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1 NAME Ron Wortham aka "The Genesis of Wortham  CD-ROM Genealogy Project"  (Discontinued due to health problems).
1 ADDR Route 1 Box 1-A
2 CONT DELIVERIES: 117 North Main Street
2 CONT Sadler, TX 76264-9701
1 PHON (903) 564-5401
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1 NAME Omar Euin /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Bell Helicopter/Textron
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 APR 1920
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
3 PAGE MALE
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE From family records.  "Euin" was an honorarium of a neighbor of the family.
2 CONT Nickname was "Socks" as a child.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 543.
1 NOTE                              Pappa Omar's Lye Soap
1 NOTE     Amongst all the old-time remedies and folklore that Pappa Omar handed
2 CONT     down to his children and grandchildren, was a devotion to the use of
2 CONT     lye soap.  He used it for everything - including laundry of severely
2 CONT     soiled and greasy work clothes, to the removal of grease and oil from
2 CONT     driveway surfaces.  He often touted its use as a disinfectant.  Here is
2 CONT     a recipe.  Originally, the lye was distilled from ashes by boiling them
2 CONT     in water and pouring off the water to be boiled again.  The idea was to
2 CONT     leave the gritty ashes behind.  However, some could be included as a
2 CONT     pumice to add a scrubbing and polishing quality to the soap.  This
2 CONT     mixture is extremely caustic.  The use of gloves or a handy bowl of
2 CONT     vinegar was necessary to neutralize the effects, if spilled on skin.
1 NOTE                        Old-Time Lye Soap Small Quanity:
1 NOTE     Dissolve two tablespoons lye in eight tablespoons water in a crock bowl
2 CONT     (do not use aluminum or metal container).  Add one cup of strained
2 CONT     grease to lye and water and stir gently until the grease is completely
2 CONT     blended into it and the mixture becomes thick and all traces of grease
2 CONT     disappear.  Let soap stand in container overnight, then cut into bars
2 CONT     and it's ready for use.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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1 FAMC @F49@
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1 NAME Ronald Duaine /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Radio/Private Disc-Jockey
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1942
2 PLAC Harris hospital - Fort Worth, Texas
3 PAGE MALE
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Polytechnic Methodist Church - Ft. Worth
1 BURI
2 PLAC SS# 461-64-1554
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE                                   22-Jun-1994
1 NOTE     Dear Cousins:
1 NOTE     I am  sending you this recap of "Highlights of the 1994 Tulsa Reunion"
2 CONT     on audio cassette, I do hope you enjoy it.
1 NOTE     I think it would be a SHREWD move to plan a reunion based on one
2 CONT     generation further back... In Paris, Texas.. sometime in 1997?  1999?
2 CONT     There is a tremendous amount of incomplete Wortham research there.
2 CONT     Thomas Duke Wortham (William/Thamar Duke lines) for instance, has the
2 CONT     OLDEST grave in the Old City Cemetary. That might give you some clues.
2 CONT     There are at least 50 other Wortham graves there and a lot of our
2 CONT     history as well.  There was a BENJAMIN F. WORTHAM born in about 1850
2 CONT     who was given credit for being the sheriff there.  I believe that our
2 CONT     Benjamin Heath was really the only sherrif. Obviously, those Paris
2 CONT     genealogy folks need our help as well as we need theirs.  The Wortham
2 CONT     Carnival Shows had their origination near there as well.
1 NOTE     At the present time my WORTHAM surname mailing list numbers close to
2 CONT     1,000 households and is growing.  I don't believe we would have any
2 CONT     problem finding adequate facilities for a gathering, or people enough
2 CONT     to make it happen.  I love Tulsa! - but I keep getting this intuitive
2 CONT     tug from over Paris way. Something's there.  It may be just bits and
2 CONT     pieces of us.  In any case, it would be a fun place to visit.. just a
2 CONT     thought.
1 NOTE     The Tulsa reunion for me was a milestone.  I am greatly indebted to my
2 CONT     uncle Orville for the picture of Mary Jane Burroughs, to Shirley
2 CONT     Armstrong for her companionship and consultation about my ancestors
2 CONT     and to Tom for a copy of Bill Wortham's notes. It was astounding to me
2 CONT     to learn of my great-grandfather Alexander Strahan and his life in the
2 CONT     Verde Valley of Arizona. I had learned just last year about Benjamin
2 CONT     Nathaniel having been there, but Shirley enlightened me about the
2 CONT     Strahan side of my ancestry as well.
1 NOTE     Why this is so profound to me is printed below in Chapter 24 of my
2 CONT     autobiography, which I have been working on in bits and pieces for some
2 CONT     years. I have just updated it with the information Shirley provided me
2 CONT     at the reunion, and some juicy tidbits about our calendar, from Ed
2 CONT     Shaw.  The rest has been written for some years.  I don't want to bore
2 CONT     you with pretentiousness but I felt it was best to re-write and edit
2 CONT     out the "rough" spots of my experiences (street fights, love affairs,
2 CONT     stays in jail) in this chapter.  It was like an 1880's lifestyle.
1 NOTE     First though, I want to share this short article with you - quoting
2 CONT     from the Antimatter section of Omni magazine in the July 1994 issue;
1 NOTE                                  ANCESTRAL PSI
1 NOTE                While researching a group of German families who
2 CONT               emigrated to New york in 1710, San Diego based
2 CONT               genealogist Henry A. Jones, Jr. made a startling
2 CONT               discovery.  "I had no reason to think I was related
2 CONT               to any of those 874 families," he recounts.
2 CONT               "totally at random, I picked one name, Deitrich
2 CONT               Schneider, for my researcher in Germany to track
2 CONT               down." Jones was shocked to learn he is a direct
2 CONT               descendant of Schneider.
1 NOTE               That was just the beginning of what Jones calls his
2 CONT               trips into the "Twilight Zone" of genealogy.
2 CONT               Frequent bizarre concidences and feelings of deja'
2 CONT               vu have convinced him that psychic phenomena
2 CONT               frequently help people trace family trees.  in
2 CONT               fact, after hearing colleagues mention similar
2 CONT               tales, Jones contacted 300 genealogists, asking if
2 CONT               they had experienced intuitive nudging while
2 CONT               researching their family trees, ultimately using
2 CONT               the material for his new book, Psychic Roots:
2 CONT               Serendipity and Intuition in Genealogy
2 CONT               (Genealogical Publishing Company).
1 NOTE               For example, an Ontario man kept dreaming of a portrait
2 CONT               of his grandfather - a painting no one believed had ever
2 CONT               existed.  Then, while sightseeing in an English castle,
2 CONT               he was amazed to find the portrait of his dreams..
1 NOTE               Another genealogist, searching in a library in vain
2 CONT               for references to an eighteenth-century relative,
2 CONT               was startled when a book fell from a shelf onto her
2 CONT               head.  Idly leafing through the tome, she quickly
2 CONT               spotted Revolutionary War records documenting her
2 CONT               ancestor's life.
1 NOTE               But Cornell University psychologist Thomas Gilovich
2 CONT               who has studied seemingly meaningful coincidences,
2 CONT               says that statistically these spooky genealogical
2 CONT               tales aren't evidence of a contact with the other
2 CONT               side but rather "completely in the realm of chance"
2 CONT               --Sherry Baker
1 NOTE                          Absolutely. Sure. You Betcha.
2 CONT                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE                                    Read on.
1 NOTE                      [TIME FRAME: July through November, 1969]
1 NOTE                                   Chapter 24
2 CONT                       Brand New Pure, Recycled De Ja Vu'
1 NOTE       I guess Bonnie had read my mind in our brief conversation about
2 CONT     Jerome, Arizona.  I had made it clear to her that I intended to go
2 CONT     there some day.  She had rented her own place in Jerome and made it
2 CONT     into a home. A sabbatical to Jerome had been almost insisted on by one
2 CONT     of the more mystical young friends of our hippie "family" about a year
2 CONT     or so before.  He spoke to me of Jerome and Sedona as though it were
2 CONT     to be my Mecca.  I supposed then that he knew something I didn't.
2 CONT     Twenty five years later, I am certain that he did.
1 NOTE       I need to mention Bonnie's last name here, although I have avoided
2 CONT     names in most of this story.  She claimed to have been an adopted
2 CONT     child. Her last name was Slagle.
1 NOTE       There was an incredibly spooky feeling about the place and not just
2 CONT     because it was a ghost town.  The feeling of having been there before
2 CONT     was almost like coming home - or perhaps like having never left. I
2 CONT     discovered later, perhaps it was a part of the collective memory that
2 CONT     most of us presume to carry around with us from earlier generations.
1 NOTE       I knew little or nothing of my family history at the time.  I
2 CONT     discovered through family genealogy many years later, that in the
2 CONT     nearby town of Cottonwood, my great-grandfather Benjamin Nathaniel had
2 CONT     lived and my grandfather Claud had been born. I was re-tracing the
2 CONT     footsteps of my ancestry.  I was instinctively delving my roots.
1 NOTE       Deja Vu' - my taste of eternity, just about consumed me during the
2 CONT     times that my black friend Ed and I would take our meals at a farm
2 CONT     along the Verde river.  We would enjoy fresh vegetables such as corn
2 CONT     on the cob or melons, right in the field.  It was raw, delicious and
2 CONT     very satisfying. The Deja Vu' was unexplainable at the time but I came
2 CONT     to learn later that BOTH sides of my family tree were represented in
2 CONT     the local history.  My great-great grandfather Alexander Strahan had
2 CONT     owned a large stretch of land next to the Verde river where I was
2 CONT     feasting and exploring.  He and I were probably fed from the same farm.
1 NOTE       I never knew these things until some 25 years later, but I was
2 CONT     happily exploring the ground where TWO of my great-granfathers had
2 CONT     lived and worked.  The gulch house and most of the buildings in
2 CONT     historic Jerome Arizona were quite probably visited by them in their
2 CONT     own times, more than 100 years before. The Strahan sons were into
2 CONT     mining, it is told.  The Phelps-Dodge mine was indeed, the driving
2 CONT     force of the local economy until its closure in the 1950's.  It is
2 CONT     quite likely that my ancestors on both sides of the family, worked
2 CONT     there.
1 NOTE       Deja Vu'?  Did I mention Deja Vu'?  My great-grandfather Alexander
2 CONT     Strahan had in fact, donated the land for a local cemetary and a local
2 CONT     school in Cottonwood where my grandfather Claud Wortham was born. The
2 CONT     name of Alexander Strahan's wife?  (look again at the second
2 CONT     paragraph).
1 NOTE                          His wife was Melinda Slagle.
1 NOTE                     DONATIONS TO THE FAMILY OF RON WORTHAM
1 NOTE     Since there was not time to publish this on CD, it is not practical to
2 CONT     charge for this collection. "The Genesis of Wortham" represents several
2 CONT     years of serious daily WORK in it's assemblage.  If you would like to
2 CONT     make a donation to my family, please do so with my blessings.
1 NOTE     Please make your check to:
1 NOTE     Debby or Dustin Wortham
2 CONT     Route 1 Box 1-A
2 CONT     Sadler, TX
2 CONT     76264-9701
1 NOTE     Thank you.          Ron Wortham
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 543, 544, 682.
1 ADDR Ron and Debby Wortham
2 CONT Route 1 Box 1-A
2 CONT 117 North Main Street
2 CONT Sadler, TX
2 CONT 76264
1 PHON (903) 564-5401  Before 9PM CST, please.
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F3@
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Deborah Eileen /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Public School Librarian
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1949
2 PLAC Harris hospital - Fort Worth, Texas
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Englewood Methodist Church - Ft. Worth
1 NOTE Deborah goes by "Debby" and her middle name Eileen is mis-spelled in one
2 CONT publication referencing the John Shirley families of South Carolina.
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME Summer Rose /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 AUG 1984
2 PLAC Northeast Community - Hurst, Texas
1 BAPM
2 DATE  0 AUG 1989
2 PLAC Cornerstone Of Faith - Fort Worth, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Decatur - Wise county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE 21 DEC 1996
2 PLAC Sadler cemetery - Grayson county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE     There is a place where you can always have fun. It is a place where
2 CONT     most people get lost.  You can argue with it and debate.  It is a
2 CONT     place where you keep secrets and feelings.  This place is also a
2 CONT     thing.  It can get you in trouble and can tell the truth.  Everyone
2 CONT     has one.  Some are weak and some strong.  It is a place to cry when
2 CONT     you don't want to use your eyes.  No matter where you go or how far you
2 CONT     get in life, ths special thing will always be there.  If you do not
2 CONT     keep care of this thing you could die.  Before you can love this thing
2 CONT     and understand it you must love yourself and know yourself.  This thing
2 CONT     gets you through life. Most people have discovered this thing, but
2 CONT     many have not.  Your whole life depends on this, so be prepared
2 CONT     because sometimes even your greatest ability will backfire This special
2 CONT     thing is your heart.  Emotionally and internally, this special thing
2 CONT     gets you through life.
1 NOTE      Summer Rose Wortham           August 14, 1984
2 CONT                                  December 17, 1996              Age 12
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Summer's tomstone contains four generations of genealogy.
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Dustin Bartell /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1986
2 PLAC Northeast Community - Hurst, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 544.
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Ronald Micah /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 OCT 1990
2 PLAC Harris Methodist - HEB Bedord, Texas
1 BAPM
2 DATE 11 NOV 1990
2 PLAC Baptized at home by his father.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 NOV 1990
2 PLAC At home 117 North Main Sadler, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE 14 NOV 1990
2 PLAC Sadler - Grayson county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Infant death at 23 days, due to genetic birth defects.
2 CONT Micah's tombstone reads;    "A Time So Brief - A Life So Full"
2 CONT Micah was a trisomy 18 baby with numerous anomolies, some fatal.  However, his
2 CONT brief life united several families, churches and communities.  He was buried
2 CONT at the feet of his great-grandmother Audrey Mc Neil, whose home he died in.
1 NOTE                                 MICAH'S LITANY
2 CONT                            A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
2 CONT                               (by Debby Wortham)
1 NOTE              MICAH:  Dear Father, For my 23 days upon your glorious earth
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  We give thanks, O Lord.
1 NOTE              MICAH:  For creating me so wonderfully
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  We give thanks, O Lord.
1 NOTE              MICAH:  For perfecting your power through my physical weakness
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  We give thanks, O Lord.
1 NOTE              MICAH:  For the incredible love and tenderness given me by all
2 CONT                      my care givers, especially Mee-Maw Inez
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  We give thanks, O Lord.
1 NOTE              MICAH:  For using my broken body to break the hearts of so
2 CONT                      many people, so to draw them closer to you
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  We give thanks, O Lord.
1 NOTE              MICAH:  For constantly uplifting my mommy, my daddy, my
2 CONT                      sister, my brother and all close to me by your
2 CONT                      children's prayers and loving support
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  We give thanks, O Lord.
1 NOTE              MICAH:  For using me as your ambassador to promote the cause
2 CONT                      of Christ and unite a multitude of believers in close
2 CONT                      fellowship
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  We give thanks, O Lord.
1 NOTE              MICAH:  For allowing me to complete my ministry and return to
2 CONT                      your presence among all the hosts of heaven
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  We give thanks, O Lord.
1 NOTE              MICAH:  May my life point to the babe in the manger and bring
2 CONT                      glory and honor to the King of Kings and Prince of
2 CONT                      Peace this Christmas Season.
1 NOTE     BODY OF CHRIST:  Amen.
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME Carol Yvonne /Ethier/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? DEC 1945
2 PLAC Probably Dallas - Dallas county, Texas
1 NOTE Divorced in 1968.
1 FAMS @F2@
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Alice Nancy /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Educational Aide
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1924
2 PLAC Kingston, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F67@
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Claud  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Oklahoma Dept. Highways
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 MAR 1884
2 PLAC Cottonwood - Yavapai county, Arizona
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 APR 1958
2 PLAC Quinton - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 24 APR 1958
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Claud is the correct spelling, there was no middle name.  He often used the
2 CONT nickname of "C.W. Wortham" or "Claud W. Wortham".
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 537.
1 FAMS @F48@
1 FAMS @F49@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Flora Ester /Cox/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1888
2 PLAC Kennedy (Indian Territory) Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1911
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 26 OCT 1911
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F48@
1 FAMC @F174@
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Owen Ezra /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU U.S. Army
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1915
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 MAY 1996
2 PLAC San Antonio - Bexar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE 28 MAY 1996
2 PLAC Fort Sam Houston - Bexar county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection" erroneously has Owen listed as deceased in 1919.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 537.
1 FAMS @F148@
1 FAMS @F79@
1 FAMS @F219@
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Otis William /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JAN 1926
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1925 - 1929  President in office is Calvin Coolidge.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 537.
1 FAMS @F149@
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Orville Donnie /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 NOV 1923
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE One of our more thorough and consistant genealogists of this line.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Pages 539, 540.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1921 - 1923  President in office is Warren G. Harding
1 ADDR Orville Donnie Wortham
2 CONT 1911 Dicey Road
2 CONT Weatherford, TX
2 CONT 76086
1 PHON (940) 594-2922
1 FAMS @F80@
1 FAMS @F101@
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Onial Claud /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 AUG 1930
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1933 - The Gold Standard is abolished.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 541.
1 ADDR Onial and Doris Wortham
2 CONT 1610 Somerset Way
2 CONT Van Buren, AR
2 CONT 72956
1 PHON (   )    -
1 FAMS @F81@
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME Ina Evelyn /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 OCT 1918
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 DATE CA 1929
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 ADDR Ina Wortham Norman
2 CONT 800 Warwick
2 CONT Bedford, TX
2 CONT 72956
1 PHON (817) 283-3564
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Lillian Francille /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1932
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F66@
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Lowe L. /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Teacher - Ft. Worth ISD
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUN 1923
2 PLAC Bentonville - Benton county, Arkansas
1 NOTE   According to Lowe the initial "L." has no signifigance regarding any middle
2 CONT name.  It is simply an initial.
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Inez  /Hester/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Housewife
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 AUG 1922
2 PLAC Holly Creek, Oklahoma
1 NOTE Audrey had wanted to name Inez "Augustine".  Her aunt Ethel wanted Audrey to
2 CONT name her "Eileen".  James Herbert said no, that he didn't want her to have a
2 CONT long name, therefore Inez has no middle name either.  Audrey and Inez used to
2 CONT tell a funny story about Inez' birth;  When she was born, she had a long, full
2 CONT head of very dark hair.  The doctor's wife who served as nurse and midwife was
2 CONT so impressed, she combed it over Inez' face.  When Audrey saw her baby for the
2 CONT first time, she thought her head was on backwards.  It made her very angry!
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Patricia Ann /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Bank Officer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAR 1955
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca Jean /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Housewife
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 OCT 1958
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F6@
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Lou /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Diaconal Minister (Meth)
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 SEP 1959
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Richard Michael /Morris/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU CEO - Youth Enrichment
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1956
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME Jacob Michael /Morris/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 JUL 1980
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F6@
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Michelle Nicole /Morris/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 APR 1984
1 FAMC @F6@
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Bennie L. /McMinn/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Baptist Ministry
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 NOV 1955
2 PLAC Mineral Wells - Paolo Pinto county, TX
1 FAMS @F7@
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Michael  /McMinn/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1974
1 FAMC @F7@
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME John G. /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Merchant, Rancher, R.E.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAR 1846
2 PLAC Copiah County, Mississippi
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 AUG 1930
2 PLAC Perrin - Jack county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Perrin - Jack county, Texas
1 FAMS @F8@
0 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Capers /Shirley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1846
2 PLAC Correll County, Mississippi
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1926
2 PLAC Perrin - Jack county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Perrin - Jack county, Texas
1 FAMS @F8@
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME John William /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 SEP 1870
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1963
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Blackwell - Nolan County, Texas
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME Minnie M. /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 FEB 1872
2 PLAC Johnson County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1961
2 PLAC Perrin - Jack county, Texas
1 FAMS @F13@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME Mary E. /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 MAY 1874
2 PLAC Johnson County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 SEP 1944
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Mathis /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 FEB 1876
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 JUL 1940
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Rose Hill cemetery - Fort Worth, Texas
1 FAMS @F19@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Shirley Newton /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Doctor/Physician
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 APR 1878
2 PLAC Parker County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? NOV 1936
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMS @F33@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME Oscar Newton /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 MAR 1880
2 PLAC Parker County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 JUL 1897
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Addie L. /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 NOV 1884
2 PLAC Parker County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMS @F37@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME Walter Newton /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Retired - Mobil Oil Co.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1897
2 PLAC Bethesda, N. of Garner, Texas
1 FAMS @F9@
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Sallie  /Jackson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1898
1 FAMS @F9@
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME Bessie  /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1926
2 PLAC Blackwell - Nolan County, Texas
1 FAMS @F10@
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME James W. /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Wholesale Pharmaceuticals
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1933
2 PLAC Roscoe, Texas
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Jennings W. /Carter/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1922
1 FAMS @F10@
0 @I41@ INDI
1 NAME Jonna  /Carter/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 MAR 1948
2 PLAC Hobbs, New Mexico
1 FAMC @F10@
0 @I42@ INDI
1 NAME Reta  /Lawrence/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JUL 1931
2 PLAC Waxahachie - Ellis county, Texas
1 FAMS @F11@
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME Cynthia  /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 APR 1961
2 PLAC Abilene - Taylor county, Texas
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME Lori  /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1963
2 PLAC Abilene - Taylor county, Texas
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME Horace W. /Ratliff/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1920
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1969
2 PLAC Yuma - Yuma county, Arizona
1 FAMS @F12@
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME Ruth  /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1904
1 FAMS @F12@
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME Frank K. /Benson/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer, rancher
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1860
2 PLAC Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 NOV 1936
2 PLAC Perrin - Jack county, Texas
1 FAMS @F13@
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME Ottie Mae /Benson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 AUG 1902
2 PLAC Whitt, Texas
1 FAMS @F14@
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME William Vernon /Cummins/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Federal Reserve Bank
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1900
2 PLAC Milam - Gibson county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1961
2 PLAC Irving - Dallas county, Texas
1 FAMS @F14@
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME Phillip Frank /Cummins/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1936
2 PLAC Dallas - Dallas county, Texas
1 FAMS @F15@
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME Amber Jane /Harris/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1940
1 FAMS @F15@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Lillian Jane /Cummins/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1958
2 PLAC Wilmington, California
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME Cynthia Ann /Cummins/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 SEP 1961
2 PLAC Wilmington, California
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME Melanie Jane /Cummins/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 JUN 1963
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME George W. /Doss/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Doctor, Pastor, Rancher
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1861
2 PLAC Atlanta - Fulton county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? JAN 1935
2 PLAC San Benito, Texas
1 FAMS @F16@
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME Inez  /Doss/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JUL 1905
2 PLAC Greer County, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 JUN 1906
2 PLAC Greer County, Oklahoma
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Christel /Doss/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JUN 1915
2 PLAC Sayer, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME Chester A. /Gibbs/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAR 1916
2 PLAC Roscoe, Texas
1 FAMS @F17@
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME Carolyn Francis /Gibbs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAY 1940
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMS @F18@
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I60@ INDI
1 NAME Bryan David /Gibbs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 NOV 1948
2 PLAC Oakland, California
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I61@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Lee /Collier/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1939
1 FAMS @F18@
0 @I62@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Lee /Collier/
1 TITL III
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 JAN 1963
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I63@ INDI
1 NAME Agnes Gertrude /Mauzey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAR 1887
2 PLAC Alma, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 MAY 1959
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Rose Hill cemetery - Fort Worth, Texas
1 FAMS @F19@
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I64@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Ned /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU U.S. Navy 1941-45
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 DEC 1905
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMS @F20@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I65@ INDI
1 NAME John G. /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1907
2 PLAC Decker - Nolan county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1973
2 PLAC Moore Memorial Garden, Arlington, Texas
1 FAMS @F21@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I66@ INDI
1 NAME Shirley Crow /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU U.S. Coast Guard 1944-45
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 SEP 1909
2 PLAC Decker - Nolan county, Texas
1 FAMS @F24@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I67@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Louise /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU School Librarian/Educator
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1912
2 PLAC Blackwell - Nolan County, Texas
1 FAMS @F27@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I68@ INDI
1 NAME Grace Blanche /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1914
2 PLAC Hollis - Harmon county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F28@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I69@ INDI
1 NAME Flora Virginia /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUL 1921
2 PLAC Erick, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F30@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I70@ INDI
1 NAME Arabell  /Lee/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 SEP 1909
2 PLAC Palo Pinto - Palo Pinto county, Texas
1 FAMS @F20@
0 @I71@ INDI
1 NAME Charla Lee /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1944
2 PLAC Corpus Christi, Texas
1 FAMS @F40@
1 FAMS @F41@
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I72@ INDI
1 NAME Vivian Irene (Twins)/Banks/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Sales
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 SEP 1913
2 PLAC Maypearl, Texas
1 FAMS @F21@
1 FAMC @F1520@
0 @I73@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret Ann /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 SEP 1942
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F22@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I74@ INDI
1 NAME Betty Carolyn /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Occupational Therapist
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 DEC 1945
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F23@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I75@ INDI
1 NAME Jerry Frank /Berger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 JUN 1940
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F22@
0 @I76@ INDI
1 NAME Amy Renee /Berger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 JUN 1964
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I77@ INDI
1 NAME Julie Ann /Berger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JUN 1962
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I78@ INDI
1 NAME Willis M. /Yandell/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU U.S. Navy 1964-71
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 NOV 1943
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 FAMS @F23@
0 @I79@ INDI
1 NAME Georgia Beth /Yandell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 DEC 1964
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F1519@
1 FAMC @F23@
0 @I80@ INDI
1 NAME Odessa Pauline /Bradshaw/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1919
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 FAMS @F24@
0 @I81@ INDI
1 NAME Shirlene  /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 APR 1938
2 PLAC Muenster, Texas
1 FAMS @F25@
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I82@ INDI
1 NAME James Mathis /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1941
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 FAMS @F26@
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I83@ INDI
1 NAME Gary Lin /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1950
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I84@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Knight/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1933
2 PLAC Garner, Texas
1 FAMS @F25@
0 @I85@ INDI
1 NAME William Mathis /Knight/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1959
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I86@ INDI
1 NAME Roland Scott /Knight/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 MAR 1962
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I87@ INDI
1 NAME Joe Blake /Knight/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 JAN 1965
2 PLAC Saltillo, Texas
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I88@ INDI
1 NAME Bonnie  /Byers/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1944
1 FAMS @F26@
0 @I89@ INDI
1 NAME Cathy  /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1961
1 NOTE   Cathy is Bonnie Byers' child by a former marriage.  Uncertain as to legal
2 CONT adoption.
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I90@ INDI
1 NAME J. Newt /Thompson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1841
1 FAMS @F1442@
0 @I91@ INDI
1 NAME Cynthia Lou /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 MAR 1964
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I92@ INDI
1 NAME Christene  /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 MAR 1965
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I93@ INDI
1 NAME Harry Bartell /Enochs/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU U.S. Army 1941-45
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JAN 1913
2 PLAC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 FAMS @F27@
0 @I94@ INDI
1 NAME Durrell A. /Dallas/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAR 1903
2 PLAC Shannon, Mississippi
1 FAMS @F28@
0 @I95@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Gertrude /Dallas/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 OCT 1939
2 PLAC Osceola, Arkansas
1 FAMS @F29@
1 FAMC @F28@
0 @I96@ INDI
1 NAME Durrell A. /Dallas/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 OCCU U.S. Army 1964-67
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUN 1941
2 PLAC Osceola, Arkansas
1 FAMS @F42@
1 FAMC @F28@
0 @I97@ INDI
1 NAME James Kenneth /Edmondson/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1938
1 FAMS @F29@
0 @I98@ INDI
1 NAME James Kenneth /Edmonson/
1 TITL III
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JUL 1963
2 PLAC West Memphis, Arkansas
1 FAMC @F29@
0 @I99@ INDI
1 NAME Gregory Dallas /Edmondson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1965
2 PLAC West Memphis, Arkansas
1 FAMC @F29@
0 @I100@ INDI
1 NAME Donald William /Long/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU U.S. Navy 1942-46
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 OCT 1921
2 PLAC Pipestone, Minnesota
1 DEAT
2 DATE  3 APR 1991
2 PLAC Pipestone, Minnesota
1 FAMS @F30@
0 @I101@ INDI
1 NAME Roderick Ashley /Long/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU National Guard 1969
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAR 1949
2 PLAC Pipestone, Minnesota
1 FAMS @F43@
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I102@ INDI
1 NAME Shauna Vee /Long/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU U.S Navy 1973
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 FEB 1950
2 PLAC Pipestone, Minnesota
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I103@ INDI
1 NAME Sheila Louise /Long/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUL 1955
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I104@ INDI
1 NAME Wilma Fern /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1927
2 PLAC Erick, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F31@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I105@ INDI
1 NAME Alva B. /Mahaney/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 FEB 1926
2 PLAC Alvarado, Texas
1 FAMS @F31@
0 @I106@ INDI
1 NAME Beverly Kay /Mahaney/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JAN 1952
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F31@
0 @I107@ INDI
1 NAME Brandle Lee /Mahaney/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 SEP 1960
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F31@
0 @I108@ INDI
1 NAME Gladys Lucille /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JUN 1930
2 PLAC Booneville, Arkansas
1 FAMS @F32@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I109@ INDI
1 NAME David Louis /Hill/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Bell Helicopter, Textron
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 FEB 1927
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F32@
0 @I110@ INDI
1 NAME Karmen Gayle (Twin)/Hill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 MAR 1951
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 NOTE Karmen and Karen are twins.
1 FAMS @F65@
1 FAMC @F32@
0 @I111@ INDI
1 NAME Karen Lynne (Twin)/Hill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 MAR 1951
1 NOTE   Karmen and Karen are twins.
1 FAMS @F38@
1 FAMC @F32@
0 @I112@ INDI
1 NAME David Wayne /Hill/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 MAR 1953
1 FAMS @F44@
1 FAMC @F32@
0 @I113@ INDI
1 NAME May  /Eidson/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Treasurer - Nolan County
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1883
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 APR 1969
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMS @F33@
0 @I114@ INDI
1 NAME William Osler /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Mayor - Coleman, Texas
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 JUN 1905
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 APR 1965
2 PLAC San Angelo, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I115@ INDI
1 NAME Shirley May /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JUN 1908
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMS @F34@
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I116@ INDI
1 NAME James (Jimmie) Fletcher/Leach/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Postal Worker
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1914
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? JAN 1943
2 PLAC Corsica, Italy - WWII plane crash
1 BURI
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 FAMS @F35@
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I117@ INDI
1 NAME Elton D. /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Geologist - Standard Oil
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1904
1 FAMS @F34@
0 @I118@ INDI
1 NAME Dorris  /Webster/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1918
2 PLAC Sweetwater, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 JAN 1952
1 FAMS @F35@
0 @I119@ INDI
1 NAME Millard  /Leach/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1935
1 FAMC @F35@
0 @I120@ INDI
1 NAME Judy Lynn /Dacus/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1956
1 FAMS @F44@
0 @I121@ INDI
1 NAME William Cole /George/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer, Deputy Sheriff
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1881
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1941
2 PLAC Decker - Nolan county, Texas
1 FAMS @F37@
0 @I122@ INDI
1 NAME Grace  /George/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1904
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 APR 1907
1 FAMC @F37@
0 @I123@ INDI
1 NAME Jewell  /George/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUN 1910
2 PLAC Decker - Nolan county, Texas
1 FAMC @F37@
0 @I124@ INDI
1 NAME John Philip /Walker/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU U.S. Navy/Postal Service
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 APR 1951
2 PLAC Bellefontain, Ohio
1 FAMS @F38@
0 @I125@ INDI
1 NAME Colleen Faye /Walker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 DEC 1971
2 PLAC Charleston, North Carolina
1 FAMC @F38@
0 @I126@ INDI
1 NAME Ashley Beth /Walker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1973
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F38@
0 @I127@ INDI
1 NAME John Philip /Walker/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 NOV 1975
1 FAMC @F38@
0 @I128@ INDI
1 NAME Henry Clay /Mauzey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1850
2 PLAC Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 NOV 1917
2 PLAC Decker - Nolan county, Texas
1 NOTE MAUZEY is pronounced in the French vernacular "Mo-zay".
2 CONT Said to have been born on November 1st, but the year is indefinate.
1 FAMS @F39@
0 @I129@ INDI
1 NAME Amanda Elizabeth /Crow/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 SEP 1855
2 PLAC Mississippi
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1934
2 PLAC Decker - Nolan county, Texas
1 FAMS @F39@
0 @I130@ INDI
1 NAME Jennie  /Mauzey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1876
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I131@ INDI
1 NAME Maggie  /Mauzey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1876
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I132@ INDI
1 NAME Theo  /Mauzey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1877
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I133@ INDI
1 NAME W. Comstock /Mauzey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1879
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I134@ INDI
1 NAME Albert S. /Mauzey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1880
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I135@ INDI
1 NAME Ida  /Mauzey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1881
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I136@ INDI
1 NAME Jesse H. /Mauzey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1882
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I137@ INDI
1 NAME Merritt T. /Mauzey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1883
1 FAMC @F39@
0 @I138@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Fixel/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1940
1 FAMS @F40@
0 @I139@ INDI
1 NAME Sheila Diane /Fixel/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1967
2 PLAC Oklahoma City - Oklahoma co. Oklahoma
1 FAMC @F40@
0 @I140@ INDI
1 NAME Julie Lynn /Fixel/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 OCT 1969
2 PLAC Oklahoma City - Oklahoma co. Oklahoma
1 FAMC @F40@
0 @I141@ INDI
1 NAME George H. /Brown/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 APR 1946
2 PLAC Dayton, Ohio
1 FAMS @F41@
0 @I142@ INDI
1 NAME Michel Dewayne /Brown/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUL 1970
2 PLAC Oklahoma City - Oklahoma co. Oklahoma
1 FAMC @F41@
0 @I143@ INDI
1 NAME John Frank /Berger/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 APR 1969
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I144@ INDI
1 NAME Allison Lee /Berger/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 MAR 1972
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I145@ INDI
1 NAME John Thomas /Yandell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 JUN 1968
2 PLAC Idaho Falls - Bonneville county, Idaho
1 FAMC @F23@
0 @I146@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Louise /Mills/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 APR 1943
2 PLAC West Hartford, Connecticut
1 FAMS @F42@
0 @I147@ INDI
1 NAME Kelley Woodward /Dallas/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1970
2 PLAC Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1 FAMC @F42@
0 @I148@ INDI
1 NAME Courtney Mills /Dallas/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 JUL 1971
2 PLAC Wilmington, North Carolina
1 FAMC @F42@
0 @I149@ INDI
1 NAME Dora Dee /Leach/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1919
2 PLAC Bentonville - Benton county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 OCT 1922
2 PLAC Erick, Oklahoma
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I150@ INDI
1 NAME Donna Mae /Tabbert/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 SEP 1950
2 PLAC Jamestown, North Dakota
1 FAMS @F43@
0 @I151@ INDI
1 NAME Jackie De Lois/Norman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1941
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F152@
1 FAMS @F280@
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I152@ INDI
1 NAME John Anderson /Norman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1910
2 PLAC Coaldale, Arkansas
1 NOTE     Alexander Heath's wife, Emma Dale Glenn Slater, was previously married
2 CONT     to Hugh Slater. They had three children; Annie, William and Clifford
2 CONT     (Bud) Slater.  Hugh died about 1895.  Annie and Clifford (Bud) were the
2 CONT     living step-children of Alexander Heath, living children of Emma when
2 CONT     they married.  William had died previous to their marriage. Orville D.
2 CONT     Wortham was personally acquainted with Annie and Bud, when he was a
2 CONT     young boy.
1 NOTE     Alexander Heath Wortham gained possession of a cancer treatment for
2 CONT     skin cancer and used it for treating of patients in Pittsburg and
2 CONT     Haskell Counties, as well as other surrounding counties.  This practice
2 CONT     was at least during the 1930's and 1940's, and treatment has been
2 CONT     witnessed by several people, including Orville D. Wortham, Lillian
2 CONT     Lorene Mullens Wortham, John Anderson Norman, and Claud Wortham.  John
2 CONT     (Jack) Norman witnessed a cancer removed from the leg of a black man;
2 CONT     Orville Wortham witnessed Alexander Heath remove a cancer from the leg
2 CONT     of a black woman.  Alexander Heath and Emma were visiting with the
2 CONT     Claud Wortham family at Kinta, Oklahoma, seven miles from his home in
2 CONT     Quinton, when one of his patients drove up, and Alexander Heath went to
2 CONT     the car to treat the black woman's leg.  He took a knife and lifted the
2 CONT     black scab of the cancer, which had been previously treated with the
2 CONT     formula by him.  This was witnessed by Orville D. Wortham.
1 NOTE     Lillian Wortham gave copies of the formula, written in her
2 CONT     handwriting, to some of the family, which she obtained from Alexander
2 CONT     Heath before his death.  At least two copies in her handwriting are
2 CONT     known to exist---John A. Norman and Orville D. Wortham.  Other copies
2 CONT     have been made, and one was given to his granddaughter, Shirley
2 CONT     Armstrong, and one to Burnice Carter Williams, his daughter, duplicated
2 CONT     from the orignal in possession of Orville D. Wortham.
1 NOTE     The cancer remedy formula follows: Galangel, Blood Root, Sulphated
2 CONT     Zinc.  Mix equal parts with enough water to make a paste.  Apply on
2 CONT     gauze for about 12 hours.  Remove gauze and apply new gauze with pure
2 CONT     vaseline until cancer comes out, being careful not to get infected. Can
2 CONT     be washed with peroxide.
1 NOTE     Lillian Wortham stated that she never knew of Alexander Heath's
2 CONT     treatment to fail to remove skin cancers.  He did receive payment for
2 CONT     his treatment, which today would be illegal and unethical, him not
2 CONT     being a licensed physician.
1 NOTE                              =Orville D. Wortham=
1 NOTE     (Following is the old Wortham family remedy for skin cancer re-typed
2 CONT     from Lillian's paper version and entered as computer data 18-Mar-1994)
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     I am Jack Norman, spouse of Ina Wortham Norman.
1 NOTE     We lived in Kinta Oklahoma in 1937 very near Ina's parents, Claude &
2 CONT     Lillian Mullens Wortham.  Claudes' father Benjamin Nathaniel & wife
2 CONT     Acenith Wortham lived closely also as this is a very small community.
1 NOTE     During this era there was no medical knowledge of a cure for skin
2 CONT     cancer.  Claudes brother Alexander Heath Wortham had this recipe for
2 CONT     removal of skin cancer.  Lillian got this recipe from Alexander Heath
2 CONT     Wortham and gave it to me in a little "Black & White Ointment" can.  In
2 CONT     Lillian's own writing we will share it with our readers.  I've kept
2 CONT     this about 54 years.
1 NOTE     I observed the cancer which uncle Heath removed from a large area of a
2 CONT     negro man's leg he had treated with this recipe and Ina recalls her
2 CONT     grandmother Acenith [Angeline Strahan] Wortham with a patch on her
2 CONT     cheek and a skin cancer removed from her face.
1 NOTE     In Lillian's own handwriting, are copies of her original which [we]
2 CONT     want to share with all of you.
1 NOTE     Jack & Ina Norman
2 CONT     March 15, 1994
1 NOTE     [NOTE: The handwritten document remains in Jack and Ina's posession
2 CONT     and has been photocopied on the version mailed to me. I am sure it will
2 CONT     be available at family reunions and eventually, through family
2 CONT     archives.] The text is emulated below, from a small scratch pad page.
1 NOTE      +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
2 CONT      |                                 |                                 |
2 CONT      |  Cancer Remedy                  |                                 |
2 CONT      |                                 |                                 |
2 CONT      |  Golangel                       |     1915                        |
2 CONT      |  Blood Root                     |   I saw Emma Wortham            |
2 CONT      |  Sulphated Zinc                 |   had a scar on her temple      |
2 CONT      |  Mix equal parts with           |   and learned she had           |
2 CONT      |  enough water to make           |   a cancer there and it         |
2 CONT      |  a paste.                       |   was removed with this         |
2 CONT      |  Apply on gauze for             |   remedy.                       |
2 CONT      |  about 12 hrs, remove           |   So her husband Heath          |
2 CONT      |  gauze and apply new            |   took care of the recipe and   |
2 CONT      |  gauze with Vasaline            |   removed cancer for            |
2 CONT      |  until cancer comes             |   several people once in        |
2 CONT      |  out, being careful not         |   a while.  Never knew          |
2 CONT      |  to get infected.               |   of it to fail.                |
2 CONT      |  Can be washed with             |            Lillian Wortham      |
2 CONT      |  peroxide.                      |                                 |
2 CONT      |  [unreadable text for one line] |  March 17, 1983                 |
2 CONT      |                                 |                                 |
2 CONT      +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
1 NOTE                     From Compton's electronic encyclopedia:
1 NOTE     BLOODROOT.  One of the loveliest but most fragile of spring flowers is
2 CONT     the bloodroot. In April and May it pushes its delicate white blossom
2 CONT     upward, wrapped in silver-green leaves, in open woodlands from Canada
2 CONT     to Florida and west to Nebraska and Arkansas The first warm sunshine
2 CONT     opens the flower. It has yellow stamens and from 8 to 12 white petals;
2 CONT     but rain or wind soon blows the petals away. The plant is named for the
2 CONT     red juice which oozes from broken stems and roots. In older days it was
2 CONT     taken on a lump of sugar to cure coughs and colds. The dried roots
2 CONT     (called sanguinaria) contain an alkaloid (sanguinarin) which has
2 CONT     medicinal value as a etic, purge, and stimulant. The two-inch
2 CONT     (five-centimeter) blossoms grow on plants about eight inches (20
2 CONT     centimeters) high. The bloodroot is a perennial of the poppy family.
2 CONT     Its scientific name is Sanguinaria canadensis. (end Compton's)
1 NOTE     NOTE: Bloodroot is mentioned often in "Back to Eden" the famous book
2 CONT     of herbal remedies by Jethro Kloss.
1 NOTE     GALANGEL is another plant, the flowers of which are used in remedies
2 CONT     of all kinds.  In its powdered form, it is the same dark red color of
2 CONT     powdered bloodroot and has its own pungent smell. It is NOT mentioned
2 CONT     in "Back to Eden" or any other publication I have been able to research
2 CONT     in contemporary times (1994). I have tried several electronic
2 CONT     enclyclopedias on the subject.  An old copy of Webster's dictionary
2 CONT     mentioned it only in the context that it was often confused with other
2 CONT     plants and herbs.  As shown above it is sometimes spelled and
2 CONT     pronounced GOLANGEL.
1 NOTE     The third ingredient, the chemical Sulpated Zinc is a white powder
2 CONT     available commercially and labeled "Poison" in no uncertain terms.
1 NOTE     Family stories tell of large cancers being removed one woman's face
2 CONT     and a small one being removed from Acenith "Acie" Strahans once. It is
2 CONT     also said to work on horses.  Heath reportedly wanted the recipe kept
2 CONT     secret, hoping to perhaps, attain a patent for it.  His nephew Omar
2 CONT     said Heath often charged up to $15.00 for the treatment, a
2 CONT     considerable sum of money in those days.  As Lillian's notes show, it
2 CONT     was never known to fail. Heath often combined the ingredients with
2 CONT     Vaseline petroleum jelly, creating a salve.
1 NOTE     It would seem that this might be an early externally applied version
2 CONT     of the principals of chemotherapy.  Perhaps something in the mixture
2 CONT     has a purgative or even fatal effect on the parasitic flesh of cancer,
2 CONT     causing it to separate and die while the surrounding healthy tissue
2 CONT     survives.  Whatever, the reports of the cancerous flesh "falling away"
2 CONT     from the surrounding healthy tissue deserve notice.
1 NOTE     Please understand that this is being shared as a piece of family
2 CONT     history and is not intended as medical advice of any kind. It should be
2 CONT     said here that use of such a recipe or anything similar from any other
2 CONT     source of information requires some applied common sense; DO NOT
2 CONT     attempt this without the direct advice, counseling and prescription
2 CONT     quality ingredients, supplied by a professional physician.
1 NOTE                           --------------/------------
1 NOTE     Personal Rememberances:
1 NOTE     I recall as a child, walking the half-mile or so from the old Quentin
2 CONT     house across a small stream near the old smelter, to where Alexander
2 CONT     lived.  The stream was often frozen over and it was a real challenge to
2 CONT     walk across the ice without breaking through and getting soaked.  Of
2 CONT     course there was the bridge, but that required no courage.
1 NOTE     I used to go there whenever we visited, to read an encyclopedia called
2 CONT     "The Book Of Wonder" which was full of marvelous stories of things
2 CONT     relating to chemistry, physics and sociology.  It was written in such a
2 CONT     way as to be endlessly fascinating.  My father Omar, eventually bought
2 CONT     the entire set from "Heath" for thirty dollars.  It was exchanged for a
2 CONT     much newer (and very boring) set of encyclopedias years later.
1 NOTE     Heath and Emma were nice folk, always hospitable and a necessarily, a
2 CONT     little tolerant of me.  Some folks could be doing chores intead of
2 CONT     getting lost in books like that, you know.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMC @F738@
0 @I153@ INDI
1 NAME Jan  /Mahaney/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JAN 1956
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMC @F31@
0 @I154@ INDI
1 NAME Tina  /Mahaney/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 APR 1967
2 PLAC Cleburne - Johnson county, Texas
1 FAMC @F31@
0 @I155@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara Zean /Norman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 FEB 1939
2 PLAC Stigler - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE ZEAN with a "Z" is correct.
1 FAMS @F150@
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I156@ INDI
1 NAME Iris La Rue/Norman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1945
2 PLAC Grand Prairie - Dallas county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F154@
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I157@ INDI
1 NAME David Byron /Norman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 FEB 1951
2 PLAC Dallas - Dallas county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F199@
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I158@ INDI
1 NAME James Herbert /Hester/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer, carpenter
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1898
2 PLAC Foreman, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 AUG 1969
2 PLAC Sadler - Grayson county, Texas
1 FAMS @F46@
1 FAMC @F1517@
0 @I159@ INDI
1 NAME Audrey Johnnie /McNeal/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Telephone Operator
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 AUG 1900
2 PLAC Leesberg, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 JAN 1990
2 PLAC Sadler - Grayson county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Sadler - Grayson county, Texas
1 FAMS @F46@
1 FAMC @F2399@
0 @I160@ INDI
1 NAME Lillian Lorene /Mullens/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 OCT 1891
2 PLAC Mountain View - Stone county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 JAN 1990
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE  8 JAN 1990
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 NOTE Both Lillian and Claud had spouses who died before they married.  Lillian wore
2 CONT both wedding rings (almost identical wide-band plain gold), until her death.
1 NOTE                        EULOGY FOR LILLIAN LORENE WORTHAM
2 CONT                               By Orville Wortham
2 CONT                                January 8th, 1990
1 NOTE     Lillian Lorene Mullens Wortham, was born to George Monroe Mullens and
2 CONT     Arizona Clementine Wallace Mullens on October 6, 1891, in a small
2 CONT     community called "Bickles Cove", just outside of the town of Mountain
2 CONT     View, Arkansas. At the time she was about two years of age, she moved
2 CONT     with her parents to Indian Territory (Now Oklahoma). They lived there
2 CONT     until the year of 1895, and at the age of four, they moved to Sevier
2 CONT     County, the southwest part of Arkansas, bordering the now Oklahoma
2 CONT     State Line.
1 NOTE     Her father was a farmer, but used other talents he possessed to
2 CONT     supplement their income to support the family.
1 NOTE     Lillian started to school in 1897, at the age of six. In those days,
2 CONT     and in that part of the country, school houses were one-room
2 CONT     buildings, and all grades and ages were taught by one teacher.
1 NOTE     She recalls in her journal, excerpts from which I will now quote, some
2 CONT     of the personal experiences she remembered when she was a little girl.
2 CONT     She tells of spending the night with her girl friend; "And when the
2 CONT     friend's mother went to milk, I and my friend pulled a small twig from
2 CONT     a tree for which to make a tooth brush. We dipped the brushes into my
2 CONT     friend's mother's snuff can, and proceeded to clean our teeth with
2 CONT     them. My friend was accustomed to the practice, but it made me very ill
2 CONT     at my stomach. As the mother returned to the room, I was in the bed,
2 CONT     and my friend had hidden the brushes in the ashes of the fireplace.  We
2 CONT     did not fool her though, She knew why I was ill, and found the brushes
2 CONT     in the ashes. That snuff was enough for me.
1 NOTE     Another experience I had while a very young child was when I was
2 CONT     helping my mother make lye soap in a big, black kettle in the back
2 CONT     yard. I had been warned by her to stay away from the kettle, because of
2 CONT     the danger, but I wanted to be of service, and stirred the soap while
2 CONT     my mother was not present. Mother could readily tell that I has stirred
2 CONT     the soap, and had disobeyed her. I had always been taught not to lie,
2 CONT     but I denied disobeying her anyway, and then I got scared and hid under
2 CONT     the porch. Mom sent my older sister, Nancy, after me, and when she
2 CONT     pulled me out from under the porch, I promptly got one spanking for
2 CONT     lying, and another for stirring the soap. Momma didn't spank hard
2 CONT     though.
1 NOTE     I and my family moved back to Oklahoma (Indian Territory) in 1899,
2 CONT     after having sold our farm in Arkansas. We loaded up all of our
2 CONT     possessions in a covered wagon for the trip, and settled in a small
2 CONT     town called Owel. It was there that I saw people dance for the first
2 CONT     time, and heard my first talking machine--or record player.  The record
2 CONT     I heard was Momma Loves Her Little Black Baby Boy.
1 NOTE     We took a vacation to Arkansas to see relatives in 1900, and upon our
2 CONT     return Poppa was ready to move on to greener pastures. We left Indian
2 CONT     Territory and headed for South Texas, and settled temporarily near the
2 CONT     town of Mathis. Poppa didn't like snakes, prickly pears, hot weather,
2 CONT     etc., and soon was ready to load up the covered wagon again, and head
2 CONT     north for Matagorda County, Texas Most of the daylight hours were spent
2 CONT     in traveling, except on Saturday, on which day we stopped to wash
2 CONT     clothing and do other necessities. We didn't travel at all on Sundays;
2 CONT     trying to keep the Sabbath Day Holy. We spent the day resting and
2 CONT     listening to Poppa teach us about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Momma did
2 CONT     her cooking on a camp fire, and we had a tent in which to sleep.
1 NOTE     While living in the Hawley community in Matagorda County, I resumed my
2 CONT     schooling.  I received a special prize for making the "most head marks"
2 CONT     in spelling. I also received one for perfect attendance, and I was the
2 CONT     only person receiving that honor. My favorite subjects were arithmetic,
2 CONT     spelling, and geography.
1 NOTE     In 1907, I became a member of the Methodist church, as the result of
2 CONT     attending Camp meetings in the Hawley community.
1 NOTE     I was seventeen years of age, but rarely ever had a date. Poppa was
2 CONT     very particular about whom I dated. Few of the boys pleased him. I
2 CONT     remember one time I was to have a date, and my mother gave approval
2 CONT     without consulting with Poppa. I went to the porch and my young suitor
2 CONT     left in a big hurry with his horse and buggy when I told him that I
2 CONT     could not go. Poppa came running from the house, thinking that I bad
2 CONT     disobeyed him and went anyway, but he found me sitting on the edge of
2 CONT     the porch with the other children, laughing at his concern.
1 NOTE     Shortly afterward, I began dating a man a few years older than I, and
2 CONT     he seemed to meet with my parents approval. After about a year, I
2 CONT     married Cordon Moore on December 24, 1909.  Sadly, our marriage was to
2 CONT     last for only a short while, because Gordon died on January 21, 1911.
1 NOTE     After completing all the grades in Junior High School, I started to
2 CONT     business school in Victoria, Texas. I took the usual courses that a
2 CONT     secretary should take, and got my first job with a real estate company
2 CONT     in Louise, Texas. After working several months, I could take it no
2 CONT     longer. I had always been an out-doors, so I quit the job as a
2 CONT     secretary, and went to work helping bale hay.
1 NOTE     I worked at various jobs, making my own way. In 1912, my date took me
2 CONT     to see my first airplane. Had to pay to see it. I took my first car
2 CONT     ride in a car built by Martin Christenses, of El Campo, Texas.
1 NOTE     My parents had stayed in one place about as long as they could stand
2 CONT     it, so in 1912 they packed the covered wagon again and headed back to
2 CONT     Oklahoma. In 1914, I went along with my sister and her husband to
2 CONT     Oklahoma in July, via train, to visit my parents.  I had been informed
2 CONT     by my brother that there was a widower living near them, and he wagered
2 CONT     that I would marry him, if I went to Oklahoma.
1 NOTE     I first met this man, as he was on his cultivator, going to work in the
2 CONT     fields. The family lost no time in pointing him out to me. His name was
2 CONT     Claud Wortham.  He began courting me and soon thereafter we married on
2 CONT     December 26, l9l4. I had a ready-made family, as he had two very young
2 CONT     daughters - Eunice and Ora Dee by his deceased wife. I became very busy
2 CONT     at once helping to make crops, gardening, milking, sewing clothing for
2 CONT     my new children, and general caring for my family in other ways,
1 NOTE     I began having my own family soon after our marriage. Our first child
2 CONT     was born prematurely, and I was told he would not live. He weighed only
2 CONT     three pounds and maybe a few ounces. I gave him all my love, and took
2 CONT     good care of him, carrying him around on a pillow, and nursed him to
2 CONT     good health and a normal weight.
1 NOTE     During our first few years of marriage, we moved around quite a lot,
2 CONT     trying to make a living at farming, as our family increased regularly.
2 CONT     All of our moves were in the vicinity of Kinta, Oklahoma, such as
2 CONT     Edmond Chapel, Lona, etc. In the meantime, my parents moved back to
2 CONT     Texas, this time to stay.
1 NOTE     In March of 1919, our second little son, 2 year old Auldon, followed
2 CONT     his dad to his shop, where he had a forge for sharpening plows and
2 CONT     other blacksmith work for the farm. He climbed upon the forge, which
2 CONT     was made of cast iron, and pulled it over onto his stomach, causing
2 CONT     internal injuries, from which he died on March 22, 1919, and was buried
2 CONT     in San Bois Cemetery.
1 NOTE     We bought our first car - a Model T. Ford in 1921. We took our first
2 CONT     trip in it to visit my uncle John Wallace in Oklahoma, and then later
2 CONT     that year, in December, to visit my parents in Texas, and spend
2 CONT     Christmas with them. There were very few hard-surfaced roads at that
2 CONT     time, and it was quite an ordeal getting from place to place in a
2 CONT     Model-T Ford. I couldn't enjoy my stay for dreading the trip back.
1 NOTE     It was in August 1926, that we became city dwellers. We moved downtown
2 CONT     Kinta, Oklahoma, across the street from the public schools. Claud
2 CONT     became an employee of the State of Oklahoma, a job he was to hold for
2 CONT     approximately 2 years. We soon found that the house was too small for
2 CONT     our large family, and we found a large, two-story house for sale on 80
2 CONT     acres of 1and at the edge of town, which we bought. It kept all of us
2 CONT     busy farming, raising cattle, gardening and other related jobs.
1 NOTE     On December 21, 1932, our beautiful little daughter, Wilma Lee died,
2 CONT     and was buried in San Bois Cemetery. She was five years old. She had an
2 CONT     undiagnosed condition, and in spite of all the treatment the doctor
2 CONT     gave her, he could not make her well.  It was a very sad occasion for
2 CONT     me and all the family.
1 NOTE     During World War II, four of my five sons served in the Army and Navy.
2 CONT     The fifth one joined the army shortly after World War II ended, being
2 CONT     too young to serve during the war, I was so grateful to my Heavenly
2 CONT     Father that he watched over them, and brought them all back to me.
1 NOTE     By 1947, Claud's health began declining, and after much pain, we were
2 CONT     forced to sell the farm, Claud to resign his job, and move to a nearby
2 CONT     town of Quinton. Through an exploratory operation performed in Dallas,
2 CONT     Texas, his doctors announced that he had cancer, and had only six
2 CONT     months to live. The Doctor did not inform Claud of his diagnosis, or
2 CONT     prognosis, and neither the family. We did not accept the prognosis, and
2 CONT     kept living as normal life as we possibly could. We traveled from place
2 CONT     to place, visiting with the children and grandchildren, and on
2 CONT     sight-seeing vacations. Claud was in quite a lot of pain most of the
2 CONT     time, but he had a zest for life, and didn't give up easily. I tried to
2 CONT     make him as comfortable as possible, and although uncomfortable, he did
2 CONT     enjoy living.
1 NOTE     On April 22, 1958, about seven years after I was told that Claud would
2 CONT     live only about 6 months, I called all of the children home, except
2 CONT     Owen, who was in France in the Service. Claud embraced each one, told
2 CONT     them good-bye and passed on into his reward in heaven. He was a
2 CONT     fighter, a fine respectable man, a good father, and held in the highest
2 CONT     esteem by his friends and neighbors. He loved his family, and tried to
2 CONT     teach them by example that honesty, truthfulness and all other virtues
2 CONT     are necessary for a good and fruitful life. He was laid to rest in the
2 CONT     San Bois Cemetery on April 24, 1958.
1 NOTE     I spent the next few months visiting back and forth with my children. I
2 CONT     missed Claud so much, and felt so alone most of the time, in spite of
2 CONT     all the children, friends and others did for me to fill the void.
1 NOTE     I decided to accept the proposal of my daughter, Francille, and
2 CONT     son-in-law Larry, to build a house on a lot next door to their home in
2 CONT     Duncan, and the process began of selling my home in Quinton, building
2 CONT     my new home, and on April 30, 1959, I moved into my new house.
1 NOTE     I continued traveling back and forth, visiting with all of the
2 CONT     children, and kept busy most of the time, gardening, sewing, traveling
2 CONT     and oil painting.
1 NOTE     I and Claud and the family had been regular church goers since we were
2 CONT     married. Claud had joined the Methodist Church soon after we moved to
2 CONT     Kinta, and we rarely missed a Sunday attending after that. I had been
2 CONT     taught by righteous parents, who loved their Heavenly Father, and I
2 CONT     tried to instill that love into my children. I was not inclined or
2 CONT     pre-disposed to do evil in any way.
1 NOTE     I went to Texas to visit with the children, and while there I was
2 CONT     introduced to the Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of L.D.S.
2 CONT     They asked me If I would like to know more about their church. I agreed
2 CONT     that I did. I had little knowledge of the beliefs, but what I had heard
2 CONT     sounded good and reasonable to me, I crammed as much study and
2 CONT     instructions in to one week as I could, because I was to leave for
2 CONT     South Texas for the Christmas Holidays. I returned to Grand Prairie on
2 CONT     January 12, 1960, and received my testimony of the truthfulness of the
2 CONT     church through study and prayer, and was baptized on January 30, 1960
2 CONT     at Fort Worth, Texas. The Holy Spirit testified to me often that the
2 CONT     Lord was pleased with my actions, and I had only to listen to his
2 CONT     promptings, and be guided accordingly, and I would live a happy and
2 CONT     successful life."
1 NOTE         -------------===============[]======================-----------
1 NOTE     Sister Wortham, and I call her Sister Wortham because although she is
2 CONT     my mortal mother, we are in actuality brothers and sisters, literally
2 CONT     of our Heavenly Father. We are all children of our Heavenly Father, and
2 CONT     children of our Heavenly Father are all brothers and sisters. So, as I
2 CONT     was about to say, Sister Wortham was a sincere, dedicated church
2 CONT     member, and loves her Heavenly Father very much. She held a number of
2 CONT     positions in her Ward in Duncan, Oklahoma, and was always a faithful,
2 CONT     dependable worker. She at one time or another served as Pianist, Sunday
2 CONT     School Teacher, Visiting Teacher, Ist Counselor in the Relief Society,
2 CONT     and a Spiritual Living Teacher in the Relief Society. She was honored
2 CONT     by her Ward as being the oldest Visiting Teacher, going with her
2 CONT     companion regularly each month, unless ill or out of town, until she
2 CONT     was 95 years of age. That assignment was to visit three or four member
2 CONT     families each month to administer to their temporal and spiritual
2 CONT     needs, as well as teach.
1 NOTE     She was a very unselfish person, and gave freely of whatever she had to
2 CONT     help support her church and her community. Although she had a meager
2 CONT     income by most standards, she always paid her tithes and offering to
2 CONT     her church, and each year made additional donations to three or four
2 CONT     organizations, such as the Salvation Army, Boys' Town, and others. She
2 CONT     always was blessed for her generosity, and never wanted for anything
2 CONT     for the lack of money.
1 NOTE     She was also caring and giving to her children. As they grew up,
2 CONT     married, and had children, a room was made ready in her home at any
2 CONT     time it was needed for the birth of one of her grandchildren, and
2 CONT     during their stay, she nutured and cared for them until the new mother
2 CONT     was able to do for herself and the newborn. She often sewed for the
2 CONT     little grandchildren, making clothing for them that they might not have
2 CONT     had otherwise. She did this along with all of her other duties in
2 CONT     caring for a large house and family. In addition, he often cared for
2 CONT     those children while the parents worked.
1 NOTE     Sister Wortham was a counselor and adviser. Young mothers would go to
2 CONT     her for advice as to what to do about certain problems they were having
2 CONT     with their children.She not only would advise the mother, but would
2 CONT     often talk to the child involved concerning the problem. Many times she
2 CONT     was able to rectify a bad situation through her counsel and advice. She
2 CONT     never failed to advise her own children, even though grown, when she
2 CONT     felt that they were not on the right course.
1 NOTE     Sister Wortham was a person of good humor. Only recently, on her 98th
2 CONT     birthday celebration, I took her a new pair of glasses that we had
2 CONT     made for her by the optician, and as I put them onto her eyes, I asked
2 CONT     her if she could see better with them. She replied, "Oh yes, you are a
2 CONT     lot better looking than I thought you were".
1 NOTE     Sister Wortham was a women of talent. Shortly after her husband Claud
2 CONT     died, well up in age herself, she began a new hobby. She taught herself
2 CONT     to oil paint and painted dozens of pictures, most of which she gave
2 CONT     away to those who desired them. Others would bring a Print of a Picture
2 CONT     they would like her to paint, and she always obliged. On rare
2 CONT     occasions, she would sell one of her pictures, and use the money to buy
2 CONT     oil color supplies so that she could continue painting. She also was
2 CONT     very good at sewing, cooking, crocheting, gardening, and tating. She
2 CONT     learned to play the piano primarily from mail-order lessons.
1 NOTE     God promises us, "Honor your father and your mother that your days may
2 CONT     be long upon the earth". Sister Wortham honored her parents, always.
2 CONT     She loved them and respected them, and after her father died, she kept
2 CONT     her mother in her home, even during the time of Claud's ill health, she
2 CONT     kept her mother in her home months at a time, caring for her and
2 CONT     nurturing her in the things she needed.
1 NOTE     Due to her advanced age, and declining health, Sister Wortham was
2 CONT     forced to give up her home in Duncan, Oklahoma, and moved into a local
2 CONT     nursing home in March, 1989. She made the best that she could of the
2 CONT     situation, but was never happy with the circumstances under which she
2 CONT     lived. She was well loved by her children, and many friends in and out
2 CONT     of her church, and during the nine months before her death, she had
2 CONT     received over 500 visits in the home. It was those visits that made it
2 CONT     bearable for her as long as she lived.
1 NOTE     Sister Wortham died on January 6, 1990, at approximately 10:45 A.M.,
2 CONT     while in the nursing home, at the age of 98 years and 3 months. She was
2 CONT     a member of the Watauga Ward of the Church of jesus Christ of Later-Day
2 CONT     Saints. She is survived by the following five sons: Owen Wortham of
2 CONT     Marble Falls, Texas; Omar Wortham, Fort Worth, Texas; Orville Wortham,
2 CONT     Weatherford, Texas; Otis Wortham, Springfield, Ohio; Onial Wortham,
2 CONT     Midlothian, Texas. She leaves behind two daughters, Ina Norman,
2 CONT     Bedford, Texas; and Francille Clement, Duncan, Oklahoma; also two
2 CONT     living step-daughters, Ora Dee Ramsey, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Eunice Adams,
2 CONT     Hobart, Oklahoma. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren 13 step
2 CONT     Grand Children, 44 Great Grandchildren, 45 Step Great Grandchildren; 6
2 CONT     Great Great Grandchildren, and 45 step Great Great Grandchildren. She
2 CONT     has three sisters who survive her; Addie Ray, Knoxville, Tenn,;Ella
2 CONT     Hensley, Fordtran, Texrs, and Ethel Legg, Caldwell, Texas, and many
2 CONT     other relatives and a host of friends.
1 NOTE     I will miss her greatly, but I am not concerned about where she is. I
2 CONT     know where she is, and I can be with her again by following the example
2 CONT     she set for me.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F176@
1 FAMS @F49@
1 FAMC @F175@
0 @I161@ INDI
1 NAME Jefferson  /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 FEB 1840
2 PLAC Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1923
2 PLAC Lincoln - Washington County, Arkansas
1 FAMS @F50@
1 FAMS @F54@
0 @I162@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Jane /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1848
2 PLAC Brighton - Tipton County, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1877
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 FAMS @F50@
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I163@ INDI
1 NAME William Wortham /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1865
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1935
1 FAMS @F52@
1 FAMC @F50@
0 @I164@ INDI
1 NAME Drucilla  /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1870
2 PLAC Washington county, Arkansas
1 FAMS @F53@
1 FAMC @F50@
0 @I165@ INDI
1 NAME James Thomas /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1876
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1947
2 PLAC Washington county, Arkansas
1 FAMS @F51@
1 FAMC @F50@
0 @I166@ INDI
1 NAME Lellie Dee /Collins/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1880
1 FAMS @F51@
0 @I167@ INDI
1 NAME Efra  /Moore/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1870
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 FAMS @F52@
0 @I168@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1866
1 FAMS @F53@
0 @I169@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1847
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1923
1 FAMS @F54@
0 @I170@ INDI
1 NAME Jefferson II /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1880
1 FAMC @F54@
0 @I171@ INDI
1 NAME Bea  /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1882
1 FAMC @F54@
0 @I172@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin_Nathaniel "The Judge"/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Justice of Peace/Mailman
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 OCT 1850
2 PLAC Near Brighton - Tipton County, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1940
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 NOTE     Text of letters written by Benjamin N. Wortham to his brother, Thomas
2 CONT     Creed Wortham, copies of which are in the files of Orville D. Wortham,
2 CONT     grandson of Benjamin N.  The letters are un-edited, but paragraphed.
1 NOTE      Kinta, Okla
2 CONT      Oct. 17, 1910
1 NOTE      T.C.W. & Family;
1 NOTE     Deare Bro. and all.  It has been so long since I have written that I
2 CONT     am almost ashamed to write.  But you will please pardin me this leaves
2 CONT     all well hope are. We are so busey trying to gether our crops that we
2 CONT     have hardly time for any thing els have not geathered all of my corn
2 CONT     yet about half done picking cotton have out 4 Bales.  Cotton is a good
2 CONT     price about 14 to 4.50 pr hundred wish you were all out here to help us
2 CONT     there is lots of work here of all kinds, carpenter work 2.50 per day
2 CONT     common labor from 1.50 to 2.00 dol day
1 NOTE     I am running the cotton ware house again this year..doing very well
2 CONT     for me also am Justice of Peace have been for for a year get a little
2 CONT     out of it.  All of the Boys are doing very well Considering.  Claud has
2 CONT     the hardest time his wife is Still Sick. Took her to Dr. F. Smith last
2 CONT     Spring had an operation, but she Still is not able to her work.  Allie
2 CONT     & Family were out here in Sumer Horton Sold out in Texas, but went back
2 CONT     and Bought he is doing well had about five Thousan Dol. in money.
1 NOTE     Well Tom you all Pick up and come down and we will kill a Turkey and
2 CONT     Pig nex Sunday is my Birth Day will be Sixty I cant get off or I would
2 CONT     come up there I have to be here Every Day I (mean at Kinta) I go home
2 CONT     Every night have a hand helping me if you will come I will pay your R R
2 CONT     fair this time as I cant get off to Come up there Let me here from you
2 CONT     With much Love to all I close. Your Bro B. N. Wortham
1 NOTE      Kinta Okla
2 CONT      March 29th 1911
1 NOTE      Tom Lizzie Cread Ola & Babes
1 NOTE     Here I come with Love Greetings.  Hope you have recovered from all your
2 CONT     ailments and are happy.  We are not very well Lovie has been Sick and
2 CONT     Jewell Sick this morning colds is there troubles.  Acie has the Grunts
2 CONT     and unless we can get a remedy soon I feare it will Become cronic and
2 CONT     there is but one cure when in that Stage.  Travil and
2 CONT     that-----------------------you see.
1 NOTE     As to my Self I am just now convelisant from a very Severe attact of
2 CONT     Pill taken yesterday to remove a Pain from my Side and I'm telling it
2 CONT     moved around in another Place that made me feel like I had Swoled a
2 CONT     Package of Tax.  So for as know the rest are well.  We are farming our
2 CONT     corn is coming Up Earl is harrowing it got our cotton-----cleared ready
2 CONT     to plant have 35 acres of corn l0 oats 23 cotton.  We have fine Season
2 CONT     So far.
1 NOTE     Well Tom I sit up last night with old Mr. Edmon the man whose place I
2 CONT     lived on When you was out here he's very low has been Confined to his
2 CONT     room & bed for 14 months has Payralsis.  Claud's wife is not able to do
2 CONT     her house work yet.  Now I close with prayer that you all may flu for
2 CONT     reffuge in Him Who hath Said Look Unto Me and be ye Saved All ye Ends
2 CONT     Earth for I am God and there is none Els.  We are indulging in the Hope
2 CONT     that you will come to see us ere long.  Write Soon, Much Love, B. N.
2 CONT     Wortham.
1 NOTE     Summary of article appearing in the Muskogee Phoenix News, Muskogee,
2 CONT     Oklahoma, dated April 25, 1938, regarding celebration of 60th wedding
2 CONT     anniversary of Benjamin Nathaniel Wortham and Acenith (Acie) Strahan
2 CONT     Wortham, which occured on 21 April:
1 NOTE     "Kinta., April 25--Mr. and Mrs B. N. Wortham celebrated their 60th
2 CONT     wedding anniversary here last week. Married at Cincinnati, Ark., on
2 CONT     April 21, 1878, and there are 73 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren
2 CONT     and 10 children of the couple. Most returned for the celebration.
2 CONT     Couple outlived one son, 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
2 CONT     Mr. Wortham was Justice of Peace from statehood until 1930, when ill
2 CONT     health caused him to retire. Mr. Wortham was born in Tipton County,
2 CONT     Tennessee on 23 October 1850. Mrs. Wortham was born Jan 12, 1857, in
2 CONT     Fannin county, Texas.  Parents of both moved to Washington County,
2 CONT     Arkansas. They married there in 1878.  They moved to Arizona in
2 CONT     February 1884, and then to Stephenson county, Texas in 1887.  In 1889
2 CONT     they moved to Wise county and from there to Oklahoma in 1902.  They
2 CONT     have lived in Kinta since.  Mr. Wortham played in the band which won
2 CONT     first prize at the first decoration service commemorating the dead of
2 CONT     the southern army forces at Fayetteville, Ark., while he lived in
2 CONT     Washington County.  The band also played at the first State Fair held
2 CONT     in Muskogee, Oklahoma."
1 NOTE                             -----------/----------
1 NOTE     Benjamin Nathaniel Wortham was blind, caused from cataracts, from
2 CONT     about the age of 65, until his death.  He was taken to Fort Smith,
2 CONT     Ark., for an operation to remove the cataracts about 1933, but only had
2 CONT     partial vision for a short period of time until becoming totally blind
2 CONT     again.
1 NOTE     Benjamin Nathaniel Wortham was first postmaster in Summers, Ark.,
2 CONT     serving from June 1882 to October 1882.
1 NOTE     SOURCE: "Goodspeed Biographical & Historical Records of N. W. Arkansas,
2 CONT     page 322".
1 NOTE                              =Orville D. Wortham=
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE On their 60th anniversary in 1938 there was a gathering of the family for a
2 CONT celebration.  By then they had outlived 1 son and had fifteen grandchildren,
2 CONT and two great-grandchildren.  Benjamin was blind in his latter years.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 530.  From the records of Orville Wortham
1 FAMS @F55@
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I173@ INDI
1 NAME Acenith "Acie" Angeline/Strahan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1857
2 PLAC Honeygrove - Fannin county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 MAR 1940
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 29 MAR 1940
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE After the marriage they moved to Arizona (Cottonwood/Clarkdale/Jerome) in
2 CONT February of 1884.  They moved to Stephenson County, Texas in 1887, Wise County
2 CONT (Decatur?) in 1889 and from there to Oklahoma.  Kinta was their final home.
2 CONT Nickname "Acie" provided by grandaughter Freda Gill. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1889 - First jukebox plays for a nickle in San Fransisco.
1 FAMS @F55@
1 FAMC @F173@
0 @I174@ INDI
1 NAME Alexander Heath /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 FEB 1879
2 PLAC Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 APR 1959
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Alexander Heath claimed to have inherited a cure for skin cancer.
1 NOTE     Alexander Heath's wife, Emma Dale Glenn Slater, was previously married
2 CONT     to Hugh Slater. They had three children; Annie, William and Clifford
2 CONT     (Bud) Slater.  Hugh died about 1895.  Annie and Clifford (Bud) were the
2 CONT     living step-children of Alexander Heath, living children of Emma when
2 CONT     they married.  William had died previous to their marriage. Orville D.
2 CONT     Wortham was personally acquainted with Annie and Bud, when he was a
2 CONT     young boy.
1 NOTE     Alexander Heath Wortham gained possession of a cancer treatment for
2 CONT     skin cancer and used it for treating of patients in Pittsburg and
2 CONT     Haskell Counties, as well as other surrounding counties.  This practice
2 CONT     was at least during the 1930's and 1940's, and treatment has been
2 CONT     witnessed by several people, including Orville D. Wortham, Lillian
2 CONT     Lorene Mullens Wortham, John Anderson Norman, and Claud Wortham.  John
2 CONT     (Jack) Norman witnessed a cancer removed from the leg of a black man;
2 CONT     Orville Wortham witnessed Alexander Heath remove a cancer from the leg
2 CONT     of a black woman.  Alexander Heath and Emma were visiting with the
2 CONT     Claud Wortham family at Kinta, Oklahoma, seven miles from his home in
2 CONT     Quinton, when one of his patients drove up, and Alexander Heath went to
2 CONT     the car to treat the black woman's leg.  He took a knife and lifted the
2 CONT     black scab of the cancer, which had been previously treated with the
2 CONT     formula by him.  This was witnessed by Orville D. Wortham.
1 NOTE     Lillian Wortham gave copies of the formula, written in her
2 CONT     handwriting, to some of the family, which she obtained from Alexander
2 CONT     Heath before his death.  At least two copies in her handwriting are
2 CONT     known to exist---John A. Norman and Orville D. Wortham.  Other copies
2 CONT     have been made, and one was given to his granddaughter, Shirley
2 CONT     Armstrong, and one to Burnice Carter Williams, his daughter, duplicated
2 CONT     from the orignal in possession of Orville D. Wortham.
1 NOTE     The cancer remedy formula follows: Galangel, Blood Root, Sulphated
2 CONT     Zinc.  Mix equal parts with enough water to make a paste.  Apply on
2 CONT     gauze for about 12 hours.  Remove gauze and apply new gauze with pure
2 CONT     vaseline until cancer comes out, being careful not to get infected. Can
2 CONT     be washed with peroxide.
1 NOTE     Lillian Wortham stated that she never knew of Alexander Heath's
2 CONT     treatment to fail to remove skin cancers.  He did receive payment for
2 CONT     his treatment, which today would be illegal and unethical, him not
2 CONT     being a licensed physician.
1 NOTE                              =Orville D. Wortham=
1 NOTE     (Following is the old Wortham family remedy for skin cancer re-typed
2 CONT     from Lillian's paper version and entered as computer data 18-Mar-1994)
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     I am Jack Norman, spouse of Ina Wortham Norman.
1 NOTE     We lived in Kinta Oklahoma in 1937 very near Ina's parents, Claude &
2 CONT     Lillian Mullens Wortham.  Claudes' father Benjamin Nathaniel & wife
2 CONT     Acenith Wortham lived closely also as this is a very small community.
1 NOTE     During this era there was no medical knowledge of a cure for skin
2 CONT     cancer.  Claudes brother Alexander Heath Wortham had this recipe for
2 CONT     removal of skin cancer.  Lillian got this recipe from Alexander Heath
2 CONT     Wortham and gave it to me in a little "Black & White Ointment" can.  In
2 CONT     Lillian's own writing we will share it with our readers.  I've kept
2 CONT     this about 54 years.
1 NOTE     I observed the cancer which uncle Heath removed from a large area of a
2 CONT     negro man's leg he had treated with this recipe and Ina recalls her
2 CONT     grandmother Acenith [Angeline Strahan] Wortham with a patch on her
2 CONT     cheek and a skin cancer removed from her face.
1 NOTE     In Lillian's own handwriting, are copies of her original which [we]
2 CONT     want to share with all of you.
1 NOTE     Jack & Ina Norman
2 CONT     March 15, 1994
1 NOTE     [NOTE: The handwritten document remains in Jack and Ina's posession
2 CONT     and has been photocopied on the version mailed to me. I am sure it will
2 CONT     be available at family reunions and eventually, through family
2 CONT     archives.] The text is emulated below, from a small scratch pad page.
1 NOTE      +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
2 CONT      |                                 |                                 |
2 CONT      |  Cancer Remedy                  |                                 |
2 CONT      |                                 |                                 |
2 CONT      |  Golangel                       |     1915                        |
2 CONT      |  Blood Root                     |   I saw Emma Wortham            |
2 CONT      |  Sulphated Zinc                 |   had a scar on her temple      |
2 CONT      |  Mix equal parts with           |   and learned she had           |
2 CONT      |  enough water to make           |   a cancer there and it         |
2 CONT      |  a paste.                       |   was removed with this         |
2 CONT      |  Apply on gauze for             |   remedy.                       |
2 CONT      |  about 12 hrs, remove           |   So her husband Heath          |
2 CONT      |  gauze and apply new            |   took care of the recipe and   |
2 CONT      |  gauze with Vasaline            |   removed cancer for            |
2 CONT      |  until cancer comes             |   several people once in        |
2 CONT      |  out, being careful not         |   a while.  Never knew          |
2 CONT      |  to get infected.               |   of it to fail.                |
2 CONT      |  Can be washed with             |            Lillian Wortham      |
2 CONT      |  peroxide.                      |                                 |
2 CONT      |  [unreadable text for one line] |  March 17, 1983                 |
2 CONT      |                                 |                                 |
2 CONT      +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
1 NOTE                     From Compton's electronic encyclopedia:
1 NOTE     BLOODROOT.  One of the loveliest but most fragile of spring flowers is
2 CONT     the bloodroot. In April and May it pushes its delicate white blossom
2 CONT     upward, wrapped in silver-green leaves, in open woodlands from Canada
2 CONT     to Florida and west to Nebraska and Arkansas The first warm sunshine
2 CONT     opens the flower. It has yellow stamens and from 8 to 12 white petals;
2 CONT     but rain or wind soon blows the petals away. The plant is named for the
2 CONT     red juice which oozes from broken stems and roots. In older days it was
2 CONT     taken on a lump of sugar to cure coughs and colds. The dried roots
2 CONT     (called sanguinaria) contain an alkaloid (sanguinarin) which has
2 CONT     medicinal value as a etic, purge, and stimulant. The two-inch
2 CONT     (five-centimeter) blossoms grow on plants about eight inches (20
2 CONT     centimeters) high. The bloodroot is a perennial of the poppy family.
2 CONT     Its scientific name is Sanguinaria canadensis. (end Compton's)
1 NOTE     NOTE: Bloodroot is mentioned often in "Back to Eden" the famous book
2 CONT     of herbal remedies by Jethro Kloss.
1 NOTE     GALANGEL is another plant, the flowers of which are used in remedies
2 CONT     of all kinds.  In its powdered form, it is the same dark red color of
2 CONT     powdered bloodroot and has its own pungent smell. It is NOT mentioned
2 CONT     in "Back to Eden" or any other publication I have been able to research
2 CONT     in contemporary times (1994). I have tried several electronic
2 CONT     enclyclopedias on the subject.  An old copy of Webster's dictionary
2 CONT     mentioned it only in the context that it was often confused with other
2 CONT     plants and herbs.  As shown above it is sometimes spelled and
2 CONT     pronounced GOLANGEL.
1 NOTE     The third ingredient, the chemical Sulpated Zinc is a white powder
2 CONT     available commercially and labeled "Poison" in no uncertain terms.
1 NOTE     Family stories tell of large cancers being removed one woman's face
2 CONT     and a small one being removed from Acenith "Acie" Strahans once. It is
2 CONT     also said to work on horses.  Heath reportedly wanted the recipe kept
2 CONT     secret, hoping to perhaps, attain a patent for it.  His nephew Omar
2 CONT     said Heath often charged up to $15.00 for the treatment, a
2 CONT     considerable sum of money in those days.  As Lillian's notes show, it
2 CONT     was never known to fail. Heath often combined the ingredients with
2 CONT     Vaseline petroleum jelly, creating a salve.
1 NOTE     It would seem that this might be an early externally applied version
2 CONT     of the principals of chemotherapy.  Perhaps something in the mixture
2 CONT     has a purgative or even fatal effect on the parasitic flesh of cancer,
2 CONT     causing it to separate and die while the surrounding healthy tissue
2 CONT     survives.  Whatever, the reports of the cancerous flesh "falling away"
2 CONT     from the surrounding healthy tissue deserve notice.
1 NOTE     Please understand that this is being shared as a piece of family
2 CONT     history and is not intended as medical advice of any kind. It should be
2 CONT     said here that use of such a recipe or anything similar from any other
2 CONT     source of information requires some applied common sense; DO NOT
2 CONT     attempt this without the direct advice, counseling and prescription
2 CONT     quality ingredients, supplied by a professional physician.
1 NOTE                           --------------/------------
1 NOTE     Personal Rememberances:
1 NOTE     I recall as a child, walking the half-mile or so from the old Quentin
2 CONT     house across a small stream near the old smelter, to where Alexander
2 CONT     lived.  The stream was often frozen over and it was a real challenge to
2 CONT     walk across the ice without breaking through and getting soaked.  Of
2 CONT     course there was the bridge, but that required no courage.
1 NOTE     I used to go there whenever we visited, to read an encyclopedia called
2 CONT     "The Book Of Wonder" which was full of marvelous stories of things
2 CONT     relating to chemistry, physics and sociology.  It was written in such a
2 CONT     way as to be endlessly fascinating.  My father Omar, eventually bought
2 CONT     the entire set from "Heath" for thirty dollars.  It was exchanged for a
2 CONT     much newer (and very boring) set of encyclopedias years later.
1 NOTE     Heath and Emma were nice folk, always hospitable and a necessarily, a
2 CONT     little tolerant of me.  Some folks could be doing chores intead of
2 CONT     getting lost in books like that, you know.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 531.
1 FAMS @F56@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I175@ INDI
1 NAME James Horton /King/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 JAN 1877
2 PLAC Medina - Gibson couinty, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1977
2 PLAC Alvord - Wise county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Alvord - Wise county, Texas
1 FAMS @F57@
1 FAMC @F248@
0 @I176@ INDI
1 NAME Mattie M. (Lee)/Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAY 1882
2 PLAC Fayetteville - Washington co. Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 APR 1946
2 PLAC Hemet - Riverside county, California
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Family records are in posession of Carl Edward McKinley
1 FAMS @F58@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I177@ INDI
1 NAME Melinda "Lennie" /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 FEB 1886
2 PLAC Cottonwood - Yavapai county, Arizona
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1973
2 PLAC Stigler - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE There were 10 children by this marriage, 5 boys and 5 girls.
1 FAMS @F59@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I178@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Lizzy /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 FEB 1888
2 PLAC Auduban community - Wise County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 DEC 1967
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE  7 DEC 1967
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE There were eight children from this marriage.  Five boys and three girls.
2 CONT Four of these eight children were born on the 24th day of the month.  Two were
2 CONT born on the 24th of April, three years apart. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F60@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I179@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel Harman /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 JUL 1890
2 PLAC New Harp - Montague County, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 OCT 1891
2 PLAC New Harp - Montague County, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Infant death.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 530.
2 CONT Most of the data in this family has been provided by Orville Donnie Wortham.
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I180@ INDI
1 NAME Major Earl /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAY 1892
2 PLAC Forestburg - Montague county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 MAR 1949
2 PLAC McAlester - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 19 MAR 1949
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 545.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1889 - 1893  President in office is Benjamin Harrison.
1 FAMS @F61@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I181@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Lovie /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1895
2 PLAC Alvord - Wise county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1989
2 PLAC Broken Arrow - Tulsa county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Family records in posession of Orville Donnie Wortham.
1 FAMS @F62@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I182@ INDI
1 NAME Jewell Annie /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JUN 1897
2 PLAC Forestburg - Montague county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 FEB 1979
2 PLAC Tulsa - Tulsa county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 13 FEB 1979
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F63@
1 FAMS @F64@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I183@ INDI
1 NAME Emma Dale /Glenn/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1877
2 PLAC Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 JUL 1969
2 PLAC Quinton - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE  4 JUL 1969
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 FAMS @F132@
1 FAMS @F56@
0 @I184@ INDI
1 NAME Allie Mae /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 AUG 1880
2 PLAC Faidsel - Washington County, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 APR 1970
2 PLAC Alvord - Wise county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Alvord - Wise county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F57@
1 FAMC @F55@
0 @I185@ INDI
1 NAME Frank Romey /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Highway Const./Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 APR 1881
2 PLAC Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  3 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Holdenville - Hughes county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 15 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Hemet - Riverside county, California
1 FAMS @F58@
1 FAMC @F249@
0 @I186@ INDI
1 NAME Clarence Roy "Lonnie"/McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1883
2 PLAC Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 AUG 1962
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE  2 SEP 1962
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 NOTE Daughter Freda provided the nicknames "Lonnie" and "Lennie" -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: I lived within one quarter of a mile of Melinda
2 CONT     Wortham McKinley and was a frequent visitor at their home during my
2 CONT     growing-up years.  During that period of time, I never heard my aunt
2 CONT     and uncle-in-law addressed by any other name than "Lin" and "Clarence",
2 CONT     our "Aunt Lin" and "Uncle Clarence", by their nephews and neices.
2 CONT     Perhaps the nicknames of "Lonnie" and "Linnie" were used earlier in
2 CONT     their lives.
2 CONT                                =Orville Wortham=
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F59@
1 FAMC @F249@
0 @I187@ INDI
1 NAME Corneilius Jackson (Jack)/Reasnor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1885
2 PLAC Palo Pinto - Palo Pinto county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1941
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 17 MAY 1941
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F60@
1 FAMC @F200@
0 @I188@ INDI
1 NAME Henryetta "Etta" /Sharp/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 APR 1896
2 PLAC Blane - Saline county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 MAY 1990
2 PLAC Fort Smith - Sebastian county, Arkansas
1 BURI
2 DATE  5 MAY 1990
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 FAMS @F61@
1 FAMC @F204@
0 @I189@ INDI
1 NAME Earnest Anthony /Ward/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer/Rancher
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1892
2 PLAC Barlin - Sebastian county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JUL 1968
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 16 JUL 1968
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 FAMS @F62@
0 @I190@ INDI
1 NAME Sam  /Stigall/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1892
1 FAMS @F63@
0 @I191@ INDI
1 NAME Olen Edgar /Roberts/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 JUN 1895
2 PLAC Hartford - Sebastian county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1981
2 PLAC Quinton - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 12 MAR 1981
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 NOTE There were eight children by this marriage, 5 boys and three girls.
2 CONT Records are in posession of Orville Donnie Wortham.
1 FAMS @F64@
0 @I192@ INDI
1 NAME Dale  /Grimes/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Auto mechanic
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1947
2 PLAC Alton, IL
1 FAMS @F65@
0 @I193@ INDI
1 NAME Corey Dale /Grimes/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1986
2 PLAC Temple, Texas
1 FAMC @F65@
0 @I194@ INDI
1 NAME Haley  /Grimes/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1988
2 PLAC Temple, Texas
1 FAMC @F65@
0 @I195@ INDI
1 NAME Larry C. /Clement/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Haliburton Oil
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1928
2 PLAC Stigler - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F66@
0 @I196@ INDI
1 NAME Harium Boone /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Grave digger/gardener
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 FEB 1900
2 PLAC Madill - Marshall county Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1969
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE  2 JAN 1969
2 PLAC Parkdale cemetery - Arlington, Texas
1 NOTE Boone reportedly was on the crew that buried Lee Harvey Oswald at Rose Hill
2 CONT cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas in November of 1963.  Reports from his daughter
2 CONT Nancy, said that he was visibly very shaken about the ordeal and said "I never
2 CONT buried a man so fast in all my life".  For a considerable time, the subject
2 CONT was treated as taboo in the family and not spoken of. HARIUM may be HIRAM.
1 FAMS @F67@
1 FAMC @F374@
0 @I197@ INDI
1 NAME Lula Bessie /Young/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Housewife
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 JAN 1906
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1985
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Arlington Memorial cemetery
1 NOTE The pictures are from a wedding picture made in about 1922.
1 FAMS @F67@
1 FAMC @F316@
0 @I198@ INDI
1 NAME Wayne  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 MAR 1926
1 FAMS @F1297@
1 FAMC @F67@
0 @I199@ INDI
1 NAME Haskell  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 JAN 1929
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1992
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F1296@
1 FAMC @F67@
0 @I200@ INDI
1 NAME Vernon Ray (Sr.)/Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 APR 1930
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 APR 1996
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 FAMS @F379@
1 FAMC @F67@
0 @I201@ INDI
1 NAME Bessie Lucille /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 AUG 1934
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1987
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: There was a previous marriage with the father of Georgia.
1 FAMS @F68@
1 FAMC @F67@
0 @I202@ INDI
1 NAME Pauline (Polly) /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 FEB 1937
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: There was a previous marriage to the father of Patricia.
1 FAMS @F69@
1 FAMC @F67@
0 @I203@ INDI
1 NAME Carol Ansel /Brown/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 NOV 1928
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1968
1 FAMS @F68@
0 @I204@ INDI
1 NAME Georgia Nann /Brown/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 DEC 1949
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F376@
1 FAMC @F68@
0 @I205@ INDI
1 NAME Randy Carol /Brown/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1965
1 NOTE Randy was an adopted child.
1 FAMC @F68@
0 @I206@ INDI
1 NAME Albert (Jr.) /Tetterton/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 OCT 1933
2 PLAC Norfolk, Virginia
1 FAMS @F69@
0 @I207@ INDI
1 NAME Patricia Kay /Tetterton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAY 1952
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F384@
1 FAMC @F69@
0 @I208@ INDI
1 NAME Connie  /Tetterton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUN 1961
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 FAMS @F385@
1 FAMC @F69@
0 @I209@ INDI
1 NAME Liza Bell /Barker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1861
2 PLAC Brazil - Gibson county, Tennessee
1 FAMC @F1256@
0 @I210@ INDI
1 NAME Saphrona Caroline /Barker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1856
2 PLAC Brazil - Gibson county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Brazil - Gibson county, Tennessee
1 NOTE Was listed as Catherine in the 1860 census.
2 CONT From the notes of Fairy B. Edwards (TX).
1 FAMC @F1256@
0 @I211@ INDI
1 NAME Charles L. /Barker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1864
1 FAMC @F1256@
0 @I212@ INDI
1 NAME Clarence A. (Sr.)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Carnival operator
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1882
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1922
2 PLAC Cincinnatti, Ohio
1 BURI
2 PLAC Springfield cemetery - Danville Illinois
1 NOTE Clarence A. Wortham at his death in 1922 owned all the rides at the midway of
2 CONT the Texas State Fair in Dallas.  He also owned numerous other carnivals all
2 CONT over the country.  He was known as "The Little Giant" in that industry.
2 CONT See Clarence, son of Notley #2722 in "The Wortham Connection" Page 355.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 510.
1 NOTE                        The Legend of "THE LITTLE GIANT"
2 CONT                        The Obituary of Clarence Wortham
1 NOTE     Clarence A. Wortham was born in Paris, Texas on October 14, 1882.  As
2 CONT     young boys do everywhere in this country, young Wortham sold newspapers
2 CONT     in his home town.  He was owner of a cigar stand in his middle teens,
2 CONT     and had worked at several things including a short period as a hotel
2 CONT     bellhop before he was eighteen.  A job he took and stayed with for some
2 CONT     time was as manager of the baseball team at Danville, Illinois.  He
2 CONT     liked Danville, made many friends there and always thereafter
2 CONT     considered it his home.
1 NOTE     While Gaskill, the Feraros. Dan Robinson, Brundage, Bill Rice and the
2 CONT     other carnival owners and promoters were rampaging across country with
2 CONT     that new collective amusement toy of theirs, young Wortham was managing
2 CONT     baseball teams, theatres and amusement parks in or around Danville.  He
2 CONT     had met a nice young lady, and on June 29, 1904, he married Miss Belle
2 CONT     Snapp.
1 NOTE     Sometime in 1907 or 1908 he met C.W. Parker's son-in-law, Tom W. Allen.
2 CONT     After considerable planning they built and operated the Wortham & Allen
2 CONT     Shows, a two-car carnival.  Literate Barney S. Gerety, a native of
2 CONT     Danville, had been a fifth grade drop-out, Wortham's secretary and "man
2 CONT     Friday" for some time in Danville.  Twenty-two year old Gerety was the
2 CONT     new carnival's secretary when it opened in 1910.
1 NOTE     The Wortham and Allen Shows was a success and had grown from two to
2 CONT     twenty-eight cars when they dissolved partnership in fall of 1913. C.A.
2 CONT     went into Danville and built the new C.A. Wortham Shows for the 1914
2 CONT     season.  From then on, he never had less than one big railroad show
2 CONT     under his personal ownership.  One season, as is stated in the
2 CONT     narrative he had five midways of his own on tour.  He never had enough
2 CONT     midways to play all of the fair and celebration dates that were offered
2 CONT     him Dates that other shows schemed and would plead for were his for the
2 CONT     asking.  Many of those dates were played for years without formal
2 CONT     written contracts.  A verbal agreement and a hand shake was all that
2 CONT     was required from the master carnival showman.
1 NOTE     By Labor Day, 1922, he owned outright two huge carnivals and had
2 CONT     financial interest in five others.  In addition he owned interests in
2 CONT     numerous riding devices on fairgrounds and in amusement parks.  He
2 CONT     owned all the rides at the Dallas Fair Park, and had a a ten year
2 CONT     exclusive contract for their operations there.  J.C. Simpson was in
2 CONT     Dallas as manager of this operation.  In both 1921 and 1922 his
2 CONT     Clarence A. Wortham's World's Greatest Shows was playing the Canadian
2 CONT     National Exhibition in Toronto while his Clarence A. Wortham's World's
2 CONT     Best Shows under the management of Fred Beckman was playing the
2 CONT     high-grossing Minnesota State Fair at St. Paul.  The latter show also
2 CONT     held the contracts for the Western Canada Class A Circuit of Fairs.
2 CONT     Never before, or since, had one man held and controlled as many
2 CONT     high-class profitable fair dates as Clarence Wortham did in 1922.
1 NOTE     When the number one show pulled into Cincinnati for a date the third
2 CONT     week in September, the Little Giant wasn't feeling as well as he
2 CONT     should, and he didn't leave the private car.  After a few days he
2 CONT     entered Deaconess Hospital for a checkup and rest.  He got worse, and
2 CONT     the show train left for Knoxville without the boss man.  Bob Lohmar's
2 CONT     telegram reached the train as it went through Lexington, Kentucky.
2 CONT     Wortham was dead.  His overworked and abused stomach had given out.  He
2 CONT     died at 11:25 A.M. on September 24th.  Lohmar sent telegrams across the
2 CONT     nation that the carnival king was dead.  He and Mrs. Wortham
2 CONT     accompanied the body to Danville for burial.
1 NOTE     Wortham was buried in the Springfield Cemetery in Danville with one of
2 CONT     the most impressive services ever witnessed there.  His twelve and
2 CONT     fifteen year old sons were brought from a Chicago military school by a
2 CONT     member of Showmen's League.  The Showmen's League Chaplain conducted
2 CONT     the service assisted by a local minister.  The eight pallbearers had
2 CONT     been friends of C.A. before he entered the carnival business.  The
2 CONT     seventy-two honorary pallbearers were the top men from the outdoor
2 CONT     amusement world.
1 NOTE     All seven shows that Wortham owned an interest in closed for the
2 CONT     afternoon and held memorial services on the grounds.  Most all other
2 CONT     midways across the country ceased activities for a few moments of
2 CONT     silence.  Perhaps the most impressive service of all was held on the
2 CONT     Abilene, Texas Fairgrounds where Clarence A's brother's John T. Wortham
2 CONT     Shows were playing.
1 NOTE     The wooden grandstand of the Taylor County Fair was packed with some
2 CONT     five thousand people waiting for the afternoon show to start, when a
2 CONT     small man, later identified as a local minister, rose among them and
2 CONT     asked that all rise and heads be bowed for a moment of silence.  As
2 CONT     they stood in silence the grandstand announcer led them in the Lord's
2 CONT     Prayer and then gave a brief eulogy for the departed showman.  As he
2 CONT     closed, the grandstand band started playing "Nearer My God to Thee."
2 CONT     This refrain was echoed from the back end of the long, black
2 CONT     crepe-draped midway, as Mr. Johnson picked it up on the water show
2 CONT     una-fon.  Not a person was visible on the long mourning midway, when
2 CONT     the music started down at the water show.  As the first strains of the
2 CONT     sacred number played on that raucous instrument answered the band at
2 CONT     the grandstand, carnival troopers began to appear from their tightly
2 CONT     closed tents and gaming joints, from their living wagons and sleeping
2 CONT     tents and from back of the cook house.  All of them dressed in the
2 CONT     Sunday best, they filed slowly down the midway toward the sound of
2 CONT     music.  The water show arena was quietly filled by mourning carnies who
2 CONT     then held a memorial service for the brother of their own boss man.
1 NOTE     The "Little Giant" was gone, but he left behind him hundreds of
2 CONT     "Wortham-trained" carnival people who would be the mainstays of most
2 CONT     midways for over a decade.
1 NOTE                -----------end of obituary article--------------
1 NOTE     RESEARCHERS NOTE: Clarence's son Maxwell offers the information that
2 CONT     he actually died on a train while on his way to New York to Purchase
2 CONT     Ringling Brothers' Circus.  Perhaps "taken ill" is more correct.
1 NOTE     There is a specific description of a brother of Clarence, a JOHN T.
2 CONT     WORTHAM (who would have been born ca 1881) in the paragraph regarding
2 CONT     Abilene, Texas.  I have not been able to locate and/or identify him.
2 CONT     The obituary was xeroxed from page 36 of a book which was quite likely;
2 CONT     "Theatre in a Tent" (c)1972 by Bowling Green, University Popular Press,
2 CONT     Bowling Green, Ohio. This article was noted in "The Wortham
2 CONT     Connection." This page was found in a section of family group sheets.
1 NOTE                  ---------------------/----------------------
1 NOTE                            FROM: "Backward Glances"
2 CONT                            Tuesday February 18, 1930
2 CONT                                 by A.W. Neville
2 CONT                                 The Paris News
1 NOTE     Among some other Paris boys who went out into the world and made a name
2 CONT     and some money for himself was CLARENCE WORTHAM, known when he was a
2 CONT     boy in Paris as "CHINA" though why, nobody seems to know.
1 NOTE     Clarence was born here, grew up here, and after he left, got into the
2 CONT     carnival business and at his death some years ago left an estate of a
2 CONT     quarter million dollars or more, all earned by his ability to amuse the
2 CONT     public.
1 NOTE     When a boy Clarence used to sell newspapers on the streets and from
2 CONT     time to time worked at odd jobs.  He was always a hustler, ready to
2 CONT     make friends, always with a laugh or a bright reply to wise cracks made
2 CONT     to him - one of the self made, self reliant boys that we see once in so
2 CONT     often.  While yet in his teens he left Paris and traveled over a
2 CONT     considerable part of the country, picking up information of all sorts
2 CONT     including a knowledge of human nature, that stood him in good stead
2 CONT     when he decided what his life work would be.
1 NOTE     I recall that on one of his periodic returns here he opened the first
2 CONT     pressing parlor or "Panatorium" as they called them then.  At that time
2 CONT     Paris had no such service.  Clarence organized a club, the members of
2 CONT     which had their shoes shined once a day and their clothes pressed at
2 CONT     needed intervals, for a stated sum per month.  The idea was new here
2 CONT     and caught on quickly, so much so that soon there were several others
2 CONT     operated along similar lines.  Clarence had sold his before the
2 CONT     business began to be divided.
1 NOTE     Some time later he came back and opened a roller skating rink that
2 CONT     flouished for some time and was disposed of at a profit.  he always
2 CONT     seemed to have something that other people wanted and his trades were
2 CONT     generally profitable, though always made on a square and honest pride.
1 NOTE     After leaving Paris he went into a summer amusement park in illinois,
2 CONT     married there and then gradually worked into the carnival business very
2 CONT     small at first, but his show gradually growing as time went on.  For
2 CONT     several years before his death he wintered his show in San Antonio and
2 CONT     used to open the season there in April at the fiesta week, and San
2 CONT     Jacinto day celebrations. While in San Antonio he picked up some real
2 CONT     estate that later became valuable and add to his fortune.
1 NOTE     Dying suddenly after an operation in a hospital, he was buried in
2 CONT     Danville Illinois, the home of his wife before marriage.  Uncle Joe
2 CONT     Cannon, former speaker of the house in Congress is buried there also,
2 CONT     and I am told that of strangers from out of town who visit the Danville
2 CONT     cemeterey, more inquire to see the grave of Clarence Wortham than that
2 CONT     of the statesman.
1 NOTE                  ---------------------/----------------------
1 NOTE     The legend of "The Little Giant" touched me personally in 1965 when I
2 CONT     worked for WRR Radio (located in Dallas' Fair Park near the Midway) and
2 CONT     on a part-time basis as a barker/promoter for the Swiss Skyride. I was
2 CONT     questioned intently by one of the carnies there; the owner of the Swiss
2 CONT     Skyride, as to my ancestry. Particularly, was I related to Clarence
2 CONT     Wortham.  The questioning was so intense and hopeful, that it startled
2 CONT     me.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F71@
1 FAMC @F1367@
0 @I213@ INDI
1 NAME Belle  /Snapp/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1885
1 FAMS @F71@
0 @I214@ INDI
1 NAME Alfred H. (Heath?)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1791
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 JAN 1846
2 PLAC Gibson county, Tennessee
1 NOTE                          RECONSTRUCTING ALFRED WORTHAM
1 NOTE     Vivian Roller's fascination with Alfred Wortham has a contagious
2 CONT     nature. It is unknown if she was provided with some of the old papers
2 CONT     owned by William Harvill Wortham, which were more focused on deeds and
2 CONT     other court documents relevant to William Wortham and Sheriff James
2 CONT     Wortham.
1 NOTE     As it happens, we have clues from a June 21st, 1928 Bedford Times
2 CONT     newspaper article listing some of the purchases from Deery &
2 CONT     Strickler's, sold to Alfred Wortham on November 27, 1824.
1 NOTE     The article was intended to simply give a glance at how life may have
2 CONT     been in the Bedford county of 1824.  It does that.  With that as a
2 CONT     background, it also gives a silhouette of the life of Alfred Wortham.
1 NOTE                     One oz. camphor............    25 cents
2 CONT                     2 1/4 pounds of sugar......    50 cents
2 CONT                     One oz. cinnamon bark......    25 cents
2 CONT                     1 paper [of sewing] pins...    25 cents
2 CONT                     3 yrds. flannell @ 50 cents  1.50 cents
2 CONT                     1/2 yard black silk @ 1.00     50 cents
2 CONT                     1 yd. cambric............. 62 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     1 Razor...................        $1.00
2 CONT                     1 Bandanah handkerchief...        $1.50
2 CONT                     1 double bolt padlock.....     75 cents
2 CONT                     1/4 pound of tea @ $2.50 . 62 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     1 razor strop............. 37 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     1/2 pint whiskey.......... 12 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     2 lb. coffee @ 50 cents...       $1.00
2 CONT                     1/2 lb copperas @ 25 cents 12 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     1/2 lb spice @ 95 cents... 37 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     1 lb nails................     25 cents
2 CONT                     1/2 pint brandy........... 12 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     wool hat..................        $1.25
2 CONT                     1 pr. shoes...............        $2.00
2 CONT                     1 oz. Indigo.............. 31 1/4 cents
2 CONT                     2 ozs. madder............. 12 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     1/2 pint brandy........... 12 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     2 lb. coffee @ 50 cents...        $1.00
2 CONT                     1 oz. Annato..............     25 cents
2 CONT                     1 wool hat................        $1.50
2 CONT                     2 lb. coffee @ 50 cents...        $1.00
2 CONT                     2 1/4 pounds of sugar......    50 cents
2 CONT                     Premium on silver.......... 6 1/4 cents
2 CONT                     1 long comb................37 1/2 cents
2 CONT                     1 stran beads..............    50 cents
2 CONT                     1 bunch beads..............37 1/4 cents
2 CONT                     1 yd. book muslin..........       $1.50
2 CONT                     Suspenders.................    50 cents
2 CONT                     1/4 spice..................    50 cents
2 CONT                     1 lb. coffee...............    50 cents
2 CONT                     2 1/4 pounds of sugar......    50 cents
1 NOTE                  Received payment in full from Alfred Wortham
2 CONT                      Deery & Strickler, November 27, 1824
1 NOTE                                  Total: 22.99+
1 NOTE                           -------------/------------
1 NOTE     Alfred is likely to have been buying provisions for several families,
2 CONT     working from separate lists.  Notice coffee was purchased four times -
2 CONT     three at 2 pounds, and one at 1 pound.  From this we can guess at three
2 CONT     families and perhaps one small family or couple, or perhaps someone
2 CONT     living single or a slave family, who would only use 1 pound at a time.
2 CONT     Sugar was purchased three times.
1 NOTE     Tea was only purchased once and in this case at least, it was very
2 CONT     expensive. It is possible that in 1824 transportation of many items was
2 CONT     costly.  Conversely, money at this time in history had considerably
2 CONT     higher buying power than it does in modern times.  This may have been a
2 CONT     very special blend of tea, perhaps of gourmet or ceremonial quality,
2 CONT     intended to be served only at formal occasions such as a baby shower.
1 NOTE     "Received payment in full" at the bottom of the receipt, may have
2 CONT     acknowledged in addition to or instead of cash, a form of barter such
2 CONT     as crops, tobacco, work or trade.  Unfortunately we can't tell from the
2 CONT     list, who got what delivered to them.
1 NOTE     Genealogist Fairy Edwards (member, DAR from Texas) is a former nurse.
2 CONT     She did some research on some of the more unusual items on the list
2 CONT     which includes Copperas (probably copper sulphate). Used medicinally,
2 CONT     it was sometimes mixed with molasses and used as a blood builder.  It
2 CONT     was easy to overdose on though, and could cause serious liver problems.
2 CONT     Sky blue in color, it could also be used as a fabric dye.  After it
2 CONT     combined with other chemicals, it normally took on a greenish hue.
2 CONT     According to Ed Shaw, it was a favorite in larger quantities, on tree
2 CONT     stumps, since it caused them to decompose at a rapid rate.
1 NOTE     Madder is a plant grown in Europe and Asia, used for making dyes. It
2 CONT     has several colorful reactions with certain chemicals that cause color
2 CONT     changes ranging from pink, red, yellow, purple, brown and others.
1 NOTE     Annato (or Anotto), is an exotic tropical plant (Bixa Orellana) that
2 CONT     when pulpified into a powder yields a reddish color that was also used
2 CONT     as a dye.  We have already seen Indigo listed, a popular color of blue.
2 CONT     Indeed, indigo is said to have been the color of preference for the
2 CONT     first "blue jeans".
1 NOTE     Also on the list are the fabrics; flannel, cambric, book muslin (used
2 CONT     as a lining) and a small quantity of black silk. The purchase of black
2 CONT     silk leads one to think that perhaps it may have been intended as a
2 CONT     head covering or prayer shawl.  However, it may also have been used as
2 CONT     a widow's veil or in some other funeral adornment.  It may simply have
2 CONT     been a scarf or hat decoration.
1 NOTE     It is tempting to draw the conclusion when you add in the paper of
2 CONT     pins, that the family or families were involved in the textile business
2 CONT     in some way.  But the quantities of the items are not more than just
2 CONT     enough to treat a few garments at a time.  However, as genealogist Ed
2 CONT     Shaw pointed out, there were several families on nearby farms that were
2 CONT     involved sooner and later, in textile work.  In fact, he said, about a
2 CONT     fourth of the adjacent lines of WILSON family kin and the related
2 CONT     Worthams were weavers by trade. It could be that in this shopping list,
2 CONT     we are witness to a small cottage industry, in its research and
2 CONT     development stage.  More likely, preparations were underway for the new
2 CONT     baby.
1 NOTE     It may be that some items were intended for use as pharmaceuticals of
2 CONT     some kind. Alexander Heath Wortham, great grandson of Alfred, had a
2 CONT     concoction that he said was handed down to him for the treatment of
2 CONT     skin cancer. It included two rare, very reddish powdered herbs;
2 CONT     Bloodroot and Golangel and a chemical, zinc sulphate.  Check his file
2 CONT     for details of the ingredients and their application.
1 NOTE     There are razors and a razor strop in the list which hints that Alfred
2 CONT     may have been a clean shaven man or one with a trimmed beard.  He
2 CONT     bought a strong padlock that day and a pound of nails as well, so there
2 CONT     was some basic construction going on, and something of value to be
2 CONT     locked up.  The double padlock might have protected some of these items
2 CONT     from thieves, or prying children who might be poisoned by them.
1 NOTE     The "Premium on silver" listing is interesting in that it may have been
2 CONT     an installment paid on a service of table silver, paid out in a layaway
2 CONT     plan of sorts.  Then too, it could have been an investment, or some
2 CONT     sort of tax.  The silver "premium" (silver oxide in this case) may
2 CONT     have been a chemical in powder form as a tin smith, dentist or
2 CONT     pharmacist would use.  Tintype photography using silver-related
2 CONT     compounds, was being developed at about this time, as well.
1 NOTE     One observation that needs to be mentioned here, is that according to
2 CONT     "family tradition" that is, hear-say stories that are shared from
2 CONT     generation to generation, (or from genealogist to genealogist), says
2 CONT     that Alfred was usually a big help to his brothers and other family
2 CONT     members. This often involved loans, outright gifts and other forms of
2 CONT     support and help.  It is very likely that he was a Mason, according to
2 CONT     Vivian Roller.
1 NOTE     Alfred's family structure at the time of these purchases in 1824 (if
2 CONT     all data is correct), has him married to his first wife Ruth Harris who
2 CONT     is about to give birth to Mary E. "Dolly" Wortham in two weeks. She
2 CONT     already has a young daughter Ellen "Polly", who is about nine or ten
2 CONT     years old at this time.  Incidentally, the nicknames may be reversed.
2 CONT     Slaves are not mentioned, but are quite likely present.
1 NOTE     Interestingly, there are three children shown as part of this family in
2 CONT     this time frame, who are not named. They could be members of another
2 CONT     visiting Wortham family. According to the 1820 census, one is a boy
2 CONT     about 10 years old. There is a daughter, about 7 and a boy about 4.
1 NOTE     It is tempting to suggest carefully, without misleading anyone who
2 CONT     might be researching these files, that these may be the children of
2 CONT     Charles Wortham and Sally Grayard of Warren county, North Carolina.
2 CONT     Please see the Bastard Bonds of 1814 in Sally's file.  Two of the 1822
2 CONT     bonds were filed on successive days, in 1822.
1 NOTE     So here we are on a Saturday shopping trip, just two days after
2 CONT     Thanksgiving in 1824 with a very pregnant wife and at least two and
2 CONT     possibly five children in the house.
1 NOTE     Our thanks to William Harvill Wortham for this keyhole into history.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE 
