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26.
FRANKLIN MADISON 3 SORRELLS(Charles 2, Richard), b.
25 Aug.1832, Walton Co. Ga; died after 1894, TX; buried Rocksprings Cemetery,
Mills Co. TX by his wife, SUSAN STURDIVANT, b. abt 1835, Walton Co.Ga.;
died 18 Dec. 1894, Mills Co. TX. They were married in WaltonCo. on 11
Oct. 1849 [Bk D:328]. Franklin was the son of Charles and his
second wife, Sarah Rhodes Sorrells.
Franklin
and Susan were in the 1850 Walton Co census. Franklin left Georgia after
1855 for Texas. In 1857 he was in Rusk Co. TX. Loose papers in Georgia
Archives for him consist of the original marriage license, and a few other
records.
After
going to Texas, he farmed, served in the Confederate States Army with Company H
1, Texas Heavy Artillery, was a prisoner of war and signed a statement 1
July 1865 that he would not participate in any action against the Union Forces.
He was probably forced to sign this in order to be freed. He also
served with the Texas Rangers from Decatur, Wise Co. TX from 1870-71. His
future son-in-law, Asa Lee Lewis was in the same Texas Rangers outfit at that
time. Franklin was living in Gonzales Co. TX by 1871.
Franklin
was a freighter at one time when young, but then in his later years, he
traveled the country side selling eye glasses. By 1875 he moved to
Central Texas to Mills County. He died sometime after his wife died in 1894.
ISSUE
OF FRANKLIN MADISON 3SORRELLS AND SUSAN STURDIVANT
Fourth Generation
186
MARY MATILDA 4, b. 22 Nov.1851, Walton Co. GA; d. 18 Dec.
1894; m. ASA LEE LEWIS (b. 19 July 1847,Gonzales Co. TX; d. 3 Jan. 1931,
Electra, TX. Mary is buried Rocksprings Cemetery, Mills Co. TX. ASA was
the son of Zilpha Jane Stephens and Asa Lee Davidson Lewis, according to his
descendant, HUGH COLBERT, Dallas, TX who provided much of this information.
187
ALEXANDER STEPHEN, b. 4 April, 1872, TX; d. 20 July 1939, Electra, TX was
adopted by Susan and Franklin Sorrells. His surname was originally Blackburn.
He married MARY LEE LEWIS, b. 30 Nov. 1875, Mills Co.TX; d. 28 August 1962,
Electra, TX. She was the daughter of Mary Matilda and Asa Lee Lewis.
They married 3 Nov. 1895.
65.
JOHN THOMAS 4 SORRELLS (James Nathaniel3, William 2,
Richard] was born 30 May 1856, Georgia, and died 4 June 1914, WaltonCounty.
He married (1) LUCY CLEGG (b. 25 Jan 1861; d. 25 June 1889), daughter of
Narcissus Thomason and Holloway Clegg, on 18 January 1877,Walton County.
He
married (2) BENJAMIN JOSEPHINE 5BROWN (b 23 Nov. 1861; d. 23 Nov.
1949), daughter of Frances Gordon 4 Bullock and Benjamin Blanton Brown, on 17
June 1890, Walton County. (See 7,81, 221) John and both of his wives are buried
in Tanner Cemetery, located at Jersey Road and Criswell Road, Walton
County. Pictures below were donated by
a descendant, Fran Young.
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John Thomas Sorrells &
some of his children
John Thomas Sorrells (1856-1914) and (2) Benjamin Josephine
Brown (1861-1949) |
John Thomas Sorrells was a leader of the
old fa-so-la songs at the Baptist Church, and was known as “Singing John
Sorrells”. Josephine,his second wife, was a great-granddaughter of
Dorcas Sanders and William Alexander Sorrells (1). Josephine had gone to
her mother’s funeral when John Thomas Sorrells died 4 June1914. Her
mother, (81)Frances Gordon Bullock Brown Clegg died 3 June 1914.
Sources
for this family were the descendants listed under (7), censuses, estate
records, marriages, cemetery records of Walton County,Ga.
ISSUE OF (1) LUCY CLEGG and JOHN THOMAS
4SORRELLS
Fifth Generation
All Children
born Walton Co. Ga.
188
WILLIAM THOMAS 5 b. 22 Apr. 1878; d. 20 Dec. 1958, Newton Co. Ga; m.
(1) MOLLIE DOSTER (b. 25 Oct. 1878; d. 25 Sept. 1910); m. (2) ANNIE PETERS (d.
