John T. and Drusilla Wilson Huey and Descendants

John T. Huey (2826 - 1891) was born in South Carolina, probably near Abbeville, SC, , and died in Cherokee County, Georgia..  He was the son of James  Buchannan Huey and Drusilla (yes, Drusilla).   Apparently, he,  his wife Drusilla, and their extended family. including his parents, came as pioneers from South Carolina.   

They lived in the Bascomb-Carmel Road area, present day Bells Ferry and Highway 92 area.  John was a large land holder.

Here are some interesting documented facts:

June 12, 1862, John T. Huey enlisted into the Confederate Army as a substitute for John B. TIPPINS, Confederacy, Co., B., 43rd Regiment, Reg Vol., Infantry,  Army of Tn. 

Note:  Large land holders were exempted.  John T. Huey was officially exempted.  However, it was perfectly legal to serve as a substitute for someone who wasn't exempted.  It was usually done for money.  It is likely John T. Huey took payment from John B. Tippins.

Apr 1863 - Vicksburg, Mississippi:  Court Marshaled.

Jul 1863  - Vicksburg, Mississippi, Federal captured his unit, signed an Oath of Allegiance to U.S.A.

Oct 1863 - Vicksburg, Mississippi, Back with Confederacy

11 Dec 1863 - Vicksburg, Mississippi.  AWOL.

1889 - Donated  2.75 acres to Bascomb Meth Church cemetery.

Looking at John T. Huey's Civil War record one can not help from wondering if he kept changing sides to the winning side at the time.

Also, he donated land for Bascomb Methodsit Church Cemetery in 1889.  His father James is buried there.  James died in 1865.  Again, one can't help from wondering if John T. brought the cemetery to his father, instead of bringing his father to the cemetery.

John married Drusilla Wilson (1825 - 1905).  Drusilla was born in South Carolina.    they had sevem children, 3 daughters and 4 sons.

John lived 64 years and Drusilla lived 79 years.  They are both buried in Bascomb  Methodist Cemetery in southern Cherokee County, Georgia, on property he probably deeded over to the church.

Their children:

Nancy Elizabeth Huey (1854-1938).

John Huey (1861 - ?  )

Greenberry Huey (1863-1939)

Monroe Huey (aft 1863 -   ?   )

Josey Huey (aft 1863 -   ?   )

Minta Huey (aft 1863 -   ?   ).

Thomas Huey (1871 - 1841)

Nancy Elizabeth Huey (1854-1938).  We already have a section on her and her husband Obediah H. Tyson are my ancestors.

John Huey (1861 - ?  ).  John Huey married Lizzy Hawkings.

They had four children, 1 daughter and 3 sons:

Amos Huey (1861 -   ?  ).

Harr Huey (aft 1883 -   ?   ).

Luther Huey (aft 1883 -  ?  )

Clair or Clara Huey (aft 1883 -   ?   )

Amos M. Huey (1883 - 1969).  At age 26, Amos married 17 year old Sultie M. Kemp (1892 - 1967), in Cobb County, Georgia.  Amos lived 85 years and Sultie lived  75 years.  They are both buried in Bascomb Methodist Church Cemetery in Cherokee County.

Harr Huey (aft 1883 -   ?   ).

Luther Huey (aft 1883 -  ?  ).  Luther married May Turner, 16 January 1916, in Cobb County, Georgia.

Clair or Clara Huey (aft 1883 -   ?   )  She married Charlie Darby, in Cobb County, Georgia, 24 September 1927.

Greenberry Huey (1863-1939).   Greenberry married Alice (1859 - 1937). Greenberry lived 76 years and Alice lived 77 years. They are buried at Bascomb Methodist Church in Cherokee County, Georgia.

They had two sons:

Thomas Jeff Huey (1892 - 1974)

Ed Huey (aft 881-   ?   ).

Thomas Jeff Huey (1892-1974) .  He married  Inez Carruth (1894-1973).  Inez was the daughter of Dozier Latimer and Ada Eugenia Tyson Carruth. 

Thomas killed his brother Ed because Ed took care of their father in his old age and everything was left to Ed.  He spent  time in prison.

Thomas lived 82 years and Inez lived  78 years.  They are  buried at Bascomb Methodist Church.

They had four children, 1 daughter and 3 sons:

Christine Huey (aft 1910-   ?      ).  She married a Bennett.

James Huey (aft 1910-   ?   ).

Paul Huey (aft 1920-   ?   ).

Thomas Jeff Huey, Jr (1916-1996).  He married Ruth Vada Tyson (1919-1991).  Thomas lived  80 years and Vada lived 71.  They are buried at Bascomb Methodist Church.  They had one daughter:

Rita Huey.  She married a Nealey.

Ed Huey (aft 1881 -   ?     ).   In Greenberry's old age Ed took care of him.  When Greenberry died he left everything to Ed.  This made his brother Jeff furious.  Jeff went to Ed.  Ed was sitting on his front porch with his two sons.  Jeff shot and killed Ed in front of his sons.  Jeff was sent to the Georgia Chain Gang for murder. His wife eventually got him out.

Monroe Huey (aft 1863 -   young).  Died young.  "Beaten to death by the Brawley boys."

Josey Huey (aft 1863 -      ?   ).  She married  Andrew Kemp.  They had  nine children, 5 daughters and 4 sons.. 

Note-  In the book Cherokee County, Georgia, Marriages 1841-1910, page 78, Andrew Kemp is listed as marrying Josephine HUGHEY, 24 December 1872.  Book E, p 101.

Their children:

Lavern Kemp (aft 1883 -  ?   ).

Belle Kemp (aft 1883 -  ?   ).

