The Carletons

Edward M. Carleton is associated with Britta somehow.

At the very least he was her neighbor in Shelby County in the 1866 Census. 

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1576&iid=31075_174438-00048&fn=Britton&ln=McGuire&st=d&ssrc=&pid=432512

I believe that Edward M. Carleton was more to Britta than just a neighbor, but I haven't proved it yet. Trying to. So the purpose of this blog entry is to organize what I know about the Carletons. 

Actually, this family hasn't been studied very much. And during my May 2012 Bibb County trip I found new material that will revise some people's trees. 

For example:

In many Ancestry Public Family Trees Demarisa Carleton is listed as a daughter of Henry Carleton, who was born in NC and died in 1837 in Jackson, AL. It's a good guess, but incorrect. "A" Henry Carleton, but not "that" Henry Carleton. 

When I was at the Bibb County Courthouse last May, I found this:

From Bibb County Alabama Orphan's Court Meeting Minutes May 1818 - January 1834, Transcribed by Martin Everse for the Cahaba Trace Commission, Brierfield, Alabama in 2004:

"Orphans Court May Term 1828"

"On the motion of Robert W. Carleton. It is ordered by the Court that he be guardian of the persons and estates of Elizabeth C. A. Carleton, Adaline A. Carleton, and Demoris A. Carleton Infant orphans of Henry Carleton and thereupon came the said Robert W. Carleton together with Isaac S. Carleton and Lucy Carleton his securities and entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penal sum of four thousand dollars conditioned according to law whereupon It is ordered by the Court that letters of Guardianship issue to the said Robert W. Carelton in due form & c."

Clearly this Demarisa/Demoris was the "Infant orphan" daughter of a Henry Carleton who died by 1828, probably in Bibb County, AL. Her father was Henry; her sisters were Elizabeth and Adaline. So the Henry Carleton who died in 1837 couldn't possibly be her father. 

And more interesting stuff:

In the 1850 U.S. Census, the birthplace of all these women is listed as "Georgia." Elizabeth was born about 1815, Adeline about 1817, and Demarisa about 1823. Remembering the 1828 Orphans' Court session above, if you look in the 1830 U.S. Census for AL, Robert W. Corton (Carlton) is living in Bibb County. In the household are one male 15 - 20, one or two males 30 - 40 (Robert), one female 5 - 10 (Demarisa Mary Ann Carleton, born 1823, d. of Henry Carlton), one female 10 - 15 (Adaline Amanda, 13, d. of Henry Carleton), one female 15 - 20 (Elizabeth C. A. Carleton, age unknown, d. of Henry Carleton), and one or two females 30 - 40 (Louisa). Neighbors include Henry Carlton, Richard Fancher, Daniel/David Barrett, Joseph Johnson, Matthew Henson, Tha (Thomas Carlton), William Wood, Abraham Frier, Armistead Oakly, Coleman C. Davis, Matthew Wallace.

http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=8058&path=Alabama.Bibb.Not+Stated.23

Elizabeth C. A. eventually married David Ward and died in 1860. She is listed in the 1860 Mortality Schedules for Bibb County. Adaline A. married Edward M. Carleton (himself son of another Henry Carleton) and died in Shelby County in 1880. Demarisa married Eli Barger and died in Noxubee County, MS, by 1858, when Eli remarried.

Edward's father Henry Carleton lived just up the way from Robert W. Carleton in the 1830 U.S. Census for Bibb. Must be how they met. 

Edward M. and Adaline A. must have been cousins. I was really confused the first time I read that these children of "Henry Carleton" got married. Several of my own ancestors were first cousins, but I never heard of siblings being allowed to marry. Now it's sorted out, and I can move on to the next Carleton mystery.  

 :-)

Possible death date for Britta Ann's husband, Mike Flynn

All the facts presented here are true and verifiable. I have strung the facts together to make a theory, but so far I have no primary evidence that definitively proves that the theory is correct.

