Others
researching this line:
Edd Dorminey, edormine@surfsouth.com
Janice Billy, jbilly@mail.itd.ci.jax.fl.us
Eileen Worthington, irish1@netins.net
Coppley Vickers, cvickers@worldnet.att.net
Albert Wallace, awallace.charlotte@worldnet.att.net
Elizabeth Vickers Lakey, outdated address
Debra Mullis-Tanner, dstanner@almatel.net
Shirley Durden, dawnd@surfsouth.com
Vernon Carl Vickers Jr., BearnYou@aol.com
Vickie Warner, vickie_w@navix.net
Virgil Vickers, VRVPREACH@aol.com
William Julian Vickers, wevick1@frontiernet.net
Vaunice Vickers Peterson, Vaunice@Desoto.Net
Jessie H. Paulk, paulkj@perry.gulfnet.com
Steve Beaty, scbeaty@csam.net
Jay Allen Vickers, j.a.vickers@gmail.com
Jerry Francis Vickers, tharpe1865@yahoo.com
Email from Aubrey Vickers
Hello:
The book I referred to is titled "Wiley Vickers Pioneer of Coffee County,
GA". Compiled by Jessie H and Delma (Wilson) Paulk;
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I
am looking for information on the Vickers, Merritt, Paulk,
Harper, > Lott, Johnson families from Irwin, Coffee,
Hi
Eileen, 6-4-96
I couldn't salvage all of your gedcom
file but I printed enough to see which family you are a part of--the Wiley
Vickers family. It's hard to know where to begin, but I think I can give
you enough to get you started in the right direction. There is a series of
books you need to check on. Any good southern library should have them:
Pioneers of Wiregrass
There is also the History of Irwin County, GA book which includes many of the Vickers and Harper marriages you are looking for, as well as another run down on the Wiley Vickers clan (although without dates).
Let me know how you fare with the Huxford books; remember to check the indexes of all the books in the series to make sure you get everything.
Also, we need to keep in touch. I am working on putting all the Vickers in GA, FL, and AL, together. It's a mammoth project but I think it can be done (sooner or later!). Anyway, I'm pretty certain that Wiley's grandfather is the John Vickers of Edgecombe Co., NC who recorded his will there in 1784. I've been working on the migration patterns as they left NC for GA, AL, and FL, in an effort to put all their relationships together. I descend from James Vickers of Jackson Co. FL. He was born in GA about 1798 but had moved to Jackson Co., FL by the mid 1820's. All part of the great southern migration pattern of this Vickers family from NC!
Cordially, Kelly
Just found a note that will help you with your Vickers line. A book entitled:
"Wiley
Vickers Pioneer of
ph. 904-584-4280
I want to get a copy also, but haven't called them yet myself. Hope this helps! Kelly
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Jesse and Delma Paulk in their book, "Wiley Vickers, Pioneer of Coffee Co., GA" make the following note: "A descendant has reported that the children of Bryant Vickers referred to Wiley Vickers as "Uncle Wiley." I'll have to check, but I think Bryant is listed in the Gadsden Co., FL census's.
Another interesting note from the Paulk's book on the origin of the story that Wiley came from Maryland: "The information concerning Wiley Vickers and his two brothers and one sister coming from Maryland to GA was given to the family by an old slave named Betsy Vickers who was born July 4, 1840, and who was still living in 1935, she was the wife of Peter Vickers, negro who could well remember her old master, Wiley Vickers." (p.1)
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WILEY VICKERS. Family information
primarily from Huxford. Huxford
notes that Wiley had brothers Jesse, Youngy, and
Hatcher. Also a sister named Kashire. According to Huxford, these are said to have moved to
Husband:
Wiley Vickers b. 1778,
m. 1805, Laurens Co., GA
d. 1849, Irwin Co., GA
Wife:
Beady Purvis b. 1790,
d. [1866], Irwin Co., GA
Children:
1. Jesse Vickers, b. 1807, Laurens Co., GA, d. 1831, m. Rebecca Paulk, b. 1815, [d. 01/10/1890 in
Coffee Co., GA]
Children:
Beady Vickers, b. 03/12/1832 Irwin Co. [d. 07/17/1894],
m. Joel Lott, 12/02/1847
2. Eli Vickers, b. 1809, Laurens Co., GA, [d. 08/29/1851], m.
Rebecca Paulk, 10/27/1835, b.
1815, [d. 01/10/1890]
Children:
1. Rev. John (Jack) Vickers, b. 05/28/1836 Irwin
Co., m. Martha Lott & Sarah Jane Graves
2. Henry Vickers, b.
12/26/1837, Irwin Co. m. Ellen Sears & Katie McMillen
3. Wiley Vickers, b.
05/08/1839, Irwin Co. m. Betty Lott & Eugenia Parker & Betty Gaskin
4. Elijah Vickers, b.
01/11/1842, Irwin Co. m. Annie Sutton
5. William Vickers, b.
08/07/1843, Irwin Co. d. 06/11/1916, m. Francis Lott
6. Rebecca Vickers, b. 01/06/1845, Irwin
Co., GA [
7. Mary (Polly) Vickers, 11/03/1845, Irwin Co.
m.
8. Micajah Vickers, b. 10/08/1848, Irwin Co. m Harriet Sears & Viola
Starling
9. Ely Vickers, b. 08/24/1850, Irwin Co.
m. Lucy Lott, 01/ /1870
10.Matilda Vickers, b. 10/20/1852, Irwin Co. m. Dan P.
Lott
3. William Vickers, b. 1811, Laurens Co., GA, never married.
4. Matilda Vickers, b. 1813, Laurens Co., GA, never married.
5. James Madison Vickers, b. 1815, never married.
6. Letitia Vickers, b. 02/29/1815-1816, m. Elijah Paulk 1835.
7. Youngie Vickers, b. 03/15/1820, m. Francis
Peterson (d. 1849) & Elizabeth Tucker
Children by Francis Peterson:
1. Wiley Vickers, b. 07/09/1849 Irwin Co., GA m.
Nancy Harper on 02/25/1871
Children by
2. Penelope Vickers, b.
08/26/1851, Irwin Co., m. Fleming B. Harper
3. Dennis Vickers, b.
01/17/1853, Irwin Co. m. Mary Harper 01/04/1874, also m. Mary
Jane Lott & Sullis Whitley
4. Pollie Vickers, b. 09/19/1855 Coffee Co., d. 01/27/1913, m. Shanks Harper
5. Sarah “Sallie”
Vickers, b. 08/13/1856 Coffee Co. d. 05/10/1941, m. Jackson
Williams
01/02/1873.
6. Youngie
Vickers, b. 04/16/1862 Coffee Co. m. Mollie Merritt & Margaret McMillen.
7. Elizabeth Vickers, b.
07/04/1864 Coffee Co. m. John Carver
8. Catharine “Katie”
Vickers, b. 12/04/1868 Coffee Co., d. 12/18/1953, m. Riley Harper.
9. Francis Vickers, (f.) 09/04/1871 Coffee Co.
10.Eli Vickers, b. 12/01/1873 Coffee Co. m. Eunie Luke
11.Richard Vickers, b. 01/06/1875 Coffee
History of Irwin Co, GA, p. 513, also lists dau’s Rebecca, Christian, Nellie, Tisha,
Lillie, Beddie,
& Sallie. Eileen Worthington also lists as a daughter of Youngy a Delilah Vickers,
b. 10/11/1860, who married George W. Paulk.
8. Ashley Vickers, b. 1822, never married.
9. John Vickers, b. 05/09/1818 (LDS), 1824 (Huxford),
d. 11/07/1868, m. Abbie
Young, 11/20/1845.
