Martha Bankson Lyle
The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground. – Author Unknown
Dirtseller Mountain
Dirtseller (or sometimes Dirtcellar) Mountain is located in Cherokee County, Alabama. It is part of a land grant received by James N. Bankson for his service in the War of 1812. It has remained in the family ever since James received it. What was a small creek that watered the rocky farmland is now waterfront on Weiss Lake. James had nine children. Their descendants are in and around northeast Alabama and parts north, south, east, and west! If you are a descendant of James Nicholas, please let me know!
LOOKING FOR Families of BANKSON, HULL, BOLTON, STUART, and WILLING
This site will contain data, sources, probabilities, and wild assumptions about the Bankson family in Baltimore. Researching Sarah Hull, Hugh Bolton, James Stewart, and Josiah Willing.
James BANKSON (1759-1808) married Sarah HULL (1759-1836) in Baltimore. James was the son of Joseph Bankson (1718-1762) and Elizabeth Giles (1726-1788). James had a brother, Joseph (1761-1805), and a sister, Mary (1754-?). After his father's death in 1762, James' guardian was George Dalton.
James was a Swedish descendant of Anders Bengtsson, who
came to America from Sweden in 1656. Some of James' acquaintances were
of German
descent, and members of Zion Lutheran Church. James and Sarah Hull were
married by the Rev. Siegfried Gerock, pastor at Zion, but no records
were found of this couple in the Zion early church records.
James and Sarah had the following children:
Harriot (1790-1867, married James STUART),
Mary (1793-1861, married Josias WILLING),
James N. (1794-1847, married Margaret SWANN),
Maria Louisa (1800-1878, married Hugh BOLTON), and
Franklin (1801-?).
Who was Sarah Hull?
Researching the Lyle-Bankson Families
My family research is divided into four main branches, our respective grandparents' families..
My grandparents were Frank and Leona Mosely Bankson; and John and Martha Rainwater Dodson. Our Bankson ancestor, Andrew Bankson (Anders Bengtsson) came from Sweden in 1656. James Moseley was born about 1803 in South Carolina. Charles Dodson was born in Virginia in 1649. The Dodson family came to Alabama from Georgia about 1885. Our probable ancestor, Robert Rainwater, came from England about 1706.
My husband's grandparents were J. R. and Lucy Yarbrough Lyle; and Hardie Montgomery and Leanna Short Jetton. Our Lyle andestor, Thomas Lyle, came from Scotland in 1740. John Yarbrough was born in North Carolina about 1717. Our Jetton ancestor, Lewis Jetton (Louis Giton) came from France in 1684. Daniel Short was born in South Carolina about 1766.
I'd like to thank all who've helped me, too numerous to name -- family, friends, librarians, and email pals! You are all a treasure!
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Anders BengtssonAnders Bengtsson came from Sweden in 1656, at the age of 16, to settle near the Schuylkill River in Wicacoa Parish in Pennsylvania. He married Gertrude Rambo. "The friendship of the Indians to the Swedes continued equally strong even after the change of government. The proof of this was given in the year 1656, March 24, when the Swedish ship Mercury came up into the river without knowing that the country was under a foreign government. The Swedish preacher Matthias was in this ship together with Anders Bengtson, a native of Stockholm, who was still living in the year 1703, when he gave with his own mouth this narrative: . . . MORE "Pastor Andreas Sandel replaced Andreas Rudman as minister of Gloria Dei Church in 1702. He, like his predecessor, relied on Anders Bengtsson's advice. On 14 September 1705, Sandel presented the final word covering his friend's life: "I buried Anders Bengtsson, born in Sweden near Göteborg in the parish of Fåxarn [Fuxerna] and Hanström farm. He drowned in the Delaware, 65 years old." . .. . MORE Sarah Rodgers Rousseau Espy Diary, 1859-1868Sarah Rodgers Rousseau was the sister of my g-g-grandmother, Diana Rousseau Shackleford. Diana's daughter, Berenice, was raised in the home of Sarah and Thomas Espy from the age of three, when Diana died. Berenice married Frank Reuben Bankson. Sarah Rousseau and Thomas Espy owned a warehouse in Cherokee County prior to the Civil War. The diary describes the lives of the family, relatives, neighbors, and friends during the period of Mr. Espy's death, the sons' activities in the military, and the hardships of life during and after the War. Transcribed and uploaded to the internet with permission from the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, where the original of the diary may be found
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