1 NOTE                           ALFRED - OR WERE THERE TWO?
2 CONT         Another Genealogical Wild Goose Chase - for entertainment only
1 NOTE     Very often we find minor mistakes in birth and other dates that lead us
2 CONT     to believe that someone like Alfred Wortham just CAN'T be in two places
2 CONT     at one time.  Logic therefore, decrees that there must be at least TWO
2 CONT     of these persons.  In an effort to rationalize these impossiblities, we
2 CONT     as family scribes, often enter information TWICE about the same person,
2 CONT     thus creating imposters. It vividly demonstrates why accurate research
2 CONT     is so important OR if a date is being estimated, that it be so noted.
1 NOTE     Vivian Roller pursued the traces of Alfred Wortham's families up to her
2 CONT     death in 1994, without resolving it.  Probably there has been no one in
2 CONT     our list of Wortham genealogists, as nearly thorough in their research
2 CONT     than her.  In the family structure of Alfred's first marriage from
2 CONT     Vivian's group sheets, we find two girls with the nickname of Polly and
2 CONT     Dollie which where common nicknames for Mary and Nancy in those times.
2 CONT     We find those same names again in the family of his grandson, Benjamin
2 CONT     Heath Wortham.  That naming pattern too, was common in those times.
2 CONT     Indeed, if it were not for the naming patterns of old, much of our
2 CONT     genealogy would be forever lost without a clue.
1 NOTE     Shirley Wortham Armstrong points out however, that the naming pattern
2 CONT     for Alfred himself, is not consistent with tradition. Once in a very
2 CONT     rare occasion, we do find "honorarium" names popping up in families
2 CONT     that do not normally use them. Such namesakes are a high compliment to
2 CONT     a neighbor or a close friend. For instance "Wortham" is honored as the
2 CONT     middle name of many of our ancestor's friends' families. We have to
2 CONT     consider too in a humorous light, that the honorarium name MAY have
2 CONT     romantic overtones where a neighbor or close friend may have been a
2 CONT     little closer to the family than one would care to mention.
1 NOTE     Many of the nicknames and some other personal highlights of Alfred's
2 CONT     family have been added here from a document supplied by Edith Anderson
2 CONT     Bolin of Pilot Point, Texas.  She has come by this document some years
2 CONT     ago and even though the quality of the Xerox copy I have been working
2 CONT     with is very good, the copy it was made from was not.  It appears to
2 CONT     have been a copy of a copy of a mimeograph page that may have been
2 CONT     handed out at a family reunion many years ago.  The author
2 CONT     unfortunately, is not identified by name. It is un-dated. Edith
2 CONT     suggested that it may have been done by George Landis Wortham of
2 CONT     Tennessee, but I called and interviewed him about it and it simply is
2 CONT     not his.  His remarkable remembrance of the lineage of Alfred Wortham
2 CONT     is consistent with accepted family records.
1 NOTE     The document in question was apparently written by one of the
2 CONT     grandchildren of Alfred Wortham in the Benjamin Heath family. It
2 CONT     contains a little more information (nicknames, etc) about the families
2 CONT     of Newton Nathaniel and Benjamin Heath Wortham than the others, so it
2 CONT     had to be likely someone in those two families.  It was very possible
2 CONT     that the original mimeograph page may have been typed from hand written
2 CONT     notes. It identified among other things, Ruth Jane Curtiss as the
2 CONT     great-granddaughter of Alfred Wortham.  It also mentions that her
2 CONT     father Jasper came from England.  Ruth Jane married Alfred's grandson
2 CONT     Benjamin Heath Wortham. They were first cousins, once removed. Most
2 CONT     importantly, the document gave an entirely new perspective on the
2 CONT     identity of Alfred Wortham. The document in question is re-created
2 CONT     below:
1 NOTE                W O R T H A M -- Family of paternal grandfather.
1 NOTE     Alfred WORTHAM. Born 1775. Came from England to North Carolina or
2 CONT     Virginia.  Brought with him four children: Ellen, Newton Nathaniel,
2 CONT     Heath, Ned.
2 CONT     ___________________________________________________________________
2 CONT      Ellen WORTHAM. Born 1800 [there are actually three zeros here]
2 CONT      Married a FELIX. Child: Delila,  Home: West Tennessee
2 CONT      __________________________________________________________________
2 CONT           Delila KELLY. Born [unreadable]. Married Jasper Newton CURTISS,
2 CONT           who came from England. Child: Ruth Jane CURTISS
2 CONT           ____________________________________________________________
2 CONT                Ruth Jane CURTISS Born [unreadable]. Married Benjamin Heath
2 CONT                WORTHAM. (for further lineage see [unreadable] descendants
2 CONT                of brother of Ellen WORTHAM. NATHANIEL WORTHAM.
2 CONT                ________________________________________________________
2 CONT     Ned WORTHAM. No information available.
2 CONT     __________________________________________________________________
2 CONT     Heath WORTHAM. No information available.
2 CONT     __________________________________________________________________
2 CONT     Nathaniel WORTHAM. married Henrietta SCHULTZ. (Now spelled SMITH) Home:
2 CONT     West Tennessee. Approximate life-span: 1810-1900. Children: George,
2 CONT     Joe, Asilee, Dora, Ida, Benjamin Heath.
2 CONT     __________________________________________________________________
2 CONT      George WORTHAM.  Married                Child: Lovelace, Home:
2 CONT      Covington, Tennessee.
2 CONT      _________________________________________________________________
2 CONT           Lovelace WORTHAM. Home: Covington, Tennesee.
2 CONT           ____________________________________________________________
2 CONT      Joe WORTHAM. Married                    Home: Upland, California.
2 CONT      Children: Hane [almost unreadable - could be HEATH], Lytle.
2 CONT      __________________________________________________________________
2 CONT      Asilee WORTHAM. Married Dick SMITH Home: Tipton county, Tennessee and
2 CONT      later, Bardis, Mississippi.  Children: Elton, Laudie, Melton.
2 CONT      __________________________________________________________________
2 CONT      Dera WORTHAM. Married Absalum COATS [could be COATE] of Covington,
2 CONT      Tennesee, Child: Ermon.
2 CONT      __________________________________________________________________
2 CONT           Ermon COATS Married Lilly GREEN. Children: Maurice and Erma
2 CONT           Clyde. Married a second time. Child, B.J.
2 CONT           ____________________________________________________________
2 CONT      Ida WORTHAM.  Married William WALTON.  Home: West Tennessee.  Child:
2 CONT      Henrietta.
2 CONT      __________________________________________________________________
2 CONT           Henrietta WALTON. Married J.D. Black.  Child: One son.
2 CONT           ____________________________________________________________
2 CONT     Benjamin Heath WORTHAM.  Approximate date of birth: 1866.  Home:
2 CONT     Tipton county, Tennessee.  Married Ruth Jane CURTISS.  Children: Ada,
2 CONT     Mary Georgia (Mollie), Heath Lovelace, Arthur, Nathaniel, Lilly Mae
2 CONT     (Dollie), Alva, Lloyd Curtis, Arlee, Aubrey Benjamin, Brent.
2 CONT     ___________________________________________________________________
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE 
1 NOTE     There are penciled notations on the above document; "Benjamin Heath W.
2 CONT     my father" located next to the entry for Nathaniel Wortham.
2 CONT     Additionally, there are some corrected dates and names done in pencil
2 CONT     or pen.  Also, the most complete information on the page has to do with
2 CONT     that particular family, especially middle names and nicknames. The
2 CONT     information about Alfred coming from England however, had to be given
2 CONT     weight - or not - based on more research.  If it is true that there
2 CONT     were TWO Alfred Worthams in this time frame, it could be that the son
2 CONT     of Edward was the namesake of the one described here.
1 NOTE     The old Radio Reporter in me came out again. Such mysteries always
2 CONT     deserve more attention.  I contacted Edith again, with many more
2 CONT     questions, and finally went to her home to continue the research which
2 CONT     revealed two other pages of the document.  It was copied on a type of
2 CONT     thermal copy paper that was popular back in the 1960's.  The notes were
2 CONT     drawn in original pencil marks. By enhancing the document on a modern
2 CONT     copier, it became almost easily readable.  There, on the second page,
2 CONT     was our culprit.  On the entry for Maury Emerson Wortham in the area
2 CONT     that normally chronicled family data, were the words "Doctor's Mate,
2 CONT     Pharmacists Mate, Reprobate, too late".  I found Maury Emerson Wortham
2 CONT     and interviewed him by phone, in California.
1 NOTE     It took a while.  Sure enough though, he began to chuckle.  It was he
2 CONT     who had typed the document, using the hand written notes of someone
2 CONT     else, who had written it originally more than 50 years before.  As it
2 CONT     turns out, the person in question had not really done their
2 CONT     genealogical research and had been challenged by Vivian Roller on much
2 CONT     of their work, in years since.
1 NOTE     Maury stated straight out, that they were literally grasping at straws
2 CONT     regarding the generation of Alfred Wortham, and had simply assumed that
2 CONT     he had come from England.
1 NOTE     So there you have it.  Just one - ONE of many wild goose chases that
2 CONT     most of our Wortham genealogists have pursued.  It becomes more and
2 CONT     more important to cite sources, make notations, state assumptions and
2 CONT     most of all, document.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 507. Vivian Roller reports in a phone interview
2 CONT in 1993 that there may be as many as three children in the first marriage who
2 CONT remain unlisted and unlocated.  NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: There was a three-page
2 CONT typewritten descendancy chart prepared ca 1936 by Maury Emerson Wortham (CA)
2 CONT stating that Alfred had come from ENGLAND.  That statement is NOT correct.
1 FAMS @F73@
1 FAMS @F72@
1 FAMS @F172@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I215@ INDI
1 NAME Ruth  /Thomas/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1797
1 NOTE NOTE: The 1840 U.S. census for Gibson county Tennessee, list an ALFRED WORTHAM
2 CONT on page 34 with 5 persons in the family. One is a boy age 5-10 next is a boy
2 CONT age 10-15, another age 15-20 and a man age 50-60 (presumably Alfred) and one
2 CONT female age 20-30.  A notation says that 2 are employed in manufacturing and
2 CONT trades.  None are shown as slaves, they are all free persons.
2 CONT Research by Michael B Wortham USAF (Retired) Johnson Space Center, Houston TX.
2 CONT Data from National Archives - Washington, D.C.  MARRIAGE DATE IS QUESTIONABLE.
1 FAMS @F72@
0 @I216@ INDI
1 NAME Ruth  /Harris/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1794
1 FAMS @F73@
0 @I217@ INDI
1 NAME Ellen (Polly?) /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1813
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1872
1 BURI
2 PLAC probably Tennessee
1 NOTE Bill Wortham shows Ellen's date of birth at 1824. Robb Wortham says ca 1813.
2 CONT Other Wortham researchers place Alfred's family in Tennesse at about the time
2 CONT of a marriage between an Ellen B. Wortham and Jacob Johnson (in this database
2 CONT but not linked) on 23-Jan-1834.  That is ALMOST enough logic to create the tie
2 CONT since there are no other Ellen Worthams listed as unmarried. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: A "Miss E.K. Wortham" of Lamar county owned 31 slaves at
2 CONT one time.  You get the impression that Alfred, Ellens father, was wealthy.
1 FAMS @F75@
1 FAMS @F2847@
1 FAMC @F73@
0 @I218@ INDI
1 NAME Mary E. (Dolly?)/Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 DEC 1824
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1872
1 BURI
2 PLAC Prim. Bapt. Indian Creek Brighton, TN
1 NOTE SOURCE: Personal knowledge of A.B. Wortham of Tipton county, Tennessee.
1 FAMS @F169@
1 FAMS @F170@
1 FAMC @F73@
0 @I219@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin Heath /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Real Estate/Sheriff
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1828
2 PLAC Ray's Chapel - Bedford County, Tennessee
1 BAPM
2 DATE  ? MAY 1861
2 PLAC Will written
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? MAY 1861
2 PLAC Believed Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE     Following is the text of the will of Benjamin Heath Wortham - Sheriff
2 CONT     of Paris, Lamar County, Texas from 6-Aug-1860 to 25-Oct-1861
1 NOTE      The State of Texas
2 CONT      Lamar County
1 NOTE      In the name of God, amen -
1 NOTE     I Benjamin H. Wortham, being of sound mind and disposing memory, and
2 CONT     mindful of the uncertainty of life, do make and publish the following
2 CONT     as my last will and testament.
1 NOTE     1st.  I desire that all my just debts be paid out of the notes that I
2 CONT     hold on deposit persons.
1 NOTE     2nd.  After the payment of my debts, I give and bequeath to my beloved
2 CONT     wife Mary Jane Wortham all of my estate, both real and personal, and
2 CONT     she is fully authorized to dispose of the same in any menner she may
2 CONT     think proper, and any and all sales made by her of my property shall
2 CONT     fully ___ the title in the ____ or _____ purchases the same. She is
2 CONT     fully authorized to sell the same for cash or otherwise, whether at
2 CONT     private or public sale, and from the proceeds of the sale, I desire
2 CONT     that my children to be supported and educated, and at the death of my
2 CONT     wife I decree that my whole estate be equally divided among my
2 CONT     children.
1 NOTE     3rd.  I hereby appoint my wife Mary Jane Wortham the sole executor to
2 CONT     carry out this my last will and testament, and also executing guardian
2 CONT     for all of my children, without giving any bond. And,it is my will
2 CONT     that there be no other action by the County Court or any other County
2 CONT     of Texas than the posting and decree of this my last will and
2 CONT     testament, and the release of an inventory.
1 NOTE     In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of
2 CONT     April A.D. 1861.
1 NOTE       B.H. Wortham (Seal)
1 NOTE      Signed and sealed in
2 CONT      presence of us:
2 CONT      K. L. Tudor
2 CONT      William Richey
1 NOTE      The State of Texas
2 CONT      Lamar County.
2 CONT     Now on this the 24th day of May A.D. 1861, personally appeared in
2 CONT     open court K.L. Tudor, one of the subscribing witnesses to the
2 CONT     foregoing will and after giving duty sworn on his oath, saith that he
2 CONT     saw B.H. Wortham sign the same and heard him acknowledge the same to be
2 CONT     his last will and testament, and that since Wortham at the time of the
2 CONT     making and publishing of said will was of sound mind and disposing
2 CONT     memory, and that he deposed and together with William Richey signed
2 CONT     said will as witness at the request of the testator, and in the
2 CONT     presence of each other on the day and date thereof.
1 NOTE      Sworn to before me in open           K.L. Tudor
2 CONT      court 24th May A.D. 1861
2 CONT        J. Long, Clerk
2 CONT        Teste
1 NOTE      The State of Texas:      I Jacob Long, Clerk of
2 CONT      Lamar County             the county court of said county of Lamar, do
2 CONT                               certify that the foregoing will and
2 CONT                               certficate of proof is duty and correctly
2 CONT                               recorded in Book A of wills on pages 88 & 89
2 CONT                               on the 31st day of May A.D. 1861 at 5
2 CONT                               o'clock P.M.
1 NOTE                          To certify which, I hereunto set my official
2 CONT                          signature and seal of office at Paris,
2 CONT                          May 31st A.D. 1861.
1 NOTE                                         J. Long,      Clk blo (right edge
2 CONT                                         L.C. Texas // Ck   wording missing)
1 NOTE     NOTE: Reading, interpretation and conversion of this text to computer
2 CONT     data, was provided by Ed Shaw (KY) from a blurry xerox copy of several
2 CONT     generations.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 NOTE     THE STATE OF TEXAS }    We the undersigned having bin appointed by the
2 CONT     THE COUNTY OF LAMAR}    above county court of Lamar county to appraise
2 CONT                        }    the property of the estate of B.H. Worthamm,
2 CONT                             decd. do make the following report...........
1 NOTE           Seven cows and calves and 2 yearlings             94.00
2 CONT     1     Sorrel Mare                                       50.00
2 CONT     8     Head of Hogs                                      12.00
2 CONT     1     Buggy Harness and seats                          100.00
2 CONT     120   Acres of land at $3.00 per acre                  360.00
2 CONT     1     House and lot in the city of Paris               600.00
2 CONT     4     Feather beds                                      40.00
2 CONT     4     Under do                                           1.00
2 CONT     3     Large and one small beadsteads                    10.00
2 CONT     3     Tables                                             8.00
2 CONT     1     Safe                                               5.00
2 CONT     1     Cooking stove & utensils                          30.00
2 CONT     1     Large wash pot & two skillets                      5.00
2 CONT     8     Chairs                                             4.00
2 CONT     1     Pair saddle bags                                   6.00
2 CONT     1     Trunk & chest                                     25.00
2 CONT     1     Lot of bed clothing                                5.00
2 CONT     1     Lot of tableware                                   3.00
2 CONT     1     Small drinking table                               3.00
2 CONT     1     Lot of milk vessells & tin pans                    3.00
2 CONT     1     Colt six shooting pistol                          20.00
2 CONT     1     India rubber coat                                  6.00
2 CONT           Plow weeding hoe & spade                           5.00
2 CONT     1     Man's saddle                                       3.00
2 CONT           Judgement against G.T. Bell                      425.50
2 CONT     1     Note on ____ ____ ___________                    400.00
2 CONT     1     Note on ___ ___ ___ _ _ ___________               20.00
2 CONT     1     Note on _____________ Williams                    65.00
2 CONT     1     Acct. on ______________ & ___________             14.00
1 NOTE     Page 2  Property appraisal of B.H. Wortham estate cont. (item #30).
1 NOTE     1     Negro man Henry Age 64 years                     600.00
2 CONT     1     Negro woman Meriah very old                       10.00
2 CONT     1     Acct. on Gurly* (sic) of Titus co.                10.00
2 CONT     1     Acct. on T.B. ____________                         7.00
2 CONT     1     Acct. on ___ ___ Budisil                           5.00
2 CONT     1     Library of sundry books                            5.00
2 CONT     1     Pair fire _______                                  1.25
2 CONT     1     Acct. on C. Sanders                               10.00
2 CONT     1     Spinning wheel                                     2.00
2 CONT     1     Grindstone                                         2.50
2 CONT     1     Acct. agains T.L. Gaines                           3.00
2 CONT           Cash                                              40.00
1 NOTE     Sworn to me         June 27, 1861
2 CONT                         I.T. Gaines
2 CONT                         SF
1 NOTE     * Genealogist Betty Erickson notes this is probably a mis-spelling of
2 CONT     GURLEY - Titus county.
1 NOTE     NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: An alternate death date has been presented as
2 CONT     25-Oct-1861 in some family records, which is the date the will was
2 CONT     probated.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE Benjamin Heath was the Sheriff of Paris, Texas 6-Aug-1860 to 10-Jun-1861.
1 NOTE                       The History of Lamar County, Texas
2 CONT                                 by A.W. Neville
2 CONT                   Published by The North Texas Publishing Co.
2 CONT                                  Paris, Texas
2 CONT                             F/392/L36/N4/1986 SHSW
1 NOTE     P. 101 The election of 1860 gave the office of chief justice to E.
2 CONT     Collins and A.M. Jeffus was elected commissioner to succeed Anthony
2 CONT     McCuistion, the other three being re-elected. T.R.H. Poteet was
2 CONT     treasurer (he and Kinsey Tudor seemed to have had the habit of
2 CONT     alternating the office), Ben Wortham was sheriff and the other conty
2 CONT     officers were all returned.
1 NOTE     p. 103 Around the Public Square At the north end of the block on the
2 CONT     west side of the public square was the general store of Wright, Wortham
2 CONT     and Gibbons.  This was the site of George Wright's original store.  He
2 CONT     had sold to his brother, Travis Wright, who had taken as partners James
2 CONT     D. Wortham and Ed Gibbons....
1 NOTE     p. 120/1 Sam Bell Maxey had been elected to the Texas state senate in
2 CONT     1861 from the Lamar-Hopkins district, but resigned in order to raise
2 CONT     the Ninth Texas regiment and his father, Rice Maxey, was elected in his
2 CONT     stead and served in the senate that wintr.  J.W. Mosley and W.A.
2 CONT     Wortham were the representatives.
1 NOTE     p. 131/132 Changes in the county officials were frequent during the
2 CONT     war.  E. Collins was chief justise, having been re-elected in 1860 for
2 CONT     a second term, Jacob Long, continued as county clerk, Ben H. Wortham
2 CONT     was chosen sheriff, Poteet was treasurer, M. H. McCuistion assessor and
2 CONT     collector and commissioners were Jos. Baker, John Hobbs, W.W. Baird and
2 CONT     A.M. Jeffus. McCuiston resigned in December 1861, to go to war and Alva
2 CONT     Rogers was appointed to succeed him.  Sheriff Wortham also resigned in
2 CONT     the summer of 1861 and for a time the duties were performed by Coroner
2 CONT     W.H. Wynee until I.T. Gaines was elected and served out the term.
1 NOTE     p. 135 In October 1865, sundry citizens of Paris petitioned Justice
2 CONT     Bramlette to order an election for the incorporation of the town of
2 CONT     Paris as a city and he did this, setting the election for October 14
2 CONT     and appointing J.D. Wortham to take the census....
1 NOTE     p. 150 County Fair Directors (years following the war) J.B. Bennett was
2 CONT     president; Willet Babcock, vice president; J.D. Wortham, treasurer;
2 CONT     W.W. Lewis, secretary....
1 NOTE     p. 154 Paris Under Military Rule The corporation of Paris operated
2 CONT     during the late 'sixties under more or less difficulty because of the
2 CONT     military dictatorship.  In 1867 C.C. Waters was mayor, Beverly Speairs
2 CONT     was marshal, James D. Wortham was treasurer, and David Grant was
2 CONT     chamberlain or secretary. Whether these officers were elected or
2 CONT     appointed the record did not state.  In November that year Aldermen
2 CONT     Record and Wortham were appointed a committee "to confer with Col.
2 CONT     DeWitt Brown, sub-commissioner, etc., and commander of the military
2 CONT     post at Paris, to ascertain the jurisdiction of this corporation over
2 CONT     freedmen who may be found transgressing any laws of the corporation,
2 CONT     and report at the next meeting."The Negroes were getting used to
2 CONT     freedom and were apparently giving some trouble".
1 NOTE     p. 213 In 1860 Ed Gibbons formed a partnership with Travis Wright and
2 CONT     J.D. Wortham, selling dry goods.  The war put an end to the
2 CONT     business....
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 NOTE Many records believed lost in fires in Paris were preserved and are available.
2 CONT The house pictured here is believed to be in the 800 block of West Kaufman.
2 CONT Marriage license granted 9-Aug-1846.  "The Wortham Connection", Page 529.
1 FAMS @F74@
1 FAMC @F72@
0 @I220@ INDI
1 NAME Newton Nathaniel "Nathan"/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 AUG 1830
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1906
1 BURI
2 PLAC Indian Creek cemetery - Brighton, TN
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 515.
2 CONT Listed as "Nathan" in the 1850 census of Lamar county, Texas where he was
2 CONT living at the time, with his brother Benjamin Heath Wortham.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1906 - Great San Fransisco Earthquake and fire.
2 CONT Ferris Elmore Rose says he is buried in Oak Grove cemetery - Covington, TN
1 FAMS @F145@
1 FAMC @F72@
0 @I221@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Jane /Burrow/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1830
2 PLAC Brighton - Tipton County, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1876
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 NOTE After Benjamin Heath died, Mary Jane moved with all the children to Washington
2 CONT county, Arkansas.  It is reported by Vivan Roller that the two youngest kids
2 CONT died in Texas, possibly of a measles epidemic.  Hearsay tradition mentions
2 CONT that Mary Jane may have bloodlines extending into the Cherokee indian tribes.
1 NOTE     On 13 August 1868, Mary Jane married J. W. Ellis, Washington County,
2 CONT     Arkansas Marriage Records, Washington Co., Arkansas 1845-1871 (C-379).
2 CONT     The 1870 Arkansas Census, Washington Co., Page 142, in addition to her
2 CONT     husband, J. W. Ellis, the following children were listed: Robert Ellis,
2 CONT     born in Missouri, 1852; Alexander (Alex) Ellis, born in Missouri,
2 CONT     1854; John Ellis, born in Missouri, 1859; Drucilla (Dru) E. Wortham,
2 CONT     born 23 February 1853 in Brighton, Tipton, Tennessee; Thomas C.
2 CONT     Wortham, born in 1855, Paris, Lamar, Texas; Frank Ellis, born 1869,
2 CONT     Washington County, Arkansas.  Frank Ellis is therefore a half-brother
2 CONT     to the children of Benjamin Heath Wortham and Mary Jane Burrow Wortham.
1 NOTE     Mary Jane and J. W. Ellis were not listed on succeeding censuses for
2 CONT     Washington County, Arkansas, or on the Mortality Schedules.  They may
2 CONT     have moved from Arkansas, back to the state of Missouri, where the
2 CONT     three Ellis boys were born of his prior marriage. A later search
2 CONT     revealed no further record of J. W. Ellis. Mary Jane is reported to
2 CONT     have died in Washington County, Arkansas, in 1876.
1 NOTE     Quoting from a letter from Mary Ellen Parks Stagg (daughter of Drucilla
2 CONT     Wortham Parks), dated 22 January 1960, "Mother had two step or half
2 CONT     brothers. Their name was Ellis, Alex. and John." However, in order to
2 CONT     clarify this statement see entry regarding marriage to J. W. Ellis,
2 CONT     above. Frank was the only child listed as being that of J. W. and Mary
2 CONT     Jane. Alexander and John were born to J. W. Ellis' first marriage, and
2 CONT     therefore step-children of Mary Jane.  Mary Ellen was eighty-five and
2 CONT     ill when she wrote her letter to Lillian Mullens Wortham, and her
2 CONT     memory may not have been as good as once was.
1 NOTE                              =Orville D. Wortham=
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F74@
1 FAMS @F2258@
0 @I222@ INDI
1 NAME Amanda Frances /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 JUL 1847
2 PLAC Brighton - Tipton County, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 AUG 1906
2 PLAC Seneca - Newton County, Missouri
1 BURI
2 PLAC Swor's Prairie cemetery
1 NOTE Amanda became blind in 1903.  A Photo in posession of Orville Donnie Wortham
2 CONT seems to indicate that she may have had a deformed left hand and possibly
2 CONT some other birth defects as well.
1 FAMS @F77@
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I223@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph D. /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Confederate Soldier
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1828
2 PLAC Probably Maury county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? FEB 1904
2 PLAC Probably Maury county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Whitley's burying ground
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Listed with Joseph and his mother in the 1850 census of
2 CONT Maury county was an ELIZABETH QUEEN born in Tennessee in 1826 and apparently
2 CONT with child Mary E. _____ also born in Tennessee.
1 NOTE                 Confederate Soldiers & Patriots of Maury Co, TN
2 CONT                             Jill K. Garrett, editor
2 CONT                       United Daughters of the Confederacy
2 CONT                               Columbia, TN  1970
2 CONT                                  F/443/M4/G29
1 NOTE     p. 371
2 CONT     A.B.D. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 12 (no further information)
1 NOTE     #635 A.W.  Wortham (R631) - Home Guard, Dist 12 Born about 1805 in NC,
2 CONT     death not known; wife was Martha, born about 1809,
1 NOTE     on 1850 census:
1 NOTE     #2574 Alpheus, born about 1830
1 NOTE     #11557 Albert (Elbert), born about 1832
1 NOTE     #2576 George, born about 1849
1 NOTE     #2606 Clarke Wortham - Company H, 1st Tennessee Infantary Dates not
2 CONT     known; he also operated as a guerrilla and/or bushwhacker in the
2 CONT     county; imprisoned once by Federal troops.
1 NOTE     #223 J.D. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 11 No further information. #11554
2 CONT     Lou Wortham, Mrs. J.D. died 1 Oct 1895, age 64 years.
1 NOTE     James G. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 11, Orderly Sergeant for home
2 CONT     guards, no further information.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 NOTE                             Maury County Tennessee
2 CONT                                 Census of 1850
2 CONT                            Transcribed & printed by
2 CONT                                Miss Deane Porch
2 CONT                                F/443/M4/P6/1966
2 CONT P. 215
1 NOTE P. 358
2 CONT WORTHAM, T.P. (R2555)  44 M  FARMER     7000      NC
2 CONT          ELIZA (R2580) 43 F                       VA
2 CONT P. 359
2 CONT WORTHAM, ADAM          19 M  NONE                 TN
2 CONT PERRY, ANN             17 F                       TN
2 CONT PERRY, FRANCIS         21 M  FARMER               TN
2 CONT WORTHAM, JOHN          14 M                       TN
2 CONT          SAMUEL        13 M                       TN
2 CONT          SYMMY         07 F                       TN
1 NOTE P. 361
2 CONT WORTHAM, EDWARD (R2557)   26 M          FARMER    1000      NC
2 CONT          EMILINE (R2591)  24 F                              VA
2 CONT          MIDORA (R2592)   01 F                              TN
2 CONT SPAIN, ADISON             27 M          FARMER              VA
1 NOTE P. 363
2 CONT WORTHAM, MARY (R611)      62 F                    7900      NC
2 CONT     #223 JOSEPH D.(R223)  22 M          NONE                TN
2 CONT QUEEN, ELIZABETH          34 F                              TN
2 CONT        MARY E. (10/12)       F (Is this M.A. on 1860?)      TN
1 NOTE WORTHAM, A.W.(R631)       45 M          FARMER    2380      NC
2 CONT          MARTHA (R2551)   41 F                              NC
2 CONT          ALPHEUS (R2552)  20 M          FARMER              TN
2 CONT          ALBERT (R2553)   18 M          STUDENT             TN
2 CONT          GEORGE (R2554)   01 M                              TN
1 NOTE P. 368
2 CONT  #11560 WORTHAM JAMES J.(R629)    25 M          FARMER              NC
2 CONT  #11561 SARAH (R630)      23 F                              VA
1 NOTE P. 379
2 CONT WORTHAM, ELIZABETH     09 F                       TN
2 CONT Living w/Edward Williams family.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 NOTE 1860 census shows M.A. Female age 11, W.J. male age 9 and J.B. male age 3, all
2 CONT born in Tennessee.
1 FAMS @F4180@
1 FAMC @F230@
0 @I225@ INDI
1 NAME _____  /Kelly/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1808
1 FAMS @F75@
0 @I226@ INDI
1 NAME Delilah Paralee /Kelly/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 MAR 1842
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 APR 1906
1 NOTE Research by Orville Wortham (TX)
2 CONT SOURCE: Personal knowledge of A.B. Wortham of Tipton county, Tennessee.
2 CONT From the family records of Tom Wortham (KY).
1 FAMS @F76@
1 FAMC @F75@
0 @I227@ INDI
1 NAME Newton Jasper /Curtiss/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1838
2 PLAC England
1 NOTE From unsourced document supplied by Edith Anderson Bolin of Wills Point, Texas
1 FAMS @F76@
0 @I228@ INDI
1 NAME Ruth Jane /Curtiss/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1861
2 PLAC Lamar county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1934
2 PLAC Covington - Tipton County, Tennessee
1 NOTE Another marriage of Wortham cousins. From records of Tom Wortham (KY).
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 516.  CURTISS is often spelled with one "S".
2 CONT Ruth Jane was more or less "stolen" (eloped with) Benjamin Heath when he rode
2 CONT from Tennessee to Texas to get her.  This delightful love story is related by
2 CONT descendant Maury Emerson Wortham of California.  He explains that both Ruth
2 CONT Jane and Benjamin rode by horseback all the way to Tennessee and that her folk
2 CONT may have been sympathetic to the North in the Civil war.  She was only 14.
1 FAMS @F1375@
1 FAMC @F76@
0 @I229@ INDI
1 NAME George Thomas /Bell/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Baptist minister/grocer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 JAN 1840
2 PLAC Camden - Benton county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 AUG 1902
2 PLAC Seneca - Newton County, Missouri
1 BURI
2 PLAC Swor's Prairie cemetery
1 NOTE Family members in later generations have come to regard George Thomas as "a
2 CONT miserly old skinflint" who would not allow Amanda the money to buy fruit for a
2 CONT dying child.  Some of his descendants called him "Sainted", others were not so
2 CONT inclined to be complimentary.  -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F77@
0 @I230@ INDI
1 NAME John William /Bell/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Former Minister
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 MAY 1866
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1905
2 PLAC Seneca - Newton County, Missouri
1 NOTE Lived in Tennesee, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri (Indian Territory land in 1889
2 CONT land rush).  From the family group sheets of Vivian Roller.
1 FAMS @F386@
1 FAMC @F77@
0 @I231@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Elizabeth (Mollie)/Bell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 APR 1869
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 MAY 1938
2 PLAC Washburn - Barry county, Missouri
1 FAMS @F387@
1 FAMC @F77@
0 @I232@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin E. /Bell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1871
2 PLAC Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1914
2 PLAC Clinton, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 PLAC Butler - Butler county, Oklahoma
1 NOTE Reportedly had a mean, violent personality at times.
2 CONT -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F78@
1 FAMC @F77@
0 @I233@ INDI
1 NAME _____  /Mills/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1875
1 FAMS @F78@
0 @I234@ INDI
1 NAME Ada G. /Bell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUL 1875
2 PLAC Washburn - Barry county, Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 AUG 1906
2 PLAC Seneca - Newton County, Missouri
1 BURI
2 PLAC Seneca - Newton County, Missouri
1 FAMS @F388@
1 FAMC @F77@
0 @I235@ INDI
1 NAME Ida May /Bell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 SEP 1879
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 OCT 1900
2 PLAC Barly County, Missouri
1 NOTE Never married.
2 CONT From the family group sheets of Vivan Roller.
1 FAMC @F77@
0 @I236@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel T. /Bell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 DEC 1882
2 PLAC Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1902
2 PLAC Newton County, Missouri
1 NOTE Never married.
2 CONT From the family group sheets of Vivian Roller.
1 FAMC @F77@
0 @I237@ INDI
1 NAME Alene  /Wallace/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1925
2 PLAC Village Mills - Hardin county, Texas
1 FAMS @F79@
1 FAMS @F218@
1 FAMC @F217@
0 @I238@ INDI
1 NAME Lora Lee /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 SEP 1947
2 PLAC San Antonio - Bexar county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F95@
1 FAMS @F220@
1 FAMS @F96@
1 FAMS @F221@
1 FAMS @F222@
1 FAMS @F223@
1 FAMS @F224@
1 FAMC @F79@
0 @I239@ INDI
1 NAME Donna Karen /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 SEP 1951
2 PLAC San Antonio - Bexar county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Reportedly several children in first marriage.
1 FAMS @F97@
1 FAMS @F225@
1 FAMC @F79@
0 @I240@ INDI
1 NAME Johnnie Artella /Ramsey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 APR 1924
2 PLAC Dublin - Logan county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1984
2 PLAC Weatherford - Parker county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE 24 MAR 1984
2 PLAC Memory Gardens - Weatherford - Parker co
1 FAMS @F80@
1 FAMC @F185@
0 @I241@ INDI
1 NAME Marsha Maureen /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 FEB 1947
2 PLAC Grand Prairie - Dallas county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F99@
1 FAMC @F80@
0 @I242@ INDI
1 NAME Doris Dean /Collier/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1932
1 NOTE                                Supplement to
2 CONT              Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900
2 CONT                    Anderson County Genealogical Society
2 CONT                           F/392/A2/P56/1983 SHSW
1 NOTE P. 37  (Collier)
2 CONT Charles Mason (Mace) Collier was born 17 May 1888, the tenth and last child
2 CONT of William Austin and Mary L. Mitchell Collier.  He was born in Magnolia
2 CONT Community and attended schools here.  "Mace" served in the army during
2 CONT World War I.
2 CONT    He married Thelma Lee Campbell, daughter of Nathan and Daisey Lively
2 CONT Campbell 1 May 1921 in Palestine.  They were the parents of:
2 CONT    1.  Charles Durwood   b.  8 Feb 1922  m. Marzelle Raines
2 CONT    2.  Edwin Duane       b.  4 Jul 1923  m. Reba Raines
2 CONT    3.  Glenn Lee         b. 31 Oct 1924  m. (1.) Charlotte C. Stafford
2 CONT                                          m. (2) Lorene Smith
2 CONT                                          d. May 1980
2 CONT    4.  Gerald Hugh       b. 26 Nov 1926  m. Florence Hosch
2 CONT    5.  Wanda Lou         b. 20 Jul 1929  m. Lester Womack
2 CONT    6.  Doris Dean        b.  3 Sep 1932  m. Onail Wortham
2 CONT    Mace and Thelma lived in the Magnolia Community and later moved to
2 CONT Elkhart.  He worked for the county, constructing roads and bridges.  Their
2 CONT sons served during World War II.
2 CONT    Mace died 10 April 1944 in a Veterans Hospital in Kerrville, Texas of
2 CONT tuberculosis.  Thelma died 20 December 1989 in Desota, Texas.  They are
2 CONT buried at Ft. Sam Houston Cemetery.
1 NOTE by Duane Collier
1 FAMS @F81@
0 @I243@ INDI
1 NAME Joshua  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1838
2 PLAC Kentucky
1 FAMS @F82@
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I244@ INDI
1 NAME Elsie Catherine /Bridges/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1841
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 FAMS @F82@
0 @I245@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1863
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F82@
0 @I246@ INDI
1 NAME Silas  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1863
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F82@
0 @I247@ INDI
1 NAME A.J.  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1870
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F82@
0 @I248@ INDI
1 NAME Elsie Ann Katherine/Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 JAN 1875
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1961
2 PLAC Lost Creek cemetery - Brownwood, Texas
1 FAMS @F160@
1 FAMC @F82@
0 @I249@ INDI
1 NAME John William /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1875
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F82@
0 @I250@ INDI
1 NAME Moses  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1805
2 PLAC Kentucky
1 FAMS @F83@
0 @I251@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1805
1 FAMS @F83@
0 @I252@ INDI
1 NAME Jacob  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1838
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I253@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1839
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I254@ INDI
1 NAME Lavinia  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1840
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I255@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1843
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I256@ INDI
1 NAME Silas  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1844
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I257@ INDI
1 NAME Moses  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1846
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I258@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1848
2 PLAC Arkansas
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I259@ INDI
1 NAME Jessie  /Brooks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1838
1 FAMS @F84@
0 @I260@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Elizabeth /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? FEB 1836
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 APR 1923
1 FAMS @F84@
0 @I261@ INDI
1 NAME William Jackson /Griffith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1860
1 FAMS @F85@
0 @I262@ INDI
1 NAME Lavinia Katherine /Brooks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JAN 1868
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Mason - Mason county, Texas
1 FAMS @F85@
0 @I263@ INDI
1 NAME Edward (Tigg\Teage) /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1660
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1697
2 PLAC Cecil County, Maryland
1 NOTE   This is probably the earliest record of a Teague in America.  It is in the
2 CONT Index To Early Settlers 1630-1680 Vol. 2, Annapolis, MD. "Transported 6/8/1675
2 CONT by Thomas Jones, himself, Edward Teage(sp), John Edmonds Wr. Rebecca Edmonds,
2 CONT John Edmonds Jr. into this Province to inhabit".
2 CONT   Edward was about 15 years old on his arrival in America.
1 FAMS @F86@
0 @I264@ INDI
1 NAME Susan  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1664
1 FAMS @F86@
0 @I265@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1693
2 PLAC Cecil County, Maryland
1 FAMS @F197@
1 FAMC @F86@
0 @I266@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1693
2 PLAC Cecil County, Maryland
1 FAMC @F86@
0 @I267@ INDI
1 NAME Ann  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1692
2 PLAC Cecil County, Maryland
1 FAMC @F86@
0 @I268@ INDI
1 NAME John Robbins /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1807
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1892
1 NOTE Lived in Henderson and Gibson County Tennessee after 1840
1 FAMS @F87@
1 FAMC @F89@
0 @I269@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Polly /Read/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1815
1 FAMS @F87@
0 @I270@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1834
1 FAMC @F87@
0 @I271@ INDI
1 NAME Jasper  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1837
1 FAMC @F87@
0 @I272@ INDI
1 NAME Winfield B. /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1839
1 FAMC @F87@
0 @I273@ INDI
1 NAME Leander A. /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1839
1 FAMC @F87@
0 @I274@ INDI
1 NAME Teresa A. /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1840
1 FAMC @F87@
0 @I275@ INDI
1 NAME William_David Henry Herby/Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUL 1842
2 PLAC Gibson county, Tennessee
1 NOTE Moved to Texas in 1875
1 FAMS @F88@
1 FAMC @F87@
0 @I276@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Taylor /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1849
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1927
1 FAMC @F87@
0 @I277@ INDI
1 NAME Josephine Love /Burkett/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1842
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1920
1 FAMS @F88@
0 @I278@ INDI
1 NAME William Franklin /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 DEC 1866
1 DEAT
2 DATE  7 DEC 1956
1 FAMC @F88@
0 @I279@ INDI
1 NAME Charlie  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 SEP 1870
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1908
1 FAMC @F88@
0 @I280@ INDI
1 NAME Jessie Elizabeth /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 FEB 1873
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 APR 1900
1 FAMC @F88@
0 @I281@ INDI
1 NAME Edward Arson /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 OCT 1875
1 DEAT
2 DATE  7 APR 1944
1 FAMC @F88@
0 @I282@ INDI
1 NAME Hartwell  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 APR 1878
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1880
1 FAMC @F88@
0 @I283@ INDI
1 NAME Alice Edith /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 AUG 1881
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1891
1 FAMC @F88@
0 @I284@ INDI
1 NAME Isacc  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1784
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1858
1 FAMS @F89@
0 @I285@ INDI
1 NAME Amy Rebecca /Lawler/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1786
1 FAMS @F89@
0 @I286@ INDI
1 NAME Eli A. /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1804
1 NOTE Reportedly had two sisters born between 1804 and 1810
1 FAMC @F89@
0 @I287@ INDI
1 NAME Abraham B. /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1810
1 FAMC @F89@
0 @I288@ INDI
1 NAME Isacc Wilburn /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1814
1 FAMC @F89@
0 @I289@ INDI
1 NAME Jane  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1815
1 FAMC @F89@
0 @I290@ INDI
1 NAME Evan L. /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1816
1 FAMC @F89@
0 @I291@ INDI
1 NAME Jehu  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 MAY 1819
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 FAMS @F243@
1 FAMC @F89@
0 @I292@ INDI
1 NAME Abner  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 SEP 1821
1 FAMC @F89@
0 @I293@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1846
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1905
2 PLAC Dresden - Weakley County, Tennessee
1 FAMS @F90@
1 FAMC @F430@
0 @I294@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Ann (Bray)/Braie/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1846
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1885
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 FAMS @F90@
1 FAMC @F431@
0 @I295@ INDI
1 NAME Lucy C. /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1864
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 NOTE Middle name may have been Caroline.
1 FAMC @F90@
0 @I296@ INDI
1 NAME Emily T. /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1866
1 FAMC @F90@
0 @I297@ INDI
1 NAME John William /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 AUG 1867
2 PLAC Weakley County, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 JUN 1956
1 NOTE From notes of Jane Miller 7957 Cardinal Cove South Indinapolis, IN 46256-4652
2 CONT Telephone: (317) 576-9895
1 FAMS @F91@
1 FAMC @F90@
0 @I298@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Jane /Smith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JUL 1862
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 MAR 1927
1 FAMS @F91@
0 @I299@ INDI
1 NAME Leamon Almos /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1890
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 FAMS @F426@
1 FAMC @F91@
0 @I300@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Ann /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 FEB 1894
2 PLAC Weakley County, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 SEP 1984
1 FAMS @F425@
1 FAMC @F91@
0 @I301@ INDI
1 NAME Clara Eron /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JUL 1897
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 OCT 1990
1 FAMS @F424@
1 FAMS @F429@
1 FAMC @F91@
0 @I302@ INDI
1 NAME Lewis L. /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 JUN 1813
2 PLAC Probably Maury county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  7 MAR 1842
2 PLAC Probably Maury county, Tennessee
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 325.
1 NOTE              Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861
2 CONT                           by Bryon & Barbara Sistler
2 CONT                  Published by Bryon Sistler & Associates, Inc.
2 CONT                                  Nashville, TN
2 CONT                              F/435/2575/1990 SHSW
1 NOTE      P. 404
2 CONT      Wortham, Benjamin H. 1847 wb-b-171 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Charles 1849 wb-b-167 (G)
2 CONT      Wortham, James Faucete 1859 wb-e-114 (Hy)
2 CONT      Wortham, Lewis L. 1842 wb-z-329 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Mary 1839 wb-b-280 (G)
2 CONT      Wortham, Mary H. 1861 wb-f-215 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Robert S. 1847 wb-1-143 (Sh)
2 CONT      Wortham, Samuel H. 1839 wb-y-399 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, William 1839 wb-y-399 (Mu)
1 NOTE      Mu = Maury
2 CONT      G  = Gibson
2 CONT      Sh = Shelby
2 CONT      Hy = Haywood
2 CONT      wb = will book
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F244@
1 FAMC @F230@
0 @I303@ INDI
1 NAME Francis A. /Fuller/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1812
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1891
2 PLAC Henderson County, Tennessee
1 FAMS @F243@
0 @I304@ INDI
1 NAME Lafayette  /Lawler/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1861
1 FAMS @F93@
0 @I305@ INDI
1 NAME Samantha  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1855
1 FAMS @F93@
0 @I306@ INDI
1 NAME M.R.  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1827
1 FAMS @F94@
0 @I307@ INDI
1 NAME B.J.  /Lawler/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 APR 1833
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1888
2 PLAC Henderson County, Tennessee
1 FAMS @F94@
0 @I308@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth Owen /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Perdinales Electric
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 SEP 1957
2 PLAC Army base, France
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1957 - Senator Strom Thurmond makes a speech lasting for 24 hours
2 CONT and 19 minutes.
1 FAMS @F226@
1 FAMS @F227@
1 FAMC @F79@
0 @I309@ INDI
1 NAME Aubrey  /Freeman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1945
1 FAMS @F95@
0 @I310@ INDI
1 NAME Michael  /Freeman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1964
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I311@ INDI
1 NAME George  /Schindler/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1947
1 FAMS @F96@
0 @I312@ INDI
1 NAME Brenda  /Schindler/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1972
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F96@
0 @I313@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Vernon /Short/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1948
1 FAMS @F97@
0 @I314@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Vernon /Short/
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1970
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F97@
0 @I315@ INDI
1 NAME Martha L. /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1811
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1844
1 NOTE This marriage date in the Tennessee marriage records is tied to JOHN Briscoe
2 CONT (probably Jr.) on 16-Apr-1827.  It is POSSIBLE that she may have married both
2 CONT brothers within a month, but it is likely a data entry error. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F242@
1 FAMS @F1796@
1 FAMS @F4472@
1 FAMS @F4473@
1 FAMC @F230@
0 @I316@ INDI
1 NAME Teresa Elaine /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAY 1950
2 PLAC Dallas - Dallas county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F100@
1 FAMC @F80@
0 @I317@ INDI
1 NAME James Harvey (III)/Norwood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 SEP 1944
2 PLAC Seattle - King county, Washington
1 FAMS @F99@
1 FAMC @F1474@
0 @I318@ INDI
1 NAME William Pietro /Rossi/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 NOV 1948
2 PLAC Hollywood - Los Angeles, California
1 FAMS @F100@
1 FAMC @F1473@
0 @I319@ INDI
1 NAME Zodia Chloe /Humphreys/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 JUN 1937
2 PLAC Breckenridge - Stephens county, Texas
1 FAMS @F101@
1 FAMS @F187@
1 FAMC @F186@
0 @I320@ INDI
1 NAME Diana Kay /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU School Administrator
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1952
2 PLAC Fort Worth - Tarrant county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F102@
1 FAMC @F81@
0 @I321@ INDI
1 NAME Michael Lyn /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 APR 1956
2 PLAC Dallas - Dallas county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 542.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1953 - 1961  President in office is Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1 FAMS @F103@
1 FAMC @F81@
0 @I322@ INDI
1 NAME Steven Gray /Peer/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU City Attorney
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1949
1 FAMS @F102@
0 @I323@ INDI
1 NAME Beverly Ann /Wright/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU American Embassy
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 NOV 1956
2 PLAC Loraine, Texas
1 FAMS @F103@
0 @I324@ INDI
1 NAME Justin Michael /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 NOV 1981
2 PLAC Dharan, Saudi Arabia
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F103@
0 @I325@ INDI
1 NAME Ross Edward /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 AUG 1983
2 PLAC Lubbock, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F103@
0 @I326@ INDI
1 NAME Johnnie Ruth /Bell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1918
1 FAMS @F104@
0 @I327@ INDI
1 NAME Manuel Ray /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Singer/Musician
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 JUN 1915
2 PLAC Edmond Chapel - Haskell co. Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  3 FEB 1977
2 PLAC Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE  5 FEB 1977
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 546.
2 CONT From the family records of Marion Mart Wortham of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1 FAMS @F205@
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I328@ INDI
1 NAME Melvin Hershell /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 FEB 1918
2 PLAC Liberty Hill - Haskell County, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1939
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 545.
1 FAMS @F206@
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I329@ INDI
1 NAME Murl Austin /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 AUG 1920
2 PLAC Liberty Hill - Haskell County, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 547.
1 FAMS @F207@
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I330@ INDI
1 NAME Mitchell Emmett /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 SEP 1922
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 549.
1 FAMS @F208@
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I331@ INDI
1 NAME Monroe Lee /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 DEC 1927
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 550.
2 CONT From the family records of Monroe Lee Wortham.
1 ADDR Monroe Lee Wortham
2 CONT 2310 West Parkway
2 CONT Mount Vernon, WA
2 CONT 98273
1 PHON (360) 428-6824
1 FAMS @F209@
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I332@ INDI
1 NAME Marion Mart /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1929
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 553.
2 CONT Marion and his brothers were the organizers of the 1990/1994 Tulsa reunions.
1 ADDR Marion and Marje Wortham
2 CONT Tulsa Wortham Reunions
2 CONT 2716 South Hemlock Avenue
2 CONT Broken Arrow, OK
2 CONT 74012
1 PHON (918) 250-8499
1 FAMS @F210@
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I333@ INDI
1 NAME Marlin Earl /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 OCT 1933
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 554.
1 FAMS @F211@
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I334@ INDI
1 NAME Mildred Elois /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUN 1935
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F212@
1 FAMC @F61@
0 @I335@ INDI
1 NAME Dessie Arnold /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 NOV 1906
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 NOV 1907
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F48@
0 @I336@ INDI
1 NAME Eunice Ester /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAY 1909
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1991
2 PLAC Tulsa - Tulsa county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 24 JUL 1991
2 PLAC Sentinel - Washita County, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F105@
1 FAMC @F48@
0 @I337@ INDI
1 NAME Ora Dee /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1911
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F106@
1 FAMC @F48@
0 @I338@ INDI
1 NAME Houston B. /Brittain/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1901
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 JUN 1966
2 PLAC Sentinel - Washita County, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 17 JUN 1966
2 PLAC Sentinel - Washita County, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F105@
1 FAMC @F247@
0 @I339@ INDI
1 NAME Lewis George /Ramsey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 MAR 1908
2 PLAC Scranton - Logan, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 JUN 1973
2 PLAC Tulsa - Tulsa county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE  2 JUL 1973
2 PLAC Broken Arrow - Tulsa county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F106@
0 @I340@ INDI
1 NAME Auldon Iram /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1916
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 MAR 1919
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 23 MAR 1919
2 PLAC San Bois, Kinta - Haskell county, OK
1 NOTE Auldon's mother Lillian stated that Auldon died at age three due to a farming
2 CONT accident.  There had been a gathering of people at the farm and Auldon somehow
2 CONT climbed on top of the old makeshift blacksmith bellows.  The contraption was
2 CONT apparently top heavy.  It fell on Auldon, killing him.
2 CONT -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 537.
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I341@ INDI
1 NAME Wilma Lee /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JUL 1928
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1932
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 22 DEC 1932
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 NOTE Died at age 4 due to strep throat.
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I342@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Creed /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1909
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 OCT 1984
2 PLAC Alaska
1 BURI
2 PLAC Death date from Social Security records.
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 536.
1 FAMS @F107@
1 FAMS @F201@
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I343@ INDI
1 NAME Ruth Ethel /Stewart/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? AUG 1914
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? AUG 1981
2 PLAC Alaska
1 BURI
2 PLAC Dates from Social Security records.
1 FAMS @F107@
0 @I344@ INDI
1 NAME Shirley Lee /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Alaska Legislative Aide
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JUN 1944
2 PLAC Great Falls - Cascade county, Montanna
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE This is our Shirley Wortham Armstrong - genealogist and sometimes researcher
2 CONT for the D.A.R., Alaska Legislature and others.  Shirley is credited with the
2 CONT tracing of this D.A.R. ancestry trail, back to David Strahan.  Her work is
2 CONT what qualifies the descendants of Acenith Angeline Strahan for membership in
2 CONT the Daughters of the American Revolution.  -=Ron Wortham=-
1 ADDR Shirley Lee Wortham
2 CONT 6430 East 9th Avenue
2 CONT Anchorage, AK
2 CONT 99504
1 PHON (907) 337-5981
1 FAMS @F108@
1 FAMC @F107@
0 @I345@ INDI
1 NAME Wanda Joyce /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Secretary
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 APR 1953
2 PLAC San Antonio - Bexar county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F109@
1 FAMC @F107@
0 @I346@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Dale /Armstrong/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Heavy Equipment Operator
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 NOV 1939
2 PLAC Lewiston - Nez Perce county, Idaho
1 FAMS @F108@
0 @I347@ INDI
1 NAME Donnie Lloyd /Thaggard/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Laborer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1950
2 PLAC Artesia, New Mexico
1 FAMS @F109@
0 @I348@ INDI
1 NAME Gary Lee /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1948
2 PLAC Henryetta - Okmulgee county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 535.
1 FAMS @F110@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I349@ INDI
1 NAME Kathy  /Montelongo/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 JAN 1958
1 FAMS @F110@
1 FAMC @F2362@
0 @I350@ INDI
1 NAME Frankie Lee /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JUL 1976
2 PLAC Madera - Madera county, California
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 535.
1 FAMC @F110@
0 @I351@ INDI
1 NAME Shea Renee /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 SEP 1983
2 PLAC Fresno - Fresno county, California
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F110@
0 @I352@ INDI
1 NAME Bryan Keith /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 JUL 1985
2 PLAC Fresno - Fresno county, California
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 535.
1 FAMC @F110@
0 @I353@ INDI
1 NAME Franklin Delano /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 MAR 1937
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 534.
1 FAMS @F112@
1 FAMS @F111@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I354@ INDI
1 NAME Ardena Ann /Redmond/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1940
1 FAMS @F111@
0 @I355@ INDI
1 NAME Paulette Gayle /Hilliard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JUL 1939
2 PLAC Sonora, California
1 BAPM
2 DATE  ? ___ 1961
2 PLAC Christened - Sonora, California
1 FAMS @F112@
1 FAMS @F2580@
0 @I356@ INDI
1 NAME Katheryn Ardena /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAR 1960
2 PLAC Chowchilla - Madera county, California
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F113@
1 FAMC @F112@
0 @I357@ INDI
1 NAME Scott Nolan /Thompson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 AUG 1970
2 PLAC Victorville - San Bernadino county, CA
1 FAMC @F2580@
0 @I358@ INDI
1 NAME Cory Lance /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JUN 1983
2 PLAC Merced - Merced county, California
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 534.