Children:
1. Wiley Vickers, b. 03/30/1847
Other Children noted by Edd Dorminey (edormine@surfsouth.com) are
Rebecca, Tishie,
and John (Elias). Edd adds this note “We have a John
Vickers who married Abigail
Young. She
unfortunately left him for another man, James Dorminey,
and left her four children
and rode on
horseback to
10. Eileen also provides the following details: Letitisha,
"Tisha", dau. of Wiley, b. 02/28/1815 in Laurens Co. and died 03/16/1897,
and m. Elijah Paulk in 1835 in Irwin Co., GA.
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Huxford, p. 538, updates: Wiley Vickers (p.286):
"He
appears as a resident taxpayer in
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All in the Family!
Kelly,
I feel like a ninny . . . spent quite a bit of time at your web site this
spring and then got busy and forgot to check back for query results. Saw the
list of books you posted for me and have all of Huxford.
I was surpised to get an e-mail tonight from Miriam
Vickers Holland, Irwin Co., GA, who said she had seen my query on your page.
Miriam has spent all of her life in Irwin Co. and has generously offered to help
me with info . . . between that, and your web site, it should be a cinch. Only
problem is . . . hours in the day!!! If there is any info I can help you with
just let me know. Most of the families of Irwin Co. are related and I have ties
to the Vickers family through the Paulks, Harpers,
Lott, Merritt, Young, and allied familes. I am
pasting in below the info I sent to Miriam tonight.
Eileen Harper Worthington, irish1@netins.net
It seems that about 90% of Irwin Co. is related and most of my Harper family have married into the Paulk, Lott, Merritt, Vickers, Hickman, and other allied families, on several occassions. I actually have two Wiley Vickers in my database . . . with very little info on either one.
The first is a Wiley Vickers who married Nancy A. Harper on Jan 2, 1840, in Irwin Co., GA. I have no other information on Wiley but Nancy A., dau. of Henry S.C. Harper (my gr-gr-grandfather) & Nancy Anna Merritt, was born 9/5/1817 in McIntosh Co., GA, and died abt. 1880-1890. I do not have any of their children or any other information on that Wiley except that I believe his father was Youngy Vickers.
The second Wiley Vickers that I have was married to a woman by the name of Obedience/Beady. I have no information on either of them except for their names. Their son, Eli Vickers, b. 1809 in Laurens Co., GA, mar. on Oct. 27, 1835, my great-grand-aunt, Rebecca Paulk, dau. of Micajah Paulk Jr. and Mary Catherine Young. Rebecca was born in 1815 in Montgomery Co., GA, and died Jan. 10, 1890, in Coffee Co., GA. Their children were: Rev., John "Jack" Vickers William "Willie" Vickers
The Rev. John "Jack" Vickers married on March 1, 1855, in Coffee Co., GA, my great-grand-aunt, Martha Jane Lott, dau. of Daniel Lott Sr. and Lucinda "Lucy" Peterson. Lucinda was born June 29, 1835, in Telfair Co., GA, and died June 3, 1879, Telfair Co., GA.
Eli
and Rebecca's son William "Willie" Vickers, b. 8/7/1843, in Irwin
Co., GA, d.June 11, 1916 in Coffee Co., GA, mar. Mar.
22, 1866, in Coffee Co., GA, Frances Lott (illegitimate dau.
of Daniel Lott Sr. and Catherine Bowen-Carver . . . Daniel Lott Sr. was my 3rd gr-grandfather).
Rebecca Paulk also married, in Irwin Co., GA, (don't know which marriage was the first marriage), Jesse Vickers, brother of her other husband, Eli, in 1807. Jesse was born in 1807 in Laurens Co., GA, and died before 1835 in Irwin Co., GA (believe Jesse may have been first marriage and Eli her second marriage?).
I have several other Vickers that married into my family line but have little information on them.
