Snapshot: | farmer; shot to death by his wife |
Parents: | unknown |
Born: | circa 1817 allegedly Jefferson County, Georgia, but this may be wrong |
Died: | 1 May 1853 Emanuel County, Georgia |
Buried: | unknown |
On 30 October 1834 he married 159Sarah Powell in Jefferson County.
By 1840 they had four children under age 5,
Not surprisingly, 159Sarah is not named in records pertaining to
* | Jefferson County tax digests are extant and complete from 1799 through 1831, yet I've found no Hoffman/Huffman taxpayers listed therein. (Admittedly, I mostly used automated searches rather than checking the records manually.) Therefore, it's doubtful that |
1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). District 48, Jefferson County, Georgia. Pages 137B and 138A, dwelling 57, family 57, Wiley Huffman household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 75. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64KQ-567?i=5&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYR-GQ1> et seq.
2: Jefferson County, Georgia. Marriages whites book A (1803-1880), page 232. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPPX-99TS?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFWHK-Z25>.
3: 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Jefferson County, Georgia. Militia district 81, page 92, Wiley Huffman household. NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 44. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBQ-Q2J>.
4: Jefferson County, Georgia. Tax digest book for the year 1839, page 21, entry #19 for Wiley Huffman. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYH-K9C5-L?view=fullText&keywords=Hoffman&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-78559-34040-24>.
5: Jefferson County, Georgia. Tax digest book for the year 1840, page 22, entry #165 for Wiley Huffman. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYH-K9HY-3?view=fullText&keywords=Hoffman&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-78559-34040-24>.
6: Jefferson County, Georgia. Tax digest book for the year 1846, page 25, entry for Wiley Hoffman. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYH-P9J9-N?view=fullText&keywords=Hoffman&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-78563-41770-14>.
7: Jefferson County, Georgia. Tax digest book for the year 1851, section for militia district 81, surnames beginning with H. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYH-L77J-V?view=fullText&keywords=Hoffman&lang=en&groupId=TH-909-78561-139781-47>.
8: "Emanuel Sheriff's Sale," The Central Georgian (Sandersville, Georgia), 12 December 1853, page 4, column 1, about one-fourth of the way down the page. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034105/1853-12-26/ed-1/seq-4/>.
9: Emanuel County, Georgia. Land plats book C (1837-1849), page 161. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-Y7CK?i=336&cat=217006>.
10: "A Man Killed by His Wife," The Central Georgian (Sandersville, Georgia), 10 May 1853, page 2, column 2, starting at about three-fifths of the way down the page. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034105/1853-05-10/ed-1/seq-2/>.
11: The Central Georgian (Sandersville, Georgia), 21 June 1853, page 3, column 3, about halfway down the page. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034105/1853-06-21/ed-1/seq-3>.
12: The Federal Union (Milledgeville, Georgia), 18 August 1857, page 3, last column, bottom of the page. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn86053071/1857-08-18/ed-1/seq-3/>.
13: Emanuel County, Georgia. Administrators & guardians bonds book for the years 1850-1866, pages 93-94. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G935-G895?i=186&cc=1999178&cat=282945>.