WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens County South Carolina

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1 UPDATED DECEMBER 10, 2013 WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens County South Carolina He is the eldest son of James and Joice Putman. William Putman was born in Virginia on April 10, This is according to his tombstone in the Warrior Creek Cemetery. His full name may have been William Abner Putman. He bought some land under the name William A. Putman. He married Mary Mitchell, daughter of Nimrod Mitchell and Mary Elizabeth Penn, in Union County South Carolina probably in the mid 1790s. William died in Laurens County South Carolina on May 10, 1816 according to one source and on May 30, 1816 according to his tombstone. This tombstone was not an original one. I believe Corrine Putman Meheringer put them up, so I just am not certain. His will was probated on June 4, 1816 and is in Box 60, Package 3. Mary died in Laurens County sometime after 1842 according to one source and on September 12, 1838 according to the tombstone supposedly marking her grave. She was alive in Laurens County in the 1840 census, so was alive that long. At any rate, they are both buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery, Laurens County. They had thirteen children: Sarah Putman She was born about 1793 and remained single. She died in Laurens County in Mitchell Putman Mitchell was born on February 18, 1794 in Laurens County. He married Sarah Elizabeth Dollar there in He eventually moved to Texas after a stop in Benton County Alabama. Elizabeth died and he married Rebecca Hall who died in He later married Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd and finally Mrs. Laney Carpenter. Complete details on this family will be found in the TEXAS PUTMANS section. Children were: SARAH ELIZABETH PUTMAN born May 25, She married George D. Mitchell. WILLIAM PUTMAN born in 1817 and married Adeline Gipson. MARY JANE PUTMAN born August 2, She married G. S. May. JAMES H. PUTMAN born in 1830 and married Maria Nash.

2 RHODA PUTMAN born 1834 and taken by Indians. LUCY (JUDA) PUTMAN born 1836 and taken by Indians. HENRY PUTMAN born in 1844 and died in the 1860s, possibly in the Civil War. Reuben Putman Reuben was born in He married Mary Putman, a cousin and a daughter of William Putman and Dulcybella Watkins. They were in Laurens County in 1830 and then moved to Texas in the early 1837 and he died about 1839 in Washington County Texas. Mary was widowed there in the 1846 and 1850 census and died sometime in the 1860s while in Gonzales County Texas. Much more on this family is in the section on TEXAS PUTMANS. Their children were: PERMILIA PUTMAN was born on March 2, She married Redick P. Odom on August 4, 1842 in Washington Co, Texas. They lived in Montague County Texas. Redick died there and Permilia died in Oklahoma. Their children were: Lavinia Odom Mary Elizabeth Odom Sarah Odom WILLIAM PUTMAN was born in He never married. SANFORD VANDEVER PUTMAN was born in He married Martha Ann Mitchell in Gonzales County Texas on November 4, JOHN PUTMAN was born in about He married Sarah Jane McCausland in Gonzales County Texas. ELIZABETH PUTMAN was born in about She married M. F. Hayes on June 3, 1856 in Washington County Texas. Anne Putman Anne was born in She went with others in the family to Choctaw County Mississippi. She married John Knight. I am not certain if the marriage took place in South Carolina or in Mississippi. Abner Putman He was born May 8, 1798, married Haney Amanda Ashley on June 1, Haney was a daughter of John Ashley and Elizabeth Garrett. She was born June 12, He died in Laurens

3 County on July 4, His will was probated in July 1878 and is found in Box 186, Package 8. Haney died earlier on December 1, Both are buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County. Their children were: MARTHA ARMINTA PUTMAN born in 1819 and married Samuel Benjamin Templeton on May 3, They moved to Pope County Arkansas in the later 1860s and had: Mary Texanna Templeton born in about 1854 in Laurens County and died in 1893 in Pope County Arkansas. She married David Newton Craig in He was born in Pope County November 8, 1848 and died in Rocky Springs, Pope County on December 1, See Robert Henry Templeton born November 29, 1856 in Laurens County and died February 3, 1938 in Polk County Arkansas. He married Rosetta A. Rankin in Pope County Arkansas September 22, She was born in Arkansas March 11, 1857 and died there February 28, He then married a gal named Tennessee in The children were Isabelle Elizabeth Caroline Templeton born about 1858 in Laurens County and died in Gregory, Conway County Arkansas in She married Thomas Jefferson McReynolds in Pope County Arkansas February 22, Thomas was born in Tennessee December 12, 1845 and died in Hattieville, Conway County Arkansas October 20, They had three sons all born in Conway County: Samuel E. McReynolds born December 19, 1891 and died in Conway County October 1, Walter Emmett McReynolds born December 20, 1893 and died in Oakland, California August 14, His wife was named Winifred C. Terry McReynolds born February 1, 1898 and died in North Little Rock, Arkansas in February He married Winifred Stringfellow who was born in Searcy, Arkansas September 21, William Lee Templeton born in about 1868 and died March 17, 1938 in Ardmore, Carter County Oklahoma. He married Maggie Edosia Cornall on July 31, 1887 in Sebastian County Arkansas. She was born in Arkansas in 1866 and died in 1903 in Sebastian County Arkansas. William Lee then married Alice D. Haggard in Alice was born in Georgia October 17, 1883 and died in San Diego, California May 18, The children were Liney R. Templeton born in Arkansas about SIMEON WILLIAM PUTMAN born December 12, 1820 and married Catherine Owings on January 4, He died on May 20, Catherine was born June 1, 1825 and she died January 22, Catherine was a daughter of John Owings and Nancy Dorrah. Their children were: John Abner Putman born April 18, He served in the CSA, enlisting in Company E of the SC Infantry on August 18, 1863 at the Orange Court House. He was in a CSA hospital in April of 1864 with rubella. He finished the War with Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. He married Elizabeth Jane Cheek. She was born in Laurens County February 4, In 1880 he and Eliza Jane and four children are in Laurens County. They are there in 1900 through 1920 when he is 74 and Eliza 75. He is widowed here in According to his obituary, he died after a long illness on February 26, Eliza had died earlier May 25, Based on census records and the obituary, the children were:

