Found out I was a Langley

[Mrs Graybeard]

I had hit a brickwall on my Tidwell so when Teri asked me if I would help her dad with his Langley line I told her yes I would.  She got the information I needed and I e-mailed Adian Langley who had a Langley database to see if he could help me.  He told me that he didn't have anything on Teri's line but he could tell me all about mine.  I e-mailed him back and told him I didn't have one. He e-mailed me back and told me yes you do and that my 4th great-grandmother Sarah Tidwell was married to John Jackson Langley.  All of this time I was looking for Tidwell as the surname for my 3rd great-grandfather Francis Marion Tidwell father.  

If it hadn't been for Teri's dad I would have kept going in the wrong directions on my Tidwell line. I think the Lord for bring them into my live.

I found out that John Jackson Langley was the son of Ozwell Langley and Chowa-you-cah(Cherokee Indian)

[Mrs Graybeard]

The story goes that Sarah Tidwell refused to go to Oklahoma with John Jackson Langley and while he was gone she changed her name back to Tidwell and raised my 3rd great-grandfather Francis Marion as a Tidwell.  John Jackson Langley left Georgia for Oklahoma about 1832 and came back to Georgia at a later date.

Parents of Sarah Tidwell: Old John and Celia Tidwell settled on the west side of the Chattachoochee near Young Deer Creek and had six daughters who all bore children by Cherokees. Three married full-bloods and three married mixed-bloods. This was in Forsyth Country, Georgia

There was some nasty comments made about Old John and Celia Tidwell by Hugh Montgomery(Cherokee agent assigned by President Monroe) concerning the 'abominable' practice of certain white men who gave their daughters in marriage to the Indians and this distasteful and immoral practice of intermarrying between the races had produced a 'motly race that was propagating yery fast on the Chattahoochee and it's waters.'

[Mrs Graybeard]

Just a test to see if it works.

[MsHtidwell1977]

I'm a descendant of Sarah Tidwell/Langley, would love more information. She'd be my 4th grandmother

[MsHtidwell1977]

Francis Marion Tidwell would be my third great grandfather as well.

[Mrs Graybeard]

Nice to meet another cousin on the Tidwell side of the family.  My great-great grandparents were John Tidwell & Susan Abernathy. Their son Franklin Isaiah & his wife Mattie Virginia(Garrett) were my great-grandparents. Their daughter Ada Clementine & her husband Major McRae/McRay Warren were my grandparents.  My parents were Edna Louise Warren & James Robert Fields. 

[MsHtidwell1977]

I haven't gotten deep with Langley's, but I'm in Cartersville ga, I'm 44, never been married or had children, have a sister, my mother's family consist of smith,turner, and biddy, mcmichen, my father was Harbin Tidwell, he passed away April 12 2017 at the age of 69, he has two brothers, he's the middle son, his parents, my grandparents,  are J D Tidwell, and Florence J Cothran,  my family has ancestors near Bethany bridge, in Acworth ga, and several areas,  including casswhite cemetery in cassville ga., My grandfather J D Tidwell, was the son of John Dudley Tidwell, married Callie Tidwell, 1st wife, died giving birth to twins,(Thelma) J D, and Carrie, then John Dudley,  married Lucy House, kids , Arthur Lee Tidwell, Earl, Corrine, and zuella,.  John D Tidwells, father was Francis Marion Tidwell, wife Ada, these are located casswhite cemetery, on casswhite in cassville ga

[Mrs Graybeard]

My great-great-grandfather John Tidwell had a brother named Marion Jefferson, who was married to an Ada & they had a son named John Dudley Tidwell, who was born February 17, 1897.  I was wondering if this is your line. 

[Mrs Graybeard]

Our 3rd great-grandfather Francis Marion Tidwell is buried at Unity Cemetery in Cherokee County, Alabama.  Here is a picture of our 3rd great-grandfather. He was a private in Company F, 2nd Regiment Infantry, Confederate Soldiers from Cherokee County, Georgia.  This picture was sent to me by Don L Shadburn.

[MsHtidwell1977]

Just a test to see if it works.

My great-great-grandfather John Tidwell had a brother named Marion Jefferson, who was married to an Ada & they had a son named John Dudley Tidwell, who was born February 17, 1897.  I was wondering if this is your line.

[MsHtidwell1977]

John Dudley Tidwell would be my Great grandfather also known as papa Johnny, yes this is my line along with Francis Marion Tidwell

[MsHtidwell1977]

Francis Marion Tidwells grave along with John Dudley Tidwell and
Ada, along are located at Casswhite cemetery on Casswhite Rd, in Cassville/Cartersville ga.  There's a couple other churches with Tidwell graves, Raccoon Creek Church and Macedonia church in Kingston/Taylorsville ga location

[Mrs Graybeard]

  The information that I have came from the Family Bible of John & Susan(Abernathy)Tidwell.  Francis Marion Tidwell was born August 7, 1829 in Forsyth County, Georgia & died October 27, 1886 in Cherokee County, Alabama. He married Margaret Ann Gravett/Gravitt on May 19, 1847 in Forsyth County, Georgia. Margaret Ann was born 1829 in Forsyth County, Georgia & died August 17, 1879 in Cherokee County, Alabama.  According to family members she died shortly after moving to Cherokee County, Alabama. She was very sick when they left Bartow County, Georgia.  She is in an unmarked grave next to Francis Marion. There was a second marriage for Francis Marion & I will have to check my records to find that information so I will send it later.