Surname List
Name Index
Family Group Sheet
HUSBAND Paul Collins Abney  | |||
| Birth | about 1765 | South Carolina | |
| Witnessed | 28 June 1788 | Chester county, South Carolina | |
| Census | 1790 | Edgefield County, South Carolina | |
| Witnessed | 14 May 1791 | Deed book 13; Edgefield County, South Carolina | |
| Deeded land | 26 March 1793 | 390 acres in 96 district on Broad River with mother Lucy Abney; Ninty-six district, Edgefield county, South Carolina | |
| Land (sold) | 27 April 1793 | Union County, South Carolina | |
| Inheritance | 18 July 1808 | Spartanburg County, South Carolina | |
| Tax list | 1812 | Bedford County, Tennessee | |
| Census | 1830 | Warren County, Mississippi | |
| Land (sold) | 3 March 1830 | located in "the west corner of section number 18, township number 15, range 4 east", 50 acres,; Warren County, Mississippi | |
| Death | 1831 | Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Burial |
| Abney Family Cemetery, Champion Hill, Hinds county, Mississippi | |
| Land (sold) | 1 February 1832 | E 1/2 of SW 1/4 S18 T14 R4E 87 16/100 acres of estate of Paul C. Collins Esq, deceased; Warren County, Mississippi | |
| Land (sold) | 2 April 1832 | NW corner of NW 1/4 S18 T14 R4E, containing 30 acres of the estate of Paul C. Abney Esq, deceased; Warren County, Mississippi | |
| Marriage | about 1792 | Edgefield County, South Carolina | |
| Father | Dr. Nathaniel Abney | ||
| Mother | Lucy Collins | ||
| WIFE Dorothy "Dolly" Rutherford | |||
| Birth | about 1765 | ||
| Land (sold) | 1 February 1832 | Warren County, Mississippi | |
| Residence | 2 April 1832 | Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Land (sold) | 2 April 1832 | Warren County, Mississippi | |
| Death | 1833 | Mississippi | |
| Burial |
| Abney Family Cemetery, Champion Hill, Hinds county, Mississippi | |
| Father | James Rutherford | ||
| Mother | Drucilla Brooks | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| Dorcas Amanda Abney | |||
| Birth | 1793 | South Carolina | |
| James Paul Abney | |||
| Birth | about 1795 | South Carolina | |
| Thomas Nathaniel Abney | |||
| Birth | about 1798 | Spartanburg County, South Carolina | |
| Drucilla Lane Abney | |||
| Birth | 1799 | South Carolina | |
| Pension | 8 July 1878 | Springfield, Livingston parish, Louisiana | |
| Death | 2 February 1880 | Livingston parish, Louisiana | |
| Joseph Duncan "JD" Abney | |||
| Birth | 1802 | Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina | |
| Land (bought) | 1 May 1828 | 80.37 acres described as the W1/2 of the NW1/4 of S29 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Census | 1830 | Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 10 January 1832 | 82.9 acres described as the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of S30 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 7 July 1832 | along with Malcom McAlpin 160 acres described as W1/2 of NW1/4 & W1/2 of SE1/4 of S24 T20 R9W; Bolivar county, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 4 June 1833 | 80.37 acres described as the W1/2 of the NE1/4 of S29 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Executor | 18 September 1833 | Joshua K. Sewell; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Relocated | 1833 | Hinds County, Mississippi; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 21 September 1835 | 160.54 acres described as the NE1/4 os S22 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 21 September 1835 | 160.38 acres described as the NW1/4 of S23 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 30 September 1835 | 40.19 acres described as the N1/2 of the E1/2 of the SE1/4 of S27 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 15 October 1835 | 40.08 acres described as the N1/2 of the W1/2 of the SE1/4 of S9 T5 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 20 October 1835 | 120.51 acres described as the W1/2 of the NW1/4 & the N1/2 of the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of S28 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Tax list | 1837 | paying taxes of $1.00 for 1 slave age 5-60 & 1 poll tax; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 6 April 1837 | 80.13 acres described as the E1/2 of the SE1/4 of S1 T5 R4W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 9 October 1837 | 80.91 acres described as the W1/2 of the NE1/4 of S30 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Tax list | 1838 | paying taxes of 37 1/2 cents for 1 poll tax; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Tax list | 1840 | paying taxes of 37 1/2 cents state tax and $1.96 total tax for one poll; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 10 February 1840 | 40.09 acres described as the N1/2 of the W1/2 of the NW1/4 of S33 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Census | 1 June 1840 | Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 10 December 1840 | 80.35 acres described as the W1/2 of the SW1/4 of S28 T6 R3W; Hinds County, Mississippi | |
| Tax list | 1841 | paying taxes of .55/$1.57 for 1 white poll and on 1 clock valued at $10.00; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 5 January 1841 | 80 acres described as the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of S19 T4 R12E; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 5 January 1841 | 241 acres described as the NE1/4 & the E1/2 of SE1/4 of S29 T4 R12E; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 5 January 1841 | 80 acres described as the E1/2 of the SE1/4 of S2 T2 R12E; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 5 January 1841 | 40 acres described as the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of S17 T3 R12E; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Tax list | 1842 | paying taxes of .55/$1.51 for 1 white poll and on 1 clock valued at $10.00; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Census | 1845 | Neshoba County, Mississippi State Census | |
| Land (bought) | 31 August 1846 | 403 acres described as the W1/2 & the W1/2 of the NE1/4 of S17 T3 R12E; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Relocated | 1849 | Neshoba county, Mississippi; St. Helena parish, Louisiana | |
| Misc | December 1849 | appears in the minutes of Jerusalum Baptist Church as preaching at Jerusalem Baptist Church; Amite county, Mississippi | |
| Misc | 1850 | appears in the Minutes of the Mississippi River Baptist Association as a Minister of the association; Amite county, Mississippi | |
| Occupation |
| Baptist Minister, teacher and farmer; | |
| Census | 10 September 1850 | Eastern district, St. Helena parish, Louisiana | |
| Misc | 1851 | appears in the Minutes of the Mississippi River Baptist Association as a Minister of the association; Amite county, Mississippi | |
| Misc | June 1851 | appears in the Minutes of Jerusalum Baptist Church as moderater in the case of W.B. Wall; Amite county, Mississippi | |
| Misc | 1852 | appears in the Minuts of the Mississippi River Baptist Association as Rev. J. D. Abney, moderator; Amite county, Mississippi | |
| Relocated | 1853 | St. Helena parish, Louisiana; Angelina county, Texas | |
| Misc | 20 February 1854 | is named in Book A of the County Commissioners Court Minutes; Angelina county, Texas | |
| Relocated | 1854 | Angelina County, Texas; Henderson County, Texas | |
| Letter | 4 May 1855 | "Dear Children" [Enoch & Susan Jones]; Henderson County, Texas | |
| Letter | 6 September 1855 | "Dear Children"; Henderson County, Texas | |
| Relocated | 1855 | Henderson County, Texas; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Tax list | 1856 | taxed on 320 acres land on Duncan's Creek in Henderson County, Texas; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Land (bought) | 12 August 1856 | 320 acres on Kickapoo Creek, a tributary of the Neches River; Henderson County, Texas | |
| Tax list | 1857 | taxed on 320 acres land on Duncan's Creek in Henderson County, Texas; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Court Records | 13 September 1857 | court established payment to J. D. Abney for service as a teacher for the previous year, 1856; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Tax list | 1858 | taxed on 320 acres land on Duncan's Creek in Henderson County, Texas; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Court Records | 13 September 1858 | court established payment to J. D. Abney for service as a teacher for the previous year, 1857; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Land (sold) | 24 September 1858 | 320 acres on the waters of Kickapoo Creek; Henderson County, Texas | |
| Letter | after 1858 | Sir yours has been rec'd (to Robert R. Abney, his brother); West Point, Lynn county, Texas | |
| Tax list | 1860 | with taxable property listed as 320 acres of land and one horse; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Census | 15 June 1860 | White Oak, Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Land (sold) | 3 October 1860 | 160 acres situated on Big Creek 19 miles west of Mt. Pleasant, in Titus County, Texas; Titus county, Texas | |
| Tax list | 1862 | with taxable propert listed as 350 acres of land and one poll tax; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Tax list | 1864 | with taxable property listed as 395 acres of land $290.00 in livestock and one poll tax; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Land (sold) | 23 April 1864 | 130 acres on White Oak Creek; Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Death | between 1865 and 1870 | Hopkins County, Texas | |
| Marriage | 15 May 1825 | Sarah Searcy; Warren County, Mississippi | |
| Mary Abney | |||
| Birth | about 1805 | South Carolina | |
| Elizabeth Abney | |||
| Birth | about 1808 | Edgefield County, South Carolina | |
Robert Rutherford Abney  | |||
| Birth | 28 August 1810 | Maury County, Tennessee | |
| Census | 1840 | Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Misc | 28 May 1845 | appears in the newspaper as having signed a petition for a Jasper County, MS agricutural society; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Misc | 25 November 1846 | appears in the newspaper as having had damage to his residence and outhouses during a storm; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Census | 1850 | Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Census | 8 August 1850 | Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Land (bought) | 1855 | grant; Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Poll tax | 1856 | $7.52 1/2 (19 slaves, 1 white poll); Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Census | 6 September 1860 | Holts, Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Mason/Lodge |
| #353-Sherrard in Byrd's Chapel; Hancock County, Mississippi | |
| Census | 16 July 1870 | Jasper County, Mississippi | |
| Death | 25 September 1875 | Marion County, Mississippi | |
| Burial |
| Byrds Chapel United Methodist Church, Pearl River county, Mississippi | |