Saturday, April 14, 2012

Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa Co. seems to be the spot where the Johnston and Meadows families joined

Pictures courtesy Bobby Meadows 
Opelika, Alabama  36801


I, Susan Aldridge, am not related except thru Sarah Leona Meadows, wife of Isham Meadows of Dadeville, Tallapoosa AL- a cousin. But this seemed to be a last twig of a branch and I wanted to preserve it. He and his wife lost all their children except for Leola. Seven out of eight died, which I do think is odd. So some information is missing on this family. Hints, corrections or contributions would be welcome!

Since the children of Capt Meadows and his wife Mary Jane Johnston all died young except for Leola, she is the last remaining twig in that family. Does anyone have info on her. Here is what I have about the family- I found it on internet. Since marrying at age 14 and 15 was accepted back then- why is it against the law now? We are all descended from these marriages and wouldnt exist without these unions.
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyalabamaa03owengoog/hist
oryalabamaa03

owengoog_djvu.txt
look at page 1182
DICTIONARY OP ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY
MEADOWS, JAMES DANIEL, colonel C. S. 
Army, member constitutional convention 1875, 
was bom January 9, 1827, at Thomaston, Upson 
County, (Ja., and died January 14, 1900, in 
Dadeville, AL; son of Miles Robley and Susan 
Martha (Parker) Meadows, the former a native 
of Putnam County, Ga., who lived at Thomas- 
ton, Ga., and represented Upson County in the 
Georgia legislature; grandson of James and 
Rutha Meadows, of Putnam County, Ga., and 
of Daniel and Lucy Parker, of Jones County, 
GA. He received his early schooling in Thom- 
aston, Ga., and attended Emory college. 
He enlisted in. the C. S. Army and became 
captain of Co. A, First regiment of Alabama 
volunteers, and was promoted to the rank of 
colonel during the latter part of the war. He 
was active in local politics, and was elected 
a delefcate to the constitutional convention of 
1875. He was a Democrat; a Baptist; and a 
Mason. Married: September 3, 1846, at 
Eufaula, to Mary Jane Johnston,,a native of 
Harris County, GA., who died April 12. 1884, 
daughter of John and Marthy Ann Johnston, 
of Whiteville, Harris County, Ga Children: 
1. John Miles, b. May 17, 1849, d. September 
27. 1864; 2. William Franklin, b. April 28, 
1851, d. October 2, 1864; 3. Josephine, b. March 
12, 1853, d. August, 1855; 4. Martha Anne, b. 
February 5. 1855. d. October 29, 1868; 5. James   
D., Jr., b. October 28, 1865, d. February 17, 
1866; 6. Leola Jane, b. January 23, 1867, m. 
November 6, 1889, to James Colbert Spratlin, 
Tallapoosa County; 7. Georgia Anne, b. May 2, 
1871, d. September 15, 1871. Last residence: 
Dadeville. 

Mary Jane Johnston was the daughter of first wife Martha Ann (Lyon?) and 
her husband John Johnston who had moved to AL from Ga about 1838. Mary 
Janes mother Martha Ann (Marthy Ann) was born January 1809 and died on 6 
July 1844 when Mary Jane was 10 years old.   She is buried in the same 
graveyard (John Johnston Cemetery) as her daughter Mary Jane.   Mary Janes 
father John remarried a month later in August 1844. 


