Lula married Andrew J. WOODS in Crisp County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charles Cherokee WOODS was born about 1898 in Crisp County, Georgia; died about 1978 in Greer, Greenville South Carolina.
2. Living WOODS
3. Living WOODS
4. Living WOODS

Thomas married Naomi MATHEWS. Naomi (daughter of Philip Nelson MATHEWS and Priscilla BASS) was born about 1848 in Crawford County Georgia; died in in Crisp County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William W. Hatcher Sr: <> provides the following information

BIO:HE WAS EXECUTOR FOR HIS FATHER'S ESTATE. MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES IN MISCELLANOUS ESTATE RECORDS OF Crawford County GA.. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AFTER 1880 CENSUS. THERE IS A CEMETERY LOCATED ON WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROWELL PLACE OFF OAK GROVE CHURCH ROAD IN THE NORTH WEST SECTION OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. SEVEN GRAVES ARE MARKED BUT NO LAST NAMES; DANIAL, MATTIE (WATTIE?), SUSIE, FATHER & E. R., MOTHER AND P.R., EMILY F. WIFE OF W.C. SMITH. FATHER & E. R. SHOULD BE EDWARD ROWELL, MOTHER & P.R. IS PROBABLY EDWARD'S WIFE PENELOPE SANDERS ROWELL SINCE THEY ARE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE.THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF OTHER GRAVES. ONE OTHER GRAVE IS MARKED WITH SMALL STONE WITH INITIALS A. W. (ADDENDUM) WHEN I FIRST VIEWED THIS CEMETERY IN ITS SAD STATE, MY REASONING FOLLOWED THAT OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD AUDITED IT SOME YEARS EARLIER. LIKE THAT INDIVIDUAL, I THOUGHT THE STONES IDENTIFYING FATHER AND MOTHER AND E.R. AND P.R. WERE SEPARATE GRAVES. AFTER CLEARING AND CLEANING THIS CEMETERY RECENTLY (SEPTEMBER 20/21 1996), I AM CONVIENCED THAT THESE STONES ARE THE HEAD AND FOOT STONES OF THE SAME GRAVES OF EDWARD AND PENELOPE SANDERS ROWELL. ALSO, WE WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE A BROKEN PIECE OF OF WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A FOOT STONE WITH THE INITIALS A. W. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE GRAVE OF ALBERT HARRISON WELLONS WHO DIED IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. IN THE 1832 Georgia LAND LOTTERY, HE HAD A FORTUNATE DRAW AND DREW LAND LOT 185 IN THE 10TH DISTRICT, SECOND SECTION, OF THEN CHEROKEE COUNTY; NOW GILMER COUNTY. FOR THE SUM OF $18, HE COULD REGISTER HIS CLAIM WITH THE STATE AND RECIEVE A WARRANT WHICH WOULD GIVE HIM TITLE THE PROPERTY. HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO LIVE ON OR TILL THE PROPERTY. HE COULD DO WITH IT AS HE PLEASED. I DO NOT KNOW THE DISPENSATION OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. IN HIS FATHER'S WILL HE WAS TO RECIEVE 'ALL OF MY LAND LYING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BIG CREEK'. HE SURRENDERED THIS PROPERTY TO
HIS BROTHER EDWARD IN 1871 AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIED.
ON OCT 1, 1849, HE PURCHASED FROM JOHN BENTLEY 108 ACRES OF THE EASTERN HALF OF LAND LOT 45 IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF CRAWFORD COUNTY FOR THE PRINCELY SUM OF $220. ON THE 6TH OF JANUARY 1874, SHERIFF A. J. PRESTON SOLD AT PUBLIC OUTCRY TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER THE SOUTH EASTERN CORNER OF LAND LOT 45 IN THE SECOND DISTRICT BY VIRTURE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED BY THE JUSTICE COURT OF SAID COUNTY IN FAVOR OF E. BOND & CO. J. G. COLBERT WAS THE HIGHEST BIDDER AND PAID $21 FOR THE PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 8TH, 1882, JAMES W., T. E., AND E. L. ROWELL SOLD THEIR INTEREST IN THE REMAINING FIFTY ACRES TO THEIR SISTER, SARAH E. WHITTINGTON, FOR THE SUM OF $10. SINCE I HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION ON DANIEL AFTER 1880 WHEN HE WAS LISTED AS BEING 72 YEARS OLD, I THINK IT WOULD BE SAFE TO ASSUME THAT HE DIED IN 1882.
HE PROVIDED FOUR SONS FOR WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, ONLY TWO OF WHOM WOULD RETURN HOME; AND BOTH OF THEM SEVERLY CRIPPLED FOR LIFE.

