Genealogy for
Wyatt Parish
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Wyatt Parish
1785 - 1840
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Wyatt Parish was born about 1785 somewhere in North Carolina and died about 1840 in Decatur County, Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 55 years old.
All we know at this time is that Wyatt, Thomas M. and Wiley James were brothers. Thomas states in the 1880 & 1885 census his father was born in NC and mother in VA. We do not know the names of their parents. We have DNA matches to descendants of Harris Parish and wife Mary Spivey, Which some say are the parents. Harris lived in the middle Georgia counties of Warren, Hancock and Troup. We first find the brothers living in Decatur Co. GA (southern part of the state) We would love to hear from anyone with additional information. We have been told that Wyatt Wesley Parish from NC could be the father of Wyatt Wesley, Wiley and Thomas.
In the 1830 census six sons and one daughter are listed. Possibly -
John D. (1805)
Wyatt(1808)
Thomas Marshal(1810)
Wiley James(1812)
Martha(1816)
We have also been told this was a family of Catawba Indians originally from the South Carolina area. When their tribal lands were lost, they moved into GA. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1800 | SC (Marlboro District County) | 15 yrs old | | Name: Wyatt Parish -
one male - (Under 10),
one male - (16 thru 25),
one female - (16 thru 25) |
| Census | 1/1/1801 | Captain Wm Chapman Abercombies GA (Warren County) | 16 yrs old | | Georgia Property Tax Digests - page 38, line #15 - Ansil Parish -acres of land :114,Quality: 3,amt. for acre 34 dollars,Value of land:38 dollars 76 cents,grantee: Tarrence ,Water causes: Long Creek, Who is Ad Joinery: T. James. line # 16 - Harriss Parish - blank |
| Land Deed | 1/1/1805 | GA | 20 yrs old |  Wyatt Parish draws land in the Georgia land lottery |
| Other | 7/18/1805 | GA (Jefferson County) | 20 yrs old | Wyatt Parish and Hampton Parish are witnesses on the will of John Akridge.
John Akridge, 18 July 1805 -- 6 January 1806. wife Elizabeth, father Andrew Mack, Executors: Elizabeth Akridge, Witnesses: John Mock, Hampton Parish, Wyatt Parish. Will Book A - Jefferson County, Ga. |
| Other | 8/23/1819 | GA (Warren County) | 34 yrs old | Will of John Parrish 23 Aug 1819 Warren County, GA
Warren Co. Ga. Wills 1810-29
p. 88-89
Will of John Parish
The Last Will and Testament of John Parish decd.
I John Parish of Warren county, do make and ordain this my last Will and
Testament, as follows. To wit.
I give to my wife Elizabeth, a Negro Woman , by the name of Ailse, to her
and her heirs forever.
I give to my son Hampton Parish five dollars to him and his heirs forever.
I give to my son William Parish, five dollars, to him and his heirs forever.
I give to my son Allen Parish one horse to him and his heirs forever.
I give to my son Anselim Parish, one Horse, to him and his heirs forever.
I give to my daughter Lynney (or Synney) Cooper, five dollars, to her and
her heirs forever.
I give to my daughter Sally Rowe, five dollars, to her and her heirs forever.
I give to my daughter Polly James, " " " " " " " " .
I give to my daughter Dicey Smith, " " " " " " " " .
I give to my Grandson John Parish, son of Hampton Parish, fifty dollars to
him and his heirs forever.
I give to my Grandson Thomas Parish, son of Hampton Parish, fifty dollars
to him and his heirs forever.
I give to my Grandson John Cooper, son of Lynney Cooper, fifty dollars to
him and his heirs forever.
I give to my granddaughter Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of Lynney Cooper fifty
dollars, to
her and her heirs forever.
I give to my grandson John Floyd Rowe, son of Sally Rowe, fifty dollars to
him and his heirs forever.
I give to my Granddaughter Lucinda Rowe, dau. of " " " " "
her and her heirs forever.
I give to my Grandson James James, son of Polly James, fifty dollars to him
and his heirs forever.
I give to my Grandson Wiley James " " " " " " " "
" " " "
I give to my Grandson Wilson Parish, son of William Parish, fifty dollars to
him and his heirs forever.
I give to my Granddaughter Epsey Parish, daughter of William Parish fifty
dollars to her and her heirs forever.
I give the residue and remainder of my estate, to be equally divided
between my wife, my two sons Allen and Anselm and my two Daughters
Elizabeth and Patsey, to them and their heirs forever.
My Will is that all my Estate, both Real and Personal (except such part as
I have particularly willed away, be sold by my executor.
I appoint Thomas FRIEND, my Executor, as witness my hand and Seal this
Twenty third day of August, Eighteen hundred and Nineteen.
