Family Group Record

Husband: William Cone
Born: ABT. 1745 Place: Peedee River, North Carolina 1, 2
Died: 21 JUN 1816 Place: Bulloch County, Georgia 3, 4
Married: 1765 Place: Peedee District, North Carolina 5, 6
Buried: Place: Cone Cemetery, Ivanhoe, Bulloch County, Georgia 7
Father: William Cone
Mother: Martha Unknown
Other Spouses:
Wife: Keziah Barber
Born: ABT. 1750 Place: North Carolina 8, 9
Died: BET. 1810 - 1815 Place: Camden County, Georgia 10
Buried: Place:
Father: William Barber
Mother: Sytha Unknown
Other Spouses:
Children
Child 1 (F): Elizabeth Cone
Born: Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Crozier
Child 2 (M): Aaron Cone 11, 12
Born: 31 OCT 1766 Place: North Carolina 13, 14
Died: 6 JUN 1835 Place: Ivanhoe Plantation, Bulloch County, Georgia 15
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Susannah Marlow, Hannah Kirby
Child 3 (M): Joseph Cone
Born: 12 FEB 1772 Place: Cheraw District, North Carolina 16, 17
Died: 13 APR 1839 Place: Thomas, Georgia
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Mary Elizabeth Stewart
Child 4 (F): Jane Cone
Born: 16 NOV 1772 Place: North Carolina 18
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: John Hardee
Child 5 (M): William Cone
Born: 24 DEC 1777 Place: Pee Dee, North Carolina 19
Died: 24 AUG 1857 Place: Hamilton, Columbia County, Florida 20
Buried: Place: Prospect Primitive Baptist Church, Hamilton County, Florida 21
Spouses: Jane Cason, Sarah Haddock
Child 6 (F): Keziah Cone 22
Born: 12 JAN 1780 Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 23, 24
Died: BET. 1848 - 1850 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Buried: Place:
Spouses: William Dampier
Child 7 (F): Sarah Cone
Born: 16 OCT 1780 Place: South Carolina 25, 26
Died: 28 NOV 1859 Place: Berrien County, Georgia 27
Buried: Place: Old Burnt Church, Lakeland, Lanier, Georgia
Spouses: William Anderson Knight
Child 8 (F): Nancy Cone 28
Born: 17 SEP 1781 Place: Cheraw District, South Carolina 29, 30
Died: 27 OCT 1846 Place: Grooverville, Brooks County, Georgia 31
Buried: Place: Grooverville, Brooks County, Georgia
Spouses: John Hagan
Child 9 (F): Mary Cone
Born: 10 APR 1787 Place: Georgia
Died: 16 APR 1862 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Best, David Lee
HUSBAND NOTES:
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BIOGRAPHY: William Cone was born in North Carolina in the Pee Dee River Section in 1745. He served in the Cherokee War in South Carolina from 1759 to 1760 as a private. He served as a Major in the First Battalion Richmond County Militia during the Revolutionary War and was given a grant of confiscated land in Effingham County, Georgia (deed book A, page 1, Effingham County) by a "resolve" of the General Assembly dated 2/22/1785. He also received land granted 250 acres of bounty in Washington County, Georgia (page 48, Knights Roster of the Revolution in Georgia). He married Keziah Barber in 1765. Keziah Barber was born in 1750, the daughter of William Barber, who was a Revolutionary War soldier. Her sister Cassandra Barber married Matthew Carter the Cones and the Carters were very close and moved to South Carolina in 1779 and lived in Cheraw District and then moved together to Georgia during the War and located in Effingham County, which later became Bulloch County. William Cone served as a Representative from Effingham County in 1785 and 1787. He acquired land on the Satilla River in Camden County, now Glynn County, and lived there in the 1790's. He moved back to his plantation called "Ivanhoe" in Effingham County. In 1796 this became Bulloch County and he was the foreman of the first Grand Jury in May1797 of Superior Court. In November of 1801 he sold his Bulloch County property to David Kennedy (deed book A, page 70, Bulloch County) and moved to Glynn County which later became Camden County in 1805. In 1815 he moved back to Bulloch County and lived with his son Aaron until his death in 1822. Keziah Barber died while they were living in Camden County.

LAND: The basis for the grant of 200 acres of confiscated land on 22 Feb 1785 was not for distinquisted service in the Revolutionary War but for having exerted himself in suppressing robberies and apprehending robbers in Effingham County and adjoining Counties in 1784 after the Revolutionary War was over and the State was free and independent. Lawlessness was rampant all over the state (which in those days was only 6 to 7 Counties) and law enforcement difficult. Cone got together his neighbors and at their own expense and with their horses and arms tracked down robbers and took them into custody and handed them over to the Sherrif. This consumed months of their time. The Executive Council (Governor's Cabinet) adopted unanimously a resolution on 17 Dec 1784 requesting and urging the General Assembly to make a grant to Captain Cone of 200 acres of confiscated land for appreciation of his service. It further ordered the sum of 125 sterling to be paid out of State Treasury to Captain Cone and his men as reward. (Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VIII, page 390).

