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     Gladys Mae Carroll was born on 28 July 1905 in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama.¹

Gladys married Earl WATTS, son of William Lewis WATTS and Minnie Lee GILLILAND, on 4 February 1957 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was the daughter of Richard and Mamie Harris Carroll. Both Earl and Mae had two previous marriages. He had divorced his prior wife 15 Feb 1956 and Mae had been divorced in October 1957. At the time of their marriage her name was Mae Kornegay. Earl's occupation at the time of this marriage was repairman and disabled veteran.^1,2

     Sara Joyce Kornegay was born on 18 July 1936 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Sara married George Etheridge WATTS, son of Crathon Levert WATTS and Essie Ray Kornegay, on 26 August 1956 at Pleasant Hill Church in Centreville, Alabama. She was an office clerk, and the daughter of Stanley and Ruby Murphy Kornegay.¹

Sara Joyce Kornegay died on 21 June 2022 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, at age 85. She was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Centreville, Alabama.

     Georgia Ann Mathews was born in April 1853 in Muscogee County, Georgia.¹

Georgia married Thomas William ABNEY, son of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, on 13 November 1866 in Beulah, Russell County, Alabama.¹

Georgia Ann Mathews and Thomas William ABNEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1880 in Beulah, Lee County, Alabama. The household was listed as Thos. Abner, a 37-year-old farmer; Georgia Abner, his 25-year-old wife; and their children: Julius, 11, son; Eddie, 4, son and Essie, 1, daugther. All were recorded as born in Alabama.

Georgia Ann Mathews appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1900 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. The household was listed as G. A. Abney, a 47-year-old seamtress, born April 1853 in Georgia. She was married and the mother of 7 children, all living. The others in the household were her 15-year-old son Charlie, born November 1884 in Alabama, a farm laborer; Argus, her 8-year-old daughter(error) born August 1892 in Arkansas; and daughter Hildred, age 6, born September 1893 in Arkansas. They rented a home at 261 Lawson Avenue with four other families.

Georgia Ann Mathews died on 23 September 1907 at age 54.² She was buried on 24 September 1907 in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.²

     Henry Julius ABNEY, son of Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews, was born on 30 September 1868 in Beulah, Lee County, Alabama.^1,2

Henry Julius ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1880, in the household of his parents Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews in Beulah, Lee County, Alabama. He was eleven years old.

Henry Julius ABNEY died on 15 July 1920 in Arkansas at age 51. He was buried in Eubanks Cemetery, Cecil, Franklin County, Arkansas.

     Edward William ABNEY, son of Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews, was born in 1877 in Beulah, Lee County, Alabama.¹ He was also known as Eddie.

Edward William ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1880, in the household of his parents Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews in Beulah, Lee County, Alabama. He was recorded as Eddie Abner, age 4.

Edward William ABNEY was a bill collector at Patteson Merchantile Company in 1905 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. His sister, Essie, was a salesclerk there. According to the city directory he lived at the cornor of North 16th Street and Broadway. Essie boarded with him. In 1908 he married Bertha Conley and moved to Atoka, Oklahoma and became a teacher.

Edward William ABNEY died on 23 February 1936 in Checotah, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.^1,2 He was buried on 24 February 1936 in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

     Estella ABNEY, daughter of Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews, was born in September 1879 in Beulah, Lee County, Alabama. She was also known as Stella or Essie.

Estella ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1880, in the household of her parents Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews in Beulah, Lee County, Alabama. She was recorded as Essie Abner, age 1.

Estella ABNEY appeared in a household on a census enumerated 11 June 1900 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. The household was listed as She was recorded as Stella Abney, a 19-year-old single white female house servant in the household of Jessie and Marth Lunsford at 415 South 18th Street. She was born September 1880 in Alabama. Lunsford was a deputy U. S. marshal.

Stella ABNEY was a retail saleslady at Patterson's Merchantile Company in 1905 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The city directory showed her boarding with her brother Eddie in his home at the corner of North 16th Street and Broadway. Eddie also worked at Patterson;s.

Essie married Henry Clay Pearson on 12 February 1905 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Rev. A. Grant Evans officated.¹

Estella ABNEY appeared in a newspaper article 14 February 1905 in the Muskogee Phoenix, published in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Pearson - Abney --- Mr. Henry Pierson and Miss Estella Abney surprised their friends today with the announcement of their marriage, which took place Sunday evening at the bride's home, corner North Sixteenth Street and Broadway, Rev. A. Grant Evans officiating. The happy event was witnessed by a few intimate friends and the relatives of the young couple. Both the bride and the groom are well known to Muskogee people, having lived here for some time, and having both been employed in the dry goods department of the Patterson Merchantile Co. They have a large number of friends to wish them happiness.

