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     Elias Watson married Synthia Walston.

     Synthia Walston married Elias Watson. Her married name was Watson.

     Mary Agnes Hunter also referenced as Nancy Agnes Culp.
Mary Agnes's dad a full Creek Indian. His name was George. Her married name was Locke. She was born in 1795 at Chester, South Carolina. She married Jesse McCulloch Locke, son of Josias Locke and Susanna Hall, in 1815 at NC. Mary Agnes Hunter died in November 1864 at Tennessee.

     Josiah Hall Locke was born in 1817. He died in 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn.

     James Henry Locke Moved to Macon County, Ala. James Henry Served in the Confederancy 3rd Alabama Infantry Company G James and Matilda are buried in Old Bethel Cemetery in Gilberttown, Ala. He was born on 18 March 1818 at Chester, South Carolina. He The oldest child of Jesse McCullough and Mary Agnes Hunter Locke was James Henry Locke, who was born in Chester County, South Carolina in 1818. When Henry was twelve years old his family moved to Roane County, Tennessee, near Chattanooga. Henry and his younger brother, Jesse Culp,
would marry sisters from the Rogers family, and move to Choctaw County in northern Alabama. There, he and his wife, Matilda, would have eight children. One was a girl who was born in 1849, and they named her Mary Agnes after her grandmother. In 1873, when Mary was 24 years old, she gave birth to her only child, a son. Here is an excerpt from the same letter written by Leopold Locke in 1938
that was used in the previous article about all the Judsons in the Locke family. He was writing it to one of his nieces. in 1830 at Tennessee.¹ He married Matilda Rogers, daughter of Cornelius Rogers and Elizabeth Anderson, on 20 June 1846 at Tenn. James Henry Locke died on 10 May 1899 at Alabama at age 81; buried in Old Bethel CEM, Gilbertown, AL. He witnessed Leopold Locke, 1940 wrote the following:

"But your grandfather (Judson Lafayette Locke) had more sisters than “Toke”. Toke was the nickname for Eutoka, which was an Indian name. Just what it means I have never learned. There was Mary (Mary Agnes), Mrs. Vineyard, who died up in the same region that old man Judson died. She had one son, Zellicoffer (the correct spelling is Zollicoffer) Vineyard, who lived at or about Marion, Alabama. He was called Zellicoffer by old Adoniram Judson Locke because of his devotion to his Confederate General who was
mortally wounded at the battle of Mill Spring, Kentucky, and old Judson, then just a lad, bore him from the field." in 1940.

     Jesse Culp Locke was A Baptist preacher. He began military service Served in The War of 1812 against England. His sons were destined to fight on opposite sides during the Civil War. He was If you had been alive in the American South in the 1850’s, you would have heard the legend of John Coffee “Jack” Hays. He was a true American hero, who gained stardom as a relentless member of the Texas Rangers, and as a decorated hero in the Mexican War. He single handedly captured one of the most ruthless of the Mexican generals, and led his men all the way to Mexico City. Eventually he went west to California during the Gold Rush of 1849, and founded the town of Oakland after he had served as the Sheriff of San Francisco.
In those days it was considered a mark of respect if you named one of your sons after any of these well known celebrities, and when Jesse Culp Locke and Elizabeth Frances Rogers finally had a son, they named him after John Coffee Hays, hoping that he would grow up to be half as tough and half as brave as the real deal. Unfortunately, John’s mother would only live for four months after he was born, so raising this infant and his three older sisters would fall into the lap of Jesse’s second wife, Margaret Fletcher Davis, a sixteen year old Macon, Georgia girl, who he married just over a year after Elizabeth died. Margaret was nineteen years younger than Jesse. Not only would she raise Jesse’s four young children, but she would have nine children of her own. During that time the family moved from Tennessee, where Jesse’s father, Jesse McCullough Locke, had brought them when they moved from Chester District, South Carolina, in 1831, to Clarke County, Mississippi. Their first four children were born in Mississippi, three of them while Jesse was serving the Confederacy during the War of Southern Secession. After the war, the Lockes moved east to Choctaw County, Alabama. Little John was just twelve years old.
Over the next twelve years, Margaret and Jesse would have five more children. He was born on 18 June 1822 at Hamilton, TN. He married Elizabeth Francis Rogers on 15 February 1848 at Macon, Alabama. Jesse Culp Locke married Margaret Fletcher Davis on 21 January 1857. Jesse Culp Locke died on 13 June 1892 at Silas or Melvin, Alabama, at age 69.

     Mary Elivinah Locke Mother could be Catherine (3209.) She was born on 23 February 1827. She was Sami Megoffin has this birth date in May. on 8 May 1827.

     Jonathan Newell Locke Mother could be Catherine (3209.) He was born on 26 November 1829 at Cleveland, TN.¹ He died in 1877.

     Adoniram Judson Locke Mother could be Catherine (3209)
When Jesse McCullough Locke moved his family from Chester County, South Carolina, to Roane
County, Tennessee, in 1830, his wife, Mary Agnes Hunter Locke, was expecting the couple’s fourth
child. On January 14, 1831, she gave birth to a boy, and named him Adoniram Judson Locke, after the
widely respected Adoniram Judson, who was the first Baptist missionary to serve overseas.

