Some notable people in this file. More to be added. Suggestions welcome. The ones at the top are from the Griffin/Strickland/Stewart side of the family, and at the bottom, from the Latimer/Moon/Jackson side.
- James White II An early leader in the Quaker Church in North Carolina, James wrote the earliest surviving poem from the Carolinas or Virginia. A letter he wrote to his brethren in 1698 is currently included. James was the great grandfather of Mary Davis, who married William Griffin in 1747 in Perquimans County, North Carolina. One great great grandson of William and Mary was William Henry Griffin (1847 - 1924) of Clay County, Alabama.
- Will Rogers Born in the Oklahoma Territory, Will Rogers was a roper, worked in vaudeville and was a movie star, before becoming a radio broadcaster and politcal commentator. He died in a plane crash in 1935. He was a descendant of Robert Rogers, who was the great great grandfather of Penelope Daniel, wife of John Griffin (1785 - 1855) of Chambers County, Alabama.
- William Berry Hartsfield Mayor of Atlanta, GA, and descendant of John Glenn & Mary Brooks
- Thomas Hill Watts Attorney General of the Confederacy, and Governor of Alabama, a descendant of Jacob Patton and wife Jane.
- Wilson Strickland Wilson Strickland served in the Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas Revoution, and won a parcel of scrub land which he abandoned. Decades after his death, Hubble Oil discovered a huge reserve of oil on his land. Various Strickland families have claimed inheritance of this land, but to no avail. We do have at least two early Wilson Stricklands in our line: Wilson S. Strickland, born 1837, son of Calvin, and George Wilson Strickland, born 1857, son of Lloyd. The Wilson Strickland of oil fame was probably born around 1815, and is a cousin of unknown distance. All of the various Wilson Stricklands in the larger family most likely descend from a son or grandson (I forget which) of the immigrant, Matthew Strickland, who is said to have married a Miss Wilson.
- Virgil Adams Stewart Virgil Adams Stewart played a role in uncovering the Yazoo Land Fraud in early Mississippi, and has been mentioned in several books. He was a grandson of James Stewart (born 1723) of North Carolina, and a first cousin of Margarett Stewart (born 1799) who married Larkin Strickland.
- Earl Daniel James Mayor of Montgomery, AL, and descendant of Larkin Strickland & Margaret Stewart
- Robert Brooke President of the Provisional Council of Maryland, and therefore acting Governor, in 1652. He was an ancestor of William Franklin Moon. Further research is needed on this line.
- Samuel Beall Said to have built the first American cannon for the Revolutionary War. He was the great great grandfather of Dr. James Pennington (wife Nancy Caroline Smith) and his sister Elizabeth Pennington (wife of John Chapel Moon) of Tallapoosa County, AL. John Chapel Moon and Elizabeth Pennington were the parents of William Franklin Moon. Further research is needed on this line.
- Ninian Beall In brief, was a large landowner in western Maryland, and may have owned land under what is now Washington, DC. He deeded some of his land to his son George Beall, some 60 acres of which may have become the beginnings of Georgetown, Maryland. Some think George had a son Thomas, who was the second mayor of Georgetown. Others seem to think that Thomas was the grandson of Ninian's brother. In 1871 Georgetown, Maryland, became part of Washington, DC. Jacquelin Kennedy is said to have bought Thomas Beall's home in Georgetown after John Kennedy's death in 1963. Further research is needed on this line. Ninian Beall was an early ancestor of William Franklin Moon.
- Thomas Fox Thomas Fox, possible ancestor of Jane Fox, was a member of the Virginia Company of London in 1608 - 1609, which financed the original colony at Jamestown, VA. Jane Fox appears to have been an ancestor of the Jacksons of Brunswick Co. VA, and of Leroy Jackson of Tallapoosa Co. AL. Further research is needed on this line.
- Walter Leake Walter Leake was one of the first two senators from Mississippi, and was the state's second governor. He was the great grandson of William Leake and Mary Bostick. Mary Bostick was possibly either the daughter, or the sister, of Charles Bostick, our immigrant Bostick ancestor. This would make Leake a third or fourth cousin to our direct line. Further research is needed. Descendants of Walter Leake inlcude Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, and Senator John McCain.