My name is daniel meeks,my father is chester meeks,his father was Maurice b meeks I believe.Maurice is to have come from a large family but i have had no introduction or contact from anyone.If you have any useful info please contact me

I'm looking too I wish I could help you if I find out more I'll let you know

My grandfather James Egbert Meeks Sr. was born in Green Springs FL in 1908. He had the following siblings: (m) Joseph Garner, (m) Millard Delroe, and (f) Lena. Their father seems to have moved to FL from Georgia. Does this dovetail with anything you have? I'll share any information with you that I find.....

Hi, My name is Christopher A. Meeks, my father Was Christopher C. meeks, his father name was Perker Meeks. I'm still locating others. However, here in Tallahassee, Fl I know that I heard the name Garner around. How are we related, I don't know just yet.

Do you have any birth dates and locations on your Chester and Maurice? When did they die and who did they marry and when?

Here is some info that I found but I don't know if it's your family:

1920 FL Suwannee Co LiveOak tsp
Meeks Handy M head 39 married FL FL FL barber
Meeks Ruth wife 34 FL FL FL
Meeks Ralph M son 14 FL FL FL
Meeks Jewel dau 11 FL FL FL
Meeks Maurice son 9 FL FL FL
Meeks Handy M Jr son 7 FL FL FL
Meeks Eugene son 5 FL FL FL
Meeks Woodrow son 2 FL FL FL

1930 FL Suwannee Co McAlpin
written as Meek not Meeks
Meek Andrew J head 58 marr FL GA FL farmer
Meek Ida wife 30 marr F FL FL
Meek Woodrow nephew 12 s FL FL FL

1935 State Census FL Duval Co Prec11
Meeks H M 56 widow barber
Meeks Maurice 25 son unemployed
Meeks Woodrow 17 son unemployed

Social Security Death index
Maurice B Meeks b. 9 Nov 1909 d. 20 Jan 1995 last residence Jacksonville, Duval Co FL

Chester Meeks b. 10 Mar 1905 d. Jun 1987 Fort Myers Lee Co FL

Let me know if anything of this matches or if you have other info.

1930 FL Dade Co Miami
Holzendorf? Charles C head 35 married as 23 GAG AG AG carpenter
" Lena L wife 27 married at 20 FL FL FL
Meeks James E brotherinlaw 21 s FL FL FL

1920 GA Glynn Co Brunswick Wd4
Meeks Daniel D head 47 widower FL FL FL carpemter
Meeks Lena dau 16 FL FL FL
Meeks Garner son 14 FL FL FL
Meeks Egbert son 11 FL FL FL
Meeks Millard son 8 FL FL FL

3 researchers have trees on rootsweb.com for Joseph Garner Meeks with parents: Daniel Delroe Meeks and Susan E Sloan:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op...

Here is more info on Daniel's father Elias:

http://www.glynngen.com/surnames.htm
Elias Meeks died where? Had son Daniel Delroe Meeks died in Florida. Elias was born 1852/53 in Habersham Co. Daniel born 1873 in Georgia. There was also a daughter Carlina. Robert descends from Littleton Meeks. Daniel's wife was Millie Frances (Gay) Holzendorff Meeks buried at Taylors


I hope this is helpful. This is not my family.

1885 State Census Fl Sumter Co
E K Meeks 32 yead farmer GA GA GA
M Meeks 32 wife AL AL AL
D D Meeks 10 son FL GA AL
C C or E L or C L Meeks 6 dau FL GA AL

1880 FL Sumter Co Yalaha
Meaks Elias K 28 laborer GA GA SC
Meaks Maranda 24? wife GA GA GA
Meaks Danny 7 son FL GA GA
Meaks Carlina 7/12 dau b. Nov FL GA GA

on same page of 1880 census this may be Elias' father:
Meaks Henry 59 farmer GA GA GA
Meeks Maranda 47 wife GA GA GA (looks like 2nd wife)
Newman Ollie 17 stepdau AL GA GA
Hodge Ofelia 35 stepdau wid A GA GA
Hodge Andrew 7 stepgrandson FL GA GA
plus two other Meaks families