1 FAMC @F111@
0 @I359@ INDI
1 NAME Roger  /Bowerman/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1956
1 FAMS @F113@
0 @I360@ INDI
1 NAME John(1)  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Immigrant, land owner
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1627
2 PLAC Cambridgeshire, England
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 JUN 1692
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 BURI
2 DATE  2 JAN 1693
2 PLAC Will probated
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  Much of the family structure of these first three
2 CONT                       generations of American Worthams are from the family
2 CONT                       group sheets of Tom Wortham of Kentucky.
1 NOTE                  --------------------/------------------
1 NOTE                            THE WILL OF JOHN WORTHAM
2 CONT                  Published by the Virginia Historical Society
1 NOTE          [NOTE: This is one of the very oldest wills in America and
2 CONT          has been carefully copied many times.  The typewritten text
2 CONT          below is as accurate as is possible. The importance of the
2 CONT          will is that of age and historical reference.  It is almost a
2 CONT          century older than our Declaration of Independence].
1 NOTE                 Paragraphing has been added for easier reading.
1 NOTE                 --------------------/------------------
1 NOTE          IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I John Wortham being sick and weak in
2 CONT          body but praised be Almighty God in good and perfect memory
2 CONT          do make this my last will and Testament in manner and form
2 CONT          following first, I bequeath my soul to Almighty God who gave
2 CONT          it not afraid but trusting that through the merits of Jesus
2 CONT          Christ my redeemer everlasting salvation.
1 NOTE          My body I bequeath unto the earth from whence it came to be
2 CONT          decently buried at the descretion of my executore herinafter
2 CONT          exprest  As for worldly estaites that God Almighty hath
2 CONT          blessed me with I give and bequeath as followeth
1 NOTE          Item first I give unto my Beloved son George Wortham two
2 CONT          hundred acres of land at the lower end of my farm to him and
2 CONT          the heirs lawfully begotten of his body for ever for want of
2 CONT          such heirs unto my son Oswald and El i za [spacing emulating
2 CONT          handwiting in the will] Wortham and their heirs lawfully
2 CONT          begotten of their bodies.
1 NOTE          2. The other part of my land I give unto my son Oswald and my
2 CONT          daughter Elizabeth Wortham and their heirs lawfully begotten
2 CONT          forever the mansion plantation land I divise to my son Oswald
2 CONT          Wortham after the death of my loving wife Jane Wortham
1 NOTE          3.  I give unto my son George Wortham all my wearing clothes
2 CONT          made and unmade, unto my son Oswald I give my sword and
2 CONT          carbine and it is my will that my son George shall have ___
2 CONT          acres of corn land and pasturage upon this plantation until
2 CONT          he can clear out his own land.
1 NOTE          4. The rest of my estait that God hath blessed me with after
2 CONT          my Debts and funeral expenses is paid I give unto my loving
2 CONT          wife Jane Wortham and my own children to be equally divided
2 CONT          amongst them, except the third part of the slave which is and
2 CONT          properly belongs to my daughter Elizabeth and a negro Wooman
2 CONT          named Aggie belonging to ye children of Roger Shackleford
2 CONT          deceased
1 NOTE          5. I make my son George Wortham my full and whole Executor of
2 CONT          my last will and Testament Revoking and making void all other
2 CONT          wills whatsoever and desire my loving friends Capt William
2 CONT          Danell and Mr. Richard Robinson to be  _______ this my will
2 CONT          performed owning this to be my last will in witness whereof I
2 CONT          have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of June 1692
1 NOTE          John Wortham (Seal)
1 NOTE     ======================================================================
1 NOTE                                 FOR THE RECORD
1 NOTE     From the "Family Tree of Ralph Brent Wortham" (verbatim)
1 NOTE     Suffolk, England, George Wortham of Wortham Esq. and wife Elizabeth had
2 CONT     son George, born 1616.  George married Maud Verssey, daughter of Sir
2 CONT     Edmund Verssey.  Maud and George moved from England to America in
2 CONT     Middlesex county, Virginia where John Wortham was born February 23,
2 CONT     1638.
1 NOTE        [NOTE: This is NOT the accepted account - sources are not cited.
2 CONT        For the sake of later research, this version is quoted here. For
2 CONT        reasons unknown, there have been a number of genealogical fables
2 CONT        that have appeared in Wortham records at about the year 1936 or
2 CONT        before.  It is my belief that they were constructed of fantasy.]
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     ======================================================================
1 NOTE     In the family research records of William Wortham Collins of New York;
2 CONT                 (verbatim except minor grammatical corrections)
1 NOTE     ca.1691 -- 1700 of the 5000 landowners were working slaves.  Planter
2 CONT           (slave-owner) classes were adapting themselves for acceptance
2 CONT           among the gentry.  The astutely ambitious maneuvered to get on a
2 CONT           parish vestry, the county court as a Justice, or showed diligence
2 CONT           in the militia gathering to win appointment as a Captain or Major
2 CONT           and from there work for the house of Burgesses.
2 CONT           Many families of substance never entered political life beyond
2 CONT           assuming their responsibilities at the local level.
1 NOTE     1663 -- Middlesex Christ Church register begun.  John's children among
2 CONT             some of the first listed.  [NOTE:  John is said to have been
2 CONT             among the first to sign up for the militia.]
1 NOTE     1684 -- John Wortham was a Justice (Judge).
1 NOTE             John Wortham was a friend and neighbor of the Wormeley family
2 CONT             whose home "Rosegill" still stands and is a showplace of the
2 CONT             colonial times. Ralph Wormeley II had a 5,000 acre plantation
2 CONT             and a library of nearly 400 books.  It was probably the largest
2 CONT             or one of the largest libraries in the Colonies at the time.
1 NOTE     ======================================================================
1 NOTE     The following is a verbatim copy of a dissertation compiled jointly by
2 CONT     Dr. Thomas Wortham of Jacksonville Arkansas and Tom Wortham of
2 CONT     Madisonville, Kentucky. The original version included group sheets (now
2 CONT     updated from the records of several Wortham genealogists).
1 NOTE     References to the group sheets and maps have been deleted from the
2 CONT     text. Discrepancies or notations will be enclosed in brackets [to save
2 CONT     research time later].  Some abbreviations have been expanded to their
2 CONT     full wording. This work appeared in a newsletter format undated, but is
2 CONT     said by Tom Wortham as having been compiled in the early 1990's.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE                             GENERAL Wortham HISTORY
1 NOTE     The earliest known record of a Wortham in America is found in an entry
2 CONT     of the Court Records in Northampton County, Virginia, dated Jan 3
2 CONT     1642/43, in which property is granted to Captain Francis Yeardley as
2 CONT     payment for the transportation of 58 [53/57] individuals to the New
2 CONT     World.  On the list of these early settlers is found one John Wortham.
1 NOTE     The country of John's origin is not known ["The Wortham Connection"
2 CONT     verifies England] although England is strongly suspected, since
2 CONT     Yeardley and his father George, former Governor of the Virginia Colony
2 CONT     were both English.  To further support that theory is the fact that
2 CONT     there existed at that time, both a Wortham Parish and a hamlet known as
2 CONT     Wortham; both located in southeastern England.
1 NOTE     Despite several sound theories, the exact location where these early
2 CONT     adventurers may have come ashore is likewise unknown.  A noted Virginia
2 CONT     researcher has suggested that the point of entry may have been
2 CONT     Yorktown or even Jamestown, as these were two of the more prominent
2 CONT     villages along the Virginia coast.  The 17th century colony was
2 CONT     experiencing a socio-economical order referred to as the Plantation
2 CONT     Society.  Many wealthy Planters owned large amounts of land which lay
2 CONT     along the Tidewater area's large, navigable rivers. These propitious
2 CONT     farmers would add to their estate holdings by paying for the
2 CONT     transportation of persons from England to "the Virginia Plantations."
2 CONT     For each person so transported, the payer would receive 50 acres of
2 CONT     land. This Headright System, as it was called served to facilitate the
2 CONT     populating of the Colony and allowed the generosity of those already in
2 CONT     America to be rewarded. Because the shipping of goods and people was so
2 CONT     vital to their existence, these large landowners built their
2 CONT     plantations (houses) near the banks of the rivers. Their cargoes were
2 CONT     simply unloaded at a convenient point on their property. Consequently,
2 CONT     it is possible that John Wortham first set foot on Virginia soil at a
2 CONT     landing site on Yeardley's property in Northampton County near the
2 CONT     Hungar's Creek area.
1 NOTE     Currently, nothing more is known of John's activities in the years
2 CONT     immediately following his arrival in America.  The next entry
2 CONT     concerning a John Wortham is found in Patent book 4, 1655-1664, under
2 CONT     the date of March 5, 1658, in which 400 acres of land were patented by
2 CONT     John Wortham in what was then Lancaster County (now located in
2 CONT     Middlesex County) "on the Piankatank side of the main road just below
2 CONT     the cut-off to the Dragon Run Crossing." This is the same property
2 CONT     which is still owned by descendants of John Wortham some 330 years
2 CONT     later.
1 NOTE     Through Church and Court Records, there exists well documented and
2 CONT     defined genealogies of the succeeding 100 years of Worthams in
2 CONT     Virginia. Unfortunately it is not documented as to whether the John
2 CONT     Wortham who patented land in 1658 is the same John Wortham who was
2 CONT     transported to Virginia in 1642.
1 NOTE     At this point, we have two possibilities to consider; (1) that both of
2 CONT     these references pertain to the same John Wortham or (2) they are not
2 CONT     the same person, but in fact, father and son.  There are several
2 CONT     arguments which support both points of view.  For simplicity's sake,
2 CONT     John who was transported to Virginia will be referred to as John, 1642;
2 CONT     while John who patented land in 1658 will be John, 1658.
1 NOTE     Another area of uncertainty is the marriage(s) of John Wortham.  There
2 CONT     was no mention of any other Worthams brought over in 1642 by Yeardley.
2 CONT     If John, 1642 did marry soon after landing in the new world, it is
2 CONT     quite likely that he choose a wife from the immediate geographical
2 CONT     area.  Transportation to other populated areas along the coast was
2 CONT     extremely difficult.  [NOTE: In 1619 almost 20 years earlier, a
2 CONT     shipload of young women seeking husbands had arrived. Also, a Dutch
2 CONT     ship (the first of many) carrying 50 captured black African slaves
2 CONT     arrived at almost the same time].
1 NOTE     The wife of John 1658, did not give birth to their first child until
2 CONT     1663. It is logical to assume that John, 1658 did not marry Mary, his
2 CONT     first wife until 1661/62.
1 NOTE     Because of the continual re-organization of County lines, it is
2 CONT     impossible to say where he was married.  Very early church records are
2 CONT     incomplete for those hastily organized Parishes.  This is due in some
2 CONT     part to the fact that one minister would serve an entire County, and
2 CONT     that County territories would extend from their eastern-most boundary
2 CONT     westward for great distances.  People were often times "officially"
2 CONT     married when the minister came through their particular area of the
2 CONT     County.  Regardless of this lack of precise information regarding the
2 CONT     beginnings of married life for John, we do know from "The Parish
2 CONT     Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia - 1653 to 1812,"
2 CONT     that his first wife was named Mary.  Unfortunately, these ancient
2 CONT     records do not include her maiden name.  Their first child, Sarah was
2 CONT     born in 1663.  There followed a succession of 5 more children , one of
2 CONT     whom was George, born in 1673.  Only a short time later in 1676, three
2 CONT     of their four children died, presumably from childhood related
2 CONT     diseases.  George was the only male child of John Wortham who would
2 CONT     survive to adulthood.  The exact fate of Mary is unknown, but since
2 CONT     divorce was non-existent in seventeenth-century Virginia, we can most
2 CONT     assuredly presume that she died early in the year 1684.
1 NOTE     Sometime prior to 1685, John married an Elizabeth; again the surname is
2 CONT     unknown.  They had two children, Oswald and Elizabeth.  Elizabeth the
2 CONT     mother, died in 1687, the year following the birth of her child
2 CONT     Elizabeth. Colonial life in a hostile environment was a struggle;
2 CONT     therefore, having a wife was an absolute necessity, especially if there
2 CONT     were young children present.  John married for a third and final time
2 CONT     to Mrs. Jane Shackleford, widow of Roger Shackleford of neighboring
2 CONT     Gloucester County.  No further children were born to John Wortham.
1 NOTE     In Colonial Virginia, there was a definite progression through the
2 CONT     ranks of public service among those who chose these areas of endeavor.
2 CONT     A person's appointment to these positions of trust was determined not
2 CONT     only by their ability to capably perform the duties, but in a large
2 CONT     part by their wealth. And in those days, a mon's wealth was judged by
2 CONT     his land holdings.  According to accepted histories of the Chesapeake
2 CONT     Bay area, John Wortham's possessions placed him that segment of society
2 CONT     referred to as the "Country Oriented Gentry." This social rank was just
2 CONT     below the highest level of Virginia society.
1 NOTE     John served, in order, as a juror, a land appraiser, and a constable,
2 CONT     before being selected for the Church Vestry and ultimately serving in
2 CONT     the Middlesex County Court as a Gentleman Justice.
1 NOTE     Prior to the separation of Church and State, which was brought about
2 CONT     by the ratification of the United States Constitution, the Church was
2 CONT     the governing body of each Virginia County.  John was a member of the
2 CONT     Church of England, which evolved into today's Episcopal Church in
2 CONT     Middlesex County.
1 NOTE     [NOTE: The King James -then the reigning King of England- version of
2 CONT     the Bible was not even published until 1611.]
1 NOTE     An entry in the Christ Church Vestry Book, dated November 7, 1671,
2 CONT     ordered that "John Wortham continue as Reader at the Great Church the
2 CONT     Ensuing year and be paid as formerly."
1 NOTE     In 1672, he was selected to serve on the Vestry of Christ Church.  The
2 CONT     Vestry was a group of individuals within the Parish who established
2 CONT     policies and drew up regulations not only for the church itself, but
2 CONT     for the secular activities as well.
1 NOTE     In 1684, John was appointed as Justice for the County and likewise in
2 CONT     that same year he was selected as the Church Warden.
1 NOTE     An entry on page 39 of the Parish Register indicates - "Mr John Wortham
2 CONT     Departed this Life the 8th of June 1692." His will which is one of the
2 CONT     oldest on record in Middlesex County, mentions as his children, only
2 CONT     George by then age 19, Oswald and Elizabeth.  Elizabeth, born in 1686,
2 CONT     is believed to have married Richard Daniel before 1703 there in
2 CONT     Middlesex County.  Nothing more is known of Oswald.
1 NOTE     George was appointed executor of his father's estate, according to the
2 CONT     will. The dispensation of the estate apparently was cause for some
2 CONT     heated disagreement between George and his step-mother Jane.  She
2 CONT     brought suit against George in an effort to lay claim to John's
2 CONT     sizable estate which consisted primarily of land.  Suits and
2 CONT     counter-suits between the two prevailed in Middlesex County Courts
2 CONT     until April 3, 1693, at which time both cases were dismissed.  One can
2 CONT     only suppose that there had finally been some type of settlement
2 CONT     between George and Jane Shackelford Wortham.  Nothing more is found in
2 CONT     Middlesex County concerning Jane, but in the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls
2 CONT     there was a Jane "Wothan" listed in the Petso Parish of adjacent
2 CONT     Gloucester County as owning 60 acres of land.
1 NOTE                                SECOND GENERATION
1 NOTE     The second generation of Worthams in America began with only George to
2 CONT     carry on the family name.  Immediately after his father's death, George
2 CONT     following in family footsteps, plunged into the arena of public
2 CONT     service. In 1693, he was selected to serve as a member of the Petit
2 CONT     Jury, and one year later, he was serving as an Estate Appraiser.
1 NOTE     On November 11, 1695, George leased "one good strong house in the
2 CONT     County which formerly belonged to the late John Wortham... to the
2 CONT     County to be used as a Court House." A small building to be used as a
2 CONT     prison along with 40 adjoining acres were to be used by Middlesex
2 CONT     County for a period of ten years.
1 NOTE     George then built himself a new house which boasted six rooms with a
2 CONT     separate kitchen.  This home was constructed on a slight rise near his
2 CONT     father's homeplace which was then serving as the County Court House.
1 NOTE     Over a period of the next six years, George continued to serve in
2 CONT     various sectors of the County government as: constable, jury foreman,
2 CONT     surveyor of highways, County Justice and finally, Sheriff.
1 NOTE     By May of 1704, George was listed in the Court Records as "one of her
2 CONT     Majesty's Justices for County Middlesex." It was in these same dated
2 CONT     records that he was first referred to as Captain George Wortham. This
2 CONT     is obviously in regard to his rank obtained as a member of the
2 CONT     Middlesex County Militia.
1 NOTE     On May 3, 1708, George was bound "unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Anne
2 CONT     in the sum of 1000 pounds Sterling... and appointed Sheriff." During
2 CONT     the first week of December of each year, the Sheriff was to collect
2 CONT     public and County levy, duely pay and deliver all levys unto respective
2 CONT     County Creditors.  In addition to collecting taxes, the Sheriff was to
2 CONT     determine the quantity of land in the County and return a perfect Rent
2 CONT     Role of the same.
1 NOTE     In the December meeting of the Vestry of Christ Church, George was
2 CONT     sworn in as a member of this prestigious group, a position which he
2 CONT     faithfully served for the next twenty-three years.  In 1711, he was
2 CONT     ordered to be the Church Warden of the Middle Precinct.
1 NOTE     We have a similar dilemma involving George's' marriages, as we did
2 CONT     concerning those of his father.  We currently do not know the surnames
2 CONT     of his two wives, nor do we know the dates of his marriages.  We can
2 CONT     only assume that George's' marriages took place in Middlesex County
2 CONT     since he owned land and lived there.
1 NOTE     From the Christ Church Parish Register, we do know that George's first
2 CONT     wife was named Sarah and that they had a child, Robert who was born on
2 CONT     October 4, 1694.  Again clouds of uncertainty hide the facts that would
2 CONT     reveal the complete history concerning George's wives.  The same
2 CONT     Register indicates that on February 5, 1699, a son George was born to
2 CONT     George and Mary Wortham.  Exactly what happened to Sarah Wortham is
2 CONT     unknown but George is now married to Mary...surname unknown.
1 NOTE     [Interestingly, "The Wortham Connection", published after this
2 CONT     dissertation notes that George was suspected of murdering a Benjamin
2 CONT     David on July 7, 1715. Check the book on page 594 for that and more
2 CONT     items of interest.]
1 NOTE     George Sr.  was 61 years old when he died on April 5, 1734.  His death
2 CONT     was possibly sudden and unexpected, for he left no will to shed any
2 CONT     light on his land holdings and how they were to be dispersed.
1 NOTE     Three of his sons decided to seek their fortune outside of Middlesex
2 CONT     County. From the amount of current research available, it is believed
2 CONT     that all three left at some point after their father's death.
1 NOTE     Without a will, it is uncertain which son inherited George's land.
2 CONT     However, it was a common practice in England for the eldest son to
2 CONT     fall heir to this portion of the father's estate.  Since the colony was
2 CONT     still operating under British rule with people of predominantly English
2 CONT     descent, we can assume that George Jr.  did in fact come to own the
2 CONT     Middlesex plantation overlooking the Dragon Run which once belonged to
2 CONT     his father.
1 NOTE     History tells us that by the first quarter of the 18th Century,
2 CONT     farmers who had been tilling the Virginia soil for well over one
2 CONT     hundred years had severely depleted it of its ability to provide
2 CONT     abundant crops as once was possible.
1 NOTE     By the mid 1700's there were roads which would facilitate travel away
2 CONT     from the Eastern Coastal regions of the state.  Because travel over
2 CONT     the Blue Ridge Mountains was very limited and difficult, most of the
2 CONT     early Virginia roads ran North and South.  The migration patterns of
2 CONT     the various branches of the Wortham family almost exclusively followed
2 CONT     the direction of these accessible avenues of movement.  Regardless of
2 CONT     the precise reason, it was in the third generation of Worthams that a
2 CONT     migration away from the Chesapeake Coastal region and Middlesex County,
2 CONT     had begun.
1 NOTE                                THIRD GENERATION
1 NOTE     No further information regarding Capt.  George Wortham's firstborn son
2 CONT     Robert is available, beyond a statement of his mother's name and his
2 CONT     date of birth.
1 NOTE     Captain George or George Sr.'s second child was George, Jr.  whose
2 CONT     wife was Anne.  Again, lack of data precludes us from knowing anything
2 CONT     more about her. For as much as we know about his grandfather and
2 CONT     father, we are woefully deficient in material on George Jr.  other than
2 CONT     the basic information on his children and what happened to them.  From
2 CONT     the lack of entries in the Middlesex County Court Records and Church
2 CONT     Records, we can only assume that he chose, very emphatically, not to
2 CONT     pursue a career of public service similar to that of John and George
2 CONT     Sr.  He was born, lived and died in Middlesex County, quite unlike
2 CONT     three of his other brothers.
1 NOTE     Five of George Jr.'s eight children died at young ages.  But unlike the
2 CONT     children of John and Captain George before them who died primarily in
2 CONT     infancy, these fourth generation children were living 8 to 13 years
2 CONT     before succumbing to disease and death. In his will recorded in
2 CONT     Middlesex County Courthouse, by then located in Urbana, George Jr.  age
2 CONT     53, mentioned his three living children, Thomas, George, and Ann, plus
2 CONT     his brother John, the only living sibling remaining in Middlesex
2 CONT     County.
1 NOTE     Thomas and George both left Middlesex County traveling some 200 miles
2 CONT     westward to Amherst County, Virginia before eventually settling in
2 CONT     Georgia. The majority of Worthams who have lived and are living today
2 CONT     in Georgia have their ancestors in these two lines.
1 NOTE     Ann remained in Middlesex County and married her first cousin Samuel
2 CONT     Wortham. Their only son, Charles was brought to Kentucky by his
2 CONT     guardian sometime around 1784 - 1786.  From this Charles, sprang the
2 CONT     Kentucky branch of the Worthams.
1 NOTE     George Sr.'s third child, Sarah (1701-1720) was married on November 1,
2 CONT     1716 to John Fearn in Middlesex County.  A detailed genealogical
2 CONT     biography can be found on this family in a publication entitled "The
2 CONT     Fearns of Virginia" by Elizabeth C. Ferneyhough.
1 NOTE     John Wortham (1703-1757) was George Sr.'s fourth child.  He married, in
2 CONT     Middlesex County on November 2, 1732, Mrs. Judith Machen Stewart, the
2 CONT     widow of Hugh Stewart.  Judith was the daughter of Thomas and Mary
2 CONT     Chelton Machen. John and Judith also lived out their entire lives
2 CONT     within the confines of Middlesex County.  As with George Jr., there is
2 CONT     limited information to provide us insight concerning the life of John
2 CONT     Wortham.  Once again, we have to assume that he quietly spent his days
2 CONT     farming.  He and Judith had twelve children, of whom only four are on
2 CONT     record as having been married.  As far as can be ascertained they all
2 CONT     remained in Middlesex County.  their son Samuel married his cousin Ann
2 CONT     and resided in Middlesex.  Samuel died when his only son Charles was
2 CONT     three years of age.  Charles along with his younger sister were
2 CONT     brought to Kentucky prior to it becoming a state in 1792.
1 NOTE     William (1707-1744) the sixth child of George Sr., was the first
2 CONT     Wortham of whom we have factual information indicating he moved from
2 CONT     and lived outside Middlesex County.  He left home, but only went as far
2 CONT     as adjacent Essex County, the only County which shares a land boundary
2 CONT     with Middlesex.  William married Miss Margaret Rutherford, daughter of
2 CONT     John and Mary Rutherford of Essex County. They had four children; three
2 CONT     girls and one son, John who in turn had only one child - a girl named
2 CONT     Rose. Hence the Wortham surname ended on that particular branch of the
2 CONT     family..  We know that William died in Essex County, but we are not
2 CONT     exactly sure where John died even though he was indeed a resident of
2 CONT     the County.
1 NOTE     Samuel Wortham (1709-1774) George Sr.'s seventh child, was the first of
2 CONT     his sons to remove a significant distance from Middlesex County. He and
2 CONT     his wife Margaret - again surname unknown, lived in Caroline County,
2 CONT     Virginia which is located about 65 miles Northwest of Middlesex.  Their
2 CONT     journey could have been accomplished either by road or by traveling
2 CONT     up-river on the Rappahannock.  The earliest record of Samuel in
2 CONT     Caroline County is on March 9, 1749 at which time he was serving as an
2 CONT     Estate Appraiser.  From 1753 to 1759, he was Sr. Warden at St.
2 CONT     Margaret's Parish Church, and on May 10, 1759, he was sworn in as a
2 CONT     member of the Vestry for that Parish. Also in 1759 he was appointed as
2 CONT     Overseer of the County Road.  During the period from 1760 to 1771,
2 CONT     Samuel was named as executor of several Caroline County wills. Samuel
2 CONT     and Margaret gave the name of "Chalk Level" to the plantation on which
2 CONT     they lived and raised their eight children. Their youngest son,
2 CONT     Charles, inherited this family land, resided there and raised a large
2 CONT     family of his own.  His descendants account for many Worthams in and
2 CONT     around the Richmond vicinity through the years.
1 NOTE     Charles Wortham (1711-1743) , the eight child, chose to remain in
2 CONT     Middlesex County, where he married Ann Hipkins/Hypkins/Hipkings.
2 CONT     Apparently the spelling of her surname caused considerable confusion
2 CONT     among the County Court Clerks there.  Charles died relatively early and
2 CONT     left no children named in his will.
1 NOTE     James Wortham (1716-1770) the last child of Captain George Wortham also
2 CONT     migrated from Middlesex County, but opted for a southern route.  He is
2 CONT     on record as having owned property in Prince George's County, Virginia,
2 CONT     but lived the majority of his life, and died in Brunswick County,
2 CONT     Virginia which is located on the virginia-North Carolina border.  He
2 CONT     also owned sizable amounts of land in North Carolina, so it is not
2 CONT     surprising that his children took up their livelihoods in that state.
2 CONT     Two of his sons, William and Edward had many descendants, some of whom
2 CONT     remained in North Carolina, but the majority migrated further west into
2 CONT     Tennessee, and eventually into Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.
1 NOTE                           THIS HISTORY COMPLIMENTS OF
1 NOTE     Dr. Thomas Wortham                              Tom Wortham
2 CONT     Jacksonville,   Arkansas                        Madisonville, Kentucky
1 NOTE     Logged verbatim into computer data, December, 1993 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     [NOTE: Some considerable updating has occurred of the dates in this
2 CONT     text, due mostly to contributions from other Wortham genealogists.]
1 NOTE     RESEARCHERS:
1 NOTE     This collection of text files is indexed for the most part, by numbers
2 CONT     that link into Brother's Keeper (both Windows and DOS).  Without the
2 CONT     Brother's Keeper programs, you will for the most part, not be able to
2 CONT     know WHO the text file relates to.  Feel free to browse the files of
2 CONT     course but don't forget the "map".
1 NOTE                     DONATIONS TO THE FAMILY OF RON WORTHAM
1 NOTE     Since there was not time to publish this on CD, it is not practical to
2 CONT     charge for this collection. "The Genesis of Wortham" represents several
2 CONT     years of serious daily WORK in it's assemblage.  If you would like to
2 CONT     make a donation to my family, please do so with my blessings.
1 NOTE     Please make your check to:
1 NOTE     Debby or Dustin Wortham
2 CONT     Route 1 Box 1-A
2 CONT     Sadler, TX
2 CONT     76264-9701
1 NOTE     Thank you.          Ron Wortham
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1 NOTE Our first forefather, known and documented as an American immigrant.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1636 - Harvard College is founded in Boston.
2 CONT SOURCE: "The Wortham Connection", page 89.  Also; "The Fearns of Virginia".
1 NOTE     NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: This article was contributed by genealogist
2 CONT     Len Crowder in his research packet to Vivian Roller and thence,
2 CONT     copied from the documents she shared just before her death.
1 NOTE     The article appeared on pages 154, 155 and 156 of an historical
2 CONT     magazine or book published in the area of Virginia where the original
2 CONT     Wortham homestead in America, still exists.  Connected photos are
2 CONT     scanned from photo copies of several generations and have been
2 CONT     computer-enhanced for easier viewing.  -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE                                  Wortham Hill
1 NOTE     Wortham Hill. a tract of 400 acres beginning at the termination of Old
2 CONT     Courthouse Road (Route 641) near Stormont and bounded by the Dragon Run
2 CONT     on the south, Courthouse Swamp on the west, the Brooke property on the
2 CONT     north. and Pianketank Farm on the east, was a grant made to John
2 CONT     Wortham on March 5. 1658. For eleven generations the major portion of
2 CONT     this estate has remained in the possession of a direct descendant of
2 CONT     the original patentee.
1 NOTE     A plat dated 1772 shows the Wortham house and the nearby courthouse and
2 CONT     jail, and a later plat of 1835 shows the site of the present house. The
2 CONT     exact date of construction cannot be determined, but it appears to have
2 CONT     been built in the latter part of he seventeenth century, for its design
2 CONT     is quite similar to that of other houses of the period.
1 NOTE     The house has had few structural changes; however, in 1893 the roof was
2 CONT     raised, eliminating the dormer windows and changing it to a two-story
2 CONT     dwelling. The interior has remained basically the same, It is 32 x 22
2 CONT     feet with a foundation of English brick twelve inches thick.
1 NOTE     The original outside chimneys, of which one remains, were 6 feet wide
2 CONT     and 31 inches deep. There are three floors and an attic. The English
2 CONT     basement on the ground floor has two rooms, one of which was the dining
2 CONT     room, 14 feet by 16 feet 11 inches, with its original brick walls and
2 CONT     floor and commodious fireplace. A waist-level entrance to the second
2 CONT     room, a food storage room, is on the opposite end wall under the
2 CONT     enclosed stairway. Both of these rooms have outside entrances; the one
2 CONT     to the storage room is a double door 4 x 5 feet, making it easy to
2 CONT     carry commodities in and out.
1 NOTE     One unique feature of the home was the porch-like cover across the back
2 CONT     of the house providing protection to the entrances, enclosed on the
2 CONT     west end and called a coverway. It also provided a fascinating place to
2 CONT     play for the generations of children reared in this house.
1 NOTE     The first floor has a center hall with front and back doors, a room on
2 CONT     either side, and an enclosed stairway to the second floor. The east
2 CONT     room has a closet to the left of the fireplace with a small four-pane
2 CONT     window. To the right was an outside entry, now converted to a window.
2 CONT     The second story is identical to the first with center hall and
2 CONT     enclosed stairway to the attic. There was an outside kitchen with
2 CONT     servants' quarters above which were reached by a ladder.
1 NOTE     The kitchen was combined with the dining room of the main house after
2 CONT     the War Between the States, and the outside kitchen was converted to
2 CONT     use as a spinning and weaving room as well as temporary living
2 CONT     quarters. The kitchen remained combined with the dining room until
2 CONT     about 1915 when the present dining room and kitchen were added, the
2 CONT     only addition to the original house.
1 NOTE     John Wortham, the original patentee, was a man of stature in the
2 CONT     county.  The Christ Church Vestry Book refers to him in the entry of
2 CONT     November 7, 1671, "It is Ordered that John Wortham doe Continue Reader
2 CONT     at the Great Church This Ensueing Yeare And be paid as formerly." He
2 CONT     was paid 1,400 pounds of tobacco for serving as Clerk of the Vestry in
2 CONT     1673; he was listed as a vestry member in 1684 and for succeeding
2 CONT     years.
1 NOTE     Other Worthams are equally prominent in its pages; George. Charles,
2 CONT     James, and Samuel are names which appear repeatedly. With the marriage
2 CONT     in 1835 of Robert Seward and Ann Catherine Healy, daughter of Elizabeth
2 CONT     O. Wortham and Edmond Healy seventh generation, the home passed into
2 CONT     the Seward family and has continued in a direct line of descendants to
2 CONT     its present owners, the John M. Major estate.
1 NOTE     Portions of the original 400 acres have been sold to various persons
2 CONT     Healy, Nelson, Coats, Roane, and others, but the majority is still
2 CONT     owned by members of the eleventh Generation.
1 NOTE     Wortham Hill stands on an elevation facing the road which leads
2 CONT     directly to the house. In the rear, level fields stretch away toward
2 CONT     the Dragon; a stately presence, the old house keeps watch over the
2 CONT     nearby homes as it has done for years.
1 NOTE                            1. Patent Book 4, p. 317.
2 CONT                            2. PB 1, p.8.
2 CONT                            3. PB 2, pp 58, 59.
2 CONT                            4. VB, p. 17.
2 CONT                            5. VB, p. 43.
2 CONT                            6. Marriage Register
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1 FAMS @F114@
1 FAMS @F115@
1 FAMS @F117@
1 FAMC @F478@
0 @I361@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Jane /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1642
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1684
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1655 - Bubonic Plague makes another sweep through England.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: LDS records indicate a middle name of JANE.
1 FAMS @F114@
0 @I362@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1663
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1670
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE Child death at age 6, said to have been born between 11PM and midnight.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I363@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 FEB 1665
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1676
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE Child death at age 11, said to have been born at about 8PM.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1666 - The Great Fire of London destroys 80% of that city, and stops
2 CONT the spread of the plague.
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I364@ INDI
1 NAME John(2)  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1669
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1744
2 PLAC Page 195, Christ Church register
1 BURI
2 PLAC Will mentioned in 1757
1 NOTE                         The Mysterious John (#364) Jr.
2 CONT                                 b. 27-Sep-1669
2 CONT                                       by
2 CONT                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     This child was not mentioned in the will of John Wortham.  He is said
2 CONT     to have been very young at that time and perhaps, lacking consequence
2 CONT     in his father's financial affairs.
1 NOTE     In the last year of her life Vivian Roller surmised in a phone
2 CONT     interview that the convoluted relationships between John Sr. and his
2 CONT     (4) wives, may have swept John Jr. into involvement.  Prudence Needham
2 CONT     is often noted as the third wife of John Sr.  However, we must give
2 CONT     easement to the recording methods of the times where confusion in the
2 CONT     original records is possible and on occasion, glaringly evident.
1 NOTE     Of all the original American first generation Wortham children, this
2 CONT     John seems to have the lowest activity profile of the bunch.  You just
2 CONT     don't read much about him.  Of course it is possible that this John may
2 CONT     have "gone west" for a while or died at a relatively young age.
1 NOTE     Genealogist Len Crowder speculates that this John was not chronicled in
2 CONT     legal documents because he may have been incompetent or mentally
2 CONT     handicapped or addled.  In any case it is a good guess that he was not
2 CONT     able to handle his own legal affairs.
1 NOTE     When we run across open-ended ancestry trails in Wortham genealogy, one
2 CONT     must cast an eye in the direction of this man.  There is no question
2 CONT     that much more research is needed.
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1 NOTE Said to have been born at about 4PM.
1 FAMS @F2933@
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I365@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 FEB 1671
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 BAPM
2 DATE 26 MAR 1671
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 APR 1676
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  There is another date 21-Apr-1676 in some family group
2 CONT sheets, that may be a burial date or a date of some other family event.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I366@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1676
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 JUN 1677
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 NOTE The Christ Church Parish Register reads: "Joseph Son of the abovesd Wortham
2 CONT borne the 2th of July 1676 and Dyed the 9th of June the same year." (p. 12)
2 CONT It is assumed the erroneous statement means WITHIN the first year of life.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 89.
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I367@ INDI
1 NAME George (Capt.) /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1673
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 BAPM
2 DATE 19 MAY 1673
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  5 APR 1734
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 BURI
2 DATE  7 APR 1734
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE George was a wealthy Justice, High Sheriff and Captain in the Militia.
2 CONT Records from an old diary indicate that this family was closely connected with
2 CONT the royal family of England.  George inherited 200 acres of land and clothing
2 CONT from his father John's will.    "The Wortham Connection", Page 90.
1 NOTE             A quick, biographical sketch of Captain George Wortham
1 NOTE                           With quoted passages from:
2 CONT            "A place in time : Middlesex County, Virginia, 1650-1750"
2 CONT                                       by
2 CONT                       Anita H. Rutman and Bruce Darrett.
1 NOTE  EDITION: 1st ed.
2 CONT  PUBLISHED: New York : Norton, c1984.
2 CONT  DESCRIPTION: 287 pages with illustrations, maps and index.
2 CONT  ISBN: 0393018016
2 CONT  LCCN NUMBER: 9783430
1 NOTE     George was a prestigious gentleman of the day.  He was the only
2 CONT     surviving child of his father John, who was our first documented
2 CONT     American Wortham forefather.  We are familiar with John, he too was a
2 CONT     prominent personality in the colonies. George, like his father, held
2 CONT     several positions of authority and social prestige.  He was High
2 CONT     Sheriff, Vestryman in the church, and a Captain in the Militia among
2 CONT     other responsibilities to the community.
1 NOTE     This inevitably placed him as the focal point for the attention of many
2 CONT     persons.  Among them, his neighbor Benjamin Davis whom he was charged
2 CONT     with having murdered 1n 1711. George was 38 years old at the time. A
2 CONT     document charging George to this effect was filed on July 7th, 1715,
2 CONT     some four years later. Apparently no action was taken on the charge and
2 CONT     his position as Sheriff was renewed a year later. He was a very
2 CONT     colorful character, in those very colorful times.
1 NOTE     Here, quoting from "A Place in Time" is a narrative of the incident
2 CONT     with Benjamin Davis, one of what must have been many similar incidents
2 CONT     in the life of the man who so far, stands out as the nearest common
2 CONT     ancestor of what we know as the American-born Worthams.
1 NOTE                        CHAPTER: "Strata" - Pages 138-142
1 NOTE          As we move from the poorest of Middlesex's free families to
2 CONT          the county's "middling sort," another act of violence
2 CONT          attracts our attention.  The date was Thursday, September 13,
2 CONT          1711; the place an ordinary at mid-county. Earlier that day
2 CONT          the middle precinct militia had met for muster and training
2 CONT          exercises.  The exercises completed, the men had begun
2 CONT          impromptu horse races.  And from the races the flow of the
2 CONT          crowd was toward the tavern.  Benjamin Davis - no relation to
2 CONT          Henry - was one of the crowd, drifting from muster to races
2 CONT          to ordinary.  he would be one of the protagonists in the
2 CONT          drama to come.  The other would be George Wortham, captain of
2 CONT          the militia company.
1 NOTE          We have already met Davis.  Born in the county in 1680, he
2 CONT          had lost his mother, a Pritchard from Gloucester, as an
2 CONT          infant and his father at age eight.
1 NOTE          With his older brother John, he was bound out to Oswald Cary.
2 CONT          Cary died within a few years, and when his widow married
2 CONT          Randolph Seager in July 1691, the boys were bound to him.
2 CONT          Then Seager died (1694), and once again remarriage by the
2 CONT          widow brought another master, the Reverend Samuel Gray, the
2 CONT          parish minister.  In 1696 brother John reached his majority
2 CONT          and left Gray's service to take up a hundred acres left to
2 CONT          him by his and Benjamin's father.  Benjamin, at nineteen,
2 CONT          sought his own freedom, but was compelled by the court to
2 CONT          remain with Gray until 1702.
1 NOTE          For a few years we lose sight of him.  Perhaps he worked for
2 CONT          wages or rented. But in December 1706 he married the widow
2 CONT          of Sarah Williamson's son Charles.  With the marriage,
2 CONT          Benjamin gained a two-year-old stepson, land to work for
2 CONT          himself (Williamson's hundred acres), and a black slave
2 CONT          couple and their infant boy.  The next year he served as a
2 CONT          grand juror, to our knowledge his first public service.
2 CONT          Regular jury duty followed, and in December 1708 he was named
2 CONT          by the county court a surveyor of highways, being charged
2 CONT          with the care of the roads "from Turkes Ferry (on the
2 CONT          Piankatank) to the Courthouse" and on to the Middle Church.
1 NOTE          Marriage and public service were the high points of Davis's
2 CONT          life. Then the tide turned against him.  One of the blacks -
2 CONT          the female - died.  Rather than himself and two blacks to do
2 CONT          the work of the plantation, Davis perforce made do with
2 CONT          himself and one. At the same time, he had more mouths to
2 CONT          feed. To his wife, stepson and the young black - not yet old
2 CONT          enough to work - were added two daughters born in 1707 and
2 CONT          1709.
1 NOTE          Debts piled up, primarily to William Churchill, from whom
2 CONT          Davis obtained the necessities he could not produce himself
2 CONT          and to whom he paid over his tobacco.  The crop never covered
2 CONT          the cost of purchases.  The final accounting would come after
2 CONT          Davis's death.  Charles Williamson's estate, which Davis had
2 CONT          come to control by marriage, had amounted to the hundred
2 CONT          acres and personal property valued at 117 pounds current
2 CONT          money of Virginia.  Following Davis's death, his debts were
2 CONT          such that they could only be met by the sale at public
2 CONT          auction not only of his own personal possessions, but also of
2 CONT          those properly belonging to his wife and Williamsons's son,
2 CONT          including the two remaining blacks.  When the tally was
2 CONT          balanced, the widow was left with the land and 5 pounds.
1 NOTE          Benjamin Davis, a freeholder and minor officeholder, was a
2 CONT          cut above Henry Davis, albeit failing in the economic race.
2 CONT          For his part, George Wortham was a cut above Benjamin.
2 CONT          Wortham, too, was Middlesex-born (1673) and he was the third
2 CONT          of four sons and ultimately the only survivor of the eight
2 CONT          children of John and Mary Wortham.  Father John had moved
2 CONT          into what would become the middle precinct in 1657, taking up
2 CONT          four hundred acres on the Piankatank side of the main road
2 CONT          just below the cutoff of the Dragon crossing.  A lay reader
2 CONT          at Christ Church, he was called upon frequently for jury
2 CONT          duty, as an appraiser of estates, and to serve as constable.
2 CONT          in 1684 he was co-opted onto the vestry.  That same year he
2 CONT          took a seat among the justices of the county court.
1 NOTE          Young George came into his father's land gradually. Following
2 CONT          John's death in 1693, George took possession of the
2 CONT          underdeveloped land away from the road, building his house
2 CONT          there while a stepmother lived on in the original "manor
2 CONT          Plantation" of one hundred acres.  When she died (by November
2 CONT          1695), George took over the old house, repaired and refined
2 CONT          it as a new courthouse, and leased it, along with a prison
2 CONT          that he built nearby, to the county for a ten-year term,
2 CONT          collecting five thousand pounds of tobacco. By then he was
2 CONT          married and a father; before his death, he would marry twice
2 CONT          and father eleven children in all.  His first public service
2 CONT          had followed closely upon his father's death and proceeded
2 CONT          apace; petit jury duty from 1693 onward, appraising estates
2 CONT          from 1696, surveyor of highways in 1696, constable in 1701, a
2 CONT          jury foreman for the first time in 1703, a seat among the
2 CONT          justices in 1704, sheriff of the county in 1708. His personal
2 CONT          fortune seems to have proceeded apace as well.  In 1699 he
2 CONT          attempted to add to his land a thirty-three-acre tract that
2 CONT          would have given him frontage on the Pinakatank.  At the
2 CONT          auction of Benjamin Davis's goods, Wortham would purchase the
2 CONT          young black boy to add to his own stock of labor.
1 NOTE          Davis and Wortham, two men of the county, were neighbors -
2 CONT          their houses were no more than a mile and a half apart. Their
2 CONT          argument that Thursday in 1711 began in mid-afternoon.
2 CONT          Wortham, as captain of the company, exercised his troopers
2 CONT          and then, done with the muster, "went to running of races."
2 CONT          The captain was among the winners and bought cider for the
2 CONT          men, who urged him "to stay and drink part with them."
1 NOTE          It was inevitably a bluff, hearty occasion in the yard in
2 CONT          front of the ordinary.  At one point, Wortham drew Davis
2 CONT          aside.  Undoubtedly the captain knew of Davis's worsening
2 CONT          finances.  he offered Benjamin the position of overseer on
2 CONT          his own plantation.  We do not know what Davis replied, only
2 CONT          that the two had "some discourse" about the matter.  The
2 CONT          general talk drifted to the cause celebre of the neighborhood
2 CONT          at the moment.  William Matthews, then languishing in the
2 CONT          nearby jail.
1 NOTE          Matthews had some years before been an ordinary keeper, but
2 CONT          had fallen into debt and lost his license Since then he had
2 CONT          been in and out of trouble, the most recent involving a suit
2 CONT          with Wortham over a protested bill.  Wortham claiming a debt
2 CONT          of eight pounds, seven shillings and sixpence. Only a few
2 CONT          days earlier, Wortham had obtained an attachment of a mare
2 CONT          belonging to Matthews, had seized the mare, and had placed it
2 CONT          with his own animals.  Matthews had stolen it back again and
2 CONT          had been committed to the jail by Justice Christopher
2 CONT          Robinson to await trial for theft.
1 NOTE          Had Matthews really "Stole his mare or no?" one of the
2 CONT          troopers now asked Wortham.  Indeed he had, George replied.
1 NOTE          No! Davis interjected.  Matthews was "An honest man and took
2 CONT          his [own] Mare where he could find her." He - Wortham - "Had
2 CONT          done the thing that was unfaire for that he had attached a
2 CONT          mans mare that he had noe more right to then himselfe."
1 NOTE          Once started, the argument escalated.
2 CONT          "Matthews did what any honest man would do and what I would
2 CONT          have done myself!"
2 CONT          "Ah, Davis, do not trouble your head about it.  It is no
2 CONT          concern of yours.  Be pacifyed!"
2 CONT          "Nay, not for a rogue and knave like yourself!"
1 NOTE          Gradually the onlookers pushed between the participants,
2 CONT          separating them.  Richard Paffit drew Wortham into the
2 CONT          ordinary itself to "Smoke a pipe and drink a pot and then
2 CONT          they should be free of Davis' noise." But after a while,
2 CONT          Davis and some others followed.  Sitting apart from Wortham
2 CONT          and Paffit, Davis continued ranting.
1 NOTE          "If I had but four men of my own mind I would break the
2 CONT          prison door open and lett him out."
1 NOTE          [RESEARCHERS NOTE: Davis is speaking of the very prison that
2 CONT          George himself had built, located next to the courthouse that
2 CONT          had once been the private home of his father, John Wortham.
2 CONT          Indeed, George had most likely been born there.  George had
2 CONT          leased both buildings and property to Middlesex county. Not a
2 CONT          good place to go smashing into - with the owner sitting at a
2 CONT          nearby table, listening to the plans.]
1 NOTE          When he raised no response from his prey, Davis rose, crossed
2 CONT          the room, and demanded the prison key.  Somehow Wortham (or
2 CONT          the others) managed to quiet Davis and return him to his
2 CONT          seat.  It was only for a moment.
1 NOTE          "Who was such a blockhead to put that man there?" Davis asked
2 CONT          the room in general.  Rising, he approached Wortham again.
2 CONT          "Was it such a pupey as you, or do you know who?" "Mr.
2 CONT          Christopher Robinson committed him." "Then Mr. Christopher
2 CONT          Robinson is a blockhead and a pupey, and all the Justices are
2 CONT          fooles and do not know their Duty"
1 NOTE          Wortham was by this time obviously angered.  He "bid [Davis]
2 CONT          hold his tongue." When Davis persisted, Wortham too,
2 CONT          resorted to epithets.  Here the record fails us.  The
2 CONT          Witnesses conveniently forgot what Wortham said.  "Captain
2 CONT          Wortham Said Some word (which this deponent Saith he hath
2 CONT          forgott) which disturbed Benjamin Davis who repeated it
2 CONT          Several times after.
1 NOTE          Whereupon Captain Wortham said "Sure, Benjamin, it is not
2 CONT          come to that, that I must be afraid to speak for you?" and
2 CONT          with that bid him hold his tongue and talk no more of it."
2 CONT          The argument continued, but on a level so personal as to defy
2 CONT          our understanding.  Davis, said Wortham, was too much like
2 CONT          his Gloucester Uncle Pritchard. (All we know of Pritchard is
2 CONT          that he owed Davis a cow and calf but never delivered them.)
1 NOTE          "If I am like my Uncle Pritchard I will stand by my Uncle
2 CONT          Pritchard till I dye." Wortham had touched a sensitive area!
2 CONT          He raised his cane as if to hold Davis away.  Davis struck at
2 CONT          the cane with his sheathed sword, then drew the sword from
2 CONT          its scabbard and cut at the cane again.  Wortham backed away
2 CONT          toward and through the open door and into the yard, defending
2 CONT          himself with the cane until it was finally swept from his
2 CONT          hand, then drawing his own sword and offering it toward his
2 CONT          attacker.
1 NOTE          "Stand off Davis, I have a sword as well."
1 NOTE          Witness William Cheshire - he would subsequently marry
2 CONT          Davis's widow - tells the rest of it; "Davis Still
2 CONT          endeavoring to get a blow at [Wortham] followed him very
2 CONT          close up and at last turned from him and came towards me ...
2 CONT          saying in a crying tone that he was a dead man and [he]
2 CONT          opening his Shirt to look at Something I saw blood." Two
2 CONT          hours later Davis died.  he had run himself upon Wortham's
2 CONT          outstretched sword.
1 NOTE          The "duel" was certainly a drunken brawl.  One of the
2 CONT          witnesses, would later confess that he could not "be positive
2 CONT          in [his testimony] because he was Something in drink."
2 CONT          Indeed, the hard cider had been running for at least three
2 CONT          hours!  but the duel is also a window through which we
2 CONT          glimpse personalities and tensions in the middle layer of
2 CONT          Middlesex's free society, just as the murder of Sarah
2 CONT          Gambrell offers us a glimpse of the lowest level.  At the
2 CONT          root of the duel was status.  Benjamin was in danger of
2 CONT          losing the status he had, so much so, it seems, as to be
2 CONT          affronted by the offer of employment as an overseer.  He
2 CONT          lashed out at Wortham (who had made the offer) in behalf of a
2 CONT          man in prison who could just as easily have been himself.
1 NOTE                                    -=/=/=/=-
1 NOTE               Introductory/interjectory comments by  Ron Wortham
2 CONT                      Research Contributed by Ed Shaw (KY)
1 NOTE          -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1681 - The Province of New Jersey offered for sale ($25,000).
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
1 FAMS @F445@
1 FAMS @F119@
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I368@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1642
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1687
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE NOTE: On page 33, Elizabeth is referred to with the name ELIZA.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
1 FAMS @F115@
0 @I369@ INDI
1 NAME Oswald  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 APR 1685
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 BAPM
2 DATE  4 APR 16??
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1704
1 NOTE Inherited his father's sword and carbine.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 89.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1685 - Early American coins are engraved; "Mind Your Own Business".
1 FAMC @F115@
0 @I370@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 FEB 1686
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 BAPM
2 DATE 10 MAR 1686
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? JUN 1758
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1687 - Prior to this point in history, clocks had no minute hand.
2 CONT SOURCE: "Middlesex Wills and Inventories" by William Hopkins.
2 CONT SOURCE: Records of Tom Wortham, (KY).
1 FAMS @F336@
1 FAMS @F446@
1 FAMC @F115@
0 @I371@ INDI
1 NAME Prudence  /Needham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1666
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 FEB 1689
1 NOTE Prudence may have been married to John Jr. (b. 27-Sep-1669) the son of John
2 CONT on 25-Sep-1688 according to a marriage record of the Christ Church registry.
2 CONT John Jr. would have been only 19 at the time.  Prudence lived only one more
2 CONT year after the shown marriage. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 89.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
1 FAMS @F2933@
0 @I372@ INDI
1 NAME Jane  /Shackleford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1677
1 NOTE Jane was involved in suits and counter-suits with stepson George regarding the
2 CONT land and bequethals of John.  She apparently wound up with 60 acres in an
2 CONT adjoining (Glouchester) county.  From the combined works of Dr. Thomas Wortham
2 CONT of Jacksonville, Arkansas and Tom Wortham of Madisonville, KY.
1 FAMS @F1448@
1 FAMS @F117@
0 @I373@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1675
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? SEP 1714
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1692 - The Salem witch hunt began.
1 NOTE                     More information on the death of Sarah;
1 NOTE     Len Crowder reports there is a puzzling entry in "Middlesex County
2 CONT     Virginia Wills and Inventories" by W.L. Hopkins (c)1989 on page 232;
1 NOTE     "George Wortham states that Sarah Wortham died without will and (he,
2 CONT     George) is made administrator 5 Oct 1714".
1 NOTE     Len suggests further research.  The statement does offer an
2 CONT     approximate death date for Sarah.  For George to more or less declare
2 CONT     himself as an administrator was not as unusual as it would seem to be,
2 CONT     with him being high Sheriff and holder of other positions of
2 CONT     prominence.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE Husband George was appointed Administrator of Sarah's estate October 5, 1714.
2 CONT From the records of Tom Wortham (KY).
1 FAMS @F445@
0 @I374@ INDI
1 NAME Robert  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 OCT 1694
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 BAPM
2 DATE 16 NOV 1694
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1692 - First post office established in America.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 90.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: There has been very little mention of Robert in family
2 CONT history.  "Loose ends" in genealogical research in Virginia and North Carolina
2 CONT though, raise interest in this man's destiny.  It is very likely that he was
2 CONT simply, another person whose life was undocumented.  It is likely also, that
2 CONT he died at a very young age.  -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMC @F445@
0 @I375@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1676
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? SEP 1714
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 90.
2 CONT Death date from the records of Tom Wortham (KY).
1 FAMS @F119@
0 @I376@ INDI
1 NAME George J. (II)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 FEB 1699
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1752
2 PLAC Will signed on 26-May-1752
1 BURI
2 DATE  3 OCT 1752
2 PLAC Will probated in Middlesex county, VA
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 91.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1701 - Captain Kidd, businessman turned pirate, is hanged.
2 CONT Will was signed and dated 26-May-1752.  His death occurred shortly after.
2 CONT From the research of Len C. Crowder (GA).
2 CONT Death date from Wilbur Raleigh Wortham.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT Middle initial "J." from the records of Lois Griffith Perry.
1 FAMS @F177@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I377@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 DEC 1701
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 APR 1720
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT Marriage date to John Fearn: from "The Wortham Connection", page 90.
2 CONT Sarah married at the age of 15 and died at 18.
1 FAMS @F2725@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I378@ INDI
1 NAME John (3) /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer/Rancher
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1703
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 MAR 1759
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 NOTE Will signed 15-Jan-1757 and probated 6-Mar-1759. All children save Machen are
2 CONT named. Updated information from "Worthams Across America" Jan-1994.
2 CONT Research by Mabel Stone of Leitchfield, KY and others.
2 CONT These births and deaths are chronicled in the Christ Church Parish records on
2 CONT pages 138, 141, 144, 148, 192, 151, 153, 156, 158, 161, 193, 194, 195, 285,
2 CONT 302 and 303.  Updated research by Len Crowder.  CHARLES MACHEN WORTHAM # 1136
2 CONT is a disputed entry in this family. "The Wortham Connection", Page 163.
1 FAMS @F179@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I379@ INDI
1 NAME Anne  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAY 1714
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1757
1 NOTE From the notes of Fairy B. Edwards (TX).
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: There may be some inconsistencies in the spellin of ANN
2 CONT and CAREY i.e. [ANN and CARY]. Also, some records indicate the ANN in question
2 CONT is the daughter of JOHN WORTHAM. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F121@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I380@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1707
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 BAPM
2 DATE  2 FEB 1708
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1744
2 PLAC Estate inventory 16-Jul-1744
1 NOTE From the notes of Marialis Hamlet and Len Crowder - Len points out error in a
2 CONT marriage date of 1742.  Kids were earlier. "The Wortham Connection" Page 252.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT TIMELINE - 1704: The Boston News Letter (first American newspaper) published.
2 CONT Tom Wortham points out death date is probably erroneous also, because guardian
2 CONT papers for young Mary were issued March 20, 1753 which makes 1752 likely.
2 CONT From the records of Lois Griffith Perry 1826 Sayles Blvd. Abilene, TX 79605
1 FAMS @F180@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I381@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel (Dr.) /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JAN 1709
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Baptist
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 NOV 1774
2 PLAC Chalk Level - Bute/Warren/Vance co. NC
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection" Page 253.
2 CONT Samuel purchased 800 acres of land in Henrico county in 1737 from James Powell
2 CONT Cocke, then deeded 300 acres to his brother Charles.
2 CONT From the family records of William Wortham Collins, New York, NY
2 CONT TIMELINE 1774: There were only 3.5 million citizens in all of the colonies.
2 CONT Dates from Samuel Wortham's Bible # 1757 (VA).
1 FAMS @F181@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I382@ INDI
1 NAME Charles  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1711
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? DEC 1742
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 BURI
2 DATE  3 JAN 1743
2 PLAC Will proven in Middlesex co. Virginia
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection" Page 282.
2 CONT Records of William Wortham Collins (NY) reports no children in this marriage.
2 CONT His records indicate a death date of 3-Jan-1743 &  burial date of 25-Aug-1743.
2 CONT Authentication by Len Crowder shows the dates above.  There may be some dates
2 CONT that are duplicated or entered twice due to the switch from the Julian to the
2 CONT Gregorian calendars.  Tom Wortham (KY) reports an extensively described will
2 CONT on file in Middlesex county mentioning no children.   300 acres in Henrico, VA
1 FAMS @F182@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I383@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 AUG 1716
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 BAPM
2 DATE  4 SEP 1716
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 JAN 1770
2 PLAC McHerrin Parish - Brunswick County, VA
1 BURI
2 DATE 26 FEB 1770
2 PLAC Will probated in Brunswick county, VA
1 NOTE LDS records indicate LUCY as the daughter of Elizabeth BYRD or WILKINS.
2 CONT From the records of Tom Wortham (KY), Maxine Croseley, George Landis Wortham,
2 CONT Dr Thomas Wortham (AR) and Mrs. Samuel Jackson - Richmond, Virginia.
2 CONT RESOURCE: "Middlesex County Wills, Inventories 1673-1812"  by William Hopkins
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection" Page  283. TIMELINE: 1718 - City of New Orleans, LA
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
1 NOTE      Text of the will of James Wortham
1 NOTE     State of Virginia Pages 3,4, & 5 Will Book Brunswick County a.d. 1770
1 NOTE     In the name of God, amen, I, James Wortham of Meherin Parish and
2 CONT     County of Brunswick, being sick and weak in body, but of sound mind and
2 CONT     memory, praise be to almighty God, and calling to remembrance the
2 CONT     uncertainty of this mortal life, make and ordain this my last Will and
2 CONT     Testament in manner and form following:
1 NOTE     Imprimis, I commend my Soul into the hands of almighty God, firmly
2 CONT     trusting through faith in the resurrection hereafter, and my body to
2 CONT     the Earth to be buried decently.
1 NOTE     In the matter of worldly possessions permitted me by the grace of God,
2 CONT     I allow my just debts to be paid and also the expenses of the disposal
2 CONT     of my remains in a Christian manner.
1 NOTE     Item, I leave to my beloved son William Wortham the sum of fifty
2 CONT     pounds, and to his wife Sarah whom I cherish as a daughter I bequeath
2 CONT     the negro woman named Patt, and her child named Mandy and any
2 CONT     increase, to her and her heirs forever.  Also one feather bed called
2 CONT     Lucy's bed and a side sadle now in her possession.
1 NOTE     Item, To my beloved son Edward Wortham, one negro lad named Benjamin,
2 CONT     possession to him and his heirs forever.
1 NOTE     Item, I give to my daughter Mary Minetree a negro boy named Mason,
2 CONT     possession to her and her heirs forever, also my lott of land at Woods
2 CONT     in the Town of Hopewell in Prince George County on James River, which
2 CONT     land I got from my father, I give to her and her heir and assigns
2 CONT     forever.
1 NOTE     Item, I give to my beloved son Charles Wortham, fifty pounds current
2 CONT     money to be paid out of my estate to be provided him and his heirs
2 CONT     forever.
1 NOTE     Item, I give to my son John Wortham fifty pounds current money to be
2 CONT     provided him and his heirs forever.
1 NOTE     Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Wortham fifty
2 CONT     pounds current money to be provided her and her heirs forever.
1 NOTE     Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Anne Wortham, my negro man
2 CONT     named Cates, to her and her heirs and assign forever.
1 NOTE     Item, I give to my friend and old neighbor Elizabeth Baird, relic and
2 CONT     widow, twenty five pounds for her attendance on me in time of sickness
2 CONT     in my extremities, which legacies I give to her and her heirs are to
2 CONT     be paid as the other legacies.
1 NOTE     Imprimis, it is my will and and so order that my Executor hereafter
2 CONT     named do sell all my lands in Virginia and North Carolina as also all
2 CONT     my stocks of cattle, hoggs, &c Also kitchen furniture giving a
2 CONT     reasonable time of payment on any money mising therefrom after my just
2 CONT     debts and legacies have been paid to be equally divided between all my
2 CONT     children, to wit William Wortham, Edward Wortham, Mary Minetree,
2 CONT     Charles Wortham, Elizabeth Wortham, and Anne Wortham, and their heirs
2 CONT     forever. It is my Will that the legacies left me by my beloved brother
2 CONT     Charles Wortham, upon death of his widow and relice, be sold, and the
2 CONT     money arising therefrom be equally divided amongst all my children or
2 CONT     their legal heirs.
1 NOTE     I do institute and appoint my son William Wortham and my friend
2 CONT     Archibald Minetree as the Executors of this my last Will and Testament.
1 NOTE      ___________________________    _________________________
2 CONT      William Myrich - Witness              James Wortham
2 CONT      Christopher Mason - Witness
1 NOTE     At a court held for Brunswick County, the 26th day of January 1770,
2 CONT     this Will was presented in court by William Wortham and Archibald
2 CONT     Minetree, the Executors therein named who under oath, swearing thereto
2 CONT     according to law, and the same being proved by their oaths.
1 NOTE      Teste:  Edward Fisher
1 NOTE      Contributed and data entry by:    Ed Shaw   (606) 272-4436
2 CONT                                        604 Green Ridge Court
2 CONT                                        Lexington, KY 40517-1934
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F122@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I384@ INDI
1 NAME Edward  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1705
2 PLAC Christ Church Parish - Middlesex co, VA
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Probably before 1743.
