Laurens County South Carolina · RHODA PUTMAN born 1834 and taken by Indians. LUCY (JUDA) PUTMAN born 1836 and taken by Indians. HENRY PUTMAN born in 1844 and died in the 1860s, possibly

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WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens County South Carolina

He is the eldest son of James and Joice Putman. William Putman was born in Virginia on April 10, 1766. This is according to his tombstone in the Warrior Creek Cemetery. His full name may have been William Abner Putman. He bought some land under the name William A. Putman. He married Mary Mitchell, daughter of Nimrod Mitchell and Mary Elizabeth Penn, in Union County South Carolina probably in the mid 1790s. William died in Laurens County South Carolina on May 10, 1816 according to one source and on May 30, 1816 according to his tombstone. This tombstone was not an original one. I believe Corrine Putman Meheringer put them up, so I just am not certain. His will was probated on June 4, 1816 and is in Box 60, Package 3. Mary died in Laurens County sometime after 1842 according to one source and on September 12, 1838 according to the tombstone supposedly marking her grave. She was alive in Laurens County in the 1840 census, so was alive that long. At any rate, they are both buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery, Laurens County. They had thirteen children: Sarah Putman She was born about 1793 and remained single. She died in Laurens County in 1826. Mitchell Putman Mitchell was born on February 18, 1794 in Laurens County. He married Sarah Elizabeth Dollar there in 1816. He eventually moved to Texas after a stop in Benton County Alabama. Elizabeth died and he married Rebecca Hall who died in 1846. He later married Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd and finally Mrs. Laney Carpenter. Complete details on this family will be found in the TEXAS PUTMANS section. Children were:

SARAH ELIZABETH PUTMAN born May 25, 1832. She married George D. Mitchell. WILLIAM PUTMAN born in 1817 and married Adeline Gipson. MARY JANE PUTMAN born August 2, 1828. She married G. S. May. JAMES H. PUTMAN born in 1830 and married Maria Nash.

RHODA PUTMAN born 1834 and taken by Indians. LUCY (JUDA) PUTMAN born 1836 and taken by Indians. HENRY PUTMAN born in 1844 and died in the 1860s, possibly in the Civil War. Reuben Putman Reuben was born in 1796. He married Mary Putman, a cousin and a daughter of William Putman and Dulcybella Watkins. They were in Laurens County in 1830 and then moved to Texas in the early 1837 and he died about 1839 in Washington County Texas. Mary was widowed there in the 1846 and 1850 census and died sometime in the 1860s while in Gonzales County Texas. Much more on this family is in the section on TEXAS PUTMANS. Their children were:

PERMILIA PUTMAN was born on March 2, 1826. She married Redick P. Odom on August 4, 1842 in Washington Co, Texas. They lived in Montague County Texas. Redick died there and Permilia died in Oklahoma. Their children were:

Lavinia Odom Mary Elizabeth Odom Sarah Odom WILLIAM PUTMAN was born in 1827. He never married.

SANFORD VANDEVER PUTMAN was born in 1828. He married Martha Ann Mitchell in Gonzales County Texas on November 4, 1852.

JOHN PUTMAN was born in about 1835. He married Sarah Jane McCausland in Gonzales County Texas.

ELIZABETH PUTMAN was born in about 1837. She married M. F. Hayes on June 3, 1856 in Washington County Texas.

Anne Putman Anne was born in 1797. She went with others in the family to Choctaw County Mississippi. She married John Knight. I am not certain if the marriage took place in South Carolina or in Mississippi. Abner Putman He was born May 8, 1798, married Haney Amanda Ashley on June 1, 1818. Haney was a daughter of John Ashley and Elizabeth Garrett. She was born June 12, 1801. He died in Laurens County on July 4, 1878. His will was probated in July 1878 and is found in Box 186, Package 8.

Haney died earlier on December 1, 1876. Both are buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County. Their children were:

MARTHA ARMINTA PUTMAN born in 1819 and married Samuel Benjamin Templeton on May 3, 1855. They had:

Mary Texanna Templeton born in about 1854 in Laurens County and died in 1893 in Pope County Arkansas. She married David Newton Craig in 1872. He was born in Pope County November 8, 1848 and died in Rocky Springs, Pope County on December 1, 1934. See http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/749463866 Robert Henry Templeton born November 29, 1856 in Laurens County and died February 3, 1938 in Polk County Arkansas. He married Rosetta A. Rankin in Pope County Arkansas September 22, 1878. She was born in Arkansas March 11, 1857 and died there February 28, 1914. He then married a gal named Tennessee in 1914-1915. The children were http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/749502487 Isabelle Elizabeth Caroline Templeton born about 1858 and died in Pope County. William Lee Templeton born in about 1868 and died March 17, 1938 in Ardmore, Carter County Oklahoma. He married Maggie Edosia Cornall on July 31, 1887 in Sebastian County Arkansas. She was born in Arkansas in 1866 and died in 1903 in Sebastian County Arkansas. William Lee then married Alice D. Haggard in 1908. Alice was born in Georgia October 17, 1883 and died in San Diego, California May 18, 1959. The children were http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/303898571 Liney R. Templeton born in Arkansas about 1871.

SIMEON WILLIAM PUTMAN born December 12, 1820 and married Catherine Owings on January 4, 1844. He died on May 20, 1854. Catherine was born June 1, 1825 and she died January 22, 1901. Catherine was a daughter of John Owings and Nancy Dorrah. Their children were:

John Abner Putman born April 18, 1845. He served in the CSA, enlisting in Company E of the SC Infantry on August 18, 1863 at the Orange Court House. He was in a CSA hospital in April of 1864 with rubella. He finished the War with Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. He married Elizabeth Jane Cheek. She was born in Laurens County February 4, 1844. In 1880 he and Eliza Jane and four children are in Laurens County. They are there in 1900 through 1920 when he is 74 and Eliza 75. He is widowed here in 1930. According to his obituary, he died after a long illness on February 26, 1935. Eliza had died earlier May 25, 1930. Based on census records and the obituary, the children were:

Mary Jane Putman born in August 1872 and died at age 98 in Hamilton, Ohio March 14, 1971. She married Osmond G. Hicks in 1897. He was born in May 1866 in Laurens County and died in Hamilton, Butler County Ohio April 2, 1931. They were in Laurens County in 1900 and 1910 and in Ohio after that. This was his second marriage. Children were: Lula Hicks born in March 1895 in the first marriage. Stewart Hicks born in May 1898. Gladice Hicks born in 1900. George C. Hicks born in 1901 and died in Hamilton, Ohio August 30, 1960. He married Clarissa Higgins Ledbetter. Avis Hicks born about 1903. Carol Hicks born about 1905.

James W. Hicks born about 1907 and died August 2, 1970 in Franklin, Ohio. Lawrence Austin Putman born December 15, 1873. He married Maggie S. Thompson June 30, 1895. She was born October 18, 1877 and died in Greenville County December 10, 1963. He died there August 22, 1959. They are in Greenville County through 1930. Children till then were:

Ellen Cora Putman born in November 1897 and died March 21, 1988. She married John Quincy Adams. Lewis Bernard Putman born February 6, 1900 and died January 11, 1991. He married Irene Chandler in Greenville County on November 5, 1922.

George L. Putman born September 22, 1902 and died September 4, 1984. He married Fannie Mae Abercrombie. They had two children Dorothy and Virginia.

Alphus James Putman born in 1905 and died December 22, 1988. He married Lillian Armstrong in Greenville County on May 22, 1926. They had one daughter, Mary Catherine born in 1928.

William Anderson Putman born October 25, 1908 and died April 19, 1989. He married Hester Simms November 24, 1927. They lived in Simpsonville, Greenville County. They had two children, Joyce and Linda. John Gideon Putman born February 6, 1911. He married Mary Louise Babb. They had five children, Claribel Babb, Barbara Grace, Johnnie Elizabeth, James Gideon jr. and Betty Faye. John was alive as of 1996.

Cora Putman born February 26, 1876 and died August 4, 1942. In the obit, she listed Mrs. Cora Ball. She was back home widowed in 1930.

Eliza Ann 'Liddie' Putman born in 1877. In the obit she is listed Mrs. Lidie or Lidia Thompson. John Calvin Putnam born September 5, 1881 and died June 10, 1949. His wife was Eva Maude Thompson. Eva was born March 26, 1884 and died February 21, 1927. By 1930 he has a new young wife named Janette. She was born September 12, 1899 and died December 3, 1983. They were in Laurens County through the 1900 census, and then Greenville County in 1910 with these children.

Eula Putnam born and died in 1902. Floyd Morris Putnam born January 7, 1904. Marie M. Putnam born September 3, 1908 and died October 6, 1926.

Nellie Catherine Putnam born in 1911 and died November 2, 1997. She married James Thomas Collins who was born May 23, 1908 and died September 18, 1975. Lillie Maude Putnam born February 19, 1916. She married Joseph Collins December 23, 1933. He was born March 10, 1913 and died July 27, 1987.

Lula Putnam born in 1886. She is listed as Mrs. Lula Mayer in the obituary. Sarah Elizabeth Putman born in 1846. She never married. Her death certificate read that she died December 6, 1915 at age 68 in the State Hospital for the Insane where she had been since January 1887. It listed her parents as unknown. So she had been committed for almost 30 years. Poor Kid.

Nancy M. Putman born in 1847. Isabella Putman born August 28, 1850 and died July 23, 1915.

William Butler Putman born October 22, 1853. He married Mattie Dell Garrett. Mattie was a daughter of Martha Tallulah Putman and Washington Allen Garrett, Martha was a daughter of James Perry Putman and Mary Frances Parks. They are second cousins. They are in Laurens County in 1900 and Greenville County in 1910. William died June 21, 1912. Mattie died December 5, 1915 in the Greenville Hospital. In 1920 two of the daughters are in an orphanage and the rest are living with his son Roy and his family. Children in the census reports were:

Arthur Donald Putman born August 4, 1889 and died in Atlanta, Georgia December 7, 1998. He married Ellen Alberta 'Bert' Burns. Bert was born October 8, 1893 and died June 30, 2001 in Atlanta. She was a daughter of Albert Burns and Ellen McAteer, and a granddaughter of Kisiah Putnam and Robertson Burns. Kisiah was Simeon William's sister. She was still living in Laurens and driving her 1962 Chevy. The obituary lists the following daughters as: Mrs. Ernest Arnold of Atlanta, Mrs. T. L. Bozard of Orangeburg and Mrs. Roy Cochran of Mountain Home, Idaho. I have no idea who is who. Arthur was a postal service employee. The daughters were:

Frances Putman born in 1915. Margarita Putman born in 1917. Mary Ellen Putnam born around 1920-21.

Roy Eugene Putman born December 19, 1890. He married Nellie Pollard Morris on January 18, 1911 in Greenville. He was a salesman and lived there all his life. Nell was born in Richmond, Virginia June 2, 1892 and died in Greenville February 21, 1982. Roy died there on September 14, 1974. They had these children:

Jack Butler Putnam born September 15, 1911 and died April 4, 1988. He married Mary Anonia Beaunut. They had: Mary Nell Morris Putnam, Rebecca Mizella Putnam, John Eugene Putnam and Thomas Butler Putnam.

William Morris Putnam a twin born October 21, 1916. He married Lenore Riddle on April 15, 1941. They had William Morris Putnam, Jr.

Hazel Virginia Putman the other twin born October 21, 1916. She married Jack Oliver Hammond in Pickens, SC. They had: Jack Lowell Hammond, Virginia Morriss Hammond, and Elizabeth McClese Putman.

Roy Eugene Putman Jr. born May 27, 1917 and died September 25, 1921. Lola Cathleen Putman born in 1892. She married A. Kell Brunson before 1920. They ran a Funeral Home in Greenville. She died August 18, 1982, her husband died earlier than that date. Their children were:

Elizabeth Brunson married to J. R. Reid. Dell Brunson married to W. D. Thompson. Dorothy Brunson married to B. O. Compton.