Adoniram Judson, Sr., was a Congregational minister in Massachusetts who had graduated from Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1778.¹ He was educated in 1778 at New Haven, Connecticut. He was born on 14 January 1831 at TN; A different family record has his birthdate as 18Feb1831.² He began military service in 1864 Old Adoniram Judson Locke never married, but he fought in the Civil War, and distinguished himself by dragging the mortally wounded body of Confederate Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer from where he had been shot from his horse in the road, to a place under a large tree where he could die in
peace.

Adoniram Judson Locke was active in the war until he was taken prisoner at Piedmont, Virginia, on June 5th, 1864. He was imprisoned at Camp Morten in Indiana, then was moved to Point Lookout, Maryland. Records show that he was exchanged on March 10, 1865, and was at Wayside Hospital at Richmond on March 26, 1865. Upon his return to Cleveland, Tennessee, he, and most members of his family left Tennessee for good because of the harsh reality of Reconstruction. They settled in Choctaw County, Alabama.

After being captured in Virginia in 1864, and exchanged and released near the end of the war, Judson would eventually return home to Tennessee, but the war never left him. He would never take a wife, but he became very involved with the life of his much younger niece, Mary Agnes. They were separated by almost eighteen years, but when he died in 1916 at the age of 85, he was living in the same house as his niece, her son, and his family in Bibb County, Alabama.

By the time of his death in 1916, he had become totally blind.¹ He died in 1916 at West Blocton, AL.

     Benjamin Franklin McCullough Locke Mother could be Catherine (3209.) He Benjamin Franklin served with the Union army and was disowned by the family Some records show him as a Baptist Preacher, helped to build Meeting House church at Caney Creek.¹ He was born in 1836 at TN. He died in 1864.

     William Locke witnessed Philip’s brother, William Locke, Jr. (1730-1803), would marry a woman name Eleanor in St. Mary’s County, and eventually have ten children. As stated earlier, William and Eleanor moved their family into North Carolina, settling first in Halifax County, but later in Granville County, where he amassed a sizable plantation of over 300 acres.¹ He (an unknown value.) He married Eleanor (?) William Locke was born in 1722 at Maryland; Earlier notes had 1730 but not correct. He died in 1803.

     Matilda Rogers Vans Newsletter Feb 2012 infers Matilda married Jesse Culp - not sure this is correct TBD.

Kate Locke and others have Matilda married to James Henry. Her married name was Locke. She was born in 1825 at TN. She married James Henry Locke, son of Jesse McCulloch Locke and Catherine Reeves, on 20 June 1846 at Tenn. Matilda Rogers died in 1888.

     Elizabeth Locke was born in 1848. She died before 1870.¹

     Mary Agnes Locke witnessed (an unknown value.)¹ She was Refer to Vann's newsletter 2012_02.² She was born on 8 May 1852; Notes from Kristen Milenhall show Mary's birth in 1852 in Hamilton County, TENN. She died on 14 January 1941 at West Blocton, AL, at age 88.³

     Jesse R. Locke was born on 16 March 1853 at Tennessee. He married Alice Jane Johnson, daughter of William Augustus Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Stevens, on 18 July 1882 at At the home of her father Augustus, Alabama; (Note: The children with no information are questionable - I need to check another source; Ruby Lee, Erdice Mitilda, Jewel, Floyd Henry.) Jesse R. Locke died on 10 August 1943 at Elk City, Oklahoma, at age 90.

     Judson LaFayette Locke married Sallie McKenzie. Judson LaFayette Locke was born in 1856 at AL. He died in 1925 at TX.

     Alice Locke was born in 1858.

     Benjamin Franklin Locke was born in 1861 at Isney, AL. He died on 1 April 1946 at Sommes, AL.

     Eutoca J. Locke was born in 1865 at AL.

     Her married name was Locke. Alice Jane Johnson was born on 29 November 1865 at Isney, Alabama. She married Jesse R. Locke, son of James Henry Locke and Matilda Rogers, on 18 July 1882 at At the home of her father Augustus, Alabama; (Note: The children with no information are questionable - I need to check another source; Ruby Lee, Erdice Mitilda, Jewel, Floyd Henry.) Alice Jane Johnson died on 15 July 1956 at Sayre, Oklahoma, at age 90.

     Robert Edgar Locke Jesse R. and Alice Jane moved to Hopkins County, Texas after Edgar was born. He was born on 20 December 1884 at Choctaw, AL. He married Myrtle Glascock in August 1907. Robert Edgar Locke died on 10 March 1936 at Oklahoma City, OK, at age 51.

     Lester Locke was born on 26 September 1886 at TX. He died on 17 April 1889 at age 2.

     Victor Locke married Winnie May Brewer. Victor Locke was born on 28 February 1889 at TX. He died on 7 April 1970 at Oklahoma City, OK, at age 81.

     Walter Locke was born on 10 May 1894 at Canton, TX. He died on 8 October 1972 at age 78.

     Pearle Mae Locke was born on 17 January 1896 at TX. As of 22 December 1912,her married name was Tabb. She married Edmond Lee Tabb on 22 December 1912. Pearle Mae Locke died on 20 November 1970 at Altus, OK, at age 74.

     William Earl Locke was born on 29 November 1897 at TX. He died on 4 February 1971 at age 73.