MADISON COUNTY, GEORGIA BRUCE FAMILY DISCUSSION |
This document provides a summary of selected Bruce Family Members. The purpose of this file is to (1) summarize family groups when possible; (2) provide insight to help distinguish between family members with the same given name appearing at about the same time as each other; (3) pull together records of family groups that cross county lines; (4) point out where certain family members that changed counties came from or went to; and (5) draw some conclusions, both obvious and non-obvious based upon factual evidence. Speculation and theories will be kept to a minimum to avoid turning today’s speculation into tomorrow’s fact. Should you have comments to add, please submit them to davidhr@hushmail.com. The letters and numbers code after a name is the www.familysearch.org Family Tree ID Number. |
Walter H. Bruce - LHPM-2DT Introduction. In approximately 1962, at age 14, I first became interested in my family roots. My great grandmother Adora Ellis Bruce Crisler, a great granddaughter of Walter H. Bruce gave me quite a bit of information. She was born 7 September 1875 and died 8 June 1965. Her memory and mental faculties were excellent until the day she died. I wrote the information she gave me on index cards. I never saw any source materials she had nor inquired about the sources of her information. After she and my grandmother passed away, I found some hand written notes and charts in her papers that apparently were her only records. The information she had on the Bruce line started with Walter H. Bruce and his Wife Mary David. She had both of their birth dates and the names of their fathers only — Thomas H. Bruce and Peter David. I started seriously researching my ancestry in 1975. None of my research has conflicted with the information she gave me. Much of her information has been confirmed by my research. I have come to accept her information as gospel. Walter H. Bruce left very little in the way of records. His family group has been put together using circumstantial evidence coupled with a few tidbits of more substantial evidence. One thing that has been helpful is the fact that his was the only Bruce Family in Madison County, GA while his family grew up there. Based upon a slim thread of yDNA evidence, I am of the belief he was b. in Culpeper Co., VA and was the son of Thomas H. Bruce who settled in Greenville Dt., SC. |
Walter H. Bruce, b. 30 Aug 1798, Culpeper Co., VA; d. abt. 1845 Madison Co., GA; m. 22 Sep 1822, Elbert Co., GA to Mary (Polly) David, b. 10 Sep 1801, Elbert Co., GA; d. abt. 1885, Madison Co., GA He was the son of Thomas H. Bruce; and she was the dau. of Peter David and his second wife Elizabeth Hale. |
Children: • William J. Bruce, b. abt. 1823, d. 3 Feb 1856, Madison Co., GA; m. 3 Feb 1856, Madison Co., GA to Frances E. Graham • John M. Bruce, b. abt. 1824, d. abt. 1880, Madison Co., GA; m. 2 Jan 1853, Madison Co., GA to Barbara Anthony • James Henry Bruce, Sr. b. 19 Jul 1826, d. 28 Nov 1864, buried Madison Co., GA; m. 23 Dec 1847, Madison Co., GA to Mary E. King. She was the dau. of John B. King and Mary W. Hall. • Thomas Peter Bruce, b. 12 Oct 1826, d. 11 Sep 1896, Madison Co., GA; m. 30 Aug 1855, Madison Co., GA to • Sarah Simmons, b. 9 Nov 1832, d. 15 Mar 1918, Madison Co., GA • Seala (Celia) Bruce, b. 3 Sep 1829, d. 17 Oct 1900, Madison Co., GA; m. 20 Sep 1857, Madison Co., GA to Matthew S. Freeman b. 5 Apr 1812, d. 17 Jun 1886, Madison Co., GA • Mary Bruce, b. abt. 1832, Madison Co., GA • Sarah Bruce, b. abt. 1832, Madison Co., GA, m. 25 Feb 1864, Madison Co., GA to William G. Tucker • [Francis] Lucinda Bruce, b. abt. 1836, Madison Co., GA, m. 19 Aug 1855, Madison Co., GA to Solomon W. Brown |
Note: Walter had four sons and one daughter b. by the 1830 Census. The above names are consistent with the 1830 Census. He is missing in 1840. His widow appears in the 1850 Census with her eldest William and her three youngest daughters. |
James Henry Bruce, Sr. - LHPM-2HN James Henry Bruce, Bruceb. 19 Jul 1826, d. d. 28 Nov 1864 (buried in Madison Co., GA) m.Bruce 23 Dec 1847, Madison Co., GA to BruceMary King, b. Bruce26 Aug 1828, Madison Co., GA Bruce, d. 14 Feb 1907, Madison Co., GA. She m. a second time later in life to William H. Queen. Mary was the son on John B. King and Mary W. Hall. Neither James, nor Mary left an estate. Their children are proven by the 1850-1880 Census records which are quite consistent. |
James Henry Bruce, Jr. - L44M-33N James Henry Bruce, Bruce, b. 22 Sep 1848, Madison Co., GA Bruce, d. 25 Nov 1936, Madison Co., GA Bruce, m. 1 Dec 1870, Madison Co., GA to Perlina Keziah Vaughan, b. 14 Jun 1849, d. 14 Dec 1914. He m. a second time 3 Dec 1931 to Jenna Cornelia Fortson; and a third time to Angeline Ford. She was related to his first wife and he liked to refer to her as Cousin Angie. She was the dau. of William Vaughan and Keziah David. Neither James nor Perlina Keziah left an estate, but some proof of relationships can be found in deed records. All of their children can be found in either the 1880 or 1900 census. I knew two of her children quite well and knew a lot about all of the rest from family stories. |
Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com |