Selected Families and Individuals


Richmond Richardson was born in 1807 in North Carolina. He married Nancy Surnay Sherman on 24 Nov 1835 in Hancock County, Georgia.

Nancy Surnay Sherman [Parents] "Vancie, Nancy Surnany Sherman" was born on 13 Jun 1817 in Georgia. She died on 29 Dec 1893. She married Richmond Richardson on 24 Nov 1835 in Hancock County, Georgia.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Richardson was born in 1840 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  F ii Emily Richardson was born in 1842 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  F iii Susan Richardson was born in 1845 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  F iv Eliza Richardson was born in 1847 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  F v Lorena Rena Richardson was born in 1849 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  M vi John A. Richardson was born in 1854 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  F vii Nancy Richardson was born in 1858.
  F viii Virginia R. Richardson was born in 1860 in Stewart County, Georgia.

Robert Harrison Sherman [Parents] was born on 30 Jul 1809 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He died in 1863 in Stewart County, Georgia. He was buried in Providence Methodist Church Cemetery, Providence Canyons, Stewart County, Georgia. He married Martha Cannon Lancaster on 12 Feb 1828 in Hancock County, Georgia.

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Martha Cannon Lancaster [Parents] was born on 28 May 1807 in Hancock County, Georgia. She married Robert Harrison Sherman on 12 Feb 1828 in Hancock County, Georgia.

They had the following children:

  M i Henry Thomas Sherman was born on 18 Dec 1828.
  M ii James Augustus Sherman was born on 27 Sep 1830. He died Deceased as an infant.
  F iii Julia Frances Sherman was born on 27 Mar 1832 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  F iv Mary Jane Sherman was born on 9 Sep 1833 in Georgia.
  F v Sarah Ann Sherman was born on 12 Aug 1835 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  M vi Robert Joseph or Jasper Sherman was born on 18 Sep 1837 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  F vii Elmira Casandra Sherman
  M viii Thomas Jefferson Sherman
  M ix C. A. Sherman was born in 1844 in Stewart County, Georgia.
  M x John Harrison Sherman was born in Feb 1846.
  F xi Susan Georgia Sherman was born on 13 Jun 1848.

Thomas Palmer.Thomas married Frances Coleman Sherman on 27 May 1824 in Hancock County, Georgia.

Frances Coleman Sherman [Parents] was born on 15 Nov 1807 in Hancock County, Georgia. She died on 22 Aug 1828. She married Thomas Palmer on 27 May 1824 in Hancock County, Georgia.


James Kirkpatrick.James married Demcus Louise Sherman.

Demcus Louise Sherman [Parents] was born on 21 Sep 1821 in Georgia. She married James Kirkpatrick.


William Harrison "Bill" was born in 1816. He married Elizabeth H. Sherman on 16 Sep 1841 in Stewart County, Georgia.

Elizabeth H. Sherman [Parents] was born on 13 Sep 1819 in Hancock County, Georgia. She died on 25 Jan 1897 in Henry County, Alabama. She was buried in Center Church Methodist Cemetery. She married William Harrison on 16 Sep 1841 in Stewart County, Georgia.

They had the following children:

  F i Ann Harrison was born in 1842.
  F ii E. F. Harrison was born in 1844.
  F iii E. J. Harrison was born in 1846.
  M iv Zachery Harrison was born in 1847.
  F v Martha Harrison was born in 1849.

Joseph Taylor was born about 1812. He married Mary Ann Rebecca Sherman in 1843 in Houston County, Georgia.

Mary Ann Rebecca Sherman [Parents] was born on 4 Nov 1813 in Georgia. She died on 10 Jun 1879 in Stewart County, Georgia. She was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Stewart County, Georgia. She married Joseph Taylor in 1843 in Houston County, Georgia.

Other marriages:
Pinkston, Green B.
Horton, Daniel Ezell


James LaFayette Sherman [Parents] "Jim" was born on 20 Feb 1851 in Stewart County, Georgia. He married Mary Elizabeth Whitman about 1878 in Webster County, Georgia.

Mary Elizabeth Whitman was born in Mar 1858 in Georgia. She married James LaFayette Sherman about 1878 in Webster County, Georgia.

They had the following children:

  M i Evan L. Sherman was born in 1878. He died in 1879.
  M ii John Wesley Sherman
  M iii David Thomas Sherman
  F iv Amelia Lenora Sherman
  M v Bob Sanford Sherman
  M vi Willie Dempsie Sherman

John Wesley Coley [Parents] was born on 8 Feb 1818 in Montgomery County,North Carolina. He died in Apr 1913 in Meigs, Thomas County, Georgia. He married Margaret Jane Lunn on 14 Nov 1841 in Stewart County, Georgia.

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Margaret Jane Lunn [Parents] was born in 1824 in South Carolina. She died on 14 Nov 1841 in Stewart County, Georgia. She married John Wesley Coley on 14 Nov 1841 in Stewart County, Georgia.

They had the following children:

  F i Margrett Ann Coley

George Washington Sherman [Parents] was born on 26 Dec 1824 in Georgia. He died on 15 Nov 1894 in Cash, Scott County, Mississippi. He married Martha V. Turner on 15 Feb 1851.

Other marriages:
Coley,

[Notes]

Martha V. Turner was born on 25 May 1834 in Georgia. She died on 18 Apr 1886 in Scott County, Mississippi. She married George Washington Sherman on 15 Feb 1851.

They had the following children:

  F i Serena Floyd Sherman was born on 2 Aug 1852 in Georgia. She died on 2 Aug 1852 in <Georgia>.
  F ii Julia Luiza Sherman was born on 20 Jul 1853 in Georgia.
  M iii John Bibb Sherman
  M iv George Finney Sherman
  F v Martha Lorenza Sherman was born on 8 Nov 1859 in Scott County, Mississippi. She died on 29 Sep 1935 in Near Lindale, Smith County, Texas. She was buried on 30 Sep 1935 in New Harmony Cemetery, Near Tyler, Smith County, Texas. [Notes]
  M vi Robert Peter Sherman was born on 24 Dec 1861 in Scott County, Mississippi. He died on 25 Aug 1863.
  F vii Mary E. Sherman
  F viii Nancy Elizabeth Sherman
  F ix Margaret Mcthenia Sherman
  F x Susan F. Sherman was born on 1 Apr 1870 in Scott County, Mississippi. She died on 20 Aug 1870.
  F xi Olive Adalade Sherman was born on 8 Apr 1871 in Scott County, Mississippi.
  F xii Emma Ophalia Sherman
  M xiii Henry Adams Sherman was born on 6 Jun 1875 in Scott County, Mississippi.

John Bibb Sherman [Parents] was born on 25 Aug 1855 in Georgia. He married Sarah M. Lyle on 24 Dec 1874 in Scott County, Mississippi.

[Notes]

Sarah M. Lyle was born in Jun 1849 in Alabama. She married John Bibb Sherman on 24 Dec 1874 in Scott County, Mississippi.

[Notes]

They had the following children:

  F i Fannie Sherman was born in Jun 1883.
  M ii Alex Sherman was born in Dec 1884.
  F iii Brownie Sherman was born in Dec 1894.

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