4 Mary Jane Putman born in August 1872 and died at age 98 in Hamilton, Ohio March 14, She married Osmond G. Hicks in He was born in May 1866 in Laurens County and died in Hamilton, Butler County Ohio April 2, They were in Laurens County in 1900 and 1910 and in Ohio after that. This was his second marriage. Children were: Lula Hicks born in March 1895 in the first marriage. Stewart Hicks born in May Gladice Hicks born in George C. Hicks born in 1901 and died in Hamilton, Ohio August 30, He married Clarissa Higgins Ledbetter. Avis Hicks born about Carol Hicks born about James W. Hicks born about 1907 and died August 2, 1970 in Franklin, Ohio. Lawrence Austin Putman born December 15, He married Maggie S. Thomason June 30, She was born October 18, 1877 and died in Greenville County December 10, He died there August 22, They are in Greenville County through Children till then were: Ellen Cora Putman born in November 1897 and died March 21, She married John Quincy Adams. Lewis Bernard Putman born February 6, 1900 and died January 11, He married Irene Chandler in Greenville County on November 5, She was born in Greenville April 6, 1904 and died there July 30, In 1940 they had these kids: Roy 15 SC, Sara 13 SC, Ellen or Eloise 12 SC, Vera 6 SC and Harold 1 SC. George L. Putman born September 22, 1902 and died September 4, He married Fannie Mae Abercrombie. They had children Dorothy, Virginia, Carl and Jane as of Alphus James Putman born April 7, 1905 and died December 22, He married Lillian Armstrong in Greenville County on May 22, They had one daughter, Mary Catherine born in Lillian was born in Greenville, Spartanburg County September 1, 1904 and will die November 13, He was in Fairview, Greenville County up until 1935 and 1940 when they were in Walnut Grove, Greenwood County. William Anderson Putman born October 25, 1908 and died April 19, He married Hester Simms November 24, They lived in Simpsonville, Greenville County. They had two children, Joyce and Linda. John Gideon Putman born February 6, He married Mary Lucille Babb July 4, They had five children, Claribel Babb, Barbara Grace, Jonnie Elizabeth, James Gideon jr. and Betty Faye. John was alive as of Cora Putman born February 26, 1876 and died August 4, In the obit, she listed Mrs. Cora Ball. She was back home widowed in Eliza Ann 'Liddie' Putman born in In the obit she is listed Mrs. Lidie or Lidia Thomason. John Calvin Putnam born September 5, 1881 and died June 10, His wife was Eva Maude Thomason. Eva was born March 26, 1884 and died February 21, By 1930 he has a new young wife named Janette. She was born September 12, 1899 and died December 3, They were in Laurens County through the 1900 census, and then Greenville County in 1910 and back in Laurens in 1920 through He had these children. Eula Putnam born and died in Floyd Morris Putnam born January 7, He married Ruth Thomason. Marie M. Putnam born September 3, 1908 and died October 6, 1926.

5 Nellie Catherine Putnam born in 1911 and died November 2, She married James Thomas Collins who was born May 23, 1908 and died September 18, Lillie Maude Putnam born February 19, She married Joseph Collins December 23, He was born March 10, 1913 and died July 27, Lula Putnam born in She is listed as Mrs. Lula Mayer in the obituary. Sarah Elizabeth Putman born in She never married. Her death certificate read that she died December 6, 1915 at age 68 in the State Hospital for the Insane where she had been since January It listed her parents as unknown. So she had been committed for almost 30 years. Poor Kid. Nancy M. Putman born in Isabella Putman born August 28, 1850 and died July 23, William Butler Putman born October 22, He married Mattie Dell Garrett. Mattie was a daughter of Martha Tallulah Putman and Washington Allen Garrett, Martha was a daughter of James Perry Putman and Mary Frances Parks. They are second cousins. They are in Laurens County in 1900 and Greenville County in William died June 21, Mattie died December 5, 1915 in the Greenville Hospital. In 1920 two of the daughters are in an orphanage and the rest are living with his son Roy and his family. Children in the census reports were: Arthur Donald Putman born August 4, 1889 and died in Atlanta, Georgia December 7, He married Ellen Alberta 'Bert' Burns. Bert was born October 8, 1893 and died June 30, 2001 in Atlanta. She was a daughter of Albert Burns and Ellen McAteer, and a granddaughter of Kisiah Putnam and Robertson Burns. Kisiah was Simeon William's sister. She was still living in Laurens and driving her 1962 Chevy. The obituary lists the following daughters as: Mrs. Ernest Arnold of Atlanta, Mrs. T. L. Bozard of Orangeburg and Mrs. Roy Cochran of Mountain Home, Idaho. I have no idea who is who. Arthur was a postal service employee. The daughters were: Frances Putman born in Margarita Putman born in Mary Ellen Putnam born around Roy Eugene Putman born December 19, He married Nellie Pollard Morris on January 18, 1911 in Greenville. He was a salesman and lived there all his life. Nell was born in Richmond, Virginia June 2, 1892 and died in Greenville February 21, Roy died there on September 14, They had these children: Jack Butler Putnam born September 15, 1911 and died April 4, He married Mary Anonia Beaunut. They had: Mary Nell Morris Putnam, Rebecca Mizella Putnam, John Eugene Putnam and Thomas Butler Putnam. William Morris Putnam a twin born October 21, He married Lenore Riddle on April 15, They had William Morris Putnam, Jr. Hazel Virginia Putman the other twin born October 21, She married Jack Oliver Hammond in Pickens, SC. They had: Jack Lowell Hammond, Virginia Morriss Hammond, and Elizabeth McClese Putman. Roy Eugene Putman Jr. born May 27, 1917 and died September 25, Lola Cathleen Putman born in She married A. Kell Brunson before They ran a Funeral Home in Greenville. She died August 18, 1982, her husband died earlier than that date. Their children were: Elizabeth Brunson married to J. R. Reid. Dell Brunson married to W. D. Thomason. Dorothy Brunson married to B. O. Compton. Walter Butler Putnam born February 22, 1898, and died May 3, 1985 in Greenville. He was with his brother Roy in He was single in Waycross,

6 Georgia in He married Frances Thomason in the early 1930s. They were in Laurens, Laurens County in 1940 where he worked for the newspaper. They had one child: Beverly Frances Putnam born January 18, Frank Boice Putnam born November 26, 1900 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida September 27, He was missing in the 1920 census. He married Edith Hayne Smith in Greenville July 4, She was born in Woodruff, South Carolina February 27, 1908 and will die in Broward County Florida September 30, They were in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1930 through 1940 and in West Palm Beach in They had two sons: Donald B. Putnam born in 1936 and of Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. Keith C. Putnam born in 1940 then of Miami, Florida. Nellie Louise Putnam born in In the Anne Maxwell Orphanage in She married J. Shirley Parker and she died July 25, 1964 in Sumter, SC. Dorothy Putnam born in In the orphanage with her sister in She married Harvey Williams in 1937 but was listed as singe in 1940 with her sister Nellie. Marjorie Putnam born in May 1910 and died December 24, 1993 in Kingstree, Williamsburg County South Carolina. She married Paul K. Kozma. She was a schoolteacher. Their only child was: Shirley Kozma ABNER FREELAND PUTMAN born July 15, 1822 and never married. He died in the Civil War, but I do not have the particulars. NANCY ELIZABETH PUTMAN born 1824 and was the second wife of William Mitchell. He was born about in Laurens County. They were married May 2, 1850 in Laurens County. She died April 10, Children were: Enoch Mitchell born about Haney Mitchell born about Nancy Elizabeth Mitchell born about Henrietta Mitchell born about Abner Mitchell born July 4, 1857 in Laurens County and died in Pickens County South Carolina January 30, He married Theresa Sarah Mauldin January 15, She was born in Pickens County September 20, 1869 and died there April 11, They had nine children see Manima Mitchell born about Mary Mitchell born about Armenta Mitchell Texannah Mitchell JOHN PUTMAN born in He married Nancy Ellen Garrett on December 30, He was seriously wounded in Greensboro, Guilford County North Carolina in the War on March 11, He was placed in the Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 2, 1865, and he died there April 14, 1865 five days after the War ended. Poor timing. Nancy was born September 26, 1831 and died September 21, Their children were: John E. Putman born in He is missing in 1870, probably a CSA casualty like his dad. Jeremiah Young Putman born July 10, 1852 and died August 6, His wife was Clarinda 'Callie' Riddle. They were in Laurens County through 1920 when he was 67

7 and Callie 69. He died there August 6, Based on census and WWI information, the children were: Dixon Homer Putnam born July 19, His wife was Nannie Martin and they were in Laurens County through the Nannie was born June 27, 1876 and died March 21, Dixon died in Laurens County March 24, The children were: Everett M. Putnam born in 1910 and died May 19, Carrie Lou Putnam born in Marvin Bryson Putnam born August 23, 1915 and died in Grey Court, Laurens County July 16, James Edwin Putnam born June 28, 1918 and died in Grey Court February 13, He married Nellie Bolt. She was born February 1, 1921 and died in Laurens County August 6, They were in Gainesville, Florida in 1945 when he was in the Army. Mettie Elizabeth Putnam born February 10, William Guy Putnam born September 14, In 1920 and 1930 he is in Laurens County with his wife Lizzie Cooper. She was born in Laurens County September 23, 1882 and died there December 10, He died in Laurens County January 15, They had: Louise Putnam born March 10, 1911 and died April 27, She married Jollie L. Cole. He was born April 29, 1905 and died in Anderson County South Carolina January 22, Jerry Benjamin Putnam born April 12, 1912 and died April 10, Mary Lee Putnam born in Clyde Putnam born April 2, 1918 and died May 14, Callie Putnam born in William Fred Putnam born August 22, 1923 and died October 7, Edna Putnam born in Annie O. Putnam born May 18, 1884 and died in Grey Court, Laurens County November 12, Julia May Putnam born February 8, 1887 and died June 27, Lou Gay Putnam born February 8, 1887 and died unmarried September 10, Kittie D. Putnam born October 20, 1888 and died unmarried January 30, Sarah Ellen Putnam born December 4, She married John Cosby. She is widowed in 1930 and living with her brother Samuel. Samuel Harrison Putnam born May 26, He married Citoria Charlotte Rose about 1882, and they were in Laurens County through 1920 when he was 63 and she 59 years old. He died April 16, Citoria was born October 4, 1860 and died November 25, Children were: Eva Putnam born in June John Rose Putnam born April 26, In 1920 he is in Laurens County with his wife Lillie Finley Martin and he is a druggist. He owns Putnam Drug Store in Laurens and will operate it into the 1950s. He died January 17, Lillie was born May 3, 1893 and died in Laurens November 28, Children in 1930 were: Samuel Franklin Putnam born April 3, 1913 and died May 14, He married Annie McPherson. They had Samuel Franklin Putnam Jr. who married Sally Thomason and Barbara Jean Putnam. John Rose Putnam Jr. born March 14, 1915 and died October 25, He married Mary Maxine Littlejohn. She was born August 4, 1920 and died in Greenville April 19, They had John Rose III born June 13, 1947 and married Jo Ann Johnson July 15, She was born March 29, He was a builder and realtor.

