James Butler Wilkes

1830 - 1899  (69 years)

• Name	James Butler Wilkes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	20 Feb 1830	Emanuel, Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Division 79, Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Residence	1860	Subdivision, Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [7]
  Residence	1870	Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Residence	1880	District 1192, Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Death	21 Apr 1899	Emanuel, Georgia, USA   [5, 8]
  Burial	Wilkes Family Cemetery, Lyons, Toombs, Georgia, USA   [5, 8, 9, 10]
  Person ID	I12597	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Elisha Wilkes,   b. 6 Mar 1789, Robeson, North Carolina, USA d. 31 Mar 1861, Emanuel, Georgia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Mosley,   b. 1799, Virginia, USA d. 1878, Emanuel, Georgia, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F4438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Coursey,   b. 22 Oct 1833, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 6 Jul 1919, Toombs, Georgia, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1850	Emanuel, Georgia, USA   [4, 6]
  Children	1. Queen Wilkes,   b. 20 Feb 1850, Georgia, USA d. 25 Sep 1904, Georgia, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Tabitha Wilkes,   b. 1854, Tattnall, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Martha Wilkes,   b. 1856, Tattnall, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. James Butler Wilkes, Jr,   b. 2 Apr 1857, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 18 Nov 1940, Toombs, Georgia, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Andrew Wilkes,   b. 1859, Tattnall, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Elisha L Wilkes,   b. 15 Jun 1860, Emanuel, Georgia, USA d. 27 Sep 1918, Georgia, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Upton Wilkes,   b. 1862, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 16 Aug 1895, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Taldacy Wilkes,   b. 1869, Tattnall, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Emma Wilkes,   b. 1871, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 10. Sarah Wilkes,   b. 25 Jan 1874, Georgia, USA d. 24 May 1952 (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 11. James A Wilkes,   b. Nov 1865, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Feb 1830 - Emanuel, Georgia, USA Marriage - 11 Apr 1850 - Emanuel, Georgia, USA Residence - 1870 - Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Death - 21 Apr 1899 - Emanuel, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones		James Butler Wilkes gravestone 1
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• Sources

  [S360] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). 1850 United States Federal Census Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: NARA, 1850.M432, 1,009 rolls. Division 79, Tattnall, Georgia, roll M432_83, page 354, image 262. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18957233&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18957233&indiv=try [S352] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, post office Reidsville, roll 175, page 248, image 498. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=4124986&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=4124986&indiv=try [S353] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). 1880 U.S. Census District 1192, Tattnall, Georgia, ED 87, roll T9_166, page 431.1000, image 0507. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=41035752&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=41035752&indiv=try [S137] Dodd, Jordan, Georgia Marriages to 1850, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997;). Record for James Butler and Elizabeth Coursey http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamga&h=104011&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamga&h=104011&indiv=try [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35956154. Record for James Butler Wilkes http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=22368447&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=22368447&indiv=try [S138] Hunting For Bears, comp., Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004;). Record James butler Wilkes and Elizabeth Coursey http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=GAmarriages_ga&h=207693&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=GAmarriages_ga&h=207693&indiv=try [S354] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Year: 1860; Census Place: Subdivision, Tattnall, Georgia; Roll: M653_137; Page: 59; Image: 259; Family History Library Film: 803137. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=2017751&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=2017751&indiv=try [S81] Moses M Coleman, Jr, Cemeteries of Toombs County Georgia, Second Edition, (Name: Vesco, Inc,; Location: Vidalia, Georgia 30475; Date: 2000;), Page 382. [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph] [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph]