James Minnis

Other Events:

• Occupation: 10 Jun 1761, Prince Frederick Parish, Craven, South Carolina; Appointed Sexton of the parish on this date, an office he held through at least 13 May 1762

Notes:

Not found in index to Chester Co., South Carolina probate records (1787-1950) (4 Feb 2014)
Not found in index to Fairfield Co., South Carolina wills (1785-1865) (4 Feb 2014)
Not found in index to Kershaw Co., South Carolina wills (1782-1868) (4 Feb 2014)
Not found in index to York Co., South Carolina wills & estates (1787- ) (4 Feb 2014)
Not found in Orange Co., North Carolina wills. estates (1752-1920) (4 Dec 2015)

1756 DEED: Craven Co, SC, 16 Oct, admeasured 100 acres of land on NE side of Peedee River bounded on all sides by vacant land that was surveyed on 7 Sep 1756.

Frederick Winyaw, SC; 18 Jun, the Vestry appointed Mr. Minness to clean out the church for which the Vestry was to pay him five pounds. This was the old church on the Black River, about 20 miles SW of the present building (1916) in Plantersville, SC, on the Great Pee Dee River. A two acre graveyard there was well kept and cared for. (Elizabeth W. Allston Pringle, The Register Book for the Parish Prince Frederick Winyaw, The National Society of the Colonial dames of America; Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Company, 1916). This was probably the James Minnis who follows.

Court Minutes 1752-1761, Book 1, p 136. Abstraction from Book 1-245 reads: A Deed of sale from John JOHNSON to James MINNES for 346 acres of Land was proved in open Court by the oath of James Watson and was ordered to be registered. This tract was originally granted to James Dickie, planter, on 11 May 1757 (See Granville Proprietary Deeds and Surveys,Bennett Vol V, p 69) and the plat shows it straddling Seven Mile Creek. Dickey conveyed to John Johnson as registered Dec 1758 and title was cleared as a Granville deed of sale to Dickey which was registered Jun 1759. (See Haun, Book I, pp 96 and 104).

Records, Vol I, p 46. Raleigh, NC: By the Editor, 1987. A Warrant for James A. MCGOWEN for 700 acres on McGowen's Cr., waters of Eno River), adjoins MINNIS & MITCHELL.

Vestry of Parish Church of Prince Frederick: James Minzes paid as Sexton on 13 May 1762. By 4 Apr 1763, these duties had been taken over by others.

30 Dec 1761 of James McGown for 360 acres on waters of Eno adjoining Minnis and Mitchel.
1761 of Robert Witty for 700 acres on Seven Mile Cr waters of Eno adjoining Minnis and Churton.

Records, Vol III, DB-3, p 124 (618). Raleigh, NC: By the Editor, 1990. John McGowen sold the 360 acres adjoining Minnis & Mitchel to Thomas Wilson, weaver.

Book 57, p 101, entry for survey on 4 Nov in Orange Co, NC, No. 994. Land to be surveyed lies on the Seven Mile Branch of Eno bounded on the north by his own land and adjoining that of William Johnston running for complement.

Records, Vol III, DB-3, p 13 (59). Raleigh, NC: By the Editor, 1990. James Minnis of Orange sold to William Tapp of Caswell for 350 pounds, two tracts of 346 acres and 154 acres. These are the same as the above. James Minnis signed but with no wife mentioned. The larger tract has its approximate center one mile south of Efland on the road to Buckhorn. The smaller tract is to the southeast and can be reached (in 1981) from a building in the center on the Efland road to an unimproved road past one building and on to a second near its center.

Bill of Sale: James Minnis of Chester CO., SC, to Nathan Jaggers one negro woman named Juda, one Sorrel horse named Ball, one Bay Mare named Bonney, Gabriel Brown's note, bed & household furniture & plantation tools & my chest;

Sale from James Menniss to Nathan Jaggers was acknowledged in Open Court & Ordered to be Recorded.

(Holcomb's page 225) Court date ?, James Minnis, Plaintiff against Gabriel Brown, Defendant: Debt. Came the Defendant into Open Court and Confessed a Judgement according to Mote and costs of suit which is Ordered accordingly. Ordered that James Minnis pay John Roney fifty Shillings for twenty days attendance as a witness for him against Brown, also the sum of thirty shillings for Mileage. Ordered that James Minnis pay Nathan Jaggers forty shillings for his attendance as a witness for him against Brown also the sum of Thirty Shillings for mileage. NB:Union County was adjacent to Chester County on the west at this time(1791-1799).

