Mary (Collier) Abernathy (1786 - bef. 1840)

Born 11 Nov 1786 in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died before 1840 before age 53 in Rankin, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Mary was born 11 Nov 1786. She passed away before 1840. On the 1830 census for Greene Co AL, in Chesley Abernathy's household is a women in the age range of 40-49; on the 1840 census for Rankin Co MS, Chesley is enumerated with no females in the household.

While documentation of Mary's mother Rachel's maiden name actually being Rainer/Rayner/Raynor has not been found to date, the Bible record of Mary's great-granddaughter, Henrietta Ann Flanagan Moore, shows that her grandmother - who would be Mary's daughter - was named Rachel Raynor Abernathy (married John Fletcher Seymour).

The following indented, italicized text is a transcript of a Bible record submitted with a DAR application.^[1] The Bible appears to have belonged to William Collier, since the record goes on to name his children's births and deaths. The record itself is a transcript from an original Bible, the transcript being made in the early 1970's (the notary public's term expires 1975):

The following list of names and dates of birth and death are a true and exact copy as taken from the Collier family Bible. The Bible is in the possession of Mr. Bob Connor of Orangeburg County, South Carolina. I Ray Collier, personally made this transcript from the Bible.

William Collier Bible transcript c1974

Ray Collier /s/

Ray Collier

Box 102

Deerfield Beach, Fla. 33441

Samuel Collier

April 17, 1788

Sources

1. ↑ Bible record transcript, DAR Ancestor A024430 Member M470582

• Bible record transcription written by John Seymour and Rachel Abernathy's granddaughter, Henrietta Flanagan Moore. In it she names her parents, her grandparents and great-grandparents.