Pinckney Harvey Randall
Son of John Bull Randal and Hanna Harvey, Pinckney Harvey Randall (his middle name obviously his mother's maiden name) was born about September 5, 1814 in Franklin County, Georgia (well after his family name had been changed from Bull to Randal).
At some point, Pinckney Harvey Randall moved to Cobb County, Georgia where he met Catron Gatewood Pace.
On June 6, 1837, Pinckney Harvey Randall (at age 22) married Catron Gatewood Pace (age 20). Daughter of Hardy Pace 1) and Lucy Kirksey Pace 2), Catron was born on Oct. 24, 1816 in Cobb County, Georgia.
Pinckney and Catron had 6 children and stayed in Georgia.
- Hardy Isaiah Randall (Mar. 29, 1838 - Aug. 17, 1912)3)
- Rowan Augustin Randall (May 18, 1840 - Jun. 28, 1908)4)
- Lucy Kirksey Randal Powell (July 1843 - July 19, 1887)5)
- Bushrod P. Randall (1846 - )
- Penelope “Neppie” Randall Clarke (Oct. 15, 1849 - May 25, 1937)6)
- Catron Gatewood Randall (1853-1898)7)
Bushrod Randall was likely named in honor of Catron Pace's brother, Bushrod Pace. 8)
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Transcript
An Act
To authorize Hardy Pace and Pinckney H. Randall to build a Mill dam across the Chattahoochee river on their own land in the counties of Cobb and DeKalb.
Section 1st
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same that Hardy Pace and Pinckney H. Randall be and they are hereby authorized to build and keep up a Mill dam across said river on Lots of Land Nos two hundred and fourteen in the seventeenth District DeKalb county and one thousand and twenty five in the seventeenth District and second section Cobb county.
Section 2nd
And be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and they are hereby repealed.
(illegible but the Speaker at that time was Howell Cobb)
Speaker of the House of Representatives
W.B. Wofford
President of the Senate
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Approved February 1st 1850
Geo W Towns Governor
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No 197
An Act
To authorize Hardy Pace and Pinckney H Randall to build a mill dam across the Chatahoochee on their own land in the counties of Cobb and DeKalb.
In the House of Representatives
Read 1st time December 19th 1849
Read 2 time January 21st 1850
Read 3 time January 24th 1850
and Passed
Bunville K Harrison
Clk House of Reps
HB 197 Pg 126-129
Act 197 Pg 309
Hardy sold property in old DeKalb, then Fulton, to his son-in-law Pinkney Randall, April 20, 1850, 607 ½ acres, for $700, with reservation of mines and minerals to him. Eighty years later, a portion of this tract was sold for $50,000, located on Mount Paran Road.
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1850 United States Federal Census
State: Georgia
County: DeKalb
Township or other Division of County: Buck Head Dist.
Date: Sept. 24, 1850
| Name | Gender | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.H. Randall | M | 35 | Georgia | Farmer |
| Catron Randall | F | 32 | Georgia | |
| Hardy J. Randall | M | 11 | Georgia | |
| Rowan A. Randall | M | 10 | Georgia | |
| Lucy K. Randall | F | 7 | Georgia | |
| Bushrod P. Randall | M | 4 | Georgia | |
| Not Named | F | 4/12 | Georgia |
Source: “United States Census, 1850,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY2-8QW : accessed 21 April 2015), T H Randall, Buckhead, DeKalb, Georgia, United States; citing family 57, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
While the 1850 Census record is very light, and therefore difficult to read, most of it is legible. However, it appears to contain two errors. First, it appears to list Hardy's middle initial as a “J.” rather than an “I”. And second, the last person listed, while not named, is suspected to have been Penelope Randall… whose tombstone states her birth date as Oct. 15, 1849.9) So she would have 13 months old at the time of the census.
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1860 United States Federal Census
State: Georgia
County: Fulton
Township or other Division of County: Buck Head Dist.
Date: June 19, 1860
| Name | Gender | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.H. Randall | M | 45 | Georgia | Farmer |
| Catron Randall | F | 42 | Georgia | |
| Hardy Randall | M | 21 | Georgia | Atty. at Law |
| Rowan A. Randall | M | 19 | Georgia | |
| Lucy Randall | F | 17 | Georgia | |
| Bushrod Randall | M | 14 | Georgia | |
| Penelope N. Randall | F | 10 | Georgia | |
| Catharine Randall | F | 6 | Georgia |
Source: “United States Census, 1860”. Note: “Catharine” was likely “Catron Gatewood Randall”. These types of mistakes were common when census takers completed the forms.
Catron died on November 6, 1864 (at age 48) in Milltown, Georgia.
Pinckney died on January 27, 1887 (at age 72) in Fulton, Georgia.
Both Catron and Pinckney Randall are buried in the Pace Family Cemetery (located at Mt. Wilkinson Parkway and Overlook Drive, Vinings (Cobb County) Georgia (Coordinates: 33°52'10“N, 84°28'8”W).
