Genealogy for
Ruthy Weathington
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Ruthy Weathington
1818 - 3/1853
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Ruthy Weathington was born about 1818 in Decatur County, Georgia and died on an unknown day in March 1853 in Marianna, Jackson County, Florida. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 35 years old.
He name may have been Werthington, Worthington or Whittington. She married Ellis F. Davis about 1837 and they had seven children. She died somewhere between the 1850 census and 1854 then Ellis remarries. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1830 | Unknown Township GA (Twiggs County) | 12 yrs old |  John Weathington is listed as head of household that includes one woman (between 30-40), one son (under 5), and two daughters (between 5 and 10). He owns two male (one under 5, the other between 36-55) and two female (between 24-36 and 36-55) slaves.
Could possibly be the family of Ruth. |
| Census | 11/11/1850 | FL (Calhoun County) | 32 yrs old | #132 -Ellis F. Davis (age 37, born in MS) is listed as head of household. Ruthy (age 32, born in GA), Alford D. (age 12), William E. (age 10), Walter (age 8), Laura (age 6), John (age 4), Martin (age 3 months). All of the children were born in Florida.
(next door is brother Joseph)
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| Census | 1/1/1880 | FL (Gadsden County) | 27 yrs after death | Fredrick Werthington (88) & Lorie Werthington (78). Both were born is NC, as were thier parents.
Could possibly be the parents of Ruth.
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Ruthy, her family, and friends. For example, Ruthy is 2 years old when 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.
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1821 |
Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards. |
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1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
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1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
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1824 |
Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol. |
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1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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1837 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian. |
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1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
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1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
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1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
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1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
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1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
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1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
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1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
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1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
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1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
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1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
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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. |
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1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
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1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
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1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
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1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
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1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
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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. |
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1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
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1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
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1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
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1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
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1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
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1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
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1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
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1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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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. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
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1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
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1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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| Ellis Davis
Born about 1813 and died on October 10, 1885.
They were married 1/1/1836.
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The Children of Ruthy Weathington
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William Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida on December 17, 1841 and died in Marianna, Florida on March 16, 1919. He was 77 years old.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army on August 11, 1862, at Merrill’s Bridge in Marianna, FL. He was in the 11th Infantry Co. A of Florida, under Captain W. J. Robinson. In September 1864, he was sho...
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John Green Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida on September 16, 1843 and died in Bay County, Florida on May 29, 1907. He was 63 years old.
He married Sarah Elizabeth Porter (10/8/1860 - 2/9/1901). They had 11 children:
- Laura E. (9/1876)
- William Walter (1/1879) married Jessie Gainer
- Franklin R. (1/1881)
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Walter B. Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida about 1844 and died in Petersburg, Virginia on June 28, 1862. He was about 18 years old.
He was a Private in the FL 15th Cavalry CSA Co. A Marianna Dragoons. Died of Diseases....
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Laura Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida about 1845 and died in an unknown location about 1920. She was about 75 years old.
She married Jack Tanner on Feb. 28, 1880....
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71 years old
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Martin Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida on March 12, 1849 and died in Parker, Florida on December 29, 1930. He was 81 years old.
Martin was a store owner and operator in St Joe, FL. He was known for his cured hams. He had cured so many the hooks the hams hung on had turned yellow. When a Yellow Fever epidemic hit the St. Joe a...
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43 years old
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Franklin Angus Davis
Born in Jackson Co., Florida on December 15, 1852 and died in Blountstown, Florida about 1937. He was 84 years old.
He was a farmer. He was married 2-3-1877 in Jackson Co, FL.
Their daughter Roxie (1898) died as an infant and the youngest child's is name is unknown, she/he also died as an infant in 1905....
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