Meredith Poythress, Jr., was the son of Meredith Poythress, Sr., and Edith Cleaton. He married Hester Wilder Mock (2/25/1793-c. 1830) as his 1st wife. Their children were: George Washington (1/13/1819-), John White (1/13/1821- aft. 1880), Henriette (12/7/1823-), Sarah Edwards (11/14/1826-) and Isaac Edwin (5/28/1828-6/29/1862). Meredith married as his second wife, Susan R. Maner (1800-bef. 1860), the daughter of John S. Maner and Ruth Stafford.

Their children were: Mary (c. 1829-), Susan (c. 1832), John Maner (7/26/1832-10/1/1866), Daniel Willie (2/26/1838-11/15/1922) and Ruthy (c. 1840-)..

Families

John White Poythress married Mary Ann Wilder, 2/15/1844, in Screven County.

Isaac Edwin Poythress (5/28/1828-6/29/1862) was a private in Company F, 25th Georgia Infantry, C. S. A., during the War Between the States. He married Mary Ann Thompson, 4/7/1850, in Screven County. Isaac died in an accident while constructing harbor fortifications in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.

John Maner Poythress was in Company D, 47th Georgia Infantry, C. S. A. He married, 4/5/1854, Rhoda E. Gross (3/28/1828-5/5/1884), the daughter of William H. Gross and Harriet Burns. He “contracted yellow fever in the War, made one crop and died.” They had children: Alice Helen (5/11/1855-9/25/1904) and Horace Cullen (1/23/1867- 6/6/1918). Alice Helen Poythress married Peter A. Reddick 10/27/1853-1/6/1928), the son of John Ivey reddick and Sara Oglesby. Their children were: Lennie Laura, Rhoda Edith, Albert Henry, Henry Talmadge and Victoria Ann Lee. Horace Cullen Poythress married, 1/30/1890, as his first wife, Mary E. Mercer (3/10/1846-12/16/1899), the daughter of Edna A. Mercer. He married as his second wife, 10/3/1900, Flossie O. Wells (10/8/1878-11/7/1914). His children were: Helen, Etta, Mattie Eva, Horace Cullen, John Maner, Trudy Edith, Elwin Matthew, Myrtice and Juanita.

Daniel Willie Poythress married Laura J. Scott (4/17/1846-12/11/1919), the daughter of Dennis Scott and Martha Gross, 2/8/1866. Their children were: Minnie and Daniel Willie, Jr.

1832 Lottery

The 1832 or “Sixth” Georgia Land Lottery was an umbrella term to cover what was in reality the last “two” lotteries, the Cherokee land lottery and the Gold Lottery. While legislation for these two lotteries was passed in 1830 and 1831, both drawings were held in 1832. In the Cherokee Land Lottery, the lands available in this lottery eventually become the counties of Cass, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Murray, Paulding, and Union. Land lot sizes were 160 acres. The grant fee for registering the land in order to sell it or move to it was $18.00. In the 1832 Gold Lottery, lands available were the remaining part of original Cherokee County but was that area deemed to have a potential to be “gold” land instead of “farm” land. The lot sizes were fixed at 40 acres. The grant fee was the same as the land lottery: $18.

Name County Military District District/Section/Lot Land Drawn Type

Poythress, Joseph (soldier) Troup Tally’s 7/4/14 Cherokee Land Poythress, Joseph (soldier) Troup Tally’s 2/3/7 Cherokee Gold Poythress, Hardimend Greene 143 2/2/752 Cherokee Gold Poythress, Sarah E. (orphan) Screven 34th 6/3/204 Cherokee Land Poythress, Meredith Sr. Screven 36th 16/2/1078 Cobb Gold Poythress, Meredith Jr. Screven 36th 3/3/76 Cobb Gold Poythress, Sarah M. (widow) Chatham 1st 16/2/471 Cobb Gold

Census records

1840 – Screven Co., GA.

Meredith Poythress (lived next door to widow Harriet Gross) 1-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1

1m<5, 1m5-<10, 1m40-<50, 1f<5, 1f5-<10, 1f40-<50

[Virtual census]

Meredith Poythress	50
Susan Poythress	~40
Mary Poythress	9
John Maner Poythress	8
Susan Poythress	5
Daniel Willie Poythress	2

[Meredith Poythress, Jr., and Susan Maner]

1850 – District 74, Screven County, Georgia September 20, 1850

John Poythress 26 w/m farmer $200 r. e. GA [John White Poythress and Mary Ann Wilder] Marian “ 28 w/f GA

Mary “ 6 w/f GA

Sarah “ 4 w/f GA

William “ 2 w/m GA

John White Poythress (1821-) was the son of Meredith Poythress, Jr.

1880 – District 74, Screven County, Georgia September 10, 1850, #297 & #298

#297

Isaac Poythress 22 w/m farmer, $700 r. e., SC, md. within the yr. [Isaac Edwin Poythress & Mary Ann Thompson]

Mary “ 20 w/f SC md. within the yr., cannot read or write #298

Hester Poythress 55 w/f farmeress, $800 r. e., SC, cannot read or write William “ 18 w/m farmer, SC

Mary A. “ 14 w/f GA Lucy M. “ 9 w/f GA

Jane “ 5 w/f GA

Isaac Edwin Poythress (1827-1862) was the son of Meredith Poythress, Jr.

1860 – Sylvania P. O., 7/6/1860, 34th District, Screven Co., GA., p. 81, #531.

B. H. Brannen 40 w/m farmer $10,000 r. e. $16,000 p. e. GA

E. D. Brannen 28 w/f SC

Ralph Brannen 10 w/m GA Paulene E. Brannen 8 w/f GA

B. H. Brannen 6 w/m GA

Sarah E. Brannen 2 w/f GA

M. Poythress 60 w/m farm laborer GA

1860 – Sylvania P. O., 7/6/1860, 34th District, Screven Co., GA.

J. M. Poythress 27 w/m farmer 5,000 r. e. $500 p. e. GA [John Maner Poythress & Rhoda Gross]

R. Poythress 30 w/f GA

Alice Poythress 5 w/f GA

R. Gross 29 w/f domestic GA

Ann Gross 30 w/f domestic GA

John Maner Poythress (1832-1866), son of Meredith Poythress, Jr., married 4/5/1854, Rhoda E. Gross (1828-1884). 1860 – Black Creek P. O., 36th District, June 13, 1860, p. 81, #141

John Poythress 33 w/m farmer $500 r. e. $150 p. e. GA [John White Poythress & Mary Ann Wilder] Mary A. Poythress 33 w/f GA

Mary H. “ 14 w/f GA

Sarah E. “ 12 w/f GA

William H. “ 8 w/m GA

John H. “ 7 w/m GA

Henrietta “ 4 w/f GA

Viola “ 3 w/f GA

Charles M. “ 9/12 w/m GA

1860 – Black Creek P. O., 36th District, June 13, 1860, p. 81, #147 Wm. E. Poythress 27 w/m farm laborer GA

Martha J. “ 19 w/f GA

Sarah J. “ 1 w/f GA

1880 – Militia District 36, Screven County, Georgia, June 25, 1880, p. 252

John Poythress 55 w/m widowed, farmer, cannot write, GA/GA/GA [John White Poythress] & Mary Ann Wilder]

Viola E. “ 22 w/f daughter, house keeper, GA/GA/GA

LeAndrew “ 17 w/m son, works on farm, GA/GA/GA

Virginia Fluke 25 w/f niece, general house work, GA/GA/GA

R. W. Poythress 22 w/m nephew, works on farm, GA/GA/GA