John Parrish
Signed Sealed and published in presence of
Benja. Sandiford
Benjn. F. Friend
John O. Friend
Moses Gatlin
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| Census | 1/1/1820 | GA (Telfair County) | 35 yrs old | Wyatt Parish : 4 males (under 10 years), one male (between 10-16), one male (between 26-49), one female (under 10) one female (over 49).
| Additional information about Telfair County, GA around 1820: The initial Telfair area of GA belonged to Creek Indians, many of which remained in the area until it became more densely populated by white settlers. A large number of the earliest white settlers were Scots Highlanders from the Carolinas. Telfair County GA was created from Wilkinson County in 1807. It originally included the Oconee and Little Ocmulgee rivers which were split into Montgomery County in 1812. By 1819 it included a substantial area of land south of the Ocmulgee River. Boundary lines for the county continued to change until 1877. | |
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| Census | 8/7/1820 | Capt William Evans District GA (Putnam County) | 35 yrs old | page 85,line 12 -Harris Parish : 4 males (under 10 years), one male (between 26-44), 4 females (under 10) one female (between 26-44).
on the same page - Peter Parish |
| Land Deed | 12/31/1829 | GA (Decatur County) | 45 yrs old | | Wyatt Parish of Decatur County, GA, buys land from John Tomlinson of Lownes County, GA. The land is identified as track #366, consisting of 250 acres (more or less). The land was originally in Early County and is now in Decatur County. |
| Census | 1/1/1830 | GA (Decatur County) | 45 yrs old | On Page #13, line 10: The household of Wyett Parlee/Parice is listed as two males (0-4), one male (10-14), two males (15-19), one male (20-29), one male (40-49), one female (5-9), one female (10-14) and one female (30-39).
Could be Wyett's brother:
on page 17, line 16: Matthew Parlee/Parice - one male (10-14), two males (20-29), one male (40-49), one female (5-9), one female (15-19), one female (40-49)
| Additional information about Decatur County, GA around 1830: Decatur County is officially created in 1823 from new lands and portions of Early County. Of interest, Hernando Desoto traveled through this area in 1540 following the Capachequi River (now called the Flint River). Later, this county is divided to form Grady, Seminole and Thomas counties. This map of Decatur County, GA was created around 1830. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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Wyatt Parish's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Wyatt, his family, and friends. For example, Wyatt is 2 years old when Constitution of the United States is signed
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1786 |
Greene County was created the same year Oglethorpe dies. |
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1788 |
Bourbon County Act rescinded. |
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1789 |
December 21 - Governor Telfair signs first Yazoo Act selling 20,000,000 acres of and for $207,000 or about one cent per acre to. The Yazoo Companies attempted to pay in worthless paper money and Georgia refuses to transfer the land. The Virginia Yazoo, headed by Patrick Henry, even had the unmitigated gall to attempt to pay in worthless Georgia paper money. The South Carolina Yazoo Company sues Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court to compel delivery but the suit fails when Georgia is able to obtain ratification of the eleventh amendment to the U.S. Constitution on February 7, 1795. |
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1790 |
Alexander McGillivray, a mixed-blood of the Upper Creek Nation cedes the Altamaha lands to the Oconee. This treaty -- Treaty of New York -- is signed by President George Washington. |
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1790 |
Columbia and Elbert Counties are created. |
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1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
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1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
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1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
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1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
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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. |
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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. |
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1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
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1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
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1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
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1811 |
Madison County created. |
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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". |
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1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
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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". |
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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). |
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1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
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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. |
| 48 |
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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1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 14 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 15 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 22 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 29 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 45 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 54 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
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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. |
| 27 |
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. |
| 43 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 49 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1789 |
The capitol of North Carolina moves from New Bern to Raleigh and North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America. |
| 45 |
1830 |
The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states. |
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1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
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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. |
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1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
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1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
| 18 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 19 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
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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. |
| 21 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
| 26 |
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. |
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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. |
| 45 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 50 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 52 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 55 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
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1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
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1789 |
French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium |
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1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
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1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
| 10 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
| 11 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
| 12 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
| 48 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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Born about 1790 and died about 1840.
They were married 12/14/1809.
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The Children of Wyatt Parish
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John D. Parish
Born in an unknown place about 1805 and died somewhere in Florida about 1865. He was about 60 years old.
Possibly the brother of Wyatt, Wiley and Thomas...
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Wyatt Wesley Parish
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1808 and died in Bainbridge, Georgia about 1836. He was about 28 years old.
He married Sarah Wester on
September 12, 1826 in Telfair Co, Ga.
Children:
William Green Parish
Mahaly Parish
Wyatt W. Parish Jr.(3/18/1828 -5/7/1892 Bruce, FL) married Eveline B. Sk...
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Wiley James Parish
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1810 and died somewhere in Florida about 1860. He was about 50 years old.
Wiley, his wife and his oldest child were born somewhere in Georgia. Around 1839 they moved to Northern Florida. Tax records indicate they lived in Gadsden County Florida between 1840 and 1856. They...
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Thomas Marshall Parish
Born somewhere in Georgia on August 8, 1812 and died in Blountstown, Florida on June 16, 1895. He was 82 years old.
In the 1880 and 1885 census Thomas states his father was born in NC and mother was born in VA.
Thomas was a minister at Antioch Baptist Church (now Nettle Ridge Baptist in Blountstown, FL) in 1...
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Martha Parish
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1816 and died somewhere in Georgia about 1870. She was about 54 years old.
Possibly the sister of Wyatt, Wiley and Thomas. She married David Redding on January 1, 1837. ...
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