1 NOTE From the John D. Pearson diary, owned by Mary Stephens, Georgia Archives.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection" identifies it as data source 10.
2 CONT Edward probably died at a young age. He is not mentioned in brother Charles'
2 CONT will of 1743. "The Wortham Connection", Page 576.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1727 - Moulay Ismail last Sharifian Emperor of Morrocco dies, having
2 CONT fathered more than 1,000 children.
1 FAMS @F1090@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I386@ INDI
1 NAME John (Jr.) II/Fearn/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1690
2 PLAC Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 MAY 1743
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE "The Fearns of Virginia" is one of the most quoted and cited genealogical
2 CONT studies of early American colonies ever published.  The Wortham family is
2 CONT mentioned in it several times.  AUTHOR: Elizabeth C. Ferneyhough.
2 CONT Because of confused dates in several family records (and possibly the Christ
2 CONT Church Parish Register), this family structure should be held open for more
2 CONT research. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F2725@
1 FAMS @F2564@
1 FAMC @F2709@
0 @I387@ INDI
1 NAME Carey  /Smith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 MAY 1716
2 PLAC Probably Henrico county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1786
2 PLAC Henrico county, Virginia
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: An alternative death date in some records, is 1743.
1 FAMS @F121@
0 @I388@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Heath/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1720
1 NOTE From the combined records of Thomas Wortham (AR), Tom Wortham (KY) and from
2 CONT the records of Beverly Waid.  Elizabeth's surname HEATH from the research of
2 CONT Otis Stewart.  This may be another of the HEATH honorarium namesake beginnings
2 CONT that still lives in Benjamin Heath Worthams of even contemporary times.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 283.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Extended and unconnected HEATH lines are available in the
2 CONT database by simply keying in  ? HEATH at the name entry level. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F122@
0 @I389@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Tobacco farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1740
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 MAY 1787
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 BURI
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE William, like many of the higher society priviledged, was educated in England
2 CONT as a lawyer.  He was prosperous.   According to information gained from the
2 CONT Robb Wortham's "Worthams Across America" newsletters, the children of William
2 CONT were known as "The Big Worthams"  Duke Wortham for instance, weighed in at 542
2 CONT pounds.  Mary weighed 420.  John was the SMALLEST of the ten kids and weighed
2 CONT in at 360 pounds.  William is shown in "The Heritage of Vance County" as the
2 CONT son of Samuel and Margaret Wortham.  "The Wortham Connection" Page 284.
1 FAMS @F183@
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I390@ INDI
1 NAME Lucy  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1741
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 FAMS @F125@
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I391@ INDI
1 NAME Edward  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Tobacco farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 JAN 1746
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? AUG 1818
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE                       Text of the will of Edward Wortham
1 NOTE               Paragraphing has been added for easier readability.
1 NOTE      Provided and data entry by:   Ed Shaw                   (606) 272-4436
2 CONT                                    604 Green Ridge Court
2 CONT                                    Lexington, KY 40517-1934
1 NOTE      State of North Carolina
2 CONT      Orange County Will Book "D" Page 338
2 CONT      Probated the August Term 1818
1 NOTE     Be it remembered that I, Edward Wortham of Orange County and State of
2 CONT     North Carolina, being in perfect health, mind and memory thanks be
2 CONT     given unto God, calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing
2 CONT     that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this my last Will
2 CONT     and Testament, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath
2 CONT     pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the
2 CONT     same in the following manner and form, viz, first, it is my Will that
2 CONT     my funeral expenses and all my just debts be first paid. Then, I give
2 CONT     and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary Wortham all my estate both real
2 CONT     and personal forever.  Only what I shall hereafter otherwise dispose of
2 CONT     to my children-
1 NOTE     Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Wilson all that
2 CONT     she got from me when she left me also one dollar to my said daughter
2 CONT     forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Charles Wortham all that I
2 CONT     gave him when he left me, to have the same forever, I give my said son
2 CONT     Charles Wortham my negro man Oliver during my said son's natural life.
2 CONT     Then, I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Hall one mare called and
2 CONT     known by the name of Jill forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my
2 CONT     daugher Nancy WIlson all that she got from me when she left me, also
2 CONT     ten dollars to my said daugher forever. Item, I give and bequeath unto
2 CONT     my son John Wortham all that I gave him when he left me, also one
2 CONT     negro boy called and known by the name of Edmond now in his possession
2 CONT     I give to my said son John Wortham forever. Item, I give and bequeath
2 CONT     unto son James Wortham all that he got from me when he left me, and one
2 CONT     negro boy called and known by the name of Benjamin now in his
2 CONT     possession, and one featherbed and furniture I give to my said son
2 CONT     James forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Alfred Wortham the
2 CONT     plantation where I now live called and known by the name of The Walker
2 CONT     Tract, and containing one hundred acres, to the same more or less, to
2 CONT     have full possession one year after the death of Mrs. Sarah Dunnagan,
2 CONT     also I give to my said son Alfred one negro boy called and known by the
2 CONT     name of Sawney at the death of his mother Mary Wortham and one
2 CONT     featherbed and furniture I give to my said son forever.  Item, I give
2 CONT     and bequeath to my son Samuel Wortham all that tract or parcel of land
2 CONT     where Mrs. Sarah Dunnagan now lives containing three hundred acres to
2 CONT     the same more or less to have full possession at the death of his
2 CONT     mother Mary Wortham. I also give unto my said son one negro girl called
2 CONT     and known by the name of Piner and her increase to have possession of
2 CONT     her and her increase at the death of his mother Mary Wortham.  I give
2 CONT     to my said son Samuel forever and one bed and furniture, etc. I do
2 CONT     constitute, make and ordain my beloved wife Mary Wortham and my son
2 CONT     Samuel Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I
2 CONT     do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, disannul every other former
2 CONT     Testament, Will, Legacy, Bequest, Executrix and Executor by me in any
2 CONT     wise beforementioned, Willed or bequeathed, ratifying and confirming
2 CONT     this, and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof
2 CONT     I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-eighth day of January,
2 CONT     eighteen hundred and thirteen (1813).
1 NOTE     Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Edward
2 CONT     Wortham to be his last Will and Testament in the presense of us, who in
2 CONT     his presence and the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed
2 CONT     our names.
1 NOTE      Joseph Armstrong                   Edward Wortham
2 CONT      Peggy Armstrong
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE               STATE to EDWARD WORTHAM Deed Bk ___ Pg 336	 No. 889
1 NOTE               To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting;
1 NOTE     Know ye that we for, and in consideration of, the sum of fifty
2 CONT     shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our treasury
2 CONT     by Edward Wortham, have given and granted unto the said Edward Wortham
2 CONT     a tract of land containing three hundred and twenty five acres being in
2 CONT     our county of Orange on the north and south fork of Little River,
2 CONT     bounded on the west by John Hunter's claim and on the east by a claim
2 CONT     of Alexander Hunter, beginning at a red oak of Alexander Hunter's
2 CONT     corner runing thence twenty-two degrees east five chains to a pine,
2 CONT     then east twelve chains to Edward Wortham's deeded line, then his line
2 CONT     south twenty one chains to a hickory on the branch of Little River,
2 CONT     thence up the meanders thereof to a sweet gum on Newton's line, then
2 CONT     north three and one half chains to his corner post oak, thence west
2 CONT     eighty two chains to a post oak his other corner and on a line of John
2 CONT     Hunter's, thence his line north twenty seven chains to his corner pine
2 CONT     and on a line of John Nicklass, then his line east eighteen and one
2 CONT     half chains to his corner at a corner of Sam Torrentine, then
2 CONT     Torrentine's line south sixty-two degrees east twenty five chains to a
2 CONT     post oak, then south sixty degrees east fifty five chains to the first
2 CONT     station.
1 NOTE     As by the plat hereunto surveyed doth appear together with all woods,
2 CONT     waters, mines, minerals, and hereditaments and appurtences to the said
2 CONT     land belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and to hold to the
2 CONT     said Edward Wortham, his heirs and assigns forever, yielding and paying
2 CONT     to us such amount of money yearly or other wise as our general assembly
2 CONT     from time to time may direct, provided always that the same Edward
2 CONT     Wortham shall cause this grant to be registered in the registrar's
2 CONT     office of our said county of Orange within twelve months from the date
2 CONT     hereof, otherwise the same to be void and of no effect.
1 NOTE     In testiment whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent
2 CONT     and our great seal hereunto affixed.  Witness, Samuel Johnston, Esq,
2 CONT     our Governer Captain General and Commander at Fairfield, the tenth day
2 CONT     of July in thirteenth year of our independence and on the year of our
2 CONT     Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight
1 NOTE     - Sam Johnston.
2 CONT     M. Williams, D. Sec.
2 CONT     (Deputy Secretary)
1 NOTE                                         Contributed by Ed Shaw (KY)
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  Exact YEAR dates in this entry have been chosen from
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 420.  Will dated 28-Jan-1813
2 CONT Courtesy of Edward C. Shaw 604 Green Ridge Court Lexington, KY 40517
1 FAMS @F126@
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I392@ INDI
1 NAME Mary D. /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1744
2 PLAC Bristol Parish - Prince George, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1769
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1773 - The Boston Tea Party. 342 chests of tea dumped into harbor.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: A duplicate record in LDS archives indicates Middlesex.
1 FAMS @F123@
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I393@ INDI
1 NAME Charles  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1746
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1778
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE Reportedly, Charles was not married.  "The Wortham Connection", Page 283.
2 CONT Updated information from Robb Wortham's "Wortham Family Newsletter" Jan-1990.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: An administrative bond was paid by John Wortham to then
2 CONT Governor Richard Caswell and security provided by William Wortham, to register
2 CONT the (apparently) will of this Charles Wortham.  This was witnessed by Thomas
2 CONT Hall and recorded in Will Book 2, Page 221 The death was stipulated as shown
2 CONT and recorded also, in May, 1778.  Research by Fairy Edwards (TX).
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I394@ INDI
1 NAME John (Sr.) /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU **REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT**
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 FEB 1757
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? FEB 1829
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 BURI
2 PLAC **********D.A.R. ANCESTRY ORIGIN********
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE D.A.R. Eligibility:  Listed on page 3302 of DAR Patriot Index, Centennial ed.
2 CONT Genealogist Fairy B. Edwards, a member of the DAR, provided the research on
2 CONT this Wortham family member. (National Number 237024).
2 CONT HIS DESCENDANTS ARE DAR ELIGIBLE.  From the combined records and research of:
2 CONT Maxine Crosley (TX), Rebecca Blackwell (MD). Fairy B. Edwards (TX), Dr. Thomas
2 CONT Wortham (AR) and Tom Wortham (KY)
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 571.
1 FAMS @F184@
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I395@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1750
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1750
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE Infant death
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I396@ INDI
1 NAME Anne  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1752
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE                          THE AMAZING 80% YEAR OF 1752
1 NOTE     The modern calendar is a compilation of usages dating from the days of
2 CONT     Julius Caesar, when the Greek astronomer and mathematician Sosigenes
2 CONT     devised for Rome a calendar only essentially familiar to us as our
2 CONT     present-day calendar.  It was during the late 16th century when an
2 CONT     Anglo-Saxon monk, Bede, submitted to Pope Gregory some annotations to
2 CONT     update a more accurate calendar which ultimately was accepted. The
2 CONT     Gregorian calendar was adopted by most Roman Catholic countries. Many
2 CONT     protestant countries did not accept the new calendar until the 18th
2 CONT     century, including Britain which meant America as well.
1 NOTE     The British finally accepted the Gregorian calendar for itself and all
2 CONT     its possessions effective March 25, 1752. A remarkable 2-step change
2 CONT     was made.
1 NOTE     It is important to understand that the British used to change years on
2 CONT     March 25th and NOT January 1st as we do today.  On March 24, 1751 the
2 CONT     next day would be March 25, 1752 advancing the year as usual.  But, it
2 CONT     is somewhat confusing for present day imaginations to comprehend just
2 CONT     what happened.
1 NOTE     1.  First, it was decreed that 1752 should end with December 31st and
2 CONT     not be carried on to the next March 25th.
1 NOTE     2.  Second, it was also decreed that the arrival of September 2, 1752
2 CONT     should be called September 14, 1752.
1 NOTE     To explain; the period of January 1 - March 24, 1751 was the end of an
2 CONT     epoch.  The year of 1752 BEGAN on March 25th and ended with December 31
2 CONT     1752, thus the earlier days of 1752 never existed, as the deleted days
2 CONT     of September 2-13 also never existed.
1 NOTE     The year 1752 was a very short year; 72 days shorter, in fact. Of
2 CONT     course, dates may be recomputed from the old to the new calendars. For
2 CONT     instance, George Washington's birthday was February 11, 1731 as far as
2 CONT     his mother was concerned. Today, we must reckon his birthday as
2 CONT     February 22, 1732 in consideration of the new calendar.  To put it in
2 CONT     perspective, if we count backwards from today the actual number of days
2 CONT     since George Washington was born, we would come up with February 22,
2 CONT     1732 using the present-day calendar.
1 NOTE     To convert from the old Julian to the new Gregorian calendar, one must
2 CONT     add 10 to 13 days to the old date, and sometimes change the year one
2 CONT     extra when the date considered falls within the period January 1 -
2 CONT     March 24. This is crucially important to those interested in genealogy
2 CONT     and historical research.  Documented dates before March 25, 1752 do
2 CONT     not necessarily always corrobate a stated period of time.  And,
2 CONT     references to any New Year's Day before 1752 meant March 25th.
1 NOTE                           Contributed by Ed Shaw (KY)
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE Records of Lois Griffith Perry says she was alive in 1770.
1 FAMS @F124@
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I397@ INDI
1 NAME Archibald  /Minutree/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1739
1 FAMS @F123@
0 @I398@ INDI
1 NAME E.  /Cowelsin/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1749
1 FAMS @F124@
0 @I399@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Angus/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1765
1 FAMS @F125@
0 @I400@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /Dunnagan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1747
1 BAPM
2 DATE NOV - 1828
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1828
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 BURI
2 PLAC Will # E-174 (19-Sep-1827)
1 NOTE From the research of Sister Mary Frances (formerly Rachel Louise) Cates.
1 FAMS @F126@
1 FAMC @F1711@
0 @I401@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1781
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1860
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 NOTE Noted as one of several large brothers. There are other dates from a copy of a
2 CONT letter written by William H. Wortham of Shelbyville, Tennessee in 1938.
2 CONT Those dates are; DOB 1768 and date of death at 1857, probably for a different
2 CONT person, since that would have made him 25 years older than Polly Clinton.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 421.
2 CONT NOTE: President George Washington at one time, owned over 300 slaves.
1 FAMS @F130@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I402@ INDI
1 NAME Charles  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Justice of peace -Haywood
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1775
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1849
2 PLAC Trenton - Gibson county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Wortham cemetery - Layman Farm Gibson TN
1 NOTE North Carolina Archives research from the notes of Fairy B. Edwards (TX).
2 CONT A handwritten letter from George and Marcella Prehler in Bill Wortham's notes
2 CONT says there is a  "Thebe" and a "Wash" Wortham supposed to be in one family.
1 NOTE                           The Will of Charles Wortham
2 CONT                                  (1775 - 1849)
1 NOTE                   MARCH TERM 1849 (Gibson county, Tennessee)
1 NOTE     We John W. Jones and Ebenezer Donaldson do state that the Nuncapative
2 CONT     will of Charles Wortham was made by him on the 23rd day of January 1849
2 CONT     in our presence to which we were specially required to bare witness y
2 CONT     the testator himself in the presence of each other.  That it was made
2 CONT     in his last sickness in his own habitation or dwelling house where he
2 CONT     has been resident more than ten days and the same is as follows to wit.
1 NOTE     It is his will and desire that his effects should be disposed of after
2 CONT     his death in the following manner.
1 NOTE     First my executor hereafter named will pay off all my just debts as
2 CONT     soon after my decease and the funds may come into their hands.
1 NOTE     Whereas, I have heretofore given all my children an equal portion of my
2 CONT     estate (given away) except to Nancy W. Wortham & Charles Lee Wortham. I
2 CONT     therefore to make the said Nancy W. equal with other children give
1 NOTE     Secondly, to said Nancy W. Wortham one hundred acres of land being part
2 CONT     of my home tract to be taken off of the north part of my land home
2 CONT     tract lying in Gibson County from which said one hundred acres, I have
2 CONT     heretofore executed to the said Nancy W. a deed of gift bearing date
2 CONT     the 24th of February AD 1849, I also give to the said Nancy W to make
2 CONT     her equal as aforesaid a certain negro girl named Christene for which
2 CONT     said girl I executed to the said Nancy W.  a deed of gift bearing date
2 CONT     the 8th day of March AD 1837.
1 NOTE     I also now give to the said Nancy W. to make her equal as aforesaid in
2 CONT     addition to the above land & negro girl, the Bell Bedstead & furniture
2 CONT     on which I now lie also the one half of a five hundred Dollar Note I
2 CONT     hold on I.D. McDowell & P.H. Mitchell which said property in this item
2 CONT     mentioned together with the one half of said five hundred Dollar Note
2 CONT     (when collected) I desire to be handed over to said Nancy W or her
2 CONT     Guardian which said property in this item mentioned makes her equal
2 CONT     with all my other children except Charles Lee Wortham.
1 NOTE     Thirdly I have heretofore given by deed of gift to Charles Lee Wortham
2 CONT     bearing date the 9th day of November 1839 & the deed for the land
2 CONT     bearing date the 24th February 1848 one hundred & Ten acres of land
2 CONT     being part of the home tract one hundred acres of which by one of said
2 CONT     Deed gave to the said Charles Lee Wortham a negro girl by the name of
2 CONT     Mournan and in addition to the above property I now give to said
2 CONT     Charles Lee Wortham to make him equal with the others twenty five acres
2 CONT     more of land which I purchased of Ext adjoining my home tract and being
2 CONT     part of the tract I sold to James S. Barker.  Also the one half of said
2 CONT     Five hundred Dollar Note on I.D. McDowell & P.H. Mitchell the other
2 CONT     half thereof being given to Nancy W. which said property and the one
2 CONT     half of said note when collected mentioned in this third item My
2 CONT     executors will hand over to the said Charles Lee Wortham or his regular
2 CONT     guardian.
1 NOTE     Fourthly I give to Polly Wortham the Bed Bedstead and furniture now in
2 CONT     her room.
1 NOTE     Fifthly It is my will and desire that my old servant Jessie and his
2 CONT     wife Katy be not taken into the account of valuable property of my
2 CONT     estate but that be valued at Nothing and be permitted to choose their
2 CONT     home among any of my children and whoever they may prefer to go with
2 CONT     shall not be charged anything for them.  Whereas I received from the
2 CONT     grandmother of my dear deceased wife's children a sum of money in North
2 CONT     Carolina a part of which I have distributed among them and taken their
2 CONT     receipts and the balance I have used therefrom.
1 NOTE     I desire that my executors hereafter named to sell my negro woman Beck
2 CONT     and the proceeds of said sale distributed among my said deceased wife's
2 CONT     children in the property which they may be entitled onto referring to
2 CONT     their receipts which are on file with my papers.
1 NOTE     Seventhly, I desire my executors to sell and dispose of all my property
2 CONT     not herein disposed of and the proceeds of which after paying the
2 CONT     expenses of winding up of my estate divide equally among my nine
2 CONT     children, I mean in this seventh item that the property heretofore
2 CONT     given by this will specifically given be not taken into the amount but
2 CONT     only the remainder of my estate after giving to each the property and
2 CONT     amount herein specified.  the remainder together with all debts due and
2 CONT     owing me either by income or otherwise be divided equally.
1 NOTE     Eighthly I desire that my friend John W. Jones and Ebenezer Donaldson
2 CONT     to act as my Executors to my will to carry the same into office.
1 NOTE               Made and signed this             John W. Jones
2 CONT               26th Day of February 1849        Ebenezer Donaldson
1 NOTE               Will filed for probate
2 CONT               5th day of March 1849
2 CONT               for Charles Wortham Decd.
1 NOTE                      ----------=========/=========-------
1 NOTE     Research by:
2 CONT     Vivan Roller             GIBSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
2 CONT     24 July 1990                TRENTON, TENNESSEE
1 NOTE     MARCH TERM 1 DAY 1849      MINUTES       QUORUM COURT
1 NOTE     A paper writing purporting to be the Nun Capative last will and
2 CONT     testament of CHARLES WORTHAM, dec'd was this day produced in open court
2 CONT     and the execution thereof was duly pract by the oath JOHN W. JONES and
2 CONT     EBENEZA DONALDSON the subscribing witnesses thereto the following named
2 CONT     have and distributees of said CHARLES WORTHAM being present and
2 CONT     consenting thereto JAMES S. BARKER and THURSA, HIS WIFE, JAMES F.
2 CONT     WORTHAM, JOHN W. WORTHAM, ASARIAH THOMPSON and SUSAN HIS WIFE, WILLIAM
2 CONT     THERNON and POLLY HIS WIFE who live in MISSISSIPPI it appearws have had
2 CONT     notice, evidence was also produced to the court that POLLY WORTHAM,
2 CONT     WIDOW AND RELICT OF THE SAID CHARLES WORTHAM, DEC'D also consented to
2 CONT     the property of said will the other two remaining heirs SIDNEY WORTHAM
2 CONT     who resides in TEXAS and W.R. WORTHAM who lives in MISSISSIPPI not
2 CONT     having had notice which said will thus proven was ordered by the court
2 CONT     to be recorded.
1 NOTE     Thereupon JOHN W. JONES and EBENEZER DONALDSON the executors naimied in
2 CONT     said will entered into bond with W.W. NEWHOUSE AND JOHN S. DAVIS their
2 CONT     securities to execute the said last will and testament which bond being
2 CONT     acknowledge in open court was ordered to be recorded.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 420, 479, Carnival Reference; P.509.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: See THEOPHILUS WATHEN/WARTHEN/WORTHAM #6247
1 NOTE              Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861
2 CONT                           by Bryon & Barbara Sistler
2 CONT                  Published by Bryon Sistler & Associates, Inc.
2 CONT                                  Nashville, TN
2 CONT                              F/435/2575/1990 SHSW
1 NOTE      P. 404
2 CONT      Wortham, Benjamin H. 1847 wb-b-171 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Charles 1849 wb-b-167 (G)
2 CONT      Wortham, James Faucete 1859 wb-e-114 (Hy)
2 CONT      Wortham, Lewis L. 1842 wb-z-329 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Mary 1839 wb-b-280 (G)
2 CONT      Wortham, Mary H. 1861 wb-f-215 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Robert S. 1847 wb-1-143 (Sh)
2 CONT      Wortham, Samuel H. 1839 wb-y-399 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, William 1839 wb-y-399 (Mu)
1 NOTE      Mu = Maury
2 CONT      G  = Gibson
2 CONT      Sh = Shelby
2 CONT      Hy = Haywood
2 CONT      wb = will book
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F143@
1 FAMS @F1439@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I403@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1771
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 BURI
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE Samuel Turrentine a nearby neighbor, served as bondsman on this marriage.
1 FAMS @F128@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I404@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1775
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1775 - U.S. (non-British) post office established.
2 CONT From the records of Lois Griffith Perry 1826 Sayles Blvd. Abilene, TX 79605
1 FAMS @F129@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I405@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Louiza /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 JAN 1784
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 MAY 1849
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Bethlehem cemetery - Bedford county, TN
1 NOTE Edith Anderson Bolin of Pilot Point, Texas did the research on Nancy's date of
2 CONT birth and provided all the data for the children in this marriage.  She also
2 CONT reported that Nancy and the kids moved to Bedford county, Tennessee from NC
2 CONT after John died. Nancy reportedly donated the land for the Bethlehem Cemetery.
2 CONT Charles and William Wortham were signers on the marriage bond.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 420.
2 CONT SOURCE: Records of Jeff Reece - Memphis, TN show marriage date at 12-Aug-1802.
1 FAMS @F127@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I406@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Lawyer/Sheriff
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1784
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 NOTE John was the sheriff of Bedford county for almost 30 years.  He too, was noted
2 CONT as being one of several very large brothers.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 505.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1796 - The state of Franklin is renamed to Tennessee
1 FAMS @F167@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I407@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1794
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1822
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE From the records of Mrs. Sacehetti - 27517 12th Place South - Kent, WA 98032
2 CONT Her notes say that Samuel and brother Alfred were the only children of Edward
2 CONT who were remaining in the 1810 census of Orange county, North Carolina.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 420.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1789 - 1797 President in office is George Washington.
2 CONT Research by Edward Shaw (KY) says Samuel went to Maury co. Tennesee but went
2 CONT back to NC.  Possible marriage to a Martha J. in Tennessee.  -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F142@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I409@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Wilson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1777
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1812
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE Dates and locations furnished by  Edith Anderson Bolin of Pilot Point, TX
2 CONT Edith's notes state that it is believed John died before 1814 and did not come
2 CONT to Tennessee with the family. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     We acknowledge ourselves in indebted to Benjamin William, esq.,
2 CONT     Governor, in the sum of five hundred pounds.  But to be void on
2 CONT     condition that there is no lawful cause to obstruct a marriage between
2 CONT     John Wilson & Nancy Wortham for whom a license now issues.
1 NOTE     Witness our hands and seals this 2nd August 1802. Chas. Wortham Seal
2 CONT     Jno. Taylor, Clerk William Wortham Seal
1 NOTE        -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=End of Document=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F127@
1 FAMC @F2206@
0 @I410@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel  /Wilson/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1765
2 PLAC Beleived to be Perquimans county, NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1840
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 BURI
2 PLAC Will# F-63 probated 4/5/1840
1 NOTE From the research of Sister Mary Frances (formerly Rachel Louise) Cates.
1 FAMS @F128@
1 FAMC @F3811@
0 @I411@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas  /Hall/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1770
1 FAMS @F129@
0 @I412@ INDI
1 NAME Mary (Polly) /Clinton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1793
2 PLAC South Carolina
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1870
1 FAMS @F130@
0 @I413@ INDI
1 NAME Edmund Suggs /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 AUG 1828
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1912
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Pleasant Valley cemetery - Bedford, TN
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 422.
2 CONT Exact dates from the records of George Landis Wortham (Jr.).
2 CONT May be spelled EDMOND in some records.
2 CONT "Worthams Across America" newsletter Vol. 21, August 1995.
1 FAMS @F1238@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I414@ INDI
1 NAME Ida  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1813
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 NOTE Apparently never married.  This may have been an infant death, since Mary is
2 CONT shown in some records as the SECOND child in the family.
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I415@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Polly /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1816
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 NOTE No children.
1 FAMS @F1235@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I416@ INDI
1 NAME James Clinton /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 AUG 1818
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  5 DEC 1912
1 BURI
2 PLAC Bethlehem cemetery - Bedford county, TN
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1818 - American patriot (and mercenary) Paul Revere dies.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 430.
2 CONT From the records of Edward C. Shaw 604 Green Ridge Court Lexington, KY 40517
2 CONT NOTE: There is another James Clinton Wortham #3106, a generation later.
1 FAMS @F1246@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I417@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 NOV 1820
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  5 OCT 1883
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1820 - There was imposed in the state of Missouri, a $1.00 per year
2 CONT                  tax on bachelors.
1 FAMS @F1236@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I418@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Hall /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 APR 1825
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 MAR 1889
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Bethlehem cemetery - Bedford county, TN
1 NOTE Thomas was reportedly an expert fiddler and blacksmith.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 432.
2 CONT "Worthams Across America" newsletter Vol. 21, August 1995.
1 FAMS @F1248@
1 FAMS @F1249@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I419@ INDI
1 NAME Edward (J.?) "Ned"/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1814
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Bethlehem cemetery - unmarked gravesite
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 438.  This Edward may have murdered a man.
2 CONT In "Maury County Cousins" by the Maury County Historical Society, there is a
2 CONT notation copied from a list of pauper's coffins from appropriations made by
2 CONT Maury county for burials (beginning on page 265);  Claburne Anderson, jury of
2 CONT inquest over body of Anderson on 3-Aug-1836 "one said Edward J. Wortham of
2 CONT said county did on the 3 of Aug shoot said Anderson with a shotgun and said
2 CONT wound was the cause of death".  Dates and locations indicate THIS Edward. [RW]
1 FAMS @F479@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I420@ INDI
1 NAME Elsa "Elvy" /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1822
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 NOTE No children.
2 CONT From Family recollections of William Harvill and Helen Brantley Wortham.
1 FAMS @F1237@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I421@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Brittain /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1831
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1917
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 448.
2 CONT From Family recollections of William Harvill and Helen Brantley Wortham.
1 FAMS @F483@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I422@ INDI
1 NAME Edward_Horace (Rev. Ned)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Mill Wright in 1860 Cens.
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 AUG 1825
2 PLAC Bedford county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 FEB 1875
2 PLAC Lamar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Cumby cemetery
1 NOTE Listed in Paris - Lamar County census of 1850/1860  -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 508.
2 CONT According to an interview with Ferris Elmore "Bud" Rose in 1978, this Horace
2 CONT may have shot a man in Tennessee, having to flee to Texas. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F144@
1 FAMC @F73@
0 @I423@ INDI
1 NAME Robert M. /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1808
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? SEP 1857
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Old City cemetery - Paris, Lamar co. TX
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE 1850 census of Paris, Texas in Lamar county.  Page 295, family 397 with a
2 CONT Nancy Wortham 75, probably his mother and three kids; Elizabeth Smith age 18,
2 CONT Edward Wortham age 15, and Ellen Smith, age 5. Cemetery records from Helen
2 CONT Brooks and Ron Brothers of Paris, TX Genealogy society, 1994.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 307.
2 CONT Marriage bondsman was Thomas Wortham. North Carolina marriage record from the
2 CONT research of Edward C. Shaw 604 Green Ridge Court Lexington, KY 40517
1 FAMS @F767@
1 FAMC @F766@
0 @I424@ INDI
1 NAME Drucilla Carolyn /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1853
2 PLAC Brighton - Tipton County, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 FEB 1892
2 PLAC New Springs/Forestburg - Montague Co. TX
1 NOTE Known as "Sister D.C. Parks" who was a celebrated lady of powerful religious
2 CONT faith and zeal.  Letters that she had written to friends and family (copies in
2 CONT Bill Worthams notes used for "The Wortham Connection", are full of prayer and
2 CONT praise for the Lord.  She was regarded as a most saintly woman.  Her obituary
2 CONT was a testament to her life and love of God.
1 FAMS @F131@
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I425@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Creed /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1854
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1935
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Washington county, Arkansas
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 555.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  The LDS IGI has a ghost entry of Thomas C. Wortham, born
2 CONT one year later.
1 FAMS @F146@
1 FAMS @F147@
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I426@ INDI
1 NAME Viola  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1857
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I427@ INDI
1 NAME Martha  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1860
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 NOTE Vivian Roller reports that a measles epedimic may have claimed Martha.
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I428@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel Park /Parks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1850
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 JAN 1929
2 PLAC Oilton, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 29 JAN 1929
2 PLAC Frederick, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F131@
0 @I429@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin Heath (Sr.)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 AUG 1906
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 SEP 1974
2 PLAC California
1 BURI
2 PLAC Dates from Social Security records.
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 532.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1906 - Great San Fransisco Earthquake and fire.
1 FAMS @F764@
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I430@ INDI
1 NAME Bernice Elva /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 NOV 1911
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1993
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F202@
1 FAMS @F203@
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I431@ INDI
1 NAME Hugh  /Slater/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1870
1 NOTE From the records of Shirley Armstrong (AK).
1 FAMS @F132@
0 @I432@ INDI
1 NAME Clifford  /Slater/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1899
1 FAMC @F132@
0 @I433@ INDI
1 NAME Annie  /Slater/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1896
1 FAMC @F132@
0 @I434@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1757
2 PLAC Caroline county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1805
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 253.
2 CONT Dates from Samuel Wortham's Bible # 1757 (VA).
1 FAMC @F181@
0 @I435@ INDI
1 NAME Christine  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 DEC 1929
2 PLAC Quinton - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 ADDR Christine Wortham Bussey
2 CONT 128 East Robertson
2 CONT Chowchilla, CA
2 CONT 93610
1 FAMS @F2582@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I436@ INDI
1 NAME Dale Norena /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1933
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F2581@
1 FAMS @F137@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I437@ INDI
1 NAME Wilma Lurlene /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1935
2 PLAC Quinton - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 DATE 20 APR 1986
2 PLAC First Baptist church - Clearlake, CA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F2584@
1 FAMS @F2585@
1 FAMS @F2586@
1 FAMS @F139@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I438@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin Heath (Jr.)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1937
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 MAY 1982
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE There appears to be a scrambling of records between page 532 and 533 within
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", where Norma Dean, Franklin Delano and Colleen are
2 CONT mis-filed as the children of their brother Benjamin (Jr.) Wortham.
2 CONT This may have been the result of birthdates discovered in later research.
2 CONT The dates shown here are from the group sheets Franklin D. Wortham and from
2 CONT Orville Donnie Wortham.     -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Pages 532, 533.
1 FAMS @F140@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I439@ INDI
1 NAME Ruby Charlene /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1940
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE From the family records of Monroe Lee Wortham.
1 FAMS @F135@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I440@ INDI
1 NAME Norma Dean /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 NOV 1931
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 ADDR Norma Dean Wortham Wood
2 CONT 567 East Keats
2 CONT Fresno, CA
2 CONT 93710
1 FAMS @F136@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I441@ INDI
1 NAME Colleen Jeanette /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1943
2 PLAC Henryetta - Okmulgee county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F138@
1 FAMS @F2583@
1 FAMC @F764@
0 @I443@ INDI
1 NAME James Earl (Sr.)/Duncan/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 APR 1938
2 PLAC San Diego, California
1 FAMS @F135@
0 @I444@ INDI
1 NAME Billy Joe /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 APR 1929
2 PLAC Weleetka, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F136@
0 @I445@ INDI
1 NAME James Edward /Clark/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 APR 1924
1 FAMS @F137@
0 @I446@ INDI
1 NAME William Loyd /Womack/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 FEB 1943
2 PLAC Elk City, Oklahoma
1 ADDR William Loyd Womack
2 CONT 468 South Kings Drive
2 CONT Reedly CA
2 CONT 93654
1 FAMS @F138@
0 @I447@ INDI
1 NAME Claude Leonard /Smith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUL 1924
2 PLAC Ninnerah, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC First Baptist Church - Madera, CA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1989
2 PLAC Clearlake, California
1 BURI
2 DATE 18 AUG 1989
2 PLAC Madera - Madera county, California
1 FAMS @F139@
0 @I450@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca  /Sims/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1802
1 FAMS @F142@
0 @I451@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /Faucette/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1775
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1833
2 PLAC Trenton - Gibson county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Wortham cemetery - Layman Farm Gibson TN
1 NOTE May have been using the nickname of "Lucy" in some recorded court records.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 479.
2 CONT the northwest corner.
2 CONT Research by Fairy Edwards (TX)
1 FAMS @F143@
1 FAMC @F1433@
0 @I452@ INDI
1 NAME Martha  /Redditt/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 SEP 1820
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1889
1 BURI
2 PLAC Cumby cemetery
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: This data from Henderson county genealogical society, and
2 CONT may NOT be the most accurate for this particular couple.  Tombstone reads:
2 CONT "Math  Redell".  No matching surnames in database. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F144@
0 @I453@ INDI
1 NAME Henrietta (Schmitz-name change)/Smith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1832
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1912
1 NOTE Name researched by Orville Wortham (TX).
1 FAMS @F145@
0 @I454@ INDI
1 NAME Lizzie Dee /Shannon/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1860
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1881
2 PLAC Washington county, Arkansas
1 NOTE Possibly died in child birth, at age 21.
1 FAMS @F146@
1 FAMC @F2329@
0 @I455@ INDI
1 NAME Lizzie  /Elms/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1863
1 FAMS @F147@
0 @I456@ INDI
1 NAME Delores Marie /Sutton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1917
1 FAMS @F148@
0 @I457@ INDI
1 NAME June  /Hopkins/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAR 1924
2 PLAC Tazewell - Claiborne, Tennessee
1 FAMS @F149@
1 FAMC @F216@
0 @I458@ INDI
1 NAME Bobby  /Hollis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1938
1 FAMS @F150@
0 @I459@ INDI
1 NAME Tracy  /Hollis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 AUG 1959
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F150@
0 @I460@ INDI
1 NAME Barry  /Hollis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 APR 1961
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F150@
0 @I461@ INDI
1 NAME Kevin  /Hollis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUN 1964
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F151@
1 FAMC @F150@
0 @I462@ INDI
1 NAME Eric  /Hollis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 FEB 1968
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F150@
0 @I463@ INDI
1 NAME Shelisa  /Little/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1962
1 FAMS @F151@
0 @I464@ INDI
1 NAME Alisha  /Hollis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1983
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F151@
0 @I465@ INDI
1 NAME Heather  /Hollis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1990
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F151@
0 @I466@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Ewer/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Machinist
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 OCT 1936
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 FAMS @F152@
0 @I467@ INDI
1 NAME Kimberly  /Ewer/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 MAY 1959
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F153@
1 FAMC @F152@
0 @I468@ INDI
1 NAME Timothy  /Ewer/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1960
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F152@
0 @I469@ INDI
1 NAME Jerry  /Threet/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1956
1 FAMS @F153@
0 @I470@ INDI
1 NAME Alexander John /Threet/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 MAY 1990
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F153@
0 @I471@ INDI
1 NAME Christina Marie /Threet/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? DEC 1992
2 PLAC Las Vegas - Clark county, Nevada
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F153@
0 @I472@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth  /Langford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 NOV 1942
1 FAMS @F154@
0 @I473@ INDI
1 NAME Gregory  /Langford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1963
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F155@
1 FAMC @F154@
0 @I474@ INDI
1 NAME Keith  /Langford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 AUG 1965
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F154@
0 @I475@ INDI
1 NAME Paige  /Langford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUN 1967
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F156@
1 FAMC @F154@
0 @I476@ INDI
1 NAME Bradley  /Langford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 SEP 1971
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F154@
0 @I477@ INDI
1 NAME Tamara  /Davis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1965
1 FAMS @F155@
0 @I478@ INDI
1 NAME Kristin  /Langford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1984
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F155@
0 @I479@ INDI
1 NAME Douglas  /Langford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1986
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F155@
0 @I480@ INDI
1 NAME Dan  /Weirsgalla/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1964
1 FAMS @F156@
0 @I481@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine  /Weirsgalla/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1988
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F156@
0 @I482@ INDI
1 NAME Caroline  /Weirsgalla/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1989
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F156@
0 @I483@ INDI
1 NAME Francis  /Hester/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAR 1807
2 PLAC Clarke county, Georgia
1 FAMS @F157@
0 @I484@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ann /Martin/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 OCT 1812
1 FAMS @F157@
0 @I485@ INDI
1 NAME George Edward /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Attorney at Law
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 APR 1851
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 NOV 1931
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE This information from Kay Kidd (WTHT53A) via Prodigy information services.
2 CONT From "The Heritage of Vance County NC Vol.I", beginning on page 400.
2 CONT Member of first legal bar of Vance County, created from Henderson, NC
2 CONT Genealogist Vivian Roller states "The Heritage of Vance County" Volume I 1984,
2 CONT has published GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION on the Wortham families.
1 FAMS @F365@
1 FAMC @F357@
0 @I486@ INDI
1 NAME Happy W. /Rowland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1843
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 JAN 1926
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 NOTE From "The Heritage of Vance County North Carolina" by the Historical Society
2 CONT Records of Kay Kidd (NC) indicate a discrepancy in the marriage here.
2 CONT -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F359@
1 FAMC @F475@
0 @I487@ INDI
1 NAME Eunice Mildred /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 APR 1876
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1970
2 PLAC Henderson - Vance County, North Carolina
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F159@
1 FAMC @F359@
0 @I488@ INDI
1 NAME Hamilton  /Stewart/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1871
2 PLAC Probably North Carolina
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1951
2 PLAC Probably North Carolina
1 FAMS @F159@
0 @I489@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel Nathaniel /Gotcher/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1870
1 FAMS @F160@
0 @I490@ INDI
1 NAME Nettie Katherine /Gotcher/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1890
1 FAMS @F161@
1 FAMC @F160@
0 @I491@ INDI
1 NAME Brown  /Garrett/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1888
1 FAMS @F161@
0 @I492@ INDI
1 NAME Sally Katherine /Garrett/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1915
1 FAMC @F161@
0 @I493@ INDI
1 NAME James (Rev.) Davis/Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 FEB 1822
1 DEAT
2 DATE JAN-1911
2 PLAC Texas
1 NOTE   This family is listed in the 1880 census in Grayson County, Texas.
1 FAMS @F162@
0 @I494@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Ray/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1824
2 PLAC Alabama
1 FAMS @F162@
0 @I495@ INDI
1 NAME Jane  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1856
2 PLAC Shelby County, Alabama
1 NOTE Jane was the eighth child in this family.
1 FAMC @F162@
0 @I496@ INDI
1 NAME Luther "Luke" /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1878
1 FAMS @F163@
0 @I497@ INDI
1 NAME Susan Elizabeth /Dalton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1879
1 FAMS @F163@
0 @I498@ INDI
1 NAME James Robert Green/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 MAR 1810
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? MAR 1863
2 PLAC Probably Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Old City cemetery - Paris, Lamar co. TX
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE This is family #394 on page 295 of the 1850 census of Paris, Texas Lamar Co.
2 CONT Prior to the discovery of the Duke Wortham probate, James Robert Green was
2 CONT listed incorrectly as a child of THOMAS DUKE WORTHAM, his uncle.
2 CONT A T.M. Wortham is described in a rare court document as heir. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection" Pages 272, 273 & 284.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Mary H. BAIRD daughter of John Gaines Baird and Nancy
2 CONT Brackeen and Francis Brackeen male age four, are in this family's 1850 census.
1 FAMS @F164@
1 FAMC @F232@
0 @I499@ INDI
1 NAME Frances "Fannie" Wheeler/Brackeen/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAR 1814
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 DEC 1890
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Old City cemetery - Paris, Lamar co. TX
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection" Page 272.
2 CONT After her daughter Mary Green Wortham died, Frances lived the remainder of her
2 CONT life with her son-in-law James Davis and his second wife, Clemency Jane.
2 CONT From the records of William Wortham Collins 50 West 57th St New York, NY 10019
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: 1850/60 census say TENNESSEE as birthplace of all family.
1 FAMS @F164@
1 FAMC @F4113@
0 @I500@ INDI
1 NAME Mary E. Green/Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? OCT 1836
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 JUN 1856
2 PLAC Probably Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Old City cemetery - Paris, Lamar co. TX
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE TIMELINE: 1836 - The six-shooter pistol is patented by Samuel Colt.
2 CONT Listed in the 1850 census of Lamar county, Texas as "Mary E.G. Wortham".
1 FAMS @F969@
1 FAMC @F164@
0 @I501@ INDI
1 NAME E.J.  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1829
2 PLAC Tennessee
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Listed in the Lamar county, Texas census of 1850. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: There may be some confusion in marriage records.  Note
2 CONT dates on the marriages.  Carolyn Genzel notes that after the death of William
2 CONT Brackeen, Eliza's father, William's other children came to live with E.J.
2 CONT SOURCE: Research of Carolyn Genzel - Paris, TX.  cgenzel@stargate.1starnet.com
1 FAMS @F1618@
1 FAMS @F4124@
1 FAMC @F164@
0 @I502@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1569
2 PLAC England
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 86.
1 FAMS @F285@
1 FAMC @F286@
0 @I503@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1543
2 PLAC England
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1592
2 PLAC England
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", page 86.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1566 - Michele (Gassonet) de Notredame (Nostradamus), dies.
1 FAMS @F286@
1 FAMC @F356@
0 @I504@ INDI
1 NAME Minerva Amanda /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1832
2 PLAC Nashville - Davidson county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  7 JUN 1915
2 PLAC Hemet - Riverside county, California
1 BURI
2 DATE  9 JUN 1915
2 PLAC Hemet - Riverside county, California
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Was in 1850 census of Lamar county, Texas. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F774@
1 FAMC @F283@
0 @I505@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Nancy /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 AUG 1837
2 PLAC Maury county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 SEP 1864
2 PLAC Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Some family record indicate a DOB at 1835.  The displayed
2 CONT date is from Helen Brooks (TX).
2 CONT "Worthams Across America" newsletter Vol. 21, August 1995.
1 FAMS @F775@
1 FAMC @F283@
0 @I506@ INDI
1 NAME Charles  /Wilson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1800
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 FAMS @F3870@
1 FAMC @F128@
0 @I507@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Wilson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1803
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE SOURCE: Records of Jeff Reece - Memphis, TN
1 FAMS @F3871@
1 FAMC @F128@
0 @I508@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Duke /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer/Cattle/Sheep
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1848
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1899
2 PLAC Wynnewood - Garvin county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 PLAC Wynnewood - Garvin county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Named after his grandfather.. makes for confusing research.
2 CONT Genealogist Beverly Waid shows location of death at Wynnewood - Garvin co. OK.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 306.
1 FAMS @F282@
1 FAMC @F283@
0 @I509@ INDI
1 NAME Charles  /Turney/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1845
1 FAMS @F1443@
0 @I510@ INDI
1 NAME Leon Courtney /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 AUG 1915
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 132.
2 CONT Updated research by Len C. Crowder (GA)
2 CONT Leon's middle name is "Charles" in some records.
1 FAMS @F548@
1 FAMC @F332@
0 @I511@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1875
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Henderson - Vance County, North Carolina
1 FAMS @F166@
0 @I512@ INDI
1 NAME _____  /Ellis/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1870
1 FAMS @F166@
0 @I514@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Hall (Sallie)/Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1822
2 PLAC probably Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1881
1 BURI
2 PLAC Freestone county, Texas
1 NOTE Computer analysis confirms Luther and Sarah as second cousins. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection" Page 328, 420.
1 FAMS @F168@
1 FAMC @F167@
0 @I515@ INDI
1 NAME Luther_Rice (Colonel) "Dick"/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Colonel - Confederacy
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1819
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1873
2 PLAC Wortham - Freestone county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE The town of Wortham, Texas was named after Luther. NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: HE WAS
2 CONT PREVIOUSLY SHOWN AS SON OF EDWARD #616.  Moved from Tennessee to Mayfield, KY
2 CONT in about 1840 then came to Texas in 1849, moving from Limestone to Navarro to
2 CONT Freestone county, in 1850. See #2414.TXT  "The Wortham Connection", Page 328.
1 NOTE           Freestone County Cemetery Records & Short Histories
2 CONT                        Author & editor Betty Moss Morrow
2 CONT                                  Rt. 2 Box 96
2 CONT                               Teague, Texas 75860
2 CONT                            F/392/F85/F84/1986 V. 13
1 NOTE     NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: There appear to be some discrepancies crediting
2 CONT     John Wortham for the history and background of Luther Rice Wortham, his
2 CONT     father.  Both men were involved in the growth of the town.
2 CONT     Nonetheless, this article contains some excellent information. Note
2 CONT     also, the addendum article on Blind Lemon Jefferson blues artist; (from
2 CONT     Wortham), in this same file.
1 NOTE              Marker is Dedicated Sunday at Historical Wortham Home
1 NOTE     ...."Mrs. Eckhardt reviewed some of the interesting highlights in
2 CONT     Wortham history, including the fact that the town was once known as
2 CONT     Tehuacana Station.  After this it was named Wortham.  The first name
2 CONT     the town had was Longbotham, named for Robert Longbotham, in 1848.  Mr.
2 CONT     Longbotham initially built three log cabins on a part of his Spanish
2 CONT     land grant.  Mrs. Eckhardt pointed out that the permanent name of
2 CONT     Wortham derived from John Wortham 'who was instrumental in building the
2 CONT     railroad.' "She reminded that 'Wortham was once the third largest
2 CONT     shipping center in Texas,' as far as the railroad was concerned.  'And
2 CONT     did you know that Wortham once made mention in 'Ripley's Believe It or
2 CONT     Not?' It came because Wortham was listed as having more paved streets
2 CONT     than any other town its size,' she said.
1 NOTE     "Mrs. Eckhardt also said 'Wortham was the first town to have a Hilton
2 CONT     Hotel.' She also recalled the raucous days of the oil boom in Wortham,
2 CONT     just after the Simmons well had come in.  'Population jumped from
2 CONT     1,000 to 5,000 when the boom hit,' Mrs Eckhardt stated.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 NOTE                     The City of Wortham's Musical Treasure
2 CONT                                       by
2 CONT                    David Gaskin (djg5756@chennov2.tamu.edu)
1 NOTE     The towns across the East Texas flatlands stretching from about Hearne
2 CONT     in the South all the way to Van Zandt and Smith counties (below Dallas)
2 CONT     in the north are dry farmland. On small farm fields in the onset of
2 CONT     summer, you will see rows and rows of cotton, peanuts or peas flanked
2 CONT     by spruce and scrub oak trees. Agriculture is not as supreme as it once
2 CONT     was in many of the small idyllic towns that exist in this region, but
2 CONT     when you visit these towns you get a feeling that it once was. The
2 CONT     railroad was responsible for much of the growth of these towns, and the
2 CONT     discovery of oil in the surrounding area meant fast and sometimes
2 CONT     uncontrolled extension. Such a town is Wortham, located in Freestone
2 CONT     County, and the story of a musical legend still resides there.
1 NOTE     Founded in 1871 around the sale of the land to the railroad by an
2 CONT     English businessmen, businesses in the new township quickly took root.
2 CONT     Before the turn of the century, the city had been through two
2 CONT     newspapers, and had its own post office, dry goods and hardware stores
2 CONT     (T. A. Bounds Store, 1883-1932) and drug stores. It must have been at
2 CONT     this time around 1890, that a young Alec and Classie Jefferson married
2 CONT     and settled down to farm in a Negro community just east of Wortham
2 CONT     named Couchman. In 1897 they would have their seventh child, a plump
2 CONT     baby named Lemon.
1 NOTE     Wortham was incorporated as a city in 1910. While drilling for a water
2 CONT     supply in 1912, oil was struck instead. That oil well was short-lived.
2 CONT     Wortham remained chiefly a farming community, but in the early 1920s,
2 CONT     rumors of oil and discoveries to the north and south of the city had
2 CONT     many anxious to explore. Ever speculative about the boom that an oil
2 CONT     strike would cause, a young Conrad Hilton came to Wortham and opened a
2 CONT     hotel. Oil did not come right away and Hilton had his first failure in
2 CONT     the hotel business; obviously this had no effect on his ultimate
2 CONT     success.
1 NOTE     Then at last on Thanksgiving day in 1924, a discovery sent oil up and
2 CONT     over the top of the derrick. Overnight, Wortham became a boom-town and
2 CONT     the population increased from about 1,000 to an estimated 30,000 in
2 CONT     only a few weeks. Through the next two weeks, over three hundred wells
2 CONT     surrounded the tiny town, and business began to escalate. In January
2 CONT     1925, over 3.5 million barrels of oil were produced in Wortham field.
2 CONT     The town became a frenzy and a law enforcement nightmare. Gambling and
2 CONT     liquor houses opened up around the outskirts of town and the most
2 CONT     undesirable social elements drifted into town to get a piece of the
2 CONT     action. Remember that this is the mid-twenties - prohibition became law
2 CONT     only a few years earlier. At this time Wortham only employed a police
2 CONT     chief and six officers. The wells were soon depleted and the oil boom
2 CONT     had run its course by the early 1930s.
1 NOTE     Around 1912,before the oil strike, blind teen-aged Lemon Jefferson
2 CONT     started walking the streets with a tin cup tied around his neck for the
2 CONT     nickels and dimes that people would throw in. Every man had to pull his
2 CONT     own weight despite any handicap; this was a very important fact of life
2 CONT     back then, and Lemon Jefferson was no exception. Around his parents'
2 CONT     farm Lemon ran and played with his siblings around Cedar Creek. He
2 CONT     would always follow them, stand listening to them cross the footlogs
2 CONT     over the stream, then slowly walk the footlogs after them.
1 NOTE     Lemon most likely learned many of his songs in church very early in
2 CONT     life, or he composed them himself, possibly with the help of a cousin
2 CONT     or two. As he got older, he would use his talent to earn money singing
2 CONT     and playing the surrounding towns of Wortham, Fairfield, Teague and
2 CONT     Mexia. He honed his talent at church meetings and picnic parties, as
2 CONT     well as by singing bawdy songs in the dark drinking houses on the hot
2 CONT     weekend nights. But Lemon's destiny was something far removed from the
2 CONT     quiet agrarian community from which he came. Lemon soon went up the
2 CONT     road to Dallas and started singing in the Deep Elm (or Ellum) district.
2 CONT     While singing and wrestling in theaters for money, he met Huddie
2 CONT     Ledbetter who hailed from Louisiana and who would later give Lemon
2 CONT     credit for teaching him music.
1 NOTE     Lemon spent most of his nights in the red-light district singing in the
2 CONT     brothels, rarely sober himself. When he could afford a car and driver
2 CONT     he would go back to the farm at Couchman for a visit. The music scene
2 CONT     in Dallas in the 'twenties was a very momentous period. Lemon learned
2 CONT     from everybody's style and would incorporate it into his. During this
2 CONT     period, he is known to have traveled hundreds of miles to as far away
2 CONT     as Houston and throughout Alabama and Tennessee. He drank frequently
2 CONT     and spent his money quicker than he made it.
1 NOTE     While in Dallas in 1924, a bazaar owner found Lemon and arranged a test
2 CONT     session for him in a department store with the Paramount Recording
2 CONT     Company. In April 1926, Paramount released Booster Blues backed with
2 CONT     Dry Southern Blues, and this record became a huge surprise success.
1 NOTE     Lemon's relationship with Paramount was and would continue to be sour.
2 CONT     He was paid very little and had little respect from the record
2 CONT     executives. However, he recorded over eighty blues tunes between 1925
2 CONT     and 1929 and was generally responsible for the surge of popularity in
2 CONT     the country blues in this period.
1 NOTE     Lemon became a very dirty, dissolute man in the years before his death
2 CONT     in 1929. He was probably drinking very heavily between recording
2 CONT     sessions with Paramount, and it most likely contributed to his death.
1 NOTE     In December 1929, he was found frozen to death on a Chicago street
2 CONT     corner, guitar by his side.The circumstances surrounding that night
2 CONT     have never been fully clear. Nevertheless, Paramount had his body
2 CONT     escorted on a train back to Wortham.
1 NOTE     The funeral was held on a cold day in January 1930 at the colored
2 CONT     cemetery across from the downtown buildings. Standing over the burial
2 CONT     plot, his mother would never realize the incredible impact on American
2 CONT     music that her son would have, but his testimony is witnessed by
2 CONT     millions today. His singing and guitar playing were the driving force
2 CONT     for he future of the blues as its own style. Imitations of his
2 CONT     intricate guitar style have never been fully achieved.
1 NOTE     For many years, the graves of Lemon, his mother and his sisters lay
2 CONT     unmarked. In 1967, the Freestone County Historical Commission erected a
2 CONT     historical marker at Lemon's grave. At the dedication ceremonies, John
2 CONT     Lomax, who had recorded many Library of Congress sessions with blues
2 CONT     musicians, gave the dedication address. Mance Lipscomb, also from
2 CONT     Texas, played See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, one of Lemon's most
2 CONT     remembered songs.
1 NOTE     It has been 67 [at the time of this writing] years since Blind Lemon
2 CONT     Jefferson died. Couchman no longer exists as a community. Wortham is
2 CONT     maybe quieter and more serene now that ever in its history. It is a
2 CONT     beautiful town with a population of 1035, nestled in between Mexia and
2 CONT     Teague on Highway 14. Most of the population consists of farmers, state
2 CONT     employees, merchants and school teachers. There is much to do in the
2 CONT     surrounding counties. The Confederate Reunion Grounds is a great picnic
2 CONT     park in the country, and the Old Fort Parker State Historical Park near
2 CONT     Groesbeck is the site of a historical Indian confrontation. If you ever
2 CONT     pass through Freestone County, stop at the Freestone Railroad Museum,
2 CONT     and on your way out put a dime in the little tin can on Lemon's grave.
1 NOTE     A great chapter on Blind Lemon Jefferson appears in Samuel Charters'
2 CONT     book The Country Blues, available through De Capo Press.
1 NOTE   _________________________________________________________________
1 NOTE           Blind Lemon Jefferson's Grave has a historical marker now.
2 CONT                             The inscription reads:
1 NOTE                              BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
2 CONT                                  (1897 - 1929)
1 NOTE                          BORN NEAR WORTHAM. AS A YOUNG
2 CONT                        STREET MUSICIAN, PLAYED A GUITAR
2 CONT                         AND SANG SPIRITUALS AND BLUES.
2 CONT                         COMPOSED MANY OF HIS SONGS, AND
2 CONT                         HAD A DISTINCTIVE VOCAL STYLE.
1 NOTE                          FROM DALLAS' DEEP ELM DISTRICT
2 CONT                         WENT TO CHICAGO IN 1920'S WITH
2 CONT                          A TALENT SCOUT; MADE 79 GREAT
2 CONT                           JAZZ AND BLUES RECORDINGS.
1 NOTE                          ONE OF AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING
2 CONT                         ORIGINAL MUSICIANS. INFLUENCED
2 CONT                        LOUIS ARMSTRONG, BIX BEIDERBECKE,
2 CONT                        TOMMY DORSEY, HARRY JAMES, BESSIE
2 CONT                         SMITH, AND OTHER GREAT ARTISTS.
1 NOTE                                 RECORDED - 1967
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE      To: rwortham@tenet.edu
2 CONT      Subject: txcountywortham.htm
1 NOTE                               WELCOME TO WORTHAM
2 CONT                             Freestone, Texas 76693
1 NOTE                       The Texas state capital is Austin.
1 NOTE                The population of Wortham is approximately 1020.
1 NOTE                Approximate number of families in Wortham is 508.
1 NOTE     The amount of land area and surface water in Wortham is 5.124 sq.
2 CONT     kilometers and .012 sq. kilometers respectively.
1 NOTE     The distance from Wortham to Washington DC is 1235 statute miles. The
2 CONT     distance to the Texas state capital is 128 statute miles.
1 NOTE     Wortham is positioned 31.789955 degrees north of the equator and
2 CONT     096.460840 degrees west of the prime meridian.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  See #2414, Duke genealogy by Colonel George Wortham.
