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Marrs Family ~
Alcie
Marrs,
Wife of Philip
Wilks
Daughter
of John A. Marrs & Nancy J. Stone
Ahnentafel, Generation No. 1
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1. Alcie MARRS was born ABT 1807 in TN.
She was the daughter of 2. John A. MARRS and 3. Nancy J. STONE.
She married Philip WILKS on 13 MAY 1824 in Lauderdale Co., AL,
son of John WILKS Jr. and Barbary NEWMAN. He was born ABT 1805
in SC, and died BEF AUG 1831 in Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL.
In the 1830 census of Lauderdale Co., they were enumerated with
age 20-30, wife 20-30, two males and two females under age 5.
Philip was set upon, robbed, and murdered
in Aug 1831 returning home from Florence (seat of Lauderdale Co.)
where he had gone to a slave auction which turned out to be the
following week. His grave is unmarked but was no doubt nearby
in the Denman Ceme. where some of their relatives were buried
(now neglected on private land and hard to access).
On 13 Aug 1831, an inventory and appraisal
of his estate by Samuel Hammell, John Brown, John Wommack listed
2 cows & calves, 2 heifers, 18 hogs, one 6 yr. old horse,
2 yr. old bay colt, 1 yr. old sorrel colt, 1 framed loom, 1 side
saddle and 1 man's saddle, 1 cherry bureau, and assorted household
and farm implements. The sale on 27 Feb 1832 by his father John
Wilks, administrator, had buyers Charles Walton, Newman Wilks,
Sterling Phillips, Jacob Rhodes, Wm. Stowe, Conrad Newman (Lauderdale
Co. Wills, Book 5, pp. 382-384, & Book 6, pp.434, 435).
On 26 Jun 1832, his father John as administrator
of son Philip's estate, signed (his mark) on a deed conveying
half of land Philip bought with brother Newman, pursuant to Act
of 13th General Assembly of Alabama meeting in Tuscaloosa, approved
19 Jan 1832 (Lauderdale Co. Deeds, Book 5, pp. 425-426; and
Acts of 13th Session of General Assembly of AL published 1832,
p. 97).
Alcie married 2nd James RHODES 06 AUG
1833 in Lauderdale Co., AL, a neighbor, son of Jonathan RODES,
whose land adjoined John Wilks, both original federal grants.
James was born ABT 1810.
John WILKS and wife Barbary NEWMAN sold
their land in Lauderdale Co. on 22 OCT 1835 Lauderdale Co. and
moved along the Natchez Trace to the Chickasaw Purchase in Yalobusha
Co., MS, they sold their land to Jonathan RODES for $500 the S.
1/2 of W. 1/2 of N.E. 1/4 of Section 8, Twp. 2, Range 11 W., and
S. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of same Section. Recorded 26 Mar 1836. They settled
in Yalobusha Co., MS.
Alcie and James RODES also moved to Mississippi,
leaving the Trace a little sooner, in Chickasaw Co., MS.
Unfortunately the Chickasaw Co. Court
House records were burnt by Yankee soldiers, who caught up to
locals attempting to take the records to safety by wagon, and
burning them. Jacob RHODES, who married Philip Wilks's sister,
was probably James's brother.
James RODES/RHODES and Alcie were
enumerated in the 1850 census, as follows:
James Rhodes 35 farmer $2500 SC,
Alsie RHODES 43 TN, Mariah 16 AL, James 12 AL, Hazeah 9 AL, Martha
4 MS, William 1 MS.
They have not been found in the 1860 or
1870 census; so without county deed and other records, we can't
know where or when they died or moved away before the War. Some
of their children moved to Stephenville, Erath Co., TX.
Children of Alcie MARRS and Philip
WILKS were:
+ 2 i. John Washington WILKS was
born BET 1825 AND 1826 in Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL, and died
20 MAR 1878 in Denton, Denton Co., TX.
+ 3 ii. Benjamin Carroll WILKS
was born 12 AUG 1827 in Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL, and died
15 JAN 1919 in Chalk Mtn., Somervell Co., TX.
4 iii. Minerva WILKS was born
1829 in Lauderdale Co., AL. She married Jacob RODES 1838 in Lauderdale
Co., AL. He was born ABT 1805.
