Archive Documents - George and Beulah Waldrep Marriage Certificate

Aubrey and Ernest Waldrep

Ernest Waldrep on the left, Papa/Uncle Rob Waldrep center, Aubrey Waldrep on right.  Aubrey was born in 1913 and Ernest in 1916, this photo was reported taken circa 1917.

Waldrep Family Reunion - 2001

Waldrep Family Reunion - 1996

Waldrep Reunion 1981

Waldrep Reunion 1941

2014 Waldrep Family Reunion

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND…

James Lafayette Waldrep

91st Annual Family Reunion

	Doors will be open by 12:00 noon.  “Covered Dish” Lunch at 1:00 pm. Please remember to bring enough beverage and food to feed your family and share. (Tablecloths, Cups, plates, plastic ware and ice will be provided)

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  July 6, 2014, Sunday

“The Barn” at Jaemor Farms

5340 GA. Hwy 365

Lula, Georgia 30554

(770) 869-3999 (for directions)

WALDREP 92nd ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION

Estate Records of James Lafayette Waldrep 1958

Sarah Lugenia A. Lord - Wilson

L-R Cicero Columbus Wilson holding grandson Horace Lord. Lugenia, sometimes spelled Lougenia A. Lord Wilson with grandchildren Nola Shockley standing and holding Lou Emma Wilson.

by William Bradley Dunagan


Sarah Lugenia A Lord was my mother's, Emily Ida Lou Waldrep, maternal grandmother. She married Cicero Columbus Wilson. She was born 15 Aug 1859 in Jackson County, Georgia, and died 18 Nov 1931.

Her parents were Philip Lord and Mary Pauline Thurmond(1826-1870). Mary Pauline Thurmond's father was William Thurmond who was married to Milly Lord, Philip's aunt. Apparently Philip and Mary Pauline were first cousins which was not all that uncommon back in the days. Together they had the following children:

Sarah Lugenia A LORD
1859 – 1931
William Benjamin Johnson Lord
1861 – 1942
Philip E. Lord
1863 –
Philip Asamia Lord
1865 – 1930

Philip Asamia Lord 1865 - 1930

William Benjamin Johnson Lord 1861 - 1942

Philip Lords father was Major W. Lord(1807-1861) who was born in Nicholson, Jackson County, Georgia. He enlisted in Company G, 16th Infantry Regiment Georgia CSA on 20 Jul 1861, and was killed in battle on 15 Sep 1861, at Richmond, VA.

Major W. Lord had married Teresa Dunson(1812-1893) in 1827 and they had the following children:

Martha Lord

1829 – 1870

Timothy Lord

1830 – 1905

Philip Asamia LORD

1835 – 1865

John Lord

1842 –

Artemissa Lord

1844 –

Milly Lord

1846 –

Nancy Lord

1848 –

General Taylor Lord

1850 – 1929

Clarissa Lord

1852 –

Frances Safanny Lord

1853 – 1895

Georgian W Lord

1853 –

Major W. Lord was the youngest son John Taylor Lord, Jr.(1767-1840) who married Margaret Peggy Leachman(1770-1806) in 1789. They had the following children:

Thomas Lord

1789 – 1858

William Lord

1795 – 1867

Permelia Permolia Millie Lord

1798 – 1880

Mildred Milly Lord

1800 – 1880

James Benjamin Lord

1801 – 1850

Nancy Lord

1803 –

Simeon Lord

1805 – 1856

Mary Polly Lord

1806 –

Major W LORD

1807 – 1861

John Taylor Lord, Jr., was the only child on record born to John Taylor Lord, Sr.(1747 - ). The senior John Taylor Lord was born in Virginia in 1747 but died in South Carolina, not sure of the date. He had married Margaret Brown in 1767, in Charleston, South Carolina.

John Taylor LORD, Jr.

