Thomas Weems LOCHRIDGE (~1770-18 Dec 1850) +
Susannah “Susan” GOODWIN (1771-1860)

Andrew (~1796-Jul 1860) — m. Anna Nations on 25 Oct 1818

James (~1797-1866) — m. Martha Ann Caywood on 23 Apr 1820

Cynthia “Synthy” (1799-after 1866) — m. Eli Reid on 17 Jan 1819

Margaret “Peggy” (1800-Nov 1850) — m. William Vickery on 8 Jun 1826

Henry Trippett (5 Feb 1805-12 Apr 1859) — m. Mary Evans Stockton on 1 Jan 1828

Thomas Weems, Jr. (1808-186x) — m. Elizabeth “Betsy” Reid about 1833

Margaret Malena (2 Aug 1811-1875) — m. Thomas Henry Armstrong in 1830

John (8 Mar 1813-16 Feb 1878) — m. Senia Spearman in 1838; poss. m. Permelia Stout in 186x

Catherine “Kate” (~1814-????)

Elisabeth Isabella “Isabel” (11 Dec 1817-10 Aug 1895) — m. William Harvard “Willie” Spearman on 8 Aug 1839

Minerva (~1818-5 Jun 1880)

Thomas was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina to John Lochridge (1746-18xx) and Jane Graham (1742-1796), and was a grandson of Revolutionary War soldier James Lochridge II (~1723-7 Jan 1791) and Isabella Weems (7 Dec 1729-1839). The family name is often spelled “Lockridge”. His family roots go back to the Lochridge and Weems families of Augusta County in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, but his father had settled in South Carolina by 1790 at the latest.

Susan was also from South Carolina. Her father was John Goodwin, born about 1735, who in the 1800 census of Abbeville County had a farm adjoining that of John Lochridge.

Thomas and Susan married in Abbeville County, South Carolina in 1794. They moved to Georgia around 1811, and to Alabama by 1818. A rootsweb.com page has evidence that Thomas was a justice of the peace in Jefferson County, Alabama in the 1820s. Some of Thomas’s relatives, descendants of his younger brother James, moved to Alabama as well.

The 1840 census for Marion County, Alabama listed the household of T. W. Lochridge as just a man in his fifties (wrong!) and a woman in her sixties, no children at home. Other Lochridge families – their sons – were close enough to appear on the same page.

The 1850 census showed Thomas (80) and Susan (79) still living alone in Marion County. It recorded their sons John and Henry owning six slaves apiece.

Thomas died in 1850. He’s buried in Lockridge Cemetery, Marion County, Alabama, although a grave has not been identified. The cemetery is several miles north-northwest of Hamilton, about 2/3 of a mile east of Highway 19, and about 500 feet north of County Road 20. Public right of way is doubtful.

In 1860, Susan (90), status “retired”, was still in Marion County, living with the family of Oliver Spradling (51, from Tennessee or Georgia) and his second wife Nancy (39, from Alabama) and next door to son John. I speculate that Nancy was one of Susan’s grand-daughters, but maybe she was just a helpful neighbor. Susan died later that year and is buried in Lockridge Cemetery. Nancy moved to Mississippi in the 1870s.

Susan’s findagrave.com page shows a gravestone that says she died in 1859 and was the wife of James Lochridge, a Revolutionary War soldier who supposedly died in 1848. The gravestone was placed in 1932 by one Rev. Chastain who claimed descent from James, presumably meaning Thomas’s grandfather, but was famously not careful with his facts.

Speaking of, in Dec 2023, most of Thomas’s and Susan’s children were assigned in familysearch.org to a different couple that don’t even have the last name Lochridge, without explanation or documentation.

Children

Andrew Lochridge (1796-1860)

Andrew, born in South Carolina, married Anna Nations (1800-1860) on 25 Oct 1818 in Blount County (later Jefferson County), Alabama. She was also from South Carolina. They had at least six children:

unknown girl (182x-????)

unknown boy (182x-????)

unknown boy (182x-????)

Elizabeth Jane (2 Oct 1830-2 May 1894) — m. Andrew Jackson Nations on 4 Jul 1850

John (1838-????)

Robert (1842-????)

In 1830, they were in Jefferson County, Alabama with one girl age 5-9 and two boys under 5. These are children for whom there seems to be no record.

The two known boys were both born in Mississippi, so that’s where the family was from the late 1830s to at least 1850. The 1860 census showed Andrew (64), Anna (60), and their sons John (22) and Robert (18) in Gonzales County, Texas. Andrew and Anna are said to have died later that year.

