Genealogy for
Charles Atkins Dennis
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Charles Atkins Dennis
7/8/1787 - 8/21/1844
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Charles Atkins Dennis was born on July 8, 1787 in Putnam County, Georgia and died on August 21, 1844 in China Grove, Pike County, Alabama. He lived to be 57 years old.
Charles served in the War of 1812 at rank of 2nd Lieutenant, under Capt. Broadnax and Col Newnon with the Georgia Volunteers.
Charles married Eleanor Ester Maddox in Oct. 1805. 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 Atkins Dennis Jr. (1832 -1863 Pike Co.AL)-married Susan A. M. _____
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 | Marriage | 10/1/1805 | GA (Hancock County) | 18 yrs old | | Marriage of Charlies Dennis and Esther Maddox |
| Land Deed | 11/28/1806 | GA (Putnam County) | 19 yrs old | |
Book 1808-1810,
Page 7-8,
Charles A. Dennis purchase land for $500
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| Military | 1/1/1812 | GA | 24 yrs old | | Name: Charles A. Dennis,
Company: Capt. Broadnax detachment, Georgia Militia.
Rank - Induction: 2 nd Lieutenant ,
Rank - Discharge: 2 nd Lieutenant,
Roll Box: 56,
Microfilm Publication: M602 |
| Land Deed | 1/1/1814 | GA | 26 yrs old | Full Name:
Charles A. Dennis,
Rank:
2 Lieutenant,
Service Year:
1812,
State:
Georgia,
Military Unit:
GA Vols., Capt. Broadnax, Col Newnon,
Warrant Number:
55-215736,
Rejected:
TRUE,
Conflict Period:
War of 1812,
Served For:
United States of America,bounty-land applications for soldiers who served post-Revolutionary War, 1790-1855.
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| Other | 1/22/1814 | GA (Putnam County) | 26 yrs old | Case Number# 49 D - Will of Joseph Dennis Jr. - Charles A. and Mathias Dennis executors
In the name of God amen. Joseph Dennis of the county of Putnam and state of Georgia being of sound and perfect mind, memory. (blessed be God) do this 22nd day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifteen , make and publish this my last will and testament. In manners following that is to say.
First I give and bequeath unto my sons Matthias and Simeon Dennis two hundred two and a half acres of land in the county of Putnam where I now live. viz lot no. 429, to be equally divided between them according to rate and value, My wife Ellendor Dennis to keep possessions of the homes that I now occupy during her life time together with all my personal estate and at her decease to dispose of my personal property as she may think proper one form the part of the product of my plantation. And I do here by make and ordain my trusty sons Charles A. and Matthias Dennis executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I the said Joseph Dennis have to this my last will and testament set my hand and affected my seal the day and year above written.
Benjamin Simmons, Philip Ballard, Stephen Parker
Joseph Dennis (seal) |
| Other | 9/1/1819 | AL (Autauga County) | 32 yrs old | | Charles A. Dennis - Elected member of the house of Representatives in Sept. 1819. 1st session, 1st. General Assembly. County of Autauga. 1819-1825 |
| Land Deed | 4/17/1829 | AL (Pike County) | 41 yrs old | | Name: Charles A. Dennis,
Issue Date: April 17, 1829,
Place: Pike, Alabama,
Land Office: Sparta,
Meridian: St Stephens,
Township: 9-N,
Range: 22-E,
Section: 3,
Accession Number: AL0610__.084,
Document Number: 562 |
| Census | 1/1/1830 | AL (Pike County) | 42 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. |
| Land Deed | 11/1/1830 | AL (Pike County) | 43 yrs old | | Name: Charles A. Dennis,
Issue Date: Nov.1, 1830,
Place: Pike, Alabama,
Land Office: Sparta,
Meridian: St. Stephens,
Township: 11-N,
Range: 21-E,
Section: 8,
Accession Number: AL0610__.361,
Document Number: 864, |
| Census | 1/1/1840 | AL (Pike County) | 52 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. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 8/21/1844 | Dennis Cemetery, Troy AL (Pike County) | 57 yrs old | | C. A. Dennis
-Native of South Carolina |
| Other | 9/10/1859 | AL (Pike County) | 15 yrs after death | | Vol. F, page 220 - Simeon R. May and M.M. Dennis are executors of Charles Dennis estate. |
| Other | 1/1/2001 | AL (Pike County) | 157 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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Charles Dennis's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Charles, his family, and friends. For example, Charles is 6 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 |
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| 15 |
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. |
| 16 |
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. |
| 18 |
1805 |
Indian cessions opened up large portions of western (Choctaw) and northern (Chickasaw and Cherokee) Alabama to white settlers. |
| 24 |
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". |
| 25 |
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". |
| 26 |
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. |
| 26 |
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). |
| 27 |
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 |
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. |
| 30 |
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. |
| 32 |
1819 |
Alabama admitted to the United States |
| 48 |
1835 |
Alabama gold rush begins in the east-centrl hill country. |
| 50 |
1837 |
The Second Creek war begins in 1836. In 1837 The Battle of Hobdy's Bridge becomes the last indian battle in AL. |
| 53 |
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. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1788 |
Bourbon County Act rescinded. |
| 2 |
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. |
| 3 |
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. |
| 3 |
1790 |
Columbia and Elbert Counties are created. |
| 6 |
1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
| 7 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
| 8 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
| 14 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
| 15 |
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. |
| 16 |
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. |
| 20 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
| 21 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
| 22 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
| 24 |
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". |
| 24 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
| 25 |
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". |
| 25 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
| 26 |
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). |
| 30 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
| 32 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
| 33 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
| 34 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
| 35 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 36 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 37 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 38 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 39 |
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. |
| 40 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 43 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 44 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 45 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 46 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 49 |
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. |
| 50 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 51 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 6 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 12 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 13 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 20 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 27 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 43 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 52 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 57 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 13 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
| 24 |
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. |
| 25 |
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. |
| 41 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 47 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 6 |
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. |
| 7 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
| 11 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
| 16 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 17 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
| 18 |
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. |
| 19 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
| 24 |
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. |
| 33 |
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. |
| 43 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 48 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 50 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 53 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 55 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
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| 1 |
1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
| 2 |
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 |
| 5 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
| 6 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
| 8 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
| 9 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
| 10 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
| 46 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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| Eleanor Maddox
Born on May 15, 1790 and died on February 5, 1870.
They were married 10/1/1805.
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The Children of Charles Atkins Dennis
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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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