My Conaway Line
My Gr-gr-grandfather, Henry Conaway, born about 1784 in South Carolina, was in
Warren County, Georgia, by 1806 when he married Nancy Turner. His
descendants are shown in my Conaway file. The
identity of his parents and/or siblings are not known. He had one son
named Charles and another William, but I do not know if either of these sons
were named for Henry's father. Son Charles and another son Turner were
killed during the Civil War. In the 1790s a Phillip Connaway and his wife
Margaret were living in the part of Wilkes County that became Warren
County. Phillip was in South Carolina in the 1780s so there is a possible
connection there. Any information on Henry Conaway will be sincerely
appreciated.
Conaway Families in Georgia
During the 1800s there were 3 Conaway families in the Cass/Bartow area of
Georgia. I am looking for the ancestors of these families as well as their
relationship to each other. Family tradition says that the Turner Conaway
family listed below was related to my Henry Conaway. Please contact me
(see e-mail shown below) if you know anything about these families. One
unusual fact is that in the later generations of these 3 families, at least one
son of a family was named after one of the Presidents of the United States.
John Conaway of Georgia
John
Conaway, born between 1790 and 1799 in South Carolina was married to Cinthia
Poor. John lived in the Pendleton District of South Carolina, near the
families of William and John Poor before he married and moved to Lumpkin County,
Georgia. From Lumpkin County, Georgia, they moved to the Cass/Bartow County
area. In 1850 John and Cinthia had four children living with them -
Cinthia B. 16 , John 14, Rosilla 12, and Susan 10.
Aaron Conaway of Georgia
Aaron
Conaway was born about 1804 in South Carolina and was on the 1830 tax list for
Cass County, Georgia. By 1840 he was listed in Spartanburg South Carolina
where his age was given as between 20 and 30. By the 1850 census he was
back in Cass County with wife, Martha and five children - Miles P. 10, Jeremiah
8, Elizabeth 5, and Turner1. In 1853 he married Louisa Gentry and they had
two additional children by 1860 - Aaron 5 and Henry 3. In 1870 he was
married to Elizabeth with two more children - Samuel and Martha. By 1880
he had moved to Cherokee County, Alabama.
Turner Conaway of Georgia
Turner Conaway was listed on the 1830 Cass County, Georgia, tax list. In
the 1840 census he was listed as between 20 and 30, with a wife between 20 and
30, and a another female between 60 and 70 lived with them. He was listed
as being 33 years old on the 1850 census and had a son John 5 and Elizabeth 80
living with him. After his first wife died, he married Levina
Bearden on February 8, 1842. She apparently died before 1850. On
August 18, 1856, he married Mahalia Folkern (Faulkner) who had three children by
a previous marriage - Mary, Sarah, and Nancy. In 1860 his children were
listed as John 17, Viney 11, Samuel 6, Martha 4, Frances 3, Henry B. 2, and Dove
1. Another Son Davis born about 1860 was listed on the 1870 census as 10
years of age. Turner's occupation was listed as a Tanner, and he was still
living in Cass County, near Adairsville in 1880.
Caleb Conaway of South Carolina
Caleb
Conaway was listed on the 1790 census of the Pendleton District of South
Carolina as the head of the family over 16 with 2 males under 15 and 4
females. During the years 1790 and 1794, he purchased over 600 acres in
the same area of Pendleton County. According to the 1800 census of
Pendleton County, he was still living there with more children. Were Caleb
and his wife Mary the parents of John Conaway (above) born about 1795 in South
Carolina who married Cynthia Poor and Lavina Conaway born about 1804 in South
Carolina who married Harper Poor? Both John & Lavina were living in Cass
County, Georgia,1850.
Other names in my files associated with my Conaway family are HANNON,
GOGGANS, PETERSON, ROEBUCK,
POORE, TOOLE,
BARBER,
PATRICK, LEMON, KENDALL,
LAWRENCE, SWAYNE, WORKS,
and BOBO. Use these hyperlinks to go to any
of my lineage pages for these families.
Martha
"Mattie" Elizabeth Roebuck married my
grandfather Patrick Henry Conaway in 1876 in Rhome
Georgia. She is descended through the Roebuck family of Virginia and South
Carolina. Her ancestors fought for the freedom of our country in the
Revolutionary War.
Martha Roebuck's Mother was Martha Joannah Barber who descends through the Barber line of Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Her maternal Grandmother was Martha Patrick, daughter of John C. Patrick and Peggy Nicholson.
Martha Roebuck's
fraternal Grandmother was Elizabeth Lemon whose Lemant
and Smythe ancestors came to America from Ireland and settled in South Carolina
before moving to Georgia.
One of Martha Roebuck's Gr-gr-grandmothers was Levinah Bobo, daughter of Sampson Bobo from the Virginia and South Carolina Bobo lineage.
My Gr-grandfather Benjamin Franklin Conaway married Helena McKenzie Walker, daughter of Wells Walker and Sarah Ann Hannon. Sarah's Father Henry Hannon came to Georgia from Maryland. Her Mother Sarah Robertson was rumored to be half Indian.
My Mother was the daughter of Dr. Alfred Thomas Bryant and Alice Elizabeth Goggans.
My Bryant line descends from Massachusetts in the 1600s through New Hampshire
and Alabama. The Robinson, Poore, Lawrence,
Swayne, and Kendall families
married into my Bryant line. The Works, Petersons,
and Richardsons married into my Goggans line. The Toole
and Taylor families married into the Works line.
While the Bryant and Goggans lines ended up in Alabama, their ancestors followed various paths to get there. The Goggans came through Virginia and South Carolina. The Works traveled from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. The Taylor family was in Kentucky prior to their move to Alabama.
If you find we have a common ancestor and would like to write
us, please contact my niece at blankenstein@prodigy.net.
Be sure & visit my niece's homepage at
www.conawayblankensteinfamilies.com You will find individual data files on my CONAWAY family (Henry,
Benjamin, Patrick, James) as well as information on the associated lines
of BARBER, BRYANT, CARLETON, HANNON, ROBINSON,
TAYLOR & WILLIS that are mentioned in
my family lineage.
If you haven't found Cyndi's List you should also pay her a visit
This page created 11/23/1999
Last updated 6/14/2010