them are documented in the following pages.
PART ONE--DANIEL ELLIOTT RICH
Daniel
Elliot Rich was born about 1796 in Georgia, according to the Census. Just
prior to 1820 he married Eunicy Johns, who was born about the same time as
Daniel and died before 1870. A post-1900 entry in a family Bible lists Enoch
Johns as her father.
During his
lifetime, Daniel Rich acquired considerable acreage along the tributary’s of
the Canoochee River near Modoc. His homeplace is believed to have been the
log cabin which remained well into the 1950s on Erlich place across from
David Rotan’s house on Erlich Road. According to the 1850 to 1880 Census',
Daniel Rich's occupation was listed respectively as mechanic, blacksmith,
works farm and farming.
Daniel Rich
died in 1888 in Emanuel County GA. An inventory of his estate is filed in
Emanuel County. Henry H. Hall (his son-in-law) served as administrator.
This couple
are buried beside each other in the Hall Cemetery near Modoc (Emanuel) GA.
The gravestones are barely legible but the names can be read.
Children of
Daniel Elliot Rich and Eunicy Johns:
01 Joseph
A. "Joab" Rich, born 25 August 1822
02 Martha
Rich, born 1830
03 Sarah
Rich, born 24 July 1827
04 Demaris
Rich, born 20 May 1829
05 Stephen
Emanuel Rich, born 29 Sep 1831
06
Elizabeth Rich, born 1834
07 William
J. Rich, born 29 Sep 1836
08 Delilah
Rich, born 1838
09 Martin
Van Rich, born 1 Jan 1841
10 Andrew
J. Rich, born 25 Jan 1845
Source for
children not in Census: Deed given by Daniel E. Rich and recorded on 1 May
1871 ...my four daughters viz Demoras Boatright, Martha Stroud, Sarah Hall,
Delilah Hays....[ Emanuel County GA Deeds and Mortgages, Book AA, 1869 -
1882, pages 186 & 187].
PART TWO: DESCENDENTS OF DANIEL ELLIOT RICH
01. JOSEPH
ABRAHAM RICH (1822 - 1895)
Joseph
Abraham "Joab" Rich was born around 1822 in Emanuel Co GA to Daniel
E. Rich and Eunicy Johns and died 20 Apr 1895. He married three times. His
first wife was Kisiah Parrott whom he married in Emanuel Co GA on 7 Nov 1841.
She apparently died before 1850 because Joab Rich is enumerated with his
parents as are his four young children.
On 15 Dec
1850 he married Latha A. Davis in Emanuel Co GA. She was a daughter of Louis
Davis.
Malatha
Rich died before 1865 and Joseph A. Rich married Frances D. (Flanders) Kea,
widow of Warren Kea and mother of William C. (Bill) Kea. Francis D. Rich was
born 16 May 1836 and died 20 Sep 1894. She is buried at Moxley Cemetery on
the Kite Road.
Known
children of Joseph Abraham Rich by various wives:
0101. July Ann Rich, born 1843
0102. Eunisa S Rich, born 1845
0103. Martha Rich, born 1846
0104. Frances Rich, born 1849
0105. Pearseyan Rich, born 1852
0106. Roxeyann Rich, born 1855
0107. James E. Rich, born 26 May 1857
0107. James
E. Rich was born on 26 May 1857. Around 1878 he married Nancy Delilah Woods,
daughter of John L. Woods and Jemima Flanders. After 1900 the family left Emanuel
County and settled near Pearson GA (Atkinson County) where he served as a
Methodist minister. James E. Rich died on 20 February 1916 and is buried at
Sweetwater Cemetery. His wife lived until 1946 and is buried nearby. Known
children born before 1900 of James E. Rich and Nancy Delilah Woods:
010701. Luella Rich, born May 1879
010702. Ivey Lewis Rich, born 2 Apr
1880, died 1940
010703. George Jordan Davis Rich,
born 14 Oct 1882
010704. J. Sampson Rich, born 11 Jul
1885, died 6 Feb 1907
010705. Martha Emma Rich, born 16 Feb
1887, died 3 Jul 1969
010706. Fannie L. Rich, born 9 May
1889, died 6 May 1960
010707. Trudie M. Rich, born 1 Jul
1894
010708. Sam P. Jones Rich, born Feb
1899, died 8 Mar 1908
Geri
Bloodsworth of Lake Butler FL provided vital data on this family from a Bible
owned by George J. D. Rich and his wife Viola Stone:
010701.
