Possible middle name: Caroline, per undocumented source
There are NO records that show middle initial or middle name.
Birth: estimated about 1818, in Alabama, based on the following:
1) born 1817 AL, per census in 1850, age 33
2) born 1818 AL, per census in 1860, age 42
3) brother Elam (b.1817) is younger than Elizabeth, because Elam born in TN
Death: 15 Jul 1864, per cemetery headstone
Place of Death: assume Calhoun Co. Arkansas, based on the following:
1) her burial is Calhoun Co. AR
2) husband with 2nd wife in Calhoun Co. AR in 1880
Find A Grave Memorial# 90426501 (headstone pictured)
Elizabeth Ware Abernathy
Birth: (not on headstone)
Death: Jul. 15, 1864
Burial: Ricks Cemetery, Harrell, Calhoun County, Arkansas
Created by: macw
Record added: May 20, 2012
PARENTAGE
Elizabeth Ware, daughter of George Ware and Ruth
Named as "Elizabeth Abernathy dec’d (who was a daughter of decedent) " in 1869 Estate Settlement of father George Ware, and mother Ruth Ware.
Note: the estates of both parents were initiated on the same date, but are 2 seperate documents using many of the same words. The Estate of George Ware states "George Ware an inhabitant & Citizen of this County at the time of his death & who died about the year 1841 left to his widow Ruth Ware by will during her natural life a tract of land in this County, & that said Ruth Ware having since died to wit: more than 40 days since, said land remains unadministered".
The Final Settlement of George Ware in 1871, states, "Elizabeth Abernathey deceased, a daughter of decedent, wife while living of Starling Abernathey, whose residence is in Dallas Co Arkansas, P. O. Calhoun"
Reference full transcripts in parent's profiles.
MARRIAGE
ancestry.com, Dodd, Jordan R., comp.. Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920
Name: Starling Abernathy
Spouse: Elizabeth Ware
Marriage Date: 12 Feb 1835
Marriage Place: Jefferson
Surety/Perf. Name: Thomas D. Armstrong
Husband: Starling G Abernathy, son of William Abernathy and Sarah M Rockett
CENSUS / TIMELINE
1835: marriage of Elizabeth Ware and Starling Abernathy
1840: sale of land, in Jefferson Co. Alabama, Jan-1840
1840 Census: Pontotoc, Mississippi, p.4
Name: Starling Abbunathy
1 - Males - Under 5: ........... [James]
1 - Males - 15 thru 19: ....... [?]
1 - Males - 30 thru 39: ....... [STARLING]
2 - Females - 5 thru 9: ....... [Mary and Martha]
1 - Females - 20 thru 29: ... [ELIZABETH]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7
Land: the South West quarter of the South East quarter of Section fourteen Township nineteen Range four West containing forty acres 20/100 of an acre
Additional Comments: On all Jefferson County Alabama Probate records so far, whether deeds or estate papers, Starling's name is clearly spelled with an 'a'.
1940 husband: Joel H Rowland - Find A Grave Memorial# 5946440
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DNA Connections
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