Genealogy for
Eleanor Esther Maddox
About Eleanor Esther Maddox |
 Eleanor Esther Maddox 5/15/1790 - 2/5/1870
| Eleanor Esther Maddox was born on May 15, 1790 in Hancock Co., Georgia and died on February 5, 1870 in Orion, Pike Co., Alabama. She lived to be 79 years old.
She married Charles A. Dennis. They had ten children:
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Michael Maddox Dennis(9/1/1807-6/10/1889) married Sarah Green (10/8/1812-9/25/1836)
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John Wilson Dennis(4/1/1828-1911) - married Mary J. Richards (1828)
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Joseph Franklin Dennis(7/18/1814-1870)
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Martha Jane Dennis(11/30/1826)- married William L. May
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Linna Agnes Dennis(7/18/1822 -1850) - married Simeon R. May
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Mary Anna Dennis(6/12/1820 -1853) - married C.W. Pitts
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Lucinda Dennis(12/25/1809 -1832)- married Thomas Cargil
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Nancy Eleanor Dennis(1824) - married Levi Yon
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Serena M. Dennis(11/25/1828)- married Daniel McCall
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Charles A. Dennis Jr. (1832 -1863 Pike Co.AL)-married Susan A. M.____
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 | Land Deed | 9/28/1805 | GA (Hancock County) | 15 yrs old | Book G, Page 254 -256 - Micheal Maddox grants property to daughter Esther Maddox Dennis. |
 | Marriage | 10/1/1805 | GA (Hancock County) | 15 yrs old | Marriage of Charlies Dennis and Esther Maddox |
 | Other | 1/1/1818 | Eatonton GA (Putnam County) | 27 yrs old | Elenor Dennis - listed as a member of Crooked Creek Baptist Church in 1818. Eatonton, GA - copied from original minutes |
 | Census | 1/1/1830 | AL (Pike County) | 39 yrs old | Page 31: C. A. Dennis - two males 10 - 15, one male 40-50, one female under 5, five females 5-10 and one female 30-40. |
 | Census | 1/1/1840 | AL (Pike County) | 49 yrs old | Page 43 : Char. A. Dennis two males under 5, one male 20 – 30, one male 50 -60, one female under 5, one female 5-10, two females 10 – 15, two females 15 -20, one female 40 – 50. |
 | Census | 1/1/1850 | AL (Pike County) | 59 yrs old | Family 605: Easter Dennis (female, age 60, born in GA) Charles A. (male, 18, born in AL), and Pleasant Merida (male, 55, born in GA). Charles and Pleasant are farmers. Charles says he attends school and can read and write. Easter says her estate is valued at $2,500. |
 | Census | 7/12/1860 | Western Division AL (Pike County) | 70 yrs old | John W. Dennis (age 25),Mary (19), Ada (2) & Esther (67) John is a farmer, his estates is valued at $1500, personal at $1200. They all were born in GA. |
 | Graveyard/Tombstone | 2/5/1870 | Orion Baptist Cemetery AL (Pike County) | 79 yrs old | In memory of Esther Dennis, Birth: May 15, 1790
Hancock County,
Georgia,
Death: Feb. 5, 1870,
Orion, Alabama, wife of C. A. Dennis
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 | Other | 1/1/2001 | AL (Pike County) | 131 yrs after death | This story about Charles Dennis published in the Pike County Heritage Book, published in 2001, details the documents supporting his service during the War of 1812, election as a Representative and Senator in the Legislature, and the disbursement of his estate. |
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Eleanor, her family, and friends. For example, Eleanor is 3 years old when Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role.
Age | Date | Event |
12 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL and southern border of AL. |
13 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
15 |
1805 |
Indian cessions opened up large portions of western (Choctaw) and northern (Chickasaw and Cherokee) Alabama to white settlers. |
21 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
22 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
23 |
1813 |
Two battles begin the Creek Indian War: (1) Fort Mims Massacre - Fort Mims is attacked on August 13 by the Red Sticks while the inhabitants are eating their noon meal. The massacre brings an immediate response from the whites and soldiers are recruited from Tennessee, Georgia and other territories, and (2) The Battle of Holy Ground on December 1813. |
23 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave AL and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
24 |
1814 |
The Treaty of Fort Jackson is finalized on August 9, 1814. William Weatherford (Red Eagle) surrenders to Gen. Andrew Jackson and cede their lands to the federal government. This opens approximately half of present-day AL to white settlement. |
24 |
1814 |
Battle at Horseshoe Bend on March 27, leaves the Creek Red Sticks scattered and unorganized. Those that survive the battle flee south into northern Florida and band together as the Seminoles. Red Eagle (Billy Weatherford) surrenders to General Andrew Jackson at Fort Jackson later in the year. |
27 |
1817 |
Alabama Territory is created when Congress passes an act to divide the Mississippi Territory and admit it into the union as a state. Alabama will remain a territory for two more years. |
29 |
1819 |
Alabama admitted to the United States |
45 |
1835 |
Alabama gold rush begins in the east-centrl hill country. |
47 |
1837 |
The Second Creek war begins in 1836. In 1837 The Battle of Hobdy's Bridge becomes the last indian battle in AL. |
50 |
1840 |
Alabama reports a total population of 590,756 on the 1940 Federal Census. This includes 335,185 whites, 255,571 blacks, 253,532 slaves, zero Native Americans, and others. |
60 |
1850 |
State population=771,623.
The 1850 Federal Census reveals the
White population=426,514;
African-American population=345,109;
Slave population=342,844;
Free black population=2,265;
Urban population=35,179;
Rural population=736,444;
Cotton production in bales=564,429;
Corn production in bushels=28,754,048;
Number of manufacturing establishments=1,026. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
4 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
5 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
11 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
12 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River. |
13 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
17 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
18 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
19 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
21 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
21 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
22 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
22 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
23 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
27 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
29 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
30 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
31 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
32 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
33 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
34 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
35 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
36 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
37 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
40 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
41 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
42 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
43 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
46 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
47 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
48 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
57 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
60 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
61 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
62 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
63 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
64 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
66 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
67 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
68 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
80 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
9 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
10 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
17 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
24 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
40 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
49 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
54 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
63 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
66 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
69 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
75 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
79 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
Age | Date | Event |
10 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
21 |
1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
22 |
1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
38 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
44 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
71 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
72 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
4 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
8 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
13 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
14 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
15 |
1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
16 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
21 |
1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
30 |
1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
40 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
45 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
47 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
50 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
52 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
65 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
70 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
72 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
73 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
75 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
78 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
3 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
5 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
6 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
7 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
43 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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 | Charles Dennis Born on July 8, 1787 and died on August 21, 1844. They were married 10/1/1805.
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The Children of Eleanor Esther Maddox
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Nancy Eleanor Dennis Born in Pike Co., Alabama on October 6, 1822 and died in Blountstown, Florida on July 25, 1878. She was 55 years old.
Married in Covington County, AL. Levi and Nancy's children:
- Lousianna Vandalia (4/12/1844 to between 1900-1910),
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Florence "Flora" Ann (3/30/1845),
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Emily Am...
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