5 iv. Nancy L. "Nan"
WILKS was born BET 1831 AND 1832 in Lauderdale Co., AL. She married
Mr. BECK. He was born ABT 1830.
Children of Alcie MARRS and James
RODES were:
iv. Mariah RODES was born ca 1834
in Lauderdale Co., AL.
v. James RODES was born ca 1838
in Lauderdale Co., AL.
vi. Hazeah RODES was born ca 1841
AL.
vii. Martha "Mattie"
RODES was born ca 1846 MS.
viii. William RODES was born ca
1849? MS.
The two half-sisters, Nancy L. WILKS and
Martha "Mattie" RHODES, moved to Texas. Nancy married
a Beck and they had no children. She was a widow when she came
to live with her sister Mattie. She was medium size, had black
hair, dark brown eyes, and dark skin. Mattie had sandy hair and
blue eyes like her father Philip's people. Mattie married Dick
Long who served Erath Co., TX, as both sheriff and coounty clerk,
according to Erie Catherine Taylor Wilks. They had ten children.
He was one of F. S. Taylor's best friends. Erie said they put
in a hotel in Stephenville, Erath Co., and ran it until she died.
When Mattie was 14, about 1860, her older
sister Mariah sat down in front of the fireplace to fill a lamp
with oil. It exploded, and two of them died. Aunt Matt had scars
all over her face, neck, and arms.
John Washington WILKS (called "Uncle
Wash") and Benjamin C. WILKS were enumerated in the 11 Sep
1850 census of Pontotoc Co., MS, just north of Chickasaw Co.,
just north of Chickasaw Co., in hh 289-289 as John W. WILKES 23
farmer $700 AL, wife Nancy 18 AL, Benjamin 22 farmer AL. Nextdoor
were Andrew M. Rhoades 24 blacksmith AL, Mary 18 AL, M. H. Johnson
22 blacksmith AL. (Andrew M. Rhodes may have been their stepbrother.)
Between 1851-1852 when Benjamin was 24,
he and John left Mississippi from Shannon's Station, probably
in the portion of Pontotoc Co. which became Lee Co., MS, in 1866).
They worked first in East Texas as overseers, but no record has
been found.
In Nov 1854, John W. and Benjamin WILKS
bought land together in Navarro Co., TX (from which Ellis and
Hill Cos. were cut). Navarro Co. is where Benjamin met his future
wife, Martha Harriet YOUNG, and where her father Dr. HENRY YOUNG's
estate was administered.
In 1860 John WILKS and his wife Nancy
HENNIGAN were in Hill Co., TX, as John W. 35 AL, Nancy 28 AL,
Robert 4 TX, Martha 2 TX.
In 1870 they were in Denton Co., TX, in
hh 87-87 as John W. Wilks 45 farmer $1850-$550 (last line on p.);
Nancy 30 keeping house AL, James R. 14 works on farm TX, Martha
A. 13 attending school TX, Idaho 4, Washington N. 1 TX; p. 127?
(not numbered).
The census-taker got his pages mixed up, so initially it looked
like John W. Wilks was in same house as: John H. Cleveland 11
MO works on farm (top of next page), but that's part of hh 72.
They lived in Denton from abt 1865 until his death 20 Mar 1878.
He was buried in the Oddfellows Ceme. in Denton. His widow was
head of her household in the 1880 census as Nancy C. Wilks 47
widow AL, Robert 17 TX, Idaho 14 TX, Washington Virginia 11 TX.
In 1900 she was in her daughter's household
in Denton Co. Abt 1905 she went to live with another child in
Antelope, Jack Co., TX, where she died in 1914. She was buried
in the Antelope Ceme., Jack Co.
On 19 Jun 1900, Richard T. Long, wife
Mattie (RODES), and her sister Nannie (WILKS) BECK were enumerated
of Alexander, Erath Co., TX: in hh 195-196 as Richard T. Long
head b. Mar 1845 age 55 md. 33 yrs. TN-Ireland-TN, Mattie wife
b. Oct 1846 age 53 md. 33 yrs. 10 children borne 6 living MS-AL-AL
farmer, Leanna daughter b. May 1876 age 24 TX-TN-MS, Ora D. daughter
b. Feb 1878 age 22 TX-TN-MS, Solomon W. son b. Oct 1880 age 19
TX-TN-MS farm laborer, Cressie S. daughter b.Jun 1884 age 15 TX-TN-MS,
Sallie D. daughter b. Apr 1886 age 14 TX-TN-MS; Nannie Beck sister-in-law
b. Feb 1833 age 66 children borne 0 AL-NC-AL; p. 144A.
