Genealogy: Finding Your Folks

The Price family of Fayette and Coweta - Conclusion

By Judy Fowler Kilgore
Genealogy Columnist

Judy Fowler Kilgore is the religion editor and genealogy columnist for The Citizen. She regrets that time does not permit her to do personal family research for others. She may be reached at jkilgore@thecitizennews.com or jodiek444@aol.com.

Francis Price of Connecticut made his way south, moved through South Carolina and finally settled in Fayette County. But many of his relatives remained up north.

Francis Price’s sister, Nancy, born April 1784 in Glatonbury, Hartford Co., Conn., married an Episcopal clergyman, the Rev. Henry Peck, of Mt. Upson, Chenango Co., N.Y.

In a letter dated Sept. 13, 1858, to his nephew, Quintus Samuel Price, Henry Peck lists his family.

“Your cousin Benjamin (Benjamin Price Peck) resides in the same vicinity with me. He has a wife and three children. Two daughters and a son. His oldest daughter married and settled near him. Your cousin Francis resides in vicinity of South New Berlin. He has a wife a four daughters. He is about eight miles from us and was with us yesterday and is at present engaged in teaching languages.

“Mrs. Burnham or your cousin, Indiana, resides at present with us as well.

“Your aunt (Nancy Price Peck) is now seventy-five years of age and is probably the only surviving member of her family ...”

One other child of Henry and Nancy Peck, Lorenzo Dow Peck, was not mentioned.

Quintus Samuel Price of Fayette County, was born 1 Dec. 1819 in Newberry Co., S.C. and moved to Fayette County with his father, Francis Price. Samuel married Sarah A. Morgan, daughter of Daniel Morgan and Mary Langford. Sarah was born 16 June 1819 in Newberry County.

Sam and Sarah had 10 children, all born in Fayette County: Mary Elizabeth Price, b. 14 April 1842, d. 30 Nov 1920 in Coweta Co.; Laura Ann Price, b. 1844, d. in Fayette Co.; Nancy A. Price, b. 1846; Frances Price, b. 1848, d. in Alabama; Indiana Price, b. 1850, d. 12 June 1939 in Palo Pinto, Texas (m. George Washington Whatley); Audora Price, b. 1852, d. Fulton Co. (m. John Thomas); Leanora Price, b. 1854; Quintus Samuel Price Jr., b. 1856 (m. Sallie Gray); Benjamin W. Price, b. 6 May 1859, d. 19 March 1879 in Fayette Co.; and Sarah Price, b. 4 March 1863, d. 29 March 1879 in Fayette Co.

Sarah Morgan Price died in March of 1863 and, two years later, Samuel married Irene Martin, b, 1836. Irene and Samuel had seven children: Alice Price, b. 1867; David Johnson Price, b. 1868; Martha A. Price, b. 1869; Blanch G. Price, b. 1871; John B. Price, b. 1873; Pariwinkle Price b. 1876; and George Thomas Price, b. 1878 (m. Lola Louise Crawford).

Samuel’s sister, Mary Ann Price, married Lorenzo Morgan, brother of Sam’s first wife, on 15 Dec. 1841 in Fayette County. Mary Ann and Lorenzo had nine children: Nancy Morgan, b. 30 April 1849, d. 8 march 1829 in Coweta Co.; Elizabeth Morgan, b. 1842; Newton Morgan, b. 1844; Samantha Morgan, b. 1846; Hosea B. Morgan, b. 1852; John Morgan; Henrietta Morgan, b. 1859; Benjamin Morgan, b. 1860; and Lorenzo Frank Morgan, b. 1866.

Samuel’s daughter, Mary Elizabeth Price, married William Robert Summers 12 Dec. 1861 in Coweta County. He was the son of Elijah Summers and Nancy Cates. Mary Elizabeth and William Robert Summers had six children, all born in Coweta County: Delilah Madellon Summers, b. 1862, d. 1926; Emma Frances Summers, b. 1866, d. 1963; Jesse Reese Summers, b. 1868, d. 1948; Samuel Fuller Summers, b. 1869, d. 1951 in Crisp Co., Ga.; Elijah Gary Summers, b. 1876, d. 1958; and Nancy Elvira Summers, b. 1878, d. 1934 in Fulton Co. (m. Timothy E. McLin of Ohio).

Mary Elizabeth died in 1920 and William Robert Summers died in 1904. They are both buried at Tranquil cemetery in Turin.

Samuel’s son, David Johnson Price, married Etta Wilson and had two children: Harry J. Price, b. 1912, and Davie Price, b. 1916.

Samuel’s son, John B. Price, married Annie Thomas Sumerly in 1894, and they had one child, Nonie Price.

Quintus Samuel Price served during the Civil War as a private in Company G, Hule Guards, 44th Ga. Infantry, CSA. He was captured near Petersburg, Va. 3 April 1865 and was released at Point Lookout, Md. 17 June 1865. He wrote letters to many of his northern relatives while he was in Maryland. After his release, he stayed for a time in Maryland because he didn’t have money to pay his way home.

Samuel died in 1890 and is buried in the Elmore Cemetery in Coweta County, as is his first wife, Sarah Morgan Price. The burial place for Irene Martin Price was not given.

Many of Samuel’s descendants still live in the Fayette and Coweta areas.

My thanks, again, to Ken Arnold for this wonderful story. If you are interested in the Price family or think you may be connected, please e-mail Ken at karnold2@bellsouth.net.

I appreciate and welcome all letters and e-mails about genealogy and info on south metro Atlanta families. Send them to The Citizen, Drawer 1719, Fayetteville, GA 30214; e-mail jkilgore@thecitizennews.com or jodiek444@aol.com. Any letters and/or e-mails I receive are subject to being used in the column.

Until next week, happy hunting!