May 18, 1967) buried Newton Co. His old letter, undated, states he had 6
boys and 4 girls. Actually, his grandson, RICHARD SMITH of Atlanta, tells
me he had 15 children: 2 boys, RAINEY MOSS (d. 1947) and OLIVER (d. in 1970’s),
and two girls who died in infancy, by Mollie Doster; and by Annie Peters he had
11 children: LAMAR, LUCINDA MONTEEN, CLARA MOZELLE, ANNIE B., WILLIAM THOMAS,
JR., RAY T. AND ROY G. (twins), JAMES MARION, LILLIE REBECCA (d. 27 Feb. 1999),
BILLY CHARLES, GLORIA JOAN. All are deceased (as of Dec. 9, 1999) except
the last two named.
+189
JAMES HARTWELL, Sr. b. 6 July 1880; d. 3 Aug. 1940, Atlanta, Ga;m. MARY
LENA EDWARDS (b. 5 Aug. 1883, Gwinnett Co. Ga; d. 1 June 1966 ,Atlanta), on 4
March 1900,Walton Co. Buried different plots, Bethel Bapt.Church Cemetery,
Winder, Ga.
190
MINNIE LOU, b. 4 Oct. 1882; d: 24 Sept. 1939; m. WILLIAM HENRY MITCHELL
(1882-1938), 3 Aug. 1902, Walton Co; bur. Bold Spring Bapt Church
Cem. Walton.
191
CHARLIE LUMPKIN, b. 5 Mar. 1884; d. 25 Dec. 1951, Smithland, Tx; m. SUSAN
ELIZABETH TOWLER d. June 1933; bur. Oak Grove Bapt. Church.
192
MARY, b. 25 June
1889; d. at birth; her mother, Lucy Clegg Sorrells, died in childbirth.
ISSUE
OF (2) BENJAMIN JOSEPHINE 5 BROWN and JOHN THOMAS 4
SORRELLS
Fifth generation.
193
CLAUDE JACKSON 5, b. 10 Aug.1891; d. 7 Aug. 1948, Walton Co;
bur. Rest Haven Cem. Monroe; m. MAGGIE MAE ALLEN (b. 7 Oct. 1906),
on 18 Aug. 1929.
194
LENA MABLE, b. 2 Nov. 1894; d. 23 June 1962, Plant City, Fl; m.
ARTHUR ELMER SHARPTON (b. 27 Jan. 1891; d. 30 June 1942, Winder,Ga.), 27
Aug. 1911, Gwinnett Co.
195
LELA, d. 4 weeks of age.
196
JOHN PAUL, d. 9 months of age.
197
REUBEN CLARENCE, b. 11 Nov. 1897; d. 19 Apr. 1975, Walton Co; m. EXA ELIZABETH
COODY; bur. Pleasant Valley Meth. Ch. Cem. Walton Co.
198
LILLIE MAE 5, b. 11 Feb. 1901; d. 30 Sept. 1967, Berkeley Springs,
W.V; bur. Lincoln Cem. Washington, D.C; m. WELLBURN JASPER MORRIS (b. 1
May1901; d. 4 Dec. 1978). Children, HOWARD WELLBURN, JOHN ROBERT,
CHARLES R. MORRIS, FRANCES ELEANOR YOUNG, and MARGARET
JOSEPHINE MORRIS (b. May 1, 1924-d. May 3, 1924).
Charles
Richard 6 Morris b. 6-20-30,
third son of Lillie Mae Sorrells and Wellburn Jasper Morris died on Feb. 18,
2001 at his home in Berkeley Springs West Virginia. He is survived by his
wife of 51 years Helen J. Helms Morris. Four sons, Charles R. Morris Jr.,
Michael R. Morris, Larry W. Morris and David W. Morris..... 12 grandchildren
and 2 great-grandchildren. Two brothers, Howard W. Morris, John R.
Morris and one sister Frances E. Morris Young. He was preceded in death
by his parents and an infant son James A. Morris.
199
BENJAMIN GUY 5,
b. 2 Nov. 1902; d. 1971; m. (1) PEGGY FULLER (1905-1959),on 11 Aug. 1928,
Walton Co; bur. Pleasant Valley Meth. Ch. Cem. Walton Co.; m.
(2) ELLA MAE TOWLER.
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66.
