General Notes

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Anne M. Coady 302 E. Oak St. Mason, Mi. 48854 e-mail amcoady@@sojourn.com
, Nov 21, 1998 :
Will be happy to share info. abt. the following: RICHARDSON, HALL, FORBUS,
LOGAN, LEE, JOHNSON, BURKE, CURLEE Washington W. Richardson was the son
of David Richardson born before 1789 in Virginia, and Priscilla Morris.
David and Priscilla were married in Abbeville S.C. about 1812, and
removed with their three sons to Henry County Georgia during the early
1820's. In 1828, David purchased 202 1/2 acres of land lying on the
border of Henry and DeKalb Counties where they lived until David's death
in 1830. David Richardson's will named his "trusty friend" Stephen Terry
(Priscilla's first cousin) and wife Priscilla as executors of his estate
and named children Washington W.,Robert S. and Sarah Adeline. The will
was witnessed by Priscilla's brother, John Morris, her first cousin Wm.
Terry, and her neice's husband Thomas J.
Tanner. At the time of his Father's death, Washington W. Richardson was
about 17 years of age, with a younger brother Robert 10, and younger
sister Sarah Adeline 4, (another brother William had died at about age
16). Washington's Mother Priscilla, married Hardy Daniel in 1831, and the
family remained on the land in Henry County. In 1833, Washington W.
Richardson is shown as a voter in an election for Governor and members of
the Georgia General Assembly held at the house of John Lovejoy in the
12th district of Henry County. Washington W. Richardson married Nancy
Hall about 1836, and they are shown living next door to his Mother
Priscilla and Step-father Hardy Daniel in Henry County in 1840 with two
sons and a daughter. In 1842 Washington W. purchased from his step father
Hardy Daniel, the same lot of land which his Father David had purchased
in Henry County in 1828. His sister Sarah Adeline had married Bartilla
B.Daniel in 1840 and were also living in Henry County Ga. Washington
W.Richardson and his family evidently stayed in Georgia until about 1850
as records show his seventh child Mary Jane as being born in Ga. abt.
1850. By 1847, Washington W. Richardson's Mother, Sister, and Brother
were all in Chambers County Alabama. His Brother Robert S. married Jane
A. Cook (his first cousin) abt. 1836, and later he and his Mother and
Sister's families moved to Tallapoosa Co. Alabama. Priscilla
Morris/Richardson/Daniel died in 1866 and is buried in Liberty Cemetery
Tallapoosa Co. Al. Robert S. had a total of six children by two wives,
his second wife being Mary E. Gresham/Hubbard(widow of his first cousin).
The children's names were Joseph D.-Samuel D.- Benjamin
W.-Littleberry-Robert L.-and Felix. Robert is buried in Liberty Cemetery
Tallapoosa County Alabama. Sarah Adeline Richardson/Daniel and her
husband Bartilla had at least 11 children and according to her will they
married into the Taunton, Johnston, Sasnett and Golden families. Sarah
Adeline died in 1912, and is buried in Liberty Cemetery Tallapoosa Co.
Alabama. The first record of Washington W. Richardson in Coosa Co. Al. is
6 Dec. 1850 when he purchased 160 acres in the S.E. corner of Sec. 12,
Township 21 Range 20. He made further land purchases in 1852, 1855, and
1865 all in the same area of Coosa County. This is the area where the
"Richardson-Forbus" house was located when it was purchased by Mr. Ronnie
Joiner. In 1926, Washington W. Richardson's son W. D. Richardson sold the
land including the cabin to A.E. Forbus and his wife Ethel with his son
J.L. Richardson signing the deed as having power of attorney for W.D.
Washington W. Richardson seemed to be a civic minded man, as he is listed
as one of the early Postmasters in Nixburg in 1867, and was a Justice of
the Peace at the time of his death in 1868. The exact circumstances of
his death are unclear, but the following letter from W.W. Richardson was
admitted to probate as his will on 16 Nov. 1868 by Judg