Matthew Durham > Matthew Durham Jr.

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	1. John J. DURHAM "Jonnie" (b. 31 Dec 1784, d. 15 Jan 1787, age 2)   Notes:
	2. Susanna DURHAM (b. 21 Apr 1786, GA; d. 17 June 1787, WashCtyTX) m. George CAROTHERS (b. 14 Sep 1787, (probably County Antrim) Ireland, d. 22 Sep 1861, WashCtyTX) on 28 Mar 1812, JoneCtyGA Children:   1. Henry Miller CAROTHERS     2. Andrew Coffee CAROTHERS "Andy" (b. 10 Mar 1817, GA; d. 19 Apr 1879; Find-A-Grave 106720482, TX) m. Lucinda BIBB (b. 1 June 1817, LiviCtyKY; d. 21 Sep 1885, McMuCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 125813115, TX) in 1837   3. Susannah CAROTHERS (b. 1816; d. Bef. 1853)     4. Frances E. CAROTHERS (b. c. 1819; d. c. 1882 probably Burton, WashCtyTX)     5. Robert James CAROTHERS (b. 12 Dec 1821)     6. Simeon Durham CAROTHERS "Sim" (b. 5 Jan 1825, Montgomery, MontCtyAL; d. 20 June 1903, Temple, BellCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 49709274, TX) m. Jane Amanda MURPHREE (b. 15 Mar 1827, Murfreesboro, RuthCtyTN; d. 5 May 1910, Temple, TX) on 7 Mar 1850, WashCtyTX   7. James CAROTHERS (b. 1827)     Notes: "CAROTHERS" is sometimes spelled as "CARRUTHERS". Andrew C. Carothers name is spelled "Caruthers" on this tombstone. A death certificate for Simeon's daughter, Rebecca Murphree Carothers (b. May 24, 1855, Greenvine, WashCtyTX; d. Dec 30, 1943, Houston, HarrCtyTX, age 88) gives some information. If verifies the spelling of both "Murphree" and "Carothers".  It lists birth places for both Simeon (Montgomery, AL) and Jane (Murfreesboro, RuthCtyTN). A death certificate for Simeon's daughter, Addie Jane Carothers (b. Dec 17, 1860, WashCtyTX; d. Jan 23, 1948, Taylor, WillCtyTX, age 87) gives additional info. It indicates that Simeon's nickname was "Sim", but says he was born in Texas. Jane is indicated to be "Jane Murphy", born in TN.     From 1850 Census for AustCtyTX: Dwelling 90, Family 90   Name Age Gender Race Occ Land Value Birth Place George Carothers 63 M   Farmer 2500 Ireland Susannah Carothers 64 F       GA Simeon Carothers 25 M   Farmer 350 AL Jane Carothers 23 F       TN David Dunford 28 M   Farmer   MS E Gerhard Arish 23 M   Laborer   Germany
	3. John Spencer DURHAM (b. 11 Mar 1789; d. 11 June 1790, age 1)   Notes: Died in childhood.
	4. Mary DURHAM (b. 22 Sep 1790, GA; d. 8 Mar 1868, CarrCtyMS) m. Thomas PLEASANTS (b. 28 Aug 1786; d. 26 Oct 1853) on 1808, HancCtyGA Children:   1. Thomas Augustus PLEASANTS (b. 1827, MS) m. Margaret A. HEMMINGWAY (b. c. 1837, TN) on 15 Mar 1860, CarrCtyMS   2. Mary F. PLEASANTS (b. 1835, MS) m. William STEWART (b. c. 1827, PA) on 11 Apr 1858, CarrCtyMS   3. Frank PLEASANTS (b. 1823, MS) m. Mary L. KEMPTON (b. 1835, MS) on 6 Dec 1852, YazoCtyMS   4. Mims PLEASANTS (b. 1835)   Notes: Frank and Mims Pleasants served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Frank Pleasants was the sheriff of Carroll County, Mississippi.
	5. Matthew DURHAM III (b. 27 May 1793, GA; d. 9 Oct 1793, GA, age 4 months)   Notes: Died as an infant.
	6. Simeon DURHAM (b. 6 July 1794; d. 3 Jan 1837, age 42) m. Avarilla HARPER (b. 1789, GA; d. 1835, AR, age 45; Find-A-Grave 176784767, Unk.) on 26 Dec 1817    1st husband: Joseph WHITE (m. 1806, GA); 2nd husband: Champion F. TRALOR (m. 1816, GA) Notes: Simeon is not listed by Shelman in the family bible, but he IS listed in Mathew's will.