Louella Rich was born in May 1879 near Modoc. In 1913 she married James
Conner. She died of influenza in January 1919 and is buried at Sweetwater
Cemetery near Pearson GA.
010702.
Ivey Louis Rich was born 2 Apr 1880 near Modoc. In August 1905 he married
Cora B Holton. He died in 1940 and is buried at Omega Cemetery at Baxley.
010703.
George J. Davis Rich was born 14 Oct 1882 near Modoc. He died in April 1922
and is buried at Omega Cemetery at Baxley. On 31 May 1914 he married Viola
Stone at Hazelhurst GA. She was born 13 May 1893 at Graham in Appling Co GA.
She died 23 July 1922 and is buried at Philadelphia Church.
Children
Nancy Jewell Rich born 28 March 1915
at Hazelhurst in Jeff Davis County.
James Davis Rich born 30 January 1918
at Hazelhurst.
Rosa Lee Rich was born in January
1920 at Hazelhurst. She died 30 Nov 1920 and is buried at Philadelphia
Church.
George Shirley Rich was born 26 April
1921 at Hazelhurst.
010704. J.
Sampson Rich was b 11 July 1885 near Modoc. He was murdered 6 Febuary 1907
and is buried at Pine Level Church near Alma GA.
010705.
Martha Emma Rich was b 16 Febuary 1887 probably near Modoc but was educated
in Alma. On 28 September 1913 she married James W. Stroud. She died on 3 July
1969 and is buried at Forest Lawn in Gainesville FL.
010706.
Fannie L. Rich was b 9 May 1889. On 9 November 1912 she married Ellis
Moseley. She died 6 May 1960 and is buried at Moseley Cemetery at Uvalda GA.
010707.
Trudie M. Rich was born 16 July 1894. She married L. R. Sutton.
010708.
Samuel P. Jones Rich was born February 1899 and died 8 Mar 1908. He is buried
at Pine Level Church near Alma GA.
02. MARTHA
RICH (1830 - ?)
According
to the Census, Martha Rich was born in 1830. On 18 November 1849 she married
Thomas Stroud. Thomas Stroud was a farmer. Known children of this couple
were:
0201. Sarah Stroud, born 1852
0202. Frances Stroud, born 1853
0203. Thomas Daniel Stroud, born 1856
0204. Silvannah Stroud (female), born
1862
0205. Perry Stroud, born 1864
0206. Rebecca Stroud, born October
1865
0207. John Stroud, born 1870
0203.
Thomas Daniel Stroud was born in 1856 and died in 1942. He is buried in the
Hawhammock Cemetery beside his wife Angeline Stroud (1862 - 1923). Angeline
Stroud was a daughter or granddaughter (most probably) of Chesley Rodgers,
who moved to Emanuel County from Edgefield Couty SC just after the Civil War.
Children of Thomas D. Stroud and Angeline include:
020301. Ellet A. Stroud, born May
1882.
020302. Ada D. E. Stroud (1884 -
1920). She married ___ Turner.
020303. Calip Walter Stroud (1886 -
1928).
020304. Mattie Maud Stroud (18
February 1888 - 13 October 1910), married W. N. Turner.
020305. Amanda S. I. Stroud (9 March
1891 - 17 September 1906).
020306. James F. Stroud, born 1894.
020307. Jessie W. Stroud, born 1896.
020308. Loyd S. Stroud, born 1899.
020309. Thomas Daniel Stroud (29
January 1904 - 25 November 1968).
020309. Thomas
Daniel Stroud Jr. was born on 29 January 1904. He married Mary Pinkie
Beckworth, second child of Charlie Brown Beckworth and Pinkie Parrish. They
had seven children.
02030901. Evelyn Stroud, born 1926, m
Dock McBride
02030902. Beatrice Stroud, born 1928,
m Edward Allen
02030903. Walter Faye Stroud, born
1931
02030904. Billy Stroud, born 1933
02030905. Bobby George Stroud, born
18 Jul 1938, died 30 Sept 1972, never married.
02030906. Edward Thomas Stroud, born
1941
02030907. Barbara Stroud, born 1944
0206.
Rebecca Stroud was born in October 1865. In 1883 she married E. N. Cowart,
who was born in May 1854. Their known children include:
020601. B. L. Cowart, born October
1888 (female)
020602. Clarence Cowart, born
September 1890
020603. Cleveland Cowart, born July
1892
0207. John
Stroud was born in October 1869. In 1888 he married Susan Lavonia Rich [See
0505]. Her known children are Willie Howard (born Feb 1882) and Array M.