Walter Butler Putnam born February 22, 1898, and died May 3, 1985 in Greenville. He was with his brother Roy in 1920. He was single in Waycross, Georgia in 1930. He married Frances Thompson in the early 1930s. They had one child:

Beverly Frances Putnam born January 18, 1935. Frank Boyce Putnam born in 1899 and died September 27, 1977. He was missing in the 1920 census. He may have been married twice, first to Hayne Smith and then possibly to a Cora. They had two sons:

Donald Putnam of Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. Keith Putnam of Miami, Florida. Nellie Louise Putnam born in 1902. In the Anne Maxwell Orphanage in 1920. She married J. Shirley Parker and she died July 25, 1964 in Sumter, SC.

Dorothy Putnam born in 1905. In the orphanage with her sister in 1920. She married Harvey Williams.

Marjorie Putnam born in May 1910 and died December 24, 1993 in Kingstree, Williamsburg County South Carolina. She married Paul K. Kozma. She was a schoolteacher. Their only child was: Shirley Kozma

ABNER FREELAND PUTMAN born July 15, 1822 and never married. He died in the Civil War, but I do not have the particulars.

NANCY ELIZABETH PUTMAN born 1824 and was the second wife of William Mitchell. He was born about 1819-1820 in Laurens County. They were married May 2, 1850 in Laurens County. She died April 10, 1876. Children were:

Enoch Mitchell born about 1851. Haney Mitchell born about 1853. Nancy Elizabeth Mitchell born about 1854. Henrietta Mitchell born about 1856.

Abner Mitchell born July 4, 1857 in Laurens County and died in Pickens County South Carolina January 30, 1902. He married Theresa Sarah Mauldin January 15, 1890. She was born in Pickens County September 20, 1869 and died there April 11, 1960. They had nine children see http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-370667680

Manima Mitchell born about 1860. Mary Mitchell born about 1862. Armenta Mitchell Texannah Mitchell

JOHN PUTMAN born in 1825. He married Nancy Ellen Garrett on December 30, 1847. He was seriously wounded in Greensboro, Guilford County North Carolina in the War on March 11, 1865. He was placed in the Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 2, 1865, and he died there April 14, 1865 five days after the War ended. Poor timing. Nancy was born September 26, 1831 and died September 21, 1903. Their children were:

John E. Putman born in 1849. He is missing in 1870, probably a CSA casualty like his dad. Jeremiah Young Putman born July 10, 1852 and died August 6, 1926. His wife was Clarinda 'Callie' Riddle. They were in Laurens County through 1920 when he was 67 and Callie 69. He died there August 6, 1926. Based on census and WWI information, the children were:

Dixon Homer Putnam born July 19, 1877. His wife was Nannie Martin and they were in Laurens County through the 1930. Nannie was born June 27, 1876 and died March 21, 1965. Dixon died in Laurens County March 24, 1930. The children were:

Everett M. Putnam born in 1910 and died May 19, 1991. Carrie Lou Putnam born in 1912.

Marvin Bryson Putnam born August 23, 1915 and died in Grey Court, Laurens County July 16, 1998. James Edwin Putnam born June 28, 1918 and died in Grey Court February 13, 2001. He married Nellie Bolt. She was born February 1, 1921 and died in Laurens County August 6, 1998.

Mettie Elizabeth Putnam born February 10, 1879. William Guy Putnam born September 14, 1882. In 1920 and 1930 he is in Laurens County with his wife Lizzie Cooper. She was born in Laurens County September 23, 1882 and died there December 10, 1948. He died in Laurens County January 15, 1951. They had:

Louise Putnam born March 10, 1911 and died April 27, 1956. She married Jollie L. Cole. He was born April 29, 1905 and died in Anderson County South Carolina January 22, 1991.

Jerry Benjamin Putnam born April 12, 1912 and died April 10, 1954.. Mary Lee Putnam born in 1914. Clyde Putnam born April 2, 1918 and died May 14, 1998.

Callie Putnam born in 1921. William Fred Putnam born August 22, 1923 and died October 7, 1981. Edna Putnam born in 1925.

Annie O. Putnam born May 18, 1884 and died in Grey Court, Laurens County November 12, 1977. Julia May Putnam born February 8, 1887 and died June 27, 1887. Lou Gay Putnam born February 8, 1887 and died unmarried September 10, 1887.

Kittie D. Putnam born October 20, 1888 and died unmarried January 30, 1962. Sarah Ellen Putnam born December 4, 1853. She married John Cosby. She is widowed in 1930 and living with her brother Samuel. Samuel Harrison Putnam born May 26, 1856. He married Cittoria Charlotte Rose about 1882, and they were in Laurens County through 1920 when he was 63 and she 59 years old. He died April 16, 1932. Cittoria was born October 4, 1860 and died November 25, 1939. Children were:

Eva Putnam born in June 1883. John Rose Putnam born April 26, 1886. In 1920 he is in Laurens County with his wife Lillie Finley Martin and he is a druggist. He owns Putnam Drug Store in Laurens and will operate it into the 1950s. He died January 17, 1956. Lillie was born May 3, 1893 and died in Laurens November 28, 1954. Children in 1930 were:

Samuel Franklin Putnam born April 3, 1913 and died May 14, 1982. He married Annie McPherson. They had Samuel Franklin Putnam Jr. who married Sally Thompson and Barbara Jean Putnam. John Rose Putnam Jr. born March 14, 1915 and died October 25, 1964. He married Mary Maxine Littlejohn. She was born August 4, 1920 and died in Greenville April 19, 2008. They had John Rose III born June 13, 1947 and married Jo Ann Johnson July 15, 1969. She was born March 29, 1949. He was a builder and realtor. Oscar Beardon Putnam born March 16, 1917, and died in Greenville on September 2, 1994. He married Vivian Blanton. Robert H. Putnam born October 2. 1919 and died in Laurens September 21, 1993. He was a Captain in WWII, and married Elizabeth Rand in 1945. She died November 29, 2002 in Laurens.

Louise Putnam born in 1922. James Putnam born in 1924. Margaret Putnam born in 1928.

Eugene Harrison Putnam born May 27, 1888 and died November 30, 1950. His wife was Amy Harrison who was born November 30, 1893 and died January 12, 1947. He was a salesman. They were in Laurens County in 1930 with:

Thelma Putnam born in 1912. Walter E. Putnam born April 2, 1914 and died August 3, 1936.

Harold Putnam born January 18, 1916 and died in Laurens November 20, 1998.

Leon Putnam born in 1917. Hilda C. Putnam born in 1923.

Roy Octavis Putnam born October 10, 1890. He worked in a cotton mill. In 1920, his wife was Bertha Wade. They had no children. Bertha died January 9, 1934. Roy was alive at that time. He later married Mildred Fuller. Roy died August 26, 1971 and Mildred died March 18, 1972. Samuel Rufus Putnam born February 27, 1893, and died in Greenville in September 1981. He was at home in 1920. He is married to Myrtle in 1920, and they are in Greenville by 1930. They have as of then: Samuel R. Putnam Jr. born in 1921.

Myrtle Putnam born in 1925. Lucile Putnam born November 11, 1896 and died February 25, 1927. Ella Mae Putnam born in August 1897. Lilly Putnam born in May 1900. Carl Putnam born in 1901. He was home in 1930 at age 28.

Stephen Perry Putnam born July 17, 1858 and died July 9, 1914. He married Martha Susan Montjoy about 1880. Mattie was born March 22, 1862 and died October 12, 1953. They were in Laurens County through the 1910. Then after he died Mattie and the kids were in Greenville County. By 1930 she is with her sons in Cleveland County North Carolina. They are both buried in the Patterson Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Enoree, Laurens County. Their children were:

William Larry Putnam born September 19, 1881. He married Minnie Simmons around 1902. He died May 16, 1960. Minnie was born November 11, 1887 and died September 4, 1949. They are in Spartanburg County in 1930, Laurens County before that. Their children were:

William Ralph Putnam born June 1, 1904. He married Ruth Lawrence on February 19, 1927. He died in Spartanburg County on December 29, 1975. Ruth died there January 18, 2005. Stephen Fred Putnam born August 29, 1909. He married Angelee Godfrey October 1, 1936. He died September 11, 1964.

Everett Posey Putnam born August 29, 1912. He married Mildred Grubbs. He died October 15, 1947. Vera Kate Putnam born August 29, 1915. She married James Peace about 1937. Kate died February 26, 1992. James William Putnam born June 2, 1919. He married Juanita Rhodes March 8, 1947.

Benjamin F. Putnam born December 4, 1922. He married Janie Waddle on December 20, 1941. Etolia Putnam born March 25, 1883 and died in North Carolina in February 1974. She married Darwin Maxwell Waldrep about 1906 and they moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina around 1907, and then to Shelby, Cleveland County North Carolina. Darwin was born August 10, 1879 and died in Shelby February 28, 1969. They had as of 1930: Luther Darwin Waldrep born December 5, 1908 and died in Charlotte March 28, 1962. William Julius Waldrep born December 14, 1913 in Spartanburg and died in Shelby March 16, 1983. Julian Waldrep a twin born December 14, 1913. I can’t find him after the 1930 census. Benjamin Waldrep born about 1918 and died in Shelby February 16, 1969. Bernice Putnam born May 2, 1885. She married Burch Holmes. Nora Putnam born March 15, 1887 and died in 1966. She married Graves Gwinn.

Nezzie Lee Putnam born November 2, 1888 and died in Laurens County August 12, 1952. She married James A. Cannon about 1906. He was born about 1885 in South Carolina. They had: Paul G. Cannon born 1907 and died in Caldwell County North Carolina on December 19, 1998. Clarence A. Cannon born about 1911. Martha L. Cannon born about 1913. Wiley May Cannon born about 1914. Ansel Lee Cannon born October 31, 1919 and died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida February 2, 1990. He married Helen Fenley in Fort Lauderdale

February 24, 1945. Maybelle Putnam born September 10, 1890. She married William Horace Ivey. He was born July 27, 1888 and died May 25, 1954 in South Carolina. Maybelle was still alive at the time. They had three children. Lydia Putnam born October 23, 1892. She married Carl Curtis Brownlee about 1912 and they had two children. Stephen Algie Putnam born April 12, 1895 and died in Shelby, North Carolina October 12, 1953. He married Frances Summer. She was born in 1900 in South Carolina and died in Shelby, North Carolina April 30, 1931.

James Dogan Putnam born August 31, 1897. He married Virginia Williams about 1919. They are in Greenville County South Carolina in 1920 and in Shelby, Cleveland County North Carolina by 1930. Virginia was born in 1894 and died in Shelby January 14, 1956. James died there May 12, 1958. As of 1930 they had:

Margaret Celestine Putnam born in Greer, South Carolina September 18, 1920 and died in Shelby, North Carolina September 25, 1984. She married Dock Douglas Glover about 1950 and they had a son James Douglas Glover in 1952. Dorothy Putnam born in South Carolina May 13, 1922 and married Quinton Glenn Holland in Shelby. She died there March 27, 2005. Rita Jean Putnam born in Greer, South Carolina November 22, 1924. She married Charles Bryan Riddle. He was born April 7, 1925 and died December 30, 1990 in Shelby. She died in Savannah, Georgia October 4, 2009.

Clayton Putnam born in August 1902. He married Onie Johnson. They are in Polk County North Carolina by 1926. In 1930 they are in Robeson County North Carolina and they had:

Edward Putnam born in NC October 2, 1926 and died in Shelby North Carolina November 26, 1997 1926. Wallace D. Putnam born in NC August 22, 1927, and died in Shelby February 28, 2004.

Clyde Rose Putnam a twin born August 22, 1902. He married Grace McGraw about 1924. They are in Cleveland County North Carolina by 1925 and will be there in the 1930 census. His mother Mattie will be there with them. He died in Cleveland County North Carolina August 1, 1969. As of 1930 they had: Clyde Rose Putnam Jr. born in 1925 in NC. He died in Cleveland County North Carolina December 24, 1986. Robert Putnam born in 1927 in NC.

William Dogan Putman born May 25, 1860. He married Sarah Knight July 20, 1895. She was born in Laurens County July 10, 1858 and died in Spartanburg County June 21, 1930. In 1880 they are in Laurens County with two children. He died September 27, 1895. In 1900, Sallie is a widow with two more (new) kids born since 1880. Sallie is in Spartanburg County in 1910 and in 1920 at age 66 is with her son McDuffie in Spartanburg County. The children were:

William C. Putman born November 3, 1873. He was married to a Smith woman in the 1890s and widowed or at least without a wife in 1900. He and the two sons listed here were living with Marion Smith in Laurens County in 1900. In 1910 he is in York County with a wife named Carrie 6 years older than he. In 1920 he is in Richland County with a different wife, Nancy Tyler 8 years younger than he. They may be different folks, not really certain. There were no kids at home in 1920. At any rate in 1910, they had:

William Franklin Putman born in 1893 and died in Charlotte, North Carolina October 28, 1960. He married Aletha Louise Davis about 1916. They were in York, South Carolina in 1920 where he worked for the Post Office. By 1930 he

was an Express driver probably still with the Postal Service in Charlotte. They spent the rest of their lives there. Based on Census and a few other records, they had:

William Franklin Putman Jr. born about 1918 He died in Salisbury, Rowan County North Carolina November 24, 1983 and was married at the time. John Dubois Putman born in 1923. According to his obituary, he died in Charlotte November 6, 2009 at age 86.

Cleveland Putman born in 1896. Lola Putman born in 1878.

Plumer Putman born July 11, 1881, and died May 29, 1935. In 1910 he too is in York County with his wife, Anne Belle Barr. In 1920 and 1930, they are in Cherokee County South Carolina with:

Plumer Lyles Putman born June 25, 1910 and died in Clover South Carolina April 15, 1998. Roy F. Putman born in 1925 and died in Rock Hill, York County August 26, 2005. He married Irene Armstrong.

McDuffie Putman born August 10, 1888. In 1920 he is in Spartanburg County with his wife Lillian Sprouse. They were married December 25, 1916. His mother, Sallie, is there as well. He died May 15, 1977 and Lillian died May 29, 1984. Their children were:

McDuffie Putnam Junior born March 19, 1918. Donald Gregg Putnam born July 4, 1920. Lucia Elise Putnam born July 30, 1923. Dorothy Dix Putnam born January 13, 1926. Willie Frank Putnam born May 30, 1929.

Haney Nancy Putman born April 1, 1865 in Laurens County and died there June 21, 1927. She married John D. Mock. He was born in 1858. They had 3 children:

Gertrude Mock born July 27, 1881 and died February 26, 1963. She married Thomas M. Brumby according to her tombstone. Stella Agnew Mock born February 23, 1888 and died in Greenville April 5, 1972. Floell Mock born August 16, 1903 and died in Laurens County May 20, 1992. She married John E. Brown about 1920. He was born in Laurens County March 16, 1895 and died there January 23, 1964. They had three children, John, Robert and Rose Marie http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/588977957

JAMES PERRY PUTMAN born January 20, 1827 and killed in the Civil War after fighting at Greensboro and Aversborough, Guilford County North Carolina in March 1865. He actually died in the CSA Hospital in Greensboro on April 9, 1865. He married Mary Frances Parks on December 21, 1848. Mary was a daughter of Samuel Parks and Elizabeth Moon Green. Mary was born January 21, 1827 and died April 11, 1912. Their children were:

Martha Tallulah Putman born October 27, 1849. She married Washington Allen Garrett on November 13, 1866 in Laurens County. He was a son of Elihu Garrett and Elizabeth Riddle, and was born on September 4, 1839 and died February 1, 1918. Martha died November 4, 1937 in Laurens County. Their children were:

William Perry Garrett born August 4, 1867 and died May 15, 1949. He married Alice Green. Mary Elizabeth ‘Molly’ Garrett born December 14, 1869 and died March 14, 1947. She married William Henry Barksdale. He was born September 5, 1857 and died January 25, 1941.

Mettie Dell Garrett born March 12, 1872 and died December 4, 1915. She married

William Butler Putnam listed earlier. James Theodore Garrett born January 4, 1875 and died April 29, 1957. He first married Clara Belle McCarley on August 26, 1894. She died in 1912, and he then married Winnie Lowe on April 15, 1914. Samuel Walter Garrett born in 1878. He married Louise Mackey. Earl V. Garrett born August 4, 1886. He married Ann Minter. Pearl Garrett born August 8, 1888. She married Eugene Gregory Cummings.

Elizabeth Moon Putman born May 25,1851. She married James Preston Boyd on February 18, 1875. She died in Clifton, SC April 6, 1937. Arena Medora Putman born April 28, 1854, married to James Todd. She died May 22, 1918 in Laurens County.

Mary Henrietta Putman born June 27, 1855, married to Joel Weathers on December 8, 1870. She died August 24, 1922. Nancy Drucilla Putman born June 12, 1856 and died February 21, 1905. She married John Todd.

Molly Putman born in 1857, and died at age nine months. William Abner Putman born November 10, 1858 and married Nancy Cornelia Boyd on January 6, 1881. She was a daughter of Isaac Boyd and Angelina Pitts. They are in Laurens County through 1910 and in Greenville County in 1930. He died in Greenville on December 1, 1943. Their children were:

Elmer Eugene Putman Born November 27, 1881 and died July 23, 1930. He married Euna Fredonia Zeigler. She was born July 7, 1891 and died June 14, 1936. They had one daughter:

Miriam Ziegler Putman born September 8, 1912. Lillian May Putman born May 1, 1883. She married Joseph Buren Clayton. They had three children:

William Joseph Clayton born December 13, 1912. Sarah Cornelia Clayton born August 16, 1917. Lillian May Clayton born February 13, 1920.

William Alger Putman born November 28, 1884. He married Inez Lorenzo who was born in Louisiana. They were in Tennessee, I guess, in 1910 as that’s where the two kids were born. Then they were in Jefferson, West Virginia in 1920 and 1930. He was a chemist in a chemical plant. They had:

Ethel Louise Putman born in 1914. William Alger Putman Jr. born October 3, 1916.

Leila Belle Putman born August 24, 1887. She married Smith Johnson Dickson. They had:

Jefferson Abner Dickson born February 15, 1909. Nancy Mae Dickson born April 23, 1910. Mamie Ruth Dickson born July 2, 1914. Mary Elizabeth Dickson born November 30, 1915. Betty Jewell Dickson born August 25, 1924.

Nancy Corrinne Putman born August 8, 1891. She married Ernest Henry Mehringer. She was the writer of an early Southern Putman History. It was sadly full of mistakes, but was initially helpful. They had one child:

Ernest Putman Mehringer born October 18, 1916. Inez Boyd Putman born December 15, 1895 and died four days later. Laurie Agnes Putman born November 5, 1900. She married John Carson Wiley. Haney Amanda Putman born October 8, 1860, and died July 28, 1949. She married Pierce Garrett in 1879. He was born in January 1854. Laura Cornelia Putman born in 1861 and died in 1865.

KISIAH PUTMAN born January 31, 1830 and died August 22, 1885 in Laurens County. She married Robertson Burns on December 7, 1847. He was born November 10, 1827 and died October 31, 1884 all in Laurens County. More generations are on family group sheets at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-361388246 Their children were:

Mahaney ‘Hannie’ Burns born November 7, 1851 and died in Gray Court,Laurens County on January 22, 1925. She married Fed H. Hughes in 1874. He was born in Laurens, Laurens County in May 1846 and died in Gray Court September 23, 1918. They had eight children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/213103814 Louisa Burns born in 1852 and died in Laurens County July 31, 1919. She married Chesley H. Hughes in 1871. He was born in September 1842 and died March 8, 1924. They had 11 children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-361364390

Lenora Burns born in 1853. Margaret Burns born in 1855. She married George C. Hopkins.

Albert Barksdale Burns born October 28, 1856 and died July 3, 1936. He married Sarah Ellen McAteer about 1875. She was born June 13, 1858 and died in Laurens September 27, 1938. They had 12 children, four sons and eight daughters. See the family sheet at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-361353784

Emma Burns born in 1859. Bluford C. Burns born February 19, 1861 and died January 13, 1910. He married Effie Monroe in 1880. She was born in Laurens County in April 1860. They had six children. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-361351472 Robert Lee Burns born in 1865 and died in Oklahoma in 1940. He married Annie Margaret ‘Maggie’ White about 1883-84. She was born in South Carolina in November 1865 and died in Little Rock, Arkansas May 29, 1916. They had four children. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-361350585

Ophelia Burns born in 1869. MARY PUTMAN born in 1831. She married Lewis Robertson about 1860.

MALISSA PUTMAN born in 1833.

CALISTER ‘CHOLISTA’ PUTMAN born July 7, 1835, and died January 15, 1925 in Forsyth County Georgia. She married George Madden Motes December 2, 1855. He was a son of Jesse Motes and Nancy Madden, and was born December 28, 1828 and died February 2, 1899 in Dawson County Georgia. George served in the South Carolina Calvary from 1863 through the end of the War in 1865. Their children were:

Lucinda Motes born September 18, 1856 and died in Cherokee County Alabama June 1, 1949. She married Wilburn Hughes Dooley April 5, 1878. He was born in Georgia July 4, 1846 and died there in Cherokee County January 19, 1913. They had seven children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-359885821 Nancy Etta Motes born 1858 and married Hiram Jones in Dawson County Georgia November 28, 1878. He was born in Georgia in November 1858. They had four children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-359885069 Susan Motes born in November 1859 and died in Banks, Georgia August 17, 1934. She married Bartley Cain January 6, 1878 in Dawson County Georgia. They had seven children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-359884331 Savannah Motes born in 1862 and died in Austin, Texas August 15, 1930. She married Jonce S. Kelley. I don’t have any more info on them. George Abner Motes born February 22, 1864 and died in Atlanta, Georgia December 31, 1951. He married his wife Martha J. about 1884. They were in Dawson County

1900 through 1910, Cherokee County in 1920 and Fulton County in 1930 and on. They had seven children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-359881594 Joseph Lee Motes born March 16, 1866. Haney Amanda Motes born April 3, 1867. She married William J. Palmer in Dawson County Georgia July 28, 1889. John William Motes born February 23, 1869 in Dawson County and died August 11, 1945 in Cobb County Georgia. He married Frances Martha Fife January 21, 1886. She was born in Georgia in November 1868. Arabella Motes born about 1870. Jesse Calvin Motes born in September 1872 and died in Dawson County in 1904. He married Jane Stone November 25, 1892. She died in 1895 and he then married Martha A. Bentley January 23, 1898. He had a daughter Mary Motes with Martha. Mary P. Motes born September 3, 1874. Laura M. Motes born September 19, 1877 and died January 11, 1975. She married William Edwards. Armintha Motes born July 19, 1879 and died June 6, 1903. She married Martin Perry Burdine February 10, 1898 in Dawson County. Albert Walter Motes born September 26, 1882 and died November 13, 1950 in North Carolina. He married Lydia Fife June 4, 1899. She was born in Dawson County November 11, 1882 and died in Cabarrus County North Carolina October 27, 1945. They had four children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-359870654

ISABELLA PUTMAN born January 4, 1837 and married William Martin Armstrong in Laurens County December 25, 1863. She died January 17, 1888. William was born January 15, 1829 and died February 15, 1887. They had these children:

Zero C. Armstrong a daughter born November 3, 1859 and died in Gray Court, Laurens County July 10, 1940. She married a cousin John M. Armstrong about 1879. He was born in Laurens County January 26, 1861 and died there December 18, 1931. They had eight children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-358726424 Clemegen Armstrong a daughter born about 1861 and died before the 1870 census. Mahaley Annie Armstrong born November 17, 1862 and died August 3, 1938. She married George Dunk Armstrong in 1885. They had nine children. Haney Armstrong born about 1865. Sarah N. Armstrong born in 1868 and died in Laurens County in 1870. Mamina Armstrong born in 1870. Christy Armstrong born in 1872 and died in 1877. Isabella Armstrong born about 1874. Araminta Armstrong born about 1876 and died November 22, 1954. William Martin Armstrong born in April 1880. Robert Armstrong born January 6, 1882.

