Aaron Springfield and descendants

Courtesy of Charles Chaney

Aaron Springfield:

Birth: 1820-1821 Jackson Co., Georgia.⁴
Marriage: 12 Aug 1840 Murray Co., Georgia; The marriage was performed by John Lemming, J.P.⁵
Death: bef 19 Oct 1847 Murray Co., Georgia.⁶
Burial: __ ___ ____ Wilbanks-Reed Cemetery on Old Federal Road, Chatsworth, Murray Co., Georgia; Family tradition holds that he was buried in the Wilbanks-Reed Cemetery on Old Federal Road near Chatfield, Georgia. Although there is no marker for his grave, a tradition is that a large cedar tree grows from his grave. There is indeed a cedar tree growing apparently from a grave along side other family members.⁷
Father: Hugh SPRINGFIELD Sr. (1797-1849) son of Thomas Springfield & Laodicea Langston
Mother: Martha Ann SPRINGFIELD (1799- ) daughter of Aaron Springfield & Elizabeth Potts

Spouse: Emaline Rollins⁸

Birth: 17 Jan 1824 North Carolina; Tombstone inscription appears to show 1821. The 1860 census show her to be 36 years old.^9,10,11
Marriage, 2nd: 27 Nov 1856 Ransom JOHNSON (1816- ); Murray Co., Georgia; The marriage was performed by I. H. Leonard, J.P.^12,13
Death: 07 Jul 1908 Texas.^14,15
Burial: aft 07 Jul 1908 Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.^16,17,18
Father: George ROLLINS (1766-1850)
Mother: Elizabeth ARNOLD (1783-1850)

They had 5 children:

1/F Martha A. SPRINGFIELD¹⁹
Birth: cir __ ___ 1842 Georgia.²⁰
Marriage: 13 Oct 1857 William Henry SPRINGFIELD (1836- ); Murray Co., Georgia; The marriage was performed by Robert Woods, J. P.^21,22
Daughter: 24 Dec 1861 Hattie E. SPRINGFIELD; Georgia.^23,24
Son: cir __ ___ 1864 Henry Polk SPRINGFIELD; Georgia.²⁵
Son: cir __ ___ 1865 George SPRINGFIELD; Georgia.²⁶
Daughter: cir __ ___ 1868 Lula SPRINGFIELD; Georgia.²⁷
Son: cir __ ___ 1869 James SPRINGFIELD; Georgia.²⁸
Son: cir __ ___ 1871 Hugh SPRINGFIELD; Murray Co., Georgia.^29,30
Son: cir __ ___ 1872 Willie SPRINGFIELD; Georgia.³¹
Daughter: cir __ ___ 1875 Susan SPRINGFIELD; Georgia.³²
Death: __ ___ ____
Burial: __ ___ ____

2F Harriet A. SPRINGFIELD^33,34,35,36
Birth: cir __ ___ 1845 Georgia.^37,38
Son: cir __ ___ 1868 Charles BRIDGES; Georgia.³⁹
Marriage: 30 Dec 1869 William L. BRIDGES (1844- ); Whitfield Co., Georgia; The date may be for the license as another record shows the date of marriage to be 2 January 1870.^40,41,42,43
Death: __ ___ ____
Burial: __ ___ ____

3/F Dorcas Elizabeth SPRINGFIELD^44,45

Andrew Jackson Reed and Dorcas Springfield Reed

Birth: 14 Feb 1848 Murray Co., Georgia; 1870 & 1880 Census, Whitfield Co., GA indicate that her year of birth was probably 1847. Her tombstone records the birth date as 14 Feb 1848.^46,47,48,49
Marriage: bef __ ___ 1866 Andrew Jackson Reed (1840-1896)⁵⁰
Daughter: 01 Oct 1866 Alice Jane REED; Murray Co., Georgia.^51,52,53
Son: __ Jan 1869 Joseph Aaron REED Sr.; Whitfield Co., Georgia; His father's family was enumerated twice in 1870.^54,55,56
Son: 15 Apr 1871 William Joseph REED; Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia.^57,58,59
Son: cir __ ___ 1873 Robert L. REED; Georgia.⁶⁰
Daughter: 04 Jun 1875 Hattie Bell REED; Georgia.^61,62
Daughter: 14 Aug 1877 Emmy Magnolia Conley REED; Murray Co., Georgia; 1880 Census, East Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA, indicates year as 1876.^63,64
Son: __ Sep 1879 Jimmie REED; Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia; 1880 Census, East Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA.⁶⁵
Daughter: 12 Feb 1882 Cora REED; Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia.^66,67
Daughter: 12 Feb 1882 Ora Lee REED; Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia.^68,69
Daughter: 22 May 1884 Lizzie May REED; Murray Co., Georgia.^70,71
Daughter: 22 Jan 1886 Mary Ada REED; Murray Co., Georgia.^72,73,74
Son: 30 May 1889 Fred REED; McLennan Co., Texas; It is possible that he was born in Murray County, Georgia before the family left for Texas.^75,76,77
Son: 30 May 1889 Ed REED; Murray Co, GA or Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.⁷⁸
Daughter: 20 May 1891 Jessie C. REED^79,80
Death: 27 Mar 1894 Moody, McLennan Co., Texas.^81,82,83
Burial: aft 27 Mar 1894 Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas; Her name is spelled Elisabeth on her tombstone.^84,85

