About the Ancestors

I have been involved in dedicated research of my Alabama and Georgia Ancestors since 1987. I am consistently researching my family lines as highlighted below. Many of these family lines lead back to Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

Maternal Alabama & Georgia Ancestors

Grandmother: Jessie Mae Heath

Great-Grandparents: Mitchell Heath & Anna Lue Barrow

2nd Great-Grandparents: 
Felts "Tug" (Phelps) Heath III & Eunice Frazier
Erwin (Irvin) Barrow & Annie Elizabeth Hunter Nelloms

3rd Great-Grandparents:
Felts (Phelps) Heath II & Jane "Jincy" Hubert
Allen Frazier & Charity Chapman
Milus (Milas) Barrow & Lula Mattie "Wip" Haines (Hanes)
Edward "Ed" Hunter & Minerva Anne Nelms

4th Great-Grandparents: 
Felts (Phelps) Heath I & Caroline Ivey
Paul Hubert & Jennie "Jincy" Hubert
Archibald "Arch" Peek & Mary Frazier
Mitchell Chapman, Sr. & Sarah Johnson
Newton Barrow & Rena Rose Wright (possible Sampson)
Isaiah Haynes (Hanes/Haines) & Matilda Hanes

5th Great-Grandparents:
Dollie Heath
Benjamin Ivey & Nancy Ivey
Hiram Hubert (Enslaver) & Phillis Hubert
Elizabeth "Bettie" Peek
Sarah "Sallie" Chapman
Gracy Johnson
Bailey Barrow & Flora S. Barrow
Moses Wright & Mattie Copeland

6th Great-Grandparents:
Hannah "Young Hannah"
Adam Ivey (Enslaver)
Harriett "Ret" Plowden
James Barrow (Prominent Georgia Plantation Owner & Revolutionary War Veteran)
Amy Copeland
Matthew Hubert (Enslaver) & Martha Wallace (born in Ireland)


7th Great-Grandparents:
William "Negro Will" & Hannah "Old Hannah"
Adam Ivey (Enslaver)
Benjamin B. Hubert, Sr. (Enslaver & French Hugeunot) & Mary Brooks
Robert Wallace (Ireland)

8th Great-Grandparents
Doll

Barrow, Hanes/Haines, Nelms/Neloms/Nelloms, Copeland, Wright, and Hunter families of Chambers County, Lee County, Randolph County, and Russell County, Alabama and Troup County, Georgia with affiliation to the Mosely, Hughly/Hugely/Hughley, Roberts, Trammell, King, Winston, Burton, Zachry, Forman, and Freeman families through my maternal Great-Grandmother Anna Lue Barrow with connections to North & South Carolina and Louisiana Barrow families.

Nelms/Neloms/Nellums and associated families of Wilkes County, Lincoln County, Elbert County, and Brooks County, Georgia with connections to Louisiana Neloms/Nelams/Nellums families.

Heath, Hubert, Peek, Frazier, Chapman, and Johnson families with affiliation to the Flewellyn/Flewellen/Fluellyn/Fluellen, Mapp, Barksdale, Battle, Cody, Gunn, Ivey, and Rudisil/Rudisill/Rudiselle/Rudselle, Stewart, Rhodes, Gullatt, Shank/Shanks, Sybert families of Hancock County, Taliaferro County, Lincoln, and Warren County, Georgia though my maternal Great-Grandfather Mitchell Heath.

Heath, Searcy, and Adams families of Harris County, Talbot County, and Taylor County, Georgia and connections with Camp County, Upshur County, Cass County, Titus County, Harrison County, MArion County, Bowie County, Texas.

Paternal Alabama & Georgia Ancestors

Father: William Bobby Phillips

Grandparents: Homer Phillips, Sr. & Cora Lee Alfredia Barker

Great-Grandparents: 
Wesley "West" Phillips, Sr. & Sadie Butler
Mack Barker & Bessie Mae Calloway

2nd Great-Grandparents:
Ned Phillips & Antinett "Nettie" Hurst
Will Calloway & Hattie Smith

3rd Great-Grandparents:
Jake Allison Smith & Georgia Anna Smith

Barker, Alexander, Calloway, McClendon, Smith, Phillips, and Butler families of Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia with affiliation to the Phillips and Hurst families of Walton County, Georgia through my paternal Great-Grandparents Wesley Phillips, Sr., Sadie Butler, Mack Barker, and Bessie Calloway.

