William Womack
William Womack was the son of Isham Womack. He married Lucy Womack, his first cousin once removed.
Their children:
Josiah Womack married Comfort LNU
Sarah Womack (10 Aug 1782 - 29 Jan 1858) married Jeremiah Blanton (son of Archer Blanton) - See Jeremiah Blanton bible
Thomas Womack married Manima "Mimimy" Padgett
Isham Womack married Elizabeth "Betsey" Bailey
Leah Womack married Sampson McDaniel
Burton Womack - died young, no children
Isham Womack married Mary Ann Steward
William "Buck" Womack married 1) Sarah McBee
Abner Womack married Isabella "Ibby" Blackburn Patton (http://www.trackingyourroots.com/data/churchmembers.htm)
Jesse Womack married 1) Miss Perkins, 2) Sabra LNU
Levi Womack marred Martha Bean (his first cousin, daughter of Robert Bean & Martha Womack)
Asa Womack married Sarah Patton
Nancy Womack married Jonathan Eaves
The following memoirs give info about this family:
Rev Christenberry Lee memoir - note this memoir has the wrong parents for Sarah Womack who married Jeremiah Blanton; her parents were William Womack and Lucy Womack. Additionally, the "Lewis" Womack, son of Thomas Womack and who married Manima Padgett or Hollifield in this memoir, was actually Thomas Womack, son of William Womack and Lucy Womack.
William Womack in Franklin County, Georgia in 1790
In 1789 and 1790, William Womack was in Franklin County Georgia. He received a warrant for 450 aces of land in Franklin County on 7 Sep 1789 "on his own & family head rights" (Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records). His survey on 10 Sep 1789 was only for 375 acres, perhaps because he picked the best land and did not want to pay taxes on poor land. Per Georgia head right laws, a man could get 200 acres on his own head rights, plus 50 acres per family member or slave. William Womack's son Isham Rice Womack was born 29 Sep 1789, according to the memoir of his son, Francis Marion Womack. Thus, Isham Rice Womack was not yet born on 7 Sep 1789, when William got the land warrant. William's family consisted at that time of very pregnant wife Lucy Womack (daughter of Thomas Womack and Louvisa Rice) and 4 children: Josiah, Sarah, Thomas and Burton. Thus, William got a warrant for 200 acres for himself, plus an additional 50 acres each for his wife and 4 children, totaling 450 acres. William Womack must have signed over his survey to someone else, because there is no record of the final land grant for him for this survey.
Isham Rice Womack, son of William & Lucy, was born 29 Sep 1789 in Franklin Co, Georgia, despite the tall tale in Francis Marion Womack's memoir that Isham was born "on Little Pedee River in North Carolina". The 1850 Census of Coffee Co, TN clearly shows Isham Wammick as 61 and born in Georgia. Isham apparently told the tale he was born on Little Pee Dee River as a complement to the fact that his wife, Mary Ann Steward, was born "on Great Pedee River in the state of South Carolina". Francis Marion Womack apparently believed this tale from his father, and it is one of the only known incorrect details in his excellent memoir. This "Little Pedee River in North Carolina" fib has confused Womack researchers for years, given that the short distance the Little Pee Dee River travels in NC (it is mostly in South Carolina) is far east of Rutherford Co, NC, home of these Womacks.
William Womack signed a petition of Franklin County citizens dated 5 Mar 1790. He is listed right after brother-in-law Robert Bean (married to William's sister Martha Womack). William is listed right before Robert Walters and William McBee. Robert Walters was married to Joanna McBee and had 3 sons who married Cauthorn women, daughters of William's first cousin, Elizabeth (Womack) Cauthorn. William McBee was almost certainly related to James McBee (brother of Joanna (McBee) Walters), who was married to William's sister Sarah Womack. Clayborn Cawthon (Cauthorn), son of Elizabeth (Womack) Cauthorn was also on the list. Two signatures before William Womack was Berry Payne, one of several Payne men on the list. In Francis Marion Womack's memoir, he noted that this parents moved away from Sweetens Cove in Marion Co, TN because relatives were intermarrying: "There were many of the Beans, McBees, Pains, and other families connected to fathers family". Again, the 5 Mar 1790 Franklin Co, GA petition shows William Womack right after a Payne (Pain) and a Bean, and two before a McBee.
