Genealogy for
Mary Jane Thomas
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Mary Jane Thomas
9/1826 - 8/25/1919
(Shown at age 74)
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Mary Jane Thomas was born on an unknown day in September 1826 in Decatur County, Georgia and died on August 25, 1919 in Geneva Co., Alabama. She lived to be 93 years old.
She was a Creek Indian. She was called Mamie.
She and husband Byrd had nine children:
John (3/6/1847)-married Mary E. Purswell
William Byrd (1/1848)
Joseph Patrick (4/9/1850 -1937) -married Margianne "Margie" Lucretia McNeil
James Monroe (3/20/1852 -10/16/1919)-married Emily Frances Johnson
Thomas (12/24/1853)
Daniel (1955)
Lewis (1859)
Roxanne (1861)- married Robert M. Smith
Sophronia (1864) -married Rufus Turner | 
 | Census | 1/1/1830 | GA (Decatur County) | 3 yrs old | page 6 - Lewis Thomas - one male - (5 thru 9),
one male - (20 thru 29),
three females - (Under 5),
one female - (20 thru 29)
| 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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| Census | 1/1/1840 | District 553 GA (Decatur County) | 13 yrs old | Page 4 - Lewis Thomas - two males - (Under 5),
two males - (15 thru 19),
one male - (40 thru 49),
two females - (Under 5),
one female - (5 thru 9),
one female - (15 thru 19),
one female - (30 thru 39),
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
| Additional information about Decatur County, GA around 1840: Map of Decatur County, GA created around 1839 -- one year before the 1840 Census. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 10/12/1850 | Southern Division AL (Dale County) | 24 yrs old | | Family # 32, FB Patterson (age 24), wife, Mary (age 18),John (age3) William (age 1) F. B. states he is a farmer, he was born in LA. Mary was born in GA and the children were born in AL. |
| Census | 6/2/1860 | Newton AL (Dale County) | 33 yrs old | | family #63: Byrd Patterson (age 35, born in Mississippi), Mary (age 31, born in GA), John (age 13), William (age 11), Joseph (age 11), James (age 8), Thomas (age 6), Daniel (age 5), Lewis (age 1). All of the children were born in AL, they state they do not know where their father was born, mother in GA. Byrd states his occupation as Farmer and estimates his real estate at $600 and his personal estate at $300. The oldest children indicated they attended school during the past year. |
| Census | 6/17/1880 | Gilleys AL (Dale County) | 53 yrs old | Page: 597- #244- Mary Patterson (age 69),
Daniel Patterson (23),
Louis Patterson (20),
Roxy Ann Patterson (19),
Sophronia Patterson (16). Mary was born in GA, her father in SC, mother in NC. All children born in AL. Louis and Daniel are laborers, the women keep house. They can't read or write.
#245-Thomas Patterson (25), Catherine (22), Matilda (2), baby girl (2 mons -Apr.). All born in AL. |
| Military | 4/21/1899 | AL (Geneva County) | 72 yrs old | Application - Widow of deceased soldiers of the Armies of the Confederate States, Alabama
Mary J. Patterson, states she is the widow of F. B. Patterson, of Company C of the 11th Florida Regiment and that died on July 3, 1864. |
| Census | 6/16/1900 | Pates Crossroads AL (Geneva County) | 73 yrs old | #143 -Mary Patterson (age 49-Jan.1837),
Charlie O. Patterson (17 -May 1865),
James Patterson (14 -Sept.1885),son in law
Luke White (33 -Apr.1867),
Maggie M White (7 - July 1892),
Mc Donal White (5 -Apr. 1894),
Vassie White (4 -Feb.1896),
Fannie White (2 -Feb.1898),
mother in law -Mary Patterson (73 -Sept.1826). All were born in AL, excpt mother in law Mary, she was born in GA. Mary, Luke and Mary are all widows.
| Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1900: A courthouse fire in 1898 destroys many county records. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Military | 4/26/1915 | AL (Geneva County) | 88 yrs old | Reclassification Certificate of Age of Widow of Confederate Soldier
The State of Alabama
County of Geneva
Before me W.H.Morris, Judge of Probate, in and for said state and county, personally appeared Mrs. M.J. Patterson, who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says that is a resident of Geneva County, Alabama, her post office address being Harford Ala; that she is the widow of F.B.Patterson , who served in the Confederate Army as a private (see year file for regiment and branch), that she was born near, Tallahassee in the County of Decatur, state of Georgia on the ____day of________, 18____ being 100 years (or mere) of age at the time of making this affidavit: that she is now on the pension roll of Geneva County undre number 33327.
