Family History From The Silas Hilliard Family Line


FIRST GENERATION

 

1.  Silas Hilliard was born in 1770 in NC.  He was buried in 1861 in Kettle Creek, CHURCH, GA..  He died in 1861 in Waresboro, Bullock County, GA.  History of Ware County, Georgia by Laura S. Walker

Published 1934 Macon, Ga. by The J. W. Burke Co. Publishers

 

Silas Hilliard came to Georgia from North Carolina.

Silas and Abegail Hilliard probably had at least two other daughters.

 Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard lived successively in Screven, Bulloch and Bryan County,

 Ga. before moving to Ware County, Ga. in 1827.

He served in Capt. James A. Sweat’s company of Ware County Militia, 1838-39, in

 the Indian War.  Mr. Hilliard lived with his grandson, Capt. Cuyler W. Hilliard, until his death

 

Facts about this person: Burial    1861    Kettle Creek Church, Ga

 

He was married to Abegail Bulloch (daughter of James Bulloch and Dinah Stafford) on July 7, 1806 in Effingham Co, GA.   Abegail Bulloch was born in 1789 in Bulloch Co, GA.  She died about 1855 in Waresboro, GA..  She was buried in Kettle Creek, CHURCH, GA..  Silas Hilliard and Abegail Bulloch had the following children:

 

            +2              i.    Gen. Thomas Hilliard (born on June 6, 1805).

            +3             ii.    Nancy Hilliard (born in 1797).

            +4            iii.    James B. Hilliard  (born in 1810).

            +5           iv.    Anna E. Hilliard (born on March 19, 1815).

            +6            v.    Benjamin Hilliard (born in 1817).

 

 

SECOND GENERATION

 

2.   Gen. Thomas Hilliard (Silas-1) was born on June 6, 1805 in Ware Co., Ga..  He died on March 26, 1866 in Homerville, Clinch Co, GA.  He was buried in Kettle Creek Cemetery, Waycross, Ga..  Pioneers of Wiregrass Ga, Vol. 1, by Folks Huxford

January 1828 elected Clerk of Ware Superior court (1828 - 1832)

 and (1842 - 1846)

Clerk Court of Ordinary 1830-32 and 1842-47

Representative 1830 - 1840, 1841-1842 and 1845 - 1847

 Justice of Inferior Court Ware County 1833 - 1837

Justice of Inferior court Charlton County, 1855 - 1856

Ordinary Charlton County 1856 - 1859

State Senator from 5th District composed of Ware and Lowndes Counties in

1847-48, and from 5th District composed of Ware, Clinch and Coffee Counties in 1861 - 1863

Elected Major of 158th Battalion, Dec. 23, 1829

Elected as Brigadier-General of the 2nd Brigage, 6th Division serving two years

On May 21, 1838 was commissioned Colonel of the 76th Regiment - held for 8 to 10 years.

He took a leading part in the Indian Ware of 1836-38

Civil War - placed in command of the re-activated state militia and was commissioned March 12, 1864 as Major of the 5th Militia District.

Member of the Masonic Order –  Received degrees in 1857 in Traders Hill Lodge No. 196.

 

He was married to Barbara Miller (daughter of William Henry, RS Miller and Amy Barker) on August 20, 1826 in Bulloch Co., Ga..  Barbara Miller was born in 1802 in Ware Co., Ga..  She died in 1854 in Ware Co., Ga..  She was buried in Kettle Creek Cemetery, Waycross, Ga..  Pioneers of Wiregrass Ga., Vol. 1, Folks Huxford

She died childless.

 

He was married to Miss Wilkinson WFT Est. 1818-1850.  Miss Wilkinson was born WFT Est. 1785-1812.  She died WFT Est. 1828-1900.  Gen. Thomas Hilliard and Miss Wilkinson had the following children:

 

            +7              i.    Captain Cuyler Walter Hilliard (born on November 25, 1825).

 

He was married to Sarah WADE (daughter of ) in 1860.  Sarah WADE was born on November 10, 1840 in Ware County, GA..  She died on January 8, 1914.  Gen. Thomas Hilliard and Sarah WADE had the following children:

 

            +8              i.    Dixie B. HILLIARD (born on August 10, 1861).

