Briggs Family Briggs Family
First Generation
Children of Rev. Jesse Briggs and 1) Charity Banner (1776-1834)
Sarah Briggs (1795-1879) m. 1) Jesse Kerby/Kearby (?-1819) ; 2) Lemuel Doss (?-1862)
Charles Briggs (1797-?)
Jesse Banner Briggs (1800-1801)
Thomas Briggs (1801-?)
Joseph Briggs (1803-1889) m. Nancy Love Walker, d/o Robert Walker and Martha Love
Milton Briggs (1806-1878)
Son, (1808-?)
Jesse Briggs (ca. 1812-1877) m. Lucinda Flynt (1815-aft. 1880),
d/o William Flynt and Elizabeth Ballard
Charity Briggs (1814-1896) m. Thomas Franklin Prather (1809-1889),
s/o Thomas Prather and Ruth Hicks
Son, (1818-?)
Son, (1820-?)
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Children of Rev. Jesse Briggs and 2) Nancy Pilkinton (ca. 1805-?)
Son, (ca. 1835-?)
Michael Briggs (ca. 1837-?)
Henry Briggs (ca. 1838-?)
Son, (ca. 1840-?)
Children of Sarah Briggs and 1) Jesse Kerby/Kearby
Charity Banner Kerby (1818-1889) m. Winston Kallam
Charity used the surname of Doss, her step-fathers surname, instead of her fathers name Kerby. Her name is Doss in all legal records.
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Children of Sarah Briggs and 2) Lemuel Doss
Permilia Doss (1821-1915) m. Gideon E. McKinney (1809-1891)
Mary Matilda Doss (1824-1855) m. Hulet Blackburn (1801-1870)
Sarah Eliza Doss (1826-1905) m. William Jones
Matthew M. Doss (1828) (twin)
Jesse W. Doss (1828-1855)
John M. Doss (1832-1915) Mary M. Doss (?-1918)
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Children of Jesse Briggs and Lucinda Flynt
Laura Briggs (1838-?)
Charity Briggs (1844)
Minerva Briggs
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Children of Joseph Briggs and Nancy Love Walker
Emily J. Briggs (1830)
William Briggs (1833)
Martha Briggs (1836)
Mary Briggs (1839)
Joseph R. Briggs (1842)
James Y. Briggs (1844)
Sarah Charity Briggs (1845)
Thomas B. Briggs (1848)
This family added to page February 12, 2008. Thanks to Conrad James Hunter for sharing the information.
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Children of Charity Briggs and Thomas Franklin Prather
Sarah Jane Prather (1835-1897) m. Thomas Smith (1832-1926)
Thomas William Prather (1838-1896) and Mary Rebecca Banner
Charity Ruth Prather (1840-1864) m. Dr. Constantine Lafayette Banner (1830-1915)
Emma Louise Prather (1842-1863)
Ellen Amanda Prather (1845-1896) m. Nathaniel Moody Pepper (1835-1902),
s/o John Pepper and Mary Moody
John Franklin Prather (1847-1885) m. Mary C. Sussdorff (1848-1939)
John Wesly Prather (1850-1905) m. Julia Frances DeBault (1853-1946)
Jesse Hilliard Prather (1853-1912) m. Lilla Elizabeth Estes (1858-1933),
d/o William Alexander Estes and Sarah Louise Davis
Elisha Milton Prather (1856-1857)
Charles Edgar Prather (1860-1863)
Children of Sarah Jane Prather and Thomas Smith
Walter Smith (1860-1926)
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Children of Thomas William Prather and Mary Rebecca Banner
Charity Prather
Emma E. Prather
Phineas Prather
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Children of Ellen Amanda Prather and Nathaniel Moody Pepper
Charity Mae Pepper (1868-1902)
John Franklin Pepper (1870-1919)
Mary Ellen Pepper (1872-1941)
Nathaniel Eugene Pepper (1874-1957)
Emma Josie Pepper (1877-1926)
Emory Prather Pepper (1879-1932)
Horace Moody Pepper (1881-1886)
Jessie Eva Pepper (1883-1975)
Florence Myrtle Pepper (1885-1885)
Sarah Blanche Pepper (1887-?)
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Children of Jesse Hilliard Prather and Lilla Elizabeth Estes
Jesse Carl Prather (1884-1902)
Sarah Charity Prather (1886-1888)
Franklin Estes Prather (1888-1889)
Lilla Briggs Prather (1889-1916)
Joseph William Prather (1891-1956)
Frances Hilliard Prather (1894-1978)
John Watt Estes (1900-?)
Updated February 12, 2008
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