Chambers County AlArchives Biographies.....George Washington McGinty 1786-1874 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gerald K. McGinty, Sr. http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00021.html#0005198 Jun 24, 2003, 3:35 pm George Washington McGinty 1786-1874 George Washington McGinty, b. ca. 1786 in Wilkes Co., GA, died March 14, 1874, while visiting in Randolph Co., AL. Probate records in Chambers Co. have proved his death date. He was the son of Robert McGinty and Deborah Jackson. He married (1) Nancy Thompson in 1810, (2) Tabitha Moore, August 12, 1813, (3) Naomi Moore, (not yet proven) around 1824. There is an unconfirmed record showing that she was born in 1805, and (4) Mrs. Elizabeth (Betty or Betsy) Harrington Northrop, April 22, 1838, in Chambers Co., AL, by Samuel Roth, pastor. She was a widow. Children of George Washington McGinty and Tabitha Moore: i. Franklin McGinty, b. 1815, Pike Co., GA, d. unknown, but after 1874 since he is listed as an heir to the estate of his father. One source says that he was an old bachelor before marrying. Another says he married a sister of John Means. John had married his sister, Nancy. He remained in the Macon, GA area when his father left for AL. One source says that he spent his life as a lumber and timber dealer. ii. Nancy B. McGinty, b. February 15, 1815, possibly in Macon, Bibb Co., GA, d. January 25, 1891, Meansville, Pike Co., GA (dates confirmed from her gravestone). She married John Means (1812- 1896), on September 26, 1833. They lived in Meansville, Pike Co., GA, which is west of Barnesville, GA, and raised a large family of at least nine children all of who were said to be "reliable and prominent citizens." Their children were: Lillie, James W., Emily A., Mary S., Sarah E., Virginia A.M., Marietta A., John F. and Benjamin H. The 1860 census of Pike Co., GA shows that John was a large property owner and had a good- sized farming operation. His personal worth is listed at $13000. Census records show that another family also lived on his property, and the husband was his foreman. Nancy's obituary, which was published in the Barnesville-News-Gazette issue of January 29, 1891, reads as follows: "Mrs. Nancy Means, wife of Mr. John Means of Meansville died last Sunday night after an illness of about ten days of pneumonia. She was nearly ninety years of age at the time of her death (note: this was an error. She was actually seventy-five). Mrs. Means was a consistent member of the Ebenezer M.E. Church and lived a true Christian life. Her husband and she were among the original members of Fincher's Church, this county, moving their church membership to Ebenezer Church directly after the war. She was a good neighbor, and loved by all who knew her, and leaves a husband and several children to mourn her death. One of her sons, the Hon. J.W. Means, represented this county in the legislature of 1888-9, previous to that he was a county commissioner and is a man who has proven true to every trust. Her remains were interred at Ebenezer Methodist church cemetery, which is located in Lamar Co. (formerly Pike Co.), on Hwy 18 between Zebulon, GA and Barnesville, GA. A good woman has passed away." Her marker shows a hand, with the index finger pointing upward (photo). John is also buried in the Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery and his inscription shows the Masonic sign and reads, "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God" (photo). There was another Nancy B. McGinty in Chambers Co. who is easy to confuse with Nancy McGinty Means. Coincidentally, they both have the same middle initial. This Nancy shows in both the 1850 and 1860 census as a head-of-household, farmer, born in GA. She was married to James Cooper McGinty, the son of James and Temperance McGinty. There is a James McGinty in the 1830 census of Wilkes Co., GA. This is thought to be him. James was married to (1) Phebe Martin in 1829. They had two children including a son, John B., b. March 1, 1833. She died in 1837. He married (2) Nancy B. Griswold (b. 1814) on July 13, 1837, and they had five children. These included Emily Francis (1838), Rebecca Cannon (1840), James Alexander Cato (1843), Joshua Soule Wilson and Mary Jane (1848). There is a deed showing that James C. purchased fifteen acres from James M. Spears on January 6, 1846. This land was in Township 20, Range 28, Section 2 (Chambers Co. Deed Book 8, pg. 644). One of their children, Mary Jane, was born in Notasulga, Macon Co., AL (west of Auburn) in 1848, indicating that this is where they lived at the time. James, who was born ca. 1811, died in 1848 and Nancy moved the family to Chambers Co., AL, close to other McGinty relatives. A family recollection is that James was a Methodist circuit rider preacher. He does show up in Methodist Preachers in Georgia, 1783-1900, by Harold Lawrence, published in 1984, as a "local preacher" and as attending the Georgia Conference in 1844. He is also shown here as a deacon. One of their children, Joshua Soule Wilson, enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 14th AL volunteer infantry regiment on July 26, 1861. He was eighteen years old. In January of 1862, he was listed in the military records as "sick at Fredericksburg" and he died February 5, 1862, in Richmond, VA, only six months after enlisting. His mother, Nancy B. McGinty, received his back pay consisting of four months and five days pay at $11.00 per month, the balance on his first commutation of $4.00 and his 2nd clothing allowance of $25.00. The total was $74.83 and it was paid to her August 1, 1862. (His records are in the National Archives, M374, roll 30). By 1867, The 1880 census shows her living in Harris Co., GA, as a sixty-six year old widow, keeping house. Her youngest child, Mary Jane, died in West Point, Harris Co., GA, August 29, 1875, at age twenty-seven. Nancy died in February 1883. iii. William Pitts McGinty, b. June 4, 1819 in Wilkinson Co., GA, d. January 1, 1901 in Chambers Co. AL. He married (1) Mary Ann Freeman, November 30, 1843, and after her death (2) Ann Moore, April 8, 1846. iv. Robert Alexander McGinty, b. March 8, 1821, in GA, d. January 10, 1892, Tallapoosa Co., AL. He married Jane Elizabeth Sharman, b. November 14, 1827, in GA, on April 3, 1845, in Russell Co., AL. On November 25, 1851, he purchased 120 acres in section 19 of Chambers Co., which joined the land of his father in section 18. This land was in present day Fairfax (deed book 10, pg. 474). The 1860 census of Chambers Co. shows them with two children. He is also shown with a good-sized farming operation, with property worth $3000 and personal worth reported at $5000. His farming operation is included in the 1860 agricultural census (pg. 27) and shows 100 acres of improved land and an additional 283 acres of unimproved land. Some of the larger items include production of 350 bushels of corn and twenty swine. After the war, he signed the oath of allegiance to the United States during the reconstruction period of 1866-67. The 1870 census shows them with eight children. They produced a total of twelve children. James Alexander at age seventeen, joined the CSA reserves and later served as a Sgt. in the 63rd AL Infantry. This unit was sent to Mobile where he was hospitalized. He was captured in Blakely, AL, Apr. 9, 1865 and paroled in Meridian, MS, May 11, 1865, Jesse, Adnie Tabitha, Calvin Eudorius, Frances (Fannie), Sarah (Sallie), Mary Ellen (Mollie), who married a Wyatt, Martha (Mattie), Robert W., William F., George P., and John Lee. The 1900 census shows Jane living with her son, William Franklin McGinty, in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa Co., AL. Elizabeth died July 19, 1903 and both are buried in the Fargason - Wyatt Cemetery, near the Sandy Creek church, outside of Camp Hill, Tallapoosa Co., AL. Children of Washington McGinty and Naomi Elvira McGinty. Some researchers say that she was Naomi Moore, sister of Tabitha, but there is no documented proof to date. However, her step-grandson, Wiley P. McGinty, Sr., said that his step-grandmother's name was Naomi Elvira McGinty. We do know that this wife was from Illinois. This is confirmed in the 1880 census records by two of her children, Washington and Narcissa. i. Naomi Elvira McGinty, b. 1826 in GA (confirmed by the 1850 census), d. unknown. She shows in the minutes of the Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church in Chambers Co., August 21, 1846, as a charter member along with her father. A marriage license was issued, March 21, 1848, for her to marry John M. Davis in Chambers Co. and Tyre Freeman was the pastor. The 1850 census shows that they had a four-month-old daughter, Sarah J. McGinty. ii. George Washington McGinty, II (Jr.), b. 1828 in GA, probably in either Pike or Wilkinson Co., d. 1907 in Morehouse Parish, LA. He married Mary Adeline Davis from GA and was living in Pike Co. in the Bluff Springs – Weaver Communities after 1853. He moved to LA before 1860. The 1860 census of Iberville Parish, LA (Plaquemine) shows him with occupation, overseer, with wife, Mary A., age twenty-nine and a son, George W., age three. They had at least three children, George, III, Sarah and Mary. George, III shows later in the 1880 census, age twenty-three, married and with a family. The 1870 census shows George II, now in Morehouse Parish, LA; this is where he remained and is buried. Later in life, George II remarried a widow, Mrs. Sawyer. Based on the census records in 1880 and 1900, her name was Julia. She was born in LA in 1843. They show two children in the 1880 census, Lizzie and Adeline along with his stepdaughter, Alice Jersey, age seven. Alice must be a daughter from Julia's first marriage. Her last names, Sawyer and Jersey, are probably maiden names and former married names. Also, in this 1880 census, George II shows his mother's birthplace as Illinois. A letter from his nephew, John Franklin McGinty, written in 1930, confirms that he went to LA and lived in Line, Morehouse Parish, LA, until he died in 1907. He is buried there in the McGinty cemetery in what is now named McGinty, LA, very close to the state line between LA and AR. His uncle, Thomas McGinty had come to this area of LA several years before George II arrived and was probably instrumental in getting George to move there. This area is close to the Mississippi River and was probably prime cotton country. There is a gravestone for George II (Jr.) in the small cemetery that was placed there in the fairly recent past. It has a long inscription on it including his marriages, relatives, etc. Some of the information on the stone is incorrect. There is another George W. McGinty who is often confused with George W. II. This George Washington lived in Barbour Co., AL. I have accumulated quite a bit of information on him but as yet have not been able to determine who his father was. Research is ongoing, and I will present what I have for future researchers. He was born in 1821, and is seven years older than George II. This birth date confirmed by the Barbour Co., AL census of 1870 and 1880. He was a private in the Hancock Co., GA Calvary in 1836. He married (1) Lavitus Rowe, November 1, 1838, in Hancock Co., by Wm. A. McGinty, JP. In 1841, he was a farmer living in Warren Co., GA. According to The Georgia Black Book by Robert Scott Davis, Jr., he was convicted of simple larceny and received a four year sentence from April 10, 1841 until April 10, 1845. He was pardoned on June 18, 1843. His description was given in the court record as being twenty-two years old, 5 ft. 7-3/4 in., dark complexion, black hair and grey eyes. He married (2) Mrs. Elisabeth C. Loveless (this was her maiden name and she was a widow. Her former married name was Griffith), January 10, 1849, in Eufaula, Barbour Co., AL., by Rev. William Van Doren. One of their sons, Walter, died in Eufaula June 17, 1859, at age eight. The Barbour Co. census of 1860 shows him at age thirty-nine with the occupation of druggist. The 1870 AL census shows him at age forty-nine living in Barbour Co. as a retired merchant. They show three children at this time, and he appears to be prosperous with property valued at $3000 and personal worth of $7000. ii. Elizabeth S. McGinty, b. 1830 in GA, (confirmed by the 1850 census), d. unknown, but probably before 1852. She married Benjamin Franklin Carpenter (son of Jesse Carpenter), July 2, 1850, in Chambers Co. AL, by John W. Chambers, J P. This marriage is recorded in Chambers Co. marriage book 4, pg. 259. Her father, Washington McGinty is shown as giving his consent. She shows as Carpenter's wife in the 1850 census of Chambers Co. at age twenty. Apparently, she died and Carpenter then married her sister, Elenora Narcissa McGinty in 1852. iii. Elenora Narcissa McGinty, b. 1831 in GA, (confirmed by the 1850 census), d. January 15, 1909 in GA. She married Benjamin Franklin Carpenter, in Chambers Co., March 5, 1852. The pastor was W. D. Harrington who was the brother of her stepmother Elizabeth Harrington. He went by the name of Frank or sometimes Franklin. He was born in NC in 1828 and came to Chambers Co. with his parents when he was about twenty years old. Franklin and Narcissa later moved to LA where Franklin was occupied as an overseer. It is possible that he was employed by Richard King who was a large landowner and farmer. Franklin's home is shown next door to King in the 1860 LA census. The 1860 census of Caldwell Parish, LA confirms Franklin, age thirty, occupation, overseer. Narcissa is shown with him, age twenty-two, along with children, N. Elizabeth age five and William, age one. Franklin Carpenter enlisted in Co. K, 37th AL Inf. Reg., May 1, 1862 organized at Auburn, AL. His brother, Mahone, also served in this unit and survived the war. Franklin died July 4, 1862 in Columbus, MS from an infection in his leg while on picket duty (National Archives, M374, roll 8). Narcissa filed claim for regress on August 7, 1862. His death was not verified until July 26, 1864. Their other children were Benjamin Franklin Jr. (b. May 1860 in LA, as shown in the 1880 and 1900 Chambers Co. census. However, the 1920 and 1930 census of Muscogee Co., GA show that he was born in 1863) and Gilbert "Gill" Washington Gilmore (b. November 1, 1862, d. July 5, 1913). They are both buried in the Hillview cemetery annex, LaGrange, GA. Franklin died before his father, Jesse Carpenter. The petition for the settlement of Jesse's estate names Franklin's wife, Narcissa and her children as heirs (Pike Co., AL, general estate book 14, pg. 228-269). It reads as follows: "August 3, 1869. The heirs of Franklin Carpenter, deceased, to wit Narcissa Carpenter, widow of said Franklin and over the age of twenty-one and residing in Chambers Co., AL – her four minor children, Elizabeth, over fourteen years of age, William under fourteen years of age, Benjamin under fourteen years of age and George W. Carpenter under fourteen years of age residing with their said mother Narcissa Carpenter." In 1870, Narcissa, age thirty-eight, was back in Chambers Co., AL, living in the home of her father, George Washington McGinty who was eighty-four at the time. Her daughter, Elizabeth, age fifteen and son William, age eleven, were living with her. I do not know why Benjamin, Jr. is not also listed here. The 1880 census is very interesting because Narcissa is listed twice. The first entry shows Narcissa Carpenter, age forty-seven with son, William, age twenty, both living in the home of her other son, Gilbert "Gill" and his wife, Sarah. The second entry shows Elenora N. Carpenter, age forty-eight with son William, age twenty-one (working in a cotton mill). It is in this census that we first see the birthplace of her mother as being Illinois. By 1888, Narcissa was living in Troup Co., GA. She filed for and received a confederate widow's pension in 1891. After her death in 1909, her grandson, Olin Adams, applied for her burial benefits of $60. It is unknown at this time where she is buried. v. Dora Ann McGinty, b. 1834 in GA, (confirmed by the 1850 census), d. uncertain. She married James S. Howard in Chambers Co., November 22, 1849. Jesse Carpenter, J.P., performed the marriage. The special census of 1855 shows them living next door to father, Washington McGinty with four people in the home. They moved to AR and LA and later she came back to AL. She is shown in a document dated 1874 as an heir to her father's estate. She shows in the 1880 census of Lee Co., AL as head of household, age forty-six, widow, occupation, "keeping weaver". Her children are also listed in this census as Amanda, age twenty; Frances, age eighteen; Emma, age seventeen, Millie, age fifteen and Benjamin, age twelve. All of them are shown as working in the cotton mill. Amanda, Frances and Emma were born in LA, which places the parents there between 1860-1863. Millie was born in GA in 1865 and Benjamin in AR in 1868. Children of George Washington McGinty and Elizabeth C. Harrington Northrop (b. February 8, 1805, d. April 29, 1891). Elizabeth (Betty or Betsy) was the daughter of Jeptha Harrington, a wealthy citizen in the area. He was shown with thirty-three slaves in the census of 1840. i. Pinckney Harrington McGinty, b. July 6, 1839, Osanippa, Chambers Co., AL, d. January 8, 1918, in Beulah, Lee Co., AL. He married Celia Tolen Pitts on September 11, 1860, in Chambers Co., AL, by his uncle, W. D. Harrington, pastor. Celia was b. January 2, 1839 in AL and d. February 18, 1915 in AL. They are both buried in the Beulah Baptist Cemetery, Lee Co., AL. They produced six children. Notes on Pinckney Harrington McGinty and the 14th AL Infantry: Pinckney or "Uncle Pink" as his nephews and nieces called him was one of three McGintys that enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 14th AL Volunteer Infantry Regiment (photo). His enlistment date is shown as April 7, 1862, in Yorktown, VA. This date is after the 14th had already moved to VA. It is possible that he actually enlisted at an earlier date, with the other two McGinty boys, and that the date of April 7, 1862 is actually the date when the 14th AL was accepted into the Confederate army. At this time, his uncle Capt. William D. Harrington, was the commanding officer of Co. A. He had been commissioned May 9, 1861. Capt. Harrington was the son of Jepta Harrington and the brother of Elizabeth Harrington McGinty, wife of Washington McGinty. Capt. Harrington resigned from the unit on August 2, 1862. The Harrington family came to Chambers Co. in 1836 and joined the Bethlehem Baptist church. William Harrington, a minister, was ordained there in 1839 and served several churches in the area, both before and after the war. He died June 17, 1871 at age fifty-one. This regiment was known as the "Cusseta Grays"; named for Cusseta, AL (pronounced Cu-seet-a) which is the district where he lived in the 1860 census. Before the war, he had probably inherited his father's rather large farming operation and shows real estate worth $2500 and a personal estate of $10000. The 14th AL infantry regiment, in which Pinckney, James and Joshua McGinty were members, was organized at Auburn, AL, in 1861. It was raised under the call of the Confederacy for volunteers to serve three years or for the duration of the war. The unit was ordered to Richmond, VA, in October 1861. From there, they moved to Evansport, VA, where the real service began. In January 1862, the unit was transferred back to Richmond to recover from health problems described as "camp sickness." Then in March 1862, orders were received to move to Yorktown. They fought with distinction at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. At Seven Pines and during the seven-day fight with McClellan before Richmond, the company suffered severely in killed and wounded. At the opening of the seven-day fight at the end of June 1862, the company had forty-seven men for duty. During the seven-day fight, the surgeon sent eight men to the hospital. Thirty-eight were killed or wounded, leaving only one man, W. A. Prather, to answer roll call. The company went from this fight and through the battles of Second Manassas, Sharpesburg and Booneboro without any commissioned officers. In 1863, the company was in all the important battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was part of the small force that fought at Salem Church, driving General Sedgewick across the river, and preventing his flank movement towards Richmond. At Gettysburg and Deep Mine, Co. A did its part. During the fall of 1864, and into 1865, until the retreat from Petersburg, the company fought daily. In January and February 1865, the company was in several engagements on the right of Lee's army. The duties from January till the surrender at Appomattox was very difficult and said to "try men's constitutions as well as their souls." At Appomattox, Company "A" surrendered her arms and afterward took the oath of allegiance to the country. [This from the records of Stephen Hodge, 3rd Sergeant. Elected to 1st Lieutenant, October 8, 1862, and promoted to Captain, June 2, 1864. He was still living in AL in 1901]. It is interesting to note that James Judge Havis was elected 1st Lt. in Co. A. He was one of the builders of the Riverdale mill in River View after the war in 1866, and his name shows on the cornerstone. Havis was postmaster at Oakbowery, AL in 1858 and owned a store there. He was also a surveyor in 1840 and built a home near the "crossroads." Pinckney was captured April 6, 1865, near High Springs, VA, as Lee's army retreated from Petersburg and was imprisoned in Newport News, VA. He was released July 2, 1865. According to his personal statement, he participated in twenty-one battles from Yorktown to the siege of Petersburg. He also claimed to have taken care of Robert E. Lee's horse, Traveler, at some point during the war. The 14th AL was always near Lee, and he is said to have been very fond of his "Alabama Boys." As long as he lived, he kept a framed picture of Lee's horse near him. After Lee died in 1870, Traveler was taken on tour through the South for the veterans to gaze at once more. Pinckney told many "war stories" to his family. He would laugh and say "how we made those Yankees run with our Rebel Yell." His records are in the National Archives, M374, roll 30. (It is interesting to note that, according to war records in the National Archives, no less than 175 McGinty men fought in the Civil War, both for the north and the south. By 1860, there were McGinty located in many parts of the country.) Pinckney joined the Beulah Baptist Church in Beulah, AL, July 19, 1873, "by letter." There is a deed showing his purchase of land from W.J.H. Carlton on April 4, 1874, Chambers Co. Deed Book 8, Page 311.Pinckney was also said to be a dentist after the war and had an office with a "Barber Pole" which identified the dentist office at that time. On July 1, 1911, at age seventy-two, Pinckney made an application for Relief of Confederate Soldiers under the act of the Al general assembly passed April 24, 1911. The application claims that he was wounded at Yorktown and at the Second Battle of Manassas and that he is unable to make a living because of age and infirmities. On his application, he shows ownership of 70 ½ acres of land and personal property worth $397. Family history says that he died at the home of son, Oscar Lee McGinty in Opelika, AL. ii. James B. McGinty, b. 1841, Osanippa, Chambers Co., AL, d. May 15, 1862, in Richmond, VA. James enlisted as a Private in Co. A of the 14 AL Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 9, 1861. He was twenty years old. James was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 3 in Richmond, VA, May 10, 1862, with "Remittent Fever" (malaria). He died five days later. (His military records are in the National Archives, M374, roll 30). iii. Missouri Adnie McGinty, b. May 18, 1845 (confirmed in the 1880 and 1900 census), Osanippa, Chambers Co., AL, d. February 22, 1907 (confirmed by her gravestone). She married Bluford Washington Webb. The 1850 census shows him at age three. The 1860 census of Chambers Co. (pg.41) shows him as age twelve. However, the 1870 Chambers Co. census (pg. 55) shows that he was born in 1850. This is confirmed again in the 1900 census of Beulah, Lee Co., AL (sheet 1) which shows his birth date as July 1850. If he was born in 1850, he was only seventeen when he married twenty-two year old Missouri. He was the brother of John Andrew Jackson Webb who married Missouri's sister, Salina. The Webb family had come to AL from Harris Co., GA. The 1870 census shows them living in Beat 1, Chambers Co. (pg.55). He is shown at age twenty and she at age twenty-five. They had one child. The 1880 census shows them living in Beulah, Lee Co. with four children, Mary, Alonzo, Ada and Pinkney. The 1900 census of Lee Co. shows three children, Pink, John L. and Willie. It shows that there were a total of seven children and that six were still living. Bluford is listed as a farmer in both censuses. Page 59/60 of the Chambers Co., AL marriage book shows a marriage license application and marriage of B.W. Webb to Missouri A. Foster, January 22, 1867, "At the home of her father." She would have been twenty-two at the time. Based on this name, she could have been a widow when Webb married her. She is buried in Beulah Baptist Church cemetery, Beulah, AL (photo). No record has been found showing when and where Bluford died and is buried. i. Salina Ann (Lynie) McGinty, b. May 8, 1848, Osanippa, Chambers Co., AL, d. March 21, 1932, (confirmed by her gravestone and death certificate) in Camp Hill, AL (photo). She married John Andrew Jackson Webb (1844-1917), March 7, 1867, in Lee Co., AL, by William E. Hudmon, JP (photo). They produced seven children, John James (1871), Nancy Elizabeth (1876), Dora Bell (1878), Robert Grady (1881), Annie Missouria (1884), Frona Adeline (1889) and Emily (1891). After John's death, Salina applied for his Civil War widow's pension. John Webb was the brother of Bluford Webb who married Salina's sister, Missouri. Both couples were married within three month of each other in 1867. Note: Salina (pronounced "Sa-Line-ey") married John Andrew Jackson Webb, a confederate army veteran. After the war, they were married in her father, Washington's home and settled down to farming and raising a family in Chambers Co., AL. When Salina was a young girl living in her father's house, she had a personal slave. After she was married she said that, "she was her own slave." She was a fun-loving girl and once got "churched" or censored by the church for buck dancing, which she loved to do. After she and her sister apologized, they were forgiven. They had a bad crop one-year and John A. almost lost the farm. He put all of his children to work in the Langdale cotton mill. When they got the bills paid off, they all quit and went back to the farm. Later in her life, when Salina was a grandmother, she lived with daughter, Emily. She did the cooking for the family. One night she made green beans for supper. Everyone thought that they were the best green beans they had ever tasted. Later in the evening, Salina was missing a dishrag and it was found at the bottom of the pot that the beans had been cooked in. They never let Granny cook again! This information is from an interview with her granddaughter, Birdie Lumkin Sorrell in 1999. The 1900 AL census shows them living in the Beulah AL area with four children. It also shows that of their seven children, one had already died. The 1930 census of Chambers Co., precinct 13, page 36 B, shows her living in the household of her son, Grady Webb. She died at age eighty-four in Tallapossa Co., AL. Salina and John are buried together at the Pentecost Methodist Church cemetery, in Reeltown, AL. John had passed away, October 15, 1917, at age seventy-three. Salina's mother, Elizabeth Harrington McGinty, age seventy-five, was living with John and Salina in the 1880 census. Naomi Elvira, another possible wife, does not show by name on any known records directly linking her to Washington. If she actually existed, she