1767-1840

William Lord(1727-1825) was the father of John Taylor Lord, Sr. and was married to Milly(1727-1825)last name unknown. William Lord was born in Virginia but died and was buried in Wilkinson, Georgia in 1825. They had the following children:

John Taylor LORD

1747 –

John H Lord

1781 – 1851

William Lord

1784 – 1862

Samuel Lord

1785 – 1835

Joseph Barnett Lord

1786 –

Thomas Lord

1789 –

Margaret Peggy Lord

1791 –

Stephen Lord

1794 – 1828

Sara Lord

1796 –

SOURCES:

Ancestry.com

Sharon Reeves Family Research(Ancestry.com)

U. S. Federal Census Data

Carrie Beulah Wilson Waldrep

by William Bradley Dunagan

My grandmother was Carrie Beulah Wilson Waldrep. I never knew my grandfather but I knew this strong willed, very spirited lady we called Grandma Beulah Waldrep. She was married to George Hamilton Waldrep. George married Carrie Beulah Wilson on 2 Jul 1905 in , Hall Co, GA. The photo above I believe is from their wedding day. He is 20 years of age and she is 19 years old in this photo. Carrie was born on 21 Jan 1886, in Maysville, GA. She died on 6 Feb 1973, in Gainesville, Hall County, GA.

Below is a picture of the George Hamilton and Beulah Waldrep family, taken during the summer of 1939, with George H. and Beulah sitting, holding grandchildren. They had the following children:

Deuward Sherman WALDREP was born 3 Apr 1906. He died in 9 Oct 1983.

James Cicero "J.C." WALDREP was born on 19 Aug 1908. He died on 24 Jan 1964, as a result of a work place accident at the New Holland textile mill in New Holland, GA.

George Richard WALDREP was born on 3 Sep 1913. He died 2 Aug 2002.

Emily Ida Lou WALDREP was born on 24 Sep 1915. She died on 2 June 2002.

Warren Hamilton WALDREP was born on 20 Dec 1920. He died on 18 Oct 1999.

unnamed(female) WALDREP was born on 6 Mar 1925. She died on 6 Mar 1925.

Beulah's father was Cicero Columbus Wilson. Isn't that a great name. Life was not easy for Cicero, born 29 Oct 1856 in Jackson County, GA. He was only seven years old when his father, Posey Wilson was killed at the battle of Vicksburg, MS on 2 Aug 1863, fighting with the CSA, Co. E, Georgia 34th Infantry Regiment. Cicero's mother, Zelma Emily C. Thornton remarried a few years later to Eli Minish and they had several children together.

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At age 22 Cicero(1856-1927) married Sarah Lugenia A. Lord(1859-1931) in 1879, and they had the following children and the fourth child was my grandmother, Carrie Beulah Wilson. Below is a picture from the Cicero Wilson Family Reunion in New Holland, GA, taken in 1939. Below are listed Cicero and Lugenia's aka Lougenia's children:

Mandy Emma E. Wilson

1880 – Luther Green Wilson 1882 – Mary Luella Wilson 1883 – 1926 CARRIE BEULAH WILSON 1886 – 1973 Eula Cristy Wilson 1888 – Polly Pauline Wilson 1890 – Ella Annie M Wilson 1893 – Ellen A M Wilson 1894 – John Posy Wilson 1896 – Tessie F Wilson 1898 – 1962 Henry Lee Philip Wilson 1901 –

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Posey Wilson(1834-1863), Cicero's father, would have been my 2nd great grandfather. In 1856 he married Zelma Emily C. Thornton(1843- ) and they had the following children:

CICERO C. WILSON

1856-1927

Virgil A. Wilson

1857-1932

Mary T. Wilson

1863

Posey's father was Micah Wilson(1808-1886) and his mother was Jemima Hogan(1808-1896) were my 3rd great maternal grandparents. They had the following children:

Ephrana Wilson 1830 – Moren Wilson 1833 – 1862 POSEY WILSON 1834 – 1863 Chadack Wilson 1837 – John Kelly Wilson 1839 – 1920 Prudence Wilson 1841 – Mary Wilson 1843 – Amanda Wilson 1847 – 1928 Micah Bird Wilson 1849 – 1924 Minnie Sis Wilson 1853 –

Michal Wilson's father was John Turby Wilson(1784-1860), my 4th great grandfather, was born in Spartanburg, SC, where he met and married Prudence Bird Moors(1788-1850) in 1804. They moved a year later to Jackson County, GA, where they begin their family:

Mary Wilson 1805 – MICHAL WILSON 1808 – 1886 Nancy * Wilson 1810 – 1905 Milly Wilson 1810 – 1850 Elizabeth Wilson 1815 – Cynthia Wilson 1816 – May L Wilson 1818 – 1880 William Wilson 1819 – Zachariah F Wilson 1820 – 1909 Bird Willson 1826 – Michael Bird Wilson 1826 – 1917 John S Willson 1828 – 1908 Calvin C Wilson 1829 – 1917 Arminta Irna Wilson 1832 – 1918 The father of John Turby Wilson was William Wilson(1747-1842), my 5th great grandfather. He was born in Fairfax, Fairfax County, VA, on 30 Jun 1747. He married Anne Susannah Shubert-Wright from Bute, North Carolina in 1768. They had the following children:

Fennel H Wilson 1770 – 1845 Michael Wilson 1772 – 1854 William Wilson 1775 – 1839 Nancy Ann Wilson 1779 – 1842 Susannah Wilson 1782 – JOHN TURBY WILSON 1784 – 1860 Henry Wilson 1787 – 1863

William Wilson's father migrated to America from Antrim, Ireland. My 6th great grandfather, James Wilson was born in 1703 in Antrim County, Ireland, which is north of Belfast in Northern Ireland. There is some evidence that he paid his passage through indentureship/bond arrangement and later settled in Rockbridge, Virginia, where he died 7 Apr 1776. He was married to Rebecca Wilson Armour(1728-1820) I also found that at least one of his children, Samuel Wilson(1760-1833) served under Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

John Wilson

1730 – 1799 Matthew Wilson 1746 – WILLIAM WILSON 1747 – 1842 Rebecca Wilson 1748 – Andrew Wilson 1749 – John Wilson 1753 – 1826 Sarah Wilson 1753 – Robert Wilson 1756 – Moses Wilson 1757 – Samuel Wilson 1760 – 1833 James Wilson 1763 – 1829 Elizabeth Wilson 1765 – SOURCES:

United States Federal Census Data

Haynes Family Tree Research(Ancestry.com)

Waldrep Family Reunion 2010

The 87th annual James Lafayette Waldrep Family Reunion had over 68 members attending this year. Food was great, the fellowship even better!

Be sure to mark your calendar for next year, July 3, 2011, same location: Jaemor Farms, Alto, GA. Tom Waldrep was elected president this year and will lead the 88th Annual Reunion meeting. We will also be taking a professional group picture at this next reunion, so please encourage all of your family to come.

Waldrope, aka Waldrep men who fought in the American Revolution

 

 

Waldrope, aka Waldrep men who fought in the American Revolution against the British.

Some of the first settlers to America of this family name or some of its variants were: James Wardrope, who settled in New Jersey in 1685 and Joseph Wardrope, who first came to Georgia in 1734 with his wife and daughter. Some research has led us to believe that this Joseph Wardrope referenced above might be the forebearer of the Waldrep surname in America that my family is linked to. This has been hard to document with any degree of certainty because there is a huge gap of reliable data missing between the time of this Joseph Wardrope and my 3rd great grandfather Joseph Waldroup of Habersham County, GA. However, a Joseph Wardrope, Age 35, carpenter, arrived in Georgia, 21 August 1734, and is listed in the "List of Georgia Settlers" by Ellis Mertin Coulter and Albert B. Saye. They show that Joseph Wardrope, age 35; came to Georgia, 1734, with wife Jean Foster and daughter Elenor, age 13. They had married 6 July 1720 in North Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland. (William & Mary Quarterly Historical Mag. Vol. 8, Series 1, 1899, Pg. 193) 

 

Jean was born 1692 in Scotland; died in Charleston, SC. I believe at some point Joseph and family may have moved to Charleston from Savannah GA, where they originally arrived by ship. There were five Waldrope men who served with the South Carolina Militia during the British siege of Charleston. The original Joseph Waldrope would have been too old at the time so if this is our Joseph it is likely the son of Joseph Waldrope. This is difficult to document to be sure but chances are the five Waldrope men who served together were likely related to each other.

Joseph and Jean Waldroupe had the following children:

child 1. Elenor Anne Wardrope, b. 25 Sept 1721 Scotland
child 2, Helen Wardrope, b. 26 Feb 1723 Scotland
child 3. Joseph Wardrope, b. 22 March 1726 Scotland

 

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