Genealogy for
Capt. John 'Jack' David Ayers
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Capt. John 'Jack' David Ayers
10/7/1791 - 1858
(Shown at age 59)
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Capt. John 'Jack' David Ayers was born on October 7, 1791 somewhere in South Carolina and died about 1858 in Calhoun Co., Florida. Actual date of death is unknown. He lived to be about 66 years old.
By 1837, when the Catawba Chief, General William Harris, signs a lease of some of the last remaining Catawba Reserve land over to a white settlers, Captain John Ayers soon after moved to Georgia. He served under Stephen Richards as a 'Friendly Indian' from 1837 to 1845. John and his family moved to Florida about 1847, from Dooly Co. GA. He is buried at the Ayers Cemetery in Calhoun Co, FL.
He and his 1st wife Betsy Kegg had three children:
- Abigail Saphronia (6/11/1820) married John McCormick
- Penellope Sarah (4/12/1812) married William McCormick
- Tellitha Ann (9/10/1825).
He married his 2nd wife, Arilda Stephens in Pulaski Co, GA. They had 9 children:
- John (5/12/1838-2/16/1862 in VA. Civil War)
- David (8/14/1839-7/4/1863 in Gettysburg,PA- Civil War)
- Thomas (1/18/1841-1890 FL)
- Benjamin Franklin (7/9/1842-12/18/1889)
- William Nathaniel (7/9/1842 GA-5/13/1917 FL)-married Eliza Jane Pope;
- Weltha E. (4/251844-1929)
- Asa W. (1/9/1846-2/16/1906 FL)
- Queen Ann (3/12/1849)
- Ishmael (2/16/1850)
- Mary Arilda (6/21/1852 -bef.1870)
- Samuel (1/10/1855).
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 | Other | | | | | Pages from the Ayers Bible currently in the posession of C. Hoffman. |
| Other | | | | The bible beleived to belong to Capt. Ayers was passed down to his children. We received a copy of these pages. The linked document is large, so wait for it to load.
page 1:Born in the year 1816 the 19th of July
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John Ayers
John Ayers was born on 7 of Octber 1791
Penellope Sarah was born the 13th of April 1812 {1812 1816
I John Ayres 4
the long chapters
in the Bible ____
on the 19th at night there a June1818
Tillitha (can't read other
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Reuben James Jordan was born the 23rd of October 1806
Penellope Sarah was born the 13th of April 1812
Abigail was born the 19 (?) June 1820 (mark through)
Timothy was born in Jany 1823 14
umor was born Febur. 1823 1824
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Bathsheba (marked through ) Deicy was born the 11 of June 1820
Deicy was born 11 June 1820 (marked though)
Abigail Sahrona was born the 11 the June 1820
Tillitha Ann Frances was born the 16th September 1825
(can't make out the next words)
son James was born (can't make out the words) 1838
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John Craft of SC Craft
Elizabeth there 2 one
was born the 10 of October 1815
___hensy Larsons(?) there 3 rd was born the 19th of Decr. 1817
Sarah was born the 23rd April 1820
John Caway Junior was born in August 1816
He was born when Euthie(?) Mathis were there
David Ayes was born the 14th day of September 1823
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| Other | 8/16/1818 | SC | 26 yrs old | | Aug. 16, 1818 Polley Stephens willed rent to John Ayers and his children with Besey Kegg. Plat Book 315 |
| Other | 8/16/1818 | SC | 26 yrs old | Polly Stephens willed all her rent to John Ayers and upon his death, to his children.
Plat Book page 108-109,111,138,301,305. |
| Other | 6/16/1826 | SC | 34 yrs old | | General Jacob Ayres, Chief of the Catawbas (and successor of General Jacob Scott) signs a lease for 208 acres of Catawba Reserve land lying north of the old Trading Road. Those signing the writ, in addition to the General, were: Colonel Lewis Canty, Captain John Ayters, Major Thomas Brown and Lieutenant Jessie Ayres. |
| Census | 1/1/1830 | GA (Pulaski County) | 38 yrs old | Page 160 - John Ayers - one male (30-40)//one female (under 5), one female (5-10), one female (15-20) one female (50-60)
next door - Ishmael Ayers - one male (under 5), one male (5-10), one male (20-30)//two females (under 5), one female (20-30) |
| Other | 1/1/1837 | SC | 45 yrs old | | Catawba Chief, General William Harris, signs a lease of some of the last remaining Catawba Reserve land over to a white settler. He co-signers and headmen at that time were Major Sam Scott, Captain Edward Ayers, and Lt. Lewis Stevens. |
| Marriage | 5/25/1837 | GA ( Pulaski County) | 45 yrs old | | The marriage of Jack John Ayers and Marilda Stephens is recorded at the bottom of this page. |
| Census | 10/14/1850 | 5 th district FL (Calhoun County) | 59 yrs old | family #5: John Ayrs (age 43, born in SC), Arilda (age 43, born in GA), Tellitha (25, SC), David (11, GA), John (12, GA), Thos. (10, GA), Benjam. (8, GA), William (8,GA), Elizabeth A. (6, GA), Asa (4, GA), Quinn (2, FL), Ishmael (4 months old, FL). John states he is a Blacksmith.
