| 2. MARY HAZZARD FLOYD born 01 October 1795 in McIntosh County, GA; married COL. EVERARDHAMILTON
on Thursday 31 October 1816 at Fairfield Plantation in Camden County, GA, by Rev. William Mathews, Episcopal minister. Everard Hamilton was born 04 December 1791 in Hancock Co., GA, the son of JOHN HAMILTON, ESQ. & TABITHA THWEATT. (Everard Hamilton's sister, Frances Hamilton, marr. Brig-Gen. David Blackshear). Eleven children (Charles Floyd, JohnFloyd Caesar, Isabella Maria Caroline, Mary Anne Lafayette,John Floyd
, SarahFrances Charlessina, Everard, Marmaduke,Richard William, Zoe Decima, JamesThweatt). Mary Hazzard Floyd boarded with Miss Osborne in St. Marys to attend school [located in Courthouse]; went to high school in Beaufort, SC; then cont. ed. at home by tutor; attended boarding school in Charleston - passed tests in geometry & grammar & studied French, music, dancing, drawing, geography, astronomy. She was the author of A Little Family History,
an in-depth account of the early Floyd family, including a detailed description of her own generation (Copies in Bryan-Lang Historical Lib., Woodbine, GA; GA Historical Society, Savannah, GA; GA Dept. Archives & History, Atlanta, GA). "Aunt Mary sent me a picture [of herself] which reminds me so much of our grandmother" ("Diary," by Augusta Gallie Floyd, June 1873). In later years she was an accomplished seamstress/artist - fashioned colorful silk quilts
embroidered with animals & flowers (Files of Anne Floyd Williams Chenault, Great Falls, VA). On 22 January 1831, John Floyd gave his daughter, Mary H. Hamilton, a gift of eleven Negroes (CCG Deed Bk. L p. 475). Col. Everard Hamilton served in the War of 1812 & in the Creek War in 1814-1815 - was an aide-de-camp to Gen. John Floyd (Pioneers of Wiregrass GA Vol. VII). In 1826 he was apptd. one of the commissioners to survey the Alabama-Georgia line; in 1827 he was in command of troops sent to disperse hostile Indians along the Ochlockonee River (John Floyd File Folder II - GA Dept. Archives & Hist.). He was elected Secretary of State of GA for ten years (1823-1833) under Governors Troup, Forsyth, Gilmer & Lumpkin (GA Official & Statistical Register - GA Dept. of Archives & Hist.). The family moved to Milledgeville during his terms of service there. The Hamiltons lived in Hancock Co. & in Darien; they owned a plantation in Twiggs Co. He was engaged in cotton the business in Macon & in Savannah (Files of Anne Floyd Williams Chenault). Everard Hamilton died 12 January 1847 in Savannah. Mary Hazzard Floyd Hamilton died 22 October 1888 in Savannah. Both buried at Laurel Grove Cem., Savannah, GA.
CHILDREN (& DESCENDANTS) OF
MARY HAZZARD FLOYD & EVERARD HAMILTON: 1. CHARLES FLOYD HAMILTON born 24 August 1817 at Fairfield Plantation in CCG; married ISABELLA MARIA CAROLINE DELAROCHEAULION "Belle" (1st cousin) on 11 November 1847 at Black Point in CCG by Rev. Washington Baird, Presbyterian minister. She was born 02 December 1827, the daughter of DR.AIME/AIMEE DeLAROCHEAULION &
SARAH CATHERINE WIGG FLOYD. Three children (Catherine, Charles Floyd Jr., Mary Hazzard). He attended Athens College. After their marriage they went to live with his mother in Savannah. He was in failing health at 42 years of age - traveled to White Sulphur Springs, VA, to seek treatment but died of a throat disease three days after arriving there. He died 03 September 1859 & is buried at White Sulphur Springs (Tonge files). He
died in 1854 at Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. VA (The Floyd Letters 1823-1841, comp. by John Hughes Corson). Belle DeLarocheaulion Hamilton & her daughter, Mary Hazzard Hamilton, traveled to France in December 1876. The passage was rough & cold, she became very ill & died 15 January 1877 in Dinan, France. 1. CATHERINE HAMILTON b. ca. 1847 Savannah, GA; died young. 2. CHARLES FLOYD HAMILTON, JR. b. ca. 1849 Savannah, GA; died young.
3. MARY HAZZARD HAMILTON b. ca. 1851 Savannah, GA; never married; traveled to France in December 1876 with her mother. After her mother's death, she stayed in France with her father's brother. "As Mary will fall heir to the estate of the Delarocheaulion family, she thinks of remaining with her uncle so long as he lives far away from her native country and nearest relatives" (A Little Family History, by Mary Hazzard Floyd Hamilton).
She died in 1920 in Dinan, France. 2. JOHN FLOYD CAESAR HAMILTON born 14 November 1819 at Fort Creek, Hancock Co., GA; died 29 June 1821 at Bellevue of "thrush of the bowels"; buried at Floyd Fam. Cem. nr. the site of Fairfield Plantation, CCG. 3. ISABELLA MARIA CAROLINA HAMILTON "Carrie" born 21 November 1821 at Darien, McIntosh Co., GA; married EVERARD HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR
on 10 October 1844 in Savannah, GA. He was born 19 June 1818 in Laurens Co., GA, the son of BRIG.-GEN. DAVID BLACKSHEAR (son of James Blackshear & Catherine Franck Bush) & FRANCES "Fanny" HAMILTON (dau. of John Hamilton & Tabitha Thweatt). (His brother = Elijah Francks Blackshear m. Mary Anne Lafayette Hamilton; & brother = James Hamilton Blackshear m. Caroline Eliza Louisa Floyd). Eleven children (
Everard Hamilton Jr., Isabella Maria Carolina,David Stout, JohnMarmaduke, Charles Jefferson, Thomas Joseph, Richard William, Elijah Franks, Stonewall Jackson,Georgia Lafayette, Virginia Hazzard). She was ed. at Wesleyan Female College - one of the 1st students who enrolled there. She was extremely gifted musically - "possessing unusual talent for one so young" & was asked to play the piano at a
ball given in honor of Gen. Lafayette in Milledgeville, GA (John Floyd File Folder II - GA Dept. Archives & Hist., Atlanta). During the Civil War he was a drill officer with the rank of Capt. (John Floyd File II). Everard & Isabella Blackshear lived in Laurens Co., GA. He died 28 February 1871 in Laurens Co., GA & is buried at Springfield Plantation. She died 27 May 1893 in Dublin, GA & is buried there. 1. EVERARD HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR, JR. born 21
April 1846 in Laurens Co., GA; married CHARLOTTE EXUM REEVES on 20 June 1873 or 1878. She was born in Pulaski Co., GA, the daughter of J. T. REEVES & MARY ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Thirteen children - eleven listed (Maud, Everard Hamilton,Everard Hamilton, Thomas Reeves, Mary Elizabeth, Albert Sidney, Josephine, Georgia Lafayette, Everard Hamilton,Caroline Frances, Charlotte Estell). He died in 1926 in Bleckley Co., GA.
-----1. MAUD BLACKSHEAR born 1879; died 1897. -----2. EVERARD HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR b. 1880 GA; d. bef. 1881 GA. -----3. EVERARD HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR b. 1881; died bef. 1888 GA. -----4. THOMAS REEVES BLACKSHEAR born 1882; died 1894. -----5. MARY ELIZABETH BLACKSHEAR born 05 October 1884; married EDWARD TAYLOR WIMBERLY on 05 October 1903 at Centenary Methodist Episcopal Ch. in Pulaski Co., GA. Twelve kids. He was born 23 February 1874 in Twiggs Co., GA,
the son of FRED DAVID WIMBERLY of Twiggs Co. & CAROLINE MATILDA TAYLOR of Pulaski Co. -----6. ALBERT SIDNEY BLACKSHEAR died in infancy. -----7. JOSEPHINE BLACKSHEAR died in infancy. -----8. GEORGIA LAFAYETTE BLACKSHEAR born 20 June 1889; never married; died after 1954. -----9. EVERARD HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR III born 25 January 1890; never married; died after 1954. -----10.CAROLINE FRANCES BLACKSHEAR born October 1892 in Pulaski Co., GA; married CHARLES E.