JAMES SANDERS 4 SORRELLS (James3, William 2,Richard)
was born ca. 1859, Georgia; death date unknown. He married 1) ALICE
EDMONSON, 1 March 1883, Walton County; married 2) DELLA WESTMORELAND , 7
March 1898, Walton County; married 3) EULA CHEATUM, 1 February 1912 (BK K:328),
Walton County. He had children by his first two wives, but none by the
last wife. James, Alice, and Della are buried in Tanner Cemetery, Walton
County, in unmarked graves.
ISSUE
OF JAMES SANDERS 4 SORRELLS AND ALICE EDMONDSON
Fifth Generation
200
JOHNNY T.5 , b. 12 Jan. 1884, d.9 June 1936, Walton Co: m. VIOLA
WILLIAMS; buried Social Circle Cemetery.
201
JAMES EDDIE, b. 5 May 1885; d. 9 Feb. 1932; m. DELLA, Buried SocialCircle
Cemetery.
202
LUCIE MAIDIE, b. 9 Dec. 1886; d. 18 June 1909; m. BEN C. SHUMATE. BuriedRest
Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Walton Co.
203
WILLIAM ROY SORRELLS, b. Aug. 1888; m. MARY DARBY; buried Rest Haven Cemetery.
204
FRANCES ETHELENE, b. Oct. 1891; d. 1917; M. WALTER G. DAWS; buried Cox
cemetery,Walton Co.
ISSUE OF JAMES
SANDERS 4 SORRELLS AND DELLA WESTMORELAND
Fifth Generation.
205
JIM EARLY 5, b. 19Mar. 1899; d. Aug. 1963, Walton Co. Ga.; m. REBA
STARRETT; buried Alcovy Mountain Cemetery.
206
ALICE, B. 1902. No further data.
207
ALBERT BENJAMIN, b. 27 Aug. 1903; d. 7 April 1944, crushed by Log Truck. He was
a logger and farmer, m. ANNIE MAE EDMONDSON, 1 Oct. 1922. She was a niece of
James Sanders Sorrells’ first wife, Alice. Their children were : PRINCE
ALBERT, ROBERT LEE, BONNIE BOLDEN, JOHN WILLIE, BOBBY GENE, all sons.
208
EARNEST BERRY, b. 8 May 1906; d. 12 Aug.1935; married LIZZIE SHUMATE; buried
Rest Haven cemetery, Walton Co.
67. WILLIAM ALEXANDER 4 SORRELLS
(RichardTully 3, William 2, Richard) was born 2 December
1828, Georgia; died 8 January 1883; buried near Danielsville, Ga. He
married (1) JANE TANNER , 23 January1859 [E:79]. Was she Jane
Tanner Sorrells, widow of William Snead Sorrells (24)? He married
(2)MARY E. MOORE (b. 10 June 1842; d. 3 July 1897), on 10 November 1864.
He
served in the Civil War, but was sent home because he lost his voice [Our Kin :1069]. William A. Sorrells
appears on theWalton County 1863 Manpower Survey, age 36, 421st
District, shoemaker,remarks “diseased.” Mary E. Moore Sorrells was
a daughter ofElizabeth Booth and William J. Moore, Elbert County, Georgia
[Returns CC:50-51; Returns Y:235-236].
The
children of Mary E. Moore and William Alexander Sorrells and many descendants
are given in Our Kin,
pp1069-1079. This book is available in the Athens Regional Library,
Athens, Georgia.
ISSUE OF (2) MARY E. MOORE and WILLIAM
ALEXANDER 4SORRELLS
Fifth Generation
209
LUCRETIA C.5 , b. 13 Feb. 1866; m. MITCHELL DAVIS.
210
LEILA ALLELULIA ANN, b. 22 Dec. 1867; m. W.J. BARRETT.
211
OVIE FRANCES, b. 6 July 1869; m. BARNEY HUFF.
212
WILLIAM RICHARD, b. 5 Apr. 1872; m. LEE CAMPBELL.
213 GIBEON
TABULUS, b. 15 Apr. 1874; m. LILLIE CARTLEDGE. See family tree chart of
Richard Tully Sorrells, Ga. Archives, drawn by W.T. 6 SORRELLS, son
of Gibeon and Lillie. Gibeon was a Methodist minister.
214
EVELINA DESDEMONA,
b. 16 Aug. 1876; m. 29 Dec. 1895, EDWARD BROWN BARRETT, Sr (b. 28 Dec. 1870; d.
4 Jan.1950). Their son, MITCHELL G. 6BARRETT, b. 16 Dec. 1913;
m. 14 Oct. 1945, WYNELL CARTER.
