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Descendants of William Sr. Hunter


Generation No. 4


15. KEZIAH "KIZZIE"ANN4 DURST (MARTHA ANN CATHERINE3 HIERS, KEZIAH "KIZZIE" ANN2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born February 24, 1871 in Colquitt County, GA, and died May 29, 1899 in Colquitt County, GA. She married CHARLIE G. PITTS November 16, 1890 in Colquitt County, GA- 009B, son of PITTS and SARAH.

Notes for KEZIAH "KIZZIE"ANN DURST:
Buried Sardis Chirch Cemetery Colquitt County, GA


       Children of KEZIAH DURST and CHARLIE PITTS are:

  i.   PHILLIP5 PITTS, m. BEATRICE HALL.

  ii.   FANNIE PITTS, b. January 15, 1895, Colquitt County, GA; d. October 1979, Macon, GA; m. JOSH HIERS, Colquitt County, GA.
16. MARY ELIZABETH4 DURST (MARTHA ANN CATHERINE3 HIERS, KEZIAH "KIZZIE" ANN2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born October 28, 1879 in Brooks County , GA, and died May 1961 in Miami, FL. She married THOMAS LEE BOYD in Colquitt County, GA.


       Children of MARY DURST and THOMAS BOYD are:

  i.   THOMAS5 BOYD.

  ii.   KEZIAH "KIZZIE" BOYD.

  iii.   ELLA BOYD, m. HOLLAND.

  iv.   LEWIS BOYD.

  v.   MERYL BOYD, m. HARRIS.
17. MINNIE LEE4 DURST (MARTHA ANN CATHERINE3 HIERS, KEZIAH "KIZZIE" ANN2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born March 05, 1881 in Colquitt County, GA, and died February 09, 1923 in Colquitt Co. GA. She married LEE COURSON.

Notes for MINNIE LEE DURST:
friendship cemetery , Lowndes County, GA


       Children of MINNIE DURST and LEE COURSON are:

  i.   LEE ILA.5 COURSON.

  ii.   ESTELLE COURSON, m. WEST.

  iii.   FLOYCE COURSON, m. MINOR.

  iv.   LESTOR COURSON.
18. DORA ANN CATHERINE4 DURST (MARTHA ANN CATHERINE3 HIERS, KEZIAH "KIZZIE" ANN2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born June 14, 1867 in Colquitt County, GA, and died December 24, 1936 in Colquitt County, GA. She married JAMES THOMAS PITTS May 22, 1890 in Moultrie, GA Colquitt Co. 400B, son of PITTS and SARAH.


       Children of DORA DURST and JAMES PITTS are:

  i.   ISAAC "IKE" ARVIN EZEKIEL5 PITTS, b. January 11, 1886, Colquitt County, GA; d. April 30, 1961, Colquitt County, GA; m. MABEL CLARA ELLIS, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for ISAAC "IKE" ARVIN EZEKIEL PITTS:
WWI veteran PVT. Co. 1140 Infantry WWI PF
Sardis Church Cemetery, Colquitt County, GA


Notes for MABEL CLARA ELLIS:
Sardis Church Cemetery, Colquitt County, GA


  ii.   IDA PITTS, b. November 11, 1896, Moultrie, Colquitt County, GA; d. November 16, 1984, Moultrie, Colquitt County, GA; m. JACK TILLMAN, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for IDA PITTS:
member of Sardis Church
Buried Sardis Church Cemetery Colquitt County, GA


Notes for JACK TILLMAN:
Sardis Church Cemetery Colquitt County, GA


  iii.   JAMES ARNETT PITTS, b. February 14, 1898, Colquitt County, GA; d. September 11, 1962, Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA; m. ARVETA CARTER.

  Notes for JAMES ARNETT PITTS:
Buried Sardis Church Cemetery Colquitt County, GA


Notes for ARVETA CARTER:
lives in Valdosta , GA
tel # (912) 244-1091


  iv.   SHEPPARD PITTS, b. February 28, 1899, Colquitt County, GA; d. August 1977, Belle Glade, Florida; m. BETTY MAE JOHNSON.

  Notes for SHEPPARD PITTS:
buried Wilts Cemetery out from Barney



  v.   LEFFIE (LESSIE) PITTS, b. August 18, 1899, Colquitt County, GA; d. March 27, 1919, Colquitt County, GA; m. DANIEL HUNT.

