She was called Sally.

In 1799, Wilkes County, North Carolina, Thomas Fields was appointed, with others, to a committee formed to purchase public lands. On this land the Wilkes County courthouse, Wilkesboro, North Carolina was built. Thomas was active in the Yadkin Grove church, holding the office of clerk and later that of deacon.

Thomas left a will dated 10 January 1807 and probated February term 1807 which named his wife Betty and children, William Fields, Jane Compton, Reuben Fields, Betsy Pendley, Winnifred Humphrey, Polly Humphrey, and Sally Pendley. Executors were wife Betty Fields, sons William Fields and Reuben Fields and trusty friend Eli Coffey. Witnesses were William Lenoir, Lewis Coffey, and Jonathan Boone.

The trusty friend Eli Coffey was Betty's nephew. Witness Lewis Coffey was also a relative of Betty. Jonathan Boone was a brother of Daniel Boone. He and another brother, Jesse Boone were members of the Yadkin Grove Baptist Church, as were several members of the Fields and Coffey families. Daniel Boone himself had lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina but had already moved away, moving first into Kentucky and later to Missouri.

Thomas and Susanna's first four children; Reuben Cuthbert, Morgan, Mary Elvira, and Catherine were all born about 1832 or before in North Carolina. They then moved to Georgia where the rest of the children were born, beginning with Catherine who was born about 1835.

Thomas and Susanna were listed in the Gwinnett County census for 1840 and 1850. They were listed in the Pickens County, Georgia census for the years 1860, 1870 and 1880. Thomas and his wife, Susanna [Humphrey] Fields are buried at Long Swamp Baptist Church in Pickens County, Georgia. There were no names on their headstones but the family collected enough money to place a fine headstone on their grave.

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As a young lad, Wilford Fields was required to help manage his parents' farm. One story that has been passed down was about a time when Wilford was very young and had to go out and round up the cows and bring them back to the barn. There was a lane down one side of the property leading from the born to the pasture where the cows grazed.

When he tried to drive the cows into the lane they would often wander back out into the pasture. After quite a while Wilford tired of this and started trying to figure out how to get the cows to stay together. Then he hit upon a plan.

Two of the cows that were standing fairly close together provided the first opportunity to try out his plan. He simply tied their tails together.

Of course, as soon as the cows tried to move they realized that they were caught. The cows however did not stop there. They began to pull harder and harder, wanting to be free to move at will.

The effort gained nothing which caused the cows to continue to strain. Finally, with a treemendous effort the cows were free. Unfortunately that freedom came at a price. The tail of one of the cows had been pulled completly off.

Wilford had no choice but to tell his father what had happened. This honesty gained him a whipping. Or maybe it should be called a beating. Wilford was beaten with a stick of stove wood. Although this is considered to be very harsh punishment today it was not unusual at the time.

It is said that Wilford Fields quit school in the 7th grade. This did not stop him from being a brilliant man who could repair most anything that was intended to run. If it was designed to run, he could usually make it run.

Just when his life was beginning to look up, that was when his life ended. He had the best job of his life at Kimberly-Clark corporation in Childersburg, Alabama. He job title was Millwright. His ability to repair anything was paying off. He had this job for only 4 years when he was diagnosed with Leukemia and died. He spent most of the last six months of his life in the hospital.

The marriage between Wilford Fields and Gladys Thomas had a shaky beginning. The Fields and the Hill families owned land and had a certain amount of money. The Hill family had more money than the Fields family but both families were land owners.

The Thomas family by contrast owned no land. They were itinerant farmers. They had never owned anything, living in shacks that were rented whoever they might be at the time. Most of the children had to go to work very young. Census records indicate that some of "Bear" Thomas' daughters were working before the age of 9.

Johnson Fields referred to the Thomas family as "Poor, white trash." The truth is that both Wilford Fields and Gladys Thomas grew up working hard. Wilford helped out on his dad's farm from a young age, Gladys Thomas had to work all her life to help out the family.

William and Rachel's first son Sylvester was born about 1832 in North Carolina. They then moved to Georgia where the rest of the children were born, beginning with William R. who was born about 1835.

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Burried in Macedonia Cemetery on Hwy 231. Family history has it that Mahala discovered that her second husband, Aziel Norris had another wife across the river from where they lived. Since communication was poor in those days, it was quite some time before she found out. When she did find out she turned him over to the authorities who then enlisted him into the Civil War effort, and he was never heard from again. It is believed that he was killed in battle.

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Married in Farish Carter's home in Baldwin County, Georgia.