1 FAMS @F168@
1 FAMC @F238@
0 @I516@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph  /Gray/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1818
1 FAMS @F169@
0 @I517@ INDI
1 NAME L.B.  /Trobaugh/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1800
1 FAMS @F170@
0 @I518@ INDI
1 NAME David  /Mason/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1761
1 FAMS @F171@
0 @I519@ INDI
1 NAME Isabella  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1743
1 FAMS @F171@
0 @I520@ INDI
1 NAME Charlotte  /Swindler/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1812
1 NOTE Records of Lois Griffith Perry indicate names for children in one of these
2 CONT marriages as GREEN, YOUNG, EUGENIA and LUCINDA.  -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F172@
0 @I522@ INDI
1 NAME Abraham  /Shriver/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1795
1 FAMS @F3095@
0 @I523@ INDI
1 NAME Ettie  /Harris/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1849
2 PLAC Probably Grayson county, Kentucky
1 FAMS @F3010@
0 @I524@ INDI
1 NAME Alexander  /Strahan/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 AUG 1811
2 PLAC Green River - Hardin county, Kentucky
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 AUG 1894
2 PLAC Cottonwood - Yavapai county, Arizona
1 BURI
2 PLAC Cottonwood - Yavapai county, Arizona
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE     The Strahan's owned considerable land holdings along the Verde River in
2 CONT     the Cottonwood/Clarkdale area of Yavapai county in Arizona.  It is said
2 CONT     their sons were very interested in mining in the area.  Nearby Jerome,
2 CONT     on the side of Mingus mountain was the site of extensive copper mining
2 CONT     by the Phelps-Dodge company.  Old Spanish and Indian gold mines were
2 CONT     located a few miles away, in the Sycamore Canyon.
1 NOTE     An article appearing in news by a friend, in part; "Grandpa Strahan
2 CONT     was a model man, always beloved and respected by all who knew him; he
2 CONT     had no enemies, but scores of friends--join in saying that in all
2 CONT     circumstances he was a kind and indulgent husband, father and neighbor.
1 NOTE     He and his aged wife had known each other since childhood.  He being
2 CONT     several years her senior, has often trotted her on his knee when she
2 CONT     was a child.  They had been married a little over fifty-one years, and
2 CONT     were probably the oldest married couple in the county.  In this
2 CONT     community he was like a landmark in the midst of a desert.  His advice
2 CONT     was good for any and all.  He and his aged companion have raised a
2 CONT     large and respected family of children to mourn his loss. -----to the
2 CONT     children we would say, go through life and do as he has done and yours
2 CONT     will be the kingdom of heaven."
1 NOTE     This article from reproductions of extractions of publications obtained
2 CONT     by Shirley Wortham Armstrong.
1 NOTE     I also have in my possession the orginal Deed given to Alexander
2 CONT     Strahan, by Joseph and Eve Strahan, for 338 acres of land in Lamar
2 CONT     County, Texas, for the sum of $620.00, on the 1st day of April 1853,
2 CONT     filed for record the 12th day of April, 1853.  During my search of
2 CONT     records on 2 May 1995, I located two David Strahans in the 1810 Census.
2 CONT     One in Orange Co., N. C., page 167, and one in Casey County, Ky., page
2 CONT     39.  Children and spouses were not named at that time, so wasn't of
2 CONT     much help. The one in Ky. conforms with the information contained in
2 CONT     David's statement given in his application for financial assistance in
2 CONT     compensation for his service in the Revolutionary War, as obtained by
2 CONT     our illustrious genealogist, Shirley Wortham Armstrong.
1 NOTE                              =Orville D. Wortham=
1 NOTE     SOURCE: From correspondence in possession of Orville D. Wortham, from
2 CONT     the Strahans in Arizona to Benjamin N. and Acenith A. Strahan Wortham,
2 CONT     in Oklahoma, dating back to the late 1800's.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F173@
1 FAMC @F2895@
0 @I525@ INDI
1 NAME Melinda  /Slagle/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1828
2 PLAC Kentucky   (possibly Illinois)
1 DEAT
2 DATE  8 NOV 1898
2 PLAC Probably Cottonwood - Yavapai county, AZ
1 NOTE From the family group sheets of Great-Great Grandaughter Mildred Mc Kinley.
2 CONT This full family structure from the research of Shirley Wortham Armstrong (AK)
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Mildred McKinley gives birthplace as Illinois.
1 FAMS @F173@
1 FAMC @F2020@
0 @I526@ INDI
1 NAME Granison Franklin /Cox/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1863
1 FAMS @F174@
0 @I527@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Ann /Shipley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1865
1 FAMS @F174@
0 @I528@ INDI
1 NAME George Monroe /Mullens/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 NOV 1862
2 PLAC Corinth - Alcorn county, Mississippi
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 MAY 1946
2 PLAC Fordtran - Victoria county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE 26 MAY 1946
2 PLAC Fordtran - Victoria county, Texas
1 FAMS @F175@
1 FAMC @F2323@
0 @I529@ INDI
1 NAME Arizona Clementine /Wallace/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1873
2 PLAC Pocahontas - Hardeman county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1967
2 PLAC Yoakum - La Vaca county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE  2 FEB 1967
2 PLAC Fordtran - Victoria county, Texas
1 NOTE Data for this family structure, from the records of Orville Donnie Wortham.
1 FAMS @F175@
1 FAMC @F2319@
0 @I530@ INDI
1 NAME Gordon Thomas /Moore/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1887
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1911
2 PLAC San Antonio - Bexar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE 23 JAN 1911
2 PLAC Cemetery near Sandia, Texas
1 NOTE Reportedly committed suicide by hanging.
1 FAMS @F176@
0 @I531@ INDI
1 NAME Anne (Grymes?) /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1707
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1761
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE This Grimes/Grymes link is not yet proven.  Research turned up the POSSIBLITY
2 CONT that Anne may be John Gryme's daughter.  From notes by Beverly Waid (CA).
1 FAMS @F177@
1 FAMS @F597@
1 FAMC @F2424@
0 @I532@ INDI
1 NAME Judith  /Machen/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 NOV 1712
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 FAMS @F1620@
1 FAMS @F179@
1 FAMS @F448@
1 FAMC @F598@
0 @I533@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret  /Rutherford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1711
1 FAMS @F180@
1 FAMC @F1598@
0 @I534@ INDI
1 NAME Margrett  /Elliot/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1724
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Baptist
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 MAR 1788
2 PLAC Chalk Level - Bute/Warren/Vance co. NC
1 BURI
2 PLAC Caroline county, Virginia
1 NOTE This spelling of "Margaret" from the family Bible - data by Len Crowder.
2 CONT Maiden name of Elliot from work of Catherine Eatman.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection" Page 253.
2 CONT In 1782 she owned six slaves over the age of 16 and one under 16 for a total
2 CONT of seven slaves.  She also had two horses and eight head of cattle.
1 FAMS @F181@
0 @I535@ INDI
1 NAME Ann  /Hypkins/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1715
1 NOTE Other spellings are HOPKINS, HIPKINS, HEPKINS.
1 FAMS @F182@
0 @I536@ INDI
1 NAME Thamar (Twins) /Duke/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1742
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1824
2 PLAC Lexington - Rockbridge county, Virginia
1 NOTE     The correct, formal spelling indicated in "The Wortham Connection" is
2 CONT     THAMAR.  She was one of twin grand daughters of Lord William Duke of
2 CONT     England who lived briefly in Raleigh, North Carolina. Genealogist
2 CONT     Orville D. Wortham notes that there are at least four different
2 CONT     spellings of Thamar's name found in various legal documents; Thamar,
2 CONT     Tamar, Tamor and Tamer.  Later family records also indicate her name as
2 CONT     TANNER. It would be difficult to determine which is the correct
2 CONT     spelling, given her by her parents. The Duke family founded
2 CONT     Washington-Duke which became The American Tobacco Company, and Duke
2 CONT     University.
1 NOTE     "The Heritage of Vance County NC Vol.I", beginning on page 400 hints at
2 CONT     bad blood and disinheritance between the Worthams and widow Thamar's
2 CONT     new husband.  It is said that the Worthams were run out of the family
2 CONT     and their property given to the Jone's children. Thamar's sons John,
2 CONT     Thomas and Benjamin Heath chose their uncle William [Duke] as guardian,
2 CONT     after the death of their father. Thamar's twin sister, Ann Duke,
2 CONT     married Robert Jones.  Annie Carter Lee, daughter of General Robert E.
2 CONT     Lee, was buried in Ann Duke Jones' flower garden in 1863.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT                              =Orville D. Wortham=
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: There are three children not shown in the genealogy that
2 CONT was handed down from Colonel George Wortham.  Since Thamar's JONES family was
2 CONT at a time much later than the document, we mus presume that these records are
2 CONT from Lewis Christmas himself.   BETTY was not mentioned on any previous group
2 CONT sheets, nor was JAMES, EDWARD or SARAH.  These may be ghost entries, childhood
2 CONT deaths or incorrectly placed from another generation.  -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F183@
1 FAMS @F229@
1 FAMC @F281@
0 @I537@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ann /Marshall/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1756
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 DEC 1838
2 PLAC Date of will
1 NOTE From the research of Fairy B. Edwards (TX).
2 CONT From the records of the Daughters Of The American Revolution.
1 FAMS @F184@
1 FAMC @F1455@
0 @I538@ INDI
1 NAME John Wesley /Ramsey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1898
1 FAMS @F185@
0 @I539@ INDI
1 NAME Edna Nora /Perrymore/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1901
1 FAMS @F185@
0 @I540@ INDI
1 NAME Homer Boyd /Humphreys/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1908
1 FAMS @F186@
0 @I541@ INDI
1 NAME Violet  /Edwards/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1912
1 FAMS @F186@
0 @I542@ INDI
1 NAME Donald Le Roy/Grimes/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1935
1 FAMS @F187@
0 @I543@ INDI
1 NAME Clifton  /Clement/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 SEP 1952
2 PLAC Duncan - Stephens county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F189@
1 FAMC @F66@
0 @I544@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Clement/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUL 1954
2 PLAC Duncan - Stephens county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F188@
1 FAMC @F66@
0 @I545@ INDI
1 NAME Denise  /Clement/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 OCT 1956
2 PLAC Duncan - Stephens county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F66@
0 @I546@ INDI
1 NAME Terri  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1959
1 FAMS @F188@
0 @I547@ INDI
1 NAME Judy  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1955
1 FAMS @F189@
0 @I548@ INDI
1 NAME Anna Bell /Brittain/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 NOV 1929
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 FEB 1997
2 PLAC Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F196@
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I549@ INDI
1 NAME C.W.  /Brittain/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 MAR 1932
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F195@
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I550@ INDI
1 NAME Bertlynn Irene /Brittain/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUL 1936
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F194@
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I551@ INDI
1 NAME Archie Peyton /Brittain/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 DEC 1937
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F193@
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I552@ INDI
1 NAME Gerald D. /Brittain/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 AUG 1939
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F192@
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I553@ INDI
1 NAME Jonnie  /Brittain/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1943
2 PLAC Stigler - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F191@
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I554@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Brittain/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 APR 1949
2 PLAC Stigler - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F190@
1 FAMC @F105@
0 @I555@ INDI
1 NAME Shelia  /Hamilton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1951
1 FAMS @F190@
0 @I556@ INDI
1 NAME Wayne  /Caton/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1939
1 FAMS @F191@
0 @I557@ INDI
1 NAME Betty  /Marshall/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1941
1 FAMS @F192@
0 @I558@ INDI
1 NAME Earnestine  /Davis/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1939
1 FAMS @F193@
0 @I559@ INDI
1 NAME Glen  /Lyons/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1933
1 FAMS @F194@
0 @I560@ INDI
1 NAME Loretta  /Real/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1935
1 FAMS @F195@
0 @I561@ INDI
1 NAME Marion  /Riddle/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1925
1 FAMS @F196@
0 @I562@ INDI
1 NAME Isabella  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1695
1 FAMS @F197@
0 @I563@ INDI
1 NAME Moses  /Teague/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1718
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1799
1 FAMS @F198@
1 FAMC @F197@
0 @I564@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Loftin/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1722
1 FAMS @F198@
0 @I565@ INDI
1 NAME Isabell  /Teague/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1742
1 FAMC @F198@
0 @I566@ INDI
1 NAME Rhonda  /Harris/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1954
1 NOTE Divorced.
1 FAMS @F199@
0 @I567@ INDI
1 NAME Monroe  /Reasnor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1860
1 FAMS @F200@
0 @I568@ INDI
1 NAME Amanda  /Cox/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1863
1 FAMS @F200@
0 @I569@ INDI
1 NAME Eula  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1904
2 PLAC Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 OCT 1905
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I570@ INDI
1 NAME Felix G. /Wilson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1798
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 FAMS @F3872@
1 FAMC @F128@
0 @I571@ INDI
1 NAME Fay  /Pollard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1920
1 FAMS @F201@
0 @I572@ INDI
1 NAME Albert  /Carter/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1906
1 FAMS @F202@
0 @I573@ INDI
1 NAME Glenn E. /Williams/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1900
1 FAMS @F203@
0 @I574@ INDI
1 NAME Walter Marvin /Sharp/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1872
1 FAMS @F204@
0 @I575@ INDI
1 NAME Hester  /Goodwin/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1874
1 FAMS @F204@
0 @I576@ INDI
1 NAME Hettie Marie /Mount/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1918
1 FAMS @F205@
0 @I578@ INDI
1 NAME Jewell Lena /Baker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 APR 1921
2 PLAC Quinton - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F207@
1 FAMC @F2334@
0 @I579@ INDI
1 NAME Emmett Sue /Vaughn/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1924
1 FAMS @F208@
0 @I580@ INDI
1 NAME Thelma Jean /Buckner/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 JAN 1931
2 PLAC Savanna - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1997
2 PLAC Mount Vernon - Skagit county, Washington
1 BURI
2 PLAC Floral Haven Memorial Garden
1 FAMS @F209@
1 FAMC @F2579@
0 @I581@ INDI
1 NAME Marjorie Dean /Bearden/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 NOV 1929
2 PLAC Chouteau - Mayes county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F210@
0 @I582@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret Sue /Garrett/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1937
1 FAMS @F211@
0 @I583@ INDI
1 NAME Paul Richard /Stankewitz/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1931
1 FAMS @F212@
0 @I584@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Matthew /Fountain/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Blasting expert
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 OCT 1874
2 PLAC Seligman - Barry county, Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 MAY 1958
2 PLAC Covina - Los Angeles county, California
1 BURI
2 DATE  3 MAY 1958
2 PLAC Rose Hill cemetery - Whittier California
1 FAMS @F387@
1 FAMS @F396@
1 FAMC @F397@
0 @I585@ INDI
1 NAME Ilus Audrey /Fountain/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Heavy Equipment Operator
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 NOV 1897
2 PLAC Cassville - Barry county, Missouri
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 DEC 1970
2 PLAC Springfield - Green county, Missouri
1 BURI
2 DATE 20 DEC 1970
2 PLAC Fairland - Ottowa county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F398@
1 FAMC @F387@
0 @I586@ INDI
1 NAME Sally  /Wilson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1795
2 PLAC Probably Orange county, North Carolina
1 NOTE From the research of Sister Mary Frances (formerly Rachel Louise) Cates.
1 FAMS @F1726@
1 FAMC @F128@
0 @I587@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Wilson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1797
2 PLAC Probably Orange county, NC
1 FAMS @F1727@
1 FAMC @F128@
0 @I588@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Wayne /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 JUN 1951
2 PLAC Springfield - Clark county, Ohio
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F214@
1 FAMC @F149@
0 @I589@ INDI
1 NAME Judy Marie /Skelton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1954
1 FAMS @F214@
0 @I590@ INDI
1 NAME Deborah Anne /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 DEC 1961
2 PLAC Springfield - Clark county, Ohio
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F215@
1 FAMC @F149@
0 @I591@ INDI
1 NAME Ralph  /Sipp/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1958
1 FAMS @F215@
0 @I592@ INDI
1 NAME Stephen (Steve) D./Hopkins/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1900
1 FAMS @F216@
0 @I593@ INDI
1 NAME Lula Jane /Stratton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1903
1 FAMS @F216@
0 @I594@ INDI
1 NAME Charles  /Wallace/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1900
1 FAMS @F217@
0 @I595@ INDI
1 NAME Violet  /Flowers/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1903
1 FAMS @F217@
0 @I596@ INDI
1 NAME J.D.  /Self/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1920
1 FAMS @F218@
0 @I597@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Jo /Keel/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1930
1 FAMS @F219@
0 @I598@ INDI
1 NAME David  /Sanders/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1948
1 FAMS @F220@
0 @I599@ INDI
1 NAME Mike  /Armintrout/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1953
1 FAMS @F221@
0 @I600@ INDI
1 NAME Mike  /Brandt/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1955
1 FAMS @F222@
0 @I601@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel  /Pichia/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1957
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1984
1 FAMS @F223@
0 @I602@ INDI
1 NAME Scott  /Zieglar/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1956
1 FAMS @F224@
0 @I603@ INDI
1 NAME Eddie  /Russell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1950
1 FAMS @F225@
0 @I604@ INDI
1 NAME Tina  /Jarcy/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 NOV 1963
1 FAMS @F226@
0 @I605@ INDI
1 NAME Shiela  /Dybowski/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1967
1 FAMS @F227@
0 @I606@ INDI
1 NAME Creed James /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1880
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1950
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 556.
2 CONT Updated information from "Worthams Across America" Jul-1993.
2 CONT TIMELINE 1880:  Prior to this date, there were no TUMBLEWEEDS in America.
2 CONT Tubleweed seeds were brought over from the middle east in a shipload of wheat.
1 FAMS @F228@
1 FAMC @F146@
0 @I607@ INDI
1 NAME Viola (Ola) /Essex/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1880
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1960
1 NOTE NOTE: See Viola Essex Wortham... daughter of Benjamin Heath Wortham and Mary
2 CONT Jane Burroughs. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F228@
0 @I608@ INDI
1 NAME Edward (Esq.) /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1744
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1799
1 BURI
2 DATE  ? NOV 1799
2 PLAC Will proven.
1 NOTE Edward Jones was the father of ten children.  William Wortham and Thamar had
2 CONT ten children and then Edward and Thamar had four for a total of twenty-four.
2 CONT Reports say that Jones took over the plantation and drove the Wortham children
2 CONT from their home. He later gave the plantation to his own kids.
2 CONT From "The Heritage of Vance County" Volume I, 1984.
2 CONT ISBN 0-89459-232-7  LCCN 84-082213.  P.O. Box 2284 Henderson, NC 27536
2 CONT SOURCE: "The Duke Family" by Evelyn Duke Brandenberger.
1 FAMS @F229@
1 FAMS @F3769@
1 FAMC @F2398@
0 @I609@ INDI
1 NAME Ann "Nancy" /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1767
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 MAY 1837
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE May be Nancy (MARY) Wortham referred to in Vance County, North Carolina's
2 CONT Historical Society publication.
2 CONT Beverly Waid's records shows her as ANN NANCY H. Wortham.
2 CONT SOURCE: "The Duke Family" by Evelyn Duke Brandenberger.
2 CONT TIMELINE 1769: Daniel Boone begins exploration of Kentucky.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  See #2414, Duke genealogy by Colonel George Wortham.
2 CONT This document says DOB @ 1767, used here. Previous record indicates 1769.
1 FAMS @F233@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I610@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 AUG 1771
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 OCT 1823
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection" Page 285.
1 FAMS @F770@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I611@ INDI
1 NAME James  /Pulliam/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1805
1 FAMS @F241@
0 @I612@ INDI
1 NAME John George /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAR 1775
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1829
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 NOTE One of the "Big Worthams". little John weighed in at only 360 pounds and was
2 CONT the smallest of all his brothers and sisters.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 297.
2 CONT Middle name GEORGE from Kay S. Kidd 3914 Madison Ave. Greensboro NC 27410
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Again, due to the large size of this family, it must be
2 CONT assumed that some names are duplicates, nicknames or mis-filed.
1 FAMS @F235@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I613@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Duke /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1776
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 BAPM
2 DATE 24 NOV 1776
2 PLAC Christening?
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 JUN 1848
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 DATE 12 JUN 1848
2 PLAC Old City cemetery - Paris, Lamar co. TX
1 NOTE                       THE LEGEND OF THE THOMAS WORTHAM(S)
1 NOTE     Wortham/Duke genealogy by Colonel George Wortham in 1877 states that
2 CONT     this Thomas married Molly (said to be an aunt of Governor John Molly
2 CONT     MOORHEAD), settled in Rockingham county, North Carolina where he
2 CONT     represented the country in the Legislature.  "He then moved on to
2 CONT     Tennessee and thence to Kentucky WHERE HE DIED - leaving numerous
2 CONT     descendants." A statement which is quite radically divergent to
2 CONT     existing data.  We have to consider then, that later connected
2 CONT     genealogy may here, be assigned to the WRONG Thomas Wortham.
1 NOTE     It is further stated that one of his descendants is John MOTLY Wortham,
2 CONT     a professor (in 1877) at the University of Louisiana and who had also
2 CONT     been a commander of a regiment in the Kentucky CSA.  In the immediate
2 CONT     descendancies of this Thomas, there is no such person listed.
1 NOTE     CONSIDER: The John MOTLY Wortham mentioned in the last paragraph.  Is
2 CONT     it not more than reasonable that we are looking at a mis-spelling of
2 CONT     the honorarium name; "NOTLEY"?  The pronunciations are almost
2 CONT     identical.
1 NOTE     Therein may lie the key to further research.  But there is more..
2 CONT     always, more..
1 NOTE     There are two candidates in the same generational time frame, both a
2 CONT     THOMAS N. WORTHAM or where N. represents NOTLEY. One is #3943 who
2 CONT     married Rebecca Earnest in Randolph county, Alabama and is the son of
2 CONT     John Wortham and Mary Bailey.
1 NOTE     The other is #5257 Thomas N. who is the son of DUKE Wortham and Betsy
2 CONT     Norton.
2 CONT                   THEOREM: (always a presumptuous assumption)
1 NOTE     We must be aware that this documentation is at least third hand from
2 CONT     the spoken or dictated version originally prepared by Colonel George
2 CONT     Wortham back in 1877.  MOLLY was a NICKNAME for Thomas' wife, not an
2 CONT     honorarium of "MOLLY aka MOORHEAD".  Again perhaps, we fall victim to
2 CONT     illiteracy, misinterpretation and the misunderstanding of
2 CONT     pronunciations.
1 NOTE                            CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
2 CONT                            THE THOMAS WORTHAM LEGEND
1 NOTE SOURCE: Beverly Waid (CA), citing;
2 CONT SOURCE: Helen Brooks (TX), a Wortham descendant
2 CONT SOURCE: Vivian Roller, a Wortham descendant citing;
2 CONT SOURCE: Ora Bailey McCutchen, a Wortham - from a letter in 1936.
1 NOTE     "Thomas Wortham came to America when a young man.  His father was
2 CONT     wealthy and resided in England, bought a plantation and slaves for
2 CONT     Thomas. About 1842, Creed and Lydia Wortham went with his parents
2 CONT     Thomas and Nancy Wortham, to Texas. They first went to Memphis, taking
2 CONT     a steam boat (John H. Bills) to Shreveport. The boat caught fire at the
2 CONT     mouth of the Red River.  Baggage was thrown overboard onto a bank. The
2 CONT     bank caved in and all was lost, including important papers of Thomas
2 CONT     Wortham's claim for a vast estate in England.  The negro slaves saved
2 CONT     the family. Later they took the boat AZOO and from Shreveport they went
2 CONT     by team to Texas.  This information came from Ora Bailey McCutchen, a
2 CONT     Wortham."
2 CONT                            ------------/-----------
1 NOTE     RESEARCHERS NOTE: There was a well-meaning lady "genealogist" in the
2 CONT     generation prior to World War II who was perhaps more accomodating than
2 CONT     wise in her research methods.  It may have been the mentioned Ora
2 CONT     Bailey McCutchen or some other personage, but she was tripped up by the
2 CONT     patient, meticulous research of Vivan Roller.  Some of her supposed
2 CONT     genealogical "research" was apparently pure assumption that found its
2 CONT     way onto old family group sheets and other documentation.  One of those
2 CONT     was typed by Maury Emerson Wortham from handwritten notes at about
2 CONT     1936, the same time as the letter quoted above.
1 NOTE     Ora Bailey McCutchen logically, is probably located somewhere in the
2 CONT     JOHN BAILEY WORTHAM lines, but has not been documented or positioned in
2 CONT     any descendancies as of 1998 - with almost 13,000 individual entries
2 CONT     in the database.
1 NOTE     Vivian Roller uncovered several "presumed" links in the lines of Alfred
2 CONT     Wortham and others, as well as the document shown here.  As she related
2 CONT     to me in a 1993 telephone interview, there had been an unclaimed
2 CONT     inheritance from the Duke family that was to be distributed amongst the
2 CONT     descendants (Worthams included) that "smoked out" a lot of imposters as
2 CONT     well as legitimate claimants.
1 NOTE     A number of lineages were thus "documented", showing ties to England
2 CONT     and presumably. earlier generations of the Duke family. The statement
2 CONT     above for instance, stating that the elder Thomas' father William lived
2 CONT     in England, may have had to do with his education as a lawyer there,
2 CONT     rather than it being his homeland.  The claim also to a vast estate in
2 CONT     England, should be viewed with a very skeptical eye.
1 NOTE     While Molly William's father Parmenas was a revolutionary patriot
2 CONT     fighting against his homeland of England, and while Thomas Duke's
2 CONT     alliegances were probably with America, there were many political
2 CONT     ambivilances during those times, as in all generations. Please consider
2 CONT     that if Thomas Duke Wortham were entitled to a vast estate in England
2 CONT     such documentation was probably available in the archives of The Crown
2 CONT     and it would not have made much difference whether he were in posession
2 CONT     of them or not.  Therefore; it would be highly unlikely that Thomas
2 CONT     Duke Wortham and Molly Williams would risk life and limb to explore the
2 CONT     hills of early Texas which at that time were barely civilized.
1 NOTE     The assumptions drawn by this lady (and perhaps later mis-quotes)
2 CONT     whomever she was, has caused a number of genealogists counless wasted
2 CONT     hours of research time in the past fifty years.  We should thank again
2 CONT     our Vivian Roller, for drawing us closer to the truth.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 306.  Oldest grave in the Old City cemetery.
2 CONT There is a considerable confusion of records or organizational information in
2 CONT the footnotes of "The Wortham Connection", Page 306.  D.A.R. records indicate
2 CONT November 24th as the Date of Birth, and that seems to be the concensus.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  See #2414, Duke genealogy by Colonel George Wortham.
2 CONT Records of Helen Brooks PO Box 366 Wolfe City, TX 75496-0366 (903) 496-2296
1 FAMS @F766@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I614@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin Heath /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 DEC 1778
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 DEC 1847
2 PLAC Maury county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Pulliam/Wortham  Maury county, Tennessee
1 NOTE Another marriage of cousins, married at the home of Green Duke.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection" Page 325.
2 CONT James Moss served as bondsman, marriage performed by M.D. Johnson.
2 CONT From the research of Edward C. Shaw 604 Green Ridge Court Lexington, KY 40517
1 NOTE              Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861
2 CONT                           by Bryon & Barbara Sistler
2 CONT                  Published by Bryon Sistler & Associates, Inc.
2 CONT                                  Nashville, TN
2 CONT                              F/435/2575/1990 SHSW
1 NOTE      P. 404
2 CONT      Wortham, Benjamin H. 1847 wb-b-171 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Charles 1849 wb-b-167 (G)
2 CONT      Wortham, James Faucete 1859 wb-e-114 (Hy)
2 CONT      Wortham, Lewis L. 1842 wb-z-329 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Mary 1839 wb-b-280 (G)
2 CONT      Wortham, Mary H. 1861 wb-f-215 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, Robert S. 1847 wb-1-143 (Sh)
2 CONT      Wortham, Samuel H. 1839 wb-y-399 (Mu)
2 CONT      Wortham, William 1839 wb-y-399 (Mu)
1 NOTE      Mu = Maury
2 CONT      G  = Gibson
2 CONT      Sh = Shelby
2 CONT      Hy = Haywood
2 CONT      wb = will book
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  See #2414, Duke genealogy by Colonel George Wortham.
1 FAMS @F230@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I615@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Hicks (Polly)/Lanier/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1788
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1861
2 PLAC Maury county, Tennessee
1 NOTE Marriage ceremony took place at the home of Green Duke.
2 CONT Marriage ceremony performed by M.D. Johnson, bondsman was James Moss.
2 CONT Research by Ed Shaw (KY).
2 CONT WORTHAM MARRIAGE DATE SOURCE: "The Duke Family" by Evelyn Duke Brandenberger.
1 NOTE     SOURCE: Marriage & Death Notices, N. C. State Library 975.6, Vol 1 -
2 CONT     (Benjamin) Heath Wortham married Polly Lanier, Oct. 17, 1804, Warren
2 CONT     County, N. C.
1 NOTE     Marriages of Granville County N. C., 1753-1868- Polly Lanier Married
2 CONT     Josiah Terry, 12 Feb 1825.
1 NOTE     Virginia Marriage Records, Page 234 - Polly Lanier married Isaac R.
2 CONT     Walton, Jr. 12 Jan 1807, permission given by mother, "Tabitha".
1 NOTE     Mary H. (Polly) Lanier Wortham died 24 Sep 1861, Maury County, Tenn. A
2 CONT     copy of her Original Will, Office of Chancery Clerk (Clerk & Master),
2 CONT     Maury Co. Courthouse, Columbia, Tenn., and transcribed into Will Bk F,
2 CONT     Index to Wills 1807-1875, P. 215 is in the files of Orville D.
2 CONT     Wortham.
1 NOTE                              =Orville D. Wortham=
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE                             Maury County Tennessee
2 CONT                                 Census of 1850
2 CONT                            Transcribed & printed by
2 CONT                                Miss Deane Porch
2 CONT                                F/443/M4/P6/1966
2 CONT P. 215
1 NOTE P. 358
2 CONT WORTHAM, T.P. (R2555)  44 M  FARMER     7000      NC
2 CONT          ELIZA (R2580) 43 F                       VA
2 CONT P. 359
2 CONT WORTHAM, ADAM          19 M  NONE                 TN
2 CONT PERRY, ANN             17 F                       TN
2 CONT PERRY, FRANCIS         21 M  FARMER               TN
2 CONT WORTHAM, JOHN          14 M                       TN
2 CONT          SAMUEL        13 M                       TN
2 CONT          SYMMY         07 F                       TN
1 NOTE P. 361
2 CONT WORTHAM, EDWARD (R2557)   26 M          FARMER    1000      NC
2 CONT          EMILINE (R2591)  24 F                              VA
2 CONT          MIDORA (R2592)   01 F                              TN
2 CONT SPAIN, ADISON             27 M          FARMER              VA
1 NOTE P. 363
2 CONT WORTHAM, MARY (R611)      62 F                    7900      NC
2 CONT     #223 JOSEPH D.(R223)  22 M          NONE                TN
2 CONT QUEEN, ELIZABETH          34 F                              TN
2 CONT        MARY E. (10/12)       F (Is this M.A. on 1860?)      TN
1 NOTE WORTHAM, A.W.(R631)       45 M          FARMER    2380      NC
2 CONT          MARTHA (R2551)   41 F                              NC
2 CONT          ALPHEUS (R2552)  20 M          FARMER              TN
2 CONT          ALBERT (R2553)   18 M          STUDENT             TN
2 CONT          GEORGE (R2554)   01 M                              TN
1 NOTE P. 368
2 CONT  #11560 WORTHAM JAMES J.(R629)    25 M          FARMER              NC
2 CONT  #11561 SARAH (R630)      23 F                              VA
1 NOTE P. 379
2 CONT WORTHAM, ELIZABETH     09 F                       TN
2 CONT Living w/Edward Williams family.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F2570@
1 FAMS @F230@
1 FAMC @F2574@
0 @I616@ INDI
1 NAME Edward Augustus (Ned)/Duke/
1 TITL Wortham
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 DEC 1780
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Methodist Episcopal Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 AUG 1849
2 PLAC Maury county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Private tomb Maury county, Tennessee
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE From the records of Beverly Waid.  Otis Stewart reports a middle name; "Duke".
2 CONT On other records and in "The Wortham Connection" AUGUSTUS is a separate person
2 CONT linked with a SAMUEL, believed to be related to ELLIOT in Paris, Texas. Bill's
2 CONT notes say Edward may have shot and killed Claburne W. Anderson in Tennessee in
2 CONT 1836, triggering a massive movement of Worthams from Tennessee to Texas.
2 CONT Thomas Power and Gideon Johnson were bondsmen in this marriage.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Pages 284, 327.
1 FAMS @F231@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I617@ INDI
1 NAME Leticia  /Power/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1785
2 PLAC Probably Butte/Warren/Vance county, NC
1 NOTE                             Maury County Tennessee
2 CONT                                 Census of 1850
2 CONT                            Transcribed & printed by
2 CONT                                Miss Deane Porch
2 CONT                                F/443/M4/P6/1966
2 CONT P. 215
1 NOTE P. 358
2 CONT WORTHAM, T.P. (R2555)  44 M  FARMER     7000      NC
2 CONT          ELIZA (R2580) 43 F                       VA
2 CONT P. 359
2 CONT WORTHAM, ADAM          19 M  NONE                 TN
2 CONT PERRY, ANN             17 F                       TN
2 CONT PERRY, FRANCIS         21 M  FARMER               TN
2 CONT WORTHAM, JOHN          14 M                       TN
2 CONT          SAMUEL        13 M                       TN
2 CONT          SYMMY         07 F                       TN
1 NOTE P. 361
2 CONT WORTHAM, EDWARD (R2557)   26 M          FARMER    1000      NC
2 CONT          EMILINE (R2591)  24 F                              VA
2 CONT          MIDORA (R2592)   01 F                              TN
2 CONT SPAIN, ADISON             27 M          FARMER              VA
1 NOTE P. 363
2 CONT WORTHAM, MARY (R611)      62 F                    7900      NC
2 CONT     #223 JOSEPH D.(R223)  22 M          NONE                TN
2 CONT QUEEN, ELIZABETH          34 F                              TN
2 CONT        MARY E. (10/12)       F (Is this M.A. on 1860?)      TN
1 NOTE WORTHAM, A.W.(R631)       45 M          FARMER    2380      NC
2 CONT          MARTHA (R2551)   41 F                              NC
2 CONT          ALPHEUS (R2552)  20 M          FARMER              TN
2 CONT          ALBERT (R2553)   18 M          STUDENT             TN
2 CONT          GEORGE (R2554)   01 M                              TN
1 NOTE P. 368
2 CONT  #11560 WORTHAM JAMES J.(R629)    25 M          FARMER              NC
2 CONT  #11561 SARAH (R630)      23 F                              VA
1 NOTE P. 379
2 CONT WORTHAM, ELIZABETH     09 F                       TN
2 CONT Living w/Edward Williams family.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Leticia was shown in the 1850 census of Maury county, in
2 CONT the Stephen H.P. Wright household, her son-in-law by daughter Ann.  It appears
2 CONT that she is the guardian for two possible grandsons - Edward age 12 and John
2 CONT age 10
1 FAMS @F231@
0 @I618@ INDI
1 NAME Duke  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 DEC 1782
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1840
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 NOTE One of the "Big Worthams".  He weighed in at 542 pounds.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection" Page 343.
1 NOTE                            The Duke Wortham Probate
2 CONT                    Contributed, data entry and research by:
2 CONT              Ron Brothers - The Paris, Texas Genealogical Society
1 NOTE From rbrother@stargate.1starnet.comFri Apr  5 19:37:06 1996
2 CONT Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 17:39:00 -0600
2 CONT From: rbrother@stargate.1starnet.com
2 CONT To: dwortham@tenet.edu
2 CONT Subject: Duke Wortham
1 NOTE     Sorry it has taken so long to answer your email.  In regards to
2 CONT     proofing that Duke Wortham is actually buried in Lamar County I cannot
2 CONT     say.  I enclose the probate record that I have.  Just because it was
2 CONT     probated in Lamar County does not necessarily mean that he died here.
2 CONT     It appears that the suit is for custody of his children.  He could have
2 CONT     owned land here and gone visiting in Arkansas and died and buried
2 CONT     there.  If that is the case I see no reason why Lamar County could not
2 CONT     have probated custody of his children.  The assignment of his grave is
2 CONT     not for me to decide as there appears to be no marker anywhere and no
2 CONT     other proof that he is actually buried here.
1 NOTE     One would assume that because the probate is here that he is here,
2 CONT     which is the case in probably 99% of the cases but who are we to really
2 CONT     say?  It is an interesting contrast to say the least.  If I were you I
2 CONT     would try to contact the lady in Arizona and let her know of this
2 CONT     probate and see what she thinks. If you have other statements or family
2 CONT     traditions that should be in his record I will be happy to enter them
2 CONT     for you.  It is a shame that things can't be easier for us to decide
2 CONT     such questions?
1 NOTE     Ron Brothers
1 NOTE                        Probate Record of Duke Wortham--
1 NOTE     From Probate Book M1 in the Lamar County Clerk's office, transcribed
2 CONT     by Mary Claunch Lane: Page 62; February Term, 1842;
1 NOTE     Be it remembered that on the 28th day of Feby. A.D. 1842 there was
2 CONT     began and held a regular Term of the Honorable Probate court in the
2 CONT     Town of Lafayette in and for the county aforesaid.  Present and
2 CONT     presiding the Hon. John A. Rutherford Judge, John R. Craddock, Clerk
2 CONT     and W. R. Brown, Sheriff.
1 NOTE     When court appeared according to law proceeded to the dispatch of
2 CONT     business.  Page 69; Jas. R. G. Wortham vs. heirs of Duke Wortham,
2 CONT     deceased.  Petition for letters of guardianship.  This day came Jas. R.
2 CONT     G. Wortham and presented his petition for letters of guardianship upon
2 CONT     the person and estate of Edward J. Wortham and Sarah Jane Wortham,
2 CONT     infant heirs of Duke Wortham deceased and it appearing to the
2 CONT     satisfaction of the court that Jas. R. G. Wortham is a suitable person
2 CONT     to have the custody of said minor children.
1 NOTE     It is therefore ordered and decreed that the prayer of the petitioner
2 CONT     be granted and that letters of guardianship issue to said Wortham
2 CONT     certified by the Clerk of this court whereupon came Jas. R. G. Wortham
2 CONT     together with Jas. M. Brackeen and William Brackeen into court and
2 CONT     entered into bond in the penal sum of $3,200 dollars for the faithful
2 CONT     performance of the duties incumbent upon him as guardian aforesaid who
2 CONT     severally acknowledged the same.  Issued 11th March 1842.
1 NOTE     *Page 98; Be it remembered that there was begun and held a regular
2 CONT     term of the Honorable Probate Court on the 30th day of May A. D. 1842
2 CONT     at the Town of Lafayette in the county of Lamar and Republic of Texas,
2 CONT     Present and presiding the Honorable John A. Rutherford, Judge, William
2 CONT     R. Brown, Sheriff, and John R. Craddock, Clerk.  When court opened
2 CONT     according to law and proceeded to the dispatch of business.
1 NOTE     *Page 102 and 103; This day came Thomas N. Wortham a minor heir of Duke
2 CONT     Wortham deceased and he being over the age of fourteen years and having
2 CONT     the right by law to choose his guardian, he the said Thomas N. Wortham
2 CONT     made choice of his brother, James R. G. Wortham who was accepted of by
2 CONT     the court as such guardian and qualified as such guardian aforesaid
2 CONT     whereupon came James R. G. Wortham into court together with William T.
2 CONT     J. Brackean and Jacob Lyday and entered into bond in the penal sum of
2 CONT     Sixteen hundred Dollars good and lawful money of said Republic
2 CONT     conditioned for the faithful performance of duties as such guardian
2 CONT     aforesaid who severally acknowledged the same and It is further ordered
2 CONT     by this court that letters of Guardianship Issue to the said James R.
2 CONT     G. Wortham as guardian aforesaid certified by the clerk of this court.
2 CONT     Issued 26th Aug 1842.
1 NOTE     *Page 123; August Term, A.D. 1842; Be it remembered that there was
2 CONT     began and held a regular Term of the Honorable Probate Court on the
2 CONT     29th day of August in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty
2 CONT     Two at the courthouse in the Town of Lafayette in and for the county
2 CONT     aforesaid.  Present and presiding the Honorable John A. Rutherford,
2 CONT     Judge, William R. Brown, Sheriff, and John R. Craddock, Clerk, when
2 CONT     court opened according to law and proceeded to the dispatch of
2 CONT     business.  Page 138; Republic of Texas, County of Lamar.  In Probate
2 CONT     Court August Term A.D. 1842.  To the Honorable John. A. Rutherford
2 CONT     Chief Justice and Judge of Probate court for said county.  Your
2 CONT     Reporter James R. G. Wortham, Guardian for Edward J. Wortham, Sarah J.
2 CONT     Wortham and Thomas N. Wortham minor heirs would Report unto your Honor
2 CONT     that he has not as yet received any portion that may have become due to
2 CONT     said Minor heirs. Therefore, he is unprepared to return and Inventory
2 CONT     prays this case... - Signed, James R. G. Wortham.  Sworn to in open
2 CONT     court, J. A. Rutherford Probate Judge, which report is approved of by
2 CONT     the court and ordered to be spread upon record and continued.
1 NOTE     *Page 123; August Term, A.D. 1842; Be it remembered that there was
2 CONT     began and held a regular Term of the Honorable Probate Court on the
2 CONT     29th day of August in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty
2 CONT     Two at the courthouse in the Town of Lafayette in and for the county
2 CONT     aforesaid. Present and presiding the Honorable John A. Rutherford,
2 CONT     Judge, William R. Brown, Sheriff, and John R. Craddock, Clerk, when
2 CONT     court opened according to law and proceeded to the dispatch of
2 CONT     business.  Page 138; Republic of Texas, County of Lamar; In Probate
2 CONT     Court August Term 1842.  To the Honorable John A. Rutherford Judge of
2 CONT     Probate and Chief Justice for said county.  Your Reporter James M.
2 CONT     Brackean Guardian for William T. J.(?) Brackean would respectfully show
2 CONT     to your honor that he has not at yet received any portion of the estate
2 CONT     that is or has become due to the said Minor heir and therefore he is
2 CONT     unable to return an Inventory at the present time of this court- and
2 CONT     therefore prays further time, which report is approved of by the court
2 CONT     and ordered to be continued.
1 NOTE     [It is not certain that this entry is dealing with the probate of
2 CONT     Azariah Brackeen.  This entry could belong to the Duke Wortham probate
2 CONT     record as W. T. J. Brackeen is acting as a guardian in that case on the
2 CONT     same page of the book that is dealing with said Wortham.]
1 NOTE     *Page 139; This day came into court James R. G. Wortham and asked and
2 CONT     obtained relief of said court to release William T. J. Brackean from
2 CONT     standing his Security as guardian for Edward J. Wortham, Sarah Jane
2 CONT     Wortham and Thomas N. Wortham, Minor heirs of Duke Wortham deceased
2 CONT     Therefore it is ordered by court that the said William T. J. Brackean
2 CONT     be released from any further responsibility, whereupon came said
2 CONT     Wortham into court together with James M. Brackean and entered into
2 CONT     bond in the penal sum of one thousand six hundred dollars conditioned
2 CONT     for the faithful performance of the duties as Guardian aforesaid, who
2 CONT     severally acknowledged the same.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Son GEORGE was not documented prior to the discovery of
2 CONT the Colonel George Wortham genealogical report of 1877. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  See #2414, Duke genealogy by Colonel George Wortham.
1 FAMS @F232@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I619@ INDI
1 NAME Betsy (Elizabeth P.)/Norton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1789
1 NOTE From the records of Beverly Waid.
1 FAMS @F232@
0 @I620@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Elizabeth (Polly)/Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1784
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 PLAC probably Tennessee
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 40.
2 CONT One of the "Big Worthams", Mary weighed in at 420 pounds.
1 FAMS @F237@
1 FAMS @F240@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I621@ INDI
1 NAME Robert  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1786
2 PLAC Brunswick county, VA/Warren county NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 MAR 1854
2 PLAC Baton Rouge, Louisianna
1 BURI
2 PLAC Baton Rouge, Louisianna
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 351.
2 CONT Considerable research on this family has been accomplished and many notes are
2 CONT located in Appendix I of "The Wortham Connection", furnished by Mrs. Byrd
2 CONT Emerson of Winnfield, Louisianna.  The text is a full chapter in length.
2 CONT Robert was one of the celebrated "Big Worthams", weighing from 350 - 400+ lbs.
2 CONT The family migrated to Tennessee, and then to Louisianna.  A heavy chair that
2 CONT was made for this man still exists, handed down to his son Robert II (Robin).
1 FAMS @F238@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I622@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Marshall/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1764
1 FAMS @F233@
0 @I623@ INDI
1 NAME Fannie ßAFRO-AMERICANß /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Slave Property
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE      Date:97-12-09 00:17:39 EST
2 CONT      From:lehunter@HOTMAIL.COM (Lori Hunter)
2 CONT      To:RonWortham@AOL.COM
1 NOTE     Dear Ron:
2 CONT     I have not finished updating my GEDCOM Wortham file, but here is
2 CONT     the text of a presentation I made in 1996 to the Afro-American
2 CONT     historical and Genealogical Society on the Worthams.  It will
2 CONT     clarify my relationship to the Warren County Worthams:
1 NOTE     CONNECTING THE WORTHAM FAMILY OF WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA AND
2 CONT     BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
2 CONT     Presented By Lori E. Hunter at the Afro-American Historical and
2 CONT     Genealogical Conference Washington, D.C. November 2, 1996
1 NOTE                           Background information
1 NOTE     The research on the Wortham and Hunter families began in 1982
2 CONT     with an audio taped interview of Frissell Hunter, my paternal
2 CONT     grandfather, about his family from Warren County, North Carolina.
2 CONT     Although the conversation was brief, important information was
2 CONT     obtained such as the names of his grandparents George and Mahala
2 CONT     Wortham.  By his account, they were "free issue" or freed slaves
2 CONT     who worked in the house and were "a cut above the regular slaves".
1 NOTE     In the Federal Census of 1870, George and Mahala were living in
2 CONT     Warren County with five children: George, Patsie, Plummer W.,
2 CONT     Fannie, Millie and Mahala.  Research then shifted to Warren County
2 CONT     records such as deed and other vital records.  A Warren County
2 CONT     Cohabitation Record in the North Carolina State Archives for
2 CONT     George Wortham and Mahala Fleming stating that they had lived
2 CONT     together as man and wife since 1848.  Since George and Mahala
2 CONT     Wortham do not appear in the free schedules in the 1850 or 1860
2 CONT     Federal Censuses, it is possible that the characterization of the
2 CONT     family as "free issues" was born more out of pride more than fact.
1 NOTE     Among the couples listed in the Cohabitation Records of Warren
2 CONT     County was George Green and Fannie Wortham who had been living
2 CONT     together as man and wife since 1818.  Subsequent research revealed
2 CONT     that John Wortham, a white slave holder in Warren County wrote his
2 CONT     will in 1860 and although he did not die until 1866, his slaves
2 CONT     were mentioned.  Among his many slaves, John Wortham mentioned
2 CONT     "his old woman Fannie" as well as Abner, Ann, Cary, Dinah,
2 CONT     Francis, George, Harry and Paul.  In the 1947 book by then 93
2 CONT     year-old Elizabeth Hamner (Rose) Hawks entitled "A Distant Field:
2 CONT     Memoirs of a Nonagenarian", Mrs. Hawks recounts her memories of
2 CONT     her uncle John Wortham's slaves in the chapter entitled "The
2 CONT     Negro".  "A Distant Field" is reprinted in the book "The
2 CONT     descendants and antecedants of John Rose Parham of Warren County,
2 CONT     North Carolina" by Seth Warner.
1 NOTE     Mrs. Hawks writes: "When Uncle John's father died he gave him,
2 CONT     among other servants, a young Negro woman named Fannie, and Uncle
2 CONT     John told her if she would give him twenty children he would set
2 CONT     her free.  She gave him nineteen and I think they were all well
2 CONT     and healthy and lived to be useful servants except Paul who died
2 CONT     at the age of seventeen...Fanny was not freed until after the
2 CONT     surrender but she lived in ease and comfort in her old age, she
2 CONT     was near a hundred when she died." Mrs. Hawks states that after
2 CONT     the Emancipation, Fannie's children took the name of Green because
2 CONT     their father was a Green.
1 NOTE     Some of the persons listed together in the 1860 will were the
2 CONT     children of George and Fannie Green.  Although only circumstantial
2 CONT     evidence links George Wortham to Fannie, this researcher believes
2 CONT     that Fannie was in fact the mother of George.  For example, George
2 CONT     Wortham's first female child born out of slavery was named Fannie
2 CONT     presumably after his mother. Since George is always listed as a
2 CONT     "Mulatto" in Federal Census records, and did not take the Green
2 CONT     surname like his siblings, there is some question as to who his
2 CONT     father was.  A deed dated 18 January 1896 names George Wortham,
2 CONT     his wife Mahala Wortham, Abner Green, Cary Green, Harry Green,
2 CONT     Dinah Plummer and Ann Green as parties of the first part
2 CONT     (apparently tenants on common) conveying land to Francis M.
2 CONT     Green, party of the second part.  Further research links many of
2 CONT     the above mentioned persons to Fannie Green.  In 1870, Fannie and
2 CONT     her husband George Green are listed in the same household with
2 CONT     Cary and Ann Green.  In 1880, Fannie is living with Cary and Ann
2 CONT     Green who she names as her daughters.
1 NOTE     On 6 March 1879, Abner Green, age 52, married Ann Sledge and
2 CONT     names as his parents George and Fannie Green.  Likewise, on 16
2 CONT     April 1881, Harry Green at age 56, married Ellen Cheek and lists
2 CONT     his parents as George Green and Fannie Wortham, both deceased by
2 CONT     that date.  Charles W. Green, age 46, married Henrietta Merrimon
2 CONT     on 24 February 1886 and named his parents as George and "Francis"
2 CONT     Green.  Also, in the 1900 Federal Census, we find Harry Green as
2 CONT     head of household with Ann and Cary Green whom he lists as his
2 CONT     sisters, and therefore, also presumably the children of George and
2 CONT     Fannie Green.
1 NOTE                       Descendants of George Wortham
1 NOTE     George must have been an interesting, forward thinking man.  He
2 CONT     understood that property ownership and education were the keys to
2 CONT     the advancement of the race.  Deeds were researched and they
2 CONT     provided critical clues.  According to an 1874 deed, George
2 CONT     purchased 37 acres of land.  His wife Mahaly is listed as a widow
2 CONT     in the 1910 Federal Census therefore, based on annual tax lists
2 CONT     and the lack of land transactions bearing George's name after
2 CONT     1905, it can be surmised that George died around 1905.  It is
2 CONT     unclear when Mahaly died but on March 19, 1913, the 37 acres she
2 CONT     inherited from her husband upon his death were divided among their
2 CONT     children and heirs.
1 NOTE     Tracing the land of George Wortham provided important information
2 CONT     about his descendants.  Through these land records, the known
2 CONT     children of George and Mahala Wortham who reached adulthood are:
2 CONT     1) Patsie Wortham Perry, 2) George Wortham, 3) Fannie Wortham
2 CONT     Robinson Jones, 4) Reverend Plummer W. Wortham and 5) Millie
2 CONT     Wortham Hunter.
1 NOTE     The oldest daughter, Patsie married Thadeus Perry on 16 October
2 CONT     1883 and died on 27 February 1908. Research continues for
2 CONT     descendants of Fred and Patsie Wortham Perry.  Their children were
2 CONT     Mary Ellen Perry Russell; Lizzie Perry Balthrop Dancy; and Carrie
2 CONT     Perry Palmer.  As of the 1920 Federal Census, the family was still
2 CONT     in Warrenton, NC in the Sandy Creek District.
1 NOTE     This branch of the family was hit hard by the 1920 influenza
2 CONT     epidemic. Mary Ellen Russell, wife of James Russell, died of
2 CONT     influenza one day after giving birth on 23 February 1920.  Several
2 CONT     hours later on the same day, her almost two-year old daughter,
2 CONT     Minnie Rose also died of influenza.  Carrie Perry married Henry
2 CONT     Palmer had a number of children.  Tragically, two of Carrie
2 CONT     Palmer's children, Pattie and Mamie, died in the Spring 1920,
2 CONT     victims of influenza.  Among her surviving children were Horace V.
2 CONT     Palmer who married Josephine Ray of New York on 5 August 1944.
2 CONT     Further information on this branch is not yet available.
1 NOTE     The oldest son, George Wortham stayed in the Warrenton area and
2 CONT     married Caroline Hunter on 23 October 1889.  It is believed that
2 CONT     he died prior to the 1913 distribution of his parents land since
2 CONT     no mention is made of him or his descendants.  However, he may
2 CONT     have descendants as yet unknown to this researcher.
1 NOTE     Reverend Plummer W. Wortham (1862-1918) studied at Hampton Normal
2 CONT     and Industrial School in Hampton, Virginia from 1881 to 1884 and
2 CONT     later studied law for a short time before deciding that theology
2 CONT     was the best way to help his people.  He became an A.M.E.
2 CONT     minister, serving ten years in the North Carolina Conference. In
2 CONT     1897, he received an appointment to the Washington, DC Conference
2 CONT     where he served for twenty-one years including one year as
2 CONT     presiding elder.  Among his appointments were St. Paul's A.M.E. in
2 CONT     Washington, D.C., Payne Memorial A.M.E. and Saint John's A.M.E. in
2 CONT     Baltimore, Maryland. Reverend P. W. Wortham married Lucy Faulkner
2 CONT     on 10 December 1885 and together they had four children -- John
2 CONT     Julius, Plummer W., Jr., Laura Wortham Howard, Lucy Wortham Jones.
1 NOTE     After the death of his wife, he married Annie Locks of Baltimore
2 CONT     and they were the parents of Hermett Wortham.  After his death on
2 CONT     May 7, 1918, some of the family remained members of Payne Memorial
2 CONT     A.M.E. in Baltimore.  Lucy Jones and Hermett moved to Detroit,
2 CONT     Michigan.  Among P.W. Wortham's grandchildren are Dr. Parker
2 CONT     Wortham of Detroit, MI, Dr. Ralph Howard and other descendants of
2 CONT     Laura Howard of Baltimore including Reverend Joseph Howard, Edith
2 CONT     Howard-Henry, Helen Safrit, Lucy Sylvester and her daughters Carol
2 CONT     Sylvester Bradwell and Lynn Sylvester, Esq. of Washington, DC.
2 CONT     Somehow, his children lost contact with the other branches of the
2 CONT     Wortham family and were reunited nearly eighty years later!
1 NOTE     Fannie, the next to the youngest, was close to her mother Mahala
2 CONT     and stayed at home in Warren County, marrying Jeff Robinson on 3
2 CONT     Februay 1886.  Fannie cared for her mother in her later years
2 CONT     until her mother's death. She later married Grover Jones and moved
2 CONT     to Vance County, where she died on 7 August 1922.  Some of her
2 CONT     descendants include granddaughters Margaret Forney Hunter Tibbs of
2 CONT     Norlina, N.C., Ester Forney Smith of Norfolk, VA and her children,
2 CONT     Jane Atkins, Barbara Holloman, Doris Spencer and their
2 CONT     descendants; and great great grandson Dr. Arnett Coleman of
2 CONT     Durham, NC and daughter Vydashon-Teleste Coleman.
1 NOTE     The youngest daughter Millie Wortham Hunter (1870-1942) attended
2 CONT     Hampton Normal and Industrial School in Hampton, VA from 1887 to
2 CONT     1891. She became a teacher and taught in the public school system
2 CONT     of upstate New York until 1895.  She returned home to Warrenton
2 CONT     and married Robert Palmer Hunter, who was a property owner and
2 CONT     farmer and the son of William and Sarah Hunter.  They were married
2 CONT     on 26 January 1897 and had six sons: Oscar, Hollis, Frissell,
2 CONT     Howard, Halltee, and Plummer.  Her living descendants include
2 CONT     James A. Greene of Petersburg, VA, Lori Hunter of Washington,
2 CONT     D.C., Dr. Frissell Hunter of Savannah, GA and his daughter, Venise
2 CONT     Hunter Richardson of Houston, TX.
1 NOTE              Reuniting the Plummer and Millie Wortham Hunter
2 CONT                       Branches of the Wortham Family
1 NOTE     The journey began with a trip to the Hampton University Archives
2 CONT     in Hampton, Virginia on August 19, 1991 to find out information
2 CONT     about my great grandmother Millie and her brother Plummer W.
2 CONT     Wortham, who also attended the school before the turn of the
2 CONT     century.  The file for my great grandmother Millie Wortham was
2 CONT     small, containing only her grades for the years 1887 through 1891
2 CONT     and a notation that she received her diploma.  On the other hand,
2 CONT     the file of her brother Plummer was larger, containing letters
2 CONT     written to former teachers describing the condition of our people
2 CONT     and his work as a teacher and minister of the African Methodist
2 CONT     Episcopal Church in North Carolina and Baltimore.  There was also
2 CONT     a brief obituary in his file stating that he died May 7, 1918 in
2 CONT     Baltimore, Maryland.
1 NOTE     After seeking advice from a friend on researching ministers in the
2 CONT     A.M.E. church, I located a book at the Library of Congress
2 CONT     entitled Centennial Encyclopedia of the A.M.E. Church by Richard
2 CONT     R. Wright.  The 1916 edition contained a biography of Rev. P. W.
2 CONT     Wortham, telling of his early education and outlining his service
2 CONT     as a pastor between the years 1890 through 1916.  My friend also
2 CONT     suggested the Moreland Spingarn Collection at Howard University
2 CONT     which had information on the A.M.E. Church.  The collection had
2 CONT     minutes from the Baltimore Conference of the A.M.E. church for the
2 CONT     years 1909, 1915 and 1927.  Rev. Wortham was mentioned many times
2 CONT     throughout the 1909 and 1915 minutes.
1 NOTE     Since the 1910 Baltimore Census is not soundexed (indexed by the
2 CONT     sound of the last name), I used the address for the church where
2 CONT     he was the pastor in 1909 and Baltimore, Maryland City Directories
2 CONT     to find the correct Enumeration District in Baltimore to enable me
2 CONT     to find Plummer in the 1910 Federal Census.
1 NOTE     Searching line by line, I finally found him.  He was married to
2 CONT     "Annie" and had three daughters listed with him--Laura, Lucy and
2 CONT     Hermett.  To find him in the 1900 Federal Census, I knew he was
2 CONT     assigned to St. Paul's A.M.E. of Washington, D.C. between 1899
2 CONT     and 1902, therefore he was in the District of Columbia in 1900.  I
2 CONT     then looked for him in the 1900 Federal Census in Washington and
2 CONT     found him widowed, living with a cousin but where were his
2 CONT     children!  Through the city directories, I found Rev. Wortham in
2 CONT     Baltimore between 1902 through 1918, the year he died.  After
2 CONT     1918, all trails to the family ended because Maryland did not put
2 CONT     names of parents on marriage records and my information thus far
2 CONT     said he had only daughters.  I remained stuck in my tracks for two
2 CONT     years.
1 NOTE     One day, in August 1994, I was using the Social Security Death
2 CONT     Index of deaths from the mid-1950s through 1988 at the Church of
2 CONT     Latter Day Saints Family History Center in Kensington, Maryland.
2 CONT     On a whim, I put in the names of Plummer's daughters and to my
2 CONT     surprise the name Hermett Wortham was listed as passing away in
2 CONT     Detroit, Michigan in 1975.  I wrote to Wayne County, Michigan and
2 CONT     received a copy of the death certificate and another surprise --
2 CONT     Hermett's sex was given as "Male". (You can rarely rely completely
2 CONT     on the Census taker's accuracy.) His wife was listed as the
2 CONT     informant but she was not listed in the more recent telephone
2 CONT     books.
1 NOTE     I made a few calls to Worthams in Detroit and got no further
2 CONT     information.  In November, out of desperation, I called the
2 CONT     funeral home listed on the death certificate and asked the owner
2 CONT     if she knew the Wortham family.  With some reluctance, she told me
2 CONT     Hermett had a son living in Detroit and gave me his name. His
2 CONT     phone number was listed and I gave him a call.  We talked for
2 CONT     about half and hour about the Wortham family.  He told me that his
2 CONT     Aunt Lucy had no children and his Aunt Laura married a Howard in
2 CONT     Baltimore and had ten children, many of whom lived in Washington,
2 CONT     D.C.  Imagine, my search for my Wortham relatives ended right in
2 CONT     my own back yard!!
1 NOTE                    Finding The Wortham Ancestral Lands
1 NOTE     On September 27, 1996, I made another trip to Warren County,
2 CONT     determined to find my ancestral lands.  At the courthouse I
2 CONT     traced the land of George Wortham back through time attempting to
2 CONT     find a plat drawing. Later that day, I visited Nathaniel Plummer
2 CONT     who took me to the house that was the Wortham's ancestral home. On
2 CONT     October 14, 1996, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Walker, a local resident of
2 CONT     Warren County, my new found cousin Lynn Sylvester an me to the
2 CONT     house where John Wortham lived and died.  This was the plantation
2 CONT     where Fannie Wortham and all of her nineteen children lived. Dates
2 CONT     stick in my mind and I remembered that October 14, 1866 was the
2 CONT     day that John Wortham, the owner of Fannie died.  As we were
2 CONT     leaving, I remarked to our guide that our visit was on the 130th
2 CONT     anniversary of the death of John Wortham.  Without missing a beat,
2 CONT     Mrs. Walker said, "I guess we're a little late for that funeral!"
1 NOTE      Lori E. Hunter
2 CONT      P.O. Box 2068
2 CONT      Washington, D.C.  20013-2068
2 CONT      Phone Number is 202-483-2213.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMC @F1424@
0 @I624@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth Ward /Jordan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 JAN 1781
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 OCT 1870
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Bondsman for this marriage was Sherrid (Sherrod) Green.
