The Ancestors and Family Tree of Shari Lynn Ward Berens:Information about WILKES Quattlebaum
WILKES Quattlebaum (b. February 05, 1804, d. August 1860)
Notes for WILKES Quattlebaum:
Wilkes Quattlebaum was born in Leesville, SC, which is now called Batesburg-Leesville, S.C., located west of Columbia, S.C.
From QUATTLEBAUM FAMILY HISTORY pages:
"As a young man, Wilkes Quattlebaum moved to Yazoo County, Mississippi (located north of Jackson, Mississippi).In certain land records, he appears as John Wilkes.Why he prefixed the name of a brother to that of his own is not apparent.He died in Yazoo County, Mississippi in August 1860 (at the age of 56).
His wife was Maria Cowan of Knoxville, Tennessee, known in the family as "Tennie".She died 1883, in Carlin County, Arkansas, where some of the family were living then.
(Information regarding this branch chiefly from Mrs. Charles E. Thomas, nee Satarita McCrady, daughter of Rebecca Quattlebaum, and from Mary Lillian, daughter of Hugh Cowan Quattlebaum, Washington D.C.)"
Text by Shari Berens:
Wilkes and his wife Tennie had six children.Wilkes was 42 when his first child Paul was born.When Wilkes died, at the age of 56 in 1860, his children were the following ages (assuming they survived):Paul, 13; SAMUEL, 8; Rebecca, 5; John, 3; Hugh, 1 1/2; and Edna, 5 months old, and who later died young.
Children of WILKES Quattlebaum and MARIA COWAN "Tennie" Poindexter are:
- Paul Stewart Quattlebaum, b. December 02, 1846, d. date unknown.
- +SAMUEL MERCER Quattlebaum, b. February 03, 1852, Yazoo County, Mississippi, d. December 20, 1923, Houston, Texas.
- Rebecca Weaver Quattlebaum, b. December 17, 1854, d. date unknown.
- John Wilkes Quattlebaum, b. November 24, 1856, d. date unknown.
- Hugh Cowan Quattlebaum, b. December 03, 1858, d. date unknown.
- Edna Poindexter Quattlebaum, b. March 11, 1860, d. date unknown, Died young.