BIOGRAPHY-CHILDREN-RESIDENCE-LAND: William Cone, born circa 1745, in the Pee Dee District of North Carolina was the son of William Cone. He married Keziah Barber in 1765. She was born in 1750 in North Carolina and was the daughter of William Barber. They lived in Glynn County, then Camden County, and returned to Bulloch County between 1812 and 1816. At his death he deeded all his property to son Aaron Cone on 24 Jun 1816 (deed book AAAA, page 311). William died between that date and Oct 1816. He is buried at Cone Cemetery near Ivanhoe. The grave is marked by the DAR. He had 8 children and was granted a Bounty Land in Effingham County on 22 Feb 1785. It was later cut into Bulloch County in 1796. An inventory and appraisment of his estate was made 4 Mar 1823 (book B, page 128-129). Membership was shown in the Lower Lotts, Creek Primitive Baptist Church constituted on 13, Sep 1801 by Elder William Cone and Henry Cook. In Deed Book A 1796-1805 p.70-71 listed on 28 Nov 1801 and recorded 18 Feb 1803 an indenture between William Cone Sr. and "Cuzziah" his wife of Bulloch County to David Kennedy, planter of Glynn County 1000 acres for $1550. (In the signature wife's name is spelled "Kizir"). Deed Book AAA, 1814-1818 p. 311 on 24 June 1818 and recorded 12 July 1818 a deed of gift from William Cone, planter in Bulloch County "for and in consideration of the good will and affection for which I have and do bear towards my beloved son Aaron Cone, one tract of land containing 1000 acres; 1 half tract land containing 330 acres in Glynn County, 7 negroes, horses, furniture ..." Witness: David Williams and John Lanier. Inferior Court held on 1 Jan 1821 ordered William Cone, Aaron Cone, and Peter Cone appointed guardians to the person and property of John Goodman, orphan of David Goodman, Jr. Inferior Court of 4 July 1831 ordred Aaron Cone administrator of estate of William Cone dec'd be disharged and exhonerated from administrator of estate. Ordered Aaron Cone be appointed guardian of Joseph Cone and William Cone, orphans of William Cone, dec'd. Inferior Court held 6 January 1823 ordered Aaron Cone to obtain letters of administrator on the estate of William Cone, dec'd. Inferior Court of 3 March 1835 appointed Peter Cone guardian of Joseph Cone, orphan of William Cone dec'd in lieu of Aaron Cone dec'd.

PROBATE: The Book of B Wills 1816-1836 p. 138-140 shows on 16 Feb 1824 and recorded 20 July 1824 an inventory of sale of property of William Cone dec'd. (Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material).

LAND: Glynn County Records list William Cone, Sr. of Camden County to James Bardin of Glynn County, deed dated 24 Jan 1811 conveying 200 acres in Glynn County, granted Mary Brogden, Adjoining lands of Jonathon Knight. Grantors wife Keziah Cone, waived dower. (The Georgia Genealogical Magazine, Folks Huxford, editor, Volume 9, page 65).

LAND: Deed Book A-B of Effingham County, page 1, grants William Cone, Esq. of Effingham County a gift from the State of said land lying on the Great Ogeechee River. This property owned by William Powell an enemy of the State was confiscated under the act of confiscation and attainder. It is said that "Cone has rendered the State some extraordinary services" and the General Assembly on 22 Feb 1786 directed the Commisioners to make him titled to said property as a gift for those services.

BIOGRAPHY: In the minutes of Camden Superior Court it is found in Deed Book 1, page 13 of Camden County, a record of seperation agreement dated 8 Jan 1812 between William Cone and his wife Martha in which it is agreed that thereafter each should hold his and her own property free from any claim on the part of the other "as though never married". The same year William Cone, Sr. filed suit for divorce aGeorgiainst wife Martha Cone. It was continued in the Court Docket from term to term from 1812 until October of 1816 when it was dismissed because of the death of the plantiff. William Cone, Sr, returned to Bulloch County between 1812 and 1816 and on 24 Jun 1816 deeded all his property to son Aaron Cone. The deed of gift recorded in deed book 4A, page 311 of Bulloch County conveys 1000 acres of land in Bulloch County, 1/2 interest in 350 acres in Glynn County granted him and John Hagin, 7 slaves, 1 horse, all household goods, crop plantation tools, rifle, and all money on hand due to him. William Cone was ill during this time and died the next year. He did not die in 1822, but instead in 1816. The reason for the confusion was son Aaron Cone was not appointed Administrator of his estate until 6 Jan 1823. William Cone was a Representative from Glynn County in 1804 and shortly after that moved to Camden County. He was Justice of Peace in the 35th District of Camden County in 1806, but resigned in 1808 and was succeeded by his son William Cone, Jr. on 25 Feb 1808. William Cone, Sr. was a Grand Juror in the Oct term of 1809 of Camden Superior Court - but was excused because he was over 60 years of age (Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, page 544-545).