#7 William Ayrs & family are listed
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1850: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/1/1858 | Ayers Cemetery FL (Calhoun County) | 66 yrs old | | John Ayers Sr. -Capt. Seminole War - 1791 |
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Capt. John 'Jack' Ayers's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Capt. John 'Jack', his family, and friends. For example, Capt. John 'Jack' is 2 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.
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1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL. |
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1810 |
Western Florida, from the Pearl River to the Mississippi, is annexed by the US from Spain. |
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1813 |
During 1813-14, over 2,000 Muskogee-speaking Creeks move to Florida in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). Most come from AL and GA. |
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1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
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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 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
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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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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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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 8 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 9 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 16 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 23 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 39 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 48 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 53 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 62 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 65 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
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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. |
| 21 |
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. |
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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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| 39 |
1830 |
South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy. |
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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, |
| 12 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 13 |
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. |
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1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
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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. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 44 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 46 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 49 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 51 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 64 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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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. |
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1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
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1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
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1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
| 42 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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 | Betsey Kegg
Born about 1796 and died about 1830.
They were married 1/1/1812.
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Born on September 7, 1816 and died about 1880.
They were married 5/25/1837.
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The Children of Capt. John 'Jack' David Ayers
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Abigail Saphronia Ayers
Born somewhere in South Carolina on June 11, 1820 and died somewhere in Florida about 1860. She was about 39 years old.
She married John McCormick.
Children:
James M. (abt. 1838)
William (abt. 1840)
Daniel (abt.1842) he married Nancy Philemon
John (abt.1844)
Joseph (abt.1846)
Mary Ann (1848 ...
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Penellope Sarah Ayers
Born somewhere in South Carolina on April 12, 1821 and died somewhere in Florida about 1890. She was about 68 years old.
She married William McCormick.
Children:
Telitha "Litha" McCormick(abt.1837)she married Augustus Reese on 2/18/1857 in EarlyCo.GA,
Lewis McCormick (abt.1839),
Sarah McCormick (abt....
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Telitha 'Annie' Ann Frances Ayers
Born somewhere in South Carolina on February 18, 1824 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida about 1880. She was about 55 years old.
Annie's first marriage was to William David Cutts they had one son William David Cutts Jr. ...
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John Ayers
Born somewhere in Georgia on May 12, 1838 and died somewhere in Virginia on December 16, 1862. He was 24 years old.
He married on 9/11/1862 to Sena Burnam (9/10/1836 - 6/30/1916)
They had one son, John David Ayers (7/19/1863 - 10/18/1925)....
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49 years old
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Thomas W. Ayers
Born somewhere in Georgia on January 18, 1841 and died in Abe Springs, Cahoun Co., Florida on December 13, 1896. He was 55 years old.
He married Sarah Jane Register, they had 6 children:
- James Thomas (1868-1932),
- Elizabeth (1871 - ),
- Rebecca Jane (1872 -1947),
- Martha Charity (1875...
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Benjamin Franklin Ayers
Born in Dooley Co., Georgia on July 9, 1842 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on December 18, 1889. He was about 47 years old.
He first married on (12/11/1866) Harriet Burnam.
He then married on (11/29/1874) Nancy Ann Sims Keel (1845-1913)
children:
Avie Elizabeth (2/1/1876-3/5/1936)Avie married John Thomas Duncan...
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58 years old
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William Nathaniel Ayers
Born in Dooley Co., Georgia on July 9, 1842 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on May 13, 1917. He was 74 years old.
He married Eliza Jane Pope(12/12/1846 - 12/3/1922)
Children:
Louraine (7/4/1870)
John David (9/13/187)
William Jesse (10/29/1876)
Samuel Ayers (6/26/1882).
He served in the C...
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Wealthy Elizabeth Ayers
Born in Pulaski Co, Georgia on April 25, 1844 and died in Calhoun Co, Florida on January 3, 1929. She was 84 years old.
She was also called Bertha. She had 10 children:
- David Samuel Bailey (9/17/1867-11/18/1912)
- Jesse Wesley Bailey (1868- ) married Mary Reba Parish
- Wealthy ...
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39 years old
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Asa William Ayers
Born in Dooley Co., Georgia on January 9, 1846 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on February 16, 1906. He was 60 years old.
He married Joann Carson on May 22, 1870
Children:
- James William (12/22/1871 -1/2/1934),
- Jane "Jennie" (9/18/1873 -2/14/1889),
- John David (1876 -6/19...
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31 years old
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Queen Ann Ayers
Born somewhere in Georgia on March 12, 1849 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on November 15, 1928. She was about 79 years old.
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45 years old
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Ishmael A. Ayers
Born somewhere in Florida on February 16, 1850 and died somewhere in Florida on August 5, 1926. He was 76 years old.
He married Harriett Elizabeth Howard
Children:
- Martha Jane (1870-1941),
- William Henry (1872-1963),
- Ella Ann (1876-1959)married Calvin Martin,
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35 years old
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Samuel Ayers
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on January 10, 1855 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on July 18, 1934. He was 79 years old.
He married on (3/12/1877) to Wineford C. Cash (4/10/1859-5/21/1885).
After the death of Wineford, he married on (8/30/1894)to Nancy Catherine Pope (1/9/1860-1/1/1889).
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