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Hi Sherry, I recently updated my notes on the Jesse Cross / Celia Dover family. Actually
we have made some new discoveries on our Cross line at this time. We were recently able to PROVE the parents of
Jesse Cross because of some deed finds by Becky Bradley of AL who is also a Cross researcher, as well as add another
documented sister to the group - PROVEN PARENTS -- JOHN CROSS / NANCY ___?
KNOWN CHILDREN --
HULDA CROSS b ca 1788 SC md Johnson DOVER 1810 - 1814
in SC. First child b ca 1811 - 1815 in SC.
REBECCA CROSS b ca 1789 SC md James Brownlow 22 Oct 1813
in Pendleton Dist, SC
THOMAS CROSS b ca 1789 SC md Rebecca DOVER 20 September 1812
in Pendleton Dist, SC
JANE CROSS (not proven but family tradition) b ca 1790 - 1800 md Anderson DOVER
in SC ca 1816. First child born 1817 in SC
NANCY ELIZABETH CROSS b ca 1794 - 1804 md ca 1812 in Pendleton
SC Richard Wade Wallace.
JESSE CROSS b ca 1797 SC md Celia DOVER in 1819 Hab Co, GA.
ROBERT CROSS b ca 1803 GA md 19 May 1825 Elizabeth Longino
in Henry Co, GA NOTE: The Dover spouses named here are siblings and the children
of Francis J Dover who was a Rev War Sol born 1760/61 near the Haw River in NC. He resided 1 mile from the Kings Mountain
Battleground in York Dist SC at the time of his enlistment. From there he lived in Pendleton Dist SC until he and
his family moved to Habersham Co, GA where they first appear in 1820. It is said that his first wife and mother of his
children was " a Posey" and court documentation of 1838 says that his 2nd wife was Mary Mullinax.
We have not found a marriage record for either marriage.
The family knowledge that places your William
Stephen Cross and his brother Henry who came to TX as the children of Jesse Cross / Celia Dover came in the form of notes
that were shared with me by a Jesse Cross descendant, Ralph Cross. We had known about these notes for years,
but until I actually had a copy of the handwritten notes, I was not completely sure about the original source and just
how accurate they might be. William Gus Cross was a grandson of Jesse & Celia Cross and I would think he would be
quite accurate about knowing who his father's siblings would have been. These notes, along with some other data
that had been shared by a couple of researchers from the 1980's period that Ralph also sent at that time, finally
clarified just who knew what and when. Here are my updated notes on this family and you
have my permission to post them if you'd like. These notes started out from bits and pieces
of info collected from many different sources over the time that I have been researching. A few years ago
I took all of those pieces and started putting census and other records to them and with the help of other Cross researchers
at the time, this is what evolved --- NOTES OF SHARON
SUKIENNIK SSukiennik@aol.com
Revised notes Aug 2005
CELIA DOVER / JESSE CROSS
Celia Dover and Jesse Cross were md 23 Dec 1819 in Habersham Co, GA according
to the index of Habersham Co, GA marriages. It is really important to read the actual marriage record in Habersham Co,
GA because there are mistakes in some of the dates in the index and the actual records! I can personally give a few
examples of incorrect dates in the index when compared to the actual record.
Another source, Brice Mandaville,
gives the following --
COURT ORDINARY OFFICE OF HABERSHAM CO, BOOK A: MARRIAGES (found at Salt Lake Library) Feb
16, 1820 Jesse Cross and Celia Dover****************
Posted by Deanna Rogers 5/1/01
I have a copy of Jesse Cross and Celia Dover's marriage
"entry" in the
recording book. It is a very poor copy and hard to read but it seems to read
as
follows:
Georgia
Habersham
To any Judges, Justices of the Inferior Court and Justice of the Peace
and
Ministers of the Gospel
You are hereby authorized to join together in matrimony Jefse Crofs and Celia
Dover this 16th Day of February 1820.
Miles Davis, Cl (title ???)
Next page: Something is written at the top of this certification and crossed
through with Xs. It looks like Elizabeth Cross last words?? If anyone else
has a copy of this, I would like
your take on what you see.
Georgia
Habersham
I do hereby certify that the within named were
joined together in the bonds
of matrimony This 23rd day of December 1819.
Davis (or Dawes) Hushgine?? J.P.
Recorded March 28, 1820
Miles Davis, Cl (???)
********************
1820 HABERSHAM
CO, GA
Have not found a listing for Jesse Cross to date. Thomas Cross / Rebecca Dover is the only CROSS name that
I have found in the 1820 Habersham Co, GA census and is living on the same page with Francis J Dover and sons.
1820 Habersham Co, GA p 115
Thomas Cross
1 M 26-45
1 M 0-10
1 F 26-45
-- Rebecca (Dover) Cross
3 F 0-10
<Note: Thomas is believed to have died May
6, 1857. Rebecca (b. Jan 23, 1793-SC) is thought to have died before July 1891. Their daughter Malinda (b. 1818 & d. Apr
15, 1885) married George Whisenant. Malinda & George had abt 7 children, including Mary L. who married John Fox. Mary
& John had 3 children. Thomas & Rebecca had 8 other children besides Malinda.>
Revised notes Aug 2005
CELIA DOVER / JESSE CROSS
Celia Dover and Jesse Cross were md 23 Dec 1819 in Habersham Co, GA according
to the index of Habersham Co, GA marriages. It is really important to read the actual marriage record in Habersham Co,
GA because there are mistakes in some of the dates in the index and the actual records! I can personally give a few
examples of incorrect dates in the index when compared to the actual record.