F E. Jane SPRINGFIELD; How can she be Aaron's daughter if he died c1848?  Is she actually a child of Ransom Johnson by an previous marriage?^86,87,88
Birth: cir __ ___ 1852 Georgia.⁸⁹
Marriage: 03 Oct 1867 William H. HAIGOOD; Murray Co., Georgia; The marriage was performed by Bennett Springfield, J.P.^90,91
Daughter: cir __ ___ 1869 Alice HAIGOOD; Georgia.⁹²
Son: 26 Feb 1892 Carl B. HAIGOOD⁹³
Son: Hugh HAIGOOD
Son: Charlie HAIGOOD
Son: Jimmie HAIGOOD
Son: William F. HAIGOOD
Daughter: Elizabeth HAIGOOD
Death: __ ___ ____
Burial: __ ___ ____

/M Robert SPRINGFIELD; He is listed as Robert Johnson in the 1860 census.  He is included here only because it is uncertain who his parents are.  He may be a child of Martha's second husband Ransom Johnson.;^94,95
Birth: cir __ ___ 1854 Georgia.^96,97
Death: __ ___ ____
Burial: __ ___ ____

Endnotes for

Aaron Springfield

1. Information compiled and/or researched by Charles C. Chaney, 1633 Cedarwood Drive, #119, Westlake, OH 44145-1822.
2. Information provided to Charles C. Chaney by Johnnie Faye Patterson Allen of Fort Worth 1739-2001.

