Moses Going Sr, Monacan / Saponi (Eastern Sioux), b. ca 1742 Monacan Territory / Louisa VA d. aft
1821 ?GA was the "illegitimate" (according to colonial records) son of Agnes Going b. ca 1725 ?Henrico VA and unknown. However, it is likely his father [*] as well as his
mother were Native American and his parents were married according to Native American traditions but
such a marriage was not recognised by colonial authorities.
Moses married by 1762 Louisa VA his first cousin Agnes Agatha "Aggie" Going, the daughter of
Elizabeth "Mulatto" (Native American) and David Going Sr.
# More about Moses Going:
He migrated by 1783 from Louisa to near Saura Town, Henry VA, where he built and operated a
gristmill on the North Mayo River; after ca 1787 he migrated to GA where he built and operated a
gristmill on the Ogeechee River.
# Tax & Tithes:
1770 VA Louisa Trinity Parish: taxable in John Fox household
1772 VA Louisa: taxable in his own household
1775 VA Louisa: Moses Going & bro-in-law David Jr
1782-1786 VA Henry; 1785, 1786 2 tithes
1783, 1785 VA Louisa: taxable on a horse
1787 GA Wilkes, Capt Bishops Dist: 200 ac Ogeechee River; 575 ac;
1789 GA Wilkes: John Going, Reuben Going, Aaron Going, Moses Going, Moses (younger) Going, William Going
1790 GA Wilkes & Franklin
1791 GA Wilkes, Capt Hubbards Dist: Moses Going 600 ac;
1791 GA Greene: Moses (one-armed) Going 100 ac;
1792 GA Wilkes, Capt Hubbards Dist: Moses Going, 500 ac joins Robt Abercrombie;
1792 GA Wilkes, Capt M'Guires Dist: Aaron Going, Free Mulatto, 129 ac;
1793 GA Warren: Moses and Jesse Going
1793 Oct 2 GA Wilkes, Capt Matthew Huberts District, 3rd Co, 1st Bn, 4th Regt: mentions Goings Mill
on the Ogeechee as a boundary
1791 returns;
1793 GA Wilkes, Capt Hubbards Dist: Moses Going 500 ac;
1793 GA Wilkes, Capt Neals Dist No 14: Moses Going 200 ac, Free White +19;
1793 GA Greene: Moses (one-armed) Going, 208p adjoins Smith;
1793 GA Greene; Free White Males +21
1793 Dec GA Oglethorpe, Capt John Flukers Co: split from Wilkes
1794 GA Warren
1793 GA Warren: Moses and Jesse Going
1794 GA Warren Capt Hubbards Dist: 500 ac Warren Ogeechee River joins Abernathy and Ship; 684 ac
Franklin, Flat Creek, boundary unknown; 218 ac Hancock, Ogeechee River joins Smith and Jones
(1798-1801 could be Moses younger)
1798 GA Wilkes, Capt Solomon Thorntons Dist: Moses Going, 304 ac Rocky Creek joins Bell, granted to
Jno M'Carta; Free Mulatto
1799 GA Wilkes, Capt Solomon Thorntons Dist: Moses Gowan,
300 ac Rocky Creek joins John Bell;
1800 GA Wilkes, Capt Thompson Colemans Dist: Moses Goens, 2 slaves;
300 ac Ogeechee River joins J. Bush;
1801 GA Wilkes, Capt Thompson Colemans Dist. Poll only. Moses Going, Sam'l Goings
# Deeds, Land:
1777 Jan 13 VA Louisa: purchased 353a from Michael Ailstock [Cornstalk]
1777 Feb 5 GA Wilkes created from Creek and Cherokee territories;
1777 Jun 9 VA Louisa: he & wife Agnes sold 353a "to Robert Harris"
1783 Mar 28 owned land on both sides of North Mayo River (Patrick VA - Rockingham NC)
1786 GA: made trip to inspect land
1786 Apr 15 GA Wilkes: George Lumpkin and wife Ann to Moses Going for £19 branches of Buffloco Fork
of Long Creek ... River, adj. N by vacant land, E by ..., S by Vinson Greer, W by John Lumpkin, 200
ac granted Lumpkin 15 Aug 1785; Wit Robert Lumpkin, John King, Jno. Cunningham JP;
1789 GA: removed from VA
1789 GA Dec 5 Wilkes: Moses Goyne [sign Going] to John Lumpkin, Deed 200 ac on waters of Long Creek
for £10, Reg'd 1 Sep 1791
1791 Jul 23 GA Wilkes: witnessed and proved Deed Ignatious Few to Robert Abercrumbia;
1791 Jul 23 GA Wilkes: Ignatius Few to Moses Going west pt of 780 ac Royals Branch, Ogeechee River,
granted 2 Mar 1790 for £250;
1795 May 29 GA Warren: Deed rec'd 13 Aug conveying 684a in Franklin GA
Some Georgia County Records, Vol. 1 - Lucas
- Page 132, 133: Deed dated 29 May 1795, rec. 13 Aug. 1798, from Moses Going and wife Agnes (x) of
Warren Co. Ga. To James Cozart of aforesaid. In cons. Of 100 pds., conveys 684 ac. In Franklin Co.
Wit: James Saunders, Prosser Horton. Sworn to by Horton before M. Hubert, J.P. 2 Dec. 1797.
- Pages 221-222: Sept. 22, 1795, Eleazar Mobley of Warren Co., to Francis Beck of same for 50
pounds, land near Going's Mill, originally granted to Geo. Brewer Oct. 29 1789. Eleazar Mobley (EM
Seal). Wit: Lewis Harvie, Samuel Fields. Rec. Dec. 8, 1796.
- Pages 632-633: March 7, 1799, Lewis Wright, Sheriff of Warren Co. to Moses Going, whereas Henry
Candler & Moses Going each obtained a judgment in Inferior Court against William Sanders, 352 acres,
the greater part of a grant to Ignatius Few, June 18, 1793, adj. Wooten, William, Alexander
.....Lewis Wright (SEAL). Wit: Anderson Berry, Jno. McMurrain (X). Rec. May 5, 1800.
# Accounts:
1761 Feb - 1762 Mar VA Albemarle: Archibald Ingram, George Kipper, & Co.
# Court / Legal:
1775 Jul 10 VA Louisa: bond posted
1777 Jul 14 Louisa VA: he, Joshua Going, Chas Sprouse Sr charged with hog stealing
1780 VA Halifax: "sued Michael Carmichael"
1780 Apr 27 VA Henry: "Moses Going came into court and made oath that he served as a soldier under
Capt. James Gunn's company in Col. Byrd's Regiment in the year 1760 and that he has never proved nor
received his bounty of land agreeable to his Majesty's proc. In the year 1763." Order Book 2, April
27, 1780
1792 Nov GA Wilkes: Walter Harris vs Daniel Gains, Debt No 15
1794 Apr GA Wilkes: Telfair Elbert HCo vs Daniel Gains
1796 Jul 7 GA Wilkes: William Ramey vs Daniel Gaines & Nathaniel Durkee
1799 Feb GA Wilkes: def Moses plff Amos Wright, Minutes of Inferior Court
1799 Mar 7 GA Warren: obtained judgment against William Sanders
1800 Dec 8 GA Warren: Moses Going owes note $100 to Amos Wright, Justice of County due 1 May
1800 Dec 26 GA Wilkes: Amos Wright vs Moses Going $200 damage
1801 Feb 1 GA Wilkes: Bail Taker served Thos. W. Goimes Shff, Obligation signed Moses Going witness
Agness Going
1801 Jul GA Wilkes: Moses Going Plf vs Joseph Boren Def, Petition for debt due to John Henly Jr from
Joseph Boren. (s) Thomas W. Gaines
1801 Jul 29 GA Wilkes: John Goins vs. Drury Jones, Attachment Judgement by Default;
Amos Wright vs
Moses Going, Judgement by Default
1802 Mar 11: Amos Wright vs Moses Going, Defendants cost, Case settled
1802 Mar 12: Moses Going vs Joseph Borne, find for Pltff $36.50 + Interest; Pd 29 Jun 1802
# Association:
1799 Aug GA Warren, Long Creek Baptist: possibly Moses A.B.B. rec'd By Experience and Agness A.B.S.
rec'd by Baptism, Dismist (ABB = A Black? Brother, ABS = A Black? Sister)
http://users.waymark.net/shmartonak/gawalng.htm
Rev Adam Jones of VA arr 1785 Long Creek meeting-house, Ogeechee River,
ref Georgia Baptists p 182, http://books.google.ca/books?id=2ziArrmD4UIC
"Long Creek area of Wilkes County, Georgia [1785]. This area of present day Warren County is near
the Glascock and Hancock County lines close to the small towns of Jewell and Shoals."