8 Oscar Beardon Putnam born March 16, 1917, and died in Greenville on September 2, He married Vivian Blanton. Robert H. Putnam born October and died in Laurens September 21, He was a Captain in WWII, and married Elizabeth Rand in She died November 29, 2002 in Laurens. Louise Putnam born in James Putnam born in Margaret Putnam born in Eugene Harrison Putnam born May 27, 1888 and died November 30, His wife was Amy Jamieson who was born November 30, 1893 and died January 12, They were married June 6, He was a salesman. They were in Laurens County in 1930 with: Thelma Putnam born in Walter E. Putnam born April 2, 1914 and died August 3, Harold Russell Putnam born January 18, 1916 and died in Laurens November 20, Leon Putnam born in Hilda C. Putnam born in Roy Octavis Putnam born October 10, He worked in a cotton mill. In 1920, his wife was Bertha Wade. They had no children. Bertha died January 9, Roy was alive at that time. He later married Mildred Fuller. Roy died August 26, 1971 and Mildred died March 18, Samuel Rufus Putnam born February 27, 1893, and died in Greenville September 15, He was at home in He is married to Myrtle Lucille Aull in 1920, and they are in Greenville by They have as of then: Samuel R. Putnam Jr. born June 1, 1922 and married Miriam Anderson in Myrtle Putnam born in Lucile Putnam born November 11, 1896 and died February 25, Ella Mae Putnam born in August Lilly Putnam born in May Carl Madden Putnam born June 10, He was home in 1930 at age 28. In 1940 he is married to Mary D. Roebuck and they are living with her brother William Roebuck in Greenville and they have a son Carl M. Junior born in He is a commercial artist at that time. They were in Durham, North Carolina in He will die October 8, 1958 back in Laurens County. Stephen Perry Putnam born July 17, 1858 and died July 9, He married Martha Susan Montjoy about Mattie was born March 22, 1862 and died October 12, They were in Laurens County through the Then after he died Mattie and the kids were in Greenville County. By 1930 she is with her sons in Cleveland County North Carolina. They are both buried in the Patterson Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Enoree, Laurens County. Their children were: William Larry Putnam born September 19, He married Minnie Simmons around He died May 16, Minnie was born November 11, 1887 and died September 4, They are in Spartanburg County in 1930 and 1940, Laurens County before that. Their children were: William Ralph Putnam born June 1, He married Ruth Lawrence on February 19, He died in Spartanburg County on December 29, Ruth died there January 18, Stephen Fred Putnam born August 29, He married Angelee Godfrey October 1, He died September 11, Everett Posey Putnam born August 29, He married Mildred Grubbs

9 July 18, 1930 in Laurens County. They were in Spartanburg in He died October 15, Vera Kate Putnam born August 29, She married James Peace about Kate died February 26, James William Putnam born June 2, He married Juanita Rhodes March 8, Benjamin F. Putnam born December 4, He married Janie Waddle on December 20, Etolia Putnam born March 25, 1883 and died in North Carolina in February She married Darwin Maxwell Waldrep about 1906 and they moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina around 1907, and then to Shelby, Cleveland County North Carolina. Darwin was born August 10, 1879 and died in Shelby February 28, They had as of 1930: Luther Darwin Waldrep born December 5, 1908 and died in Charlotte March 28, William Julius Waldrep born December 14, 1913 in Spartanburg and died in Shelby March 16, Julian Waldrep a twin born December 14, I can t find him after the 1930 census. Benjamin Waldrep born about 1918 and died in Shelby February 16, Bernice Putnam born May 2, She married Burch Holmes. Nora Putnam born March 15, 1887 and died in She married Graves Gwinn. Nezzie Lee Putnam born November 2, 1888 and died in Laurens County August 12, She married James A. Cannon about He was born about 1885 in South Carolina. They had: Paul G. Cannon born 1907 and died in Caldwell County North Carolina on December 19, Clarence A. Cannon born about Martha L. Cannon born about Wiley May Cannon born about Ansel Lee Cannon born October 31, 1919 and died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida February 2, He married Helen Fenley in Fort Lauderdale February 24, Maybelle Putnam born September 10, She married William Horace Ivey. He was born July 27, 1888 and died May 25, 1954 in South Carolina. Maybelle was still alive at the time. They had three children. Lydia Putnam born October 23, She married Carl Curtis Brownlee about 1912 and they had two children. Stephen Algie Putnam born April 12, 1895 and died in Shelby, North Carolina October 12, He married Frances Summer. She was born in 1900 in South Carolina and died in Shelby, North Carolina April 30, James Dogan Putnam born August 31, He married Virginia Williams about They are in Greenville County South Carolina in 1920 and in Shelby, Cleveland County North Carolina by Virginia was born in 1894 and died in Shelby January 14, James died there May 12, As of 1930 they had: Margaret Celestine Putnam born in Greer, South Carolina September 18, 1920 and died in Shelby, North Carolina September 25, She married Dock Douglas Glover about 1950 and they had a son James Douglas Glover in Dorothy Putnam born in South Carolina May 13, 1922 and married Quinton Glenn Holland in Shelby. She died there March 27, Rita Jean Putnam born in Greer, South Carolina November 22, She