HANEY AMANDA PUTMAN born July 28, 1838 and died May 29, 1911 in Laurens County. She married Lewis Burns on August 4, 1853. They had: Ida Burns born about 1858. Watt W. Burns born February 7, 1866 and died in Gray Court December 17, 1896.

Lee Earl Burns born April 14, 1868 and died in Laurens August 31, 1922. He married Eliza Ann Cheek about 1891. She was born May 6, 1864 and died May 4, 1923. They had 5 children. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-358562602

Ed Burns born about 1868. Laura Burns born in April 1872.

James Allen Burns born about 1875.

LUCINDA CATHERINE PUTMAN born January 19, 1840 and died in Dawson County Georgia November 19, 1908. She married William Bowen Burdine on August 1, 1859. He was born March 31, 1836 in Pickens County South Carolina and died in Dawson County Georgia on April 19, 1922. There are several more generations of Family Group Sheets at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-358534301 They had:

Hannah Burdine born in 1864 or very early 1865. Elvira Jane Burdine born November 7, 1865 and died February 16, 1902 in Dawson County. She married William Henry Loper December 12, 1894. He was born Lumpkin County Georgia March 28, 1841 and died in Dawson County September 25, 1925. Abner Burdine born about 1866. Nancy Burdine born about 1868. Martin P. Burdine born about 1870. He married Armintha Motes February 10, 1898. Isabel Burdine born about 1871. William R. Burdine born in September 1873 and died in Dawson County Georgia February 24, 1954. He married Zurnah E. Hubbard in 1891. She was born in September 1875 in Georgia. John Robert Burdine born February 3, 1874 and died in Dawson County February 24, 1954. He never married and his WWI draft registration states his mental facilities were very bad. Thomas Burdine born February 9, 1877. His wife was Pearl Ethel and they were in Yellow Creek, Dawson County through the 1930 census. Lucinda Burdine born about 1876. May O. Burdine born about 1878 and died in Baldwin County Georgia November 22, 1960.

MANINA PUTMAN born September 30, 1844 and died in Laurens County November 2, 1890. She married Martin H. Burdine November 12, 1859. He was born in South Carolina in July 1840.

Elizabeth Putman She was born in 1799 in Virginia. She married Gideon Owens in 1818 in Laurens County South Carolina. Gideon Owens was born in 1798. He was a son of Presley Owens and Margaret Putman. Margaret Putman was a daughter of Daniel and Sarah Putman of Culpeper County Virginia and Laurens County South Carolina. She died in 1850, as did Gideon. Their children were:

WILLIAM OWENS was born in 1819 and died in October 1859. He married Malinda Thomas in 1842. She was born December 1, 1823 and died in January 1870. She was a daughter of Reuben Thomas and Lavinia Putman. They were in Laurens County and had eight children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-347455133

HARRISON OWENS was born in 1822 and died in February 1851. He married Elizabeth Garner in 1843. She was a daughter of James Garner and Catherine Riddle. JOHN MITCHELL OWENS was born July 25, 1827. He married Nancy Mary Rose on September 13, 1844. She was a daughter of William Rose and Charlotta Crosland.

JANE OWENS was born in 1830 and died October 18, 1873. She married Toliver Owens on May 31, 1852. He was a son of Abner Owens and Bethenia Gantt.

THOMAS OWENS was born in 1834 and died in September 1875. He first married Sarah Garner in 1855. She died in 1867. He then married Martha Ann Putman in 1869. She was a daughter of James Putman and Elizabeth Hughes.

ABNER OWENS was born March 4, 1840 and died March 13, 1912. In 1866, he married an Ibby.

James Putman He was born on February 14, 1803, married Elizabeth Hughes. They remained in Laurens County all their lives. Elizabeth died in 1849 and James died September 21, 1881. In 1860 he has a son William Abner age 5. He may have had another wife or adopted William. Just don’t know. Their children were:

ROBERT PUTMAN born 1823. Not certain of this son. He was not in the 1850 census, and died June 15, 1860.

JAMES RICHARD PUTMAN born 1825 and died in Laurens County September 14, 1870. He married Octavia Alice Richmond June 17, 1845. She was born June 16, 1826 and died April 1, 1875. He is listed J.R. in 1850 and 1860. In 1860 he had two children, they were:

Robert Thomas Putman born in 1846. He was killed in the Civil War in Virginia October 20, 1862.

Paula Putman a daughter born in 1851.

WILLIAM ISAAC PUTMAN born in 1828. I’m going out on a limb here, but he fits in perfectly. He appears in the 1850 census of Chocktaw County Mississippi living with Seaborn and Mary PUTMAN Garrett from South Carolina. Mary is a Putman, a daughter of William Putman and Mary Mitchell and his father James’ sister. Her sister Francis PUTMAN married Osborn Garrett and is also living in that area. He married Mary Ann Garrett in Mississippi. He served in the Civil War and was captured at Fort Donelson and died in a Union Prison Camp at Camp Morton, Indiana in 1864. His wife Mary then married Harvey P. Hosmer from Ohio in 1875 in Yazoo County Mississippi. They lived in Holmes County Mississippi. There is more information in the Mississippi Section on this family. The children were:

George Daniel Putman born in 1853. James Simeon Putman born in 1855. John Putman born in 1856. Martha C. Putman born in 1858.

GEORGE PUTMAN born in 1831. He was in Choctaw County Mississippi in the 1860 census along with his brothers Charles and John. The other brothers were there in 1880, but not George. Probably killed in the Civil War.

MARY E. PUTMAN born 1832.

CHARLES PUTMAN born in June 1834. He went to Mississippi, and was married in 1856 and in the 1860 census of Choctaw County and was in Attala County Mississippi in 1880. His wife was Essence Jane Rush born in Mississippi in 1836. She died in Choctaw County November 12, 1905. He died there October 4, 1910. Based on the 1860 and 1880 Mississippi census, their children were:

James C. Putman born in 1857. Johnson P. Putman born in 1859. Margaret Putman born in 1862. Elizabeth Putman born in 1866. Charles Putman born in 1872. Marietta Putman born in 1874. Whitfield George Putman born in 1875. In 1900 his wife is Etta Scroggins. They were married March 29, 1896. In 1900, they have two daughters: Venia Putman born in 1897. Ruth Putman born in 1898. Sarah (Sallie) Putman born in 1878. Susan Putman born in 1883. Harriett Putman born in 1890. Callie Putman born in 1893. Charles Putman was in Choctaw County once again in 1900 with many of his children nearby. Please refer to the MISSISSIPPI PUTMAN Section for more details.

JOHN PUTMAN was born in 1837. He married Nancy Jane Willows September 10, 1860 in Laurens County. He moved to Mississippi with his brothers. He was in Choctaw County in 1870 and in 1880 was married to Nancy and had the following children:

James Putman born in 1861. In 1900 his wife is Martha Jane Murphy and they have: Charles Putman born in 1881. Madonna Putman born in 1883. Mattie Putman born in 1886. William Putman born in 1893. Hattie Putman born in 1894. Mary Putman born in 1864. Martha Putman born in 1866. Oscar Putman born in 1869. Josie Putman born in 1871. Elijah Putman born in 1874.

Andrew Burnet Putman born in 1878. He is married with a wife named Elizabeth in

the 1900 Choctaw County census. For more on this family, see the section on MISSISSIPPI PUTMANS.

MARTHA ANN PUTMAN born in 1838. She married Thomas Owens in about 1868. She was his second wife, he had first married Sarah Garner in 1855. Thomas Owens was born in 1834 and died September 1875. He was a son of Presley Owens and Margaret Putman. They had: Julia Owens born about 1860. Wistar Owens born about 1871. Emma Owens born about 1873.

THOMAS PUTMAN born in 1838. He married Julie Curry in Laurens County on January 7, 1861. I do not find him in 1870, as he died in the Civil War. Julia is listed in the 1870 census of Dial Township of Laurens County. She was age 30 and her mother, Jincey Curry 64 was with her. Julia later remarried to an Owens man, as in 1920 she is living with her son at age 77 and her name is Julia Owens. They had only one child:

William Wister Putman born December 15, 1861. He married Evelyn Allen in about 1882. She was a daughter of James Crawford Allen and Evelyn Hattie Griffin, and was born October 30, 1866. They moved to Greenville County South Carolina and had ten children. William died February 2, 1930 and Evelyn died May 24, 1939, both in Greenville. Their children were:

Elzie Putman born December 30, 1884. He married Maggie Whitmore about 1906 in Greenville. They had through 1930: Ethel Putman born in 1907. Lucille Putman born in 1909. Leon Putman born January 21, 1911 and died in Greenville in January 1976. Allen Putman born in 1915.

Clyde Putman born April 26, 1917 and died September 14, 1987. He married Clara Duckworth later in life. She had married Joseph Alvin West before him. Jack Putman born in 1919.

Sunnie Putman born in 1886. She married Abe Porter, and is widowed by 1930. Jesse Putman born December 11, 1887. He married Belle Foster. They were in Laurens County in 1910 and no children. I do not find them in 1920, but they are in Greenville in 1930. Their children as of 1930 were: Odell Putman born in 1910. Milton Putman born in 1912. Evelyn Putman born in 1915.

Otis Heyward Putman born August 17, 1917 and died in Greenville in July 1985.

Raymond Putman born in 1920. He married Ruth Allen in about 1954. Margaret Putman born in 1923. David Putman born in 1929. Robert Lee Putman born October 11, 1889 and died in Greenville County June 27, 1938. He married Ollie Massey, who was born November 6, 1890 and died August 25, 1970. They were married in December 1907. They are in Greenville County through 1930. Their children were:

Willie May Putman born September 13, 1908 and died August 26, 1986. She married Paul Kramer in April 1928. Mary Evelyn Putman born December 18, 1910. She married William Robert

Brock May 9, 1942 and she died April 6, 1991 in El Paso, Texas. Samuel Blount Putman born January 14, 1913 and died February 12, 1995 in Fountain Valley, California. He married Ellen Louise Garrett September 14, 1940. She was born July 31, 1924 in Greenville County. Their children were:

Jacqueline Faye Putman born August 31, 1941 in Brigham City Utah. She married Bruce K. Carter August 24, 1962.

Katherine Putman born April 30, 1915, and died in Greenville County January 1, 1998. She married James Hammon in 1934, then Jack Thornburg and then William F. Hanke in 1954. Paul Putman born August 31, 1917 and died May 12, 1982. He married Mildred Taylor. They had: Randall Putman Cindy Putman Tami Putman William Jesse Putman born September 6, 1920 and died December 27, 1994 in Inglewood California. He married Doris Odel Smith September 21, 1945. They had: William Jess Putman born October 29, 1948.

Robert Daniel Putman born March 3, 1952. He married Debra Kitsmiller May 28, 1977. They divorced and he married Kathleen Louise Marriott December 29, 1993.

Florence Putman born February 22, 1923. She married James Wilburn Trammell in December 1940. They had: Linda Jane Trammell born July 23, 1941.

Rebecca Dale Trammell born January 4, 1945. She married Samuel Lee Jones. Sharon Elaine Trammell born October 30, 1950. She married Ronald Clarence Levi. Barbara Joan Trammell born October 8, 1951. She married Thomas Francis Riddle.

Robert Lee Putman Jr. born February 26, 1926. He married Frances O’Dell in July 1948. They were later divorced. They had: Wayne Putman

Betty Jo Putman born December 18, 1929. Cora Putman born November 10, 1891. She married Grover Ballew. They lived in Greenville and shedied there in October 1968. They had a daughter: Marianne Ballew born about 1920. Carrie Putman born May 11, 1894 and died in Greenville June 24, 1914. She married Ramsey Smith.

Eva Putman born April 6, 1896. She married John Langston. William Putman born November 29, 1901. He married May Darnell. They are in Greenville in 1930 and her widowed mother is with them. They have as of then:

Wallace H. Putnam born November 6, 1926 and died in Greenville September 7, 2004.

Mary Putman born May 13, 1904. She married Robert Martin. Ernest Putman born in 1907. Still at home in 1930.

BLUFORD B. PUTMAN born in March 1840. He married Mary H. Brown on June 28, 1866 and died October 10, 1910. Mary was born June 25, 1848 and died February 6, 1933. They remained in Laurens County all their lives. Their children were:

William T. Putman born in 1867. He is single in 1900 and married in Laurens County

through the 1920 census. His wife was Anna Riddle. As of 1920, their children were: Ethel Putman born in 1902. Willie May Putman born in 1906. Sarah Amanda Putman born in 1870. Still single in 1930. Cynthia Elizabeth born in 1874. Florence Putman born in 1875.

Bluford Hugh (Bluff) Putman born in 1876. He married Lucy Self around 1915. In 1920, he is a conductor on the railroad and they had:

Bluford Hugh Putman Jr. born in 1916. He married Dorothy Page. Nettie Elvira Putman born in 1878.

Annie Putman born in 1881. She was at home in 1900 and a schoolteacher and boarding in 1910.

Daisy Putman born in 1884. Still single in 1930. SARAH A. PUTMAN born in 1841.

ALEXANDER P. PUTMAN born 1846 and married to Elvira Brown. In 1910 he was 65 and Elvira 69 and they were still in Laurens County. Their children were:

Perry Jackson Putman born in October 1866. His wife was Rosa Etta Pearson. She was born October 11, 1864. They were in Greenville County in 1910 and 1920 with these children. Rosa died in Laurens County April 1, 1929. He is widowed there in 1930. He died in Fountain Inn, Greenville County August 15, 1938. Their children were: Marnie Putman born in June 1887. She was home in 1900 and gone by 1910.

William Perry Putman born April 6, 1890. In 1920 he is in Greenville County with his wife Belle Richmond and four children. Belle was born July 22, 1889 and died a day after her birthday on July 23, 1960. He died September 3, 1963. Their children were:

Odell Putman born May 11, 1910 and died in Greenville November 24, 1997. Wilton Putman born July 8, 1912 and died April 7, 19996 in Greenville. Evelyn Putman born June 3, 1916 and died in Greenville November 20, 1988. Otis Putman born August 28, 1917 and died November 6, 2000 in Greenville.

Arthur Robert Putman born May 8, 1893 and died in Laurens County February 25, 1945. In 1920 he is in Greenville County with a wife named Olive and a daughter. They are in Laurens County in 1930 with:

Ellen Putman born in 1917. Roberta Putman born in 1928.

Robert David Putman born in 1869. He is in Laurens County in 1910 and in Columbia, Richland County South Carolina in 1920 and Richmond County North Carolina in 1930. His wife was Martha Daisy Odam. She was born May 27, 1880 in South Carolina and died in Rockingham, North Carolina December 26, 1955. Children were:

Boyce C. Putman born September 3, 1901 and not in the 1920 census. He is married in Greenville County by 1930. According to OBITS he died in Taylors South Carolina in July 1987. Boyd Putman born in 1904. In 1930 he is in the U. S. Coast Guard and in the harbor at Staten Island New York on the destroyer Trippe as a gunner’s mate. Ernest L. Putman born in 1909. He is in Greenville County with his brother Boyce in 1930. He is single then. Ruth Leona Putman born March 27, 1911 and died in Rockingham, North Carolina May 21, 1990. She married C. W. Flowers.

Robert David Putman Jr. born September 17, 1914 and died in San Diego, California April 23, 1984.

James David Putman born June 13, 1918 and died April 14, 1983. He married Ollie Davis.

Orlando Putman born in March 1876. His wife was Harriett ‘Hattie’ Taylor Barnes. They were married July 1, 1893. In 1900 they are in Greenville County. I do not find him after that. Children in 1900 were:

Carl Putman born in July 1894. Vada Putman born in July 1898. Molly Putman born in 1879. Samuel William Putman born in February 18, 1881. His wife was Catherine or Katie Wilson. They are in Pickens County South Carolina in 1920 and 1930 with: Mollie Putman born in 1914. She married Porter Dobson in 1929.

CORNELIUS PUTMAN born July 14, 1847, and died December 28, 1914. He married a widow, Margaret (Peden) Thompson in 1865. Margaret was born February 15, 1843. In 1910 both are in Greenville County but in 1920 only Margaret, age 76, is still around with her daughter Maggie still with her in Anderson County. Same in 1930 at age 87 in Greenville. Margaret died in Anderson County December 30, 1930. Their children were:

James Robert Putman born September 29, 1866. He married Margaret Bryson in 1885 and she died in 1888. He then married Anna Randall in 1891. Anna was born October 17, 1870. She was a daughter of Benjamin Pope Randall and Henrietta Rebecca Snow. In 1900 and 1910 he is in Greenville County South Carolina and in 1920 in Abbeville County. James died in Greenville January 10, 1952. Anne died November 6, 1949. The children were: Marvin Cornelius Putman born January 17, 1885 and died June 6, 1885.

Elizabeth Putman born in April 1886. She was of the first marriage. Mae Alice Putman born November 20, 1894, and died January 17, 1979.

James Benjamin Putman born March 14, 1897 and died February 7, 1958. He married Gladys Wynn. She was born March 2, 1898 and died October 13, 1946. Raymond Cornelius Putman born September 23, 1901. He married Glendon Gantt. She was born May 29, 1904 and died in Hickory, Catawba County North Carolina October 21, 1982. He died in Hickory September 4, 1976. They had: John C. Putman born in 1924. Peggy Lee Putman born March 28, 1930 in Catawba County. Raymond Cornelius Putman born November 25, 1935.

Clyde Putman born September 10, 1906, and died October 12, 1976. Sarah Putman born May 27, 1868. She married J. H. Coker in 1894. Their children were:

Roy Coker born in 1898. He married Clara Davis in 1920. Mamie Coker born in 1902. Elsie Blanche Coker born in 1904. Fred Coker born in 1913.

John Walter Putman born September 9, 1871. He married Eulula Margaret Farrow in 1891. He is in Greenville County in 1900 with Lula and the first two children. They are there through 1920. Lula was born March 4, 1869 and died February 22, 1958. John died in Greenville March 9, 1944. The children were:

Thomas Lee Putman born December 5, 1893 and died in Greenville February 23, 1949. He married Inez Griffin in 1914. Inez was born August 27, 1890 and died May 25, 1987. They had: Edward Putman born about 1916.

John Putman born about 1918. Alice Putman born about 1922 Claude Farrow Putman born August 22, 1895 and died January 15, 1973. He married Tammie Childs in 1925. She was born July 22, 1897 and died in Greenville June 14, 1972. John Carl Putman born October 16, 1902 and died November 3, 1970. He is married in Greenville in 1930. The 1930 entry doesn’t give a name for his wife however. They had been married 9 years and had John C. Jr. age 5.

Thomas Alexander Putman born December 6, 1873. He married Ida Abbott on June 2, 1894. She died and he later married Blanche Watson. In 1900 they are in Greenville County. He and Blanche are in Abbeville County in 1910 and 1920. His children were:

Elsie Blanche Putman born in 1895 and died in 1899. Thomas Ansel Putman born December 17, 1898. He married Virginia Galloway.

James Cornelius Putman born July 10, 1910. He is married to Alma in Abbeville County in 1930 and they have a son James age 1.

Margaret Frances Putman born January 22, 1912. Margaret Emily Putman born March 30, 1877. She never married.

William Putman born February 13, 1880 and later that year on July 18, 1880. William Putman born in October 1882. He is in Greenville County in 1910 and 1920 with his wife Minnie Brown and these children. Minnie was born June 3, 1880 and died in Greenville July 12, 1952. In 1930 he is divorced and in Nashville with his son Leroy. He died in Greenville December 10, 1958. Children were:

Le Roy Putman born July 9, 1905. Myrtle Putman born April 10, 1909. Collins Putman born in 1910. Elmer Putman born in 1911. ANNIE PUTMAN born and died October 18, 1883. Daniel Putman Daniel was born June 20, 1804 and died August 1, 1882. He married Lucinda Moore in 1822. She was born May 26, 1809 and died May 9, 1903. Both are buried at the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County. His will was probated on August 9, 1882 and is in Book B, Page 441. Their children were: TURNER RICHARD PUTMAN born in 1822 and killed in the Civil War. His wife was named Mary. In 1850 there are three children, I do not find the family in 1860. The children listed were:

Robert Putman born in 1845. Now, remember back to James Richard Putman who also had a son named Robert the exact same age. One Robert disappeared and one Robert had a family here. I am still not certain which was which. I am listing the 'surviving' Robert and his family here, but they could just as easily belong to James Richard's son Robert. Any way, in 1870 he appears in Laurens County with a wife named Sarah Emma and two children, they added more by 1880. In 1900 Emma is widowed and living with her married daughter Addie and her husband Lafayette Glenn in Greenville County. In 1910, Emma then 64 was widowed and living with her son

Archie in Greenville County. In 1920, Emma 74 is living with her son James Butler in Florence County. Based on census returns, the children were:

George Edward Putman born in 1866. He married Ella Pryor. In 1900 he is alone in Greenville County but there are two young girls living with their grandmother Sarah Pryor. By 1910, he has Ella back, the two daughters are back with him and they have added more. He is in Abbeville County in 1910 and 1920 with these children. They are in Florence County in 1930.

Della Putman born in April 1895. Nannie Putman born in March 1896.

John F. Putman born in 1903. He is married to Myrtle in Marion County in 1930.

Emma L. Putman born in 1905. George Edward Putman Jr. born in 1906. Sarah Alline Putman born in 1907. Richard Putman born July 4, 1910 and died in Florence in March 1985..

Barnwell Putman born March 22, 1913 and died in Columbia South Carolina in May 1981.

Dora Putman born in 1916. Sarah D. Putman born in 1868.

Archibald Creswell Putman born in July 1874. He is in Anderson County in 1900, and in Greenville County in 1910 through 1930 with a wife named Annie and these children:

Grady D. Putman born in July 1898. In 1920 he is in Easley, Pickens County South Carolina with a wife Nina Evatt and a young daughter, Gladys. They are still there in 1930 and have 2 more Christine and Frances. Archibald Creswell Putman, Jr. born August 20, 1900 and died in Easley South Carolina in February 1969. He is married to Clara and has two sons in 1930 when they are in Pickens County.

James Putman born in 1903. Lillia M. Putman born in 1907. Mack Putman born in 1908. Thomas Putman born in 1910. Mary Putman born in 1914. Jack Putman born in 1918.

James Butler Putman born in April 1878. He was single and with his widowed mother Emma and married sister Addie in Greenville County in 1900. In 1910 he is in Anderson County and in 1920 he is in Florence County. His wife was Elizabeth, and they had these children:

George M. Putman born in 1904. Joseph Putman born in 1907. Francis Putman born in 1912. Helen Putman born in 1914. James Claude Putman born in 1917.

Roy W. Putman born in 1920. Sarah E. Putman born in 1923.

Addie Putman born in May 1883. She married Lafayette Glenn in 1899 and they were in Grove, Greenville County in 1900. Her widowed mother Emma was here then as was her brother Butler.

Elizabeth Putman born in 1847. Caroline Putman born in 1849.

MARY PUTMAN born 1826 and married to William Cannady. He was born in South

Carolina in about 1824. They had a daughter: Jane Cannaday born about 1858 in Georgia.

NANCY PUTMAN born 1828 and married to S. Jones.

CALISTER PUTMAN born December 16, 1830. She married John Cheek on June 8, 1852. He was born in Laurens County October 17, 1834 and died there September 13, 1908. They had three children:

Mary Charity Cheek born in April 1853 and died in July 1908. She married William Cannaday about 1867. He was born April 10, 1851 and died in Laurens County September 10, 1908. They had eight children. There is a family group sheet with the children at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-349593901 Lucinda Cheek born in November 1855. She married Gabriel Phillips Owens in 1874. They had 5 children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-342578646

William M. Cheek born in 1858. MINERVA PUTMAN born August 5, 1833 and died November 12, 1900. She never married.

DOROTHY ANN PUTMAN born May 4, 1836 and she married Ellis Cheek in Laurens County on December 26, 1856. She died May 26, 1903 in Laurens County. Ellis was born on November 28, 1836 and died fighting in Richmond, Virginia on April 27, 1863. They had three children:

Willis Robert Cheek born January 26, 1858 and died July 11, 1915 in Laurens County. He married Mary Jane Riddle in 1882. She was born November 9, 1857 and died September 11, 1915. They had six daughters. There is a family group sheet showing the kids at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/344727459 Emma Elizabeth Cheek born May 3, 1860 and died in Laurens County February 23, 1918. She married Andrew Samuel Riddle July 12, 1877. He was born in Laurens County May 7, 1854 and died in Spartanburg County South Carolina May 11, 1923. They had ten children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/344771897 Alice Cheek born November 3, 1862 and died July 19, 1898. She married Dee Woods about 1885. He was born in March 1861. They had three sons. There is a family group sheet at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/344773191

ROBERT PUTMAN born 1838. He is home in 1860 at age 21 and missing in 1870. His age made him right for serving for the CSA and I assume he died in the Civil War.

SARAH MALINDA PUTMAN born 1840. She married George Smith and they had three children.

ZADOCK GARRETT PUTMAN born February 3, 1845 and died June 13, 1898. He married Clarinda Woods around 1866. Clarinda was born October 16, 1847 and was still shown at age 72 in the 1920 census of Laurens County. She died there January 4, 1924. Their children were:

Dupaler Putman a daughter born March 6, 1867 and died in Dials, Laurens County November 16, 1916. She married J. David Vaughn. He was born in South Carolina March 12, 1868 and died in Greenville July 15, 1966.They had:

Nora Vaughn born October 31, 1890 and died in Dials November 23, 1973. David Fulton Vaughn born June 15, 1892 and died in Greenville September 30, 1971. Talmadge Vaughn born February 18, 1894 and died in Dials April 1, 1967. Claudia Vaughn born May 21, 1895. Essie Vaughn born March 23, 1897 and died in Laurens September 26, 1984. Ida Bernice Vaughn born June 23, 1900 and died March 2, 1901 in Dials. Turah Vaughn born January 17, 1902 and died January 17, 1998 in Greenville. Tallora Putman born January 27, 1869 and died November 6, 1954. She married Isadore Lafayette Vaughn about 1890. He was born in Dials in 1867 and died there in 1903. They had: Minnie May Vaughn born in Dials, Laurens County January 27, 1892 and died there December 17, 1987.

Clara Vaughn born December 26, 1893 and died in Greenville County on July 24, 1986. She married Luke Knight about 1914.

John Henry Vaughn born in Dials April 9, 1896 and died in Dials July 20, 1960. Bessie B. Vaughn born August 15, 1899 in Dials and died there on September 27, 1989.

Zedoc Charles ‘Zeddie’ Vaughn born February 27, 1902 and died in Dials March 17, 1992. He married Goldie Patton.

Sarah Elizabeth Putman born August 20, 1872, and died June 30, 1915 all in Dials, Laurens County. She married Elbert M. Marler about 1892. He was born in Laurens County January 28, 1870 and died there September 1, 1936. They had: Cora Ella Marler born October 10, 1893. John Willis Marler born November 20, 1894. Arthur Lee Marler born May 9, 1896. Nancy Putman born August 28, 1873 and died May 1, 1887. Harriett Putman born July 21, 1874 and died May 30, 1942. She never married.

Susan Putman born June 1, 1877 and died January 27, 1944 in Laurens County. She married Larry Dolphus Armstrong in 1896. He was a son of Sidney and Mary Ann Armstrong, and was born June 25, 1878 and died December 14, 1955. They both spent all their lives in Laurens County.

Willis Robert Putman born October 20, 1879. He is in Laurens County in 1910 through 1930 with his wife Larissa Ann Woods. She was born February 22, 1884 and died September 28, 1958. She was a daughter of Robert and Emma Woods from Dial, Laurens County. Robert died June 18, 1937. They had these children:

Emma Merrell Putman born April 24, 1904 and died October 17, 1909. Lucy Putman born in 1905. William Byron Putman born in 1908. Infant Son Putman born November 21, 1910 and died November 30, 1910. Marie Frances Putman born April 20, 1912 . Robert L. Putman born November 17, 1914. He was killed in Italy September 14, 1944 while serving as a PFC in the Army in WWII. Sarah Putman born in 1919. Infant Son Putman born August 30, 1920 and died September 27, 1920

Eliza Alice Putman born March 19, 1882 in Dials and died December 27, 1955 in Gray, Laurens County. She married Jesse Calhoun Cheek about 1903. He was born December 12, 1884 and died in Gray, Laurens County February 25, 1957. They had: Maude C. Cheek born January 12, 1904 and died December 25, 1992. She married Brooks Davenport about 1925. Jewell Marie Cheek born January 28, 1906 and died March 3, 1999. She married Lucien Watson Bobo June 5, 1929.

Jessie Louise Cheek born August 16, 1908 and died March 11, 1993. Charles D. Cheek born June 23, 1909 and died in Gray Court, Laurens County on July 8, 1972.

Nellie Cheek born April 29, 1911 and died in Laurens November 12, 2001. Sarah Cheek born March 26, 1913 and died in Laurens May 20, 1969. She married William Wallace. John Floyd Cheek born June 19, 1915 and died October 28, 1985. Harold Calhoun Cheek born June 15, 1917 and died in Clinton, Laurens County on October 28, 1985.

Cornelia 'Corrie' Putman born October 7, 1885 and died in June 1971. She married Clarence B. Curry in 1907. He was born in 1880 and died in Laurens County June 2, 1947. They had a son:

George Douglas Curry born October 15, 1915 abd died all in Laurens County February 4, 1967. He married Janice Garrett. She was born December 28, 1921 and died in Cray Court June 9, 1996.

Maude Putman born in March 1890 and died in December 1971. She married Archie Lafayette Adair about 1912. He was born December 12, 1890 and died June 25, 1955 They both spent their entire lives in Laurens County. They had:

William Adair born about 1913 and died March 16, 1972. Ruth Adair born about 1917 and died January 12, 2005.

Roy Adair born October 21, 1918 and died in Laurens County September 29, 1965.

PAROLEE PERNECE PUTMAN born in 1850 and married William Presley Owens. PERMILIA PUTMAN born December 4, 1853 and died July 26, 1936. She married John Smith about 1873. He was born September 21, 1854 and died in Laurens County January 23, 1918. They had: Minnie Smith born December 16, 1875 and died in 1928. Robert Smith born August 18, 1877 and died August 6, 1936. Mamie McAuley Smith born September 14, 1879 and died January 29, 1960. John Harley Smith born in October 1882 and died April 2, 1961. Medora Smith born in October 1885. Cleveland Smith born in September 1887. Isiah Gray Smith born June 30, 1890 and died in Greenville in 1958. Archie Smith born in August 1894. Ruth Lavinia Putman She was born February 18, 1805. She married Reuben Thomas January 5, 1823. She died October 10, 1877. Reuben was a son of William Thomas and Mary Loftin from Laurens County. He was born April 4, 1798 and died June 18, 1879. Both are buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery having spent all their lives in Laurens County South Carolina. Their children were: MALINDA THOMAS born December 1, 1823 and died in January 1970. She married William Owens about 1841. He was born in Laurens County in 1820 and died there in 1860. They had:

Samuel Henry Owens born October 26, 1843 in Laurens County and died February 4, 1913 in Oconee County South Carolina. He married Martha Emma Brown October 29, 1865. She was born September 7, 1847 and died in Oconee County April 11, 1923. They had 10 children see http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-347437149

Andrew Owens born in March 1848. Leander Owens born in 1849. He married Julia in 1873.

Gabriel Phillips Owens born in August 1850. He married Lucinda Cheek in 1873 and they had 5 children http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-347433425

Lavinia Owens born in 1851. Reney Owens born in 1853. William P. Owens born in August 1856. May Owens born in 1859. LEANDER G. THOMAS born November 16, 1825, never married and died January 31, 1860.

GABRIEL PHILIP THOMAS born September 8, 1827, and married Omerea Brazille Frazer January 21, 1858. She was born February 17, 1834 and died in Gainesville, Alachua County Florida January 10, 1909. He died August 8, 1890 in Gainesville, Alachua County Florida. They had:

Thomas Fraser Thomas born in Gainesville, Florida February 22, 1860. He married Alice Clara Steenburg in Gainesville on April 15, 1886. She was born April 17, 1865 and died May 3, 1955. Thomas died April 30, 1928. He was a physician. They had:

Ralph Worthington Thomas born August 8, 1888 and died August 8, 1976. He married Constance Elizabeth Daughtry June 19, 1912. She was born November 14, 1889 and died May 22, 1983 in Gainesville. They had three children. Oscar Herman Thomas born April 17, 1887 and died April 30, 1954 all in Gainesville, Florida. He married Ida May McDonald January 18, 1911.

Philip Isaac Thomas born in 1893 and died in 1894. Mary Omeara Thomas born June 12, 1902 and died July 29, 1975 all in Gainesville. She married Leander Harold Fogg March 7, 1923. He was born in 1898 and died March 30, 1981.

Alma Thomas born July 21, 1861 in Gainesville and died in St. Petersburg, Florida September 3, 1928. She married McKendrick F. McCook about 1880. He was born April 24, 1856 and died February 15, 1893. They had 6 children:

Alma McCook born in 1881 and died in 1965. She married Haskell Green Rembert June 14, 1905. He was born February 9, 1880 and died December 11, 1941. They had four children.

McKendrick F. McCook Jr. born October 3, 1884 and died August 10, 1939. He married Leola Sidbotan in 1909 and they had three children.

Philip Fraser McCook born July 8, 1882 and died in St. Petersburg January 27, 1953. He married F. Ada Banks December 25, 1906.

Robert S. McCook born about 1886 and died in 1948. Omera McCook born in February 1889. She married Clifford Goodman in Gainesville December 25, 1906. Dual wedding I guess along with her brother Philip.

Samuel J. McCook born September 15, 1893 and died June 14, 1899. William Reuben Thomas born in Gainesville May 24, 1866 and died in Gainesville September 10, 1943. He married Katie Krause January 21, 1896. She was born in Brunswick, Georgia November 16, 1877 and died March 5, 1948. They had:

Clarence Straus Thomas born in September 1899 and died in Gainesville December 1, 1979. He married Dorothy Bobbitt.

Philip Everett Thomas born about 1902. He married Margaret Ellen Schnee. William Reuben Thomas born August 27, 1903 and died May 24, 1944. He married Cornelia Grace Machen May 3, 1931 and they had two children John Henry Thomas born September 13, 1907 in Gainesville and died in Miami April 9, 1948. He married Elizabeth Alexander about 1935 and they had three children. Margaret Omerea Thomas born February 9, 1910 and died March 13, 2002. She married Samuel Wilson Hawkins October 2, 1935. They had seven children.

Omerea Thomas born in Gainesville February 21, 1869 and died there July 28, 1928. She married Thomas Frisbee McBeath March 27, 1890 in Gainesville and they had two children: Thomas Frisbee McBeath Jr. Omera McBeath Samuel John Thomas born October 10, 1871 and died in Denver, Colorado September 25, 1918. He married Anne Hamilton Hill on October 10, 1895. She was born May 12, 1875 and died November 23, 1964. They had:

Samuel John Thomas Jr. born November 1, 1896 and died in Denver September 23, 1964. He married Dorothy Yont. She was born September 8, 1899 and died April 21, 1974. They had two daughters.

WILLIAM PENN THOMAS born April 22, 1829 and died in Pickens County South Carolina May 26, 1905. He married Melissa Jane Knight in 1849. She was born about 1831 and died June 20, 1882 in Pickens County. He them married a girl name Margaret B. in 1884. She was born in July 1832 and died June 6, 1906 in Pickens County. He and Melissa had: Rebecca P. Thomas born about 1850. Robert P. Thomas born about 1853.

Emma Thomas born November 2, 1856 and died in Pickens County February 14, 1920. She married John Marion Nations about 1874. He was born November 28, 1855 and died February 22, 1920 all in Pickens County. They had:

Alma Drucilla Nations born November 2, 1875 and died in Pickens County South Carolina August 7, 1956. She married John Thomas Hunnicutt September 25, 1907. He had been married to Ida Ethel Berry who died in 1905. He was born July 19, 1868 and died in Greenville September 2, 1939. They had six children of their own plus three with Ida. Tamar Nations born about 1877. Sylvester Marion Nations born March 24, 1879 and died February 19, 1966. He married Elizabeth M. Alexander in 1903. Lizzie was born November 12, 1876 and died January 7, 1960. They had six children. Leonard Wickley Nations born March 4, 1882 and died in Hendersonville, North Carolina March 14, 1969. He married Lula E. Stewart in 1904. She was born about 1884. They had six Children. Lillian Nations born in March 1884. William B. Nations born in June 1886 and died between 1900 and 1910. Della Hasseltine Nations born in March 1888. She married George A. Revis November 26, 1921. He was born in 1877 and died in Greenville March 6, 1953. They had eight children. Clarence Tillman Nations born May 24, 1890 and died in Pickens County in February 1971. His wife Mima was born about 1895 and they had three kids.

John Dawson Nations born October 20, 1893 and died in Spartanburg County in February 1980. He married Annie L. James and they had four children. Annie was born November 21, 1900 and died in Greenville County July 1, 1996. Ardessa Nations born in July 1897. Sarah L. Thomas born May 29, 1858 and died August 11, 1924 in Pickins County. John W.Thomas born about 1859 in Arkansas (?). Mary Etta Thomas born in 1865 and died in 1949.

Nancy A. Thomas born about 1867. Estelle Theodosia Thomas born May 15, 1870 in Laurens County and died July 7, 1942 in Pickins County. She married William Lee Pressley in Pickins County April 5, 1896. He was born in Anderson County November 29, 1872 and died in Greenville, South Carolina April 5, 1947. Here is a interesting story I found on line: “Lee was born in Anderson County and came to Pickens County around 1892. He married Estella Thomas fondly known as 'Essie'. Essie and Lee started their life together at the foot of Six Mile Mountain in a log house which was converted into a barn after they built a larger house to accomodate a growing family. They were land owners and worked a farm in a section of Six Mile known as Pea Ridge. Along with a man named Jim White, Lee also bought and sold fertilizer which they hauled from Norris to Six Mile by mule and wagon on a dirt road. As a young man, Lee had attended Gap Hill Methodist Churt but in the early 1920's, after hearing Harold Smith preach, he joined the Baptist Church and was baptized in the Keowee River just above the bridge. Essie was also of the Baptist Faith. In 1925 Lee and Essie left Pea Ridge and moved to Six Mile where they lived out the remainder of their lives. Lee was custodian at the Baptist Church for which he was paid $3.00 per month. His joy was in ringing the bell to remind everyone of church time. Lee would often bring people home for a meal or to stay for a few days and Essie, with her sweet spirit, would prepare food and make them welcome. Essie was a godly woman, a hard worker, a good wife and mother. She had many words of wisdom. Her grandson, Lloyd Pressley remembers about a man jumping in church and Essie saying "It's not how high you jump but how you walk when your feet hit the ground." She would also say "If you want a good neighbor, be one yourself." Lee was a colorful man. He played Harmonica, juice harp and the organ. He loved to sing folk songs and entertained his grandchildren with songs like "Old Jim Crowe", "Preacher and the Bear", and "Fly on the Wall". Essie died 7/7/1942 and Lee died 4/5/1947. They are buried at Six Mile Baptist Church cemetery.” They had eight children:

James Clyde Pressley born February 20, 1891 and died in Greenville June 4, 1958. He married Margaret E. Alexander December 18, 1910. Maggie was born January 29, 1895 and died September 12, 1990. They had eight children. There is a family sheet at: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/639025278 William Guy Pressley born in South Carolina May 8, 1897 and died in Jacksonville, North Carolina on May 10, 1984. He married Sadie Lavada Evans August 2, 1914. She was a daughter of Martin B. Evans and Elmina Newton and was born in Six Mile, Pickens County May 6, 1898 and died in Clemson, South Carolina August 30, 1963. They ahd 7 children. There is a family group sheet on Ancestry at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/638981185 Vera Pressley born April 5, 1902 and died in Easley, Pickens County in June 1986. She married Earl Hamilton Brooks in 1919. He was born in South Carolina in 1898 and died in Anderson, South Carolina June 2, 1948. They had two children. See http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/639047686 R. Frank Pressley bornMay 5, 1905 and died in Huricane, Pickens County January 13, 1931. His wife was named Laura. Ruby Lee Pressley born in South Carolina September 26, 1907 and died November 20, 2001 in Easley, Pickens County. She married John Augustus Brooks

in 1924. He was born in South Carolina August 11, 1902, and died in Pickens County May 8, 1985. They had five children. Their family groups sheet can be seen at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/639051140 Pearl Pressley born November 13, 1909 and died in Pickens County April 11, 1991. She married Edgar L. Finley in 1926. He was born in South Carolina January 24, 1906 and died in Easley, Pickens County in May 1984. They had only one son, J. W. Finley born September 26, 1927 and died at age 1 on June 18, 1929. Cecil F. Pressley born about 1913. I have nothing more. Geneva Pressley born May 28, 1917 and died a year later on January 29, 1919.

William Arthur Thomas born May 1, 1871 in Laurens County and died in Pickens July 20, 1915. He married Lora C. Vaughn in 1888. She was a daughter of Lewis Vaughn and was born April 9, 1873 and died in Pickens County February 19, 1924. They had 5 children:

Bettie Jane Thomas born in October 1888 in Laurens County and died in Greenville County South Carolina September 10, 1945. She married Alfred Keith Dodgens July 1, 1906. He was born in South Carolina on June 10, 1883 and died in Greenville County South Carolina April 21, 1950. They had four children:

Eunice Inez Dodgens born April 6, 1910 in Pickens County and died in Easley, Pickens County on November 26, 2003. She married Lawrence Spurgeon Garrett who was born in Anderson County September 18, 1907 and died in Easley, Pickens County January 3, 1993. They had 3 children. See the sheet at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/641340676 James Oliver Dodgens born June 4, 1912 in Pickens County and died in Greenville in July 1970. Irene Dodgens born December 25, 1915 and died in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida December 25, 2000. She married Odell W. Barbery. He was born in South Carolina May 9, 1909 and died in Greenville October 22, 1989. Gladys Dodgens born September 9, 1917 and died in Greenville November 21, 1990. She married a Campbell.

C. J. Thomas a daughter born May 16, 1876 and died September 15, 1877. NANCY E. THOMAS born March 20, 1831 and died as a child. IRENE THOMAS born October 29, 1832, married William Nabors February 9, 1866. He was born about 1829 in South Carolina.

ROBERT YATES HAYNES THOMAS born September 24, 1834. He married first Martha Jane Fraser on June 15, 1863. She was born November 17, 1837 and died June 30, 1865. He then married her sister Mary Rebecca Frazer on October 31, 1867. She was born December 27, 1835 and died January 11, 1910. They were daughters of Thomas Fraser and Ann Ford Holleyman. He was a doctor. He died September 6, 1892. He had seven children. The first, Anna, with Martha and the others with Mary.

Anna Harriet Thomas born March 15, 1864 and died January 21, 1895. She married William Harris Anderson December 16, 1885. He was born August 1, 1850 and died November 13, 1916. They had four children: William Harris Anderson Jr. 1887- Benjamin Alexander Anderson 1889-1913 Robert Thomas Anderson 1890-1946 Anna Harriet Anderson 1895- Belvedere Hollyman Thomas born September 23, 1868 and died in Gainesville May 24, 1946. She married Wilbur Leonidas Floyd December 20, 1893. He was born April

6, 1866 and died April 29, 1947. They had two daughters: Belva Floyd born September 27, 1894. She married John B. Sutton on October 17, 1919.

Mary Floyd born June 13, 1896. She married Samuel Ray McDaniel April 5, 1917. Robert Fraser Thomas born March 12, 1868(?) and died August 4, 1870. Cora Thomas born in April 1870. Julia Perry Thomas born December 17, 1871. She married John A. Lynch in October 1893. They had: Frances Catherine Lynch born July 31, 1906 Drayton Mayrant Thomas born May 3, 1874 and died October 18, 1878. Robert Yates Haynes Thomas Jr. born November 10, 1876 and died in Gainesville April 14, 1940. He married Selma Hilliard September 20, 1906. They had: Robert Yates Haynes Thomas III born September 26, 1907.

MARY THOMAS born August 2, 1836, married Samuel Powers about 1850. He was born about 1823 in South Carolina. They had: Emma Powers born about 1852. James Powers born about 1855. Mary Powers born about 1857. Luella G. Powers born about 1862. John H. Powers born about 1864. Omesa G. Powers born about 1869. Ross Lee Powers born about 1870. Samuel R. Powers born about 1871. Jane B. Powers born about 1873. Allen O. Powers born about 1875.

JOHN L. THOMAS born June 28, 1838, never married. He was a Lieutenant in the SC Confederate Infantry. He was killed in action May 8, 1864 at Spotsylvania, Virginia.

RUTH LAVINIA THOMAS born March 6, 1840, married Noah Henderson and then Stephen Robertson. JAMES IRBY THOMAS born January 21, 1842. MAHALA BRICE THOMAS born January 10, 1845, married William McKinsey Mitchell and later S. B. Garrett. She died in Laurens County November 7, 1898. CORNELIA THOMAS born August 18, 1847, a twin, married John Wesley Duvall. She died in Laurens County January 12, 1930. They had: Grace Ann Duvall born May 30, 1885 and died October 10, 1945 in Anderson, South Carolina. She married Frank Coleman Pierce about 1904. He was born August 1, 1884 and died in Greenwood, South Carolina January 9, 1921. They had: Sadie L. Pierce born about 1905. Joseph Duvall Pierce born about 1907. Mary Pierce born about 1911. Eloise Cornelia Pierce born April 7, 1913 and died in Greenwood November 13, 1988. Mary Pearl Duvall born October 21, 1888 and died in South Carolina August 4, 1953.

