Alice Echols: JEM Genealogy

Generation: 1

1.	Alice Echols was born in 1908 in , , Georgia, USA (daughter of Andrew Perry Echols, Sr and Harriet Missouri Roberts). Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1910, Narramore, Hall, Georgia, USA Residence: 1920, Wilson, Jackson, Georgia, USA

Generation: 2

Andrew Perry Echols, Sr was born on 4 May 1880 in , Banks, Georgia, USA (son of James Shepherd Echols and Arminda C Glenn); died on 6 Jan 1954 in Maysville, Banks, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1880, , Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1900, Narramore, Hall, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1910, Narramore, Hall, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1920, Wilson, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1930, Anderson, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1935, , Jackson, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1940, Wilson, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1950, Maysville, Jackson, Georgia, USA

Andrew married Harriet Missouri Roberts on 1 Feb 1900 in , Hall, Georgia, USA. Harriet was born in May 1883 in , , Georgia, USA; died on 27 Sep 1948 in , , Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet Missouri Roberts was born in May 1883 in , , Georgia, USA; died on 27 Sep 1948 in , , Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Narramore, Hall, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1910, Narramore, Hall, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1920, Wilson, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1930, Anderson, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1935, , Jackson, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1940, Wilson, Jackson, Georgia, USA

Children:

Claud Echols was born in 1904 in , , Georgia, USA.
Estelle Echols was born about 1905 in , , Georgia, USA.
Andrew Echols was born in 1907 in , , Georgia, USA.
1. Alice Echols was born in 1908 in , , Georgia, USA.
Hollie Napoleon Echols was born on 27 Dec 1909 in Commerce, Jackson, Georgia, USA; died on 29 Nov 1990 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA; was buried in Winder, Barrow, Georgia, USA.
Luther Echols was born about 1910 in , , Georgia, USA.
B. Echols
H. Echols
M. Echols
K.E. Hensley
L. Echols

Generation: 3

James Shepherd Echols was born on 23 Nov 1848 in , Hall, Georgia, USA (son of James Perry Echols and Hannah Belle Echols); died on 15 Jun 1932 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Duanestreet, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1870, Poplar Springs, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1880, , Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1900, Belton, Hall, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1910, Poplar Springs, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1920, Poplar Springs, Banks, Georgia, USA

James married Arminda C Glenn on 30 Dec 1869 in , Hall, Georgia, USA. Arminda (daughter of Andrew J Glenn and Mary Pridgett) was born in Feb 1852 in , Banks, Georgia, USA; died on 14 May 1928 in , Banks, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arminda C Glenn was born in Feb 1852 in , Banks, Georgia, USA (daughter of Andrew J Glenn and Mary Pridgett); died on 14 May 1928 in , Banks, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Mintie Echols
Residence: 1860, Allen, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1870, Poplar Springs, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1880, , Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1900, Belton, Hall, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1910, Poplar Springs, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1920, Poplar Springs, Banks, Georgia, USA

Children:

William Duncan Echols was born on 24 Jun 1874 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; died on 19 Mar 1950 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.
James Terrell Echols was born in Sep 1877 in , , Georgia, USA; died in 1910 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.
2. Andrew Perry Echols, Sr was born on 4 May 1880 in , Banks, Georgia, USA; died on 6 Jan 1954 in Maysville, Banks, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.
Timothy Davis Echols was born on 13 Apr 1883 in Belton, Hall, Georgia, USA; died on 14 Sep 1973 in Alto, Banks, Georgia, USA; was buried in Alto, Banks, Georgia, USA.
Walker Echols was born on 5 Oct 1885 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; died on 11 Sep 1980 in Cornelia, Habersham, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.
Richard Lafayette Echols was born on 31 Oct 1890 in Belton, Hall, Georgia, USA; died on 11 Dec 1974 in , Laurens, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

Generation: 4

James Perry Echols was born in 1817 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA (son of Darius Jasper Echols and Obedience Gazaway); died in 1893 in Belton, Hall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: J P Gazaway
Residence: 1860, Duanestreet, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1870, Poplar Springs, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1880, , Banks, Georgia, USA

James married Hannah Belle Echols on 11 Feb 1847 in , Hall, Georgia, USA. Hannah was born in 1820 in , , Georgia, USA; died in 1895 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah Belle Echols was born in 1820 in , , Georgia, USA; died in 1895 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Duanestreet, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1870, Poplar Springs, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1880, , Banks, Georgia, USA

Children:

4. James Shepherd Echols was born on 23 Nov 1848 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; died on 15 Jun 1932 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.
Timothy Terrell Echols was born on 29 Oct 1850 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1899 in , Hall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

10.

