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1770 - 1840 (~ 69 years)
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Name |
Mary "Polly" Durham |
Birth |
~1770 |
Orange County, North Carolina, a British Colony in America [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Alt Birth |
~1776 |
North Carolina [2, 3, 4, 5] |
Alt Death |
~1835 |
Warren County, Tennessee [1] |
Death |
1840 |
DeKalb County, Tennessee [2, 3, 5] |
Person ID |
I4143 |
The Hennessee Family |
Last Modified |
10 Oct 2019 |
Father |
Achilles Durham, b. 1741, Commonwealth of Virginia d. 1814, Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Age 73 years) |
Mother |
Mary Unica 'Unicy' Cate, b. 1754, Orange County, North Carolina d. 13 Nov 1794, Cleveland County, North Carolina (Age 40 years) |
Marriage |
1771 |
Orange County, North Carolina [6, 7] |
Family ID |
F1648 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
George Magness, b. 1768, Lincoln County, North Carolina d. 1817, Orange County, Indiana (Age 49 years) |
Marriage |
0Oct 1794 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina [5, 8] |
Married |
0Sep 1795 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina [1] |
Children |
| 1. Sarah G. "Sally" Magness, b. 0Sep 1794, Rutherford County, North Carolina d. 1880-1890, DeKalb County, Tennessee (Age ~ 95 years) |
| 2. Perry Green "Old Grandsir" Magness, b. 23 May 1796, Rutherford County, North Carolina d. 1 Mar 1884, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 87 years) |
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Family ID |
F1616 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
Family 2 |
Benjamin Cantrell, b. 10 May 1768, Rockingham County, North Carolina d. 1846, DeKalb County, Tennessee (Age 77 years) |
Marriage |
1828 |
Warren County, Tennessee [9] |
Family ID |
F1975 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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Notes |
- Mary "Polly" Cantrell formerly Durham aka Magness
Born about 1770 in Orange, North Carolina
HIDE ANCESTORS
Daughter of Achilles Durham and Mary Unity Unicy (Cate) Durham
Sister of Edmund Hardin [half], Charles Alexander Durham, Sarah Sally (Durham) Cantrell, Richard Durham and Elizabeth (Durham) Hicks
Wife of George Magness — married Sep 1795 in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Wife of Benjamin Cantrell — married 1828 in Warren, Tennessee, United States
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Sarah (Magness) Hicks and Perry Green Magness
Died about 1835 in Warren, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography
Mary was born about 1770 in orange County, North Carolina.
In 1790 Mary is found on the census in Rutherford County, North Carolina in the household of her father. In his household are himself and one son over 16 years of age, two sons under 16 years and five women. The women would be his wife Mary Cates, his mother Elizabeth (Cates) Durham, and three daughters: Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth.[1]
In April 1794 Polly Durham filed a lawsuit against George Magness in Rutherford County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions which was dismissed. By October 1794 Polly had been delivered of a "base born child." George was apparently the father, since his brother John Magness posted a 200 pound bond on behalf of George to indemnify the county from having to maintain the child. This child was Sarah Magness who later married William Hicks and lived in Tennessee.[2]
George Magness was not exactly your average, law-abiding citizen. He was several times in trouble with the law and in jail. After one episode, he was released from jail about 16 September 1795. Almost exactly 9 months later, on 23 May 1796, a son named Perry Green Magness was born to him and Polly Durham. They apparently did get married because Perry was later declared "the son and only heir at law of George Magness." At that time only children born to a legal marriage could inherit from the parent where there was no will. George's daughter Sarah had been declared base born by the October 1794 court and thus had no right of inheritance.[3]
It is not known how long Polly and George stayed together but by 1799 George had left to join his father in Warren County, Kentucky. Polly and her children probably lived with or near their mother's sister Sarah Durham and her husband Abraham Cantrell. They moved with them about 1809 to Warren County, Tennessee. There Polly married Benjamin Cantrell about 1828. Polly and Benjamin had no children and she passed away about 1835.
It is uncertain when George passed away, but we do know he was living in 1800 when he was named as an executor of his father's estate. He was not living in 1816.[4]
Sources
Webb, Thomas G. Magness History; Copyright 2000, Thomas G Webb, DeKalb County Historian.
? "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-P8Z : accessed 1 February 2017), Kellis Durham, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 135, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
? Webb, George Magness
? Webb, George Magness
? Webb, George Magness
end of biography [1]
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