Mary Jane s father established a large plantation at Walnut Hill. Many of the family are buried in the family cemetery at Walnut Hill.
John Young Johnston Sr. was a wealthy planter who lived in the Walnut Hill area of Tallapoosa county, Alabama from about 1838/1839 until his death in 1881. He is buried in a private cemetery located in T 20 N, R 22 E, Section 28, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, once a part of John's plantation. John was born Feburary 10, 1803, in Georgia.   He married Mary Martha Ann. Martha's maiden name may have been Lyon- daughter of Edmund F. Lyon and Mary Martha Ware from the Garrett family (2nd wife Nancy Hester?) sometime after 1828 and probably on 10 December 1837 in Coweta Ga when a Martha Ann Floyd married John P. Johnson. Her father Edmund F. Lyon had mentioned her in his will as Mary Floyd. A land indenture in Harris County, Georgia, dated Nov. 8, 1828, has John Johnston of Wilkes County, Georgia, selling land in Troup County, Georgia, to a Lloyd Cooper of Harris County, Georgia, for the sum of six hundred dollars. This land lying and being in the County of Troup, Fourth District, third section known as No. one hundred seventy (170) was granted to Martha Lyon the 3rd day of November 1828. She was listed as a minor. Filed in Clerks Office of Superior Court 13th of April 1829. Signed John (his mark) Johnston. Witnesses: William Johnston, J.B. Johnston, James Cooper, George F. Buckhamon. The above mentioned land in Troup Co., Georgia was drawn in the, 1827 Georgia Land Lottery, by Martha Lyon, minor, of Wilkes Co., Georgia For John to have been able to sell this land five days after it was granted to Martha Lyon it may have been part of her dowery. John's first child, William, was born June 12, 1828, in Georgia before Martha was being listed as a Martha Lyon. John and family are on the 1830 Census of Harris County, Georgia. While in Harris County, he had four more children; Joseph, born 1830, John Young, born July 18, 1832, Mary Jane, born March 21, 1834 and Samuel Young, born April 1, 1836. Martha died in 1844 and John Johnston remarried the next month to Mary Ann C. Haynie who was about 20 years younger than his he. "
1850 census
Household # 814
John Johnson age 47, b. GA
Mary Ann age 22, b. GA (Haynie)
William age 21, b. Ga
Joseph age 20, b. GA
Samuel age 15, b. GA  
James age 13 (but should be 3) b. Ala
Benjamin F. b. Apr. 1850
Elizabeth age 18, b.GA (Sands-wife of Joseph Johnston)


His widow Mary Ann Haynie Johnston married Roberson Willingham of Rockford, AL. Mary Ann died in the Rockford, Coosa County, AL c. 1888 and is buried in the Sears Chapel (McEwen) Cemetery.

Birth: Oct. 6, 1823
Death: Jun. 9, 1888

Widow of John Johnson & Robberson Willingham. 
Burial:
Willingham Cemetery
Hissop
Coosa County
Alabama, USA
Mary Ann Celeby Johnston Willingham

After his father's death, Samuel Young Johnston, a Notary Public, preformed the marriage ceremony of his step-mother, Mary Ann Cleabie Haynie Johnston to a Mr. Robberson Willingham on June 6, 1882. 


The children of John Johnston and Martha Ann Lyon and maybe other wives were:
William JOHNSTON, born 12 June 1828, married Rebecca Smith
Joseph JOHNSTON, born abt 1830, married Elizabeth Sands
John Y. JOHNSTON, born 18 July 1832, married (1)Rutha Meadows (2)Elizabeth Sands Johnston
Mary Jane JOHNSTON, born 21 March 1834, married James D. Meadows. Mary Jane died on 12 April 1894 and James died on 14 January 1900.
Samuel Y. JOHNSTON, born abt 1836, married Lucinda J. Gray

The children of John Johnston and Mary Ann Haynie were:
James Pierce JOHNSTON, born 18 April 1847, married Josephine P. Tomme
Benjamin Franklin JOHNSTON, born 24 April 1850, married Martha Caroline McDaniel 14 Oct 1869; Caroline born about 1847
Burton Jack JOHNSTON, born 25 November 1852, married Alice Idonia (Sanford) Boone
Rebecca JOHNSTON, born abt 1853 (not listed as child on censuses prior to 1880, this possibly could be wife of William with error in her birthdate - 1835 instead of 1853???)
Stillborn daughter JOHNSTON, born 1861, buried Johnston Cemetery, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Possible children of John and Martha-
Sarah Ann JOHNSTON, born 5 May 1826, married James Carroll on 19 January 1849 in Tallapoosa County: had daughter Mary Ann, who married Isaac Jackson Burson
Rebecca JOHNSTON, born about 1829, married David E. Evans
Siblings of John Johnston
Joseph JOHNSTON
Lavinia JOHNSTON, married (1) Stephen Hudgins, (2)Seaborn Golden


Quote from Patsy Vernon:


"Searching for information on John Johnston/Johnson, b. 1803. Land record in 1828 Harris Co. states that he was from Wilkes Co. Had sister, Levinia that married Stephen Hudgins in 1818 (Lincoln Co.) and in 1825 she married Seaborn Golden, also in Lincoln Co. You mention John Johnson's first wife as being Martha Lyon. There is no proof of this although I believe Martha's name was Lyon. 1st Wife ????. I believe that John may have been married several times. He married Mary Ann Haynie 6 weeks after Martha's death. I also believe that Mary Ann was a distant relative.
John Johnson sold land Nov. 1828 in Harris Co. for Martha Lyon that she had recieved in the 1827 Land Lottery in Lincoln Co. I believe that this Martha Lyon first married Shadrack Floyd before 1824. She is named in her father, Edmund Lyon's Will as Mary Floyd- but he 2 daughters he names Mary- Mary Lyon and Mary Floyd. Mary Floyd must be Mary Martha Ann Floyd. One John P. Johnson married Martha Ann Floyd, Dec. 10, 1837 in Coweta Co. There are two other marriages for a John P. Johnson. One in Wilkes Co (where John was from) to a Prudence Irvin in 1824 another marriage record for one John P. Johnson is to a Celia A.B. Haines 30 July 1835 in Coweta Co.

"Is this our John Johns(t)on, I don't know. I do believe that John was married several times. I have pictures of John Y., Mary Jane and Samuel Y. Johnston. They do not resemble each other."


EDMOND LYON, 10/20/1824:9/5/1825, p. 178 Wife: Nancy. Daus; Sarah (tr., John Moss), wife of William H. Seale; Frances, Elisabeth, Winifred, Nancy and Mary Lyon. Three years after my death, estate to be diviced among ch: Frances; Diana, wife of Richard Curry; Mary, wife of Shadrack Floyd; Elizabeth, Winifred, Nancy and Mary Lyon. Exrs: Son in law, Shadrack Floyd, John Moss, Sr.


Mary Jane married James D. Meadows at age 14 on 3 Sept 1848, was born 21 
Mar 1834 in Harris County, Georgia, and died 12 Apr 1894 in Tallapoosa Co. AL   
James was Sheriff of Tallapoosa County, Capt. Co. A, 1st Alabama Voluntary 
Infantry and Artillery C.S.A., and member of the 1876 Constitutional 
Convention. They belonged to the Primative Baptist Church. The inscription on 
Mary Jane s grave as her mother being Mary seems to be wrong. 

Grave pictures:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2346800
Meadows in

 •John Johnston Cemetery
 •Walnut Hill
 •Tallapoosa County
 •Alabama
 •Find A Grave

Notes for Mary Jane Johnstons brother Dr. JOHN YOUNG JOHNSTON:
John was 15 years old when he married Rutha Meadows, daughter of Miles 
Robley Meadows. M.R. Meadows was a prominent citizen and politician in 
Upson Co., Georgia. John's sister, Mary Jane married Rutha's, brother James 
D. Meadows. After his marriage to Rutha Meadows, John Johnston attended 
the Graffenburg Institute and became a doctor. He served as a Major. in the 
47th Alabama Infantry in the Civil War.   Burial: Unknown, Sardis Methodist 
Church Cemetery, Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa County, Alabama   Divorced: 26 
May 1870, he remarried on 14 August 1871 to Elizabeth W. Sands, widow of
 his brother Capt. Joseph Johnston who had died at Gettysburg.


2 fotos John Johnston Cem
Capt James Daniel Meadows
Mary Jane Johnston and James D.Meadows had 8 children over a period of 36 
years:
Children of James Daniel Meadows and Mary Jane Johnston:
1. John Miles Meadows, born 17 May 1849, 9and a half months after her 
marriage, died 27 September 1864 age 15 within a few days of his brother 
William- illness must have been contagious
2. William Franklin Meadows, born 28 April 1851, died 2 October 1864   age 13
3. Josephine Meadows, born 12 March 1853, died 4 August 1855   age 2
4. Martha Ann Meadows, (named after Mary Janes mother Martha Ann) born 5 
February 1855, died 29 October 1868   age 13
5. James Daniel Meadows, born 28 October 1865, died 14 February 1866 age 3 
and a half months old
6. Leola Jane "Janie" Meadows, born 23 Jan. 1867, married 5 November 1889, 
James Colbert/Colvart Spratlin/Spratlen Who are their children? One is James 
Meadows Spratlen born Dec 1892. He married Mattie Vesta. 
7. Georgia Ann Meadows, born 2 May 1871, died 5 September 1871 at 4 
months old
8. Martha Ann Meadows (named after Mary Janes mother Martha Ann) born 8 
Feb 1885 died 23 Oct 1886 at 1 and a half year old

Home in 1880: Tallapoosa, Alabama
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: John Sprattin
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
John Sprattin 52 GA GA GA (John Pope Spratlin)
William Sprattin 20 AL (William A.)
Mollie Sprattin 18 AL (Mollie B. married Mack Beattie)
Jack Sprattin 16 AL (married Addie Scott)
James Sprattin 14 AL (James C. married Leona Jane Meadows)
Shelton Sprattin 10 AL (Shelton S.)
Cade Sprattin 8 AL
Leila Sprattin 6 AL (Lula married O. Spratt Dark)
Walter Horton 38 GA brother in law 

Willis Henry Spratlen (16 Jan 1860 - married Bessie Trimble, died 27 Aug 1927 
Denison Texas) may be William A. twin?

Jack-
BIRTH: 31 Dec 1863, Alexander City, Tallapoosa, Alabama 
DEATH: 31 May 1947, Leuders , Jones Co. Texa

1920 United States Federal Census
James C Spratlin
BIRTH: 
abt 1866 - Alabama
RESIDENCE: 
1920 -   Tallapoosa, Alabama

Home in 1880: Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa, Alabama
J. D. Meadows 53 GA
Mary Jane Meadows 45 GA
Leola Meadows 13 (not Leona?) AL

Info for John Pope Spratlin
Father: Henry Spratlin b: 1797 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States 
Mother: Mary Anne Johnson b: 1801 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Marriage 1 Nancy F . Horton b: 1836 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Married: 5 Jan 1859 in Troup, Georgia

Children of Jesse and wife Aggie:George Spratlin 1899, Warner 
Spratlin 1896, Jerry Spratlin 1905. Ida Pope Spratlin 1907, Annie L. Spratlin 
1909, Aggie Spratlin 1910.   
from Tallapoosa County Al Archives Marriages
Spratlin, George                   Lewis, Susie                       1910         706
Spratlin, James C.                 Meadows, Leona J.                   1889         706
Spratlin, Warner                   Johnson, Minnie                     1913         706

??? did Leona die in GA or was she a "Leola"
Name       Death Date County     
Certificate Residence
Leona M Spratlin Mrs         25 Dec 1937   Fulton Co GA       
31801    
      • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spratlen/jamesga.htm

