CONNECTIONS:
The Will of Armstead Atkinson, made 5/18/1830, pg 86-87, shows the connection between the plantation owners Atkinson, Battle, & Dickinson and the enslaved Silla, Sarah, Margaret, Jink, Linda, Jerry, Spencer, and the newborn baby of Silla.
Deed Book A, dated 18 March 1833 for *(wife of the deceased Armstead) Sarah Atkinson, also shows the connection between the plantation owners and the enslaved: Silla, Margaret, Jink, Malinda, Jerry, Spencer, Emily, Henry, and Harriett.
The Freedman Bank Records shows the connection between JAMES JENKINS, SPENCER TURNER, AND HENRY ATKINSON.
#2796 Record for James Jenkins
date Aug 24
where born Va
Residence, Rolling Mill near
Age; 50 about Complexion: Brown
Occupation Laborer
works for
wife or husband
children Henry Jenkins, Roger, Spencer, Fercilla, Fall??, Hickson, Jeny Walton, Edward, Ida, Willian? Eatonton, Jerry, Leroy, Lanney
Father: Squire Walton
Mother: Percilla Atkinson -dead
Brothers and Sisters, Jerry, Spencer Turner, Henry Atkinson, Harriet Jones, and Malinda Atkinson.
Remarks
Signature James X (his mark) Jenkins
#4829 Record for Spencer Turner
Date: August, 19, 1872
Where born: Tolliver Co Ga.
Where brought up
Residence: Widow Atkinson's Place, 70 miles from here
Age, 46 Complexion: Black
Occupation, Farming
Works for Rents land
Wife or Husband, Mary with Spencer
Children: Henry, Martha (twins), Sarah, John, Jacob, Malinda, Spencer (baby)
Father Jack (d)
Mother, Sylla (d)
Brothers and Sisters, Henry, Melinda, Jas Jenkins, Harriet, Jerry, Sarah (d), Margaret (d), Emily (d)
Remarks: Mother bought from VA. with 3 children.
Post office Crawfordville Ga. signature, Spencer X (his mark) Turner
#6404 Record for Henry Atkinson
Date, Dec 31st 1873
Where born, Toliver Co GA 6 District
Where bought up, do do
Residence do do
Age: 42 Complexion, Black
Occupation Farming
Works for
Wife or Husband Esther *(EASTER)
Children, Geo, Martha, Henry, Johnny, Sarah, Charlie, Amy (d), Caroline (d)
Father Jack (d)
Mother, Priscilla (d)
Brothers and Sisters, James, Jerry, Spencer, Sarah, Margaret, Melinda, Emily, Harriet.
Remarks
Signature, Henry X (his mark) Atkinson
The Will of Henry Atkinson, dated 8/16/1923, Will Book C. pg. 7. Shows our connection to the SIGMANS;
Georgia, Taliaferro county
I, Henry Atkinson, Sr., of said State and County, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills heretofore made by me.
Item 1. I will and direct that my Executor hereinafter named pay as soon as practicable, after my death all my just debts.
Item 2. I will and direct that all of the property, both real and personal, which I may own at the time of my death be equally divided among my children, George Atkinson, Martha Jackson, Henry Atkinson, Jr., John Atkinson, Melinda Edwards, Lena Stewart, Love Atkinson, and my two grandchildren, MATTIE SIGMAN and JOHN HENRY SIGMAN, children of my deceased daughter, Sarah Sigman. Said grandchildren, Mattie Sigman and John Henry Sigman, taking together only one share of my estate in place of their deceased other. Should any of my said children die, leaving a child or children such child or children to receive one share of my estate in place of their deceased parent.
Item 3. (land)
Item 4. (executor named)
Witnessed by G.W. Power
J.H. Power
A.G. Taylor (Feb 1, 1919)
Mitchell Chapman, Jr. biography shows the connections between us and the Chapmans.
Mitchell Chapman was born January 1, 1864, on his father's farm in Taliaferro County, Georgia.
He having grown to manhood, he fell in love with MISS ANNA ATKINSON, a very attractive daughter of HENRY ATKINSON, and married on January 18, 1884. They lived happily together for nineteen years. Mrs. Anna Chapman departed this life on December 18, 1903.
Being a widow, he married a second time to the daughter of Mrs. MATILDA ATKINSON, MISS HATTIE ATKINSON in 1909 *(Henry Atkinson's granddaughter).
He is a good man of rare ability and has many white friends. He has had the good fortune of accumulating much property. He owns a fertile farm of more than four hundred acres and resides in a beautiful two-story building valued at two thousand dollars. Two of his sons, Mr. Hubert and Clifford Chapman, are prosperous farmers living on the plantation with him. He has one daughter married, Mrs. Tressee Mills, who now resides in Kansas, Mo., and another daughter, Miss Pearl Chapman, attending college in Atlanta. The rest of the children are at home.
M. C. Chapman is a prominent member in the Masonic Lodge, the Benevolent Society of Springfield, a member of the Georgia Farmers Industrial Convention, and a stockholder in the Negro Fair of Taliaferro County, Georgia.
*(note added by Terry Howard)
Can you see the connections? What have you learned?
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