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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 1st of September

Births

Silas Ellis was born in 1811 in North Carolina.
Mary Alice Pendley was born in 1920 in Chatsworth, Georgia.

Deaths

David Washington Greenlee died in 1865 in Greenlee, North Carolina.
James Lawson died in 1903 in Polk County, Tennessee.
Edward Austin Roberts died in 1930 in Dalton, Georgia.
Annie E. Roberts was died in 1953 in Murray . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 28th of August

Births

Hans Andreas Dellinger was born in 1659.
James Lette McEntire was born in 1809 in Burke County, North Carolina.
Thomas Patton Hemphill was born in 1838.

Deaths

Hiram W. Searcy died in 1857 in Gilmer County, Georgia (my 4th great-grandfather).
Margaret (Hemphill) Flack died in 1875.
Lavica (Santer) Ellis died in 1892 in Fannin County, Georgia.
Mills Flack died in 1900.
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On this date. . .the 27th of August

Births

Stephen Ellis was born in 1783 in Caswell County, North Carolina.
Thomas Stroud was born in 1791 in Burke County, North Carolina.
Maud Angeline (Whitener) Butler was born in 1885 in Murray County, Georgia (my great-grandmother).

Deaths

George Albright died in 1835 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Millington Lytle died in 1874 in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Immigration

Maria Barbara (Gossner) Dellinger arrived from . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 26th of August

Births

Rebecca Hemphill was born in 1792 in Old Fort, North Carolina.
Andrew Hemphill Mackie was born in 1813.
Martha A. Searcy was born in 1840 in Tennessee.

Deaths

Mary Catherine (Mull) Weidner died in 1804 in Lincolnton, North Carolina (my 6th-great-grandmother).
Racheal B. (Harrison) Ellis died in 1876 in Roundtop, Georgia.

Marriages

Elizabeth Cantrell and Hiram Patterson were married in 1830 in Hall . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 25th of August

Births

Earnest LaFayette Roberts was born in 1899 in Murray County, Georgia.

Deaths

Columbus P. Hemphill died in 1864.

Marriages

Joseph Boggs and Mary Ellis were married in 1808 in Jackson County, Georgia.
Chapman Ellis and Christina Lowe were married in 1870 in Blount County, Alabama.

Military

John Edward Hemphill enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 (my grandfather).  He served in the . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 23rd of August

Deaths

Roxie (Mathis) Ellis died in 1968.
Julia (Bowers) Hemphill died in 2003 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Marriages

Hans Andreas Dellinger and Margaretha Kolb were married in 1681 . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 21st of August

Births

William Garrett was born in 1643 in Leicestershire, England (currently believed to be my 7th great-grandfather).
Richard Searcy was born in 1738 in Granville County, North Carolina.

Deaths

Samuel D. P. Hemphill died in 1864.
Millie Elmina (Searcy) Miller died in 1893 in Ellijay, Georgia.

Marriages

James Brookshire and Elizabeth Tilley were married in 1827 in Wilkes County, North Carolina (my 4th . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 18th of August

Births

Lydia (Richards) Atchley was born in 1762 in Loudoun County, Virginia (currently believed to be my 6th-great-grandmother).
Margaret Rebecca (Hemphill) Young was born in 1840 in Burke County, North Carolina.
Nancy Elizabeth Ellis was born in 1862 in Murray County, Georgia.

Deaths

Sally (Rudd) Hood died in 1828.
Miles Marion Scott died in 1889.
James Leach McEntire died in 1920 in Murray . . . → : CONTINUE READING

On this date. . .the 15th of August

Births

Margaret (Bushart) Barringer was born in 1742 in Newton, North Carolina.
Rhoda (Cunningham) Alexander was born in 1763 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (my 4th-great-grandmother).
John Wesley Ellis was born in 1847.
Robert Daniel Mathis was born in 1852.
Columbus P. Hemphill was born in 1857.
Cora Lee (Fouts) Kendrick was born in 1881 in Murray County, Georgia.
Mollie Victoria (Childers) Roberts was . . . → : CONTINUE READING