Another source, Brice Mandaville,
gives the following --
COURT ORDINARY OFFICE OF HABERSHAM CO, BOOK A: MARRIAGES (found at Salt Lake Library) Feb
16, 1820 Jesse Cross and Celia Dover****************
Posted by Deanna Rogers 5/1/01
I have a copy of Jesse Cross and Celia Dover's marriage
"entry" in the
recording book. It is a very poor copy and hard to read but it seems to read
as
follows:
Georgia
Habersham
To any Judges, Justices of the Inferior Court and Justice of the Peace
and
Ministers of the Gospel
You are hereby authorized to join together in matrimony Jefse Crofs and Celia
Dover this 16th Day of February 1820.
Miles Davis, Cl (title ???)
Next page: Something is written at the top of this certification and crossed
through with Xs. It looks like Elizabeth Cross last words?? If anyone else
has a copy of this, I would like
your take on what you see.
Georgia
Habersham
I do hereby certify that the within named were
joined together in the bonds
of matrimony This 23rd day of December 1819.
Davis (or Dawes) Hushgine?? J.P.
Recorded March 28, 1820
Miles Davis, Cl (???)
********************
1820 HABERSHAM
CO, GA
Have not found a listing for Jesse Cross to date. Thomas Cross / Rebecca Dover is the only CROSS name that
I have found in the 1820 Habersham Co, GA census and is living on the same page with Francis J Dover and sons.
1820 Habersham Co, GA p 115
Thomas Cross
1 M 26-45
1 M 0-10
1 F 26-45
-- Rebecca (Dover) Cross
3 F 0-10
<Note: Thomas is believed to have died May
6, 1857. Rebecca (b. Jan 23, 1793-SC) is thought to have died before July 1891. Their daughter Malinda (b. 1818 & d. Apr
15, 1885) married George Whisenant. Malinda & George had abt 7 children, including Mary L. who married John Fox. Mary
& John had 3 children. Thomas & Rebecca had 8 other children besides Malinda.> CROSS,
Linny Md. WHISENANT, George 01/03/1831
]
1830 HABERSHAM CO, GA p 29
Jesse Cross
1 m under 5 1825-1830
1 m under 5 1825-1830
1 m under 5 1825-1830 1 m 5-10 1820-1825
1 m 30-40 -- Jesse Cross 1790-1800
1 f 5-10
1820-1825
1 f 30-40 -- Celia Dover 1790-1800
***********************
From the List of Poor School Students, Habersham CO, GA -- YEAR 1834.
Elsbury Cross
Miles Cross
Rachel Cross
NOTE: These children appear to be the children of Jesse Cross / Celia Dover ***********************
HISTORY IN CATOOSA COUNTY, GA. by William
H H Clark.
pg44.
"Robert and JESSE CROSS, two brothers,
in 1832 settled at or near Woodstation. In 1835 Robert Cross sold out to Woods and purchased the place that Robert Magill
lived on, five miles north of Ringgold, and after a couple of years, sold it back to Robert Magill. Cross then moved near
to Woodstation and died about 1841. He was the representative from Walker county for one session of the legislature
and a pretty shrewd man.
JESSE
CROSS cared nothing for an overgrown fortune and kept a pack of bear dogs. Long after all the bears,
panthers, wild cats and catamounts had emigrated from this section, he still caried his gun and dogs wherever he went.
About 1845 he leased lands in Houston Valley from Dick Cruce. He was still expecting to meet a bear when we left Georgia.
Like other hunters, he never amassed a great fortune."
on pg 70.
Robert Cross, in 1832, settled near
Woodstation. In 1835 he sold to John Woods and moved to the place where Robert Magill lived in Dogwood Valley.
Woods was a local Methodist minister, a merchant for several years and a good man."
pg 60.
" Mr.
Lungino was the father of Mrs Robert Cross and made his home with her". (per Bobbie Jean Frank)
Another excerpt
from Clark's book about Mr Longino (don't have the page #) --
"We have omitted one incident of the
earliest settlers. Mr. LUNGINO was the father of Mrs. Robert CROSS and made his home with her. In 1835 there were
two noted cold days long known as the cold Friday and Saturday. LUNGINO was an old man and had started to go to Jackson county
in a one-horse wagon, then called a carry-all. He got to Judge KENNAN's mill pond, near Buzzard Roost, tied his
horse, stripped off his clothes and waded the pond until he froze to death. He was buried at the grave yard near Dogwood
Church. He or Alfred DUNN was the first person burried there. Alfred DUNN was near the writers age and was much loved
by him.. He died of flux, a disease then very common. John B. DUNN will remember which was burried first and someone
in the future may feel an interest in knowing the fact."
NOTE: The following was sent to me by
another researcher about the history of Clarks book ---
I wanted to point out where Wm Clark got his info on early
settlers in Catoosa County.
Chapter 11 Pg. 36
Early Settlers Of Catoosa, Whitfield, Walker And Floyd (Armuchee)
The Dogwood and Houston Valleys were the first areas of the county to be settled.
Among the first families were two unrelated families named Head and between the two, they made up a sizable percentage
of the early population.
