SEVENTH GENERATION

80. John Worsham was born about 1791 in Georgia. He died before 1835 in Lowndes, Alabama. He was born WFT Est 1777-1806. He died WFT Est 1829-1869. He has reference number 13799. Could John Worsham be John G. Worsham, son of Archer Worsham and Nancy Smith Worsham from Virginia and Monroe County, Georgia?

1830 Federal Census, Alabama, Lowndes County, John, 20-30.

MAR-DEA: James A Stewart Somewhere in Texas, Part 1, 1635-1875, Peggy
Smith, Givins, 1994, pg 40, 54. May have m in Morgan County, Georgia since
Worshams & Stewarts were there in 1817.

Will, probated 2 Feb 1835, administered by Lovick Stewart &
Lucretia Stewart Worsham, pg 41. Worsham children named their uncle, Joshua Stewaret, leagal
guardian, pg 41.


John Worsham was born about 1791Indiana Georgia. He married Lucretia Stewart about 1821 probably in Alabama. Lucretia was born about 1801, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Parker) Stewart. They first purchased Land in 1824 in Lowndes County, Alabama. John died by 1835 when a deed in Lowndes County mentions the Estate of John Worsham. (DB 3 p134). John served in the war of 1812 in Captain William Horton's Company of Georgia Militia.

Lucretia had a War of 1812 Widow's Certificate. Lucretia was deceased by 1845 when reference is made to her as the deceased widow of John. Also named were heirs; Mary Mosely, wife of William Mosely (Lowndes County, Alabama), Samantha Madden, wife of Reed R. MaddenIndiana state of Louisiana, Thomas Worsham, Sarah Madden, wife of James Madden and William and Lovick, minors.

(Information on the family from Vila (Worsham) Beam, Kalispell, Montana, September 1995 and Peggy Givens, Watonga, Oklahoma, 1990. Peggy wrote a book about the Stewart family who were from Georgia before moving to Lowndes)

Lowndes County began in 1830 from Butler, Dallas and Montgomery Counties. Butler County began in 1819 and Courthouse burned in 1853. Dallas County began in 1818 from Montgomery County. Montgomery County began in 1816 from Monroe. Monroe began in 1815 from Creek Cession and the Courthouse burned in 1833. *Copied from "Worsham Family History", Dorothy G. Tuttle, Author (excerpt)


Note: Death: Deed book 3, page 134 Lowndes County, Alabama Census 1830.
War of 1812, Virginia Militia Widow's Certificate, Soldier's Certificate mentioned in Letter from Peggy Givens, P.O. Box 539, Watonga, Oklahoma 73772, August 19, 1990. She writes; John Worsham and Lucretia Stewart probably married in Georgia, and that they bought land in Lowndes County in 1824. The family then moved to Bienville Parish, Louisiana after the death of John and Lucretia. William, Lovick and Thomas were all in Gray's 28th Louisiana Inf CSA.

John died by February 2, 1835 and Lucretia died by October 1845. Peggy gives the following excerpts from the records: Lawrence Rambo to John Worsham (Estate) which confirms unto Lovick Stewart and Lucretia Worsham, Administrators of the Estate of John Worsham and to his heirs. February 2, 1835. Lovick M. Stewart, Adm of John Worsham, deceased. The widow, Lucretia Worsham, is also deceased, heirs named: Mary Moseley, wife of William Moseley (Lowndes County, Alabama), Samantha Madden, wife of Reed R. Madden in state of Louisiana, Thomas Worsham, Sarah Madden, wife of James Madden and William and Lovick, minors.

Marriages of two of the children in Lowndes County, Alabama: William Mosely and Mary Worsham, July 24, 1845. Lovick M. Worsham and Lucinda H. Burt, September 7, 1865.

John Worsham was shown in land records on May 19, 1814, June 24, 1826, October 20, 1830 and April 27, 1831. By 1835 John Worsham was deceased with Lucretia's marrying Aaron Cox. Daughter Mary Worsham married Wiliam Moseley of Lowndes County on July 24, 1845. Samantha Worsham was named as the wife of Reed R. Madden of Louisiana. There is a Bienville Parish County book which has the Madden family history. The George Worsham who was living in Lowndes County at a later date could have been a relative of John Worsham, but this is unproven. Fail Felts Davis Kennon of Minden, Louisiana, shares much about the Worshams and Maddens in her family history book. The lure of land pulled many of these people to northwestern Louisiana, i.e., Jackson Parish, Webster Parish and Bienville Parish. Many sailed down the Alabama River to New Orleans then up the Red River to this area where many people, especially the southern Southerners were relocating. (This is an excerp from David Worsham's 1994 book.)

STEWART - WORSHAM and family are found in Alabama by 1824 when they are purchasing land near her Stewart families. (Lovick Stewart was her brother.) Very likely they had moved from South Carolina. They appear on the census in 1830:

JOHN WORSHAM
1 male 5-10
1 male 20-30
1 female 0-5
1 female 20-30

!MAR-DEA: James A Stewart Somewhere in Texas, Part 1, 1635-1875, Peggy
Smith, Givins, 1994, pg 40, 54. May have m in Morgan County, Georgia since
Worshams & Stewarts were there in 1817.
Will, probated 2 Feb 1835, administered by Lovick Stewart &
Lucretia Stewart Worsham, pg 41.
Worsham children named their uncle, Joshua Stewaret, leagal
guardian, pg 41.

NOT: 19 May 1824, 24 Jun 1826, 20 Oct 1830, & 27 Apr 1831,purchased land
near most of the Stewart relatives between Haynesville & Letohatches.

John Worsham m. Lucretia Stewart(d. 1902)
child
Lovic Merrit Worsham(1833-1907) m. Lousina Burt(1829-1889)
child
Robert Lee Worsham(1871-1937) m. Maude Mary(Mary Maude) Kalb(d. about 1980)
child
Julius Earl Worsham(02/04/1927-10/02/1987) m. Louise Arlette DeLapp (b. 10/01/1938)
6 children
Julius Earl Worsham, Jr.(b. 06/09/1957)
Bernadine Lillian Worsham(b. 05/26/1958)
Rayme Arlette Worsham(b. 08/03/1959)
Mary Ellen Worsham(b. 11/19/1960)
Roberta Jean Worsham(b. 01/03/1962)
Jane Ann Louise Worsham(b. 06/16/1964)

Please forward any information you may have to my e-mail at blmaddox_ok@@yahoo.com or bernadinemaddox@@hotmail.com.