AMELIA G. THOMAS born August 18, 1847, married Lafayette Henderson in 1888. They had: Reuben T. Henderson born in November 1890. Susan Putman Susan was born December 27, 1816 and died in Choctaw County Mississippi November 1, 1889. She married Dempsey P. Moore about 1833. He was born January 5, 1813 and died in Choctaw County Mississippi September 15, 1887. They had:

JAMES W. MOORE born in November 1835 and died in Johnson County Texas in 1920. He had these kids http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-319749597

JOEL MOORE born about 1838. HENRY B. MOORE born about 1840 and died about 1870. NANCY M. MOORE born about 1841. MELISSA MOORE born about 1843 in South Carolina. REUBEN E. MOORE born about 1846 in Mississippi. LOUISA A. MOORE born about 1851. WILLIAM O. MOORE born about 1854. SARAH MOORE born about 1859 and died in 1870. Lucinda Putman She was born in 1807, and married Nathaniel Garner Franks about 1824. She died in Choctaw County Mississippi. Nate was born in Laurens County South Carolina April 1, 1804 and died in Choctaw County Mississippi in 1848. They had Sixteen kids and 53 plus grandkids and a little over a million Great Grandkids: WILLIAM HENRY FRANKS born about 1827 in Laurens County and died in Choctaw County Mississippi December 22, 1873. He married Sarah Jane Dobbs who was born in Choctaw County August 17, 1837. They had: William Henry Franks Jr. born August 22, 1859. Catherine Franks born in 1867. JOHN L. FRANKS born about 1828 in Laurens County. SARAH FRANKS born January 15, 1831 in Laurens County and died August 19, 1903 in

Fayette County Pennsylvania. She married Samuel Willis Maddox in Choctaw County about 1850. He was born in 1822 in South Carolina. They had: William G. Maddox

Nathaniel Garner Maddox born in Weir, Choctaw County February 1, 1857 and died in Choctaw County April 6, 1937. He married Telitha Jane Commander November 24, 1889. She was born in Mississippi in December 1861 and died in Choctaw County Mississippi in 1905. They had 11 children. He then married Minnie J. Barron about 1906 and had two more children. She was born in 1874 and died in 1957. See the family sheet at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-337794792

Lucinda Maddox born in Choctaw County in 1861. Mary Elizabeth Maddox born April 9, 1864 and died November 12, 1911. She married James Marvin Littrell about 1882. He was born in Florida December 6, 1856 and died in Phillips Arkansas April 6, 1947. They had seven children. There is a family sheet at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/508494341 Jacob Daniel Maddox born November 25, 1865 in Choctaw County and died there January 28, 1891. Sarah Susan Maddox born February 13, 1868 and died in Choctaw County August 17, 1911. She married Thomas Bowen Commander November 12, 1885. He was born in Choctaw County April 9, 1852, and died there February 6, 1891. They had three sons. See the sheet at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/353878871 Reuben H. Maddox born March 8, 1874 and died in Choctaw County February 2, 1891.

LEWIS FRANKS born about 1831 in Laurens County. NANCY FRANKS born in Laurens County in 1832, and died in Hays County Texas June 20, 1917. She married Clinton George Richards September 28, 1858. He was born in Fayette County Alabama March 11, 1837 and died in Hays County Texas October 31, 1894. They had: Cyrus Richards born about 1859 in Choctaw County. George S. Richards born about 1863.

McEuen Dean Richards born July 31, 1868 and died in Tyler County Texas April 2, 1956. He married Mary Ellen Sabins December 4, 1888. She was born in Missouri August 16, 1871 and died in Taylor County Texas November 30, 1946.

James Alexander Richards born August 7, 1870 in Louisiana and died in Ada, Oklahoma February 22, 1954. OSBORN FRANKS born about 1833. ELIZABETH FRANKS born about 1835. JAMES MADISON FRANKS born about 1836 in Laurens County. He and his wife Mary Ellen had: James D. Franks born about 1858 and died before 1870. Thomas Franks born about 1861. William Franks born about 1866. Henry E. Franks born about 1876. MARTHA ELIZABETH FRANKS born in Laurens County December 25, 1839 and Died

November 15, 1927 back in Laurens County. She married William Edward Cook in Choctaw County September 18, 1855. He was born February 1, 1832 in Laurens County and died there April 13, 1908. They were back in Youngs, Laurens County in the later 1850s. They had: James Nathaniel Cook born August 6, 1856 and died August 12, 1857. Mary L. Cook born February 13, 1857 in Laurens and died November 18, 1925.

Robert Leland Cook born October 21, 1859 and died July 16, 1948. He had a wife Mary and 9 kids http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10505342/person/-337663461

Margaret Jane Cook born October 29, 1861 and died April 25, 1901. Susan Theresa Cook born November 30, 1865 and died August 1, 1952. Alonzo Allen Cook born September 5, 1867 and died September 12, 1886. William Joshua Cook born March 13, 1870 and died June 2, 1921. George Thadeus Cook born February 11, 1872 and died July 10, 1954. Samuel Walter Cook born February 18, 1874 and died in 1935. Luther Stephan Cook born February 9, 1876 and died in July 1965. Iphigenia Cook born May 13, 1878 and died July 28, 1966. John Brodeus Cook born July 31, 1881 and died April 6, 1936. Nivia Elizabeth Cook born April 18, 1885 and died November 16, 1971. SUSANNAH FRANKS born September 10, 1841 in Choctaw County and died in Hays County Texas May 2, 1907. She married Joseph Martin in Hays County May 17, 1889. He was born April 11, 1828 and died in Hays County February 14, 1905. MATILDA C. FRANKS born in Laurens County abut 1840 and died in Texas November 28, 1904. She married Thomas J. Warwick. DANIEL PUTNAM FRANKS born in Choctaw County in 1841 and died there September 11, 1944 at age 102. He married Irena Mary Henderson in 1867. She was born in Mississippi June 23, 1847 and died in Choctaw County August 27, 1914. They had: Mary Elizabeth Franks born August 9, 1869 in Choctaw County and died there May 11, 1933. She married James Elmer Keen in the late 1880s. He was born in Choctaw County February 2, 1868 and died there March 6, 1945. They had: Jacob Henry Keen born January 3, 1890 and died in Weir, Choctaw County September 3, 1953. He married Margaret Densmore about 1911 and they had seven children. Robert Calvin Keen born March 4, 1891. Nela Keen born about 1892. Eliza Keen born in December 1894. Eli Keen born in October 1896. Elizabeth Keen born in May 1898. James Keen born February 24, 1900. Laura Keen born about 1901. Annie Keen born about 1903. Rowena Keen born about 1906. Iona Keen born about 1910-1911. Margaret Alice Franks born August 11, 1870. Joseph Franks born February 26, 1872 and died six months later on August 26, 1872. Annie Lucinda Franks born December 28, 1873 and died February 7, 1937. She married Benjamin M. King January 6, 1895. He was born February 13, 1872 and died September 25, 1948. They had:

Era Josephine King born November 11, 1895. She married Harper Moore. Joseph Daniel King born July 7, 1897 and died November 1, 1982 all in Choctaw County. Charles Alvin King born May 29, 1899 and died February 16, 1956. He married Katie Lee Crenshaw and they had ten children. Mattie Ethel King born December 10, 1900 and died April 1, 1980. She married Allen Benjamin Mills February 5, 1922. They had seven children. Robert Carl King born December 15, 1903 and died in Little Rock, Arkansas February 10, 1998. He married Stella Peacock. She was born September 17, 1906 and in April 1979. Johnny Floyd King born January 24, 1907 and died April 22, 1997. He married Hessie Simpson. She was born November 14, 1910 and died April 11, 1984. They had two sons. Lester P. King born about 1910. Fred Leroy King born December 5, 1911 and died October 2, 1983. He married Nettie Crick and had three daughters. She was born November 14, 1914 and died August 7, 1999. Nathaniel E. King born December 30, 1914 and died December 15, 2001 all in Choctaw County. Liddie Josephine Franks born February 19, 1876 and died December 28, 1944. She married Joseph H. Ming in 1897. He was born December 25, 1873 and died January 10, 1960. They had: Otis Ming born in July 1899. James Vernon Ming born about 1901. Carrie J. Ming born about 1903. Velma P. Ming born about 1909. Charles Abner Franks born December 28, 1879 and died April 22, 1935 all in Choctaw County. He married Nannie B. Ming around 1905. She was born July 12, 1882 and died September 26, 1969. They had a daughter: Mary Elizabeth ‘Bertha’ Franks born about 1906. Robert E. Lee Franks born December 3, 1882 and died in Dumas City, Arkansas on June 5, 1963. He married Ruby Amanda Teer. She was born May 22, 1888 in Choctaw County and died in Dumas City, Arkansas September 12, 1965. They had: Hester Lee Franks born July 1, 1910 and died September 7, 1988 in Atkins, Arkansas. NATHANIEL FRANKS born in 1844, and died December 10, 1861 in Fort Henry Tennessee. I assume he was fighting in the Civil War. CHARLES ALLEN FRANKS born August 8, 1846 and died in Choctaw County November 4, 1912. He married Susan Elizabeth Dean about 1867-68. She was born in Mississippi November 30, 1849 and died in Bankston, Choctaw County June 3, 1924. They had: William Madison Franks born November 12, 1869 and died October 9, 1897. John Nathaniel Franks born January 11, 1871 and died February 15, 1938. Della Franks born April 14, 1873 and died January 18, 1961. She married Abraham Bright December 6, 1903 and he died in 1905. She then married Joseph Marion Nail in 1906. James Walter Franks born January 1, 1875 and died May 23, 1947 in Hinds County Mississippi. He married Alice Ethel Crenshaw December 3, 1896. She was born April 22, 1877 and died February 28, 1953. They had:

Virginia Lee Franks born about 1906. Herbert L. Franks born about 1908 and died in 1921. Stella Mae Franks born January 20, 1913 and died February 12, 1989 in Panola County Mississippi. Dora Belle Franks born December 3, 1876 and died November 29, 1957 all in Choctaw County. She married Thomas Joseph Daves February 19, 1899. He was born January 17, 1878 and died August 28, 1977. They had: Gerelene Daves Cora Lee Daves born February 11, 1900 and died in November 1983. Lanie Daves born May 28, 1908 and died December 22, 1982. Bill Daves born in 1908. Charles Albert Franks born November 7, 1878. He married Ida Griffin. She was born about 1884. They had two children: Mabel Franks born September 22, 1905 and died September 3, 1972 in Jasper County Texas. Woodard R. Franks born in 1906. Mary Lillian Franks born August 10, 1883 and died September 28, 1899. Laura Jane Franks born March 16, 1888 and died February 26, 1976. She married Houston Cornelius Crenshaw April 1, 1905. He was born July 21, 1883 and died in Choctaw County April 6, 1965. They had: Mazell Crenshaw born October 5, 1906 and died April 2, 1967. She married Avery Bill Watson who was born March 25, 1895 and died in Attala County Mississippi January 26, 1989. Lois Crenshaw born December 8, 1908, and died April 22, 1994 in Choctaw County. She married James Arthur Mitchell. He was born September 9, 1904 and died March 3, 1999. They had four children. Lloyd Milton Crenshaw born September 14, 1917 and died August 12, 1988 in Pascagoula, Jackson County Mississippi. He married Dorothy L. Teer. She was born May 27, 1910 and died in Union, Mississippi January 1, 1999. LUCINDA FRANKS born March 1850 and died in Hays County Texas September 10, 1909. She married James Taylor Goforth in about 1874-75. He was born in Tippah County Mississippi October 14, 1849 and died in Hays County Texas March 4, 1915. They had: Nora Jean Goforth born August 12, 1877 and died September 15, 1899 all in Hays County Texas. John Franklin Goforth born March 18, 1880 and died in Corpus Christi, Texas December 27, 1941. He married Sallie Dove Hamm. May Goforth born in 1882. Beulah Goforth born in 1884. William Nathaniel Goforth born January 1, 1886 and died November 25, 1979 all in Hays County. Annie Taylor Goforth born in November 1890. Beulah Lucinda Goforth born January 22, 1893 and died March 31, 1981. Nancy Frances Putman She was born in 1809 and married Osborn Garrett and went to Mississippi with her sisters. Osborn was born in Laurens County in 1814 and died in Webster County Mississippi July 22, 1857. They had:

JOHNSON GARRETT born in 1837. HARRIET GARRETT born in 1842. ALLEN M. GARRETT born in 1843. Mary ‘Polly’ Putman She was born in 1811, married to Seaborn Garrett and died in Choctaw County Mississippi in the 1850s. They were there in the 1850 and 1860 Choctaw County census when Seaborn was widowed. Seaborn was born about 1809 in Laurens County and died in Mississippi. Based on Census reports they had: PINKNEY GARRETT born about 1834. MARY ANN GARRETT born about 1835. WILLIS GARRETT born about 1837. YOUNG GARRETT born about 1838. OSBORN GARRETT born about 1840. CAROLINE GARRETT born about 1842. WILLIAM GARRETT born about 1845. GEORGE WASHINGTON GARRETT born about 1847. ZACHARIAH TAYLOR GARRETT born about 1849.