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Household #193: Weeks, James

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In the 1900 Barney census, James Weeks headed a 6-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

James Weeks headed a 6-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner, 2 children, and 2 extended-family members.

James Weeks's listed occupation was Laborer Saw Mill.

All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.

1900 Census Household

Name Relation Age Birthplace Occupation
William Weeks Brother 20 Georgia —
James Weeks Head 28 Georgia Laborer Saw Mill
Mary Weeks Wife 30 Georgia —
Nathaniel Weeks Son 5 Georgia —
Hattie Weeks Daughter 1 Georgia —
William Weeks Brother 19 Georgia —

Children and Later Trails

This section is reserved for later-life child evidence. No later spouse, death, burial, obituary, probate, separate household, or descendant-line identification has been added here yet from direct records.

Sources still needed

  • Death or burial records for James W. Weeks and Mary J. Hiers Weeks. Both died between 1900 and 1910, before Georgia's statewide death index.
  • A direct marriage record for James W. Weeks and Mary J. Hiers.
  • A post-1900 adult trail for William Weeks, James's brother in the 1900 household.
  • Primary documentation for Hattie B. Weeks's Murphy surname before her 1938 remarriage to Jonathan Mack Coker.
  • Any probate, guardianship, or court record explaining the placement of Nathaniel with Charles Luke Weeks and Hattie with Solomon Hiers by 1910.

June 14, 2026 continuation check: FamilySearch returned the 1900 Hattie Weeks child record with parents James Weeks and Mary Weeks, but no visible record tying Hattie B. Weeks to the Murphy surname before her 1938 Florida remarriage to Jonathan Mack Coker. No direct death or burial records for James W. Weeks and Mary J. Hiers Weeks, no marriage record for James and Mary, no adult trail for William Weeks, and no probate or guardianship record appeared in the targeted online pass.

Primary Sources

  1. 1870 Federal Census — Colquitt County, GA (Charles Weeks household, infant James)
  2. 1870 Federal Census — Colquitt County, GA (Solomon Hiers household, child Mary)
  3. 1880 Federal Census — Colquitt County, GA (Charles T. Weeks household, James)
  4. 1880 Federal Census — Colquitt County, GA (Solomon Hiers household, Mary)
  5. 1900 Federal Census — Brooks County, GA (Barney Precinct, this household)
  6. 1910 Federal Census — Colquitt County, GA (Charles L. Weeks household, nephew Nathaniel)
  7. 1910 Federal Census — Colquitt County, GA (Solloman Hires household, granddaughter Hattie)
  8. Ancestry Family Tree — CROFT/THOMAS Family Tree (tree 78528910, person 380041606327)
  9. FindAGrave Memorial 26587027: Nathaniel Weeks, Gardner Cemetery, Zolfo Springs, Hardee County, FL
  10. FindAGrave Memorial 105803500: Hattie B Coker, Newnansville Cemetery, Alachua, FL
  11. FindAGrave Memorial 101885954: Charles Luke Weeks, Sardis Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Berlin, Colquitt County, GA
  12. Duval County FL Divorce Record — Hattie B Coker (1936, Certificate #1210)
  13. FL Marriage Record — Hattie Bee Murphy and Jonathan Mack Coker (1938)

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