Notes for Hilliard Judge Cherry
Hilliard J. Cherry was born Nov 1, 1820, probably in what was then Mecklenburg Co (now Union County), NC. His parents were Joel Cherry and Nancy Allen Cherry. In a city directory his occupation was listed as 'drayman'. Hilliard died Jan 27, 1891. Martha W. Wright died March 23, 1878.
[John Myrick Cherry, III post-em note on ancestry.com, 24 Jan 2005]
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb Co, Georgia
Hilliard J. Cherry - lot 19, block 3, section CAD, his first wife, Martha W. Wright is also buried in the same location.
Bibb COUNTY, GA - BIBLES John M. Cherry
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C. Wright , President
D. W. Carter, xxxxx
Incorporated 1844
State Mutual Life Assurance Company Of Worchester, Massachusetts
John M. Cherry
General Agent
Woodward Building
Family history as copied from the Joel Cherry family bible printed in 1807 and now in the possession of Mrs. J.F. Carr, 251 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia.
John Allen, born in Virginia, July 14th, 1759.
Myrick Middleton Wilson, born in Virginia but time not given. Date of Capt.
John Allen and Mrs. Wilson is not given, but their oldest child Nancy was born July 5th, 1783.
Joel Cherry was born October 21st, 1768. He married Nancy Allen, December 23, 1802.
To them were born 12 children.
John M. Cherry was born Nov. 23, 1803
Wiley Cherry was born May 7th 1805
Mary (Polly) (my mother) Cherry was born Mar. 3rd 1807
Priscilla (Mrs Carr's mother) Cherry was born May 3rd 1809
Joel Thos. (your grand-father) Cherry was born Jan. 12 1811
Betsy Middleton Cherry was born Nov. 28 1813
Francis Asbury Cherry was born Sept. 28th 1815
James Allen Cherry was born Mar. 1st 1817
Joshua Cherry was born Jan. 10th 1819
Hilliard Cherry was born Nov. 15th 1820
Harriet Cherry date not given.
Jane Margaret Cherry was born June 18th 1823
John M. Cherry married Elizabeth Elliot, March 11th, 1824. They moved to West Tennessee and were lost sight of.
Mary, called Polly, married Adam R. Howell, Nov. 26th, 1826.
George Hawfield married Priscilla, Mrs. Carr's mother, July 22, 1828. Hawfield died and his widow married H. P. Redding, and they have two daughters living in Atlanta, Georgia, Miss Mary Redding, and Mrs. Jane Carr.
Wiley Cherry married Matilda Moore, June 17th, 1831.
Mrs. E.C. Smallwood, 5304 Junius St., Dallas, Texas, is the only living child of Wiley Cherry.
Joel Thomas Cherry married Susan L. McLellan, September 5th, 1837 (your grandparents).
Hilliard J. Cherry married Martha Wright, March 2nd, 1848. He lived and died in Macon, Georgia. Has several living children.
Elizabeth Middleton Cherry married John A. Wherry, October 26th, 1843. They moved to Mississippi. Have no living children but a granddaughter, Mrs. Paul H. Murphy of Lexington, Mississippi, is a member of the D.A.R.. Her husband is our Chancery Clerk.
Jane M. Cherry married John Porter, April 11th, 1844. They had no children.
Francis A. Cherry married Mary Ann Maguire, March 24th, 1839. They had no living children.
Joshua Cherry's marriage is not recorded in the old Bible, but he has three or four living children in Texas.
Harriet Cherry married a man named Kirk but I do not know what became of them, though they moved to Mississippi.
James Allen Cherry died before he was married.
My grand-father Joel Cherry died January 10th, 1848 and grand-mother Nancy Cherry died June 24th, 1859.
Note: Letter from John M. Cherry, son of Mary (Polly) Cherry and Adam Howell. I do not know whom the letter was addressed to. I only know that it was one of Joel Thomas Cherry's grandchildren. Possibly Geogette Lipford.
Joel Thomas Cherry's wife, Susan Council McCallum, and their children and grandchildren, with the exception of John Myrick Cherry and his wife Frances Dozier, are buried at Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery, 6511 Houston Road, Macon, GA 31206. I have not found Joel's grave site as of yet.
Hilliard Judge Cherry and Martha Wright were my ggg grandparents.
Information provided by: Leonora Dawn Besancenez
[Bibb Co, Georgia rootsweb.com]
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