215
SARAH C., b. 19 Apr. 1879; m. JOE LESTER.
216 VASSIE ANN, b. 24 Nov. 1881; m. RUFUS
LAVENDER.
217. ROBERT JACKSON4 SORRELLS, (RichardTully
3, William 2, Richard) b. 10 May 1840, Ga; d. 13 Oct.
1918, Madison Co. Ga; m. MARY LANE, (b. July 8, 1840; d. 11 Dec. 1917, daughter
of Emily Allen and John D. Lane), on 7 Nov. 1866, Madison Co. Ga; both
buried Danielsville City Cemetery. His obituary appeared in a local
paper when he died. Robert served in the Confederate Army during the
Civiil War as a private who enlisted July 11, 1861, Co. A., 16th
Ga. Regiment, was wounded through hip and back at Chancellorsville, Va. May
3,1863, and captured near Knoxville, Tenn. December 3,1863. He was
released at Rock Island, Ill. June 19,1865.
ISSUE
OF MARY LANE and ROBERT JACKSON4 SORRELLS
i
Richard Tulley5 Sorrells b. July 29, 1868; d. Apr. 8, 1949; never
married.
ii
Martha Rollin Sorrells b. Mar. 14, 1870; m. T. R. Crawford; no children.
iii
George Frederick Sorrells b. Oct. 31, 1871; m. Cora Moon; b. 1878; d. 1939.
Children: Archie Pat6 Sorrells, O. B. Sorrells, b. 25 March,
1905; d. 22 April 1946.
iv
Mary Susan Sorrells b. Sept. 20, 1874; d. 28 Jan. 1957; single; lived
Danielsville, Ga.
v
Willie Mae Sorrells b. June 7, 1876; d. July 2, 1941; m. Luther P. Crawford,
b. Jan. 21, 1875, d. 30 Aug. 1949; bur. Danielsville, Ga. no children.
vi
John Carlton Sorrells b. Dec. 16, 1877, d. 1960; m. Myrtie Hix, b. 1884,
d.1950: Issue:
Mary Lane6
Sorrells, Margaret Sorrells, Mildred Sorrells, Sarah John Sorrells,
Carlton Sorrells
vii
Rufus5 Jackson Sorrells b. Nov. 1, 1880; m. (1) Rosa Daniel, b. Aug.
10, 1877, d. June 21, 1912; m. (2) July 14, 1918, Emma Sue Coile,
b. 2 Feb. 1888; d. 24 Jan. 1969. Emma Sue has been most helpful in
collection of data in this family; she graduated Bessie Tift College A.B.
1909; taught several years; worked in Washington, D.C.; OES. He was
a Mason, serving as Worshipful Master 3 times; Shriner; worked with
State Revenue Dept. of Ga. 6 yrs. and Federal Interstate Credit Bank,
Columbia, S.C. for 12 yrs.; planter; lived Danielsville, Ga. (in 1959).
Issue: by Rosa Daniel: Daniel
Jackson6Sorrells, b. June 8, 1912;; m. Eleanor Mitter. Both are
living in July 2004, Athens, Ga.
Issue by Emma Sue Coile:
Louise Sorrells b. Feb. 2, 1920, d. 7 April 1999; m. Don McLott and
Mary Sorrells b. June 3, 1922; m. Jerry Davis
Information on the
above children was taken from the book Our
Kin by W. H. Manning, Jr. and Edna Anderson Manning, 1958, Walton
Printing Company, Augusta, Ga. The above obituary and picture
of Robert Jackson Sorrells were sent by great-grandaughter, Linda Turner Keith,
Athens, Ga. Linda also sent pictures of many of the tombstones and the
dates have been corrected which were in error. (4/30/05)
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81.
FRANCES ROY GORDON 4 BULLOCK (Eleanor3, William 2,Richard
) born 14 April 1833, Georgia, and died 3 June 1914, Walton County. She married
(1) BENJAMIN BLANTON BROWN (b. 15 Dec. 1826; d. 2 Mar. 1864, Empire Hospital,
Atlanta, Ga. of chronic diarrhea, while serving in Co. K, 66th Regt.
Ga. Vol. Inf. [Wayfarers:665).
They married in Walton County, 15 October 1851. According to tradition,
he was the son of Martha Gresham and Allen W. Brown of Walton County.
Frances and
Benjamin Blanton Brown are buried in the Bullock family Cemetery, Walton
County, same place as her parents (see 9).
