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JINKS FAMILIES in GA-TX




Our Jinks family can only be traced back to Georgia to what is now Taylor County (originally Talbot) around 1839 with William Jinks
We continue to try to discover more about William and Willis Jinks.

WILLIAM JINKS

Born: ? 1778 - 1780 NC/SC
Died: June 1869 (per Taylor county 1870 Mortality Index)
48 Jinks, William 92 m w widowed NC June [1869] at home Pneumonia

The 48 Household number shows that he was living with his son, Willis and Nicey at that time. Since he died within the year he is included in the 1870 Mortality Index.


CENSUS RECORDS:

1820 GA
(6 categories for men. 5 categories for women)
(engaged in farming engaged in commerce; engaged in manufacturing)
(4 cat. male, 4 cat female slaves - 4 male free - 4 female free)

Gwinnett County  1820 Census (formed 1818 from Indian Lands)
image 14
Jinks, Willis  #5   printed pg. 271
.1..1.  1..1.
0 under ten
1 male 10-16
0 male 16-18
1 male 26-45
1 female under 10 
1 female 26-45
(3 engaged in agriculture)

Image 15
Jinks, William #33    pg. 272
** should have been 1 male 1-10 Wilborne?
1 male 10-16 * Willis (Sept 17, 1807)
1 male 45 over  *William 1778-1780
2 female under 10
2 female 10-16
1 females 45+ *wife
(2 engaged in agriculture)
(There are 2 extra females...this may NOT be my William)
 (Wm Jinks - Betsy King 8/23/1805  Oglethorpe Co marriage)

 
Jinks, Wastern #347    pg 272
Western Jinks (next door to William)
1 male 16-26 [1804- 1794]
(not engaged in agriculture? maybe just omitted)

Jinks, David  (Oglethorpe Co)
1 male under 10
1 male 26-45
1 male 45 +
1 female 10-16
1 female 26-45
2 engaged in agriculture
Gwinnett County June 8 1844. Tax Collector's Sale. 1st Tues of Aug. Lawrenceville Courthouse to satisfy tax due for year 1822. 350 acres in Co of Gwinnett on waters of Appalachie to satisfy tax due by WILLIS JINKS. Tax due $3.50.

NOTE:
Basil Jones (original grant) ... William Patterson, or Rev. Willis Jenks/Jinks..

http://www.utulsa.edu/law/classes/rice/USSCT_Cases/PATTERSON_V_JENKS_1829.HTM

WILLIAM PATTERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE REV. WILLIS JENKS ET AL. DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

It was tried in Milledgeville at May term 1827 and Supreme Court in 1829....which is the above link.
The plaintiff, to sustain his case, gave in evidence a grant from the state of Georgia to Bazil Jones, *217 for 7160 acres of land, in Franklin county, on the waters of the south fork of the Oconee river, since called the Appalachie, bearing date the 24th day of May 1787, and deduced his title to the disputed premises regularly from the grantee.
On the part of the defendants, it was contended that this grant was void.
1. Because the land attempted to be granted was without the temporary boundary line of the state, and within the Indian hunting ground.
2. Because the survey wanted the line and station trees required by law; the surveyor had omitted to note on his plat the beginning corner; had laid down the water courses inaccurately; and had been guilty, as was alleged, of various other acts of fraud, negligence, irregularity, or ignorance, in making and platting the survey, prior to the emanation of the grant.
Evidence was also given on behalf of the plaintiff, to establish the lines, and to prove the possession of the defendants within them.


TWO "Possibilities" for interpreting the following 1830 Census exist.


