Free Genealogy Source for Bibb County, Alabama
Descendants of John T. Meggs
as submitted by the late Herman Belcher
See also additional
information by Wendell Meggs below.
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN T.1 MEGGS was born 1760 in Virginia, and died Bet. 1843 - 1847 in Campbell County, Georgia. He married POLLY GORDON Bet. 1780 - 1785 in Virginia.
Notes for JOHN T. MEGGS:
At age 16, moved from VA to NC. Joined the American forces and participated in the revolutionary war, thereafter returned to Anson County, NC where all of his family was born. He fought in the war of 1812, received land in 1842 from the Georgia Land Lottery in Carroll Co. GA, along with his son Thomas.
Notes were from Howard (Mitch) Mitchell....1999
Children of JOHN MEGGS and POLLY GORDON are:
i. JAMES2 MEIGS, b. Bet. 1788 - 1790, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Bet. 1820 - 1830; m. SARAH THOMAS.
2. ii. JOHN MEIGS, b. 1790, Anson County, North Carolina; d. 1854, Shady Grove Cemetery...Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
iii. STEPHEN S. MEIGS, b. 1792, Union County, North Carolina; d. 1867, Tallapposa County, Alabama; m. LUCINDA ADELINE JOHNSON, 1814.
iv. ISSAC MEIGS, b. 1799; m. HANNAH ANN BLANKIN; b. 1796.
v. WILLIAM MEIGS, b. 1799; d. 1880, Attala County, Mississippi; m. (1) CAROLINE GOODMAN; m. (2) MARY TUBBS, November 01, 1823.
vi. THOMAS MEIGS, b. 1807, Anson County, North Carolina; m. CARRIE A. TUBBS, November 10, 1826, Perry County, Alabama; b. 1806, Perry County, Alabama.
vii. DAVID MEIGS, b. 1812, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Bet. 1880 - 1890, Georgia; m. NANCY ??; b. 1812, South Carolina; d. May 15, 1896, Carrell County, Georgia.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 MEIGS (JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born 1790 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died 1854 in Shady Grove Cemetery...Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He married CHARITY LASSITER 1812 in Anson County, North Carolina.
Children of JOHN MEIGS and CHARITY LASSITER are:
i. AMINDA3 MEIGS, b. Alabama; d. Alabama; m. JAMES P. BOWE, July 1848, Tuscaloosa,Alabama.
ii. MIRIAM MEIGS, m. WILLIAM MORRIS, May 27, 1848, Tuscaloosa,Alabama.
iii. SARA MEIGS, b. Alabama; d. Alabama; m. JOHN SEYMOUR, November 19, 1852, Tuscaloosa,Alabama.
iv. MICKLE BERRY MEIGS, b. 1820; m. SARAH CAROLINE CLAY, June 25, 1840, Greene County, Alabama; b. 1820; d. Aft. 1900, Greene County, Alabama.
3. v. JAMES ANDERSON MEIGS, b. January 28, 1824, Alabama; d. May 27, 1897, Bibb County,Alabama.
vi. MARY ELIZABETH MEIGS, b. February 19, 1829; d. May 14, 1898; m. JOHN LINZY, November 01, 1848, Tuscaloosa,Alabama.
Generation No. 3
3. JAMES ANDERSON3 MEIGS (JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born January 28, 1824 (*** see notes below) in Alabama, and died May 27, 1897 in Bibb County,Alabama. He married NANCY ANN TERRY August 26, 1843 in Bibb County,Alabama, daughter of JAMES TERRY and SUSANNA CLEMENTS. She was born September 18, 1818 in Georgia, and died May 24, 1909 in Alabama.
Notes for JAMES ANDERSON MEIGS:
Most of the Children of this marriage were confirmed by Howard (Mitch) Mitchell.
Came to AL in 1843 from SC, GA, TN, & NC. H was a carpenter
More About JAMES ANDERSON MEIGS:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery..Bibb County, Alabama
More About NANCY ANN TERRY:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery..Bibb County, Alabama
Children of JAMES MEIGS and NANCY TERRY are:
4. i. JOHN WILLIAM4 MEIGS, b. December 06, 1844; d. January 20, 1884, Krout Cemetery..Pondville, Alabama.
