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| Husband: Moses H. Giddens 1 |
| Born: 14 NOV 1821 | Place: Wayne County, Georgia 2, 3 |
| Died: 11 JAN 1906 | Place: Alapaha, Berrien County, Georgia 4 |
| Married: 1841 | Place: Lowndes now Lanier County, Georgia 5, 6 |
| Buried: | Place: McMillian Cemetery, near Alapaha, Berrien County, Georgia 7 |
| Father: Isbin Giddens |
| Mother: Keziah Knight |
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| Wife: Mary\Polly Mathis |
| Born: 20 NOV 1823 | Place: Bulloch County, Georgia 8 |
| Died: 3 JAN 1916 | Place: Alapaha, Berrien County, Georgia 9 |
| Buried: | Place: McMillian Cem, near Alapaha, Berrien, Georgia |
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| Child 1 (M): William Giddens |
| Born: 1842 | Place: probably Lowndes County, Georgia 10 |
| Died: 14 JUN 1864 | Place: Kennesaw Mountain, Tennessee 11 |
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| Child 2 (F): Nancy K Giddens |
| Born: BET. 1844 - 1846 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 12 |
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Spouses: James H. Kirby |
| Child 3 (F): Matilda Giddens |
| Born: 7 MAY 1846 | Place: Lowndes now Lanier County, Georgia 13, 14 |
| Died: 26 JUN 1936 | Place: Atkinson County, Georgia 15 |
| Buried: | Place: Fletcher Cemetery, Berrien County, Georgia 16 |
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Spouses: Arthur Moore |
| Child 4 (M): Isbin T. Giddens |
| Born: ABT. 1848 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 17 |
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Spouses: Alice Dearing |
| Child 5 (M): John A. Giddens |
| Born: NOV 1851 | Place: Clinch County, Georgia 18 |
| Died: 1923 | Place: |
| Buried: | Place: Alapaha Cemetery, Alapaha, Berrien County, Georgia |
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Spouses: Sarah Jane Turner |
| Child 6 (M): Bryant Oscar Giddens |
| Born: ABT. 1854 | Place: Clinch County, Georgia 19 |
| Died: | Place: Alapaha, Berrien County, Georgia 20 |
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| Child 7 (F): Mary E. Giddens |
| Born: ABT. 1855 | Place: Clinch County, Georgia 21 |
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Spouses: William H. Lee |
| Child 8 (F): Elizabeth Giddens |
| Born: ABT. 1857 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 22 |
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Spouses: Elbert A. Wilkinson |
| Child 9 (F): Amanda V. Giddens |
| Born: ABT. 1859 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 23 |
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Spouses: Thomas L. Daughtrey |
| Child 10 (F): Martha\Mattie E. Giddens |
| Born: BET. 1861 - 1866 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 24 |
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Spouses: John G. Pait |
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HUSBAND NOTES: - !PARENTS: Tharon Griffin, PIONEER BERRIEN COUNTY FAMILIES, Volume I, 1990. rewritten 1994, page 90 (Tifton Tift County Public Library). !PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE: Violet Brinkley Bennett, ANCESTORS OF THE BEATY AND SIMPSON FAMILY OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, Tennessee Valley Publishing, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1997, page 38. (South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia). Moses Giddens served in the Militia under Captain David R. Bryan in the Indian War of 1838. He was tax collector of Clynch County from 1853-1854, Justice of Inferior Court of Berrien County 1861, 1862-1868, tax collector of Berrien County 1877-1879, Coroner of Berrien County 1891-1895. He was in Company G, 29th Georgia Infantry Regiment CSA in 1861 and served throughout the war. !CENSUS: 1860 Census of Berrien County, Georgia list Moses Giddens (38) with the following in his household: Mary (37), William (16), Nancy E. (14), Matilda (12), Isbin (10), John (8), Mary (5), Elizabeth (3), Amanda B. (10 mos). !CENSUS: 1870 Census of Berrien County, Georgia list Moses Giddens (49) with the following in his household: Mary (46), John (18), Mary (15), Elizabeth (13), Amanda V. (11), Bryant O. (8), Martha E. (4). !CENSUS: 1900 Census of Berrien County, Georgia, Volume 3, ED 4, Sheet 3, line 55, GMD 518, City of Alapaha, Academy Street. Records Moses Giddens (78) born Nov 1821, with wife Polly (76) born Nov 1823, son John (44) born Nov 1855. !BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-PARENTS: Tharon Griffin, PIONEER BERRIEN COUNTY FAMILIES, Volume 1, 1994, page 