Means Family Genealogy

History

My proven Means ancestry begins with James and Mary Ann McKenzie Means of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; Blount County, Tennessee; Upson and Pike Counties, Georgia. This is a "quick and dirty" descendants' account for James and Mary Ann.
History of the Means family as told by a grandson of James and Mary Ann McKenzie Means

Photographs
Note: I'm grateful to generous family members who provided photocopies of these family pictures

James Means (born ca 1784, died ca 1863)
Mary Ann McKenzie, wife of James Means
Grown children of James and Mary Ann Means, circa 1880
Mary Eliza Fincher and her husband, Otis Collier, circa 1894 - grandson of John and Nancy McGinty Means

Blount County, Tennessee:

Timeline of Events in the Lives of Means Family
Index to Means Family Timeline
Land Grant to William Means, 1810
Land Grant to James Means, 1810
Will of William Means, 1810
Will of John Means, 1852

Houston County, Georgia:

Obituary of James D. Means, son of Matthew Harvey and Virginia Lester Means
Obituary of Martha Virginia Lester Means, wife of Matthew Harvey Means
Obituary of Walter E. Means, son of Matthew Harvey and Virginia Lester Means
Obituary of M. Harvey Hickson, son of Seaborn and Sarah Means Hickson. Harvey and his wife Marilla Elizabeth Aldredge lived several years in Houston County.
Obituary of Lucy Antoinette "Nettie" Reviere Hickson, wife of James A. Hickson, son of Seaborn and Sarah Means Hickson

Lamar County, Georgia:
Note: A special thanks to Elaine Turk who provided these obituaries and photographs.

Obituaries of James Absolum Means
Obituary of James Anderson Means
Obituary of Jane Means Elliot, daughter of James & Mary Ann Means
Photographs of Jane Means Elliot and her husband Stephen Elliot
Obituary of brothers Frank Marion and John Thomas Means, sons of James Anderson Means
Obituary of John Thomas Means, son of James Anderson Means
Matthew Singleton Means newspaper articles and obituary (resident of Pulaski County, Georgia)

Pike County, Georgia:

Family Bible of Emily Means Howard Mann
Obituary of Marietta A. Means Aldredge
Obituary of Mary A. Means Mann
Story of William Henry Means
Obituary of Nancy McGinty Means
Photograph of John and Nancy McGinty Means -- my gg-grandparents
Sherrod B. Sheehee Family Bible -- J. W. Means (Ordinary of Pike County) married Eliza J. Shehee on November 27, 1866

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