Estella ABNEY died on 22 December 1905 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, at age 26. Estella was pregnant with her first child and went into distress. Husband Henry Clay Pearson ran on foot to get the doctor. When they got back to her, she had died.^2,3 She was buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma.^4,3

     Alonzo Jonathon Marion ABNEY, son of Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews, was born on 15 August 1881 in Beulah, Lee County, Oklahoma.¹

Alonzo joined the U. S. Army about 1906 and in 1909 he was stationed in Seattle, Washington where he met Rebecca K. Blakesley and it was love at first sight. He applied for permission to marry and was refused, but being very stubborn, he got a weekend pass and the two of them found a minister and got married. However, being afraid the Army would find out, he falsified his name and married under the name William H. Harrison. They found their way to Vancouver, Canada where they had 13 children.²

Alonzo Jonathon Marion ABNEY died on 2 October 1948 in Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, at age 67.³ He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Canada.

     Charles Perdue ABNEY, son of Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews, was born on 15 October 1884 in Beulah, Lee County, Oklahoma.¹

Charles Perdue ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1900, in the household of his mother Georgia Ann Mathews in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. He was recorded as Charlie Abney, a farm laborer, age 15, born November 1884 in Alabama.

Charles Perdue ABNEY died on 3 August 1953 in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, at age 68.¹ He was buried on 4 August 1953 in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

     Argus Albert ABNEY, son of Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews, was born on 2 January 1891 in Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas.¹

Argus Albert ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1900, in the household of his mother Georgia Ann Mathews in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. He was mislabled as Argus Abney, an 8-year-old female, born August 1892 in Arkansas.

He moved to live with his older, Edward, after 1900, and entered the Bacone College in Muscogee, Oklahoma. After graduating from college he joined the U. S. Navy and served until 1932. He was recalled to active duty in World War II, ans retired as a Motor Mehanic Chief Petty Officer. Sometime in the 1940s while driving his carhe was sideswiped by a passing vehicle and lost his left arm. Argus divorced his first wife about 1932, and eventually married again to Shanna Christiana Catonguay, born 2902 and died 1954.²

Argus Albert ABNEY died on 2 February 1976 in Wagoner, Oklahoma, at age 85.¹ He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma.

     Hildred Irene ABNEY, daughter of Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews, was born on 2 September 1893 in Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas. She was a school teacher.

Hildred Irene ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1900, in the household of her mother Georgia Ann Mathews in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. She was recorded as Hildred Abney, age 6, born September 1893 in Arkansas.

Hildred Irene ABNEY died in 1953 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.

     John HUMPHREYS III, son of John HUMPHREYS II and Monica Maurlein Halliburton, was born in 1764 in Brunswick County, Virginia.

John married Susannah Reynolds, daughter of Joseph Sherwood Reynolds and Ann Bledsoe, circa 1775 in Wake County, North Carolina.²

John HUMPHREYS III appeared on the 1820 Federal Census of Dickson County, Tennessee, John Humphreys, one male 45 and over, one female 34 and over, 8 slaves.

John HUMPHREYS III died in 1826 in Dickson County, Tennessee.

John left a will probated 16 September 1826 in Dickson County, Tennessee. He was a very prominent resident of Wake County, North Carolina from about 1765 to 1805. He was county surveyor of Wake county for many years. The surname is usually spelled Humphreys in Tennesee, but almost always Humphries in North Carolina. He was originally from Virginia. After living in North Carolina for many years, he moved to Dickson Co., Tennesee about 1805.

The terms of the will were: Son John Howard Humphreys to get negro Dorcus... daughter Clarida, who married Amos Reynolds, "she dieing and having left no issue" one dollar to Amos Reynolds in right of his marriage with my daughter Sophia, whom he left in a state of pregnancy with her third child and has remained from her ever since and therefore I consider his is not entitled to any more"... son Horatio to get Waynick and negro girl Chance and my survey instruments... son-in-law John T. Patterson to get negro Glaster and his daughter Dolly White Patteson, my granddaughter, the red cambrick curtains in name of her dear deceased mother, my daughter... son-in-law Edward Holley... my daughter Sophia (her male children that she now has or may have as well as two she had by Amos Reynolds and those she had or may since she married Edward Holley) the land and branch thereon I now live... daughter Jenisha [Jerusha] Brown to get $1.25... grandson John Humphrey Brown and Asa Madison Brown and their father Asa A. Brown, give them the negro that their father, Asa A. Brown, did "feloniously steal, take, and carry her away from me." Son Stokely Humphreys: "do not think it safe to gift him with any land and negro property"... I give to all of my children that I now have or may have... grandson Clinton Reynolds, John Severe Reynolds, and Carolina Reynolds... 100 acres of land in North Carolina... my daughter Jenira received on her first marriage... directs "my children bury me on the north side of my dear wife's grave and have a small neat tomb erected over our graves out of rock and arched over and made white with good lime mortar" and the expense of this is to be met from the sale of Peggy, with friend Howard W. Turner as supervisor. Signed 16 Sep 1826. Witnesses: Robert Whittedge, B. B. Carbon, Daniel Billings.^3,4,5

     Susannah Reynolds, daughter of Joseph Sherwood Reynolds and Ann Bledsoe, was born in 1742 in Wake County, North Carolina.

Susannah married John HUMPHREYS III, son of John HUMPHREYS II and Monica Maurlein Halliburton, circa 1775 in Wake County, North Carolina.¹

Susannah Reynolds died before 1826 in Dickson County, Tennessee.