5. ii. STEPHEN STRIDER MEIGS, b. April 18, 1846; d. October 26, 1926, Pondville Cemetery..Bibb County, Alabama.
6. iii. CHARITY LASSITER MEIGS, b. December 24, 1847; d. October 19, 1899.
7. iv. SARAH MELISSA MEIGS, b. December 16, 1852; d. February 04, 1939.
v. SUSANAH TERRY MEIGS, b. December 16, 1852; d. December 05, 1897, Thompson Keeton Murphy Cemetery--Bibb County, Alabama; m. ROBERT RICHARD THOMPSON, JR., July 13, 1890, Bibb County,Alabama; b. December 23, 1843, Bibb County,Alabama; d. May 31, 1900, Thompson Keeton Murphy Cemetery--Bibb County, Alabama.
vi. MARTHA ADELINE MEIGS, b. 1855.
vii. SAMUEL DAVID MEIGS, b. 1860, Alabama.
Generation No. 4
4. JOHN WILLIAM4 MEIGS (JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born December 06, 1844, and died January 20, 1884 in Krout Cemetery..Pondville, Alabama. He married SARAH EMMALINE KROUT September 24, 1867 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, daughter of SAMUEL KROUT and ELIZABETH FIKES. She was born June 11, 1843 in Bibb County,Alabama, and died February 29, 1912 in Krout Cemetery..Pondville, Alabama.
Notes for JOHN WILLIAM MEIGS:
More About JOHN WILLIAM MEIGS:
Fact 1: Occp-Farmer; Ch-Methodist; Mil-C.S.A
Children of JOHN MEIGS and SARAH KROUT are:
i. SAMUEL5 MEIGS, b. Abt. 1859.
ii. SARAH MEIGS, b. Abt. 1861.
iii. DELBERT MEIGS, b. Abt. 1865.
8. iv. STEPHEN C. MEIGS, b. March 11, 1868; d. July 04, 1951.
9. v. FRANK MARION MEIGS, SR., b. December 02, 1876; d. December 23, 1942.
5. STEPHEN STRIDER4 MEIGS (JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born April 18, 1846, and died October 26, 1926 in Pondville Cemetery..Bibb County, Alabama. He married (1) MARY TERRY RICHEY. She was born January 10, 1849, and died June 20, 1928. He married (2) FRANCES BOYLES December 24, 1870 in Perry County,Alabama. She was born March 06, 1851 in Perry County, Alabama, and died July 09, 1894.
More About FRANCES BOYLES:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery..Bibb County, Alabama
Children of STEPHEN MEIGS and FRANCES BOYLES are:
10. i. JAMES (JIM) ANDERSON5 MEIGS, b. September 21, 1872; d. March 03, 1953, Nashville, Tennessee.
11. ii. SERENA MELVIN MEIGS, b. November 11, 1875; d. September 03, 1958.
iii. JOHN WILLIAM MEIGS, b. June 22, 1877; d. March 28, 1909; m. SARA JANE CADDELL, November 12, 1899; b. February 06, 1883; d. September 21, 1945.
More About JOHN WILLIAM MEIGS:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery...12 west of Brent on hwy#25
More About SARA JANE CADDELL:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery...12 west of Brent on hwy#25
12. iv. MARTHA (MATTIE) MEIGS, b. February 05, 1880; d. December 30, 1960.
v. RICHARD EVERETTE MEIGS, b. November 14, 1880; d. July 1942; m. EDITH HELEN HAYES; b. June 14, 1885.
Notes for RICHARD EVERETT MEIGsA Baptist Minister.
vi. THOMAS MARVIN MEIGS, b. September 11, 1882; d. October 11, 1943; m. HATTIE AVERY; b. December 23, 1884; d. February 28, 1959.
Notes for THOMAS MARVIN MEIGS:
Notes for THOMAS MARVIN MEIGS:
He was a Carpenter, and once a Deputy Sheriff.
13. vii. JESSIE FLETCHER MEIGS, b. June 04, 1884; d. 1958, Centerville Memorial..Centreville, Alabama.
viii. STEPHEN WALTER MEIGS, b. February 14, 1886.
ix. HILLIARD KEENER MEIGS, b. November 11, 1888; d. June 09, 1936.
Notes for HILLIARD KEENER MEIGS:
Notes for HILLIARD KEENER MEIGS:
A school teacher. Taught Andrew, Jodie, Dollie, Carson.
Axsom, and Tommy Mitchell.
He was also a Minister.
14. x. DANIEL PERRY MEIGS, SR., b. October 22, 1890; d. September 04, 1931.
xi. FRANCIS ROSEANNA MEIGS, b. June 30, 1894; d. July 09, 1894.
More About FRANCIS ROSEANNA MEIGS:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery..Bibb County, Alabama
6. CHARITY LASSITER4 MEIGS (JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born December 24, 1847, and died October 19, 1899. She married ROBERT RICHARD THOMPSON, JR. November 22, 1865 in Bibb County,Alabama, son of ROBERT THOMPSON and CELIA ??. He was born December 23, 1843 in Bibb County,Alabama, and died May 31, 1900 in Thompson Keeton Murphy Cemetery--Bibb County, Alabama.
Children of CHARITY MEIGS and ROBERT THOMPSON are:
15. i. MARY T.5 THOMPSON.
16. ii. AMBERSON TRILLA THOMPSON, b. September 15, 1878, Bibb County, Alabama; d. January 25, 1959, Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
7. SARAH MELISSA4 MEIGS (JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born December 16, 1852, and died February 04, 1939. She married (1) JOHN VICTOR BAILEY, son of LEVI BAILEY and DOREY MITCHELL. He was born February 02, 1851. She married (2) JOSEPH VICTOR BAILEY December 29, 1881 in Bibb County,Alabama, son of LEVI GARRISON BAILEY. He was born February 21, 1851, and died April 02, 1890 in Friendship #1..Bibb County, Alabama.
Notes for SARAH MELISSA MEIGS:
Melissa is Niece of Mattie Meigs.
Notes for JOSEPH VICTOR BAILEY:
Died at age 29, and no one seems to know how he died. He was called "Uncle Joe".
Children of SARAH MEIGS and JOSEPH BAILEY are:
17. i. ELMER5 SHOWS.
18. ii. SARAH ANN (DOLLY) BAILEY, b. January 06, 1883; d. October 16, 1961, Friendship #2 Cem...Bibb County, Alabama.
iii. WALTER M. BAILEY, b. February 27, 1884.
19. iv. WILLIAM BRADY BAILEY, b. September 16, 1885; d. Friendship Church Cem..Bibb County,Alabama.
v. ADA BAILEY, b. 1886.
20. vi. WILLIAM BRADY BAILEY, b. 1886; d. 1967, Friendship #2..Bibb County, Alabama.
vii. OLIS M. BAILEY, b. August 10, 1888.
Generation No. 5
8. STEPHEN C.5 MEIGS (JOHN WILLIAM4, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born March 11, 1868, and died July 04, 1951. He married PEARL LONG. She was born Abt. 1871.
Notes for STEPHEN C. MEIGS:
Was a Doctor
On 1920 census..Centreville Prec..
Children of STEPHEN MEIGS and PEARL LONG are:
i. JAMISON6 MEIGS, b. Abt. 1908.
ii. RALPH MEIGS, b. Abt. 1908; m. ALICE LEE; b. January 19, 1910; d. June 17, 1993.
iii. LOUISE MEIGS, b. Abt. 1909; m. ?? ROGAN.
iv. LAURA MEIGS, b. Abt. 1910.
9. FRANK MARION5 MEIGS, SR. (JOHN WILLIAM4, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born December 02, 1876, and died December 23, 1942. He married CARRIE MCKINLEY. She was born 1881, and died 1973.
Notes for FRANK MARION MEIGS, SR.:
On 1920 Bibb County census...Centreville Prec..
