Jesse James Fondren

1776 - 1830  (54 years)

• Name	Jesse James Fondren
  Born	1776	York, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	1830	Pickens, Alabama
  Person ID	I4047	Yatesville History & Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	John Fondren, Jr.,   b. Abt 1730, Granville, North Carolina ,   d. 1789, York, South Carolina  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Smith Quinn,   b. Abt 1730, Granville, North Carolina ,   d. 1806, York, South Carolina  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Family ID	F2196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sally Sarah Hester,   b. Abt 1779, Georgia ,   d. 1833, Pickens, Alabama  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Children	1. Herod Fondren,   b. 1 Jan 1805, South Carolina ,   d. 22 May 1883, Mississippi  (Age 78 years)   2. Howard Pickney Fondren,   b. 4 Feb 1806, Spartanburg, South Carolina ,   d. 15 Feb 1898, Choctaw, Mississippi  (Age 92 years)   3. Hardy Fondren,   b. 9 Apr 1808, South Carolina ,   d. 25 Aug 1901, Mississippi  (Age 93 years)   4. Hiram William Fondren,   b. Sep 1813, Tennesse ,   d. 21 Dec 1872, Mississippi  (Age ~ 59 years)   5. Hampton Fondren,   b. 1815, York, South Carolina ,   d. 1 Jul 1843, Attala, Mississippi  (Age 28 years)   6. Hester Fondren,   b. 1 Nov 1818, South Carolina ,   d. 10 Sep 1886, Mississippi  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F2195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Fondren and his wife Sarah were in Tennessee, so Richard gave his power of attorney to his brother Jesse. The abstract reads as follows: State of Tennessee, Franklin County. Richard Fondren of State and county aforesaid appoints Jesse Fondren his attorney to demand from the "state" (sic) of Thomas Cole deceased from executors of said estate, all my legacy, dated 18 Oct 1816. Richard Fondren, Wit: William Fondrin Senior, William Fondrin Junior. Proved by the oath of William Fondrin 11 Nov 1816 before J. Camp, J.P. (Deed Book P, page 149, Spartanburg County, SC) The sale of a portion of Thomas Cole's property on the 7th and 8th of February, 1817, shows the amount received to be $740.80 1/4, and included: 1 close brush, 1 cotton wheel, 1 churn, a pair of fire dogs, 100 lbs of bacon, 1 hogs head, 1 old barrel, old pewter, Bible and hymn book, flat iron, old tools, 3 weeding hoes, 4 beds, 2 coffee pots, blankets, quilts and sheets, 2 table cloths, numerous other articles of furniture and household items, numerous farm animals and farm equipment, and 1 negro boy Sam, 1 negro girl Selvy. Other slaves, as well as land, were not sold, but went directly to the heirs. The will states that his "daughter Patsey has received as follows which is to be deducted out of her part one horse twenty five dollars one umbrella seven and a half one trunk seven dollars." This man, Thomas Cole, signed his will with his mark (X), yet he had accumulated all this property, served in the South Carolina Militia "since the fall of Charleston as private and lieutenant in Roebuck's Regiment of Anderson's Return," (for which service he received twenty pounds, two shillings and one penny half penny on August 2, 1786), and raised a large family.