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Joel Elbert SEARCY[1, 2]

Male 1827 - 1865  (37 years)


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  • Name Joel Elbert SEARCY 
    Born 14 Jun 1827  Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    • 14 Jun 1827, Rutherford Co. NC -> Butler Ahnentafel
      1828, North Carolina -> age 22 on 1850 census
      1829, NC -> age 31 on 1860 census
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Subdivision 33, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Joel E. (22) appeared in the household of "Hiram Searcey" (54). He was a farmer and was born in North Carolina. He had attended school during the year. Other household members included Anna (45), Lovina E. (19), William O. (16), Harvy G. (14), Milly E. (12), Martha A. (9), Hiram W. (6), and Mary C. (4).
    Census 1860  Subdivision 33, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Elbert Searcy (31) appeared as head of household. He was a farmer with no real estate, and a person estate valued at $175. He was born in North Carolina.

      The household included Caroline (21), Levina E. (6), Harvey P. (4), and Amanda (2).
    Census 1864  , Gilmer County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Elbert appeared on the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia. He was 36 yrs, 8 mos., a farmer, and born in North Carolina. Exemption: Militia Oficer & Justice of the Peace.
    Died 27 Mar 1865  [6
    • Note from Butler Ahnentafel: "According to 'History of Gilmer County, published 1965, Joel Elbert and brother in law, Phillip Whitener, were killed by a band of renegade Indians in the hills of North GA during the Civil War."
    Notes 
    • Name:
      Elbert Searcy -> 1860 census


      Joel Searcy and Levina Searcy are siblings. Joel married Margaret Caroline Whitener, who is the sister of Phillip Whitener.
    Person ID I1926  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2013 

    Father Hiram W. SEARCY,   b. 7 Jan 1796, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1857, , Gilmer County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Anna DEBORD,   b. 4 Mar 1804, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1894, Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 3 Jan 1824  Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F16  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Caroline WHITENER,   b. 18 Sep 1838, , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 10 Feb 1853  , Gilmer County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Searcy-Whitener Marriage License
    Searcy-Whitener Marriage License
    Records the marriage of Elbert Searcy and Caroline Whitener.
    Children 
     1. Levina E. SEARCY,   b. Abt 1854, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Harvey P. SEARCY,   b. Abt 1856, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Amanda SEARCY,   b. Abt 1858, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S276] Ahnentafel Report for [M. B.] Butler, 2009, p. 15; This report includes footnotes, but no citation is given for this item (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S288] 1860 Census. Georgia. Gilmer County, pop. sch, Subdivision 33; p. 28 (penned); dwelling 213, family 203; Elbert Searcy household; accessed; 24 February 2013 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S287] 1850 Census. Georgia. Gilmer County, pop. sch., Subdivision No. 33; p. 363 B (stamped), p. 23 (penned); dwelling 223, family 223; Hiram Searcy household; 5 June 2010 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S288] 1860 Census. Georgia. Gilmer County, pop. sch, Subdivision 33; p. 28 (penned); dwelling 213, family 203; Elbert Searcy household; accessed; 24 February 2013 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S293] 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia, accessed; 16 September 2010; entry for Elbert Searcy, p. (Reliability: 2).
      269; The 1864 Census for Re-organizing the Georgia Militia is a statewide census of all white males between the ages of 16 and 60 who were not at the time in the service of the Confederate States of America.

    6. [S276] Ahnentafel Report for [M. B.] Butler, 2009, p. 15; This report refers to History of Gilmer County, published 1965 for this item, but no specific citation is given (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S112] Gilmer County Marriage Record 2, 1852-1875, 17, Searcy-Whitener, 1853 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S245] Watkins, Miller, Dalton, & Searcy Genealogy, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~enochwatk., http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~enochwatkins/combined/fam00284.htm (Reliability: 2).