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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]

RS married Lydia Ann PERDRIAU about 1763 in South Carolina. Lydia (daughter of Benjamin PERDNAU and Mary UNKNOWN) was born about 1740 in St. James, Goose Creek, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Taylor married Mary PURVIS in South Carolina. Mary was born about 1762 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

EbenezerBenjamin married Hannah DARBY in 1736 in Charleston, South Carolina. Hannah (daughter of Michael DARBY and Mary WARNOCK) was born on 21 Sep 1718 in St.Thomas & St. Denis Parish, South Carolina; died on 18 Mar 1804 in Sumter District, Craven County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mary UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]