Branch Captain: Janie Quarles, P. O. Box 624, McCrory, AR 72101
Please send any updates on this branch to Janie.
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LAST NUMBER USED: 28
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John Latta ties into Branch 9, at #36.
1 JOHN (1) LATTA
Born about 1760 in S.C. Died January 19, 1819 in Tennessee. Married Margaret Neely, daughter of Samuel Neely and Sarah Ferguson.
Children:
2 WILLIAM (2).
8 SAMUEL (2)born Jan. 10, 1783, died August 29, 1855. Probably a bachelor.
9 SARAH (2) born Oct. 15, 1795. Married David Nelson. They had James David and James Newton Nelson.
22 ALEXANDER (2) born June 29, 1793, died August 9, 1822. No marriage record.
23 JANE (2) born March 29, 1797, died July 26, 1885. Married Lemuel Jones. They had S. W., who married Florence Miller and Mary Lou Ashton. 2 WILLIAM (2) LATTA
John (1) Born: Dec. 5, 1787, died Jan. 14, 1870. Married Elizabeth Elliott before 1812 and 1817 before coming to Tennessee. William's second wife was Rachel Watson Caughron. William and Rachel had no children, but Rachel and Samuel Caughron had four children. Rachel received William's War of 1812 pension. Children:
3 JOHN (3)
10 ELIZABETH (3) Married Thomas Owen, George W. Pigg and John Johnson.
11 MARGARET (3) Married Mr. Pigg
12 MARY (3) Married: A. Adkinson
24 SARAH JANE (3) Married Towns Christopher on Feb. 2, 1841 in Maury Co., TN. They had Margaret, born in 1842, William Samuel "Pete" born 1844, John A. "Jack" born 1846, James M., born 1850, Nancy Jane, born Aug. 12, 1854. She married William Henry Gipson, Jr., on April 3, 1878 in Maury Co., TN. 3 JOHN (3) LATTA
William (2), John (1) Born: About 1810. Died ____ Married Lucretia Slayden on May 20, 1842. She was the daughter of Benjamin Slayden and Polly Pistole. John married Angeline Gant on December 15, 1847. Children by first wife:
4 WILLIAM WASHINGTON(4) m. Elizabeth Dockery.
25 MARY E. (4) born ______, died _____. Married a Dockery. Children by second wife: 5 JAMES A. (4)
6 THOMAS (4) born Oct. 4, 1848, died March 28, 1928. Married Martha Johnson.
13 JOHN GANT (4)
Compensation
for
Revolutionary
Service
-The
following
records
are
preserved
in
their
original
form at
the
South
Carolina
Archives.
They
are
entitled
“House
of
Representatives
/
Annuities,
Claims,
and
Pension
Reports,”
and
although
they
are
unsigned,
they
evidently
were
transmitted
by the
State
treasurer
to the
House
of
Representatives:
March
16
1785:
paid
John
Latta
Jr
wounded
in his
left
arm on
4 May
79 in
Battle
with
the
Enemy
at
Tulefinny,
8.15.
4 WILLIAM WASHINGTON (4) LATTA
John (3) William (2) John (1) Born July 8, 1844, died December 11, 1918. Married: Elizabeth A. Dockery, daughter of James Marion and Martha Elizabeth (Puckett) Dockery. Children:
14 WILLIAM JAMES (5) Born June, 1878 in Duck River. He married Pauline Irwin, daughter of Rowan and Lou (Fields) Irwin. 15 OKEY or OKAY (5)
16 ALICE (5)
5 JAMES A. (4) LATTA
John (3) William (2) John(1).Born____Died____Married____ Children:
17 MINNIE (5).
6 THOMAS (4) LATTA
John (3) William (2) JOhn(1) Born October 4, 1948, died March 28, 1928. Married Martha Johnson.Children:
18 SARAH "Sallie Jane"(5) Born Nov. 16, 1870, Married Sam Vestal. They had Bernard Vestal who was killed at the Battle of Argonne Forest in France.
19 LENA MAY (5) Born Jan. 1, 1876. Married Emory Vestal and they had Esther Eugenia and Johnny Mae (Pigg).
7 JOHN WILLIAM(5) Born July 23, 1872. Thomas later married Hattie E. Sellers. No children.
7 JOHN WILLIAM(5) LATTA
Thomas (4) John (3) William (2) John(1). Born July 23, 1872. Died ____. Married Mattie Anne Woody at Santa Fe, TN in 1900. Children:
20 VERDIE MAY (6).
21 HERBERT (6)
26 ROBBIE ELISE (6) Born Aug. 25, 1903. Died Dec. 20, 2000. Never married.
27 WILLIAM MALCOM (6) Born July 16, 1908. Died Dec. 4, 1985. Married Nelle Rebecca Rhodes on Dec. 25, 1939 in Decaturville, TN. 28 EULINE ELIZABETH (6) Born Dec. 2, 1919. Married John A. Payne March 3, 1962. No children. ____________________________________________________________________
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