Daniel married Nancy M. CURTIS on 07 Dec 1834 in Crawford County, Georgia. Nancy was born about 1810 in Georgia; died about 1881 in Crawford County, Georgia; was buried in Oak Grove Church Road, Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1860 Knoxville, Crawford County Georgia census:

Name Home Age Est Birth Yr Birthplace Gender
Philip Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 52 1807 South Carolina Male
Pricilla Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 38 1821 North Carolina Female
Susanna Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 22 1837 Georgia Female
Elizah Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 18 1841 Georgia Male
Elisha Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 16 1843 Georgia Male
Cherley Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 14 1845 Georgia Male
Naomi Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 12 1847 Georgia Female
George W Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 10 1849 Georgia Male
Wm H Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 7 1852 Georgia Male
Nancy E Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 5 1854 Georgia Female
Francis Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 3 1856 Georgia Male

Philip married Priscilla BASS on 13 Oct 1839 in Crawford County, Georgia. Priscilla was born in 1822 in North Carolina; died before 1880 in Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From: Ancestors and Descendants of William Edward Rowell. By William W. Hatcher Sr.
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The Rowells were a pioneer family of Crawford County. Houston County was formed out of Indian lands in 1820. Crawford County was formed out of Houston County in 1822. In one of the early Georgia Land Lotteries of the early 1820's Nancy Malon a widow of Clark County, Drew Land Lot 23, second district of then Houston County, now Crawford County Georgia on the 9th day of July 1823. William Rowell purchased part of Land Lot 23 from David Bush for the sum of three hundred and eighteen dollars on the 14th of October, 1823. On some of the early census' this was referred to as Webb's District. A land lot in the state of Georgia consist of 202 ½ acres, more or less. A return of appraisement on his estate after his death states that he owned 110 acres in Crawford County. The same return from estate records in Crawford County list 160 acres in original Cherokee County in the 28th District of the third section which the appraisers did not see. There is no further information or record in Crawford County on the dispensation of this piece of property.

The following is excerpted from 'Wills of Crawford County' by Sunnie Wilder and William R. Henry done for the Central Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc,:

In his will, he gave his wife a life tenancy in the balance of his property. In the records of Crawford County, Edward Rowell bought one hundred acres, more or less, recorded December 25th, 1871, he being the highest bidder. So we can conclude that Penelope expired in 1871. She was listed on the 1870 census as being 82 years old. Daniel, Temperance T. Bryant, Elizabeth Wellons, and M.A. Hatcher signed the deed conveying the property to Edward for the sum of eight hundred dollars. All of the above would have been the sole surviving heirs of William on that date.
>From bible records previously mentioned, we know that William and Penelope had at least nine children. Of that nine children, we have extensive information on the following and their descendants: Daniel, Temperance, Elizabeth, Edward, and Martha. We have limited information on Susan. Other than their birth dates we have no information on Emily, William L., and Nancy C.
In the old Rowell cemetery, located off the confluence of Hopewell and OakGrove Church Road in Northwest Crawford County, there is one headstone with information inscribed on it. It is of Emily F., wife of W.C. Smith. Born Aug. 22, 1847. Died Apr 9, 1892. I have been unable to define this family due to the lack of more concrete information and the commonality of his initials and last name, as you can very well imagine. I believe that she holds the key to at least one of the other daughters, possibly Emily C.. So far, I haven't been able to crack this nut. These notes were written by William Chapman (Bill) and given to Helen Manning.

