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| Husband: Samuel Lightsey 1, 2 |
| Born: 22 MAY 1806 | Place: Colleton District, South Carolina 3 |
| Died: 15 SEP 1878 | Place: Echols County, Georgia 4 |
| Married: 15 JUN 1829 | Place: South Carolina 5 |
| Buried: | Place: Macedonia Church, Mayday, Echols County, Georgia 6 |
| Father: John Lightsey |
| Mother: Susannah Unknown |
| Other Spouses: Rachel Rice
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| Wife: Martha Mary Zeigler |
| Born: 12 OCT 1814 | Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 7 |
| Died: 12 DEC 1861 | Place: Echols County, Georgia 8 |
| Buried: | Place: Macedonia Church, Mayday, Echols County, Georgia 9 |
| Father: Joseph Zeigler |
| Mother: Abigail Lightsey |
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| Child 1 (F): Elizabeth M. Lightsey 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Born: 30 JUL 1830 | Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 15, 16, 17 |
| Died: 17 SEP 1900 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 18, 19 |
| Buried: | Place: Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Georgia 20 |
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Spouses: Edmond Blanton |
| Child 2 (F): Mary Elizabeth Lightsey 21 |
| Born: ABT. 1831 | Place: South Carolina 22 |
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Spouses: James Thomas Hughes |
| Child 3 (F): Susan Lightsey 23, 24 |
| Born: ABT. 1831 | Place: South Carolina 25, 26 |
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Spouses: Jesse D. Carter, Levi Moore |
| Child 4 (M): John Joseph Lightsey |
| Born: 1833 | Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 27, 28 |
| Died: 10 SEP 1863 | Place: Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi 29 |
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Spouses: Sarah Howell, Olive Ann Rentz |
| Child 5 (F): Harriet Lightsey |
| Born: ABT. 1834 | Place: Georgia 30 |
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Spouses: Joseph Howell |
| Child 6 (M): Norman H. Lightsey 31 |
| Born: ABT. 1839 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 32 |
| Died: 1 SEP 1863 | Place: Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi 33, 34 |
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| Child 7 (M): Christopher C. "Christian" Lightsey 35 |
| Born: ABT. 1842 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 36 |
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Spouses: Nellie George |
| Child 8 (M): Samuel Houston Lightsey 37, 38, 39 |
| Born: 17 MAY 1845 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 40 |
| Died: 13 APR 1919 | Place: 41 |
| Buried: | Place: Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Georgia 42 |
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Spouses: Nancy C. Blanton |
| Child 9 (F): Hannah Ann Lightsey 43 |
| Born: ABT. 1846 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 44 |
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Spouses: Aaron Rice |
| Child 10 (M): David S. Lightsey 45 |
| Born: BET. 1850 - 1851 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 46 |
| Died: 1921 | Place: Lanier County, Georgia |
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Spouses: Lomie Carter |
| Child 11 (F): Martha Lightsey 47 |
| Born: ABT. 1853 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 48 |
| Died: BET. 1860 - 1870 | Place: Lowndes or Echols County, Georgia |
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HUSBAND FACTS: Military: 1 JUL 1838 Indian Wars - Captain Jesse Carter's Company 49 Military: 15 AUG 1838 Indian Wars - Captain David Bryan's Company 50 Religion: Macedonia Church, Mayday, Echols County, Georgia Census: 1840 Lowndes County, Georgia Census: 1850 Lowndes County, Georgia Census: 1870 Echols County, Georgia CAST: 1860 Echols County, Georgia WIFE NOTES: - !SPOUSE-PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Patricia Lightsey Davis, THE LIGHTSEY FAMILY HISTORY, Manuscript on file at the Huxford Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 595, Homerville, Georgia 31634. page 215. !PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: Violet Brinkley Bennett, ANCESTORS OF THE BEATY AND SIMPSON FAMILIES OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, Tennessee Valley Publishing, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1997. page 40 (South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia). !CONFLICT-BURIAL: Some sources state Martha Mary Ziegler is burried at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Echols County, but there is no marker for her grave if it is there. Other sources say she is burried at Jesse Howell "Berring" Grounds. !BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: E.L. Zeigler, ZEIGLER FAMILY HISTORY PAPERS, 1980, On File at the South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia, page 90. SOURCES: 11860 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF-55, Roll 28, Census, Records Samuel Lightsey (51), a farmer, born in South Carolina with Norman (21), Christian (17), Sa. 2The Valdosta Times, Valdosta, Georgia, Newspaper, 19 Oct 1878 Issue, Article on death of Samuel Lightsey.. 3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 5Ezra Lee Zeigler, Zeigler Genealogical Records, P.O. Box 135, Cecil, Georgia 31627, 1980, Book. 6Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 8Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170, Gives death date as 1858.. 9Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 10William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 59. 11Patricia Lightsey Davis, The Lightsey Family History, Manuscript, page 219. 12Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25. 13Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 15William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 16Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 17Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 18William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 19Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 20Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 139-140. 22Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 23Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 62. 24Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 41. 25Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 26Information from Carlie Leedom Vickers (cvickers@fkol.com) 17 Jan 1999. 27Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 28Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 146. 29Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 146, 294. 30Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 311860 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF-55, Roll 28, Census. 32Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 33Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170, States that Norman died young, this is corrected in Volume 6, page 294.. 34Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 294. 351860 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF-55, Roll 28, Census. 36Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 37Patricia Lightsey Davis, The Lightsey Family History, Manuscript, page 219. 38Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 39Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 40Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 41Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 42Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 431860 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF-55, Roll 28, Census, Records her as Harriet, age 12 (born 1848). 44Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 451860 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF-55, Roll 28, Census. 46Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 471860 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF-55, Roll 28, Census. 48Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 49Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 50Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. |
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