            +9             ii.    Thomas G HILLIARD (born on November 28, 1863).

 

3.  Nancy Hilliard (Silas-1) was born in 1797 in Bulloch Co. GA..  She died WFT Est. 1845-1908.  Birth date from History of Ware County Ga. by Laura S. Walker.

 

Looks like she came from another marriage of Silas, prior to him coming to GA.?

 

She was married to Joseph Underhill (son of ) on April 13, 1815 in Bulloch Co. GA..  Joseph Underhill was born in 1794 in Duplin Co. NC.  He died in 1885 in Manatee County, Florida.  South Florida Pioneers, Issue #13 - Joseph Underhill served as a Second Lieutenant in the Georgia Volunteer Company of Capt. Lemuel Tippins during the Ware of 1812.  By 1838, Joseph was living in Ware Co., Ga. for on June 9, 1838 he was mustered into Capt. James Sewat’s Company of militia in order to repeal the invasion of Indians.  He served until August 19, 1838, then re-enlisted, serving until December 21, 1838, being mustered out at Fort Floyd, GA.  During the Third Seminole War, Joseph served in Capt. Durrance’s Company, Florida

Mounted Volunteers, joining December 29, 1855, and serving until August 22, 1856.  After the close of the Indian War in 1858, Joseph and his son, William, moved to Kissimee Island (eastern section of HIllsborough Co., FL.)

 

Huxford Gen. Society Quarterly Vol. 2 & 4, Page 244

1820 Census Bulloch Co., Ga.

1830 Ware Co., Ga. Census

1840 Nassau Co., FL. Census

1850 Hillsborough Co., Fl. Census

1880 Manatee Co., Fl. Census

1861 Tax Lists for Polk Co., Fl. - Joseph and William Underhill

 

Soldiers of 1812

Underhill Genealogy Volume 6

1880 Applied for Pension of Soldier of War of 1812

Nancy Hilliard and Joseph Underhill had the following children:

 

          +10              i.    Mary Underhill  (born in 1816).

          +11             ii.    William Underhill (born on May 20, 1821).

          +12            iii.    John Underhill  (born in 1823).

          +13           iv.    Thomas Underhill (born in 1825).

          +14            v.    Spicey Underhill (born in 1832).

          +15           vi.    Mary Polly Underhill (born on April 10, 1816).

          +16          vii.    Barbara F. Underhill (born in 1831).

          +17         viii.    Levicy Levicia Underhill (born on March 16, 1838).

          +18            ix.    Matthew Underhill (born on December 4, 1840).

 

4.  James B. Hilliard (Silas-1)  was born in 1810.  He died in Clinch County, Georgia.  Please contact me to ask for or share further information, or to correct errors. I also have pictures of certain family members to share.

 

He was married to Nancy Register (daughter of ) about 1830.   Nancy Register was born in 1810.  She died in 1896 in Clinch County, Georgia. 

 

  James B. Hilliard and Nancy Register had the following children:

 

          +19              i.    Silas Hilliard (born about 1831).

            20             ii.    Sophronia Hilliard was born about 1833.

            21            iii.    Samuel Hilliard was born about 1834.  He died in 1895.  Samuel Served in the 7th Infantry Florida Company I, during the Civil War.  His wife filed widow pension papers.

            22           iv.    Martha Hilliard was born about 1835.

            23            v.    John Hilliard was born in 1838 in Ware, now Clinch County, Georgia. 

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            24           vi.    James Hilliard was born about 1841.

            25          vii.    Nancy Hilliard was born about 1843.

            26         viii.    Thomas Hilliard was born about 1846.

            27            ix.    Polly Hilliard was born in 1850.

 

5.  Anna E. Hilliard (Silas-1)  was born on March 19, 1815 in Ga..  She died on April 24, 1901.  She was buried in Bassinger Cem., Okeechobee, FL..  Annie Hilliard was born March 19, 1815 in Bulloch County, Georgia. She married William henry Willingham in Ware County, Georgia on July 23, 1838. the family moved to Florida before 1845. They were in Hillsborough County by 1848. They later lived at Fort Meade where her husband owned orange groves and operated a ferry. William Willingham died February 2, 1886. After his death Annie Willingham continued to live in Fort Meade and received a pension of 48 a month for his William’s service in the Indian Wars. While Anne Willingham was visiting her daughter, Ellen Parker in Bassinger, Florida and died on April 24, 1901, she is buried in the Bassinger Cemetery.

