Butler

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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Wordless Wednesday: Josephine Hemphill Butler

20 July 2011 And More

  Malinda Josephine (Hemphill) Butler – my 2nd great-grandmother.

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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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On this date. . .the 30th of June

30 June 2011 On this date

Births Daniel K. Albright was born in 1874. Mary M. Johnson was born in 1889 in Fannin County, Georgia. Clara Josephine Butler was born in 1890 in Georgia. Deaths Mary Emma Hemphill died in 1877. James M. Young died in 1899.

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On this date. . .the 26th of June

26 June 2011 On this date

Births Floyd David Butler was born in 1907 in Quanah, Texas. Deaths Israel Leander Hemphill died in 1862 in the Civil War. Elijah Marion Ellis died in 1865 in Spring Place, Georgia (my 3rd great-grandfather). James Madison Ellis died in 1909 in Roundtop, Georgia. John N. Hemphill died in 1957 in Chatsworth, Georgia.

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On this date. . .the 30th of May

30 May 2011 On this date

Deaths Thomas Patton Hemphill was born in 1881. Arvil Headrick was born in 1966. Marriages Franklin Marvin Butler and Helen Stewart were married in 1935. Click on any link above to see more information about these individuals, including source citations.

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On this date. . .the 29th of May

29 May 2011 On this date

Deaths Francis Marion Kendrick died in 1922 in Murray County, Georgia (son of William Jasper Kendrick and Sarah Fouts). Rhoda Callie Butler died in 1964.

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On this date. . .the 27th of May

27 May 2011 On this date

Births Malinda Josephine (Hemphill) Butler was born in 1860 in Murray County, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandmother). Deaths John Stroud died in 1898 in Murray County, Georgia. Rachael E. (Lance) Johnson died in 1925 in Dial, Georgia. Kate Young (Hemphill) Greenlee died in 1949.

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On this date. . .the 26th of May

26 May 2011 On this date

Births Catren Garrett was born in 1646 in England. Deaths Elijah Monteville Roberts, Jr. died in 1925 in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Lula Maude Butler died in 1980 in Murray County, Georgia. Marriages Catherine Elmira Lynch and Thomas Hemphill Washington Whiteside were married in 1840 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

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On this date. . .the 25th of May

25 May 2011 On this date

Births David Sanford Butler was born in 1855 in Adairsville, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandfather). Deaths Solomon S. Lawson died in 1897 in Old Fort, Tennessee. Click on any link above to see more information about these individuals, including source citations.

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