Sometime in the latter 1800s, a member of the
Head Family was asked to write in the county paper his memories of the early times and first settlers of Catoosa, Whitfield,
Walker, and the surrounding areas. He did this but all copies of the paper and all evidence of his articles disappeared, almost.
Mr. John Dawling, a lifetime resident of the county and the last of our Cvil War veterans, had clipped the articles from the
paper and had pasted them into a scrapbook which he kept for several years.
It goes on to state that a Judge McDaniel copied the articles and presented them to the writer(Clark) in 1971. He states that
he presents them in his book without editorial change and just as it was written 100 years ago.
(per Sherry Clayton)
NOTE: Clarks book is wrong about the death of Robert Cross who appears alive and well in the 1850 & 1860
Tallapoosa Co, AL census records.
1840 WALKER
CO, GA
ROBERT CROSS (page 63, line 7) -- brother of Jesse Cross
white
1 M 5-10
1 M 10-15
1 M 30-40 -- Robert Cross 1800 - 1810
1 F 0-5
1 F 5-10
1 F 10-15
1 F 30-40 -- Elizabeth Longino
1800 - 1810
NOTE: Elizabeth Longino was the wife of Robert Cross per marriage record: Robert Cross
md Elizabeth Longino 19 May 1825 in Henry Co, GA.
1840 WALKER CO, GA
JESSE CROSS (page 63, line
31)
white
1 M 0-5 1835-1840
1 M 5-10 1830-1835
1 M
5-10 1830-1835
1 M 10-15 1825-1830
1 M 10-15 1825-1830
1 M 15-20 1820-1825
1 M 40-50 --- Jesse Cross
1
M 80-90 --- ????? 1750-1760
1 F 5-10 1830-1835 1 F 40-50 --- Celia Dover d/o Francis J Dover
1 F 70-80 --- ?????
1760-1770
NOTE: Who was the elderly couple living with Jesse & Celia (Dover) Cross? Was it Jesse's
parents John & Nancy Cross? We haven't found them after they left Henry Co, GA. School records
indicate that Jesse and Celia were still in Habersham Co, GA in 1834. On 4 Dec 1834, in Habersham Co, GA, Francis
J Dover (FJD) signed a deed that literally gave everything he had to his son Anderson Dover. This deed reads like a will,
including crops and even money that was owed to FJD. This has always been such a curious thing to us because
FJD didn't actually die until 1851. Bobbie Jean Frank has speculated that perhaps since this is around the time
that FJD was trying to file a claim as a Rev War Sol, that maybe he did this in order to be considered indigent. That
could make sense. The older couple in the household of Jesse Cross / Celia Dover is a male 80 - 90 and a female 70 -
80 living with them. Could this have been FJD / Mary Mullinax?? The 1840 Habersham Co, GA census p 153 shows
FJD age 70 - 80 and female age 70 - 80. It is possible that FJD moved along with Jesse and Celia to Walker Co, GA and
returned to Habersham Co, GA in time to be included in 1840 census records there as well?? Or maybe they were just over
there visiting?? William Simpson Dover s/o FJD and a lot of other family relations were also included in the 1840 Walker
Co, GA census. FJD appears without wife Mary (Mullinax) in the household of Thomas Cross / Rebecca Dover (his dau) in
1850 Hab Co, GA.
The identity of this older couple still remains a mystery.
******************
1850 Walker Co, GA p 357 A & B
218/218
Miles Cross 23 M W Farmer GA (1827) -- s/o
Jesse Cross
Elizabeth 18 F W NC -- nee WHITE
Margaret
1 F W GA
James C 1/12 M W GA -- James Calvin
(next door)
1850 Walker Co, GA p 357B
219/219
Jesse
Cross 50 M W Farmer SC 1800
Cealey
51 F W SC 1799 --- nee DOVER
Alsbury
27 M W GA 1823
Mitchell 19 M W GA 1831
Mahala 15 M W GA 1835
George W
13 M W GA 1837
NOTE: Wife Celia (Dover) died after 1850. Jesse Cross then married Nancy
Ann Brown and had more children.
