Amelia (Dawsey) Treadwell (1764 - 1844)

Born 4 May 1764 in Craven, South Carolina

Wife of Reuben Treadwell — married 22 Oct 1779 in Georgetown District, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 10 Apr 1844 at age 79 in Marshall, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

By Amelia's third great granddaughter Jouett Taylor Prisley:

Amelia Dorsey (alternately spelled "Dawsey") was born in 1764 at that part of Craven District, South Carolina that became Georgetown District in 1768, then Liberty County in 1785, and was renamed Marion County in 1798. ^[1] She was a resident of Georgetown District at the age of 15 when she married the 28-year-old Reuben Treadwell on 22 October 1779. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Amelia bore 14 children before she died at age 79 in Lamar, Mississippi where she lived out her widowed years with her son Timmons. In an era fraught with mothers' deaths in childbirth, and frequent deaths of infants and young children, at least ten of her children are known to have lived well into adult years. Amelia is buried in the Treadwell Cemetery, now in Benton County, Mississippi, formerly Marshall County, where descendants still tend the graves of Amelia and other family members.

Having lived many family years in the eastern part of South Carolina, Reuben and Amelia removed at some time prior to 1820 to Rutherford County, North Carolina, far to the southwestern part of the state over the South Carolina line.

Census records help piece together some of Amelia and Reuben's family life:

1790: They lived in Cheraw District, South Carolina, which was composed of Darlington, Chesterfield and Marlboro counties. By pension records, Benjamin (b.1781), James (b.1785) and Reuben (b.1790) would have been under 16; and the one female should have been Amelia. Daughter Sarah (b.1783) is known to have "died young".

1800: They lived in Darlington County. James and Reuben would have been in the 10-16 year census bracket; and the five males under 10 would be Samuel (b.1792), Adoniram (b.1794), William (b.1796) John (b.1798) and Timmons (b.1800). Either the census was taken before the birth of Timmons, or Benjamin at age 19 had left home by then. There was one female under 10 in this census that does not match other family records - Sarah (b.1783) was the only known daughter until Julia Ann was born four years after this census.

1810: They continued to live in Darlington. The two males 16-26 in this census could be Samuel, aged 18, and Adoniram, aged 16, assuming Benjamin, at 29, was on his own. James may possibly have been deceased at this point, as nothing further is known of him; and Reuben at 20 was probably on his own. Three males aged 10 to 16 would have been William 14, John 12, and Timmons 10; and the three males under 10 would have been Thomas 8, Gilead 4, and Bethel 2. The only female other than Amelia is listed as under 10; therefore, Sarah was deceased and Julia Ann (b.1804) is counted.

1820: They were in Rutherford County, North Carolina with five sons aged 10 to 26. Julia Ann had died. In the 18-26 age grouping either William, John or Timmons has left home. Thomas would have been in the 16-18 group. Census lists two males aged 10-16, but records verify three, all of whom are known to have reached adulthood. In 1820 Gilead was 14, Bethel 12, and Lovick 8.

Following Reuben's death in 1833 in North Carolina, Amelia and her sons Reuben D., Timmons, Gilead, Bethel, and Lovick removed in 1836 to the Choctaw/Chickasaw Nation area of Mississippi, where Amelia resided with her son Timmons. The state's pension court has the following record: ^[5]

"Marshall County, Mississippi, 24 August 1840. Personally appeared in Court, Amelia Treadwell, resident of Lamar, in said County, age 76 years." She stated vital statistics of her marriage, her husband's death, and their children's births, then signed with "X" her mark. This brought her $63.33 per year from November 1840 until her death in April 1844. Her pension is recorded in Book of Pensions "A", v2, p204.

Amelia's gravestone reads, "To the memory of Amelia, wife of Reuben Treadwell, who was born in Marion District, South Carolina May 4, 1764 and departed this life at Lamar, Marshall County, Mississippi April 10, 1844." ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch Georgetown District, South Carolina Genealogy, accessed on 15 Oct 2022.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Reuben Treadwell", Ancestor # A116297.
3. ↑ Treadwell, Kenneth Myron: Notes for Reuben Treadwell (1751-1833), 28 Mar 1998.
4. ↑ Reuben & Amelia Treadwell - Rev. War Pension Claim #W.6311, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, NARA Publication M804, Roll 2411. Published at Fold3.com
5. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-RNDF : accessed 17 November 2018), Amelia Treadwell, 04 Mar 1836; citing Mississippi, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 18; FHL microfilm 1,319,398.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41183995 accessed 08 September 2022), memorial page for Amelia Frances Dawsey Treadwell (4 May 1764–10 Apr 1844), citing Old Lamar Cemetery, Benton County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Mavis Clemmer (contributor 47091146) .

See also:

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3KT-4F2 : 19 September 2019), Amelia Treadwell in entry for Benjamin Treadwell, .
• "United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3KT-4FP : 19 September 2019), Amelia Treadwell in entry for John H Treadwell.
• "The Aldrich Collection": A huge trove of documents pertaining to Reuben and Amelia Treadwell's family has been digitized and put online by The University of Mississippi Libraries - Digital Collections. The collection includes Aldrich and Treadwell family correspondence, personal & business papers, slave lists & valuations, genealogical materials and miscellanea. Topics include raising cotton and cattle, slaves, politics, the Civil War, investments in real estate and railroads, land transactions, secondary schools and universities throughout the South, the Benton County Free Fair, Revolutionary War pensions and World War I. * Cemeteries of Marshall County Mississippi, by MSGenWeb Project, 1983, accessed 15 Aug 2023.
• Correspondence in Jouett Taylor Prisley files between Aldrich, Crenshaw, Glass, McIntosh, Taylor and Tradewell descendants
• Edgefield County, South Carolina Records, Edgefield and Jefferson County, Florida census; numerous citations collected by Jane Hunter
• Graves, Mae Blake: Land Grants of New Hanover County
• New Hanover County, North Carolina Court Minutes, 1738-1785
• Salley, A. S., Jr., editor: The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. VII. Charleston, South Carolina: The Daggett Printing Company, 1906, pg. 175.
• South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. X, No. 1, 1982, pg. 7.
• South Carolina Richland County vital records, Family History Library, Salt Lake City UT, film 5350, pt 6
• Treadwell family cemetery, aka Old Lamar Cemetery, Benton County, Mississippi
• Treadwell, Thomas Alanson: Treadwell Adventures in Ancestry, NY Genealogical and Biographical Record, v104 p195 Jan 1973
• Turner Publishing Company, Daughters of Republic of Texas, Vol. 1, 15 Jun 1995, p. 272.