William Womack was not on the Rutherford Co, NC 1790 Census, near mother-in-law Louvisa (Rice) Womack, because he was clearly in Franklin Co, GA in 1790. The 1790 Census for Georgia is completely missing, but land records and a petition place William Womack there.
By 2 Apr 1795, William Womack was in Rutherford Co, NC, when he purchased land from Thomas Camp (DB 10-11:91).
Records in South Carolina
Spartanburg Co, SC
Spartanburg Co, SC DB C:321, 4 June 1787, William Morris to Thomas Jordan, 100 acres of land on Little Buck Creek of Pacolate River, mentions John Hightower's corner and William Wamock's corner. Signed by William & Barbara Morris, Witnesses Sampson Bethel, John Hightower, Elias Leggitt.
Note that in the 1790 Census of Spartanburg Co, SC, it was divided into several Captain's Districts, and Abner Womack, William Womack's brother-in-law, was in Capt Isaac Young's district, along with Sampson Bethel, Thos Gorden [sic, Jordan] and Wm Morris; all people mentioned in the 1787 deed above. Little Buck Creek is near Chesnee in Spartanburg Co, SC, across the state line from Rutherford Co, NC.
The above deed is the only known record of William Womack in Spartanburg Co, SC.
Greenville County, SC
Greenville County, SC DB C:135, 18 Apr 1792, Aaron Evans to Moses Evans 60 acres, on North fork of Wolf Creek a branch of Middle fork of Saluda River, part of a tract of land originally granted to Jesse Mayfield and by him conveyed to William Wommack, and from him made over to sd Aaron Evans by deed dated 11 Nov 1790.
This was likely part of the 166 acres Jesse Mayfield was granted by a warrant dated 10 Aug 1786 (Greenville Co, SC Grant Book C:91), described as on both sides of the north fork of Wolfs Creek of the Middle fork of Saluda River. Thus William Womack must have bought this land sometime between Aug 1786, when it was granted to Jesse Mayfield, and 11 Nov 1790, when William sold the land to Aaron Evans.
Note that William Womack's brother-in-law, Robert Bean, had two land grants in Greenville Co, SC:
Grant Book B:372 - warrant 3 Jan 1786, surveyed 17 Jan 1786, recorded 15 Mar 1786, Robert Bean 120 acres on the N side of Saluda River.
Grant Book C:214 - warrant 30 May 1787, surveyed 1 June 1787, recorded 5 June 1787, Robert Bean 52 acres N side of S fork Saluda River, one mile below the Mouth of Mathers Creek.
Robert Bean sold one of his grants in 1790, while a citizen of Franklin Co, GA:
Greenville Co, SC DB C:20, proved July term 1791, dated 26 Oct 1790, Robert Bean of Franklin Co, GA to John Owen of 96 Dist, SC, for 20#, 50 acres MOL situated in 96 Dist one mile below the Mouth of Mathers Creek, adj David Hopkins's old line. Signed Robert Bean (LS). Witnesses James Douthet, John Douthet Jr.
Note that Robert Bean sold his land on 26 Oct 1790, 15 days before William Womack sold his land on 11 Nov 1790. Mathers Creek is now called Matthews Creek, and is near Caesars Head State Park. Robert Bean's land (near Dowthit Cove, SC) is about 8.2 miles from William Womack's land (slightly south of Cleveland, SC) by modern roads. Probably, Robert Bean and William Womack traveled together in Oct & Nov 1790 from Franklin Co, GA to Greenville Co, SC (then part of 96 District) to sell their land,