Thomas J. Hughey (1806 - 1890)

Born 25 Feb 1806 in Greene County, Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Moseley) Hughey — married 3 Dec 1828 in Georgia, USA

Husband of Lucina (Hull) Hughey — married 1847 in Georgia

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1890 at age 84 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Hughey Name Study.

Henry County Georgia 1850

Household # 1039

Hughey Thomas 43 M Tavern Keeper 1,750 Ga.

REMARKS: Convict

Hughey Lucina wife 24 F Ga.

Hughey Henry H. 13 M Ga.

Hughey Clara Jane 11 F Ga.

Hughey Benjamin H. 9 M Ga.

Hughey Marthalin S. 7 F Ga.

Hughey Thomas L. 1 M Ga.

Enumerated jail census. It is made to appear that Thomas Hughey was convicted in 1849 born in Georgia and committed in Henry County for gaming.^[1]

Orange County Florida 1860

Family #10 Household # 8

Hughey Thomas 53 M W Farmer 600 1,065 Georgia

Hughey Lucinn 34 F W Georgia

Hughey Hubert 18 M W Farm Laborer Georgia

Hughey Susannah 16 F W Georgia

Hughey Thomas L. 11 M W Georgia

Hughey Frances 9 F W Georgia

Hughey John H. 5 M W Florida

Hughey Walter 3 M W Florida

Hughey Allah 1 F W Florida

Burial

Oakland Cemetery 

Atlanta

Fulton County

Georgia^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ files.usgwarchives.net/ga/henry/census/1850
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 80869950

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80869950/thomas-j-hughey

Thomas was in charge of a group of men when the Cherokee were removed from Georgia. "Unlike fortified posts with assorted buildings inside stockade walls, camps consisted almost entirely of rows of tents pitched by the soldiers. The absence of structures, however, did not eliminate the camp's environmental and economic impact. Two companies with some 156 soldiers and various "servants" required a flat, cleared area for tents and another for horses. Camp physician Thomas Roberts may have needed a separate space for medical tents and bedding. As part of their brief, disruptive camp life, the two companies assigned to Malone modified and adapted the encampment area. Captain Charles E. F. W. Campbell's Newton County volunteers with sixty horses and Captain Edward M. Story's infantry company from Coweta County had to establish suitable camp quarters close to water and near adequate roads. Wagons added to the noisy, pungent impact as they lumbered in with military baggage and animal forage. With little time to supply the post, quartermaster Thomas Hughey found local purveyors for bacon, corn meal, and basic necessities, renting a storehouse from W. S. Lovil to secure them. Whether fort or camp, and whether for two years or two months, each post temporarily shaped the land and altered the activities and economies of participating citizens." Source: https://southernspaces.org/2017/all-roads-led-rome-facing-history-cherokee-expulsion#footnote80_op7jszm

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Thomas was Sheriff in Atlanta in 1880. Source: https://archive.org/details/historyofcowetac00ande/page/43

https://archive.org/details/historyofcowetac00ande/page/44

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