Micajah Anthony1

Male, #46595, (23 Feb 1759 - 1793)

Father*Joseph Anthony Sr.1 (2 May 1713 - 23 Nov 1785)
Mother*Elizabeth Clarke1 (15 Feb 1720 - 1813)
Micajah Anthony|b. 23 Feb 1759\nd. 1793|p46595.htm|Joseph Anthony Sr.|b. 2 May 1713\nd. 23 Nov 1785|p10012.htm|Elizabeth Clarke|b. 15 Feb 1720\nd. 1813|p10013.htm|Mark Anthony|b. say 1680|p10030.htm|Isabella Hart|b. 1682|p10031.htm|Christopher Clarke|b. 1681\nd. 1754|p10029.htm|Penelope Johnson|b. 14 Aug 1684\nd. 10 Aug 1756|p10032.htm|

Birth*23 Feb 1759 He was born on 23 Feb 1759 at Bedford Co., Virginia.1 
 He was the son of Joseph Anthony Sr. and Elizabeth Clarke.1 
Biography* Micajah was among those persons in Wilkes Co., GA prior to 1778 and may have gone there on a scouting expedition. He received ten grants in Franklin Co. and one in Wilkes Co. between 1787 and 1792.2 
Will24 Sep 1785 In Joseph Anthony Sr.'s will on 24 Sep 1785 at Henry Co., Virginia, Elizabeth, Sarah, Christopher, Elizabeth, Penelope, Joseph, James, Mary, Agnes, Micajah, Rachel, Winifred, Mark, Bolling and Judith named as heir(s).3 
Biography*1787 Brothers Joseph and Micajah Anthony built a mill on Fishing Creek in 1787 at Wilkes Co., Georgia.4 
Marriage*1 Aug 1792 He married Sally Tate on 1 Aug 1792.2 
Death*1793 He died at Wilkes Co., Georgia, in 1793. He died mysteriously on the road between Washington, GA and Augusta. He left his wife and one son, Micajah Tate Anthony..2 
Probate20 Jul 1809 His estate was probated on 20 Jul 1809 at Wilkes Co., Georgia; Joseph Anthony, of Wilkes Co., adm. of estate of Micajah Anthony, dec., to Armistead Stokes, who is heir in right of his wife to one half of the estate of Micajah, dec., and gusardian of Micajah Anthony, the only child of said Micajah, July 20, 1809. Tes: Bolling Anthony, TYhos. Anderson. Deeds XX p. 383 (It is evident that Armistead Stokes married the widow of Micajah Anthony.). 

Family

Sally Tate (say 1765 - )

Last Edited 21 Oct 2002

Citations

  1. Genealogies of Virginia Families.
    Volume I, A-Ch, Anthony-Cooper, page 14.
  2. Patricia Davidson-Peters, compiler, Patricia Davidson-Peters, Anthony: Quakers of Colonial Virginia, 2000-2005.
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sunnyann/anthony.html
  3. William C. Stewart, Gone to Georgia: Jackson and Gwinnett Counties and their Neighbors in the Western Migration, Washington, DC: Nat'l Genealogical Society, 1965.
    pages 253-254.
  4. William C. Stewart, Gone to Georgia: Jackson and Gwinnett Counties and their Neighbors in the Western Migration, Washington, DC: Nat'l Genealogical Society, 1965.
    page 254.