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Contributed by Tom Heisler
and Belinda Slocumb
The earliest Stathams to
the Stewart County area were Nathaniel Statham (also listed
as Thomas Nathaniel), son of John Statham, and William Dabney
Statham , possible son of John (but some VA records indicate
John was a guardian of the "orphan" William Dabney
and not his father). Nathaniel's son Thompson Nathaniel
(also called "Nat" and may be listed in records
as T.N.) fought in the Indian Wars in the area about 1836,
and William Dabney Statham's sons Richmond and Garland also
came to Stewart County and all were in the area by 1840.
Thompson Nathaniel's oldest children might have been born
in the Stewart County area, but it appears that all must
have returned to Abbeville, Wilcox County GA where T.N.
remained the rest of his life and where three of his sons
enlisted during the Civil War. T.N.'s father Nathaniel was
a Revolutionary soldier and is listed on the veteran's census
for 1840 in Stewart County. Garland is likely the "William
Statham" who appears as a slaveowner on the 1850 census
of Sumter County (William Garland Statham). More documentation
is needed to determine the children of both Richmond and
Garland, but currently we believe the familes of both are
as follows:
Richmond Statham
(b. abt 1803 Houston Co. GA, d. 14 Oct 1854 Webster Co.)
son of William Dabney Statham and Frances Meredith Garland,
married Elizabeth Brunson (b. abt 1810
Houston Co. GA, d. 14 Feb 1853 Webster Co.) on 9 Dec 1832
in Houston Co. (Marriage Book A 1833-1852). Their children:
1)Julia A. Statham
(b. 4 March 1835 d. 7 May 1910 in Hickory MS) married 16
Jan 1851 Stewart Co. GA Benjamin Griffin
(b. abt 1833 d. 5 June 1881 Hickory MS), their son
Sion Benjamin Griffin married Mary
Ann Price (both may have d. in Red River TX).
2)William Richmond
Statham* (b. abt 1836 Stewart Co. GA or Houston
Co., d.17 Aug 1884 Webster Co.) married abt 1852
Mary Louise "Mollie" Jossey (b. abt 1844
Webster Co., daughter of the widow M.B. Jossey?). Their
children: Robert b. 12 Oct. 1869 d.10 Feb
1928, Birmingham AL; Leon Ella (Leona Ella?)
b. abt 1865 Webster Co.; Margaret R.;
Mary Jane; John Henry;
Ward, John Robert?;
William Benjamin b. abt 1853 (see death
certificate) d. 28 Sept 1929; other possible sons are
Meredith F. (Fred?) of Marion Co. and
Richmond. *[Notes on William
Richmond Statham: Enlisted at Americus 11th Bat. Co. B (Cutt’s
Batt.) Sumter Artillery (brother John in same unit), Age
26 in 1863, discharged 9 Jan 1864 at Richmond (Chimborazo
Hosp.) due to deafness, 6’2” or 6’3”, light hair blue eyes,
farmer, 18 pages of Civ. War cards/records at Footnote.com,
additional record shows W.R. Statham Co. B Cobb’s Legion,
Pvt., Chimborazo Hospital #2 Richmond VA Jan 1863 total
deafness Discharged 9 Jan.]
3)John Statham*
(b. 17 Aug 1838 d. 23 Oct 1927 in Leesburg, Lee Co.- see
death certificate) married P.S. Son of John and P.S.: A.W.
of Leesburg, possibly John Statham. *[Notes
on John Statham: Enlisted 1 March 1862 11th Bat. Co. B Sumter
Artillery, last paid through 1 Dec 1863, absent on furlough
to 25 Feb 1864 (possibly to escort brother William home),
returned to service, possibly captured late 1864 by 10th
Michigan Artillery and paroled at Newton NC abt 19 April
1865, pension statement dated 8 Nov 1915 but no mention
of any application for pension, 25 pages of cards/records
at Footnote.com]
4)Margaret E.
b. ab1845
5)Thomas R.
(or M.) b. abt 1850 d. bef 1870
6)Lycurgus C.
b. abt 1852 d. 1870 of pneumonia while at school in Chattahoochee
Co.
[Margaret E., Thomas and
Lycurgus C. were under the guardianship of their aunt Elizabeth
and her 2nd husband John C. Byrd on the 1860 census (guardianship
papers have not yet been found but may be located in Sumter,
Webster, or Stewart counties).]
Garland Statham*
(b. abt 1800 d. 10 Feb 1853 possibly of typhoid) married
Elizabeth Lucinda Patterson 10 Jan 1833
(daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Pickens Patterson).
Elizabeth Statham m. 2nd John C. Byrd and
they had a son Dodridge R. b. abt 1859. Garland and Elizabeth's
children are believed to be as follows:
1)Nancy A. (Alice)(
b. ? d. 14 Nov 1929 Dawson) married L.A. Lowrey (half brother
to the wife of her brother W.G.)[his father John W.F. Lowery,
brother John W.F.Jr.] 27 Dec 1863 Stewart Co. GA [John W.F.
Lowrey b.Aug 1838 m. (2nd?abt 1886) Victoria C.(Shields?),
son James A. b. 1867, daughter Lucy L. b. Jan 1878]
2)Meredith G.
3)Louann E.
4)William Garland
5) Irma???
*[Notes on Garland Statham:
was a member of the GA Legislature from Stewart Co. 1846-1850]
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