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Abt 1835 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
1. | John Westley Conner was born about 1835 in Florida (son of Lewis Conner and Martha Elizabeth Harley); and died. Notes:
On the "Kent Family Tree" a public tree on Ancestry.com, he is shown as being born on 23 Apr 1835 in Leon, Florida, and dying on 7 Apr 1864 in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
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Generation: 2
2. | Lewis Conner was born about 1804 in South Carolina; and died. Notes:
Julie Fontenot shows him as born on 25 Dec 1814 (sic) in Marlboro, SC, and dying on 30 Dec 1871 in Sabine County, Texas.
On the "Kent Family Tree" a public tree on Ancestry.com, he is shown as being born 25 Dec 1804 in Marlboro, to Lewis Conner II and Margaret McLaurin.
In the book, "Glimpses of Newton County History," it was noted that minutes of an early meeting of the county court showed that transportation in the new county was of the highest priority. A Petition for the road leading "from Hadden's Ferry to Zavalla be granted, and that Col. Joseph Thompson, Sr., Sterling McGraw, Joseph B. Colville, Lewis CONNER, and W. H. Mattox be appointed reviewers to review said road the nearest and most practible route by way of John L. Trotti's to Zavalla."
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Census Listings:
1850 Census
Texas, Newton County
Enumerated 21 Oct 1850
54-54
Lewis Conner 46 m Farmer 2000 SC
Joshua Harley 15 M Fl
John Westley 15 M Fl
Elizabeth 11 f Fl
Robert Thomas 9 M Fl
Lawrence Hampton 5 M Miss
55-55
B. and Cynthia Garlington
1860 Census
Texas, Newton County, PO Newton
Enumerated 29 Jun 1860
Page 20
119-119
Lewis Conner 54 M Farmer 3400 4115 SC
Martha A Conner 28 F Miss
Robert Conner 18 M Domestic Fl
Lawrence H Conner 15 M Miss
Christopher C Conner 8 M Tx
James M Conner 7 M Tx
Cicero Conner 5 M Tx
Nelson Conner 3 M Tx
J L Brandon 19 M Hireling Tx
Joseph Way 59 M Hireling Pa
Lewis married Martha Elizabeth Harley before 1832. Martha was born about 1802 in South Carolina; died in Jan 1850 in Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Martha Elizabeth Harley was born about 1802 in South Carolina; died in Jan 1850 in Newton County, Texas. Notes:
On the "Kent Family Tree" a public tree on Ancestry.com, she is shown as a daughter of Joshua HARLEY and Elizabeth Leah JORGER.
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