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John Berryman Foster

Male 1830 - 1904  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Berryman Foster was born 24 Jan 1830, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA (son of Ransom Foster and Martha McEver); died 26 Feb 1904, Trenton, Fannin, Texas, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: James Berryman Foster
    • Reference Number: 36371
    • Residence: 1880, Fannin, Texas, USA


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ransom FosterRansom Foster was born Abt 1800, South Carolina, USA (son of Thomas Henry Foster and Sarah (Unknown)); died Jan 1870, Chattooga, Georgia, USA; was buried , Trion, Chattooga, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 36364
    • Residence: 1850, Forsyth, Georgia, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Forsyth, Georgia, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Pettyjohn Cemetery

    Ransom married Martha McEver 8 Feb 1827, Hall, Georgia, USA. Martha (daughter of Brice M McEver and Lieuraney Boroughs) was born 19 Sep 1805, Georgia, USA; died 29 Jan 1897, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha McEver was born 19 Sep 1805, Georgia, USA (daughter of Brice M McEver and Lieuraney Boroughs); died 29 Jan 1897, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 36361
    • Residence: 1880, Coldwater, Chattooga, Georgia, USA

    Children:
    1. Martha Irene Foster was born 2 May 1850, Georgia, USA; died 12 Dec 1933, Rusk, Texas, USA.
    2. William Worth Foster was born 29 Oct 1847, Georgia, USA.
    3. Ransom Perry Foster was born 9 Oct 1843, Georgia, USA; died 6 Aug 1864.
    4. Lucretia J Foster was born 4 Jul 1841, Georgia, USA; died 14 Feb 1862.
    5. Brice C Foster was born 4 Nov 1839, Georgia, USA.
    6. Thomas Jefferson Foster was born 9 Dec 1836, Georgia, USA; died 4 Apr 1911, Chattooga, Georgia, USA.
    7. 1. John Berryman Foster was born 24 Jan 1830, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; died 26 Feb 1904, Trenton, Fannin, Texas, USA.
    8. Andrew Jackson Foster was born 28 Aug 1834, Eastman, Dodge, Georgia, USA; died 1908, Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, USA.
    9. Louraney Angeline Foster was born 19 Apr 1831, Chattooga, Georgia, USA; died 5 Dec 1915, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA.
    10. Sarah Foster was born 30 Oct 1827, Hall, Georgia, USA; died 30 Oct 1877, Chattooga, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Henry Foster was born 6 Jan 1770, Amelia, Virginia, USA; died 1817, Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 36375

    Thomas — Sarah (Unknown). Sarah was born 30 Dec 1769, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; died 8 Nov 1844, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah (Unknown) was born 30 Dec 1769, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; died 8 Nov 1844, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 36376

    Children:
    1. 2. Ransom Foster was born Abt 1800, South Carolina, USA; died Jan 1870, Chattooga, Georgia, USA; was buried , Trion, Chattooga, Georgia, USA.

  3. 6.  Brice M McEver was born 7 Dec 1774, Pennsylvania, USA (son of John McEver, Sr and Margaret Collins); died 19 May 1857, White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 39699397
    • Reference Number: 9498
    • Birth: 7 Dec 1774, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    McEver Family Cemetery

    Brice married Lieuraney Boroughs 7 Mar 1799, Jackson, Georgia, USA. Lieuraney (daughter of John Boroughs) was born 26 Mar 1781, Jackson, Georgia, USA; died 29 Aug 1847, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lieuraney Boroughs was born 26 Mar 1781, Jackson, Georgia, USA (daughter of John Boroughs); died 29 Aug 1847, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 39699446
    • Reference Number: 21358

    Notes:

    Buried:
    McEver Family Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Brice Collins McEver was born 10 Dec 1807, Franklin, Georgia, USA; died 22 Jun 1868, Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
    2. Thomas Caswell McEver was born 12 Dec 1812, Georgia, USA; died 14 Jun 1880, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
    3. Isabel Ann McEver was born 30 Oct 1822, Georgia, USA; died 28 Feb 1904, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
    4. Susan E McEver was born 25 Feb 1826, Georgia, USA; died 3 Feb 1907, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
    5. Nancy McEver was born 24 Nov 1819, Georgia, USA; died 1896, Saline, Arkansas, USA.
    6. Irene McEver was born 30 Jun 1817, Jackson, Georgia, USA.
    7. Margaret C McEver was born 12 Mar 1815, Georgia, USA; died 29 Jan 1897, White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
    8. 3. Martha McEver was born 19 Sep 1805, Georgia, USA; died 29 Jan 1897, Georgia, USA.
    9. James McEver was born 9 Oct 1803, Georgia, USA; died 4 Apr 1856, Georgia, USA.
    10. Andrew McEver was born 19 Nov 1801, Jackson, Georgia, USA; died 4 Sep 1876, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John McEver, Sr was born Dec 1739, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Andrew McEver and Mary Elizabeth (Unknown)); died 1807, Tennessee, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: McKeever
    • Reference Number: 9516