GA Marriage Records --- Jesse Cross Spouse -- Nancy Ann Brown Marriage: 03 SEP 1857 , Whitfield, Georgia 1860 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Catoosa > Not Stated IM
30 & 31 207 / 209 (Tunnell Hill) p 256B & 257A
J Cross 62 1797 South Carolina Male N Cross 32 1827 South Carolina Female M Cross 4 1855 Georgia Female S Cross 1 1858 Georgia
Female 1870 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Catoosa > Blackstock IM 8 Post Office: Tunnell Hill Roll:
M593_140 Page: 302 533 / 536 Jesse Cross 67 abt 1803 South Carolina White Male Nancy
Cross 41 abt 1823 South Carolina White Female Patsey Cross
15 abt 1855 Georgia White Female Susannah E Cross 13 abt 1858
Georgia White Female Thomas R Cross 9 abt 1861 Georgia White
Male 1880 IM 6 & 7 Census Place Blackstock, Catoosa, Georgia Family History Library Film 1254138 NA Film Number
T9-0138 Page Number 239B 197 / 203 Jessee CROSS Self M
Male W 85 SC Farmer --- --- Nancy CROSS Wife M Female W 50
SC Keeping House SC SC Martha CROSS Dau S Female W 23 GA At
Home SC SC Susana CROSS Dau S Female W 21 GA At Home SC SC
Thomas CROSS Son S Male W 17 GA Farm Laborer SC SC Dillie SIEGLER Niece S Female W 18 GA No Occupation --- AL 198 / 204 James PATTERSON Self M Male W 30 NC Laborer --- --- Julia PATTERSON Wife M Female W 26 GA Keeping House GA --- Monroe PATTERSON Son S Male W 8 TN NC GA Edgar PATTERSON Son S Male W 6 TN NC GA Claudie PATTERSON
Dau S Female W 3 GA NC GA Earnest PATTERSON Son S Male W 1
GA NC GA NOTE: This is Miles Cross's dau Julia C (Cross) Patterson 200 / 206 Miles CROSS Self M Male W 58 SC Farm Laborer SC SC Elizabeth
CROSS Wife M Female W 56 NC Keeping House NC NC Monroe CROSS
Son S Male W 16 GA Farm Laborer SC NC Selia CROSS Dau S Female
W 12 GA At Home SC NC Delia CROSS Dau S Female W 7 GA SC NC
NOTE:
Jesse Cross is said to have died in 1881 near Winfield, Arkansas, and was
buried in the Seahorn Cemetery near Winfield. ********************* NOTE: William Gus Cross b 15 Feb 1859 Ringgold, GA m Margaret Alice Bennett 4 Nov 1886 lived at Waldron, AR d 7 Apr 1945. He was listed as William A Cross on one of the census records so may actually be William Augustus "Gus" Cross. This is Pat Keltner's grandfather. Robert
Cecil Cross [Pat Keltner's father] b 30 Aug 1903 m Joyce Johnson
15 Mar 1926 lived Bauxite, AR This is a transcription that I
have done from the handwritten family notes that were sent to Mrs Maltbe by Mrs Pat Keltner in the 1980's (not the chart).
---------------------------- [Pat Keltner] My father, Robert C Cross, took down all this information from his father, William G Cross. FAMILY
HISTORY OF CROSS NAME (As dictated by William G Cross at his
home near Waldron, Arkansas Nov 16, 1934) Jesse Cross was born in 1797 in Habersham County Georgia, and later owned land in Catoosa Co, Georgia. He died in 1881 near Winfield, Arkansas, and was buried in the Seahorn Cemetery near Winfield. Robert Cross, brother of Jesse, had a son, James. Thomas Cross, another brother of Jesse had a solid breast-bone down over his stomach. Part A Jesse Cross married Celia Dover (1st wife).
The family lived at or near Ringgold, GA. The following children
were born to this union: 1 Henry Cross, died in Texas 2 Steven Cross, died in Texas 3 Mitchell Cross, born 1835, died at Winfield, Ark in 19??. He had 1 boy and 2 girls (Mrs Seahorn[? hard to read]
and Mrs Patterson). 4 Mahaley Cross, died single about 19 years
old. 5 Miles Cross, buried in Mt Ida Cemetery between D------?
and Locksburg, Ark. (m Elizabeth White "who was raised by William Singleterry, bro. of Drury Dobbin Singleterry,
husband of Rachel" see link for Rachel below.) < Note: There is Lockesburg in Sevier County, Ark.
and the Mount Ida Cemetery is between there and De Queen near 329 & FM 15/Lone Oak Rd.> 6 Elsberry Cross, died in Texas 7 Rachel Cross, married __ [no first name] Smith, killed in war: then married Drury Singleterry and lived in Ringgold, GA. 8 George Washington Cross, the youngest child, was a wagonmaker. He had 3 boys
& 3 girls. He died in ___? [looks like probably a town, but not readable] All the sons served in the Confederate Army except Miles who made shoes for the soldiers. Jesse Cross married Nancy Brown
(2nd wife), and they had two children, Tom & Susan. Tom married
a Sherrels Womack, and had four sons, Will, John, Charles and Dave,
and one daughter, Cora. Susan married John Fare [or Farr] and moved
to Texas. One son, Marion(?) now - 1954 - lives in Texas. p 2 Part B
(informtion in italics was furnished by Erma & Fred Cross of OK.-- Sherry) Miles Cross (b. 1827 GA ,d. 1912 Sevier, Ark ) married Elizabeth
White,(b. Jul 4, 1823 NC, d. Dec 3, 1913, Nellie, Stephen Co., Okla.) 1845 or there about. The family lived
near Ringgold, GA. The following children were born to this union: 1 Margaret (Sarah) Cross, born 1847, married
Andrew J. Rowell on Mar 6, 1868, GA. They had two daughters who became Alice (b. 1870 Tenn. and
m. William J. Jackson) Jackson and Ellen Monroe (b. Jan 27, 1872 Mo. & d. Nov 15, 1967
McCurtain Co., Okla.). Both buried at DeQueen, Ark. (1920 Ellen was a widow living w/son Louis in McCurtain Co.,
Okla) 2 James Calvin Cross, born May 1, 1849 married Nancy Davis. He died in Oklahoma. 3 Lucy Evaline Cross, born
May 20, 1851, married John E Folkner. They had 10 children, and lived at Hixon, Tenn. 4 Julia Caroline Cross, born 1855,
married Jim Patterson and had 4 or more children. Lived and died in Rome, GA. * 5 William Gus Cross, born Ringgold, GA Feb 15,
1859. 6 Mary L. Cross, b. 1860, married John W. Cash, b. 1853, lived and died
near Duncan, OK. Their children were: William Luther , Morrison, Charles, Susan M., Steven, Bayla M., Alice, Luccile,
John M., and Davis. In 1910, they were living in Hulen, Comanche Co., Okla., 1930 Mary was living w/son William at Rock Creek,
Stephen Co., Okla. 7 Monroe Jackson Cross born May 4 1863, m. Adda Jeffcoat Jan. 23, 1898 Ark.
