Catherine (Donelson) Cody (abt. 1758 - 1814)

Born about 1758 in Halifax County, North Carolina, British Colonial America [uncertain]

Wife of Edmund Cody Sr — married about 1779 in North Carolina, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1814 at about age 56 in Warren County, Georgia, United States

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Catherine (Donelson) Cody was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

Catherine (Donelson) Cody was born in North Carolina.

Catherine (Donelson) Cody was a Georgian.

Biography

Catherine was born about 1758 in the Virginia Colony (possibly Halifax County, which was designated in 1759) to Robert Donnelson and Hannah Barnett. She may have had at least 8 siblings: Thomas, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Robert, Sarah, Rachel and Margaret.

She married about 1779 in North Carolina, possibly in Halifax County, to Edmund Cody, the son of James Cody III and Sarah Womack. She was about 21 years old. They may have had at least 12 children together (more research is needed for the children):

1. Edmund Archdeacon Cody Jr
2. Elizabeth Cody
3. James Cody
4. Catherine Cody
5. William Cody
6. David Cody
7. Barnett Hardeman Cody
8. Sarah Cody possible WT profile?
9. Susannah Cody
10. Martha Cody possible WT profile?
11. Salley Cody
12. Katie Cody (??)
13. Martha Cody

Her husband received a land grant in Georgia for services on the frontier under Col. Martin and Col. Rutherford. Possibly the Virginia Continental Line.

Jan 1790 Caswell County, North Carolina - she was named Catherine Archdeacon in the will of her mother, Hannah Donaldson. Also named were siblings: Sarah Wilkerson. Robert, Mary, Rachel Dickson, Elizabeth Noell, Hannah Breese ^[1]

They moved to Wilkes County (now known as Warren County) in 1792. ^[2]

1794 Georgia Tax List Index - Neals District, Warren County, Georgia: record for Edmond Cody

30 Dec 1806 - Warren County, Georgia - Indenture for Land Deed purchase by Thomas Pate from Edmund Cody in the amount of $465. ^[3]

2 Apr 1807 - Warren County, Georgia - Indenture for a Land Deed purchased by Edmund Cody from William Smith in the amount of $1,400 ^[4]

Catherine died in 1814 in Warren County, Georgia at about the age of 56.

• Fact (1814) Burial Shows Cemetery in Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia ^[5]

Her husband's will is signed and dated on 15 Aug 1831 and proved on 9 Mar 1832. ^[6] He names his daughter, Sarah Hardaway; grandson, Robert Cody; children of his son (dec'd), James Cody (to-wit: Edmund, Benjamin, Robert, Celia, Elias, Christopher, Katherine, Eliza, Lucretia and James); grandson, Albert Cody; son, Barnett Cody; Barnett Cody and G.W. Hardaway, named as Executors. Witnessed by Peter Cody, James Higginbotham, Drury A. McCullers. Proved by Drury A. McCullers.

Edmund's family were Episcopalians. Some of the most prominent families of our Southland are lineal decendants of his parents. ^[7][8]

Links

FamilySearch PID: L9BK-Z3H
Find A Grave: Memorial #105950555 Headstone Photo: Yes

Sources

1. ↑ An Abstract of North Carolina Wills, Caswell County entry for Catherine Archdeacon in the record of Hannah Donaldson, 1790.
2. ↑ Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia Author: Howard H. McCall. First printed 1902, Reprinted 2010 Genealogical Publishing Com. Page #32.
3. ↑ Deeds and Mortgages, 1796-1900 record for Edmund Cody, 1806
4. ↑ Deeds and Mortgages, 1796-1900 record for Edmund Cody, 1807
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #105950555
6. ↑ "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93T-8QS8?cc=1999178&wc=9SBQ-W3V%3A267818601%2C267885001 : 20 May 2014), Warren > Wills 1798-1852 > image 254 of 362; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
7. ↑ "CODY-ROGERS of Georgia" by L.L. Cody dated 1915 full text
8. ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 33-34 edited by Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Louis Effingham De Forest, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard, Page 300-304

• History of Warren County, Georgia, 1793-1974 (Wilhoit, Georgia, 1976), pages 39-44, record for James Cody and Sarah Womack.
• The Boaz Family/Ancestors and Descendants by Robert V. Boaz, 1999, pages 234-235.
• Womack Genealogy Archdeacon Cody Family
• Crawford County Bios - Edmund Cody
• Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia Author: Howard H. McCall. First printed 1902, Reprinted 2010 Genealogical Publishing Com. Page #32.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 August 2019), memorial page for Catharine Donelson Cody (1758–2 Oct 1814), Find A Grave Memorial no. 105950555, citing Shows Cemetery, Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Emily Mixon Pentecost (contributor 46843071).

Acknowledgement

Donelson-166 was created by Eric Daly on 5 Dec 2014. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Eric and others.