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    On 6 December 1834, the legatees of Caleb Simmons, decd., sold land in Taliaferro County, to Samuel Saxon.190 On 16 February 1837, Joseph Tucker sold land to Samuel Saxon.191 On 9 August 1839, Samuel Saxon sold land to Henry Saxon.192
    On 23 March 1841, Samuel Saxon sold land in Taliaferro County, to T. T. Towns.193 Samuel Saxon of Wilkes County, sold land in Taliaferro County, to Simeon C. Ellington, 26 January 1842.194 On 13 April 1842, Samuel Saxon to Alexander Colclough, all Samuel Saxon’s title and interest as legatee of the estate of Harrison O’Neal, decd.195
    On 7 December 1842, Samuel Saxon sold land to Simeon C. Ellington.196 On 11 January 1849, Joseph M. Moore sold a negro man named Ostin to Samuel Saxon of Wilkes County.197
    Samuel Saxon, over 18, had one draw in the Taliaferro County, 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery and one draw in the 1832 Gold Land Lottery. Samuel Saxton lived in Taliaferro County, in 1840.198 He lived in the 604th G.M.D. Samuel lived in Wilkes County, Georgia, in 1850.199 He lived in Walker County, Georgia, in 1860.200 Evalina Saxon lived in Chattooga County, Georgia, in 1870.201

    190 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 259. Test: Thomas R. Simmons, James R. Brooke.
    191 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 260. Test: William Mattox, James M. Simmons.
    192 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 260. Test: William M. Acree, Willis Whatley.
    193 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 139. Test: Wilie Saxon, James Beck.
    194 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 192. Test: John H. Dyson, Lewis S. Brown, J.P.
    195 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 253. Test: Newton Cooper, Seth Moore, J.P. Also see Taliaferro Co., Ga., Will Book A, p. 192. Will of Charity Colclough, made 28 Oct. 1846, proved 12 Nov. 1846, named daughter Elizabeth, widow of Harrison O’Neal, decd.
    196 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 327. Test: Thomas Chaffin, John Chapman.
    197 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book D, p. 364. For $245, a negro man Ostin about 52 years old. Test: Enos Moore, Elisha Moore, J.P.
    198 1840 U.S. Census, Taliaferro Co., Ga., 603rd G.M.D. Samuel Saxton, 5 males, 2 females, 5 slaves, total 12.
    199 1850 U.S. Census, Wilkes Co., Ga., p. 306, #270/270, 94th Division. Saxon, Saml., age 40; Eveline, age 30; Wm. H., age 11; Melissa J., age 9; Cassander, age 7; Victoria E., age 5; Jno. T., age 4; Josephine S., age 2; V. R. Thornton Saxon, age 7/12. All b. Ga. 1850 Wilkes Co., Slave Schedule – Saml. Saxon, 4 slaves.
    200 1860 U.S. Census, Walker Co., Ga., p. 764, #679/637. Saxon, Samuel, age 50, male; Evalina, age 40, female; Wm. H., age 21, male; Victory E., age 16, female; John T., age 14, male; Vincent R., age 10, male; Mary M., age 8, female; Samuel A., age 7, male; Lucy C., age 5, female; James A., age 2, male. All b. Ga.
    201 1870 U.S. Census, Chattooga Co., Ga., p. 118, #8/8. Evalina Saxon, age 48, female; Thomas Saxon, age 23, male; Venson R. Saxon, age 20, male; Mary Saxon, age 18, female; Samuel Saxon, age 16, male; Lucy Saxon, age 14, female; James A. Saxon, age 11, male. All white. All b. Ga.p. 118, #7/7, William Saxon, age 30, male, M.D.; Margaret Saxon, age 27, female; John S. Saxon, age 7, male; Chora, age 5, female; Mary A., age 3, female; Eva Saxon, age 1, female. All white. All b. Ga.