http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncwarren/fam-hist/jones-benj.htm
# Military:
1760 Capt (Col?) Byrd's Regiment:
"Warrant for 50 acres issued to Moses Going"
"served in the F&IW militia under Capt. Christian"
1780 VA Henry: served in militia
# Occupation: Grist-mill owner & operator, North Mayo River, Henry VA
1783 VA Henry: received permission to build a gristmill
1791 GA Wilkes: "Goings Mill [on the Ogeechee]"
# Children:
Agnes Agatha "Aggie" Going b ca 1750 VA and Moses Going b ca 1742 VA were the parents of:
1. Anne Going b. ca 1763 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA)
m. Henrico VA 22 Dec 1795 Dudley Minor (migrated to Hancock TN)
2. John Going* b. ca 1765 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA) (migrated to GA with parents)
m. (1) ...
m. (2) Wilkes GA 2 Apr 1807 C. C. Lindsay
3. Reuben Going b. ca 1766 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA) d. aft 1805 ?KY
4. David Going Jr*. b. ca 1768 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA)
m. Henrico VA July 1789 Chloe 'Clawey' Webb (migrated to Botetourt VA)
* named after his maternal grandfather David Going Sr; mentioned in his grandfather's will
5. Elizabeth Going b. ca 1769 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA)
m. Henrico VA 29 Jan 1787 John Douglas
6. Mary Going b. ca 1770 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA)
m. Henrico VA 23 Dec 1791 Meredith Childress b. EST 1765 Henrico VA
7. Milly Going b. ca 1771 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA)
m. Henrico VA 21 Sep 1792 John Harlow/e
8. Sherwood "Sherrod" Going b. ca 1772 (Louisa VA) (named aft uncle) d. by 1832 GA ?
m. ...
9. Moses Going (younger) b. ca 1774 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA) (migrated to GA with parents);
m. ...
10. {Dr} Thomas Going b. ca 1775 (Louisa VA) d. 15 Aug 1840 Gallatin, Claiborne MS; (migrated
to GA with parents, then to Choctaw territory now MS)
m. Claiborne MS 10 Feb 1820 Sarah "Salley" [Widow] Allen
11. Nancy Going / Goyne b. ca 1776 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA)
m. Henrico VA 12 Dec 1797 Patrick Childers b. ca 1772 [Henrico VA]
12. Lucy Going b. EST 1779 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA) (likely migrated to GA with parents)
13. Frances "Fanny" Going b. ca 1782 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA)
m. Botetourt VA 6 Dec 1806 Beverly Legans
14. Patsey Going b. 1785 Monacan Territory (Louisa VA) (migrated to GA with parents)
15. John H. Going b. ca 1787 VA or GA (1850 cs Livingston KY);
(migrated to GA with parents or was born there, later to KY)
m. KY bef 1845 Sarah "Sally" M ... b. ca 1826 KY
-- compiled 24 Sep 2014 L. A. Childress, a descendant; updated 26 January 2015 w/Note; updated 27 Oct 2017; edited 12 Jan 2018
Note
[*] so it appears from DNA testing of a patrilineal descendant, the biological father of Moses Going
(and other of Agnes' children) was a Collins according to Hg YDNA; this branch of the Collins family
are Native American - Saponi (Eastern Sioux), possibly Samuel Collins or William Collins who were
both in Louisa VA around the time some of the children were born.
Reference: http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/collins/pats (150126)
William COLLINS b ca 1721 res ca 1745 Louisa VA
# Court & Legal:
1745 May 28 VA Louisa: William Collins, failing to list a tithable (? Native American wife)
1746-7 VA Louisa: William Collins and Samuel Collins, fishing & hunting on the sabbath;
Samuel COLLINS b ca 1724 Louisa VA
# Tax & Tithes:
1755 VA Orange: Samuel Collins, 2 black tithes
# Census:
1787 VA Wilkes: Samuel Collins 21-60, 1 female
# Court & Legal:
1745 May 28 VA Louisa: Samuel Collins, failing to list a tithable (possibly Nat Am wife)
1746 Nov 25 VA Louisa: Richard Vernon sued Samuel for £16/9s & 14 lbs of deerskins
1746-7 VA Louisa: Samuel Collins and William Collins, fishing & hunting on the sabbath
25 August 2017
Elijah H. Bell (1812 - 1875)
Elijah H. Bell, also Elisha Harvey Padgett / Beall, was the son of Rhoda "Roady"Padgett and the son of Alpheus Beall Sr of Upson GA, whose paternity was acknowledged
by an Act of the Georgia legislature in 1843. He was born 12 Jun 1812 Mvskoke Kawita "Lower Creek"
territory and died 10 Aug 1875 Chickasaw territory (Marshall MS). He was Chowan / Shawnee.
