Catharine Jane (Merkerson) Lockhart (1820 - 1903)

Born 1820 in Carolina, USA

Wife of Julius Caesar Lockhart — married 23 Dec 1842 in Crawford, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1903 at about age 83 in Dallas, Texas

Biography

POB records listed on spouses profile indicate North Carolina and also South Carolina.^[1]

Marriage

Name: Julius C. Lockhart

• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 23 Dec 1842
• Event Place: Crawford, Georgia, United States
• Spouse's Name: Catharine J. Merkerson ^[2]

1850 Census

Name: Julius Lockhurt Event Type: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Talbot county, Talbot, Georgia, United States Gender: Male Age: 30 Marital Status: Race (Original): Race: Birthplace: Georgia Birth Year (Estimated): 1820 House Number: 844 Family Number: 844 Line Number: 24 Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 83 GS Film number: 442892 Digital Folder Number: 004191564 Image Number: 00127 Household Gender Age Birthplace

• Julius Lockhurt M 30 Georgia
• Catharine Lockhurt F 25 South Carolina
• Martha Lockhurt F 5 Georgia
• Thomas Lockhurt M 4 Georgia [Not shown in 1860 Census]
• Mary Lockhurt F 3 Georgia
• Isabella Lockhurt F 2 Georgia
• Benj Ernston M 22 Pennsylvania ^[3]

1860 Census

1860 > ALABAMA > BUTLER > 4-PCT It Looks like Rainsville for the town/precinct, but Rainsville is in DeKalb County, NE Alabama...which could be a name change since it does show that their oldest child was born in George (adjacent county).

J.C Lockhart age 39 NO POB, Farmer, Property owner C. Lockhart age 37 Born N. Carolina M Lockhart female age 16 Born in Georgia 6 more children through the age of 1 with Wm H listed as age 6. T.Williamson male, age 20, Farm Laborer is also living with them.^[4]

NOTE: The oldest child states was born in Georgia. All the rest of the children, with the exception of the second youngest which states Alabama, are blank perhaps indicating they were born in Georgia.

JC Lockhart's POB is also blank, but three lines above a POB is Georgia.

This census record was highly abbreviated so perhaps this indicates that Julius was also born in Georgia.

Excerpt from Will of William Sears

WILLIAM SEARS, 1/22/1848: 9/4/1848 Wife: Marthe; son: Joseph Sears to John C. R. Lockhart; to Julius C. Lockhart, equal shares of stock of to Benjamin F: to bro. John Sears; if son Joseph Sears departs cattle in Marion County; his share of est. this life before he becomes of age, or without an heir, to be esually divided between my wife and all my brothers and sisters, also his brothers; to Martha Lockhart, dau of Julius C. Lockhart. Exr: Dr. William. Drane; Extrx: Wife Martha. Wits: William. P. Matthews; Jos. Stallings; David Lockhart^[5]

Relationship to William Sears

William born: (about 1806) in NC married: Martha Finney Lockhart (April 21, 1831) in Talbot County, GA children: William Joseph [Louisana Lockhart] [Mary Frances Fletcher Green] died: (1848) in Talbot County, GA buried: census: On the 1810 and 1820 census, he was in Granville County, NC; on the 1830 census, he was likely in Newton County, GA; on the 1840 census, he was in Talbot County, GA; on the 1850 census, his widow was in Talbot County, GA; on the 1860 census, his son was in Schley County, GA. note: The marriage information comes from an item in The Macon Messenger (April 30, 1831). His wife was the widow of Dr. William Lockhart, whom she married (June 23, 1817) in Jones County, GA. (She had three sons by him: Julius Caesar [Catherine Jane Murchison], John Commodore Rogers, and Benjamin Franklin Lockhart.) William's will (signed April 22, 1848) was probated (September 4, 1848) in Talbot County, GA. His son Joseph was enumerated with William P. Mathews, who was a witness to William's will, on the 1850 census in Talbot County, GA.^[6]

Sources

• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXV6-BCP : accessed 18 Dec 2013), Julius C. Lockhart and Catharine J. Merkerson, 1842.

Additional Research Sources

"North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VH6X-JDY : accessed 18 Dec 2013), Catherine Murchison, 1835. Possible relation/namesake

"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVC5-FSW : accessed 18 Dec 2013), Catharine Murchison, 1850. Slaveholder (3)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Nae X.
2. ↑ Reference ID: bk A#1 p 183 GS Film number: 417016 Digital Folder Number: 5191024 Image Number: 259 "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXV6-BCP : accessed 18 Dec 2013), Julius C. Lockhart and Catharine J. Merkerson, 1842.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZYX-ZGQ : accessed 18 Dec 2013), Julius Lockhurt, Talbot county, Talbot, Georgia, United States; citing dwelling 844, family 844, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 83.
4. ↑ http://persi.heritagequestonline.com.oh0226.oplin.org/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?surname=lockhart&series=8&state=18&hitcount=29&p=1&urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8445050%3B50914467%3B8%3B18&searchtype=1&offset=8 Line 20-30 Series: M653 Roll: 3 Page: 16
5. ↑ Posted by: Melinda Pennington , Talbot Co., GA Abstracted Wills, 1023 Talbot Co. WB "A" (1830 1856) September 03, 2005 http://www.genforum.familytreemaker.com/ga/talbot/messages/276.html
6. ↑ Roger L. Robison, Sears Family This information concerns five generations of the Sears family. 1700-1900, http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/Sears.html

Acknowledgments

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