William Henry Cone, Sr

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• Residence: 1850, Columbia, Florida, USA

William married Jane Cason in 1800 in Screven, Georgia, USA, and was divorced before 1810. Jane (daughter of Hillery Cason and Sarah Barrow Ormond) was born in 1781 in Pitt, North Carolina, USA; died in 1825 in Bryan, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Henry Cone, Jr was born on 15 Jul 1825; died on 23 Jan 1886; was buried in Prospect Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, White Springs, Hamilton, Florida, USA.

William married Sarah HaddockGeorgia, USA. Sarah was born in 1788 in Georgia, USA; died on 11 Jan 1872 in Hamilton, Florida, USA; was buried in Prospect Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, White Springs, Hamilton, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: Oct. 27, 1749
North Carolina, USA
Death: Dec., 1816
Bulloch County
Georgia, USA

William Cone was the son of William Cone and Elizabeth Morris of Martin County NC. He married Keziah Eudel Barber at the Pee Dee Station in NC. He was a Patriot Soldier during the Cherokee Wars proceeding the American Revolutin and also a resident of Cheraw County SC before migrating to Effingham County Ga, later Bulloch County. His Great Grandson was Fredrick Preston Cone, Governor of Florida 1937 to 1942. His Son William Henry Cone, III was the Indian Fighter of Camden County Ga, who later settled in Columbia County Florida. His grandson was William Henry Cone, IV married to Sarah Emily Branch, and the parents of Fred P Cone. William Cone, Jr. was also a Minister and Justice of the Peace in Bulloch County. He resided in the Ivanhoe Voting District of Bulluch County.The cemetary is adjacent to the Old Barber Family Homestead near the Stagecoach Road on the western bank of the Ogeechee River south of Ga. Hgwy 119.

William + Keziah Eudel Barber. Keziah was born in 1750 in Anson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1810 in Bulloch, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: 1750
Pee Dee (Anson County)
Anson County
North Carolina, USA
Death: 1810
Ivanhoe
Bulloch County
Georgia, USA

Keziah Eudel Barber Cone was born about 1750 in the Pee Dee Station area of North Carolina. She was the daughter of William Nathaniel Barber and Hepzibah Loomis Barber and sister of Cassandra Barber Carter. The Barber family was said to have come to America aboard the Mayflower. About 1765 at the Pee Dee Station in North Carolina, Keziah married William Henry Cone, a farmer, landowner, and Baptist minister, who became a Revolutionary War hero known as the "Fighting Parson" (while fighting with Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox"). Keziah and William became residents of Cheraw County, South Carolina before migrating to a part of Effingham County, Georgia that later became Bulloch County. They had nine children: Aaron Cone, Sr., Jane E. Cone, William Cone, Jr., Joseph Cone, Keziah Cone Dampier, Sarah Cone Knight, Nancy Cone Hagin, Mary Cone Lee, and Elizabeth Cone. Keziah and William resided in the Ivanhoe Voting District of Bulloch County, Georgia. Keziah died in 1810 in Bulloch County and was buried in the Old William Cone-Barber Family Cemetery adjacent to the old Barber family homestead near the Stagecoach Road on the western bank of the Ogeechee River south of Georgia Highway 119. Among her many notable descendents was a son, Aaron Cone, Sr., who was a courier during the American Revolution; a grandson, Aaron Cone, Jr., who assisted naturalist John Abbot in exploring Bulloch County; a grandson, William Haddock Cone, who was a Confederate veteran and a Florida state senator; great-grandsons, Paul Robert Cone and John Slater Cone, Confederate soldiers who died in battle; and a great-grandson, Fredrick Preston Cone, Governor of Florida from 1937 to 1942.

William + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]