Jacob Pyburn first arrived in the Tensaw Settlement, in Spanish West Florida in 1784. By 1787 his widow, Frances Pyburn is shown. Nearly every neighbor, (from land records) of the Pyburn's is among the surnames with family member's massacred at Fort Mim's. Most have Creek connections. I can't prove the family is indeed part Creek, but it is a family rumor that we are indian, and it is undeniable that the family was among the American's who settled along the Tensaw River in Alabama.
Timeline
Number by Jacob indicates generation
Before 1756 Jacob Pyburn born in Colonies
1756 Frances Pyburn, surname unknown, born
1777 Jacob Pyburn (2) born (based on census)
1780 Phoebe Pyburn born (based on census)
1781 Mary Pyburn born (age based on census)
1784 Jacob Porborn appears as a new arrival in Louisianna
1785 January census, Jacob Pyburn and family appear in Tensaw settlement
1786 Jacob Pyburn signs Oath of Allegiance to Spain
1787 Widow Pyburn appears on a census for Tensaw Settlement
1788 Benito Benjamin, Mary and Isabelle (illegitimate) children of Frances Pyburn, American baptized
1789 Frances Paiban appears on the census for Tensaw Settlement
1793-1795 Richard Turvin born
1797 Jacob Pyburn (2), age 20, wife age 18 appear on census for Tombigbee and Tensaw
1797-1800 Jacob Pyburn (3) born in Tensaw Settlement
1798 Michael Milton’s Spanish land grant mention’s land bordering the Widow Pyburn
1804 Benjamin Pyburn testifies in land cases, American State Papers, Volume One
1804 Frances Steele (widow) receives donation right to land near location of Widow Pyburn in 1797
1805 Frances Steele appears on tax list Baldwin County, 648 acres 2nd rate land on Tensaw Lake
1806 Benjamin Pyburn purchases land in Pensacola area, Teresa Collins (eldest child) born
1809 Jacob Pyburn (2) signs petition with residents East of Pearl River.
1810 Fanny Steel appears on census of Baldwin County one male under 21, one male over 21, and one female over 21
1812-1813 Jacob Pyburn (2) witnesses will of Joseph Stiggins and enlists as Mississippi Territory Volunteer
1813 Massacre at Fort Mim’s. Many of Pyburn’s neighbor’s by land testimonies suspected among the dead, some confirmed.
1815 Jacob Pyburn (2) signs petition
1819 Jacob Pyburn (3) and Diadema Stapleton marry in Baldwin County, Al
1820 Spanish census of Florida find Mary Pyburn Collins and Phoebe Pyburn, widow in Pensacola
1820 Jacob Pyburn appears on census for Baldwin, one child, one male, one adult female
1820 A.William Pyburn born
1821 Benjamin Jacob Pyburn born
1820-1830 Not confirmed…Jacob and Diadema receive Spanish land grant in Florida
1828 Captain Jacob Pyburn was commissioned September 15, 1828 in the 46th regiment of the Alabama Militia
1830 Jacob Pyburn Walton County, East of Escambia River in census
1830 Escambia West, find Antonio Collins and family
1837 Jacob Pyburn serves 3 months in Wellborne’s Mounted Volunteer’s
1840 Census Escambia Co. (west of Esc River) find Antonio Collin’s family
1840 Jacob Pyburn listed twice in census, one west and one east of Escambia River, not exact match
1842 Tax list Santa Rosa County, Jacob Pyburn (3) his house is listed as the poll place for his district, also listed are William and Benjamin Pyburn
1845 Tax list Santa Rosa County, Jacob Pyburn (3) his house is listed as the poll place for his district, also listed are William and Benjamin Pyburn
1850 Census Santa Rosa, Benjamin Jacob and family, Archibald (single), Millie Pyburn Nichols, Nicey Pyburn Fleming found, rest of family absent in census, also find Richard Turvin and his wife, Elizabeth (Richard is the same age as Jacob Pyburn (2))
1850 Census Escambia County Antonio and Mary Pyburn Collins
1853 Jacob receives land patent in Coffee County, AL
1853 Florida passes proclamation claiming all Indian’s (full and mixed) unlawful, did appear to allow mixed bloods living among the white’s to remain
1850-1860 Benjamin Jacob and family move to Conecuh
1860 Census Santa Rosa, Diadema and two youngest daughter’s in Richardson household, Elizabeth Pyburn Cobb, Nicey Pyburn Fleming, Millie Pyburn Nichols, A.W. Pyburn found. Last census where Diadema is found
1860 Census Escambia Mary Collin’s found, last census in which she is listed
1860 Census Walton County, Richard Turvin and children found
1860-1866 Turvin family moves to Covington County,
Chapter One
History of Jacob Pyburn, Tensaw Settlement Pioneer
Origin of Surname: British or Saxon.
The PYBURN family traces their ancestral roots back to Anglo Saxon origin, and first appeared in ancient medieval records in Lancashire.
The Pyburn family is distinguished as being in the Alabama and Florida Panhandle the longest of all of our families, although documentation to confirm many of the early family members is difficult to locate if it exists at all.
The earliest documented member of our family is Jacob Pyburn born 1790-1800 in Alabama. He married Diadema Stapleton in Baldwin County, Alabama on October 13, 1819. Although a paper trail cannot be found linking him to the earlier Pyburn’s found in the area, census records indicate that he was in fact born in Alabama, which logically leaves the only assumption that he is related to these earlier settlers. Since the evidence of this theory is the strongest, it will be included here. An important factor that cannot be overlooked is that the rumor of Native American ancestry long held to be a factor in our family history is most likely from this family here.
Jacob Pyburn, born before 1757, most likely in Virginia, died 1786-1787 in the Tensaw Settlement of Alabama.
Prior to 1776 there existed only two lines of Pyburn’s in the United States, one, descendants of John Pyburn who died in Maryland, emigrated to southern Virginia in Lunenberg county, Virginia, and from there to Tennessee and North Carolina. The other, emigrated to NC from Europe, and moved onward to Oregon. It is highly probable we have connections to the Maryland Pyburn’s, as the namesakes of Jacob and Benjamin run strong in all of their family lines, discussion of these families will take place later.
The earliest Pyburn found in the Mississippi territory, which was under the Spanish government was a Jacob Pyburn located in the Tensaw settlement in January of 1785. 1784 records for Louisiana show a Jacob Porborn arriving in 1784. I suspect he emigrated from Lunenberg County, Virginia with his family, but since deeds from that area also include areas of Tennessee, it is unclear where he lived. We know his daughter in 1850 claimed to be born in Virginia.
The Tensaw settlement, just north of Mobile, Alabama, was the largest settlement settled by early American settlers, and it is known that many of these settlers intermarried with their Creek neighbors. The largest settlement, with known neighbors to these Pyburn’s was nearby Fort Mims . On August 13, 1813 a band of hostile Creek Indians massacred 250 to 400 settlers at Fort Mim’s and the surrounding areas. By the time that the military arrived, the bodies of the dead, decomposed and burned, where difficult to identify. For this reason, not all of the names of the victims, estimated at least to have been 247 settlers, where able to be identified.
Jacob Pyburn, born sometime before 1760 was a settler in the Tensaw settlement in 1785, at that time he had a wife, four children, and one female slave. In 1786, he is listed as an American on the census, but nothing further is documented. In 1787, Jacob has died, but his widow, Madame Pyburn, is listed as age 25. Curiously, a misspelling of her name, a Franco Paiban, female, age 33, {probably more accurate}, and is found in 1789. From this we can conclude that Jacob Pyburn and his wife Francis had four children.
The paper trail from 1785 until 1815 is scarce, but from what has been found we can conclude the following:
Jacob Pyburn born before 1760 and died 1786-1787 married a Francis who was born 1756-1765 and died sometime 1810-1815.
A Spanish land grant from 1798 for Michael Milton lists his land as bordering the widow Pyburn on the North, and Reuben Dyer on the south. In 1805 we find Francis, as Fannie Steel, with land in almost the exact same location as the widow Pyburn. The Archdiocese of Mobile has three Pyburn (often documented as Paiban in Spanish records) baptisms in the Tensaw settlement in 1788, they are Benito Benjamin, Mary, and an illegitimate child of Francis Pyburn named Isabelle.
Possibly remarried, Frances Pyburn, known as the widow Pyburn in 1797, may have became Frances Steel, a widow in 1805 with land in Tensaw.
Known Children of Jacob and Francis Pyburn are:
1.
Jacob Pyburn born ca 1777, likely in Virginia, last known documentation of his existence is 1815, may have died in Santa Rosa County, Florida, or Covington County, Alabama.
A Spanish census of 1797 lists a Jacob Pyburn age 20, and his wife, age 18. Also mentioned in the American State papers, is Pyburn Creek as a reference mark, and land bordering the widow Pyburn, which seems to indicate Francis was still alive. I found a petition dated 1809 from the area signed by Jacob Pyburn transcribed online, also in 1812 a Jacob Pyburn signed as a witness to the will of Joseph Stiggins. Also, a Jacob Pyburn was enlisted in the war of 1812 to the Mississippi Territory Volunteers, this regiment consisting of people from the nearby Tensaw and Tombigee settlements. The next documentation is in 1815, a Jacob Pyburn signs another petition from the Tensaw district. As our Jacob was born ca 1797, which would mean he is under 21, it is unlikely that he signed this 1815 petition. Although he is in the area, Jacob never owned land in Baldwin County, so he appears on no tax lists. Most likely he does not appear, because he lived with his mother Frances, also seen as Fanny Steele. Apparently his wife died before 1810, and he had only one child, I believe he is the father of our Jacob, although the father could just as easily have been Benjamin. Possibly he is the second Jacob Pyburn listed in the 1840 census. I have an 1860 land grant for a Jacob Pyburn, in Covington County, but have not found out the type ( Military bounty or grant as a Creek Indian), and it is not included in the land patent database online for the land office. I suspect his wife may have been a part Creek daughter of one of the Tensaw settlers.
2.Benito Benjamin Pyburn, born after 1777, may have been born in Tensaw Settlement. Died before 1820, likely in Escambia County, Florida. . In 1805, a Benjamin Pyburn testifies along with Reuben Dyer in land testimonies. We know he had land in Escambia County per information of other researcher’s, but I have not found out where this land was. Benjamin Pyburn purchased land in the area in 1806. He appears only in the land documents and the testimony he made in 1805. He is not in the Spanish census of 1820 in Florida, so it is likely he died, or emigrated somewhere. No census records have located his whereabouts. He may be the father of Jacob Pyburn, since he named his son Benjamin Jacob. He was baptized in the Tensaw settlement 1789 as Benito Benjamin. I have not ruled out that Benjamin and Jacob are not one son named Benjamin Jacob Pyburn.
3.Mary Pyburn born after 1777, likely in the Tensaw settlement, though in 1850 she claim’s to have been born in Virginia. She along with her brother, Benjamin, and half sister Isabelle were baptized in 1789.
4.Phoebe Pyburn, born ca 1782, died after 1820, likely in Escambia County, Florida. Phebe (also seen as Parobi) Pyburn Turvin {or Tarvin, another prominent mixed Creek family}, who is allotted land through her husbands claim in Florida in 1831. Faibe Paiban is found in 1820 Pensacola Spanish censes, age 38, as a widow, living with Mary Pyburn Collins, age 33.
Child of Frances Pyburn is
•Isabelle, born ca 1787-1788, died unknown. I have not been able to trace her at this time.
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Chapter Two
Children of Jacob and Frances Pyburn.
Mary Pyburn, daughter of Jacob and Frances Pyburn.
Baptized in 1788 in the Tensaw settlement, Mary and her family are found in the Spanish census of 1820 for Pensacola, which lists her surname. From 1830-1860, Mary and her family are found in the census for Pensacola, Florida.
Descendants of Mary Pyburn
Generation No. 1
1. MARY2 PYBURN (JACOB1) was born Abt. 1781 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1860 in Escambia County, FL. She married ANTONIO COLLINS. He was born Abt. 1780, and died Aft. 1860.
Notes for MARY PYBURN:
1821 taxlist Collins are Antonio, Arthur and possibly Fransisco and Thomas {Commyns}
1824 tax list a Fransisco and J F Commyns
1826 Antonio and F. Commyns
1821 census, with husband, names maiden name, Pensacola Florida
Baptised archdiocese of Mobile 1788
She states she is born VA in 1850
More About MARY PYBURN:
Baptism: 1788, Tensaw, Spanish Territory, AL
Notes for ANTONIO COLLINS:
1830 and 1840 Esc (they are 40-50 i 1830 and 50-60 in 1840, large family in 1830, Francisco alone, 40-50 in both)
1850 Mary owns 11 slaves, A. J. (son) 2
son, Charles H. Higley, 17 (?grandson), Henry 4, and Samuel B. 7 also living with them
Francis (Francisco with Mulato's in household) Both Antonio and Francisco born Mississippi
1860 Antonio, Mary, Francis L. Norton 27, Cecilia Norton 44, M. A. Rochelle, 8, W. J. Amos 17, (Mary owns more property)
Children of MARY PYBURN and ANTONIO COLLINS are:
i.TERESA3 COLLINS, b. 1806; d. Bef. 1850.
ii.JAIME COLLINS, b. 1808; d. Bef. 1850.
2.iii.EULALIE COLLINS, b. 1811; d. Aft. 1860.
3.iv.MARY LOUISA COLLINS, b. 1814, Pensacola, Fl; d. Unknown.
v.ANTONIO J. COLLINS, b. 1817; d. Bef. 1860.
Notes for ANTONIO J. COLLINS:
with parents in 1850
4.vi.CECELIA COLLINS, b. 1818; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 2
2. EULALIE3 COLLINS (MARY2 PYBURN, JACOB1) was born 1811, and died Aft. 1860. She married HORACE L. HIGLEY 15 May 1827 in Escambia county, FL. He was born Abt. 1799, and died Unknown.
Notes for HORACE L. HIGLEY:
1850 Mobile, AL, some of children enumerated with Eulalie's parents as well
Children of EULALIE COLLINS and HORACE HIGLEY are:
i.JOHN H.4 HIGLEY, b. 1830, Pensacola, Fl; d. Unknown.
ii.CHARLES H. HIGLEY, b. 1833, Mobile,AL; d. Unknown.
iii.HENRY A. HIGLEY, b. 1839, Florida; d. Unknown.
Notes for HENRY A. HIGLEY:
1860 Sacramento CA
iv.JAMES B. HIGLEY, b. 1843, Mobile,AL; d. Unknown.
Notes for JAMES B. HIGLEY:
1860 Sacramento CA
v.FLORENCE HIGLEY, b. 1851, Mobile,AL; d. Unknown.
3. MARY LOUISA3 COLLINS (MARY2 PYBURN, JACOB1) was born 1814 in Pensacola, Fl, and died Unknown. She married ALEXANDER H. BOWMAN 19 Feb 1835 in Escambia county, FL. He was born Abt. 1810 in Pennsylvannia, and died Unknown.
Notes for MARY LOUISA COLLINS:
1850 in South Carolina, Charleston
Children of MARY COLLINS and ALEXANDER BOWMAN are:
i.MARY ELLEN4 BOWMAN, b. 1843, south carolina; d. Unknown.
ii.EULALIE BOWMAN, b. 1845, Pennsylvannia; d. Unknown.
iii.LOUISA BOWMAN, b. 1847, Pennsylvannia; d. Unknown.
iv.ELIZA CHASE BOWMAN, b. 1849, Pennsylvannia; d. Unknown.
4. CECELIA3 COLLINS (MARY2 PYBURN, JACOB1) was born 1818, and died Unknown. She married (1) UNKNOWN BOWIE Bef. 1849. He was born Abt. 1815, and died Bef. 1849. She married (2) JOHN M. ROCHELLE 25 Jun 1849 in Escambia county, FL. He was born Abt. 1815, and died Unknown. She married (3) FRANCIS L. NORTON Aft. 1853. He was born Abt. 1833, and died Unknown.
Notes for CECELIA COLLINS:
1860 with parents
1870 in Philadelphia, PA
1880 in Mobile
Notes for JOHN M. ROCHELLE:
1850 Virginia, Southampton, Frances Blakely age 8, born alabama in household
Child of CECELIA COLLINS and JOHN ROCHELLE is:
i.M. ANTOINETTE4 ROCHELLE, b. Abt. 1852; d. Unknown.
Notes for M. ANTOINETTE ROCHELLE:
With mother in 1880 Mobile, AL
Child of CECELIA COLLINS and FRANCIS NORTON is:
ii.WILLIE4 NORTON, b. 1867; d. Unknown.
Phoebe Pyburn, daughter of Jacob Pyburn and Frances Pyburn
Listed as Phoebe Paiban, widow, in her sister’s household in 1820, Phoebe disappears except in references to her family in land documents. It is from a letter by a descendant of her son, provided by Judy Malhim, that I have finally been able to trace Phoebe’s descendants.
Descendants of Phoebe Pyburn
Generation No. 1
1. PHOEBE2 PYBURN (JACOB1) was born Abt. 1780, and died Unknown. She married JEPTHA TURVIN Abt. 1793. He was born Abt. 1773, and died Bef. 1820.
Jacob Pyburn, born ca 1777, died Unknown.
Listed in the census of 1797 age 20, with wife age 18, he had no children in the census. He signed a petition in 1809 and 1815 with other residents of the Tensaw area, and enlisted in the Mississippi Volunteers during the war of 1812. Jacob also was a witness to the will of Joseph Stiggins in 1812. He is most likely the father of our Jacob Pyburn, and was possibly named Benjamin Jacob, or Jacob Benjamin Pyburn.
Benjamin Pyburn, born after 1777, died Unknown.
Benjamin testified in 1804 in land testimonies for claims of the Tensaw area. He bought land in 1806 around Pensacola, Florida. Nothing further is known of him. It is possible he and Jacob are one and the same person. He was baptized by the Catholic Church in the Tensaw settlement .
Chapter Three
Jacob Pyburn and Diadema Stapleton
We don’t know where Jacob lived, or whom his father was, though given his location in 1819, it is highly likely he is the son of Jacob, Benjamin, or Benjamin Jacob Pyburn of the Tensaw area. As his father never is listed as a tax holder, it seems most likely he lived with his paternal grandmother Frances Steel, who had a child in her household in 1810 in Baldwin County. Shortly after the massacre at Fort Mim’s, Jacob Pyburn, who is most likely his father, enlisted in the Mississippi Volunteer’s, and is last seen in records in 1815 when he signed a petition with other residents. From 1815 until the census of 1820, there is no indication of where Jacob lived, but on October 13, 1819 he married Diadema Stapleton in Baldwin County, Alabama. Not much is known of Diadema, but she was born in South Carolina. The census of 1820 shows Jacob Pyburn’s household as including himself, his wife Diadema, and one child, most likely their son, A.William Pyburn.
Sometime between 1820 and 1830, Jacob moves his family to Walton County, Florida Territory, in an area that is to become Santa Rosa County, Florida. From cemetery records of his son’s family, it looks like he lived near the state line, in an area that was known as Pine Level. An old cemetery, hidden by the woods, has burial stones for his daughter-in-law Dianna Snowden Pyburn, and his grandchildren. It is unclear if the remote location, or suspicion leads to several residents of this area being absent in one census or the other, but literally all of my families who resided in Santa Rosa, near Century and Pine Level have member’s missing in one census or another between 1850-1880. As Santa Rosa County is also a burned county, records prior to 1869 for marriages and probate, etc, do not exist, making this and other families who resided in the area hard to trace.
An early record for Baldwin county does list Jacob Pyburn for a jury summons, although examination of this record has not been done. The 1830 Census, Walton Co, Fl...p73...one male under 5, 2 males 5-10, one male 30-40 2 females under 5, 2 females 5-10, one female 20-30. Early legislation for Walton County shows Jacob Pyburn as well…
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That David Evans, Isaac M. Hunter, Neil McPherson Esq, Jacob Pyburn, and Richmond McDavid be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to select the most convenient situation in the settlement which shall be elected for the county site in said county, within sixty days after said election, whose decision of location shall be permanent; and so soon as the election of location for county site is made by the commissioners or a majority of them, the said commissioners or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to contract for the erection of a court house in said county: Provided, that the sum for the erection of the same, shall not exceed two hundred dollars.
The 1840 census Escambia County West of River Jacob Pyboum 2 males 10-15 one male 15-20, one male 40-50, 3 females under 5, 2 5-10, 3 10-15, one female 30-40
Another Jacob Pyburn is in Walton County, .he lives next to Aaron Snowden...age 50-60, one male 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 2 females under 5, 3 females 5-10, 2 females 10-15, one female 10-15, and one female 30-40.
Is this the father of Jacob Pyburn? The neighbors are not the same so it isn't a duplicate of the census west of the River.
Santa Rosa voters list of 1842 and 1845 voters show his house was precinct 5, male voter’s include Jacob, and his sons Jacob and William. In 1850 Jacob and the bulk of his family, himself, his wife, his unmarried children, and son A.William, are not listed at all. His sons Benjamin Jacob, and Archibald, are listed. Archibald is single, and his age is significantly younger than William, who is A.W. in 1860.
By 1860, Diadema is listed in the household of a family I cannot trace, with her are her two youngest daughter’s, Terry, and what appears to be Crucked, who is listed as idiotic. Fanny Pyburn, born age 25 in 1870 is living with Nicey, so it is likely Crucked should be Frances, and likely named after her paternal grandmother. The 1867 census for Florida in Santa Rosa County, lists no other Pyburn’s, and I haven’t located the census for Escambia County at his time. Diadema’s age in 1860 is about ten years younger than her age should be, since we know she was the mother of A. William Pyburn in 1820.
