Franklin Co churches - Sewell cemeteries

Sewell family cemetery Fairview Road,

Sewell Family #1 N34 24.265 e W83 11.019
Sewell Family #2 N34 23.636 e W83 10.096

McFarland - Sewell family cemetery

Churches 

Cemetery records: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/franklin/cemeteries/carrolls265cm.txt

Carroll UMC - From Carnesville: take(145)about 1 mile East/Southeast to Jackson Bridge Road. Turn left onto J.B.R. and travel about 1 3/4 miles E/SE to Carroll's Church Road, turn left onto C.C.R. and travel about 1 mile north. On the right side of the road is the Church and Cemetery.
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Hudson River Baptist Church - Greenberry Sewell family buried here  N34 15.167 e W83 20.283

Hudson River Baptist Church 171 Hudson River Church Rd  Commerce, GA
Phone: (706) 336-6634 

Franklin Co, Ga land lottery

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/rss/g/gafrankl/GAFRANKL.rss

 

Franklin County information http://roadsidegeorgia.com/county/franklin.html
Carl Vinson Institute of Gov. UGA http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/franklinlinks2.htm
Historical maps of Franklin County, Ga.
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/histcountymaps/franklinhistmaps.htm
New Georgia Encyclopedia http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1404     

Genealogy resources:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~gafrankl/

1805 land lottery  http://www.1805georgialandlottery.com/s.shtml 

Being in the drawing meant they or their parent served in the Revolutionary War

Charles Sewall (1)
Christopher Sewall (1)
Joseph Sewall (1)
Lewis Sewall (1)
Nicholas Sewall (1)
Samuel Sewall (1)
William Sewall (1)
James Sewell (1)
Joshua Sewell (1)

Franklin Co. Revolutionary War soldiers

Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Franklin County Georgia

Buried in the Sewell family cemetery:

Sewell, Joshua [Born 1750, died 1835, he served in Georgia.

Sewell, John N.

Henry

Sewell, Samuel Jr.
[Born Jan 15, 1849 died Feb 18, 1815, he served in 38th Battalion Talbot Company Militia]

State of Georgia - A Company (Indian Wars) 1812
Stationed on the Frontier of Franklin County
Muster Roll  Company of Militia Captain Joseph Whorton
Green Sewell Do

Franklin County, Ga Confederate soldiers buried

Confederate Soldiers buried in Franklin County

Sewell, George W. born Nov 7, 1839, died Sep 4, 1891, member of
the 4th Battalion Georgia State Guards Company C, buried
Burgess Cemetery

Sewell, Larkin D. born Dec 3, 1833, died Apr 8, 1884, member of
the 4th Georgia Battalion State Guards Company C, buried
Carroll’s Cemetery

Sewell, J.K. born Aug 15, 1835, died Jul 8, 1909, buried Hudson
River Cemetery
 

 Sewell, John C. born 1823, died 1889, member of the 4th Georgia
Battalion State Guards Company C, buried Carroll’s

Sewell, Joshua born Apr 22, 1825, died Apr 10, 1898, buried
Pleasant Grove

Sewell, Riley born Feb 9, 1817, died Jan 3, 1899, member of
Captain Kay’s Franklin County Reserves, buried Pleasant Grove

 Directions to Lavonia: http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Lavonia-Georgia.cfm

 

Franklin County Chamber of Commerce http://www.franklin-county.com/

 

Maps link http://www.georgia.org/Travel/InfoDownloads/Maps.htm

Reunion of descendants of John Asbery Sewell

FIRST SUNDAY IN DECEMBER

May be cancelled due to COVID virus.  

 
Hope you can come at 12:30 (or just after church) to 
Shiloh Baptist,  120 County Road 37 Leesburg, Al 35983
join us for a covered dish meal and exchange of stories, photos, etc.
Contact rebecca.homan@gmail.com 
We will try to help you find relatives.

Pollard’s Bend community, (Cherokee County)

Contact Deborah Sewell Naugher 256-526-8333 for directions

Or e-mail Rebecca Sewell Homan Rebecca.homan@gmail.com

How do I know if I am related? Contact Charles Sewell

John Asberry Sewell m. Martha Polk (she died 1864 Coweta Co., Ga.)

                    He is buried in Pollard's Bend, Leesburg, Al.

Levi Francis, John Richard, Mary Elizabeth, Catherine Ophelia, Milton Newton, William Edwin, Sarah Demeris, George Washington, Harriett, James Henry, Charles Toliver, Jane Victoria.
 

2nd - He married a neighbor who had lost her husband, Hannah Nash.  Both of these families were from Franklin County, Ga and may have know each other there.

Marriage 2 Hannah Reed NASH b: 28 JUL 1838 Married: 3 OCT 1865 in Coweta County, GA
Children
Rufus Marion SEWELL, Julia Everela SEWELL, Gabriel Warner SEWELL,
Marcus Asbury SEWELL, Addie Reed SEWELL m. Francis Marion Bishop 20 JL 1906 Leesburg, Al
Willie Anna SEWELL, Brotus Hamilton SEWELL, Donna Dot SEWELL

Genealogy

Henry I (Senior) Sewell was born about 1610 in England, and died about 1644 in Sewell's Point, Va. He married about 1630

Alice Willoughby m. Va.1625? d.1644 (same date as husband?)

*Henry II b. 1630 d. 1700

Anne b. 1634 d.1705 m. Lemuel Mason

Henry the younger b. 1639 d. 1672 no marriage Age 10 when parents died sent to England to live with Mr. Thomas Lee. Attended school 7 years.

Henry Sewell II b. 1639 d. 1691 

Johanna Warner

James

*Henry, mother died at birth

Second marriage??? Elizabeth

Philip

Joshua

Sarah

Anne

Elizabeth Henry Sewell III

m. Mary Marriott

Philip

Henry

*Samuel d. 1789 N.C.

Mary

John b. 30 MY 1721 m. Hannah Carroll daughter of Daniel Carroll

Joseph

 

Samuel Sewell Sr. d. 1789 Enochville, N.C.  Grave Marker

1st. wife Christian Stover d. 1775

Samuel Jr. b. 1750 Md. d. 18 Fe 1815 m. Christian White 1 Fe 1780 Rowan Co., N.C. Joshua b. 1755 Md d. 1837 Franklin Co., Ga. m. Jennie Willis 1785 (Ireland) Henry Samuel Jr. Christopher, Comfort b. 1775 m. Benjamin Baker 8 OC 1779 Rowan Co. N.C.

William

James b. 20 NV 1765 NC d. 10 OC 1852 m. Margaret Harris 1 OC 1785

Nicholas b. Mar 4 1766 Rowan Co. N.C.

Joseph b. N.C. d. 11 FE 1809 m. Elizabeth Stone 25 OC 1790 1st wife Esther Long

Mary

2nd wife Elizabeth ?? m. 1776?

*John b. 7 SP 1777 d. 24 AU 1862

Greenberry 

Moses Terrell m. Priscilla Brawner

Sarah "Sallie" m. 10 OC 1802 Benjamin Plaster

 

John N. Sewell b. 7 SO 1777 d. 24 AU 1862 Franklin Co., Ga

Mary Richmond m. 5 NV 1802

Elizabeth b. 1 JL 1805

Greenberry b. 18 SP 1807

Richmond b. 6 MY 1808 descendant of son Isaac is

LNHOLMES@aol.com Emily Sewell Holmes

William b. 18 FE 1810--  LaGroon Redmond genealogy

Francis Levi b. 28 MR 1812

James Asa b. 16 NV 1813 (photo inserted)

Marion b. 23 NV 1816

Milton N. b. 16 NV 1817

*John Asberry b. 10 JA 1820 d. 18 DC 1885

Jane b. 4 2 1822 m. Stephen Reed Hood. Contact descendant: STMRD@aol.com Rosaline Fleming Gadsden. Al for more information.

Pierce b. 29 DC 1824 m. Elizabeth Rainwater 2nd. Sarah Hime

 

John Asberry Sewell m. Martha Polk (she died 1864 Coweta Co., Ga.) He is buried in Pollard's Bend, Leesburg, Al.

Levi Francis b. 15 NV 1840 d. Ap 8, 1925 Carroll Co. Ga.

John Richard b. 14 JA 1842 d. Apr 8, 1892 Cherokee Co. Al.

