Looking for information on the following men who lived on or near Crooked Creek in the south Jackson community around or before 1803, particularly looking for ties to Crooked Creek Baptist Church:

Thomas Childress
Eli and Benjamin Browning
Joseph and Uriah Humphries
Charles Damron
Elkin Kinney
James Varnum
George Stewart

Have quite a bit of info on the Humphries, but little on anyone else.

Hello Tim, 15 Feb 2003
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1. Looking for information about a THOMAS CHILDRESS who was the son of Robert CHILDRESS Sr. and Mary Garner. Thomas was born in the old 96th Judicial District of SC about 1780, lived in the area of Morgan County or Clarke County Ga around 1815 and moved to the Bibb County Ala area.
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2. Request any information you may have about your THOMAS CHILDRESS (parents's name,date and place of birth, date and place of death, wife's name and date and place of marriage Hope to hear from you soon. Robert
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All I know about the Thomas Childress I'm researching is that he lived on Crooked Creek in 1799, and that some time prior to this, his property belonged to George Stewart, though I suspect it could have been spelled Stuart as there was a Clement Stuart who received a headright grant on the North Oconee River in 1784-5.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Hello Tim, 15 Feb 2003 Thanks for your speedy response. Sorry we could not make any connection with our 2 families. Robert of San Antonio, Tx

Speck - I know this is an old post, but if you still check this board - do you have any info on what area of NC/SC Uriah Humphries lived in before coming to Jackson County?

My McDonald ancestors seem to be connected to the Humphries in migratory patterns (as do several other families), so that would be very helpful if you know where the Humphries were before Jackson County. I find us connected in VA before the Carolinas, and in Jackson County.

Thanks
Dan McDonald

Browning & Kinney are my ancestors.

Benjamin & Eli Browning came from Maryland. They 1st settled Jefferson County, GA and purchased land on Crooked Creek about 1802. No proof Eli ever moved to Jackson County but Benjamin and his family did. His wife was Margaret. Their daughter Sarah "Sally" Browning married Jonathan Kinney. Their Daughter Nancy married Ramson Nicols, another daughter married a Smith. I have a good bit of info on their decedents.

We do not believe there was a man named Elkin Kinney, it is learned that the records of the Talassee colony that Wilson used to write his "Early History of Jackson County" were copied by children learning to read and write and contained a number of errors, most common of these errors were the conjunction of two last names in to a single name, thus Elkin & Kinney would be two different men last names Elkin & Kinney. I have found no record of a Elkin family but it is believed the Kinney was Daniel Kinney / Kinna. There is an Ellis family associated with the Browning's of Crooked Creek.

Kinney, Nicols and others are all found on land near Crooked Creek that was originally granted 1785 to William Few.

Humphries is listed as "Unfres" living on land granted to Few next door to Kinney

I am interested in Elijah Uriah Humphries, b. 18 Dec 1804, Clarke County, d. 27 Jul 1881, Fulton County. Elijah Uriah Humphries married Elizabeth F Alexander on 12 Mar 1823, in Clarke County, Georgia. I am related through the Alexander's, and I have information to share on the Alexander's. I would like more information on the Humphries.

Several years ago, I was following a false lead on my Fields ancestors, and I found out quite a lot on the Humphries and Fields, that were from N.C.. It seems that they were connected to the famous Daniel Boone, that moved to Kentucky. Unfortunately, the William Fields that married the Humphries, and moved to Georgia, was not my line.

I will be glad to help if I can.

Rusty Fields

The Humphries family (Uriah, George, Shadrack and others) in this area were from Virginia up to the 1790s, then to NC, and then to Jackson and Clarke Counties. If you've seen Uriah's will, he talks about having had a wife and some children in VA, but didn't feel he owed them anything, and left everything to the family in GA, although it looked like some of the sons were given some things.

My McDonalds were from the same area of VA and I'm trying to track them down in NC but not having much success yet. I'm not sure where in NC the Humphries were living.

Dan

I knew some McDonald's up in Lumpkin County several years ago. They lived on Long Branch Rd.

Anyway, and this is all from memory, there was a Susannah Humphrey/Humphries that married William Fields. That William Fields was given the job of "laying out the town", I forget what County, in N.C., about 1801. There were several marriages of Fields and Humphries in "Boone", N.C. area. I traced the Humphrey/Fields to North Georgia. They had a son, Thomas J Fields, that I thought was my gggrandfather, born in 1841. Unfortunately, he was the wrong Thomas J Fields. There were actually three T J Fields born in 1841 in GA.

I was inquiring about the Humphrey/Humphries that married Elizabeth Alexander, my line?

Rusty

Hi Rusty -

I assume that is the same line. Elijah Uriah I think (but I'm going from memory, and I'm not related to them, so I'm not certain on this) was grandson of Uriah whose will is in Clarke County records office. I have a scan of it which I can send you. Anyway, they were in Clarke and Jackson counties and were in NC beforehand, and in VA before that. Uriah talks about it in his will.
My McDonalds were in Jackson County and were interconnected with the Humphreys/Humphries a bit. There was a George Humphreys who married Abigail McDonald who is probably related to my McDonalds, but we're still sorting them all out. We have 2 McDonald families about 1799-1820; they are probably related but we don't know exactly how. We think cousins because of the multitude of James McDs. No male descendants of the other family of McDs have been located at this time who would be willing to do DNA testing.

My McDonalds trace back to VA and I obtained a very close genetic match to a different McDonald family from the same area of VA, so I'm fairly certain that they're the right McDonalds in VA who end up in Jackson County. For the Humphreys, there is the will, and the names match the VA names very well.

I believe there is even a court record that talks about one of the Humphreys men going to NC during the 1790s, but again that is based on memory. There were several records in VA indicating that a number of families moved to NC; it appears that a number of them also came to Jackson County within about 10 years.

Dan