two sons and four daughters, lived and died near Lockesburg, AR. Children: Hattie, Ruthie, Lindsey, Pearl, Rethie,
Willie Morton. 8 Celia Cross, born 1865, married Jason "Jess" Brysen (b. 1847, NC) and had 8 or
10 children: Miles C., Aretta, John Elliot and William H.(b. 1883 GA). Lived and died in Okla. In 1910, they
were living in Hulen, Comanche Co., Okla., , 1930 Celia was living w/son Willaim H., in Hollis, Harmon Co., Okla. 9 Cordelia
"Delia" Cross, b. 1873, married Henry M., "Bud" Selmen, b. in Ark. had
five sons and 2 daughters, lived & died in Olka. Children: Cora b. 1888 Ark, Edward b. 1901 Ark., Dora b. 1903 Okla.,
Virgil b. 1905 Okla., Oscar b. 1910 Okla., Willie b. 1912 & Dewitte b. 1918. Lived in Rush Springs, Grady Co., Okla in
1910 & went to Wayne, McClain Co., Okla in 1930. Part C William
Gus Cross married Margaret Alice Bennett, Nov 4, 1886. The had three sons and four daughters. The family lived near Waldron,
Arkansas. William had migrated to Waldron in 1881, from Dalton Ga and Alice in 1879 from Columbia, Tenn. The children are
listed below: 1 Letha Viola Cross born June 23, 1888 2 Charles
Virgil Cross born Dec 17, 1889. Died Jan 10, 1976 m. Lillian G. 3 Cora Elsie Cross born Jan 25, 1892 4 Guy Leander
Cross born Jan 27, 1894 m. Dora Unkn. He d. May 1982. In 1930 they were living at Wewoka, Seminole Co., Okla. 5 Lavonia Med Cross born Feb 27, 1896 6 Ione Cross born Feb 6, 1900. Died May 1, 1900. 7
Robert Cecil Cross born Aug 30, 1903. & d. Aug 10, 1992 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Ark. end of notes ******************************* Known Children of Jesse Cross with Celia Dover --- 1 Miles Cross b Oct 1820 md Elizabeth White 2 Rachael Cross b ca 1820 md # 1 M C Smith # 2 Drury Singleterry 3 Elsberry Cross b ca 1823 -- nothing additional 4 Stephen Cross b Oct 1826 md Angelina Rodgers 5
Henry Cross b ca 1833 md Martha __? 6 Mitchell Cross b June
1832 md Myrandy Jane Workman 7 Mahaley Cross died young 8 George Washington Cross md Dilly Adeline Singleterry Known Children of Jesse Cross
with Nancy Ann Brown -- 9 Susannah E Cross md John Fare / Farr 10 Thomas Cross md Cynthia Ann Sherrills NOTE: Martha "Patsy" Cross was the dau of Nancy Ann Brown prior to her
marriage with Jesse Cross. Cynthia Ann Sherrills was the d/o Wm and Ruth (Morris) Sherrills who married son Thomas Cross.
I have no idea still what the Womack meant in the info given by Wm Gus Cross. I also have noticed in this passage that it
mentions that "Marion Cross, Now 1954 lives in TX" --- so, it looks to me like someone else has made additions to
what Wm Gus Cross gave in 1934 since he died in 1945. Maybe that's the reason for some of the discrepancies in some of
the later data?
At this time we have pretty basically completed updating the notes and census records for
all the children of Jesse Cross / Celia Dover.
Sharon S
1 m 5-10 1820-1825
1 m 30-40 -- Jesse Cross 1790-1800
1 f 5-10
1820-1825
1 f 30-40 -- Celia Dover 1790-1800
***********************
From the List of Poor School Students, Habersham CO, GA -- YEAR 1834.
Elsbury Cross
Miles Cross
Rachel Cross
NOTE: These children appear to be the children of Jesse Cross / Celia Dover ***********************
HISTORY IN CATOOSA COUNTY, GA. by William
H H Clark.
pg44.
"Robert and JESSE CROSS, two brothers,
in 1832 settled at or near Woodstation. In 1835 Robert Cross sold out to Woods and purchased the place that Robert Magill
lived on, five miles north of Ringgold, and after a couple of years, sold it back to Robert Magill. Cross then moved near
to Woodstation and died about 1841. He was the representative from Walker county for one session of the legislature
and a pretty shrewd man.
JESSE
CROSS cared nothing for an overgrown fortune and kept a pack of bear dogs. Long after all the bears,
panthers, wild cats and catamounts had emigrated from this section, he still caried his gun and dogs wherever he went.
About 1845 he leased lands in Houston Valley from Dick Cruce. He was still expecting to meet a bear when we left Georgia.
Like other hunters, he never amassed a great fortune."
on pg 70.
Robert Cross, in 1832, settled near
Woodstation. In 1835 he sold to John Woods and moved to the place where Robert Magill lived in Dogwood Valley.
