Honeychild's Southern Families Home Page

Hi Folks Welcome to my homepage,as my page name indicates my families are of the garden variety dyed in the wool southerners. They are mostly white trash with a few princes and kings thrown in to keep me humble.
I will post most of the more reseached lines as time and space permits,for now I will list some of the families whose shadows I have chased for 25+ years. I hope you find some that match your lines.

VIRGINIA:1600-1830, TATE, POE, LAFOLLETT, DAVIS, GROGAN, SINGLETON, GANN, MARVEL

TENNESSEE:1780-1900 BROWN, DAVIS, MCMURRY, TIPTON, LAFOLLETT, PATTERSON, GANN,
GROGAN, OWENS, HICKMAN, BOWERS, REAGAN, COWAN, ALLEN, BACON, LOVE, COLBERT, PLUMLEE

ALABAMA:1810-1900
LAFARLETT(LAFOLLETT),BELLAH,BRIGHT, PLUMLEE, BROWN, OWENS,
WOODRUFF, KIMBRELL, PATTERSON, GANN, WILSON, BROCK, TURNER AND OTHERS

GEORGIA:1700-1850 KIMBRELL, BELLAH, BRIGHT, WOODRUFF, BROCK, POE, TURNER

NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA:1693-1840
LISENBEE, POE, BELLAH, PLUMLEE, KIMBRELL, MCMURRY, COWAN, GROGAN, TURNER

DELAWARE:1680-1800
MARVEL, ROGERS, RODNEY, STOCKLEY, PRETTYMAN,

MISSISSIPPI: 1700-1845(CHICKASAW'S)
ALLEN, BACON, COLBERT, LOVE, MOORE,I information on several of the early Chickasaw families with some information on some of the families of the other Southeastern tribes.

ARKANSAS:1770-1840'S
ALLEN, BACON, MOORE, LOVE, COLBERT, CHRISTIAN, FOOY, other folks living in and around Hopefield,and Arkansas Post around the turn of 1800 to 1830's.

TEXAS: 1829-PRESENT
TATE, GROGAN, POE, SOWELL, ROE, BRIGHT, BROWN, OWENS, SINGLETON, PLUMLEE,BELLAH, WHITLOCK, and others.

Kentucky: 1810-1860
MARVEL, LISENBEE, TATE

OKLAHOMA-INDIAN TERRITORY 1845-PRESENT
BACON, LISENBEE, LOVE, MOORE, COLBERT, SINGLETON, SIMS
(CHICKASAW/CHOCTAW/CHEROKEE)

NEW JERSEY:1745-1780?
LAFOLLETTE, MINTHORNE, NEMO

GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• Bellah Family (61 KB)
  This is my father's paternal line. It still needs work on several of the maternal lines.
• This is everybody, (1651 KB)
  This is a fairly currant file new information will be added as time allows

Family Photos

• Lillie Bright and Lee Bellah on Wedding Day (44 KB)
  Photo taken, Dec.13, 1913
• John L Bright b. 1860 Marshall Co. Al (18 KB)
  John L Bright was the 3rd child of Rachael Bright and an unknown father. He was born 1860 and died in Texas in 1924. See Family report for more information on this family.
• Lewis Tate and Vie Bacon Wedding Day (11 KB)
  Photo taken on Vie's Chickasaw homestead on day they were married April 23 1920.
• Sam Bacon Family left, Tom, Baily & Will Bacon CW (34 KB)
  The photo on the right is My greatgrandparents Samuel J. Bacon and Lucy Sims, she was his 3rd wife. The woman holding the baby & standing in the back is Dollie Cleveland Lucy's sister the 2 very blond children in the front are hers. Picture on right is the Civil War photo of Harvey Bacon's three son's Thomas Steward, Bailey Marion and standing in the back William Henderson Bacon. They served in Stan Watie's Mounted Cherokee Reg. See family report for more on this family.
• James Louis Tate and Martha Ann Poe Tate (53 KB)
  This photo was taken 1896. J. L. was born in Tx near Gonzales Aug 1836 just after the Texas Rev. Martha Ann was a young widow with small children when they were married.
• Mary Allen .b.1814 Chickasaw/Cherokee d.I.T.1876 (7 KB)
  Mary Allen was the daughter of mixed blood Cherokee John R Allen who was a trader on the Miss. from New Orleans to the Indian Nations along the Miss. Her mother was Chickasaw her name was Catherine she was probably one of Thomas Love's fullblood wives daughter. She married Harvey Bacon in Shelby Co TN the site of the Chickasaw Bluffs, now Memphis in 1831. She died Nov 7,1876 Bacon Springs I.T.
• Lucinda Bright Murray (46 KB)
  Lucy Bright Murray was child of Rachael Bright, she certainly show her Cherokee heritage in this photo. b 1875 d. 1955
• Frances Lisenbe Bacon & Willy & Mattie 1874 (87 KB)
  This is Frances Isabella Lisenbe and 2 0f 3 living children about 1874.
• Molly Brown Owens (42 KB)
  Mary Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Andrew "Andy" J. Brown and Anney Plumle
• Henry Bellah, Sevred in 13th Al in CW (11 KB)
  This is my greatgrandfather Henry Bellah, He served with the Randolph Co. Mountaineers part of the 13th Al. in the Civil War he was wounded twice at Gettysburg.
• Sarah Bright b 1850 Guntersville Al (40 KB)
  This is Rachael Bright's oldest child.
• Henry Williams & Sarah Lafarlett Family (61 KB)
  This is the younger members of the Williams family, My greatgrandmother Molly had married by the time this picture was taken and yes looks like the children are barefooted I love this picture my poor gggrandmother Sarah's face shows the trouble and hard life she lived.
• Wm Sims Family (62 KB)
  William Sims and Sarah Singleton Sims, late 1890's
• Tate/Owens family (24 KB)
  This is Hezikiah Lenard Tate and Lilly Owens family The children were all grown when this photo was taken in the 1930's in Granbury TX
• Seburn Young Owens,1880's Ft Worth TX (37 KB)
  Ggrandfather Seburn Young Owens married Molly Brown in 1869 in Tipton Co. TN
• Lizzie Tate Fessenden b 1842 TX (19 KB)
  This is the only daughter of Elijah Tate and Sarah "Sally" Sowell.
• Wagon Trail Leaving Ok.1927 for West TX (35 KB)
  This is the day that the Tate's and Bacons left Bryan Co Okla for West Texas. Very Cool Picture!!
• Will Bacon 1876 (30 KB)
  William Henderson Bacon, born on the trail from Mississippi to Indian Territory 1845.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Bright


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Joel Bacon


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of John R Allen


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Marvel


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Peter Tate