My great-grandfather made moonshine.  This is a picture of his still.

This is the permit to bury my grandmother’s only brother.  I’m excited about this record for a couple of reasons.  For one thing, I’d never seen a burial permit before; I had no idea so much good genealogical information would be included.  For another, it corroborates my grandmother’s story about her brother’s death.

Analysis of the record

Person Asking for Permit:  N. C. Ward.  This is my great-grandfather – Worth’s father.

Residence:  Newport, Ga.  The date of this permit is 11 Jul 1939.  According to my great-grandfather’s Social Security Application, he lived in Chatsworth, Ga.  in December 1939, so the family moved sometime between July and December.

Full name of the deceased:  William Worth Ward.  I didn’t know Worth’s first name was William.

Date of death:  9 July 1939.  This matches the date on his headstone.

Cause of death:  bleeding.  According to my grandmother, he was stabbed to death, so yes, bleeding makes sense.

Place of death:  Morganton, Ga.  I knew he died in Fannin County, but I didn’t know the specific town.

Residence:  Newport, Ga.  Also new information.

Place of burial:  Stock Hill.  I’ve been to this cemetery and he is buried next to his parents.

Date of burial:  11 Jul 1939.  New information

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.

Births

• Martha Matilda Greenlee was born in 1820.
• John Headrick was born in 1872 in Murray County, Georgia.
• Junie Lawson Johnson was born in 1884 in Fannin County, Georgia.

Deaths

• William Hinton Lawson died in 1913 in Benton Station, Tennessee.

Marriages

• Adam Gross and Sarah Wilfong were married in 1793 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

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Births

• Mary Howard (McEntire) Greenlee was born in 1795 in Burke County, North Carolina.
• Benjamin Burgin was born in 1798 in Burke County, North Carolina.
• Joel Elbert Searcy was born in 1827 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
• Delia Magnori Johnson was born in 1896 in Fannin County, Georgia.

Marriages

• Rosa Edna Hemphill and Dewey Hobson Pendley were married in 1919 in Akron, Ohio.

Births

• Martha Jane (Garrett) Johnson was born in 1854 in Fannin County, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandmother).
• Florence B. Stroud was born in 1880.

Deaths

• Philip Burgin died in 1709 in Shrewsbury Parish, Maryland (my 8th great-grandfather).
• Mary (Poffh) Wilfong died in 1816 in Newton, North Carolina (my 6th great-grandmother).
• Merritt Burgin died in 1837 in Old Fort, North Carolina.
• Thomas Didamus German, Jr. died in 1921.

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.

Births

• Thomas S. Kendrick was born in 1821 in Tennessee (my 3rd great-grandfather).
• James Cass Ellis was born in 1848 in Morganton, Georgia.

Deaths

• Francis Taylor Kendrick died in 1966 in Chatsworth, Georgia (my great-grandfather).

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Births

• Julia (Bowers) Hemphill was born in 1914 in Georgia.

Deaths

• Andrew Russell Ellis died in 1927 in Mineral Bluff, Georgia.

Births

• Jane (Ellis) Boggs was born in 1816 in Georgia.
• Charles Kilgore was born in 1892 in Murray County, Georgia.

Deaths

• Delilah (Bright) Stroud died in 1879 in Murray County, Georgia.

Marriages

• Elijah Ellis and Lavica Santer were married in 1828 in Fannin County, Georgia.
• Robert Q. Kirby and Georgia Ann Ward were married in 1881 in Fannin County, Georgia.

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