ROGERS. Three kids. -----11.CHARLOTTE ESTELL BLACKSHEAR born October 1892; died 1896. 2. ISABELLA MARIA CAROLINA BLACKSHEAR born 06 June 1847 in Laurens Co., GA; married LEWIS ADOLPHUS MATTHEWS. Three kids (Anne Bell, William Collins, Lewis Adolphus). He was the son of LEVIN COLLINS MATTHEWS & ELIZABETH ANN HUDSON. She died 06 June 1915 in Manchester, Meriwether Co., GA. Both buried in Tennille, GA.
-----1. ANNE BELL MATTHEWS married 1st PRATT WILLIAMS; married 2nd THOMAS D. GAILEY. -----2. WILLIAM COLLINS MATTHEWS born 07 December 1884; married ANTOINETTE M. JOHNSON. -----3. LEWIS ADOLPHUS MATTHEWS JR. born 1886; married KATHERINE MIDDLEBROOKS. 3. DAVID STOUT BLACKSHEAR born 30 June 1848 in Laurens Co., GA; married PAULINE HARRISON HOWARD on 18 December 1873 in Laurens Co., GA. She was born 23 January 1852 in Kirwood, GA, the daughter of THOMAS COKE HOWARD & ELIZABETH KELLAM.
NOTE: During the Civil War, Thomas Coke Howard was postmaster general of Atlanta. His house (Howard House) was the headquarters of William T. Sherman, Union General, during the siege of Atlanta (Files of Carolyn Frances Rodgers, Apopka, FL). Eight children (Everard Howard, Carrie Belle, Marmaduke Hamilton, Infant, Infant, Alexander Daley, Robert Henry, Pauline Henora). He was a railroad agent, worked in a bank;
mayor of Dublin, GA; farmer. She died 02 November 1936 in Kirwood, GA; he died 20 April 1940 in Alma, GA; both buried at Northview Cem. in Dublin, GA. -----1. EVERARD HOWARD BLACKSHEAR born 29 September 1874 in Laurens Co., GA; never married; died 11 March 1954 in Laurens Co. -----2. CARRIE BELLE BLACKSHEAR b. ca. 1876 Laurens Co., GA; married JOSEPH E. SMITH. -----3. MARMADUKE HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR born 16 September 1878 in Laurens Co., GA; married ANNIE LUCIA HARDEMAN
on 08 January 1908 in Macon, GA. Two kids. She was born 21 August 1878 in Clinton, Jones Co., GA, the daughter of ROBERT V. HARDEMAN of Macon & ELLEN GRISWALD SMITH of Toombsboro, GA. Two children. He died 19 March 1965; buried at Dublin Memorial Gardens Cem. in Dublin, GA. -----4. BLACKSHEAR INFANT died -----5. BLACKSHEAR INFANT died -----6. ALEXANDER DALEY BLACKSHEAR born 01 March 1887 in Dublin, GA; never married; died 20 September 1944 in
Dublin, GA. -----7. ROBERT HENRY BLACKSHEAR born 30 August 1891 in Dublin, GA; married REBECCA THOMAS BRANHAM on 15 September 1921 in Washington, DC. Three children. She was born 15 October 1892 in Harmony (now Commerce), GA, the daughter of WALTER R. BRANHAM of Oxford, GA. -----8. PAULINE HENORA BLACKSHEAR b. ca. 1894 Laurens Co., GA; married (first name unknown) GREENWAY. 4. JOHN MARMADUKE BLACKSHEAR born 22 February 1853 in Dublin, GA; married 1st MARY REEVES in 1879 - no issue. Married 2nd CARRIE REEVES (sister of Mary) in 1881. Six children (Mary Isabella, Carrie Leolene, Rosa Lafayette, Alma