The Atlanta Constitution, Jan 21 1894, p23" "On
December 21, 1892, one of the bloodiest tragedies that
ever shocked a community was enacted on the streets of
Americus, just as the day was closing, sending to
instant death one of the most prominent and popular
young men of the city, and consigning to jail to await
trial for murder two of the best known physicians of
southwest Georgia. Four pistol shots were fired in
quick succession in front of the entrance of Drs. J.
B. & A. B. Hinkle's office, a square from the Windsor
hotel. The first to reach the scene of the killing
found Dr. J. J. Worsham lying on his face and with
three pistol bullets in vital parts and the two Drs.
Hinckle standing near as the chief actors in the
tragedy. Among the first to arrive were Chief of
Police Lamar and two officers - Wheeler and Borrow -
who immediately took the Drs. Hinkle into custody.
They claimed that Dr. J. B. Hinkle had shot in defense
of his son, Dr. A. B. Hinkle, and asked to be taken
before Judge James H. Guerry, who was that week
holding court here for Judge W. H. Fish, that bond
might be arranged for their release. As the police
started with the prisoners towards Judge Guerry's
hotel an excited mob that had gathered began to cry,
"Lynch them, hang them! burn them!" following the
party to the Allen house, where Judge Guerry was found
in his room. The prisoners were taken before him and
made their statements and request for bail, But,
hearing the cries of the crowd in and around the
hotel, Judge Guerry ordered the prisoners at once to
jail for their protection as an immediate session of
Judge Lynch's court seemed threatening. A carriage
was called to the front entrance of the hotel, and the
chief of police, with his assistants, with the deputy
sheriff, who had just arrived started to take the
prisoners out to the carriage. But they saw it meant
death to the Drs. Hinkle or to some of the crowd, and
on the judge's advice the prisoners were quietly
slipped out the back way through an alley and side
street. They were within a square of the jail, about
three hundred yards distant from the Allen house,
before the mob heard that the slip had been given
them. A rush was made to heard the party off, and an
exciting race began for life and death. The police
won the race by a hair's breadth and the prisoners
were saved from the howling rage of the mob. Chief
Lamar stood at the door, pistol in hand, and defied
the crowd, while the other officers placed the
prisoners in one of the steel cages and posted a half
dozen guards with Winchesters inside the jail for the
night. In the meantime the body of Dr. Worsham was
carried to the Davenport drug store, two doors from
where it lay, and Drs. Darby and McLendon made a hasty
examination. Soon afterwards the body was removed to
the residence of Mr. John R. Shaw, a brother-in-law, a
coroner's jury empanneled, and the inquest and post
mortem begin. Three fatal balls had struck Dr.
Worsham's left side. One broke the collar bone and
lodged in the spinal column. Another shattered the
left shoulder, and a third struck a rib and passed
through the heart. A fourth bullet had passed through
the hat crown, just grazing the side of the head. Two
of the bullets were found, but the third, that had
broken the collarbone and spinal column was not,
although Dr. Worsham'' body was cut to pieces in the
fruitless effort to find it. The coroner's jury,
after examining various witnesses, decided the killing
to be murder and thus the celebrated case began its
career in the courts. The trouble that had led up to
the killing originated in a $65 law suit, in which Dr.
J. B. Hinkle was defendant, he having been sued and
pleading failure consideration on a dental bill of Dr.
W. P. Burt for that amount. Dr. Worsham, who was a
dentist, had been summoned by Dr. J. B. Hinkle as an
expert witness for his side. Dr. Hinkle expected to
win his case on Worsham's testimony, but when the
evidence was given it caused the jury to decide
against Dr. Hinkle. He accused Worsham of having
perjured himself and some high words had passed
several days before the fatal December day.
Considerable ill feeling had been engendered, though
nobody seemed to expect any serious results, as the
matter was regarded as too insignificant for anything
beyond a possible fist-a-cuff. A commitment trial was
held January 3, 1898 before County Court Judge J. C.
Mathews, from which everybody was excluded except the
bar, persons directly interested and the press. In
this trial which lasted all day, testimony was
introduced by the defense to show that instead of the
killing being an assassination, as had been supposed
by the mob that night, it resulted from an attack made
by Dr. Worsham on Dr. A. B. Hinkle, at Hinkle's office
door, in which the latter was knocked down by brass
knocks in Dr. Worsham's hands, instantly followed by
four pistol shots from the senior Dr. Hinkle, who
claimed to have held and fired two pistols
simultaneously, his son being unarmed. The pistols
had been found by the police in a desk in Dr. Hinkle's
office immediately after the shooting, three chambers
in one and one chamber in the other discharged. A
witness was also introduced to show that the knucks
had fallen from Dr. Worsham's person when his body was
lifted from the sidewalk. Dr. Horine, the occulist
whose office was two doors above, testified for the
prosecution, that he was in the middle of the street
just opposite Dr. Hinkle's office at the moment of the
shooting, saw the flash of the two pistols and
recognized the parties. His testimony was that the
pistol flashes were from opposite sides of Dr. Worsham
and that both the Drs. Hinkle did the shooting,
standing on their veranda about two feet above and
some ten feet from Worsham who was on the sidewalk and
making no attack on the Hinkles. Dr. C. K. Chapman,
another dentist, said the day before the killing, Dr.
Worsham had exhibited brass knucks to him and said he
was prepared to do the Hinckles up if they bothered
him. Other witnesses testified on both sides
confirmatory of this evidence, and upon conclusion,
Judge Mathews promptly remanded the Drs. Hinkle for
trial by the superior court upon the charge of murder.
... Dr. Worsham came here from Monroe county a few
years ago where his family is one of the best, his
brother, Hon. W. A. Worsham, representing his county
in the last general assembly, and another brother is a
leading wholesale merchant of Macon. Dr. Worsham was
also brother-in-law of John R. Shaw, of Americus, and
through him connected with the large and influential
family of ex-Mayor John B. Felder. ..." He was married to Lucretia Stewart in 1821 in Probably South Carolina. He was married to Lucretia Stewart WFT Est 1803-1846.

81. Lucretia Stewart was born about 1801 in Alabama (Virginia). She died before 1845 in Lowndes, Alabama. She was born WFT Est 1786-1809. She died WFT Est 1830-1881. She has reference number 13800. Lucretia Stewart, named for her Grandmother, Lucretia Parker who married John Steward of Sussex County, Virginia, married John Worsham. I believe they were living in South Carolina before moving to Lowndes County, Alabama. She and her family moved to Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

Lucretia Stewart Worsham and her family are found in Alabama by 1824 when they are purchasing land near her Steward/t families. They appear on the 1830 census of Lowndes County, Alabama.