2 CONT Inclusive of Edward W. Wortham, there were a total of SEVENTEEN children.
2 CONT From the research of Edward C. Shaw 604 Green Ridge Court Lexington, KY 40517
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 297.
2 CONT "The Heritage of Vance County" reports a marriage date of February 22, 1799.
2 CONT Middle name WARD from data provided by Annamae Wortham Noble.
1 FAMS @F235@
1 FAMC @F997@
0 @I625@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Ann (Molly)/Williams/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1778
2 PLAC Probably Butte/Warren/Vance county, NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1858
2 PLAC Wolfe City - Hunt county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE This family has been "assembled" from the various group sheets and combined
2 CONT records of several genealogists.  Vivian Roller reports that there was a major
2 CONT fire in Paris, Texas which destroyed many records prior to 1900.
2 CONT Records of Helen Brooks PO Box 366 Wolfe City, TX 75496-0366 (903) 496-2296
2 CONT Helen's research is cited by Beverly Waid who has Nancy having died in Paris,
2 CONT Lamar county, Texas.
1 NOTE         CORRECTION TO PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED FACT SHEET ON NANCY WILLIAMS
1 NOTE     NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: The following text has been widely circulated
2 CONT     among Wortham family records and is erroneous.  It is offerred here for
2 CONT     review and identification, should you happen across it in your work;
1 NOTE     "Nancy Williams was of English descent. She was born near the French
2 CONT     border of England. She was 3 months old when she came to Virginia. This
2 CONT     information came from an Ora Bailey McCutchen, in a letter in 1936 to
2 CONT     family. Ora was a Wortham. See History of Wolfe City."
1 NOTE                           Contributed by Beverly Waid
1 NOTE     NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: The named Ora Bailey McCutchen has not been as yet
2 CONT     identified in this database, with well over 11,000 entries at the time
2 CONT     of this notation.  It is possible and even likely, that this above
2 CONT     noted information along with some erroneous data regarding Alfred
2 CONT     Wortham and more regarding the fortunes and travels of Thomas Duke
2 CONT     Wortham - husband of Nancy Williams, may be completely fabricated.  See
2 CONT     Alfred Wortham file. Please note that much of her testimony was
2 CONT     accepted as fact, apparently at a family reunion in about 1938.  The
2 CONT     reunion was attended by descendants of the Tennessee lines.  If this is
2 CONT     the same person, she was apparently responsible for a number of
2 CONT     fabricated stories drawn from some handwritten notes that were typed
2 CONT     and distributed in mimeograph form, by Maury Emerson Wortham now of
2 CONT     Pebble Beach, California.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     CORRECTED DATA:  Provided by Frankie Garrison Shipman of Oklahoma City
1 NOTE     The will of Robert Williams Sr. who was Nancy's grandfather, is listed
2 CONT     in the Oolde Bute Recods, Book A. page 241. August 20, 1772
1 NOTE     It names his son, Parmenas Williams (born in North Carolina) and the
2 CONT     rest of his children as shown in the family structure. The likelyhood
2 CONT     of Nancy (Molly) Williams having been "born near the French border of
2 CONT     England" seems less and less likely.  She is two full generations an
2 CONT     American.  Even the geography is erroneous since France and England do
2 CONT     not share a common border (pointed out by researcher Orville Wortham).
2 CONT     They are separated by the English Channel.
1 NOTE     The will of Robert Williams is reproduced in a text file accessible at
2 CONT     his entry screen.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F766@
1 FAMC @F765@
0 @I626@ INDI
1 NAME Lewis  /Nicholson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1780
1 FAMS @F237@
0 @I627@ INDI
1 NAME Annie  /Briscoe/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 JUN 1790
2 PLAC Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1867
2 PLAC Rusk, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Correct birthdate from the family group sheets of Wanda Wortham Seawright (TX)
2 CONT This family too, were known as "The Big Worthams", like the family of William
2 CONT Wortham and Thamar Duke.  It is said that in the Robert Wortham family, six
2 CONT of Annie's children weighed together, were a full ton (2,000) pounds.
2 CONT From the family records of Miles Wortham (Houston, TX).
1 FAMS @F238@
1 FAMC @F1472@
0 @I628@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Buchanan/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1785
2 PLAC Lancaster county, Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1876
2 PLAC Probably Maury county, Tennessee
1 NOTE Said to have been a second cousin to President Buchanan.
2 CONT From source material in the Arnold Family Bibles, compiled around 1916.
2 CONT Submitted by Virginia D. Smith 1003 W. Choctow Lindsey, OK 73050
1 FAMS @F2849@
1 FAMC @F2850@
0 @I629@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Craddock/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1781
1 FAMS @F240@
0 @I630@ INDI
1 NAME Jane McQuay /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JUN 1809
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 MAY 1873
1 FAMS @F241@
1 FAMC @F230@
0 @I631@ INDI
1 NAME George  /Briscoe/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1808
1 NOTE George murdered a music teacher by the name of John F. Fry, in Mt. Pleasant,
2 CONT Tennesse.  No information as to what brought forth this event of passion.
2 CONT From "Maury County Cousins" by the Maury County Historical Society.
2 CONT From the records of Otis Stewart.
1 FAMS @F242@
0 @I632@ INDI
1 NAME Lucy Ann /Morgan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1815
2 PLAC Probably Maury county, Tennessee
1 NOTE               Jill Garrett's Maury Genealogist Vol. 1 - 1972
2 CONT                              F/443/M4/J54/1987
2 CONT                                 Vol 3 1974
1 NOTE     p. 9 Probate Deeds
2 CONT     10 Jun 1835
2 CONT     David E. Morgan, Lewis L. Wortham and his wife Lucy Anne Wortham, Aaron
2 CONT     G. Morgan, and William B. Morgan by their grardian, ex parte.  James M.
2 CONT     Morgan is dead and died intestate; petitioners are legal heirs.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F244@
0 @I633@ INDI
1 NAME James I. /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1816
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 325.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: This may be James "G" Wortham mentioned in CSA records of
2 CONT this area of Tennessee..  His brother and other family members were as well.
1 NOTE                 Confederate Soldiers & Patriots of Maury Co, TN
2 CONT                             Jill K. Garrett, editor
2 CONT                       United Daughters of the Confederacy
2 CONT                               Columbia, TN  1970
2 CONT                                  F/443/M4/G29
1 NOTE     p. 371
2 CONT     A.B.D. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 12 (no further information)
1 NOTE     #635 A.W.  Wortham (R631) - Home Guard, Dist 12 Born about 1805 in NC,
2 CONT     death not known; wife was Martha, born about 1809,
1 NOTE     on 1850 census:
1 NOTE     #2574 Alpheus, born about 1830
1 NOTE     #11557 Albert (Elbert), born about 1832
1 NOTE     #2576 George, born about 1849
1 NOTE     #2606 Clarke Wortham - Company H, 1st Tennessee Infantary Dates not
2 CONT     known; he also operated as a guerrilla and/or bushwhacker in the
2 CONT     county; imprisoned once by Federal troops.
1 NOTE     #223 J.D. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 11 No further information. #11554
2 CONT     Lou Wortham, Mrs. J.D. died 1 Oct 1895, age 64 years.
1 NOTE     James G. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 11, Orderly Sergeant for home
2 CONT     guards, no further information.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F245@
1 FAMC @F230@
0 @I634@ INDI
1 NAME Sally  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1820
1 FAMS @F245@
0 @I635@ INDI
1 NAME Augustine W. (Wilson?)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer/CSA Soldier
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1805
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE This family appeared in the 1850 census of Maury county, Tennessee.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 326.
2 CONT Augustine was a member of the CSA Home Guard, district 12.
1 NOTE                 Confederate Soldiers & Patriots of Maury Co, TN
2 CONT                             Jill K. Garrett, editor
2 CONT                       United Daughters of the Confederacy
2 CONT                               Columbia, TN  1970
2 CONT                                  F/443/M4/G29
1 NOTE     p. 371
2 CONT     A.B.D. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 12 (no further information)
1 NOTE     #635 A.W.  Wortham (R631) - Home Guard, Dist 12 Born about 1805 in NC,
2 CONT     death not known; wife was Martha, born about 1809,
1 NOTE     on 1850 census:
1 NOTE     #2574 Alpheus, born about 1830
1 NOTE     #11557 Albert (Elbert), born about 1832
1 NOTE     #2576 George, born about 1849
1 NOTE     #2606 Clarke Wortham - Company H, 1st Tennessee Infantary Dates not
2 CONT     known; he also operated as a guerrilla and/or bushwhacker in the
2 CONT     county; imprisoned once by Federal troops.
1 NOTE     #223 J.D. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 11 No further information. #11554
2 CONT     Lou Wortham, Mrs. J.D. died 1 Oct 1895, age 64 years.
1 NOTE     James G. Wortham - Home Guard, Dist 11, Orderly Sergeant for home
2 CONT     guards, no further information.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Some census records indicate all were born in NC.
1 FAMS @F1042@
1 FAMS @F4463@
1 FAMC @F230@
0 @I636@ INDI
1 NAME William E. /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 NOV 1820
2 PLAC Probably Maury county, Tennessee
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1843
2 PLAC Probably Maury county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 PLAC Pulliam/Wortham  Maury county, Tennessee
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 325.
1 FAMS @F4455@
1 FAMC @F230@
0 @I637@ INDI
1 NAME Ashley  /Dunnagan/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU **REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER**
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1753
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE From the research of Edward C. Shaw 604 Green Ridge Court Lexington, KY 40517
2 CONT Ashley Dunnagan fought at the battle of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, in the
2 CONT American Revolutionary war.  Marriage date from Edith Anderson Bolin (TX).
1 NOTE              From the archives of the Hillsboro County Courthouse
2 CONT                            Hillsboro, North Carolina
1 NOTE              Researched and deciphered by Vivan Roller 27-Sep-1987
1 NOTE     ASHBY DUNAGAN TO EDWARD WORTHAM
1 NOTE     THIS INDENTURE made this Seventeenth day of January in the year of our
2 CONT     Lord One thousand Eight hundred & Seven between Ashby Dunagan of the
2 CONT     County of Orange and State of North Carolina of the one part and Edward
2 CONT     Wortham of the county and State aforesaid of the other part
1 NOTE     WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of the Sum of five hundred
2 CONT     dollars by the said Wortham in hand paid to the aforesaid Dunagan at
2 CONT     and before the signing, sealing and delivering the reciept is hereby
2 CONT     acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold alined released and
2 CONT     confirmed and by these presents doth for himself his heirs grant
2 CONT     bargain and sell unto the aforesaid Wortham his heirs and assigns
2 CONT     forever a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County
2 CONT     and State aforesaid
1 NOTE     BEGINNING on the south side of Little River at the mouth of Mill Creek,
2 CONT     thence up the meander of the said Creek to the back line, thence by the
2 CONT     said line west one hundred chains thence South thirty degrees west
2 CONT     thirty two chains, thence west fifteen chains to two Red Oaks and
2 CONT     Hickory, thence North Eighty five chains to White Oak, on the river
2 CONT     aforesaid, thence down the meanders of the said River to the first
2 CONT     Station - and by estimation containing Three hundred Acres of Land, be
2 CONT     the more or less it being part of three hundred & Eighty four Acres of
2 CONT     land which were granted to John Wade by the right honorable john Earl
2 CONT     Granvville by Deed bearing dat the 28th day of April in the year One
2 CONT     thousand Seven Hundred & fifty three; and also the reversion &
2 CONT     reversions remainder and remainders rents and services of the said
2 CONT     premises and every part through and all the estate right title Interest
2 CONT     Claim and demand Whatsoever of him the said Ashby Dunnagan of in and to
2 CONT     the said Three hundred acres of Land previous above mentioned and every
2 CONT     part and parcel therof with the appurtenances unto the said Edward
2 CONT     Wortham his heirs and assigns forever.
1 NOTE     And the said Ashby Dunagan for himself and his heirs the said three
2 CONT     hundred acres of land and premises and every part therof against him
2 CONT     and his heirs and against all and every other person and persons
2 CONT     whatsoever to the aforesaid Edward Wortham his heirs and assigns
2 CONT     forever shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents.
1 NOTE     In witness whereof the said Ashby Dunagan have hereunto set his hand
2 CONT     and affixed his seal the day and year just above
1 NOTE     Ashby Dunagan *SEAL*
1 NOTE     Written signed sealed & delivered in presence of  William Cain
2 CONT     (signed)  William J. Cain
2 CONT     Orange County February term 1808
1 NOTE     The execution of the aforesaid deed was duly proved in open court by
2 CONT     the oath of William Cain submitting witness unto and caused to be
2 CONT     registered
1 NOTE     Teste (signed) (Taylor)
1 NOTE SOURCE: "Orange County, North Carolina Marriages 1779-1868" by Brent Holcomb.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Often decipered as ASHBY Dunnagan.
1 FAMS @F246@
1 FAMC @F1711@
0 @I638@ INDI
1 NAME Mary (Polly) /May/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1763
2 PLAC Probably North Carolina
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Probably North Carolina
1 NOTE SOURCE: "Orange County, North Carolina Marriages"  Bondsman: William Blevin.
2 CONT WILLIAM BELVIN was the bondsman for this marriage.
1 FAMS @F246@
0 @I639@ INDI
1 NAME Peyton  /Brittain/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1868
1 FAMS @F247@
0 @I640@ INDI
1 NAME Minerva Evelyn /Lignon/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1870
1 FAMS @F247@
0 @I641@ INDI
1 NAME James W. /King/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1839
1 FAMS @F248@
0 @I642@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Francis /Walker/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1842
1 FAMS @F248@
1 FAMC @F4168@
0 @I643@ INDI
1 NAME Lewis L. /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1859
1 FAMS @F249@
0 @I644@ INDI
1 NAME Emily E. /Martin/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1861
1 FAMS @F249@
0 @I645@ INDI
1 NAME Opal Lee /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAY 1904
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 JUN 1987
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I646@ INDI
1 NAME Lester Carl /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 DEC 1905
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 FEB 1990
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I647@ INDI
1 NAME Effie May /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 MAR 1907
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1981
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I648@ INDI
1 NAME Marvin George /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 DEC 1908
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Protestant
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JUN 1992
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F1958@
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I649@ INDI
1 NAME Marshall Nathaniel /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 SEP 1910
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 OCT 1941
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I650@ INDI
1 NAME Vinita Belle /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 NOV 1915
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1953
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I651@ INDI
1 NAME Lowell Edgar /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Pipefitter
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 AUG 1918
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Methodist
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F1969@
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I652@ INDI
1 NAME Carl Edward /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  9 APR 1923
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F1860@
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I653@ INDI
1 NAME Infant girl /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1925
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1925
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 NOTE Died at birth.
1 FAMC @F58@
0 @I654@ INDI
1 NAME Myrtle Jewell /Reasnor/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1907
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F250@
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I655@ INDI
1 NAME Ethel May /Reasnor/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAR 1910
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F251@
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I656@ INDI
1 NAME Doyle Boyd /Reasnor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 AUG 1913
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1975
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F312@
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I657@ INDI
1 NAME Alvin Woodrow /Reasnor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 DEC 1915
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 FEB 1982
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F252@
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I658@ INDI
1 NAME Velma Virginia /Reasnor/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1917
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR**
1 FAMS @F253@
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I659@ INDI
1 NAME Cornelius_Jackson (C.J. Jr.)/Reasnor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 APR 1920
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1990
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F254@
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I660@ INDI
1 NAME Lucion Ross (Luke)/Reasnor/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Sun Oil Company
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 APR 1923
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Nazarene
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 ADDR Lucion Ross (Luke) Reasnor
2 CONT 609 West Maple Street
2 CONT Drumwright, Oklahoma
2 CONT 74030
1 PHON (918) 352-9306
1 FAMS @F255@
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I661@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth Fred /Reasnor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 MAY 1925
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F256@
1 FAMC @F60@
0 @I662@ INDI
1 NAME Carl  /Steele/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1904
1 FAMS @F250@
0 @I663@ INDI
1 NAME Gene  /Richardson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1907
1 FAMS @F251@
0 @I664@ INDI
1 NAME Maxine  /Hoadley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1918
1 FAMS @F252@
0 @I665@ INDI
1 NAME Howard  /Brisbin/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1914
1 FAMS @F253@
0 @I666@ INDI
1 NAME Mildred  /Sloan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1922
1 FAMS @F254@
0 @I667@ INDI
1 NAME Louise Hester /Powell/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1923
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Nazarene
1 FAMS @F255@
1 FAMC @F1624@
0 @I668@ INDI
1 NAME Jean  /Cobb/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1927
1 FAMS @F256@
0 @I669@ INDI
1 NAME Edgar Wilson /Roberts/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 DEC 1919
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? SEP 1920
1 FAMC @F64@
0 @I670@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Kathryn /Roberts/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUL 1921
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 MAY 1992
1 BURI
2 PLAC Quinton - Pittsburgh county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F257@
1 FAMC @F64@
0 @I671@ INDI
1 NAME Houston Nathaniel /Roberts/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 SEP 1925
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F258@
1 FAMC @F64@
0 @I672@ INDI
1 NAME Willie Frances /Roberts/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 OCT 1927
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1927
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F64@
0 @I673@ INDI
1 NAME Dora Dean /Roberts/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Federal/State Civil Serv.
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 OCT 1930
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Freewill Baptist
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Family records are in posession of Dora Dean Roberts/Nash
1 ADDR Dora Dean Roberts Nash
2 CONT 6909 N.W. Faircloud Drive
2 CONT Lawton, OK
2 CONT 73505
1 FAMS @F259@
1 FAMC @F64@
0 @I674@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Garner /Roberts/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1932
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 NOV 1932
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F64@
0 @I675@ INDI
1 NAME Olan Wortham /Roberts/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JAN 1937
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F260@
1 FAMS @F4587@
1 FAMC @F64@
0 @I676@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Delano /Roberts/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAR 1940
2 PLAC Muskogee - Muskogee county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F261@
1 FAMS @F4584@
1 FAMC @F64@
0 @I677@ INDI
1 NAME Fred A. /Aldridge/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1917
1 FAMS @F257@
0 @I678@ INDI
1 NAME Eupalee Johnson /Miller/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1928
1 FAMS @F258@
0 @I679@ INDI
1 NAME Frank Robert /Nash/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU US Army/ M. Ward Sales
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 JAN 1930
2 PLAC Mc Keeseport, Pennsylvania
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Freewill Baptist
1 FAMS @F259@
0 @I680@ INDI
1 NAME Carolyn Ann /Wagoner/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1941
1 FAMS @F260@
0 @I681@ INDI
1 NAME Brenda L. /Copeland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1940
1 FAMS @F261@
0 @I682@ INDI
1 NAME Lewis Lue-L /Ramsey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 SEP 1931
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F262@
1 FAMC @F106@
0 @I683@ INDI
1 NAME Connie Ann /Ramsey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JAN 1936
2 PLAC Spiro - Leflore county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F263@
1 FAMC @F106@
0 @I684@ INDI
1 NAME Edna Sue /Ramsey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JUL 1937
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F264@
1 FAMC @F106@
0 @I685@ INDI
1 NAME Donnie Lawrence /Ramsey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 DEC 1944
2 PLAC Tulsa - Tulsa county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F265@
1 FAMS @F268@
1 FAMC @F106@
0 @I686@ INDI
1 NAME Derriel Dewayne /Ramsey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 NOV 1945
2 PLAC Tulsa - Tulsa county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F266@
1 FAMS @F269@
1 FAMS @F270@
1 FAMC @F106@
0 @I687@ INDI
1 NAME Buddie Dale /Ramsey/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1948
2 PLAC Tulsa - Tulsa county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F267@
1 FAMC @F106@
0 @I688@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy Joan /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1934
1 FAMS @F262@
0 @I689@ INDI
1 NAME James Ray /Ford/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1934
1 FAMS @F263@
0 @I690@ INDI
1 NAME Roy C. /Carruth/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1934
1 FAMS @F264@
0 @I691@ INDI
1 NAME Donna Earlene /Tanner/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1946
1 FAMS @F265@
0 @I692@ INDI
1 NAME Linda  /Dunon/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1948
1 FAMS @F266@
0 @I693@ INDI
1 NAME Debbie Lynn /Holmes/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1950
1 FAMS @F267@
0 @I694@ INDI
1 NAME Paulette  /Benton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1955
1 FAMS @F268@
0 @I695@ INDI
1 NAME Beverly Ann /Ford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1956
1 FAMS @F269@
0 @I696@ INDI
1 NAME Alice  /Grant/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1960
1 FAMS @F270@
0 @I697@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Heath /Parks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 JAN 1873
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 APR 1924
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I698@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ellen /Parks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 SEP 1874
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1961
1 FAMS @F271@
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I699@ INDI
1 NAME Lucy  /Parks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 NOV 1876
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I700@ INDI
1 NAME Viola Hattie /Parks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 NOV 1878
2 PLAC Cincinatti - Washington county, Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 NOV 1971
1 FAMS @F272@
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I701@ INDI
1 NAME Lizzie Delphia /Parks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JUL 1881
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 JUN 1883
1 NOTE Child death at two years.
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I702@ INDI
1 NAME Maudie Pearl /Parks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 JAN 1885
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1885
1 NOTE Infant death at 5 months of age.
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I703@ INDI
1 NAME Hallie Bane /Parks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1887
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 SEP 1888
1 NOTE Child death at one year of age.
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I704@ INDI
1 NAME infant  /Parks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 AUG 1886
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 AUG 1886
1 NOTE Infant death at birth.
1 FAMC @F131@
0 @I705@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Burns /Stagg/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1871
1 FAMS @F271@
0 @I706@ INDI
1 NAME Eddie L. /Wall/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1875
1 FAMS @F272@
0 @I707@ INDI
1 NAME Marjorie Acenith /Ward/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 AUG 1917
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I708@ INDI
1 NAME Lorene Elizabeth /Ward/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1919
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F273@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I709@ INDI
1 NAME Eula Maurice (twins)/Ward/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 AUG 1921
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE One of the rare occurances of twins in the Wortham lines.
1 FAMS @F274@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I710@ INDI
1 NAME Beulah Bernice (twins)/Ward/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 AUG 1921
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1925
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Child death at about 3 1/2 years of age.
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I711@ INDI
1 NAME Helen Lois /Ward/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1924
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 ADDR Helen Ward Heinz
2 CONT 301 West Trotters Drive
2 CONT Maitland, FL
2 CONT 32751
1 PHON (407) 647-5859
1 FAMS @F275@
1 FAMS @F279@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I712@ INDI
1 NAME Earnest Leon /Ward/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JAN 1926
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 DEC 1969
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F276@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I713@ INDI
1 NAME Juanita Grace /Ward/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 OCT 1928
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F277@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I714@ INDI
1 NAME Jo Evelyn /Ward/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1930
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F278@
1 FAMC @F62@
0 @I715@ INDI
1 NAME George  /Thompson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1915
1 FAMS @F273@
0 @I716@ INDI
1 NAME John Cleo /Petray/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 MAR 1921
2 PLAC Lequire - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F274@
0 @I717@ INDI
1 NAME Glen  /Ellington/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1917
1 FAMS @F275@
0 @I718@ INDI
1 NAME Patricia  /Sutherland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1929
1 FAMS @F276@
0 @I719@ INDI
1 NAME Kenneth N. /Leird/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1925
1 FAMS @F277@
0 @I720@ INDI
1 NAME Frank  /Ward/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1928
1 FAMS @F278@
0 @I721@ INDI
1 NAME Gustav William (Jr.)/Heinz/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Aeronautical Engineer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1921
2 PLAC Baltimore, Maryland
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Presbyterian
1 FAMS @F279@
1 FAMC @F3918@
0 @I722@ INDI
1 NAME Gene  /_____/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1932
1 NOTE Pilot for Arlington TX based American Airlines, 1966.  Flying New-York/Texas
1 FAMS @F280@
0 @I723@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca Lynn /Wilbur/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 JUN 1967
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Rebecca was allowed for adoption by the Wilbur family in 1967.
2 CONT Mother, daughter and sister Kim were reunited in August 1993.
1 FAMC @F280@
0 @I724@ INDI
1 NAME William  /Fevre/
1 TITL Duke
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1709
2 PLAC Hayes Farm - Dovershire, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1793
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 NOTE In the 1790 census William was shown with 53 slaves.  In 1781 he had more than
2 CONT 40,791 pounds in cash money and several thousands of acres of property.
2 CONT Information from several sources describes Hayes farm in Dovershire, England
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  See #2414, Duke genealogy by Colonel George Wortham.
2 CONT From the records of Amy F. Odenwalder 760 S. Redwood Rd. Salt Lake City, UT.
1 NOTE                        Slaves of the William Duke Estate
1 NOTE                            from "Between the Lines"
2 CONT                             by Dr. Lena James Hawks
1 NOTE     When William Duke died in 1790 his son Green Duke was chosen as the
2 CONT     administrator of his will.  Green and his father owned several
2 CONT     thousands of acres of property in Warren county, North Carolina.
2 CONT     William owned over fifty slaves, some are named here alphabeticaly:
1 NOTE                                      Aaron
2 CONT                                      Abram
2 CONT                                      Adam
2 CONT                                     Ailsey
2 CONT                                   Ailsey Jr.
2 CONT                                     Alfred
2 CONT                                       Amy
2 CONT                                     Annady
2 CONT                                     Anthony
2 CONT                                      Ball
2 CONT                                    Brittain
2 CONT                                     Bunsten
2 CONT                                    Charlotte
2 CONT                                      Cloe
2 CONT                                      David
2 CONT                                      Delph
2 CONT                                      Dilcy
2 CONT                                      Dina
2 CONT                                     Doctor
2 CONT                                       Dye
2 CONT                                      Edom
2 CONT                                    Essie Sr.
2 CONT                                    Essie Jr.
2 CONT                                    Euphrasia
2 CONT                                      Frank
2 CONT                                     Glasgow
2 CONT                                   Glasgow Jr.
2 CONT                                      Grace
2 CONT                                     Harvey
2 CONT                                      Holly
2 CONT                                      Jerry
2 CONT                                      John
2 CONT                                      Lucy
2 CONT                                      Morina
2 CONT                                      Mungo
2 CONT                                      Nollie
2 CONT                                       Pat
2 CONT                                    Patience
2 CONT                                      Phil
2 CONT                                 Phil-Nick-Nick
2 CONT                                       Red
2 CONT                                      Sandy
2 CONT                                      Seal
2 CONT                                     Sidney
2 CONT                                     Sitter
2 CONT                                     Squire
2 CONT                                     Stephen
2 CONT                                      Tempy
2 CONT                                       Tim
2 CONT                                     Tom Jr.
2 CONT                                    Tone Sr.
2 CONT                                      Visty
2 CONT                                      Will
1 NOTE                                Total: 52 slaves
1 NOTE NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: SOURCE: "The Duke Family" by Evelyn Duke Brandenberger
2 CONT states that William Duke and Mary were actually married in Brunswick county,
2 CONT Virginia at about 1742.
1 FAMS @F281@
1 FAMC @F3124@
0 @I725@ INDI
1 NAME Mary (Henrietta) /Green/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1710
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1801
1 NOTE From the records of William Wortham Collins 50 West 57th St New York, NY 10019
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Middle name HENRIETTA may be in question.
2 CONT Helen Brooks PO Box 366 Wolfe City, TX 75496-0366 gives date of death at 1793
2 CONT and places birth date as late as 1720 in Brunswick county, Virginia.
2 CONT SOURCE: Ginger Louise Christmas says marriage happened after 1740, which may
2 CONT bring into question the possibility of a second marriage for William Duke.
2 CONT More research is needed.  -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F281@
1 FAMC @F2595@
0 @I726@ INDI
1 NAME Ida Warren /Young/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JUL 1855
2 PLAC Monroe - Walton county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 NOV 1929
2 PLAC Eastland - Eastland county, Texas
1 FAMS @F282@
1 FAMC @F313@
0 @I727@ INDI
1 NAME Creed Thomas /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer/Real Estate
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1804
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  7 MAR 1893
2 PLAC Paris - Lamar county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Old City cemetery - Paris, Lamar co. TX
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE \BK5\TEXT\727.TXT                                        Press F5 for a story.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1804 - New Jersey is the last northern state to abolish slavery.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection" Page 306.
2 CONT Children FANNY, THOMAS AND LYDIA were in the 1860 census of Hunt county, Texas
2 CONT "Worthams Across America" newsletter Vol. 21, August 1995.
2 CONT Records of Helen Brooks PO Box 366 Wolfe City, TX 75496-0366 (903) 496-2296
1 FAMS @F283@
1 FAMC @F766@
0 @I728@ INDI
1 NAME Lydia_Ida_Harriet (NOTE WorSham)/Worsham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1807
2 PLAC Granville/Butte/Warren/Orange/Vance - NC
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 APR 1886
2 PLAC Wolfe City - Hunt county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Old City cemetery - Paris, Lamar co. TX
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE WorSham is the correct surname spelling.  In recent years (last decade of 20th
2 CONT century), genealogists Tom and Robb Wortham of the Kentucky lines have been
2 CONT able to specificaly link WORSHAM and WORTHAM in a middle-America line.  There
2 CONT was a change in spelling (pronunciation) noted in a "Worthams across America"
2 CONT newsletter.  From the records of Orville Donnie Wortham.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1886 - August 31st, an earthquake leveled much of Charleston, SC.
1 FAMS @F283@
1 FAMC @F3450@
0 @I729@ INDI
1 NAME Fredella  /Gibson/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Science Instructor
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 AUG 1944
2 PLAC McAllen, Texas
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Methodist
1 FAMS @F1704@
0 @I731@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1548
2 PLAC England
1 DEAT
2 PLAC England
1 FAMS @F286@
0 @I732@ INDI
1 NAME William Henry /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1574
2 PLAC Ardeley - Hartford, England
1 REFN *UNPROVEN LINK*
1 NOTE Our unfortunate ancestor, captive of the Spanish, one of the first slaves in
2 CONT the American colonies while Spain was a conquering power.  William Henry was a
2 CONT GRANDSON of Thomas Benton.  "The Wortham Connection", Page 87.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: JAMES may not be of this family at all, rather of another
2 CONT English family entirely.
1 FAMS @F287@
1 FAMS @F477@
1 FAMC @F286@
0 @I733@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1575
2 PLAC England
1 FAMS @F287@
0 @I734@ INDI
1 NAME Lola Louise /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Speech & English Teacher
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 OCT 1904
2 PLAC Stigler - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC 1st Christian Church
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 ADDR Louise Covey Ballard
2 CONT 418 West Downing
2 CONT Talequah, OK
2 CONT 74464
1 PHON (918 456-1429
1 FAMS @F288@
1 FAMS @F298@
1 FAMS @F299@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I735@ INDI
1 NAME Elmer Granville /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 JUL 1906
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE  2 JUL 1988
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F289@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I736@ INDI
1 NAME Trula Lewis /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1907
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 FEB 1996
2 PLAC Pawnee - Pawnee county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 19 FEB 1996
2 PLAC Pawnee - Pawnee county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F290@
1 FAMS @F300@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I737@ INDI
1 NAME Zuma Bell /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 SEP 1909
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F291@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I738@ INDI
1 NAME Freda Marie /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Office Clerk
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 NOV 1911
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Methodist
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 ADDR Freda Marie Gill
2 CONT 2501 Northeast 48th Street
2 CONT Kansas City, MO
2 CONT 64118
1 PHON (816) 452-6070
1 FAMS @F292@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I739@ INDI
1 NAME Loyd Lang /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  6 NOV 1913
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F293@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I740@ INDI
1 NAME Dee Cee /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 AUG 1915
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F294@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I741@ INDI
1 NAME Boyce Roy /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1917
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1989
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F295@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I742@ INDI
1 NAME Vernon Clifford /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1920
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F296@
1 FAMS @F301@
1 FAMS @F302@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I743@ INDI
1 NAME Wanda Joyce /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1923
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F297@
1 FAMC @F59@
0 @I744@ INDI
1 NAME Raymond  /Linville/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1900
1 FAMS @F288@
0 @I745@ INDI
1 NAME Cora  /Little/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1908
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? AUG 1988
1 FAMS @F289@
0 @I746@ INDI
1 NAME Fred  /Spears/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1904
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1972
1 FAMS @F290@
0 @I747@ INDI
1 NAME Emmet J. /Barker/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1905
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 FEB 1985
1 FAMS @F291@
0 @I748@ INDI
1 NAME C. Hubert /Gill/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Sprinkler fitter
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1911
2 PLAC Anadarka, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Methodist
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 OCT 1971
2 PLAC Kansas City - Jackson county Missouri
1 BURI
2 PLAC East Slope Gardens - Riverside, MO
1 FAMS @F292@
1 FAMC @F3920@
0 @I749@ INDI
1 NAME Corrine  /Brigham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1920
1 FAMS @F293@
0 @I750@ INDI
1 NAME Sara  /Hail/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1918
1 FAMS @F294@
0 @I752@ INDI
1 NAME Lugene  /Helton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1923
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1975
1 FAMS @F296@
0 @I753@ INDI
1 NAME Billy Eugene /Council/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Mechanical Engineer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAY 1923
2 PLAC Kinta - Haskell county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F297@
1 FAMC @F412@
0 @I754@ INDI
1 NAME William Bryan /Covey/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Government Statistician
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 NOV 1894
2 PLAC Wister - Indian Territory, Oklahoma
1 BAPM
2 PLAC 1st Christian Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1962
2 PLAC Veterans Hospital Muskogee, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE 24 FEB 1962
2 PLAC Talequah - Talequah county, Oklahoma
1 FAMS @F298@
1 FAMC @F2052@
0 @I755@ INDI
1 NAME Ray (Dr.) /Ballard/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1910
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 OCT 1970
2 PLAC Seattle - King county, Washington
1 FAMS @F299@
0 @I756@ INDI
1 NAME Joe  /Gregor/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1905
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1994
1 FAMS @F300@
0 @I757@ INDI
1 NAME Bernice  /Dykeman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1930
1 FAMS @F301@
0 @I758@ INDI
1 NAME Ruth Bacon /Burnett/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1939
1 FAMS @F302@
0 @I759@ INDI
1 NAME Lawrence C. /King/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 NOV 1900
2 PLAC Forestburg - Montague county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 NOV 1953
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F303@
1 FAMS @F307@
1 FAMC @F57@
0 @I760@ INDI
1 NAME Oran Clifford /King/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1903
2 PLAC Forestburg - Montague county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 SEP 1957
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F304@
1 FAMS @F308@
1 FAMC @F57@
0 @I761@ INDI
1 NAME Velma Ruth /King/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  5 MAR 1905
2 PLAC Forestburg - Montague county, Texas
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Records of the Allie Mae Wortham lineage are in posession of Ruth King Sledge
2 CONT and are sealed to parents 26-May-1992 in the Dallas temple of the LDS church.
2 CONT -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMS @F305@
1 FAMC @F57@
0 @I762@ INDI
1 NAME Herman Bryant /King/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1914
2 PLAC Forestburg - Montague county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 NOV 1988
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F306@
1 FAMC @F57@
0 @I763@ INDI
1 NAME Lettie  /Phipps/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1906
1 FAMS @F303@
0 @I764@ INDI
1 NAME Zella  /Rowland/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1905
1 FAMS @F304@
0 @I765@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Sledge/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1902
1 FAMS @F305@
0 @I766@ INDI
1 NAME Opal Ora /Cheek/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1918
1 FAMS @F306@
0 @I767@ INDI
1 NAME Kathleen  /Wiseman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1912
1 FAMS @F307@
0 @I768@ INDI
1 NAME Agnes  /Coffee/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1913
1 FAMS @F308@
0 @I769@ INDI
1 NAME Fredrick Paul /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 APR 1892
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1917
1 FAMS @F309@
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I770@ INDI
1 NAME Edna Drucilla /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 NOV 1893
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 FAMS @F310@
1 FAMS @F311@
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I772@ INDI
1 NAME William Clyde /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 MAR 1895
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUL 1964
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I773@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel Clark /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1896
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1967
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I774@ INDI
1 NAME Myrtle May /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 OCT 1897
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I775@ INDI
1 NAME Rufus Rody /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 AUG 1899
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I776@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Elbert /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 SEP 1901
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I777@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Bruce /Johnson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 DEC 1906
2 PLAC Prairie Grove - Washington co. Arkansas
1 FAMC @F52@
0 @I778@ INDI
1 NAME Dee  /Simpson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1890
1 FAMS @F310@
0 @I779@ INDI
1 NAME _____  /Brooks/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1900
1 FAMS @F311@
0 @I780@ INDI
1 NAME William D. (Jr.)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 APR 1773
2 PLAC Probably Brunswick county, Virginia
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Masonic Lodge
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Maury county, Tennessee
1 BURI
2 DATE 21 MAR 1839
2 PLAC Mt. Pleasant cemetery - Maury county, TN
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection" Page 292 creates this logical tie from several source
2 CONT points, assembling family data from several states. More corrections are taken
2 CONT from the "Wortham Family Newsletter" Jul-1992.  However, the family structure
2 CONT being shown here is from an article written by Mabel Claire Arnold and taken
2 CONT from source material in the Arnold Family Bibles and compiled around 1916.
2 CONT There is reportedly one other sister here who also married a Johnson.
1 NOTE                           They Passed This Way Vol II
2 CONT                           Maury Co, TN Death Records
2 CONT                 by Marise P. Lightfoot & Evelyn B. Shackelford
2 CONT                                F/443/M4/L5/1970
1 NOTE     Wortham, William - Mt. Pleasant #57, 21 Mar 1839: Bro. Harris made
2 CONT     known the death of Bro. William Wortham, who departed this life 21 Mar
2 CONT     1839, age 66 yrs; to be buried with Masonic honors.
1 NOTE     NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:  The family genealogy recorded in 1877 by George
2 CONT     Wortham indicates one of William's granchildren to be a Mrs.
2 CONT     S. SOUTHERLAND of Warren county, North Carolina.
1 NOTE      -=-=-=-= Research contributed by Annamae Wortham Noble (WI) =-=-=-=-
1 FAMS @F771@
1 FAMS @F2848@
1 FAMC @F183@
0 @I781@ INDI
1 NAME Oletta  /Ramsey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1915
1 FAMS @F312@
0 @I782@ INDI
1 NAME Harriet Elizabeth /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 AUG 1883
2 PLAC Walnut Springs - Bosque county, Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 NOV 1960
2 PLAC Muskogee - Muskogee county, Oklahoma
1 BURI
2 DATE  ? NOV 1960
2 PLAC Muskogee - Muskogee county, Oklahoma
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F763@
1 FAMC @F282@
0 @I783@ INDI
1 NAME Robert Butler /Young/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1828
2 PLAC Spartanburg - Spartanburg county, SC
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1864
2 PLAC Franklin - Battle county, Tennessee
1 FAMS @F313@
0 @I784@ INDI
1 NAME Josephine Florida /Hill/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 OCT 1838
2 PLAC Monroe - Walton county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1920
2 PLAC Wolfe City - Hunt county, Texas
1 BURI
2 PLAC Wolfe City - Hunt county, Texas
1 FAMS @F313@
0 @I785@ INDI
1 NAME William Tyler /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 NOV 1842
2 PLAC Yalabousha county, Mississippi
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1920
2 PLAC Big Creek - Calhoun county (MS?)
1 BURI
2 PLAC New Hope cemetery - Yalabousha county MS
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE From the records of Ruby Criss.  DOCUMENTATION: Marriage records, cemetery
2 CONT records, death records.  Some records indicate DOB in 1841.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 105.
1 FAMS @F314@
1 FAMC @F315@
0 @I786@ INDI
1 NAME Annis  /Durrett/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1843
1 FAMS @F314@
1 FAMC @F349@
0 @I787@ INDI
1 NAME William Taliaferro /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1805
2 PLAC Probably Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 FEB 1846
2 PLAC Mississippi
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Records of Ruby Criss, from a family member named DORSETT, born in 1906.
2 CONT William Taliaferro was a soldier in the Indian Creek war in Florida.
2 CONT At about 1839, the family moved to Missisippi.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 105.
2 CONT Updated research by Len C. Crowder (GA).
1 FAMS @F315@
1 FAMC @F344@
0 @I788@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ann /Duke/
1 SEX F
1 OCCU Planter (in 1850 census)
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 OCT 1816
2 PLAC Merriwether county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 NOV 1892
2 PLAC Airmount - Yalobusha county, Mississippi
1 NOTE This entire family was listed in the 1850 census of Yalobusha co. Mississippi
2 CONT with the exception of William who had died.
2 CONT Updated research by Len C. Crowder (GA).
2 CONT Death date for Mary Ann taken from "Index to Indian Wars Pension Files" by
2 CONT Virgil D. White (1987)
1 FAMS @F315@
0 @I789@ INDI
1 NAME _____  /Young/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1878
1 FAMS @F316@
0 @I790@ INDI
1 NAME Alice  /_____/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1880
1 FAMS @F316@
1 FAMS @F317@
0 @I791@ INDI
1 NAME _____  /Wheeler/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1877
1 FAMS @F317@
0 @I792@ INDI
1 NAME Artella  /Wheeler/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1900
1 FAMC @F317@
0 @I793@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  4 MAY 1823
2 PLAC Probably Clark county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 JUL 1882
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE From the records of Marialis Hamlett.  Proofs are: Picture of tombstone, Bible
2 CONT record, death certificate, marriage license, will or administration and birth
2 CONT certificate of record.  Enlisted 11-16-1882 Newnan GA, served as private in
2 CONT Company H, 12th regiment of the Georgia volunteer cavalry.  Paroled 5-3-1865
2 CONT at Charlotte, North Carolina.  Shown as "Ben Johnny" in the LDS IGI.
1 NOTE     Work by Sarah Emily (Lazenby) Wortham indicates that this Benjamin may
2 CONT     have been as colorful as the times he lived in.  He reportedly left a
2 CONT     family of seven children to enlist in the Civil War.
1 NOTE     Len C. Crowder suggests that he may have been forced to fight, noting
2 CONT     that his wife had died one week after the birth of their youngest child
2 CONT     and that the entire family was then motherless.
1 NOTE     His second marriage came after his return from the war where he became
2 CONT     the father of three more children, for a total of ten kids.
1 NOTE     An old relative of his said she may have heard him referred to as
2 CONT     "Benjohnny" Wortham.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection" Pages 111, 112.
1 FAMS @F318@
1 FAMS @F329@
1 FAMC @F325@
0 @I794@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Martin/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1829
2 PLAC South Carolina
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1861
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 NOTE TIMELINE - 1831: Nat Turner leads an uprising of negros.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Elizabeth may be in the wrong generation in this family.
2 CONT SOURCE: The Martin family Bible - Research by Len Crowder (GA)
1 FAMS @F318@
1 FAMC @F335@
0 @I795@ INDI
1 NAME Lucy Ann /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1845
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 JUN 1897
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Lucy Ann never married.
2 CONT From the records of Marialis Hamlett and Len C. Crowder
1 FAMC @F318@
0 @I796@ INDI
1 NAME John Chilton "Shelt"/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 OCT 1847
2 PLAC Handy - Coweta county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1934
2 PLAC Centralhatchee - Heard county, Georgia
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 114.
2 CONT NOTE: Descendant Len Crowder mentions that the name CHELTON or even SHELTON
2 CONT is often used and John was often called "Uncle Shelt".  However the name is
2 CONT CHILTON as stamped on his personal Bible.   -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT Enlisted as a Private in Company B of the First Georgia Cavalry.
1 FAMS @F319@
1 FAMC @F318@
0 @I797@ INDI
1 NAME George Thomas /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 AUG 1851
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 OCT 1913
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Bill Wortham's book gives a marriage date of 1891.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 122.
1 FAMS @F320@
1 FAMC @F318@
0 @I798@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin Franklin /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 JAN 1854
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1944
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 123.
2 CONT SOURCE: Research by Len C. Crowder - Georgia.
1 FAMS @F321@
1 FAMC @F318@
0 @I799@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Jane "Molly"/Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 JUN 1856
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1938
2 PLAC West Palm Beach, Palm Beach county, FL
1 BURI
2 PLAC West Palm Beach, Palm Beach county, FL
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE From the family group sheets of Lana Gayle Wortham DeGraffenried.
2 CONT Updated research by Len C. Crowder (GA).
1 FAMS @F322@
1 FAMC @F318@
0 @I800@ INDI
1 NAME Sophia Elizabeth /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 OCT 1858
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 MAR 1963
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE One of the oldest living Worthams on record, she lived to be over 104 years.
2 CONT From the family records of Len Crowder (GA).
1 FAMS @F323@
1 FAMC @F318@
0 @I801@ INDI
1 NAME Susan Mariah "Susie"/Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1861
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 AUG 1953
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 FAMS @F324@
1 FAMC @F318@
0 @I802@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Elizabeth "Sweetie"/Watts/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 DEC 1853
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 JUN 1938
2 PLAC Heard county, Georgia
1 NOTE SOURCE: Research by Len C. Crowder - Georgia.
1 FAMS @F319@
1 FAMC @F2378@
0 @I803@ INDI
1 NAME Susan "Susie" Saphronia/Land/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  7 JAN 1862
2 PLAC Probably Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 APR 1941
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Oak Hill cemetery - Coweta county, GA
1 NOTE From the records of Sarah Emily (Lazenby) Wortham, and Len Crowder.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Sometimes spelled LAND(S). -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT SOURCE: Research by Len C. Crowder - Georgia.
1 FAMS @F320@
1 FAMC @F2719@
0 @I804@ INDI
1 NAME Xenia West /Reese/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1870
1 DEAT
2 DATE  1 JUN 1945
1 NOTE From the family group sheets of Gayle DeGraffenried (UT).
1 FAMS @F321@
0 @I805@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas J. /Wood/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1854
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1901
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 FAMS @F322@
0 @I806@ INDI
1 NAME William Leonard /Crowder/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Merchant/Ginner/Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1847
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 APR 1918
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 FAMS @F323@
1 FAMC @F4009@
0 @I807@ INDI
1 NAME Alexander James /Crowder/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAY 1849
1 DEAT
2 DATE  4 MAY 1933
1 FAMS @F324@
0 @I808@ INDI
1 NAME William C. "Billy"/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1792
2 PLAC Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1859
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 NOTE                           WILLIAM C. "BILLY" WORTHAM
1 NOTE                   A brief sketch by descendant Len C. Crowder
1 NOTE     The earliest that William C. Wortham's name with a middle initial "C"
2 CONT     has been found in the records is 1822 in Wilkes County, Georgia where
2 CONT     William C. signed a deed as one of the heirs of Thomas Wortham Sr. &
2 CONT     Jr. Apparently William C. signed in the right of his wife Lucy Wortham
2 CONT     (maiden name Wortham) whose brother William also signed the deed (DBk
2 CONT     HHH, p. 157). In the National Archives there is a record of a William
2 CONT     Wortham of Clarke County, Georgia who enlisted as a private in Capt.
2 CONT     Cocke's Company; Ignatious Few's (3rd) Regiment of Georgia State Troops
2 CONT     on 26-Sep-1814.
1 NOTE     Since a William C. Wortham, soldier of 1812, of Clarke county Georgia
2 CONT     drew LL229, District 3 of Troup County, Georgia in the 1827 Lottery,
2 CONT     it is believed that the William of the military records is William C.
2 CONT     His brother-in-law William Wortham was much older.  The parents of
2 CONT     William C. Wortham are as yet (1994), unknown.  Variations in the
2 CONT     spelling of the name Wortham along with Worthen, Warthen and Worsham
2 CONT     has made research in the old records difficult.  There is still much
2 CONT     to be done.
1 NOTE     William C. Wortham is believed to be the William Wortham who married
2 CONT     Lucy Wortham 18-Feb-1818 in Wilkes County.  In his diary for 1879, John
2 CONT     D. Pearson listed Lucy Wortham as a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth
2 CONT     (Taliaferro) Wortham.  Also listed were Lucy's brothers Samuel and
2 CONT     Zachariah who bought land in Meriwether County, Georgia about the time
2 CONT     (1827) William C. came. Another listed brother, William, came to Troup
2 CONT     County, where his son William T. had drawn a lot in the lottery.  When
2 CONT     Troup was divided, William's family was left in Troup while the others
2 CONT     ended up in Meriwether County.
1 NOTE     By the time of the 1850 census, William C. Wortham was living in
2 CONT     Coweta County, Georgia.  He is listed as William C. Wortham, 58, b.Va.
2 CONT     with wife Lucy, 60, b. Ga.  (other data says Va.) children John, 38
2 CONT     (looks like a census error), b.Ga.; Benjamin, 26, b.Ga.; Zachariah, 24
2 CONT     b.Ga and Elizabeth, 19 (Probably Elizabeth Martin, Benjamin's first
2 CONT     wife). By this time a daughter, Judia Rose, was married to Jim Turner.
2 CONT     Judia R. Turner's grave marker at Mt. Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery
2 CONT     says that Judia was born in 1821.  However, several censuses say she
2 CONT     was born ca 1826.
1 NOTE     Although William C. Wortham appears on the 1840 Census for Meriwether
2 CONT     County, the last land transaction recorded in Meriwether for a William
2 CONT     C. Wortham is the sale of 30 acres in LL63 District 10 to Zachariah
2 CONT     Wortham (William C.'s brother-in-law) on 27-Dec-1837.  No record has
2 CONT     been found showing how and when William C. obtained his land in Coweta
2 CONT     county. In 1855 he deeded land in LL108 District 4 to sons Benjamin and
2 CONT     Zachariah (DBk K. P.421).
1 NOTE     In his will (WBk B, p.160, S:14-May-1859, P:6 Jun-1859 William C.
2 CONT     requested that his estate be divided into three equal parts with one
2 CONT     part going to each of his children; Benjamin, Zachariah and Judy Rose
2 CONT     Turner, wife of James M. Turner.
1 NOTE     William C. and Lucy are buried at Elim.  Benjamin and Zachariah are
2 CONT     buried there also.  Many descendants of William C. are living in Coweta
2 CONT     County today.  The old log house where William C. lived at Handy is
2 CONT     still standing. (1994).
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE Served in the War of 1812 with the 3rd Regiment of the Georgia State Troops
2 CONT commanded by Colonel Ignatius A. Few - Clarke County, Georgia.
2 CONT William C. remains the most genealogicaly challenging subject for descendant
2 CONT Len C. Crowder. Carol Collins (IN) says he is a WATHEN from Maryland.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1792 - Cornerstone laid for Presidents Palace (The White House).
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 577.
1 FAMS @F325@
0 @I809@ INDI
1 NAME Lucy  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 FEB 1790
2 PLAC Handy - Coweta county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 MAR 1857
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE WORTHAM is the correct maiden name for Lucy, a cousin to William C. "Billy".
2 CONT Reportedly when Lucy died in March of 1857 the weather was so cold that the
2 CONT grave diggers had to heat the gravesite with a bonfire to soften the frozen
2 CONT ground.  The mules were fitted with spikes on their hooves and legs to grip
2 CONT the ice.  At that, the trip to town to buy a coffin took a day and a night.
2 CONT (story shared by Suedille Wortham Hyde).  "The Wortham Connection", Page 92.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1823 - First state birth registration law enacted in Georgia.