James Lochridge (~1797-1866)

James, also born in South Carolina, married Martha Ann Caywood (1799-1880) from Tennessee in 1820 in Jefferson County, Alabama. Known children:

John (30 Oct 1820-14 Apr 1879) — m. Sarah Jane Ice about 1852

Henry T. (1825-27 Aug 1897) — m. Elizabeth Jane Hunter on 24 Jan 1861

James Marion (1829-187x) — m. Rachel Ann Grigsby on 10 Sep 1856; m. Martha L. McDougal on 27 Sep 1865

Calvin Sidney ()

Mary E. “Polly” () — m. ??? Compton

Anna A. (1850-????) — PARENTAGE DOUBTFUL

The family lived in Alabama, and later moved to Rusk County, Texas, where the 1850 census showed James and Martha with 1-month-old Ann A. Lochridge. It’s hard to credit that Ann/Anna was their child, but there were no other candidates in residence.

Can’t find them in 1860. James died in Rusk County in 1866, and Martha in 1880. They’re buried in unmarked graves in Lockridge Cemetery, Hickey, Rusk County, Texas.

In the 1860 census for Rusk County, widowed son James Marion Lochridge and his daughter Mary (2) were living with the MacNulty family. By 1870, remarried, James Jr. was heading a blended family in Freestone County. He probably died in the 1870s, as by 1880 some of his children were living with his brother Henry in Henderson County, Texas.

Cynthia “Syntha” Lochridge (1799-after 1866)

Synthy, another South Carolina child, married Eli Reid/Reed (1799-after 1870) in 1819 in Blount County, Alabama. They settled in Marion County. Known children:

Allen Messer (18 Jul 1818-????) — m. Mary Wooldridge on 25 Dec 1842

David (1820-????)

Thomas H. (1821-~1865) — m. Martha Elizabeth Neal about 1840

Catherine (1825-15 May 1831)

Minia (1828-????)

Susannah (1829-????)

Wiley P. (1831-~1880) — m. Elizabeth Duncan in 185x

Hamilton C. (13 Sep 1833-5 Apr 1903) — m. Mahalia Caroline

Catharine (1836-????)

Nancy J. (4 Nov 1837-22 Sep 1898) — m. James Aaron Holcomb about 1860

In the 1850 census, Synthy claimed to be 37. The five youngest children were still with her and Eli. In 1860 she acknowledged her age as 61, matching Eli’s; she still had daughters Susannah and Catharine there, along with a few other people who were probably kin.

The 1866 Alabama state census for Blount County listed Eli Reid and wife as a couple in their fifties with seven children or teenagers and one young man. Can’t find them thereafter.

Margaret “Peggy” Lochridge (1800-1850)

Peggy married William Vickery (~1794-1870) from North Carolina in 1826 in Jefferson County, Alabama, with a James Nations providing security for the marriage license. Known children:

Daniel (1830-????)

James (1835-????)

Mary Ellen (11 Jan 1837-5 Aug 1897) — m. Henry Travis Wilson, Sr. on 14 Apr 1849

Thomas (1840-????)

The family lived in Alabama until the late 1830s, then moved to Mississippi, where son Thomas was born in 1840. They later moved to Rusk County, Texas, the same place as Peggy’s brother James. Peggy died there in 1850. The 1860 census showed her husband and three children in Wood County, Texas.

I have no good explanation for why Peggy’s parents gave her name and nickname to a younger sister. Maybe this Peggy was the child of different parents, or maybe they just didn’t worry about that stuff.

Henry Trippet Lochridge (1805-1859)

Henry was born in South Carolina. He married Mary Evans “Polly” Stockton (15 Mar 1810-2 Oct 1882) from Kentucky in 1828. Children included:

Susan (27 Aug 1829-19 Jan 1914) — m. Edward Jordan Chastain

Thomas Russell (5 Mar 1831-25 Mar 1914) — m. Nancy Jane Middleton; died in AR

Arminda C. (24 Nov 1832-8 Aug 1863) — m. Ica Northington

William M. (24 Feb 1834-20 Jun 1855)

The 1850 census showed them with the three younger children still at home. Henry died in 1859, and is buried in Robinson Cemetery, Shottsville, Marion County, Alabama. Mary died in 1882 and is buried with him.

Thomas Weems Lochridge, Jr. (1808-186x)

Thomas variously claimed to be from South Carolina or Georgia. He married Elizabeth “Betsy” Reid (~1813-????) from North Carolina about 1833. They settled in Marion County, Alabama. Known children and their approximate dates:

Talitha W. (1834-????)

Perlina (1835-????)

Desira/Desina (1838-????)

Elvira (1840-????)

