Tonia's Roots » Murray County GA

Wordless Wednesday – Pepaw Ward at the Mine

Tonia Kendrick — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +0000

My great-grandfather and other workers from the Cohutta Talc Mine in Murray County, Georgia. Pepaw Ward is standing at the far left.

Tombstone Tuesday: Margaret A. Stanfield

Tonia Kendrick — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:00:53 +0000

Margaret A. Stanfield was born June 23, 1837. She died October 1, 1851 and is buried at Ball Ground Cemetery in Murray County, Georgia. I believe that she is the daughter of John Stroud and Delilah Bright and the wife of Willis M. Stanfield; however both these assertions need further research before being consider proved.

Tombstone Tuesday: John Stroud

Tonia Kendrick — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:00:59 +0000

John Stroud was born December 25, 1807 and died May 27, 1898. He is buried in Ball Ground Cemetery in Murray County, Georgia.

Tombstone Tuesday: Rebecca D. Stroud

Tonia Kendrick — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:00:44 +0000

Rebecca D. Stroud, daughter of John Stroud and Delilah Bright was born May 19, 1848. She died at the age of eight, in October 1856, and is buried at Ball Ground Cemetery in Murray County, Georgia.

Last Will and Testament of Thomas Bratcher Hemphill

Tonia Kendrick — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:29:14 +0000

Transcription

North Carolina

McDowell County

	I Thomas Bratcher Hemphill of the aforesaid county and state, being of sound mind, but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make and declare this my last will and testament.
First	My Executor hereinafter named shall give my body a decent burial, suitable to the wishes of my friends and relatives. And for all funeral expenses together with all any just debts out of the money which may come into his hands belonging to my estate.
Second	I give and devise to my beloved sister Mary Ann McEntire’s legal heirs and Thos. A. Porter and Wm. Y. Porter equally my entire landed property and all [?] chattel [sic] property & in said state.
second [sic]	I give and devise to my two nieces [sic] Mary Jane Stroud and Josephine Butler of Georgia my land in Murry [sic] County Ga.
Third	I give and bequeath to my beloved nephew J. C. McEntire my rifle gun.
Fourth	I give and bequeath to my beloved nephew John Bratcher Porter son of Thomas Porter my double barrel shot gun.
Fifth	I give and bequeath to my beloved neice [sic] Rosanna Barrett my horses mules and wagon, buggy etc. hogs and three choice milk cows provided she stays here if she does not then they must be sold and the proceed divided between the McEntire heirs and Thomas & Wm Porter (equal).
sixth	I give and bequeath to my beloved neice [sic] Rosanna Barrett my household and kitchen furniture.
seventh	I give and bequeath to my nephew Geo. Lytle three or four hundred dollars in cash provided theres money enough to do it. If not have what may be left of the Amt.
Eighth	I give and bequeath to my beloved nephew Thos. Hemphill son of Jas. Y. Hemphill one hundred dollars provided theres money to pay it.
Ninth	I give and bequeath to my beloved neice [sic] Rosanna Barrett my farming tools Crop of corn & wheat &c.
Tenth	I hereby constitute and appoint my trusted friends Thomas A. Porter and Rosanna Barrett my lawfull executor to all interests and purposes to execute this my last will and testament. According to the true intents and meaning of the same and every part and clause thereof hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I the said Thomas Bratcher Hemphill do hereunto set my hand and seal. This the 22nd day of Oct. 1903. Thomas Bratcher Hemphill {seal} Signed and published and declared by the said Thomas Bratcher Hemphill to be his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto. J. O. Simmons {seal} T. E. Sallerwhite {seal}
	North Carolina McDowell County } In the Superior Court It is therefore considered And adjudged by the Court that the said paper-writing and every part thereof is the last will and testament of Thomas Bratcher Hemphill deceased. Let the said will together with the probate be recorded and filed This the 26th day of October 1903. Thomas Morris Clerk of the Superior Court

Source: McDowell County, North Carolina, “North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970″, will book entry for Thomas Bratcher Hemphill pp. 554-555, digital images no. 308-309; “Wills 1869-1903,” digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 30 June 2011).

Newt Ward and Rachel Johnson – Wordless Wednesday

Tonia Kendrick — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:54:18 +0000

Memaw and Pepaw Ward

My great-grandparents, Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson.

On this date. . .the 29th of June

Tonia Kendrick — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:48:43 +0000

Deaths

Thomas Bane died in 1769.
William Henry Roberts died in 1940 in Murray County, Georgia.

On this date. . .the 26th of June

Tonia Kendrick — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:13:50 +0000

Births

Floyd David Butler was born in 1907 in Quanah, Texas.

Deaths

Israel Leander Hemphill died in 1862 in the Civil War.
Elijah Marion Ellis died in 1865 in Spring Place, Georgia (my 3rd great-grandfather).
James Madison Ellis died in 1909 in Roundtop, Georgia.
John N. Hemphill died in 1957 in Chatsworth, Georgia.

On this date. . .the 20th of June

Tonia Kendrick — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:57:22 +0000

Deaths

Amanda M. (Hemphill) Whiteside died in 1874 in Mart, Texas.

Marriages

Charlsie Herline Roberts and Benjamin Wiley Swann were married in 1943 in Murray County, Georgia.

Click on any link above to see more information about these individuals, including source citations.

Uncle Walt and Aunt Julia Get Married

Tonia Kendrick — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:58:04 +0000

On this date in 1933, Walter T. Hemphill and Julia Bowers were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony. They were married in Murray County, