Prepared by Michael Vaughn Sims Jesse Thompson Epperson (1825-1895), page 1

September 22, 2006

Jesse Thompson Epperson (1825-1895)

1825 Born - January 4, 1825,[1] GA; son of George Washington Epperson and Mary Brawner

1840 U. S. Census, Talledega County, AL

G. W. Epperson1 M 5-10; 2 M 10-15; 1 M 15-20 1 M 50-60

1 F 40-50

1844 Married Martha Kite (b. ca. 1827, GA[2]) – August 7, 1844, Tallapoosa County, AL[3]

1850 U. S. Census, Troup County, GA; District 699

Jesse Epperson23 MFarmerGA

Martha22 FGA

1860 U. S. Census, Chambers County, AL; Oak Bowery P. O.

Jesse Efferson35 MOverseer300GA

Martha33 FGA

Mary10 FAL

Quincey 8 MAL

Fannie 3 FAL

Caroline 1 FAL

1863 Death of wife Martha Kite Epperson - 1863[4]

1865 Married Mary Ann Womack Smith (b. Oct. 10, 1842,[5] Stewart Co., GA / Tallapoosa Co., AL; dau. of Joel W. Womack and Sarah Matthews; widow of Lemuel P. Smith) - March 19, 1865[6]

Lemuel P. Smith - b. Aug. 16, 1836;[7] d. June 24, 1862[8] (Civil War); bur. Confederate Rest, Magnolia Cem., Mobile, AL;[9] son of John C. Smith and Amy --(?);m. Mary Ann Womack - Dec. 18, 1860,[10] Tallapoosa Co., AL

Served in CSA; stationed at Mobile, AL when Lee surrendered; left his gun at Mobile[11]

1870 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Uchee

AppersonJessey45 M WFarmer50001200GA

Margaret (Maryant?)28 F WKeep houseAL

Mary17 F WKeep houseAL

William15 M WAt schoolALx

Francis12 F WAt schoolALx

Caroline10 F WAt schoolALx

Augustus 8 M WAt schoolALx

Lenard 6 M WAt schoolALx

John 3 M WAL

Jessey6/12 M WALDec.

1880 Death of wife Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson - April 14, 1880;[12] buried Uca (Uchee?) Cemetery,[13] (RussellCounty, AL?)

1880 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Uchee

Epperson J. T.W M 55farmerGAGAGA

CarrieW F 44 [24]daughterhouse keeperALGAGA

LeonardW M 18sonfarm laborerALGAGA

JohnW M 13 sonat homeALGAGA

JesseW M 11sonat homeALGAGA

VirgilW M 9sonat homeALGAGA

SarahW F 7daughterALGAGA

Joel FW M 3sonALGAGA

SlatonTomB M 80farm laborerGAVAVA

1885 J. T. Epperson represented HurtsboroChurch at meeting of Eufaula Baptist Association at HurtsboroChurch - 1885;[14]may also be nephew Jesse Thompson Epperson or son Jesse Thornton Epperson

1886 J. T. Epperson represented HurtsboroChurch at meeting of Eufaula Baptist Association at RamahChurch - 1886;[15]may also be nephew Jesse Thompson Epperson or son Jesse Thornton Epperson

1887 J. T. Epperson represented HurtsboroChurch at meeting of Eufaula Baptist Association at MidwayChurch - 1887;[16]may also be nephew Jesse Thompson Epperson or son Jesse Thornton Epperson

Married Mary “Polly” Lawrence[17]

1895 Died - May 5, 1895;[18] buried Hucksberry [Hurtsboro?] Cemetery,[19] (RussellCounty, AL?)

Children of Jesse Thompson Epperson and Martha Kite:

Mary Ann E. Epperson - b. June 19, 1851,[20] AL;[21] d. April 19, 1880[22]

William Quincey / V. Epperson - b. Aug. 8,1852[23] / 1854,[24] AL; m. Lucy Jackson[25]

Frances A. “Fannie” Epperson - b. Aug. 31, 1856,[26]AL;[27] d. Jan. 1907[28] (incorrect? 1897?); m. A. Nat Cranford (b. ca. 1853, GA;[29] son of Abraham Cranford[30] and Netta / Nettie(?) --(?)[31])

Nancy Caroline “Sis Carrie” Epperson - b. March 17,1859,[32] AL;[33] d. Dec. 193-?[34]

Louisa [G?] Augustus Epperson - b. Sept. 2[35] / 28, 1860;[36] d. April 13, 1880[37]

Leonard W. Epperson - b. July 16, 1862,[38]AL;[39] d. July 28, 1931;[40] m. T. Henderson[41]

Children of Jesse Thompson Epperson and Mary Ann Womack:

John Lemuel Epperson - b. Sept. 13[42] / 28, 1866,[43] Uchee / Uca[44] / Hurtsboro, Russell Co., AL; d. Aug. 14, 1932, Saint Elmo, Mobile Co., AL; bur. Magnolia Cem., Mobile, AL; m. Jane “Jennie” Lamar Vaughn ( b. Dec. 27, 1870,[45] Comer, Barbour Co., AL;d. April 13, 1947, at nursing home in Mobile, AL; bur. Magnolia Cem., Mobile, AL; dau. of William Webster Vaughn and Sarah Elizabeth Kennedy) - Oct. 17, 1893, at home of father W. W. Vaughn, by M. P. Reynolds

Lucy G. / C. / W. Epperson - b. Jan. 20, 1868;[46] d. Feb. 6, 1868[47]