My theory is that Britta Ann Green McGuire's second husband was John Flynn/Flinn, nicknamed "Mike" for short, and that he died between 1888 and 1900. 

Here's the background:

1. Mike Flynn married Brettie McGuire on December 19, 1868, in Bibb County, AL. Mike Flinn and P(endleton) C. Bean were the bondsmen.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9819-57555-81?cc=1743384&wc=MMLN-K82:n1172654039

2. Mike was a pudler in the iron mills, as proved by the 1870 US. Census for AL.

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7163&iid=4257570_00851&fn=Mike&ln=Flynn&st=d&ssrc=&pid=13300726

3. A pudler or puddler is a wrought iron worker.

http://www.birminghamgenealogy.org/research/old_occupations.htm

One of my best and earliest correspondents (JR) said: 

"Mike Flynn would have been about fifty in 1870. He emmigrated from Ireland in 1836 aboard the vessel Harpeth (New York) He lived in Randolph (Bibb County) and worked at the Briarfield Iron works as a "Puddler"I later found him working as a Puddler at the Helena Iron Works in 1880. He had married Brittana Green Mcguire about 1872 and Maggie (Margaret Ann) resulted from the marriage. He was Step_Father to Brittanias other two children Douglas, and Ellen.I know absoultely nothing before or after the dates above. I feel sure thet he would have been married before Brittana." 

4. The family lived in Brierfield P.O., Randolph, Bibb County in 1870 (see above) and in 1880 they lived in Beats 5, 6, & 7, Tylers, Elliotsville, & Helena, in Shelby County. 

http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6742&path=Alabama.Shelby.Tylers%2c+Helena+And+Elliottsville.124.1&fn=Bellie%20A.&ln=Flyn&st=d&pid=8231847&rc=&zp=75

5. There is no Mike Flynn or variation listed in Alabama in 1860. However, in 1866 there was a Jno Flin listed in Bibb County in the State Census. The male is either 20 - 30 or 30 - 40; Mike would have been about 40. Also in the household was a female 0 - 10 and a female 20 - 30. Obviously a wife and child. 

One page over lives P. Bean. 

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1576&iid=31075_174426-00611&fn=Jno&ln=Flin&st=d&ssrc=&pid=706183

6. By the 1900 U.S. Census for AL, Brittana A. Flynn is widowed and living with daughter Ellen N. and William Hill in Precinct 8, District 92, in Jefferson County. So obviously Britta moved to Jefferson County before the Census, and Mike died or disappeared before 1900.

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004119988_00599&fn=Brittana+A&ln=Flynn&st=d&ssrc=&pid=36669134

7. I JUST found a listing in the 1889 Birmingham City Directory that lists "J. Flynn, (works at) Birmingham Rolling Mills," "Occupation: Puddler." If you study directories, you will learn that the material is collected quite a period, up to a year, before, in order to be listed in the year published. So the material for the 1889 Birmingham Directory would/could have been gathered in 1888. 

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&MS_AdvCB=1&db=1890birmal&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=2&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn_x=1&gsln=fl*nn&gsln_x=1&dbOnly=_F00027C5%7c_F00027C5_x%2c_F000279A%7c_F000279A_x%2c_F00027C9%7c_F00027C9_x%2c_F00027CA%7c_F00027CA_x&uidh=wy5&pcat=37&fh=5&h=17689&recoff=

8. FYI, Simon Eddins is listed in the 1890 Directory in the Avondale area, indicating that his family had moved to Jefferson County, too, around 1889. 