Descendants of A.W. and Dianna have often listed the name as Archibald, but given the age in 1860, it is more likely that A.W. is the father. Curiously, Dianna Snowden is the hardest of all the Pyburn’s to trace, her parents were granted a divorce in Alabama, but remained together, and in 1850 Dianna is listed in their household. I am nor clearly sure that the Snowden’s don’t also have connections to the Creeks, as one of their son’s married a Boone, with known Creek connections.
In 1880 I found a Jacob Pybrum born 1851 in Florida, son Archie in Comfort Texas, wife is Lovina C. Wilson, I believe this is the son of A.W. and Dianna Snowden.
My Aunt’s notes had some additional information on a Jacob Pyburn, whether it is our Jacob or his father is unclear. Military records of Alabama show Jacob Pyburn Private in Ledbetter’s company, Wellborn’s Alabama Mounted Volunteer’s for three months in 1837. Also in the same company was Jacob Ryals, quite likely another descendant of the Tensaw settlement, see appendix one. My Aunt has a notation that Archibald Ryals was Pyburn’s son’s friend. A Captain Jacob Pyburn was commissioned September 15, 1828 in the 46th regiment of the Alabama Militia. Archibald Rials married Ms. Elizabeth Green in Baldwin County in 1815. Land Warrant 16667 for Jacob Pyburn issued 7/26/1852 for Sec 21, Twn 5 Range 19, in Land Warrant locations Sparta-Elba book 506. Mary Jane Chitty (Mother of our Mary Jane), was issued 26958, sec 31, twn 2 range 10 9/28/1852.
It is unknown where Jacob and Diadema are buried, I would assume it is in an unmarked grave, as both my Aunt’s have searched most of the cemeteries of the area, and never located their graves.
Children of JACOB PYBURN and DIADEMA STAPLETON are:
2.i.A. WILLIAM4 PYBURN, b. 1820, Alabama; d. Aft. 1860.
ii.UNKNOWN PYBURN, b. Bet. 1820 - 1825, Alabama; d. Unknown.
3.iii.MILLIE* PYBURN, b. 1821, Alabama; d. Aft. 1880.
4.iv.BENJAMIN JACOB PYBURN, b. 09 Oct 1824, Alabama; d. 14 Oct 1899, Jay, FL.
5.v.NICEY PYBURN, b. 1828, Al or fl; d. Aft. 1885.
vi.ARCHIBALD PYBURN, b. 1829, Florida; d. Aft. 1859.
Notes for ARCHIBALD PYBURN:
1850 census living alone Santa Rosa county.
Household 226, page 235
PYBURN, ARCHIBALD
Land Office: ST STEPHENS Sequence #:
Document Number: 12718 Total Acres: 159.75
Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No Issue Date: March 01, 1859
Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No
Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #
1 SE ST STEPHENS No 9N 3W 8
Listed in the Florida Confederate Solders Cavalry 3rd Batallion Co. D & 15th Confederate Cavalry Co. 1., no widow pension ever issued in Florida
More About ARCHIBALD PYBURN:
Census: 1850, Santa Rosa county, FL
6.vii.MARY DIADEMA PYBURN, b. 1833, Florida; d. Aft. 1900.
7.viii.ELIZABETH PYBURN, b. Abt. 1839, Alabama; d. Aft. 1880.
ix.TERRY PYBURN, b. 1839, Florida; d. Aft. 1860.
Notes for TERRY PYBURN:
Found a Terry Smith with son Horace in 1880 with Millie Nichols...in 1900 also find them in escambia
x.FANNY PYBURN, b. 1840, Florida; d. Aft. 1870.
Notes for FANNY PYBURN:
Name unreadable on census of 1860. Note by her name says idiotic, so probalby had no children.
In 1870 Fanny Pieborn, age 25 living with Nicey
Chapter Four
A. William Pyburn
William shows up only twice in records. He is named as a voter in 1842 and 1845 for Santa Rosa County, and then in 1860 in the census he is listed as A.W. Pyburn, I find his family listed in censuses after 1900, but not before, except for his son Jacob who I find in 1880. I suspect he died during the Civil War time frame, but have found no record of service, unlike for his brother’s Archibald and Benjamin. Several of his children died young, as testified by the tombstones of his family. His wife was Dianne or Dianna Snowden, daughter of Thomas and Tabitha Snowden. She is found in the 1850 census for Santa Rosa County as age 17.A.W. was born in 1820, in Baldwin County, Alabama, given the ages of his children, he died sometime between 1865-1870, most likely in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Diana Snowden Pyburn is buried at Coon Hill Cemetery, she is found only in the 1910 census after the 1860 census. From the 1910 census we know only two of her children are still alive, and that she had 8 children all together.
Children of A. PYBURN and DIANNE SNOWDEN are:
2.i.JACOB5 PYBURN, b. 1852, santa Rosa Co. Fl; d. Bef. 1900, Texas.
3.ii.JULIA PYBURN, b. 1856, santa Rosa Co. Fl; d. Unknown, santa Rosa Co. Fl.
iii.P. FLORENCE PYBURN, b. 1859, santa Rosa Co. Fl; d. Abt. 1870, santa Rosa Co. Fl.
More About P. FLORENCE PYBURN:
Burial: Coon Cemetery, Santa Rosa Co.
iv.LIGE PYBURN, b. Aft. 1860, santa Rosa Co. Fl; d. Bef. 1910, santa Rosa Co. Fl.
4.v.BENJAMIN PYBURN, b. Bet. 1860 - 1862, santa Rosa Co. Fl; d. 28 Apr 1928, santa Rosa Co. Fl.
vi.JOHN PYBURN, b. Bet. 1860 - 1870, santa Rosa Co. Fl; d. Bet. 1883 - 1893, santa Rosa Co. Fl.
vii.ELI PYBURN, b. Jan 1865, santa Rosa Co. Fl; d. Bef. 1910, santa Rosa Co. Fl.
Notes for ELI PYBURN:
This Eli died prior to 1910, and is not he Eli married to Julia Maddox
viii.ABBIE PYBURN, b. Bet. 1860 - 1865, santa Rosa Co. Fl; d. Unknown, santa Rosa Co. Fl.
Generation No. 2
2. JACOB5 PYBURN (A. WILLIAM4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 1852 in santa Rosa Co. Fl, and died Bef. 1900 in Texas. He married LOVINA WILSON. She was born 1863, and died Unknown.
Notes for JACOB PYBURN:
Possibly in Texas 1880 Kendall Co. son Archie age one, wife Lovina C. age 17, with her parents Robert Wilson
Child of JACOB PYBURN and LOVINA WILSON is:
i.ARCHIE6 PYBURN, b. 1879, Texas; d. Unknown.
3. JULIA5 PYBURN (A. WILLIAM4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 1856 in santa Rosa Co. Fl, and died Unknown in santa Rosa Co. Fl. She married JOE MILLER 14 Dec 1873 in Santa Rosa, , Florida. He was born Abt. 1850, and died Unknown.
Notes for JULIA PYBURN:
1880 SR
1900 Coon Hill, SR with family
Children of JULIA PYBURN and JOE MILLER are:
i.LAURENCE6 MILLER, b. 1871, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
ii.SABRA MILLER, b. Abt. 1873, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
iii.FLORENCE MILLER, b. Abt. 1879, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
iv.MAY E MILLER, b. 1879, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
v.LUCIAN MILLER, b. 1883, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
vi.CLAUDE MILLER, b. 1886, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
vii.CLIFFORD MILLER, b. 1887, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
viii.BURTON MILLER, b. 1893, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
ix.MAMIE MILLER, b. 1898, Coon Hill, Santa rosa, Fl; d. Unknown.
4. BENJAMIN5 PYBURN (A. WILLIAM4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born Bet. 1860 - 1862 in santa Rosa Co. Fl, and died 28 Apr 1928 in santa Rosa Co. Fl. He married BESSIE ELIZABETH BOONE. She was born Abt. 1874 in Boonville, Ala, and died Aug 1936.
Notes for BENJAMIN PYBURN:
census 1920 Esc Co AL
1885 state escambia co.
BOONE BESSIE, PYBURN BENJAMINE, 14-Apr-1904, Baldwin Co. AL
More About BENJAMIN PYBURN:
Burial: Boonvill Ala
Notes for BESSIE ELIZABETH BOONE:
1930 esc co al, jack springs
More About BESSIE ELIZABETH BOONE:
Burial: Boonville, Alabama
Children of BENJAMIN PYBURN and BESSIE BOONE are:
i.CURTIS6 PYBURN, b. 27 Aug 1905; d. 1970, Stanford, , California; m. ANNIE MAE UNKNOWN; b. Abt. 1914; d. Unknown.
Notes for CURTIS PYBURN:
Enlisted WW 2, 6/18/1941 in Florida
1930 esc co al
More About CURTIS PYBURN:
Burial: 1970, Hayward, , California
5.ii.BERTHA MAE PYBURN, b. 18 Mar 1909, McCullough, Ala; d. 08 Feb 2000, Webster, , Texas.
Generation No. 3
5. BERTHA MAE6 PYBURN (BENJAMIN5, A. WILLIAM4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 18 Mar 1909 in McCullough, Ala, and died 08 Feb 2000 in Webster, , Texas. She married DANIEL C. EDMUNSON. He was born Abt. 1905, and died Unknown.
Notes for BERTHA MAE PYBURN:
Most of her working life was as a waitress. She had a sharp wit and A real "Irish Temper." As a child one thing that impressed me was how strong her hands were. If I wanted an apple she would break it in half with a quick snap. She enjoyed cooking and always prepared more than anyone could eat
More About BERTHA MAE PYBURN:
Burial: 11 Feb 2000, Chapel of the Chimes, Hayward, , California
Notes for DANIEL C. EDMUNSON:
1930 esc co
Child of BERTHA PYBURN and DANIEL EDMUNSON is:
i.Living EDMUNSON, b. Abt. 1928.
Chapter Five
Millie Pyburn
It was by luck that I found Millie Pyburn. A descendant of her sister Elizabeth named a sister Millie, and I stumbled on her presence by accident, naming her daughter Diadema didn’t hurt.
Descendants of Millie Pyburn
Generation No. 1
1. MILLIE4 PYBURN (JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 1821 in Alabama, and died Bet. 1880 - 1885. She married ENOCH NICHOLS. He was born Bet. 1803 - 1808 in south carolina, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Florida.
Notes for MILLIE PYBURN:
In 1880 in Pensacola widowed., also in household is a Terry Smith, with a three year old son named Horace. This Terry is the same age as her sister.
Not on the 1885 census for Florida.