I have written a book on this family, which is currently out of print. See my early Steward research at http://www.angelfire.com/Oklahoma/PeggyAGivens entitled RENDEZVOUS FOR RESEARCH. William B. Stewart was c. in 1775, the son of John Steward, b. 1750 to William and Mary Shands Steward/Stuart of Surry/Sussex Virginia, and Lucretia Parker, daughter of Drury and Elizabeth Barham Parker. William married Elizabeth Parker, approx. 1795. The couple lived in Greene and Morgan Counties, Georgia, before moving to what is now Lowndes County, AlabamaIndiana abt. 1819, with her sister Phoebe Parker Pierce and her husband John Bartley Pierce and family. Elizabeth Parker Steward/t died in the middle 1830's, with William's marrying Lucy Hearndon/Herndon on 4 Feb 1836, the couple moving to Butler County, Alabama, where they died in the middle 1840's, and are buried in the Hearndon Cemetery, Springhill Community, northeast of Greenville, Alabama.

Lucretia Steward Worsham and family are found in Alabama by 1824 when they are purchasing land near her Steward families. Very likely they had moved from South Carolina. On the 1830 Census of Lowndes County: JOHN WORSHAM--1 MALE 5-10; 1 MALE 20-30;1 FEMALE 0-5; 1 FEMALE 5-10; 1 FEMALE 20-30.

Info from Ray Brodbeck -- brodbeck@@up.net

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John Worsham & Lucretia Stewart

1. John Worsham b abt 1791 GA md Lucretia Stewart abt 1823. He d 1835 Lowndes County, AL. Descendants lived mostly in Lowndes County, AL; Bienville Parish, LA; Panola County, TX; Shelby County, TX.

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1.2A.5.7. Wilburn Dewey Worsham d. 24 Mar 1980 Joaquin, Shelby, TX & buried Jackson Cem, Shelby Co, TX. He md Mamie Evalyn Stone, b. 4 Nov 1902 and d. 22 Jan 1994 Joaquin, Shelby, TX & bur. Jackson Cem, Shelby Co, TX. Children:

1.2A.5.7.1. Wilburn Levis Worsham b. 20 Aug 1922, Shelby, TX. He married Inez Hattaway, b. 29 Apr 1925, d. 21 Feb 1977 in Joaquin, Shelby, TX & buried Jackson Cem, Shelby Co, TX. Children: Levis Phil Worsham, Sandra Kay Worsham, Gwen Jill Worsham.

1.2A.5.7.2. Billy Jack Worsham married Anita Kozzette McConnell.

1.2A.5.7.3. William Dale Worsham

1.2A.5.8 Essie G. Worsham. Her name is Esse Lou Worsham and she was b 8 Oct 1900 Timpson, TX & d 1 Feb 1993 Houston, TX. She md Herman Lee Craft who was b 13 Oct 1900 & d 16 May 1972 Houston, TX.

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1.5.3. William B. Worsham md Lena Hughman.

1.5.3.2. Ennis Oswald Worsham b 24 Aug 1902 & d 3 Mar 1948 Riverside County, CA.

1.5.3.4. Bennie Aubrey Worsham b. 4 Mar 1907, d. Aug 1976 Longview, Gregg, TX, md. Effie Mae Collins b. 4 Feb 1915, d. 2 Apr 1994 Longview, Gregg, TX. Children: Lena Mae Worsham, Billy Martin Worsham, Darlene Worsham.
Children were:

i. Samantha Worsham was born on Jan 1 1822 in Alabama. She died on Jan 10 1896 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.⁽⁷⁹⁾ She was buried in Madden Community Cemetery, Bienville Parish, Louisiana. She has reference number 22252. ID: I44798
Name: Samantha WORSHAM
Given Name: Samantha
Surname: Worsham
Sex: F
Birth: 1 JAN 1822 in Alabama
Death: 10 JAN 1896 in Bienville Parish,Louisianna
Note: Info from Ray Brodbeck -- brodbeck@@up.net
Change Date: 24 AUG 2000 at 18:38:34