Gertrude, Cora Estelle, Nina Lurline). Married 3rd ANNA OLA BAKER MILLER. Two children (John Marmaduke, Ola Baker). Anna Ola Baker was born 05 March 1869 in Irwinton, GA, the daughter of WILLIAM I. BAKER & MAVA BEALL. He died 11 November 1913 in Lovett, GA & is buried in Dublin, GA. Anna Ola B. Blackshear died May 1915 in Sandersville, GA & is buried in Dublin. -----1. MARY ISABELLA BLACKSHEAR
"Belle" born 20 September 1882 in Pulaski Co., GA; married JAMES PHILLIP WIMBERLY. Six [living] children. He was born in Cochran, GA. Both died ca. 1921 - within six months of each other; both buried in Cochran, GA. -----2. CARRIE LEOLENE BLACKSHEAR married 1st Mr. JESSUP; married 2nd Mr. GUYTON. -----3. ROSA LAFAYETTE BLACKSHEAR born 03 December 1886; married WILLIAM RILEY COOK. -----4. ALMA GERTRUDE BLACKSHEAR married TURNER CRANFORD; she died
ca. 1947. -----5. CORA ESTELLE BLACKSHEAR married J. FORREST BEAM - no issue. -----6. NINA LURLINE BLACKSHEAR married OTTO DIEKON. -----7. JOHN MARMADUKE BLACKSHEAR, JR. born 29 September 1903 in Laurens Co., GA; married DOROTHY LARISEY. -----8. OLA BAKER BLACKSHEAR born 01 June 1907 in Dublin, GA; married EDDIE EMORY CARMICHAEL. 5. CHARLES JEFFERSON BLACKSHEAR born 1855; died young 6. THOMAS JOSEPH BLACKSHEAR born 13 August 1856 in Laurens Co., GA; married 1st EVA BERTHA STANLEY on 19 June 1889 in Laurens Co., GA. Six children (Raphael Semmes, Thomas Joseph, Wilhelmina Elizabeth, Paul David, Eva
Bertha, Renaldo Franklin). She was born 14 October 1865, the daughter of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STANLEY & ELIZABETH BASS. She died (date unknown) & is buried at Stanley Cem. in Laurens Co. He married 2nd JULIA DON THWEATT on 09 July 1902 - no issue. She was the daughter of JOHN GRIFFIN THWEATT of Columbus, GA. Julia T. Blackshear died 24 October 1932 & Thomas J. Blackshear died 13 May 1944; both buried at Stanley Cem. in Laurens Co., GA.
-----1. RAPHAEL SEMMES BLACKSHEAR born 26 July 1890; died 26 April 1906. -----2. THOMAS JOSEPH BLACKSHEAR, JR. born 18 May 1892 in Laurens Co., GA; married 1st (first name unknown) WHITE. Married 2nd ROSALIE LEILA ROBINSON "Buddy" on 10 April 1929 in Jacksonville, FL. She was born 23 May 1895 in Savannah, GA, the daughter of MAURICE EDWARD ROBINSON (son of Edward S. Robinson & Johannah Newman) & ROSALIE FLOYD BLACKSHEAR (dau. of Dr. James Emmett
Blackshear & Fanny Maria Blackshear). One son. Rosalie R. Blackshear died 27 April 1957 in Wilson, NC & Dr. Tom Blackshear, Jr. died September 1959 in Wilson; both buried in Wilson, NC. -----3. WILHELMINA ELIZABETH BLACKSHEAR married SETH MONTE KELLAM. -----4. PAUL DAVID BLACKSHEAR born 25 April 1896; never married. -----5. EVA BERTHA BLACKSHEAR married 1st JACK A. STREET; married 2nd JESSIE ELLIS GRAHAM.
