JAMES LLOYD

	BEF. 1790	VIRGINIA OR GEORGIA
	1822 CAMDEN CO. GA.	SUSANNAH WINGATE
	CHILDREN	CHRISTOPHER C. LLOYD LAFAYETTE LLOYD JOHN HOUSTON MACINTOSH LLOYD WILLIAM LLOYD JAMES LLOYD JOHN BUNK LLOYD FAITH LLOYD HENRY LLOYD
	PARENTS	BENJAMIN LLOYD ???? HUDSON
	BEF. JUNE 4, 1838	CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA

LLOYD

James Lloyd was shown in the 1820 Camden County Census as under 25 years old with 2 male children under 10 years old (born between 1811-1819) and 1 female child under 15 years old (born between 1807-1810). He married Susannah Wingate in 1822, so that leaves me to believe he was married prior to 1807and brought small children with him to Georgia.

In the 1830 Camden County Census, James is shown as under 50 years old with 1 male child under 5 years old (born between 1826-1829) John Houston MacIntosh? 2 male children under 10 years old (born between 1821-1825) Christopher? & Lafayette? 1 male under 15 (born between 1816-1819) same child as 1820 census? 1 male under 20 (born between 1811-1815) same child as 1820 census? 1 female child under 5 (born between 1826-1829) ? 1 female child under 10 (born between 1821-1825) ? 1 female under 40 (born between 1791-1800) Susannah?

In the 1840 Camden County Census, Susannah is listed as head of household. James is believed to have died in early 1838 according to Georgia Intestate Records.

According to the HISTORY OF CHARLTON COUNTY, by Alex S McQueen 1932, "James Lloyd was a member of the colony coming to Burnt Fort from the state of Maine early in the nineteenth century, and eventually settled at Trader's Hill where he married Miss Susanna Wingate. He was with the detachment of soldiers that drove the Indians from this country, and was also an expert mill-wright having built three water mills in this community during the early history. His children were Christopher C, LaFayette, Mack and William. Christopher C Lloyd married Louise Markham, and among his children was Mrs Helen May, an aged citizen of Folkston.

Mack Lloyd married a Miss Stokes and the issue of this marriage were: Mary E, Francis, Mittie, Lou, Salem, Alfred (better known as Buddus), Lewis (better known as Bunk), John B, Leonard and Charlie.
The Lloyd's were very competent river men, being experts in the rafting of logs. John B and Leonard now live in the Camp Pinckney settlement, and Alfred resides at Homeland. Charlie married a daughter of J R Cooper, county surveyor of Charlton for many years. He and his wife are both dead.

John B and Leonard Lloyd are leading members of the Camp Pinckney Missionary Baptist Church. John B has been a member of Folkston Masonic Lodge for many years, having served in almost every station in the lodge and is a past master of the lodge. He is one of the oldest living members of this old lodge instituted at Trader's Hill in 1854, about a month after Charlton county was created. Several sons of John B Lloyd also hold membership in this lodge and the father was present at their initiations.

Lack of space prevents the naming of all the descendants of the pioneer Lloyd who came to this section from far away Maine in the early history of this country and when it was a virtual wilderness.

The second wife of Marion Altman, who died a few months ago, was Miss Minnie Lloyd, and to this union, two children were born, both yet quite young.

W H Mizell was first married to Miss Mollie Lloyd, who lived only a short time after their marriage."

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From the CHARLTON COUNTY GEORGIA HISTORICAL NOTES by the Charlton County Historical Commission 1972, "It was previously thought and recorded that the Lloyd ancestor of all the Lloyd's in this section was a James Lloyd, who came with a colony from Maine to Burnt Fort early in the nineteenth century. It is now definitely known that James Lloyd was here much earlier than the 1838 arrival of the colony from Maine. Recent research has disclosed that James Lloyd came to this county from Putman County, Ga before 1805. He came as a young man and married a local girl, Susanna Wingate and obtained a large tract of land near the Camp Pinckney Landing, where he and his family lived for many years. He served with a detachment of soldiers who drove the Indians from this county. He was a mill-wright and built three water mills in this section during the days of our early history. It is believed, however, that since he was an expert mill-wright, that he worked with the men from Maine who came down to operate the steam mill at Burnt Fort and utilize the virgin pine timber abounding here then. Most of these men were expert river men and some later settled at Camp Pinckney, Traders Hill and over in Nassau County, Fla.