	7. Nancy DURHAM (b. 20 Sep 1795; d. 14 Sep 1811, JoneCtyGA, age 15)   Notes:
	8. Seaborn Jones Durham (b. 22 Nov 1796; d. 2 Sep 1877, Jackson, HindCtyMS) m1. Nancy STOVALL m2. Mrs. Mary Chambliss GEORGE in 1829, MonrCtyGA Children:   1. Mary Stovall DURHAM (b. 1824)     2. John DURHAM     Children to Mary:   1. Virginia DURHAM (b. 1833, GA)     2. John Ebner DURHAM (b. 1837, MS)     3. Eliza Love DURHAM (b. 1837, MS) m. Daniel B. COMFORT   4. Rebecca DURHAM (b. 1840, MS)     5. Georgia Brown DURHAM (b. 1842, MS) m. Daniel Benjamin COMFORT Sr.   6. Eugenia DURHAM (b. 1847, MS)       Notes: Mary was previously married to J. W. George and had a son, General J. Z. George of MS, who was a US Senator.   1850 US Census for CarrCtyMS: Dwelling 148, Family 220 Name Age Value Occupation Birth Place Seabourn J. Durham 53   Farmer GA Mary Durham 43 $800   GA Virginia Durham 17     GA John Durham 13     MS Eliza Durham 11     MS Rebecca Durham 10     MS Georgiann 8     MS Eugenia Durham 3     MS   Mary's Obit: OBIT: Mary (Chambliss) George Durham DURHAM — In Kosciusko, Miss. on Saturday night, October 29, 1881, in the 76th year of her age, Mrs. Mary Durham, consort of the late Seaborn J. Durham. The news of the good woman’s death will carry sadness to the hearts of her many friends. Some twelve or thirteen years ago she experienced a paralytic-stroke, from which she never recovered, and since then has received several shocks of a like nature, the last one causing her death. The subject of this notice was born on the 9th day of October 1806, in what is now known as Baldwyn county (formerly Wilkinson) Georgia. She was united in marriage with Joseph Warren George in 1825, whom she survived, and was again married in May 1828 to Seaborn J. Durham. She was the mother of nine children, four of whom are now living, towit: Gen. J. Z. George of Jackson, the oldest; Mrs. Fayette Turner of Minter City; Mrs. D. B. Comfort, and Miss Eugenia Durham (the youngest) of Kosciusko. Mrs. Durham joined the Baptist Church at the age of twenty, and ever since has lived a devout and Christian life. For years she had been a sufferer, and all through her afflictions she was patient and Christian-like. She was buried on Monday evening, being followed to her last resting place by a host of mourning friends and relatives.
	9. Rev. Sanders Walker DURHAM Sr. (b. 21 May 1798; d. 11 June 1879, TalbCtyGA; Find-A-Grave 75497757, GA) m1. Mary W. RUCKER (b. 7 Feb 1802, WilkCtyGA; d. 14 June 1865, TalbCtyGA; Find-A-Grave 115280223, GA) m2. Nancy S. MITCHELL (b. 6 Oct 1843, GA; d. 17 Apr 1891; Find-A-Grave 140355243, GA)   Father: Judge W. J. F. MITCHELL Child to Nancy:   1. Sanders Walker DURHAM Jr. (b. 1867; d. 1926, Find-A-Grave 115319073, TX) m. Phebe HUGHES (b. 9 Nov 1871, Princeton, BureCtyIL; d. 28 Mar 1950, Waxahachie, ElliCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 115319101, TX) on 15 Dec 1892, GrayCtyTX    Parents: E. P. HUGHES / Elizabeth COCHRAN   Notes: Sanders W. Durham owned 42 slaves. He married twice. He was an ordained Minister at Antioch Baptist Church, Butler, GA. Sanders Jr. had one son, Sanders Walker Durham III (b. 9 Oct 1893; d. 7 June 1965, 97471921). He served in WWI as a Sergeant, Company E, 117th Supply TN QMC. The 1880 Taylor County, GA census for Carsonville, GA shows Nancy Durham, age 35, living with her father Judge W. J. F. Mitchell. Also living with them is 12 year-old S. W. Durham. He is listed in the 1830 MonrCtyGA census. In 1903, he was living in Sherman, GrayCtyTX.   Nancy (Mitchell) Durham's obituary: The Butler Herald Tuesday, April 21, 1891 We have been furnished with the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. N. S. Durham, wife of Rev. S.W. Durham, deceased and daughter of Judge W. J. F. Mitchell, the greater portion of whose life had been spent in Taylor County, but for the past two or three years had resided at Sherman, Texas, where her death occurred at 3 o’clock a.m. on Friday last, after a painful illness of about three weeks.  Mrs. Durham was about 45 years of age, a lady of fine virtues of head and heart won the love and admiration of all with whom she became associated.  She leaves many friends and relatives who will regret to learn of her death.   From 1880 US Census for Carsonville, TalbCtyGA:   Name Rel. Mar.Stat Gender Race Age Birth Place Occ. Father BPlace Mother BPlace W. J. F. Mitchel Self   Male W 68 GA Farmer     Nancy S. Mitchel Dau W Female W 35 GA Housekeeper     S. W. Durham GSon S Male W 12 GA       M. L. Riley Other   Male W 30 GA Farmer