Jaggers. It seems that Margaret was a daughter of James Minnis; that James came to Chester Co, SC, after selling his land holdings in Orange Co., NC; and then he sold his personal belongings on which he had paid tax in 1781 in Orange to his son-in-law. The notes for his sons, James and William, indicate that they came from NC with him. At this time there was a George Minnis family in Chester with son James among others. This family was only recently from Ireland and not the same James as that one was a minor while the other was appearing in court as an adult. There may have been some relationship but not in this country.

...who says he came to Orange at the age of eight in 1763. That John named his first son James suggests that James was his father. The birth place in VA of John in 1755 is essential to resolving this question.

James — Susanna. Susanna was born Abt 1730. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1810, Orange Co., North Carolina
• Census: 1820, Orange Co., North Carolina
• Probate: Nov 1836, Orange Co., North Carolina
• Residence: 1810, Orange Co., North Carolina; With two girls age 10 to 15, a man age 16 to 25, a man age 26 to 44, a woman over age 45 and two slaves
• Residence: 1820, Orange Co., North Carolina; With a boy under age 10, a man age 26 to 45, a woman age 16 to 26 and a female slave
• Will: 15 Nov 1836, Orange Co., North Carolina

Notes:

Said to have been a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War

John married Levinia Ross Abt 1776. Levinia was born Abt 1760, North Carolina; died Abt 1815, Orange Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Jean married Thomas Low 23 Jan 1782, Orange County, North Carolina. Thomas was born Bef 1755; died Aft 4 Aug 1800. [Group Sheet]

— Rebecca. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 28 Jan 1761, Prince Frederick Parish, Craven, South Carolina; By Reverend James Dormer

Margaret married Nathan Jaggers 1784, Craven Co., South Carolina. Nathan (son of Jeremiah Jaggers) was born 16 Oct 1759, Chester Dist., Craven, South Carolina; died 19 Aug 1839, White Co., Illinois; was buried White Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1820, Fox River Twp., White, Illinois
• Census: 1830, Edwards Co., Illinois
• Census: 1840, Hawesville, Hancock, Kentucky
• Census: 1850, Hancock Co., Kentucky
• Occupation: 1850, Hancock Co., Kentucky; Farmer
• Probate: 11 Jan 1858, Hancock Co., Kentucky; Estate appraisement
• Residence: 1820, Fox River Twp., White, Illinois; With two boys and three girls under age 10, a girl age 10 to 15 and a woman age 26 to 45
• Residence: 30 Aug 1824, White Co., Illinois; Appears on the jury of the first murder trial in the county
• Residence: 1830, Edwards Co., Illinois; With two boys and two girls under age 5, two boys and a girl age 5 to 9, a boy and a girl age 10 to 14, a man age 20 to 29 and a woman age 40 to 49
• Residence: 1840, Hawesville, Hancock, Kentucky; With a girl aged 10 to 14, three boys and a girl aged 15 to 19 and a woman aged 50 to 59
• Residence: 1850, Hancock Co., Kentucky; With wife(?) Sarah and eight children and grandchildren

Notes:

Buried:
Old Hawesville Cemetery

James married Elizabeth Ballard Abt 1807, South Carolina. Elizabeth was born Abt 1785, Kershaw Co., South Carolina; died 1831, Hancock Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Martha married Joseph Creighton Abt 1814. Joseph was born 1791 - 1794, South Carolina; died 1 Jun 1850 - Feb 1852. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1820, Limestone Co., Alabama
• Census: 1830, Limestone Co., Alabama
• Census: 1852, Mariposa Co., California
• Census: 1860, Smith Twp., Bradley, Arkansas; Mount Elba P.O.
• Occupation: 1852, Mariposa Co., California; Trader
• Occupation: 1860, Smith Twp., Bradley, Arkansas; Farmer
• Residence: 1820, Limestone Co., Alabama; With two boys under age 21 and a woman over age 21
• Residence: 1830, Limestone Co., Alabama; With two girls under age 5, two boys age 5 to 9, two boys age 10 to 14 and a woman age 20 to 29
• Residence: 1831 - 1851, Bradley Co., Arkansas
• Residence: 1852, Mariposa Co., California
• Residence: 1860, Smith Twp., Bradley, Arkansas; With wife Rutha (McCaskill) and a William F Hunter family

Notes:

Not found in Bradley Co., Arkansas Probate Court Record vol. C, 1860-1868; Probate Court Record vol. D, 1868-1880 available but not indexed; Admin Bonds and Letters vol. B, 1857-1908; Wills vol. B, 1860-1933 (16 Oct 2017)
Not found in Cleveland Co., Arkansas Admin Record vol. 1, 1876-1908; Probate Court Record, Vol A, 1873-1893 available but not indexed; Will Record, Vol 1, 1877-1947. Cleveland County was created in 1873 (16 Oct 2017)
Not found in index to estates and inventories of Monroe Co., Mississippi (2 Dec 2015)
Not found in index to letters of administration of Barry Co., Missouri; various volumes of "Probate Records" of the 1850s-1870s; etc. (17 Oct 2017)
Not found in the available online Dallas Co., Arkansas probate records: Wills, Probate Court Records (24 Apr 2017)

Census:
This census shows him as "Daniel Jaggers Senr" and the next entry is another "Daniel Jaggers" -- perhaps a cousin or nephew. That is probably the Daniel P Jaggers (1799 - 1830) who married Hepsabeth Sanderson's sister, Ann

Daniel married Hepsabeth Sanderson 13 Apr 1816, Madison Co., Alabama. Hepsabeth (daughter of James Sanderson and Elizabeth Granade) was born 27 Aug 1794, North Carolina; died Abt 1830, Limestone County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Sarah Bell 28 May 1831, Athens, Limestone, Alabama. Sarah was born 1803, South Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1860. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Rutha McCaskill 23 Sep 1846, Alabama. Rutha was born 1810 - 1811, Georgia; died Aft 01 Jun 1860. [Group Sheet]

Mary — Thomas Creighton. Thomas was born 15 Sep 1785, South Carolina; died 1 Jun 1850 - 19 Jun 1853. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 13, White, Illinois
• Census: 1860, Twp. 4S Range 14W, White, Illinois; Phillipstown P.O.
• Census: 1870, Fox River Precinct, White, Illinois; Phillipstown P.O.
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 13, White, Illinois; With husband Thomas Creighton and three stepdaughters
• Residence: 1860, Twp. 4S Range 14W, White, Illinois; With husband Minzy James
• Residence: 1870, Fox River Precinct, White, Illinois; In the Stephen and Margaret Slocumb household (relationship unclear)

Anna married Absolem Driggers Abt 1815, Bedford Co., Tennessee. Absolem was born 1795 - 1804; died 22 Oct 1829 - 18 Feb 1830. [Group Sheet]

Anna married William B Allen 5 May 1843, White Co., Illinois. William was born 1781 - 1790; died Aft 5 May 1843. [Group Sheet]

Anna married Thomas Creighton 1 Sep 1846, White Co., Illinois. Thomas was born 15 Sep 1785, South Carolina; died 1 Jun 1850 - 19 Jun 1853. [Group Sheet]

Anna married Minzy James 11 Feb 1857, White Co., Illinois. Minzy was born 1795, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Marion Co., Alabama
• Census: 1850, Dist. 14, Marion, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Western Div., Fayette, Alabama; Millport P.O.
• Census: 1870, Twp. 13, Monroe, Mississippi; Smithville P.O.
• Occupation: 1850, Dist. 14, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1860, Western Div., Fayette, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1870, Twp. 13, Monroe, Mississippi; Farmer
• Residence: 1840, Marion Co., Alabama; With a boy and girl under age 5, a boy and girl aged 5 to 9 and a woman aged 20 to 29
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 14, Marion, Alabama; With wife Artemisa (Green) and four children
• Residence: 1860, Western Div., Fayette, Alabama; With wife Artemisa (Green) and six children
• Residence: 1870, Twp. 13, Monroe, Mississippi; With wife Artemisa (Green) and four children

Notes:

Not found in available online probate records of Monroe Co., Mississippi (extensive but sparsely indexed) (24 Jan 2014)

Census:
This census renders the last name "Gagers"

Census:
This census renders the last name "Goggers"

James married Artimesa Green Abt 1839. Artimesa was born 05 May 1820, Marion Co., Alabama; died Aft 01 Jun 1870, Monroe Co., Mississippi. [Group Sheet]

Alfred married Delpha Caroline Malone 12 Nov 1861. Delpha was born 19 Sep 1834, Franklin Co., Alabama; died 10 Jan 1912, Ramer, McNairy, Tennessee; was buried Ramer, McNairy, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Joseph — Jane C. Wilson. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 14th Dist., Marion, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1880, Beat 3, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 237
• Occupation: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Occupation: 1880, Beat 3, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Residence: 1850, 14th Dist., Marion, Alabama; With husband John L Stone and four children
• Residence: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; With husband John L Stone and eight children
• Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With seven children
• Residence: 1880, Beat 3, Marion, Alabama; With son Burzela and two daughters, Mahala and Martha J

Notes:

Not found in Marion Co., AL Final Estate Records v. 4-6 (1899 - 1908)

Died:
There is disagreement between the sources for her death date. One says 1889, the other says 7 May 1900. We believe the latter date due to a family photograph of the Roland B Hester family that shows her alongside Mary Ann Hester, who was born in 1897.

