Descendants of Richard CLACK Generation No. 1 1. RICHARD1 CLACK Child of RICHARD CLACK is: 2. i. WILLIAM2 CLACK, b. 1628, Marden Parish, Wilshire, England. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM2 CLACK (RICHARD1) was born 1628 in Marden Parish, Wilshire, England. He married MARY SPENCER 1648 in Marden Parish, Wilshire, England, daughter of NICHOLAS SPENCER and MARY GOSTWICK. She was born 1630 in Bedford, England. More About WILLIAM CLACK and MARY SPENCER: Marriage: 1648, Marden Parish, Wilshire, England Children of WILLIAM CLACK and MARY SPENCER are: i. NICHOLAS3 CLACK, b. Abt. 1650, England; d. October 12, 1709, Lancaster, Virginia; m. ANNE. ii. FRANCIS CLACK, b. Abt. 1652. iii. RICHARD CLACK, b. Abt. 1654. 3. iv. JAMES CLACK, b. Bet. 1655 - 1660, Marden Parish, Wilshire, England; d. December 20, 1723, Gloucester Co., Virginia. Generation No. 3 3. JAMES3 CLACK (WILLIAM2, RICHARD1) was born Bet. 1655 - 1660 in Marden Parish, Wilshire, England, and died December 20, 1723 in Gloucester Co., Virginia. He married JANE BOLLING Abt. 1695, daughter of ROBERT BOLLING and JANE ROLFE. She was born 1676. Notes for JAMES CLACK: Sources: Twitty Family in America. Twitty and Gregory Kinfolks. Harllee James Clack was a minister of Ware Parish in Gloucester Co., Virginia from 1679-1723. He arrived in Virginia 1679. More About JAMES CLACK and JANE BOLLING: Marriage: Abt. 1695 Children of JAMES CLACK and JANE BOLLING are: i. JANE4 CLACK, d. Bef. 1748; m. (1) ROBERT BALLARD; m. (2) MATTHEW HUBBARD. ii. ANNE CLACK, b. Virginia; m. (1) UNK. COURTNEY; m. (2) HINCHIA MABRY, SR.. iii. WILLIAM CLACK. Notes for WILLIAM CLACK: This William Clack, son of Reverend James and Jane Bolling Clack, returned to England. 4. iv. JAMES CLACK II, b. Bet. 1690 - 1697, Gloucester Co., Virginia; d. 1757, Brunswick Co., VA. v. DOROTHY CLACK, b. August 24, 1714; d. May 1797; m. (1) FRANCIS ARMISTEAD; m. (2) GWYN READ, Abt. 1733. More About GWYN READ and DOROTHY CLACK: Marriage: Abt. 1733 Generation No. 4 4. JAMES4 CLACK II (JAMES3, WILLIAM2, RICHARD1) was born Bet. 1690 - 1697 in Gloucester Co., Virginia, and died 1757 in Brunswick Co., VA. He married MARY STERLING 1718 in Gloucester Co., VA, daughter of JOHN STERLING. She was born 1700 in Gloucester Co., Virginia, and died 1763 in Brunswick Co., VA. Notes for JAMES CLACK II: Sources: Genealogy of Virginia Families, Vol. 2 (VA magazine of History and Biography), Chapt. by William D. Hall, M.D. Twitty Family in America. Twitty and Gregory Kinfolks. William Curry Harllee James Clack's Will was dated 03 June 1757, recorded 23 August 1757. Brunswick Co., Virginia. Will Book 3, p. 227. Notes for MARY STERLING: Mary Sterling Clack's Will was dated 23 April 1763, recorded 23 May 1763, Brunswick Co., VA. Will Book 4, p. 336. More About JAMES CLACK and MARY STERLING: Marriage: 1718, Gloucester Co., VA Children of JAMES CLACK and MARY STERLING are: i. STERLING5 CLACK, b. 1718, Gloucester Co., Virginia; d. 1751, Brunswick Co., VA; m. ANN ELDRIDGE. Notes for STERLING CLACK: Sterling Clack's Will was dated January 1750, recorded 26 March 1751, Brunswick Co., VA. Will Book 3, p. 19. ii. JOHN CLACK, b. 1720, Gloucester Co., Virginia; d. Abt. 1784; m. MARY KENNON, 1743. More About JOHN CLACK and MARY KENNON: Marriage: 1743 iii. DOROTHY CLACK, b. Bet. 1720 - 1739; d. Bet. 1757 - 1763; m. JAMES BELBO. iv. MARY CLACK, b. 1724, Virginia; m. (1) JOHN LIGHTFOOT; m. (2) ROBERT RUFFIN. v. JAMES CLACK, b. 1727, Gloucester Co., Virginia. Notes for JAMES CLACK: This James, son of James and Mary Sterling Clack, seems to be the 'mystery man' in that data about him and his family is all marked Uncertain. His son, Thomas, moved to North Carolina. vi. ELIZABETH CLACK, b. 1734, Gloucester Co., Virginia; d. Gloucester Co., Virginia; m. CLAIBORNE ANDERSON, July 24, 1772. More About CLAIBORNE ANDERSON and ELIZABETH CLACK: Marriage: July 24, 1772 5. vii. WILLIAM CLACK, b. 1737, Gloucester Co., Virginia; d. 1802, Wilkes/Lincoln Co., GA. viii. SARAH CLACK, b. Abt. 1738, Gloucester Co., Virginia; d. Abt. 1803; m. WILLIAM MCCLIN II, September 1757. More About WILLIAM MCCLIN and SARAH CLACK: Marriage: September 1757 Generation No. 5 5. WILLIAM5 CLACK (JAMES4, JAMES3, WILLIAM2, RICHARD1) was born 1737 in Gloucester Co., Virginia, and died 1802 in Wilkes/Lincoln Co., GA. He married ELIZABETH TWITTY October 16, 1757, daughter of THOMAS TWITTY and MARY WYNNE. She was born 1739 in Brunswick Co., VA, and died 1801 in Wilkes/Lincoln Co., GA. More About WILLIAM CLACK: Date born 2: 1737 More About WILLIAM CLACK and ELIZABETH TWITTY: Marriage: October 16, 1757 Children of WILLIAM CLACK and ELIZABETH TWITTY are: i. WILLIAM6 CLACK, b. 1758, Brunswick Co., VA. ii. STERLING CLACK, b. November 17, 1759, Brunswick Co., VA; d. November 06, 1837, Sumner Co., TN; m. MARY WOOD, August 16, 1789, Warren Co., GA. Notes for STERLING CLACK: Source: Virginia Pension Application, Vol. 19, p. 566 by Dorman. Pension W240 Sterling Clack enlisted for two years in the Spring of 1776 in the Company of Capt. James Lucas in the 4th Regiment and was discharged at Fredericksburg, VA in 1778. Later he was a farmer and drew a pension for his service. More About STERLING CLACK and MARY WOOD: Marriage: August 16, 1789, Warren Co., GA iii. DAVID CLACK, b. Bet. 1760 - 1780, Brunswick Co., VA. iv. JAMES CLACK, b. Bet. 1760 - 1780, Brunswick Co., VA; m. UNK. WRIGHT. v. JUDITH CLACK, b. Bet. 1760 - 1780, Brunswick Co., VA. vi. THOMAS CLACK, b. Bet. 1760 - 1780, Brunswick Co., VA. 6. vii. GEORGE WASHINGTON CLACK, b. Bet. 1780 - 1790; d. Bet. 1834 - 1840, Walton Co., GA?. Generation No. 6 6. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 CLACK (WILLIAM5, JAMES4, JAMES3, WILLIAM2, RICHARD1) was born Bet. 1780 - 1790, and died Bet. 1834 - 1840 in Walton Co., GA?. He married CATHERINE SMITH December 01, 1810 in Jackson Co., GA, daughter of DAVID SMITH and SARAH LINDLEY. She was born February 09, 1795. Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON CLACK: Sources: US Census 1850 Walton Co., GA , 1860 Gwinnett Co., GA Gwinnett County Deaths 1818-1989. McCabe CSA Indigent Pension Record Wayfarers in Walton. Sams Rena O. Clack, Hovie Clack, Betty Hendrix Walton County Marriages Roster of Confederate Soldiers in Georgia. Henderson US Census for Walton Co., GA 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 James Clack Cemetery in Gwinnett Co., later Barrow County, GA More About GEORGE CLACK and CATHERINE SMITH: Marriage: December 01, 1810, Jackson Co., GA Children of GEORGE CLACK and CATHERINE SMITH are: i. STERLING7 CLACK, b. September 22, 1811, Jackson, Co., GA; d. July 1873, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. CHARITY SMITH. 7. ii. MARY CLACK, b. August 28, 1813, Georgia; d. May 22, 1895, Gwinnett Co., GA. iii. JOHN J. CLACK, b. June 26, 1815. iv. MARTHA CLACK, b. July 04, 1817; d. Aft. 1900; m. DAVID FUNDERBURG, Bet. 1859 - 1860. More About DAVID FUNDERBURG and MARTHA CLACK: Marriage: Bet. 1859 - 1860 v. REBECCA CLACK, b. March 08, 1819, Walton Co., GA; d. Gwinnett Co., GA; m. C. M. HILL. vi. THOMAS CLACK, b. May 09, 1821, Walton Co., GA; d. Chambers Co., AL?; m. EMILY SISSION. vii. JOSEPH J. CLACK, b. January 16, 1823, Walton Co., GA; d. September 19, 1903, Walton Co., GA; m. (1) ARENA HUGHES; m. (2) MARTHA ADAMS, 1849. More About JOSEPH J. CLACK: Military service: Jospeh Clack, CSA, Company F Cobb Legion and 16th GA Company State Troops. Notes for ARENA HUGHES: Arena Hughes was a sister of William Edward Hughes, Jr. More About JOSEPH CLACK and MARTHA ADAMS: Marriage: 1849 viii. JAMES C. CLACK, b. Bet. 1824 - 1826, Walton Co., GA; d. September 18, 1893, Walton Co., GA; m. ARMANDA HARRISON, August 15, 1852. More About JAMES C. CLACK: Military service: James C. Clack, CSA. Company G 42nd Georgia, Stovall's Brigade, Walton Co. GA, private. Wounded in left thigh at New Hope Church GA 24 May 1864. More About JAMES CLACK and ARMANDA HARRISON: Marriage: August 15, 1852 ix. ELIZABETH CLACK, b. March 28, 1828, Walton Co., GA. x. SEABORN JONES CLACK, b. April 1830, Walton Co., GA; d. Bet. 1906 - 1909, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. DRUCILLA ADELINE HOLLOWAY, Walton Co., GA. More About SEABORN CLACK and DRUCILLA HOLLOWAY: Marriage: Walton Co., GA xi. GEORGE W. CLACK, b. 1832, Walton Co., GA; d. October 1863; m. RHODA EMELINE HARRISON. More About GEORGE W. CLACK: Military service: George W. Clack, CSA. Company G 42nd Georgia Volunteers. Died of chronic diarrhea. xii. WILLIAM D. CLACK, b. June 08, 1835, Walton Co., GA. Generation No. 7 7. MARY7 CLACK (GEORGE WASHINGTON6, WILLIAM5, JAMES4, JAMES3, WILLIAM2, RICHARD1) was born August 28, 1813 in Georgia, and died May 22, 1895 in Gwinnett Co., GA. She married LOVICK BETTS Bef. 1830 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, son of JONATHON BETTS and ELIZABETH FONDREN. He was born March 10, 1807 in Georgia, and died October 17, 1880 in Gwinnett Co., GA. Notes for LOVICK BETTS: Bettstown Excerpts taken from The History of Auburn and Carl, by Myldred Flanigan Hutchins. The Appalachee was a big river in the early 1800s, when land was easily obtained and roads were Indian trails or paths. Settlers knew it was necessary to be near water, and along Betts Creek, which runs into the Appalachee River, not far from Auburn and Carl was a community called Bettstown. At least five families figure in the history of this settlement. Traveling along Old Lawrenceville Road to where Betts Creek crosses, is near the area where a store and post office, two houses and a barn once stood, and about two hundred yards from the road was a mill. The store, two houses and barn disappeared in quicksand between 1881 and 1903. Mr. Jack Knight of Carl now owns this land. Mr. Loy Etheridge of Winder tells of an experience that he had when he was seven or eight years old. This was about 1902 or 1903. He, Tom (his brother) and cousin Claude Etheridge went to Bettstown to 'look around.' The gable of one of the houses was still at ground level. He decided to crawl through the window in the gable and take a look. What he saw was the 'biggest snake I had ever seen! He got out of the old house as fast as he could. Loy Etheridge knew his grandfather, Manley Etheridge, had worked at the mill before he went to the Civil War. Manley did not return from the war, but his wife continued to live on the farm and she raised her children there. Loy said that from his grandfather's place, he would have had to walk about a quarter mile through the woods to get to the mill. He remembers that the Maughon and Allgood families lived near his grandfather, and that they all farmed and exchanged work. He also remembers that Mr. Jesse Peppers of Auburn grew up in the Allgood family home. When a settlement came into existence a store, a church, a school, and often a mill or gin would soon follow. The community churches were Old Corinth Methodist Church and Midway Methodist Church was not far distant. The Midway deeds date back to 1846, but Almon Chandler (whose name is almost synonymous with Midway Church) says he has always been told that the church was established in 1836. Mr. Chandler thinks that Old Corinth Church was destroyed by fire or storm and was never rebuilt. There was a school which Mr. Manley Etheridge built across the road from his home. The building still stands and is now used as a corn crib or storage room. One of the teachers there was Judge Galuam T. Rakestraw (died in 1878), who was the brother of Mrs. Manley Etheridge. The problem of quicksand that was to devour Bettstown probably occurred over a period of years before the seriousness of the matter became evident. Efforts would certainly have been made to add additional supports to the foundations of the houses, although that would not have lasted for long. Eventually the buildings would have to be abandoned. Since the store, post office, and adjacent buildings were the ones affected, the center of commerce moved away from the community. With Auburn and Carl beginning to grow, and the railroad soon to be built, there was little incentive to rebuild in the immediate area of Bettstown. The community around Betts Creek simply disappeared in the quicksand. Families of Bettstown The Nathan Clark family came to Bettstown in the 1830s. Sarah Brown Clark was the wife of Nathan Clark and their second child, named Margaret 'Peggy', and was born in 1833. The Clarks had fifteen children, some of whom are buried in the Clark family cemetery. Information about the Clark family is found, in part, from Mrs. Beula Melton of Dacula, and the R. A. Etheridge family Bible. The John Brown family also lived in the area. John and his wife are buried at the Clark family cemetery. Her marker is missing, but his still stands and is barely readable. John Brown was born in 1807 and died in 1873. It is quite likely that John Brown was the Uncle of Mrs. Nathan Clark, since both of her parents were born in Ireland as was John Brown. Nathan Clark's daughter, Peggy, first married William Kircus, who died during the Civil War. She then married John Wages. Peggy told her grandchildren that her grandparents, Matthew and Peggy McGowen Brown, were born in Ireland. It appears likely that the Brown family accompanied the Clark family to Bettstown. Loy Etheridge says that five Etheridge brothers came from South Carolina and settled on both sides of the Appalachee River. They were James, who never married, moved to Arkansas and later was killed at Gettysburg; Manley had six children; William first married Caroline Willard and had one child. His second marriage was to Polly Hutchins; Sampson married Nancy Bird Betts and had eleven children; Robert Jr. married Polly Bowen and had five children; The father of these five brothers was Robert Etheridge of South Carolina. Robert Etheridge's brother, Shepherd Etheridge, was born in 1790, settled in the Ben Smith' s District. This area was part of Gwinnett County, but was lost to Barrow County in 1914. He was married three times and had fifteen children. It is likely that the Etheridges lived in and around Bettstown. Also likely is that William Kircus, who married Nathan Clark's daughter Peggy, lived in Bettstown, since he, his father and brothers were millwrights by trade and would have been needed at the mill. Lovick 0. Betts was born in 1807. As the 1870 Census shows, he was a farmer with some 1,000 acres of land and personal property valued at $ 550. The 1880 Census showed him operating a grist mill and living in his house were his wife and two sons, Henry T., age 32, and Maty J., age 30. Lovick Betts also had a store and post office. Mrs. Sabra Farr Etheridge's (Leonard) father was named for Lovick Betts, who was his great-uncle, and they also lived in Bettstown. It is interesting that the work History of Auburn and Carl revealed so little about the Betts family, especially since Bettstown was named for them. Other known descendents of the Betts family are Monroe Wise, who operates a funeral home in Winder, and James Tuggle of Dacula. The great grandmothers of both these men were daughters of Lovick Betts. Also, the marriage of Elizabeth C. Betts to James Young Stanley includes the Stanley family of Dacula as descendants. In the City of Winder, Georgia, there is a Betts family cemetery located at the former site of the Concord Methodist Church that states: "Concord Methodist Cemetery In 1836 Byrd Betts (known to be the son of Lovick Betts) Pioneer Steward of the Concord Methodist Church, later to become the First Methodist Church of Winder, gave ten acres of land for the church and cemetery." Those known to be buried here: Susan, wife of S. E. Beddingfield, 1829-1851 J. B. Betts, 1847-1886 0. G. Betts, 1844-1884 - CSA Margaret Betts, died 1872 Lelia and Wade Bush Malinda F. Coker, 1859-1871 T. C. Hardegree, 1825-1885 - CSA A. S. Crossley, 1881-1885 C. W. Crossley, 1883-1885 Samuel Harrison, 1809-1886 Peter Kilgore, 1828-1860 William Saunders Kilgore, 1856-1860 John A. Smith, 1861-1887 Dorinda T. Wills, 1824-1885 Maruon C. Wills, 1884-18_ Randolph Wills, 1808-1868 - CSA Located on the same property, but directly in front of the Monroe Wise funeral home, is another historical marker stating, "The most historical site in Winder", which also lists the name of Byrd Betts as being instrumental in establishing a school at the site. Searching the Georgia Census records for the name Betts revealed: During 1820 and 1830, Betts were found in Columbia, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, and Walton counties. Ira E. Betts Jackson County 1840 & 1850 Jonathon Betts Jackson County 1840 & 1850 Jonathon Betts Walton County 1850 Lovick Betts Jackson County 1840 Gwinnett County 1850 Rev. Redick Betts Walton County 1840 Gwinnett County 1850 Zedick K. Betts Gwinnett County 1840 