May 2011

On this date. . .the 6th of May

6 May 2011 On this date

Births Mary (Clark) Mackie was born in 1767. Arthur Quillian Roberts was born in 1886 in Murray County, Georgia. Ethel Whitener was born in 1901 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths Elizabeth (Kendrick) O’Neal died in 1894. Annie G. Hemphill died in 1936.

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On this date. . .the 5th of May

5 May 2011 On this date

Births Mary Garrett was born in 1642 in England. Reuben E. Patton was born in 1827 in Burke County, North Carolina. Nancy Adelia Roberts died in 1863 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Maria Fadoshia (Roberts) McBrayer died in 1876 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths Elias Powell died in 1832 in Powelltown, North Carolina (my 6th great-grandfather). [...]

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On this date. . .the 4th of May

4 May 2011 On this date

Births Ruth Bertha (Hemphill) Whiteside was born in 1794 in Burke County, North Carolina. Joseph M. Tucker was born in 1833. Mary Louise (Burgin) Goforth was born in 1848 in Burke County, North Carolina. Deaths Captain Thomas Hemphill died in 1826 in Morganton, North Carolina (my 4th, 5th, and 6th great-grandfather). Joseph M. Tucker died [...]

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Florence B. Stroud – Tombstone Tuesday

3 May 2011 Evidence

This tombstone reads “Florence B. dau of J. W. and M. J. Stroud.”  She is the child of John William Stroud and Mary Jane Hemphill and is buried at Ball Ground Cemetery in Murray County, Georgia.  She was born June 7, 1880 and died just over a year later on September 13, 1881.  I did [...]

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On this date. . .the 3rd of May

3 May 2011 On this date

Births Sarah Miller was born in 1813.

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On this date. . .the 2nd of May

2 May 2011 On this date

Births Martin Lafayette Roberts was born in 1853 in Bradley County, Tennessee (my 2nd great-grandfather). Bell (Chadwick) Roberts was born in 1903 in Pickens County, Georgia. Deaths Merritt Burgin died in 1874 in McDowell County, North Carolina.

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May Genealogy To-Dos

1 May 2011 And More

Here is my to-do list for May, mapped to my annual goals. Research The last three months, I’ve focused my research on one surname per month.  I’m switching gears this month. Unsourced people:  I have a number of people in my database that don’t have sources, from the days when I was less diligent about [...]

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On this date. . .the 1st of May

1 May 2011 On this date

Births Jane (Ellis) Boggs was born in 1816 in Georgia. Charles Kilgore was born in 1892 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths Delilah (Bright) Stroud died in 1879 in Murray County, Georgia. Marriages Elijah Ellis and Lavica Santer were married in 1828 in Fannin County, Georgia. Robert Q. Kirby and Georgia Ann Ward were married in [...]

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