Stroud (born Apr. 1891).
03. SARAH
RICH (1827 - 1898)
Sarah Rich
was born 24 July 1827. On 4 April 1860 she married Henry Houston Hall in
Emanuel Co GA. She died 2 February 1898. Henry Houston Hall was born on 30
November 1839 in GA (probably Burke County) to Henry H. Hall Sr. and Fereby
___. He died 13 February 1914. Both he and Sarah are buried in the Hall
Cemetery near Modoc in Emanuel Co GA. This couple had three children:
0301. James Wright Hall b 27 March
1861
0302. Georgia H. E. Hall b Jun 1866
0303. Emma Hall b 10 August 1868
0301. James Wright Hall was born 27 March 1861 and died 15 Jul 1936.
On 12 Nov 1878 James Wright Hall married Arisba Cassie Delaine Rodgers,
daughter of Chesley Rodgers and Risby Myers(?). Cassie Rodgers had been born
near Ward (Saluda) SC on 1 Jul 1860. Before 1870 her parents and minor
children had migrated to Emanuel County and settled between Blun and Modoc.
She died 2 May 1919. Children of James Wright Hall and Cassie Rodgers:
030101. Charlie Ivison Hall, born 22
June 1880
030102. Nola Hall, born 8 Feb 1882
030103. Lewis Judson Hall, born 4
September 1883
030104. Kate Arisba Delaine Hall,
born 1 Sep 1885
030105. John J. Hall, born 6 Jul 1887
030106. Horace Houston Hall, born 16
November 1888
030107. George Grady Hall, born 26
Feb 1890
030108. Thomas Hall, born 30 Nov 1892
030109. Frank Hall, born 2 Nov 1894
030110. Mark Hall, born 24 Aug 1896
030111. Sarah Hall (5 Jul 1898 - 19
May 1899)
030112. Ben Tillman
"Buddie" Hall (9 Nov 1899 - 5 May 1900)
020113. James C. Hall (6 Sep 1901 -
14 Mar 1958)
030101.
Charlie Ivison Hall was born 22 June 1880 and died 25 June 1944. On 6 June
1900 he married Levina Belle Lumpkin, born 2 April 1873 and died 15 April
1911. Both are buried in the Hall Cemetery. Belle was the daughter of Joseph
L. Lumpkin and Sarah (Lawson) Grimes of Jefferson County. Children:
03010101. Gordon Hall (2 March 1904 -
1 November 1970), married Carrie Bell Beckworth (30 April 1906 - 25 December
1996), eldest daughter of Charlie Brown Beckworth and Pinkie Parrish. Their
children:
0301010101. Kathleen Hall (27 May
1925 - 19 Oct 1988)
0301010102. Charles Kenneth Hall (7
Nov 1927 - 26 Jan 1985)
0301010103. Frances Delores Hall, born 9 Aug 1941
0301010104. Betty Jean Hall, born 1
Aug 1943
03010102. Gladys Hall (2 Jan 1907 -
10 Jan 1975)
03010103. Sarah Hall (29 Oct 1909 -
24 Feb 1964)
0301010301. Sara Belle Hall, born Feb 1933
030102.
Nola M. Hall (8 Feb 1882 - 28 Dec 1963). Married Leroy Hayes [See 0801]. One
child: Madie Hayes, born 1907, married Dewey Bagget (no issue).
030103.
Lewis Judson Hall, (4 Sep 1883 - ?). Married on 8 February 1903, Eva Pierce
(1886 - ?).
They lived
most of their married life in Brunswick. Children:
03010301 Albert L Hall born 1905
03010302 Alvin E Hall born 1908
03010303 Houston R Hall born 1909
030104.
Kate Arisba Delaine Hall (1 Sep 1885 - 1972). Married Drew Clark Bell. She
resided near Modoc. Children:
03010401. Jamie Bell (31 Aug 1912 -
18 Dec 1989) married Will Jones.
03010402. Drew Clark Bell (24 Oct
1915 - 30 Dec 1987)
03010403. Georgia Mae Bell (29 Aug 1918 - 1 Oct 1947) married Lloyd
Forrest Beckworth.
03010404. Jack Bell
03010405. Eddie Roy Bell
03010406. Freddie Ray Bell
030105.
John J. Hall, (6 Jul 1887 -14 June 1956) married on 11 July 1909, Emma
Stroud. Children:
03010501. Lula Bernice Hall
03010502. Ruth Hall married _____ Powell
03010503. John Hall Jr
030106.
Horace Houston Hall (16 November 1888 - 25 August 1980). He married Mary Eve
Lane (27 July 1908 - 1 Jan 1982). They lived much of their married life near
Savannah. Children:
03010601. Henry Horace Hall Jr, born
6 Jan 1928
03010602. James Wiley Hall, born 11 Nov 1929
03010603. Clarence Leon Hall, born 23 Jan 1932
03010604. Lester Lee Hall, born 7 Dec 1932
03010605. Elmore Lawrence Hall (18 Dec 1937 - 8 Oct 1969)
030107.
George Grady Hall (26 Feb 1890 - ?). Married ___ Pearce, Nell ___ (no issue).
Children:
03010701 Margaret Hall
03010702 Jewel Hall
030108.
Thomas R Hall (30 Nov 1892 - ?). Married Katie O Connor. Children:
03010801 Nell Hall
03010802 Doris Hall
03010803 Lindsay Hall
03010804 Louise Hall
030109.
Frank O. Hall (2 Nov 1894 - 3 Dec 1918). Married F. G. Pearce. Children:
03010901 Bessie Hall
03010902 Frank O Hall Jr
030110.
Mark W. Hall (24 Aug 1896 - 6 Jul 1972). Married Pauline Sherrod. Children:
03011001 James Hall
03011002 Rachel Hall
0302.
Georgia H. E. Hall was born June 1866. She married John J. Faircloth about
1887. This couple never had children but raised Elmo and Annie Mae Delaney
after the death of their mother.
0303. Emma
Hall was born 10 August 1868 and died 19 August 1896. She married Jack
Delaney. Children:
030301. Annie May Delaney (2 Oct 1891
- 24 Aug 1912). Married 6 Sep 1908 to H. S. Fields. Their children:
03030101 James Clark Fields born 1899
03030102 John Clifford Fields born
1899
030302. Elmore Delaney (Aug 1894 - ?)
04. DEMARIS
RICH (1829 - 1900)
Demaris was
born in Emanuel Co GA 20 May 1829 and died 27 June 1900. She is buried at
Hawhammock. On 9 December 1851 she married Reubin Boatwright.
According
to Huxford's "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol 7, pp 43-44:
Reubin Boatright was a son of Daniel Boatright (a Revolutionary Soldier from
SC) and was born in Burke County 14 Feb 1794 and died in 1878 from injuries
in an accident on his farm. He first marrried in 1817 to Lacy Bishop
(1802-1849), daughter of William Bishop of Montgomery County. They had eleven
children. Reubin Boatwright and both wives are buried at Hawhammock Church.
Children of
Reubin Boatwright and Demaris Rich:
0401. Anna Boatwright was born 10
July 1853 and died 6 Aug 1933. She married George Pierce.
0402. Leah Boatwright was born in
1855 and died in 1861.
0403. Matthew B. Boatwright was born
3 Mar 1857 and died 30 Mar 1943. He married 1) Mozelle McKenzie, daughter of
Samuel McKenzie; 2) Mrs. Christine Wilkes Findley, 3 July 1921; 3) Mrs.
Martha Edna Roundtree-Daughtrey.
0404. Isaac Boatwright was born 5 May
1859. He married Virginia Moore, daughter of John Moore, on 16 January 1880.
0405. Rebecca Boatwright was born 12
Aug 1861. She married Ellie Faircloth on 15 March 1879.
0406. Stephen Thomas Boatwright was
born 13 Feb 1863 and died 22 Sep 1950. He married 1) Dora Logue, daughter of
Brinson Logue, 3 June 1887. 2) Trudie Grimes, daughter of Matthew Grimes, 28
Aug 1937.
0407. Charles Boatwright was born 20
May 1866 and died 22 Jan 1940. He married Jessie (Josie) Drew, daughter of
Joseph Drew, 26 Nov 1889.
0408. David L Boatwright was born 29
Oct 1868. He married 1. Lillian G Rogers, daughter of Ben F. Rogers. 2. Ola
Spivey
05. Stephen
Emanuel Rich (1831-1914)
In
Huxford's "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Volume 8, page 313 a
detailed account of this family appears as follows: Steven Emanuel Rich was
born 29 Sep 1831, died 4 Jun 1914 and is buried in the Hall Cemetery in Emanuel
Co GA. He married Sarah Frances Coleman 14 Mar 1852. She was born 14 Nov 1831
near Coleman Lake, the daughter of John Calhous Coleman and Margaret Brown.
Sarah Frances Coleman died 15 May 1876 and is thought to be buried near
Coleman's Lake. Children:
0501. Cornelia Rich married Boney
Perry
0502. Elizabeth Rich born 1854, married Samuel Patterson Nix
0503. Martha Rich never married
0504. Matthew Rich m/1 Susan Nix m/2 Emma Parrish
0505. Susan Lavonia Rich born 1860 m/1 William Franklin Howard m/2 John
Stroud
0506. Greenberry Rich born 1862 married Myrina Perry
0507. David Lee Rich born 1868 m/1 Catherine Parrish m/2 Mandy
Barfield
0508. Fannie Idora Mozelle born 1871 married William Henry Howard
Steven m/2
Ginny ___ m/3 Sarah Davis 12 Mar 1894 in Emanuel Co GA (no issue) m/4 Sarah
Parrish (one child, Georgia Mae Rich d young). Steven Rich was a Chaplin in
the Civil War.
Steven Rich
married Sarah Parrish in Emanuel County GA on 12 March 1894. His son David
Lee Rich married Catherine Parrish on 1Sep 1897 and his son Mathew Rich
married Emma Parrish on 20 Oct 1902. Steven's nephew W. A. Rich married
Lillie Parrish on 17 May 1905. Within the family it was well known that these
women are all sisters, daughters of George Washington Parrish and Susan Richardson
and all born in the Edgefield/Aiken area of SC prior to the family's move to
Emanuel Co GA in the early 1890s.
0501. Green Berry Rich was born 3 January 1853 near Modoc GA in
Emanuel County GA to Stephen Rich and Sarah Frances Coleman. He died 13 April
1919 and is buried in Millen GA. On 16 January 1881 he married Marina E.
Mitchell, daughter of D. D. D. Mitchell. She was born 1 April 1862 and died
23 February 1935 in Charleston SC (buried Millen GA). Children of this couple
are:
050101. Rosa Arthenia Rich b 13 Oct
1881 d 27 July 1899
050102. John Walter Rich b 11 June 1887 d 10 Jan 1956
050103. Charles Green Rich b 18 Sep 1890 d 29 May 1872
050104. Daniel E Rich b 8 Dec 1893 d 1 July 1899
050105. Louie Delmacia Rich b 8 Dec 1893 d 6 Sep 1936
050103. Charles
Green Rich was born 18 Sep 1890 and died 29 May 1972. He married Mary Anna
Rowland, born 24 May 1896 and died 3 May 1971. Only one child is presently
known--William Berry Rich who was born 31 Aug 1925 in Charleston SC and died
26 Jan 1989 in Savannah GA.
0504 Mathew
Rich first married Susan Nix. Their children include:
050401
Earnest Rich born 1880
050402
Frances Rich born 1880
050403
Mabel Rich born 1894
married
second to Emma Parrish, born June 1881. Their children were:
050404
George Rich (1902 - 1965)
050405
Berry Rich (1906 - 1969)
050406 Joe
Brown Rich
050407 Jack
Rich
050408
Thomas Rich
050409
"Boy" Rich
050410
Sarah Rich
050411 Eula
Rich
0507 David
Lee Rich (21 Nov 1868 - 5 Nov 1948) married first to Catherine Parrish (12
Jul 1881 - 22 Aug 1910). Their children were:
050701 Oren
Lee Rich born 1899
050702
Leila Mae Rich born 1901
050703
Mamie B Rich born 1903
050704
Lonnie Rich born 1905
050705
Infant
David Lee
Rich married second to Amanda Barfield (1888 - 1960) with children.
0508 Fannie
Rich married about 1891 to W. H. Howard. Their children include:
050801
Annie L. Howard born July 1893
050802
Frank L. Howard born June 1896
050803 Nina
Pearl Howard born April 1898
050804
Maggie Howard born May 1900
050805
Bartty Howard born 1902
050806
Clarence Howard born 1904
050807 Emma
Howard born 1906
06. Elizabeth Rich b 1834
In 1850
Elizabeth Rich, age 16, is shown in the household of Daniel E. Rich. If she
is a daughter, her identity thereafter is not certain.
07. William
J. Rich (1836 - 1916)
William J.
Rich was born 29 September 1836 and died 30 December 1916. He is buried in
the Hall Cemetery near Modoc in Emanuel Co GA. In the same cemetery are his three
wives. On 20 March 1856 he married Susan A. Truett (6 Nov 1830 - 26 Aug
1876). On 25 November 1878 he married Sarah J. Peebles (25 Sep 1850 - 5 Mar
1887). His third wife was Molley Knight (12 May 1860 - 26 May 1915).
Known children of William J. Rich:
0701. William Allen Rich, born 1857
0702. Luivany/Lucennia V. Rich, born
1858
0703. Zilpha A. Rich, born 1861
0704. Mary S. Rich, born 1863
0705. Missouri L. Rich, born 1866
0706. W. M. (Mack) Rich, born 1869
0707. David Dennis Rich, born 1875
0708. Eva Rich, born August 1881
0701.
William Allen Rich was born in 1857 and died in 1941, according to his
headstone in the Rich Family Cemetery. His first wife is probably Elizan ___
(1858-1903) who is buried in the Rich Cemetery. This marriage produced six children:
070101. Robert M. Rich, born October
1882
070102. Press M. Rich, born March
1885, married Maggie Moore.
070103. Della L. Rich, born October
1886
070104. Minnie L. Rich, born October
1886
070105. Susan Ocala (Keller) Rich (26
July 1891-28 July 1972) married Otis H. Faulk.
070106. Emma Rich, born April 1896
In Emanuel
County GA on 17 May 1905 W. A. Rich m Lillie Parrish (1886-1974 per
headstone). She was born in SC, the daughter of George Washington Parrish and
Susan Richardson who married in Edgefield Co SC just after the Civil War and
moved to Emanuel Co GA in the early 1890s. This marriage produced four
children:
070107. Annie Rich (1906-1992)
married 1) Gene Stevens 2) ___ Truett
070108. Eathel Rich married 1) Walter
Sconyers 2) Julian Curry
070109. Cornelia Rich (1915-1960)
married Frank Abney
070110. Walter Lee "Boy"
Rich married Frances ___
0707. David
Dennis Rich (31 Jan 1873 - 6 Jan 1956) married Loula M. Faircloth (4 Nov 1880
- 11 Feb 1958). Both are buried in the Swainsboro City Cemetery. Children:
070701.
Rosa Rich born 1898 married ___ Kirkland
070702. Henry L. Rich (10 Apr 1900 -
6 May 1942)
070703.
Callie Rich married ___ Hooks
070704.
Carrie Lou Rich born 1904
070705.
Elmo Dennis Rich born 1906 married Lena May Black
070706.
Hoke Rich born 1908
070707. Mary Lee Rich married Bernard
Lee Kea
08. Delilah
Rich b 1838
Delilah
Rich was born in 1838. That she is a daughter of Daniel E. Rich is shown in a
property transfer of 1871. On 3 October 1858 she married James Hayes. He
apparently died before 1870. Known children:
0801. Leroy Hayes, born 1860
0802. Delila Hayes, born 1862
0803. Harriet Hayes, born 1864
0804. James N. Hayes, born 1867
0801. Leroy
Hayes was born in August 1860. He first married Alice ___. Their children:
080101. Francis Hayes, born November
1882
080102. Walter Hayes, born November
1888
080103. Elton Hayes, born April 1891
080104. Clarence Hayes, born March
1895
080105. Willie Hayes, born April 1898
080106. Homer Hayes, born 1902
He married
second in 1904 to Nola Hall [See 030102]. They had one daughter:
080107. Madie Hayes, born 1907.
Married Dewey Bagget. No issue
09. Martin
Van Rich b 1842
Martin Vann
Rich was born on 1 January 1841 and died 16 February 1906. On 14 March 1864
he married Mary Emalene Plunket (18 Dec 1839 - 20 March 1904). Both are
buried at Connors Church at Cobbtown. They had six children.
0901. Martin C. Rich, born 1867
0902. Ellen Rich, born 1868
0903. James D. Rich, born 1869
0904. Daniel E. Rich, born 1870
0905. Sephrona Rich, born 1872
0906. Louanna Rich, born 1874
0907. Louis Spencer Rich, born 2
September 1873
10. Andrew
J. Rich, born 1846
His
tombstone at Hawhammock Church in Emanuel Co GA shows Andrew J. Rich was born
25 January 1845. According to Huxford's "Pioneers of Wiregrass
Georgia", Vol 7, p 44, on 20 October 1865 he married Drusilla
Boatwright, born 20 May 1845 to Reuben Boatwright and his first wife Lacy
Bishop.
Known
children of this couple are:
1001. Esther Rich, b 1866
1002. Laura E. Rich, b 1868
1003. Mary F. Rich, b 1870
1004. Unknown
1005. J. J. Rich, b 25 January 1875
1006. Unknown
1007. Charlie Luther Rich (9 April
1882 - 11 May 1966). He married Bessie Kea.
PART THREE: ANCESTORS OF DANIEL E. RICH
Stephen
Rich:
Geri
Bloodsworth of Lake Butler FL provided pages from a family Bible published
after 1900 which lists Daniel Rich's father as Stephen Rich and his mother as
Abriay. In the Mortality Census of 1850, Abiah Rich of Emanuel County GA is
listed as having died in September 1849. She was a 90-year-old widow and had
been born in England. Stephen Rich last appeared in the 1830 Census of
Emanuel County so apparently he died before 1840.
According
to Dorsey's FOOTPRINTS ALONG THE HOOPIE (1979)...When Emanuel County was
created in 1812, court sessions and elections were to be held at the house of
Stephen Rich until a court house site could be located and constructed. The
court house was to be located on a hill approximately three miles from the
home of Stephen Rich.
In the
"Early Tax Lists Of Georgia" for 1806 in Montgomery County (parent
of Emanuel County) Stephen Rich is shown with 30 acres of pineland and paying
one poll.
Shadrack
Rich:
In the 1790
Census of Edgefield County SC the following family is recorded: Shadracke
Rich, 2 males age 16+, 7 males age <16, 4 females, no slaves. While there
is no proof that the Shadracke Rich of SC and the Shadrack Reach/Shadrick
Rich of GA are the same, "time and place" suggest that they are.
This
Shadracke Rich does not appear again in the South Carolina Census but by 1802
that name is recorded in the public records of Montgomery (parent of Emanuel)
and Jefferson Counties in Georgia.
"Headright
and Bounty Grants 1756-1909" shows Shadrack Reach received land in
Montgomery County in 1802 and 1811. In the "Early Tax Lists Of
Georgia" for 1806 in Montgomery County (parent of Emanuel County) the
following persons appear: Shadreich Rich - 400 A pineland - 1 poll; Stephen
Rich - 30 A pineland - 1 poll. This latter entry suggests a father/son link
between Shadrack and Stephen Rich.
"Index
to Georgia Tax Digests, Volume 3, 1804 - 1806" lists Shadrick Rich as a
tax payer in Jefferson County 1805.
Shadrack
Rich either died or moved before the 1820 Census, so very little is known
about him after the early 1800s. But of his origins a bit more has emerged.
The
following abstracts suggest that the Shadrack Rich of Montgomery County GA is
the same as the Shadrack Reach named in Wake County NC records:
Divison of
the property of Timothy Reach Nov. 1806
plot #1
John Reach and Heirs
plot #2
Solomon George in rights of his wife Sally
plot #3
Zachariah Reach and Heirs
plot #4
Shadrack Reach and Heirs
plot #5
Benjamin Hobson in right of his wife Clary
plot #6
Richard Colbert in right of his wife Zydah
plot #7
Henry Townsley in right of his wife (Agnes, but not named)
From the
book "MARRIAGES OF GRANVILLE COUNTY NC, 1753 - 1868, p328": Henry
Townley and Agness Rich 19 September 1776; Shadrach Rich, bondsman; Jesse
Newly, witness.
"Abstracts
of vital records from Raliegh NC newspapers 1799-189 Vol 1": Reaich: D.
Caution regarding power of attorney given by Shadrack Reaich, living in the
state of GA., son of the late Timothy Reaich, of Wake Co. NC. Sept 5. Solomon
X George. R.R. [code for a newspaper] mon 29 Sept 1806 3:3 [Note: Solomon
George was the husband of Sally Rich, sister of Shadrack].
TIMOTHY
REACH:
Timothy
Reach, father of Shadrack Rich of Georgia, died in Wake County NC prior to
November 1806. His heirs were listed as John Reach; Sally Reach, wife of
Solomon George; Zachariah Reach; Shadrack Reach (of the State of Georgia, in
1806); Clary Reach, wife of Benjamin Hobson; Zydah Reach, wife of Richard
Colbert; Agnes Reach, wife of Henry Townsley.
Timothy
Reach appears to be the same as the person named as brother to Jeremiah Reach
who died in Wake County NC just before 17 January 1782. In Abstract of
Records of Will 1771-1802 Wake Co. NC, Book A: Reach, Jeremiah; Will recorded
17 Jan 1782; page 174, heirs are named as son, John Rich; son, William Rich;
dau, Susannah Rich, wife of James Bridges; son, Jacob Rich; dau, Judy Rich,
wife of William Dodd; (torn) Charity Rich; wife, Mary; son, Charles Rich.
