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Lloyds of Camden/Charlton County,Georgia |
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1800-2007
By Julian LaVerne Crews
James Lloyd was in Camden County, now Charlton County, Georgia in the early 1800’s. No record has been found when James came to Georgia. He was born about 1780, probably in Georgia.
In the 1800 and 1810 reconstructed census, James Lloyd was the only Lloyd living in Camden County, Georgia. These census were destroyed but were reconstructed from county records and other public records.
In the earliest record found, James Lloyd was a registrant for the 1805 land lottery from Camden County, Georgia, but drew a blank and did not receive any land. At this time he would have been single because he only received one draw. To be eligible for the 1805 Georgia land lottery, James Lloyd would have been twenty one years of age before April 1803, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state of Georgia for one year.
In the 1820 Georgia census James Lloyd was still the only Lloyd living in Camden County, Georgia.
In the 1821 Georgia land lottery, in Dooley County, Georgia 200.5 acres of land lot number 234 in the 12th district was granted to James Lloyd. The grant, signed by the Governor of Georgia was dated November 29, 1836. This record is located in the Georgia Department of Archives and History, microfilm box 16, page 62, drawer 54.
No marriage record has been found but it is believed that James Lloyd married Susannah (Susan) Wingate of Camden County, Georgia about 1817.
In 1823, Major Archibald Clark deeded 140 acres on Spanish Creek to James Lloyd, where he was living. In 1824 James Lloyd and his agent James Scott, bought 1000 acres (more or less) on the St. Marys River at a sheriff’s sale. This property is located near the Camp Pinckney area.
In 1834, James Lloyd received two land grants of 475 acres each, a total of 950 acres, listed as timberland. During the 1830’s James Lloyd owned a 650 acre tract just west of present Folkston, Georgia with a sawmill and home on it. This area is now know as the Dixie Lake area where Clay Branch crosses West Main Street. James Lloyd died instate. No record has been found when James and Susannah Wingate Lloyd died or place of their burial.
Eramus D. Tracey, Justice of Peace for Camden County in Centreville, was appointed administrator for the estate in June 1838. This property was later sold to Poincey and Clark in 1840.
James and Susannah Lloyd had eight children, living in Camden, now Charlton County, Georgia and Nassau County, Florida, located on both sides of the St. Marys River. The children were Christopher C. Lloyd, Lafayette Lloyd, John Houston McIntosh Lloyd, William (Bill) Lloyd, James Lloyd Jr., John (Bunk) Lloyd, Faith Lloyd and Henry Lloyd. Most of his children remained in the area.
The 1850 census of Nassau County, Florida shows John Houston McIntosh Lloyd, head of household, John (Bunk) Lloyd and James Lloyd Jr. sons of James and Susannah Lloyd, living together in the Kings Ferry area in Nassau County, Florida. John H. M. Lloyd is listed as a ferryman. Rebecca Stokes, whom John H. M. Lloyd later married, is also listed in the same household. Soon after John H. M. Lloyd moved, public records show him living Camden County, Georgia in 1852.
The Lloyds were skilled timber people, effectively using the river as a means of transportation of the logs to the mills. Most of the Lloyds were known to be good fisherman and hunters also.
In February 1854 Charlton County was formed out of Camden County. All of James Lloyd’s property would be in Charlton County, Georgia. John Houston McIntosh Lloyd and Rebecca Anne Stokes married in 1851 or 1952 according the Civil War pension records. John Houston Lloyd served approximately three years as a Confederate soldier in Company E, 4th Regiment Georgia Calvary. John served as a teamster. A CSA marker is located on his grave site in the Traders Hill Cemetery.
In January 1879, John Houston McIntosh Lloyd purchased four log houses, two corn houses, one kitchen, a dwelling house, including 50 acres of land for $150.00 from Elvina Wiggins. He remained in Charlton County, Georgia until his death. John Houston McIntosh Lloyd and his wife Rebecca Anne Stokes Lloyd are buried in the Traders Hill Cemetery, located near the St. Marys River in Charlton County, Georgia.
John Houston McIntosh Lloyd and Rebecca Anne Stokes Lloyd’s children were Alfred (Buddas) Lloyd, Mary Elizabeth (Babe) Lloyd, Salem Lloyd, John Burcham Lloyd, Frances Virginia Lloyd, Lewis (Bunk) Lloyd, Charles Houston Lloyd, Josephine Mittie Lloyd, Louisa Lula (Lola) Lloyd and William Henry Lloyd.
Some of John Houston and Rebecca Stokes Lloyd’s descendents living in the Camp Pinckney area helped organize Camp Pinckney Baptist Church in 1880. Many of their children were charter members of this church and remained members until their death. A daughter Mary, of John Houston and Rebecca, married Rev. Dan Sikes who was pastor of Camp Pinckney for a number of years and some of the Lloyd descendents served as church officials in Camp Pinckney. Other descendents of John Houston and Rebecca who became ministers and pastor of Camp Pinckney Baptist Church were Rev. Charlie Sikes, Rev. McKendree and Rev. Harold Guinn, who is a great great grandson of James Lloyd. Charles Houston Lloyd, son of John Houston and Rebecca served as a deacon in Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
John B. Lloyd son of John Houston and Rebecca Stokes Lloyd was a member of the Folkston Masonic Lodge and a past master of the lodge, also served as county commissioner. John B. was licensed to preach in the Camp Pinckney Baptist Church about 1910.
Children of Charles Houston are Ada Anna Elizabeth Lloyd, Nora Elizabeth Lloyd, Delores Lola Lloyd, Mollie Varden Lloyd, Robert McIntosh Lloyd, Laura Lloyd, Charlie F. Lloyd and James Daniel Lloyd.
Many of James and Susannah Lloyd’s descendents are still in the Charlton County, Georgia and Nassau County, Florida area. Many of them are still in the timber and logging business, others are active in the church and community affairs. Many descendents have moved to more distant locations. They still like to return for reunions and special occasions.
James Lloyd is my GG Grandfather
Researched and Submitted by LaVerne Crews
July 5, 2007
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