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Thomas Durham > George G. Durham

George G. Durham

Born: b. c. 1723 in VA
Died: d. Feb 1767 at St. Andrews Parish, New Brunswick Co, VA

Buried:
Father: Thomas DURHAM

Mother: Margaret LINDSEY

 

Married c. 1747 in Brunswick Co, VA

Winifred LINDSEY

Born: b. c. 1725, Brunswick Co, VA
Died: d. c. 1769

Buried:

Father: William LINDSEY

Mother: Jane ?

 

Children:
 

 1. Humphrey Durham (b. 1745 in Brunswick, Co, VA; d. May 1792, SCNC; m. Ursilla ?)

Children:

  1. James Durham Sr. (d. aft. Jun 1818; m. Patsy RYANS)

  2. Margaret Durham "Peggy" (b. ?)

  3. George Durham (b. Aug 1783)

  4. Thomas Durham (b. Mar 1780; m. Polly HOOPER on Jul 13, 1807)

  5. Humphrey Durham Jr. (b. Aug 22, 1788)

Notes:

  • "Humphrey" may have been his middle name, with the first name being "Thomas".

  • Humphrey moved to Surry Co, NC, along with his brothers, James L. Durham and John (below).

  • James lived in Wilkes Co, NC.  According to his will, his wife was Patsy RYANS and they married on Oct 10, 1814.

  • James had a son, John Durham (b. c. 1795; d. aft. 183; m. Keziah LYON on Jan 11, 1819) John had a son, also John Durham (b. May 25, 1828; d. Dec 1908; m. Sally SPARKS (b. Dec 28, 1829).
 

2. Rebecca Durham (b. c. 1746, Brunswick, VA)
 

Notes:

 

3. Margaret Durham (b. c. 1748 in Brunswick, VA; m. Philemon HOLCOMB (b. 1739 in King and Queen, VA; d. 1826 in Brunswick, VA) on Aug 25, 1766)
 

Notes:

  • Philemon's parents were John HOLCOMB and Elizabeth LAWRENCE.

  • Info from Tammy's Family Tree. ID = I1703 by Tammy Eggleston.

 

4. John Durham Sr. (b. c. 1750, St. Andrews Parish, Brunswick Co, VA; d. Apr 4, 1837, Switzer, SCSC; m1, Elizabeth BROWN; m2. Mary CARLTON "Mollie" (b. 1753 in Brunswick Co, VA; d. Apr 4, 1837, SCSC) in c. 1772)

Children to Mary:

  1. John Durham Jr. (b. c. 1773, Switzer, SCSC)

  2. Mary Durham "Polly" (b. c. 1789, SCSC; m. Archibald MCCRAVY)

  3. Dicy Durham (b. c. 1774, SCSC; m. Elijah JOHNSON "Leige")

  4. Rebecca Durham (b. c. 1775, SCSC; m. Phillip JOHNSON)

  5. Elizabeth Durham "Betsy" (b. c. 1776, SCSC; m. Newbil (Newell?) JOHNSON)

  6. George Durham (b. Mar 14, 1778, SCSC; d. Oct 21, 1852, Cobb Co, GA; m. Susan HYDE (b. Oct 7, 1781, NC; d. Aug 10,1854, GA) in Cobb Co, VA)

  7. Joshua Durham (b. c. 1780, SCSC; m. Polly AUSTIN)

  8. Rhoda Durham (b. c. 1785, SCSC; d. 1857 in Spartanburg, SC; m. John JOHNSON)

  9. Grisham Durham (b. c. 1790, SCSC; d. 1856 in Lawrence Co, AK; m. Catherine WESTMORELAND)

Notes:

  • John and Mary Durham died on the same day of the same year. From the Greenville Mountaineer, April 15, 1837, which gives this account: "Departed this life on Tuesday, the 4th instant, in Spartanburg District, Mr. John Durham, aged 86, and Mary, his wife, aged 83. They had been upwards of fifty years members of the Baptist Church at Green Pond, and their truly Christian deportment had marked their course. In death as in life, they seemed one, both being interred in the same grave." (Information thanks to Robert Davidson) 

  • Mary Carlton was the daughter of John CARLTON (b. 1730 in VA; d. 1810 in Spartanburg, SC) and Agatha LINDSEY. Agatha's father was William LINDSEY, and her two of her sisters were Winifred (married to George Durham, above) and Susannah (married to Matthew Durham).

  • Great information on Mary Carlton's family at the Descendants of Blake CARLTON website web.