ISSUE OF FRANCES ROY
GORDON 4BULLOCK and (1) BENJAMIN B. BROWN
Fifth Generation.
216
FRANCIS
MARION 5, b. 17 Nov. 1852; d. by 1921.
217
JOHN THOMAS,
b. 25 July 1854; m. ALICE JOHNSON.
217
JULIA MILDRED, b. 3
July 1856, Monroe, Ga; m. JAMES TAYLOR EVERETT (b.14 Feb. 1849, Monroe), on 25
May 1880, Walton Co. A child was GERTRUDE6, b. 27 Jan. 1893; m. ALEX
J.SCOTT. Names of the children of Frances and Benjamin Brown have
come from a letter Gertrude Scott wrote in 1921.
218
ZACHARIAH, b. 5
June 1859; m. LELA ENGLISH.
219
BENJAMIN
JOSEPHINE, b 23 Nov. 1861; d. 23 Nov.
1949; m. JOHN THOMAS SORRELLS (see #61).
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Frances Roy Brown &
Judge P.W. Clegg & Sarah Frances, Susan Amelie, Benjamin
Josephine,William Perry, Judge William Brown |
ISSUE OF FRANCES ROY GORDON 4 BULLOCK
AND JUDGE PAUL W. CLEGG
Fifth Generation
222
MARY ELEANOR 5, b. 16 May 1867; m. LUCILLUS IVEY.
223
JUDGE WILLIAM, b. 23 Jan. 1869.
224
SARAH FRANCES, b. 13 Aug. 1871; m. W.T. EDMONSON.
225
WILLIAM PERRY, b. 25 Sept. 1873; m. SALLIE CLEGG.
226
SUSAN AMELIA, b. 10 May 1875; m. W.B. MITCHAM.
Information on the Clegg children has
come from the family records of HENRY CLEGG, Walton County, and T.W. EDMONSON,
Lake Lanier, Georgia,descendants, and was supplied by Jennifer Lee O’Shannon
LeBlanc Sorrells.
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92. HUMPHREY
HENDRICKS 4 SORRELLS (AlexanderH.3, William 2,Richard)
was born 1 August 1850, Georgia, and died 18 May 1930, Clarke County, Georgia.
He married ARMINTA HASLETINE CHANDLER (b. 22 Mar.1854, Ga; d. 27 May 1923,
Ga.,) daughter of Susan A. Anthony and James Oliver Chandler, on 10 December
1874. Both buried old homeplace, Clarke County. Ga.
This family is shown on the 1880
Walton County census, 419th Dist., but later moved to Clarke County.
In 1880, Humphrey H. Sorrells was living next door to J.S. Sorrells, age 34,
and his wife, M.A. Sorrells, married in 1874. A J.S. and Martha A.
Sorrells are buried in Sorrells cemetery in Walton county. See 90.
According to family tradition, Arminta Chandler had a sister, Martha, who
married a Jim Sorrels(spelled that way). Was Martha A. Sorrells the
same person as Martha Chandler?
Source for this family is the family
Bible of Humphrey H. Sorrells and records supplied by Velna Bond Sorrells,
whose husband descends from Humphrey Sorrells.
ISSUE OF ARMINTA CHANDLER AND HUMPHREY H. 4SORRELLS
Fifth
Generation
227
JAMES ALEXANDER 5, b. 12Jan. 1876; d. 20 July 1932; m. BELL
BOWDEN.
228
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
b. 22 July 1877; d. 2 May 1923; m. LEILA PASS, 21 Sept.1901, Clarke Co.
229
MINNIE HULDY, b. 18
Dec. 1878; d. 5 June 1914; m. NORMAN WILLIAMS.
230
CORA EVELINE, b. 16 June 1881; m6 HOWARD HUFF.
231
GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 4 July 1882; m. NAOME PATTEN, 3 Apr. 1907.
232
RICHARD GORDON, b. 25 May 1887; m. _______ PORTERFIELD.
233
JOHN WESLEY, b. 9 Sept. 1889; d. 23 June 1943; m. CLARA DAVIS; lived and buried
in Clarke Co.
234
WILLIAM HOLMAN, b. 2 Apr. 1890; m. RUTH McELROY.
235
ADA BEULAH, b. 18 June 1892; m. AUTHOR EIDSON.
236
HESTER QUILLIAN, b. 15 Jan. 1896; never married.
237
ROSA LEE, b. 24 Sept. 1897; m. NEVIL PHILLIPS.
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