Sarah Oliver Elam was born in 1806 Virginia and died 1879(?) most likely in Texas. She married Ransom Seay, born 1796 South Carolina and died in the late 1860's in Whitfield County, Georgia. The marriage was believed to have taken place in Spartanburg in 1824. Ransom was the son of John James Seay and Mary Anne Hatchett.
Sarah and Ransom were entrenched in the Spartanburg area of South Carolina by the mid 1820's. Census Records show that they were present in DeKalb County, Georgia by the 1830's and the 1840's. They are in Chattooga County, Georgia Census in 1850 and the Whitfield County, Georgia Census in the 1860's. Family records indicate that Ransom died during the sixties and it is believed that Sarah moved to Texas with one or more of her children and died there. A grave has not yet been found. (However, her son-in-law did purchase a grave plot in October 1879 in the old McKinney Cemetary, which is about the time that Sarah's death was believed to be. The grave is unmarked.)
The children of Sarah Oliver Elam and Ransom Seay
- Polly Ann Seay, Born 1824 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Married Escue
- Eliza Jane Seay, Born 1826 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Married James Monroe Holcomb
- Malinda Caline Seay, Born June 9, 1828 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Died March 10, 1877 in Whitfield County, Georgia, Married John Holcombe
- Emaline F. Seay, Born December 16, 1831 probably in Dekalb County, Georgia and Died November 30, 1866 in Chattooga County, Georgia, Married Henry L. Couey, October 25, 1849 in Chatooga County, Georgia
- Martha Elizabeth Seay, Born May 11, 1834 in Dekalb County, Georgia and Died May 2, 1899 Married Samuel Wesley Kite on September 28, 1851 in Whitfield County, Georgia in 1857
- Parthenia Ann Seay, Born February 2, 1837 in Dekalb County, Georgia and Died May 15, 1853 Married John Calhoun Drennan Born July 18, 1834 and Died September 1903
- Alexander Marion Seay, Born January 31, 1840 in Dekalb County, Georgia and Died January 8, 1880, Married Emaline Arnold
- Sarah Ellen Seay, Born December 21, 1843 in Dekalb County, Georgia and Died April 30, 1922 in Stoddard County, Missouri, Married George Washington Hall, January 3, 1860.
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Malinda Caroline Seay died March 10, 1877 and is buried in John Dunagan Cemetary in Whitfield County, Georgia. John Holcombe was born November 12, 1824 and died January 16, 1890. A picture of her headstone and that of her husband, John Holcombe is available at USGennet for Whitfield County.
Martha Elizabeth Seay's first husband, Samuel Kite, died December 29, 1863 on Smallpox Island at a Union prison in Alton, Illinois (National Archive Records). Martha Elizabeth married his nephew, John H. Smith. Martha Elizabeth Seay and Samuel Kite were in Choctaw County, Mississippi according to the 1860 Census. They moved to Texas from Mississippi by the early 1870's and settled in Montague County, Texas.* Martha Elizabeth Seay Kite Smith is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetary in Collin County, Texas.
The children of Martha Elizabeth Seay and John H. Smith
- John Tatum Smith, Born July 19, 1867 in Cass County, Texas, Died February 3, 1928 in Denton County, Texas
- James Eddy Smith Born July 9, 1868, Died March 24, 1891 in Collin County, Texas
- Mattie Smith Born 1871 in Collin County, Texas
- Lucy B. Smith Born 1873 in Collin County, Texas, Died 1956
- Jane Smith Born in 1876 in Collin County, Texas
Alexander Marion Seay and Emaline Arnold came to Montague County, Texas, probably sometime in the 1870's where they bought a cattle ranch. Alexander Marion is believed to have comitted suicide after shooting two men in a disagreement. He is buried in Montague County. After Alexander died, his sons, Jefferson and Oscar, were running cattle in the Big Pasture across the Red River in Indian Territory which they probably leased from the Chickasaw Indians. Alexander lived in Collin County, Texas for about two years before going to Montague County. (See the 1879-1880 Mortality Schedule for Montague County at the National Archives which states, "Seay, A.m., 39, Male, White, born Georgia, died in January suicide by shooting." The same day the document lists the names of Sam H. Tubbs and S.N. Ladd "shot by A.M. Seay.") Emaline Arnold was born in Georgia on October 24, 1842. Her father was William Arnold and her mother was Mattie Hall. She died October 14, 1924 in Oscar, Oklahoma.
The children of Alexander Marion Seay and Emaline Arnold
- Ransom Alexander Jefferson Seay, Born July 24, 1861, Died 1925
- Oscar William Angelo Seay, Born May 16, 1867 Died May 12, 1930
- James Deck Seay, Born December 5, 186? Died
- Lois Martha Seay, Born February 20, 1872 Died
- Sarah Elizabeth Seay, Born June 20, 1875 Died
- Annie Estelle Seay, Born February 23, 1878 Died
Oscar Seay was born May 16, 1867 and died May 12, 1930. Jefferson Seay was born July 25, 1861(2) in Georgia and died in 1925. He married Laura Belle Hardy July 24, 1887 in Montague County, Texas. She was born February 12, 1868 in Missouri and died February 13, 1916 . Oscar Seay married Laura Hardy's sister, Clara India Hardy. Clara was born August 1, 1869 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. She died February 29, 1924 in El Reno, Oklahoma. She is buried in the family cemetary in Oscar, Oklahoma. Her parents were John Garneth Hardy and Martha Jane Roberts (Mattie) Hardy. He had previously been married to Minnie Sealy on August 26, 1887 and they divorced in 1890. Oscar and Minnie had no children.
Parthenia Seay and John Drennan had 10 children. John Drennan was the son of William Gilliland Drennan and Prudence Rogers Capehart (Born 1805 South Carolina and Died 1893 Georgia). Prudence was the daughter of Major James Rogers (allegedly the son of Hugh and Margaret Rogers) and Anne Camp (who is believed to be the daughter of Edmund Edward Camp).
The children of Jefferson Seay and Laura Hardy
- Robert Lincoln Seay, Born March 1888 Died Married
- Nelle Estelle Seay, Born February 1890 Died Married
- Virgil Lafayette (Lafetta) Seay, Born February 3, 1892 in Texas and Died 1963 in Texas Married Mamie Victoria Matthews December 3, 1916 in Texas
- Hardy Lee Seay, Born October 1895 Died Married
- Ruby Laura Seay, Born November 1897 Died Married
- Jefferson Weldon Seay, Born Died Married
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