James Edward WILLIS [Parents] was born 5 Apr 1912 in Nahunta, Brantley, GA. He died 26 Jan 1962 in Nahunta, Brantley, GA and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Brantley, GA. James married Living LIVING.

Living LIVING [Parents] married James Edward WILLIS.

Living LIVING married Living LIVING.

Living LIVING [Parents] married Living LIVING.

James Bryant LEWIS [Parents] ¹ was born ² 12 Mar 1812 in NC. He died ³ 16 Apr 1862 in Wayne Co., GA and was buried ⁴ in Rob Lewis Cem., Raybon, Brantley Co., GA. James married Letitia MCCOOL on 12 Apr 1838 in Wayne Co., GA.

He was a 1st Lieutenant in the 335th District Wayne County militia from 1831 to 1836 and a Captain in the same district from 1836 to 1839. He served as a private in Captain James Jones militia company in the 1840 Indian War. He was Sheriff of Wayne County from 1836 to 1838, Justice of Wayne Inferior Court from 1839 to 1841 and again in 1849 until his death. He also held the office of Tax Collector from 1840 to 1841.  He was the guardian of his four sisters who were yet minors at the time of his father's death.  He was listed on a court proceeding selecting children to receive a share of the "poor schoolfund" indicating six children. The 1860 Census of Wayne Co, GA shows him as a farmer with land valued at $2500 and personal property valued at $1300, and that his mother-in-law, Lucretia McCool, was living with the family at that time.

Sources: Pioneers of Wiregrass GA, Huxford, Vol.IV, p.182; Vol.VII,p.519.
               Ancestors and Descendants of M.A.B. Howard, Woodward(1979).
               Cemetery markers in Lewis Cemetery - Raybon, GA
               1850 Census Wayne Co., GA
               1960 Census Brantley Co., GA
               Interview with Mrs. Sally Strickland - Mershon, GA(June, 1980)
               Wayne Co. court record published by Hux.Gen.Soc.Vol.XVIII, p.295.
               Memories of Buffalo Creek by Mary Lee Godwin Faranha

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Letitia MCCOOL [Parents] ¹ was born ² 2 Oct 1822 in Wayne Co., GA. She died ³ 11 Dec 1876 in Wayne Co., GA and was buried ⁴ in Rob Lewis Cem., Raybon, Brantley Co., GA. Letitia married James Bryant LEWIS on 12 Apr 1838 in Wayne Co., GA.

Little is know of Letitia McCool other than as the wife of James Bryant Lewis and mother of their twelve children. She was born in Wayne County, Georgia and spent her entire life there. She and James were married there on April 12, 1838. The area where they lived is now Brantley County. They are buried in what is called the Rob Lewis Cemetery in Raybon, Georgia.

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William MCCOOL married Lucretia HIGHSMITH.

William McCool was a native of South Carolina. He died before 1850. He married Lucretia Highsmith and spent his adult years in Wayne County, Georgia. All that is known is that they had two children: Letitia and James Madison McCool, both born in Georgia. It is possible that there were others. James Madison McCool was born in September of 1826, married Louise Mariah Burnett in 1867, and died January 1, 1904.

Lucretia HIGHSMITH [Parents] was born 1788 in Pitt County, North Carolina. She died after 1860. Lucretia married William MCCOOL.

Lucretia Highsmith was born in 1788 in Pitt County, North Carolina, the fourth of the fifteen children of Jacob and Sarah Highsmith. She moved with her family to Wayne County, Georgia, as a teenager in 1807. She married William McCool and had at least two children: Letitia and James Madison McCool. In the 1850 Wayne County, Georgia census she is shown to be 60 years old and living with her son, James. In the 1860 census she is shown to be 72 years old and living with her daughter, Letitia Lewis.

In 1850 Wayne County census she is shown as 60 years old, living withJames McCool, presumably a son.

She is shown in the 1860 census of Brantley Co., GA as being 72 yearsold, living with her daughter Letitia (McCool) Lewis.

Living LIVING [Parents] married Maude LYONS.

Maude LYONS [Parents] was born 28 Mar 1903 in Wayne Co., Ga. She died 3 Dec 1983 in Brantley Co., GA. Maude married Living LIVING.

Living LIVING married Living LIVING.

Living LIVING [Parents] married Living LIVING.

Calvin Newton LYONS [Parents] was born 10 Oct 1909 in Wayne Co., GA (now Brantley Co.). He died 21 Aug 1993 in Brantley Co., GA and was buried in Rob Lewis Cemetery, Brantley, GA. Calvin married Living LIVING.

Living LIVING married Calvin Newton LYONS.

William Archie LYONS [Parents] was born 23 Oct 1911 in Wayne, GA. He died 7 Mar 1981 in Camden Co., GA and was buried in Oak Gemetery, Brantley, GA. William married Katie Mae WILSON.

Katie Mae WILSON [Parents] was born 1 Oct 1913 in Wayne, GA. She died 9 Mar 1973 in Wayne, GA and was buried in Oak Gemetery, Brantley, GA. Katie married William Archie LYONS.

Milton Cosby STRICKLAND [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ^{3, 4} 6 Aug 1900 in Ware Co., GA. He died ^{5, 6} 30 Apr 1980 and was buried ^{7, 8} in Ft. Lauderdale Memorial Gardens, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Milton married Living LIVING.

Other marriages:

LIVING, Living
LIVING, Living

Living LIVING married Milton Cosby STRICKLAND.

William Kay HERRIN [Parents] was born 22 Jan 1902 in Wayne Co., GA. He died 12 Dec 1984. William married Living LIVING.

Living LIVING married William Kay HERRIN.