*
Catherine "Katie" Vickers, dau. of Youngy Vickers (assume this
might be the same Youngy Vickers who is the father of
Wiley Vickers?), mar. Riley Harper, Lewis L. "Luke" Harper, son of
Henry S.C. Harper. Catherine was born Dec 3, 1868 and died Dec. 18, 1953,-I do
not know where she was born, or died and do not know where they were married or
when. Riley was born Oct. 3, 1869. They had the following children:
Willie Harper b. 1889
Richard Harper b. 1891
Harvey Harper b. 1897
Unknown Harper b. 1898
Luke Harper b. 1898
Ranze Dowell Harper b. 1901
Wilson Harper b. 1912
* Delilah Vickers, born Oct. 11, 1860, dau. of Young Vickers (again I don't know if this is the same Youngy?), mar. George W. Paulk (my 1st counsin 3 times removed). George, son of Micajah Paulk III and Mary McMillan, was b. in 1834.
* Dennis Vickers, again son of a Youngy Vickers, mar. on Jan. 4, 1874, in Irwin Co., GA, Mary Harper, b. 1855, dau. of Henry S.C. Harper and Nancy Anna Merritt.
* Eli Vickers (am assuming this is a second Eli but have no dates or parentage), mar. Lucinda "Lucy" Lott, dau. of Elisha Lott and Mary "Polly" Moore. Lucy was born Dec. 28, 1850 and died Sept. 26, 1931. Lucy is also my first cousin, three times removed.
* Jessie Vickers, this time a female, married my first cousin, once removed, Herbert McDermitt. I have no information on either of these two but Herbert's parents were C.R. McDermitt and Drucilla/Drusilla Harper. Drucilla was the dau. of George Jacob Harper (my great-grandfather) and Sarah "Sallie" Paulk.
* Letitia "Tisha" Vickers, dau. of Wiley and Obedience, b. 2/28/1815, Laurens Co., GA, d. 3/16/1897, Coffee Co., GA, and married my 2nd great-grand-uncle, Elijah Paulk, in 1835, Irwin Co., GA. Elijah was born 4/1/1810, Montgomery Co., GA, and d. Dec. 1848.
* Mary "Polly" Vickers, b. 9/19/1855 and d. 1/27/1913, dau. of Young Vickers, married my great-grand-uncle, Henry Shanks C. Harper, son of Henry S.C. Harper and Nancy Anna Merritt. Henry was b. 3/9/1853 and d. 10/22/1928.
* Matilda Vickers (parents unknown), born 4/20/1825, Douglas, Coffee Co., GA, died 2/16/1923, mar. in 1871, my first cousin, 3 times removed, Daniel P. Lott, son of Elisha Lott and Mary "Polly" Moore. Daniel and Matilda had the following children: Elizabeth Rebecca Lott, Reason Lott. Lucy Lott, Mary Jane Lott, Daniel Webster Lott, Elisha Lott, Mattie Lott, Elye Lott, Matilda Viola Lott, Minnie Dora Lott, Olive Lott, Henry Lott, Aleph Lott.
* Mattie Vickers (parents and dates unknown) mar. my second cousin, twice removed, Seward Harper, son of Peter L. Harper and Mary Ann Whitley.
* Nancy Vickers (parents and dates unknown) mar. my first cousin, twice removed, Leonard Harper, son of James Hamilton Harper and Georgiann "Georgia" Paulk.
* Obedience "Beady" Vickers, b. 3/12/1832, Irwin Co., GA. d. 7/17/1894, Atkinson Co., GA, dau. of Jesse Vickers and Rebecca Paulk, mar. on Dec. 2, 1847, in Irwin Co., GA, Joel Lott, my second great-grand-uncle. Joel, b. 2/26/1826, in Telfair Co., GA, d. 1/7/1895, in Atkinson Co., GA, and was the son of Daniel Lott Sr.and Lucinda "Lucy" Peterson.
* Penelope "Nellie" Vickers, dau. of Young Vickers, mar. Fleming B. Harper, b. 1848, son of Henry S.C. Harper and Nancy Anna Merritt.
