Delilah (Clarke) Posey (1800 - 1861)

Born 1800 in South Carolina, United States

Wife of Benjamin Bryant Posey — married 1817 in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 1861 at about age 61 in Taylor County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Delilah was born in 1800. Delilah Clarke ... She passed away in 1861. ^[1]

Delilah's maiden name has not been verified.

Children of Delilah Unknown and Benjamin Bryant Posey:

• 1. Nehemiah (Miar, Miah, Myer, Myra, Miray) Posey born ca. 1816 S.C.
• ...(Married Mary A. F. Pullin, Jan. 10, 1851, Talbot Co., Ga.).
• ...(Married Axaline Smith, Aug. 30, 1866.).
• ...See 1850 Talbot County, Ga. census.
• ...Miar Posey is listed as age 60 born S.C. in the 1880 Taylor County census.

• 2. Mary (Polly) Posey born ca. 1817 South Carolina (Married James Revel).
• ...James Revel died Jan. 28, 1865, Fort Delaware. Civil War.

• 3. Lucinda (Lucy, Cindy) Posey born ca. 1817 South Carolina.

• 4. Delila Matilda Mitte Posey born February 11, 1823 South Carolina.
• …Delila Mitte Posey married Amos Rodgers.
• ...See Amos and Delila Rodgers in the 1850 Talbot County, Ga. census.
• ...See Amos and Delila Rogers (Rodgers) in the 1870 Taylor County, Ga. census.

• 5. Abraham Posey born ca. 1827 Georgia (Married Frances Byrd-Bird). See Abraham and Franky in the 1850 Talbot County census.
• Frances (Franky) Bird (Byrd) is listed in two 1850 censuses.
• Frances (Bird) Posey is listed as age 20 in the 1850 Talbot Co. census.
• Frances is listed as age 22, with her parents, in the 1850 Crawford Co. census.
• ... Abraham died in Civil War Dec. 5, 1863.

• 6. William J. Posey born ca. 1828 Ga. (Married Mary E. Brady July 21, 1861, Taylor County).
• See Mary E. Brady (age eleven) in the 1850 Muscogee County census.
• ...William died July 17, 1863, Hagerstown, Md. Civil War.

• 7. Benjamin Clark Posey born 1832, Talbot County, Ga. (Married Martha Cotter).
• ...B. Clark died in Civil War Sept. 12, 1863. He died at Fort Delaware. (James Revel also died at Fort Delaware.)

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1790 Edgefield County, South Carolina, census, p. 512:^[2]

• Lewis Clark, 1-3-3 (I have not identified Lewis, yet.) Numerous Clark families in this census.
• Shade Dees 1-4-5.
• Shadrack Shade Dees (1753-1797), is the father of Rebecca Dees (1778-1795). According to Historical Southern Families,^[3] Edited by Mrs. John Bennett Boddie; Rebecca Dees is the first wife of Nehemiah Posey, Jr. (1769-1843). And if true, Nehemiah Posey, Jr's second wife is Mary Elizabeth Friday.

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1800 Barnwell County, South Carolina census:^[4]

• p. 76 (number is upside down)
• Lewis Clark age 26 to 44.
• one female age 26 to 44.
• I have not identified Lewis yet.

Also in this 1800 Barnwell Co., census (p. 61).

• Humphry Posey age 16 to 25. And family.

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1840 Talbot County, Georgia Census:^[5]

p. 221

• Lemuel Posey age 30 to 39. And family.
• also three slaves
• Total people in household- 17.
• Lemuel "Lemon" Posey (1798-1860) appears to be the son of Bennett Thomas Posey (1762-1833). Bennett Thomas Posey was born in Charles County, Md.
• Lemuel Posey, it seems, does not come from the South Carolina Poseys.
• Lemuel Posey is in the 1850 Barbour County, Alabama census. (Fillingim family also lived in Barbour County.)

p. 236

• Arron Windham age 20 to 29. And family.

p. 236

• Benj. Posey age 40 to 49.
• one male under 5.
• one male 5 to 9.
• three males 10 to 14,
• one male 15 to 19.
• three females 5 to 9.
• one female 10 to 14.
• one female 15 to 19.
• one female 30 to 39. (Delila)
• 13 people in household.
• Eight people employed in Agriculture.
• Zero slaves.

p. 236

• George Green Dias (Dyess) age 20 to 29. And family.

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Granny was captured by the Indians.^[6] (Need verification.)

"The tradition heard in one part of the family that 'Granny' was captured by Indians, became the wife of an Indian chief, bore him two children, then escaped."

• Which Granny?

"If the story came thru Mary Ann E. (Revel) Dyess, Ashberry, did she mean Granny Revel, Granny Posey, Granny Dyess, or Granny Ashberry?"

"Or did she mean her grandmother Revel, (the mother of James Revel born 1817). The one that married a Walden. If so, she must have married a Walden before she married James Revel's father."

"If the story is true of James Revel's mother (Granny Revel), then what became of the 1/2 Indian children?"

"If the story applies to James Revel's wife- Polly Posey, then it must have happen before their marriage, for there is no four-year gap in their children's ages- unless her first two children were 1/2 Indian, and not the children of James Revel."