1830 TALBOT Co. Georgia (Talbot formed 1827 from Muscogee)
William Jenks Balyews District
1 male 5-10  (M?)
1 male 15-20 *Wilborn (1813-1816?)
1 male 20-30 *Willis 23(Sept 17, 1807)
1 male 50-60 *William (?1778-1780)
1 female 0-5  (D1)[1825-1830]
1 female 5-10 (d2)[1820-1825]
1 female 15-20 (d3)[1810-1815]
1 female 40-50 (Mother)[1790-1780]
William Jenks Balyews District
1 male 5-10  *William Jr.(1818-1820?) Mary "Polly" Smith in Macon Co., AL on July 31, 1842
1 male 15-20 *Wilborn (1813-1816?) marriage Jan 25 1835 Talbot Co.
1 male 20-30 *Wilson (1808)
1 male 50-60 *William (?1778-1780)
1 female 0-5  (D1)  Tabitha ?
1 female 5-10 (d2)  Sarah?
1 female 15-20 (d3)  Mary/Martha??
1 female 40-50 (Mother)  Betsy King Jinks?
 Wm Jinks - Betsy King 8/23/1805  Oglethorpe Co marriage
(Based on work by Barbara Montgomery bemmont@comcast.net)
The families listed in Balyews Dist 1830 were neighbors who lived in the NW section of Dist 15 of Talbot that became Taylor. Next family was David Lockhart and the next was Stephen Reeves. Wilborn married Elizabeth Reeves (Jan 1835) in Talbot

Census on Reeves
Males 12102001   Females 00001001
Stephen 50-60  Wife 50-60 female 20-30 Elizabeth


1840 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Talbot > image 73
William Jinks 60-70 (?1778-1780)
(next door)
Wilborn Jinks 11001
1 male under 5 [1835-1840]
1 male 5-10 [1830-1835]
1 male 20-30 (Wilborn)[1810-1820]
1 female 20-30 (Elizabeth Reeves [1810-1820]
Talbot Co married: 25 Jan 1835  John Pratt, JP pg 41
(next door)

1850 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Talbot > District 15 image t

1260 Jinks, Welborn 38 farmer $2500 GA
	Elizabeth 42 NC
   Lawrence, Madison 18 [1832] GA  (Eliz married to Lawrence before?)

1850 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Marion > Division 57 image 6
HH 41
Jinks, Willis 42 [1808]farmer $1200 GA  cannot read or write
  Nicey 30 S.C. [1820] cannot read or write
  John 16 [1834]laborer GA can read & write
  Betsy Ann 11 GA
  Polly Ann 9  GA
  Tolliver 7  GA
  Wm H. 2 SC (did she go home to have him)
Martin, Frances 62  SC (cannot read & write)



1860 Census
GMA District 741-Reynolds  PAGE NO:  914

36  600  582 JINKS          William        82 [1778]  M    W
               NC
 37  601  583 SAUNDERS       John D         53   M    W
               GA
 38  601  583 SAUNDERS       Lucinda        50   F    W
               GA
 39  601  583 SAUNDERS       Little B       14   M    W
               GA
 40  601  583 BROWN          Robert         29   M    W    Farmer         600
     110       GA
 41  601  583 JINKS          Frances        16 [1844]  F    W
               GA

1860 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Taylor > Georgia Militia District 853 image 5

642 Jinks, Welbourn 47 [1813]GA Farmer $3,000 $800
	Elizabeth 50 [1810] NC
 McInvale, Lidia  57?  NC (widowage 47  of John McInvale age 53 1850 census)
	Elizabeth W. 16 f GA (6 in 1850)


Taylor  DIVISION:  853rd GMD  PAGE N
O:  921

29  633  614 JINKS          Willis J       51   M    W    Farmer
               Ga
 30  633  614 JINKS          Nicey          44   F    W    Domestic
               S.C.
 31  633  614 JINKS          Tolliver       16   M    W    Farmer
               Ga
 32  633  614 JINKS          William H.     12   M    W
               Ga
 33  633  614 JINKS          Winney V       7    F    W
               Ga
                   REMARKS:  Married Henry J. Ruffin
 34  633  614 JINKS          Ella           2    F    W
               Ga
 35  633  614 MARTIN         Frances        67   F    W
               SC
                   REMARKS:  widow



Taylor County Ordinary Minutes

Taylor County March 13, 1869
Court of Ordinary Minutes

Howard District - 853rd
William Jinks disabled from age  (no amount of $$)


1870 Mortality Census - Reynolds - Taylor County

48 Jinks, William 92 m w widowed NC June [1869] at home Pneumonia

5   48   48  Jinks          Willis         62   M    W    Farmer         2,600     1,511     Ga                                                                            X
 6   48   48  Jinks          Nicie          54   F    W    Keeps house                        SC
 7   48   48  Jinks          Henry          22   M    W    Farm hand                          Ga
 8   48   48  Jinks          Ella           12   F    W    At school                          Ga