"Old AUNT CAROLINE STONE died a few days ago."
(Marion County News, May 17, 1900)

Margaret married John Lyle Stone 1841. John (son of John Henry Stone and Annie S Lyle) was born 22 Jan 1820, Alabama; died 7 Oct 1868, Shottsville, Marion, Alabama; was buried Shottsville, Marion, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 4, Limestone, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Mountain Twp., Barry, Missouri
• Census: 1870, Mountain Twp., Barry, Missouri; Cassville P.O.
• Census: 1880, Mountain Twp., Barry, Missouri; Enumeration District 4-4
• Occupation: 1860, Mountain Twp., Barry, Missouri; Domestic
• Occupation: 1880, Mountain Twp., Barry, Missouri; Keeping house
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 4, Limestone, Alabama; With husband William F Thomas and an infant daughter
• Residence: 1852, Leann, Barry, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Mountain Twp., Barry, Missouri; With husband William F Thomas and five children
• Residence: 1870, Mountain Twp., Barry, Missouri; With husband William F Thomas, eight children and a maid
• Residence: 1880, Mountain Twp., Barry, Missouri; With husband William F Thomas and six children

Notes:

Buried:
Leann Cemetery

Phoebe married William Francis Thomas 5 Aug 1849, Limestone Co., Alabama. William was born 4 Sep 1828, Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina; died 29 Mar 1918, Crane, Stone, Missouri; was buried 30 Mar 1918, Leann, Barry, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama
• Census: 1855, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Occupation: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; With uncle Elijah Sanderson and aunt Elizabeth (Jaggers) Sanderson
• Residence: 1855, Franklin Co., Alabama; With a woman over age 21

Amos married Delpha Caroline Malone 5 Jan 1854. Delpha was born 19 Sep 1834, Franklin Co., Alabama; died 10 Jan 1912, Ramer, McNairy, Tennessee; was buried Ramer, McNairy, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 6, Itawamba, Mississippi
• Census: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1870, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1880, Richland, Pulaski, Missouri; Enumeration District 3-145
• Census: 1900, Monett, Barry, Missouri; Enumeration District 13-11
• Civil War Veteran: 12 Dec 1863 - 20 Oct 1865, Alabama; Co. D, 1st Alabama Cavalry USV
• Occupation: 1850, Dist. 6, Itawamba, Mississippi; Laborer
• Occupation: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1870, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1880, Richland, Pulaski, Missouri; Grocer
• Occupation: 1900, Monett, Barry, Missouri; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 6, Itawamba, Mississippi; A farm hand in the household of John and Mary Fitzpatrick
• Residence: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Mary E (Clark) and four children
• Residence: 1867, Barnesville Precinct, Marion, Alabama; Election district 32
• Residence: 1870, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Mary E (Clark) and seven children
• Residence: 1880, Richland, Pulaski, Missouri; With wife Martha L (Degurnett), two children and a servant
• Residence: 1900, Monett, Barry, Missouri; With wife Martha L (Degurnett) and two sons

Notes:

George Washington Jaggers was born January 7, 1833 in Marion County, Alabama. He was the only child from the union of Daniel Duncan Jaggers from Chester District, South Carolina, and Sarah (Bell) Sanderson, widow of John G. Sanderson of Madison County, Alabama. George used to make a riddle of this situation by telling his playmates that his father had eight children and his mother had eight children, yet there were fifteen children in the family. George's father left his family between 1838 and 1844, when George was five to eleven years old. The family heard Daniel had died in Little Rock, Arkansas or that he'd gone off to the California Gold Rush. In fact, he had re-married in Bradley County, Arkansas by 1846. He did make a trip to California, evidenced by his appearance on the 1852 Mariposa County, California census records.

