Boyde Jackson Moss [1909-1969] and Dovie Morton [1911-1997]

After talking with a nice woman on the computer, she told me about a young woman that was interested in talking with me about my Moss family genealogy information and come to find out that she is Boyde's grand-daughter. She sent me some pictures of her grandparents and their children and then she sent me a picture of my great grandfather, William Lawrence Moss [1887-1959].

So after talking with a cousin of mine that is helping me with some of the Vickery genealogy information, we have decided to meet with her, on September 05, 2009 and see what information that she has and we can of course exchange information with her about our families. We can exchange information about her grandparents, Boyde Jackson Moss and Dovie Morton and my grandparents, Jewel Hazel Moss and Jesse Dewitt Vickery. She said that she always wondered what happened to the Vickery's and to be honest,I have always wondered what happened to the Moss family?

I do remember when I was younger that my grandmother having two (2) cousins by the name of Maud Moss and "Dink" Moss and they always called my grandmother, "cousin Jewel", so I am assuming that "Dink" and Maud either came from Boyde or from my grandmother's half-brother, Dewey? But our cousin said that she will get in touch with her mother and aunt and ask them if they have ever heard of "Dink" and Maud and how they are related to us? Just wish us luck?

Roxie O'Bryant [1884-1920] {Mysterious Baby}

According to the death certificate of my great grandmother, Roxie Moss (nee O'Bryant), she died 30 minutes after the birth of an unknown child, and some of are trying to piece together, as to what happened to the unknown baby. It seems that after she died, my great grandfather, William Lawrence Moss [1887-1959] married Madge Lee Cox [1901-1990].

Both William and Roxie had the following children:

1. Boyde Jackson Moss [1909-1969]
2. Jewel Hazel Moss [1911-1986]
3. Mary S. Moss [1914-?]

When Roxie died , William married Madge Lee and they had one (1) son;

1. Dewey Lee Moss [1928-1985]

So that means that after 1920, and before 1928 William married Madge.

So now here is my question, what happened to the Unknown child? Did the baby survive or was it still born? And if it was still-born,then where is the death certificate for the Unborn baby? There are a lot of people that would like to know what happened to the baby? The name of the local registrar was D. Shesou(sp). The death certificate was in the County of Oconee in the township of Tugalo in the town of Westminister, South Carolina. Roxie is listed a housewife and the death certificate was signed by ?? Simpson and the undertaker was ?? Huley.

Roxie was born 02/23/1884 in Oconee County, South Carolina and died 02/23/1920 in Westminister, Oconee County, South Carolina. So she was died on her birth day, which is sad?

Benjmain Jefferson Marett [1860-1930] and Effie Caroline Marett [1862-1958]

It seems with the help of doing some searching, I have found some information on the descendants of Benjamin Jefferson and Effie Caroline Marett, who were my great grand-uncle and great grand-aunt their my 2x great grandmother, Martha J. Brown.

I went to Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery in Fairplay, Oconee County, South Carolina with my parents and to be honest there was so many Marett (Marrett) family that I couldn't remember who was related to me and who wasn't? It seems that the Marett (Marrett) family is very popular down there?

Benjamin Jefferson Marett married Nancy Ellen Bruce and Effie Caroline married Edward H. Elliott andif anyone happens to have a .ged file of the family, I am willing to share what information that I have with Benjamin Jefferson and Effie Caroline's half brothers and sisters

Martha J. Brown [1832-1876]

There is alittle confusion about Martha J. Brown and [1832-1876] William H. O'Bryant [1840-1912] and the connection to Middleton A. Marett [1825-1864]. I know that on her head stone, it says that she was also the wife of William H. O'Bryant. According to the Marett (Marrett) website on Rootsweb, the person states that Middleton and Martha were married in 1859 and that Martha and Middleton's first son, Benjamin Jefferson Marett was born October 06, 1860 in South Carolina and died July 13, 1930 in Oconee County, South Carolina and their daughter, Effie Caroline Marett was born in 1862 in South Carolina and died unknown.

Martha's 2nd marriage to William H. O'Bryant, and they had the following:

1.William Asberry O'Bryant [1867-1947]

2. Mary O'Bryant [1868-?]

3. Tugalo Knox O'Bryant [1874-1963]

4. Lettie O'Bryant [1875-1926]

5. Martha O'Bryant [1878-?]

6. Roxie O'Bryant [1884-1920]

So if you follow this information, that means that Martha and Middleton divorced after their daughter, Effie Caroline was born and then married William H. O'Bryant and then in 1885, William married Susan M. Marret [1853-1911] and they had a daughter Icey B. O'Bryant [1887-1911], also if this information is correct, that means that William and Martha divorced after my great grandmother, Roxie was born in 1884.

Maybe someone can help me understand this?

Corrections

It seems that Tugalo, Martha, Mary C, Roxie and Lettie aren't the children of William H. O'Bryant and Susan M. Marrett, but are the children of William H. O'Bryant and Martha J. Brown. After looking at the year that William and Susan got married [1885] that would make William A [18], Martha [7], Roxie [1], Lettie [10], Tugalo Knox [11] and Mary C. [17] at the time that William and Susan got married and I don't honestly think that William and Susan would have these children out of wedlock? I do know that Martha J. Brown's second husband Middleton A. Marrett [1825-1864], they got married in 1859 and Martha and Middleton had two children and they were:

1. Benjamin Jefferson Marrett [1860-1930]
2. Effie Caroline Marrett [1862-?]

So this would mean that Martha and Middleton got a divorce before 1867 and William and Martha got a divorce before 1885. So, William and Martha were married 18 years before Martha died in 1876. Also that means that Lettie was only about a 1 year old when he mother died?

One more thing, Martha's first husband, Middleton was William's second wife, Susan's uncle. I hope that this doesn't throw anyone into a frenzy trying to figure this all out?

William Asberry O'Bryant [1867-1947]

After some exhausting research, I found my great grandmother, Roxie's oldest brother, William Asberry O'Bryant, was born in 1867 in South Carolina and died 05/11/1947 in Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. I do know that William married a woman by the name of Nancy Hall Nance.

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordResults;givenName=william%20a;birthPlace=South%20Carolina%2C%20United%20States;searchId=72518041852215250000;searchType=fuzzy;motherGivenName=martha;surname=o'bryant;birthPlaceId=25;birthYear=1867

So now the only things that I can do is either order a death certificate from South Carolina or go to the main library in downtown Greenville and look up the information for free and find out what I can about William Asberry O'Bryant? If I order the death certificate, it would cost $12.00 and that would be non-refundable even if they couldn't find anything on William Asberry..

I know that Williams' siblings; Roxie, Lettie, Tugalo Knox and Icey B are all buried in Burgess Cemetery in Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia. I am also thinking that William, Tugalo, Martha, Mary C, Lettie and Roxie's mother, Martha J. Brown in buried at Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery in Fairplay in Oconee County, South Carolina. That would be one of my next trips that I am planning on?

Wish me luck?

Tugalo Knox O'Bryant [1874-1963]

My uncle and my dad both remember when they were younger a uncle named Tugalo, but for the life of me I couldn't figure who he was or how he was connected to my grandmother's family, and with the help of some "friends" on the internet, I have found out where he is buried and who his wife was and how many children they had. Tugalo's wife was Mary Estell Massey [1876-1963]. Tugalo and Mary were married December 17, 1895 in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia and together they had the following children:

1. Audgen O'Bryant [1900-1902]
2. Josephine Ruth O'Bryant [1906-?]
3. Evangeline Booth O'Bryant [1919-2003]
4. George Watson O'Bryant [1903-?]
5. Farris O'Bryant [1896-?]
6. Lovice Vivan O'Bryant [1898-1979]
7. Waitus Avant O'Bryant [1904-?]

William H. O'Bryant [1840-1912]

It seems that my 2x great grandpa, William H. O'Bryant was married to Susan M. Marett and she was born 10/30/1853 in Pickens County, South Carolina and died 05/22/1912 in Franklin County, Georgia. Susan and William are buried in Burgess Cemetery in Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia.

Susan and William had the following children:
1. Tugalo KnoxO'Bryant [1874-1963]
2. Mary C. O'Bryant ]1868-?]
3 William A. O'Bryant [1867-?]
4. Lettie O'Bryant [1875-1926]
5. Martha O'Bryant [1878-?
6. Roxie O'Bryant [1884-1920]
7.Icey B. O'Bryant [1887-1911]

This is a big help with trying to find out more information about the O'Bryant and Maret(t) family and how they married into each other alot.


I have found out alot of information about my great grandma, Roxie just within the last week or two (2) and for a long time, I couldn't find out when she died or what had happened to her and come to find out that she died while giving birth to an unknown child and she is buried in Burgess Cemetery in Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia along with what seems alot of the Maret(t) families. So when my cousin has time, myself her and another cousin will be going down there and taking some pictures and doing a little bit more investigation into the families that are down there.

Now the next goal is find out who were William's parents and where they come from? When I was younger, my grandmother said that her father, which would be William Lawrence moss and her mother Roxie O'Bryant. She said that one of them was Scottish and the other one was German, but I am thinking that she was referring to their ancestry, because I know that Moss was of German origin and it sounds like O'Bryant was of Scottish origin.

As soon as I get down there to the cemetery, I will be posting the graves of William H and Susan and part of that investigation will be done? I will be trying my best to work on the O'Bryant side of the family, because I know that this is going to be taking me some time?

Starting The Research

Every since, I was little, when people would ask me what my last name, and I would tell them and then they would ask me if I was related to So-and-So Vickery and I would tell them that I didn't know, because I didn't know anything about my grandfather [Jesse Dewitt ]'s family. The only thing that I knew what that my grandfather had a brother [William Hightower] and some of his family, but as far as anyone else other than my cousins, I didn't know anything...

When I was older, I got into the computer age and started to gather information from people on the internet and of course family members, they have helped more than they will ever know. Because of them, I have gotten further than I have ever thought that I possibly could have gotten, and I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart. With their hard research and my willingness to learn from these people that done a lot of work, I have gone further than I have ever imagined.

Most of the names that I have done some research are: Vickery, Boatright, Adams, Hembree, Skipwith, De Estoteville, Harbin, Moss, O'Bryant, Maret(t), James, Hannon, Hightower and countless others than I could ever remember and if I have forgotten the surnames, please forgive me. With some of the surnames, I have been able to find their origin and where they came from and who was the first person to start that family. The only thing that I can find out about the progenitor of my Vickery family was Joseph Vickery, who was born in Scotland [but that is according to the Daughters of the American Revolution {DAR}] and that he died in Georgia and according to my family history, the Vickery's have been the Georgia area for the past 300 +/- years and in some areas the name Vickery is well known.