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Georgia Deed/Land Transaction
Morgan / Putman / Baldwin Co's GA
Provided by: LouAnne Hanna
The
following information is from the book Morgan County,
Georgia deed books A-G, 1808-1820 by Michael Martin Farmer.
I’ve typed as it is written.
Deed
Book A
p. 424 Morgan Co., Ga.: 15 May 1809,
John Howard
of Ga., to
Robert White
of said co., for $200, 60 acres, 4th Dist., old Baldwin Co., is part of
Lot 180, on & down creek, beg. S. 58 E. 12.66 ch., up branch including
Spring, S. 70 E. 9.80 ch., S. 69 E. 12.50 ch. to beg., in fee simple.
/s/ John Howard, Anney (/) Howard. Wit: Willliam Wright, Robt. Gaston,
J.P. Recorded 21 Nov. 1809
Deed
Book B
p. 224 Morgan Co., Ga: 2 June 1810,
John Williamson
to
Sylvanus Walker,
for $400, in 4th Dist. old Baldwin, now Morgan Co on Sugar Creek waters,
Lot 157, 202 1/2 acres, adj. Lot 182 on N.E., Lot 156 on N.W., Lot 148
on S.W. by Lot 158, surveyed by David Creswell, 4 Aug. 1804. /s/ John
Williamson. Wit: William Spratlin,
Robert
White.
Proved by
Robert White,
9 June 1810, Samuel Black, J.P. Recorded 7 Aug. 1810.
Deed Book C
p. 128 Ga.: 6 Nov. 1810,
John Keener
of Twiggs Co., to
Thomas Betterton
of Morgan Co., for $300, in 20th Dist. Baldwin now Morgan Co., Lot 148,
adj. Lots 147, 163, 149, & 127, in fee simple. /s/ John Keener. Wit:
Wilson Navey, W. Hall, J.P. Recorded 1 Apr. 1811.
Deed
Book D
p. 383 Jasper Co., Ga.: 15 March 1814,
Silvanus Walker
to
James Ware,
both of Morgan Co., for $800, part of lot in 4th Dist. formerly Baldwin
but now Morgan Co., Lot 180, 130 acres, is whole of lot except what was
sold to
Robert White
by John
Howard,
in fee simple. /s/ Sylvanus (/) Walker. Wit:
Rebekah (x) Shaw,
Robert
Shaw,
J.P. Recorded 20 June 1815.
Deed Book E
p. 234 30 Jan. 1816,
Hezekiah
Blankinship
to
Stephen White,
both of Morgan Co., for $400, in Morgan Co. formerly Baldwin, 20th Dist.
Lot 57, drawn by Josiah Shields of Hitchcock’s Dist., Clark Co., 202 1/2
acres, in fee simple. /s/ Hezekiah (x) Blankinship. Wit:
John Betterson,
Thomas
Betterson.
Proved by
Thomas Betterson,
8 June 1816. E. Duke, J.P. Recorded 14 Aug. 1816.
Deed Book F
p. 131 Ga.: 17 Apr. 1815,
Thomas Betterson
to John
Betterson,
both of Morgan Co., for $80, 50 acres, 20th Dist. formerly Baldwin now
Morgan Co., part of Lot 148, adj. W. by Lot 149, N. by Lot 163, E. by
Lot 147, S. by Lot 127, in fee simple. /s/ Thomas Betterson. Wit: Walter
Stewart, John (x) Ware. Proved by Walter Stewart, 1 July 1815,
Jere. Sparks,
J.P. Recorded 28 Aug. 1817.
p. 220 15 March 1817,
Charles Jones
to
George Shaw,
both of Morgan Co., for $500, 1/2 of lot, 19th Dist. Baldwin now Morgan
Co., Lot 91, drawn by Samuel Coleman’s orphans – deed to Farrar & from
him to Clayton & from him to Jones, near branch, 101 1/2 acres. /s/
Charles Jones. Wit: Robert Dawson,
Stephen White,
E. Duke.
J.P. Recorded 20 Dec. 1817.
p. 431 Ga.: [no day or month] 1818,
Archebald Coleman
to
Samuel Fielder,
both of Morgan Co., for $1100, in Morgan Co. on Hard Labor waters, 202
1/2 acres, [lot & dist. not given, adj.] Lots 122, 120, 118. /s/ Archd.
