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29. iii. John Coggin Meadows, born 21 November 1810, Greene County, Georgia, died 23 March 1884, Grantville, Coweta County, Georgia, married 4 January 1838, Coweta County, to Julia Ann Cook. [See Meadows chapter, No. 60].
30. iv. Mary Meadows, born 10 March 1812, Greene County, Georgia, died 11 May 1830, Taliaferro County, Georgia. She married first, 27 July 1826, Taliaferro County, to Henry A. Daniel. She married second, 30 November 1828, Taliaferro County, to John Chapman. [See Meadows chapter, No. 61].
31. v. James Marion Meadows, born 23 December 1813, Greene County, Georgia, died 12 September 1901, Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, married 7 November 1839, Coweta County, Georgia, Clarisse Hannah Alexander. [See Meadows chapter, No. 62].
32. vi. Twin of James Marion Meadows, died in infancy.
33. vii. Samuel Meadows, born 20 July 1816, Greene County, Georgia, died 28 May 1892, Grantville, Coweta County, Georgia, married 15 October 1846, Coweta County, to Sarah Annette Cook. [See Meadows chapter, No. 64].
    5. Mary2Thompson (Henry1), was born probably circa 1787, Wilkes County, Georgia. She married circa 1805, Greene County, Georgia, to Wiley Saxon,168 born circa 1775,169 Halifax County, North Carolina, died after 1855, Chambers County, Alabama.170
    Wiley Saxon was the son of Samuel Saxon. On 4 November 1801, in Wilkes County, Georgia, Samuel Saxon of Wilkes County, planter, made a deed of gift, for love, goodwill, and affection, to my loving son, Wily Saxon, of same county, 297 acres of land and personal property.171

    168 Jones Co., Ga., Return Book E, p. 29 and 84. Jones Co., 1824: Henry Thompson’s estate paid Daniel Meadows for Wiley Sexton as per order $20.00. Henry Thompson’s will, Jones Co., Ga., Will Book B, p. 108, made 22 Feb. 1823, proved 3 March 1823: I give to my daughter Mary Sexton $20.00.
    169 Wiley Saxton came of age to pay taxes in Wilkes Co., Ga., in 1796.
    170 Ruth Royal Crump, Chambers County, Alabama, Nineteenth Century Records (Huguley, Ala., 1985), p. 73. Chambers Co. 1855 State Census: Wiley Saxton, 2 males under 21, 1 male over 21; 1 female under 21, 1 female over 21, 2 slaves, total 7. Wiley Saxon would have been 80 years old in 1855. This may not be the correct Wiley Saxon.
    171 Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia, Deed Books A–V V, 1784-1806, p. 676. Deed Book SS, p. 252. Samuel Saxon to his son, Wily Saxon, 1 feather bed & furniture, 1 desk, 3 tables, chairs, 1 cupboard, earthen ware, 1 bay mare with white in her forehead, kitchen furniture, all my hogs & cattle, 2 negroes, Abram & Pat, & all my land & plantation where I now live, adjoining Alexr. Harper, James Patterson, Henry Clemant, Eliga Pugh, Peter Pener, & Richard Marablis, 297 acres, with no manner of condition. /s/ Samuel Saxon. Wit: Nathl. Days, James Patterson, J.P. Recorded 8 Jan. 1802.