RUSSELL J. PEARCE/PIERCE FAMILY TREE

contributed by Carol Miller

Russell J. Pierce b 1826 South Carolina           OUR GG Grandparents

    Married:

    Sarah “Sallie” Raper  b abt 1830                      Her Father: ?

             CHILDREN:                                            Her Mother: ?

                   WILLIAM  b abt 1845

                     Married: 02-14-1864 in Fannin Co., Ga.  (see marriage license)

                      J.  Sophrona  Rose

                       Children:  Sarah b 1865 in Tn.,

                                        Powel  b 1869 in NC

                   ISAAC A.  PIERCE  b  04-15-1846    d 02-18-1931 (see death certificate)

                       Married:

                         Mary A. Ross  b  1850     d  05-26-1928 Fannin Co., Ga.    Her Father: Drury Ross

                          Children:  John A. b                                                       Her Mother: Elizabeth Ross

                                          Drury R. b 1867

                                          William B. b 1871

                                          Sarah E. b 1873

                                          Alonzo b 1876

                                          Charles B. b 1878

                  GEORGE     b  abt 1849

               * ANDREW    b  abt 1850                   Our G Grandfather

                  MARY         b  abt 1851

                  SARAH  “Sallie”  b 1852  d

                    Married: 08-31-1876   Fannin Co., Ga.   (see marriage license)

                    Jackson B. Raper b 10-29-1848    (1/16 Cherokee)         His father:    Alexander Raper

                         Children: Hattie Raper b 1877                                    His mother:  Adaline Brown Raper

                                         Georgia Ann Raper b 1879

                                          John Henry Raper b 1881                                                                                                    

                                          William B. b 1888

                  ROSA   b 1859 SC

                  MORGAN  b 1870  TN

   * ANDREW “Sandy” Pierce    b abt 1850   Blue Ridge Ga. Fannin Co.       Our G Grandparents

      Married:  07-04-1869     Blue Ridge, Fannin Co. Ga.

      Sarah Caroline (Callie) Ross   b abt 1842   d           Her Father:   Drury Ross b abt 1795 NC

          Children:  Mary “Jane”  b 1870                           Her Mother:  Elizabeth Ross b abt 1815  NC                        

                           John Wesley  b 1872          

                           Josephine  b 1874

         NOTES:

         Russell J. Pierce is first found on the 1850 Census in Pickens Co. SC

         With wife Sarah and sons William and Isaac

         Russell J. Pearce (Pierce) served in Company H 52^nd Regiment

           Georgia Volunteer Infantry Fannin County Georgia “Fannin Rifles” during the Civil War

         Russell J. Pierce is found on the 1880 census Oconee Co. Tugaloo Township, SC with wife

         Sarah, daughter Rosa & son Morgan

        Elizabeth Ross b 1807 was living in the house with Andrew and Sarah Caroline Pierce per the 1870

        Cenus from Fannin Co., Ga. and with Isaac A. and Mary A. Ross Pierce Per the 1880 census from

        Fannin Co., Ga.

        Isaac A. Pierce and Andrew “Sandy” Pierce married Ross sisters. 

        Isaac A. Pierce is buried in Harmony Cemetery in Mineral Bluff, Ga. per death certificate

        On the 1880 census from Toccoa/Habersham we find Andrew & Caroline (Callie)   Pierce

        On the 1900 census from Hall Co., Gainesville, Ga. we find Andrew & Caroline Pierce         

This page last updated on June 26, 2004