Coleman. Wit:
Stephen White,
Luke Welch,
Levi Renalds,
J.P. Recorded 31 Aug. 1818.
p. 460 Ga.: 7 Jan. 1818,
Stephen
White
to
Thomas Long,
both of Morgan Co., for $400, 202 1/2 acres, 20th Dist. in Morgan Co.,
Lot 57, was drawn by
Josiah Shields
in the late Land Lottery & granted to him, 9 Nov. 1812. /s/
Stephen
White.
Wit: Russell (R.) Rutledge, Eleazer Jeter, J.P. Recorded 6 Oct. 1818.
p. 522 Morgan Co., Ga.: 14 Nov. 1818,
Moses Matthews
to
William Stallings,
both of afsd. co., for $300, fractional lot where Matthews now lives, 79
acres, 20th Dist. Formerly Baldwin now Morgan Co., part of fraction Lot
51. /s/ Moses Matthews. Wit:
Stephen
White,
Robert Benson, J.P. Recorded 27 Nov. 1818
Deed
Book G
P. 51 Putnam Co., Ga.: 23 Nov. 1818,
Thomas Smith
of Putnam Co., to
Stephen
White
of Morgan Co., for $150, 101 1/4 acres, in Baldwin now Morgan Co., 20th
Dist., Lot 90, drawn by said Smith & granted to same, 29 July 1808, adj.
N.W. by Lot 89. S.W. by Lot 79, S.E. by Lot 91, N.E. by Lot 113, it is
1/2 of lot, beg. line 9.50 ch. from S.E. cor., N. 90 W. including S.W.
part of lot where said
White
now lives. /s/ Thomas (x) Smith. Wit: Henry C. Lane, Thomas T. Naper,
J.P. Recorded 11 Jan. 1819, Jno. Nisbet, clk.
p. 54 Morgan Co., Ga.: 23 Oct 1818,
William Stallings
to
Thomas Long,
both of said co., for $100, 50 acres, part of Lot 162, beg. N.W.cor. of
Lot 163, on S.W. Line to the Athens Road, up road to N.E. line of lot to
beg., [20th Dist.]. /s/ William Stallings. Test:
Stephen
White,
Robert Benson, J.P. Recorded 2 Feb. 1819, William B/ Malone, D. clk.
p. 90 Morgan Co., Ga.: 9 Jan. 1819,
Stephen
White
to
William Herring,
both of afsd. co., for $700, 101 1/4 acres, 20th Dist. of Baldwin now
Morgan Co., Lot 91, was drawn by Coleman in the late Land Lottery &
granted to him 26 July 1818 & sold to him by deed to Frances
Farrow, then to Augustus S. Claton, then to Charles Jones, then to
Stephen White,
1/2 of lot, in fee simple. /s/
Stephen
White.
Wit: Thomas (x) Long,
Levi Reynolds,
J.P. Recorded 4 March 1819.
P. 91 Morgan Co., Ga.: 1 March 1819,
Levi (Levy)
Betterton
from
Stephen White,
both of said co., for $1000, 101 1/4 acres, in Baldwin now Morgan Co.,
20th Dist., Lot 90, granted to same 29 July 1808, adj. N.W. by Lot 89,
SE. by Lot 79, S.E. By Lot 91, N.E. by Lot 113, lot is line 9.50
ch. from S.E. cor., N. 90 W., including S.W. part of lot where
White
now lives, in fee simple. /s/
Stephen
White.
Wit: Simeon (x) Corely, Fredk. Hilsabeck. J.P. Recorded 4 March 1819.
p. 307 Morgan Co, Ga.: 4 May 1819,
Martin P. Sparks,
sheriff of Morgan Co., to
Carter W. Sparks
of same co., for $300. Sundry executions issued from Justices Court,
John Whitaker & William & Lancelot Johnston, plaintiffs, &
Stephen
White,
defendant. 6 March 1819, sold 1/2 of lot in Morgan Co., Baldwin when
granted, 20th Dist., Lot 90, 100 acres. Sold at public sale as property
of
Stephen White.
Carter W. Sparks was the highest bidder. /s/ Martin P. Sparks, sheriff.
Wit: Jesse H. Arnold, J. Sparks. J.P. Recorded 14 June 1820, John
Nisbet, clk.
