Amon C CLINE1,3,4,12,5,6,7,8,13,10,11,9

10th Oct 18331,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 - 19th Jun 19322,8,11

Life History

10th Oct 1833	Born in North Carolina.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
18th Jan 1855	Married Sarah Ann Frances MANDERS in Cherokee County, Georgia.1,12
17th Mar 1858	Birth of daughter Elizabeth E CLINE in Cherokee County, Georgia.6,7,8
Apr 1862	Military service: 43rd Reg had men from Cherokee, Pickens, Cobb, Hall, Forsyth, Jefferson & Jackson Cos, went to Tenn then Miss, was active at Chickasaw Bayou & Champion's Hill, captured at Vicksburg, then exchanged, reassigned to General Stovall's Brigade, Tennessee Army in Georgia.10
Apr 1862	Military: enlisted for Civil War service on the Confederate side, Co A. 43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry. in Big Shanty, Cobb, Georgia.10
5th Jun 1864	Birth of son James E CLINE in Cherokee County, Georgia.5,7,3,8
26th Apr 1865	Military: the unit surrendered in North Carolina.10
about 1867	Birth of daughter Nancy M E CLINE in Cherokee County, Georgia.7
Jun 1868	Birth of daughter Buena Vista CLINE in Cherokee County, Georgia.5,1,14,15,16,7,8
Nov 1871	Birth of daughter Susan Elvira CLINE in Cherokee County, Georgia.5,8
22nd Oct 1874	Birth of son Benjamin Franklin CLINE in Cherokee County, Georgia.5,8
before 1880	Death of daughter Nancy M E CLINE
24th Feb 1904	Death of Sarah Ann Frances MANDERS in Wray, Jefferson, Oklahoma.17,8
31st May 1906	Married Rebecca Jane PITMAN in Cherokee County, Georgia.8,12
8th Oct 1916	Death of Rebecca Jane PITMAN in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.4,8
13th Jan 1917	Death of daughter Elizabeth E CLINE in Oklahoma.8
18th Jun 1922	Death of son Benjamin Franklin CLINE in Oklahoma.8
19th Jun 1932	Died in Oklahoma.2,8,11
after 19th Jun 1932	Buried in Terral Cemetery, Terral, Jefferson, Oklahoma.2,8

Notes

Amon was born in Georgia. Genealogies report his parents as:
Parents:
Michael Cline 1795 - 1860
Rachael Susannah Amburn 1796 - 1848

Amon's age varies in censuses, but generally indicates birth as late as 1847. This would have made him only 3 years old in 1850, again not believable when he was reported as 10 years old. His age in 1930 was reported as 96 years old, matching age reported in 1910 of 76, which makes birth about 1834.

In 1850, Amon was in his parents' household, but reported as 10 years old, which is wy young. He shoud have been about 143 then. But this seems to be the correct Amon cline. The family was in Polk county, Tennessee, which is in the southeast corner of Tennessee, sharing a border with Cherokee County, North Carolina, and Fannin county, Georgia. His age in 1860, after ghe married Sarah Ann Frances Manders, was age 24, which matches other sources.

1850 Federal Census, Polk County, Tennessee, 27 August, Civil District 1, p 388, Hse #23, Fam #24
John Cline 45 M Carpenter $550 Real Estate b N NC [b abt 1805]
Elizabeth Cline 44 F b NC [b abt 1806]
Maston A Cline 23 F b NC Farmer [b abt 1827]
Louisa Cline 23 F b NC [b abt 1827]
John F Cline 19 F b NC Farmer [b abt 1831]
Miles Cline 16 M b NC Farmer [b abt 1834]
Sarah C Cline 15 M b NC [b abt 1835]
Wm M Cline 12 M b NC [b abt 1838]
** Amon C Cline 10 M b GA [b abt 1840] **
James D Cline 7 M b Tenn [b abt 1843]
Rhoda E Cline 4 M b Tenn [b abt 1846]
Frances M Cline 9mos M b Tenn [b abt Dec 1849]

He married in 1855.

Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Sarah Ann Frances Manders
Marriage 18 Jan 1855 Cherokee County, Georgia
Spouse Amon Cline

1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 3 August, Harbins District, PO Wallesca, page 224, Hse #1619, Fam #1729
Amon Cline 24 M Laborer $0 Real Estate $200 Personal b GA [b abt 1836]
Sarah A Cline 20 F b GA [b abt 1940]
Elisabeth Cline 2 M born GA [b abt 1858]

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Amon Cline enlisted on the Confederate side during the War Between the States. He was with Company A. 43 Regiment, Georgia Infantry. The following is the history of Amon Cline's military duties.

43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry

43rd Infantry Regiment, organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, in April, 1862, contained men from Cherokee, Pickens, Cobb, Hall, Forsyth, Jefferson and Jackson counties. The unit moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi, where it was placed under the command of General Barton in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.

It took an active part in the conflicts at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill, and was captured when Vicksburg fell. After being exchanged, the 43rd was assigned to General Stovall's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was prominent in the numerous campaigns of the army from Missionary Ridge to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina.

In December, 1863, it totalled 283 men and 251 arms, and in November 1864, there were 130 fit for duty. On April 26, 1865, the unit surrendered. Its commanding officers were Colonels Hiram P Bell, Skidmore Harris, Henry C Kellogg, and Major William C Lester.

-- original source unknown, Posted on ancestry by tawquish 28 Oct 2008, accessed 4 May 2017
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1870 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 15 August, Harbins District, Canton, p 249, Hse/Fam #290
Cline, Amon 33 M W Farmer $0 Real Estate Value $0 Personal b NC [b abt 1837]
Cline, Sarah A F 31 F W Keeping House b GA Cannot read or write [born abt 1839]
Cline, Elizabeth E 12 F W Keeping House b GA [born abt 1858]
Cline, James A 5 M W b GA [born abt 1855]
Cline, Nancy M E 3 F W b GA [born abt 1867]
Cline, Buena Vista 1 F W b GA [born abt 1869]

1880 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, 9 June, Harbins, Georgia Militia District 1008, Enumeration District 21, page 14, Hse/Fam #117
Cline, Amon W M 44 Head Farmer NC NC NC
Cline, Sarah Ann W F 44 Wife Keeping House GA GA GA
Cline, James E W M 16 Son At Home on Farm GA NC GA
Cline, Bunevista [sic] W F 11 Dau With Mother GA NC GA
Cline, Susan E W F 9 Dau GA NC GA
Cline, Benjamin F W M 6 Son GA NC GA

1900 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 19 June, Town District (Jasper), District 39, page 13B, Hse #178, Fam #180
Cline, Amon Head W M -- 1833 67 Married 45 years NC NC NC Farmer Owns
Cline, Sarah A F Wife W F Aug 1838 61 Married 45 years 7 children/5 living GA GA GA
Wilson, Susan E Dau W F Nov 1871 28 Married 12 years 0 children GA NC GA
Cowart, Vista Dau W F June 1869 30 Married 2 years 2 children/1 living GA NC GA
Cowart, Bonnie M Gdau W F Oct 1899 8mos GA GA GA

Note that both the daughters are married but neither husband is in this household.

Sarah Ann died in 1904 and Amon remarried in 1906. Shortly after that he moved his family to Oklahoma. According to family sources Sarah died after they moved to Oklahoma, where they were living in Wray Township of Jefferson County. Her memorial on Find a Grave reports that she died in 1904 in Jefferson County, Oklahoma. So Amon and Sarah Ann moved to Oklahoma, where she died shortly afterward. Amon returned to Georgia apparently to marry and bring his new wife back to Oklahoma Territory.

Their marriage record records that Amon and Rebecca Jane Pitman in Cherokee County, where Amon and Sarah were living before they moved to Oklahoma Territory. Amon married Rebecca Jane in Cherokee County. Georgia, in 1906 and they were reported in the 1910 census for the new State of Oklahoma, in the same location where they had been when Sarah Ann died in 1904.

Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Amon Cline and Miss Rebeca J Pitman
License issued 30 May 1906
Marriage 31 May 1906 Cherokee County, Georgia
By J J Land, Minister of the Gospel
Recorded Aug 29, 1906, W J Webb, Ordinary

"James A and Ben ( [Buena vista Cline's] brothers) and Elizabeth and her family ( my bunch) and Grandpa Cline came to Jefferson County, Oklahoma around 1904. ... There were 2 more sisters: Nancy M E who died young (I wonder what she died of?) and Susan Elvira, who I never heard anything about, except that she married someone with the last name of Wilson."
-- Nancy Smith Ward, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 02 May 2017

For the 1910 census they are in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, on the Red River. According to family sources Sarah died after they moved to Oklahoma, where they were living in Wray Township of Jefferson County. The year of death is reported as 1907. The place of death is confirmed in Sarah Ann's memorial later posted on Find a Grave. But she died in 1904, according to her gravestone.

This is consistent with the marriage record of Amon to his second wife Rebecca Jane Pitman in 1906. He went back to Georgia, and they married in Amon's old place of residence, Cherokee County. They then he took her to Oklahoma Territory. They are enumerated there in the 1910 census, and this is reported as Rebecca's first marriage, consistent with the marriage license title of Miss. It reports that this is her first marriage.

1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, 24 May, Wray Township, District 159, page 17B, Hse #127, Fam #130
Cline, A Head M W 76 2nd Marriage Married 3 years [mar abt 1907] GA GA US Farmer Owns [b abt 1843]
Cline, Beckie Jane Wife F W 63 1st Marriage Married 3 years 0 children/0 living GA GA GA [b abt 1847]

Rebecca Jane died in 1916.

1930 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Starr Township, District 31, page 1A, Hse #/Fam #1
Cline, James E Head Rents M W 65 First married at age 24 GA NC GA Farmer
Cline, Emma L Wife F W 55 First married at age 16 GA GA GA
Cline, Danner (?) Son M W 21 Single OK GA GA Farm Laborer
Cline, Amon Father M W 96 Single NC US US
Williams, Alton Son-in-law M W 38 First married at age 25 TX KY TN Farm Laborer
Williams, Eva Dau F W 31 First married at age 17 OK IL AR
Williams, Garland R Grandson W 12 Single OK GA GA

Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Index, 1915-1955
Amon Cline
Death Date 19 Jun 1932 Oklahoma
-- https://libraries.ok.gov/state-government/archives-and-records/

Amon Cline
Birth Oct 1, 1833
Death Jun 19, 1932
Spouses:
Rebecca J Cline (1842 - 1916)
Sarah Ann Frances Manders Cline (1838 - 1904)
Children:
Elizabeth Cline Smith (1858 - 1917)
James A Cline (1864 - 1953)
Buena Vista Cline Cowart (1868 - 1933)
Susan Elviry Cline Wilson (1871 - 1953)
Benjamin Franklin Cline (1874 - 1922)
Burial Terral Cemetery, Terral, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, Row D
Created by Jean Oct 05, 2007
-- Find A Grave Memorial #21975803, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21975803

Sources

1. 1900 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 19 June, Town District (Jasper), District 39, page 13B, Hse #178, Fam #180
2. Gravestones of Oklahoma
3. 1930 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma
- 2 April, Starr Township, District 31, page 1A, Hse #/Fam #1
4. 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Oklahoma
- 24 May, Wray Township, District 159, page 17B, Hse #127, Fam #130
5. 1880 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia
- 9 June, Harbins, Georgia Militia District 1008, Enumeration District 21, page 14, Hse/Fam #117
6. 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia
- 3 August, Harbins District, PO Wallesca, page 224, Hse #1619, Fam #1729
7. 1870 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia
- 15 August, Harbins District, Canton, p 249, Hse/Fam #290
8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
9. 1850 Federal Census, Polk County, Tennessee
- 27 August, Civil District 1, p 388, Hse #23, Fam #24
10. Ancestry Stories
11. Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Index, 1915-1955
12. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
13. Nancy Smith Ward
14. 1910 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 15 April, Jasper, District 128, page 2A, Hse/Fam #22
15. 1920 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
- 19 January, Truck Wheel District, Enumeration District 143, page 9B, Hse #165, Family #170
16. Mullinnix Files by Dorothy
17. Ancestry Trees
- Stephens Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26051926/person/1825110083