Ancestors of Aunt Annie, Uncle Will Moore’s wife
Major Felix Tait 1824 – 1899 | his parents
& 1850 Narcissa Goree 1832 – 1907 | her parents
of White Columns, Possum Bend, Wilcox Co AL
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Felix Tait and Narcissa Goree were married 10 Sept 1850 in Perry Co AL.
Narcissa Goree Tait
Felix Tait was born 12 Dec 1824 the son of James Asbury Tait [1791-1855] & Elizabeth Caroline Goode; the grandson of Charles Tait [1768-1835].
Felix Tait served as a Major in 23d Alabama Infantry during the Civil War.
His soldiers needed outfitting.
He mortaged his home to Dr. Starr, a prominent doctor in the community.
After the war, during Reconstruction, Major Tait was unable to pay off the mortgage and the family suffered hardships.
Narcissa had the name of decorating beautiful wedding cakes and her sewing was perfection. Times were tough.
Her husband died 10 July 1899.
Narcissa Goree was born 12 Aug 1832, the daughter of John Rabb Goree of Marion, Perry Co AL. [He was a Frenchman from DeSota Parish, Louisiana] and Sarah Elizibeth King, the daughter of General Edwin King of Marion, AL.
Narcissa graduated from Judson College in 1849.
After her husband’s death she moved into the homes of her children.
She applied for a veteran’s widow’s pension and was awarded this.
She is remembered as a brave, talented lady who made the best of her hardships.
She died on 14 March/15 Aug? 1907 at the home of her daughter Mrs. W N Bragg. “She leaves the following living children: Mrs. W. N. Bragg, Mrs. L. L. Godbold, Mrs. J. Z. McDowell and Chas. E. Tait , of this county, and Mrs. H. D. Moore , of Knoxville , Tenn. , Mrs. Wm. E. Moore, Washington ,D.C. , Felix Tait, Palmetto, Fla. , and Dr. King Tait, of Dora , Ala.
Altogether she had had twelve children, and in addition to the above named, twenty-seven grand children and two great grand children survive her.”
She was buried in the family cemetery at Black Bend.
built 1860 for Major Felix Tait “White Columns” He sold the home in 1879 to Samuel Tepper, who gave the place to his daughter Molly and Dr. Starr as a wedding gift.
Children of Felix Tait and Narcissa Goree:
1. John Goree Tait 24 June 1851 – 24 April 1858 dy
2. Caroline Tait 20 Dec 1852 – aft 1907
married 14 Aug 1874 Henry Dannelly Moore, D D of Knoxville TN in 1907
3. Annie Tait 18 April 1854 White Columns, Wilcox Co AL – 1913 DC
married 25 Dec 1873 William Edward Moore
11 Feb 1847 Mulberry Grove, Hertford Co NC – 1920 DC
4. Sarah King Tait 6 Nov 1855 – 21 Mar 1867 dy
5. James Asbury Tait 20 Feb 1857 – 4 Dec 1898
deaf from a childhood disease
6. Charles Edwin Tait 28 May 1858 –
married Adah L Foster
7. Julia Zimmerman Tait 17 Nov 1860 –
married 16 Sept 1879 Samuel William McDowell – d 15 Dec 1907 4 children
8. Felix Tait 22 Aug 1862 – 1913
married 1891 Frances [Fannie] Merriweather 3 children
9. Laura [Lallie] Tait 18 Jan 1865 –
married 15 Oct 1890 Willis Bragg
10. Albert Lucas Tait 9 July 1867 – 13 Dec 1885 Palmetto Area Manatee FL
11. Dr. Porter King Tait 6 Sept 1869 – of Dora AL 1907
married Daisy Berney
12. Eleanor Elizabeth [Nellie] Tait 29 Oct 1872 – May 1944
married Leonard Godbold 1 Jan 1851 – 5 Dec 1937
James Asbury Tait 1791 – 1855 | his parents
& 1814 Elizabeth Caroline Goode 1794 – 1865 | her parents
of Dry Fork, Wilcox Co AL
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Dry Fork built 1832-34 for James Asbury Tait
from http://www.wilcoxwebworks.com/history/tourofhomes.htm
“Dry Fork was approved for inclusion into the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 and was placed on the registry in 1999.
It is one of the oldest documented homes still standing in Wilcox County and is a fine example of late Federal style double–pile house form containing examples of folk versions of Federal style woodwork.
It was constructed for James Asbury Tait during the years of 1832-1834 by carpenter/joiners Hezekiah and Elijah.
Restoration of the home began in 1998 by Gail and James Edwin (Jim) Tait, great-great grandson of the builder.
James Asbury Tait was born in 1791, the only child of Charles and Ann Lucas Tait to survive infancy.
He grew up on his grandfather’s plantation in the Broad River country near Savannah, Georgia before coming to Alabama.
All rooms are 18 feet square and with 11-foot ceilings downstairs and 8 -foot ceilings upstairs.
The floor plan specified that the house should have eight rooms with four on each floor. There are two porches on the front, although one appears to be a later addition since James Asbury Tait’s Memoranda does not mention it..
All rooms are 18 feet square and with 11 foot ceilings downstairs and 8 foot ceilings upstairs. The original house required more than 25,000 board feet of cut lumber, and the roof was covered with 6,000 wooden shingles.
The chimneys required 12,000 bricks, made from clay on the plantation.” http://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/345.htm The Tait Collection http://www.columbustexas.net/library/manuscripts/Tait%20documents.htm
James Asbury Tait married Elizabeth Caroline Goode 14 Aug 1814 in Clark Co AL. James Asbury Tait was born at Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland on the 8th of September 1791.
Elizabeth Caroline Goode was born on the 15th of November 1794 in Elbert, Georgia.
Children of James Asbury Tait and Elizabeth Caroline Goode:
1. Charles William Tait 4 Jun 1815 Elbert Co GA – 2 Nov 1878 Colorado Co TX
9 children
married 14 Feb 1848 Louisa Mary Williams 23 Jul 1827 Clarke Co AL
2. Albert Tait 29 Oct 1816 Monroe Co AL –
3. Lucas Tait 4 Sept 1818 –
4. Anne Tait 25 Dec 1820 –
5. Felix Tait 12 Dec 1824 – 10 July 1899 12 children
married 10 Sept 1850 Narcissa Goree 12 Aug 1832 – 15 Aug 1907
6. Robert Tait 12 Dec 1824 – 15 children
married 3 Dec 1851 Mary Jane Ervin 1832 –
7. Sarah Asbury Tait 1 Sept 1826 – 13 Mar 1905 9 children
married 5 Jan 1848 Robert Hugh Ervin
8. Martha Jefferson Tait 25 Oct 1828 – 6 Jan 1859
married Franklin King Beck 1814 – 1864 CSA
9. Rebecca Simpson Tait 21 Dec 1830 –
married William Douglas King
married Simeon Lembrecht
10. James Goode Tait 4 Jul 1833 – 23 May 1911
inherited “Dry Fork”
married ca 1859 Adelle Agusta Barnes 1841 AL –
married 13 Nov 1883 Martha Amelia Barnes 26 June 1852 –
11. Caroline Louise Tait 12 Oct 1836 –
married John Shropshire
married William Dulaney
Elbert Co GA 1830
James Tate 3m 0/5, 1 15/20, 1 30/40, 1 40/50 f 2 5/10, 1 10/15, 1 30/40 Wilcox Co AL 1840 Jas A Tate 1 5/10, 3 15/20, 1 20/30, 1 40/50 f 1 0/5, 1 5/10, 2 10/15, 1 40/50 Wilcox Co AL
1850 census James A Taite 60 m farmer 40,000 MD,
Elizabeth C 57 f GA,
Felix Taite 28 m farmer AL,
Robert Taite 26 m farmer AL,
Narcissa 18 f AL,
Caroline 14 f AL,
James 17 m AL [on the 17 Nov 1950] Wilcox Co AL
1860 census Elizabeth C Taite 65 f GA,
James G Taite 27 m farmer AL,
Della A Taite f 20 AL,
Mary Taite 6/12 AL. [on the 17 Sept 1860]
Judge Charles Tait 1768 – 1835 | his parents
& 1790 Ann Lucas 1752 – 1818 | her parents
& 1822 Sarah Williamson 1775 – 1839 | her parents
of VA, MD, GA and AL
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Charles Tait married Nancy Lucas 3 Feb 1790 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Charles Tait was born 1 Feb 1768 in Louisa Co VA son of James Tait and Rebecca Hudson.
He died 7 Oct 1835 in Wilcox Co AL.
Nancy Lucas was born 4 Oct 1752 and died 8 Oct 1818 in Elbert Co, GA.
Charles Tait married 2nd 1 May 1822 in Hancock Co GA Sarah Williamson.
Sarah Williamson was born in Wilkes Co GA 20 May 1775 and died 13 Oct 1839 in Montgomery AL
politician and judge in Georgia and in Alabama The first Federal Judge of Alabama. Children of Charles Tait and Ann Lucas:
1. James Asbury Tait 8 Sept 1791 MD – 10 Feb 1855 Wilcox Co AL
married 14 Aug 1814 Elizabeth Caroline Goode 15 Nov 1794 AL – 4 Oct 1865 AL
2. Ann Tait ca 1792 – dy
3. Charles Jefferson Tait 1 June 1794 – 1 July 1794 1 mo
Judge Bibliography Information http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetBib?jid=2332S. District Court, District of Alabama (1820-1824) U. S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama (1824-1826) U. S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama (1824-1826)Dictionary of American Biography.Coulter, E. Merton. “A Famous Duel That Was Never Fought.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 43 (1959): 365-77.
Macon, Nathaniel. Letters of Nathaniel Macon to Judge Charles Tait. Edited by William K. Boyd. New York: AMS, 1970. Moffat, Charles H. “Charles Tait, Planter, Politician, and Scientists of the Old South.” Journal of Southern History 14 (May 1948): 206-33. Moffat, Charles H. “The Life of Charles Tait.” Ph.D. diss., Vanderbilt University, 1946. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gahistmarkers/troup-clarkfeudhistmarker.htm ——-http://www.frontiernet.net/~mchm/page6.html http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id=I02392
Sgt. James Tait 1746 – 1798 | his parents
& Rebecca Hudson ca 1749 – 1816 | her parents
of Hanover Co VA and Elbert Co GA
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
Children of James Tait and Rebecca Hudson:
1. Mary Tait 1766 – 1837 Talbot Co GA
married Capt. James Ware
2. Judge Charles Tait 1768 – 1835 Wilcox Co AL
married Ann Lucas
3. William Hudson Tait 1770 –
married Nancy Ann Alston
4. Nancy Tait 1773 –
married Abraham Colson
5. Barbara Tait 1774 – 1807
married William Oliver
6. Patsy Tait 1780 –
married John Wilson
7. Rebecca Tait 1782 – bef 1798 dy
8. America Tait 1786 –
9. Louisa Tait 1788 –
married John Banks
10. Charity Tait 1790 –
married John Alston
11. Brig. Gen. James Miner Tait 1791 – !852 MS
married Jane Watkins http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~taitandtate/Lin/gatree.htm
Ann Blomquitst traced the family further at this web site. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id=I02231
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