10 married Charles Bryan Riddle. He was born April 7, 1925 and died December 30, 1990 in Shelby. She died in Savannah, Georgia October 4, Samuel Clayton Putnam born August 15, He married Onie Margaret Johnson. She was born October 7, 1910 and died June 18, 2003.They are in Polk County North Carolina by In 1930 they are in Robeson County North Carolina and they had: Edward Putnam born in NC October 2, 1926 and died in Shelby, North Carolina November 26, Wallace Dean Putnam born in NC August 22, 1927, and died in Shelby February 28, Jerry Clayton Putnam born October 17, 1931 and died July 26, Kenneth Putnam Clyde Rose Putnam a twin born on August 22, He married Grace McGraw about They are in Cleveland County North Carolina by 1925 and will be there in the 1930 census. His mother Mattie will be there with them. He died in Cleveland County North Carolina December 20, Grace is widowed there in They had: Clyde Rose Putnam Jr. born in 1925 in NC. He died in Cleveland County North Carolina December 24, Robert Putnam born in 1927 in NC. William Dogan Putman born May 25, He married Sarah Knight July 20, She was born in Laurens County July 10, 1858 and died in Spartanburg County June 21, In 1880 they are in Laurens County with two children. He died September 27, In 1900, Sallie is a widow with two more (new) kids born since Sallie is in Spartanburg County in 1910 and in 1920 at age 66 is with her son McDuffie in Spartanburg County. The children were: William C. Putman born November 3, He was married to a Smith woman in the 1890s and widowed or at least without a wife in He and the two sons listed here were living with Marion Smith in Laurens County in In 1910 he is in York County with a wife named Carrie 6 years older than he. In 1920 he is in Richland County with a different wife, Nancy Tyler 8 years younger than he. They may be different folks, not really certain. There were no kids at home in At any rate in 1910, they had: William Franklin Putman born in 1893 and died in Charlotte, North Carolina October 28, He married Aletha Louise Davis about They were in York, South Carolina in 1920 where he worked for the Post Office. By 1930 he was an Express driver probably still with the Postal Service in Charlotte. They spent the rest of their lives there. Based on Census and a few other records, they had: William Franklin Putman Jr. born about 1918 He died in Salisbury, Rowan County North Carolina November 24, 1983 and was married at the time. John Dubois Putman born in According to his obituary, he died in Charlotte November 6, 2009 at age 86. Cleveland Putman born in Lola Putman born in Plumer Putman born July 11, 1881, and died May 29, In 1910 he too is in York County with his wife, Anne Belle Barr. In 1920 and 1930, they are in Cherokee County South Carolina with: Plumer Lyles Putman born June 25, 1910 and died in Clover South Carolina April 15, Roy Finney Putman born in 1925 and died in Rock Hill, York County August

11 26, He married Irene Armstrong. McDuffie Putman born August 10, In 1920 he is in Spartanburg County with his wife Lillian Sprouse. They were married December 25, His mother, Sallie, is there as well. He died May 15, 1977 and Lillian died May 29, Their children were: McDuffie Putnam Junior born March 19, Donald Gregg Putnam born July 4, Lucia Elise Putnam born July 30, Dorothy Dix Putnam born January 13, Willie Frank Putnam born May 30, Haney Nancy Putman born April 1, 1865 in Laurens County and died there June 21, She married John D. Mock. He was born in They had 3 children: Gertrude Mock born July 27, 1881 and died February 26, She married Thomas M. Brumby according to her tombstone. Stella Agnew Mock born February 23, 1888 and died in Greenville April 5, Floell Mock born August 16, 1903 and died in Laurens County May 20, She married John E. Brown about He was born in Laurens County March 16, 1895 and died there January 23, They had three children, John, Robert and Rose Marie JAMES PERRY PUTMAN born January 20, 1827 and killed in the Civil War after fighting at Greensboro and Aversborough, Guilford County North Carolina in March He actually died in the CSA Hospital in Greensboro on April 9, He married Mary Frances Parks on December 21, Mary was a daughter of Samuel Parks and Elizabeth Moon Green. Mary was born January 21, 1827 and died April 11, Their children were: Martha Tallulah Putman born October 27, She married Washington Allen Garrett on November 13, 1866 in Laurens County. He was a son of Elihu Garrett and Elizabeth Riddle, and was born on September 4, 1839 and died February 1, Martha died November 4, 1937 in Laurens County. Their children were: William Perry Garrett born August 4, 1867 and died May 15, He married Alice Green. Mary Elizabeth Molly Garrett born December 14, 1869 and died March 14, She married William Henry Barksdale. He was born September 5, 1857 and died January 25, Mettie Dell Garrett born March 12, 1872 and died December 4, She married William Butler Putnam listed earlier. James Theodore Garrett born January 4, 1875 and died April 29, He first married Clara Belle McCarley on August 26, She died in 1912, and he then married Winnie Lowe on April 15, Samuel Walter Garrett born in He married Louise Mackey. Earl V. Garrett born August 4, He married Ann Minter. Pearl Garrett born August 8, She married Eugene Gregory Cummings. Elizabeth Moon Putman born May 25,1851. She married James Preston Boyd on February 18, She died in Clifton, SC April 6, Arena Medora Putman born April 28, 1854, married to James Todd. She died May 22, 1918 in Laurens County. Mary Henrietta Putman born June 27, 1855, married to Joel Weathers on December 8, She died August 24, Nancy Drucilla Putman born June 12, 1856 and died February 21, She married John Todd. Molly Putman born in 1857, and died at age nine months.