        John Pope Spratlen b: 1828 in Wilkes Co. Georgia d: June 04, 1901 in Fort Phantom Hill.Jones,Texas
      • .. +Nancy Horton b: 1836 in Waverly, Chambers Co, Alabama d: 1876 in Alexander City ,Alabama m: Unknown
        • 4 Willis Henry Spratlen b: January 16,1860 in Tallapoosa,Alabama d: August 27, 1927 in Denison Texas
        • .. +Bessie Trimble b: March 16, 1863 in Chambers,Alabama d: July 15, 1951 in Fort Worth, Texas m: November 14, 1884
        • 4 Mollie B. Spratlen b: 1861 in Tallapoosa,Alabama d: Unknown
        • .. +Mack Beattie b: Unknown d: Unknown m: Unknown
        • 4 Jack Spratlen b: December 31, 1863 in Alexander City,Tallapoosa,Alabama d: May 31, 1947 in Leuders, Jones Co. Texas
        • *1st Wife of Jack Spratlen:
        • .. +Addie Scott b: June 20, 1871 in Mississippi d: May 19, 1926 in Fort Phantom Hill,Jones Co. Texas m: 1890 in Nugent, Jones, Texas
          • 5 Eva May Spratlen b: January 23, 1891 in Fort Phantom,Jones,Texas d: September 1971 in Fort Phantom Hill,Jones Co.Texas
          • .. +George Hawk b: Unknown d: Unknown in Fort Phantom Hill,Jones,Texas m: Unknown
          • 5 John Fletcher Spratlen b: September 15, 1894 in Anson, Jones, Texas d: June 1965 in Hamlin, Jones, Texas
          • .. +Florence Miller b: Unknown d: Unknown in Hamlin, Jones, Texas
            ...................................................... 6 Clara Spratlen b: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Helen Spratlen b: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Hazel Spratlen b: Unknown
          • 5 Lillian Magee Spratlen b: February 24, 1896 in Nugent, Jones, Texas d: June 20, 1968 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas
          • .. +Albert Hiram Gilchrest b: April 23, 1892 in Comanche ? Texas d: October 23, 1918 in (Georges Creek) Cleburne, Johnson, Texas m: Abt. 1914 in unk
            ...................................................... 6 Juanita Odessa Gilchrest b: March 07, 1916 in Luders,Jones,Texas d: July 17, 1994 in Merkel,Taylor,Texas
            .......................................................... +Claud E. Ellington b: July 31, 1911 in Merkel ,Taylor,Texas d: October 18, 1975 in Abilene,Taylor,Texas see notes m: February 03, 1933 in Abilene,Taylor,Texas
            ...................................................... *2nd Husband of Juanita Odessa Gilchrest:
            .......................................................... +Bernon Bly Flippo b: July 16, 1916 in Poolville,Parker Co. Texas d: June 20, 1978 in Odessa,Ector,Texas m: November 03, 1947 in Orange,Orange,Texas
            ...................................................... *3rd Husband of Juanita Odessa Gilchrest:
            .......................................................... +Don Manuel Gayoso b: February 18, 1913 d: November 16, 1999 in Abilene, Taylor Co. Texas m: April 02, 1982
            ...................................................... 6 John Hurshel Gilchrest b: March 24, 1918 in Georges Creek,Johnson,Texas d: 1995 in Abilene, Taylor Co. Texas
            .......................................................... +Violet Robbie Davis b: June 16, 1919 in Abilene,Taylor,Texas m: June 18, 1939 in Abilene,Taylor,Texas
            ........................................... *2nd Husband of Lillian Magee Spratlen:
            ............................................... +Sam R. Tucker b: January 17, 1894 in Coryell Co. Texas d: August 16, 1973 in Abilene,Taylor,Texas m: September 27, 1919 in Anson,Texas
            ...................................................... 6 LIVING Tucker b: May 04, 1921 in Luders,Texas
            .......................................................... +John Harison Lanier b: May 16, 1918 in Abilene, Taylor Co Texas d: February 01, 1990 in Abilene, Taylor Co Texas m: October 21, 1939 in Abilene, Taylor Co Texas
          • 5 Laura Lee Spratlen b: July 13, 1898 d: Unknown
          • .. +Grady Bishop b: Unknown d: Unknown m: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Omer Bishop b: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Neva Bishop b: Unknown
          • 5 Irene Marie Spratlen b: November 16, 1901 d: Unknown
          • .. +Willie. R. Johnson b: Unknown d: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Willie T. Johnson b: Unknown d: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Jack Allen Johnson b: Unknown d: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Russell Johnson b: Unknown d: Unknown
          • 5 Willy Horace Spratlen b: May 30, 1905 d: Unknown
          • .. +Sylvia Hawk b: Unknown d: Unknown m: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Ryal Spratlen b: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Willy Horace Jr. Spratlen b: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Gene Spratlen b: Unknown
          • 5 James Otis Spratlen b: November 07, 1907 in Lueders, Jones, Texas d: February 14, 1976 in Odessa, Ector, Texas
          • .. +Ethelena Womach b: August 04, 1908 d: Unknown m: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 William Maurice Spratlen b: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Robert Louis Spratlen b: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Thomas Wayne Spratlen b: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 James Royce Spratlen b: Unknown
          • 5 Lewis Spratlen b: September 28, 1910 in Lueders,Jones,Texas d: Unknown
          • .. +Nola Provine b: September 25, 1905 d: Unknown m: Unknown
            ...................................................... 6 Carroll Spratlen b: Unknown
        • *2nd Wife of Jack Spratlen:
        • .. +Nancy Kilpatric b: Unknown d: Unknown m: May 1927
        • 4 James Spratlen b: 1865 in Tallapoosa Co. Alabama d: Unknown
        • 4 Shelton Spratlen b: 1870 in Tallapoosa Co Alabama d: Unknown
        • 4 Cade Spratlen b: 1872 in Tallapoosa Co. Alabama d: Unknown
        • 4 Lula Spratlen b: 1874 in Tallapoosa,Alabama d: Unknown
        • .. +O. Spratt Dark b: Unknown d: Unknown m: Unknown

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