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1830 Census of Butts County
Abner Bankston         5 males 3 Females 17 slaves
Alfred Bankston         1 male   2 Females  0 slaves
James Bankston        4 male   4 Female   0 slaves
James S. Bankston    3 male  2 Female    0 slaves
John Bankston           5 male   5 Female   0 slaves

William  R. Bankston's wife was Mahala Collins
Mahala Collins Bankston was born Sept. 26, 1817 & died Dec. 26, 1856
She is buried in Jackson City Cemetery in Butts Co.  William- Unknown
Sometime during the late 1870's the home of William R. Bankston on Second Street and Momosa Lane was purchased for the home of the circuit riders who made it Jackson Headquarters.

Children of William and Mahala Bankston were:
1.Leonidas Augustus Bankston  b. Aug. 28, 1838 & died June 5 1894.
He married Nancy Jane Beauchamp December 27, 1859.

2.John William Bankston
July 11, 1861 - Aug. 29, 1865

3.Ella Maude Bankston
Oct. 8, 1864- Sept. 8, 1865

4.James Beauchamp Bankston
Sept. 14, 1866- birth

5.Mahala Maude Bankston
June 8, 1876   She married J. K. Johnston in 1907

6.Henry Bankston
Mar. 02,1870 - May 23, 1940
He married Carolyn Yancey Jan. 25, 1890
July 19, 1875 - Jan. 27, 1960
Both Buried Macedonia Bapt. Church Cemetery

The children of Henry & Caroyln were:
1. Cecil Bankston (Greer) married Feb. 17, 1910 Nathan Greer
Jan. 09, 1892 - Jan. 16, 1965
Nathan L. Greer
May 14,1888 - Nov. 28, 1941
Macedonia Bapt. Church Cemetery

2. Evelyn Bankston (Hodges) married Prentiss Irby Hodges in 1914.
July 25, 1894 - January 07, 1970
Prentiss Irby Hodges
May 6, 1892 - Aug 25, 1978
Macedonia Baptist Church

3. Chester Arthur Bankston married Willie Ruth Pittman Nov 21, 1919
Aug 19 1897 - Dec 03 1922
Willie Pittman Bankston
July 31, 1897 - Dec 10 1970
Pittman-Norsworthy Cemetery

4.Hazel M. Bankston
Nov 14. 1900 - Oct. 4 1936  married June 21, 1926
Robert Elbert Lee
Nov 12, 1900 -  Oct 04, 1936
Macedonia Cemetery

5. Horace Lester Bankston
20 Sept. 1903- 08 Mar. 1969
married Eddie Joe Cole on December 1930
Nov. 03 1904-  Apr. 04 1997
Sandy Creek Cemetery

6. Donald Bankston
Donald Bankston was an employee of the Dam Project who served for many years.
Donald Bankston was born Sept. 05, 1906 & married Nora Jones on April 30, 1932.

7. Ruth Bankston b Nov. 21, 1909 ?

Justices of Inferior Court
Abner Bankston- March 1,1834- January 10, 1837
Abner Bankston married Sarah Turner April 19, 1836 in Butts Co. GA.

On the first Tax list of Butts County- 1828
In Captain Hendrick's District I find James S. Bankston.

The tax receipts of John M.D. Bond, tax collector for the year of 1831
shows Abner Bankston $10.54

In 1865 Abner Bankston was on the Grand Jury in September.
It was under this time that the South was under Martial law.

William R. Bankston was Clerk of Superior Court 1864

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