12 William Abner Putman born November 10, 1858 and married Nancy Cornelia Boyd on January 6, She was a daughter of Isaac Boyd and Angelina Pitts. She was born February 12, William Abner died July 10, They are in Laurens County through 1910 and in Greenville County in She died in Greenville on December 1, Their children were: Elmer Eugene Putman Born November 27, 1881 and died July 23, He married Euna Fredonia Zeigler. She was born July 7, 1891 and died June 14, They had one daughter: Miriam Ziegler Putman born September 8, Lillian May Putman born May 1, She married Joseph Buren Clayton. They had three children: William Joseph Clayton born December 13, Sarah Cornelia Clayton born August 16, Lillian May Clayton born February 13, William Alger Putman born November 28, He married Inez Lorenzo who was born in Louisiana. They were in Tennessee, I guess, in 1910 as that s where the two kids were born. Then they were in Jefferson, West Virginia in 1920 and He was a chemist in a chemical plant. They had: Ethel Louise Putman born in William Alger Putman Jr. born October 3, Leila Belle Putman born August 24, She married Smith Johnson Dickson. They had: Jefferson Abner Dickson born February 15, Nancy Mae Dickson born April 23, Mamie Ruth Dickson born July 2, Mary Elizabeth Dickson born November 30, Betty Jewell Dickson born August 25, Nancy Corrinne Putman born August 8, She married Ernest Henry Mehringer. She was the writer of an early Southern Putman History. It was sadly full of mistakes, but was initially helpful. They had one child: Ernest Putman Mehringer born October 18, Inez Boyd Putman born December 15, 1895 and died four days later. Laurie Agnes Putman born November 5, She married John Carson Wiley. Haney Amanda Putman born October 8, 1860, and died July 28, She married Pierce Garrett in He was born in January Laura Cornelia Putman born in 1861 and died in KISIAH PUTMAN born January 31, 1830 and died August 22, 1885 in Laurens County. She married Robertson Burns on December 7, He was born November 10, 1827 and died October 31, 1884 all in Laurens County. More generations are on family group sheets at Their children were: Mahaney Hannie Burns born November 7, 1851 and died in Gray Court, Laurens County on January 22, She married Fed H. Hughes in He was born in Laurens, Laurens County in May 1846 and died in Gray Court September 23, They had eight children Louisa Burns born in 1852 and died in Laurens County July 31, She married Chesley H. Hughes in He was born in September 1842 and died March 8, They had 11 children Lenora Burns born in Margaret Burns born in She married George C. Hopkins. Albert Barksdale Burns born October 28, 1856 and died July 3, He married

13 Sarah Ellen McAteer about She was born June 13, 1858 and died in Laurens September 27, They had 12 children, four sons and eight daughters. See the family sheet at Emma Liza Burns born December 15, She married George Samuel Bramlet and moved to Georgia where she died September 27, See this family sheet on ancestry.com Bluford C. Burns born February 19, 1861 and died January 13, He married Effie Monroe in She was born in Laurens County in April They had six children. Robert Lee Burns born in 1865 and died in Oklahoma in He married Annie Margaret Maggie White about She was born in South Carolina in November 1865 and died in Little Rock, Arkansas May 29, They had four children. Ophelia Burns born in MARY PUTMAN born in She married Lewis Robertson about MALISSA PUTMAN born in CALISTER CHOLISTA PUTMAN born July 7, 1835, and died January 15, 1925 in Forsyth County Georgia. She married George Madden Motes December 2, He was a son of Jesse Motes and Nancy Madden, and was born December 28, 1828 and died February 2, 1899 in Dawson County Georgia. George served in the South Carolina Calvary from 1863 through the end of the War in Their children were: Lucinda Motes born September 18, 1856 and died in Cherokee County Alabama June 1, She married Wilburn Hughes Dooley April 5, He was born in Georgia July 4, 1846 and died there in Cherokee County January 19, They had seven children Nancy Etta Motes born 1858 and married Hiram Jones in Dawson County Georgia November 28, He was born in Georgia in November They had four children Susan Motes born in November 1859 and died in Banks, Georgia August 17, She married Bartley Cain January 6, 1878 in Dawson County Georgia. They had seven children Savannah Motes born in 1862 and died in Austin, Texas August 15, She married Jonce S. Kelley. I don t have any more info on them. George Abner Motes born February 22, 1864 and died in Atlanta, Georgia December 31, He married his wife Martha J. about They were in Dawson County 1900 through 1910, Cherokee County in 1920 and Fulton County in 1930 and on. They had seven children Joseph Lee Motes born March 16, Haney Amanda Motes born April 3, She married William J. Palmer in Dawson County Georgia July 28, John William Motes born February 23, 1869 in Dawson County and died August 11, 1945 in Cobb County Georgia. He married Frances Martha Fife January 21, She was born in Georgia in November Arabella Motes born about Jesse Calvin Motes born in September 1872 and died in Dawson County in He married Jane Stone November 25, She died in 1895 and he then married Martha A. Bentley January 23, He had a daughter Mary Motes with Martha.

