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• m1. Jane Edmonson
• John, Jr. and Jane had 3 children:
  • Mary Pettigrew Verner
    • m. Mr. Cockerham
  • William Edmonson Verner (1791-1888)
    • m. Eleanor Word Hooper (1800-1842). This family went to [near] Columbus, Mississippi and raised 10 children.
  • James Verner
• m2. Rebecca Dickey* in 1793. She was b. Aug. 11, 1774 in York County SC, and d. June 30, 1849 in Retreat SC.
• John, Jr. and Rebecca had 11 children:
  • Nancy Verner (1794-1798)
  • Jane Verner (1796-1886)
    • m. Col. John Thomas Humphreys (1790-1873). They settled in MS, and had 13 children.
  • John A. Verner, b. 1799. Not known to have been married.
  • Charles Julius Verner, (1801-1855), moved to MS
    • m1. Mary Thompson Davis (d. 1841) and had 5 children.
    • m2. Sarah Jane Whitworth (1819-1902), and had 7 children.
  • David D. Verner (1804-1896), who never married. He was known to be "eccentric".
  • Rebecca Verner, b. 1806, married Joseph R. Shelor. They had no children.
  • Samuel J. Verner (1808-1864)
    • m. Milinda Crawford (1820-1908), and had 6 children.
  • George W. Verner, b. 1810.
    • m. Harriet Harris. They went to MS.
  • Lemuel H. Verner (1813-1898).
    • m. Jane Younge Scott and had 5 children.
  • Ebenezer Pettigrew Verner* (1816-1891).
    • m. Emily Crowe Singleton "Emma" Foster* (1827-1912)
  • Anna Marie Verner (1820-1901).
    • m. Montford Stokes Stribling (1819-1890) in 1843 and had 13 children, one of whom was:
      • John Verner Stribling (1847-1930), inventor and entrpreneur.

Brief Biography:

A photograph of this plantation home is shown on page 16A of Mrs. Wallace's "Verner Genealogy". It was replaced by a "modern brick structure" in the early 1960s. She also shows a transcription of his will showing that he allowed his slaves to have the right to "chose their masters giving them the same humanity intended to my other slaves heretofore", presumably they could chose their masters among his heirs. There is a also a copy of his Revolutionary War pension papers (file No. 57793) from the National Archives.

He operated his own plantation school, provided tutors for his children and a teacher for the children of his slaves. The teacher was Rebecca Dickey, who later became his second wife.

References;

• The Verner Genealogy by Clara Verner Wallace