Lindsey Warren DOWNS

Birth:
31 May 1840
Columbia, Georgia
Death:
15 Sep 1913
Watkinsville, Oconee, Georgia
Burial:
Flat Rock Cem., Johnson Church, Oconee, Georgia
Marriage:
18 May 1865
Baker Daniel Home, Oglethorpe, Georgia
Sources:
Lindsey Warren Downs Family Bible
Tombstone at Johnson Church, Oconee County, Georgia
New.familysearch.org, December 2012
1860 Census, Richmond County, Georgia
1870 Census, Richmond County, Georgia
Richmond County, Georgia Marriages, Books A-C, 1806-1863, (FHL#158602)
Minutes of the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1885, South, p, 86, Archive.org
Confederate Civil War Records, Fold3.com
Sommer, History of Oconee County, Georgia, (FHL#975.8193 H2s)
FindaGrave.com, #126561727
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Rev. Lindsey Warren DOWNS.
NOTES:
    1. Married first to Nancy Smith (no children).  From Marriage Certificate Richmond Co., GA No. 239.
    2. Married to Sarah Hinton Daniel at the Baker Daniel home.
    3. Oconee Co. was made from Clarke Co. in 1875.
    4. Lindsey Warren shown in Cobb's Legion, Co. I as a Private in April 1862 as age 21. W.W. Downs also there.
Sarah Hinton DANIEL
Birth:
26 Jul 1848
Oglethorpe, Georgia
Death:
28 May 1928
Watkinsville, Oconee, Georgia
Burial:
Flat Rock Cem., Johnson Church, Oconee, Georgia
Research Citations:
  • Find a Grave Memorial
    • Sources:
    FindaGrave.com, #126561779
    Notes:
                       Information from the Lindsey Warren Downs family bible inpossession of Joseph Downs, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
    Children
    Marriage
    1
    John Lindsey DOWNS
    Birth:
    22 Aug 1867
    Oconee, Georgia
    Death:
    20 Feb 1926
    Watkinsville, Oconee, Georgia
    Harriet Emilie MAXEY 
    Marr:
    21 Dec 1884
    Oconee, Georgia 
    Research Citations:
  • Find a Grave Memorial
    • 2
    Edward Warren DOWNS
    Birth:
    16 Oct 1869
    Flat Rock, Oconee, Georgia
    Death:
    4 Apr 1911
    Oconee, Georgia
    Martha Ann ANDERSON 
    Marr:
    24 Dec 1890
    Oconee, Georgia 
    3
    Malissa Elenda DOWNS
    Birth:
    27 Aug 1871
    Clarke, Georgia
    Death:
    1950
    Georgia
    Robert Clyde ELDER 
    Marr:
    3 Dec 1899
    Oconee, Georgia 
    Notes:
                       NAME:
    Malissa Elenda (Lissie) DOWNS
    4
    Emma Lou DOWNS
    Birth:
    21 Nov 1873
    Clarke, Georgia
    Death:
    9 May 1927
    Georgia
    William Lee HALL 
    Marr:
    9 Dec 1896
    Oconee, Georgia 
    5
    Samantha Rebecca DOWNS
    Birth:
    14 Jan 1876
    Oconee, Georgia
    Death:
    20 Aug 1962
    Oconee, Georgia
    John Thomas OSBORNE 
    Marr:
    24 Dec 1891
    Oconee, Georgia 
    Research Citations:
  • Find a Grave Memorial
    • 6
    William Wesley DOWNS
    Birth:
    5 Apr 1878
    Georgia
    Death:
    30 Jan 1960
    Oconee, Georgia
    Notes:
                       OCCUPATION:
    He raised mules and wheatstraw for horse collars.

NOTES:
    1. Married Florie (a Fambrough) in later years. Her mother was Ida, lived down below Watkinsville.  She came up to help him after Lottie died.  She is also buried in the Johnson Church Cemetary.
    7
    James Asa DOWNS
    Birth:
    10 May 1880
    Oconee, Georgia
    Death:
    1950
    Georgia
    Eva May AYCOCK 
    Marr:
    6 Nov 1904
    Oconee, Georgia 
    Notes:
                       BURIAL:
    Athens Cemetery is located by the University.
    8
    Walter Lee DOWNS
    Birth:
    2 Jul 1884
    Oconee, Georgia
    Death:
    24 Jun 1970
    Young Harris, Towns, Georgia
    Mary CANTRELL 
    Marr:
    17 May 1931
    of Oconee, Georgia 
    Research Citations:
  • Find a Grave Memorial
    • Notes:
                       NOTES:
    1. Taught school (English) at Young Harris College. Was interim president for a while there.
BURIAL:
    Uncle Spec, who handled most of the funerals in Oconee County beought him down to Johnson's Church for the burial, but found that one of Aunt Mabel's boys had paved over the plot with cement by mistake.  So Spec had his crew dig a hole for him on Aunt Mabel's plot. They dug the hole deep and buried him casket on end, and placed a thin marker on the grave.
    9
    Annie May DOWNS
    Birth:
    27 Sep 1886
    Oconee, Georgia
    Death:
    6 Nov 1928
    Georgia
    Emory Anderson HALL 
    Marr:
    24 Apr 1904
    of Oconee, Georgia 
    10
    Sara Elizabeth DOWNS
    Birth:
    12 Mar 1889
    Oconee, Georgia
    Death:
    9 Dec 1971
    Oconee, Georgia
    Thomas Lowe O'DILLON 
    Marr:
    26 Dec 1920
    Oconee, Georgia 
    Notes:
                       NAME:
    Sara Elizabeth (Lizzie) DOWNS
    11
    Irby Reese DOWNS
    Birth:
    6 Aug 1891
    Oconee, Georgia
    Death:
    20 Dec 1939
    Watkinsville, Oconee, Georgia
    Mabel Lee O'DILLON 
    Marr:
    26 Jul 1914
    Oconee, Georgia 
    Research Citations:
  • Find a Grave Memorial
    • FCID:2079:14501
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    Lindsey Warren Downs - Sarah Hinton Daniel

    Lindsey Warren Downs was born at Columbia, Georgia 31 May 1840. His parents were Isaac Downs and Elizabeth Wilcox.

    He married Sarah Hinton Daniel 18 May 1865 at Baker Daniel Home, Oglethorpe, Georgia . Sarah Hinton Daniel was born at Oglethorpe, Georgia 26 Jul 1848 daughter of William Baker Daniel and Eleanor Sara Dance .

    They were the parents of 11 children:
    John Lindsey Downs born 22 Aug 1867.
    Edward Warren Downs born 16 Oct 1869.
    Malissa Elenda Downs born 27 Aug 1871.
    Emma Lou Downs born 21 Nov 1873.
    Samantha Rebecca Downs born 14 Jan 1876.
    William Wesley Downs born 5 Apr 1878.
    James Asa Downs born 10 May 1880.
    Walter Lee Downs born 2 Jul 1884.
    Annie May Downs born 27 Sep 1886.
    Sara Elizabeth Downs born 12 Mar 1889.
    Irby Reese Downs born 6 Aug 1891.

    Lindsey Warren Downs died 15 Sep 1913 at Watkinsville, Oconee, Georgia .

    Sarah Hinton Daniel died 28 May 1928 at Watkinsville, Oconee, Georgia .