could have been the daughter of Ephriam Moore, father of Tabitha, whose will in Hancock Co., GA, dated July 7, 1801, mentions Tabitha by name but does not mention a Naomi. It is interesting that one of the children by this possible wife was named Naomi Elvira McGinty. Was she named for her mother? Also, as mentioned before, her step-grandson, Wiley P. McGinty, Sr., (1865-1957) said that she, being his step-grandmother, was named Naomi Elvira McGinty. It is also possible that Naomi was not a Moore and was from another family. The Life of George Washington McGinty He was known as "Washington," the sixth son of Robert McGinty and Deborah Jackson. The first written record is his baptism on August 31, 1805 at the Island Creek Baptist church in Hancock Co. An article published in the Farmer's Gazette, vol. IV, no. 198, Saturday, August 29, 1807, Sparta, GA., shows the presentations by the Grand Jury of Hancock Co., where they are listing, "all public wrongs which have transpired within our knowledge in our County…..", Washington is shown with several other people as retailing spirituous liquors without a license. On November 26, 1808, at age twenty-one or twenty-two, he was issued a passport by the governor of GA to travel through the Creek Indian nation. His father, Rev. Robert McGinty was also issued a passport for the same purpose in 1810 ( Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia, 1785-1809, by Mary G. Bryan). By this time his father, Robert was very active in forming various Baptist churches and association work in GA and traveled on a regular basis. It is probable that Washington accompanied him on occasion. It is almost certain that Washington's first wife was Nancy Thompson. On October 26, 1810, a marriage license was issued in Hancock Co., GA for Washington to marry Nancy (Colonial Georgia Marriage Records). Also, on September 1, 1810, the minutes of the Island Creek Baptist Church have an entry showing that "application was made by Brother Washington McGinty for a letter for Sister Nancy," and that it was granted. Also of note is that the pastor of this church was Benjamin Thompson, who was probably the father or possibly brother of Nancy. Something happened to Nancy prior to 1813. There is no record of children. The tax list of 1810 shows him owning property in Baldwin Co. The Georgia Journal of December 9, 1812 shows that a new division of GA Militia was formed which included men from several counties. Washington is listed as a member. He married Tabitha Moore, daughter of Ephraim Moore Sr., and his wife, Nancy (last name unknown) on August 12, 1813, in Baldwin Co., GA. Tabitha was born, ca. 1793, location unknown. She died ca. 1821 in GA. He is shown in the 1813 Baldwin Co., tax list as living in Capt. Thomas' District. A lifelong Baptist, Washington often was at odds with fellow church members. In 1812, a difficulty arose with Benjamin Thompson. Washington asked that the Island Creek Church assist in resolving the problem and the church minutes reflect that it led to disagreement with the Bethel Church and that it had to be finally resolved by the Georgia Association. It seems that Washington owned a slave named Fanny and her child named Ambrose. The slaves supposedly ran away from Washington and went to Benjamin Thompson. Thompson refused to return them. After filing a lawsuit against Thompson, Washington was successful and the slaves were apparently returned. His father, Rev. Robert McGinty also got involved in this dispute with the Bethel Church and was accused of several things but was later acquitted. The 1814 minutes of Island Creek Baptist Church in Hancock Co., GA show that Washington was excluded for "drinkingness, swearing and a neglect of attending church – excommunicated without a dissenting voice." In 1816, he was restored to membership having "admitted the correctness of the charges" for his expulsion. He joined the Ramah Baptist Church in Wilkinson Co., GA, in 1817. Both he and Tabitha show on the membership roll. The Ramah Church was founded in 1809, as a primitive Baptist church. Like other Baptist churches of the day, Ramah was involved in the dispute over Indian reform, missions and the encouragement to abolish slavery. When the church separated over these issues, Ramah became associated with the newly formed denomination, the Primitive Baptist. Thomas McGinty, (b. September 29, 1784), and brother of Washington, is listed as one of the founders. I visited this church in January 2002. It is located on Hwy 57, two tenths of a mile east of the intersection with Hwy 18. In 1818, at the age of thirty-two, Washington was drafted to serve in the Seminole Indian War in FL, in the unit commanded by Captain David Childs. There were actually three Seminole wars, and he served in the first one. It was short, beginning in December 1817, when General Andrew Jackson received orders to move into the area of Spanish-owned FL where fierce Seminole Indians, some discontented Creek (referred to as Red Stick Creeks) and groups of escaped slaves and vagabonds had been raiding settlements north of the FL/GA border. Jackson's army of backwoodsmen fighters, which included Washington, pursued them into northwest FL all the way to Pensacola. The war was over in 1818. Washington was honorably discharged on April 7, 1818. On November 11, 1850, when he was sixty- four years old, he made a declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land under a recent "Act Granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in Military service of the United States," passed on September 28, 1850. He received forty acres. On October 