Thought it was Francis Marion Meigs..but he had a daughter named Francis and a son named Frank Marion, Jr
Children of FRANK MEIGS and CARRIE MCKINLEY are:
i. FRANCIS6 MEIGS, b. Abt. 1908.
ii. PAULINE MEIGS, b. Abt. 1910.
iii. FRANK MARION MEIGS, JR., b. Abt. 1915.
iv. B. MEIGS, b. Abt. 1917.
v. LOUIS MEIGS, b. Abt. 1919.
10. JAMES (JIM) ANDERSON5 MEIGS (STEPHEN STRIDER4, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born September 21, 1872, and died March 03, 1953 in Nashville, Tennessee. He married FANNIE PARALEE MITCHELL September 29, 1893 in Bibb County,Alabama. She was born June 04, 1873, and died January 11, 1958.
Notes for JAMES (JIM) ANDERSON MEIGS:
On Bibb County 1920 census...Centreville Prec.
Children of JAMES MEIGS and FANNIE MITCHELL are:
i. MRYTAL6 MEIGS, b. Abt. 1902.
ii. NORMAN MEIGS, b. Abt. 1905.
iii. GRACE MEIGS, b. Abt. 1910.
iv. (CANNOT READ ) MEIGS, b. Abt. 1914.
11. SERENA MELVIN5 MEIGS (STEPHEN STRIDER4, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born November 11, 1875, and died September 03, 1958. She married JOSEPH ROBERT (BOB) MITCHELL April 12, 1891, son of HENRY MITCHELL and BETTY STEVENS. He was born April 14, 1871, and died December 21, 1952.
More About SERENA MELVIN MEIGS:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery...12 west of Brent on hwy#25
More About JOSEPH ROBERT (BOB) MITCHELL:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery...12 west of Brent on hwy#25
Children of SERENA MEIGS and JOSEPH MITCHELL are:
21. i. PERRY LEM6 MITCHELL, b. February 08, 1892; d. 1988, Bur Pondville Cem., Bibb Co., AL.
ii. JOSEPH BRADY MITCHELL, b. January 09, 1894.
22. iii. HARVEY THREADGILL MITCHELL, b. August 16, 1895; d. June 06, 1967.
iv. VELMA MITCHELL, b. Abt. 1898; m. GRADY MAYFIELD; b. Abt. 1897.
23. v. FANNIE R. MITCHELL, b. February 12, 1900; d. June 22, 1988.
24. vi. JANE EVA LOU MITCHELL, b. January 19, 1902; d. April 03, 1978.
25. vii. BERTIE MAE MITCHELL, b. February 14, 1904; d. May 27, 1973, Pondville Meth. Cem..Bibb County, Alabama.
viii. FLONNIE MITCHELL, b. April 19, 1906; d. February 13, 1996.
ix. LEAH ELVIN MITCHELL, b. August 29, 1908; m. (1) GEORGE WRIGHT; b. July 17, 1897; d. February 08, 1978; m. (2) O. C. OAKLEY, JR.; b. 1906.
12. MARTHA (MATTIE)5 MEIGS (STEPHEN STRIDER4, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born February 05, 1880, and died December 30, 1960. She married THOMAS ANDREW MITCHELL, son of HENRY MITCHELL and BETTY STEVENS. He was born April 02, 1875 in Bibb County,Alabama, and died April 03, 1907 in Pondville Cemetery..Bibb County, Alabama.
More About MARTHA (MATTIE) MEIGS:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery...12 west of Brent on hwy#25
Children of MARTHA MEIGS and THOMAS MITCHELL are:
i. JOHN ANDREW6 MITCHELL, b. October 09, 1897; d. May 27, 1973.
26. ii. WILLIAM JODIE MITCHELL, b. April 19, 1899; d. March 23, 1979.
iii. DOLLIE MITCHELL, b. May 10, 1901; d. May 19, 1916.
More About DOLLIE MITCHELL:
Burial: Pondville Cemetery...12 west of Brent on hwy#25
27. iv. HENRY CARSON MITCHELL, b. January 24, 1903, Brent, Alabama; d. April 18, 1968, Pondville Meth. Cem..Bibb County, Alabama.
28. v. AXSOM MITCHELL, b. January 25, 1905; d. December 31, 1997, Brent Cemetery...Brent, Alabama.
vi. TOMMY MITCHELL, b. September 08, 1907; d. March 10, 1931; m. ALICE NICHOLS; b. December 17, 1910.
13. JESSIE FLETCHER5 MEIGS (STEPHEN STRIDER4, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born June 04, 1884, and died 1958 in Centerville Memorial..Centreville, Alabama. He married MARY ANN BAILEY, daughter of ALLEN BAILEY and RUTHIE AVERY. She was born March 31, 1882, and died 1939.
Children of JESSIE MEIGS and MARY BAILEY are:
29. i. ODELL6 MEIGS, b. 1910; d. 1984.
30. ii. MILLARD (FOSTER CH) BURNS, b. 1923; d. 1996.
14. DANIEL PERRY5 MEIGS, SR. (STEPHEN STRIDER4, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born October 22, 1890, and died September 04, 1931. He married MATTIE SANSBERRY, daughter of WILLIAM AVERY and ELLA MOORE.
Child of DANIEL MEIGS and MATTIE SANSBERRY is:
31. i. DANIEL PERRY6 MEIGS, JR., b. June 14, 1922.
15. MARY T.5 THOMPSON (CHARITY LASSITER4 MEIGS, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) She married JESSEE HARDY MURPHY, son of WILLIAM MURPHY and CLARISSA PHELPS.
Child of MARY THOMPSON and JESSEE MURPHY is:
32. i. MAE (PIGEON)6 MURPHY, b. 1911; d. 1975.
16. AMBERSON TRILLA5 THOMPSON (CHARITY LASSITER4 MEIGS, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born September 15, 1878 in Bibb County,Alabama, and died January 25, 1959 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. She married EZEKIEL MONROE YEAGER, son of EZEKIEL YEAGER and NANCY SHUTTLESWORTH. He was born October 10, 1873 in Bibb County,Alabama, and died December 12, 1918 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Notes for EZEKIEL MONROE YEAGER:
December 7, 1899....Centreville Press
Taken from "Bygone Bibb"-100 years ago this week.
Weddings in Bibb have become more popular than ever before. The latest couble to wed is
Mr. E.M. Yeager and Miss Willie Thompson of Beat four.
Children of AMBERSON THOMPSON and EZEKIEL YEAGER are:
33. i. GILBERT EVERETT6 YEAGER, b. October 09, 1906.
34. ii. LILLIE RAE YEAGER, b. May 16, 1913, Alabama; d. June 12, 1996, Pleasent Hill Church Cem.#1,Bibb County,Alabama.
iii. MINYON PEARL YEAGER, b. 1916.
17. ELMER5 SHOWS (SARAH MELISSA4 MEIGS, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) He married OLIS M. BAILEY. He was born August 1887.
Children of ELMER SHOWS and OLIS BAILEY are:
i. NOVALEN6 BAILEY.
ii. CLARENCE BAILEY.
iii. GLADYS MAE BAILEY.
18. SARAH ANN (DOLLY)5 BAILEY (SARAH MELISSA4 MEIGS, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born January 06, 1883, and died October 16, 1961 in Friendship #2 Cem...Bibb County, Alabama. She married (1) J. C. MAYFIELD. She married (2) ARTHUR E. DUKE AVERY 1907, son of WILLIAM AVERY and MARY ELAM. He was born January 07, 1876 in Bibb County,Alabama, and died August 25, 1949 in Friendship #2.
Children of SARAH BAILEY and ARTHUR AVERY are:
i. ARTHUR WARD6 AVERY, d. August 20, 1999, Savanah, GA; m. CLAUDINE HARTLEY.
Notes for ARTHUR WARD AVERY:
Notes for ARTHUR WARD AVERY:
Buried Tuscaloosa, AL.
Notes for CLAUDINE HARTLEY:
Sister of Clemy Hartley wife of Richard Clayton Avery
ii. OLIVER THOMAS AVERY, b. March 07, 1908; d. March 10, 1910, Friendship #2 Cem...Bibb County, Alabama.
35. iii. RICHARD CLAYTON AVERY, b. August 14, 1909.
iv. JOSEPH B. AVERY, b. November 28, 1910; m. ANNIE POWELL.
v. STELLA GEVENA AVERY, b. July 22, 1912; m. LIGE PULLEY.
vi. CLARA LOLAN AVERY, b. November 25, 1913; m. BURLEY CLEMENTS.
36. vii. SARA LOU AVERY, b. September 27, 1916; d. August 26, 1995.
viii. MARY FRANCINE AVERY, b. July 20, 1918; d. July 09, 1920, Friendship #2 Cem...Bibb County, Alabama.
ix. FRANK AVERY, b. December 17, 1919; m. ERLINE EDMONDS.
x. THOMPSON AVERY, b. August 21, 1921; m. MARY KATHRINE BROWNING.
xi. JACK AVERY, b. July 25, 1923; m. LUCY STRICKLAND.
xii. ODEAN AVERY, b. August 07, 1925; m. WALTER MEGGS.
xiii. DOVE E. AVERY, b. November 03, 1927; m. (1) BILLY SHAMBIN; m. (2) DAVID SKELTON.
19. WILLIAM BRADY5 BAILEY (SARAH MELISSA4 MEIGS, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born September 16, 1885, and died in Friendship Church Cem..Bibb County,Alabama. He married MAGGIE CREEL. She died in Friendship Church Cem..Bibb County,Alabama.
Notes for WILLIAM BRADY BAILEY:
Listed on 1920 Bibb County Census as living in Eoline
Children of WILLIAM BAILEY and MAGGIE CREEL are:
i. PAULINE6 BAILEY, b. June 20, 1913; m. DUTCH HUBBARD.
ii. MARGIE BAILEY, b. September 12, 1918; m. R. C. KROUT.
iii. LESLIE BAILEY, b. October 11, 1920; m. MARY RENN.
iv. AUBREY BAILEY, b. October 01, 1922; m. LOUISE KORNEGAY.
v. WALTON BAILEY, b. February 15, 1924; m. BETTY STOUGH.
vi. SWANSON BAILEY, b. May 28, 1927; m. SARAH NICHOLS.
vii. BOBBY DEAN BAILEY, b. March 15, 1931; m. JULIUS DAVIS.
viii. MITTIE JEAN BAILEY, b. December 08, 1932; m. ED JOHNS.
20. WILLIAM BRADY5 BAILEY (SARAH MELISSA4 MEIGS, JAMES ANDERSON3, JOHN2, JOHN T.1 MEGGS) was born 1886, and died 1967 in Friendship #2..Bibb County, Alabama. He married MAGGIE CREEL. She died in Friendship Church Cem..Bibb County,Alabama.
Children of WILLIAM BAILEY and MAGGIE CREEL are:
i. OLIVIA6 BAILEY, b. Abt. 1914.
ii. ODELL BAILEY, b. April 04, 1915; m. GEORGE MEDDERS.
iii. LOFTON BAILEY, b. Abt. 1916; m. ORA MAE WALLACE.
iv. MARGIE BAILEY, b. Abt. 1918.
*** Descendants of John T. Meggs as submitted by
Wendell Meggs
James Anderson Meggs, born Sept. 21, 1872. First his name never was Meigs.
His father was Stephen Strider Meggs at the time of my grandfather's birth.
Stephen Strider changed the spelling of his name later on. My grandfather
was the oldest of 12 children. 8 of them changed the speling of their
surname to Meigs at the urging a a relative. If you want the story, I can
send it to you. SECOND, The children you have listed for James Anderson
Meggs and Frances Parlee Meggs are incorrect. They had seven children. They
were Ludie Lee, born 1892, Samuel Raymond, born 1894, William Wordner, born
1897 , Hilliard Woodfin, born 1899, Gertha, married Paul Brown, born 1901 ,
Jesse Edgar, born 1907, and Beleta, born 1912. All were born in Bibb Co./,
AL.
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