1 FAMS @F325@
1 FAMC @F326@
0 @I810@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas NMI (Sr.)/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU **REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT**
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1739
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1822
2 PLAC Wilkes county, Georgia
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE                     The Worthams in The American Revolution
1 NOTE                 Documentation assists for applying to the DAR,
1 NOTE                 Colonial Dames and/or other Colonial Societies
1 NOTE     These must have been extraordinarily trying times for the Wortham
2 CONT     families of the colonies as it was for all the colonial families. For
2 CONT     over 200 years, the Wortham family had been associated with the Royal
2 CONT     Families of England. The alliance must have been very strong. Socially,
2 CONT     the family must have been ostracized, even as an act of patriotism by
2 CONT     others of the time.  We have at this time line, a generation
2 CONT     passionately devoted to England and thus bound by tradition, referred
2 CONT     to during those times as "Loyalists".
1 NOTE     The younger generation most of whom were regarded as the "Cavaliers"
2 CONT     mostly born on American soil, must have had their own passionate views
2 CONT     in spite of family loyalty. The cost of these alliances quite probably
2 CONT     resulted in the loss of lands, slaves and fortunes within the families.
2 CONT     As a matter of fact Thomas Jefferson's earliest draft of the
2 CONT     Declaration of Independance included a proposal to put an end to
2 CONT     slavery. He was forced by other politicians to remove it in the final
2 CONT     version. War always brings pain.  The pain of birthing a new nation
2 CONT     would seem to have been especially focused here.
1 NOTE     As it happened, more American colonists fought on the side of the
2 CONT     British than those who fought for independance.  Only 16 percent of the
2 CONT     eligible men of the population actually fought in the Revolutionary
2 CONT     war. Many including Paul Revere, were mercenaries.
1 NOTE     The following genealogical information is to assist any family members
2 CONT     who might wish to apply for DAR membership.  Please understand that you
2 CONT     will need CERTIFIED research documents (wills, birth/death
2 CONT     certificates etc.) and that the genealogy shown here is merely the
2 CONT     "map" you need.  It can only be a pointer of WHERE to look.
1 NOTE     It is hoped that in your search, you will fondly recall these
2 CONT     Revolutionary family members who like many in the following
2 CONT     generations, sacrificed security and social position for freedom.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE                              SEARCH FACILITATION:
1 NOTE     In your printout or data research, you have seen numerous notations;
2 CONT     [*DAR*ANCESTOR*] after certain family names.  These are connecting
2 CONT     generational markers to the lines of known patriots or soldiers who
2 CONT     fought in the revolutionary war.  Not all of these lines are PROVEN,
2 CONT     meaning you may have to provide documentation of births, death, wills,
2 CONT     power of attorney, matrimony or other CERTIFIED COPIES of legal
2 CONT     documents linking your ancestors, to the satisfaction of the D.A.R.
1 NOTE     There are several Wortham lines that qualify for D.A.R. certification
2 CONT     but at this writing there are only a few REGISTERED (researched, proven
2 CONT     and documented) lines that we know of.  One is the Aleine Wiggins
2 CONT     line, tracing back to Thomas Wortham Sr. (born 27-Oct-1739 and died
2 CONT     ?-___-1822).  If you have proven descendancy from that line, you will
2 CONT     not have to prove further back than the Aliene Wiggins membership. Her
2 CONT     National Number is 237024.
1 NOTE     Fannie Gordon Wortham became a D.A.R. member with National Number
2 CONT     675330 through the Wiggins line.  There are several other ladies listed
2 CONT     in this database who are also members.
1 NOTE     In list form then, here are the (so far) KNOWN Revolutionary Patriots
2 CONT     and Soldiers of 1776 located here in "The Genesis of Wortham":
1 NOTE                       ----------------/------------------
1 NOTE     #637 ASHLEY SHEROD (SHERWOOD) DUNNAGAN father of William Dunnagan
2 CONT     #4411 and grandfather of Mary Dunnagan #400 who married Edward Wortham
2 CONT     #391. There are nine children by this marriage.
1 NOTE     #394 JOHN WORTHAM son of James Wortham #383 and Elizabeth Heath #388
2 CONT     who was a revolutionary patriot.  He was married to Mary Ann Marshall
2 CONT     #537 just before the war broke out. The Marshall family it is said,
2 CONT     also were soldiers and/or patriots.
1 NOTE     #810 THOMAS (Sr.) WORTHAM mentioned above, was the son of George (II)
2 CONT     Wortham and was married to Elizabeth Taliaferro. There were eleven
2 CONT     children by this marriage.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard
2 CONT     (Captain) Taliaferro.  The Taliaferro line links also to the royalty of
2 CONT     England, via the Towneley families.
1 NOTE     #6205 BENJAMIN (Colonel) TALIAFERRO was the son of Zacharia (Captain)
2 CONT     Taliaferro.  Benjamin was married to Martha Meriwether in 1782 and had
2 CONT     served as Captain of a company in Colonel Daniel Morgan's regiment
2 CONT     during the revolutionary war.
1 NOTE     #1127 JAMES WORTHAM b. 23-Aug-1735 is the only James Wortham I could
2 CONT     find that fits the description from a book on early Georgia settlers
2 CONT     that someone found in the Joseph Habersham Chapter of the DAR.  In it
2 CONT     is the statement; "James Wortham faught in Revolutionary War from
2 CONT     Virginia." You'll find mention of him also in the Christ Church Parish
2 CONT     Register on page 141.  James is the son of John Wortham #378 and Judith
2 CONT     Machen #532.
1 NOTE     #5043 DAVID STRAHAN (may be spelled STRAUGHN) was a Revolutionary
2 CONT     Soldier with a pension # S 32538.  He and his wife had at least four
2 CONT     children, one of whom was #524 Alexander Strahan, the father of
2 CONT     Acenith Angeline Strahan who married Benjamin Nathaniel Wortham. This
2 CONT     line was proved out by Shirley Wortham Armstrong of Alaska.
1 NOTE     #3955 JOHN CASH was only a boy of 16 when he became a revolutionary
2 CONT     solder.  A few years later as a grown man of 35, he married #3951 Sally
2 CONT     Wortham.  She was the daughter of George Wortham #835 and Judith/Judah
2 CONT     ______ #838.  The Cash line has not been pursued here.  There may be
2 CONT     descendants.
1 NOTE     #389 WILLIAM WORTHAM son of George (Captain) Wortham and who married
2 CONT     Thamar Duke is listed on page 3302 of the DAR Patriot Index Centennial
2 CONT     Edition. William and Thamar had ten children and the family was known
2 CONT     as "The Big Worthams".
1 NOTE     #621 Robert Wortham the son of #389 William Wortham shown above,
2 CONT     married Annie Briscoe who was the daughter of #3753 JOHN BRISCOE, a
2 CONT     Revolutionary Soldier.  Robert and Annie had eight children.  A chair
2 CONT     that Robert had made for himself (he weighed upwards of 350 - 400 lbs.)
2 CONT     still exists in the safekeeping of his great, great, great, great,
2 CONT     great granson who lives in Richardson, Texas.
1 NOTE     #1882 PARMENAS WILLIAMS born in North Carolina and an American
2 CONT     Revolutionary soldier, was the father of #625 Nancy Ann (Molly)
2 CONT     Williams.  She married Thomas Duke Wortham #613 who is brother
2 CONT     to Robert, shown above.  Thomas and Nancy had eight children.
1 NOTE     #2477 BENJAMIN (CAPTAIN) WARD revolutionary patriot, was the father of
2 CONT     Martha (Patsy) Ward #2476, who married #2475 Marcellus Jordan. One of
2 CONT     their children was #624 Elizabeth who married John Wortham #612 in
2 CONT     1799.  They had six children.
1 NOTE     Some Wortham family genealogists that might be able to help you in
2 CONT     your seach are Jeanette Wortham of the Wortham Association, Fairy Bell
2 CONT     McLemore Edwards, Shirley Wortham Armstrong and Ruby Criss.  These
2 CONT     ladies are D.A.R. members. You may be able to gain certification simply
2 CONT     by proving kinship to either one of them, the Wiggins or the Fannie
2 CONT     Gordon Wortham line.
1 NOTE     Best of luck - it is a noble and prestigious organization.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE             Example of the required genealogy for DAR applications:
1 NOTE      1. John Marshall b. ca 1720.
2 CONT                   Children:
2 CONT          2.     i Mary Marshall b. ca 1756.
1 NOTE                                   Second Generation
1 NOTE     2. Mary Marshall b. ca 1756, Butte County (Warren), North Carolina, m.
2 CONT     9-Aug-1775, John (Sr.) Wortham, b. 20-Feb-1757, Warren County, North
2 CONT     Carolina, (son of James Wortham and Elizabeth _____) was a
2 CONT     **REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT**, d. ?-Feb-1829, Warren County, North
2 CONT     Carolina.  From the research of Fairy B. Edwards (TX). From the records
2 CONT     of the Daughters Of The American Revolution. John: Genealogist Fairy B.
2 CONT     Edwards, a member of the DAR, states that this John is the only Wortham
2 CONT     family member who is DAR registered. (National Number 237024) HIS
2 CONT     DESCENDANTS ARE DAR ELIGIBLE. From the combined records and research
2 CONT     of: Maxine Crosley (TX), Rebecca Blackwell (MD). Fairy B. Edwards (TX),
2 CONT     Phd Thomas Wortham (AR) and Tom Wortham (KY) "The Wortham Connection",
2 CONT     Page 571.
2 CONT                  Children:
2 CONT          3.     i Tabitha Wortham b. 1776.
2 CONT                ii John (Jr.) Wortham b. 20-Feb-1781, m. 1827, Martha H. Langford,
2 CONT                   b. ca 1793.  John died 1864.  Birthdate from research by Fairy
2 CONT                   B. Edwards (TX). "The Wortham Connection", Page 572.
2 CONT               iii Charles Wortham b. 1783.  "The Wortham Connection", Page 571.
2 CONT          4.    iv Elizabeth Wortham b. 1785.
2 CONT                 v William D. Wortham b. 1787, d. 1809.  "The Wortham Connection",
2 CONT                   Page 571.
2 CONT                vi Mary (Polly) Wortham b. 1789.
2 CONT               vii George Wortham b. ca 1795.  "The Wortham Connection", Page 571.
1 NOTE                                   Third Generation
1 NOTE      3. Tabitha Wortham b. 1776, m. 1800, Thomas Jordan, b. ca 1760, d. ca 1841.
2 CONT       Tabitha died 1855.
2 CONT                   Children:
2 CONT          5.     i Mary Jordan b. 1800.
1 NOTE      4. Elizabeth Wortham b. 1785.  This is a family constructed of logical ties
2 CONT      from Bill Wortham's notes. A computer scan of all available Wortham records
2 CONT      turned up this Mary as the only one in this time frame who was not already
2 CONT      married.  Bill's logic was strong enough that I decided to create the link
2 CONT      to previous generations. -=Ron Wortham=- "The Wortham Connection", Page
2 CONT      573.
2 CONT                   Children:
2 CONT                 i Pollie Wortham b. 1805.  This entry created from a logical tie.
2 CONT                   "The Wortham Connection", Page 573.
2 CONT          6.    ii James Wortham b. 1808.
2 CONT               iii Parthing Wortham b. 1809.
1 NOTE                                   Fourth Generation
1 NOTE      5. Mary Jordan b. 1800, m. ca 1818, John Wiggins, b. ca 1789.  Mary died ca
2 CONT      1843.
2 CONT                   Children:
2 CONT          7.     i James Turner Wiggins b. 4-Jun-1830.
1 NOTE      6. James Wortham b. 1808, m. (1) ca 1845, Martha Owens, b. ca 1812, d.
2 CONT      1872, m. (2) 1850, Elizabeth Francis Vaughn, b. 1808, d. 1880.  James died
2 CONT      1880.  "The Wortham Connection", Page 574.
2 CONT                   Children by Elizabeth Francis Vaughn:
2 CONT                 i Virginia Wortham b. 1851, d. 1852.  Child death at age 1.
2 CONT                ii Elizabeth Wortham b. 1852.
2 CONT          8.   iii James Kelly Wortham b. 1854.
2 CONT                iv Martha Jane Wortham b. 1859.
2 CONT                 v Henry Lee Wortham b. 1864, m. ca 1891, Luella Reynolds, b. ca
2 CONT                   1868.  Henry died 1905.  "The Wortham Connection", Page 574.
1 NOTE                                   Fifth Generation
1 NOTE      7. James Turner Wiggins b. 4-Jun-1830, m. 3-Nov-1859, Ellen Fowler
2 CONT      Burroughs, b. 25-Sep-1841, d. 9-Jun-1904.  James died 14-May-1909.
2 CONT                   Children:
2 CONT          9.     i Thomas Fredrick Wiggins b. 1860.
1 NOTE      8. James Kelly Wortham b. 1854, m. 1878, Mary Jane McGinnis, b. 1856, d.
2 CONT      1921.  James died 1910.  "The Wortham Connection", Page 575.
2 CONT                   Children:
2 CONT                 i Flossie Wortham b. 1896, m. 1916, Eleazer Hatch Assay.
1 NOTE                                   Sixth Generation
1 NOTE      9. Thomas Fredrick Wiggins b. 1860, m. 23-Dec-1865, Lucy Davis Wiggins, b.
2 CONT      1862, (daughter of David Wilson Wiggins and Agnes Ann Baskett) d. 1947.
2 CONT      Thomas died 1939.  NOTE: The two branches of the Wiggins family are
2 CONT      separated by more than 100 years in Vance county, with the Thomas Wiggins
2 CONT      branch having arrived first. -=Ron Wortham=- From "The Heritage of Vance
2 CONT      County NC Vol.I", beginning on page 392. (NOT a genealogical publication,
2 CONT      contains relational and generational errors in the Wortham records.)
2 CONT                   Children:
2 CONT                 i Julius Thomas Wiggins b. 1-Jun-1894, m. Mary Royster Wortham,
2 CONT                   b. 9-Mar-1897, Vance county, North Carolina, (daughter of
2 CONT                   Joseph Baskett Wortham and Katherine Parham) Julius died
2 CONT                   7-Aug-1964.
2 CONT                ii Alienne Wiggins b. 1886, was a Teacher/school Principal, d.
2 CONT                   1977.  DAR MEMBER # 237024
2 CONT               iii Clifton Wiggins b. ca 1888, d. ca 1888.  Infant death.
2 CONT                iv Frederick C. Wiggins b. 1890, d. 1972.
2 CONT                 v Arthur Clayton Wiggins b. 1892, d. 1970.
1 NOTE                        INDEX OF CONNECTED FAMILY MEMBERS
1 NOTE       Assay, Eleazer Hatch  . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Baskett, Agnes Ann  . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Burroughs, Ellen Fowler . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Jordan, Mary  . . . . . . . .  1, 2
2 CONT       Jordan, Thomas  . . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Langford, Martha H. . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Marshall, John  . . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Marshall, Mary  . . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       McGinnis, Mary Jane . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Owens, Martha . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Parham, Katherine . . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Reynolds, Luella  . . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Vaughn, Elizabeth Francis . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, Alienne  . . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, Arthur Clayton . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, Clifton  . . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, David Wilson . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, Frederick C. . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, James Turner . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, John . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, Julius Thomas  . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, Lucy Davis . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wiggins, Thomas Fredrick  . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, Charles  . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, Elizabeth  . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, Elizabeth  . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, Flossie  . . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, George . . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, Henry Lee  . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, James  . . . . . . .  1, 2
2 CONT       Wortham, James  . . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, James Kelly  . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, John (Jr.) . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, John (Sr.) . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, Joseph Baskett . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, Martha Jane  . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, Mary (Polly) . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, Mary Royster . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, Parthing . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, Pollie . . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, Tabitha  . . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       Wortham, Virginia . . . . . . . . 2
2 CONT       Wortham, William D. . . . . . . . 1
2 CONT       _____, Elizabeth  . . . . . . . . 1
1 NOTE     This document in its original version is being emulated here in its
2 CONT     entirety, to provide a research tool for those wishing to join the DAR,
2 CONT     Colonial Dames or other similar organizations.  It also contains
2 CONT     genealogical information and clues that may help you in your work. All
2 CONT     printed information will be shown as-is where possible.
1 NOTE     [HAND WRITTEN/CURSIVE INFORMATION WILL BE DISPLAYED IN ALL CAPITAL
2 CONT     LETTERS AND ENCLOSED IN BRACKETS, LIKE THIS.]
1 NOTE        (necessary notes will be in lower case, enclosed in parentheses)
2 CONT     ======================================================================
2 CONT                                 TOP OF DOCUMENT
2 CONT     ======================================================================
1 NOTE               Application for membership to the National Society
2 CONT                      Daughters of the American Revolution
2 CONT                                Washington, D.C.
1 NOTE                                    State [NORTH CAROLINA]
2 CONT                                    City [HENDERSON]
2 CONT                                    Name of Chapter [OLD BUTTE]
1 NOTE     National Number [237024]
2 CONT     (Miss or Mrs.) [ALIENNE WIGGINS]
2 CONT     Wife or Widow of________________
2 CONT     Residence [303 CHESTNUT HENDERSON N.C.]
2 CONT                                  Descendant of
2 CONT                                  [JOHN WORTHAM]
2 CONT     The undersigned have investigated and approved the applicant and her
2 CONT     application.
2 CONT                               _________________________,192____________
2 CONT                               _________________________________________
2 CONT                                                    Chapter Regent
1 NOTE     _________________                        [ELLEN D. E(unreadable)]
2 CONT     Chapter Secretary                             Chapter Registrar
1 NOTE     Application and duplicate received by National Society   AUG 12 1929
2 CONT                                                              (stamped)
1 NOTE     Fees received by National Society__________[$3 AUG 12, 1929]
2 CONT     Application examined and approved__________AUG 3  1931 (stamped)
2 CONT                                            [KATE B. VAN OREDIL]
2 CONT                                             Registrar General.
1 NOTE     Accepted by the National Board of Management ________________192_____
2 CONT                                                  ________________________
2 CONT                                                 Recording Secretary General
2 CONT     Endorsement for membership at large:
2 CONT     ___________________________________
2 CONT                       State Regent
2 CONT     Nominated and recommended by the undersigned members of the Society.
2 CONT     Two names of endorsers required, one of whom at least must live in the
2 CONT     same town in which the applicant resides, provided there is a Chapter
2 CONT     in that town.  If there is no Chapter, at least one of the endorsers
2 CONT     must be a resident in that State.
1 NOTE                                    ENDORSERS
1 NOTE     Name [CAROL R. BLACKBURN]____   Name______________________________
2 CONT     Residence [501 N. GARNETT ST]   Residence_________________________
2 CONT     [HENDERSON, N.C.]____________   __________________________________
1 NOTE     When filled out and properly endorsed, the application must be
2 CONT     forwarded to the Treasurer General N.S.D.A.R., Memorial Continental
2 CONT     hall, Washington, D.C. with the necessary fee and dues.  When approved
2 CONT     by the National Board, one copy will be returned to the registrar of
2 CONT     the Chapter to the individual, if joining At Large, and the other will
2 CONT     be filed with the National Society.
1 NOTE                                     LINEAGE
1 NOTE     I, [ALIENNE WIGGINS]___ being of the age of eighteen years and upwards,
2 CONT     hereby apply for membership in the Society by right of lineal descent
2 CONT     in the following line from [JOHN WORTHAM, SR.] who was born in [PROB.
2 CONT     BRUNSWICK CO. VA.] on the ___day of [CA 1750]  and died on the ____day
2 CONT     of [WILL, 1830].  His place of residence during the revolution was
2 CONT     [WARREN CO. N.C.]           (check marks are at the end of each entry).
1 NOTE     I was born in [NEAR MIDDLEBURG] county of [VANCE] State of [NORTH
2 CONT     CAROLINA]
2 CONT     (Please give all dates by numerals, month first, and given names in
2 CONT     full)
2 CONT                  1. I am the daughter of
2 CONT     [THOMAS FREDERICK WIGGINS] born [6-29-1860]  died [LIVING] and his wife*
2 CONT     [LUCIE DAVIS WIGGINS]      born [12-27-1862] died [LIVING] married
2 CONT     [12-23-1885]
2 CONT                  2. The said [THOMAS FREDERICK WIGGINS] was the child of
2 CONT     [JAMES TURNER WIGGINS] born [6-4-1830]   died [5-14-1909] and his wife
2 CONT     [ELLEN FOWLER BURROUGHS] born [2-25-1841] died [6-9-1904] married
2 CONT     [11-3-1859]
2 CONT                  3. The said [JAMES TURNER WIGGINS] was the child of
2 CONT     [JOHN WIGGINS]         born [ABOUT 1789] died [1838]  and his (2) wife
2 CONT     [MARY JORDAN]          born [1800]       died [AFTER 1842] married
2 CONT     [1818-1822]
2 CONT     (these are dashed notes referencing first wife of John)
2 CONT     [1ST. W. SUSANNAH HESTER M. NOV 5 1811 NOT MY ANCESTOR]
1 NOTE                  4. The said [MARY JORDAN]          was the child of
2 CONT     [THOMAS JORDAN]        born [ABOUT 1760] died [AFTER 1841] and his wife
2 CONT     [TABITHA WORTHAM]      born [1776]  died [1855 WILL] married [1800].
1 NOTE                  5. The said [TABITHA WORTHAM]      was the child of
2 CONT     [JOHN WORTHAM]         born [ABOUT 1750] died [1830] and his wife
2 CONT     [MARY MARSHALL]        born [ABOUT 1755] died [1782] married [8-9-1775]
2 CONT     (of father John Marshall)
1 NOTE       Give below a reference to the authority for EACH statement of birth,
2 CONT     Marriage or Death.  Where reference is made to UNPUBLISHED records,
2 CONT     applicant must file duplicate certified copies of same.  Statements
2 CONT     based upon tradition cannot be considered.
1 NOTE            The numbers below refer to the corresponding generations
1 NOTE     STATE VOLUME AND PAGE OF REFERENCES TO AUTHORITIES OR GIVE CERTIFICATE
2 CONT                            OF UNPUBLISHED AUTHORITY
1 NOTE                      [CHECKED BY # 234024 THOMAS WIGGINS]
2 CONT              1 and 2.
2 CONT              No reference is required for the first and second generations
2 CONT  [DATA F.C.  3. [SEE ALIENNE WIGGINS LINEAGE #237024]
2 CONT  UNDER       4. [SEE MARGARET JORDAN'S WILL AND WILLS] (of)
2 CONT  WIGGINS     5. [JOHN WORTHAM JR. AND JOHN WORTHAM]
2 CONT  FAM. OF     6. [SR. TABITHA JORDAN'S WILL JOHN MARSHALL'S]
2 CONT  N.C. AND    7. [DIVISION OF ESTATE TABITHA MARSHALL'S] (error/cousin?)
2 CONT  WORTHAM     8. [WILL.  MARRIAGE BONDS FROM RALEIGH HISTORICAL COMMISSION]
2 CONT  FAM. OF     _____________________________________________________________
2 CONT  N.C.]       _____________________________________________________________
1 NOTE              The said [JOHN WORTHAM]______________________________________
2 CONT     is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American independence,
2 CONT     while acting in the capacity of [PATRIOT]_____________________________
2 CONT     [NO PENSION]
2 CONT       *Wife in every instance in this paper means legal and lawful wife.
1 NOTE       Any woman is eligible for membership in the National Society of the
2 CONT     Daughters of the American revolution who is not less than eighteen
2 CONT     years of age, and who is descended from a man or woman who, with
2 CONT     unfailing loyalty to the cause of American Independence, served as a
2 CONT     sailor, or as a soldier or civil officer in one of the several Colonies
2 CONT     or States, or in the United Colonies or States, or as a recognized
2 CONT     patriot, or rendered material aid thereto; provided the applicant is
2 CONT     personally acceptable to the Society.
2 CONT       Official proof of service must be furnished with the application;
2 CONT     also references to the authorities quoted, to show line of descent.
2 CONT     Where reference is made to unpublished or inaccessible records, the
2 CONT     applicant must file duplicate certified copies of same.
2 CONT                             _______________________
1 NOTE                               ANCESTOR'S SERVICES
2 CONT       My ancestor's services in assisting in the establishment of American
2 CONT     Independence during the War of the Revolution were as follows:
2 CONT     [PATRIOT DURING THE REVOLUTION
2 CONT     LIST OF SPECI(unreadable} CERTIFICATES PAID BY GREEN HILL ESQUIRE
2 CONT     TREASURER FOR THE DISTRICT OF HALIFAX
2 CONT     NAMES (underlined)    f  +  3   +  d
2 CONT     JOHN WORTHAM          5-17 1-9
2 CONT     THIS IS AN EXTRACT FROM
2 CONT     BOOK C NO. 17      BOOK D NO. 18
2 CONT     IS DATED 1783 _
1 NOTE     FROM NORTH CAROLINA ARMY ACCOUNTS VOL VII PAGE 61 FOLIO 4]
2 CONT           ___________________________________________________________
2 CONT               This space reserved for D.A.R. genealogist's notes
1 NOTE               (check marks  \/here      and \/here)
2 CONT     [GEN 2 WARREN CO. MARRIAGE BOND (D.A.R. FILE CASE LIBRARY
2 CONT            UNDER WIGGINS FAMILY OF N.C.]
1 NOTE   (check marks \/here            and     \/here)
2 CONT     ["3 AFFIDAVIT OF MRS. S.E. WHITE (D.A.R. LIB. FILE CASE
2 CONT         UNDER WIGGINS OF N.C.)]
1 NOTE       Give references by volume and page to the documentary or other
2 CONT       authorities for - Military Record: [NORTH CAROLINA REVOLU
2 CONT                                          TIONARY ARMY ACCOUNTS
2 CONT       Vol VII_____p 61 CERTIFIED COPY]
2 CONT                                          (initials [RSU] in capitals here)
2 CONT       Give, if possible, the following data: My Revolutionary ancestor was
2 CONT       married (1) to [MARY MARSHALL] at BUTE CO. (Now Warren, 1775]
2 CONT               (2) to _______________ at ____________________, 1__________
2 CONT               (3) to _______________ at ____________________, 1__________
2 CONT                 [WILL OF JOHN MARSHALL NAMES JOHN WORTHAM AS MARRYING DAU.
2 CONT                 (F.C. under Wortham family of N.C. ]
1 NOTE                       CHILDREN OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTOR
2 CONT                  (By each marriage, if married more than once)
1 NOTE     Names                     Dates of Birth      To Whom Married, noting
2 CONT                                                   if married more than once
1 NOTE     [TABITHA]                 ______________      [THOMAS JORDAN]
2 CONT     [CHARLES]                 ______________      ________________________
2 CONT     [JOHN JR.]                [2-20-1781]         [MARTHA H. NO ISSUE]
2 CONT     ______________________    ______________      ________________________
1 NOTE     [WILL OF JOHN WORTHAM SR. NAMES CH.(ildren) (F.C. UNDER
2 CONT     WORTHAM FAMILY OF N.C.)]
2 CONT     ______________________    ______________      ________________________
2 CONT     [WILL OF JOHN WORTHAM, JR NAMES WIFE MARTHA H.
2 CONT     F.C. UNDER WORTHAM FAMILY OF N.C.]
2 CONT     ______________________    ______________      ________________________
2 CONT     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
2 CONT                The following form of acknowledgement is required:
2 CONT                Applicant further says that the said [JOHN WORTHAM]_______
2 CONT     (name of ancestor from whom eligibility is derived) is the ancestor
2 CONT     mentioned in the foregoing application and that the statements
2 CONT     hereinbefore set forth are true to the best of her knowledge and
2 CONT     belief.
2 CONT         The applicant also pledges allegiance to the Unite States of
2 CONT     America and agrees to support its Constitution.
1 NOTE                (Signature of Applicant)__[ALIENNE WIGGINS]___
1 NOTE            Subscribed and sworn to before me at __[HENDERSON, N.C.]
1 NOTE     this ____[9TH]_____ day of ____[AUGUST]___ A.D. (19)[29]_____
1 NOTE     [seal]                    [NETTIE CLOPTON ALLEN]
2 CONT                               (signature of notary)
1 NOTE     ======================================================================
2 CONT                                 END OF DOCUMENT
2 CONT     ======================================================================
2 CONT      [Computer data copy created from photocopy of original on 3-Jan-1994]
1 NOTE     The following is a copy of the text of the free document published by
2 CONT     the Daughters of the American Revolution:
1 NOTE                              1992 NSDAR FACT SHEET
1 NOTE     Mrs. Donald Shattuck Blair
2 CONT     President General, NSDAR
2 CONT     National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
2 CONT     Administration Building, 1776 "D" Street, N.W.
2 CONT     Washington, DC 20006-5392
1 NOTE                        -Society founded October 11, 1890
1 NOTE              -Incorporated by Act of United States Congress: 1896
1 NOTE                              -Membership: 201,307
1 NOTE                      Members admitted since 1890: 747,556
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2 CONT     Australia-2; Canada-4; France-1; Mexico-2; United Kingdom-2.
1 NOTE     -NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: 3 adjoining structures; Memorial Continental
2 CONT     Hall (1905), Registered National Historic Landmark; DAR Constitution
2 CONT     Hall (1929), Registered National Historic Landmark; Administration
2 CONT     Building (1920, 1950)
1 NOTE     -NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT: 12 Executive Officers; 21 Vice
2 CONT     Presidents General; 53 State Regents.  Regular meetings: February,
2 CONT     April, October.  Special meetings: June, December.
1 NOTE     -DAR CONTINENTAL CONGRESS: Held week of April 19 (Battle of Lexington)
1 NOTE     -DAR OBJECTIVES: Historic Preservation, Promotion of Education,
2 CONT     Patriotic Endeavors.
1 NOTE     -DAR MOTTO: God, Home, and Country
1 NOTE     -AMERICANA ROOM (est. 1940) Houses Americana Collection, a repository
2 CONT     of over 5,000 documents focusing on Early America, as well as Special
2 CONT     Collection of NSDAR History
1 NOTE     -DAR LIBRARY (est. 1896) Materials in genealogy and relevant local
2 CONT     history; 106,250 books including unpublished genealogy typescripts and
2 CONT     genealogical periodicals.  Public welcome.  fee charged
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2 CONT     American Antiques; collection of approximately 30,000 objects;
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2 CONT     Reference Library
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2 CONT     Future"
1 NOTE                             PROMOTION OF EDUCATION
1 NOTE     -AMERICAN HERITAGE (est. 1963) Chapters presented 2,930 programs on
2 CONT     art, crafts, drama, literature and music; 2,450 members worked as
2 CONT     volunteers at historic homes, sites and museums; 498 members worked on
2 CONT     historic perservations.
1 NOTE     -AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH (est. 1956) Sponsored each February.  72,777
2 CONT     essays written by students in grades, 5,6,7 and 8. 5,305 schools
2 CONT     participated.
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2 CONT     contributed to Bacone Junior College, OK, for scholarships, and to
2 CONT     Chemawa Indian School, OR.
1 NOTE     -CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (est. 1954) Founded 1895 by DAR;
2 CONT     provides training in patriotism and leadership.
1 NOTE     -DAR GOOD CITIZENS (est. 1934) Promotes Dependability, Service,
2 CONT     Leadership, Patriotism among high school seniors.  Awards: National
2 CONT     $5,000 scholarship; State-cash, pin, certificate.  11,431 schools
2 CONT     participated, with 8,950 Good Citizens.
1 NOTE     -DAR MAGAZINE (est. 1892) Official publication; 45,000 subscribers;
2 CONT     $12.00 per year.
1 NOTE     -DAR SCHOLARSHIP (est. 1923) $8,000 NSDAR American History
2 CONT     Scholarship.  Also Educational (political science, history, government,
2 CONT     economics), Nursing, Medical and Occupational Therapy.
1 NOTE     -DAR SCHOOL (est 1903) Total contributions of over $600,611.46 given
2 CONT     for Kate Duncan Smith DAR School, AL; Tamassee DAR School, SC; Berry
2 CONT     College, GA; Crossnore School, NC; Hillside School, MA; Hindman
2 CONT     Settlement School, KY.  Thousands of Campbell So abels were given to
2 CONT     purchase equipment for classrooms, recreational equipment, a van, etc.
1 NOTE     -JUNIOR AMERICAN CITIZENS (est. 1906) Citizenship training program for
2 CONT     boys and girls, kindergarten through high school, 271,000 members in
2 CONT     1,200 clubs in parochial, private or public schools, community
2 CONT     centers, etc.
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2 CONT     State Conference and Continental Congress. $61,000.00 to Helen Pouch
2 CONT     Memorial Fund for activities at Kate Duncan Smith and Tamassee
2 CONT     (schools).
1 NOTE                              HISTORIC PRESERVATION
1 NOTE     -GENEALOGICAL RECORDS (est. 1913) Over 77,000 pages of unpublished
2 CONT     source records copied and bound for DAR Library and 280 bound volumes
2 CONT     of records.
1 NOTE     -LINEAGE RESEARCH (est. 1961) Potential members assisted; workshops
2 CONT     held.  Lineage Research Kits, $8.00 book rate, $10.00 1st class.
1 NOTE     -SEIMES MICROFILM CENTER (est. 1970) Depository for NSDAR applications
2 CONT     and supplementals.  Federal Census: 1850 to 1900. State, county, church
2 CONT     and cemetery records.  Non-member fee charged.  Index available.
2 CONT     Historical & Genealogical societies as as research groups use Center.
1 NOTE                                DAR PUBLICATIONS
1 NOTE     Story of DAR $10.00 Black Courage 1775-1783 $2.00 Minority Military
2 CONT     Service, 1775-1783 $3.00 ea. (RI, CT, MA, ME, NH & VT) and LA Patriots
2 CONT     Pillars of Patriotism $5.00 The American Story in Art 2/$1.50 (Cox
2 CONT     Murals in U.S. Capitol) Know the DAR (4 for $1.00) .35 ea. Is That
2 CONT     Lineage Right? $2.25 Is That Service Right? $2.00 DAR Patriot Index,
2 CONT     Vol. III $25.00 (Index to Spouses) DAR Library Catalog Vol. 1 $12.50* 2
2 CONT     $17.50* set of Vol 1 & 2 $25.00* 3 $60.00* DAR members $65.00* non-DAR
2 CONT     members Genealogical Research for Membership in NSDAR $1.00 "Anchor of
2 CONT     Liberty" (Constitution) $3.00 Units Overseas $5.00 Pledge of Allegiance
2 CONT     for the Deaf in American Sign .25 *PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE
1 NOTE                              ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES
1 NOTE     Honor Roll DAR Speakers Staff Membership Ethics Program Friends of the
2 CONT     Library Public Relations Insignia Columbus Quincentennial Literacy
2 CONT     Challenge DAR Patriot Index Program Reviewing Units Overseas
1 NOTE                               PATRIOTIC ENDEAVOR
1 NOTE     -AMERICANISM & DAR MANUAL FOR CITIZENSHIP (est. 1919) 21 Americanism
2 CONT     Medals awarded outstanding naturalized adult citizens; 45 medals of
2 CONT     Honor presented native-born adult citizens, 42,000 DAR Manuals for
2 CONT     Citizenship given free.
1 NOTE     -COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS (est. 1992) Established for purpose of
2 CONT     coordinating celebrations of any future national observances.
1 NOTE     -CONSERVATION (est. 1909) 160 Conservation Medals awarded.  Emphasis
2 CONT     on recycling.  31,500,000 trees planted and thousands of bulbs, shrubs,
2 CONT     etc., planted.
1 NOTE     -CONSTITUTION WEEK (est. 1956) September 17-23 observed each year.
2 CONT     President of United States issues proclamation.
1 NOTE     -DAR SERVICE FOR VETERANS-PATIENTS (est. 1968) NSDAR member of
2 CONT     National VAVS Advisory Committee; DAR represented in 169 VA Medical
2 CONT     Centers; 9 non-VA hospitals.  DAR volunteers gave parties, gifts,
2 CONT     programs, canteen books, cash totaling $1,021,580.00. Veterans Roster
2 CONT     printed.
1 NOTE     -THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (est. 1909) Over 60,000
2 CONT     Flags presented, 34,672 Flag Codes, including Children's Flag Codes and
2 CONT     Braille Flags presented.
1 NOTE     -MOTION PICTURE (est. 1923), RADIO (est. 1928 & 1979) & TELEVISION
2 CONT     (est. 1975) Cooperates with groups to encourage better films,
2 CONT     television and radio programs.  Annual National Award for outstanding
2 CONT     service in areas of Motion Picture, Radio & Televis 1992 winner,
2 CONT     Charles Kuralt for his "On The Road" series.
1 NOTE     -NATIONAL DEFENSE (est. 1926) Over 4,000 Good Citizenship Medals
2 CONT     awarded to students, 247 gold and 644 bronze ROTC medals presented.
2 CONT     Patriotic material available for students.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE Sam Wortham's Bible, C.H. Hamlin's genealogy report to Mrs. Johnson and the
2 CONT Wilkes county tax records.  Robb Wortham states that this Thomas Wortham
2 CONT supplied money and aid to the revolutionary soldiers.  This will qualify his
2 CONT descendants for membership in the DAR and Colonial Dames.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 92 lists him as WILLIAM THOMAS. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1789 - 1797 President in office is George Washington.
1 FAMS @F326@
1 FAMC @F177@
0 @I811@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth  /Taliaferro/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  2 NOV 1741
2 PLAC Caroline county, Virginia
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE                              THE ROYALTY OF EUROPE
2 CONT                            THE HOUSE OF CHARLEMAGNE
2 CONT                            THE TALIAFERRO CONNECTION
2 CONT                          Dedicated to Catherine Eatman
1 NOTE                                       by
2 CONT                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE     In various reports of our Wortham history you will find mentions that
2 CONT     our family was closely tied to the royal families of Europe, through
2 CONT     the Taliaferro lines. There are hints also in other work, of possible
2 CONT     earlier connections through the Heath family, and obviously, through
2 CONT     the line of Thomas Benton of Pen-Wortham himself.  Having been a
2 CONT     General in the British army and having been bestowed a Coat of Arms, he
2 CONT     must have had some considerable contact with those he served.
1 NOTE     Royalty is like India Ink. Once you get some on you, it doesn't wash
2 CONT     off easily.  It is safe to assume then, that descendants William,
2 CONT     William Henry, James, Thomas and our John Wortham may have had some
2 CONT     links to the throne.  It is however, an ASSUMPTION and should be
2 CONT     presented and held, in that light.
1 NOTE     Back in the late 1970's one of our cousins, Stephen Chilton Wortham
2 CONT     (#1355) had a genealogical report prepared for his young daughter
2 CONT     Margaret Caroline Wortham (#1358). The work was done in part by Mrs.
2 CONT     C.L. Eatman of Mississippi, a genealogist held in high regard by our
2 CONT     Len C. Crowder of Georgia who along with Vivian Roller, is also
2 CONT     mentioned as an authority in Stephen's letters to Bill Wortham.
2 CONT     Considering the importance of all this work to all of our family, it
2 CONT     is sincerely hoped that Stephen Wortham will forgive our reading his
2 CONT     mail.
1 NOTE     Mrs. Eatman was in her 70's when "The Wortham Connection" was
2 CONT     published and at last report in 1994, she was too ill to continue her
2 CONT     genealogical work.  As for many of us, it was her passion.  The
2 CONT     following text has been edited and abbreviated. She writes in part;
1 NOTE     "I am sending you a copy of the line, through Wortham, that I share
2 CONT     with my husband.... I think all Georgia based families can use. As you
2 CONT     will see the first goes back to Charlemagne and beyond.  This line I am
2 CONT     told by our Historian in Residence Allen Cabaniss at the University of
2 CONT     Mississippi that that part that applies to Matilda of Flanders and on
2 CONT     back is correct. (His field is Charlemagne and his era, and I think,
2 CONT     pretty well accepted as an authority) and he says that of course,
2 CONT     everything down to #19 [referencing genealogical report] is also
2 CONT     correct.... naturally from then on, it is a matter of proving one's own
2 CONT     line .... which is correct as far as material available for
2 CONT     research... so it's about as good as any to be found. Now comes the
2 CONT     line, that connects, Line of Descent from the Kings of Wessex (this is
2 CONT     accepted by the Augustan Society and others but when you go back that
2 CONT     far I for one will not put any money on it). I have had people chew me
2 CONT     out for my lack of faith but that is the way I am.  All I can say is
2 CONT     that it's fun to THINK it's true."
1 NOTE     She continues; "Also enclosed is the front piece from the book
2 CONT     "Historic Families of Georgia"..... one must have that for proof."
1 NOTE     There are a few more lines private to Stephen, mentioning that she has
2 CONT     "tons of stuff" on the Brasswell [Brazewell] lines. (noted for any
2 CONT     researchers of that line who might be exploring here).
1 NOTE                        ---------------/----------------
1 NOTE     This information is placed at this particular point in the database,
2 CONT     so that it will be a part of the printouts - which are triggered in
2 CONT     sorting order, from the Thomas Benton lines.  None of the royalty
2 CONT     progressions mentioned above will print, unless a specific descendancy
2 CONT     chart is requested, beginning at Harderich - King of Saxony in
2 CONT     Germany, 90 BC to 4 BC.  He is #6394 in the database. Each of his
2 CONT     descendants will have a progressively higher number, until joining the
2 CONT     Smiths and Taliaferros, then Worthams.
1 NOTE     PLEASE NOTE that these are NOT standardized genealogical numbers.
2 CONT     These are only index numbers assigned by the computer automatically,
2 CONT     and used only to identify and track each entry.  They have no other
2 CONT     practical significance. If you are working with the computer data
2 CONT     version of this project, you can pursue, generation-to-generation, the
2 CONT     whole descendancy progression from the point that it ties in here, to
2 CONT     Elizabeth Taliaferro.  The index numbers will decrease in value as you
2 CONT     follow that progression, to #6394. Source material will be noted.
1 NOTE     Instead of following the trail backwards from Elizabeth Taliaferro, I
2 CONT     suggest creating a 40-generation report TWICE (You'll need more than 40
2 CONT     generations) under the Register Reports menu.  Note the number of the
2 CONT     last person in the 40th generation, and start your second report with
2 CONT     that number.  You may wish to change the generational numbering option.
1 NOTE     If you enjoy etymology - the study of words and their root meanings,
2 CONT     you will particularly note the perfunct spellings and pronunciations of
2 CONT     the names of early royalty.  As you sound them out, generation to
2 CONT     generation, you will get a grasp of the expansiveness and grandness of
2 CONT     British culture as it has matured over the last 20-odd centuries. It
2 CONT     is very apparent that SOMETHING happened back around the time of
2 CONT     Christ, that quite literally shut everybody up - in terms of
2 CONT     linguistics. Some of the names of early royalty consisted of ONE
2 CONT     syllable, complete. It is as if the language of silence were sacred.
1 NOTE     More recent additions of descriptions and titles have compounded
2 CONT     simple names into formal names consisting of several words and even
2 CONT     phrases. We can safely assume that the languages of the times for the
2 CONT     common folk, were even more guttural and succinct in the way they
2 CONT     sounded.
1 NOTE     Note that LAST NAMES in early royalty lines are nearly non-existent.
2 CONT     Therefore you should enter "HARDERICH ?" or "HARDERICH _____" to search
2 CONT     him out.  Keep in mind that the program will search only the first
2 CONT     five letters of the first and last names. In other words "HARDE ?" will
2 CONT     produce the same results as typing "HARDERICH _____". Multiple names
2 CONT     and titles such as ALFRED THE GREAT will be entered with a five
2 CONT     character last name line of "_____" to read "ALFRED THE GREAT _____"
2 CONT     so if you enter "ALFRE ?" that too, will produce the same results at
2 CONT     the search menu.  Of course the easiest way to find Harderich is to
2 CONT     simply punch in his number; 6394 instead of his name.
1 NOTE     There is much available research on the various relatives of the
2 CONT     thrones of antiquity, but those that are DOCUMENTED in the research
2 CONT     provided by Mrs. Eatman are the only ones that I have chosen to enter
2 CONT     here VERBATIM, as provided - with the exception that within the
2 CONT     computer, organization is automatic. It eliminates generational errors
2 CONT     IF the data is entered correctly.  In some cases where a king might
2 CONT     have several wives, it has had to be ASSUMED that the first male child
2 CONT     is the "chosen one" for the throne.  These debatable descendancy's are
2 CONT     carefully noted.
1 NOTE     Catherine Eatman's point of view regarding this area of genealogical
2 CONT     research was realistic, necessarily sane, jovial, and consequently very
2 CONT     healthy. You will find this to be a very entertaining descendancy
2 CONT     trail and the key word here, is ENTERTAINING.
1 NOTE     The statistical likelihood of our connections to these lines is best
2 CONT     described as *VERY POSSIBLE*. It is also *VERY POSSIBLE* that Adam and
2 CONT     Eve were brother and sister, maybe even twins. The point is this;
1 NOTE     Genealogy is probably the most exact of all the sciences based on
2 CONT     guesswork, fable, fiction, outright lies, supposition and research,
2 CONT     research, research.  I highly recommend that after you have read the
2 CONT     royal connections to the Wortham lines, you place your tongue firmly in
2 CONT     your cheek - THEN go tell your friends.  As in early times, it makes
2 CONT     it very difficult to talk - yes, but you will FIB less, too.  Enjoy.
1 NOTE                                 -=Ron Wortham=-
1 NOTE                        ---------------/----------------
1 NOTE               CATHERINE EATMAN'S SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THIS REPORT:
1 NOTE     Wurts; MAGNA CHARTA, Parts I through VIII.
1 NOTE     Weis; ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF SIXTY COLONISTS 4th Edition, 1969.
1 NOTE     Aileen Lewers Langston & J. Orton Buck, Jr.; PEDIGREES OF SOME OF THE
2 CONT     EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE'S DESCENDANTS, Vol. II Published by the Order of
2 CONT     the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America 1974.
1 NOTE     Walter Garland Duke; HENRY DUKE, COUNCILOR, HIS DESCENDANTS AND
2 CONT     CONNECTIONS 1949 pages 393, 394 and Bibliography, page 435.
1 NOTE     Sir William Dugdale; VISITATIONS OF LANCASHIRE 1664-1665.
1 NOTE     Burke's; COMMONERS, Vol II page 262.
1 NOTE     Baine; HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF LANDCASTER
1 NOTE     Whitaker; HISTORY OF WHALLEY
1 NOTE     THE PARISH REGISTERS OF COLNE & BURNELY COUNTY Lancaster, England
2 CONT     1562-1653.
1 NOTE     VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Vol 77 pages 473-476.
1 NOTE     OLD RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1682-1688 page 7.
1 NOTE     Rigsby; HISTORIC GEORGIA FAMILIES.
1 NOTE     Elizabeth Lee Cabell Ferneyraugh & Elizabeth Lee Lusk; THE FEARNS OF
2 CONT     VIRGINIA
1 NOTE     THE DIARY OF JOHN PEARSON (1878) Discovered by genealogist Len
2 CONT     Crowder. On microfilm at the Georgia Department of Archives and
2 CONT     History, reel #: GRG-6-3915.
1 NOTE     NOTES ON WORTHAM FAMILIES by: Dorothy Ford Wulfek, Charles Hughes
2 CONT     Hamlin and others.
1 NOTE     Various wills, Bibles and statistics in the archives of several states.
1 NOTE         -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF DOCUMENT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1 NOTE ETYMOLOGY OF TALIAFERRO: Splitting the name into two parts, we have TALIA, an
2 CONT Italian reference for "tool" and FERRO, which of course is the first part of a
2 CONT chemical reference "ferrous", meaning metal;  particularly metals magnetic in
2 CONT nature, notably iron.  TALIAFERROs then, were the workers of iron.  In fact,
2 CONT they were quite probably artisans in swords and armor.
2 CONT Contributed by Ed Shaw (KY).
1 FAMS @F326@
1 FAMC @F334@
0 @I812@ INDI
1 NAME Judia Rose "Judy"/Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 DEC 1826
2 PLAC Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 NOV 1903
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Mt. Carmel Methodist church - Coweta, GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Robb Wortham's newsletter indicates a death date as 21-Nov-1903.
2 CONT *DISCREPANCY EXISTS ON BIRTHDATES OF CHILDREN*
2 CONT From the records of Marialis Hamlett.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: An obvious discrepancy exists in the presented marriage
2 CONT date and those of the first four children.  No birthdate records exist for
2 CONT the time being but are based on known marriage dates. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1825 - The Erie Canal, first man-made waterway in U.S. opened.
1 FAMS @F328@
1 FAMC @F325@
0 @I813@ INDI
1 NAME Zachariah  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Farmer
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1828
2 PLAC Handy - Coweta county, Georgia
1 BAPM
2 PLAC Baptist
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 FEB 1902
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE Wounded in the Civil War.  Enlisted ?-Apr-1862, Phillips Legion of the Georgia
2 CONT Cavalry. Discharged 26-Apr-1865 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
2 CONT "The Wortham Connection", Page 138. Updated research by Len C. Crowder (GA)
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1898 - Union Pacific Railroad begins regular service from Chicago to
2 CONT San Fransisco and from Chicago to Portland, Oregon.
1 FAMS @F327@
1 FAMC @F325@
0 @I814@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1826
2 PLAC Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 NOV 1856
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE This John Wortham never married.  Family tradition says he was stung by a wasp
2 CONT on his face and that it left him disfigured and unwilling to socialize much.
2 CONT From the records of Marialis Hamlett and Len C. Crowder. (GA)
2 CONT Family records of Steve Wortham (Tennessee) indicate a firm DOB of 1826.  One
2 CONT of his sources may have been Catherine Eatman.  The date places John as a
2 CONT possible twin of his sister Judia Rose. -=Ron Wortham=-
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1827 - Coweta county Georgia land distributed by lottery.
1 FAMC @F325@
0 @I815@ INDI
1 NAME Sophronia Elizabeth /Walden/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1839
2 PLAC Handy - Coweta county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 APR 1925
2 PLAC Newnan - Coweta county, Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 NOTE her mother, Martha Hamilton
2 CONT SOURCE: Research by Len C. Crowder - Georgia.
1 FAMS @F327@
1 FAMC @F2262@
0 @I816@ INDI
1 NAME James M. /Turner/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  8 DEC 1823
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 APR 1897
1 BURI
2 PLAC Mount Carmel Methodist - Coweta co. GA
1 FAMS @F328@
0 @I817@ INDI
1 NAME Mary M. /Johnson/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  1 SEP 1834
2 PLAC Pike county, Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 FEB 1895
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 FAMS @F329@
0 @I818@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Teliaferro /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUN 1866
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BAPM
2 DATE  ? MAY 1910
2 PLAC Ordained Deacon of Elim Baptist Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 JUN 1947
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Elim Baptist cemetery - Coweta county GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 124.
2 CONT Len Crowder notes that Charles spelled his middle name "Teliaferro".
2 CONT Normally, the spelling is TALIAFERRO.
1 FAMS @F330@
1 FAMC @F329@
0 @I819@ INDI
1 NAME Claudius Doria "Claude"/Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  3 JAN 1868
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? MAR 1938
2 PLAC Los Angeles - Los Angeles county, CA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 126.
1 FAMS @F331@
1 FAMS @F332@
1 FAMC @F329@
0 @I820@ INDI
1 NAME William Luther /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 MAR 1869
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 FEB 1942
2 PLAC Fulton county, Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Oak Hill cemetery - Coweta county, GA
1 REFN *DAR*ANCESTOR*
1 NOTE "The Wortham Connection", Page 136.
1 FAMS @F333@
1 FAMC @F329@
0 @I821@ INDI
1 NAME Ida Lee /Beavers/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1872
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1959
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 NOTE SOURCE: Research by Len C. Crowder - Georgia.
1 FAMS @F330@
0 @I822@ INDI
1 NAME Annie Bell /Jenkins/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1871
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1903
1 FAMS @F331@
0 @I823@ INDI
1 NAME Grace Courtney /Meriwether/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1877
2 PLAC Coweta county - Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1954
2 PLAC Los Angeles - Los Angeles county, CA
1 FAMS @F332@
1 FAMC @F2317@
0 @I824@ INDI
1 NAME Georgia Caroline /Payton/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1876
2 PLAC Probably Georgia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 NOV 1956
2 PLAC Fulton county, Georgia
1 NOTE From the records of Marialis Hamlett.
2 CONT SOURCE: Research by Len C. Crowder - Georgia.
1 FAMS @F333@
0 @I825@ INDI
1 NAME Richard (Capt.) /Taliaferro/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1703
2 PLAC Caroline county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 SEP 1748
2 PLAC Indian battle - Essex county, Viginia
1 NOTE There is considerable confusion about the spelling and pronunciation of the
2 CONT name Taliaferro.  One of the more conventional versions is "TOLLIVER".
2 CONT Richard and Rose Taliaferro had 22 children - 17 lived to maturity.
2 CONT Updated research by Len C. Crowder (GA)
2 CONT Richard Taliaferro is described as a man of consequence who patented more than
2 CONT 10,000 acres of land in three counties of Virginia.
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1748 - First cataract surgery performed.
1 FAMS @F334@
1 FAMC @F2438@
0 @I826@ INDI
1 NAME Rose  /Berryman/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE  ? ___ 1708
2 PLAC Westmoreland county, Virginia
1 NOTE DOB and parents from the records of Stephen Chilton Wortham (TN).
1 FAMS @F334@
1 FAMC @F2413@
0 @I827@ INDI
1 NAME John Christian /Martin/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1787
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 JAN 1835
1 NOTE SOURCE: The Martin family Bible - Research by Len Crowder (GA)
1 FAMS @F335@
1 FAMC @F4012@
0 @I828@ INDI
1 NAME Ann Catherine /Nauman/
1 TITL Norman
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1789
1 FAMS @F335@
0 @I829@ INDI
1 NAME Richard  /Daniel/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 SEP 1678
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE CA 1726
2 PLAC Essex county, Virginia
1 BURI
2 DATE  ? ___ 1727
2 PLAC Will probated - Rapahannok, Virginia
1 NOTE Vol.1 "Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800" D. Wulfek, page 20
2 CONT Supplied by Len Crowder (GA)
2 CONT TIMELINE: 1682 - French explorer Robert La Salle reaches the Mississippi.
2 CONT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Richard was the grandson of Capt. William Daniel.
1 FAMS @F336@
1 FAMC @F3921@
0 @I830@ INDI
1 NAME Guy  /Neel/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE CA 1961
1 FAMS @F1483@
0 @I831@ INDI
1 NAME George  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1727
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 BAPM
2 DATE 11 FEB 1727
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 SEP 1728
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE Infant death.
1 FAMC @F177@
0 @I832@ INDI
1 NAME John  /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 DEC 1729
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 BAPM
2 DATE  6 JAN 1729
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  9 JAN 1744
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE Child death at age 14. Another death date in family records is 21-Jan-1744.
2 CONT From the Christ Chuch Parish Register, Published by Colonial Dames of America.
2 CONT SOURCE: Family tree of Marialis Crowder Hamlett (GA).
2 CONT SOURCE: Records of Thomas H. Wortham of Kentucky.
1 FAMC @F177@
0 @I833@ INDI
1 NAME Mary  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1732
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 MAY 1742
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE Child death at age 10.
1 FAMC @F177@
0 @I834@ INDI
1 NAME Ann  /Wortham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1734
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 BAPM
2 DATE  ? ___ 1735
2 PLAC Christened - Episcopal - Christ Church
1 DEAT
2 DATE  6 APR 1742
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 NOTE Child death at age 6. There are birthdate discrepancies in some family records
2 CONT Len Crowder points out the Christ Church Parish Register entry regarding Ann
2 CONT may have had to compensate for the onset of the Gregorian Calendar, where we
2 CONT all lost about ten weeks of time. -=Ron Wortham=-
1 FAMC @F177@
0 @I835@ INDI
1 NAME George (III) /Wortham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAR 1743
2 PLAC Middlesex county, Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE AFTER 1783
2 PLAC Georgia
1 NOTE     Following is a verbatim copy of a dissertation by Dr. Thomas Wortham
2 CONT     of Arkansas, referencing the George Wortham's of Georgia:
1 NOTE               THEORIES CONCERNING THE GEORGE WORTHAMS OF GEORGIA
1 NOTE     Despite the danger of making assumptions and drawing on theories in
2 CONT     genealogy, it has become necessary to organize existing information
2 CONT     dealing with the George Worthams of 18th and 19th Century Virginia and
2 CONT     Georgia in an effort to more accurately study family possibilities.
1 NOTE     Before delving directly into all the references of a George Wortham in
2 CONT     Georgia, we need to investigate exactly how, if possible, George came
2 CONT     to be in Georgia.
1 NOTE     In referring to Family Group Sheet A, for George Wortham Jr. of
2 CONT     Middlesex county, VA, we find that he had two sons Thomas and George
2 CONT     who, at some point in their early adulthood, left Middlesex County.
1 NOTE     As early as 1770 and 1774 there are references in Court Documents of
2 CONT     Amherst County to Thomas and George Wortham respectively.  In 1782 both
2 CONT     men are listed in the Amherst County Tax Rolls where they appear
2 CONT     through 1799.
1 NOTE     From a diary written in 1879 by a descendant of Samuel Wortham (son of
2 CONT     Thomas and Elizabeth), we have an accurate account of the family of
2 CONT     Thomas and Elizabeth Taliaferro Wortham, see Family group Sheet B.
2 CONT     Thomas' three eldest daughters were married in Amherst County.  The
2 CONT     diary also makes reference to the author's great uncle George "who was
2 CONT     a great scriptorian." Once again looking at Thomas' Family Group Sheet
2 CONT     B, we see a brother to Samuel named George.  Even there is no definite
2 CONT     information concerning the George's marriage and family, because of the
2 CONT     diary entry, it is felt that this particular George did live to be an
2 CONT     adult and was the "great scriptorian." That was an accomplishment not
2 CONT     likely to be achieved by a young person whose life was involved with
2 CONT     the day-to-day struggle of survival in a savage wilde