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&MS_AdvCB=1&db=1890birmal&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=2&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn_x=1&gsln=eddins&gsln_x=1&dbOnly=_F00027C5%7c_F00027C5_x%2c_F000279A%7c_F000279A_x%2c_F00027C9%7c_F00027C9_x%2c_F00027CA%7c_F00027CA_x&uidh=wy5&pcat=37&fh=0&h=30743&recoff=

Combining all the material from Items 1 - 7, we come up with a circumstantial case that 

• Mike was actually named John Michael, or Michael John—not surprising, as he came from Catholic Ireland 

• Mike's first wife and child died; or they got a divorce between 1866 and 1868

• Mike and Britta and family moved to Jefferson County so that Mike could work in the Birmingham Rolling Mill

• Mike died or disappeared between 1888 (data gathering for the directory) and 1900 (Britta listed as a widow in the U.S. Census.)

and thus my theory:

My theory is that Britta Ann Green McGuire's second husband was John Flynn/Flinn, nicknamed "Mike" for short, and that he died between 1888 and 1900. 

So, whaddya think????

Clues from Josephine D. McKinney Lyles Humphry's living sisters

In her 1908 Confederate widow's pension application Josephine D. McKinney Lyles/Liles Humphry's was asked:

"Is the person you are now living with a relative? If so, what relation?" Her answer: "Yes; a son."

When asked, "Have you any relations? If so, what relations," she responded, "Sisters in other states."

When asked "Have you any relations or connections whose legal or moral duty it is to provide for you?" she wrote,  "Yes." Then erased it and wrote, "None able."

Aha! A treasure trove of information!

First of all, this material gives us clues about Josephine's character. Josephine was probably basically honest but practical. Honest because she wrote "Yes" first. Practical because she then wrote "None able" afterwards.

Second of all because she wrote, "Sisters in other states."


The second noted entry suggests that her parents were dead. Therefore, probably both John and Mary Ann Green McKinney were dead. The entry also suggests that her brothers were dead. Thus Abraham Early/Early Abraham, Benjamin (?), and John were dead.

Status of sisters in 1908:

• Martha Isabellor McKinney Lawley in AL: alive

• Mary Julia McKinney Whatley in AL: alive

• Nancy Jane McKinney Pearson in MS: unknown, probably dead

ª Sarah Ellen McKinney Lemley: probably died 1885 - 1889

ª Susan McKinney Huckhannon/Buchanon, unknown

• Mahala H. Armetta McKinney Quillan, unknown, probably dead


I'm glad to write it all down. Sad to see what it may mean.

Josphine McKinney Humphrey's Confederate widow's pension applications

Whew! Long title.

Josephine D. McKinney married John Newton Lyles/Liles in 1865 in Shelby County, AL. They moved to Sunflower County, MS, by the 1870 US Census but divorced before 1880 when John was back in Shelby County, AL, with new wife Mary.

In 1896 Josephine married John David or Dwight Humphrey in Yazoo County, MS. He died in September 1898. In 1900 Josephine is living in Yazoo County; I haven't found her in 1910 yet.

However, in 1908 Mrs. Joe Humphrey applied for a Confederate widow's pension in Yazoo County. You'll find that app here:

http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/pensions/show/32484

At the time she had two sons and "sisters living in other states."

She applied again in Yazoo County in 1916. Link is here:

http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/pensions/show/32486

My impression is that both apps were denied because there was no additional paperwork that seemed to accompany the apps that succeeded. 

She died after 1918, when her son Richard listed her as living on his WWI draft registration. 

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=draft&h=854449&indiv=try&o_cvc=Image:OtherRecord

Whew! Productive week: finding new Native American roots AND Josephine's applications. 

Lucky me. 

Brittan Green

There's a Brittan Green listed in the 1867 Voter Registration at the AL Archives. B. is registered in Precinct 2 of Bibb County. He is colored.

http://www.archives.alabama.gov/voterreg/books/bibbcountyvol1.pdf

Wow....

Wonder if there's a connection?

The children of John P. & Mary Ann Green/e McKinney

I don't promise that this list is completely accurate, but it reflects my best guess about the children of John P. and Mary Ann Green/e. 


John P. McKinney and Mary Ann Green/Greene were married on Thursday, April 8, 1941, in Shelby County AL. (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alshelby/MarriageIndex1.html) John McKinney was listed in the tax poll list of Bibb County in 1848. By 1850 the McKinneys were back living in Shelby County. The likelihood is that most of their children were born in Bibb or Shelby County. 


