GATTIS/GADDIS PAGE
John Gattis, Sr. born about 1735, left Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania. He came to Lancaster County, PA between 1735 and 1759. His wife was probably Sarah but no clue to last name. There children were:
1. Thomas born about 1757
2. James born November 1759 in Pennsylvania. James married Mary Ann King October 24, 1783.
3. Alexander born 1761 in Pennsylvania. Alexander married Rebecca King 1800. Married second time to Rosanna McCauley Wilson September 1806.
4. Martha Rebecca born 1763 in Hillsboro, Orange County, NC. She married John Caldwell June 1, 1782 (family eventually moves to Illinois).
5. Samuel born 1765 in Hillsboro, Orange County, NC. He marries Margaret Allen January 25, 1795.
6. John (Jr.) born about Abt. 1767 in Hillsboro, Orange County, NC. He marries Elizabeth Connally September 19, 1787 also in Orange County.
7. Jinnet/Janet/Jane born May 14, 1769. She married William Morrow January 28, 1794, Oaks-Mebane, Orange County, NC. William was born Bef. 1765, Hillsboro, Orange County, NC and died January 30, 1794, Oaks-Mebane, Orange County, NC.
8. William born March 19, 1774, Hillsboro, Orange County, NC, married Sarah King March 12, 1783. I also have William marrying Angelica Connally born January 26, 1792, Caswell, NC. (I NEED HELP on William!!!)
9. Isaac born 1775, Orange County, NC, married Patty King October 28, 1800, and died January 26, 1792, Caswell, NC.
10. Sarah born 1780, Hillsboro, Orange County, NC, married Nathaniel King in 1832.
There was a Samuel Gattis who remained in Pennsylvania and began spelling his name Gettys. There were also some Caldwells and Allens that had settled in Pennsylvania with them.
John Gattis/Gaddis is known to have fought with the Rangers of the Frontier in Western Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. Sometime about the 1770's, the John Gattis family moved to Orange County, NC, probably John Sr. and John Jr.
John and Elizabeth Connally Gattis' children were:
James born ca. 1789
Thomas C. born 1792
Peace Madison born February 10, 1795
John born June 12, 1796 possibly Hancock County, Georgia, died July 18, 1868 in Coosa County, Alabama, buried in Socapatoy Cemetery
Sarah "Sally" Connelly
Warham Jefferson born December 31, 1802 in Bibb County, Georgia, died Aft. 1860, Marthaville, Louisianna.
From North Carolina, two of John Jr.'s sons moved to Lincoln County, TN, and three other sons, John (III), Peace, and War/Warham Gaddis, moved to Georgia, and others remained in North Carolina. Of the two which went to Lincoln County, TN, one of the descendants is Kenneth Jones, whose mother was a Gattis.
John Gaddis (III), lived in Bartow County, Georgia along with his brother, Peace. War/Warham moved to the Floyd County area, close by. Both John and Peace are recorded to have deeds of land in Bartow County during the 1830's.
Peace Madison Gaddis maried Lucinda Saxon, 1843. Their children were:
Julia G. 1845
John Taylor 1847
Mary H. 1849
Thomas Connely
2nd wife Helen Ellis
Peace Madison 1863
Helen Lucy
John (III) marries Elizabeth Lloyd January 2, 1823 in Jones County, Georgia (parents-John E. Lloyd and Elizabeth Ann Gilbert). Their children were:
Dr. Edward Franklin born January 07, 1822 in GA; died August 18, 1852
Dr. John born January 18, 1831 in Coweta County, Georgia; died January 25, 1917
Thomas 1833 Coweta County, GA
Elizabeth June 10, 1836 Coosa County, AL; died November 25, 1855
Zachariah 1839 Coosa County, AL
Martha Jane born January 25, 1840 Coosa County, AL
William Peace born December 27, 1841 in Coosa County, AL; died March 24, 1899; married Ella Bass December, 1877
Benjamin Lloyd about 1845 AL
Warham marries Miriam Lloyd, Elizabeth Lloyd's sister March 26, 1826. Their children were:
Thomas L. 1828 GA
John M. 1831 GA
Frances S. 1833 GA
Mary W. 1836 GA
Martha G. 1838 GA
Soduskey B. 1840 GA
Olivia A. 1845 AL
Peace M. 1848 MS
Warham had two other wives:
Susan Welborn Mayfield-1 child-Eugene Marina 1875 MS
Martha White McClenden-2 children-Walter W. and Laula Lee.
John (III) was killed on his plantation in Kingston between 1830-1860. Lightning struck a tree which fell on John in a wagon overseeing work being done and he was killed instantly.
John's youngest son, John Harrison Gattis, John (IV), was born a few months after his father was killed, being the only child of his mother, Elizabeth Morsten Lumpkin Gaddis, some say Elizabeth Lloyd, daughter of John E. Lloyd. Elizabeth taught school in Georgia, but is said to be buried at Cedar Bluff, Alabama. John Harrison Gattis is buried at Hopewell Cemetery, near Ashville, Alabama.