Jackson County 1850 That the Betts family appeared in the Auburn area at a very early date, and then seemed to disappear within some eighty years is an interesting case. It is usual to find evidence of older Georgia families, such as land that remains in the family or remnants of their achievements. This was not the case for the Lovick Betts family. His last will and testament offers an explanation: Know all men by these presence that Lovick Betts of the County of Gwinnett and the State of Georgia being of common health, and of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former will be me at any time heretofore made. And as to my worldly estate, and all property real, personal, or mixed, of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise, bequeath and dispose thereof in the manner following to wit: First my will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall, by my executors hereinafter named, be paid out of my estate as soon after decease as shall by them be found convenient. I then give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Polly Betts, all the property, both real and personal of which I shall die seized and possessed to have and to hold the same to her, for and during the term of her natural life, after giving my son George W. Betts one hundred dollars and my daughter Susan F. Betts one cow and calf, one bed sted and bed and bedding, one table and four chairs or its equivalent to hold the same to her use and benefit forever. And it is further my will that as soon as convenient after the decease of my beloved wife, Polly Betts, that all my estate both real and personal, as mixed, of which she shall die seized and possessed, by my executors hereinafter named be sold and the same thereof be equally divided between and among my twelve children, to wit: Forrinda H. Davis, Elizabeth C. Stanley, Martha T. Skelton, Nancy B. Etheridge, Mary C. Farr, George W. Betts, Cynthia A. Rice, Henry T. Betts, William P. Betts, Amanda A. Thomas, Laura R. Moore, and Susan F. Betts. And lastly I do nominate and appoint William P. Betts and Alfred A. Thomas to be the executors of this my last will and testament. And it is further my will that William P. Betts and Alfred A. Thomas sell all my estate without letters of administrationship and it is my heart's desire and prayer that you do all in peace. In testimony whereof, I Lovick Betts have to this my last will and testament subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 16 July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-five. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Lovick Betts, as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto Robert P. Martin W. W. Parks Lovick Betts W. P. Cosby, J. P. Attached are affidavits sworn to by the above witnesses declaring that they were, in fact, witnesses to the Will, and that Lovick Betts did execute that Will voluntarily The attached documents were signed before Cyrus A. Allen, Ordinary, at the time of Lovick Betts' death, November 2nd, 1880. More About LOVICK BETTS and MARY CLACK: Marriage: Bef. 1830, Gwinnett County, Georgia Children of MARY CLACK and LOVICK BETTS are: i. DORINDA8 BETTS, b. 1830, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. JOHN K. DAVIS, 1849, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. 1825, Georgia. More About JOHN DAVIS and DORINDA BETTS: Marriage: 1849, Gwinnett County, Georgia ii. ELIZABETH CAROLINE BETTS, b. July 23, 1832, Gwinnett County, Georgia; d. January 26, 1912, Gwinnett County, Georgia; m. JAMES YOUNG STANLEY, 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. November 1823, Gwinnett County, Georgia; d. 1913, Gwinnett County, Georgia. Notes for JAMES YOUNG STANLEY: James Young Stanley was born in November 1823 at the home of his father, James Stanley. He lived his entire life in Dacula, Georgia, and died in 1913. He is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dacula. His date of birth is verified in the listing of 34th Senatorial District Georgia Militia, Enrollment of Present Militia Company, District #407, (Town District) Gwinnett County, Georgia, as required by the Act of December 14, 1863. It lists James Y. Stanley, Farmer, age 