Family Group Record |
| Husband: Joseph Zeigler |
| Born: 14 APR 1787 | Place: South Carolina |
| Died: 19 FEB 1860 | Place: |
| Married: 12 MAY 1813 | Place: |
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| Father: Michael Zeigler |
| Mother: Martha Piquot |
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| Wife: Abigail Lightsey |
| Born: 12 DEC 1790 | Place: South Carolina |
| Died: 12 JUN 1876 | Place: |
| Buried: | Place: Mount Zion, Dade City, Pasco County, Florida 1 |
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| Child 1 (F): Martha Mary Zeigler |
| Born: 12 OCT 1814 | Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 2 |
| Died: 12 DEC 1861 | Place: Echols County, Georgia 3 |
| Buried: | Place: Macedonia Church, Mayday, Echols County, Georgia 4 |
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Spouses: Samuel Lightsey |
| Child 2 (F): Mary Catherine Zeigler 5, 6 |
| Born: 21 DEC 1815 | Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 7 |
| Died: 10 MAY 1885 | Place: probably Pasco County, Florida 8 |
| Buried: | Place: Mount Zion, Dade City, Pasco County, Florida 9 |
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Spouses: John G. Howell |
| Child 3 (M): John Darling Zeigler |
| Born: 29 MAR 1820 | Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 10 |
| Died: 14 DEC 1906 | Place: Echols County, Georgia 11 |
| Buried: | Place: Unity Baptist, Echols County, Georgia |
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Spouses: Keziah Carter |
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HUSBAND NOTES: - !BIOGRAPHY: Lived in Barnwell District, South Carolina. He moved to Lowndes County, Georgia in 1845, following his son and daughters who had come earlier. The settled near what is not Howell Georgia in Echols County. He ran a grist mill and small store until his death in 1860. !CENSUS: 1850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia list Joseph Ziegler (63) with the following in his household: Abigail (62), Mary Lightsey (14). NOTE: This Mary is apparently his granddaughter. !SPOUSE-CHILDREN: 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). WIFE NOTES: - !CENSUS: 1850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia list Joseph Ziegler (63) with the following in his household: Abigail (62), Mary Lightsey (14). NOTE: This Mary is apparently his granddaughter. !SPOUSE: E.L. Zeigler, ZEIGLER FAMILY HISTORY PAPERS, 1980, On File at the South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia, page 1, 44. !BIOGRAPHY: Abigail Lightsey was the daughter of John Lightsey of Colleton District, South Carolina. She was the sister of David Lightsey of South Carolina, and an aunt of her son-in-law, Samuel Lightsey. [NOTE: Either some of this information is incorrect or we have errors in the Lightsey families] She was a gifted seamstress. After Joseph died, Abigail moved to Pasco County, Florida and lived with her daughter, Mrs. John G. Howell, where she remained until her death. SOURCES: 1Letter from Kathy Lee, 14 Jul 1998 kmljtl@gte.net, Letter, Headstone says Abigail Zeigler with no dates.. 2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170, Gives death date as 1858.. 4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 51860 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF-55, Roll 28, Census. 6Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 155. 7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 145. 8Letter from Kathy Lee, 14 Jul 1998 kmljtl@gte.net, Letter, The headstone says Mary M. Howell. 9Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 145. 10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 296. 11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 296. |
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