Andrew J Glenn was born about 1817 in , , Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1860, Allen, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1870, Narramore, Hall, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1884-1887, Bellton, Banks, Georgia, USA

Andrew married Mary Pridgett on 2 Jan 1842 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA. Mary was born about 1823 in , , Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Mary Pridgett was born about 1823 in , , Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1860, Allen, Banks, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1870, Narramore, Hall, Georgia, USA

Children:

Sarah A Glenn was born about 1842 in , , Georgia, USA.
Elizabeth Glenn was born about 1843 in , , Georgia, USA.
Mary E Glenn was born in 1846 in , , Georgia, USA.
Martha M Glenn was born about 1848 in , , Georgia, USA.
5. Arminda C Glenn was born in Feb 1852 in , Banks, Georgia, USA; died on 14 May 1928 in , Banks, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.
Manda T Glenn was born about 1853 in , , Georgia, USA.
William W Glenn was born about 1856 in , , Georgia, USA.
Bartow Glenn was born about 1861 in , , Georgia, USA.
Georgia Glenn was born about 1865 in , , Georgia, USA.

Generation: 5

16.

Darius Jasper Echols was born in 1779 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA (son of Joshua Echols and Margaret Hannah Brown); died on 1 May 1866 in Clark, Habersham, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1800, , Pendleton, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1818, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1830, , Habersham, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1840, , Habersham, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1850, , Habersham, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1860, Clarksville, Habersham, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Hannah Thomas & Darius Jasper Echols
Unconfirmed story about the relationship of Hannah Thomas and Darius Jasper Echols. Apparently Hannah Thomas gave birth to 9 children while unmarried. The father of these children was Darius Jasper Echols, who was married to another woman at the time. After Darius' wife died and the children grown, he married Hannah in 1863. Hannah and Darius were prosectued for fornication and adultery when he was 77 and she was 51. They refused to stop living together. There apparently is a court order confirming the children born to Hannah are illegitimate.

Darius Echols (1779-1866) paternity established with DNA.

Darius Echols, b. 1779 in Halifax Co., VA, d. 1 May, 1866 in Habersham Co., GA had 14 children with his wife Tabitha Whitworth. There has been strong circumstantial evidence that he fathered nine children with Hannah Thomas and several children with Obedience Gazaway. We now have the DNA proof to establish that Darius was in fact the father of the children of Hannah Thomas and Obedience Gazaway.

In 1817, James Perry Gazaway was born as a result of a liaison between Echols and Obedience. This child later changed his legal name to Echols in 1854 and all of his male descendants bear the name of Echols.

In 1821-1822, Darius Echols began a relationship with Hannah Thomas that was to continue for over 40 years and produce 9 children, beginning with James Wyly Thomas in 1822. The circumstantial evidence pointing to his paternity includes the following:

1) Echols was appointed guardian of Hannah's first three children who were listed as "illegitimates;"
2) Two of the children, Elizabeth and Thomas, changed their last names to Echols, and a third, Newton, used it on occasion, and gave the Echols name to his own second (illegitimate) family;
3) Both Darius and Hannah were indicted and convicted of fornication and adultery with each other in 1852;
4) They lived next door to each other, and were living together in 1860 after Darius' wife, Tabitha, had moved out to live with her son in another county;
5) In 1863, after Tabitha's death, they married;
6) One of Hannah's son's descendants has passed the story down through the family that they are not "Thomases", but rather, they are "Echolses" and are descended from Darius Echols.

In 2014, a descendant in the male line from one of Hannah Thomas' sons, Darius Jasper Thomas, took the Family Tree Maker DNA test and matched on 66 out of 67 markers with a descendant of James Perry Gazaway Echols, son of Obedience Gazaway. They also match with a descendant of Joshua Echols, who was in Darius Echols' line, and they match with eight other Echols men who are in this Echols line which appear to descend from the immigrant John Echols and Mary Cave.

In 2015, two descendants of Newton Cleveland Thomas took the Ancestry.com DNA test and match with several descendants of Joshua Echols, father of Darious Echols, and with his children from his first wife Tabitha Whitworth.

In addition, Darius Echols and all his male line are in the Haplogroup I1, which is a rare group which originated from one ancestor over 5000 years ago from Denmark. Many British men belong to this group because of the Viking invasions and settlements on the coast.

Darius Echols was sheriff and also Justice of the Peace at different times in Habersham County, Georgia.

In the early 1800's Darius paid the taxes in Franklin County, Georgia for a woman named Elizabeth Wisdom. One son of this Elizabeth Wisdom had his name legally changed to Echols in Forsyth County, Georgia.

Hannah Thomas is said to have been the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier on one land lottery. If so she must have married a much older man. She was born about 1804 and if she married in 1820 she would have been 16 and the revolutionary soldier would have to be about 60. If this marriage did occur the man must have died shortly afterward because she is listed alone on all census and other records.

Hannah was quite a woman. With her headright land and land lottery lands she had quite a lot of acreage. She conducted all her own business and seemed to be a very independent woman. Darius was always close by and they had a long-standing relationship.

Hannah's first three children were James Wyly Thomas born in 1822, Martin Riley Thomas born in 1823 and Clary born in about 1825. In an 1834 court record these children were referred to as illegitimate. In 1834, Darius Echols was named as Guardian of the illegitimates of Hannah Thomas.

Browning Thomas, a great grandson of Hannah Thomas through her son Darius Jasper Thomas, had a much older half brother who was born in 1896. During a visit in 1987, this older half brother told Browning that they were "really Echols, not Thomases" and that his search for Thomases would prove fruitless. At the time Browning became so angry that he quit researching for several years.

