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36.	iii.	Sophronia Saxon, born 1813-1815, married first, 15 August 1839, Taliaferro County, Georgia, to Seth Moore.²⁰² She married second, W. S. Mattox, born circa 1803.

		Sophronia Moore lived in Taliaferro County, in 1850.²⁰³ She lived in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1860.²⁰⁴ In 1860 in Chambers County, Alabama, Sophronia’s son, Seth Moore, lived with Henry and Ruthy Saxton.

37.	iv.	Henry Saxon, born 29 May 1816, died 1 July 1906, married 20 July 1837, Taliaferro County, Georgia, to Ruth Acree,²⁰⁵ born 18 October 1818, died 4 March 1894, daughter of Sterling Acree and Susannah Meadows. [See Meadows chapter, No. 22].

		Henry and Ruth Saxon are buried in Waverly Cemetery in Chambers County, Alabama, at the corner of where Tallapoosa, Chambers, and Lee Counties meet.²⁰⁶

		On 9 November 1842, Henry Saxon sold land to John B. Flynt of Wilkes County.²⁰⁷

²⁰² Taliaferro Co., Ga., Marriage Book A, p. 117.

²⁰³ 1850 U.S. Census, Taliaferro Co., Ga., p. 333 (printed), p. 665 (written). Division 78, #269/269. Sophronia Moore, age 37, b. N.C.; Wm. Saxon, age 20, b. N.C.; Seth Moore, age 10, b. Ga.; John Moore, age 10; George L. Moore, age 8; Barnett Moore, age 6; Franklin Moore, age 4; Davis W. Moore, age 2.

²⁰⁴ 1860 U.S. Census, Tallapoosa Co., Ala., p. 27, Beat 5, #203/183. W. S. Mattox, age 57, male, b. N.C.; Sophronia Mattox, age 45, female, b. Ga.; John Moore, age 20, male, b. Ga.; George Moore, age 18, male, b. Ga.; Burnett Moore, age 15, male, b. Ga.; Benjamin F. Moore, age 13, male, b. Ga.; James W. Moore, age 11, male, b. Ga.; Margaret H. Moore, age 3, female, b. Ala.

²⁰⁵ Taliaferro Co., Ga., Marriage Book A, p. 97.

²⁰⁶ GenWeb Archives, Chambers Co., Ala., Waverly Cemetery in the city of Waverly in the S.W. corner of Chambers Co., near Hwy. 280, between Opelika and Dadeville. Henry Saxon, 29 May 1816-1 July 1906. Ruth Saxon, 18 Oct. 1818-4 March 1894. W. J. Saxon, 28 Feb. 1839-23 Feb. 1894. Also, Lena Bostick Saxon & Carrie Minter Saxon. Submitted by John Simmons, 2004.

²⁰⁷ Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 334. Test: Seborn N. Acree, Martin Woodall, Jr., William M. Acree.