  Notes for LEFFIE (LESSIE) PITTS:
buried in unmarked grave in Colquitt County, GA Sardis Church Cemetery



  vi.   PEARL PITTS, b. December 17, 1901, Colquitt County, GA; d. March 1986, Jacksonville, Duvall County, Florida; m. CARL PACE, Colquitt County, GA.

  vii.   MINNIE C. PITTS, b. January 30, 1904, Colquitt County, GA; d. May 02, 1904, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for MINNIE C. PITTS:
Buried Sardis Church Cemetery near mother, Dora.
Colquitt County, GA



  viii.   ANN PITTS, b. March 12, 1906, Colquitt County, GA; d. February 08, 1993, Lowndes County , GA; m. LEON MILEY, Lowndes County, GA.

  Notes for LEON MILEY:
Friendship Cemetery Hahira, Lowndes County, GA


  ix.   HOWARD HARVEY PITTS, b. October 30, 1909, Moultrie, Colquitt County, GA; d. January 24, 1972, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; m. ESTELLE COLLINS, 1934, Cook County, GA.

  Notes for HOWARD HARVEY PITTS:
had Scarlett Fever as a child damaged his heart


Notes for ESTELLE COLLINS:
re-married Ollie Studdard after Howard's death. Buried as Estelle Studdard in Garden of Memories Cemetery Tampa, Florida.
SS# 262-12-5539



  x.   GEORGE CORNELIUS PITTS, b. October 25, 1912, Colquitt County, GA; d. November 09, 1947, Colquitt County, GA; m. IRENE CLENNAN, Colquitt County, GA.
19. CHARLES EZEKIEL4 DURST (MARTHA ANN CATHERINE3 HIERS, KEZIAH "KIZZIE" ANN2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born June 13, 1875 in Brooks County, GA, and died August 30, 1955 in Colquitt County, GA. He married BERTHA F. STRIPLING October 18, 1903 in Moultrie, GA Colquitt Co., daughter of WALTER STRIPLING and BERTHA.


       Children of CHARLES DURST and BERTHA STRIPLING are:

  i.   LEE ILER5 DURST, b. December 07, 1914, Colquitt County, GA; d. January 03, 1915, Colquitt County, GA.

  ii.   LILLIE MARY DURST, b. August 27, 1904, Colquitt County, GA; d. January 03, 1966, Colquitt County, GA; m. GEORGE WILLIAM BENJAMIN MOORE, September 26, 1926, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for LILLIE MARY DURST:
Sardis Church Cemetery Colquitt County, GA


Notes for GEORGE WILLIAM BENJAMIN MOORE:
Sardis church Cemetey Colquitt County, GA


  iii.   CLAUDIA IRENE DURST, b. July 17, 1906, Colquitt County, GA; d. October 1997, Valdosta , GA; m. HORACE LAVENDER.

  iv.   MARTHA ALBERTA "BERTIE" DURST, b. May 21, 1910, Colquitt County, GA; m. IRA LAVENDER, Colquitt County, GA.

  v.   JAMES WILLIAM "WILLIE" DURST, m. ANNIE BELL WOOD.

  Notes for JAMES WILLIAM "WILLIE" DURST:
founded Greenwood Museum.. opened 1-25-1970 was first curator( at no salary)




20. ANNIE (ANGELINE)4 HIERS (CHARLES A.3, KEZIAH "KIZZIE" ANN2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1)38 was born 1856 in Colquitt County, GA39.40 She married DAVID CROCKETT CROFT4142, son of NATHANIEL CROFT and MARY HIERS.


       Child of ANNIE HIERS and DAVID CROFT is:

  i.   ADELIA5 CROFT.
21. JACOB HUNTER4 HIERS (PHILLIP3, NANCY2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born February 22, 1855 in Lowndes County, GA, and died June 12, 1925 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, GA. He married SARAH STRICKLAND November 15, 1871 in Colquitt County, Georgia, daughter of JOHN STRICKLAND and JINCY ALDERMAN.

Notes for JACOB HUNTER HIERS:
married his 2nd cousin
Lived in the Tallaakas district, in the part of Lowndes County that formed Brooks in 1857. He was a Planter, Lawyer, Mason, Methodist, Democrat. and a Representative in the Georgia Assembly from Colquitt County in 1911-1912. He was a corporal in Company L, 3rd Regiment of Volunteers in the Spanish American War and was released on a "Certificate of Disability" for discharge. . His John, John Irvin was also in the War.