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Ahnentafel, Generation No. 2
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Alcie Marrs' Parents:
2. John A. MARRS was born ABT
1780 in NC, and died 25 APR 1834 in Florence, Lauderdale Co.,
AL.
3. Nancy J. STONE was born ABT
1784 in NC, and died AFT 1866. She was the daughter of 6. John
STONE and 7. 1st wife STONE.
Children of Nancy J. STONE and John A. MARRS are:
1. i. Alcie MARRS was born ABT
1807 in TN. She married Philip WILKS 13 MAY 1824 in Lauderdale
Co., AL, son of John WILKS Jr. and Barbary NEWMAN. He was born
ABT 1805 in SC, and died BEF AUG 1831 in Florence, Lauderdale
Co., AL. She married James RHODES 06 AUG 1833 in Lauderdale Co.,
AL, son of Jonathan RODES. He was born ABT 1810?
ii. Elizabeth D. MARRS was born
ABT 1810? She married Mr. MURPHY. He was born ABT 1810, and died
BEF 18 OCT 1834.
iii. Joseph Carrel MARRS was born
1810 in TN, and died BEF 05 APR 1853 in MS. He married Nancy ____.
She was born ABT 1810?
iv. Minerva B. MARRS was born
JUL 1815 in TN, and died 14 OCT 1906 in AR. She married Amos WILKS
Jr. 21 APR 1834 in Lauderdale Co., AL, son of Amos WILKS Sr. and
Elizabeth "Betsy" KILLOUGH. He was born 16 JAN 1814
in Lauderdale Co., AL, and died 08 JAN 1871 in AR. She married
Charles WILKS AFT 1880? He was born ABT 1815?
v. Melvina G. MARRS was born ABT
1817? She married Jesse DENSON 15 JUN 1834 in Lauderdale Co.,
AL. He was born ABT 1810?
vi. Nancy E. MARRS was born ABT
1820? She married Philip W. ANDERSON 01 JAN 1845. He was born
ABT 1820?
vii. Emily P. MARRS was born ABT
1822? She married John B. WATEAU 01 SEP 1845 in Lauderdale Co.,
AL. He was born ABT 1820?
viii. Lucretia S. MARRS was born
30 JAN 1822 in Lauderdale Co., AL, and died JAN 1906 in Lafayette
Co., MS. She married Henry Francis HAYLES 24 AUG 1834 in Lauderdale
Co., AL. He was born ABT 1811 in Sumter Co., SC, and died 1856
in Yalobusha Co., MS. She married James T. GARRETT 02 DEC 1877
in Coffeeville, Yalobusha Co., MS. He was born ABT 1817. She married
J. Adam TIDMORE 12 APR 1885 in Lafayette Co., MS. He was born
ABT 1817.
ix. Albert Pryor MARRS was born
DEC 1829, and died AFT 1905. He married May Addie NORCROSS 25
DEC 1875. She was born ABT 1850? He married Amanda R. THOMPSON
17 MAY 1855 in Lauderdale Co., AL. She was born ABT 1835?
x. Caledonia Cornelia MARRS was
born 01 NOV 1831 in Shelbyville, TN, and died 11 SEP 1910 in Natchitoches,
LA. She married James M. B. TUCKER, son of James TUCKER. He was
born ABT 1830?
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Ahnentafel, Generation No. 3
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Nancy J. STONE MARRS' Parents:
6. John STONE was born 1761 in
Berks Co., PA, and died 1841 in AL.
Children of John STONE and his
Unknown 1st wife:
3. i. Nancy J. STONE was born
ABT 1784 in NC, and died AFT 1866. She married John A. MARRS ABT
1806. He was born ABT 1780 in NC, and died 25 APR 1834 in Florence,
Lauderdale Co., AL.
ii. John STONE Jr. was born ABT
1787?
iii. Polly STONE was born 1790. She married Mr. TUCKER ABT 1810?
He was born ABT 1785?
Tempy Hand, wife of Wilks
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