Family Group Record

Husband: Thomas G. Giddens
Born: ABT. 1789 Place: North Carolina 1
Died: 23 FEB 1851 Place: Colquitt County, Georgia 2, 3
Married: BEF. 1813 Place: North Carolina 4
Buried: Place: Sardis Church, Colquitt, Georgia
Father: Thomas Giddens
Mother:
Other Spouses: Mary Pollie Nevill
Wife: unknown Gregory
Born: Place:
Died: BEF. 1825 Place: North Carolina
Buried: Place:
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:
Children
Child 1 (M): Frederick M. Giddens 5
Born: BET. 1812 - 1813 Place: New Hanover County, North Carolina 6
Died: 5 JUL 1867 Place: Berrien County, Georgia 7, 8
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Elizabeth Mathis
Child 2 (M): John Giddens 9
Born: 1815 Place: North Carolina 10, 11
Died: 1 APR 1866 Place: Berrien County, Georgia 12
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Sarah\Sally Smith, Nancy Smith
Child 3 (F): Priscilla Ann Giddens 13
Born: 1817 Place: 14, 15, 16
Died: 1851 Place: 17, 18
Buried: Place: Cat Creek Cemetery, Lowndes County, Georgia 19
Spouses: William McDonald
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 20

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..
4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 93.
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 IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 105-106.
7Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other.
8Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 105-106, Death dated noted as about July 1867..
91840 Census of Raldolph County, Georgia, GMD 941, records John Giddons as head of household.
10Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other.
11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94.
12Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other.
13Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94.
14Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other.
15Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94.
16Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 180.
17Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other.
18Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VI, The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1971, Book, page 180.
19Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other.
20Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 94.

Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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