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Garner, Simons, Cox, Hussey, Hendricks, Hendrix, Parsons, Morgan, Smith, Thompson, Buckner, Shaw in Anderson, TX, Winston or Attala, MS, GA, Pickens, SC, NC
Nancy Garner m. Peter Simons 19 Aug 1852, Palestine, Anderson Co, TX (they are my gg-grandparents)
1860 Census says she is b. AL
1870 Census says she is b. SC
Emsley Garner and family on 1850 Census Palestine, Anderson Co, TX, says he is b. SC
1840 Census Pickens Co, SC, shows Emsley and a William Garner next to each other, and their ages would seem to indicate they are father and son. Sister Letty had already married A.C. Smith and they are also on this census.
This Emsley never comes up in Garner forums (though some of his descendants do). I have seen others list him as Archibald Emsley, but I have yet to learn how they came by that because I have only seen him recorded as Emsley. Nor do I find online his father William discussed in connection with his wife and family.
Based on information from a couple of incomplete sources, I began to search and now believe my Nancy is a younger sister of Emsley. One post elsewhere online showed her name as "Narcissa (Nancy)" but the person who posted it would not share any information so I don't know where the Narcissa comes from.
After the 1840 Census, Emsley was someplace in GA long enough for his wife, Malissa, to give birth to three children from 1840-1844. And then two were born @1847 and 1849 in MS—evidence of the trail the family took. Someone gave me Malissa's maiden name as Tinkerly, but I have found no sign of that surname around the Garners; there are a few Tankersley—any info will be appreciated.
I've learned there is a probate file in Winston Co, MS, that states William died 31 January 1845 in GA—but I don't know what county or town—as he was on his way to MS.
Four more daughters: Edna [Henry Preston Morgan], Elizabeth [James H. Hendricks], Sarah [Robert Buckner], and Mary [Elisha Elcanie Thompson], and a son, Thomas [Margaret Louisa Shaw], were married between 1845 and 1851 in Winston Co, MS. Thomas has been mistaken by some to have been the father because he signed the marriage bonds for his sisters.
I have yet to find mother Elizabeth or daughter Nancy on an 1850 Census, although they should be there. Then again, maybe they are on their way to TX to join Emsley, since I know Nancy was there by her marriage in 1852.
After Winston Co, MS, these families move west across the county line into Attala Co, Ms, and Emsley settles in Anderson Co, TX. Emsley and his wife Malissa are buried in the old Palestine cemetery. So is Elizabeth Garner, who died in 1853 and would appear to be the mother as she was born in 1789.
Thomas is later in Anderson Co, TX, near Emsley.
Another brother, (Samuel) Jesse [m. Eliza Ann Parsons dau of James of SC], shows up in Crawford Co, AR.
Sister Elizabeth (Hendricks or Hendrix) later can be found first in Limestone Co, Tx, and then Tarrant Co, TX.
So it would appear that William and Elizabeth are the names of the parents of this family. Online I have seen Elizabeth's last name as Cox linked to different parents [and in one case she was linked to a different spouse]. Then I received information that she is Quaker Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Thomas Cox and Elizabeth Hussey, who was disowned for leaving the faith when she married a William Garner. Unfortunately, the marriage date—14 Feb 1812—for that William Garner and Elizabeth Cox in Randolph Co, NC, does not allow for Emsley’s birth according to various census as follows: 1850 age 43=1807; 1860 age 48=1812 (maybe this one); 1870 age 61=1809; 1880 age 70=1810
One source listed a brother William, which would make ten children, and one post online said the above Quaker Elizabeth and her William Garner had eleven children, but none were named.
In 1840 Census Pickens Co, SC, in addition to William and Emsley, there were only six other Garners listed: James, Jesse, Henry, John Jr, Noah, and Starling. Surely someone has connected William with the others who settled in this northwest corner of South Carolina that became Pickens Co, and I would greatly appreciate help from you Garner experts on this line.
Be assured I am willing to share what I have found thus far and in the future with one and all who may be interested.
Hope to hear from you soon, and thank you,
Lee Simons Your personal information will only be used to contact the submitter and will not be saved or used for any other purpose.
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