    Grisham Durham and family moved to DeKalb and then to Carroll County, GA. In 1842, he went to Lawrence Co, ARK, with most of his children. Mary DURHAM (1819-1854), his daughter, married William Washington MERRELL and stayed in Carroll Co, GA. He has a son named Kindred DURHAM (from John's will)

  • George Durham is buried at Fowler-Hoy Cemetery, Cobb Co, GA. Here is a link to the cemetery page with pics of tombstones.
    He and Susan appear on the 1850 US Census in Cobb Co, GA:
    George Durham, age 72, Farmer, $1200 land value, born NC
    Susan Durham, age 70, born NC

  • Newbil might be "Newell".
 

5. James Lindsey Durham (b. 1758 in St. Andrews, Brunswick, VA; d. Oct 8, 1833 in Saline Co, IL; m. Juda ? c. 1770 in Brunswick, VA)

Children:

  1. Abner Durham ()

  2. Elizabeth Durham (b. c. 1780, NC; m. Allen WHELUS)

  3. Polly Durham (b. c 1781 in Surry Co, NC, m. Patrick RYON on Oct 12, 1805 in Surry Co, NC)

  4. James Lindsey Durham Jr. (b. Jan 14, 1783, NC; m. Elizabeth SUMMERS)

  5. Clarissa Durham "Clary" (b. c. 1785 in Surry Co, NC; m. Marcus Alexander YORK "Mark" on Jan 2, 1810 in Surry Co, NC)

  6. Micajah Durham (b. bet. 1785-1790 in Surry Co, NC; m. Nancy SAWYERS in 1810 in Surry Co, NC)

  7. Winifred Durham (b. c. 1787 in Surry Co, NC; d. def. 1830; m. Waitman SUMMERS on Mar 8, 1811 in Surry Co, NC)

  8. William Durham (b. 1790 in Surry Co, NC; d. c. 1870 in Yadkin Co, NC; m1. Rhoda SAWYERS on Oct 34, 1815 in Surry Co, NC; m2. Nancy PENDRY on Aug 30, 1846 in Surry Co, NC)

  9. Daniel Durham (b. 1792 in Surry Co, NC)

  10. Ashael Durham (b. Jun 6, 1797 in Surry Co, NC; d. in IL; m. Jane STEMBRIDGE on Jan 4, 1819 in TN)

  11. Ira Durham (b. 1804 in Surry Co, NC; m. Marie CARTER in TN)

Notes:

  • There have been several James Lindsey Durham's within our family tree.  Current available data points to James born 1758 in Brunswick, VA, and later dying in Illinois, as the son of George G. Durham. However, more concrete data is needed.

  • It is believed that James Lindsey Durham moved to Surry County, NC in 1777 along with his uncle James LINDSEY and aunt Mary (CARLTON) LINDSEY (as noted on the Descendants of Blake Carlton webpage web.)

  • Additional James Lindsey information comes from genforum postings by "Captain Durham" (still working to determine who this man was!)
 

6. Elizabeth Durham (b. Jun 16, 1760; d. Jun 16, 1841; m1. George Presley JOHNSON (b. Jun 16, 1760); m2. Edmund JOHNSON (b. 1763))

Children to George:

  1. George Presley JOHNSON Jr.

  2. Hannah JOHNSON

Children to Edmund:

  1. Seth JOHNSON

  2. Tempey JOHNSON

  3. Benjamin JOHNSON

  4. Littleberry JOHNSON

  5. Nancy JOHNSON

  6. Rebecca JOHNSON

  7. Jacob JOHNSON

Notes:

  • Elizabeth and Edmund lived in the Kingston, TN area and are buried at the Foshee Cemetery near Kingston.

  • George and Edmund Johnson's parents were James JOHNSON and Catherine DURHAM. Catherine was the daughter of Thomas DURHAM Jr. (who is this Thomas Durham??)

  • Some conflicting info at Grady line at Intermarriage of Outlaw and Grady Clans, The website web. This says Elizabeth married Frederick Grady "Uncle Fred".
 

7. Clarissa Durham (b. 1763 in Brunswick Co, VA; m. John ANDERTON on Nov 22, 1784 in Brunswick Co, VA)
 

Notes:

 

Notes:

  • Proof that George G. Durham was a son of Tom Durham and Peggy Lindsey is not concrete. DNA do results bear out a relationship.  So they could have been father/son, brothers, or grandfather/grandson. I used the known dates, and decided that father/son made the most sense.  As new information is uncovered, I may adjust this assertion.

  • Information on George G. Durham comes from the web post by "Captain Durham", who follows George down thru James Lindsey Durham of Surry Co, NC. Someday I hope to learn the identity of this Durham researcher. He was a wealth of knowledge. 

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