!BIOGRAPHY-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, compiled and published by Folks Huxford, Volume II, pages 64-66. (Tifton Tift County Public Library).

!MILITARY: Revolutionary War Soldiers in Georgia, compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. (volume 3, page 58).

!BIRTH-BIOGRAPHY: Publication of Genealogy Unlimited Society, Inc., 2511 Churchill Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602-2547, Information in Volume V Number 6 Oct 1989 provided by Lawrence & Frances Carter, 2407 Bemis Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. (Tifton Tift County Public Library). This source list birth place of William Cone, Sr. as North Carolina, with biography similar to other sources.

!BIOGRAPHY-CHILDREN-PROBATE: Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material, by Alvaretta Kenan Register, published by Magnolia Press, Swainsboro, Georgia., 1985. page 434, 422, 13, 90, 110, 95, 117, 309 (Tifton Tift County Public Library, Tifton, Georgia).

!LAND: The Georgia Genealogical Magazine, Folks Huxford, editor, Volume 9, page 65. (Tifton Tift County Public Library 1963 bound edition page 539) (7) The Georgia Genealogical Magazine, Folks Huxford, editor, Volume 26, page 31. (Tifton Tift County Public Library 1967 bound edition page 1803).

!MILITARY-BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE: DAR PATRIOT INDEX, CENTENIAL EDITION, Washington: 1990, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Part 1, page 639. William Cone was a Captain. His birth place is listed as North Carolina.

!BIOGRAPHY: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume VIII, page 390.

!BIOGRAPHY: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume V, pages 544-545.

!PARENTS-BIRTH: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 2, file #1195. Shows that William Cone was first married to Martha, then Keziah Barber.

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-MILITARY-BIOGRAPHY: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume II, Adel, Georgia, Press of the Patten Publishers, 1951, pages 64-66.

!MILITARY-BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE-PARENTS: Alvaretta Kenan Register, BULLOCH COUNTY, GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL SOURCE MATERIAL, Swainsboro, Georgia: Magnolia Press, 1985, page 434.


HUSBAND FACTS:
TITL RS:
Military: Revolutionary Soldier 32
Occupation: BET. 1785 - 1787 Representative, Effingham County, Georgia 33

WIFE NOTES:
-

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material, by Alvaretta Kenan Register, published by Magnolia Press, Swainsboro, Georgia, 1985, page 434 (Tifton Tift County County Public Library, Tifton, Georgia). Keziah Barber was born in 1750 in North Carolina and married William Cone in 1765.

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 2, file 1195.

!SPOUSE-MARRIAGE-BIRTH-DEATH-PARENTS-CHILDREN: Violet Brinkley Bennett, ANCESTORS OF THE BEATY AND SIMPSON FAMILIES OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, Tennessee Valley Publishing, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1997. page 53 (South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia).


SOURCES:
 1Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.
2Alvaretta Kenan Register, Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material, Magnolia Press, Swainsboro, Georgia, 1985, Book, page 434.
3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65, States that William Cone died in 1822 in Bulloch County, Georgia..
4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 532, Corrects death date in Volume I.
5Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.
6Alvaretta Kenan Register, Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material, Magnolia Press, Swainsboro, Georgia, 1985, Book, page 434.
7Alvaretta Kenan Register, Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material, Magnolia Press, Swainsboro, Georgia, 1985, Book, page 434.
8Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.
9Alvaretta Kenan Register, Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material, Magnolia Press, Swainsboro, Georgia, 1985, Book, page 434.
10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65, States that Keziah Barber died before 1815 in Camden County, Georgia..
11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 279.
12Alvaretta Kenan Register, Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material, Magnolia Press, Swainsboro, Georgia, 1985, Book, page 317, 319, 320, Will of Aaron Cone (Will Book B, page 404-411) names wife and children. Will dated 11 Jan 1832 and.
13Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.
14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 73.
15Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 73.
16Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.
17Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 394.
18Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.
19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65, 66.
20Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 66.
21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 66.
22Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 61.
23Letter from Barry H. Michie, Manhattan, Kansas, michie@flinthills.com, Letter.
24Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65, 301.
25Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160.
26Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.
27Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160.
28Broderbund Software, Broderbund World Family Tree, Family Archive, Volume 2, File 1195.
29Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 113.
30Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.
31Broderbund Software, Broderbund World Family Tree, Family Archive, Volume 2, File 1195.
32Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65, William Cone was a Major in First Battalion, Richmond County, Militia..
33Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65.

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