Burke COUNTY GA Bio Henry UTLEY File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by don_langford@msn.com Don Langford http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/burke/bio/utley.txt BURKE COUNTY BIO/FAMILY HISTORY HENRY UTLEY (SR) THE FOLLOWING IS SUBMITTED AS A GENEALOGICAL SOURCE OF MATERIAL FOR EVENTUAL INCLUSION INTO THE GEORGIA US GEN WEB ARCHIVES: THE HENRY UTLEY FAMILY OF BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA THE FIRST UTLEY RECORDED IN BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA, IS ELISHA H. UTLEY. IN THE 1820 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BURKE COUNTY; WE FIND ELISHA, AGE 26 TO 45, AND WIFE, AGE 16 TO 26. NO CHILDREN ARE RECORDED. ELISHA IS INDICATED AS THE OVERSEER OF THE WILLIAM DOYLE PLANTATION. THE DOYLE PLANTATION WOULD HAVE BEEN A LARGE FARMING OPERATIONS WITH 105 SLAVES. IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT ELISHA AND HENRY UTLEY (SR) WERE RELATED. THEIR AGES ARE VERY CLOSE AND WOULD INDICATE THEIR POSSIBLY BEING BROTHERS. IN THE SAME 1820 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA, WE FIND HENRY UTLEY. HENRY IS SHOWN WITH HIS FAMILY. HE IS 26 TO 45 YEARS OF AGE, NO WIFE LISTED, AND TWO MALE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TEN, AND ONE FEMALE CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TEN. HENRY, LIKE ELISHA, IS THE OVERSEER OF A PLANTATION. THE 1820 FEDERAL CENSUS SHOWS HENRY AS THE OVERSEER OF THE TELFAIR PLANTATION. THIS PLANTATION, OWNED BY ALEXANDER TELFAIR, RECORDED 39 SLAVES AND WAS LOCATED JUST THREE MILES NORTH OF GIRARD, BURKE CO., GEORGIA. IN THE 1830 FEDERAL CENSUS; HENRY UTLEY IS NOW 40 TO 50 YEARS OF AGE WITH A WIFE, 30 TO UNDER 40. THEY HAVE 1 MALE CHILD UNDER FIVE, 1 MALE CHILD AGE TEN TO UNDER 15, 1 MALE CHILD AGE 15 TO UNDER 20, 1 FEMALE CHILD 5 TO UNDER 10, 2 FEMALE CHILDREN AGES 10 TO UNDER 15. THE MALE CHILD UNDER FIVE COULD POSSILBY BE HENRY UTLEY, JR. AT THE AGE OF TWO YEARS. THE MALE CHILD 15 TO UNDER 20 COULD POSSILBY BE WILLIAM UTLEY AT AGE 15. IN THE TEN YEAR PERIOD FROM 1820 TO 1830; HENRY UTLEY, SR. HAS GAINED A NEW WIFE AND THREE NEW CHILDREN! SOME OF THE CHILDREN COULD BE STEP-CHILDREN, HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT HENRY HAS TAKEN A SECOND WIFE. ACCORDING TO THE 1840 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BURKE COUNTY, GA., WILLIAM UTLEY HAS DIED (13MAY1854) AND HIS WIFE, SARAH R. UTLEY IS NOW HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD WITH THREE CHILDREN. IT IS BELIEVED BY THIS WRITER THAT WILLIAM UTLEY WAS THE SON OF HENRY UTLEY, SR.. BY HENRY'S FIRST WIFE. IN A LIST, TRANSCRIBED BY MRS. ADDIE G. UTLEY, OF AUGUSTA, GA., THERE ARE MANY UTLEYS THAT ARE NOT KNOWN TO OUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY. MANY OF THESE UTLEYS ARE DESCENDANTS FROM MULTIPLE MARRIAGES OF HENRY UTLEY, SR. AND FROM HIS SON WILLIAM UTLEY. RECORDED IN THE BURKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WAYNESBORO, GA., WE FIND THE FOLLOWING: PUBLISHED TO THE AUGUSTA SENTINEL: JANUARY 1838 "FOUR MONTHS AFTER DATE, APPLICATION WILL BE MADE TO THE HONORABLE, THE INFERIOR COURT OF BURKE COUNTY, WHEN SITTING FOR ORDINARY PURPOSES, FOR LEAVE TO SELL ALL THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPETY OF HENRY UTLEY, LATE OF BURKE COUNTY, DECEASED." SIGNED: WILLIAM UTLEY AND GREEN UTLEY, ADMINISTRATORS ON MAY 13, 1854, HENRY UTLEY AND SARAH R. UTLEY, WIDOW, WERE NAMED ADMINISTRATOR AND ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM UTLEY. WILLIAM'S DEATH LEFT SARAH WITH HENRY LAWRENCE UTLEY, AGE 15, GREEN UTLEY, AGE 13, AND ARAMINTH UTLEY, AGE 5. THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND SARAH R. UTLEY WERE: HENRY LAWRENCE, 1844, GREEN B., 1846, THOMAS, 1849, ARAMINTHA CLARA, 1853. WILLIAM UTLEY WAS ALSO GUARDIAN TO ONE WILLIAM O. MELVIN. THIS YOUNG MAN WAS BORN SOUTH CAROLINA AND BECAME A TEACHER IN THE POOR SCHOOL SYSTEM OF BURKE COUNTY. RECORDED IN THE BURKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1848-1855: "WM. OLIVER MELTON, MINOR, WM. UTLEY, FORMER GUARDIAN. EXPENSE ACCOUNT LISTED. ON DECEASE OF WM. UTLEY, HENRY UTLEY, ADMINISTRATOR, BECAME GUARDIAN OF ABOVE NAMED MINOR." HENRY UTLEY, JR. MARRIED CORNELIA HILL IN 1852-1853 IN BURKE COUNTY. THEIR CHILDREN WERE: WILLIAM ADOLPHUS, 1853, EDWARD, 1855, HENRY CLIFFORD, JUNE 1857, AND FREDERICK CLINTON, OCT. 1859. ALL FOUR BOYS WERE BORN IN BURKE COUNTY, NEAR GIRARD, GA. PRIVATE HENRY UTLEY (JR) SERVED WITH CO. D, 48TH REGMT, INFANTRY, A.O.N.V., C.S.A. ARMY. HE WAS WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, PA, ON JULY 2, 1863. HE DIED OF HIS WOUNDS, THE EXACT DATE UNKNOWN. FIRST CORPORAL GREEN B. UTLEY, HENRY'S COUSIN, ALSO SERVED WITH CO. D, THE 48TH REGMT. HE WAS WOUNDED AT CARTER, NEAR PETERSBURG, VA. HE DIED IN HOSPITAL OF CHRONIC DIARRHOEA, RICHMOND, VA., 7SEP1864. CORPORAL GREEN B. UTLEY IS BURIED IN HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, RICHMOND, VA. IN THE 1870 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BURKE COUNTY, GA., WE FIND THAT CORNELIA HILL UTLEY IS NOW HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD WITH HER CHILDREN WILLIAM ADOLPHUS, EDWARD, AND HENRY CLIFFORD. THIS CENSUS DOES NOT RECORD FREDERICK C. UTLEY WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN 11 YEARS OLD. WITH CORNELIA UTLEY AS THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD; WE CAN BE SURE THAT THE ABSENCE OF HENRY UTLEY, JR. IS DUE TO HIS DEATH WHILE SERVING IN THE CONFERDERATE ARMY. WILLIAM ADOLPHUS UTLEY, BORN IN 1853, MARRIED MARY JANE QUICK, ON 25DEC1910. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN: CAMERON UTLEY, FEB. 1882, AND HIS SISTER, DASIE UTLEY, FEB. 1884. IT IS NOTED IN THE 1900 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BURKE COUNTY, GA., THAT MARY JANE UTLEY, AND HER TWO CHILDREN, ARE LIVING IN THE HOME OF HER PARENTS CAMERON R. AND LADASKY HEATH QUICK. ACCORDING TO THE UTLEY-FUNDERBURG-MCCLELLAND FAMILY BIBLE; WILLIAM A. UTLEY DIED JULY 12, 1915 WHILE LIVING NEAR ROZIER, BURKE CO., GA. EDWARD UTLEY, BORN IN 1855, IS NOT HEARD FROM AFTER THE 1870 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR BURKE CO., GA. HE IS LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER AND TWO OF HIS BROTHERS. HENRY CLIFFORD UTLEY, BORN IN JUNE 1857, WAS MARRIED TWICE. HIS FIRST MARRIAGE WAS TO FRANCES G. "FANNIE MAE" TOMLIN, DAUGHTER OF WEST WOODWARD AND NICEY KELLY TOMLIN. HENRY AND FANNIE MAE HAD SIX CHILDREN. THEY WERE WILLIAM MELVIN, 23FEB1882, MAGGIE, NOV. 1889, CIFFORD "CAP", FEB. 1892, THOMAS, 1893, EMMA LEE,, APRIL 1895, AND LONNY DAVIS, JAN. 1898. HENRY AND FRANCES LIVED IN RICHMOND COUNTY, GA., WHERE EACH OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN. HENRY'S SECOND MARRIAGE WAS TO LULA PHILLIPS ON 25DEC1910, IN RICHMOND COUNTY, GA. THERE WAS NO ISSUE. FREDERICK CLINTON UTLEY, BORN IN OCTOBER 1859, MARRIED ETTA ALMEDA MCCLELLAND, ON 3APR1892, THE DAUGHTER OF DAWSON C. AND NANCY KELLY MCCLELLAND OF BURKE COUNTY. THE UTLEY'S WERE MARRIED FOR 32 YEARS AND HAD NINE CHILDREN. THESE SAME CHILDREN ARE RESPONDSIBLE FOR MANY AN UTLEY DESCENDANTS THROUGHOUT GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHEAST! THE CHILDREN WERE: EMMA LEE, 2JUL1893, EULA MAE, 27NOV1896, HENRY DAWSON, 4JAN1898, FREDDY MARIE, 29DEC1901, CORNELIA ALMETA, 15DEC1903, MORGAN CLINTON, 8MAY1907, FRANCES PAULINE, 21JUL1909, BLOHN GANETT, 13JUN1912, MARY RUTH, 18JAN1915. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BLOHN, BORN IN ALEXANDER, AND MARY RUTH IN GOUGH, ALL THE REMAINING CHILDREN WERE BORN IN BURKE COUNTY NEAR GIRARD, GA. MANY OF THE UTLEY CLAN STILL LIVES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS SUBMISSION IS GIVEN IN HOPE THAT ANY UTLEY LOOKING FOR AN ANCESTOR MIGHT FIND THIS EFFORT. SUBMITTED BY DON H. LANGFORD, THE G-G-G-GRANDSON OF HENRY UTLEY, SR. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============