More About WILLIAM ROWELL:
Fact 1: Trade: Blacksmith, Gunsmith, Farmer
Fact 2: Father was Revolutionary War Soldier
Fact 3: 1788, Father had Bounty Land Grant in Burke Co. Ga.
Fact 4: Bef. 1805, Father relocated to Washington Co. Ga.
Fact 5: 1806, Met and married Penelope Brown
Fact 6: 1807, Ga. Land Lottery drew lot 75 in the 9th land District of then Baldwin, now Jones
Fact 7: 1808, Jones Co, formed from Baldwin and Putnam Co.
Fact 8: 1824, Lived on this land until early 1824
Fact 9: 1812, Served in Jones Militia Co. in war of 1812
Fact 10: 1823, October 14, 1823 purchased 110 acres of land lot 23, 2nd land district of Crawf.

His name is on a list of participants in the 1807 Georgia Land Lottery for Franklin, Wilkinson, and Baldwin Counties. He is listed as a resident of Howard's Militia District, Washington County, Georgia. He drew land lot 75 in the 9th land district of Baldwin County. The cost to him for this property was $8.30 for registration fees. Jones County was formed out of Putnam and Baldwin Counties in 1808. This land lot and land district are in present day Jones County located north and east of the city of Gray west of of highway 129, off of North Cross Road 'at the head of Hog Creek'.
Bible records in the possession of Melvyn Rowell tell us that William Rowell was born to Robert and Temperance Rowell on the 18th day of February, 1783. The birth date for Penelope Rowell is recorded as the 3rd day of December, 1788. On the 1880 U. S. Census, the first to ask for the birth place of a persons parents, son Edward and daughter Elizabeth, gave the birth place of their father as North Carolina. Their son Daniel and daughter Temperance are listed as saying he was born in Georgia. Other documentation suports the fact that he was born in North Carolina and refutes the listing for Georgia as his place of birth. (* See notes for Robert). Penelope was always listed as being born in North Carolina. I have not been able to find a marriage date or location for them. The same Bible records referred to above give a birth date for Daniel as November 29, 1807. 1805 Georgia Land Lottery records tell us that Robert Rowell and Dempsey Brown were residents of Washington County at that time. 1807 Georgia Land Lottery records tell us that Robert and William Rowell along with Dempsey Brown were still residents of Washington County at that time. Therefore, I think we can safely assume that William and Penelope were most likely married in 1806 \ 07 in Washinton County, Georgia.
He was listed on the tax list for Jones County, Georgia for 1811. He paid taxes on 202 1\2 acres of land at the head of Hog Creek.
His name is on a list of soldiers, War of 1812, Jones Georgia Militia company.
Houston County was formed out of Indian lands in 1820. Crawford County then was formed out of Houston County in 1822. In the 1820 Georgia Land Lottery, Nancy Malon, a widow, drew land lot 23 in the second land district of then Houston but now Crawford County. The drawing for this property occured on July 9, 1823. William Rowell purchased 110 acres of this property from a David Bush in a transaction recorded on October 14, 1823, for the sum of $318. In December of 1823, he sold the Jones County property for $1000.
The above information, coupled with the information on his father, would make him, not once, but four times a frontier settler of Georgia.
In the 1832 Georgia Land Lottery, as a resident of Harris' Militia District, Crawford County, Georgia he drew 160 acre land lot 210, in the 28th district of the third section of then Cherokee County but now Walker County. I have been unable to determine the dispensation of this piece of propery.
Two days prior to his death, he made a Nuncupative Will (a verbal will made before witnesses) as follows:

From the abstract in 'Wills of Crawford County, GA, 1835-1948', p 10:

Rowell, William
14 September 1841, recorded 2 November 1841 page 31, Will Book 'A'.