Hannah had drawn land "for minors" in 1827. She also drew land in 1832 as a widow of a revolutionary war soldier. As stated earlier Hannah was quite independent and managed her property and business affairs personally.

No marriage record prior to 1863 has ever been found for Hannah Thomas. Hannah gave birth to Sarah in 1828 followed by Elizabeth in 1830. Elizabeth married E. B. Beard September 13, 1849 in Habersham County, Georgia. They later moved to Jefferson County, Alabama. No death record has been found for Elizabeth but on the death certificate of her son it gives her maiden name as Elizabeth Echols.

These first five children, James Wyly, Martin, Clary, Sarah, and Elizabeth all bought lot number 43 in the 12th district of Habersham County, Georgia from a Fleming Bates for $300. Their guardian was Darius Echols, who signed the deed as Justice of the peace.

Hannah has not been found on the 1830 census. Either she was not interviewed or she was living in another household.

Hannah continued to have children. She had Melissa "Lissy" in 1834, then Darius Jasper in 1835, Newton Cleveland in 1837 and Thomas Benton in 1841.

The 1840 census shows Hannah Thomas as head of household, living next door to Darius Echols. She has two males under 5 years of age (Darius Jasper and Newton Cleveland), two males 15 to 20 (James Wyly and Martin Riley), two females 5 to 10 (Elizabeth and Melissa) and two females 10 to 15 (Clary and Sarah).

Darius Echols and Hannah Thomas were charged with Fornication and Adultery (a married man living with a single woman) on 1 October 1855 and on Diverse other occasions before and after that date. Hannah pleaded guilty and was fined $10 and ordered to remain in jail until the fine was paid. Darius pleaded not guilty and was found guilty in court.

By 1860 Darius and Hannah were still living together and Darius' wife was living with her son in Alabama. By 1863 Darius' wife must have died because Darius and Hannah were finally married.

The last son of Hannah Thomas changed his name from Thomas Benton Thomas to Thomas Benton Echols in later life. It is not known how many of Hannah's children went by Echols. It is known that Elizabeth, born in 1830 and Thomas born about 1845 both went by Echols in later life.

The evidence is overwhelming that Darius was the father of most, if not all of Hannah's children.

Residence:
Tax List 1818

Darius married Obedience Gazaway. Obedience (daughter of Thomas Gazaway and Janet Griffin) was born in 1775 in , , North Carolina, USA; died in 1882 in , Rains, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obedience Gazaway was born in 1775 in , , North Carolina, USA (daughter of Thomas Gazaway and Janet Griffin); died in 1882 in , Rains, Texas, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1807, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 7 Aug 1820, , Habersham, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1830, , Rabun, Georgia, USA

Children:

8. James Perry Echols was born in 1817 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; died in 1893 in Belton, Hall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Lula, Hall, Georgia, USA.

Generation: 6

32.

Joshua Echols was born on 2 Apr 1747 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA (son of Abraham Echols and Sarah W Hubbard); died on 18 Aug 1834 in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA; was buried in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 2 Aug 1790, , Pendleton, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1802, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 6 Aug 1810, , Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1819, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 7 Aug 1820, , Morgan, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1830, , Morgan, Georgia, USA

Notes:

(Bk 1 p.16) 12 Aug 1752 - Henry Lansford to Joshua Eckhols for £20 - 323 A. on S. side of Harbor River.
Wit: Jos Eckhols, Thos Callaway, Thomas Farding, Shadrick Tribble.

Residence:
Tax List 1802

Residence:
Tax List 1819

Joshua married Margaret Hannah Brown on 19 Mar 1778 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. Margaret (daughter of Manly Brown and Mary Lamkin) was born in 1751 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1788 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret Hannah Brown was born in 1751 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA (daughter of Manly Brown and Mary Lamkin); died in 1788 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA.

Children:

Richard Brown Echols was born in 1778 in , , Virginia, USA.
John Echols was born in 1778 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1835 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA.
16. Darius Jasper Echols was born in 1779 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 1 May 1866 in Clark, Habersham, Georgia, USA.
James H Echols was born in 1785 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1842 in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA.
Joshua Wiley Echols was born in 1786 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died on 25 Oct 1843 in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA.
Elijah V Echols was born in 1789 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died on 26 Jan 1860 in , Case, Georgia, USA.
Joseph Echols was born in 1789 in , , South Carolina, USA.
Abraham Echols was born in 1791 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died in 1865 in , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA.
Elizabeth Echols was born in 1792 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died in 1855 in , Paulding, Georgia, USA.
Polly Echols was born in 1796 in , , South Carolina, USA; died in 1896.

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Thomas Gazaway was born in 1753 in , Stokes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1820 in , Franklin, Tennessee, USA.

Thomas married Janet Griffin in 1774 in , Stokes, North Carolina, USA. Janet was born in 1753 in , Stokes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1825 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Janet Griffin was born in 1753 in , Stokes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1825 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA.

Children:

17. Obedience Gazaway was born in 1775 in , , North Carolina, USA; died in 1882 in , Rains, Texas, USA.