John was raised by one of his sisters, Mat Gaddis, who was the wife of Jim Smith of Kingston. Another sister married a Brooks and moved to Oklahoma.
John Harrison Gattis married 1st Dolly Smith. Their children were: John Samuel, John (V), born March 9, 1886, died July 5, 1934; William Ode, married 1st Willie D., born April 3, 1882, died May 19, 1901, married 2nd Minnie; Charlie, died at age of 14, of typhoid fever.
John Harrison Gattis, married 2nd, Mary Frances Owens, daughter of Frank and Minerva Ramsey Owens. Frank died from Civil War wounds in 1866, just before Mary was born. Her mother married a Calhoun when Mary was five years old and had three girls by him. Minerva was the grannddaughter of Richard and Mona Burgess Ramsy. John Harrison and Mary Frances Owens Gattis' children were: Cesio, born December 26, 1892; Dillie, born November 22, 1894, died 1983, married Vandy Gramling; Paul, born July 20, 1896, died October 5, 1918, during WWI, buried in Arlington National Cemetery; Burt, born July 18, 1901, died May 1937; Clyde, born January 13, 1907 in St. Claire County, Alabama, married January 14, 1939 to Gladys Ruth Nix, daughter of Jennings "Dee" Dewitt and Rosa Lee Burton Nix.
John Samuel, son of John Harrison Gattis and Dolly Smith, married in 1905 to Sarah Elizabeth Bryant, born November 6, 1889 in Winston County, Alabama, died October 11, 1965. She was the daughter of Benjamin Cleveland and Martha Angaline McCullars Bryant. John and Sarah are both buried in Gibbs Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama. They had eight children: Alfonso, who was found dead in his bed as a baby; Martha Maggie, born August 17, 1907, died December 25, 1967, married 1st December 19, 1925 to Leroy Roscoe Heald, born October 26, 1903, died April 13, 1941, married 2nd John Sherman Beck, born February 27, 1904; Joseph Walker, born February 22, 1918, died September 3, 1978, married November 28, 1935 to Mammie Ruth Coin, born September 22, 1916; John Sylvester, John (VI) born January 10, 1921, died March 23, 1982, married December 11, 1935 to Loraine Witt, born July 25, 1919; Clifford Arnett, born July 23, 1928, died March 18, 1969, married June 30, 1945 to Nola Euthema Horton; and Roland Yvonne, born August 6, 1931, died 1981, married Lola Mae Mathews, born December 29, 1930.
Joseph Walker Gattis and Mammie Ruth Coin had five children: Helen, Joseph Ozell Gattis born March 2, 1939, Marie, Larry, and Jimmy.
Joseph Ozell Gattis was married six times. He was first married to Bonnie. Their children are: Darlene, Eugene, Cathy.
His second and third wife was Pansy. Their children are: Steve, Gary, and Jeff.
I forgot who his fourth wife was. They had no children.
His fifth wife was Debra Elaine Holcomb. They had only one child: Josee Elaine Gattis, born July 8, 1981 in Gadsden, Alabama.
His sixth wife was Helen Michelle McCloud. They had no children.
Dillie, daughter of John Harrison and Mary Frances, married Vandy Gramling. She lived in Riddle's Bend, Etowah County, Alabama, before she married, across from the Heald's House at Canoe Creek and rode a horse to church in Riddle's Bend. She was acquainted with the Heald's as a child. Vandy and Dillie's children were: Willard D., married Grace; J.D., married Dorothy; Pete, married Jo Ann; Lucelle, married George; and Doland, married Yvonne.
Wilburn "Will" and Gladys Ruth had one child: Douglas Rudolph, born April 14, 1942, married Charlotte A. Brown, born September 9, 1944. Douglas and Charlotte had three children: Paul Douglas, born March 15, 1969, Green County, Demopolis, Alabama; John William "Bill", born January 13, 1971, Green County, Demopolis, Alabama; and Michail Andrew, born March 24, 1977, St. Claire County, Alabama.
Most of this information was told to Lloyd Heald by Dillie Gattis Gramling who had a good memory at the age of 89 in 1983.
I've told about the Gattis family, but the Gattis family as I know it wouldn't be complete without a discussion of Mammie's family, the Coin's. Mammie was Walker's wife, Joe's mother and Josee's Grandmother.
In the account of Tennessee history "Goodspeed", page 1242, is reported to be Hugh Coin, son and possibly grandson also named Hugh Coin. Hugh Coin came over shortly after the American Revolution. The one child I know of was Walter Didymus Coin, born 1810. Eliza Jane Davis, born 1809 in NC, married Walter Didymus Coin on November 18, 1833 in Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN. Walter D. Coin, died March 12, 1878, in Whitesides, Marion County, TN and is buried in Tunnel Hill Cemetery.
In the 1840 Census, Walter D. Coin was found in Grainger County, TN, born in VA. He was old enough to be the father of Walter E., but the wife was too young. This may been a seconnd wife. Finally, found in the order of Coin families from Sistler, Walter E., spelled Cohen in Dade County, GA. In 1870, it was spelled Cowin in Marion County, TN and in 1880, the widow's name was spelled Coin.