27, 1855, at age sixty-nine, he applied for additional bounty land under the act approved on March 3, 1855. He was granted an additional 120 acres for a total of 160 acres. He is shown on the 1820 census in Wilkinson Co., GA, along with his father and several of his brothers (pg. 392-393). His wife is shown here between the age of sixteen and twenty-six meaning that her birth date was between 1794 and 1804. There are three males under ten, and one male between twenty-six and forty-five. This is he. There is one female under ten, probably daughter Nancy, and one female sixteen to twenty-six that would be his 3rd wife. There are two people listed as engaged in agriculture. He is shown in The History of Pike County, 1822-1932 by Lizzie Mitchell, as a member of the first Pike Co. grand jury in September 1823. According to the minutes of the Ocmulgee Baptist Assn., he was the minister at the Antioch Baptist Church in Pike Co., for the year 1824. This is the only record that I have showing him as a minister of any church. He does not show up as a minister in 1825. This was probably a temporary assignment for him. It is assumed, but not yet confirmed, that he married Naomi Elvira (last name unknown), around 1824. Their first child was also named Naomi Elvira. We do know that this wife was born in Illinois. He is shown in the 1830 census, living in Pike Co., GA, along with his father and several brothers (pg. 129-130). In this census, he is shown with five males, including himself at age forty to fifty, four females, including his wife, age twenty to thirty, and two slaves. Between 1833-35, Washington moved his family to Chambers Co., AL, named for Dr. Henry Chambers, surgeon and politician. This part of eastern AL now embraced by Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa, Lee, Macon and Russell counties was owned and occupied by the Creek Indians up until 1832 and was almost unbroken wilderness. Up until this time, only a few hardy pioneers had ventured into the land occupied by the red men and they had come since AL was admitted to the Union in 1819. On March 24, 1832, at Cusseta, GA (spelled "Cussetaw" at the time), the Indians signed a treaty by which they ceded these lands to the United States. A tide of immigration began to flow into the new territory, now called "New Alabama." This movement began in the spring of 1832, and continued for several years. The government had the land surveyed as rapidly as possible. When the Alabama General Assembly met in its 1832-33 session, it organized the new counties mentioned above. Washington was the first McGinty into what was called the "New Alabama" territory, formerly part of the Creek Nation. He established our family in the area that became known as McGinty's Crossroads and later, McGinty, AL. It is now part of Valley, AL. There is no deed record in the Chambers Co. Deed Book No. 1 – 1834 to 1876 in his name but we know that he was there. According to the census, all of his children who were born in Chambers Co. were born in Osanippa, AL, which is several miles south of River View. His first cousin, Alexander McGinty, son of John McGinty, II, was already in AL having arrived in Perry Co., in 1823. There is also a record of Alexander purchasing 60.27 acres of land in Perry Co. from the federal government under land patent 26397 on May 20, 1837. Pres. Martin Van Buren signed this patent document. Perry Co. was formed and settled before Chambers Co. On April 28, 1838, Washington married the widow, Elizabeth C. (Betty) Harrington Northrop (born 1805), daughter of Jepta Harrington in Chambers Co., AL. The marriage record shows that they were married, "with the consent of Jepta Harrington, the father of Elizabeth Northrop, a widow." They were married by Samuel Rotch, JP (Chambers Co. marriage records, book 1, pg. 166). Jepta was a wealthy citizen and is shown as owning thirty- three slaves in the 1840 Chambers Co., AL, census. Elizabeth's former husband was Amos Northrop, and they had been married ca. 1832. The Harrington family was from Union Co., SC, and was one of the earliest settlers, having arrived in Chambers Co. in 1836. The 1830 census of Union Co., SC (pg. 211) shows Jeptethah (sp?) Harrington's family and next to him is listed Amos Northrop with two males including himself, age 20-40, and three females including his wife, age 20-30. There is also an Ann E. McGinty that married John W. Akers, November 27, 1851 in Chambers Co., John P. Duncan, Pastor. The 1850 census of Troup Co, GA (pg. 118) shows Ann as a student, age 18, at an all girls' school in LaGrange, GA. The 1860 census of Troup Co., GA shows John, age thirty-one, occupation teacher, and A.E., age twenty-seven, living in LaGrange, GA with four children, ages one to seven. John and Ann are both shown as born in GA. There is also another family, G.H. Briggs with wife and two children, living with them. John appears to have been wealthy with personal property valued at $16000 and real estate valued at $3000. They show in the 1880 census (pg. 62C), then living in Cobb Co., GA with sons Frank M. and Henry K. along with daughter, Lillie. He is shown as a farmer. There was also a J.W. Akers that served in the CSA, Troup Co. Calvary, Boddie's Co. This could have been him. Ann's parents are, as yet, unidentified but based on her birth date of 1832-33, she has to be either a daughter of Washington, or possibly James C. McGinty, brother of Washington who also lived in Chambers Co at the time. This marriage is recorded in Chambers Co. marriage book 4, pg. 422. A successful planter, he is shown in the 1840 census in Chambers Co., AL, with