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Author: sunnyaldrich
Surnames: Causey, Cosey, Cossey, Saussey, Corssey, Coursey, Avera
Classification: queries
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I've seen a lot of posts on here regarding tests done by people with the surname
Causey & Cossey. My ancestor's name was Elizabeth Saussey of Washington County, GA
born about 1805 and we believe "Saussey" was a phonetic version of Causey (we
have ZERO DNA matches to anyone with the surname Saussey in their tree.) The most likely
candidate to be her sibling is Alfred Cosey of Washington County, born circa 1796. He
spelled his last name Causey, Cosey, Cossey, Corssey and Coursey. I guess the guy
couldn't make up his mind!
There is a Coursey DNA project on FTDNA with no Causey's listed on the patriarch's
page. There is a Causey DNA project with ZERO participants and the admin email is empty.
So.... where are all the Causey's? Was Coursey a variant? Elizabeth and her husband,
James Avera Jr., ended up in Crawford County. One of their daughters went to Alabama,
another to Mississippi and a third to Caddo, Arkansas for a short time. There are Causey
and Coursey families in all of those locations.
We match a descendant of James Coursey of Swainsboro, Emmanuel, GA who named his son
William. There was a William Coursey who was awarded a land grant in Washington County, GA
in 1797, but the courthouse in Sandersville burned during the Civil War so there are no
marriage or probate records. DNA is all we've got folks... so where are all the
Causey's at? This is a crazy-confusing family!! Sounds like I fit right in. ;-)
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