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Jackson County, Georgia, was formed in 1796 from Franklin County. George Menefee lived in Jackson County, after 1796.
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| | Nancy Ann Collier Hardeman Menefee had three children with her second husband, George Menefee: Martha, Richard, and Willis P. Menefee:
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| | Martha Menefee was born 17 April 1808, died circa 7 June 1873, married 24 May 1821, to General Allen Lawhon of Jackson County, Georgia.290 Martha lived with her brother, Richard Menefee, in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1860.
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| | Richard Menefee, born 1 December 1809, Jackson County, Georgia, died 16 April 1893, Nacogdoches County, Texas, buried Chireno School, about five miles south of Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas. He married 23 June 1831, Upson County, Georgia, to Mary B. Collier,291 daughter of Robert Collier.292 Richard lived in Talbot County, Georgia, in 1850,293 and Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1860. Richard Menefee was a Methodist minister.
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| | Willis P. Menefee was born circa 1814. His will was made in 1855 in Campbell County, Georgia.294 He married Jeanette Leonard Watts. Willis Menefee lived in Talbot County, Georgia, during the 1830s and then
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| 290 Helen Mason Lu, Texas Methodist Newspaper Abstracts, Volume 2 (Dallas, Texas, 1987), p. 46. Texas Christian Advocate, 16 July 1873 issue. Martha A. Lawhon, daughter of the late George and Nancy Menefee of Jackson County, Georgia, and wife of General Allen Lawhon, was born April the 17th 1808. Early in life she was converted and joined the M. E. Church South. She was married on the 24th day of May 1821, to General Allen Lawhon of Jackson County, Georgia. She had already lost her parents, husband, and several children. She leaves a son and daughter. E. Y. Seale, Helena, June 9th 1873.
| | 291 Carolyn Walker Nottingham and Evelyn Hannah, History of Upson County, Georgia (Thomaston, Georgia, 1930), p. 194. Richard Menefee married Mary B. Collier, 23 June 1831. Marriage performed by A. F. Edwards, O.D.M.
| | 292 Nottingham and Hannah, History of Upson County, Georgia, p. 314. Heirs of Robert Collier, decd., 1850-53: Wm. V. Collier, Efford C. Collier, Robt. M. Collier, Richard Menifee in right of his wife Mary B., James Sharman in right of his wife Edith L., Wm. V. Collier for Jno. Q. Evans in right of his wife Frances E. and Sarah S. Parham.
| | 293 1850 U.S. Census, Talbot County, Georgia, #1143. Menifee, Richard, age 40; Mary, age 35; Frances, age 16, female; Willis, age 12; George, age 6; Richard, age 5; Robert, age 10; Elizabeth, age 1; Ann, age 79, born Va. And, 1850 Talbot County, Georgia, Slave Schedule: Richard Menefew, 9 slaves.
| | 294 Campbell County, Georgia, Will Book A, p. 119. Will of Willis P. Menefee.
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