110. !SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIRTH-DEATH-MILITARY: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume 2, Adel Georgia: Press of the Patten Publishers, 1954, page 116-117. Moses Giddens served in Company G of the 29th Georgia Infantry during the Civil War. !MILITARY: Booklet published by the Berrien Press, 1975, a reprint of a 1928 manuscript compiled by survivors of Company G, K, I of the 29 Regiment from Berrien County on file at the Tifton Tift County Public Library, Tifton, Georgia. Moses Giddens, 1st Corpl. resigned early in the war on account of his age, he died a few years since, a very old and good man. HUSBAND FACTS: TITL CSA: Military: 1838 Indian Wars - Captain David Bryan's Company 25, 26 Military: CSA - Company G, 29th Georgia Regiment 27, 28 Census: 1840 Lowndes County, Georgia Census: 1850 Clinch County, Georgia Census: 1860 Berrien County, Georgia Census: 1900 Berrien County, Georgia 29 Occupation: BET. 1853 - 1854 Tax Collector, Clinch County, Georgia 30 Occupation: BET. 1861 - 1868 Justice of Inferior Court, Berrien County, Georgia Occupation: BET. 1877 - 1879 Tax Collector, Berrien County, Georgia Occupation: BET. 1891 - 1895 Coroner, Berrien County, Georgia WIFE NOTES: - !PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE: Violet Brinkley Bennett, ANCESTORS OF THE BEATY AND SIMPSON FAMILY OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, Tennessee Valley Publishing, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1997, page 38. (South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia). !CENSUS: 1860 Census of Berrien County, Georgia list Moses Giddens (38) with the following in his household: Mary (37), William (16), Nancy E. (14), Matilda (12), Isbin (10), John (8), Mary (5), Elizabeth (3), Amanda B. (10 mos). !CENSUS: 1870 Census of Berrien County, Georgia list Moses Giddens (49) with the following in his household: Mary (46), John (18), Mary (15), Elizabeth (13), Amanda V. (11), Bryant O. (8), Martha E. (4). !CENSUS: 1900 Census of Berrien County, Georgia, Volume 3, ED 4, Sheet 3, line 55, GMD 518, City of Alapaha, Academy Street. Records Moses Giddens (78) born Nov 1821, with wife Polly (76) born Nov 1823, son John (44) born Nov 1855. !SPOUSE: Tharon Griffin, PIONEER BERRIEN COUNTY FAMILIES, Volume I, 1990. rewritten 1994, page 90 (Tifton Tift County Public Library). !SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIRTH-DEATH: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume 2, Adel Georgia: Press of the Patten Publishers, 1954, page 116-117. WIFE FACTS: Census: 1900 Berrien County, Georgia 31 SOURCES: 1Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 64, 93. 2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117, Indicates Moses was born in Wayne County.. 3Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 252, States that Moses was born in Appling later Ware County, Georgia.. 4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117, Death date noted as 12 Jan 1907.. 5Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 6Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 252, Marriage date stated as 1840 in Clinch County, Georgia.. 7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 8Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 9Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 12Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 13Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 169. 15Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 169. 16Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 169. 17Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 18Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 20Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 22Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 23Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 24Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 25Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other, Indian War Pension Application, dated 1892, Georgia, served in Captain Bryant's and Captain Knight's. 26Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 27Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 116-117. 28Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 252. 291900 Census of Berrien County, Georgia, MF 155, T 623, Roll 180, Census, Volume 3, ED 4, Alapaha District, Sheet 3 line 55. 30Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 252. 311900 Census of Berrien County, Georgia, MF 155, T 623, Roll 180, Census, Volume 3, ED 4, Alapaha District, Sheet 3 line 55. |
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