James and his wife had at least seven children. Little is known of them, except that many of them moved to Nassau County. Among the sons of James was John Mack, who remained in Charlton County and is the ancestor of the Lloyd's now here. He married Rebecca Stokes and from this union sprung six sons and four daughters. John Mack served approximately three years as a Confederate soldier in 4th Georgia Company E. He and his wife are buried in the Traders Hill Cemetery.

While the Lloyd's never became leaders in the political field, they have been honest, law-abiding, hard-working citizens, serving their church, country and community well. Always in time of war, when young men have been called from Charlton County to fight, there have been Lloyd's and Lloyd descendants at the front. Many of the Lloyd descendants, as was James Lloyd, lovers of nature, following the occupations of farmers, stock raisers, lumbermen and other outdoor callings. They have been active participants in outdoor sports, such as hunting and fishing.

Among the direct descendants of John Mack and Rebecca Lloyd, now living in Charlton County are:
Raiford, Leonard and Dayton Woolard, sons of Mrs Lola Lloyd Woolard. Mrs Carlie Rogers, daughter of John B Lloyd. John B Lloyd, Sr. was the son of Alfred Lloyd and was an active member of Folkston Lodge No. 196 F.&A.M.

Other Lloyd's: Mrs Lola Guinn, Mrs Laura Crews and Daniel Lloyd are the children of Charlie H Lloyd. Ralph, Cecil and Chester Lloyd are sons of Leonard Lloyd. Charlie and Bill Lloyd are sons of Lewis Lloyd. Floyd Sikes is a grandson of Mary Lloyd Sikes. Ira Rogers, Jr. is a grandson of John B Lloyd. Nellie Hickox is a granddaughter of Salem Lloyd.

The descendant of the early pioneer Lloyd's who came to this section before Charlton County was created have gone to other counties and states. The younger ones now living here can trace their ancestry back for seven or eight generations."

From SETTLERS OF THE OKEFENOKEE by Lois Barefoot Mays 1975 we learn more about LLOYD'S MILL. "From the beginning of Charlton Co in 1854 to the early 1800's, Centre Village and Traders Hill were the two principal areas of local commerce. During this time, a little community first known as Lloyd's Mill, flourished in what is now west Folkston.

The records in Camden Co reveal that in the 1830's James Lloyd owned "six hundred fifty acres with improvements consisting of a sawmill, dwelling house and other outbuildings situated on the waters of Spanish Creek known as Loyd's Sawmill Tract." In 1840 this land was sold to Victor Poincey and William H Clark and three years later Poincey sold his interest to Samuel Clark, Trustee of Olymphia Clarke. The improvements on the tract had increased and included at that time "a sawmill, a tannery, a bark mill, two dwelling houses, other outhouses, three yoke of oxen, one horse, two wagons, on cart. two harnesses, two saddles, entire stock of hides, leathers consisting of 600 pieces, household and other furnishing"

The Georgia Department of Archives and History has documented an area south of Folkston on state highways 23 and 121 at the Spanish Creek Bridge as the mill pond of the Clark Mill and the oldest industry in Charlton Co. However , an 1884 plat by surveyor Felder Lang shows that the "Loyd's Old Mill" (and consequently the Poincey and Clark Mill) was actually situated on Clay Branch near where it intersects with West Main Street. It is now known as Dixie Lake. Clay Branch is a portion of the "waters of Spanish Creek" as it flows into the creek less than a mile and a half from Dixie lake. Earthen dams and a millpond which mark the area are still visible from the Clay Branch bridge on a tract now owned by J Franklin Roddenberry.

The mill site was shown on public records as being Loyd's Old Mill, however the houses of the mill hands nearby composed the community referred to by its inhabitants as Poincey's Mill."