Evidence

Last Will and Testament of Thomas Bratcher Hemphill

26 August 2011 Evidence

Transcription North Carolina McDowell County Source:  McDowell County, North Carolina, “North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970″, will book entry for Thomas Bratcher Hemphill pp. 554-555, digital images no. 308-309; “Wills 1869-1903,” digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 30 June 2011).

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North Carolina Probate Records on FamilySearch

13 July 2011 Evidence

A couple of weeks ago, a tweet passed through my Twitter stream from @FSHistRecords announcing that North Carolina Probate Records had been added to FamilySearch.  Since I have many, many ancestors who lived in North Carolina, I immediately clicked on the link.  This is one of those non-indexed databases that FamilySearch is doing now, in [...]

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Uncle Worth’s Burial Permit

11 July 2011 Evidence

This is the permit to bury my grandmother’s only brother.  I’m excited about this record for a couple of reasons.  For one thing, I’d never seen a burial permit before; I had no idea so much good genealogical information would be included.  For another, it corroborates my grandmother’s story about her brother’s death. Analysis of [...]

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Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Hills

6 July 2011 Evidence

I made an interesting discovery while working on census records for some of the Pattersons/Chapmans.  I was looking at the 1840 record for my fourth great-grand uncle, Joseph Patterson (born 1790/1794).  The 1840 census is two pages wide, so make sure you always look at that second page.  I almost missed this find, myself, and [...]

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What can you learn from a DAR application?

16 June 2011 Evidence

Yesterday I wrote about the DAR application that I ordered for William Brookshire.  I already knew a good bit about William, including the details of his military service (I have a copy of his pension application).  I ordered the DAR application because I was looking for a source document for the names of his children.  [...]

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Lula M. Butler – Tombstone Tuesday

17 May 2011 Evidence

Lula Maude Butler was born 30 March 18941, the 10th child of Dave Butler and Josephine Hemphill.  She appeared in her parents’ household in the 19002, 19103, and 19204 censuses.  She was a schoolteacher5 and never married. Lula died on 26 May 1980 and is buried at Chatsworth Heights Cemetery.6 Chatsworth Heights Cemetery (Chatsworth, Georgia; Latitude: [...]

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Tombstone Tuesday: John and Ione Hemphill

10 May 2011 Evidence

On July 15, 1895, John Hemphill, the son of Thomas Hemphill and Mattie Love, was born.  He married Ione (aka Harbin), who was born May 10, 1900.  John died when his tractor overturned on June 26, 1957.  Harbin lived 42 years as a widow, dying on March 18, 1989.  They are buried in Chatsworth Heights [...]

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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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Tombstone Tuesday: Charlie and Mattie Sampler

26 April 2011 Evidence

Mattie Lytle Butler, the eldest child of Dave Butler and Josephine Hemphill, was born July 28, 1879, probably in Murray County, Georgia.  She married Charlie Sampler on November 26, 1899.  Charlie was born July 13, 1876 in Alabama.  They moved to Quanah, Texas sometime between 1900 and 1910, but were back in Murray County by [...]

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1920 Census Analysis – Newton C. Ward Household

15 April 2011 Analysis

My great-grandparents, Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson, appeared on the 1920 census in Fannin County, Georgia. Census Abstract:1 Newton C. Ward, head of household, renter, age 28, literate, born in GA, both parents born in GA, a farmer on a farm, working on his own account, farm schedule #14. Rachel, wife, age 27, [...]

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