Aquilla Coney (abt. 1775 - abt. 1823)

Descendants

Died about 1823 at about age 48 in Pike MS

Biography

"John Ellzey came from Fairfield District, South Carolina, in 1817. He married Elizabeth Coney, daughter of Aquila Coney from Georgia, in 1823 They were the parents of Frank, James, William, and Daniel Ellzey. His second wife was Indiana Hall. ^[1]

The Pike Co. MS 1820 Census lists Aquilla, over 45, and wife, same age, and nine children

1820 Pike County, Mississippi census

Text: Males 0-10born 1810-1820 two

Males 10-16born 1804-1810 one

Males 16-18born 1802-1804 one

Males 18-26born 1794-1802 one

Males 26-45born 1775-1794 one

Female 0-10born 1810-1820 three

Female 10-16born 1804-1810 one

Female 26-45born 1775-1794 one

1820 Mississippi State Census,

Males 0-10born 1810-1820 two

Males 10-16born 1804-1810 one

Males 16-18born 1802-1804 one

Males 18-26born 1794-1802 one

Males 26-45born 1775-1794 one

Female 0-10born 1810-1820 three

Female 10-16born 1804-1810 one

Female 26-45born 1775-1794 one

Notes

Prior to removal to the west, Aquila Coney had gotten land in Laurens Co. GA which he sold on 4/11/1818 to William Coney (Laurens Deed Bk. F, p. 82) William Coney sold this same piece of land on 10/8/1818 to William Albritton (Deed Bk. F, p. 249). Aquila and William were probably brothers.

Jeremiah and Aquilla were taxpayers in Montgomery Co. GA in 1805-06. The 1805 and 1806 tax digests for Montgomery County are on microfilm reel 61-30 at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and are published in full in Ruth Blair, Some Early Tax Digests of Georgia (1926), including acreage, names of original land grantees, and land evaluations. The lists below include the number of slaves owned and for the 1805 tax digest, land owned in other countries. An asterisk (*) indicates that the person also paid taxes on land in Montgomery County. from "A History of Montgomery County, Georgia to 1918" by Robert Scott Davis, Jr.

CONEY, Aquila Slaves: 21806 TaxDist: 50

CONEY, Aquiler Slaves: 21805 TaxDist: 50

CONEY, Jeremiah 1806 TaxDist: 50

CONET, Jeremiah 1805 TaxDist: 50

1806 CONEY AQUILA Montgomery County GA 103 No Township Listed Tax list GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index GAS1a761179

1805 CONEY AQUILER Montgomery County GA 096 No Township Listed Tax list GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index GAS1a761180

Aquiller Coney sells land to William Coney in 1818(?) who then sells it to someone else in 1818 in Laurens County Ga.;

??? Aquiller and William Coney move to Mississippi in 1819-1829 and William had four sons ...Aquiller had a daughter Rachel.

See https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=don4736&id=I33546

Jesse Stephens-- Laurens County, GA Key 49, page 23,--April 1819,--- Plaintiff was Aquilla Coney. Defendant was Benjamin Faircloth. Witnesses were David Scarbrough, Jesse Stephens, and Richard Faircloth.

Poplar Springs Baptist Church was organized in 1807 and Jesse Stephens was a charter member. On June 2, 1818, David Watson, Jessey (Jesse) Stephens, and Jeremiah Coney were appointed to contract with some competent person or persons for the completion of the meeting house. Poplar

Sources

1. ↑ [https://archive.org/details/pikecountymissis00cone/page/39 History of Pike County, Conerly p. 39

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