 

She was married to William Henry Willingham on July 23, 1838 in Ware Co., Ga..  William Henry Willingham was born on April 18, 1816 in Scotland.  He died on February 2, 1886 in FT. MEADE, FL.  William Henry Willingham was born April 18, 1816. According to family tradition he was born in Scotland and was kidnapped at the age of seven years and bought to America. In Annie (Hilliard) Willingham’s widow’s pension application for William H. Willingham’s Seminole Indian War service she stated that he was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He was married to to Annie Hilliard, daughter of Silas and Abegail Bulloch Hilliard. Annie Hilliard was born near Waycross, Georgia, March 19, 1815.

 

He served four enlistments in the Indian War, all in Ware County Militia Companies; Private in Capt. David J Miller’s company, June 9th to August 19, 1838; 1st Corporal in Captain David J Miller’s company, August 19th to November 18, 1840, private under same Captain, November 19th to June 1st, 1840 and again October 9th to December 3, 1841.

 William Willingham and his family were in Florida by 1845. He voted in the state’s first election, May 26, 1845, in Columbia County, at Barbers Precinct, south prong of St Mary’s River. Also voting in the same precinct was his Half-brother-in-law, Joseph Underhill. This is referenced in FLORIDA VOTERS IN THEIR FIRST STATEWIDE ELECTION, by Brian Michaels, page 36.

 

In 1848 they moved to Hillsborough County. Florida settling about twenty-five miles east of Tampa, where he is shown on the 1850 census. He served in the company commanded by Captain L G Lesley in the Third Seminole War, in 1855-1858 in Florida. He traded his cattle and land to Melton Johnson for land and cattle on Chloroform Branch, in Kissimmee Island. He later gave the land and cattle to his son William and moved back to Ft. Mead, settling on 160 acres lying southwest of Ft. Meade on the east side of the Peace River. Tax statements for 1862 state that W H Willingham owned 1,550 head of cattle. At one time the Willingham’s had over 10,000 head of cattle, the largest at that time the in Florida.

 

He built a two-story house on his homestead. It was a hand-pegged structure, painted white; it had gingerbread printing on the veranda. In the front room was a fireplace, built of limestone block William had cut from the banks of Peace River. During the 1880’s William owned large orange groves and operated a ferry across the river at Fort Meade.

When he was an old man he fell off a wagon and broke his leg. His health declined gradually and he died on February 1886. He is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Fort Meade.

William Willingham died interstate. His estate records are in File 88, Polk County Probate Records. Annie Willingham died April 24, 1901 at Bassinger, Florida and is buried there.

 Anna E. Hilliard and William Henry Willingham had the following children:

 

            28              i.    Robert Willingham was born in 1860 in FL.  He died in 1877.  Died Young

          +29             ii.    Ellen Willingham (born on May 14, 1851).

          +30            iii.    Mary Ann Willingham (born on June 3, 1855).

            31           iv.    Eliza Willingham was born in 1858 in FL.  Died Young

            32            v.    Penelope “Penny” Willingham was born in 1850 in FL.  Died Young

          +33           vi.    William W. Willingham (born on January 25, 1842).

          +34          vii.    Matilda Willingham (born on February 8, 1846).

          +35        viii.    Isabelle Willingham (born in 1840).

          +36           ix.    Serena Willingham (born on April 14, 1844).

 

6.  Benjamin Hilliard (Silas-1) was born in 1817.  He died WFT Est. 1842-1882.

 

He was married to Mary WFT Est. 1816-1859.  Mary was born WFT Est. 1799-1822.  She died WFT Est. 1843-1894.  Benjamin and Mary Hilliard moved to Ware County, Ga., and then to Manatee County, Fl., Hillsborough FL 

Benjamin Hilliard and Mary had the following children:

 

          +37              i.    Lavina Hilliard (born in 1841).

            38             ii.    Nancy HILLIARD. 

            39            iii.    William HILLIARD . 

          +40           iv.    Edward Hilliard (born in 1841).

            41            v.    Matilda HILLIARD. 

            42           vi.    Vecy HILLIARD.  Vecy could be a nickname for Lavina and these could be one in the same.

            43          vii.    Thomas HILLIARD. 

            44         viii.    James HILLIARD. 

            45            ix.    Lavina HILLIARD was born in 1841 in Ware Co (now Pierce)., Ga..  She died in 1908 in Ware Co (now Pierce)., Ga..

 

He was married to Elizabeth Lewis on October 27, 1831.   Benjamin Hilliard and Elizabeth Lewis had the following children:

 

            46              i.    Chris C. Hilliard was born about 1856.  Ware County Ga. 1840 Census

                                     Hillsboro Co., Fl. 1850 Census

                                    Manatee Co., Fl. 1860 Census (Shows Chris C. Hilliard - 4 years old)

 

 

 

THIRD GENERATION

 

7.   Captain Cuyler Walter Hilliard (Gen. Thomas-2, Silas-1) was born on November 25, 1825 in Ware Co. or Bulloch Co., Ga..  He died on April 12, 1903 in Waycross, Ware Co, GA.  He was buried in Kettle Creek Cemetery, Waycross, Ga..  Founder of Hilliard, Florida

 

Cuyler Walter Hilliard was an officer of the Confederacy before entering into the timber business in the late 1800s.  As his business grew, so did a town, which would bear his name, Hilliard, Florida.

 

Cuyler Walter Hilliard was born in Bulloch County, Georgia November 25, 1825, son of General Thomas Hilliard and Delilah Wilkinson. He came with his father to Ware County, Georgia and was married there July 27, 1848 to Theresa Hargraves.

 

Cuyler Hilliard served as a private in the Indian War in Captain John S Henderson’s Company of Ware County Militia Aug. 25 to Oct. 18, 1840, and as a private under Captain James A Sweat’s Company of Ware County militia, Oct 6 to Dec 3, 1841. He was 2nd Lieutenant of the militia 451st district of Ware County, 1849-1853. He was Justice of the Peace 1850-53; Justice of Ware Inferior Court, 1853-56.

 

He took an active part in the organization of the first company raised in Ware County for the Confederate Army and served in the army for two years. He enlisted Oct 1, 1861 at Waresboro in Company K 26th Georgia Infantry Regiment and was elected 1st Lieutenant. He was later was Captain until he resigned April 3, 1863.

 

He was postmaster at Waresboro May 17, 1848 to Aug. 10, 1848 and again April 1, 1851 to Jan. 7, 1852. He was the first postmaster at Kettle Creek post office near his home from Aug.11, 1853 until May 24, 1859.

 

His grandfather Silas Hilliard lived with him after his wife Abegail’s death about 1855 until his death in 1861.

 

He was a large landowner and owned several farms in Ware County.

 

 A few years after the war, Thomas, his father, along with Dr. B. F. Williams, William S Bailey and Dr. Daniel Lott founded the present city of Waycross. Thomas and William S Bailey and James S Bailey was in partnership with him in the sawmill business. He was also identified as a promoter and a big stockholder of the “Waycross Airline Railroad” (later the A.C.L.) was built from Waycross to Jacksonville, Fl. in 1879-81. He bought land along the route of the road in Florida and laid out the present town of Hilliard, Fla, which was named for him.

 

He died at his home in Waycross, April 12, 1903. His wife died March 8, 1907. They are buried near Waycross in the cemetery at Old Kettle Creek Church, of which they were members.

 

http://www.lamartin.com/genealogy/stafford.htm

 

He was married to Theresa Hargraves (daughter of Abraham Hargreaves and Rhoda Carver) on July 27, 1848 in Ware County, Georgia.  Theresa Hargraves was born on January 25, 1831 in Coffee County, Georgia.  She was born on January 25, 1831.  She died on March 8, 1907 in Ware County, Georgia.  She died on March 8, 1907.  Captain Cuyler Walter Hilliard and Theresa Hargraves had the following children:

 

          +47              i.    Helen Sophronia Isabel Mars Hilliard (born on July 23, 1849).