-----6. RENALDO FRANKLIN BLACKSHEAR died in infancy. 7. RICHARD WILLIAM BLACKSHEAR born 08 January 1857 in Dublin, GA; married EVELYN ROBERTS WARE. She was born 01 February 1870 in Twiggs Co., GA, the daughter of DAVID THOMAS WARE &EVELYN GLOVER. Seven children (Annie Blanch, Louise Ethelyn, Richard William Jr., Roberta Marian, Paulyne Dorothy, Margaret Isabella, David Ware). He died 19
August 1918 in Laurens Co., GA & she died 08 January 1948 in Thomaston, GA; both buried at Northview Cem. in Dublin, GA. -----1. ANNIE BLANCH WARE BLACKSHEAR born 21 August 1887 in Dublin, GA; married WILLIAM H. NORRIS on 23 August 1918 in Wrightsville, GA - no issue; she died 1951 in Thomaston, GA; buried Dublin, GA. -----2. LOUISE ETHELYN BLACKSHEAR born 13 December 1891 in Dublin, GA; married OBY WOODFORD DEAL. -----3. RICHARD WILLIAM BLACKSHEAR, JR. born 10
April 1896 in Dublin, GA; married MARY WARNELL. -----4. ROBERTA MARIAN BLACKSHEAR born 04 January 1897 in Dublin, GA; married RUSSELL SETTLES. -----5. PAULYNE DOROTHY BLACKSHEAR born 23 April 1899 in Dublin, GA; married JAMES McKINLY COLEMAN. -----6. MARGARET ISABELLA BLACKSHEAR born 11 September 1902 in Dublin, GA; married HOWARD TROY KIRBY. -----7. DAVID WARE BLACKSHEAR born 23 September 1906 in Dublin, GA; married MARTHA LOUISE MATTHEWS on 05 August 1939 in Macon,
GA - no issue. She was the daughter of ALLEN R. MATTHEWS & LUCY WATSON. He was a Corporal 947th AAA Gun Battalion during WWII - awarded Battle Star for Battle of Iwo Jima; was territorial mangr. for Oliver Co. Manufacturers-farm machinery. 8. ELIJAH FRANKS BLACKSHEAR born 1859; died young. 9. STONEWALL JACKSON BLACKSHEAR died young. 10. GEORGIA LAFAYETTE BLACKSHEAR born 1861; never married; died 1937 in Pensacola, FL. 11. VIRGINIA HAZZARD BLACKSHEAR died age six months.
4. MARY ANNE LAFAYETTE HAMILTON born 30 July 1824 in Milledgeville, GA; married ELIJAH FRANCKS BLACKSHEAR on 16 October 1845 in Laurens Co., GA. He was born 22 September 1822 in Laurens Co., GA, the son of BRIG.-GEN.DAVID BLACKSHEAR (son of James Blackshear & Catherine Franck Bush) & FRANCES "Fanny" HAMILTON (dau. of John Hamilton & Tabitha Thweatt). (His brother = Everard
Hamilton Blackshear m. Isabella Maria Carolina Hamilton; & brother = James Hamilton Blackshear m. Caroline Eliza Louisa Floyd). Ten children (James Everard, Mary Hamilton, Elijah Francks Jr., Joseph William, Zoe Frances, Charles Jefferson, Clarence Hamilton, Marmaduke David, Isabella Powell, Walter Floyd). Mary Anne Hamilton grad. with honors from Wesleyan Female College in Macon, GA. Elijah F.
Blackshear & his two brothers inherited vast acres of land that encompassed his father's large estate, Springfield Plantation, located in Washington Co., GA (now Laurens Co.) bordering the Oconee River. He died 26 July 1879 & is buried at Springfield Plantation. She died 30 March 1890 in Waycross, GA & is buried there. 1. JAMES EVERARD BLACKSHEAR born 12 January 1847 at "Mariana," Laurens Co., GA; married KATHERINE "Kate" McCALLUM BAKER on 16 July 1873 at Flora McDonald College at Red Springs, NC, where she attended school. She was born 17 December 1847 in Salisbury, NC, the daughter of REV. ARCHIBALD BAKER of NC & SARA ELIZA JAMES of NC (Rev. Baker was a Presbyterian minister of Scottish background; head of Flora McDonald College (1874-1877); is credited with persuading wealthy Maxwell Chambers to leave a large gift of money for the endowment of North Carolina's Davidson College). Seven children (Annie Laura Eve, Archibald Baker, James Everard Jr.,Marion Floyd, Sterling Hamilton, Mary Floyd Hamilton, Hinton
Baker Bloodworth). At age 17, James E. Blackshear enlisted in Co. A 5th Reg., GA Reserve Infantry during the Civil War; he became a 1st Sergeant & was paroled May 1865 at Greensboro, NC - one of his letters describing a battle still exists & today is in the hands of a family member. He was gifted mathematically; became an accountant for naval supply stores in Savannah. Their home in Guyton [just outside of Savannah] was built in 1884; he commuted by train