seven white males and nine white females in his household along with ten slaves. The ages are also shown but no names appear. A letter written by his grandson, John Franklin McGinty in 1930, and published in A Twig of the McGinty Family Tree by Garnie McGinty, says that Washington was married four times and also that he was a "cancer doctor of some fame, and very successful in the treatment of that disease." In those days, a person might be a self appointed "doctor or dentist" without formal training. Chambers Co. deed book 6, pg. 125 shows a purchase of 80 acres by Washington and James A. Cherry on July 10, 1843. This land was in the current Langdale area. It was purchased from the estate of Joseph Neil (last name difficult to read) and was the east ½ of the southwest ¼ of section 18, township 21, range 29. On August 21, 1846, Washington is listed as a charter member of the Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church. In 1850, Ephesus Church charged Washington with accusing Tyre Freeman and Levin Moore, commissioners of the township school fund, of dealing unjustly with him in the distribution of school funds. After "laboring with him according to the order of the Gospel" the church excommunicated Washington for refusing to give satisfaction. Washington is shown on the 1850 census of Chambers Co., AL as a sixty- three year old farmer, with wife, Elizabeth, forty-five (born in S.C.), Narcissa E., 19 (born in GA); Pinckney, 10; James, 8; Missoura A., 6; and Salina A., 2. His real value is shown as $2,000.00 and he owned six slaves (1850 census of slave inhabitants, pg. 501). In March of 1853, a document shows that Washington sold some land in Berlin, Chambers Co., AL area to Brokaw and Clemmens for $500.00. He is shown again in the 1860 census as a farmer at age seventy-four, living with wife Elizabeth, age 56, and four children, Pinckney, 21; James, 19; Missouri, 16; and Salina, 12. He owned two slaves and his worth is shown as $1500.00. Of note, his neighbors were the Holly Weaver family. One of the Weaver daughters, Oliver, married his grandson, James Madison McGinty. The Chambers Co. agricultural census of both 1850 and 1860 give a complete record of his farming operation and the change over that ten year period. It shows the following: 1850 1860 Acres of land - improved 121 130 Acres of land - unimproved 80 90 Cash value of farm $1200 $1300 Cash value of farming implements & machinery $150 $300 Horses 2 2 Asses and mules 1 1 Milch cows 4 5 Working oxen 2 6 Other cattle 11 4 Sheep 11 0 Swine 30 25 Value of livestock $520 $745 Wheat, bushels of 15 0 Indian Corn, bushels of 700 700 Oats, bushels of 75 0 Ginned cotton, bales of 400 lbs. each 10 16 Wool, lbs. of 24 0 Peas and beans, bushels of 10 12 Irish potatoes, bushels of 10 10 Sweet potatoes, bushels of 90 40 Butter, pounds of 200 200 Beeswax, pounds of 50 30 Honey, pounds of 100 200 Molasses, gallons of 100 200 Value of animals slaughtered can't read $300 These appear to be the best years. After the South was defeated in the Civil War, there were many negative changes for the farmers such as Washington as a new way of life emerged. He did not serve in the Civil War because of advanced age but he is shown as signing the oath of allegiance to the United States after the war during the reconstruction days in 1866-67. The signing of this oath was required of the more prominent citizens. He is shown in the 1870 census at age eighty-four, as head of the household living with his daughter, Narcissa Carpenter and her two children, Elizabeth "Lizzie" and William. Narcissa's husband Franklin Carpenter died in 1869. Washington was not living with his wife, Elizabeth at this time. She was then living with her son, Pinckney. According to probate court records, he died March 14, 1874, while residing in Chambers Co., AL, probably with one of his children. He and Elizabeth were not living together at the time of his death. No obituary has been found. His body is said to have been buried in Fairview Cemetery. He left no formal will or testament. According to a document dated March 30, 1874, concerning his estate settlement, he still owned the 160 acres received as Bounty for serving in the military, and it was valued at $300.00. This appears to have been his entire estate at the time. In this document, his heirs were listed as Elizabeth, his widow, and children, Nancy Means, Robert McGinty, William McGinty, Frank McGinty, George W. McGinty, Narcissa Carpenter, Dora Ann Harroll, Pinckney H. McGinty, Missouri A.Webb and Salina A.Webb. The administrator of his estate was son-in-law, John A. Webb. Elizabeth is shown as declining to be the administrator. The 1880 census shows his wife, Elizabeth, age seventy-five living with her daughter, Salina and son-in-law, John A. Webb. Elizabeth died in 1891, and is buried at the Beulah Baptist Church cemetery in Lee Co., AL. Washington's death was reported by his grandson, Wiley P. McGinty, Sr. who was quoted as saying that when he was nine years old, Washington died while visiting in Randolph Co., AL. Wiley remembered the mule pulled wagon, bringing Washington's body back to McGinty, AL for burial and that he was buried under "the cedar trees" in what is now Fairview Cemetery. The gravesite remained unmarked until 1986, when Mary Hand McGinty, widow of Rev. Basil B. McGinty, who was a grandson of Washington, in keeping with Basil's final wishes after his death, put a marker on the spot where Washington was buried (photo). Excerpt from Our McGinty Family in America by Gerald K. "Jerry" McGinty, Sr. Reproduced with the permission of the author, June 24, 2003