Woods was a local Methodist minister, a merchant for several years and a good man."
pg 60.
" Mr.
Lungino was the father of Mrs Robert Cross and made his home with her". (per Bobbie Jean Frank)
Another excerpt
from Clark's book about Mr Longino (don't have the page #) --
"We have omitted one incident of the
earliest settlers. Mr. LUNGINO was the father of Mrs. Robert CROSS and made his home with her. In 1835 there were
two noted cold days long known as the cold Friday and Saturday. LUNGINO was an old man and had started to go to Jackson county
in a one-horse wagon, then called a carry-all. He got to Judge KENNAN's mill pond, near Buzzard Roost, tied his
horse, stripped off his clothes and waded the pond until he froze to death. He was buried at the grave yard near Dogwood
Church. He or Alfred DUNN was the first person burried there. Alfred DUNN was near the writers age and was much loved
by him.. He died of flux, a disease then very common. John B. DUNN will remember which was burried first and someone
in the future may feel an interest in knowing the fact."
NOTE: The following was sent to me by
another researcher about the history of Clarks book ---
I wanted to point out where Wm Clark got his info on early
settlers in Catoosa County.
Chapter 11 Pg. 36
Early Settlers Of Catoosa, Whitfield, Walker And Floyd (Armuchee)
The Dogwood and Houston Valleys were the first areas of the county to be settled.
Among the first families were two unrelated families named Head and between the two, they made up a sizable percentage
of the early population.
Sometime in the latter 1800s, a member of the
Head Family was asked to write in the county paper his memories of the early times and first settlers of Catoosa, Whitfield,
Walker, and the surrounding areas. He did this but all copies of the paper and all evidence of his articles disappeared, almost.
Mr. John Dawling, a lifetime resident of the county and the last of our Cvil War veterans, had clipped the articles from the
paper and had pasted them into a scrapbook which he kept for several years.
It goes on to state that a Judge McDaniel copied the articles and presented them to the writer(Clark) in 1971. He states that
he presents them in his book without editorial change and just as it was written 100 years ago.
(per Sherry Clayton)
NOTE: Clarks book is wrong about the death of Robert Cross who appears alive and well in the 1850 & 1860
Tallapoosa Co, AL census records.
1840 WALKER
CO, GA
ROBERT CROSS (page 63, line 7) -- brother of Jesse Cross
white
1 M 5-10
1 M 10-15
1 M 30-40 -- Robert Cross 1800 - 1810
1 F 0-5
1 F 5-10
1 F 10-15
1 F 30-40 -- Elizabeth Longino
1800 - 1810
NOTE: Elizabeth Longino was the wife of Robert Cross per marriage record: Robert Cross
md Elizabeth Longino 19 May 1825 in Henry Co, GA.
1840 WALKER CO, GA
JESSE CROSS (page 63, line
31)
white
1 M 0-5 1835-1840
1 M 5-10 1830-1835
1 M
5-10 1830-1835
1 M 10-15 1825-1830
1 M 10-15 1825-1830
1 M 15-20 1820-1825
1 M 40-50 --- Jesse Cross
1
M 80-90 --- ????? 1750-1760
1 F 5-10 1830-1835 1 F 40-50 --- Celia Dover d/o Francis J Dover
1 F 70-80 --- ?????
1760-1770
NOTE: Who was the elderly couple living with Jesse & Celia (Dover) Cross? Was it Jesse's
parents John & Nancy Cross? We haven't found them after they left Henry Co, GA. School records
indicate that Jesse and Celia were still in Habersham Co, GA in 1834. On 4 Dec 1834, in Habersham Co, GA, Francis
J Dover (FJD) signed a deed that literally gave everything he had to his son Anderson Dover. This deed reads like a will,
including crops and even money that was owed to FJD. This has always been such a curious thing to us because
FJD didn't actually die until 1851. Bobbie Jean Frank has speculated that perhaps since this is around the time
that FJD was trying to file a claim as a Rev War Sol, that maybe he did this in order to be considered indigent. That
could make sense. The older couple in the household of Jesse Cross / Celia Dover is a male 80 - 90 and a female 70 -
80 living with them. Could this have been FJD / Mary Mullinax?? The 1840 Habersham Co, GA census p 153 shows
FJD age 70 - 80 and female age 70 - 80. It is possible that FJD moved along with Jesse and Celia to Walker Co, GA and
returned to Habersham Co, GA in time to be included in 1840 census records there as well?? Or maybe they were just over
there visiting?? William Simpson Dover s/o FJD and a lot of other family relations were also included in the 1840 Walker
Co, GA census. FJD appears without wife Mary (Mullinax) in the household of Thomas Cross / Rebecca Dover (his dau) in
1850 Hab Co, GA.
The identity of this older couple still remains a mystery.
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1850 Walker Co, GA p 357 A & B
218/218
Miles Cross 23 M W Farmer GA (1827) -- s/o
Jesse Cross
Elizabeth 18 F W NC -- nee WHITE
Margaret
1 F W GA
James C 1/12 M W GA -- James Calvin
(next door)
1850 Walker Co, GA p 357B
219/219
Jesse
Cross 50 M W Farmer SC 1800
Cealey
51 F W SC 1799 --- nee DOVER
Alsbury
27 M W GA 1823
Mitchell 19 M W GA 1831
Mahala 15 M W GA 1835
George W
13 M W GA 1837
NOTE: Wife Celia (Dover) died after 1850. Jesse Cross then married Nancy
Ann Brown and had more children.
