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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Samuel Thomas Feagin Note Born: 8 Oct 1782 at Feaginsville Carthage , , Moore County, NC Married: 13 May 1813 at Jones County, , , GA Died: 5 Mar 1848 at Bullock County, , , AL Other Spouses: Mary Ball
Father: Richardson Feagin Sr. Mother: Martha Appington Dowd
WIFE
Name: Nancy Wadsworth Born: 1790 at Warren County, , , GA Died: 10 Oct 1827 at Barbour County, , , AL Father: James Wadsworth Iii Mother: Unknown
CHILDREN
Name: Alice Feagin Born: Died:
Name: James Madison Feagin Sr. Born: 27 Feb 1814 at Jones County, , , GA Died: 23 Nov 1899 at Bullock County, , , AL Wife: Almira C. Cole
Name: Sarah Feagin Born: Abt 1815 Died: at Jones County, , , GA Husband: Lemuel B. Morton
Name: William J. Feagin Born: Abt 1816 Died:
Name: Martha A. Feagin Born: Abt 1817 Died: Husband: Thomas C. Kendrick
Name: Louisa Feagin Born: 28 Mar 1818 Died: Husband: James Madison Pruett
Name: George W. Feagin Born: 2 Mar 1821 at GA, , , Died: 27 Oct 1868 at Conecuh County, , , AL
Name: Georgia Feagin Born: Abt 1823 Died:
Name: Samuel Feagin Born: Abt 1826 at Bullock County, , , AL Died: Aft 1854 at Bullock County, , , AL Wife: Lucinda Davis
Name: John Richard Feagin Born: 10 Oct 1827 Died:
NOTES
1). Moved to Barbour Co AL, after the birth of Isaac Bal l F E A G IN, in time for Isaac to attend schools in that c ount y . H e was intellectually endowed and with ambitio n whi c h tend e d toward literature, became self educate d and ev en tuall y ta ught school. during the War of 1812 , Sherif f o f Jone s Coun ty, GA County Commissioner Jus tice of t he P eace fo r man y years. In 1832 he went to B arbour Cou nty , AL, an d locate d in the township now know n as Midway . h e was com pelled t o leave his first cro p and take ref uge f rom the In dians i n Lewisville, Barbo ur Co AL Th e Battl e of Pea Riv er compl etely vanquishe d the Indians . He wa s County Surve yor inst rumental i n having the fir st pos t office establis hed on Jul y 11 ,1838, on his plan tatio n and became its fir st postmas t er and owned Feagin s Sto re on the star rout e from Cl ayto n County seat o f Barbour to Salem, Russel l County , AL. T he Feagins w ere grea t peacemakers arbit rator s for thei r neighbors. In his library were about 100 books, as Washingto n 1 2 , Nicholson s Encyclopaedia 12 , Josephus 2 , P luta r c h 8 , etc. Far ahead of his time, he selected cotton seed fr o m o n l y the most prolific, healthy stalks and people f ro m mi l e s around bought cotton seed from him Ref Biographical Sketch The History of Stewart County Samuel Feagin was b. 1782 at Feaginsville now Cart h a g e NC named in honor of his own family. He was a n ea r l y se ttler in Jones County, Georgia and there in 1 81 3 m . Na ncy W adsworth b. abt. 1790 d. Oct 10, 1827 d au . o f Jame s Wadsw orth, native of Warren County, GA. Samuel Feagin had no opportunity for going to scho o l b u t a cquired an education by himself became a scho o l teac he r an d also a useful and influential citize n wa s Sheri f f of Jo nes county during War of 1812 an d late r serve d a s Count yCommissioner and Justice o f the Pea ce for a n umbe r of yea rs. He was a planter i n Georgia an d Alabama w her e he remove d in 1836 settlin g in Bullock C ounty near M idwa y. Indian s were troubleso me and he had t o leave his f irs t crop and f leeto Louis ville, Barbour C ounty. Got Po st O ffice at wha t is no w Midway and becam e Postmaster. Th e P.O . was locate d i n his store. Samue l Feagin d. in 184 8 an d his son Maj o r James Feagin too k over until Civil Wa r. H is estat e was a dministered i n Stewart County in 185 7 by L . B. M orton. Samu el Feagi n was the son of Richardso n Feagi n , who was b. NC of Ir ish parentage. He was somew hat nea r sighted and was r efus ed as soldier of Revolutiona ry Wa r. H is parents gave ma t erialand several sons mater na l grandf ather, James Wadsw o rth was probably virginia n b y birth an d of English desc en t but spent las years i n Jon es County , a wealthy plant er, t oo yound to enter R evoluti onary War.

						

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