Father- Jones Persons
1760-1850
Mother- Diana Neal Persons
1775-1859
Wife- Nancy Freeman Persons
1804-1877
Married- Jan. 27, 1827

Children of Pinkney and Nancy Persons
1. Thomas Jefferson Persons, Sr.
1825-1857
2. Elizabeth Persons McDowell Jinks
1826-1880
3. Caroline T. Persons Faulkner
1828-1916
4. Matilda Persons Steale
5. Mary Jane Persons Middlebrooks
1833-1893
6.Samantha Diana Persons Allison
1839-1907
7. Cynthia Persons Middlebrooks
1841-1888
8. William Pinkney Persons, Jr.
1844-1910
9. Sarah Persons
1846- before 1860
10. Nancy Adeline Persons Abercombie
1848-1888

William Pinkney Persons was the son of Jones and Diana Neal Persons, born Nov. 12, 1797, in warren County, Georgia; died April 13, 1874, on his plantation in Monroe Co.,; married Jan. 27, 1824, to Nancy Freeman (1804-1877).
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Cherokee Land Lotteries for 1827, 1835 & 1838-
Pinkney Persons - 1827, District 588
Upson County in the Cherokee Land Lottery
Pinckney Persons - 1835, District 588
Upson County, Land Lot Cherokee Lottery #115, District #26, Section 3.
Pinckney Persons - 1838, District 589
Number: 115
District: 26th DISTRICT, 3rd SECTION, CHEROKEE Lottery
Upson Co.: granted previous to the first day of January, 1838
Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Smith, James F.. The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery. New York, USA: 1838.
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1850 US Census-
Division 60, Monroe, Georgia
Pinkney was 52 years old and his wife Nancy is listed as 45yrs.
Children living at home were: Mary J. (17), Diana (11), Cynthia (9), William P. (6) and Sarah (4).
Pinkney's eldest son, Thomas Jefferson Persons (25 yrs) lived next door with his wife Elizabeth (18), and children: William P.(3), Mary A. (2) and Thomas J.Jr. (3 mths).
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1860 US Census-
Dist. 557, Culloden, Monroe Co., Georgia
Pinkney is 63, his wife Nancy is 56, and William P. Jr. is living at home and is 16 and daughter Nancy is 12.
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William Pinkney Persons, Sr. and Jr. were part of the HOLLOWAY GRAYS, of Upson County, Georgia Company E, 3rd Georgia Battalion, afterwards Company C, 37th Georgia Regiment, composed of men from the Northeast portion of Upson County, and from the adjoining sections of Monroe and Pike Counties. They enlisted in the Army of the Confederate States, in the summer of 1861. The place of meeting for organization and drills was at the Old Upson Camp Ground, near The Rock, Georgia. Both father and son were in the muster roll.
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1870 US Census-
Post Office of Forsyth, Monroe Co., Georgia
Pinkney is 72, Nancy is 60 and grandson Thomas Persons is living with the elder couple and is 19 yrs.
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It is believed that William Pinkney and his wife Nancy Freeman Persons are buried in the Persons Family Cemetery outside of Yatesville, Georgia. There is an unknown adult grave with the remains of a broken pink granite or marble headstone still remaining. Could this be the marker for William Pinkney Persons.
His father, Jones Persons had died in early 1850 and Pinkney's younger brother, Lovett Persons paid a mason to build a stone wall around their father's plot and large enough for other family members. Their Mother, Diana Neal Persons passed in July 1859 and is in the Persons Cemetery. Pinkney's younger brother Lovett passed in 1862 and he is located next to his wife Malinda who eventually passed in 1908.