George Jaggers' half brothers and sisters born to Daniel Duncan and Hephgabel Jaggers were: Joseph C. b. 30 Mar 1816 d. 8 Apr 1862 CSA; James Minnis b. 6 Sep 1817, Alfred Jaggers b. abt 1818 d. 17 Apr 1863; Margaret Caroline b. 1824 d. 1889 [Circumstantial Evidence-No Documentation]; Nathan b. abt 1826 [Circumstantial Evidence-No Documentation]; Amos F. b. 15 Dec 1830 d. 8 May 1861. According to George's riddle here was one more unknown child.

George's recollection of his mother's Sanderson children was that they were an ?ornery lot and made his life miserable during childhood". George's half brothers and sisters born to Sarah Bell and John Sanderson were: Daniel b. 1819, Eliza b abt 1820, James Madison b. 29 Jun 1821 d. 3 Jul 1901, Jessee b. abt 1825, Mary Elizabeth b. 19 Mar 1827 d. 24 Aug 1879, William K., Jasper b. 10 Oct 1830 [tombstone date] born after his father died. He died 10 Sep 1898. In his adult years in Marion County, Alabama, George kept a business journal in which he wrote: "Jasper Sanderson, men of men of my meny lived sorry men." Jasper and George were close in age and there are indications of an emotional closeness between the two men. A memorial plaque on the Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama Court House shows George and Jasper in the First Alabama U. S. Cavalry in the Civil War from Marion County, Alabama. Marion County Alabama land certificates show that George purchased a lot near Jasper, (and Daniel and John M. Sanderson) in 1856. Marion County Alabama Map of Sections, Townships and Ranges and Marion County Census Records for 1870 show George and Jasper Sanderson living near each other and George's business journal indicates that Jasper worked with George in a leather works and tan-yard business before the Civil War.

George repaired boots and shoes and made leather items as an occupation. He was a fiddle player and must have been an able fiddler, for his Confederate Army record gave his occupation as musician. He was a member of the Methodist Church. His war records list him as 5' 7" to 5' 9" tall with dark hair, gray or hazel eyes and dark/fair complexion.

On August 14, 1851, at age 18 1/2, in Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi, George Washington Jaggers married Mary Eleaner Clark, age 21. She was born on November 22, 1830. Their first child, Jessie M. Jaggers was born near Tupelo, Mississippi September 3, 1852. They moved to Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama by 1854 where six more children were born to them: Martha C.-July 2, 1854; Mary Elizabeth-February 24, 1856; John Marian (He didn't like Marian, so he went by John J. or J. J.)-February 7, 1858; Sarah Ann-June 10, 1860; Rebecca Lucendia-April 4, 1862; and Melviney Jenora-May 22, 1864. They are shown in Marion County, Alabama on the 1860 census and after the Civil War on the 1870 census.

In Civil War times, young men were drafted to serve in both Confederate and Union armies, but there are conflicting stories about George's Civil War activities. There is a muster record and POW File documenting his enlistment May 13, 1862 at Aberdeen, Mississippi in the 42nd Regiment Alabama Confederate Infantry. However, family tradition is that George evaded military duty in the Confederate Army by hiding out, but was finally captured by the Rebels. Then he escaped and became a fugitive. They trailed him with bloodhounds, which he was able to evade by putting cayenne pepper in his tracks when he heard the hounds coming. Then, to keep from being recaptured by the Rebels, he joined the Union Army, where he was assigned to the position of Saddler Sergeant.

George had to pass through Rebel camps and pickets whenever he got a furlough to go home. On one of these trips, an old man and his son accompanied him and they traveled at night to evade Confederate troops. They came upon a small Rebel outfit camped near a bridge they had to cross. George stole a Rebel horse, which turned out to be blind, right out from under the nose of a Rebel picket. To get across the bridge, George took the blind horse, and the old man and his son took a heavy stick in each hand. They crossed the bridge banging the sticks and making as much noise as they could while George yelled out commands as though a large Union outfit were crossing the bridge. The Rebels, being a small outfit, didn't challenge them and they crossed the bridge unmolested.

Later they stopped at an old abandoned sawmill shed to get out of a rainstorm. The old man decided to build a fire to get warm and dry out his clothes. George advised against it because they were still in Rebel territory, but the old man did it anyway. George feared the fire would attract the Rebels so he would not stay by the fire, but moved off to a dark section of the shed. There he found a herd of sleeping hogs and decided they would be his cover if the Rebels came. He found himself a sill near the hogs. He thought that if the Rebels came he would jump among the hogs, causing them to scamper away and he planned to scamper away on all fours with them.

According to a prisoner of war record, George was captured in Vicksburg, Mississippi and was paroled according to the terms of capitulation entered into by the commanding generals of the Union and Confederate forces. On July 4, 1863, George W. Jaggers signed a statement "declaring he was a prisoner of war and agreed not to take up arms against the Union nor serve the Confederate Cause, nor discharge any military duties until duly exchanged by the proper authorities."

There are complete records for George's service in the Union army. According to the records, he enlisted in the First Cavalry of Alabama at Camp Davis, MS on December 10, 1863 for three years "or the duration of the war". He was mustered in at Memphis, Tennessee on February 5, 1864 and his occupation was listed as saddler. He was appointed Sergeant September 1, 1864 and promoted to Saddler Sergeant August 1, 1865. His discharge was dated October 20, 1865 at Huntsville, AL.

After the war George Washington Jaggers feared his Southern neighbors would not appreciate his having deflected to the North, but he did return to his family in Alabama. Then for some reason he deserted his family there in 1872 after twenty years together. All of the children were still at home then except Jesse, who was already married to Sarah Jane Pollard. George's daughter, Mary Elizabeth, told her mother she was going to spend the night at Uncle Jesse?s house and she and George left. For years, the family didn't know where they had gone. They did know George had another family though. Mary Elizabeth went to see her mother after George died at least three times.

All George's war records spelled his last name-Jaggers. His name was spelled both ways, Jaggers and Jagears, in the business journal he kept from 1852-1860 while he was married to Mary Eleaner Clark. It is spelled Jagears on his marriage license to Martha Degurnett in 1874. On tombstones of two of their children and on his tombstone it is also spelled Jagears. George and Martha's children who lived to adulthood spelled their name Jagears.

George went to Mississippi, where on September 20, 1874 in Lafayette County, he married Martha L. Degurnett, of French ancestry, whose birthplace was Cabarrus County, North Carolina. They had six children, four of whom died in infancy. The two who lived to adulthood were Robert Edwin Jagears-born August 24, 1878 and James Leslie Jagears-born July 11, 1890.

According to a letter from Jim's wife, Clara, to Zack Jaggers, his parents (George W. and Martha) moved around a lot. He remembered his mother saying they had lived in Pontotoc County, Mississippi and at Toccopola, Mississippi for a time. The Degurnetts lived at Tupelo, Mississippi, so it is likely George and Martha lived there early in their marriage. They were shown in 1880 on the Richland Township, Pulaski County, Missouri census records with Robert and Rosa as children. Their first two children were buried in Richland, Missouri in 1887 and 1889. Robert Edwin was likely born there too in 1887, even though his obituary from the Monett, Missouri newspaper states he was born in Okolona, Mississippi. His infant sister died in Richland August 22, 1878 and he was born August 24, 1878. James Leslie was born in Richland in 1890. 1900 census records show George and Martha with both sons at Monett Township, Barry County, Missouri. George and Martha also lived at Frisco near Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas for at least three months in 1903 according to his pension record. Before 1907, they had moved to a log cabin in Munsey community near Seligman, Missouri.

George Washington Jagears died September 3, 1907 in Munsey Community, Barry County, Missouri at the age of 74 with 'dropsy'. He was buried at Munsey Cemetery near Seligman, a small community near Monett, Barry County, Missouri.

George?s grave is marked with a stone monument in the third row, about the middle of the cemetery, near the north fence. His wife, Martha Lawrence Degurnett, who was born August 14, 1851 in Cabarrus County, N. C. died on March 28, 1915 with tuberculosis. She is buried by George's side in Munsey Cemetery, even though there is only one marker with George's name on it.

Civil War Veteran:
George W Jaggers

Age: 31
Birthplace: Marion Co., AL
Rank at enlistment: Private
Rank at Discharge: Sergeant
Company Assignment: A
Company Ressignment: D

12/10/1863 Enlisted
Camp Davies, MS
2/5/1864 Mustered In
Memphis, TN
11/1/1864 Promoted
To Sergeant from Company Saddler by order of Colonel Spencer.
8/1/1865 Promoted
To Saddler Sergeant.
10/20/1865 Mustered Out
Huntsville, AL

Buried:
Munsey Cemetery

George married Mary Eleanor Clark 14 Aug 1851, Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi. Mary was born 22 Nov 1830, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1919, Winfield, Titus, Texas. [Group Sheet]

George married Martha Lawrence Degurnett 20 Sep 1874, Toccopola, Pontotoc, Mississippi. Martha was born 14 Aug 1850, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina; died 28 Mar 1915; was buried Seligman, Barry, Missouri. [Group Sheet]