GA Marriage Records --- Jesse Cross Spouse -- Nancy Ann Brown Marriage: 03 SEP 1857 , Whitfield, Georgia 1860 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Catoosa > Not Stated IM
30 & 31 207 / 209 (Tunnell Hill) p 256B & 257A
J Cross 62 1797 South Carolina Male N Cross 32 1827 South Carolina Female M Cross 4 1855 Georgia Female S Cross 1 1858 Georgia
Female 1870 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Catoosa > Blackstock IM 8 Post Office: Tunnell Hill Roll:
M593_140 Page: 302 533 / 536 Jesse Cross 67 abt 1803 South Carolina White Male Nancy
Cross 41 abt 1823 South Carolina White Female Patsey Cross
15 abt 1855 Georgia White Female Susannah E Cross 13 abt 1858
Georgia White Female Thomas R Cross 9 abt 1861 Georgia White
Male 1880 IM 6 & 7 Census Place Blackstock, Catoosa, Georgia Family History Library Film 1254138 NA Film Number
T9-0138 Page Number 239B 197 / 203 Jessee CROSS Self M
Male W 85 SC Farmer --- --- Nancy CROSS Wife M Female W 50
SC Keeping House SC SC Martha CROSS Dau S Female W 23 GA At
Home SC SC Susana CROSS Dau S Female W 21 GA At Home SC SC
Thomas CROSS Son S Male W 17 GA Farm Laborer SC SC Dillie SIEGLER Niece S Female W 18 GA No Occupation --- AL 198 / 204 James PATTERSON Self M Male W 30 NC Laborer --- --- Julia PATTERSON Wife M Female W 26 GA Keeping House GA --- Monroe PATTERSON Son S Male W 8 TN NC GA Edgar PATTERSON Son S Male W 6 TN NC GA Claudie PATTERSON
Dau S Female W 3 GA NC GA Earnest PATTERSON Son S Male W 1
GA NC GA NOTE: This is Miles Cross's dau Julia C (Cross) Patterson 200 / 206 Miles CROSS Self M Male W 58 SC Farm Laborer SC SC Elizabeth
CROSS Wife M Female W 56 NC Keeping House NC NC Monroe CROSS
Son S Male W 16 GA Farm Laborer SC NC Selia CROSS Dau S Female
W 12 GA At Home SC NC Delia CROSS Dau S Female W 7 GA SC NC
NOTE:
Jesse Cross is said to have died in 1881 near Winfield, Arkansas, and was
buried in the Seahorn Cemetery near Winfield. ********************* NOTE: William Gus Cross b 15 Feb 1859 Ringgold, GA m Margaret Alice Bennett 4 Nov 1886 lived at Waldron, AR d 7 Apr 1945. He was listed as William A Cross on one of the census records so may actually be William Augustus "Gus" Cross. This is Pat Keltner's grandfather. Robert
Cecil Cross [Pat Keltner's father] b 30 Aug 1903 m Joyce Johnson
15 Mar 1926 lived Bauxite, AR This is a transcription that I
have done from the handwritten family notes that were sent to Mrs Maltbe by Mrs Pat Keltner in the 1980's (not the chart).
---------------------------- [Pat Keltner] My father, Robert C Cross, took down all this information from his father, William G Cross. FAMILY
HISTORY OF CROSS NAME (As dictated by William G Cross at his
home near Waldron, Arkansas Nov 16, 1934) Jesse Cross was born in 1797 in Habersham County Georgia, and later owned land in Catoosa Co, Georgia. He died in 1881 near Winfield, Arkansas, and was buried in the Seahorn Cemetery near Winfield. Robert Cross, brother of Jesse, had a son, James. Thomas Cross, another brother of Jesse had a solid breast-bone down over his stomach. Part A Jesse Cross married Celia Dover (1st wife).
The family lived at or near Ringgold, GA. The following children
were born to this union: 1 Henry Cross, died in Texas 2 Steven Cross, died in Texas 3 Mitchell Cross, born 1835, died at Winfield, Ark in 19??. He had 1 boy and 2 girls (Mrs Seahorn[? hard to read]
and Mrs Patterson). 4 Mahaley Cross, died single about 19 years
old. 5 Miles Cross, buried in Mt Ida Cemetery between D------?
and Locksburg, Ark. (m Elizabeth White "who was raised by William Singleterry, bro. of Drury Dobbin Singleterry,
husband of Rachel" see link for Rachel below.) < Note: There is Lockesburg in Sevier County, Ark.