Jesse Thornton Epperson - b. Dec. 1869[48] / Feb. 23[49] / 25, 1870,[50] near Uchee, Russell Co., AL;[51] d. Jan. 8, 1909,[52] New Orleans, LA; bur. Ramah Church Cem., Barbour Co., AL;[53] m. Cora Vaughn (b. Sept. 20, 1877,[54] near Comer, Barbour Co., AL; d. March 6, 1955, Union Springs, AL; bur. Ramah Church Cem., Barbour Co., AL;[55] dau. of William Webster Vaughn and Sarah Elizabeth Kennedy) - Nov. 12, 1896, Midway, AL, at home of William Webster Vaughn by H. R. Schram[56]

Virgil Montgomery Epperson - b. March 12, 1872,[57]AL; d. Jan. 15, 1939;[58] m. Mary F. “Fannie” Braswell (b. Nov. 4, 1877,[59]AL;[60] d. Dec. 8, 1968[61]) - June 19, 1904[62]

Sarah “Sallie” Tommie Epperson - b. March 24, 1874,[63] AL; bur. Hurtsboro Cem., Russell Co., AL;[64] m. Jake A. Screws (b. March 1871, AL[65] / ca. 1873, GA;[66] bur. Hurtsboro Cem.[67] Russell Co., AL) - ca. 1895[68]

Joel Franklin Epperson - b. Nov. 15, 1876,[69]AL; m. Mary Louise Adams (b. ca. 1900, AL;[70] dau. of John B. Adams and Emma --(?)[71]) - Jan. 1, 1917[72]

Susan Catherine “Katie” Epperson - b. Sept. 13, 1878;[73] d. June 1879[74]

1910 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Hurtsboro

EppersonQuincyheadM W 55 WdALALALEnglishFarm operatorOwn farm

LenardbrotherM W 47 SALALALEnglishnone

CarriesisterF W 50 SALALALEnglishnone

1920 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Hurtsboro

EppersonLennerdheadOM W 57 Wd.ALALALFarmerFarm

CarriesisterF W 61 SALALALnone

1930 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Hurtsboro

EffersonLeonard W.headO 800noyesM W 67 Wd. 29noyesALALALLaborerfarm

Carrie N.sisternoyesF W 71 SnoyesALALALnone

[1]George Washington Epperson Bible.

[2] 1860 U. S. Census, Chambers County, AL; Oak Bowery P. O.

[3] George Stephens; Conyers, GA; 2005.

[4] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[5] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[6] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[7] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[8] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[9] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[10] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[11] Mary Elizabeth (Epperson) Sims Harris; May 27, 1982.

[12] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[13] Mary Elizabeth (Epperson) Sims Harris; May 27, 1982.

[14] Ramah Church Book; cited by Jessie Epperson Cobb; Ramah Baptist Church.

[15] Ramah Church Book; cited by Jessie Epperson Cobb; Ramah Baptist Church.

[16] Ramah Church Book; cited by Jessie Epperson Cobb; Ramah Baptist Church.

[17] Mary Elizabeth (Epperson) Sims Harris.

[18] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[19] Mary Elizabeth (Epperson) Sims Harris.

[20] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[21] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[22] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[23] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[24] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[25] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[26] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[27] 1860 U. S. Census, Chambers County, AL; Oak Bowery P. O.

[28] Mary Elizabeth (Epperson) Sims Harris.

[29] 1880 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Uchee.

[30] 1910 U. S. Census, Covington County, AL; Straughn.

[31] 1880 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Uchee.

[32] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[33] 1920 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Hurtsboro.

[34] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[35] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[36] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[37] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[38] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[39] 1920 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Hurtsboro.

[40] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[41] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[42] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[43] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[44] Maida Kate Epperson Green.

[45] Vaughn family Bible.

[46] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[47] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.

[48] 1870 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Uchee.

[49] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[50] Jesse Thornton Epperson / Cora Vaughn Epperson Bible.

[51] Jesse Thornton Epperson / Cora Vaughn Epperson Bible.

[52] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[53] Grave marker of J. T. Epperson; RamahChurchCemetery, Barbour County, AL.

[54] Vaughn family Bible.

[55] Grave marker of Cora Vaughn Epperson; RamahChurchCemetery, Barbour County, AL.

[56] Jesse Thornton Epperson / Cora Vaughn Epperson Bible.

[57] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[58] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[59] Mrs. Amos Williams; “George Epperson;” The History of RussellCounty, Alabama. RussellCounty Historical Commission; 1982.

[60] 1910 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Precinct 5, Hurtsboro.

[61] Mrs. Amos Williams; “George Epperson;” The History of RussellCounty, Alabama. RussellCounty Historical Commission; 1982.

[62] Mrs. Amos Williams; “George Epperson;” The History of RussellCounty, Alabama. RussellCounty Historical Commission; 1982.

[63] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[64] Mary Elizabeth (Epperson) Sims Harris.

[65] 1900 U. S. Census, RussellCounty, AL; Seale.

[66] 1910 U. S. Census, Montgomery County, AL; Beat 2, Montgomery 3rd Ward.

[67] Mary Elizabeth (Epperson) Sims Harris.

[68] 1910 U. S. Census, Montgomery County, AL; Beat 2, Montgomery 3rd Ward.

[69] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[70] 1920 U. S. Census, Harrison County, MS; Pass Christian.

[71] 1920 U. S. Census, Harrison County, MS; Pass Christian.

[72] Maida Grace Epperson Hayslett.

[73] George Washington Epperson Bible.

[74] Lemuel P. Smith / Mary Ann Womack Smith Epperson Bible.