Husband: Renatus DOWNING
Birthdate: Abt. 1810
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: Aft. 1870
Place of death: Probably Florida
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: Abt. 1834
Marriage place: South Carolina or Georgia

Wife: Sarah Ann Keziah HIERS
Birthdate: Abt. 1820
Birthplace: Barnwell Dist., South Carolina
Death date: Aft. 1870
Place of death: Probably Florida
Father: Daniel HIERS
Mother: Nancy HUNTER

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William R. R. DOWNING
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1836
Birthplace: Lowndes County, Georgia
Death date: Abt. 1884
Place of death: Lafayette County, Florida
Marriage date: 20 Nov 1859
Marriage place: Hamilton County, Florida
Spouse's name: Martha Ann HERNDON

Child No. 2: George DOWNING
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1837
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 3: Eliza DOWNING
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1844
Birthplace: Lowndes County, Georgia
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: 17 Nov 1859
Marriage place: Hamilton County, Florida
Spouse's name: James HERNDON

Child No. 4: Elizabeth DOWNING
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1846
Birthplace: Hamilton County, Florida
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 5: Daniel DOWNING
Sex:
Birthdate: Abt. 1847
Birthplace: Florida
Death date: Aft. 1917
Place of death: Probably Florida
Marriage date: 31 March 1870
Marriage place: Thomas County, Georgia
Spouse's name: Sarah Edmondson YATES

Child No. 6: Nancy DOWNING
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 June 1847-48
Birthplace: Hamilton County, Florida
Death date: 1 May 1928
Place of death: Hamilton County, Florida
Marriage date: 15 Nov 1866
Marriage place: Hamilton County, Florida
Spouse's name: Levi HERNDON

Child No. 7: James A. DOWNING
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1850
Birthplace: Hamilton County, Florida
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 8: Saleta DOWNING
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1855
Birthplace: Florida
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 9: John DOWNING
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1858
Birthplace: Hamilton County, Florida
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 10: Alfred DOWNING
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1860
Birthplace: Hamilton County, Florida
Death date: 1936
Place of death: Suwannee County, Florida
Marriage date: 24 Jan 1878
Marriage place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Spouse's name: Arena ROGERS

Child No. 11: Cornelia DOWNING
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1865
Birthplace: Hamilton County, Florida
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown
 

Documentation:
1. U. S. Census--Hamilton County, Florida: 1850, 1860, 1870
2. "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol. 4
3. Hamilton County, Florida Marriage Records
4. Family Records.