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Joseph Hughey (b. Abt. 1768, d. August 09, 1829)
Notes for Joseph Hughey:
A treaty held in Washington, D. C., on November 14, 1805, ceded the land between the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers to the United States by the Creek Nation of the Indians. The 1805 Land Lottery settled original Wayne County in the southeast corner of the state, and the first five land districts of the original Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties, Georgia. The 1807 Land Lottery completed the surveying and distribution of the land lots in Baldwin and Wilkinson. A married man, with wife and/or minor child, a three-year resident of Georgia was authorized 2 draws. A lot was for 202½ acres and would be charges a fee of $12.15 for each lot.(1) The records shows that Joseph Hughey received one lot in Baldwin County and one lot in Wilkinson County. Joseph was living in the 5th Military District of Baldwin County when he took part in the lottery.(1) Morgan County Georgia was created by land taken from Baldwin County on December 10, 1807.(2). Evidently Joseph's land was in the part that was transferred to Morgan County, he paid taxes in the Hughey District of Morgan County in 1810.(3) By the same reference, Joseph paid taxes in Morgan County in 1817.
On January 6, 1817, Joseph Hughey gave security, Guardian Bond, in the death of George Noland in Morgan County. George Noland was most likely the father of his wife, Hannah Noland.(4)
Joseph Hughey was in the 1820 census. The census showed that he was over 45 and had 3 males under 10, 1 male between 10 and 16. He also had 2 females between 10 and 16, 1 female between 16 and 25, and his wife between 25 and 45. He also had 2 slaves.
There were several land transactions between Joseph and other people in Morgan County as follows. November 1815, June 1821, December 1821, March 1822, and July 1823.(5)
Walton County Georgia was created by land transferred from Jackson County on December 15, 1818. In 1820 and 1821 there were many transfers of lands between the different counties.(6)
I could not find any other land transactions for Joseph in Morgan County after July 1823. However we do find that Joseph Hughey bought land on July 10, 1823 in Walton County, however it was not recorded until May 23, 1827. That could indicate that there were questions about what county they were really lived in.(7)
There are also records that shows that Joseph bought land in Walton County, again, in 1827, and then in 1829 transferred the land to his two youngest children, Ephriam and Susan Hughey.(8)
On March 25, 1829, Joseph Hughey made out a deed and transferred the property to his two youngest children. The deed reads as follows:
"State of Georgia : Know all men by their presents that I, Joseph Hughey
Walton County : of the county & state aforesaid, for the good will and affection, I have and act toward my two youngest children Ephriam Hughey & Susan Hughey have on this day give, granted & bequeath unto the said Ephriam & Susan the following property. No 1, Two Negro children, answered by the names Eliza & Rudy?, both girls about seven or eight years of age and our track of land lying in the said county of Walton & in the first district known as the place of said first district by lot number sixty seven (67), containing two hundred and fifty acres, To have and hold said property from the death of the said Joseph Hughey, and it is understood that I the said Joseph do reserve the right of the use & labor of said Negro girls so long as I shall live and also the right of disposing by transfer of the lot of land should I be so disposed & can get a fair price for the same but not of the Negroes."
In witness whereof I the said Joseph Hughey have this day hereunto put my hand & seal this twenty fifth day of March eighteen hundred and twenty nine.
Signed & Sealed acknowledged Sig- Joseph Hughey (seal) & delivered in presence of Richard Butler JP Recorded this 25 March 1829."(8)
More About Joseph Hughey and Hannah Nolan:
Marriage: 1795, Greene County, Georgia.
Children of Joseph Hughey and Hannah Nolan are:
- +Ephriam George Copeland Hughey, b. January 14, 1809, Morgan County, Georgia, d. April 27, 1890, Carroll County, Georgia.
- James Hughey, b. 1797.
- Sarah Hughey, b. 1799.
- Seaborn Hughey, b. 1800.
- Thomas Hughey, b. 1803.
- Joseph L. Hughey, b. 1805.
- Mary Hughey, b. 1807.
- Susan Emma Hughey, b. 1813.