I’ve also included the following since the surname was Davidson
Deed Book B
p. 353 Morgan Co., Ga.: 13 Dec. 1810,
Henry Carleton
to John
Davidson,
both of said co., for $500, in 15th Dist. Baldwin when surveyed now
Morgan Co., Indian Creek waters, Lot 265, 202 1/2 acres, adj. Lots 264,
274, 266, & 245, in fee simple. /s/ Henry Carleton. Wit: John Nisbet,
Joseph Lane, J.I.C. Recorded 13 Dec. 1810.
p. 355 Baldwin Co., Ga.: 17 March 1807,
John Davidson
to
Henry Carleton,
for $1200 in fee simple, in said co., 5th Dist., Hard Labour Creek
waters, Lot 57, 202 1/2 acres, adj. N.E. by Lot 64, N.W. by Lot 58, S.W.
by Lot 40, SE. by Lot 56, surveyed 28 May 1804 by Abner Franklin, dist.
surveyor. /s/ John Davidson. Wit: Thos. Carleton, Armstead Russell,
Joseph Lane, J.I.C. Recorded 13 Dec. 1810.
Notes
and Comments by:
Kathleen
Mays
In reply
to the above Deeds, provided
by Lou Anne Hanna,
Kathleen Mays writes:
I’ve read through the great
information and a couple of
names jumped out. Deed Book
F p. 431 has Samuel Fielder
buying land on Hard Labor
waters. It is witnessed by
Stephen White and the J.P.,
Levi Renalds. He is also
the J.P. on Deed book G,
p.90 (again Stephen witness)
written as Levi Reynolds.
He is Levi Runnels (later
changed to Reynolds) of the
Runnels clan that I am
familiar with. His parents
are Dudley and Fannie
Herbert Runnels, formerly of
Caswell NC. There is
another Dudley Runnels of
Caswell that is either his
father or his uncle, no one
is quite sure. On the White
side he stands out because
if you look on Mike’s
website you will find Dudley
Runnels mentioned in a land
transaction of Robert White
of Caswell. That’s a heck
of a coincidence and seems
to support Mike’s theory
that this is our Robert.
You will find Samuel Fielder
listed on p.122 on the 1817
Morgan tax list along with
Stephen.
The Fielders and Runnels are
part of a large group that
migrated together. I read
about them at this website
http://www.eaglequestpro.com/ray/FindingAncestors.htm.
Levi Runnels aka William
Levi Runnels aka Levi
Reynolds, was born in 1785,
about the time his parents
moved to Wilkes co GA. He
wound up in Morgan Ga where
his first child was born in
1814. He was in the
Claiborne LA 1840 census and
had a daughter who married
in Union co Arkansas in
1844. (Union co Arkansas
being of interest that some
of Vincent White’s family
was there about that time.)
He died in Claiborne in
1851.
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Note injected by
Mike White
(7/30/2011)
[Link to Caswell
Co page this web
site]
Found an online
article about
Sam Houston that
included Caswell
Co NC
Connections
thought it
interesting
enough to post
it here:
Runnels
...Houston then
set his sights
on the
governorship,
and declared
himself a
candidate. In
1857 he was
stunned in
defeat by
Harden R.
Runnels.
The
Runnels
family was
thriving.
The Harden name
was also from
the Dan River,
with
industrialists,
bankers, and
connections
still from the
mill people of
England even
today. Two years
later Sam
Houston won in a
landslide.
Shortly, the
Civil War
erupted, and in
1861 Houston is
deposed when he
refused to swear
allegiance to
the Confederate
States.
Houston's first
son, Sam
Houston, Jr.,
was badly
wounded at the
Battle of
Shiloh, and Sam
Houston (the
"Raven") died
the next year
(1863). Temple
Lea Houston, the
youngest son of
Sam Houston,
continued the
saga.
The
Runnels family
of Caswell
County, North
Carolina
is only one of
many families to
migrate south
and west.
Historian, Jon
Kukla, author of
"A Wilderness So
Immense," told
the story very
well, and
included names.
He said, that he
discovered that
all the people
who established
the country from
Jamestowne to
Texas
were all kin!!
Yes, and
many of them
came through the
Dan River area
of Caswell
County,
and dotted the
landscape with
Baptist
churches....
