Wylie JENKINS Mallie M JENKINS Henry Thomas JENKINS James Weldon JENKINS Lillie Florence JENKINS Fannie M JENKINS Rosalie E HARRIS Delina HARRIS Mini tree diagram
Thomas Drayton JENKINS

Thomas Drayton JENKINS1,2,3,4,5,6,1,1

Mar 18541,2,3,4,5,1 - 3rd Dec 19293,1

Life History

Mar 1854

Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina.1,2,3,4,5,1

13th May 1874

Birth of daughter Mallie M JENKINS in North Carolina.3,1

about 1875

Married Rosalie E HARRIS.2,4

23rd Feb 1880

Birth of son Henry Thomas JENKINS in North Carolina.7,3,8,9,2,10

10th Jun 1884

Birth of son James Weldon JENKINS in Cherokee County, South Carolina.2,10,11,4,3,1

25th Apr 1888

Birth of daughter Lillie Florence JENKINS in South Carolina.3,1

Dec 1892

Birth of daughter Fannie M JENKINS in North Carolina.2,4

8th Mar 1924

Death of daughter Lillie Florence JENKINS in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina.3,1

3rd Dec 1929

Died in Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina.3,1

Unreadable on the death certificate; comment "Found Dead," Autopsy conducted, confirmed "Physical Findings"

30th Dec 1929

Death of Rosalie E HARRIS in Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina.3,1

4th Dec 1929

Buried in Little Memorial Cemetery, East Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina.3,1

Notes

  • 1900 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina, 21 June, Caroleen Precinct, District 138, page 22B, Hse #284, Fam #244
    Jenkins, Thomas Head W M  Mch 1854 46 Married 24 yrs NC NC SC Farmer Rents
    Jenkins, Rosley Wife W F Oct 1852 47 Married 24 yrs 5 children/5 living NC NC NC Farmer
    Jenkins, Henry Son W M Feb 1882  18 SC NC NC Farm Laborer
    Jenkins, James W Son W M June 1884  15 SC NC NC Farm Laborer
    Jenkins, Fannie M Dau W M Dec 1881  7 Single NC NC NC

    1910 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 21 April, Cherokee Township, District 2, Page 8A, Hse #124, Fam #136
    Jenkins, T D Head M 54 Married 35 yrs NC NC SC Farm Manager Rents
    Jenkins, Rosly Wife F 58 Married 35 yrs 5 children/5 living NC NC SC
    Jenkins, Weldon Son M 23  NC NC SC Farm Laborer
    Jenkins, Fannie Daughter F 16  NC NC SC

    1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 26 January, Cherokee Township, District 2, Page 68A, Hse/Fam #208
    Jenkins, Thomas Head M W Rents Married 64 Married NC NC SC Farm Laborer at home [b abt 1856]
    Jenkins, Rossly Wife F W 66 Married NC NC NC [b abt 1854]

    "I am confused about Lillie’s [Lillie Florence Jenkins] parents and hope someday to figure it out.  Can’t figure out why she seemed to have been raised by her older sister unless that sister was her mother. ... As far as I have been able to determine, the Jenkins and Harris families were all from the area of Rutherford County NC.  That is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  I found one will where a Jenkins (might have been a Harris) left a son his still and wine press so I guess they were mountainmen moonshiners!"
    --  Laura Parker, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 October 2018

    South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
    Draton [Drayton] Jenkins
    Age 72, Birth Date abt 1857 NC
    Married Farmer
    Father Wylie Jenkins, born NC
    Mother Delina Harris, born NC
    Death 3 Dec 1929 Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
    Cause of death unreadable, comment "Found Dead," Autopsy conducted, confirmed "Physical Findings"
    Burial 4 Dec Stony Mtn [Mtn View?] Cemetery, Blacksburg, South Carolina
    Certificate #020979

    I find no cemetery in Blacksburg named Stony Mountain, nor any reference to such a previous name.  Could this be Mountain View Cemetery?  No Thomas Jenkins was found in Find a Grave memorials for Mountain View Cemetery.

    A burial is found under the name of Drayton Jenkins in Little Memorial Cemetery in Blacksburg.  (See Find a Grave memorial below.)  Other family members are buried there as well.

    Also, what appears to be his wife's death certificate reports she was buried in Little Memorial.  But the death date for that Drayton Jenkins is reported as 31 December 1929, which is his wife's date of death!

    Drayton's wife is reported in censuses as Rossly, Rosely and Rosly, representing Rosalie.  Her burial memorial on FAG has Rossie.  On her death certificate and gravestone, is reported on her death certificate as dying on 30 December 1929..  But her grave says 3 December 1929, the date on Drayton's death certificate.

    The grave markers for Drayton and his wife are footstones in the same style.  It appears they were both cut at the same time.  Since they died in the same month, this makes sense.  But the stonecutters switched the dates of death for the two on their gravestones!

    A descendant and researcher reports that Drayton's cause of death was heart attack, and also confirms our conclusion that the death dates were switched.

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    "My grandmother Lillie Florence Jenkins is not mentioned ever living with Drayton and Rosalie that I can find.  She is in early census records living with her sister Mala and her husband.  You are correct on the death dates being switched on Drayton and Rosalie.  Drayton had a heart attack and was found dead in some woods near his home.

    They are buried at Little Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery in Gaffney, SC.  And are directly next to my grandparents. Joseph Graham Northey and Lillie Florence Jenkins Northey. ... Drayton and Rosalie lived in Blacksburg at the time of their deaths. ...

    I never met either of my great-grandparents or my grandmother Lillie.  She died when my mom was 8.  If you ever find anything about Rosalie, please let me know.  She is just a total mystery.  (She was a Harris before she married Drayton Jenkins.)
    --  Laura Parker, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 21 October 2018
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    Rossie [Rosalie] Jenkins
    Birth Oct 16, 1848, USA
    Death Dec 3 [Dec 30 on death certificate], 1929, USA
    Spouse Drayton Jenkins (1850 - 1929)
    Burial Little Memorial Cemetery, East Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina
    Created by Harry Blackwood Feb 11, 2010
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #48004105, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Jenkins&GSiman=1&GScid=70539&GRid=48004105&

    Drayton Jenkins
    Birth Mar 31, 1850, USA
    Death Dec 30, 1929, USA
    Spouse Rossie Jenkins (1848 - 1929)
    Burial Little Memorial Cemetery, East Gaffney, Cherokee County , South Carolina, USA
    Created by Harry Blackwood Feb 11, 2010
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #48004091, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Jenkins&GSiman=1&GScty=127329&GRid=48004091&

Sources

  • 1. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
  • 2. 1900 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina
    • 21 June, Caroleen Precinct, District 138, page 22B, Hse #284, Fam #244
  • 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 4. 1910 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
    • 21 April, Cherokee Township, District 2, Page 8A, Hse #124, Fam #136
  • 5. 1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
    • 26 January, Cherokee Township, District 2, Page 68A, Hse/Fam #208
  • 6. Ancestry Messaging
  • 7. 1910 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina
    • 2 May, High Shoal Township, District 137, Page 9A, Camps Ferry Rd, Hse/Fam #149
  • 8. 1930 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina
    • 7 April, Kings Mountain Township, District 46-35, page 5A, Hse/Fam #75
  • 9. 1940 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina
    • 10 April, Kings Mountain Township, District 46-52, page 3A, Hse #36, Owns, $1000
  • 10. 1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
    • 30 March, Limestone Township, District 7, Page 26A, Hse/Fam #7
  • 11. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

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