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James Spencer “Jim” Hesterley

Birth: 28 Feb 1828
Hall County, Georgia, USA
Death: 17 Mar 1898 (aged 70)
Draketown, Haralson County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Draketown Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Draketown, Haralson County, Georgia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 33.8272028, Longitude: -85.0411833
Plot: Section 7 - 14
Memorial ID: 113798173 View Source

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Mahala "Mahaley" Rice Hesterley

1832–1923 (m. 1849)

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Susan Elizabeth Hesterley Hutcheson

1851–1899
William Thomas Hesterly

1853–1923
James Madison Hesterley

1853–1940
Eliza Jane Hesterley Whitton

1857–1945
Mahala Catherine Hesterley Walker

1862–1919
Mary Elizabeth "Lula" Hesterley Moore

1864–1947
Alice Mahalia Hesterly Michael

1866–1920
Richard Wyley Joseph "Joe" Hesterley

1868–1952
John R "Johnnie" Hesterley

1870–1920
Charley Elisha Hesterley

1872–1941
Georgia Hesterley

1875–1896

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James Spencer 'Jim' Hesterley

James Spencer Hesterly was born on February 28, 1828 in Hall County, Georgia and died March 27, 1898 in Draketown, Haralson County, Georgia; he is buried in the Draketown Cemetery. He married on October 29, 1849 in Carroll County to Mahala Rice who was born on August 15, 1831 in DeKalb County; she died in Haralson County on October 20, 1923. They had seven children. In 1860 James was a carpenter; in 1880 he was a farmer who lived north of Draketown on Allgood Church Road which forks off Green Mud Road. Courtesy Jeanette Hutcheson Graham.

MARRIAGE
James S. Hesterly
Georgia, County Marriages
Name James S. Hesterly
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 29 Oct 1849
Event Place , Carroll, Georgia, United States
Spouse's Name Mahala Rice

Mahaley was born on August 15 1831, in Sweetwater Creek, De Kalb, Georgia.
They had 12 children: Charley Elisha Hesterley, Mahaley Catherine Walker (born Hestley) and 10 other children.

James Spencer Hestley was born on February 14 1828, in Georgia

James married Mahaley Rice in Carroll, Georgia.
They had 11 children: Charley Elisha Hesterley, M. Catherine Hestley, E. Mary Hestley, M. Alice Hestley, R. Joseph Hestley, John R. Hestley, Georgia Lucinda Hestley, Susanna Elizabeth Hesterley, James Madison Hesterley, Elizabeth Jane Hesterley and Frances Jimmie Hesterley.
James passed away on March 17 1898, at age 70.

children:
Susanna Elizabeth /HESTERLEY/,
James Madison /HESTERLEY/,
William T. /HESTERLY/,
Eliza Jane /HESTERLEY/,
Francis Jimmie /HESTERLEY/,
Mahalia Catherine /HESTERLY/,
Lula Mary E. /HESTERLY/,
Alice Mahallia /HESTERLY/,
Joseph R. /HESTERLY/,
Johnnie R. /HESTERLY/,
Charlie B. /HESTERLEY/,
Georgia Lucinda /HESTERLEY/

1860
Atlanla City 1st Ward, Fulton, Georgia, United States
J S Hestalo M 30 Ga
Mahaly Hestalo F 28 Ga
Susanah Hestalo F 8 Ga
James M Hestalo M 6 Ga
William T Hestalo M 4 Ga
Louisa J Hestalo F 2 Ga
Infant Hestalo F 0 Ga
Elizabeth Rice F 57 Ga

1870 - Militia District 1077, Haralson, Georgia, USA

1880
Waldroop, Haralson, Georgia, United States
S James Hestley 50

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James Spencer 'Jim' Hesterley
Birth
14 February 1828
Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA

Death
17 March 1898
Draketown, Haralson, Georgia, USA

Burial
Haralson County, Georgia, USA
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James Spencer Hestley
United States Mexican War Pension Index
Name James S Hestley
Event Type Pension
Event Date 1908
Event Place Georgia
Relative's Name Mahala Hestley
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MARRIAGE
James S. Hesterly
Georgia, County Marriages
Name James S. Hesterly
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 29 Oct 1849
Event Place , Carroll, Georgia, United States
Spouse's Name Mahala Rice
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1860
Atlanla City 1st Ward, Fulton, Georgia, United States
J S Hestalo M 30 Ga
Mahaly Hestalo F 28 Ga
Susanah Hestalo F 8 Ga
James M Hestalo M 6 Ga
William T Hestalo M 4 Ga
Louisa J Hestalo F 2 Ga
Infant Hestalo F 0 Ga
Elizabeth Rice F 57 Ga
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1880
Waldroop, Haralson, Georgia, United States
James S Hestley Self M 50 Georgia
Mahalia Hestley Female 45
Catharine M Hestley Female 18 Single
Mary E Hestley Female 16 Single
Alice M Hestley Female 14 Single
Joseph R Hestley Male 12 Single
John R Hestley Male 10 Single
Charley Hestley Male 8 Single
Georgia Hestley Female 6 Single
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Children:
Susanna Elizabeth Hesterley
James Madison Hesterley
William T. /HESTERLY/
Elizabeth Jane Hesterley
Frances Jimmie Hesterley
Mahalia Catherine Hestley
Mary Elizabeth Lula Hestley
Alice Mahalia Hestley
Joseph R. Hestley
John R. Hestley
Charley Elisha B? Hesterley
Georgia Lucinda Hestley
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FATHER
James H Hestley/Hesterly
1804 SC – March 27, 1855 GA
MOTHER
Jane Serratt 1805 NC - June 3, 1891 GA
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Some SIBLINGS
Richard Y. Hestley, Susan Hestley, Eleanor Hestley, Elisha Hestley,
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SISTER
Lucinda Hestley/Hesterly
BIRTH JUN 1835 • Georgia
Death
Spouse
Jacob Carter # 113865260
1831–1907

BROTHER
Francis Marion /Hestley/ # 66626125

BROTHER
William Madison /Hestley/ # 66626125

BROTHER
Thomas Bearden /Hestley/
Birth 12 June 1841
Sand Mountain, AL
Death November 1907

BROTHER
Jonathan James /Hestley/
Birth
12 February 1847 Alabama
Death 1862

SISTER
Denecy Jane 'Nicey Nicie' /Hestley/ # 170770048
SPOUSE
Jackson Andrew /Turbeyfield/
Samuel /Summers/

SISTER
Rachel Amanda /Hestley/
Birth 2 January 1851 Campbell Co., Georgia
Death September 1891

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