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On this date. . .the 30th of August

Births

Phillip Burgin was in 1698 in Shrewsbury Parish, Maryland.
John Debord was born in 1730.
William Clark Mackie was born in 1798.
Joseph Lytle Burgin was born in 1846 in Crooked Creek, North Carolina.

Deaths

Ida Rosa (Kendrick) Headrick died in 1948 in Murray County, Georgia.
James B. Hemphill died in 2003 in Dalton, Georgia.

Marriages

Eva Catherine Dellinger and Johann Michael Rudisill were . . . → : 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.
John William Stroud . . . → : 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 24th of August

Births

Johans Philip Dellinger was born in 1706 in Oberacker, Baden-Wurttemberg (my 7th great-grandfather).
Sophia Louisa (Hemphill) Morgan was born in 1850.

Deaths

Elizabeth (Standards) Filmer died in 1650 on Mulberry Island, Virginia.
Henrietta (Sherrill) Moore died in 1843 in Hickory, North Carolina.
Eleanor Kelly Whiteside died in 1847 in Rabbit Town, Alabama.
James Alexander Hemphill died in 1936 in Murray County, Georgia . . . → : 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 22nd of August

Deaths

Henry D. Whitener died in 1847 in Catawba County, North Carolina.
Mary (Whitener) Miller died in 1861 in Catawba County, North Carolina.
Rebecca (McEntire) Hemphill died in 1864 in Burke County, North Carolina.
Sarah Emmaline (Searcy) Whitener died . . . → : 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 17th of August

Births

Rhoda Debord was born in 1775.
John Cunningham McEntire was born in 1807 in Burke County, North Carolina.

Deaths

James Lette McEntire died in 1870 in Murray County, Georgia.
James Young Hemphill died in 1870 in Murray County, Georgia (my great-great-grandfather).

Marriages

Jane Lynch and James Hardy Whitesides were married in 1840 in Rutherford County, . . . → : CONTINUE READING