Life History

Notes

• "Drury (or Drewry) Christian, whose birth date ranges between 1750 and 1793 in various trees, but the best support is for the way you have it, namely about 1760. He had three wives that we know of, Mornin (or Mourning) Christian, daughter of Charles Hunt Christian and Mary Leake; Frances Elizabeth Oglesby, whom for the moment we have no choice but to accept as mother of Cenas, Pyrene, and Sally; and Frances Connally. Only for Mornin Christian do we have actual Virginia marriage records, one each for 4 Mar 1784 and 4 Mar 1785. After the last child was born of this marriage, in 1799, there was a jump until 1808, when Cenas and Pyrene were born, followed by Sarah Frances "Sally" in 1811. Unless all the trees that list Frances Elizabeth Oglesby as their mother is wrong (I have found no actual marriage record, [Frances Oglesby is the mother of these three daughters].)"
  --  James Jones, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 January 2018
  
  "One thing really interesting to me is the apparent attraction the Connally boys had for my grgr grandmother Sally Christian Jones and her Christian family sisters. (1) Sally married Jones Connally's first cousin Charles Jones. Her sisters (2) Cenas married Jones's brothers [?] William L Connally, and (3) Pyrene married Samuel W Connally."
  --  James Jones, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 28 August 2017
  
  The transcription of Pyrene's marriage record has her name as Prude Christian.  There is no image by which to verify.
  
  Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850
  Prude Christian
  Spouse Samuel W Conally [sic]
  Marriage 21 Jun 1825 Franklin County, Georgia
  
  Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
  Drury Christian, Estate
  Distributions to
  William Connally, on behalf of his wife Cenas, formerly Christian and to
  Samuel Connally, on behalf of his wife Pyrene, formerly Christian
  Probate Franklin County, Georgia, date unclear
  
  Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
  Drury Christian, Will written 7 March 1825
  Probate Franklin County, Georgia, appraisers appinted 30 April 1825
  Heirs named:
  Wife Frances Christian
  Daughters Pyrene, Cenas, sarah and Mary
  Sons Drury B, Thomas C and John A
  Wife Frances Christian appointed Executrix of the estate, and his friends Thomas Jones and George Stovall as Executors
  
  Pyrene Christian Connally
  Birth Mar 6, 1808
  Death Dec 11, 1891 Georgia, USA
  Pyrene married Samuel W Connally on 21 Jun 1825 and they had six children.
  Spouse Samuel W Connally (1797 - 1878)
  Son Drewry B Connally (1832 - 1853)
  Burial Mount Zion Cemetery, Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia, USA
  Created by EL Nov 19, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #31537034, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31537034

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Ancestry Messaging
• 3. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
• 4. Ancestry Comments
• 5. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
• 6. U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941
• 7. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
• 8. Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850