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| Husband: Thomas G. Giddens |
| Born: ABT. 1789 | Place: North Carolina 1 |
| Died: 23 FEB 1851 | Place: Colquitt County, Georgia 2, 3 |
| Married: BET. 1824 - 1825 | Place: Bulloch County, Georgia 4, 5 |
| Buried: | Place: Sardis Church, Colquitt, Georgia |
| Father: Thomas Giddens |
| Mother: |
| Other Spouses: unknown Gregory
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| Wife: Mary Pollie Nevill |
| Born: 1799 | Place: Bulloch County, Georgia 6 |
| Died: 1889 | Place: Berrien or Clynch County, Georgia 7 |
| Buried: | Place: Old Spring Head, near Willacoochee, Berrien County, Georgia 8, 9 |
| Father: Jacob Nevill |
| Mother: Nicy Henderson |
Other Spouses: |
| Child 1 (F): Nicy Giddens 10 |
| Born: 1825 | Place: Bulloch County, Georgia 11, 12 |
| Died: ABT. 1889 | Place: Clinch County, Georgia 13 |
| Buried: | Place: Old Springville Methodist Church, Clinch County, Georgia 14 |
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Spouses: Daniel James Carlton |
| Child 2 (M): Jimpsey B. Giddens |
| Born: 19 JAN 1827 | Place: Bulloch County, Georgia 15, 16, 17 |
| Died: 7 DEC 1908 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 18, 19 |
| Buried: | Place: Long Bridge Cemetery, Berrien County, Georgia 20, 21 |
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Spouses: Nancy C. Kirkland |
| Child 3 (F): Dicy Giddens 22 |
| Born: 23 JAN 1829 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 23, 24 |
| Died: 22 MAR 1920 | Place: Clinch County, Georgia 25, 26 |
| Buried: 23 MAR 1920 | Place: Springhead Church, Stockton, Atkinson County, Georgia 27, 28 |
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Spouses: James Richardson |
| Child 4 (F): Emily\Emma Giddens |
| Born: BET. 1830 - 1831 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 29, 30, 31 |
| Died: 1873 | Place: Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia 32 |
| Buried: | Place: |
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Spouses: John H. NeSmith |
| Child 5 (F): Mary Giddens |
| Born: 9 JAN 1833 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 33 |
| Died: 11 SEP 1890 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 34 |
| Buried: | Place: Cat Creek Cemetery, Lowndes County, Georgia |
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Spouses: John W. Collins |
| Child 6 (M): Thomas Giddens |
| Born: ABT. 1834 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 35 |
| Died: 28 MAR 1862 | Place: CSA - Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia 36 |
| Buried: | Place: |
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Spouses: Martha E. Browning |
| Child 7 (F): Jacob Anna Giddens 37 |
| Born: 2 JAN 1835 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 38 |
| Died: 14 FEB 1925 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 39 |
| Buried: | Place: Pleasant Cemetery, Berrien County, Georgia |
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Spouses: |
| Child 8 (F): Sabra Ann Mary Giddens 40 |
| Born: 28 APR 1840 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia |
| Died: 1 MAY 1915 | Place: Georgia |
| Buried: | Place: Long Bridge, Berrien County, Georgia |
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Spouses: Silas C. Giddens, William H. Peacock |
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HUSBAND NOTES: The 1850 Agricultural Census of Lowndes County Georgia records Thomas Giddens with 50 acres of improved land, 440 acres of unimproved land. $250 cash value of farm, $40 cash value of farming implements, 2 horses, 6 milk cows, 10 other cattle, 70 swine, $320 value of live stock, $200 value of animal, $25 value of homemade manufacturing, 300 bushels of Indian corn, 6 cleaned cotton bales of 400 pounds each, 2 tents, 1000 pounds of cane sugar. Thomas Giddens was born in 1789 in North Carolina (according the 1850 census birthplace). He married Miss Gregory in North Carolina and had one son, Frederick M. Giddens born in 1813. After his wife died he moved with his parents to Bulloch County, Georgia where he married Mary Nevill, called Pollie. She was born in 1799 and was the daughter of Jacob Nevill and Nicy Henderson. Nevill lived near Statesboro. Thomas and family moved to Lowndes County, Georgia in 1827-1828 and lived in the area around the Lowndes-Thomas County line and is now Colquitt County. He was known as an expert blacksmith. He served in two militia companies in 1838 in the Indian Wars for four months (Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, compiled and published by Folks Huxford, Volume I, pages 94-95 and Volume IV, page 341). The marriage of Thomas Giddens and Mary Nevill was on 25 Apr 1825 in Bulloch County, Georgia. In the widows Indian War papers, John Giddens says his father is Thomas Giddens and that Mary Giddens was his step mother. The Bulloch County marriage records show the marriage of Thomas Giddens to Mary Baker, but according to the Indian War Bounty land application she was Mary Nevill. Thomas Giddens died at home on 23 Feb 1851 in Lowndes County near the Lowndes - Thomas County line. John Giddens, Jesse Hollingsworth, Thomas Giddens, Jr. and Sabra Giddens were present at his death. This is a correction to his death date and place given in an earlier edition of Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia. He died in 1856 in Colquitt County, Georgia at the home of his daughter Mrs. Emily NeSmith and is buried at Sardis Church Cemetery in that County. Polly died in 1889, she is buried at the old Spring Head Methodist Church (Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IX, page 510). !CENSUS: Thomas Giddens was listed as Head of Household in the 1830 Lowndes County Federal Census with 4 males and 5 females in household (page 89). !CENSUS: The 1840 census list Thomas Giddens as head of household with 3 males and 6 females in the household. !CENSUS: The 1850 census list Thomas "Giddings" age 61, a farmer, born in North Carolina with the following in his household: Mary age 51 born in Georgia, Mary age 17, Jacob Ann age 13 (female), Sabra Ann Ben age 11 (female). !BIOGRAPHY-PARENTS-CHILDREN: Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, compiled and published by Folks Huxford, Volume I, pages 94-95 and Volume IV, page 341. !BIOGRAPHY: History of Berrien County, the Nashville Printing Office, Nashville Georgia, page 3. (Tifton Tifton, Tift Public Library). Thomas Giddens, Moses Giddens, William Giddens, Isben Giddens, and Jacob Giddens were listed as a members of Captain Knights Company that took part in the battle of Bushy Creek. !BIOGRAPHY: History of Lowndes County, Georgia 1825-1941, compiled by Mrs. Fred H. Hodges, Sr., Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978. Page 343-356. !CHILDREN: Pioneer Berrien County Families, by Tharon Griffin, May 1990, Rewritten 1994, Volume 1. page 89 (Tifton Tifton, Tift Public Library, Tifton, Georgia). List additional children of Thomas Giddens: Jempsey B. Giddens, Frederick M. Giddens, Thomas Giddens, John Giddens. !BIRTH-PARENTS: Source quoted in LDS Library material on CD ROM from original document on film, Film # 537276. The birth of Thomas Giddens in 1789 in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Father listed as Thomas Giddens and mother listed as Mrs. Thomas Giddens. !CHILDREN: Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IX, page 510. List additional children of Thomas Giddens: Jempsey B. Giddens, Frederick M. Giddens, Thomas Giddens, John Giddens. !CENSUS: 1830 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia reported Thomas Giddens with household of 4 males and 5 females. !CENSUS: 1840 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia list Thomas Giddens with 3 males and 6 females in his household. !CENSUS: 1850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia list Thomas Giddings (61) as head of household with the following in his household: Mary (51), Mary (17), Jacob Ann (13), Sabra Ann Ben (11). HUSBAND FACTS: Military: 1838 Indian Wars 41 SOURCES: 1Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 93. 2Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 341, Death date noted as 1856 in Colquitt County, Georgia.. 4Marriage Records of Bulloch County, Georgia, Book 2A, page 58, Records marriage of Thomas Giddens and Mary Baker on 24 Apr 1824. There is some confusion concerni. 5Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 6Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 8Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other, In 1981 Lane Giddens marked her grave. 9Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 11Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 12Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94, Gives birth date as 1822.. 13Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 14Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 15Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 16Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 17Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 108. 18Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 108. 20Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 108. 22Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 23Georgia Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, Official Docum, death certificate states birth date as 1827 but it is beleived her birth year was 1829. 24Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 358, Birth date stated as 23 Jan 1827.. 25Georgia Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, Official Docum, File Number 35653. 26Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 358. 27Georgia Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, Official Docum. 28Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 358. 29Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 30Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 31Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 189-190. 32Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 189-190. 33Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 34Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 35Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 36Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 341. 37Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 38Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 39Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 40Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. 41Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94. |
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