Traditionally, children inherit their nation and clan from their mothers.
Another source says he was born Carroll Parish LA. A descendant with the middle name Hamilton believed the H. was for Hamilton, this is doubtful and cannot be documented. The legend he was the orphaned child of Elizabeth Gray and William Beall (an uncle of Alpheus Sr) is unproven. As one of the Beall "orphans" at age ten, he drew land in the 1832 Gold Lottery of GA. Two of the four Bell "orphans", Elijah / Elisha H. (Harvey) and his brother William H. (Hiram) Padgett / Bell / Beall were formally adopted 23 Dec 1843 by Alpheus Beall Sr, Upson GA their "reputed father" by an Act of the GA Legislature. Under the anti-miscegenation laws of the Jim Crow era (which ended in 1967) their father - "White" Euro-American would have been unable to marry their "Indian" (Shawnee - Chowan) mother legally. The adoption by their biological father was likely so they could "pass as white" otherwise they would have the status of their mother.
Elijah married Columbia GA 11 Jun 1840 Martha Eliza Miles born 16 Mar 1823 in the Marion District SC died 21 Jan 1888 Columbia GA. Martha was the daughter of Rebecca Coxe and Thomas Miles Sr. The Miles family - who originate in colonial Virginia - are Pamunkey (Powhatan), Algonkin language speakers like the Chowan (Shawnee) Indigenous peoples.
Note records seem to indicate that Elijah and his wife and two children were in Lousiana during the Trail of Tears "Indian" Removal (1838-1839)
According to the 1832 Treaty Article IV with the Chickasaw and their Indigenous allies who remained in their Mississippi homeland there would be an allotment by General Land Office (GLO) of "... a comfortable settlement for every family in the Chickasaw nation, to include their present improvements, if the land is good for cultivation, and if not they may take it in any other place in the nation, which is unoccupied by any other person. Such settlement must be taken by sections. And there shall be allotted to each family as follows (to wit): To a single man who is twenty-one years of age, one section--to each family of five and under that number two sections--to each family of six and not exceeding ten, three sections, and to each family over ten in number, four sections". Elijah Bell received an allotment of two sections (one section was 160 acres) 9S 1W now Lafayette MS, which was granted for a family of five and under, so this would have been Elijah, his wife, and three or less children, although perhaps his mother Rhoda "Roadey" Padgett settled with them. See Map for Mississippi number 178, Chickasaw homeland, yellow section, to locate Township 9S Range 1W where Elijah and his family lived.
