John Robert Maffett

1824 - 1908  (84 years)

• Name	John Robert Maffett  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Born	30 July 1824	Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA   [2]
  Occupation	Farmer  [2]
  Submitter	36
  Died	10 September 1908	Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I2928	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 February 2007

  
  

  Father	John Maffett,   b. between 1786 - 1794, Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA ,   d. about 1833  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Mother	Margaret Peggy Garmany
  Family ID	F39010	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Mary Beeland or Belande,   b. 29 July 1831, Georgia, USA ,   d. 5 April 1919, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	31 December 1848	Gwinnett Co., Georgia, USA   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca Burshebe Maffett,   b. 3 November 1849 + 2. Cicero Sidney Maffett,   b. 28 January 1851 + 3. George Henry Maffett,   b. 28 March 1852, Gwinnett Co., Georgia, USA ,   d. 1929  (Age 76 years) + 4. Margaret Mary Maffett,   b. 7 December 1853 + 5. David Wordlaw Maffett,   b. 11 October 1855   6. Frances Josephine Maffett,   b. 27 September 1857 + 7. Lorenzo Brownlow Maffett,   b. 11 December 1859 + 8. Benjamin Franklin Maffett,   b. 29 May 1862 + 9. Sarah Loutisha Maffett,   b. 9 December 1865 + 10. Ulysses Grant Maffett,   b. 22 May 1868 + 11. Ada Julia Maffett,   b. 2 March 1871 + 12. Cora Maffett,   b. 9 March 1873 + 13. Ora Maffett,   b. 9 March 1873 + 14. Fletcher Ellington Maffett,   b. 4 April 1876, Gwinnett Co., Georgia, USA ,   d. 21 May 1953, Augusta, Richmond Co., Georgia, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F2079	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He owned 1200 acres in Gwinnett Co, GA (Goodwin Section) in 1860. Dates are from an oral record of John R. to Norris Maffett, an uncle. John was brought to GA at the age of one year, and is believed to have served in Co. E, 8th Infantry, State Guards, known as the Gwinnett Grays. John R. is believed to be the son of John Maffett, brother of Samuel Maffett, both of whom lived in Gwinnett Co. [Source 1] Oral tradition says that he was brought to GA at the age on one year in a covered wagon. He and his wife were charter members of the Rock Springs Methodist Church founded in 1866. Sgt. J.R. Maffett mustered in Company E, Eight Infantry, State Guards, also known as the Gwinnett Grays, in 1863 & 1864. His house still stands on Old Peachtree Road in Suwanee, GA. [Source 1214] [1, 2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Original Moffat GEDCOM File, Robert and Frances Moffitt. [S1214] Reunion genealogy file titled "Maffett Geneology", submitted by Mike Maffett.