He read law in the books of Henry Gray Turner in Quitman. He practiced law in Brooks and surrounding counties. ,and he joined John C. Chason in a law partnership after moving about 1910.He was admitted to the bar in 1889.

Buried Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Brooks County, GA . Buried with wife, stillborn child, John Irvin (son), and Lula (daughter). near graves, marked and unmarked, of their forbearers.


       Children of JACOB HIERS and SARAH STRICKLAND are:

  i.   STILLBORN CHILD5 HIERS.

  ii.   JAMES MALCOLM HIERS, b. May 01, 1873, Colquitt County, GA; d. April 04, 1952, Colquitt County, GA; m. (1) ADA WEBB; m. (2) MARGARET GATLING.

  Notes for JAMES MALCOLM HIERS:
He was a planter



  iii.   MARCUS PLINY HIERS, b. May 28, 1876, Colquitt County, GA; d. June 16, 1950, Colquitt County, GA; m. ANNIE LEE BAILEY.

  Notes for MARCUS PLINY HIERS:
He was a planter



  iv.   JOHN IRVIN HIERS, b. January 16, 1878, Colquitt County, GA; d. August 13, 1908, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for JOHN IRVIN HIERS:
He was a Private in the Spnish American War, Company M. 2nd regiment of Volunteers, 7-13-1898-11-22-1898



  v.   FANNIE LULA HIERS, b. October 10, 1879, Brooks County, GA; d. October 19, 1926, Colquitt County, GA.

  vi.   LAURA AUGUSTA "GUSSIE" HIERS, b. June 02, 1881, Brooks County County, GA; d. November 21, 1967, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; m. (1) ENOCH H. HALL, December 20, 1900, Colquitt County, GA; m. (2) ENOCH HARRISON HALL, December 30, 1900, Brooks County, Georgia.

  vii.   SARAH VERA "SALLIE" HIERS, b. November 10, 1883, Brooks County, GA; d. October 13, 1972, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for SARAH VERA "SALLIE" HIERS:
She was a spinster school teacher and seamstress



  viii.   EUNICE VAN BUREN HIERS, b. May 05, 1886, Colquitt County, GA; d. June 07, 1979, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for EUNICE VAN BUREN HIERS:
remained single and retired from the telephone company



  ix.   WILLIE HUMPHREYS HIERS, b. April 30, 1888, Colquitt County, GA; d. May 23, 1972, Colquitt County, GA; m. CHARLES CHITTY, December 10, 1911, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for CHARLES CHITTY:
He was a planter


  x.   HARRY LIVINGSTON HIERS, b. July 06, 1891, Colquitt County, GA; d. February 23, 1960, Colquitt County, GA; m. AUDREY JOHNSON, April 22, 1925, Colquitt County, GA.

  Notes for HARRY LIVINGSTON HIERS:
He was the Commisioner of Revenue, Colquitt County, GA



  xi.   THOMAS WATSON HIERS, b. May 01, 1894, Colquitt County, Georgia; d. December 19, 1964, Smithfield, Virginia; m. BESSIE MAE WALLACE, 1924, Atlanta, Georgis.

  Notes for THOMAS WATSON HIERS:
Buried St. Luke's Church Cemetery, Smithfield, VA



  xii.   RUBY ELIZABETH HIERS, b. January 17, 1897, Brooks County, GA; d. March 10, 1954, Colquitt County, GA; m. EUGENE MCBRIDE GAILLARD.

  Notes for RUBY ELIZABETH HIERS:
Buriesd Moultire, Her husband buried St. Augustine, FL, his hometown


Notes for EUGENE MCBRIDE GAILLARD:
buried St. Augustine, FL


22. JAMES ROBERT4 WESTBERRY (CATHERINE3 HIERS, NANCY2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born November 18, 1857 in Echols County, Georgia, and died October 23, 1933 in Echols County, Georgia. He married SARAH ELENA "SELENA" KINSEY, daughter of JAMES KINSEY and SARAH PADGETT.


