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On this date. . .the 3rd of September

Births

Ann (Hubbard) Barstow was born in 1605 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts (currently believed to be my 10th great-grandmother).
Elizabeth Burgin was born in 1817 in Burke County, North Carolina.
Reuben Phillip Johnson was born in 1853 in Georgia (my great-great grandfather).
Lizzie (West) Kendrick was born in 1886 in Murray County, Georgia (my great-grandmother).

Deaths

John Burgin died in 1753 in . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 31st of August

Births

Magdalin (Elrod) Roberts was born in 1894 in Murray County, Georgia.
Maggie (Johnson) Bramlett was born in 1894 in Georgia.

Deaths

Sarah Ann Debord died in 1842 in Smyth County, Virginia.
Lydia (Richards) Atchley died in 1850 in Sevier County, Tennessee (currently believed to be my 6th great-grandmother).
Nevada Belle (Butler) Taylor died in 1947 in Quanah, Texas.

Marriages

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On this date. . .the 30th of August

Births

Phillip Burgin was in 1698 in Shrewsbury Parish, Maryland.
John Debord was born in 1730.
William Clark Mackie was born in 1798.
Joseph Lytle Burgin was born in 1846 in Crooked Creek, North Carolina.

Deaths

Ida Rosa (Kendrick) Headrick died in 1948 in Murray County, Georgia.
James B. Hemphill died in 2003 in Dalton, Georgia.

Marriages

Eva Catherine Dellinger and Johann Michael Rudisill were . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 9th of August

Births

Israel Leander Simmons was born in 1784.
Margaret Miller was born in 1811.
Rachel Louisa (Johnson) Ward was born in 1892 in Fannin County, Georgia (my great-grandmother).

Deaths

Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer died in 1638 in East Sutton, England.
Jonas Chamberlain died in 1771.
Lean (Mann) Burgin died in 1837 in Old Fort, North Carolina (my 6th great-grandmother).
Peter Wilfong Whitener died in 1914 . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 31st of July

Births

George D. Whitener was born in 1801.
James Young Hemphill was born in 1835 (my great-great-grandfather).

Deaths

George Heinrich Weidner died in 1792 (my 6th great-grandfather).
Benjamin Logan Burgin died . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 30th of July

Deaths

Alney Burgin died . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 24th of July

Births

Joshua Burgin was born in 1746.
Joseph Garrett was born in 1822.

Deaths

Thomas “Boot Tom” Hemphill died . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 23rd of July

Births

John Burk was born in 1760.
Elizabeth Sophronia (Lytle) Burgin was born in 1795.
Benjamin C. Hemphill was born in 1824.

Marriages

Hans Martin Dellinger and Anna Barbara Seitz were married in 1726.
Martha Blair and John William Whitesides were married in 1835.
Margaret Black and John O. Ellis were married in 1840.
Victory Chastain and Newton Coleman Forrester were married in 1882.
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On this date. . .the 22nd of July

Births

John McKey Hemphill was born in 1822.

Deaths

Thomas Mackie died in 1796 (my 5th, 6th, and 7th great-grandfather).
Mary Ann (Patton) Burgin died in 1825.
Rhoda Jane (McEntire) Hemphill died in 1864.
Lula Susan (Day) Roberts died in 1968.

Marriages

John Morris and Fanny Stroud were married . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 11th of July

Births

Phillip Burgin was born in 1744.
Esther Jane (McFry) Whitesides was born in 1827.

Deaths

Jonathan Curtis died in 1757 (currently believed to be my . . . → : CONTINUE READING