More about Elijah H.:
# Burial: + Mt Moriah Cemetery, Laws Hill, Marshall MS # Memorial: Find A Grave # 40376022 (this has the incorrect and undocumented "Hamilton" for "H" name)
(note Alpheus Beall Sr is his legal father after 1843 due to an act of the Georgia Legislature)
# Census:
1820 GA Wilkinson: son age 0-10 in Roadey (Rhoda) Padgett household, next door to Alphas (Alpheus) Beall;
1830 GA Muscogee: E. H. Beall + 2 M (bros William and James) age 10-19 (all born 1811-1820);
1840 GA Lumpkin: Elisha Padget (Elijah H. Bell) age 20-30, mother Rhoda age 30-40, son (?Miles Bell) age 0-5;
c 1841-1849 Chickasaw Territory 9S 1W now Lafayette MS
1850 GA Cobb, Powder Springs, Elijah age 36, Martha E. age 26, Martha E. age 9, Thomas age 5, Isaac age 4, Emma age 2
1860 GA Campbell (now Fulton GA) Elijah age 48, Martha age 34, Mary age 9, Thomas age 16, Isaac age 13, Emma age 12, Robert age 11, Martha age 7, William age 2
1870 Waterford, PO Holly Springs, Marshall MS, E. H. age 58, Martha age 47 housekeeper b. GA, I. N. age 23 m farmer b. GA, R. W. age 19 m farmer b. GA, M. E. age 17 f at home b. GA, N. F. m age 12, R. J. m age 12, Walter m age 5 b. GA, William T. Smith age 15 m b. GA;
1880 Douglas GA, 139 Dist (June), Martha age 56, Robert age 23 (29), William age 22, Walter age 16
# Deeds:
1827 GA Wilkinson, Captain Mayo District: W. H. & E. H. Padgette Section 9 (Coweta County) District 4 Lot 29, illegit;
1832 GA Elijah is believed to be one of the three "orphaned" BELL children who drew land in the Gold Lottery;
1849 GA Harris: William, bros James and Elijah signed deed to sell above land;
# Land:
Chickasaw Land Allotments: Chickasaw territory, now Lafayette MS - from BLM records
1842 Apr 9 Elijah Bell, Chickasaw, Sec 15 Township 9S Range 1W 160.66 acres;
1842 Apr 9 Elijah Bell, Chickasaw, Sec 27 Township 9S Range 1W 160.28 acres
# Tax:
1859 GA Campbell, Chestnut Log, 784th Dist 40 acres Paulding GA 1862-63 GA Fulton: 479th Dist, 40 acres, Lot No. 926 Sect. 2 Paulding GA Value $100
1864 GA Fulton: 479th Dist, 40 acres, Lot No. 926 Sect. 2 Paulding GA
1865 GA Fayette Upper 7th 40 acres Lot. No. 926 Dist 3 Sect. 2, Paulding Value $40
1867 GA Fayette Upper 7th no land listed, age 55, also listed T.D. Bell age 22 and T.J. Gable age 24
1868 GA Fayette, Tyrone, 549th Dist. E. H. Bell age 55 no land listed, T. D. Bell age 23 1869 GA Fayette, Tyrone, 549th Dist. E. H. Bell age 56, no land listed, T. D. Bell age 24, I. N. Bell age 21 1870 GA: No listing
# Military:
1864 GA Fulton: "1864 Census For Re-organizing the Georgia Militia" states that Elijah H. Bell was listed as enrolled in the Georgia militia. He is listed under Fulton County, GA, in the 35th Senatorial District - 479th Militia District. He is listed as 52 years, 7 months, a Farmer, born in GA.
# Children of Martha Eliza Miles and Elijah H. Bell
(note not all are proven, where they are not the source is given):
1. Miles Bell b. 1838 Carroll Parish LA (to Elijah & Eliza Bell) *LDS
2. Emily Bell b. 1839 Carroll Parish LA (to Elijah & Eliza Bell) *LDS
Note, the following children were born Chickasaw Allottment 9S 1W now Lafayette MS:
3, Martha E Bell* b 1841
*1850 census Cobb GA; either this child died and the name was given to a later child, or she is identical to Mary "Molly" Bell with some confusion about her name by the census taker
3. Mary Ann "Molly" Bell b. 12 Jul 1842 Lafayette MS *1860 census
d. 1899 Chickamauga, Walker GA i Chickamauga Cemetery
m. (1) Fayette GA 17 Jun 1860 Reuben I. Butler b c 1827 d 15 Mar 1873 Chatham GA
i Laurel Grove Cemetery South, Savannah, Chatham GA
m. (2) DeKalb GA 28 May 1888 M E Childress* (unproven!)
* an intensive search so far has only located M E Butler (f) m DeKalb GA 8 Apr 1888 U H Bell (m)
(4.) (dau) Bell b. 1843 (Ancestry) (doubtful info)
(5.) (dau) Bell b. 1843 (Ancestry) (doubtful info)
4. Thomas Daniel "Tom" Bell b. 20 Mar 1844 Lafayette MS d. 10 Feb 1904 Atlanta, Fulton GA
i. Oakland Cemetery
m. Fayette GA 10 Jan 1867 Frances "Fannie" Smith b. ca 1845 GA
d. 9 Aug 1934 Atlanta, Fulton GA i. Oakland Cemetery
5. Isaac Newton "Newt" Bell b. 6 Nov 1845 Lafayette MS
d. 25 Jun 1921 Holly Springs, Marshall MS i. Hill Crest Cemetery
m. Marshall MS 26 Nov 1877 Rosa Paralie "Rocilla" Woods b. 29 Aug 1851 Marshall MS
d. 16 Mar 1936 Memphis, Shelby TN i. 16 Mar 1936 Hill Crest Cemetery
6. Emma Norris Bell b. 10 Dec 1848 Lafayette MS d. 13 Jun 1913 Douglas GA
i. Prays Mill Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglasville, Douglas GA
m. GA 13 Dec 1866 Thomas Jeffrey Gable b. 17 Jan 1842 Bill Arp GA d. 21 Aug 1911
i. Prays Mill Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglasville, Douglas GA
Note: the following children were born GA where the family had migrated after MS:
7. Robert Warren Bell b. 13 Mar 1851 Powder Springs, Cobb GA d. 12 Jun 1921
i. Powder Springs Methodist Cemetery, Powder Springs, Cobb GA
m. Frances "Fanny" Baggett b. 18 Jul 1857 d. 1 Mar 1920
i. Powder Springs Methodist Cemetery, Powder Springs, Cobb GA
8. Martha Eliza Bell b. 18 March 1853 Campbell now Fulton GA
d. 28 Mar 1887 Douglasville, Douglas GA
i. Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, Palmetto, Fulton GA
m. Marshall MS 18 Mar 1873 Harris K. W. "H. K. W." Childress
b. 9 May 1839 Chulahoma, Chickasaw territory (MS) d. 10 Feb 1907 Palmetto, Fulton GA
i. Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery
9. William Fletcher Bell b. 14 Oct 1857 Campbell now Fulton GA d. 26 Oct 1925 GA i. Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton GA
m. Susan "Susie" Bartow Baggett b. 19 Nov 1862 d. 12 Dec 1953
i. Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton GA
10. R. J. Bell b. ca 1858 Campbell now Fulton GA
11. Walter Hamilton Bell b. 26 Mar 1864 Paulding GA d. 9 Feb 1943 Clayton GA
m. (1) ...
m. (2) 1894 Nora Smith b. 1873
-- Researched & compiled 31 Jul 2014 by L. A. Childress, a descendant; updated 24 Sep 2014, corrected a typo 10 Dec 2014; updated 20 Aug 2017; edit 17 Jan 2018; added link to Elijah H Bell page at wikitree; added more links to wikitree, corrected place of death for M E Bell, more corrections 26 Jan 2018; updated info 27 Jan 2018
Another source says he was born Carroll Parish LA. A descendant with the middle name Hamilton believed the H. was for Hamilton, this is doubtful and cannot be documented. The legend he was the orphaned child of Elizabeth Gray and William Beall (an uncle of Alpheus Sr) is unproven. As one of the Beall "orphans" at age ten, he drew land in the 1832 Gold Lottery of GA. Two of the four Bell "orphans", Elijah / Elisha H. (Harvey) and his brother William H. (Hiram) Padgett / Bell / Beall were formally adopted 23 Dec 1843 by Alpheus Beall Sr, Upson GA their "reputed father" by an Act of the GA Legislature. Under the anti-miscegenation laws of the Jim Crow era (which ended in 1967) their father - "White" Euro-American would have been unable to marry their "Indian" (Shawnee - Chowan) mother legally. The adoption by their biological father was likely so they could "pass as white" otherwise they would have the status of their mother.
Elijah married Columbia GA 11 Jun 1840 Martha Eliza Miles born 16 Mar 1823 in the Marion District SC died 21 Jan 1888 Columbia GA. Martha was the daughter of Rebecca Coxe and Thomas Miles Sr. The Miles family - who originate in colonial Virginia - are Pamunkey (Powhatan), Algonkin language speakers like the Chowan (Shawnee) Indigenous peoples.
Note records seem to indicate that Elijah and his wife and two children were in Lousiana during the Trail of Tears "Indian" Removal (1838-1839)
According to the 1832 Treaty Article IV with the Chickasaw and their Indigenous allies who remained in their Mississippi homeland there would be an allotment by General Land Office (GLO) of "... a comfortable settlement for every family in the Chickasaw nation, to include their present improvements, if the land is good for cultivation, and if not they may take it in any other place in the nation, which is unoccupied by any other person. Such settlement must be taken by sections. And there shall be allotted to each family as follows (to wit): To a single man who is twenty-one years of age, one section--to each family of five and under that number two sections--to each family of six and not exceeding ten, three sections, and to each family over ten in number, four sections". Elijah Bell received an allotment of two sections (one section was 160 acres) 9S 1W now Lafayette MS, which was granted for a family of five and under, so this would have been Elijah, his wife, and three or less children, although perhaps his mother Rhoda "Roadey" Padgett settled with them. See Map for Mississippi number 178, Chickasaw homeland, yellow section, to locate Township 9S Range 1W where Elijah and his family lived.
More about Elijah H.:
# Burial: + Mt Moriah Cemetery, Laws Hill, Marshall MS # Memorial: Find A Grave # 40376022 (this has the incorrect and undocumented "Hamilton" for "H" name)
(note Alpheus Beall Sr is his legal father after 1843 due to an act of the Georgia Legislature)
# Census:
1820 GA Wilkinson: son age 0-10 in Roadey (Rhoda) Padgett household, next door to Alphas (Alpheus) Beall;
1830 GA Muscogee: E. H. Beall + 2 M (bros William and James) age 10-19 (all born 1811-1820);
1840 GA Lumpkin: Elisha Padget (Elijah H. Bell) age 20-30, mother Rhoda age 30-40, son (?Miles Bell) age 0-5;
c 1841-1849 Chickasaw Territory 9S 1W now Lafayette MS
1850 GA Cobb, Powder Springs, Elijah age 36, Martha E. age 26, Martha E. age 9, Thomas age 5, Isaac age 4, Emma age 2
1860 GA Campbell (now Fulton GA) Elijah age 48, Martha age 34, Mary age 9, Thomas age 16, Isaac age 13, Emma age 12, Robert age 11, Martha age 7, William age 2
1870 Waterford, PO Holly Springs, Marshall MS, E. H. age 58, Martha age 47 housekeeper b. GA, I. N. age 23 m farmer b. GA, R. W. age 19 m farmer b. GA, M. E. age 17 f at home b. GA, N. F. m age 12, R. J. m age 12, Walter m age 5 b. GA, William T. Smith age 15 m b. GA;
1880 Douglas GA, 139 Dist (June), Martha age 56, Robert age 23 (29), William age 22, Walter age 16
# Deeds:
1827 GA Wilkinson, Captain Mayo District: W. H. & E. H. Padgette Section 9 (Coweta County) District 4 Lot 29, illegit;
1832 GA Elijah is believed to be one of the three "orphaned" BELL children who drew land in the Gold Lottery;
1849 GA Harris: William, bros James and Elijah signed deed to sell above land;
# Land:
Chickasaw Land Allotments: Chickasaw territory, now Lafayette MS - from BLM records
1842 Apr 9 Elijah Bell, Chickasaw, Sec 15 Township 9S Range 1W 160.66 acres;
1842 Apr 9 Elijah Bell, Chickasaw, Sec 27 Township 9S Range 1W 160.28 acres
# Tax:
1859 GA Campbell, Chestnut Log, 784th Dist 40 acres Paulding GA 1862-63 GA Fulton: 479th Dist, 40 acres, Lot No. 926 Sect. 2 Paulding GA Value $100
1864 GA Fulton: 479th Dist, 40 acres, Lot No. 926 Sect. 2 Paulding GA
1865 GA Fayette Upper 7th 40 acres Lot. No. 926 Dist 3 Sect. 2, Paulding Value $40
1867 GA Fayette Upper 7th no land listed, age 55, also listed T.D. Bell age 22 and T.J. Gable age 24
1868 GA Fayette, Tyrone, 549th Dist. E. H. Bell age 55 no land listed, T. D. Bell age 23 1869 GA Fayette, Tyrone, 549th Dist. E. H. Bell age 56, no land listed, T. D. Bell age 24, I. N. Bell age 21 1870 GA: No listing
# Military:
1864 GA Fulton: "1864 Census For Re-organizing the Georgia Militia" states that Elijah H. Bell was listed as enrolled in the Georgia militia. He is listed under Fulton County, GA, in the 35th Senatorial District - 479th Militia District. He is listed as 52 years, 7 months, a Farmer, born in GA.