Nuncupative Will certified by witnesses as given on 7 September 1841, two days before he death.
His son Daniel to have all that portion of land lying on the south side of the big creek (it by name being Alkahatchy) of lot Number 23. second land district, of originally Houston but now in Crawford County.
Witnesses were Robert M. Owen (* a minister), James Harris, Simeon Hammock and Asa Jolly.
Certified by witnesses as being given on 8 September, 1841. One day prior to his death: His son, Daniel C. Rowell, to have all that portion of land lying on the south side of the big creek (it by name being Alkahatchy) of lot 23, second land district of originally Houston but now Crawford County. He went on to say he wanted his wife to have the balance of the property for her life time, and upon her death, to be equally divided amongst the rest of his children.
Witnesses: William S. Wellons (*his son-in-law), Robert Bryant (*his other son-in-law that made his mark as he evidently could not read or write), Eliza Ann Owen (*wife of Robert M. Owen), and Robert M. Owen (*a minister).
The items in his estate that appraisers saw and listed included blacksmith and gunsmith tools (*purchased by his son, Edward). Therefore, we can conclude that he was a farmer, blacksmith, and gunsmith.
In a transaction recorded on December 25, 1871, Edward Rowell purchased from his remaining siblings the piece of property in Crawford County for the sum of $800. Since Penelope had a life tenancy in the property, we can conclude that she had expired some time in 1871. She was 83 years of age on the 1870 U. S. Census. Those individuals signing the property over to Edward were: Daniel C. Rowell, Temperance Rowell X (her mark), Elizabeth Wellons and M. A. (Martha) Hatcher.

1812 married Penelope BROWN. Penelope was born on 03 Dec 1788 in Onslow County, North Carolina; died in 1871 in Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Rowell and Penelope Brown had 9 children. Penelope lived with her daughter Susan until her death and her son Edward was her caretaker and provider. Penelope Brown was a very good seamstress. She made suits and coats for her family and it was noted in the Crawford County Court House Records that she made many coats and clothes for the orphans that were in and near Crawford County at the time.

More About PENELOPE BROWN:
Fact 1: Father was Revolutionary War Soldier.
Fact 2: Trade: Homemaker, Seamstress of Renown
Fact 3: 1799, Father had Bounty Land Grant in Washington Co.. Ga.
Fact 4: 1802, Family migrated to Washington County from North Carolina
Fact 5: 1806, Met and married William Rowell

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Philip appears in the Fairfield Dist. SC census of 1820
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The 1840 U.S. Census, Crawford Co. GA, lists:
Matthews, Philip
0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0 0-2-0-88-0
1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 80-90, 1 female 70-80.
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Note 2./
Buried: Providence Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, U.S, Hwy 80 West, Roberta, Crawford Co., Georgia; # 005 Headstone: MATHEWS, Philip N/D N/D "S.C. Regt. Rev. War"

NOTE 3./
"The Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the Revolutionary War" by Bobby Gilmer Moss, page 665:
Mathews, Philip R7031
b. 1760 Buckingham County, Va. He enlisted during 1781, while residing in Fair Forest District, and served one hundred fifty-six days under Lt. William Robb, Thomas Ammon, Capts. Thomas Parrot, Anderson Thomas, Charnel Durham, Andrew Gray and Colonel Richard Winn. (Moved to Ga.)
A.A. 4828A; S270.

NOTE 4./
PROVIDENCE CHURCH CEMETERY
U.S. 80 HWY WEST
ROBERTA, GEORGIA 31078

This Primitive Baptist Church is located in the City of Roberta and the Cemetery is located one mile from the Roberta City Limits on U.S. 80 Hwy. west of Roberta. "# 005- Mathews, Philip N/D N/D "S.C. Regt. Rev. War"."

NOTE 5./ Virginia Pension Roll of 1835 Report from the Secretary of War In relation to the Pension Establishment Of the United States 1835: <>

PHILIP MATHEWS
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA MILITIA
$23.33 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$69.99 AMOUNT RECEIVED
NOVEMBER 12, 1832 PENSION STARTED
AGE 78

NOTE 6./ Philip Mathews enlisted for service in July of 1781 under Captain Thomas Parrott and served a total of 156 days of militia duty, under Colonel Winn. During this time he was stationed at Congaree, Orangeburg, Four Hole and Edisto Fort.

