Sarah Jane LOMAX

HAIRSTON.org ID#3950, b. 20 May 1851
Father*John Willis LOMAX1 b. 21 Dec 1810, d. 30 Jan 1896
Mother*Elizabeth Brooks KELLER1 b. 27 Nov 1819, d. 4 Aug 1876
Marriage*Sarah Jane LOMAX married Joel Tullian TOWNSEND. 
Birth*Sarah Jane LOMAX was born on 20 May 1851 in South Carolina.1 
She was the daughter of John Willis LOMAX and Elizabeth Brooks KELLER.1 
WillIn Jane GRAY's will dated 4 June 1853 in Abbeville, South Carolina, Sarah Jane LOMAX was named as an heir; Heirs: Nephew James Wesley Johnson, (son of Tolivar & Jane Johnson of Panola, Misssissippi), Thomas Johnson, Rachel Martin (wife James H. Martin of Tippah, Mississippi), William Gray (son of John Gray deceased), William Gray (son of James Gray deceased), Mary Ann Thompson, Sarah Jane Lomax (daughter of John W. and Elizabeth B. Lomax).

Executor: David Keller, Esq. (his wife is Nancy Lomax, daughter of William Lomax and Nancy Hairston)

Witnesses: John W. Lomax, Garlington Owens, Elizabeth B. Lomax.

Thomas Johnson, Allen Gray, James Gray, William Gray, Johnson Gray, Polly Ann Thompson and others objected to the will.

Notes:
1. The 1850 census indicates that James Wesley Johnson (1844-1862) would have been a minor when this will was written in 1853.
2. If James Wesley Johnson was Jane Hairston's nephew, it would appear to make Tolivar Johnson (1813-1890) or his wife Jane J. (1820-1880) a brother or sister to Jane Hairston. However, the age difference between Jane Hairston and Tolivar is over 55 years and is too much for a brother and sister. James Wesley was probably a Great Nephew, most likely the grandson of Jane's sister.

PDF copies of will are attached here.2
NOTE*Sarah Jane and her parents are mentioned in the will of Jane Hairston in 1853 and again in court records 28 May 1855.3 

Family

Joel Tullian TOWNSEND

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S279] Lomax, Joseph, Genealogical and Historical Sketches of The Lomax Family, The Rookus Printing House, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1894.
  2. [S276] Will of Jane Hairston - 4 June 1853, Abbeville County Will Box 131, Pack 3799, South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
  3. [S61] Young, Willie Pauline. Abstracts of Old Ninety-six And Abbeville District Wills And Bonds, As On File In the Abbeville, South Carolina, Courthouse. Abbeville, S.C., 1950 - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000162661 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
Last Edited16 Aug 2014