Source: Caswell
County
Historical
Association
Message Board,
Message #2507
(26 October
2009). |
If you look at the website
listed above, it was the
Harwell side that had me
looking over it initially.
My only leads on John
Harwell who bought land in
Lowndes AL are:
John Harvill married Betsey
Davisson 20 Dec 1801
Oglethorpe GA. She fits the
bill that she was born in GA
(per James on 1880 census),
and died before her parents
(pre1830). The only family
she fits is Joseph and Sarah
Peavy Davidson of
Oglethorpe, who went to
Montgomery Al before it was
a state and returned back to
GA. If you look closely on
the Warren GA 1794 tax list
on this website you can see
that the Peavys and
Davidsons were living with
the group of Fielders and
Runnels in Warren, and
moved, like them, to the
Oglethorpe/Clarke co border
area. John Harwell is on
the 1805 land lottery in
Clarke GA. The other Dudley
Runnels died in Clarke in
1805. The Peavys and
Davidsons are still living
in Oglethorpe, along with
the Luckies (Stephen’s dau
married a Luckie, ancestry
unknown) In March 6 1817 a
John Harvill married Lavinia
Runnels in Warren GA. Same
guy, second wife? As you
can see from the website,
the groups migration took
them to Morgan GA and then
off to Mississippi. It
seems that there are always
Runnels close by, even
though it is not a common
name. If you Harwellians
look at the website maybe
something will stand out for
you, but all I have is that
they are around a lot.
The other name of note is
Eleazer Jeter (wife – Anna
Moseley) who is the JP on
Deed book F p.460 in a land
transaction of Stephen
White. Eleazer was b. 1775
in Lunenberg VA, moved to
Union SC as a small boy, was
in the Horn’s Creek area of
Edgefield SC by 11 Jan 1796
where he was on the 1800
census and left ca. 1805. He
is in Morgan GA by 1815
where he sold land on Hard
Labor Creek in 1817. He is
a justice in Montgomery AL
1818-1820 and dies around
1820-21. A number of his
children and Moseley cousins
move to TX and live by John
S. White in Panola co. TX.
I mention him in that he
substantiates that this is
truly our Stephen White in
Morgan GA. Where and when
the Jeters and Whites got to
know each other is unknown,
but they migrated to the
same places in 4 states for
at least 2 generations. The
Jeters and Moseleys were
Primitive Baptists and
founded the church in
Pintlala, Montgomery co AL,
just over the border from
Lowndes. I have read
through the church notes and
the only Whites were
Benjamin and Rachel. They
lived in Lowndes close to
the land of John Harwell.
They originated the church
with the Jeters and Moseleys.
Benjamin got thrown out for
a while but was received
back in a couple of years
later. They are not the
same Benjamin and Rachel
White whose children had
adjoining land with John S.
in Panola co TX
(Unfortunately!)
Person of Note: David White
moved from Morgan GA to
Mont/Lowndes AL about the
same time. His daughter
Asenath married Robert Ware
who appears to be the nephew
of the Wares in the land
deeds. If you see something
on him it might be worth
giving a peek.
There is nothing to indicate
either Benjamin or David are
related to each other or our
Whites. They just live by
them and associate with some
of the same people so their
names keep coming up.
The land transaction of 1
Mar 1819 extends our time of
when Stephen lived in
Morgan, since before this it
was the 1818 tax list. It’s
the next entry that’s
interesting. Looks like
Stephen got in a legal
disagreement, lost, and had
his land put up for
auction. How did he wrong
the plaintiffs? John
Whitaker is a common name,
but William and Lancelot
Johnston appear to be the
sons of Dr. Lancelot
Johnston of Caswell, NC.
(That county just loves to
pop up) See
http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/w5114.pdf.
Is this the motivation that
moved him from Morgan to who
knows where until 1830
Lowndes AL.
Bettertons: We can now see
ties with John and Levi
Betterton in these land
documents. I don’t know
much about them but would be
very interested if anyone
else could fill me in.
Thanks LouAnne for sharing
this information. It
confirmed some things,
supported some theories, and
supplied a whole lot of new
questions. Hopefully
something else rings a bell
for somebody. By working
together we’ve managed to
make some pretty good
progress and I appreciate
being kept in the loop.
Thanks for listening
Kathleen Mays
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