    Notes:

    The following information about John McEver was adapted from information received from Earl Strebeck and Truman McEver. Most came from a journal of John McEver Forbes, which he wrote in 1887 at the age of 87. It later (1934) appeared in the Anniston Times, Anniston, Alabama. John Forbes was the son of Arthur and Catherine McEver Forbes. Catherine was the daughter of John McEver.
    John was born December 1739. He lived in Pennsylvania during the Colonial days, and there, about 1764, he married Margaret Collins, an Irish girl, daughter of John and Catherine Collins of the same state. During the American Revolution, John served under General George Washington. In Pennsylvania, he owned a farm, which was well improved with all the necessary out buildings to sustain itself. His dwelling was built of limestone over a large limestone spring, having a basement that contained a kitchen and dining room.
    Being a trusting soul, John stood account for a man in the amount of 500 pounds sterling and unfortunately, was left to pay the debt, To cover the amount, he was forced to sell his farm. After selling his property and paying the debt, John and his family moved south and settled in Georgia. John and Margaret had. a large family. Andrew was born 1768, John, Jr. in 1771, Brice in 1774, James in 1776, Robert Collins McEver in 1777, Samuel in 1778, William in 1780, Mary Margaret in 1783, Isaac and Thomas M. between 1783 and 1789, Catherine in 1789, and Joseph in 1790. The family was in Jackson County Georgia in 1787. In Georgia, John McEver bought a tract of land in Jackson County on the Mulberry Fork- of the Oconee River, adjoining the then Cherokee Nation, ten miles from Hog Mountain. He began farming again and paid for the land. with tobacco. He also built a good frame house with corner posts twelve inches square. About 1807 or 1808, John road horseback top the Louisiana Territory where he purchased 2 shares of the Mississippi Land Company (Louisiana Purchase, 1803). He paid 2,000 pounds for 15,000 acres (two or three leagues) of land He placed a man in charge of his purchase until he could return to Georgia, dispose of his property, and move his family to the Louisiana Territory.
    On his way home, he put up for a night with a man living on the Tennessee River in the Cherokee Nation. That night his mare was stolen. Being subject to rheumatism, he couldn't walk, so he wrote to one of his sons telling him to meet him 30 or 40 miles up the Tennessee River at a designated point with a horse. Also, in his letter to his son, John gave instructions that if he were not at this meeting place agreed upon, then the son was to come down the river to the man's house where he had lodged and from where his horse was stolen. He further wrote that he had bought land for a home for every grandchild that he might have.
    After writing his letter to his son, John bought a canoe and started up the river to meet his son. When John's son reached the meeting place agreed upon, he could not fine his father. He went further down the river until he reached the man's house where John had stayed and from whom John has purchased the canoe. There, he inquired about his father. The man told him his father had left in the canoe loaded with his saddle bags and other possessions. Three days later the same canoe came floating back down the river smeared with blood and empty! It was thought that all was lost, John, his papers identifying his land purchase and the man's name that he had left in charge of his purchase. With a sad heart, the son started home. After riding about 20 miles, he thought he heard a horse neigh. He explored and behold a short distance from the road was his father's mare, tied to a tree. He untied the horse and she followed his home, but John's body and his precious papers were never found. Margaret Collins McEver, John's widow, continued to live in Jackson County Georgia, and I assume. she died there and is buried there.

    John married Margaret Collins 1764, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret (daughter of John Collins and Catherine Brice) was born 1740, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1807, Jackson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Margaret Collins was born 1740, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of John Collins and Catherine Brice); died 1807, Jackson, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3099

    Children:
    1. Andrew McEver was born 1768, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1863, Madison, Georgia, USA.
    2. 6. Brice M McEver was born 7 Dec 1774, Pennsylvania, USA; died 19 May 1857, White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
    3. Catherine McEver was born Abt 1772, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. James McEver was born 1776, Pennsylvania, USA; died snakebite; was buried , Jackson, Georgia, USA.
    5. John McEver, Jr was born 10 Feb 1771; died 30 Jan 1852, Cobb, Georgia, USA.
    6. Joseph McEver was born Abt 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died Aft Jan 1855, Jackson, Georgia, USA.
    7. Mary Margeret McEver was born 1783; died 20 Jan 1867, Clayton, Georgia, USA.
    8. Robert Collins McEver, Sr was born 1777, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1838, Franklin, Arkansas, USA.
    9. William McEver was born 1780.
    10. Nancy McEver was born Abt 1779, Pennsylvania, USA.
    11. Samuel McEver was born 1778.
    12. Isabell McEver was born 1789, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died 1850, Clarke, Alabama, USA.

  3. 14.  John Boroughs was born , Elbert, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 36356

    Children:
    1. 7. Lieuraney Boroughs was born 26 Mar 1781, Jackson, Georgia, USA; died 29 Aug 1847, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.