1870 GA White Co Cleveland
Meeks Henry 46 blacksmith GA
Meeks Mary 54 GA
Meeks Martha 18 GA
Meeks Elias 16 at school GA
Meeks Elvira 13 GA
Meeks John W 11 GA

1910 FL Leon Co Manning Dist70
this family listed as B=black
Meeks William head 24 married 1 2/12 FL FL FL farmer
Meeks Bettie wife 24 married 1 2/12 1 born 1 living FL FL FL
Meeks Parker L son 2/12 FL FL FL
two other Meeks family living around him
Louchious Meeks and Lewis Meeks

1930 FL Leon Co Prec6
this family listed as Neg=Negro
Meeks William head 45 married at 24 FL unk unk farmer
Meeks Bettie E wife 44 married at 23 FL FL FL
Meeks Perkslie son 22 s FL FL FL
Meeks Shack son 17 FL FL FL
Meeks Oscar son 14 FL FL FL
Meeks Evelina dau 10 FL FL FL
Meeks Tressie dau 7 FL FL FL
Meeks Prettie dau 7 FL FL FL

1935 Fl State census 1935 Leon Co Prec6
this family listed as B=black
Perker Lee Meeks 25 father b. FL completed to 2nd grade
Luella Meeks 21 mother b. FL completed to 3rd grade
LuWalter Meeks 2 son FL
Olivia Meeks 1 dau FL

FL Marriage colection FL Dept of Health
Perkerlee Meeks married 1932 in Leon Co to Lee Ella Maude Stanley Vol 173 certificate 3787

FL Death index
Perker L Meeks
d. 1 Apr 1976 Leon Co
age at death 66
race Black
b. 7 Nov 1909

SS Death index
Perker Meeks b. 7 Nov 1909 d. Apr 1976 last residence Tallahassee Leon Co FL

1900 FL Leon Co Prec2
this family listed as B=black
Meek America head May 1846 54 Wid 13 born 13 living FL GA GA
Meek Sandy son Aug 1875 24 s FL FL FL
Meek Florence dau Jan 1878 22 FL FL FL
Meek Willie son Mar 1880 20 FL FL FL
Meek Jesse son Feb 1882 18 FL FL FL
Meek Shadrack son Feb 1885 FL FL FL
Meek William son Nov 1886 13 FL FL FL (prob your William)

1880 FL Leon Co Prec2
this family listed as B=black
Meeks Moses 39 farmer FL NC NC
Meeks America 36 wife FL GA GA
Meeks Cain 17 son FL FL FL
Meeks Lewis 14 son FL FL FL
Meeks Oska(prob should be Oscar) 13 FL FL FL
Meeks Emma 12 dau FL FL FL
Meeks Georgia 9 dau FL FL FL
Meeks Lutius(prob Lucious) 7 son FL FL FL
Meeks Sandy 5 son FL FL FL
Meeks Florence 4 dau FL FL FL
Meeks William 2 son FL FL FL
Meeks Jesse 8/12 Sep son FL FL FL
(I don't know why they had 2 Willie/William's in the same family-see 1900 census)




This seems to be all that I can find. This is not my family. I hope this is helpful.

Elias K. Meeks was my great, great grandfather. Still haven't located his burial location yet.....

Find a grave has a Elias Meeks listed in Bath Cemetery, Bath, NY. Born unknown, died 9-7-1909. Also one listed in Meeks Cemetery, Nicholls, Coffee County, Georgia. He was born 11-23-1863, died 8-8-1918. Go to Find a Grave and click non famous and follow instructions. Hope you find him. My Meeks are mostly from Kentucky and Texas. My great grandfather was Allen Claud Meeks and great grandmother was Margaret Wesley. Good luck, Virginia