Notes for ENOCH NICHOLS:
1850
1860 Milton...living with him is J. W. Miller...the husband later of Millie's sister Nicey
Children of MILLIE PYBURN and ENOCH NICHOLS are:
2.i.PHOEBE5 NICHOLS, b. 1854; d. Aft. 1910.
ii.DIADEMA NICHOLS, b. 1856; d. Aft. 1880.
Generation No. 2
2. PHOEBE5 NICHOLS (MILLIE4 PYBURN, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 1854, and died Aft. 1910. She married JOHN GARREM EVERETT. He was born Abt. 1850, and died Aft. 1910.
Notes for PHOEBE NICHOLS:
1930 Mildred Westmark 16, Sylvia Westmark 12 grandchildren
Notes for JOHN GARREM EVERETT:
1880 Pensacola
1900 Pensacola
1910 Pensacola
1920 Pensacola
1930 Pensacola
lists state of birth different every census
Children of PHOEBE NICHOLS and JOHN EVERETT are:
i.BESSIE P6 EVERETT, b. Abt. 1880; d. Unknown.
ii.IDELL EVERETT, b. 1881; d. Unknown.
3.iii.GORAM EVERETT, b. 1883, Pensacola, Fl; d. Unknown.
iv.MILLIE EVERETT, b. 1885; d. Unknown.
v.EFFIE EVERETT, b. 1889; d. Unknown.
vi.SUSIE EVERETT, b. 1894; d. Unknown.
Notes for SUSIE EVERETT:
never married, lived with parents thru 1930
Generation No. 3
3. GORAM6 EVERETT (PHOEBE5 NICHOLS, MILLIE4 PYBURN, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 1883 in Pensacola, Fl, and died Unknown. He married HATTIE UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1885, and died Unknown.
Children of GORAM EVERETT and HATTIE UNKNOWN are:
i.FLOSSIE M7 EVERETT, b. Abt. 1910, Pensacola, Fl; d. Unknown.
ii.Living EVERETT, b. 1914, Pensacola, Fl; d. Unknown.
Chapter Six
Benjamin Jacob Pyburn
Benjamin Jacob Pyburn was born in Baldwin County, Alabama, and moved to Santa Rosa County as a child. He married Mary Jane Chitty, of Alabama, and is found in Santa Rosa County in 1850. By 1860 Benjamin and his family are in Conecuh County, Alabama, near Evergreen, where they lived until Benjamin died. The family graveyard still exists, its tombstones, mostly of wood, are in disrepair. Several of Mary Jane’s family is buried there. Whether they were moved, or the family just put up markers, there is also a tombstone for both in Jay, Florida at the Jay cemetery, near their children. Benjamin served in the Civil War for Alabama. Although he lived in the same location for several years, his land grant is not dated until later.
Descendants of Benjamin Jacob Pyburn
Generation No. 1
1. BENJAMIN JACOB4 PYBURN (JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 09 Oct 1824 in Alabama, and died 14 Oct 1899 in Jay, FL. He married MARY JANE CHITTY, daughter of JAMES CHITTY and MARY UNKNOWN. She was born 08 Sep 1833 in Alabama, and died 22 Aug 1900 in Jay, FL.
Notes for BENJAMIN JACOB PYBURN:
Served Civil War, Alabama, co d 4th reserves
1850 census santa rosa, FL p 249 Benjamin Peburn, Mary and Elizabeth. Cannot find all of the sisters, have found both brothers
But ages listed wrong, Ben listed as 26, Mary listed as 18, Elizabeth as one month taken December 1850
1860 census Conechuh, AL p. 969 Benjamin 38, Jane 26, Elizabeth 10, James 5, Diadema 2 John 3 months, June 11, 1860.
1870 census Conecuh AL p. 172 Sepulga Beat 1 Benjamin J. 47, Mary J, 35, Nicey E. 19, James 13, Mary D. 12, Millie F. 4, William E. 2, Archibald 7 months. John must have died, and the ages are off AGAIN!
1880 census Conecuh Al. Benjamin, 56, AL, Mary J. 47, James, 23, William E. 13, Archibald, 10, Lallie 7,
Terry, age, 5
Elizabeth must be married by 1880 or dead. Have not found as of yet.
Emily age 14 household above, married to Stephen W. Gibbs, Aug 17, 1879 Conecuh Alabama per LDS site. Believe this is Millie, same age.
Mary D. found married.
Notes for MARY JANE CHITTY:
1900 census, Santa Rosa county p. 149, in Lallie's household. Neighbors to Elizabeth, and McCurdy's, family of Joseph McCurdy
Mary Jane Chitty's cousin, and brother in law, Daniel Brown is a neighbor in 1860.
Children of BENJAMIN PYBURN and MARY CHITTY are:
i.NICEY ELIZABETH5 PYBURN, b. 1850, Florida; d. Unknown.
Notes for NICEY ELIZABETH PYBURN:
Killed by a horse.
Nicey E. in the 1870 census. Santa Rosa County census, 1900,
She is out of the house by 1880
ii.JAMES PYBURN, b. 1855, Alabama; d. Aft. 1870, Mississippi.
Notes for JAMES PYBURN:
Killed over land.
2.iii.MARY DIADEMA PYBURN, b. Apr 1858, Alabama; d. 06 Mar 1934.
iv.JOHN PYBURN, b. Mar 1860, Alabama; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870.
3.v.MILLIE F. PYBURN, b. 1866; d. 1899.
4.vi.WILIAM ELI PYBURN, b. 1868, Alabama; d. Aft. 1900.