       Children of JAMES WESTBERRY and SARAH KINSEY are:

  i.   BEULAH5 WESTBERRY, b. Echols County, Georgia.

  ii.   JAMES MADISON WESTBERRY, b. January 13, 1879, Echols County, Georgia; d. October 18, 1939, Echols County, Georgia; m. RACHEL ROXEY SWILLEY.

  iii.   JOHN HENRY WESTBERRY, b. September 18, 1881, Echols County, Georgia; d. 1949; m. ALICE TOUCHSTONE.

  iv.   LOUELLA "LULA" WESTBERRY, b. December 18, 1882, Echols County, Georgia; d. February 28, 1962; m. JOE D. KINSEY.

  v.   COLUMBUS WESTBERRY, b. February 1885, Echols County, Georgia; m. MAUDE WESTBERRY.

  vi.   A. WALTER "WALT" WESTBERRY, b. September 1886, Echols County, Georgia; m. MARY ETTA PADGETT.

  vii.   ALLEN B. WESTBERRY, b. May 1888, Echols County, Georgia; m. BARBARA HENDERSON.

  viii.   FOREST LAWSON WESTBERRY, b. September 1889, Echols County, Georgia; m. ROSA ETHEL CULPEPPER.

  ix.   ROSA MAE WESTBERRY, b. September 1896, Echols County, Georgia; d. 1940; m. DAN RAGAN.
23. GENERAL JACKSON (GJ)4 WESTBERRY (MARTHA3 HIERS, NANCY2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born September 29, 1864 in Hamilton County, Florida, and died October 26, 1951 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, GA. He married (1) MARIETTA ELIZABETH FOLSOM 1884 in Brooks County , GA, daughter of LAWRENCE FOLSOM and MARY ROGERS. He married (2) MAYBELLE CROFT January 16, 1926 in Brooks County, Georgia.

Notes for GENERAL JACKSON (GJ) WESTBERRY:
Shortly after birth of last child, he left his family. He was a wanderer and farmer who lived primarily in Berrien, Brooks, Clinch, Lowndes, and Echols Counties in Georgia. Upon death of Marietta abt. 1912, he returned briefly for the funeral and was denied entrance to the family home because he had left them. He married Maybelle Croft 1-16-1926 in Brooks County, Ga

Buried Campground Cemetery, Morven, GA


       Children of GENERAL WESTBERRY and MARIETTA FOLSOM are:

  i.   WALTER EMERSON5 WESTBERRY, b. May 18, 1885, Hamilton County, Florida; d. May 20, 1914; m. MARY MAHALIE ALDERMAN, January 17, 1905.

  ii.   JAMES ANSIL WESTBERRY, b. December 28, 1888, Hamilton County, Florida; d. March 15, 1974; m. (1) ALICE SPENCER; m. (2) LURA ELIZABETH BUTLER, May 06, 1906.

  iii.   LINNIE MAE WESTBERRY, b. July 29, 1890; m. (1) LONNIE ODUM; m. (2) SICERO SMITH, April 16, 1905.

  iv.   OWEN LEONARD WESTBERRY, b. August 13, 1893, Brooks County , GA; d. December 17, 1973, Brooks County , GA; m. NONA COLEMAN, June 05, 1917.

  v.   LOREN HOWEL WESTBERRY, b. November 04, 1895, Brooks County , GA; d. June 18, 1967, Brooks County , GA; m. FANNIE MAYO.

  vi.   WILLIE JEFFERSON WESTBERRY, b. November 29, 1898, Brooks County , GA; d. May 24, 1976, Brooks County , GA; m. JEWEL HERNDON, February 10, 1920.

  vii.   ROSIE LEE WESTBERRY, b. April 21, 1902, Brooks County , GA; d. October 25, 1975, Brooks County , GA; m. OLIVER WOOD.

  viii.   BESSIE LEE WESTBERRY, b. August 09, 1904, Brooks County , GA; d. December 23, 1950, Brooks County , GA; m. JOHN HENRY MAYO, September 28, 1919.
24. WILLIAM T.4 HIERS (WILLIAM H.3, NANCY2 HUNTER, WILLIAM SR.1) was born February 05, 1863. He married FANNIE PHILLIPS, daughter of J.W. PHILLIPS.


       Child of WILLIAM HIERS and FANNIE PHILLIPS is:

  i.   ALLENE5 HIERS, b. October 20, 1904, Brooks County, Georgia; d. September 17, 1906, Brooks County, Georgia.

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