Executors: brother Timothy Rich; son Charles Rich.
A record in
Goochland County VA suggests this Wake County NC family might have originated
there. The Goochland County VA Deed Book 3, 1737-1742, page 171 gives a
settlement of property of Timothy
Rich
deceased and names as Administratrix, Catherine, wife of Timothy Vanzantran,
widow of Timothy Rich, deceased. By vertue of an order of Goochland county
Court made the 18 day of July 1738.
List of
children: Jeremiah Parker Rich; Timothy Rich; Sarah Rich; William Rich;
Nimrod Rich; Catherin Rich. And Catherine, his wife was pregant(sic) with
David Rich at the time of his decease. Court held Goochland Coounty Feb 20
1738.
PART FOUR: A STEPHEN RICH OF APPLING COUNTY GA
From
"Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", compiled and published by Folks Huxford
(1948), Volume III (Page 271): Stephen Rich (1790-1865) born Orangeburg
District SC married Sarah ___ born 1805 in SC. Children:
1. Millie Rich b 1812
2. John G. Rich b 1818
3. Jincy Rich b 1820
4. Roxie Rich b 1821
5. Greenberry Rich b 1822
6. Martha Rich b 1830
7. Ricy Rich b 1834
8. Delilah Rich b 183_
Stephen died in Appling County GA in 1865. There was another Stephen
Rich in Emanuel County but relationship is unknown.
More
detailed research on this family was compiled by Jim Ritch of Dahlonega GA:
Stephen Rich born 1790, Orangeburg SC died about 1865, Appling Co GA. His
father unknown, mother Charity Braswell. Married 1) ___ 2) Sarah ___ died
1843/1850 in Appling Co GA. Children:
1. Millie Rich born ca 1816 married ca 1830 Solomon Carter
2. Jincy Rich born ca 1818, Appling Co GA married ca 1835 William B.
Morgan.
3. Rachel Rich born 2 Sep 1820, Appling Co GA died 29 Jan 1899 buried
Dyal Cemetery, Bradford Co FL married 23 Feb 1834 Bartley W. Sapp.
4. Green Berry Rich born 14 Mar 1822, Appling Co GA died 20 Mar 1887
buried Sapp Cemetery, Bradford Co FL married ca 1842 Elizabeth A. Nichols.
5. Ricy Rich born 5 Feb 1826, Appling Co GA died 3 Jun 1903 Volusia
Co FL married ca 1843 David George.
6. John G. Rich born 17 Apr 1828, Appling Co GA died 3 Apr 1901 Wayne
Co GA married 27 Jan 1845 Lucretia T. Nettles.
7. Martha Rich born ca 1830, Appling Co GA married ca 1846 William G.
Nettles.
8. Delilah Rich born ca 1833 Appling Co GA married ca 1849 William
Richard Hesters.
The relationship remains unknown but almost cetainly there is a link.
Following is an except from the family pages of a Bible belonging to John G.
Rich. Note the name of his third son--Daniel Elliott Ritch:
John G. Ritch was born 17 Apr 1828 died 3 Jul 1901
Lucretia T. Ritch was born 7 Sep 1823 died 10 Mar 1902
John G. Ritch and Lucretia T. Nettles were married 27 Jan 1845
Celia Ritch born 25 Sep 1845 died 14 Mar 1918 married ___ Lightsey
Green Berry Ritch born 1 Feb 1847 died 20 May 1910
Susan D Ritch born 14 Jul 1849 died 18 Mar 1926 married Josiah E
Townsend
John J Ritch born 19 Apr 1851 died 6 Sep 1887
Daniel Elliott Ritch born 17 Feb 1853 died 22 Apr 1906
Martha Ritch born 20 Apr 1855
William G Ritch born 4 Jul 1858 died 14 Mar 1865
Lucretia T Ritch born 22 Nov 1860 died 18 Jun 1921 m ___ Ward
Sarah Ann Ritch born 2 Jun 1863
George Ritch born 15 Jun 1868
In 1991 the Townsend Family Bible (printed about 1882) was in the
possession of Mrs. Mildred Pearce Tomlinson of Jacksonville FL [soon to be
given to her cousin Dr. Hayden Allen of Tarpon Springs FL].
Delores Hall Thompson.
Copyright © 1998. Delores Hall Thompson. All Rights Reserved.
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