40 years 1 month. ( The Heritage, published by the Gwinnett Historical Society, March 1999) The story is that one day he drove a horse and buggy through Bettstown, near Carl, and saw a beautiful girl milking a cow. He declared then that he wanted that girl for his wife. In 184 6 James Y. Stanley married Elizabeth Caroline Betts, who was then fourteen years old. Caroline was the daughter of Lovick (1807-1880) and Mary (1813-1895) Betts. It is now known that Mary Betts was formerly a Clack. Their burial place at Midway Methodist Church outside Auburn, Georgia. The story of Bettstown and the Betts family follows this chapter It is known that he (James Y. Stanley) built a house near his father on now Stanley Road, just west of Dacula, GA. where he raised his family of seven girls and two boys. The home was built on a forty-acre tract his father bought from John Conine in 1856. Those forty acres was situated on the eastern side of land lot 270 in the Fifth District. The property remained in the family until the death of his daughter, Betty, in 1951. The rest of his land holdings were sold and the proceeds divided among his heirs. Sometime about 1952 the house was destroyed by fire. The records of 1913 indicate that daughters Mary and Betty were the last of the family in possession of the home place. At his father's death James Y. Stanley came into possession of one hundred acres which was left in life estate to his mother, Elizabeth. The forty-acre tract where his house stood was part of that one hundred acres in land lot 270. Land deeds at the Gwinnett County courthouse showed that in 1876 the year Elizabeth died - James Y. Stanley became the rightful owner of that property. Also in that year he purchased one and one-half acres from Russell Whaley in land lot 269 to the south of his own property. Then he purchased one hundred fifty acres from John Loveless in land lot 243. Lot 243 borders on the West Side of Lot 270. A 128 acres tract known as the Hogan Place divided his property. The first record of ownership of the Hogan Place was an 1850 record wherein John Richardson sold it to Alfred Baggett. The next record shows Wiley Hogan borrowing against it from the Georgia Loan and Trust Bank in 1887. Dr. Sam Freeman bought that tract from Wiley Hogan in 1892. Then in 1895 Robert Stanley purchased it. This transaction brought all of Land Lot 270 and one-half of Land Lot 243 into the Stanley family. James Y. Stanley did leave a Last Will naming Bona Allen as his executor. But in 1913 his heirs joined and agreed that 1. Mary and Betty should retain their ownership of the house, farm tools, all wagons, buggies which was deeded to them during their father's life. Ownership would pass to the surviving sister, which was Betty. 2. Bona Allen, as agent, should convert all other assets of the estate into cash and divide the proceeds among the children. Records at the Georgia State Archive: The State of Georgia raised a Militia in each county, also called the Home Guards. The 1863 Gwinnett Militia Rolls, District 407 - which was the Town District - lists James Y. Stanley. 1860 Georgia Census: James Y. Stanley of Gwinnett County: James Y. 34 Caroline Louisa 12 Early 10 Alice 7 Georgia 5 Robert 2 Four of his children were not yet born. In this 1860 Census, James Y. reported land holdings of $1,000 The Pleasant Hill Methodist Church was located on James Waiter's property, behind what later became the Robert Stanley home place. That cemetery is final resting-place for much of the family beginning with James Young Stanley and his wife Caroline Betts. In 1857, James Waiter initiated the original deed for that tract of land as follows: Georgia Gwinnett County This indenture made this ___day of November in the year of our lord Eighteen hundred and fifty-seven James Waiters of the one part and Samuel A. Edmunds, Harrison Freeman, Washington Allen, John L. Hinton trustees and their successors in officers for use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Pleasant Hill, a certain tract or parcel of land commencing at the Long Branch where the road crosses said branch going to Lawrenceville it being part of Lot number 271 in the Fifth District of said county