Althea (Magruder) Drane (1768 - 1833)

Born 13 Sep 1768 in Prince George's Parish, Frederick, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Piles Drane — married about 1782 in Maryland, United States

Wife of John R. Reeves Sr. — married 4 Jan 1813 in Columbia, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1833 at age 65 in Columbia, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Names

Althea Magruder, Althea Drane^[1]

1757 Birth

Althea Magruder b. abt. 1757 Frederick Co., Maryland d/o Ninian Magruder (1735 - 1810) and Rebecca Young (1740 - 1811).^[1]

Marriages

1. Abt. 1782 Maryland, Althea m. Walter Drane b. 14 Jul 1756 Prince George's Co., Maryland s/o James Drane (abt. 1715 - 1787) and Elizabeth Smith Piles (abt. 1730 - aft. 1785).^[1]
2. On 04 Jan 1813 Columbia Co., Georgia, Althea m. John Reese (1750-1833)^[2][3] Researcher Daniel Willis showed John's surname as Jonathan Reeves.^[1]

Abt. 1782 Migration to Georgia

Shortly after Althea Magruder married Walter, the newlyweds joined Walter's brother William on a trip from Maryland to Georgia. Ten years later William would marry Althea's sister Cassandra. Althea and Cassandra's parents Ninian and Rebecca Magruder were also Marylanders who likely joined the Drane brothers on that trip along the Savannah River between South Carolina and Georgia to settle on that river in Columbia Co., Georgia. Walter raised his family there while William moved closer to the Magruders in the adjacent county of McDuffie. All the Drane children were born in Georgia.^[1]

1833 Death

Althea d. 19 Oct 1833 Columbia Co., Georgia.^[1]

Children

Walter and Althea had seven children but only one son:^[1]

1. Rebecca Drane b. abt. 1783 Georgia d. 10 Oct 1802 Columbia Co., Georgia
2. Cassandra Drane b. abt. 1786 Georgia d. 29 Jul 1862 Warren Co., Georgia; m. 07 Nov 1811 Georgia; James Wright b. abt. 1780 Warren Co. d. 17 Apr. 1838 Warren Co.
3. Ann Drane b. abt 1790 Georgia; m. 21 Jan 1808 Columbia Co. David Willson b. abt. 1788 Georgia d. 1828 Warren Co., Georgia
4. Elizabeth Drane b. abt. 1792 Georgia; m. 03 Jul 1811; John Ed Wooding
5. Walter Drane Jr. b. abt. 1796 d. 24 Mar 1872 Collirene, Alabama; served in the AL House of Representatives 1835-6 and 1843-4 and an early founder of Lowndes County after 1830 creation and represented it twice in the House of Representatives; m. abt 1831 Lowndes Co., Alabama Mary Austil b. abt 1807 d. aft 1880 Lowndes Co.
6. Mary "Polly" Drane b. 28 Oct 1799 Columbia Co. d. 31 Dec 1859 Dougherty Co., Georgia; m. 17 Apr 1817 Columbia Co. William Wilder IV b. 27 Sep 1788 Warren Co. d. 25 June 1860 Dougherty Co. s/o Sampson Wilder and Sarah Barfield
7. Effie Drane b. abt 1801 Columbia Co.; m. 22 Mar 1821 Columbia Co. David Perryman

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Daniel A. Willis, Legends, Half-Truths, and Cherished Myths of The Drane Family, Bygone Era Books, Denver, Colorado, 2012, pp. 215-234.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997 : accessed 12 Nov 2017 at [1]
3. ↑ "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/41016501/person/330071445279/facts : accessed 12 November 2017), profile for John Reese.