14 Mary P. Motes born September 3, Laura M. Motes born September 19, 1877 and died January 11, She married William Edwards. Armintha Motes born July 19, 1879 and died June 6, She married Martin Perry Burdine February 10, 1898 in Dawson County. Albert Walter Motes born September 26, 1882 and died November 13, 1950 in North Carolina. He married Lydia Fife June 4, She was born in Dawson County November 11, 1882 and died in Cabarrus County North Carolina October 27, They had four children ISABELLA PUTMAN born January 4, 1837 and married William Martin Armstrong in Laurens County December 25, She died January 17, William was born January 15, 1829 and died February 15, They had these children: Zero C. Armstrong a daughter born November 3, 1859 and died in Gray Court, Laurens County July 10, She married a cousin John M. Armstrong about He was born in Laurens County January 26, 1861 and died there December 18, They had eight children Clemegen Armstrong a daughter born about 1861 and died before the 1870 census. Mahaley Annie Armstrong born November 17, 1862 and died August 3, She married George Dunk Armstrong in They had nine children. Haney Armstrong born about Sarah N. Armstrong born in 1868 and died in Laurens County in Mamina Armstrong born in Christy Armstrong born in 1872 and died in Isabella Armstrong born about Araminta Armstrong born about 1876 and died November 22, William Martin Armstrong born in April Robert Armstrong born January 6, HANEY AMANDA PUTMAN born July 28, 1838 and died May 29, 1911 in Laurens County. She married Lewis Burns on August 4, They had: Ida Burns born about Watt W. Burns born February 7, 1866 and died in Gray Court December 17, Lee Earl Burns born April 14, 1868 and died in Laurens August 31, He married Eliza Ann Cheek about She was born May 6, 1864 and died May 4, They had 5 children. Ed Burns born about Laura Burns born in April James Allen Burns born about LUCINDA CATHERINE PUTMAN born January 19, 1840 and died in Dawson County Georgia November 19, She married William Bowen Burdine on August 1, He was born March 31, 1836 in Pickens County South Carolina and died in Dawson County Georgia on April 19, There are several more generations of Family Group Sheets at They had: Hannah Elizabeth Burdine born March 30, She married Lodric James Ivy Redd December 26, He was born October 29, 1866 and died February 24, 1939 in Dawson County Georgia. Hanie died in Forsyth County Georgia June 9, Elvira Jane Burdine born November 7, 1865 and died February 16, 1902 in Dawson

15 County. She married William Henry Loper December 12, He was born Lumpkin County Georgia March 28, 1841 and died in Dawson County September 25, Abner Burdine born about Nancy Burdine born about Martin P. Burdine born about He married Armintha Motes February 10, Isabel Burdine born about William R. Burdine born in September 1873 and died in Dawson County Georgia February 24, He married Zurnah E. Hubbard in She was born in September 1875 in Georgia. John Robert Burdine born February 3, 1874 and died in Dawson County February 24, He never married and his WWI draft registration states his mental facilities were very bad. Thomas Burdine born February 9, His wife was Pearl Ethel and they were in Yellow Creek, Dawson County through the 1930 census. Lucinda Burdine born about May O. Burdine born about 1878 and died in Baldwin County Georgia November 22, MANINA PUTMAN born September 30, 1844 and died in Laurens County November 2, She married Martin H. Burdine November 12, He was born in South Carolina in July Elizabeth Putman She was born in 1799 in Virginia. She married Gideon Owens in 1818 in Laurens County South Carolina. Gideon Owens was born in He was a son of Presley Owens and Margaret Putman. Margaret Putman was a daughter of Daniel and Sarah Putman of Culpeper County Virginia and Laurens County South Carolina. She died in 1850, as did Gideon. Their children were: WILLIAM OWENS was born in 1819 and died in October He married Malinda Thomas in She was born December 1, 1823 and died in January She was a daughter of Reuben Thomas and Lavinia Putman. They were in Laurens County and had eight children HARRISON OWENS was born in 1822 and died in February He married Elizabeth Garner in She was a daughter of James Garner and Catherine Riddle. JOHN MITCHELL OWENS was born July 25, He married Nancy Mary Rose on September 13, She was a daughter of William Rose and Charlotta Crosland. JANE OWENS was born in 1830 and died October 18, She married Toliver Owens on May 31, He was a son of Abner Owens and Bethenia Gantt. THOMAS OWENS was born in 1834 and died in September He first married Sarah