The ten children of Walter Didymus and Eliza Jane Davis Coin are:
1. James Coin, born Sept. 29, 1834, McMinn County, TN 2. Samuel Coin, born Jan. 2, 1836, McMinn County, TN 3. Nancy Coin, born Nov. 17, 1837, McMinn County, TN 4. Elizabeth Coin, born Oct. 20, 1839, McMinn County, TN 5. Joseph Coin, born Apr. 26, 1842 6. Thomas Triplet Coin, born Mar. 12, 1844, Monroe County, TN 7. John Riley Coin, born Feb. 6, 1846, Monroe County, TN 8. Mary Jane Coin, born Jan. 10, 1848, Monroe County, TN 9. Martha Ann Coin, born Nov. 24, 1852, Monroe County, TN 10. Sarah Emiline Coin, born Mar. 1, 1857, Monroe County, TN
Samuel Coin, number 2 above, married Mary Elizabeth Hilburn, born Jan. 2, 1836 in McMinn County, TN. Their ten children: John Rily, married Mary Ann Johnson; Robert E. Lee, married Sarah; Sarah, died age 14, buried at McCauley's Chapel, Gadsden, Alabama; Louisa Jane "Liddy", married Thomas Wilder; William Thomas, married 1st Sarah Murray, 2nd Sarah Elizabeth Bryant Gattis who was born Nov. 6; Eva married John Spinks; Charles married Bessie Mae Nelson; Luther Didymus, born Feb. 24, 1884, died Feb. 11, 1963, married Willie Ezma Hollaway on Nov. 10, 1907. She was born Dec. 24, 1890, died Dec. 10, 1971. They are both buried at Crestwoood Cemetery, Gadsden, Alabama; Lula, born Feb. 24, 1884 married George Boone; Samuel Jesse, married Ludie Wilson.
William Thomas Coin had all his children by Sarah Murray. The only child I'm aware of is Mammie Ruth Coin, the wife of Walker Gattis, the mother of Joe Gattis, and the grandmother of Josee Gattis.
Luther Didymus Coin, son of Samuel and Mary Hilburn, married Willie Ezma Hollaway, Nov. 10, 1907, Etowah County, Alabama and they had seven children: Samuel Richard, born Oct. 4, 1908, Etowah County, Alabama, married Mildred Hall on Oct. 20, 1934, she was born Jun. 6, 1914; Trixie Iris, born Jan. 1, 1911, married Burt Gattis on Jan 14, 1935, died May 1937; Mary Louise, born Nov. 22, 1913, married Wiley B. Bradford on Mar. 7, 1942, died Jul. 1974; Minnie Ezma, born Nov. 4, 1916, died Apr. 5, 1995, married John Henry Cornutt on Feb. 3, 1935, died Aug. 23, 1977; John Robert, born Oct. 2, 1923, died Oct. 28, 1923; Olander Chester, born Aug. 17, 1925, died Oct. 12, 1925; Doris Marie, born May 1, 1928, married 1st Leonard Ensley and 2nd William Parker.
Samuel Richard Coin, son of Luther Didymus and Willie Ezma Hollaway, born Oct. 4, 1908, Etowah County, Alabama, married Oct. 20, 1934 to Mildred Pearl Hall, daughter of Lawrence Caleb and Jewel Folsom Evelina "Pet" Harris Hall. Their five children were; Lawrence Wayne; Richard Eugene; Sammye Faye, born Nov. 5, 1937, married 1st Jun. 3, 1961 to Gerald Keenan, married 2nd to Lloyd E. Heald, Sr. on Aug. 17, 1976; Mildred "Mickey" Marie, born Oct. 7, 1940, married 1st May 1958 to Kenneth Gale Wright, born Dec. 25, 1940, maried 2nd Franklin Delano Crawford, who was born Jul. 1937; Michael Luther, born Mar. 5, 1943, married Nov. 25, to Patricia Gayle Ragan, who was born Oct. 1, 1942.
Source of information: Family Bible owned by Walter E. Coin and Eliza Jane Davis Coin of Marion County, TN. The bible was given to Thomas Triplet Coin about 1890, by his mother and given to Thomas Triplet Coin's daughter, Grace Coin Duncan of Birmingham, Alabama. The information about Walter Didymus Coin was copied from diary of Anne Keef Johnnson Minneck 1895-1900's, who was daughter of Mary Jane Coin Keef, sent by her daughter Lula Mae Graves to Gerry Moyle.
Most importantly, I want to thank Lloyd and Sammye Coin Heald, 205 Sherwood Drive in Gadsden. Without the information they passed on to me, this wouldn't be possible. Thank you very much!
Happy 17th Birthday and every birthday after that the Lord blesses you with, my darling daughter! I pray you have a happy, successful life in the Lord. There is nothing else I could pray for you.
This is a present to all of Joe's children: Darlene, Eugene, Cathy, Steve, Gary, Jeff, Josee and their families. May peace, happiness, and love in the Lord be with you always.
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