Francis Marion Posey (abt. 1814 - abt. 1885)

Born about 1814 in Jasper County, Georgia, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann Wilmet (Waldrop) Posey — married 15 Jun 1842 in Coosa County, Alabama, USA

Husband of Emily (Lovett) Posey — married about 1874 in Winston County, Alabama [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1885 at about age 71 in Franklin County, Alabama, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Francis Marion POSEY was born in 1814 in Jasper County, Georgia, as the fourth child of Squire Posey and Sara Pate. Frances Marion first marred Sarah Waldrop (1822-c.1874). He was 28 when he married Sarah Ann Wilmet WALDROP on 15 Jan 1842 in Coosa County, Alabama. Children of Sarah and Francis Marion Posey: Squire David, Marion Francis Marion Jr., Seaborn, William , Ritty Caroline, Ellige Allen, John Thomas. Francis also married Eliza (Lovett) Cates (1832-1893) by 1874. They were parents of George Washington and Rozilee. Francis Marion lived his last years with relatives in the Posey Mill area and Eliza was living in nearby Walker County, Alabama. HE died in 1885 in Franklin County, Alabama, age 71.

Sources

• http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59687793/Francis-posey

• “Some Descendants of Francis & Malinda Posey” by Betty Drake, 2003.

• United States Census, 1850: Name: Frances Posey, Place: Coosa county, Coosa, Alabama, United States, Male Age: 36, Race: White, Birth Year (Estimated): 1814, Birthplace: Georgia, Digital Folder Number: 004187294, Record Number: .9726
• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• Frances Posey Male 36 Georgia
• Sarah Posey Female 21 Georgia
• David Posey Male 6 Alabama
• Marion Posey Male 4 Alabama
• Leukon Posey Male 2 Alabama

• Find A Grave Index," database. FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-1M2L : 13 December 2015), Frances Marion Posey, ; Burial, Posey Mill, Franklin, Alabama, United States of America, Posey Mill Cemetery; citing record ID 59687793, Find a Grave.

• United States Census, 1850: Name: Frances Posey, Coosa county, Coosa, Alabama, United States, Male Age: 36, Race: White, Birth Year (Estimated): 1814, Birthplace: Georgia, Digital Folder Number: 004187294, Record Number:9726.

• "United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW1F-RZ6 : 4 December 2014), Francis M Posey, 1861-1865; from "Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms, 1861-1865," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M346 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 812.