Genealogy

		Jeanette Griffin Hansen's Ancestors
Hansen Herrera Walsh Letulle Bourgeois Griffin Osbon Williamson McElrath Sammons		Sammons Family of VA>SC>GA>LA *Descendants of James Sammons* Generation No. 1 JAMES¹ SAMMONS was born 1695, and died 1765 in Virginia. He married PHILLIS IVEY AVEY. She was born 1709, and died 1765 in Sussex Co., Virginia. Generation No. 2 WILLIAM² SAMMONS (JAMES¹) was born 1730 in Sussex Co., Virginia, and died 1804 in Greenville, South Carolina. He married (1) REBECCA IVEY AVEY. She was born June 1762. He married (2) ANNIS COMER. Generation No. 3 JOHN³ SAMMONS (WILLIAM², JAMES¹) died 1812 in Greenville, SC. He married BETTY WALKER. She was born 1743 in VA, and died 1812 in Greenville, SC. Generation No. 4 RICHARD⁴ SAMMONS (JOHN³, WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born 18 February 1771 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, and died 31 August 1844 in Godfrey, Putnam Co., Georgia. He married MARTHA "PATSEY" JONES 23 December 1793. She was born 02 January 1776, and died 10 October 1836 in Georgia. Generation No. 5 WHITFIELD TUCKER⁵ SAMMONS (RICHARD⁴, JOHN³, WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born 28 July 1802 in Georgia, and died 1851 in Georgia. He married (1) ELIZABETH SKINNER 30 May 1824 in Georgia. She died 1838. He married (2) SOPHIA WYNN 16 May 1838 in Putnam Co., Georgia. Generation No. 6 RICHARD⁶ SAMMONS (WHITFIELD TUCKER⁵, RICHARD⁴, JOHN³, WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born 1828 in Morgan Co., Georgia, and died 06 November 1886 in Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, LA. He married (1) FRANCES "FANNIE" JACKSON. She was born 1853 in LA, and died 05 November 1886. He married (2) FRANCES E. ESTES 10 August 1851 in Putnam Co., Georgia. Generation No. 7 FRANCES "FANNIE"⁷ SAMMONS (RICHARD⁶, WHITFIELD TUCKER⁵, RICHARD⁴, JOHN³, WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born 07 February 1874 in Morehouse Parish, LA, and died 16 January 1961 in Morehouse Parish, LA. She married C.D. "CHARLIE" MCELRATH 28 November 1888 in Morehouse Parish, LA., He was born 07 October 1869 in Alabama, and died 22 June 1945 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is buried in Bayou Macon Cemetery, Pioneer, West Carroll Parish, LA. Generation No. 8 LELA LEE⁸ MCELRATH (FRANCES "FANNIE"⁷ SAMMONS, RICHARD⁶, WHITFIELD TUCKER⁵, RICHARD⁴, JOHN³, WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born 06 October 1890 in McGehee, Desha County, AR, and died 19 October 1976 in Richland Hospital, Delhi, LA. She married WARD DELL WILLIAMSON 1912, son of JESSE WILLIAMSON and ANNIE BOUTWELL. He was born 11 July 1893 in West Carroll Parish, LA, and died 15 October 1927 [email protected] \| Home \|