"Mary "Polly" Posey was born 1814-1817.... She would have been about 25 when her daughter Mary Ann was born...."

"Mary "Polly" Posey could have been the wife of an Indian Chief prior to her marriage to James Revel." (I added some clarification, but nothing of Jane Revel's letter was altered.)

For more information on Native Americans in the area, see:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/special/native_american/

http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/GAShepherds.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal

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Marriage of Abraham Posey and Franky Bird, Nov. 22, 1849.^[7]

• Crawford County, Georgia.
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXV6-R8P

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1852 Taylor County, Georgia, Property Tax Digests:^[8] (See map on James Revel's profile.)

• 741 District. (These four people are listed on the same page.)

Benjamin Posey (Husband of Delilah.)

• Polls- 1
• Number of Persons subject to Military Duty- zero
• Aggregate value of whole property- $135.00
• Amount of tax- 25 cents

Benjamin Clark Posey (Son of Delilah.) Benj. Clark dies in Civil War.

• Polls- 1
• Number of Persons subject to Military Duty- 1
• Aggregate value of whole property- zero
• Amount of tax- 25 cents

Abram Posey (Son of Delilah.) Abraham dies in Civil War.

• Polls- 1
• Number of Persons subject to Military Duty- 1
• Aggregate value of whole property- $28.50
• Amount of tax- 25 cents

James Revell (Husband of Mary Polly Posey Revel.) James dies in Civil War.

• Polls- 1
• Number of Persons subject to Military Duty- 1
• Number of acres of Pine Land- 202 and 1/2, acres
• District- 14
• Aggregate value of whole property- $815.00
• Amount of tax- 25 cents

Amos Rogers (Husband of Delilah (Posey) Rogers.)

• Polls- 1

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Civil War- 66th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company A:

• CSA
• Private Abraham Posey.
• Private Abraham Posey- July 29, 1863.
• Died December 5, 1863 at Fair Ground Hospital No. 2, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Buried there in Oakland Cemetery, Fulton County.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #64692472 for Private Abraham Posey

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=EF2DE7C3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

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Civil War- 28th Battalion, Georgia Siege Artillery:

• CSA

Private Miar Posey: Company D (from Bibb and Muscogee Counties)

• https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=C02DE7C3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
• On Mrs. Axline Posey's Widow's Pension Application, 1910-1911, Taylor County, it states M. (Miar) Posey enlisted at Butler, Taylor County, in August 1863.^[9]
• Private Miar (Nehemiah) Posey was in Major Augustus Bonard's Battalion, 28th Battalion, Georgia Siege Artillery, Company D.

Private Humplrey (Humphrey) Posey: Company C

• https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=BF2DE7C3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

Corporal William J. Posey: Company C (There appears to be two William J. Poseys)

• https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=C22DE7C3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
• http://scvcamp1399.org/units/59thGA_CoG.php

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Civil War- 59th Georgia Infantry Regiment:'

• CSA
• Company G.
• Private B. Clark Posey. (died Sept. 12, 1863, Fort Delaware).
• Husband of Martha (Cotter) Posey.

• Company G.
• Private William J. Posey. (died July 17, 1863, Hagerstown, Md.)
• Husband of Mary E. (Braddy) Posey.

• http://scvcamp1399.org/units/59thGA_CoG.php
• Find A Grave: Memorial #2537523 for Private B. Clark Posey

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Marion County, Georgia, Salt List, 1863-1864:^[10]

• Widow of Deceased Soldier.
• Mary Posey. (I have not identified this Mary Posey, yet.)

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Miar Posey's Will, written Feb. 3, 1892, Taylor County, Ga.:^[11]

• pp. 143, 144, 145 (image 113)
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93R-X4DN?i=112&cc=1999178

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Mr. Myra (Nehemiah) Posey Obit., Reynolds, Taylor County, Georgia:^[12]

• December 3, 1893. Near Cooper's Mill.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/obits/ob5163posey.txt

Nehemiah Posey's FindAGrave memorial: 125801766.

Find A Grave: Memorial #125801766 for Nehemiah Miar Posey

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Deliah Matilda Mittie (Posey) Rodgers FindAGrave memorial: 126823879.

Find A Grave: Memorial #126823879 for Deliah Posey Rodgers

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Jan Fillingim, Dec 4, 2011
2. ↑ Online at Ancestry.com. (21 Images)
3. ↑ Historical Southern Families, Vol. XVI, Copyright 1971, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie; Publishers- Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1971; page 186. Ancestry.com- image 190 of 282.
4. ↑ Online at Ancestry.
5. ↑ Online at Ancestry.com.
6. ↑ Mrs. Jeff E. (Jane Revel) Franklin, letter dated Apr. 21, 1967. Page 5.
7. ↑ FamilySearch.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com; Georgia Property Tax Digest, 1793-1892.
9. ↑ vault.georgiaarchives.org. (Image74 of 154) page 3.
10. ↑ usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/census/salt.txt
11. ↑ Online at FamilySearch, image 113 of 213.
12. ↑ Online at usgwarchives.net.

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