5.vii.ARCHIE BALD PYBURN, b. 16 Jan 1871, Santa Rosa CO, FL; d. 19 Jul 1933, Jay, FL.
6.viii.LALLIE PYBURN, b. 1873, Alabama; d. 1909, santa Rosa Co. Fl.
7.ix.TERRY M. PYBURN, b. Dec 1874; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 2
2. MARY DIADEMA5 PYBURN (BENJAMIN JACOB4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born Apr 1858 in Alabama, and died 06 Mar 1934. She married THOMAS G. CANNON 08 May 1879 in Conecuh Co, Alabama. He was born 24 Oct 1856 in Mississippi, and died 27 Apr 1918 in Santa Rosa Co, Fla.
Notes for THOMAS G. CANNON:
Store owner in Jay, Florida.
1900 Census, niece Lizzie Gibbs born 1885 in household, Santa Rosa, FL
Children of MARY PYBURN and THOMAS CANNON are:
8.i.ANNA JANE6 CANNON, b. 17 Oct 1880, Alabama; d. 12 Nov 1915, Jay, Florida.
9.ii.DOCK JOHN CANNON, b. 1889; d. Unknown.
3. MILLIE F.5 PYBURN (BENJAMIN JACOB4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 1866, and died 1899. She married JOHN BENJAMIN BARNES Abt. 1890, son of UNKNOWN BARNES and TABATHA INGRAHAM. He was born Abt. 1872, and died 1937 in Escambia Co., AL.
Notes for MILLIE F. PYBURN:
Hollywood Cemetery, Escambia county, Al
BARNES, Minnie N. 1883 - 1931
BARNES, Millie Pyburn 1869 - 1899
BARNES, John B. 1864 - 1937
BARNES, MAry A. 1880 - 1962
Notes for JOHN BENJAMIN BARNES:
Elizabeth is listed in 1870 census as Nicey E. age 19 in the household of her father. My Aunt's have her married to John Barnes, with the children listed, and nickname of "Millie", however, Elizabeth also had a sister named Millie, who married John Benjamin Barnes. A Barnes was married to Elizabeth, found in the 1900, Millie married John B. Barnes, and died 1899. Ancestry.com gene pool lists two children by John Benjamin Barnes, by Millie. Another gedcom lists these as the children of Mary A. Barnes, another wife of John Barnes. I believe Mary was his third wife, after the death of Minnie..
Came across a gedcom, that has his mother as an Ingram, and his grandmother as a Chitty. Still need to confirm that. (His first wife, Millie Pyburn was the daughter of a Chitty, they are from Covington, anc Conecuh County, Alabama)
1900 Census Santa Rosa Co. FL, living with his in laws {Minnie wife}, next door to the Cannon's
1885 living with Thomas Sunday and his mother, sr co
1880 listed as an orphan???
1910 Pollard, ESC Co.
1920 Can't find
1930 Pollard Esc co
Children of MILLIE PYBURN and JOHN BARNES are:
i.ESSIE LORRAINE6 BARNES, b. 10 Apr 1892, Santa Rosa Co. FL; d. Unknown; m. UNKNOWN THAMES; b. Abt. 1890; d. Unknown.
ii.JOHN BENJAMIN BARNES, JR., b. 02 Feb 1897, Santa Rosa Co. FL; d. 30 Mar 1974, Pensacola, FL, Escambia Co.; m. EDNA J. JOHNSON; b. Abt. 1897; d. Unknown.
iii.IDELL PHOEBE BARNES, b. Jun 1894; d. Unknown.
4. WILIAM ELI5 PYBURN (BENJAMIN JACOB4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 1868 in Alabama, and died Aft. 1900. He married JULIA MADDOX Abt. 1892. She was born May 1876, and died Unknown.
Notes for WILIAM ELI PYBURN:
Killed by train in Flomaton, AL.
1900 census, AL, Escambia co. p 225a, as Eli.
1910 census
Children of WILIAM PYBURN and JULIA MADDOX are:
i.CARLY6 PYBURN, b. 1893; d. Unknown.
10.ii.RALPH PYBURN, b. 19 Aug 1894; d. Unknown.
iii.LIZZIE PYBURN, b. 1897; d. Unknown.
iv.EMMA D. H. PYBURN, b. 1899; d. Unknown.
v.RILLA PYBURN, b. 1901.
vi.KERMIT PYBURN, b. 1903.
vii.WILLIAMT. PYBURN, b. 1906; d. Feb 1963, Santa Rosa Co..
5. ARCHIE BALD5 PYBURN (BENJAMIN JACOB4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JACOB1) was born 16 Jan 1871 in Santa Rosa CO, FL, and died 19 Jul 1933 in Jay, FL. He married (1) PLINA PAULINE MCCURDY 04 Feb 1894 in Santa Rosa County, FL, daughter of WILLIAM MCCURDY and AMANDA BECK. She was born 06 Feb 1878 in Jay, FL, and died 19 May 1940 in Slidell, LA. He married (2) ELLA FAIR POLK 25 Jun 1918. She was born 14 Feb 1876 in florida, and died 26 Oct 1923. He married (3) HATTIE VIOLA CAMPBELL Abt. 1923, daughter of EDWARD CAMPBELL and HARRIET HARDY. She was born 1891, and died 1947.
Notes for ARCHIE BALD PYBURN:
census 1920 Santa Rosa County Fl
Census 1930 Washington co. AL
1910 Pine Level
Notes for PLINA PAULINE MCCURDY:
1910 found in Pearl River MS with husband, can't find her in 1920
Notes for HATTIE VIOLA CAMPBELL:
