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| William Whatley Carlisle (WC) Children |
27 Nov 1839 Chambers Co, AL |
12 Dec 1912 Lee Co, AL |
Georgia Ann Turner B: 1841 D: 1904 AL M: 9 Dec 1857 Chambers Co AL |
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| Thomas Andrew Jackson Children |
3 Sep 1841 Chambers Co, AL |
Bef 1891 GA |
Martha (Mattie) Holstun B: ??? D: ??? M: 22 Apr 1863 Meriwether Co GA |
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| Clarissa Elizabeth Children |
5 Jan 1843 Chambers Co, AL |
22 May 1875 Chambers Co, AL Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL |
Henry C. Melton B: ??? D: 1875 M: 15 Oct 1863 Chambers Co, AL |
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| Jesse Berryman II | 14 Dec 1845 Chambers Co, AL |
19 Aug 1922 Lee Co, AL Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL |
Helen Evelyn Cox B: 29 Jul 1846 Notasulga, AL D: 1 Oct 1921 Lee Co, AL Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL M: 27 Feb 1871 Notasulga, AL |
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| Malinda Christian Children |
17 Jul 1847 Chambers Co, AL |
Bef 1891 ??? |
Eden Phillips B: ??? D: ??? M: 15 Oct 1863 Chambers Co, Al |
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| Sarah Van Douzen (Dousie) |
26 May 1849 Chambers Co, AL |
23 Feb 1927 AL Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee County, Al |
Joseph Burke B: 1838 D: 1919 Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL M: 25 Mar 1872 Macon Co AL |
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| George Franklin | 30 Apr 1852 Chambers Co, AL |
7 Aug 1881 TN Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL |
Never Married | |
| Martha (Mattie) Children |
11 May 1854 Chambers Co, AL |
23 Mar 1899 Lee Co, AL Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL |
John Burke B: 1838 D: 1919 Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL M: Jun 1872 Lee Co AL |
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| Mary Emma (Mollie) | 7 Mar 1856 Chambers Co, AL |
7 May 1915 Lee Co, AL |
Never Married | |
| Lucy Matilda Children |
10 Feb 1859 Chambers Co, AL |
29 Dec 1938 Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL |
Winston Anthony Gross B: 1855 D: 1890 Buried Canaan Cemetery Lee Co, AL M: ??? |
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| Ammarillas Flora (Rilla) Children |
26 Feb 1862 Chambers Co, AL |
23 Feb 1940 Berkeley, CA |
Charles Stevens B: 1857 AL D: 1934 CA M: 1880 AL |
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Jesse Berryman Robinson I was born in Georgia and moved with his father Thomas Robinson Jr to Chambers Co, AL sometime between 1836 and 1838. He is listed on the census of 1838 in Wickerville, Chambers Co, AL along with his father Thomas, his older brother Thomas and Casper Amos. Note: Wickerville was one of the largest of the early settlements in Chambers Co, AL. The town was named for John Wicker and in the winter of 1838 boasted nearly 2000 in population. Today Wickerville is know by the name of Denson and is about 4 miles south of Fredonia. He was living next door to his father in the 1840 Census of Chambers Co. He married Martha Ann Carlisle in Chambers Co on Feb 14th, 1839. Rev. Moses Gunn was the preacher and the ceremony was conducted at the Carlisle home in Milltown. |
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He served as First Sergeant in Capt Moses Gunn's Company, Webb's Battalion, Alabama Militia in the Creek Indian War of 1836. He enlisted at Ft. Henderson on June 2d, 1836 and mustered out at LaFayette, AL on Sept 1st, 1836. He is described in his wife's military pension application as 6 feet 1 inch tall, blue eyes, auburn hair and red complexion and a farmer born in Jackson, Butts Co, GA.
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He lived in LaFayette, Chambers Co, AL until about 1840 and then moved within the county to Milltown, where he farmed and established a grist and cotton mill.
The following narrative on Jesse Berryman is from a personal note of his daughter-in-law, Helen Cox Robinson: |
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"During the War between the States, he was made Captain of the Home Guard at Milltown. My husband, Jesse B. Robinson II was home for a time from the War. He and his father gathered up all the old men and young boys to drill them for the Home Guard and to gather food and supplies for the men and horses stationed at West Point, GA. After gathering these supplies, Captain Robinson took them to West Point, GA., to General Robert C. Tyler. He was at the fall of West Point when General Taylor was killed on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865. Although many Home Guard units fought with the regular troops in the last chaotic days of the war, records of their service were not kept."
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He was financially hurt by the Civil War, losing crops, slaves and horses. Since he was unable to hire field hands in Chambers Co, he sold his farm and mills. He purchased land in the Montgomery River Valley of Elmore Co, AL., adjacent to Montgomery, where freed slaves were congregating. Not being accustomed to directly running his farms, as he had used overseers, and because of the flooding of his fields by the adjacent river, he gave up after three years. He moved to Notasulga, AL buying the Trammell farm next to his son Jesse Berryman II, where he soon died a "broken hearted and despondent man". His will was probated in Macon Co, AL.
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