	10. Singleton DURHAM (b. 9 Jan 1800, MonrCtyGA; d. 7 Oct 1835, MonrCtyGA) m. Lucy STOVALL RATLIFF (b. c. 1804; d. c. 1850, MonrCtyGA) c. 1825, MonrCtyGA    Parents: William RATLIFF / Mary Polly STOVALL Children:   1. Mary Frances DURHAM (b. 25 July 1826, MonrCtyGA; d. 22 May 1882, Find-A-Grave 32530594, GA) m. Benjamin F. TAYLOR (b. c. 1824) on 20 Aug 1844, MonrCtyGA   2. John Pryor DURHAM (b. 15 June 1830, MonrCtyGA; d. 1 Nov 1851, TalbCtyGA, age 21; Find-A-Grave 74636706, GA)     3. William Columbus DURHAM (b. 5 Apr 1832, MonrCtyGA; d. 7 Dec 1855, age 23; Find-A-Grave 47357847, GA)     4. Frances Marion Gene DURHAM (b. 18 Oct 1833, MonrCtyGA; d. 8 Feb 1906, YounCtyTX m. Mary Bedell NORMAN on 13 May 1856, UnioCtyAR   Notes: Singleton Durham had five children. He died at age 35. Frances M. G. Durham served for the South in the Civil War. 19th Regiment Arkansas Infantry (Dockery’s), Company G, Sergeant Major
	11. Saleta DURHAM (b. 27 Mar 1801, d. 21 Aug 1801, age 4 months)   Notes: Died as an infant.
	12. Col. Shelman DURHAM (b. 6 Dec 1803, d. Aft. Feb 1876, Bremond, RobeCtyTX) m. Susanna SIMS (CURRY) on 7 Dec 1824, MonrCtyGA Children:   1. James Jackson DURHAM ( (b. 1825, GA) m . Mary Jane Clements OLDHAM 2. William Washington DURHAM ( (b. 1827, GA) m1. Mary Jane MCKINNON m2. Mary L. PATTON   3. Franklin Marion DURHAM (b. 1830, GA) m1. Emily M. MCDANIEL m2. Elvira BROWN   4. Susan Haselton (Hasseltine?) DURHAM (b. 1832)     5. John Lafayette DURHAM  ( (b. 1834, GA) m. Frances V. MCKINNEY "Jenny"   6. Elizabeth Pollard DURHAM (b. 1836, MS) m1. Simon TIMS m2. Ruben O'NEAL   7. Emily A. DURHAM (b. 1838, MS) m. Benjamin F. OLDMAN   8. Mathew Lenard DURHAM ( (b. 1842, MS)     9. Cornitta Francis DURHAM (Carmilla?) (b.  1844, MS)     Notes: For more information on Shelman Durham, click his name above.
John	13. Grace Spencer DURHAM (b. 23 Apr 1805, HancCtyGA; d. 10 June 1874, Verona, LeeCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 25829454, MS) m. John Stovall RATLIFF (b. 1 Oct 1806, LincCtyGA; d. 15 Apr 1898, age 91; Find-A-Grave 25829070, MS) on 5 Jan 1826, MCGA    Parents:  William RATLIFF / Mary (Polly Jr.) Children: 4 1. Frances RATLIFF "Fannie" (b. Jan 1832, GA; d. 1926, Tupelo, LeeCtyMS, age 93; Find-A-Grave 84344495, MS) m1. Clark S. BROWN   m2. Dr. Thomas Temple ARMSTRONG (b. 26 May 1816, SmitCtyTN; d. 10 June 1874, Verona, LeeCtyMS) in c. 1871    Parents: John Barclay ARMSTRONG / Nancy Moreland TURNER; 1st wife: Martha Washington POLLARD   2. Lucy J. RATLIFF (b. 10 June 1834, Noxubee County, MS; d. 9 July 1903, Greenville, WashCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 13350528, MS) m. Dr. William Tatum STOVALL (b. 26 Oct 1828, Moulton, LawrCtyAL; d. 5 Dec 1906, Leland, MS; Find-A-Grave 13350468, MS)  in c. 1874    Parents: William STOVALL / Cynthia Ann TATUM; 1st wife: Sara Clementine EWING (m. 1852)   3. Mary Susan RATLIFF (b. 14 Apr 1836, GA; d. 13 Dec 1909, Verona, LeeCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 25829852, MS) m. Leonides Chambliss LEDBETTER (b. 19 Apr 1833, PrGeCtyVA; d. 30 Mar 1875, Verona, LeeCtyMS, age 41; Find-A-Grave 25829707, MS)    Parents: Robert Chalmers LEDBETTER / Sarah Elizabeth CATES 4. Elizabeth Ann RATLIFF "Lizzie" (b. 2 May 1838, MS; d. 21 Apr 1915, Ft. Worth, TarrCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 55077499, TX) m. Sr. Archibald