| WILLIAM TOMLINSON
(Pages 241-252) In 1825, John Tomlinson and Rebecca Hardeman's son William, born in 1781, and his wife Nancy Register, born in 1782, moved their family to Lowndes County, Georgia. William and Nancy's family consisted of John, born on December 17, 1804; Rebecca, born in 1805; Harris, born on December 8, 1808; Candacy, born on December 14,
1810; Levin, born on April 11, 1813; and Sebastian Mark, born in 1815. In 1836, during the Indian Wars, William served as captain of a volunteer company of the Georgia Militia. From June 16 to December 16, 1839, he served as a private in Captain John J. Johnson's company of the East Florida Militia. During the months of November and December of 1839 William was assigned to Captain David Johnson's company of the Ware County Militia. William's sons, Sebastian Mark, Harris, John and Levin served
as privates in Captain David Johnson's company. About 1844, William Tomlinson and Nancy Register moved their family to Levy County, Florida, where William engaged in farming with his son, Sebastian Mark. William Sirmans Tomlinson William Tomlinson and Elizabeth "Bettie" Sirmans' illegitimate son, William Sirmans, born on July 5, 1822, married Matilda Giddens in 1845. Matilda was born on March 11, 1826, in Lowndes County, Georgia,
daughter of lsbin Giddens and Keziah Knight, lsbin Giddens was the son of Moses and Catherine Giddens, born on November 4, 1788 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, lsbin moved to Wayne County, Georgia, and married Keziah who was born on November 25, 1801, the daughter of the Rev. William A. Knight and Sarah Cone. lsbin served as lieutenant in the Wayne County Militia from 1816 to 1820. lsbin Giddens and Keziah Knight were parents to nine children. In about 1824, lsbin moved his family to
Lowndes County and developed a farm in an area which years later became part of Berrien County and much later part of Lanier County, lsbin died October 21, 1853, followed by his wife, Keziah, on November 1, 1861. lsbin and Keziah are buried together in the Union Church Cemetery, near the present town of Lakeland, Georgia. William Sirmans served from June 16, 1837, until December 18, 1837, during the Indian War as a private in Captain John J. Johnson's company of the Second
Regiment, East Florida Volunteer Militia. He also served in 1840 and 1841 as a private in Captain Jonathan Knight's company of the Georgia Militia. William served in the Indian War under the name of William Tomlinson, Jr. By special act of the Georgia Legislature on February 20, 1854, his name was changed from William Sirmans to William Sirmans Tomlinson, a name he had already assumed. William Sirmans Tomlinson and Matilda Giddens were parents to eight children including
John G., born on January 1, 1846; Moses, born in 1847; Keziah "Kizzie", born in 1850; lsbin, born in 1852; Matthew, born in 1854; Mary, born in 1856; Alice, born in 1858; and George F., born in 1860. In 1855, William and Matilda purchased a large acreage of land in Clinch County that William farmed for many years. About 1858, William Tomlinson and Nancy Register moved back to Clinch County, where they spent their declining years with William's son, William
Sirmans Tomlinson and his family. Father William Tomlinson died in 1866 followed by Nancy Register in 1873. William Sirmans Tomlinson served four terms, between 1857 and 1864, in the Georgia Legislature. Matilda Giddens Tomlinson died on April 6, 1887, followed by William on May 1,1894. Rebecca Tomlinson William Tomlinson and Nancy Register's daughter Rebecca, born in 1805, married James Harvey Mizell of Camden County, Georgia. James was born in 1804, the son of Jesse Mizell and Mary Stallings. The Mizell Family was quite prominent and instrumental in the development of southeastern Georgia, especially in the counties of Ware, Clinch and Charlton. Jesse Mizell was born in 1771 in North Carolina, the son of Jesse Mizell, Sr., who fought in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina under General Francis Marion. James Mizell's siblings included Jesse Noah (1800-1846), who married Lovey Nobles; Mary Margaret (1809-1886), who married Burrell Jones; Sarah (1816-1849), who married James Jones, Jr.; Owen King (1811-1893), who firstly, married Nancy Wright and secondly, Nancy Griffin; and Perry Stallings (1814-1880), who married Charlotte Albrittin. About 1817, Jesse Mizell and Mary Stallings moved their family to Camden County, Georgia. Many members of the Mizell family had previously moved to Camden County from North Carolina. Jesse and Mary settled near what was called Mattox and currently known as the old Mills' Place where their children grew to adulthood. Jesse Mizell was the minister of the Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, located in what is now Charlton County. In 1825, James Harvey Mizell and Rebecca Tomlinson moved to Appling County where they made their home. They became parents to several children including a son William and a daughter who married James Roberts.