into Savannah each day. He played the violin - was asked to play for entertainment & dances; loved to garden unusual plants; was a devoted family man (Files of Anne Floyd Williams Chenault, Great Falls, VA). He died 10 February 1896 at Guyton, GA; she died 14 February 1929 in Athens, GA; both buried at Magnolia Cem. in Augusta, GA. -----1. ANNIE LAURA EVE BLACKSHEAR born 30 October 1875 in Augusta, GA; never married; attended: Lucy Cobb Inst., Athens; studied art at NY
School of Art, Women's Art School, Cooper Union, Art Student's League, PA Academy of Fine Arts, U of GA. Dir. of art at Piedmont College in Demorest, GA; dir. of art & music at Nacoochee Inst., Sautee, GA & at Jones Normal School, Eclectic, AL; principal, Tallulah Falls Indust. Sch.; was Illustrator for the GA Agricultural Extension Service - prepared exhibits & various visual aids used by GA Agricultural Col. throughout state & southeast; wrote & produced pageants &
radio broadcasts on Agriculture & GA's natural resources. Noted portrait, landscape & still life artist - founder & 1st pres. of Athens Art Assoc.; portraits for U of GA include: Gov. Hoke Smith, Congressman A. F. Lever of SC, Walter Brown, Judge T.F. Green, Dean of Law School, & T.W. Reed, Registrar at U of GA. Paintings selected for exhibition throughout southern states: Her portrait of "Black Mother & Children" reproduced in Paris art
journal - French art critic, Clement Morro, wrote in Sept. 1930 of La Revue Moderne, "This artist...is not only a skillful painter, a portraitist apt at seizing & portraying the psychological expression in a face, but is also one of the leaders of the artistic movement in the state of GA." Member: Colonial Dames, NSDAR, Genl. John Floyd Chap. Daughters of 1812, U of GA Women's Club, GA Patrons of Art, So. States Art League, Assoc. of GA Artists, GA Art Teachers
Assoc. (Files of Laura B. Rogers Fortson, Athens, GA). She was a collector of Floyd letters; in 1944 gave the original letters written by Gen. John Floyd to his daughter, Mary Hazzard Floyd, to the John Floyd Chap. Daughters of 1812 (John Floyd File Folder II, Dept. of Archives & Hist., Atlanta, GA - bound transcribed copies of these letters at the GA Dept. of Archives & Hist.; & pub. in the GA Hist. Quarterly, September 1949). She died 17 February 1967 in
Athens, GA. -----2. ARCHIBALD BAKER BLACKSHEAR "Archie" born 27 August 1877 in Augusta, GA; married LUCY REECE ALLEN - no issue. He grad. U of GA - A.B. degree; grad. with an LL.B. from Lumpkin Law School, U of GA; was a lawyer in Augusta & City Attorney there; Chairmn. of Red Cross during WWI; Pres. of Board of Dirs. of Associated Charities (now Fam. Welfare Assoc.); established Juvenile Ct. in Richmond Co.; 1911- 1913 in GA Legislature.
(Files of Anne Floyd Williams Chenault; Blacksheariana, by Perry Blackshear, p. 42 & 43). He died 27 March 1929; buried in Augusta, GA. -----3. JAMES EVERARD BLACKSHEAR, JR. "Everard" born 26 August 1878 in Augusta, GA; married 1st NEVILLE POPE on 12 November 1907 in Newberry, SC. She was the daughter of JUDGE Y. J. POPE (Chief Justice of SC). Two children. She died 02 July 1940 at Sullivan's Island, SC. He married 2nd BURNEY CLARKE on
05 October 1941- no issue. He grad. Athens & Augusta; became a physician; Captain - US Army Medical Corps during WWI - stationed at Hawaii & China; was a Public Health Officer in Ocala, FL & in NYC; during WWII he was apptd. to command Medical Officers at Stark Gen. Hosp. in Charleston (Blacksheariana, p. 215 & 216). He died 21 July 1946 in Charleston, SC; bur. Newberry, SC. -----4. MARION FLOYD BLACKSHEAR born 30 January 1880 in Decatur, GA; died 30
January 1880. -----5. STERLING HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR born 08 September 1881 in Augusta, GA; married MABEL C. O'CONNOR on 06 October 1916 in El Paso, TX - no issue. She was the daughter of P. J. O'CONNOR. He grad. U of GA with an A.B. degree; was an accountant; worked for Southern Pacific, Southwestern & El Paso RR; during WWI worked in Washington, DC in auditing office of the construction branch of the Quartermasters dept. (Files of Anne Floyd Williams Chenault; Blacksheariana, p. 396). He caught influenza (1917-1918 epidemic) & died 10 October 1917 in Washington, DC.
