Taylor-Hancock County GaArchives Biographies.....Franklin, Singleton ca 1790 - before 1870 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diana M. Gunnarson dgunnarson@earthlink.net February 6, 2005, 10:32 am Author: Diana M. Gunnarson Singleton Franklin was born approximately 1790 in Georgia, in what became Hancock County. Hancock County was created from Washington and Greene counties in 1793. I have found no reference yet to the parents or siblings of Singleton Franklin. Family notes listed his birth year as 1792. In the 1850 census, he said he was 63, which would put his birth year at 1786 or 1787. In the 1860 census, he said he was 70, putting his birth year at 1790. So various resources give birth years of 1786 through 1792. He fought in the war of 1812, enlisted as a private in the Georgia cavalry unit of Freeman's Squadron. (Source: roll box 75, roll exct 602, War of 1812 Service Records). In Nov 1822, the 14th Regimental Court of Inquiry fined several persons who failed to appear at the regimental muster held on Oct 4, 1822. Singleton Franklin was a private in Capt. Danielly's unit, failed to appear, and was fined $2.00. (Source: 14th Regimental Court 0f Enquiry Militia Minutes 1804-1862 Pages 102 - 121) In April 1818, he was appointed to help appraise the estate of Roderick Bosworth, assigned by estate administrator Thomas Foster. (Source: "Hancock County, Georgia Court of Ordinary Minutes, 1817-1837", compiled by J. Kenneth Brantley, page 52.) In August 1819, he sold half of a tract of land which had been part of this estate. (Source: "Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Hancock County Extracts, Volume I, 1809-1844" by Tad Evans, page 65.) Singleton Franklin was married to Candace Temple in Hancock County, GA, on 2 Feb 1817 by Thomas Foster. (Source: Marriage Records of Hancock Co., Ga.) In the marriage record, the bride's name is spelled Candis Temple. In 1820, Singleton Franklin is listed in Capt. Mason's District, Hancock County, GA: 1 male 26 - 45, 1 female under 10, one female 26 - 45, plus 4 slaves. This would be Singleton, his wife Candace, a girl child, and 4 slaves. Three households prior is Ann Temple, mother of Candace Temple Franklin, with a girl under 10, a woman 15 - 25, and herself, a woman over 45, with 9 slaves. Records about the Temple family indicate that Candace was the youngest daughter, so the girl aged 15 - 25 in Ann Temple's household is not a daughter - don't know who she is. I assume the girl under 10 is the daughter of this woman aged 15 - 25. In the 1830 census, Singleton Franklin is listed in Hancock County, GA: 1 male 40 - 50 (himself), 2 boys under 5, 1 boy 5 - 10, 2 girls 10 - 15, 1 woman 30 - 40, 1 woman 40 - 50, 4 slaves. At this point, he is about 40 yrs old; wife Candace is about the same age, so she would be the woman 40 - 50. Who is the woman 30 - 40? Consider the household of Singleton and the household of his mother-in-law Ann Temple in 1820. Ann died in 1823; if the younger woman and daughter who lived with Ann moved in with Singleton and Candace, then in 1830, there would be 2 girls of the same age (the Franklin girl and the youngest girl in Ann Temple's household -- they were both under 10 in 1820, so they would be the 10 - 15 year old girls in 1830), and there would be an extra woman (she was 15 - 25 in 1820, so she's 25 - 35, which would be the woman 30 - 40 in 1830). So Singleton's household in 1830 could be himself and wife Candace, 1 girl 10 - 15, 1 boy 5 - 10, and 2 boys under 5, with an extra woman, 30 - 40, and her daughter, 10 - 15. It seems most likely that this extra woman and daughter are somehow related through the Temple family. In the 1840 census, Singleton Franklin is still listed in Hancock County, GA, where he "refused to give his family." In April 1842, 4 bales of cotton were sold to pay debts owed by Singleton Franklin to William P. Ford in Hancock County, GA. (Source: "Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Hancock County Extracts, Volume I, 1809-1844" by Tad Evans, page 249. ) In Sept 1845, one Negro was sold to pay debts owed by Singleton Franklin to James B. Edwards in Hancock County, GA. (Source: "Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Hancock County Extracts, volume II, 1845-1890" by Tad Evan, page 8.) In Sept 1847, one Negro woman was sold to pay debts owed by Singleton Franklin to James Thomas in Hancock County, GA. (Source: "Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Hancock County Extracts, volume II, 1845-1890" by Tad Evan, page 18.) Singleton Franklin is found in the 1850 census in Marion County, GA. It lists Singleton with son Alex, 22 or 25 yrs old, so born 1828 or 1825, son Quintus (also known as Lucius Cincinnatus), 20 yrs old, so born 1830, and daughter Ann, 15 yrs old, so born 1835. Alex and Lucius would be the 2 boys under 5 in the 1830 census. Ann was born after the 1830 census was taken. The older girl who was 10 - 15 in 1830 would be 30 - 35 in 1850, so most likely she would have married by the 1850 census. The older boy who was 5 - 10 in 1830 would be 25 - 30 in 1850, most likely married. A search for the Franklin last name in Georgia in 1850 census records provides a very few possibilities for the son, none of whom live in Hancock or Marion counties. So the family of Singleton Franklin and Candace Temple appears to be: a daughter born between 1817 (when they married) and 1820; a son born between 1825 and 1830; son Alexander H. (probably Hamilton), born about 1827, son Lucius Cincinnatus born 6 Nov 1828, and daughter Ann, born 1835. Singleton was born in Hancock County, GA, married there, and raised his children there. Shortly before 1850, he and the three youngest children moved away to Marion County, GA. Candace Temple Franklin is apparently dead by that time. She is not in the census records with her family. Since Singleton refused to list his family in 1840, I assume Candace died somewhere between 1835, when the last child was born, and 1850, when the census was taken that shows her absence. It would make sense that she died in Hancock County, although I have found no records to verify that, and that Singleton and his youngest children moved away after her death. In 1852, son Lucius married Elizabeth Jinks in Marion County. Approximately the same time, daughter Ann married Nixon Williamson in Marion County. In 1850, William Williamson in one household and Nixon Williamson in another household were immediate next-door neighbors to Singleton Franklin and his family. Son Alex married before 1858 to a Georgia-born woman, but I haven't found out whether they married in Georgia or Mississippi. Sometime in the 1850s, the Singleton Franklin family moved to Neshoba County, MS. Lucius and wife Elizabeth had their first child in 1854 in Neshoba County, MS, so they moved before 1854. Ann Franklin and Nixon Williamson had their first child in 1853 in Marion County, GA, and their second child in 1856 in Neshoba County, MS, so they moved before 1856, and could have moved in 1854. Alex and his wife Mary had their first child in 1858 in Neshoba County, MS. There is no evidence as to when Alex moved. I haven't found any records yet about sale of land in GA or purchase of land in MS to indicate when each person moved. In 1860 census, Singleton Franklin and his 3 known children are all listed in Neshoba Co, MS. Singleton is in his own household, alone, in Noxapater, Township 12 Range 12. Sons Alex H and Lucius C are in Neshoba Springs, Township 10 Range 11. Daughter Ann Williamson is in Philadelphia, Township 10 Range 12. So they are all living relatively close to each other in the same county in MS. In the 1870 census, the three children are listed, but Singleton Franklin is not. So he died sometime before 1870, apparently in Neshoba County, MS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/bios/gbs763franklin.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 8.1 Kb