If you think we have a family connection, please contact me as I love making new family connections and sharing in our rich history!

Dante
reverenddme368@gmail.com

23 comments:

  1. Great job gathering all this info over the years. It's clear just how much time and effort you have devoted to learning about your ancestors, and you have done an admirable job organizing the info here.

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    1. Thank you! It's been a fun filled journey & looking forward to many more new discoveries!

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  2. Well Done Dante!! My Family is Heaths. They came from Georgia they came to Davis county now Cass County Texas in the mid 1800s. Not sure what county they were from i heard it was warren came with the slave owner who were from warren but haven't been able to find out witch slave owner owned them. Got back as far as my 3x grand dad randall heath born in 1824 in georgia.

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    1. Thanks Paula! I'm sure we have a connection somewhere. We have a huge delegation of Heaths that relocated Texas and celebrate a reunion every June under the name The Joseph Terrell Heath & Della Johnson Family Reunion. The reunion is held every year in early June throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Warren County is definitely where the Heaths were heavily concentrated and then branching out over into Hancock, Taliaferro, Greene, and even in Wilkes and Burke counties in Georgia. We will definitely have to compare notes and bridge the gaps! Looking forward to learning more with you!

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  3. You did a wonderful job listing your ancestor lines. You have raised the bar. I think I need to take time out to do mine also. Thank you for sharing, and I hope you get more connections from doing this.

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    1. Awe, thanks so much Yvette for the kind and encouraging words! I'm hoping as well to make new connections and even discover more as others may be able to contribute something new.

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  4. Dante, I believe outlining your maternal and paternal family lines is an ideal thing to do. It will definitely make it easier for visitors here to determine which family lines you are referring to in your posts, as well as having those names readily indexed by the search engines. But it also serves as a great research tool for those searching along the same family lines to access when they need to verify their family connection to you. Excellent!

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    1. Thanks Liv! I appreciate the encouragement and sincerely hoping many will be able to make a connection!

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  5. I want to do a Page like that! That put it into perspective! and to go to for reference.

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  6. I like your style... great research tool. Looking forward to the listing which includes VA and KY and hoping we can find a match!!

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  7. Looking good Dante! Anyone believing they *might* be connected to your family will be able to read this page & immediately confirm any common Ancestors! One slight edit, since you have 3 Phelps Heaths are Grandparents you should designate them somehow - I, II, III or 1, 2, 3 or Sr. Jr. III. This will allow folks to follow your logic when you write about them & not get confused about which Phelps Heath you're referencing. Cool? Well done!:)

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    1. Thanks as always Luckie! And I will be sure to make the edit to distinguish my three Phelps.

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    2. Luckie, I must say your suggestion to identify the three Felts (Phelps) was spot on as now all my fellow family historians are able to track research better as a direct result of my distinguishing the three men. In addition, we are learning that this name is actually another slave owner's family name which may lead to finding another link the Felts family which there were a few in the Wilkes, Warren, Burke, and surrounding counties of Georgia. Thank you again for leading the charge and pushing many us forward in not only documenting our history but telling our story to honor the Ancestors!

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  8. This is really good ... Six African American generations ... Wonderful and keep up the good work ...

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    1. Thanks Marcia!! It's been an amazing journey to say the least! So proud to be able to honor the Ancestors!!

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  9. Hey Dante! I really love this idea so much that I would like to use it on my blog. I will definitely give you and this post credit so that people will be able to track to your blog. I think this gives your readers an easy way to study your lineages and possibly find connections in their trees. Great job!

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  10. Thanks so much!!!! And thank you for the shout out again! I am hoping this helps others searching, but I can honestly say it helped me when I created this page as this was the first time I have looked at all my generations on one page. I feel more connected to the Ancestors, and I sincerely hope I am honoring them by answering their call.

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