16 Garner in She died in He then married Martha Ann Putman in She was a daughter of James Putman and Elizabeth Hughes. ABNER OWENS was born March 4, 1840 and died March 13, In 1866, he married Ibby Garrett. She was born in February 1842 and died in Laurens October 15, They had nine kids James Putman He was born on February 14, 1803, married Elizabeth Hughes. They remained in Laurens County all their lives. Elizabeth died in 1849 and James died September 21, In 1860 he has a son William Abner age 5. He may have had another wife or adopted William. Just don t know. Their children were: ROBERT PUTMAN born Not certain of this son. He was not in the 1850 census, and died June 15, JAMES RICHARD PUTMAN born 1825 and died in Laurens County September 14, He married Octavia Alice Richmond June 17, She was born June 16, 1826 and died April 1, He is listed J.R. in 1850 and In 1860 he had two children, they were: Robert Thomas Putman born in He was killed in the Civil War in Virginia October 20, Paula Putman a daughter born in WILLIAM ISAAC PUTMAN born in I m going out on a limb here, but he fits in perfectly. He appears in the 1850 census of Chocktaw County Mississippi living with Seaborn and Mary PUTMAN Garrett from South Carolina. Mary is a Putman, a daughter of William Putman and Mary Mitchell and his father James sister. Her sister Francis PUTMAN married Osborn Garrett and is also living in that area. He married Mary Ann Garrett in Mississippi. He served in the Civil War and was captured at Fort Donelson and died in a Union Prison Camp at Camp Morton, Indiana in His wife Mary then married Harvey P. Hosmer from Ohio in 1875 in Yazoo County Mississippi. They lived in Holmes County Mississippi. There is more information in the Mississippi Section on this family. The children were: George Daniel Putman born in James Simeon Putman born in John Putman born in Martha C. Putman born in GEORGE PUTMAN born in He was in Choctaw County Mississippi in the 1860 census along with his brothers Charles and John. The other brothers were there in 1880, but not George. Probably killed in the Civil War.

17 MARY E. PUTMAN born CHARLES PUTMAN born in June He went to Mississippi, and was married in 1856 and in the 1860 census of Choctaw County and was in Attala County Mississippi in His wife was Essence Jane Rush born in Mississippi in She died in Choctaw County November 12, He died there October 4, Based on the 1860 and 1880 Mississippi census, their children were: James C. Putman born in Johnson P. Putman born in Margaret Putman born in Elizabeth Putman born in Charles Putman born in Marietta Putman born in Whitfield George Putman born in In 1900 his wife is Etta Scroggins. They were married March 29, In 1900, they have two daughters: Venia Putman born in Ruth Putman born in Sarah (Sallie) Putman born in Susan Putman born in Harriett Putman born in Callie Putman born in Charles Putman was in Choctaw County once again in 1900 with many of his children nearby. Please refer to the MISSISSIPPI PUTMAN Section for more details. JOHN PUTMAN was born in He married Nancy Jane Willows September 10, 1860 in Laurens County. He moved to Mississippi with his brothers. He was in Choctaw County in 1870 and in 1880 was married to Nancy and had the following children: James Putman born in In 1900 his wife is Martha Jane Murphy and they have: Charles Putman born in Madonna Putman born in Mattie Putman born in William Putman born in Hattie Putman born in Mary Putman born in Martha Putman born in Oscar Putman born in Josie Putman born in Elijah Putman born in Andrew Burnet Putman born in He is married with a wife named Elizabeth in the 1900 Choctaw County census. For more on this family, see the section on MISSISSIPPI PUTMANS. MARTHA ANN PUTMAN born in She married Thomas Owens in about She was his second wife, he had first married Sarah Garner in Thomas Owens was born in 1834 and died September He was a son of Presley Owens and Margaret Putman. They had:

18 Julia Owens born about Wistar Owens born about Emma Owens born about THOMAS PUTMAN born in He married Julie Curry in Laurens County on January 7, I do not find him in 1870, as he died in the Civil War. Julia is listed in the 1870 census of Dial Township of Laurens County. She was age 30 and her mother, Jincey Curry 64 was with her. Julia later remarried to an Owens man, as in 1920 she is living with her son at age 77 and her name is Julia Owens. They had only one child: William Wister Putman born December 15, He married Evelyn Allen in about She was a daughter of James Crawford Allen and Evelyn Hattie Griffin, and was born October 30, They moved to Greenville County South Carolina and had ten children. William died February 2, 1930 and Evelyn died May 24, 1939, both in Greenville. Their children were: Elzie Putman born December 30, He married Maggie Whitmire about 1906 in Greenville. She was a daughter of Jack Whitmire and Laura Calloway and was born in South Carolina in 1885 and died in Greenville February 10, They had through 1930: Ethel Putman born in Lucille Putman born in Leon Putman born January 21, 1911 and died in Greenville in January Allen Putman born in Clyde Putman born April 26, 1917 and died September 14, He married Clara Duckworth later in life. She had married Joseph Alvin West before him. William Jackson Jack Putman born June 1, 1919 and died March 24, 1941 at age 22. He never married. Sunnie Putman born May 19, She married Abe Porter, and is widowed by She died in Greenville in April William Jesse Putman born December 11, He married Belle Foster. She was born June 30, 1885 in Laurens County and died in Greenville December 9, They were in Laurens County in 1910 and no children. I do not find them in 1920, but they are in Greenville in He died in Greenville in January Their children as of 1930 were: James Odell Putman born June 11, 1910 and died in March He married Mary Welborn. Milton Putman born September 8, 1912 and died June 8, 1996 in Los Angeles County California. Evelyn Putman born in Otis Heyward Putman born August 17, 1917 and died in Greenville in July He married Virginia Pierce. Raymond Putman born in He married Ruth Allen in about He died in Granada Hills, California January 6, Margaret Putman born in David Putman born November 21, 1929 and died March 15, Robert Lee Putman born October 11, 1889 and died in Greenville County June 27, He married Ollie Massey, who was born November 6, 1890 and died August 25, They were married in December They are in Greenville County through Their children were: Willie May Putman born September 13, 1908 and died August 26, She married Paul Kramer in April Mary Evelyn Putman born December 18, She married William Robert