40 ii. Thomas J. Worsham.
iii. Sarah Worsham was born on Oct 17 1826 in Alabama. ⁽⁷⁴⁾ She died on Aug 25 1912 in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana - Oak Grove Cemetery.⁽⁸⁰⁾ She has reference number 22254.
iv. Mary Ann Worsham was born on Jul 7 1828 in Alabama. ⁽⁸¹⁾ She was born on Jul 7 1828 in Alabama. She died on Jun 12 1854 in Montgomery County, Alabama. She died on Jun 12 1854 in Pintlala, Montgomery County, Alabama. She has reference number 13802. MOSELY, William W. Marriage
Wife: Mary WORSHAM
Marriage Date: 24 Jul 1845 Recorded in: Lowndes, Alabama
Source: FHL Number 1293892 Dates: 1830-1866
v. William S. Worsham was born in 1830 in Alabama. ⁽⁸²⁾ He has reference number 22098. Delaney WORSHAM, b.1840, AL, shown as widow, with several children, on 1880 Fed Census, Columbia County, Mississippi Township, AR; m. William WORSHAM, 1853, Bienville Parish, LA; moved to AR about late 1870's. Any interest appreciated.



vi. Lovic Merrit Worsham was born on Aug 13 1833 in Lowndes, Alabama. ⁽⁸³⁾ He died on Mar 28 1907 in Winn, Louisiana. ⁽⁸⁴⁾ He has reference number 22257. My great grandfather, Lovic Merritt Worsham was also a son of John and Lucretia Stewart Worsham and a brother of Thomas J. Worsham. I know that they had another brother, William S. Worsham.
Lovic married Lucina Burt, the daughter of John Daniel Burt and Esther Lucinda Bell of Lowndes County, Alabama in 1865Indiana Fort Deposit Alabama.. Lovic served in the Civil War as a Conferderate soldier and moved with Lucina to Winn Parish, La. after the war.( John Daniel Burt and his large family of children and grandchildren followed Lovic and Lucina to Louisiana in 1866.) They had 11 children, 8 boys and 3 girls. My grandfather, Robert Lee Worsham, named for Gen. Robert E. Lee, was their fourth born in 1871. Robert died in 1937 and is buried in Atlanta, La. My father, David Bert Worsham was born on Sept. 6, 1923 in Atlanta, La. and recently passed away on March 10, 1998 in Port Lavaca, Texas.
My full name is David Lee Worsham, named for my grandfathers David Alexander Kolb and Robert Lee Worsham.

Written by David Lee Worsham

Civil War, Company H, 28th Gray's Infantry



WORSHAM, Lorick M. Marriage
Wife: Loucinda H. BURT
Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1865 Recorded in: Lowndes, Alabama
Source: FHL Number 1293893 Dates: 1867-1881
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Worsham and Washam Family History. The following is from page 679:

"Lovic Merrit Worsham b 13 Aug 1833 Montgomery., AL.
In August term 1838, Joshua Stuart applied for letter of guardianship for Lovick Worsham stating the child was a minor heir of John Worsham dec'd.
He is in the 1850 Bienville Parish, LA Census, laborer & living with Reed R. Madden.
He served in the Civil War in Gray's 28 LA C.S.A. He joined the Confederate Army 23 Mar 1861 at Ft. Barrancas, LA (or Ft. Deposit, AL) as a pvt in Old Co. K, 1st Regiment Al Inf. For 12 mo. “I, Lovick M. Worsham born in Montgomery County in the state of Alabama, aged twenty seven years, and by occupation a farmer. Do Hereby Acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this thirteenth day of May 1862, as a soldier in the Army of the Confederate States of America for the period of two years or the war...” The soldier has hazel eyes, auburn hair, dark complexion is five feet 9 inches high.” His Certificate to be Given a Soldier at the Time of His Discharge: “I Certify, That the within named L. M. Worsham, a private of Captain John T. Stubbs Company of the First regiment of Alabama, born in Montgomery County in the State of Alabama, aged 27 years, 5 feet 9 inches high, light complexion, Dark eyes, Dark hair, and by profession a Farmer,...20 Mar 1862.”
Lovick M. Worsham joined the Confederate Army 13 May 1862 at Monroe (Ouachita Parish) LA as a pvt in Co. H. 30th Regiment La Inf. For 3 yrs or the war.
Lovic md Lucinda Haseltine Burt 7 Sep 1865 Ft. Deposit, Lowndes, AL. Lucinda b 19 Jul 1844 Fort Deposit, Lowndes, AL d/o John Daniel Burt & Esther Lucinda Bell.
He is age 47 b Al in the 1880 Bienville Parish Census & Lucinda is listed as Loucing H. age 36. He d 28 Mar 1907 Winn Parish, LA & bur Atlanta Methodist Church Cem, Winn Parish. She d 18 Nov 1928 LA & bur Atlanta Cem., Winn Parish.
Children: ..."