Notes:

Paragraph from Sam Singletary ([email protected]) e-mail 9-30-02: " I just spoke with my Daddy and he remembers Aunt Birdie well he said she used to come and stay with them from time to time. He told me, about the time his youngest brother Herschel fell on the wood stove and burned his face really bad and how they went and got Aunt Birdie to talk the fire from his face. He said she sat behind the stove in a chair holding Herschel who was around 4 or 5 at the time and kept mumbling something all day and most of the night. Within a couple of days he was good as new and it left no scars."

Birdie married Green Berry MOORE on 18 May 1902 in Worth County, Georgia.. Green (son of CSA Andrew Ham MOORE and Sarah Elizabeth BROWN) was born on 02 Apr 1866 in Worth County Georgia; died on 21 Oct 1938 in Crisp County, Georgia; was buried on 22 Oct 1938 in Oakfield cemetery, Warwick, Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Carl Franklin MOORE was born on 09 Feb 1903 in Warwick, Worth County, GA.; died on 02 Aug 1903 in Warwick, Worth County, GA.; was buried in Oakfield, Worth Co., GA.
2. Ruby Iris MOORE was born on 19 Aug 1904 in Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia.; died on 09 Oct 1992 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.; was buried on 11 Oct 1992 in OakGrove Baptist Church Cemetary, Ashburn, Georgia.
3. Florence Elizabeth MOORE was born on 29 Sep 1908 in Warwick, Worth County, GA.; died on 25 Apr 1988 in Cordele, Crisp County Georgia.; was buried in Apr 1988 in Oakfield Baptist Church Cemetary, Warwick, Worth Co., GA.
4. Ellie Green MOORE was born on 03 Jan 1910 in Warwick, Worth County, GA.; died on 10 Jan 1975 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Sunnyside cemetery, Cordele, Crisp, Georgia.
5. Living MOORE
6. Green Benjamin MOORE was born on 13 Jul 1917 in Warwick, Worth County, GA.; died on 31 Oct 2004 in Warwick, Worth County, Georgia.
7. Living MOORE
8. Living MOORE
9. Living MOORE

Notes:

NOTE1./ The entire 1860 collection of Sumter County, Georgia, census images was reviewed at ancestry.com on 11-1-2002, by this author. The Thomas L Singletary, (age 30), family # 690, was living next door to the Artur Singletary, (age 40), family # 691. The only other Singletary in this 1860 Sumter census was a John Singletary, age 12, living with Ax (age 33), and his wife? Ridley, (age 18), Bafs? family #536. Beside this husband and wife?, this John Singletary, is the only other resident of this household. Interestingly enough, Family # 689, living beside these two aforementioned Singletary families, is that of Rise and Susan Bafs? and their 3 children. Thus, it would seem that this isolated John Singletary, age 12, would be a relation of some kind to the Singletary families # 690 & #691, and may have been arranged by the next door neighbour relationship of the Bafs family. Clearly however in 1860 in Sumter County Georgia, there were only two distinct Singletary family units with heads of household.

NOTE 2./ In the 1860 Sumter census, Families # 672 and # 685 are of the surname Suber, and both parents were born in South Carolina. However, there was no enumeration of an Ellen Hazeltine Suber, who would later become John Lock Singletary's wife. It seems that Ellen Hazeltine had married her 1st husband, Jesse Smith by the 1860 census, and was living with him in Randolph County, Georgia.

NOTE 3./ Regiment: 46th Infantry Regiment GA :
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regimental History : John L Singletary participated in the following:

Battles Fought

Fought on 01 May 1863 at Port Gibson, MS.
Fought on 12 May 1863 at Baker's Creek, MS.
Fought on 14 May 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 16 May 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 25 May 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 28 May 1863 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 06 July 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 13 July 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 13 July 1863 at Yazoo City, MS.
Fought on 16 July 1863 at Jackson Or Tupelo, MS.
Fought on 17 July 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 19 September 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 20 September 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 15 October 1863.
Fought on 28 October 1863.
Fought on 24 November 1863.
Fought on 25 November 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN.
Fought on 26 November 1863 at Graysville, GA.
Fought on 27 November 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 27 November 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN.
Fought on 27 November 1863 at Ringgold, GA.
Fought on 26 December 1863.
Fought on 10 May 1864.
Fought on 15 May 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 15 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 16 May 1864.
Fought on 17 May 1864 at Adairsville, GA.
Fought on 17 May 1864 at Calhoun, GA.
Fought on 19 May 1864 at Calhoun, GA.
Fought on 19 May 1864 at Kingston, GA.
Fought on 20 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 28 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 28 May 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 30 May 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 05 June 1864 at Pumpkin Vine Creek, GA.
Fought on 14 June 1864 at Pine Mountain, GA.
Fought on 15 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 15 June 1864 at Pine Mountain, GA.
Fought on 17 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 18 June 1864 at Pine Mountain, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Greensboro, NC.
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 21 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 21 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 22 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 24 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 25 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 26 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 27 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 27 June 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 28 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 01 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 01 July 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 02 July 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 03 July 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 03 July 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 04 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 04 July 1864 at Chattahoochee, GA.
Fought on 05 July 1864 at Chattahoochee, GA.
Fought on 05 July 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 10 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 15 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 18 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 19 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 19 July 1864 at Dalton, GA.
Fought on 19 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 20 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 20 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Cobb's Mill, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Stone Mountain, GA.
Fought on 24 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 26 July 1864.
Fought on 27 July 1864 at Stone Mountain, GA.
Fought on 28 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 28 July 1864 at Stone Mountain, GA.
Fought on 29 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 01 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 01 August 1864 at Covington, GA.
Fought on 05 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 06 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 07 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 08 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 09 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 11 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 11 August 1864 at Pocotaligo, SC.
Fought on 12 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 13 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 14 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 15 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 16 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 19 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 20 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 21 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 28 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 29 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 31 August 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 01 September 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 02 September 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 02 September 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 06 September 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 15 September 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 15 September 1864 at Muskoga County, LA.
Fought on 19 September 1864 at TN.
Fought on 02 October 1864 at East Point, GA.
Fought on 02 October 1864 at Sand Mountain, GA.
Fought on 16 October 1864 at Taylor's Ridge, GA.
Fought on 22 October 1864 at LaFayette, GA.
Fought on 26 October 1864 at Taylor's Ridge, GA.
Fought on 29 November 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 30 November 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.
Fought on 03 December 1864.
Fought on 03 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 10 December 1864.
Fought on 15 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 16 December 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 16 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 17 December 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 17 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 18 December 1864 at Columbia, TN.
Fought on 18 December 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 18 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 25 December 1864 at MS.
Fought on 25 December 1864 at Pulaski, TN.
Fought on 28 December 1864 at Egypt Station, MS.
Fought on 05 March 1865 at Florence, SC.
Fought on 16 April 1865 at West Point, NY.
Fought on 19 April 1865 at Greenville, GA.
Fought on 20 April 1865 at Macon, GA.

NOTE 4./ Short summary of the Battle of JACKSON, MISS. MAY 14TH, 1863 when John L Singketary was taken as a POW.

Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863. 15th and 17th Army Corps. After the occupation of Raymond the Federals moved on Jackson, Sherman's corps (the 15th) moving by way of Mississippi Springs and McPherson's (the 17th) advancing on the Clinton road. During the early morning the rain came down in torrents, making the roads heavy and in some places almost impassable. By 10 a.m. Sherman was within 3 miles of the city and the sound of McPherson's guns was heard on the left. The enemy was discovered in the front of Sherman at a small bridge, and as the head of the Federal column appeared opened
with artillery. The 2nd and 3rd brigades of Tuttle's division were deployed to the right and left of the road and Waterhouse's and Spoor's batteries, placed on commanding ground, soon silenced the enemy's pieces, the whole Confederate force retiring about half a mile into a skirt of woods in front of Jackson. Mower's brigade (2nd) followed closely until the enemy took refuge in his intrenchments. The banks of the stream at this point were high bluffs, and the river could be crossed only at the bridge which the enemy did not attempt to destroy. As far as could be seen on either side were the Confederate intrenchments and a steady artillery fire which enfiladed the road was kept up from all points.
The 95th Ohio was taken from the reserve and sent to feel the Enemy's flanks. It was soon discovered that the intrenchments were abandoned where they crossed the railroad and Steele's division was pushed into the city that way, the rest of the column following on the main road. McPherson, meantime, had also been fighting severely but entered the city almost simultaneously with Sherman. The Federal loss was 42 killed, 251 wounded and 7 captured or missing. Brig.-Gen. John Gregg, commanding the Confederate forces at Jackson, roughly estimates his loss at 200 killed, wounded and missing; Union
reports make it over 800.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 6

NOTE 5./ 1870 Andersonville District, Sumter County, GA. census:
Page 350, Dwelling 598, family 594, about 6 doors from his brother James Singletary.

John Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Male
Ellen Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Female
Ella Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1867 Georgia White Female
Lula Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1869 Georgia White Female
Florence Smith Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1858 Georgia White Female
Ida Smith Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1861 Georgia White Female

NOTE 6./ Schley County Georgia Company B -46th Regiment

Singletary, John L.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Jackson, Miss. May 14, 1863. Paroled at
Demopolis, Ala. June 5, 1863 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Sumter
County, Ga. December 10, 1839) He filed for pension in Dooly Co.

CSA married Ellen Hazeltine SUBER on 30 Oct 1866 in Sumter County, Georgia. Ellen (daughter of Leonard SUBER and Ladosca G UNKNOWN) was born in 1841 in Hamburg, Edgefield District, South Carolina; died before 21 Jan 1920 in Crisp County, GA.; was buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Cordele, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1850 Edgefield District, South Carolina census:

Name Age Est Birth Birth Place Gender Home
Leonard Suber 37 1812 South Carolina Male Hamburg, Edgefield, SC
Lodasca Suber 30 1819 South Carolina Female Hamburg, Edgefield, SC
Ellen H Suber 9 1840 South Carolina Female Hamburg, Edgefield, SC
Martha A Suber 7 1842 South Carolina Female Hamburg, Edgefield, SC
Hester E Suber 2 1847 South Carolina Female Hamburg, Edgefield, SC

NOTE 2./ 1860 Randolph County Georgia census: First husband, Jessie and Ellen nee Suber Smith are living with another couple in Randolph County, GA. This Darley family is of unkown if any, relationship.

Name Home Age Est Birth Birthplace Gender
John Darley Not Stated, Randolph, GA 29 1830 Georgia Male
Cornelia F Darley Not Stated, Randolph, GA 24 1835 Female
Sophronia Darley Not Stated, Randolph, GA 1 1858 Male
Jesse Smith Not Stated, Randolph, GA 23 1836 Male
Ellen H Smith Not Stated, Randolph, GA 19 1840 South Carolina Female

NOTE 3./ 1870 Andersonville District, Sumter County, GA. census:
Page 350, Dwelling 598, family 594, about 6 doors from his brother James Singletary.

John Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Male
Ellen Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Female
Ella Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1867 Georgia White Female
Lula Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1869 Georgia White Female
Florence Smith Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1858 Georgia White Female
Ida Smith Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1861 Georgia White Female

NOTE 4./ Sumter County 1880 Census still has 3 Suber surname families: Two of the three have parents or themselves born in South Carolina. SUBER, M. P. <1813> M,W, Bir: SC.: SUBER, George P. <1840>, M, W, Bir: SC: SUBER, Taylor,<1850>, M, W, Bir: GA. MP Suber looks most like the match. George P. Suber has no children and Taylor has a very young family

NOTE 5./ e-mail from Joanne Gorday 9-12-2003
Ellen would have been born about 1841 in Georgia. She would have married a Smith in about 1857 and had two children born to that marriage, Florene, born about 1858 and Ida born about 1861. I found a marriage record for John and Ellen Singletary in Sumter County, Georgia, not Schley. They were married October 30, 1856. From these dates, I surmised that the Smith husband was probably killed in the Civil War. Aunt Hazel verified that Birdie (Grandma Moore) talked about two half sisters.

NOTE 6./ Historical Perspective: The Year Was 1873

The year was 1873 and much of the world was entering into a long period of economic depression. The beginning of the Long Depression is typically marked by the crash of the Vienna stock market, which sent ripples across Europe and eventually the United States with the fall of Jay Cooke & Company. The Cooke investment bank was heavily invested in the overbuilt railroad system which was beginning to fail. With the fall of this prominent company, a financial panic ensued and the New York Stock Exchange had to close for ten days. Railroads, factories, banks, and businesses had to close their doors resulting in skyrocketing unemployment rates. The Long Depression would last into the 1890s.

There were other smaller scale disasters in 1873. The British SS Atlantic out of Liverpool (with a stop at Queenstown) hit a submerged rock en route to New York and was wrecked in heavy seas off Nova Scotia. It is estimated that 545 of the 952 passengers perished.

In Baltimore, Maryland, a fire began in the factory of Joseph Thomas and Sons and spread over ten acres of the city. Photos of the fire and aftermath can be found online at the Maryland Historical Society.