          +48             ii.    Thomas B. Hilliard (born on December 6, 1851).

          +49            iii.    Margaret E. Hilliard (born on April 11, 1854).

          +50           iv.    Cidero Abraham Hilliard (born on March 24, 1857).

            51            v.    Rhoda K. Hilliard was born on July 24, 1869.  She died in March 1960.

          +52          vi.    Cuyler Walter, Jr. Hilliard (born on October 31, 1851).

          +53          vii.    Robert Lee Hilliard (born on August 21, 1864).

          +54         viii.    Lester C. Hilliard (born on February 7, 1867).

          +55            ix.    Annie Hilliard (born on September 27, 1870).

            56             x.    Edwiard S. Hilliard was born on October 11, 1863.  He died on August 31, 1911.

 

8.  Dixie B. HILLIARD (Gen. Thomas-2, Silas-1) was born on August 10, 1861.

 

9.  Thomas G HILLIARD  (Gen. Thomas-2, Silas-1) was born on November 28, 1863.

 

10.  Mary Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1)  was born in 1816.  She died in 1904.

 

She was married to Benjamin Guy WFT Est. 1832-1863.  Benjamin Guy was born in 1816.  He died in 1893.

 

11.  William Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1)  was born on May 20, 1821.  He died on February 13, 1905 in Bassinger, FL..  He was buried in Bassinger Cem., Okeechobee, FL..  Pioneers of the Kissimmee Valley by Kyle Vanlandingham

 William Underhill served in the Confederate Army under Capt. F. A. Hendry, in Munnerlyn’s Battalion. Resided in Polk Co., Fl. until the late 1870’s when they moved to Bassinger, Fl. which was then Brevard County. William Underhill was instrumental in the establishment of the first school in Bassinger, Fl. He was a leading cattleman in the area, owning over 3,000 head of cattle on the open range.  Samantha Underhill received a Federal Pension for his service in the Seminole

 Wars and a State Pension for his confederate service.

 

He was married to Samantha Chandler (daughter of Shadrack Marmaduke Chandler and Adeline Tucker) on April 25, 1865.  Samantha Chandler was born on February 2, 1846 in Louisiana.  She died on December 24, 1935 in Bassinger, FL..  She was buried in Bassinger Cem., FL.  Pioneers of the Kissimmee Valley by Kyle Vanlandingham

 

 

  William Underhill and Samantha Chandler had the following children:

 

          +57              i.    Annie Cornelia Underhill (born on February 9, 1866).

          +58             ii.    Rachel Fernetta Underhill (born on April 6, 1867).

          +59            iii.    Ellen Adeline Underhill (born on March 7, 1869).

          +60           iv.    Mary Emma Underhill (born on February 27, 1871).

          +61            v.    Wilford Perry Underhill (born on January 19, 1873).

          +62           vi.    Joseph Shadrack Underhill (born on February 8, 1875).

            63          vii.    Charles Alpheus Underhill was born on May 17, 1877.  He died on June 25, 1907 in Fl..  He was buried in Bassinger Cem., Okeechobee Co., FL..

          +64         viii.    Amy Agnes Underhill (born on November 29, 1879).

            65            ix.    William Edward Underhill was born on October 3, 1882.  He died on August 17, 1935.  He was buried in Bassinger Cem., Okeechobee Co., FL..

          +66             x.    Cuthbert Lenora Underhill (born on December 30, 1885).

 

12.  John Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1)  was born in 1823.  He died in 1888.  1860 Manatee Co., Fl. Census

 

 He was married to Sophia W. Thompson WFT Est. 1855-1880.  Sophia W. Thompson was born in 1842.  She died WFT Est. 1855-1936.

 

 He was married to Mary Summeral in 1841.  Mary Summeral  was born in 1817.  She died WFT Est. 1846-1911.

 

He was married to Kezziah Tucker on September 11, 1854.  Kezziah Tucker was born WFT Est. 1815-1837.  She died WFT Est. 1858-1910.

