Died after after about age 84
in Lincoln, Georgia, United States
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When Elisha Weathers was born in 1785 in North Carolina, his father, Valentine, was 20 and his mother, Sarah, was 20. He married Cassandra 'Cassie' Gaither on February 7, 1807 in Lincoln County, Georgia.[1] She died in Lincoln, Georgia sometime after the 1840 census was enumerated. He then married Sidney "Siddy" Parker on November 2, 1846, in Lincoln, Georgia.[2] They had at least one child:
George (b.1853 GA, d.aft1880)
Elisha's will was written in June 1869 but he was enumerated on June 14, 1870 in Winns District (LIncoln Co.), Georgia; I am unsure what happened to him after that.[3]
1870 United States Federal Census[4]
Enumerated June 14
Name: Elisha Heathers [Elisha Weathers]
Age in 1870: 92
Birth Date: abt 1778
Birthplace: North Carolina
Dwelling Number: 180
Home in 1870: Winns District 183, Lincoln, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Leathersville
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot Read: Yes
Cannot Write: Yes
Male Citizen Over 21: Yes
Personal Estate Value: 200
Real Estate Value: 100
Household Members Age
Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Ronald Carlton Withers FTDNA kit #N126307, and his 5th cousin once removed Ralph P. Weathers FTDNA kit #911492, match at a Genetic Distance of 3 on 37 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Withers. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 7 to 8 generations is 41% to 50%. By the 12th generation this becomes 79%.
Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Steve Weathers FTDNA kit #915286 and his fourth cousin once removed Ralph P. Weathers FTDNA kit #911492, match at a Genetic Distance of 4 on 37 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Valentine Weathers. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 5 to 6 generations is 22% to 31%. By the 12th generation this becomes 79%.
Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Ralph Van Withers, FTDNA kit #78059, and his 6th cousin Ralph P. Weathers FTDNA kit #911492, match at a Genetic Distance of 3 on 37 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Withers. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 7 generations is 41%. By the 12th generation this becomes 79%.
Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. David Ray Withers FTDNA kit #79101, and his 6th cousin Ralph P. Weathers FTDNA kit #911492, match at a Genetic Distance of 3 on 37 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Withers. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 7 generations is 41%. By the 12th generation this becomes 79%.
Sources
↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWDK-44S : 11 February 2018), Elisha Weathers and Cassey Gathew, 07 Feb 1807; citing , Lincoln, Georgia; FHL microfilm 0202677 V. G-I.
↑ County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia. Title: Marriages (White), Book H (2), 1829-1849, City Parker & Elisha Weathers, m.2 Nov 1846 @Lincoln Co., p.136-137
↑ Our kin : being a history of the Hoffman, Rhyne, Costner, Rudisill, Best, Hovis, Hoyle, Wills, Shetley, Jenkins, Holland, Hambright, Gaston, Withers, Cansler, Clemmer and Lineberger families, Author: Laban Miles Hoffman, Publisher: Charlotte, N.C. : Daniel E. Ryne, Laban L. Jenkins, and L.M. Hoffman, 1915, page 15
↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWDK-44S : 11 February 2018), Elisha Weathers and Cassey Gathew, 07 Feb 1807; citing , Lincoln, Georgia; FHL microfilm 0202677 V. G-I.
1869 Probate: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992" Wills and Estate Records, 1796-1936; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County); Probate Place: Lincoln, Georgia Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #812225 (accessed 31 May 2023) Elisha Weathers probate on 9 Jun 1869 in Lincoln, Georgia, USA.
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