Nancy Adeline (1843-????)

Susannah (1846-????)

Malina (1848-????)

Martha (1850-????)

James (1852-????)

Warren Dekalb (Apr 1855-19xx) — m. Margaret Hanrey/Hanvey on 21 Mar 1897

Thomas died in the 1860s. In 1870, Betsey, widowed, was living in Franklin County with children Perlina (30), “Lozina” (28), Malina (21), and Warren (14). The girls were lying about their ages a bit. Can’t find most of them after that.

Margaret Malena “Peggy” Lochridge (1811-1875)

Margaret M. has her own entry in the family tree.

John Lochridge (1813-1878)

John was born in Franklin County, Georgia. He married Senia Spearman (~1819-12 Sep 1865) from Tennessee in 1832. They remained in Marion County, Alabama through at least 1860. Known children:

LaFayette (~1839-22 Feb 1874) — m. ???

Jasper (22 Jun 1843-9 Nov 1921) — m. Frances Jane “Fannie” Waldrep about 1868

Almina (30 Nov 1850-3 Jun 1906)

Pinkney D. (2 Dec 1863-17 Jun 1935) — m. Carlotta R. Rawolle on 3 Feb 1889

During the war they moved to Mississippi, where Senia died in 1865. She’s buried in Spearman Cemetery, Itawamba County, Mississippi. The 1870 census showed John (57) in Itawamba County with son Pinkney, age 6, and a young woman named Permelia Lockridge, 26, from Mississippi. Unclear whether Permelia was a daughter, some other relative, or a new wife; one account claims the latter, giving her maiden name as Stout, but provides no evidence.

John died in 1878, and is buried in Old Center Cemetery, Chester County, Tennessee. Why Tennessee? Permelia reportedly died the following year. Son Jasper settled in Itawamba County. Son Pinkney became an army officer, served in the Spanish-American War, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Catherine “Kate” Lochridge (~1814-????)

Kate was probably born about 1814 in Georgia, although one account puts it closer to 1808. No further information.

Elizabeth Isabella “Isabel” Lochridge (1817-1895)

Isabel was probably born in Franklin County, Georgia, although she also said South Carolina. She married William Harvard “Willie” Spearman (14 Jul 1817-24 Nov 1886) from Tennessee on 8 Aug 1839 in Franklin County, Alabama. Yes, a different Franklin County. A tentative list of their children:

William Asbury (Oct 1840-1906) — m. Susannah “Susan” Bullen on 10 Jun 1860

Serena Susan (~1845-5 Mar 1894) — m. (or not) William Asbury Tiffin, Sr. in 186x

Laura (~1846-????)

Cornelia L. "Nealy" (23 Jun 1850-14 Jun 1909) — m. William E. Christian about 1870

Christopher Columbus (23 Jun 1850-~1855)

Fernando Columbus "Nan" (7 Sep 1852-~1885) — m. Malissa J. McCarty on 29 Sep 1880

Benjamin Annias (1858-1861)

James Lavert (24 Oct 1860-2 Sep 1934) — m. Martha L. Taylor on 25 Jul 1883

The list is tentative in part because the 1860 census showed a daughter, Susan (17), who wasn’t in the 1850 count, and who later seems to have gone by Serena and gets mixed up with Laura, although the 1860 census showed them both. Serena’s records get further confused with those of another woman from Franklin County, Alabama of similar age who was born Serena C. Tiffin (1845-1922) and who married one Robert Bullen.

The 1870 census showed Willie and Isabel still in Franklin County with sons Fernando (17) and James (9), “domestic servant” Serena Tiffin, and Serena’s son William (7). Isabel’s son William and his family were next door. So, wait, was Serena not a daughter, and actually a different person from Susan? Or was the family tiptoeing around an out-of-wedlock birth?

In the 1870s, Isabel and Willie moved a bit farther west. The 1880 census showed them in Lee County, Mississippi. Still with them were Fernando (26), James (19), Serena Tiffin (33), and Serena’s son William A. Tiffin (17).

Willie Spearman died in 1886. Isabel died in 1895, and is buried in Walton Cemetery, Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi.

When Serena’s son William Asbury Tiffin (19 Dec 1864-18 Dec 1939) died in Palm Beach, Florida, the death record listed his parents as Irene Tiffin and William Asbury Tiffin, Sr. of Franklin County, Alabama. Why was William Asbury such a popular name?

Minerva Lochridge (~1818-1880)

Minerva’s death is listed precisely as 5 Jul 1880 in Sevier County, Arkansas, but her life before that remains unknown. An ancestry.com account claims she married someone named Nelson Cover.

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