 

13.  Thomas Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1)  was born in 1825.  He died on February 20, 1864.  1860 Manatee Co., Fl. Census

 

He was married to Rebecca Thompson on November 2, 1852.  Rebecca Thompson was born in 1826.  She died WFT Est. 1842-1920.

 

14.  Spicey Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1)  was born in 1832.  She died WFT Est. 1820-1926.

 

She was married to George Jones on February 9, 1852.  George Jones was born WFT Est. 1807-1833.  He died WFT Est. 1856-1899.

 

She was married to Bennett Whidden on October 28, 1858.  Bennett Whidden was born WFT Est. 1811-1838.  He died WFT Est. 1861-1903.

 

15.  Mary Polly Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1)  was born on April 10, 1816 in Bulloch Co, GA.  She died on April 7, 1904 in Fort Meade, FL.  She has reference number 103.  Birth: Mary Guy - Leola Godwin Hart’s Bible, Okeechobee, Fl.

 

She was married to John Walker in GA.  John Walker was born in 1824 in Pierce Co, GA.  He died on January 30, 1865 in Federal Prison, Elmira, NY.  Note: CSA and was captured

 

Marriage Note: P 229 - History of Pierce Co, GA by Dean Broome

   Mary Polly Underhill and John Walker had the following children:

 

          +67              i.    James Henry Walker (born in 1861).

            68             ii.    Joseph Walker was born in GA.

          +69            iii.    Daniel Jackson Walker (born on May 11, 1847).

          +70           iv.    Mary Walker (born in 1849).

            71            v.    Martha Walker was born in 1851 in GA.

          +72           vi.    Jackson Walker (born on January 22, 1854).

          +73          vii.    Serena Walker (born in 1857).

          +74         viii.    Joel Walker  (born in 1859).

 

She was married to Benjamin Guy (son of ) on November 17, 1836 in GA.  Benjamin Guy was born on September 22, 1816 in GA.  He died on May 16, 1893.  He was buried in Evergreen Cem., Ft. Meade, FL..  He has reference number 102.  Death and Birth: Bible of Leola Godwin Hart, Okeechobee, Florida Headstone - Evergreen Cemetery, Ft. Meade,  Fl.  Polk Co., Fl. 1861 Taxpayers - Early Jurors

1850 Census, Hills. Co., FL.

1900 Census DeSoto Co., Fl.

“The Story of Guy’s Hollow” in Ft. Meade Leader on January 20, 1916, South Florida Pioneers, Issue 17/18

“The Kissimmee Island” by Doris Lewis, Page 34

 Military:  Served in Georgia Volunteers in the Second Seminole War in 1839    Bounty Application:  February 18, 1852 for his service in Second Seminole War; Received 40 acres under warrant no. 61,868.  On April 2, 1855, he applied for

 additional bounty land under the act of March 3, 1855 and received 120 acres under warrant no. 25,466.

During the Third Seminole War, Benjamin served in the Volunteer Militia Company commanded by Capt.  William B. Hooker in 1856.

 

Tax Lists - Polk Co., Fl. 1861, 1863, 1875, 1878

 Tax Lists - Manatee Co., Fl. 1878 and 1880

Old Manatee Co., Fl. Cattle shipment log    “Mistake in History Corrected”, Ft. Meade Leader, Feb. 4, 1916 

Mary Polly Underhill and Benjamin Guy had the following children:

 

            75              i.    William Guy was born in 1837.

            76             ii.    Nancy Guy was born in 1840.  Death:  died young

          +77            iii.    Julia Ann Guy (born on January 17, 1842).

          +78           iv.    Joseph R. Guy (born on January 7, 1845).

 

16.  Barbara F. Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1) was born in 1831 in Georgia.  She died on November 28, 1914 in Lily, DeSoto, FL.  She was buried in Lily Cemetery, Hardee Co., FL..

 

She was married to James Thomas in November 1877.  James Thomas was born WFT Est. 1814-1834.  He died WFT Est. 1846-1905.