S. WEAR (b. 5 May 1817; d. 5 Nov 1872; Find-A-Grave 34926115, TX) on 26 Dec 1860, ItawCtyMS 5. Martha Josephine RATLIFF (b. c. 1840, MS; d. 1918, LeeCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 140858423, MS) m. Absalom L. CARUTH "Abbie" (b. 4 May 1839, AL; d. 6 Jan 1888, age 48; Find-A-Grave 49473688, MS) on 7 Sep 1865, ItawCtyMS   6. Grace Camilla RATLIFF (b. c. 1842, MS; d. 31 Aug 1890, Fort Smith, SebaCtyAR) m. Thomas H. BROWN (b. c. 1837, AL) on 15 Feb 1860, ItawCtyMS 7. Georgia Catherine RATLIFF (b. 20 Nov 1844, MS; d. 6 Oct 1918; Find-A-Grave 34504949, TX) m. Dr. Joseph Alexander ANTHONY (b. 30 Aug 1828 near Hartsville, TrouCtyTN; d. 20 Jan 1905, Terrell, KaufCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 34505035, TX) on 23 Sep 1874 8. James William RATLIFF (b. 11 Feb 1847, LaudCtyMS; d. 2 Apr 1934, Lenora, DeweCtyOK; Find-A-Grave 27319004, OK) m. Mollie L. CAVENESS (b. 2 Feb 1854, TN; d. 18 Apr 1921, OK; Find-A-Grave 27319017, OK) on 25 July 1868, HenrCtyTN   Notes: Grace S. Durham is not listed by Shelman in the family bible, however, she was Mathew's daughter. There is a great write-up from the Goodspeed Biography 1981. The excerpt is included in John's Find-A-Grave entry (link above). They moved to Mississippi - listed in 1840 & 1850 Census in Noxubee County, 1860 in Itawamba (information from Gary Peacock on genforum). Martha J. Caruth shows initially that she was born circa 1840 (Census' of 1850, 1860, 1880). Then after she becomes a widower, her birth date is pushed up to July 1848 in 1900 and circa 1845 in 1910. Her find-a-grave entry is July 1848. Joseph A. Anthony fought in the Mexican War where he was wounded in the Battloe of Monterey. He also was a Captain, CO I, 7 TENN INF., C. S. A during the US Civil War.    From 1850 Census for NoxuCtyMS: Dwelling 689, Family 698   Name Age Est. DOB Gend Race Occ. Land Value Birth Place John S. Ratliff 44 1806 M       GA Cresa Ratliff 45 1805 F       GA Fanny S. Ratliff 18 1832 F       GA Lucy J. Ratliff 16 1834 F       MS Mary S. Ratliff 14 1836 F       MS Elizabeth A. Ratliff 12 1838 F       MS Martha J. Ratliff 10 1840 F       MS Grace C. Ratliff 8 1842 F       MS Catharine G. Ratliff 6 1844 F       MS James W. Ratliff 4 1846 M       MS W. C. F. Richardson 28 1822 M       KY Samuel Mclendon 20 1830 M       AL S Huell 22 1828 F       VA
	14. Sarah DURHAM (b. 29 Apr 1806; d. 19 June 1806, age 2 months)   Notes: Sarah is not listed by Shelman in the family bible, so I question if she was Mathew's daughter.
	15. Fanny DURHAM (b. 6 June 1807; d. 1807, age 1 day)   Notes: Fanny is not listed by Shelman in the family bible, so I question if she was Mathew's daughter.

 

Notes:

Matthew was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. He was also a Baptist deacon. Here is his biography, and transcriptions from the Durham Family Bible, to USGenWeb Archives by Lillie Ruby. Fanny Spencer had a brother Thomas who died in "Caplh" (Copiah?) County, MS, another brother William who died in Hinds County, MS, and a sister, Gracy Holly, who died in Monroe County, GA. The parents of Fanny Elizabeth Spencer were John Thomas Spencer and Mary Wray (Ray). The Spencers and Wrays seem to have some down from Brunswick Co., VA as did the Durhams. John Thomas moved to Spartanburg Dist. SC as did Matthew and Fanny. They all moved into Monroe Co., GA, but went further west after a hurricane and other problems. The only two brothers that have been identified for Fanny died in MS as did her sister Grace (from Lillie B. Ruby in genforum).   Page Sources: Donald R. Johnston Home Page web. Shelman Durham's letter copying family bible bible. Biographies of American Revolutionary Soldiers - Matthew Durham website web. Ratliff site on rootsweb, Contact Julian Riley.   ModLog: Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes 24 Sep 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.

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