# Children of Martha Eliza Miles and Elijah H. Bell
(note not all are proven, where they are not the source is given):
1. Miles Bell b. 1838 Carroll Parish LA (to Elijah & Eliza Bell) *LDS
2. Emily Bell b. 1839 Carroll Parish LA (to Elijah & Eliza Bell) *LDS
Note, the following children were born Chickasaw Allottment 9S 1W now Lafayette MS:
3, Martha E Bell* b 1841
*1850 census Cobb GA; either this child died and the name was given to a later child, or she is identical to Mary "Molly" Bell with some confusion about her name by the census taker
3. Mary Ann "Molly" Bell b. 12 Jul 1842 Lafayette MS *1860 census
d. 1899 Chickamauga, Walker GA i Chickamauga Cemetery
m. (1) Fayette GA 17 Jun 1860 Reuben I. Butler b c 1827 d 15 Mar 1873 Chatham GA
i Laurel Grove Cemetery South, Savannah, Chatham GA
m. (2) DeKalb GA 28 May 1888 M E Childress* (unproven!)
* an intensive search so far has only located M E Butler (f) m DeKalb GA 8 Apr 1888 U H Bell (m)
(4.) (dau) Bell b. 1843 (Ancestry) (doubtful info)
(5.) (dau) Bell b. 1843 (Ancestry) (doubtful info)
4. Thomas Daniel "Tom" Bell b. 20 Mar 1844 Lafayette MS d. 10 Feb 1904 Atlanta, Fulton GA
i. Oakland Cemetery
m. Fayette GA 10 Jan 1867 Frances "Fannie" Smith b. ca 1845 GA
d. 9 Aug 1934 Atlanta, Fulton GA i. Oakland Cemetery
5. Isaac Newton "Newt" Bell b. 6 Nov 1845 Lafayette MS
d. 25 Jun 1921 Holly Springs, Marshall MS i. Hill Crest Cemetery
m. Marshall MS 26 Nov 1877 Rosa Paralie "Rocilla" Woods b. 29 Aug 1851 Marshall MS
d. 16 Mar 1936 Memphis, Shelby TN i. 16 Mar 1936 Hill Crest Cemetery
6. Emma Norris Bell b. 10 Dec 1848 Lafayette MS d. 13 Jun 1913 Douglas GA
i. Prays Mill Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglasville, Douglas GA
m. GA 13 Dec 1866 Thomas Jeffrey Gable b. 17 Jan 1842 Bill Arp GA d. 21 Aug 1911
i. Prays Mill Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglasville, Douglas GA
Note: the following children were born GA where the family had migrated after MS:
7. Robert Warren Bell b. 13 Mar 1851 Powder Springs, Cobb GA d. 12 Jun 1921
i. Powder Springs Methodist Cemetery, Powder Springs, Cobb GA
m. Frances "Fanny" Baggett b. 18 Jul 1857 d. 1 Mar 1920
i. Powder Springs Methodist Cemetery, Powder Springs, Cobb GA
8. Martha Eliza Bell b. 18 March 1853 Campbell now Fulton GA
d. 28 Mar 1887 Douglasville, Douglas GA
i. Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, Palmetto, Fulton GA
m. Marshall MS 18 Mar 1873 Harris K. W. "H. K. W." Childress
b. 9 May 1839 Chulahoma, Chickasaw territory (MS) d. 10 Feb 1907 Palmetto, Fulton GA
i. Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery
9. William Fletcher Bell b. 14 Oct 1857 Campbell now Fulton GA d. 26 Oct 1925 GA i. Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton GA
m. Susan "Susie" Bartow Baggett b. 19 Nov 1862 d. 12 Dec 1953
i. Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton GA
10. R. J. Bell b. ca 1858 Campbell now Fulton GA
11. Walter Hamilton Bell b. 26 Mar 1864 Paulding GA d. 9 Feb 1943 Clayton GA
m. (1) ...
m. (2) 1894 Nora Smith b. 1873
-- Researched & compiled 31 Jul 2014 by L. A. Childress, a descendant; updated 24 Sep 2014, corrected a typo 10 Dec 2014; updated 20 Aug 2017; edit 17 Jan 2018; added link to Elijah H Bell page at wikitree; added more links to wikitree, corrected place of death for M E Bell, more corrections 26 Jan 2018; updated info 27 Jan 2018
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-- 25 Aug 2017, L. A. Childress
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