-----6. MARY FLOYD HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR born 03 January 1886 in Augusta, GA; married JONATHAN CLARK ROGERS on 23 August 1911 in Demorest, GA. He was born 07 September 1885 in Richmond, IN, the son of JOHN CLARK ROGERS & ANNA VALENTINE. Four children. Floyd Blackshear grad. Piedmont College - A.B. degree; studied art at U of GA; taught public school art at S.S. Piedmont College & North GA College; taught at Jones Normal School in Eclectic, AL &
at Nacoochee Inst., Sautee, GA; State Chmn. of Education for GA Federation of Woman's Clubs - focusing her efforts on improving language education in the public schools; chairman of Bldg. Com. for Dahlonega Community House & Lumpkin Co. Lib. - due to her work & influence, many libraries were acquired throughout counties in GA. Member: NSDAR, U of GA Women's Club, Assoc. of GA Artists, S.E. Arts Ass'n., So. States Art League. Johnathan C. Rogers was an educator & college
administrator: Dean, Piedmont College; Pres., North GA College; Pres., U of GA. They lived at Demorest, Athens & Dahlonega, GA. (Files of Laura Blackshear Rogers Fortson, Athens, GA). She died 06 April 1965 in Dahlonega, GA; he died 25 October 1967 in Gainesville, GA; both buried in Demorest, GA. -----7. HINTON BAKER BLOODWORTH BLACKSHEAR born 08 November 1887 in Augusta, GA; married NORA KATHERINE WHITENER on 27 December 1926 at West End Presbyterian Ch., Atlanta,
GA. She was born 03 September 1903 in Hickory, NC, the daughter of AVERY HILL WHITENER of Catawba Co., NC & LAURA ELIZABETH WELCH of Wilkes Co., NC. One child. Hinton grad. U of GA in 1910; A.B. degree & an LL.B. degree - adm. to GA Bar & Texas Bar; served in US Army during WWI; rank - Pvt. 1st Class & Sgt. 1st Class; awarded Victory Medal & one battle clasp for Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France. He was Vice Pres. of Willingham-Tift Lumber Co.
in Atlanta (Files of Katherine Blackshear Boardman, Athens, GA; Blacksheariana, p. 164 & 165). He died 22 January 1964 in Atlanta & is buried at Westview Cem. in Atlanta, GA. She died 20 February 1998. 2. MARY HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR born 25 December 1847 at "Marianna," Laurens Co., GA; never married; died 29 February 1892; buried at Laurel Grove Cem. in Savannah, GA. 3. ELIJAH FRANCKS BLACKSHEAR JR. born 07 June 1849 at
"Marianna," Laurens Co., GA; never married; died 25 August 1888 in Waycross, GA. 4. JOSEPH WILLIAM BLACKSHEAR born 25 August 1851 at "Marianna," Laurens Co., GA; never married; died 24 July 1891 in Waycross, GA. 5. ZOE FRANCES BLACKSHEAR born 21 July 1853 at "Marianna," Laurens Co., GA; never married; died 08 July 1933 in Waycross, GA. 6. CHARLES JEFFERSON BLACKSHEAR born 26 February 1855 in Laurens Co., GA. "Charlie Blackshear is a Purser on the steamer Reliance ...
he is six feet four & very slender, with pretty brown eyes & a rich complexion" ("Diary", by Augusta Gallie Floyd, January 1877 & August 1877). Went West; no further data. 7. CLARENCE HAMILTON BLACKSHEAR born 16 November 1856 in Laurens Co., GA; married (first name unknown) RIVERS - no issue; died in Waycross, GA. 8. MARMADUKE DAVID BLACKSHEAR born 15 August 1858 in Laurens Co., GA; never married; died in Waycross, GA. 9. ISABELLA POWELL BLACKSHEAR born 26 October 1862 at "Marianna," Laurens Co., GA; never married; died 17 April 1929 in Waycross, GA.
