Forsyth County GA

Do You Miss Research Opportunities Because You Think You Don’t Have Time?

22 July 2011 Research

I was in the neighboring county a couple of weeks ago when I realized I had about thirty minutes to kill, so I sped over to the library. Normally I would not have done this, because I didn’t have any genealogy information with me and I would have thought I didn’t have enough time to [...]

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On this date. . .the 31st of January

31 January 2011 On this date

Births Robert M. Hannah was born in 1830. James Ezra Ellis was born in 1847 in Benton County, Alabama. Nellie (Ward) Flowers was born in 1910, probably in Fannin County, Georgia. Charlie Rube Johnson was born in 1917 in Cumming, Georgia. Deaths Leander R. L. Whitener died in 1915 in Catawba County, North Carolina. Andrew [...]

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Most Wanted: Mother of Amos Johnson

9 February 2009 Most Wanted

I’m looking for Amos Johnson‘s mother.  His father was Thomas M. Johnson (I think). Amos was born about 1826 in Forsyth County, Georgia.    He can be found in 1850 in Union County, Georgia, then in 1860 in Gilmer County, Georgia. He and his wife, Betty, are buried in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, in Gilmer [...]

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