Candacy Tomlinson William Tomlinson and Nancy Register's daughter Candacy, born on December 14, 1810, married her cousin John Tomlinson Roberts. John Roberts was born in 1810 in Effington County, Georgia to John Roberts and Sarah "Sallie" Tomlinson. John's siblings included Tharp and Isham. John also had two half sisters, Betsy and Jane, as John's father had been married previously. John Roberts and Candacy Tomlinson became parents to
Moses, John, Isham, William, Tharp, Sallie, Rebecca, Lavinia and Matilda. Candacy Tomlinson died on Januarys, 1886. John Tomlinson William Tomlinson and Nancy Register's son John, born on December 17, 1804, married his first cousin Zilpha Register on October 10, 1826, in Appling County, Georgia. Zilpha Register was born in Bulloch County on February 4, 1807, the oldest of the fourteen children of Samuel Register and Elizabeth Skinner. Elizabeth
Skinner was born is South Carolina, on April 5, 1789. Samuel Register was born in Sampson County, North Carolina, on December 1, 1786. Samuel was the brother of John Register and Nancy Register, John Tomlinson's mother. In 1858, Zilpha's father, Samuel Register, started a town that he called Registerville in Bullock County, Georgia, later called Clinch County. About 1865, the name of the town was changed to its present name, Stockton. John Tomlinson served as a private for six
months in 1837 during the Indian Wars in the Second Regiment of the East Florida Mounted Volunteers. He also served during November and December 1839, in Captain David Johnson's company of the Ware County Militia. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register made their home near the present town of Stockton in Clinch County, later changed to Lanier County. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register were parents to William, born July 20, 1827; Harris, born December 8, 1828; Elizabeth, born
November 1, 1830; Sallie, born March 12, 1834; Guilford, born March 10, 1832; Kittie, 30m March 12, 1834; Nancy, born August 1838; Moses, born December 29, 1840; Samuel, born January 1, 1842; Levin, born November 11, 1844; Penelope, born October 13, 1846; John, Jr., born April 1850; and Zilpha, born March 15, 1852. Father John Tomlinson died on November 8, 1863, allowed by his wife, Zilpha Register, on August 4, 1883. Many children of John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register
married children of Benjamin Stalvey and Susan Turner. Benjamin Stalvey was born in 1810 in South Carolina. He grew-up in Ware County Georgia and Hamilton County, Florida, where he married Susan Turner on May 25, 1830. Susan was born in 1810 in South Carolina, daughter of Moses Turner. The Turner family later moved to Hamilton County, Florida. Benjamin Stalvey and Susan Turner were parents to eight children. Susan died in 1853 and Benjamin married Rhoda with whom he parented six more
children. Benjamin Stalvey died on January 18, 1890. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register's son William in 1851 married Caroline Stalvey, born on April 18, 1832. Caroline died on November 8, 1874, followed by William on May 18, 1914. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register's son Harris married Martha Stalvey, born in 1834 in Georgia. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register's daughter Sallie married Benjamin Stalvey, born in 1831 in Georgia. Their daughter Kittie married George W.
Stalvey, born in 1835 in Georgia. Their daughter Nancy married Moses Stalvey, born in 1838 in Florida. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register's son Guilford married Sarah Walden, daughter of Sylvester Walden. Their son Moses on March 12, 1876 married his cousin Wealthy Mathis, born August 29, 1850, daughter of Hillery P. Mathis and Martha Register. Moses and Wealthy were parents of ten children. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register's son Samuel on February
15, 1872, in Clinch County married Elizabeth Rachel Mikell, born on April 24, 1851, in Hamilton County, Florida, daughter of George and Rachel Mikell. Samuel and Elizabeth were parents to ten children. Their son Levin married Catherine Moore, daughter of Matthew Moore. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register's son John, Jr. married Georgia Alderman, daughter of Timothy Alderman. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register's daughter Elizabeth married Absalom S. Smith. Their daughter
Penelope married David C. Lancaster on August 3, 1865. John Tomlinson and Zilpha Register's daughter Zilpha never married. Harris Tomlinson William Tomlinson and Nancy Register's son Harris, born on December 8, 1808, married Rebecca Driggers in 1830. Rebecca was born on August 29, 1810, in Bulloch County, daughter of William Driggers and Millie Lastinger Parker and sister of Jonas Driggers and Millie Driggers. Soon after
Harris Tomlinson and Rebecca Driggers were married, they settled on a plot of land just south of the town of Stockton. Later they sold their land holdings and moved farther south to an area that is now included in Echols County. Harris Tomlinson and Rebecca Driggers became parents to John, born on March 2, 1832; Sarah, born in May 1833, Nancy, born on July 7, 1835; Levin, born on December 22, 1837; Jonas, born on April 29, 1839; Leonard, born on August 18, 1840; Rebecca, born on October 20.