going west to a hickory corner thence south to a chestnut corner thence east to a redoake corner near the branch - thence up the branch to the beginning corner containing five acres more or less so long as the church remains at the same place and if the church should dissolve then the said primes to the said James Waiters or his heirs it being a deed gift from the said James Waiters to the said church the Receipt is hereby acknowledged, Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in present of the Day date above written James Waiters W. B. Waiters Elias Green More About JAMES YOUNG STANLEY: Burial: Pleasant Hill Centery in Dacula, GA More About JAMES STANLEY and ELIZABETH BETTS: Marriage: 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia iii. MARTHA J. BETTS, b. 1834, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. Aft. October 12, 1899, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. W. J. D. SKELTON, 1854, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. Abt. 1828. More About W. SKELTON and MARTHA BETTS: Marriage: 1854, Gwinnett County, Georgia iv. NANCY BYRD BETTS, b. January 22, 1836, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. February 27, 1901, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. SAMPSON ETHERIDGE, 1853, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. 1827, South Carolina; d. 1901, Gwinnett Co., GA. More About SAMPSON ETHERIDGE and NANCY BETTS: Marriage: 1853, Gwinnett County, Georgia v. MARY C. BETTS, b. 1839, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. October 14, 1913, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. JAMES J. FARR, 1866, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. September 15, 1843, Georgia; d. September 29, 1927, Gwinnett Co., GA. More About JAMES FARR and MARY BETTS: Marriage: 1866, Gwinnett County, Georgia vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON BETTS, b. January 22, 1840, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. September 1899, Gonzales, Texas; m. EMMA J. DARST, 1871, Texas; b. 1848, Texas. More About GEORGE BETTS and EMMA DARST: Marriage: 1871, Texas vii. IRA BETTS, b. 1842; d. 1865. viii. CYNTHIA ANN BETTS, b. July 26, 1842, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. September 23, 1926, Coweta, Co., GA; m. JOHN T. RICE, February 23, 1866, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. November 24, 1842, Georgia; d. April 23, 1926, Coweta, Co., GA. More About JOHN RICE and CYNTHIA BETTS: Marriage: February 23, 1866, Gwinnett County, Georgia ix. HENRY T. BETTS, b. 1847, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. Aft. 1900; m. MARY J. HILL, 1880, Gwinnett County, Georgia. More About HENRY BETTS and MARY HILL: Marriage: 1880, Gwinnett County, Georgia x. WILLIAM PARKS BETTS, b. May 10, 1850, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. April 13, 1911, Clarke Co., GA; m. THIRZA ELIZABETH THOMAS, October 1869, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. September 03, 1852, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. October 04, 1910, Clarke Co., GA. More About WILLIAM BETTS and THIRZA THOMAS: Marriage: October 1869, Gwinnett County, Georgia xi. AMANDA ANGELINE BETTS, b. December 1852, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. January 1944, Tahoka, Texas; m. ALFRED NEWTON THOMAS, December 12, 1868, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. October 13, 1847, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. December 08, 1926, Ennis, Texas. More About ALFRED THOMAS and AMANDA BETTS: Marriage: December 12, 1868, Gwinnett County, Georgia xii. LAURA BETTS, b. February 12, 1856, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. THOMAS JEFFERSON MOORE, 1875, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. Gwinnett Co., GA. More About THOMAS MOORE and LAURA BETTS: Marriage: 1875, Gwinnett County, Georgia xiii. SUSAN FRANCES BETTS, b. June 03, 1860, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. WILLIAM T. BLAKEY, April 20, 1879, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. 1858, Gwinnett Co., GA. More About WILLIAM BLAKEY and SUSAN BETTS: Marriage: April 20, 1879, Gwinnett County, Georgia