and the Mount Ida Cemetery is between there and De Queen near 329 & FM 15/Lone Oak Rd.> 6 Elsberry Cross, died in Texas 7 Rachel Cross, married __ [no first name] Smith, killed in war: then married Drury Singleterry and lived in Ringgold, GA. 8 George Washington Cross, the youngest child, was a wagonmaker. He had 3 boys
& 3 girls. He died in ___? [looks like probably a town, but not readable] All the sons served in the Confederate Army except Miles who made shoes for the soldiers. Jesse Cross married Nancy Brown
(2nd wife), and they had two children, Tom & Susan. Tom married
a Sherrels Womack, and had four sons, Will, John, Charles and Dave,
and one daughter, Cora. Susan married John Fare [or Farr] and moved
to Texas. One son, Marion(?) now - 1954 - lives in Texas. p 2 Part B
(informtion in italics was furnished by Erma & Fred Cross of OK.-- Sherry) Miles Cross (b. 1827 GA ,d. 1912 Sevier, Ark ) married Elizabeth
White,(b. Jul 4, 1823 NC, d. Dec 3, 1913, Nellie, Stephen Co., Okla.) 1845 or there about. The family lived
near Ringgold, GA. The following children were born to this union: 1 Margaret (Sarah) Cross, born 1847, married
Andrew J. Rowell on Mar 6, 1868, GA. They had two daughters who became Alice (b. 1870 Tenn. and
m. William J. Jackson) Jackson and Ellen Monroe (b. Jan 27, 1872 Mo. & d. Nov 15, 1967
McCurtain Co., Okla.). Both buried at DeQueen, Ark. (1920 Ellen was a widow living w/son Louis in McCurtain Co.,
Okla) 2 James Calvin Cross, born May 1, 1849 married Nancy Davis. He died in Oklahoma. 3 Lucy Evaline Cross, born
May 20, 1851, married John E Folkner. They had 10 children, and lived at Hixon, Tenn. 4 Julia Caroline Cross, born 1855,
married Jim Patterson and had 4 or more children. Lived and died in Rome, GA. * 5 William Gus Cross, born Ringgold, GA Feb 15,
1859. 6 Mary L. Cross, b. 1860, married John W. Cash, b. 1853, lived and died
near Duncan, OK. Their children were: William Luther , Morrison, Charles, Susan M., Steven, Bayla M., Alice, Luccile,
John M., and Davis. In 1910, they were living in Hulen, Comanche Co., Okla., 1930 Mary was living w/son William at Rock Creek,
Stephen Co., Okla. 7 Monroe Jackson Cross born May 4 1863, m. Adda Jeffcoat Jan. 23, 1898 Ark.
two sons and four daughters, lived and died near Lockesburg, AR. Children: Hattie, Ruthie, Lindsey, Pearl, Rethie,
Willie Morton. 8 Celia Cross, born 1865, married Jason "Jess" Brysen (b. 1847, NC) and had 8 or
10 children: Miles C., Aretta, John Elliot and William H.(b. 1883 GA). Lived and died in Okla. In 1910, they
were living in Hulen, Comanche Co., Okla., , 1930 Celia was living w/son Willaim H., in Hollis, Harmon Co., Okla. 9 Cordelia
"Delia" Cross, b. 1873, married Henry M., "Bud" Selmen, b. in Ark. had
five sons and 2 daughters, lived & died in Olka. Children: Cora b. 1888 Ark, Edward b. 1901 Ark., Dora b. 1903 Okla.,
Virgil b. 1905 Okla., Oscar b. 1910 Okla., Willie b. 1912 & Dewitte b. 1918. Lived in Rush Springs, Grady Co., Okla in
1910 & went to Wayne, McClain Co., Okla in 1930. Part C William
Gus Cross married Margaret Alice Bennett, Nov 4, 1886. The had three sons and four daughters. The family lived near Waldron,
Arkansas. William had migrated to Waldron in 1881, from Dalton Ga and Alice in 1879 from Columbia, Tenn. The children are
listed below: 1 Letha Viola Cross born June 23, 1888 2 Charles
Virgil Cross born Dec 17, 1889. Died Jan 10, 1976 m. Lillian G. 3 Cora Elsie Cross born Jan 25, 1892 4 Guy Leander
Cross born Jan 27, 1894 m. Dora Unkn. He d. May 1982. In 1930 they were living at Wewoka, Seminole Co., Okla. 5 Lavonia Med Cross born Feb 27, 1896 6 Ione Cross born Feb 6, 1900. Died May 1, 1900. 7
Robert Cecil Cross born Aug 30, 1903. & d. Aug 10, 1992 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Ark. end of notes ******************************* Known Children of Jesse Cross with Celia Dover --- 1 Miles Cross b Oct 1820 md Elizabeth White 2 Rachael Cross b ca 1820 md # 1 M C Smith # 2 Drury Singleterry 3 Elsberry Cross b ca 1823 -- nothing additional 4 Stephen Cross b Oct 1826 md Angelina Rodgers 5
Henry Cross b ca 1833 md Martha __? 6 Mitchell Cross b June
1832 md Myrandy Jane Workman 7 Mahaley Cross died young 8 George Washington Cross md Dilly Adeline Singleterry Known Children of Jesse Cross
with Nancy Ann Brown -- 9 Susannah E Cross md John Fare / Farr 10 Thomas Cross md Cynthia Ann Sherrills NOTE: Martha "Patsy" Cross was the dau of Nancy Ann Brown prior to her
marriage with Jesse Cross. Cynthia Ann Sherrills was the d/o Wm and Ruth (Morris) Sherrills who married son Thomas Cross.
I have no idea still what the Womack meant in the info given by Wm Gus Cross. I also have noticed in this passage that it
mentions that "Marion Cross, Now 1954 lives in TX" --- so, it looks to me like someone else has made additions to
what Wm Gus Cross gave in 1934 since he died in 1945. Maybe that's the reason for some of the discrepancies in some of
the later data?
At this time we have pretty basically completed updating the notes and census records for
all the children of Jesse Cross / Celia Dover.
Sharon S
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