Affiant further state that she hereby makes application under an act approved March 8, 1915 to be placed on the reclassified pension roll. note: Applicant is totally blind & is very feeble
witness: L.L. Greshen, W.N. Mitcay on the 26th of April, 1915
mark of applicant -M.J.Patterson
W.H. Morris
Judge of Probate |
| Other | 1/1/1989 | AL | 70 yrs after death | To whom it may concern -- I, A. R. Patterson know my grandfather Bird Patterson to be a Cherokee Indian and his wife, Mary Jane known as "Mamie", to be Creek. signed A. R. Patterson.
Witness: Clyde Patterson- White Eagle, Margaritta Jordan- Water Woman. Notarized: Signed before me this 1st day of January 1989 by Violetta Nigels. |
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Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 4 years old when Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
| Age | Date | Event |
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1835 |
Alabama gold rush begins in the east-centrl hill country. |
| 11 |
1837 |
The Second Creek war begins in 1836. In 1837 The Battle of Hobdy's Bridge becomes the last indian battle in AL. |
| 14 |
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. |
| 24 |
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 |
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| 1 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 4 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 5 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 6 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 7 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 10 |
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. |
| 11 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 12 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 21 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 24 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 25 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 26 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 27 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 28 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 30 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 31 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 32 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 44 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 49 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 79 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 86 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 88 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 91 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 4 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 13 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 18 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 27 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 30 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 33 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 39 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 43 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 51 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 53 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 63 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 69 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 71 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 74 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 74 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 75 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 76 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 77 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 78 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 80 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 80 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 80 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 86 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 87 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 88 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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| 2 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 8 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 35 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 36 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 56 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 59 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 82 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 86 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 87 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 91 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 93 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 4 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 9 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 11 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 14 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 16 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 29 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 34 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 36 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 37 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 39 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 42 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 49 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 50 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 83 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 84 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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| 7 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
| 83 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 88 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 91 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 93 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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Born about 1826 and died on July 3, 1864
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The Children of Mary Jane Thomas
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John Wright Patterson
Born in Dale County, Alabama on March 6, 1847 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on January 18, 1890. He was 42 years old.
He married Mary Elizabeth Greenville Purswell (1852 -1928 Slcomb,AL). They had ten children:
Nancy (1870)
Columbus lonzo Patterson (1872 - 1949)
William Byrd Patterson (1872 ) married...
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52 years old
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William Byrd Patterson
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on January 25, 1848 and died in an unknown location about 1903. He was about 54 years old.
He married Samantha Byrd (4/25/1857 -1/18/1939).
Their children: Laura Delia(1876)
Susan R. (1878),
Docia Ann (1879),
Shelley H. (1880),
George A. (1881),
Samantha E. (1883...
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40 years old
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Joseph Patrick Patterson
Born in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama on April 9, 1850 and died in Atlanta, Cass County, Texas on March 7, 1937. He was 86 years old.
He married Margianne "Margie" Lucretia NcNeil (1856-1930)...
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84 years old
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Thomas P. Patterson
Born in Geneva Co., Alabama on December 24, 1853 and died in Geneva Co., Alabama on January 9, 1944. He was 90 years old.
Children:
Matilda (July 1878),
Infant Girl (1880),
Irvin (Sept. 1884),
Alabama (Dec. 1885),
Earley (Feb. 1887),
Lena (June 1889),
Lanie (May 1893),
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60 years old
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Daniel Patterson
Born in Dale County, Alabama on April 10, 1855 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on January 28, 1930. He was 74 years old.
Occupation: Farmer and Logger. Member of Burns Baptist Church. Cause of death recorded as Nephritis (kidney disease). Burial at Burns Baptist Church Cemetery in Geneva Co, AL....
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