 

She was married to (Nickname, Frank) Francis Alexander Ivey on November 20, 1850.  (Nickname, Frank) Francis Alexander Ivey was born in 1829 in Alachua County, FL.  He was born in 1829 in Georgia.  He died on June 11, 1871 in Fort Myers, Lee, FL.  He was born WFT Est. 1803-1832.  He died WFT Est. 1855-1895.  He died WFT Est. 1856-1920.  Barbara F. Underhill and (Nickname, Frank) Francis Alexander Ivey had the following children:

 

          +79              i.    Nickname - Carrie Caroline Elizabeth Ivey (born on September 11, 1854).

          +80             ii.    Mary Frances Ivey (born on April 27, 1852).

 

17.  Levicy Levicia Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1) was born on March 16, 1838 in Ware County, GA.  She died on October 17, 1902 in Frostproof, Florida.  She was buried in Eden Cemetery, Polk Co., FL..  Birth:  Underhill Genealogy, Vol. 6 has March 16, 1838 GA.

Places of residence:  Duplin Co., NC.; Ware Co. GA.

 

Facts about this person: Burial    Eden Cemetary, Frostproof, Fl

She was married to Jeremiah Underhill Jr. (son of Jeremiah Underhill and Mary Roddenberry) on March 13, 1859.  Jeremiah Underhill Jr. was born in 1834.  He was born about 1834 in Ga..  He was born WFT Est. 1826-1846.  He died WFT Est. 1861-1932.  He died WFT Est. 1865-1925. 

 

“The Kissimmee Island” by Doris Lewis, “Underhill Genealogy, Vol. 6″, Manatee Co., Fl. Early Marriages

Polk Co., Fl. Early Marriages, 1860 Hillsborough Co., Fl. Census

 

  Levicy Levicia Underhill and Jeremiah Underhill Jr. had the following children:

 

          +81              i.    Mary Ellen UNDERHILL (born on August 1, 1862).

            82             ii.    Mary Ellen Underhill was born WFT Est. 1861-1884.  She died WFT Est. 1866-1968.

          +83            iii.    William Landers Underhill (born in 1860).

 

She was married to Thomas Jefferson Sullivan (son of Andrew Jackson , Sr Sullivan and Elizabeth J. Hilliard) on October 24, 1867.  Thomas Jefferson Sullivan was born in 1842 in Georgia.  He died on September 16, 1911 in Frostproof, Florida.  He was born WFT Est. 1820-1847.  He died WFT Est. 1870-1912.   Facts about this person:

 

Burial    September 16, 1911 –  Eden Cemetery - Frostproof

 

 

 

 

  Levicy Levicia Underhill and Thomas Jefferson Sullivan had the following children:

 

          +84              i.    Mathew Sullivan (born on May 13, 1869).

          +85             ii.    Elizabeth Sullivan (born in 1867).

          +86            iii.    Lewis Henry Sullivan (born on June 10, 1871).

          +87           iv.    Elvia Sullivan (born on May 11, 1872).

          +88            v.    Olive Sullivan (born in 1874).

          +89           vi.    Dallas Sullivan  (born in 1877).

          +90          vii.    Callie Sullivan (born in 1881).

          +91         viii.    Bertha Sullivan (born on March 16, 1887).

          +92            ix.    Edna Sullivan (born on July 14, 1888).

 

She was married to Noah Whidden on March 3, 1864.   Noah Whidden was born WFT Est. 1826-1846.  He died WFT Est. 1860-1932.

 

18.  Matthew Underhill (Nancy Hilliard-2, Silas-1)  was born on December 4, 1840.  He died on March 16, 1918.

 

He was married to Elizabeth Catledge on September 25, 1873.  Elizabeth Catledge was born WFT Est. 1833-1856.  She died WFT Est. 1877-1928.

 

He was married to Isabelle Surrency on November 19, 1879.   Isabelle Surrency was born WFT Est. 1836-1862.  She died WFT Est. 1883-1931.

 

19.  Silas Hilliard (James B.-2, Silas-1)  was born about 1831 in GA.  He died in Blackshear, GA.  Silas served as a Private with the 7th Infantry Florida Company I, 1861-1865 during the Civil War. 

 

1860 Putname Co., FL Census (Page 592)

Household # 285