Frances Victoria (Jones) Causey (1825 - 1905)

Born 1 Jan 1825 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Zachariah Richardson Causey — married 29 Jan 1844 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1905 at age 80 in Galvez, Ascension, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Fannie was born in 1825, the daughter of Henry and Mary Jones of Amite County, MS. ^[1]

She was married first to Zachariah Richardson Causey on 29 Jan 1844 in Amite County, MS. He died in the Civil War. Their children: Julia Josephine, Sarah Elizabeth, Truman Cross, Powhatten Ellis, Jasper, Newton, Brutus, Jessey Virginia, William, Eugene Clarence, Zachariah James, and Frances. ^[2]

She married second to Williamson Bankston.

1850 Jackson Parish, LA census: ^[3]

Z R Causey Male 27 Mississippi

Victoria F Causey Female 25 Mississippi

Julia I Causey Female 5 Mississippi

Sarah E Causey Female 4 Mississippi

Truman Causey Male 3 Mississippi

Powhatten E Causey Male 0 Louisiana

Research Notes

Frances was the daughter of Henry Jones who died in 1833 in Amite County, MS as seen in the estate records below:

Estate of Henry JONES, Amite Co, MS, in Orphan Court Records, 18 Nov 1833, Mary and Wm. JONES and Thomas J. SPURLOCK are appt. admins. of estate., Vol. 2, page 351 ^[4]

Vol 2, page 422, 16 Sept 1834: Sally, Elvira, Elizabeth, Francis, Henry, William, Seaborn, Josephus JONES, infant children of Henry JONES, deceased, Mary JONES their guardian. Mary remarried in 1835 to Edward S. Brown.

25 May 1840, Letters of Admin. Records, William JONES guardians of Henry, Josephus, Seaborn, Frances and William JONES, children of Henry JONES deceased.

25 Sept 1843 John Moore, their guardian (Brother William JONES, the previous guardian had died)

28 July 1846 Final account of John Moore guardian of Henry Jones, minor of Henry Jones decd. Amite Probate Record 11-53.

July 1847 Final account of John Moore, guardian of Seaborn Jones, minor of Henry Jones decd. Amite probate 12-24

Dec. 1851. Josephus Jones now age of majority. /s/ John - Moore guardian Amite Probate Record 14-504.

Sources

1. ↑ Jones Genealogy from Katie Lea Jones Holmes; g-granddaughter of Henry; birth and death dates appear to be from a Bible record
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ7-ZGV : 22 December 2020), Victoria F Causey in household of Z R Causey, Jackson, Louisiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Orphan Court Records of Amite, MS, Volume 2, page 351, page 422

• Genealogy of Wilkinson and kindred families database on-line, pages 287-292. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Wilkinson, M. M.. Genealogy of Wilkinson and kindred families. Shelby, Miss.: Shelby Book Store, 1949. ancestryinteractive.com. 26 October 2018, amb
• Causey family reunion handbook

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 March 2021), memorial page for Frances Victoria “Fannie” Jones Bankston (1 Jan 1825–5 Dec 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #40716473, citing Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Galvez, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Eleanor Colson (contributor 46550010) .

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6X-T7H : 7 January 2022), Fanny Bankston in household of Francis Bankston, Ascension, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:416G-Y6N2 : 4 September 2020), Frances M. Causey, 1899.