*
Sarah "Sallie" Vickers, b. 8/13/1856, d. 5/10/1941, dau. of Young Vickers, m. Henry S.C. "Big Mouth"
or "Big Henry" Harper, son of George Jacob Harper and Nancy Young. Henry
was b. 9/16/1849 and d. 4/5/1920. Their children were:
Nancy Elizabeth Harper b. 1874
Charles Harper b. 1875
Aurthur Harper b. 1876
Needham W. Harper b. 1878
Samuel Harper b. 1880
Wiley Y. Harper b. 1882
Rebecca "Becky" Harper b. 1884
Youngy Harper b. 1885
Jacob H. Harper b. 1887
Thomas A. Harper b. 1889
Mary Ellen Harper b. 1890
Unknown Harper b. 1892
Elbert L. Harper b. 1893
Pearlie J. Harper b. 1895
* Warren R. Vickers, (parents and dates unknown), mar. on Dec. 17, 1902, Susan "Susie" Harper, dau. of Lewis L. "Luke" Harper and Judith C. Paulk. Susan was b. 6/17/1881.
This pretty much takes care of all of the Vickers in my database (hope I have not repeated one or left anyone out). You can now see why I have an interest in the Vickers Family and why I believe most of the people in Irwin Co., are related!
Any information you can offer would be more than appreciated! I have been working on this project for a number of years and have recently begun to believe that there may never be an end.
In
addition to Vickers, and other allied familes, I am
also desperately pursuing information on my grandmother's family. Grandma's
name was Florry (Flarry/Florrie)
Henrietta Hickman (she m. Lot Harold Harper). I have
been told that her family is still in the area but have not been able to find
any of them . . . if you happen to know any Hickmans
I would really appreciate you having them get in touch with me. I know that she
had a cousin named Nettie June Hickman. Nettie mar. James John "Buck" J.J. Harper and
their children were: Eddie Mae Harper, Ada Harper,
Ernest Harper, Early Harper. I have been told that
several of Nettie's children stayed in the Irwin Co.,
area???
Other cousins that she had with the name Hickman are:
Eddie Eraco-had son Willie B.
Rosa Mae-m. Benjamin McFarland-they lived in Tifton-have talked with his son
but he has little to offer on grandma's line.
Mary Elizabeth m. W.D. Byrd
Leona m. Jake Whitley
Lola C. m. L.S. Bush
Georgia S. or C. m. John L. Jordan
Ida G. m. Mr. Cowart
Henry H. "Little Henry" Talmadge m. Hernice White
Angeline m. Seab W. Bailey
Of course all of these people are gone now but perhaps some of their children
still live in Irwin Co.?
Eileen Harper Worthington irish1@netins.net
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12/13/97
Hi there, I just stumbled across this site. My name is Elizabeth Vickers Lakey. I'm from
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Subject:
Vickers family tree
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 08:24:22 -0400
From: Shirley Durden, dawnd@surfsouth.com
To: kvickers@tfc.edu
Hi,
Just got through going over your web page. I am also
related to the Vickers. I live in
Wiley
Vickers-Beady Purvis
Youngy Vickers
Rebecca Vickers
Lucy McDonald
Stella Tucker
Shirley
McMillan (Durden) ME
Also
I have this but I can't prove it maybe you can help me. I have: Wiley
Vickers-Sarah Griffin their daughter Rebecca Vickers married a Tom or Edward
McDonald, then they had Joe (Joseph) McDonald who m. Rebecca Vickers dau/of Youngy Vickers &
Elizabeth Tucker; then they had daughter Lucy McDonald, she had Stella Tucker;
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From:
Kelly <kvickers@tfc.edu>
To: Shirley Durden <dawnd@surfsouth.com>
Subject: Re: Vickers family tree
Date: Friday, July 03, 1998
Hi,
Shirley! Thanks for writing! The only info I have that you were asking about is
from the Wiley Vickers file on the Vickers Family Resource Page:
In addition to the other 11 children of Youngie and
Eliz. Tucker, the History of Irwin Co, GA, p. 513, also lists dau's Rebecca, Christian, Nellie, Tisha,
Lillie, Beddie, & Sallie. Eileen Worthington also
lists as a daughter of Youngy a Delilah Vickers, b.
