(Last updated 30 July 2020)
Father
| John S. Jeffries was born
about 1781 in Virginia. He may have been the son of
Swepson Jeffries and Sarah Hix. John S.
Jeffries and Rebecca Richards were married on 8 September 1806 in Mecklenburg county, Virginia.
John S. Jeffries died on or about 13 February 1837 in Mecklenburg county,
Virginia.
Rebecca Richards was born 1788-1791 in Virginia. She was the daughter of William Richards and unknown. In 1858 the family moved to northern Mississippi settling in Desoto county. Rebecca died after 1860. |
Census records:
[notes] 1820 VA, Mecklenburg co., p. 142 line 1 FTDNA Jeffries YDNA Project |
Dau. |
● Susan Swepson Jeffries was born 17 October 1808 in Mecklenburg co.?,
Virginia. She married Latane
(or Latney) Montague Gregory on 22 December 1839
in Mecklenburg co.,
Virginia. Susan died 1 October 1855 probably in Mecklenburg co., Virginia.
By 1860 the family had moved the family to Mississippi.
| 1840 VA, Mecklenburg county (not recorded) 1850 VA, Mecklenburg co., p. (122) 1860 MS, Desoto co., p. 72 |
Dau. | ● Lucy A. Jeffries was born about 1810 in Mecklenburg co., Virginia. Lucy died after 1860. | |
Dau. |
● Virginia Lewis Jeffries was born about 1812
in Virginia. She married Achilles Puryear (born 24 March 1803) on 23 Oct 1850
in Mecklenburg co., Virginia. Virginia was his 2nd wife. Virginia died after 1860
in Mississippi. Achilles moved to northern
Mississippi. Achilles died on 28 Jan 1884 in Tate county, Mississippi.
| 1840 VA, Mecklenburg co., 1850 VA, Mecklenburg co., p. (124) 1860 MS, Lafayette co., p. 81 (next to brother William Jeffries) |
Son | ● William R. Jeffries was born about 1815 in Mecklenburg co., Virginia. He married Catherine E. Bailey on 7 Nov 1840 in Charlotte co., Virginia. William died after April 1863 in Lafayette co.?, Mississippi. |
1860 MS, Lafayette co., p. 81 (next to sister Virginia Puryear) |
Dau. | ● Martha R. Jeffries was born about 1821-25 in Mecklenburg co., Virginia. | |
Son | ● John L. B. Jeffries was born about 1824-25 in Mecklenburg co., Virginia. He married Caroline ______. Caroline died 1 Dec 1870. John died after 1870 possibly in Mississippi. John was a school teacher. | 1850 VA, Mecklenburg co., p.
(124) 1860 MS, Desoto co., p. 72 1870 MS, Desoto co., p. 14 (326a) (with A. M. Lea family) |