Stephen Hitchcock WILKES

Birth:
18 Apr 1794
Chester, South Carolina
Burial:
7 Apr 1859
Wilkesburg, Bassfield, Jeff Davis, Mississippi
Marriage:
18 Mar 1821
Alabama
Notes:
                       He was born on his father's plantation 8 mi west of Chester,
    South Carolina.

    Wilkes Family History and Geneology, Thomas Wilkes (1735-1809) and
    His Descendants, by Ivan Bass, Carr Publishing Co., Boyce, VA. (1965
    Wash., D.C.)

    Stephen Hitchcock Wilkes left South Carolina about 1818.  Prob. married
    in Alabama to a girl from Georgia.  First 3 children born in Alabama in
    1822, 1823, 1826.  Moved to Marion Co., Miss., in 1827 (area later known
    as Carley P.O.)  1842 - moved to Covington Co., Miss., and established
    Wilkesburg, 5 mi. so. of Bassfield in Jefferson Davis County, MS.

    I need to find out which county Bassfield is in:  Jeff Davis, Marion, or
    Covington?
    I have a list of some of these children's children from Magee Courier
    news article 7/24/80 entitled The Family Tree by Vivian Love Williams
    (Magee, Simpson, Mississippi)

SOURCES:
    1. Family Records
    2. Wilkes History
    3. Will of Stephen Hitchcock W
Mary MCNEESE
Birth:
30 Jul 1802
Georgia
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Martha Jane WILKES
Birth:
18 Feb 1822
Alabama
Death:
1888
Richard Talley BERRY 
Marr:
9 Sep 1838
of Marion, Mississippi 
Notes:
                       Married Richard Talley BERRY 9 Sept 1838.
2
Mary Elizabeth WILKES
Birth:
15 Feb 1823
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
James David BERRY 
Marr:
10 Jul 1841
Marion, Mississippi 
Notes:
                       Married James David BERRY (brother of Richard Talley BERRY who married
    her sister Martha Jane WILKES) 10 July 1841 In Marion Co., Miss.
3
Sarah H. WILKES
Birth:
7 Feb 1826
Alabama
Death:
Notes:
                       Married Jacob CARTER of Lawrence Co., Miss.
4
John Ellis WILKES
Birth:
11 Aug 1827
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
Notes:
                       John Ellis WILKES
    married Lucy CARTER who is sister of Jacob CARTER who married
    John Ellis' sister -- Wilkes b. 7 Feb 1826, first name not known.
    Jacob Carter was from Lawrence Co., Miss.
5
Eliza Ann WILKES
Birth:
20 May 1829
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
8 Feb 1909
John Philomon TERRELL 
Marr:
1846
of Marion, Mississippi 
Notes:
                       Married John Philomon TERRELL in 1846.
6
Francis WILKES
Birth:
1 Jun 1831
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
14 Jan 1860
Notes:
                       Married Sarah Ann MAY daughter of Judge Wm. and Eliz. MAY,
    Simpson Co., Mississippi.  Wife and child may have both
    died 2 Sept 1858.
7
Nancy Ann WILKES
Birth:
18 May 1833
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
8 Oct 1870
Harrisville, Simpson, Mississippi
Charles Bingley BANKS, (CAPT.) 
Marr:
2 Dec 1848
Westville, Simpson, Mississipp 
Notes:
                       The baptism, endowment, and sealing to husband and parents, for and in
    behalf of Nancy Ann Wilkes was performed by her great-granddaughter
    Doris Lee Banks Dimick in the Jordan River Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.
8
Abner James WILKES
Birth:
1 May 1835
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
2 May 1908
Notes:
                       Married Ann Elizabeth BUCKLEY.
9
Stephen Hitchcock Pinckney WILKES
Birth:
25 Jul 1837
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
6 Apr 1896
Jefferson, Davis, Mississippi
Mary Humphrey BARNES 
Marr:
12 Jan 1858
Marion, Mississippi 
Notes:
                       Married Mary Humphrey BARNES 12 Jan 1858 in Marion Co., Miss.
10
Joseph Asa WILKES
Birth:
18 Jan 1840
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
17 Sep 1893
Abbott, Texas
Minerva GIBSON 
Marr:
1859
of Marion, Mississippi 
Notes:
                       Married Minerva GIBSON 1859.
11
Henry George WILKES
Birth:
6 Feb 1843
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
3 Sep 1863
Rhoda WATTS 
Marr:
1859
of Marion, Mississippi 
Notes:
                       Married Rhoda WATTS 1859.
12
Susan Malissa WILKES
Birth:
8 May 1845
Marion, Mississippi
Death:
1 Mar 1928
Notes:
                       Married 1) Clinton K. CARTER
    2) George Washington THURMAN
FCID:14582:65
FamilyCentral Network
Stephen Hitchcock Wilkes - Mary McNeese

Stephen Hitchcock Wilkes was born at Chester, South Carolina 18 Apr 1794. His parents were Abner Wilkes and Martha Crider.

He married Mary McNeese 18 Mar 1821 at Alabama . Mary McNeese was born at Georgia 30 Jul 1802 .

They were the parents of 12 children:
Martha Jane Wilkes born 18 Feb 1822.
Mary Elizabeth Wilkes born 15 Feb 1823.
Sarah H. Wilkes born 7 Feb 1826.
John Ellis Wilkes born 11 Aug 1827.
Eliza Ann Wilkes born 20 May 1829.
Francis Wilkes born 1 Jun 1831.
Nancy Ann Wilkes born 18 May 1833.
Abner James Wilkes born 1 May 1835.
Stephen Hitchcock Pinckney Wilkes born 25 Jul 1837.
Joseph Asa Wilkes born 18 Jan 1840.
Henry George Wilkes born 6 Feb 1843.
Susan Malissa Wilkes born 8 May 1845.