1841: Mark. born on December 22. 1843: Lucretia born on May 9, 1845; James, born on August 21, 1846; Caroline, born on November 24, 1848: and William N., born on April 23, 1850. Harris served in the Indian Wars in Captain David Johnson's Company of the Ware County Militia from November 1 to December 31, 1839. Later he served as first sergeant under Captain Jonathan Knight in the Georgia Militia in 1840-41. Harris Tomlinson was elected on the secession ticket as a delegate
from Echols County to the State Secession Convention in January 1861. Harris Tomlinson died in 1867, at his home, located five miles north of Statenville in Echols County. Rebecca Driggers died at the family home on April 3, 1878. They are buried together in the Wayfare Church Cemetery. Harris Tomlinson and Rebecca Driggers's daughters Sarah and Nancy married John and James Touchton respectively, sons of James Touchton. Harris Tomlinson and Rebecca
Driggers's daughter Rebecca married David H. Johnson. Their daughter Lucretia married Washington A. Floyd and their daughter Caroline married Richard Alderman. Harris Tomlinson and Rebecca Driggers's son John married Mary Stalvey daughter of Benjamin Stalvey. Their son Jonas married Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of Tharp Roberts. Harris Tomlinson and Rebecca Driggers's son Leonard married Lucretia Alderman, daughter of Timothy Alderman. Their son William N. married Celia
Roberts, daughter of Roland Roberts. Harris Tomlinson and Rebecca Driggers's son James married three times, first to Mattie Floyd, second to Martha Mills, and third to Mrs. Calledonia Simpson. Many of Harris Tomlinson and Rebecca Driggers's sons served in the Confederate States Army. Sebastian Mark Tomlinson William Tomlinson and Nancy Register's son, Sebastian Mark, born in 1815, married his cousin Elizabeth Register, born about 1814 in
Bullock County, Georgia, daughter of William Register and Ricy Johnson. William Register was born in 1777 in Sampson County, North Carolina. William was the brother of Samuel Register, who was the father of Zilpha Register, who married Sebastian Mark Tomlinson's brother John Tomlinson. William Register was the uncle of Sebastian Mark Tomlinson as he was the brother of Sebastian's mother, Nancy Register. William Register came to Bulloch County, Georgia, with his parents about 1805. William
Register and Ricy Johnson were married October 20, 1808. Ricy was born about 1785. In addition to Elizabeth, it is thought that William and Ricy were parents to at least six children, including a son Samuel born about 1812. Ricy Johnson died about 1841 and William Register in 1848. Sebastian Mark Tomlinson and Elizabeth Register became parents to Candacy, born in 1838; Nathan M., born in 1840; and Elizabeth, born in 1842. Mother Elizabeth Register died in 1842, shortly
after giving birth to Elizabeth. In 1843 Sebastian Mark Tomlinson and Emily "Millie" Driggers were married. Millie was born July 12, 1819, the daughter of William Driggers and Millie Lastinger Parker. Millie Driggers was the sister of Rebecca Driggers, the wife of Sebastian's brother, Harris Tomlinson. Sebastian and Millie became parents to William, born in 1844. In 1845, Sebastian Mark Tomlinson and Millie Driggers moved to Levy County, Florida, where Sebastian
became a farmer and maintained a herd of cattle. Sebastian and Millie added to their family with the addition of three daughters, Penina, born in 1846; Nancy, born in 1847 and died as a child; and Emily, born in 1851. Sebastian and Millie added a son, Guilford, to their fold in 1853. Sebastian Mark Tomlinson died in 1855, leaving Mother Millie Driggers with a large family to rear. Sebastian Mark Tomlinson and Elizabeth Register's daughter Candacy, on July 10, 1859, married
Elisha Gibbon in Levy County, Florida. Elisha Gibbon was born in 1835 in Georgia. Candacy Tomlinson and Elisha Gibbon made their home next door to her parent's home in Levy County. Sebastian Mark Tomlinson and Millie Driggers' son William in 1866 married Harriet Adeline Dowling, born on February 12, 1845, in Beaufort, South Carolina, daughter of William T. Dowling. William Tomlinson and Harriet Adeline Dowling reared a large family consisting of Amanda, born in 1867; Mark,
born in 1868; Harris, born in 1870; Lula, born in 1873; Henry, born in 1876; John, born in 1878; Lavinia, born in 1881; Tucker, born in 1884; and Butler, born in 1886. William Tomlinson and Harriet Dowling made their home in the part of Levy County, which later became the southern part of Baker County, Florida. In their later years the family moved to Alachua County, Florida. William died about 1916 and is buried in the Hawthorne Cemetery, located
about eleven miles east of Gainesville, Florida. Harriet Adeline Dowling Tomlinson died on October 31, 1917 and is buried in a cemetery near Lake City, Florida. This Chapter: |
