Births

• George Heinrich Dellinger was born in 1779 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
• Rebecca D. Stroud was born in 1848 in Murray County, Georgia.

Deaths

• William Patton Hemphill died in 1845.
• Anna (Debord) Searcy died in 1894 in Ellijay, Georgia (my 4th great-grandmother).
• G. T. Baxter died in 1943 in Old Fort, Tennessee.
• George William Butler died in 1972 in Dalton, Georgia.

Marriages

• Clara Fouts and Adolphus C. Kendrick were married in 1907 in Murray County, Georgia.

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Births

• Rachel (Hemphill) Whiteside was born in 1790 in Burke County, North Carolina.
• George Washington Langston was born in 1836 in Bradley County, Tennessee.

Deaths

• Hans Andreas Dellinger died in 1735.
• Alcie (Sebastian or Robinson) Burk died in 1836.
• John Posey Hemphill died in 1865, while serving in the Civil War.
• Judson Clements Hemphill died in 1882.
• Walter Patton Hemphill died in 1930 in Oglethorpe, Georgia.
• Barbara E. (Baxter) Kendrick died in 1939 in Crandall, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandmother).

Marriages

• Mary Dellinger and Jacob Yount were married in 1823 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

Births

• Sarah (Lillard) O’Neal was born in 1833 in Polk County, Tennessee.
• Isaac N. Stuart was born in 1880.

Deaths

• Pernelia (Jarrett) Whiteside died in 1864 in Randolph County, Arkansas.
• Martha Jane (Butler) Ward died in 1909 in Bartow County, Georgia.

Marriages

• Andrew Dave Baxter and Mary Lowery were married in 1849 in Murray County, Georgia (currently believed to be my 3rd great-grandparents).

Births

• Sarah Caroline (Baxter) Chable was born in 1848 in Murray County, Georgia.
• James Henry Johnson was born in 1877.
• George Washington Roberts was born in 1878 in Murray County, Georgia.

Christenings

• Benjamin Burgin was christend in 1741 in Shrewsbury Parish, Maryland (my 6th great-grandfather).

Deaths

• John Patterson died in 1878.

Marriages

• Elizabeth Ellis and Abram Nelson were married in 1799 in Greene County, Georgia.
• David Newton Lankford and Clara Presswood were married in 1887.
• James Alexander Hemphill and Nancy Alice Roberts were married in 1897 in Murray County, Georgia (my great-grandparents).
• Frances Louella Adair and Elijah Monteville Roberts were married in 1898 in Murray County, Georgia.

I like to see all the Christmas weddings!

On this date in 1869, Martin V. O’Neal and Mary Jane Baxter were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony.  They were married in Murray County, Georgia.

Martin’s first cousin, Francis Marion Kendrick, married Mary Jane’s first cousin, Barbara Baxter.  Francis and Barbara were my great-great-grandparents, meaning I’m related to both Martin and Mary Jane, independently.

Births

• Jane Caroline Dysart was born in 1822 in North Carolina.
• Nancy Patterson was born in 1829 in Hall County, Georgia.

Marriages

• Jacob Klein and Elizabeth Wilfong were married in 1786 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
• Martha Matilda Hemphill and George Watson Lytle were married in 1861 in McDowell County, North Carolina.
• Mary Jane Baxter and Martin V. O’Neal were married in 1869 in Murray County, Georgia.

Births

• G. T. Baxter was born in 1854 in Murray County, Georgia.
• Paul Russell Roberts was born in 1883 in Murray County, Georgia.
• Richard Martin Hemphill was born in 1930 in Akron, Ohio.

Deaths

• Josie Josephine Ellis died in 1984 in Calhoun, Georgia.

Yesterday’s post focused on a Georgia death certificate from 1928 and at the end I promised to tell you how to find those records.  I had a whole post written that started out:

If you have Georgia relatives, you probably know that the Georgia Archives has a wonderful online site called Georgia’s Virtual Vault that includes many, many images treasured by genealogists.  One of the more recent collections added is “Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates, 1928-1930.”  It’s a great collection of images; however, as you can see in the title, the collection is non-indexed, which makes finding the correct image a bit of a challenge.  The good news is that FamilySearch has recently indexed this collection (I helped!) and the index is now available at FamilySearch Labs.  Here is a process that I recently used to find a 1928 death certificate image.

Well, guess what?  This collection has moved from FamilySearch Labs to FamilySearch Beta.  What’s more, FamilySearch Beta also has the images online!  It is now much, much easier to find these records.

To get started, go to https://beta.familysearch.org/.  Click on USA, Canada, and Mexico.

Scroll down until you see Georgia Deaths, 1928-1930.

Now, it’s simply a matter of entering search parameters.  You can search by any combination of name, location, date, etc.  I entered Francis Kendrick as the name and Murray, Georgia, USA as the death location.

The very first result was a Francis Kendrick whose spouse was Barbara Baxter.  These are my great-great-grandparents!

When I clicked on the link, I saw an indexed entry was actually for their daughter, Cordeale.  I learned a lot of information from this index.  However, we always want to use an index to find the actual record.  Now, all you have to do is click on the image thumbnail (you must have a free FamilySearch account and be logged in) to see the image.

That’s it!  Easy as pie.  If you are researching people who may have died (or who had children who may have died) in Georgia in the 1920′s, you definitely want to check out this collection.

Sometimes you find a record that has so much information it is worth it’s weight in gold.  Before I found this death certificate, all I knew about Cordeale (possibly spelled Cordelia) was her name, approximate birth year, parents’ names, and location on the 1880 census.

Information gleaned from the death certificate:

Alternate spelling for first name:  Cordeale

Middle name:  Josephine

Husband’s name:  John Caylor

Date of birth:  12 October 1871 (derived from age at death)

Date of death:  20 Aug 1828

Place of death:  Cisco, Georgia

Cause of death:  Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Burial place:  Calvary Cemetery

My great-grandfather’s residence in 1928 (he was the informant – Cordeale is his sister).

It also confirms her parents as Francis Kendrick and Barbara Baxter.

Research Next Steps

• Look for Cordeale’s marriage record (also in Georgia’s Virtual Vault).
• Look for other relatives who may have died in Georgia between 1928 and 1930.
• Look for Cordeale on 1920 census.

Check back tomorrow to learn how I located this and other Georgia death certificates from 1928 to 1930.

This week’s Surname Saturday post focuses on the Baxters, one of my major brick walls, as regular readers will know.  The line starts with my great-great-grandmother, Barbara Baxter.  Barbara is the little old lady, front and center, in the collage (click on image to view a larger version).

Barbara was born February 1854, possibly in Murray County, Georgia.  She married Francis Marion Kendrick on April 16, 1871 in Murray County.  They lived in the Alaculsa Valley, in the upper northeast corner of Murray County for the rest of their lives.  Barbara and F. M. had eleven children.  Barbara died March 5, 1939 in Crandall, Georgia and is buried at Calvary Cemetery.

Barbara’s parents were named as Dave Baxter and Polly Lowery on her death certificate.  I found a marriage certificate for an Andrew B. Baxter and a Mary Lowery in Murray County and I found notes from another researcher stating that Andy Baxter, who married one of two Lowery sisters – Betsy and Pollie – had a daughter named Barbara who married a Hallie Kendrick.  I’ve heard that Francis Marion Kendrick was known as “Hodie.”  I’m working on the hypothesis that these are the same people.  The same researcher noted that Andy had a daughter named Sarah Caroline, who married Alphonse Chable, and a son named Dave.

I recently found an online tree that named a James David Baxter as the son of Andrew B. Baxter and Mary Lowery.  This tree also has a burial place listed for Andrew B. Baxter:  Hopewell Cemetery.  I haven’t been to Hopewell Cemetery, but that is also where Francis Marion Kendrick’s parents are buried.

Baxter Surname Fun Facts

The Surname Database calls Baxter an “unusual surname.”  Of Anglo-Saxon origins, it began as “bakester,” referring to a woman who baked as an occupation.  In 1990, there were 47,857 Baxters in the United States, making Baxter the 647th most common surname.  In 1880, 3% of  the nation’s 13,311 Baxter families lived in Georgia.  In 1840, Tennessee and Georgia had 33 and 17 Baxter families, respectively.

More about the Baxter Family

• A complete list of deceased Baxter family members in my database.
• Posts about Baxter ancestors and relatives in this blog.
• Baxter documents, photos, and headstones.

Research To-Dos

• Check the Murray County death index for the supposed siblings of Barbara (see if parents’ names match).
• Visit Hopewell Cemetery.
• Check Civil War service records for Andrew Dave.
• Research census records for Sarah Caroline (Baxter) Chable.
• Research census records for James David Baxter.

If you have any additional information (or corrections) on this Baxter line, comments are most appreciated!

This post is part of an ongoing series focusing on specific surnames. To see all posts in the series, click here.