In the most likely order of their births, the children are:

• Martha Isabelor McKinney, born November 5, 1842, probably in Shelby County; died November 7, 1911. married John Daily and Jasper Newton Lawley

• Mary Julia McKinney, born February 17, 1843, in Shelby County; died May 12, 1923 in Calera, Shelby County; married W. H. H. Whatley  (from her death and burial information at FamilySearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDLW-8WY

• Nancy Jain McKinney, born 1846/1847; died after 1880; married William Goodwin??? and Shadrack Pearson

• Josephine, born February 1846 (from the 1900 Census); died after 1918 in MS??; married John Newton Lyles/Liles and J. D. Humphry

• Early Abraham (or Abraham Early), born about 1848/1849; died after 1876; married Rachel Savannah (?) Davis 

• Benjamin ?, born about June 1848; died February 1849 of croup after a sickness of one day (Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~alshelby/mortality1850.html)

• John McKinney, born about 1852; died after 1860

• Sarah Ellen McKinney, born about 1855; died 1885 - 1889 in MS; married James Pinckney Lemley

• Susan McKinney, born September 1856 (from the 1900 Census); died after 1900; married William Buchanan/Buckhannan

• Mahala J. Armetta/Antoinette, born about 1858; died after 1880; married John Quillan

There are a few surprises for some people. I hope to blog about each child soon. 

Ain't no Mary Jane in this McKinney family, with digressions

Several family trees on the web have listed Mary J. McKinney, the daughter of John P. and Mary Ann Green McKinney as Mary Jane McKinney who married Squire Clark Johnson.


Ain't no such person in this McKinney family.


First of all, the McKinney's second daughter is Mary JULIA McKinney who married W. H. H. Whatley as proved by her death and burial notice here:


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDLW-8WY




Second:


The trees with M.J. married to Squire Clark Johnson have her moving to Mississippi to marry SCJ, then returning to AL to be enumerated as Mary J. McKinney in Bibb in 1860, then having children with SCJ starting in 1861 in Mississippi. Possible, but not logical.


(FYI—The J. P. McKinneys did eventually move to MS in the late 1870's, but without Mary Julia, who stayed with husband W. H. H. Whatley in AL until their deaths.)


More illogically, Iquire (Squire) Johnson is enumerated with wife Mary in 1860 in Fayette County, AL, while at the same time Mary McKinney is enumerated with her parents in Bibb County. Compare these two census listings:


For Squire Johnson and his Mary:


http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7667&iid=4211182_00520&fn=Iquine&ln=Johnson&st=r&ssrc=pt_t5408701_p796435088_kpidz0q3d796435088z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid&pid=17543192


and for Mary McKinney:

http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7163&path=Alabama.Bibb.Randolph.6&fn=Jno&ln=McKinney&st=d&pid=13217689&rc=&zp=75


Clearly two different Marys. 


(Yes, I have seen the same person listed twice in a census, but it's always been clear who that person was from the other family members consistently surrounding him or her. Here MJM is surrounded by people who were in her household in 1850. There's no such context for Squire Johnson's Mary.)

Third:


The McKinneys did have a daughter with the middle name "Jane," but it was Nancy Jane and not Mary Julia. Nancy's middle name is proved by a note signed by her father J. P. McKinney. You'll find that note here:


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9819-38900-56?cc=1743384


The middle name looks like "Lain," but if you notice compare the other letters, you'll see that it's plainly "Jain" and not "Lain."


(While I have seen families in which different children have the same middle name, I've not found it to be the case in this family.)




Lastly:


Nancy Jane for sure married Shadrack H. Pearson on November 14, 1872, in Bibb County, as proved by the citation above. The Pearsons followed John P. McKinney and family to LeFlore, MS, by 1880, after the death (?) of Mary Ann Green McKinney. They are listed in the 1880 US Census for Leflore County. After that I have lost track of them and their three children Mary, Thomas, and Jonathon.


(Oh, boy! More research needed! Yay!)