A cholera epidemic swept through Birmingham, Alabama. Below is an interesting excerpt from a report from Mortimer H. Jordan, who was secretary of the Jefferson County Medical Society of Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the epidemic (found on the website of the Reynolds Historical Library at the University of Alabama at Birmingham).

The treatment adopted was the opium and mercurial. When the stomach seemed so inactive that nothing made any impression upon it, an emetic of mustard, salt, ginger, and pepper, suspended in hot water, in many cases produced a warm glow over the surface of the body in a few moments. . . . Diuretics produced no good results. No condition in life, sex, or age escaped. The sucking babe and those of extreme age suffered alike from its ravages.

Before closing this paper, justice demands that we should briefly allude to the heroic and self sacrificing conduct, during this epidemic, of that unfortunate class who are known as 'women of the town.' These poor creatures, though outcasts from society, anathematized by the church, despised by women and maltreated by men, when the pestilence swept over the city, came forth from their homes to nurse the sick and close the eyes of the dead. It was passing strange that they would receive no pay, expected no thanks; they only went where their presence was needed, and never remained longer than they could do good. While we abhor the degradation of these unfortunates, their magnanimous behavior during these fearful days has drawn forth our sympathy and gratitude.

Further north and west, Jesse James and the James- Younger gang robbed a Rock Island train near Adair, Iowa. This first train robbery netted the gang more than $2,300, but was most likely a disappointment for the gang. They were expecting a $100,000 gold shipment, but that shipment had been switched to another train at the last moment.

North of the border in Canada, the Dominion Parliament had more lawful goals in mind when it established the North-West Mounted Police, the predecessor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Canada was growing and in 1873 Prince Edward Island joined the federation as Canada's smallest province.

In music, the song Home on the Range was born (Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley). The tune went on to become the state song of Kansas and is known around the world.

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Company B, Schley County Singletary Surname Soldiers: from http://www.geocities.com/baja/trails/7221/46cob.html

Singletary, Henry H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.
Singletary, James T. -- Private - January 3, 1863. Appointed 4th Corporal June 30, 1863. Wounded at Stone Mountain, Georgia July 27, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Telfair County, Georgia, February 27, 1825.)
Singletary, John L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at Jackson, Mississippi, May 14, 1863. Paroled at Demopolis, Alabama, June 5, 1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. (Born in Sumter County, Georgia December 10, 1839.)
Singletary, Joseph T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.
Singletary, Thomas W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of chronic diarrhoea in Schley County, Georgia September 24, 1863.

NOTE 2./ History of Presidency during this time period

Historical Note: Andrew Jackson was President in 1832 when he ordered all Indians east of the Mississippi, to be moved West. This was one of the sadest edicts of this and for all time in the History of the United States. Andrew Jackson imposed his will on the Presidency, the people, the banking industry and the landscape of America. He was not a good delegator, and fired the members of his Cabinet, in some instances several times, when they would not do his exact bidding. He was a born fighter and dualed several times, and had two lead balls in his body from these contests. Jackson was censured by his Democratic Party for firing 3 Secretary of the Treasurys in order to change the Federal Banking methods. He was the only President to be censured. He was given the name "Jackass" by his Party, which soon became the symbol assumed by his Democratic Party. He was the first and last President to leave the Government debt free at his parting. Andrew Jackson used the Presidential veto 12 times, supassed only by Andrew Johnson (25), who took over after the assassination of Lincoln. As a final note, Johnson later missed being impeached by only one vote, because he did not want to punish the South, after the Civil War.

Arthur married John Ann LOCK on 14 Oct 1833 in Laurens County, Georgia. John (daughter of John LOCK and Ann CONNELLY) was born in 1815 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died before 1880 in Sumter County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leonard married Ladosca G UNKNOWN. Ladosca was born in 1820 in South Carolina; died after 1860 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Singletary Family Genealogy Forum @ genealogy.com posted by V. Allen Singletary
<> March 18, 1999.

