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Matthew Cavenah Howell[1, 2, 3]

Male 1807 - 1834  (26 years)


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  • Name Matthew Cavenah Howell  [4, 5, 6
    Birth 20 Dec 1807  Greene Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Aug 1834  Taliaferro County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will 18 Aug 1834  Taliaferro County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID K1DT-Q89 
    FamilySearch URL https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K1DT-Q89 
    Burial Johnson Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Person ID I1553  Main
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2020 

    Father McKinney Howell,   b. 1781, Halifax County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1856, White Plains, Greene County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Mary Johnson, "Polly",   b. 1786, White Plains, Greene County, GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1856 (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sara Maria Simonton,   b. 27 Dec 1813, Greene Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1855, White Plains, Greene County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 31 Mar 1831  Greene Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Notes 
    Married:
    • Married by C.P. Beeman
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Armstrong Howell,   b. 22 Oct 1832, Greene Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1864 (Age 31 years)
    +2. Mary Jane Howell,   b. 22 May 1834, Greene Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1869, White Plains, Greene County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Dec 1807 - Greene Co., GA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 Mar 1831 - Greene Co., GA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Aug 1834 - Taliaferro County, GA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 18 Aug 1834 - Taliaferro County, GA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Johnson Cemetery Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
    1820 Census - Hanckock Co., GA p. 102
    1820 Census - Hanckock Co., GA p. 102
    Parts of Hancock Co. came from what was previously Greene co.

    McKinney Howell family: "Mckinny Howell" household consists of 2 males 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45, 6 slaves.

    The age ranges in the census match the ages of the family as we know them as follows: Matthew C. Howell would be ~13 and John J. Howell would be ~10, McKinney would be ~39, Mary Johnson would be 34. The unidentified household members are the female under 10 and the male 16-26.
    Will of Matthew Cavenah Howell
    Will of Matthew Cavenah Howell

    Histories
    The Howell Family
    The Howell Family
    by Rev. James Hines Kilpatrick, transcribed by William Heard Kilpatrick and sent to me by Scott Kilpatrick.

  • Notes 
    • From William Heard Kilpatrick notes from a book which belonged to his father:

      "Mattew had two children, Nancy Jane and Samuel"

      From Havilah Howell Mapp:

      "Matthew Cavenah Howell was named for his uncle Matthew and his grandmother whose maiden name was Cavenah"

      The History of Greene County, Georgia 1786-1886,
      Dr. Thaddeus Brockett Rice, The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartenburg, South Carolina, 1979. Pages 553. Documents the marriage of Matthew C. Howell to Sarah M. Simonton on 3/31/1831 by C.P. Beeman.

      Alvin Mell Lunceford, Jr., Taliaferro County Georgia Records and notes, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1988, page 352. Cites will record A 1826-1866. Matthew C. Howell made 18 Aug 1834, probated 6 Sep 1834, page 93, wife: Sarah M., ch: Samuel Armstrong and Mary Jane Howell, executor: Wm. Johnson, test: Jesse O'Neal, Albert A. Simonton, James V. Grier. [14, 15, 16]

    Will:
    • Alvin Mell Lunceford, Jr., TALIAFERRO COUNTY GEORGIA RECORDS AND NOTES, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1988, page 352. Cites will record A 1826-1866. Matthew C. Howell made 8/18/1834, probated 9/6/1834, page 93, wife: Sarah M., ch: Samuel Armstrong and Mary Jane Howell, exec: Wm. Johnson, test: Jesse O'Neal, Albert A. Simonton, James V. Grier.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] John S. Howell, Jr., JSH Feb 13 2003 gedcom.

    2. [S739] Kate (Lloyd) Morley, Kate (Lloyd) Morley, (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=klloyd77. katie [tmorley7@bigpond.com]).

    3. [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).

    4. [S1298] Scott Kilpatrick, Scott Kilpatrick, (Scott Kilpatrick [scott.kilpatrick@bigpond.com]), email Feb 15, 2006 "Another statement of WHK about "McKinne Howell....It says McKinne had two sons Matthew and John".

    5. [S1435] Havilah Howell Mapp of White Plains, Georgia, Havilah Howell Mapp - Brief Record of Ancestral History, (L. Barlow's extracts - a copy of the original in the posession of Mrs. Henry Reid, Athens, Georgia).

    6. [S1813] Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Taliaferro County); Probate Place: Taliaferro, Georgia, Georgia, Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992, (Taliaferro Wills, Vol A-B, 1826-1922. Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts.), https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8635/005761691_00013?pid=362211&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D8635%26h%3D362211%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DsJc104%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26requr%3D281474977005568%26ur%3D0%2.

    7. [S731] E. H. Armor, Armor, Cemeteries of Greene Co., (1987, Agee Publishers, Inc.), p. 317.

    8. [S1338] Lundie Barlow - Sidney Howell - Havila Howell Chart, LBSH Chart, (A photocopy of a handwritten document given to John S. Howell, Jr. by Elizabeth Howell Traver.), "Johnson Cemetery".

    9. [S699] Thaddeus Brockett Rice and Carolyn Williams, Rice & Williams - History of Greene Co., (IBSN 0-87152 Data by Thaddeus Brockett Rice ; edited by Carolyn White Williams (Mrs. Carlton Candler Williams) ; with new index by Margaret H. Cannon), p. 553.

    10. [S1116] Dianne Wood, contributor, Greene County: Marriages by Groom 1800 - 1850, (USGenWeb http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/greene/vitals/marriages/grm180050.txt), Howell, Matthew C. , Simonton, Sarah N.;31-Mar 1831 GA Greene.

    11. [S1205] Dodd, Jordan, Georgia Marriages to 1850, ([database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.), Howell, Matthew, C. - Simonton, Sarah N. 31 Mar 1831 Georgia, Greene County.

    12. [S1451] Annie Davidson Howell, House of Howell - Version 2 - commented by TB Rice, (3 pages. Transcribed by Albert Sidney Howell (courtesy Jim Brittain, Jr.)).

    13. [S1450] Annie Davidson Howell, House of Howell - version 1, (Transcribed by Albert Sidney Howell (courtesy Jim Brittain, Jr.) - version 2 has slightly different content than version 1.), "Matthew C. married Sarah Simonton a short time before this" (ie - 1832).

    14. [S735] Memoirs of GA V2, (1895, Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association.), p. 511-512.

    15. [S730] Alvin Mell Lunceford, Jr., Taliaferro Records, (1988, The Reprint Company, Spartenburg, South Carolina), page 352. Cites will record A 1826-1866. Matthew C. Howell made 18 Aug 1834, probated 6 Sep 1834, page 93, wife: Sarah M., ch: Samuel Armstrong and Mary Jane Howell, executor: Wm. Johnson, test: Jesse O'Neal, Albert A. Simonton, James V. Grier.

    16. [S1316] William Heard Kilpatrick, William Heard Kilpatrick, (Unpublished.), The Howell Family.