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Births Merritt Burgin was born in 1784. Deaths Martha Hemphill McEntire died in 1841.  My Roberts family line starts with my great-grandmother: Nancy Alice Roberts was born January 9, 1877 in Murray County, Georgia. She married James Alexander Hemphill on Christmas Day in 1897. They had nine children between 1898 and 1916. Alice was a charter member of the Chatsworth chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Three of her . . . → : CONTINUE READING  On the 13th of October 1909, Mr. B. B. Hemphill, one of the oldest and best citizens, departed this life at the ripe old age of 88 years, 8 months, and 3 days. He was born in McDowell county, North Carolina, and came to Murray county, before the Civil War. He enlisted in the Southern cause . . . → : CONTINUE READING Births Malinda (Burgin) Hemphill was born in 1801 (my 4th great-grandmother). Military Benjamin Burgin Hemphill was captured at the seige of Vicksburg in 1863 (my 3rd great-grandfather). Deaths Annie (Cavendar) Roberts died in 1942. Marriages Mary Elizabeth Patterson and William Everett Whitener were married in 1883 (my great-great-grandparents). Military William Osborn Searcy enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861.  My last couple of Surname Saturday posts have been about families for whom I can’t go back very far, so I’m excited to write about the Whiteners – they are a well-documented bunch. This line starts with my great-grandmother, Maud Angeline Whitener (1885-1975). I’ve written extensively about Maud in “Timeline for Maud Whitener Butler.” Maud’s father was William . . . → : CONTINUE READING  West is another of the family lines for which I only have three generations of information. I’ve only known about the Wests for a couple of years. Lizzie West (1886-1973), my great-grandmother, was the second wife of Francis Taylor Kendrick. As far as I know, she lived in Murray County, Georgia all her life. She and France . . . → : CONTINUE READING  My great-great-great-grandfather, Monteville Roberts, was born April 27, 1827 in McMinn County, Tennessee, the son of John Roberts and Rebecca (possibly Sammons). He is found in Bradley County, Tennessee in 1840 and 1850 and in Hamilton County, Tennessee in 1860. Monteville married Mariah Langston on July 18, 1852. (I have conflicting information regarding Mariah’s family, which I . . . → : CONTINUE READING  This week’s challenge from Amy at WeTree is to play with Google Maps, a “a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your family history.” My genealogy software uses Google Maps to map all the locations for each individual within the database, so I’ve never gone straight to Google Maps and used it as . . . → : CONTINUE READING RT @LisaCooke: Had a blast talking with Lisa Kudrow about WDYTYA! Listen to the exclusive interview on Valentine’s Day. Podcast episode 81. # |
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