Ellen Kemp  (aft 1883 -  ?   )

May Kemp  (aft 1883 -  ?   )

Daisy Kemp (aft 1883 -  ?   )

Ardell Kemp (aft 1883 -  ?   )

John Kemp  (aft 1883 -  ?   )

Charles Kemp  (aft 1883 -  ?   )

Emmett Kemp (1903- 1971).  He married  Winnefred B. (1906-1985.  He lived 68 years and she 79 years.  They are buried in the Kemp Cemetery, in north east Cobb County, on Steinhour Road..

Minta Huey (aft 1860 -     ?      )..  She married Styles Medford , 7 Nov 1875, in Cherokee County, Georgia.  they had nine children, 5 daughters and 4 sons:

Ann Medford  (aft 1880 -   ?    ).

Alma Medford  (aft 1880 -   ?    ).

Annie Medford (aft 1880 -   ?    ).

Winnie Medford (aft 1880 -   ?    ).

Gracie Medford (aft 1880 -   ?    ).

Roy Medford (aft 1880 -   ?    ).  He married Dora McClure (1856-1956).  She died in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, at age 69.

Arch Medford (aft 1880 -   ?    )..

Sanford Medford (aft 1880 -   ?    ).

Robert Lee Medford (aft 1880 -   ?    ).

Thomas Huey (1871 - 1941).  He married Eula Brown (1871-1941).  They both lived 69 years and they were the same years.  They are buried at Bascomb Methodist Church, in south Cherokee County, Georgia.

They had Seven children, 7 sons and 2 daughters:

Thomas Walker Huey (1893 - 1977).

Ludia Huey (aft 1900 -    ?   ).

Roy Huey (aft 1890  -    ?   )

Earnest Claude Huey (1895 - 1973).

James L. Huey (1895-1897)

William Clarence Huey (1897 - 1968)

Ann Pear Huey (1902 - 1905).

Thomas Walker Huey (1893 - 1977).  Thomas married Effie Carruth (1893-1974)., daughter of Dozier Latimer and Ada Eugenia Tyson Carruth.  Thomas lived 83 years and Effie lived 81 years.  They are both buried at Bascomb Methodist Church, south Cherokee County, Georgia. 

Clipped from HUNTER'S STORE column:

Mrs. T.W. Huey has been very sick with tonsillitis

They had one daughter:

Ruth Huey (1925- 1995).  She lived about 70 years.  She married Hubert Hillhouse.  They are buried at Sixes Road Methodist Church, Woodstock, Cherokee County, Georgia. 

They had one daughter:

Faye Hillhouse.

Ludia Huey (aft 1890 -    ?   ).  Ludia married  Glen Willard Dobbs, son of  William Posey and  Laura McSwain Foster. Dobbs,  1 November 1908, Cherokee County, Georgia..

Glen was in the insurance business.

Their children:

Lemon Dobbs (abt 1910 - abt 1915).

Louise Dobbs (1911-1981).

Glen Willard Dobbs, Jr (1914-1996)

Velma Dobbs (1918 -    )

Lemon Dobbs (abt 1910 - abt 1915).

Louise Dobbs (1911-1981).

Glen Willard Dobbs, Jr (1914-1996).  Glen married  Elizabeth Bethune (1914-1996).  Elizabeth was born in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.  From the notes I have Glen and Elizabeth lived the exact years, and of course both lived 82 years.  They had four children, 1 daughter and 3 sons:

Glen Willard Dobbs, III (1938-      ).

James Harold Dobbs (1939 -     ).

Charles /Douglas Dobbs (1942 -      )

Glenda Faye Dobbs (1946 -     ),.

Glen Willard Dobbs, III (1938-      ).

James Harold Dobbs (1939 -     ).  James is a retired Postal employee.  He married  Sonya /Brooks, born Woodstock, Cherokee County, Georgia.  They had one son:

Mark Dobbs.

Charles /Douglas Dobbs (1942 -      ).  Electronic Tech for Collins Avionics in College Park, Ga.  He married Frances Motes, born in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.  They live in Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia.  They had two sons:

Charles Dobbs.

Gary Lee Dobbs.

Glenda Faye Dobbs (1946 -     ),.   Glenda married  Gus Sparks, born in Lincoln, Alabama.  They had children, a daughter and a son:

Samuel Scottish Dobbs

Elizabeth Elaine Dobbs.

Velma Dobbs (1918 -    ).  Velma was a timekeeper for Bell Aircraft.  She married  Paul Watkins, born in Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Georgia.   They had three children, 1 daughter and 2 sons:

Paul Watkins, Jr. (1936 -        ).

John Dobbs Watkins (1937 -     ).

Sylvia Watkins (1942-1993).

Paul Watkins, Jr. (1936 -        ).  Paul graduated from Georgia Tech.  He was a Navy pilot during Vietnam.  He was a pilot for Delta Airlines  and retired in 1996.  He married Mylene Davis, from Phoenix City, Alabama.   They live in the north Georgia Mountains.  They have two sons:

Timmy Watkisn

Greg Watkins

John Dobbs Watkins (1937 -     ).  John worked in Atlanta for MARTAR, Rapid Transit.  He is retired from the National Guard.  He married unknown and they four children, 2 daughters and 2 sons.

John Dobbs Watson, Jr (aft 1957 -      )

Ronnie Watkins  (aft 1957 -      )

Cole Watkins (aft 1957 -       )

Jennifer Watkins (aft 1957 -    )

Sylvia Watkins (1942-1993).  Sylvia married  John Hunnicutt, born in College Park, Georgia.  She died of cancer.  They had two children, a daughter and a son:

Marie Hunnicutt

David Hunnicutt.