10. WALTER FLOYD BLACKSHEAR born 17 August 1864 in Laurens Co., GA; never married; died 02 August 1891 in Waycross, GA. 5. JOHN FLOYD HAMILTON born 20 September 1826 in Twiggs Co., GA; never married; grad. Emory College. He held various positions - in banking; worked as a clerk & bookkeeper. He engaged in the cotton business with his brother, Marmaduke Hamilton, forming the co. of J. F. & M. Hamilton in Savannah (The Children of Pride,
ed. by Robert M. Myers, p. 1537 & 1538). During the Civil War, he served in C. S. Army - Cavalry (Files of Anne Floyd Williams Chenault, Great Falls, VA). He died 11 January 1872; buried at Laurel Grove Cem. in Savannah, GA. 6. SARAH FRANCES CHARLESSINA HAMILTON born 07 November 1828 in Milledgeville, GA; died of "inflammatory croup" on 06 June 1830 at Bellevue Plantation; buried at Floyd Fam. Cem. near the site of Fairfield, CCG.
7. EVERARD HAMILTON born 22 September 1830 in Milledgeville, GA (twin); never married; farmed in Laurens Co.; had business dealings in Savannah; died 16 October 1852 of yellow fever; buried at Laurel Grove Cem. in Savannah, GA. 8. MARMADUKE HAMILTON "Duke"
born 22 September 1830 in Milledgeville, GA (twin); never married. He held a banking position & worked in mercantile houses. Just after the Civil War, he & his brother, John Floyd Hamilton, formed a cotton brokerage firm in Savannah - J. F. & M. Hamilton Co. (The Children of Pride, ed. by Robert M. Myers, p. 1537 & 1538). Notations from Augusta Gallie Floyd: "Bourkie had a paper sent him, which contained an account of a dreadful
fire in Savannah ... Cousin Duke's office was burned ("Diary" August 1876). "Poor cousin Duke has failed and they were obliged to sell their house and will board out, this must be a heavy blow to them, particularly to Aunt Mary, who has been keeping house over forty years. How glad I should be to help them but alas! have nothing to give but heartfelt sympathy..." ("Diary," June 1877). The 1880 Chatham Co. GA census lists: Marmaduke Hamilton, Head
of household; Occupation: Cotton Merchant; his mother & sister, Zoe, are living with him; they have one servant; their dwelling is located on South Broad Street in Savannah. "He had been very wealthy at one time... he made over $100,000 in one summer... though when he died his estate was small... there were several lots of personal effects, among which were Floyd family relics" (Letter on 21 May 1932 from Marmaduke H. Floyd to his cousin Hazlehurst R. Noyes - original in
possession of Sabra Noyes Goldsmith, Panama City, FL). When he died, he left 1/12 share in his estate to Marmaduke Hamilton Floyd (son of Thomas Bourke Floyd). He died 28 January 1896; buried at Laurel Grove Cem. in Savannah, GA. 9. RICHARD WILLIAM HAMILTON
born 07 November 1832 in Milledgeville, GA; never married. He was helping his uncle, Henry Hamilton Floyd & family, move from St. Marys to the country to escape yellow fever there: "He got quite wet in a shower of rain, but did not change his clothes until he rode six miles to his grandmother's where he was taken sick with the fever, which proved fatal" (A Little Family History, by Mary Floyd Hamilton; Camden's Challenge, by Marguerite Reddick, p.
114). He died 16 October 1854 of yellow fever; buried at Floyd Fam. Cem. nr. the site of Fairfield Plantation, CCG. 10. ZOE DECIMA HAMILTON born 08 January 1836 in Macon, GA; never married; lived with her mother; died 24 April 1883 in Savannah, GA. 11.JAMES THWEATT HAMILTON
born 15 August 1838 in Macon, GA; never married. "He was with his brother Richard, and also had yellow fever, but was moved to Dr. Delaroches and recovered, but not to stay long with us" (A Little FamilyHistory, by Mary Floyd Hamilton). He developed "intus-susception of the bowels" & after eight days died on 26 December 1855. |