10/11/1860, who married George W. Paulk.
Also
I could not find any reference to the Wiley Vickers-Sarah Griffin connection.
Is that supposed to be the same Wiley that married Beady Purvis or another?
Have you tried corresponding with the others researching Wiley Vickers line?
They may have more info. Also, if you have some generations you would like to
include in the Wiley Vickers file, email them to me and I will be glad to put
them on. For the time being, with your permission I will list you and your
email address and your inquiry in the Wiley Vickers file. Hope to hear from
you!
Regards, Kelly
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Date:
Sat, 4 Jul 1998
From: "Shirley Durden"
<dawnd@surfsouth.com>
To: <kvickers@tfc.edu>
Hi
Kelly, As I told you I had not proven the Tom McDonald
m. Rebecca Vickers. I was given this info by a cousin who supposely
had researched this but after I received your email I called a man who lives in
Douglas,
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Forwarded by Coppley
To:
Coppley Vickers, CVickers@worldnet.att.net
From: Vernon Carl Vickers Jr., BearnYou@aol.com
Subject: Wiley Vickers
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998
I'm
new to this stuff, having started looking up my family about a week ago, but
according to what I have found so far I'm a GGGGrandson
of Wiley Vickers. looking to go farther back on the
tree. Do you know if Wiley's father's name was John married to a Mildred? If
this is the same line would like to know I'm on the right trail. Thanks
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04/25/2001
Hi Kelly,
Sorry to see that my name is not listed in your list of
researchers. Please add as follows: Jessie H. Paulk,
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: VICKERS FAMILY INFO.
Question: Do any of you have any type source or documentation for this listing??
Hope someone will respond to this email with a source or other documentation as to Wiley's father.
From: Jessie H. Paulk To: steve beaty Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:17 PMSubject: Re: WILEY VICKERS FAMILY INFO....NEW INFO..!!Hi Steve, Already have most of that info in the Vickers Book. Still looking for some type proof that Wiley is son of Jonathan Vickers Lola Vickers stated she felt sure he was son of John Vickers 1720-1784 of Edgecombe Co, NC. Another researcher thinks this John and Jonathan are one and the same. Too many folks putting stuff on the internet without a source. However, I will email this person and ask kindly for their source of info. Thanks for the heads up. Lott revision is now out. **********************************
Subject:
To: UNA HINSON ;
MARIUNA
MORRISON ; LEOTUS MORRISON ; ARTHUR MORRISON
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005
10:53 AM
Subject: FAMILY OF..REV.
JOHN JACK VICKERS
Vickers family
Updated: Thu Nov 1 2001
Contact: Vaunice Vickers-Albritton
· Birth: 28 May 1836 in
· Death: 7 Jun 1900 in
· Note: Military service-Co. G., 9th Ga. State Line Guard
· Married: 1 Mar 1855 in Coffee County , Georgia
1.
Infant VICKERS 2.Rebecca VICKERS b: 1 Dec 1855 3.Elizabeth VICKERS b: 23 Mar 1858 4.John J,Jr VICKERS b: 17 Jun 1860 5.Martha VICKERS b: 4 Nov 1861 6.Beady VICKERS b: 23 May 1863 7.Mary Jane VICKERS b: 28 Sep 1865 8.Ava VICKERS b: 13 Jan 1868 9.Lucinda VICKERS b: 15 Jun 1870 10.Daniel VICKERS b: 28 May 1872 11.Eli E VICKERS b: 28 May 1872 in Coffee County, Georgia· Marriage 2 Sarah Jane GRAVES b: 22 Jan 1856 · Married: 3 Nov 1872 in Coffee County , Georgia
1. Joseph VICKERS b: 22 Feb 1874 2. Leon VICKERS b: 23 Jun 1875 3. Lewis VICKERS b: 14 Oct 1877 in Coffee County, Georgia 4. George VICKERS b: 16 Jan 1879 5.