Mary Elizabeth b. 29 MY 1843 d. bet.1876-1943.

Catherine Ophelia b. 9 OC 1844 d. 1920.

Milton Newton b. 20 JU 1846 d. 8 NV 1925

*William Edwin b. 19 JL 1847 d. Cherokee Co. Al.

Sarah Demeris b. 4 SP 1849 30 Ja 1883.

George Washington b. 17 NV 1852 d. 17 AP 1909

[Home was on a bluff above the Coosa River in Pollard's Bend. Siding is over the original log walls. Oldest and one of first homes in the bend. He was teased about adding another room on the back for each child born, soon he would be in the river.]

Harriett b. 14 FE 1854 d. 27 FE 1898 Cherokee Co. Al.

James Henry b. 9 JU 1855 d. 1933 Cherokee Co. Al. m. Louisa Wmma Gholston

Charles Toliver b. 9 NV 1856 d. 15 Jl 1931.

Jane Victoria b. 9 JL 1860 d. 12 Ap 1881, Centre, Al.

 

John Asberry was 46 when the Civil War started.  His sons were about 19, 23, 27. He joined a unit with his youngest son.   He volunteered to serve as a private in the Confederate Army and was enrolled on 12 Jul 1861 in the Company of Captain Harris, Company B, Second Regiment Georgia Infantry. He served until near the end of the great, fratricidal struggle, when he was discharged from the hospital at Richmond, Richmond, VA, by reason of disability in 1864.  His son was released from Illinois prison at the end of the war.  He and the son walked home.  Martha died before they reached home.  He married a neighbor who had lost her husband, Hannah Nash Morgan. 

Marriage 2 Hannan Reed NASH b: 28 JUL 1838 Married: 3 OCT 1865 in Coweta County, GA Children Rufus Marion SEWELL b: 3 JUL 1866 in Coweta County, GA Julia Everela SEWELL b: 31 JAN 1868 in Coffee County, TN Gabriel Warner SEWELL b: 19 NOV 1869 in Coweta County, GA Marcus Asbury SEWELL b: 13 APR 1872 in Coweta County, GA Addie Reed SEWELL b: 3 APR 1876 in Coweta County, GA m. Francis Marion Bishop 20 JL 1906 Leesburg, Al Willie Anna SEWELL b: 9 MAR 1879 in Coweta County, GA Brotus Hamilton SEWELL b: 11 DEC 1881 in Cherokee County, AL Donna Dot SEWELL b: 15 JAN 1883 in Cherokee County, AL

 

   

*William Edwin Sewell m. Teresa M. Bryant 

Louella b. 13 SP 1869

William Loyd b. 8 SP 1871

*Elby b. 21 JA 1874

John b. 2 JL 1876

Charlie H. b. 4 JA 1879

Minnie T. b. 9 JA 1883

Celie D. (Sallie) b. 9 NV 1883

Hattie May b. 16 MR 1886 - two sons Porter

Mattie E. b. 8 AU 1889  - one daughter

 

Elby Sewell b. 21 MA 1874. d. 7 SP 1941.  m. Eliza Dale Weems   (photo maybe 1901)              

Lois Mae b. 14 AU 1896

Sarah Teresa b. 6 NV 1897

Emma Pauline b. 20 NV 1900

Ella Catherine b. 18 JL 1901

Elba Dale b. 1 JU 1903

Halbert Bryant b. 11 Dc 1905

Ruth Naomi b. 1 MR 1907 d.2004

Opal Josa b. 17 MR 1909 d. 1997

Joe William b. 15 JA 1911

Noah Charles b. 2 JU 1914

Mary Sue b. 14 JA 1916

*Buford Quinston b. 12 AP 1919

Thomas Marion b. 1 JA 1922

 

Buford Quinston Sewell

m.Reba Frances Sharp

Charles Elby Sewell

Rebecca Ann Sewell

Deborah Lynn Sewell

Lawrence Nelson Sewell

 

Sewell Family Genealogy can be found in these books:

Sewell, Worley Levi History of Sewell families in America

Sewell, Roy Brown Sr. One Sewell Family

Sewell, Frank One Sewell family in America

North Carolina Marriages, early to 1800.

Franklin County Historical Society History of Franklin County, Georgia