I have information on descendants of Thomas W. Singletary and the ancestors of his daughter, Martha Sincletary. Martha was born 30 Sep 1814, Telfair Co., GA, married 1840, Phillip Walker, born 1814, NC, died 1893, Martha died 17 Mar 1869, Schley Co., GA. Her father and mother were Thomas W. Singletary and Anna Barrow.
Thomas W. Singletary, born (1770-75), Camden, Sumter Co., SC, married ca. 1800, in Sumter Co., SC, Anna Barrow, born 1777, NC, (daughter of Taylor Barrow and Mary Purvis). Thomas died 1842, Telfair, Pulaski Co., GA, and Martha died 30 Jul 1858, Schley Co., GA.
Thomas W. Singletary and Anna Barrow had the following known children: Thomas W., Arthur, William, Elijah, Nathan J., Martha, Sarah "Sally", Ziba B., and James T. Singletary. Details are in the genealogy report files.
The 1820 Census showed Thomas and Anna with 7 boys and 3 girls. ((Males: 2 age 0-10; 2 age 10-16; 3 age 16-26; 1 age 45+. Females: 3 age 0-10; 1 age 16-26. No Slaves))
The 1830 Census showed 5 boys, 4 girls. Thomas moved to GA in 1800. Anna, in 1850 lived in Sumter Co., GA. Her obituary dated 9/22/1858 said she left 7 children.
I do not claim credit for the research on these people, but I believe the information is valid.

NOTE 2./ SINGLETARY-BUMPHEAD ROAD
Extracted from The History of Schley County compiled by The Schley County Preservation Society. Surveyed by Lettie Lee Royal. From Ellaville take Hwy 19 south to 27 west, to Bumphead Rd. Go south on bumphead Rd. for approx. a mile. Cemetery on right.
Singletary, Cassie No Marker
Singletary, Gasandra J. 2-01-1818 6-17-1888
Singletary, Infant Dau. of H.H. & A.M. 1878 1-07-1879
Singletary, Nathan 8-16-1810 10-06-1873
Singletary, Thomas W.(Co. B 46th Reg. Ga. Vol.) 2-17-1843 9-24-1863
Walker, Martha 9-30-1811 3-17-1864
Walker, Philip 3-23-1814 9-16-1893

NOTE 3./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1789

The year was 1789 and in the U.S. a young government was beginning to take shape. In its first nationwide election, the popular Revolutionary War general, George Washington, became the country's first president and was sworn in at the first capitol of the United States, Federal Hall in New York City.

In France, a rebellion was underway and with the storming of the Bastille prison, the French Revolution began. In its reporting on the subject, The Times of London, England had the following to say of the conflict:

The spirit of liberty which so long lay in a state of death, oppressed by the hand of power, received its first spark of returning animation, by the incautious and impolitic assistance afforded to America. The French soldier on his return from that emancipated continent, told a glorious tale to his countrymen--"That the arms of France had given freedome to thirteen United States, and planted the standard of liberty on the battlements of New York and Philadelphia." The idea of such a noble deed became a general object of admiration, the [facets?] of a similar state were eagerly longed for by all ranks of people, and the vox populi had this force of argument--"If France gave freedom to America, why should she not unchain the arbitrary fetters which bind her own people.

Later that year, the Marquis de Lafayette, with the advice of Thomas Jefferson who was at the time the American ambassador to France, drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It was adopted by France's National Assembly in August and ratified by Louis XVI in October.

There was unrest in other parts of the world as well. Sweden and Russia were at war, and briefly, Norway had joined the conflict, although a peace treaty was signed in July 1789.

In a smaller, but well-known conflict, the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty was also in the year 1789. On April 28, part of the crew of the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied and set Captain William Bligh and eighteen crewmembers adrift. Bligh managed to get the boat some 3,600 miles to Timor. Some of the mutineers were captured and prosecuted--three were hanged, while others, including Fletcher Christian ended up on Pitcairn Island, where some of their descendants live to this day.

In 1789, there was an epidemic of influenza in New England, New York, and Nova Scotia, which resulted in many deaths due to secondary cases of pneumonia. The new president was among those who fell ill. He caught a cold while visiting Boston, and later, was affected more seriously with influenza, which was dubbed Washington Influenza.

Thomas married Anna BARROW about 1800 in Sumter County, South Carolina. Anna (daughter of Taylor BARROW and Mary PURVIS) was born in 1777 in North Carolina; died on 30 Jul 1858 in Schley County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ann CONNELLY on 08 Dec 1809 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Ann was born in 1783 in Cumberland County, North Carolina; died after 1850 in Telfair County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Information on John Suber and his siblings came from Will book L, Newberry County, South Carolina

John married Elizabeth FELKER about 1790 in Newberry, South Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob FELKER and Barbara SEIGLER) was born in 1773 in Newberry County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]