tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698117961645649018.post7153666454884761478..comments2024-03-25T19:40:23.904-04:00Comments on Mile Markers: Hettie Floyd 130 years old!Davy, Kelly and Odie Boggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08180382393842926953noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698117961645649018.post-65582486630959949452014-04-14T15:44:43.527-04:002014-04-14T15:44:43.527-04:00Like Amanda Hettie was my 3rd great grandmother an...Like Amanda Hettie was my 3rd great grandmother and as she says most of the family did not read or write but my grandmother who was Calvin granddaughter Hettie youngest always said she was 110 and most of Calvin children lived to be quite old my great father lived into his 90's it was always unclear as to if it was 95 or 98 and one of his sister lived to be 110 just thought I would share that info on herAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698117961645649018.post-89275304435154329732013-02-01T17:26:59.035-05:002013-02-01T17:26:59.035-05:00Wow! Hettie Mooney Floyd is actually my 4th great...Wow! Hettie Mooney Floyd is actually my 4th great-grandmother. I found this headstone a few months ago at the beginning of my family history research. Like you, it intreaged me. However after some research and talking with family it does seem that the headstone cannot be accurate. It is inconsistant with the births of her children for one. My 3rd Great grand father was Calvin Floyd, Hettie and Wiley's 7th and final child. He was born in 1842. In my research I am finding that the alternate birth year for Hettie to be somewhere around 1800. The census for 1850 showed her as being 38. I am finding that more accurate. If born in 1800, She would have been 42 when she gave birth to her youngest child. Much more believeable then being in your 70s!<br />But once I came to this conculusion, I began to ask why does this gravestone have inaccurate information? Ive since learned that the vast majority of My family (grandparents and before) were unable to read and write and more had little to no education. Because of this, many (like my great grandparents) did not know their birth year or exact age. So maybe it was a situation like that? I guess we will never really know until we can ask The Lord when we get there! <br />Also, Polly Ann was the oldest of the 7 children born to Hettie and Wiley. She had a son W.J. "Bill" Floyd born in 1859. Bill had a son who became a church of God minister. <br />So cool to see my ancestor's headstone on your page!<br /><br />Amanda Anderson<br />4th great grand daughter of Hettie FloydAmanda Loohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15595098222663738386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698117961645649018.post-1223979148450686132010-12-31T00:23:02.040-05:002010-12-31T00:23:02.040-05:00Hey that's neat! Thanks for "digging"...Hey that's neat! Thanks for "digging" up that information. Maybe I'm not understanding but I don't see the contradiction. If Hettie married Wiley Floyd in 1829 and they are listed with a large family in 1830 then it must have been a second marriage for one or both of them. <br />The other Floyd grave, Pollie Anne says Mother of W. J. Floyd 1843-1903. Anyway it sure is interesting. Thanks again for the information. <br /><br />DavyDavy, Kelly and Odie Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180382393842926953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698117961645649018.post-78495305563742791922010-12-30T21:17:30.806-05:002010-12-30T21:17:30.806-05:00Hi Davy and Tommy!
I found a little that may be co...Hi Davy and Tommy!<br />I found a little that may be contradictory, and sorry to be so...Perhaps THIS Wiley was a son of Wiley rather than Bart. She would have been 42? It seems unlikely her son or grandson would marry a woman with an identical name but who am I to say? We hail from ole Caintuck!<br />Steve<br /><br />http://www.migrations.org/individual.php3?record=15538<br /><br />Additional Notes <br />Wiley Floyd is thought to be the son of Bartholomew Floyd who was in the 1800 Brunswick County census and then in the 1810 and 1820 Columbus County and was last found in the 1830 Montgomery County, Al. census. Wiley married Hettie Mooney in Montgomery County, Al. in 1829 and is shown with her and a large family of children in Montgomery County in 1830; Covington County, 1840; Pike County in 1850. Hettie and the children are in Coffee County in 1860 and Hettie remained there until her death in 1900. In the 1850 census, Wiley is shown as a blacksmith. It is thought that Bartholomew possibly went to Arkansas with another son.Boggsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05486157273162590776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698117961645649018.post-68952173078639037212010-12-30T12:35:37.115-05:002010-12-30T12:35:37.115-05:00Thanks. If I have a chance later I will look at ot...Thanks. If I have a chance later I will look at other gravestones close to hers. She may have some family members buried here too. I will let you know what I find. <br /><br />DavyDavy, Kelly and Odie Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180382393842926953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698117961645649018.post-39059869666883774512010-12-30T11:28:22.747-05:002010-12-30T11:28:22.747-05:00Very kewl...I love it! Awesome research. Makes m...Very kewl...I love it! Awesome research. Makes me want to go to Alabama and do even more research. Since I can't do that and you're already there, you'll have to do it for me. We all want to know more about Hettie Floyd...please feed us.TKBoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285673954953228623noreply@blogger.com