3. Joyce Howard Ellis and Ann Pollard, SPRINGFIELD FAMILY 1739-2001. Captain Thomas Springfield, his wife, Laodicea "Dicey" Langston including His Parents and Siblings And Their Descendants (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2001), volume two.
4. Ibid.
5. _________, Murray Co., Georgia, Marriage Records, Book 1 1834-1848. Page 62.
6. Joyce Howard Ellis and Ann Pollard, SPRINGFIELD FAMILY 1739-2001, volume two.
7. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
8. Ibid.
9. 1860 census of Murray County, Georgia, Page 41. Dwelling: 275. Family: 271.
10.Tombstone inscription at the Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan County, TX.. Information was transcribed directly from the tombstone by Charles C. Chaney.
11. 1850 census of Murray County, Georgia, Page 265. Dwelling: 1626. Family: 1626.
12. MARRS. Murray Co., GA, Book 2. Page 47.
13. Vital Records Index-North America. Family History Resource File CD ROM Library. The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints (Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1998), Marriage record of Ransom Johnson & Emaline Springfield. Family History Library Number 382546.
14. Chaney, Charles Claude, Visited the gravesite many times.
15. Moody Cemetery, tombstone, Information was transcribed directly from the tombstone by Charles C. Chaney.
16. Chaney, Charles Claude, Visited the gravesite many times.
17. Information transcribed from a tombstone.
18. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
19. Ibid.
20. Census. 1850. Murray. GA, Page 265. 1626/1626.
21. EARLY GEORGIA MARRIAGES, Book 4, page 388.
22. MARRS. Murray Co., GA, Book 3. Page 64.
23. 1880 census of Whitfield County, Georgia, #812. Vol 26. ED 195. Sheet 49. Line 43.
24. Joyce Howard Ellis and Ann Pollard, SPRINGFIELD FAMILY 1739-2001, volume two, page 1237.
25. Census. 1880. Whitfield. GA, #812. Vol 26. ED 195. Sheet 49. Line 43.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Joyce Howard Ellis and Ann Pollard, SPRINGFIELD FAMILY 1739-2001, volume two.
31. Census. 1880. Whitfield. GA, #812. Vol 26. ED 195. Sheet 49. Line 43.
32. Ibid.
33. Census. 1860. Murray. GA, Page 41. Dwelling: 275. Family: 271.
34. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
35. Census. 1850. Murray. GA, Page 265. Dwelling: 1626. Family: 1626.
36. Vital Records Index-North America, Marriage record of W. L. Bridges & H. A. Springfield. Family History Library Number 339861. The date is recorded as 2 January 1870.
37. Census. 1850. Murray. GA, Page 265. Dwelling: 1626. Family: 1626.
38. Census. 1860. Murray. GA, Page 41. Dwelling: 275. Family: 271.
39. 1870 census of Whitfield County, Georgia, Page 160. Dwelling: 375. Family: 371.
40. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
41. Whitfield-Murray Counties, GA, Marriage Books, Whitfield County Marriages, Book B (1), shows her name as W. A. Springfield. Z. D. Clark, minister. The date is recorded as 30 Dec 1869.
42. Jr Edward E. Van Schick, SOME GEORGIA COUNTY RECORDS; Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc, 1997, Volume 6.
43. Vital Records Index-North America, Marriage record of W. L. Bridges & H. A. Springfield. Family History Library Number 339861. The date is recorded as 2 January 1870.
44. Murray County Historical Committee, MURRAY COUNTY HERITAGE (Roswell, GA:Chatsworth, GA: WH Wolfe, Historical Pubs., 1987), p690.
45. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
46. Census. 1860. Murray. GA, Page 41. Dwelling: 275. Family: 271.
47. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
48. Moody Cemetery, tombstone, Information was transcribed directly from the tombstone by Charles C. Chaney.
49. Census. 1850. Murray. GA, Page 265. Dwelling: 1626. Family: 1626.
50. Chaney, Charles Claude.
51. Johnnie Faye Patterson, NO CRYSTAL STAIR (Fort Worth, TX: J.F. Patterson, 1990), p128.
52. Tombstone inscription.
53. Census. 1880. Whitfield. GA.
54. 1900 census of McLennan County, Texas, Moody, Precinct 6. Supervisor Dist. #9, Enumerator's Dist. #90, Sheet 1. Page 231B. Household 13/Family 13.
55. Census. 1870. Whitfield. GA, Page 137A. Dwelling: 14. Family: 14.
56. Ibid., Page 143. Dwelling: 116. Family: 115.
57.Tombstone inscription.
58. Chaney, Charles Claude.
59. Census. 1880. Whitfield. GA.
60. Ibid., East Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA.
61. Census. 1880. Whitfield. GA.
62. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
63. Information provided by Martha Lynn Long Berry, Dalton, Georgia.
64. Census. 1880. Whitfield. GA.
65. Ibid.
66. Chaney, Charles Claude.
67. Census. 1900. McLennan. TX, Page 231B, #13/13.
68. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
69. Tombstone inscription.
70. Census. 1900. McLennan. TX, Page 231B, #13/13.
71. A family group sheet for Enoch Andrew Sullivand and Lissie Reed prepared by Gail King of Salinas, CA, 1986. Copy in possession of Charles C. Chaney.
72. Census. 1900. McLennan. TX, Page 231B, #13/13.
73. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
74.  Tombstone inscription.
75. Chaney, Charles Claude.
76. Census. 1900. McLennan. TX, Page 231B, #13/13.
77. Tombstone inscription.
78. Chaney, Charles Claude.
79. Tombstone inscription.
80. Chaney, Charles Claude.
81. Tombstone inscription.
82. Murray County Historical Committee, MURRAY CO. [GA] HERITAGE, p690.
83. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
84. Tombstone inscription, Transcribed by Charles C. Chaney.
85. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
86. Census. 1860. Murray. GA, Page 41. Dwelling: 275. Family: 271.
87. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
88. Joyce Howard Ellis and Ann Pollard, SPRINGFIELD FAMILY 1739-2001, volume two.
89. Census. 1860. Murray. GA, Page 41. Dwelling: 275. Family: 271.
90. Murray Co., GA Marriage Records, Book 1, 1834-1848 , 62, Book 4 p129.
91. Vital Records Index-North America, Marriage record of William H. Haygood & Eliza J. Springfield. Family History Library Number 382546.
92. Census. 1870. Whitfield. GA, Page 143. Dwelling: 115. Family: 114.
93. Moody Cemetery, tombstone, Charles C. Chaney has visited and photographed the gravesite.
94. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
95. Census. 1860. Murray. GA, Page 41. Dwelling: 275. Family: 271.
96. Allen, Johnnie F. Informant.
97. Census. 1860. Murray. GA, Page 41. Dwelling: 275. Family: 271.

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