NOTE 7./ About 1724, Philip Mathews moved his family to Crawford County, Georgia, about two miles south of Knoxville, Georgia, and about one-half mile off the Columbus highway. Nearby is Old Providence Cemetery, where most of the older Matthew's were buried.

NOTE 8./ The Year Was 1780 Historical time frame:

The year was 1780 and the American Revolution wasn't going well for the Americans in the South. British forces captured Charleston and 5,400 American troops garrisoned there. During the siege, South Carolina Governor John Rutledge managed to escape and when word reached the British General Cornwallis, he sent Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton to chase Rutledge and troops under Colonel Abraham Buford who were escorting him to North Carolina. Tarleton's men caught up with Buford's troops near the Waxhaws District six miles south of the North Carolina state line, as Governor Rutledge continued north. Buford's men put up a brief fight during which Tarleton's horse was shot from under him. As the American troops began to surrender, Tarleton's men, thinking he had been killed began renewed their attack on the surrendering Americans. More than one hundred men were killed outright and perhaps another hundred died of their wounds shortly after.

Up to that point, most thought that the South was going to remain loyal to Britain, but the Waxhaws Massacre became a rallying point for the rebels, with "Tarleton's Quarter" becoming synonymous with "no mercy."

The divisions in the South were apparent in the Battle of King's Mountain, which was fought between two American forces--Tories under the command of Major Patrick Ferguson, and the "Overmountain Men," American frontiersmen from what is now Tennessee and parts of Virginia. The Americans surrounded the Tories and this time it was they who gave "no quarter" to the surrendering Tory troops. Eventually American officers were able to reign in the troops and the battle was over. The defeat was a turning point in the Revolution in the South and forced General Cornwallis to retreat further south.

To the north, a British spy was captured with correspondence revealing that Benedict Arnold, who had recently been given command of West Point, planned to surrender it to the British. When news that the spy had been caught reached Arnold, he fled to the safety of a British ship and became a brigadier-general for the British, siding with them for the remainder of the war.

There was trouble in England as well. In 1778 a Catholic Relief Act had been passed, which reversed some of the Penal Laws of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It allowed Roman Catholics to join the armed forces with an oath amenable to Catholics and gave them the ability to hold longer leases on land. It also ended the requirement that a Catholic distribute his lands evenly among his sons upon his death. The Catholic Relief Acts weren't popular with some Protestants though and in 1780 Lord George Gordon established the Protestant Association in 1780. In June of that year an estimated 60,000 people marched on the House of Commons demanding the Relief Acts be repealed. The huge crowd turned violent and a week of rioting left two hundred and ninety people dead, and devasted Roman Catholic churches and related buildings, as well as the homes of prominent Catholics and supporters of the legislation. Troops had to be called in to end the rioting. Twenty-five of the leaders of the riot were hanged, but Gordon was found "not guilty" of treason.

May 19th was a dark day in New England--literally. A low-lying dark cloud that at times had a yellow and at times reddish hue descended on New England and was noted from Maine to as far south as New Jersey. It was darkest around northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire and Maine, where it became so dark that candles needed to be lit to see. The cause is thought to have been a combination of low clouds that mixed with smoke and ash from a forest fire, but at the time it wasn't known and the event caused panic for many.

New England's dark day was a minor event though in comparison to the hurricane season of 1780. Eight storms struck in various parts of America and the Caribbean. British fleets off American shores took heavy hits during several storms. (Hurricanes in the 1780s were the cause of more British Naval losses than battle.) The worst storm struck on October 10th devastating Barbados and the Windward Islands, and claiming an estimated 22,000 lives.

RS married Nancy Priscilla NELSON in 1790 in Fairfield District, South Carolina. Nancy (daughter of ThomasSr NELSON and Susannah WOODWARD) was born in 1771 in Fairfield District, South Carolina; died in 1850 in Crawford County, Georgia; was buried in Providence Cemetery, Roberta, Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]