Tobitha (Martin) Gieger (1793-1871) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Tobitha Gieger formerly Martin aka Geiger [uncertain]

Born 22 Jul 1793 in Effingham County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of James Martin and Mary Lindsey Martin

Sister of Deborah (Martin) Baxter [half], Treacy (Martin) Strickland, Sabra (Martin) Welch, Talitha (Martin) Ball, James Harvey Martin, Emanuel Henry Martin and Nancy Mercy (Martin) Strickland

Wife of Jessie Gieger — married 7 Mar 1813 (to 1871) in Bulloch, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Mother of Zachariah Gieger, Mary Lucretia (Geiger) Rogers, Abram Martin Gieger, James Samuel Gieger, Selete Ann (Gieger) West, Elias Eli Gieger, Mary Magdalene (Gieger) Lindsey and Mary Lucinda (Gieger) West

Died 17 Nov 1871 at age 78 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Burial
- 1.2 Note
2 Sources
3 Acknowledgements

Biography

Tobitha Martin was born 20 July 1793 in original Effingham County GA before Bulloch County was carved out. She is the daughter of Elder James & Mary Martin, a German-Baptist preacher, Farmer, Planter, & Master. On 11 March 1813, she married her first-cousin, Jessie Gieger, the s/o her Father's sister, Mary Mercy (Martin) Gieger.

They migrated to MS-Territory after their first child was born, settling in Covington County on the Okatoma Creek. They had four sons and four daughters.

Tobitha passed away on 17 November 1871 and was buried near an old wagon road, several hundred yards East of present day US-49 a few miles south of Collins. A concrete slab covers her Grave.

Burial

Gieger Family Cemetery #2 Collins Covington County Mississippi, USA ^[1]

Note

Note: Bio notes: Daughter of James & Mary Martin of Bryan County GA. Married Jessie Gieger in Bulloch County GA on March 11, 1813. Migrated to MS ca1815.

Children:

Zachariah Gieger (1814 - 1898)*

Mary Lucretia Gieger (Rogers) (1816 - 1854)*

Abram Martin Gieger (1819 - 1862)*

James Samuel Gieger (1822 - 1868)*

Selete Ann Gieger (West) (1824 - 1864)*

Elias Eli Gieger (1829 - 1906)*

Mary Magdalene Gieger (West)(Lindsey) (1833-1919)*

(Mary) Lucinda Gieger (West) (1835 - 1913)*

Siblings:

Treacy (Martin) Strickland (1789 - 1856) (Unproven = missing from list of heirs in 1841 Bryan County QC Deed**)

Sabra (Martin) Welch (1790 - 1860)** (m, Bryant Welch)

Emanuel Henry Martin (1804 - 1851)**

Nancy Martin Strickland (1807 - 1843)* (named Mercy in QC Deed. No

official document lists name Nancy) (m.John Strickland) **

Talitha (Martin) Ball (m Dr. Elijah Ball)**

Deborah (Martin) Baxter (m. Israel Baxter)**

James Martin

Daniel E Martin**

Levi Martin**

Mary (Martin) Darby (m. Daniel Darby)**

John Martin**

Delila Martin (m. James Hayman)**

Sources

↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 November 2020), memorial page for Topitha Martha Gieger (22 Jul 1793–17 Nov 1871), Find A Grave: Memorial #25646195, citing Gieger Family Cemetery #2, Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Flicka Smith (contributor 46985047) . Gravestone picture formerly on Memorial #69688329 which has been merged to above memorial.

* Gieger, Gerald, ZACHARIAH GIEGER BIBLE, Crowley, TX privately Published 2002 Rev 2011. 58 pgs.

- DEED BOOK F BRYAN COUNTY, GEORGIA 1840-1846; Pages 46 and 47

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Tobitha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Tobitha: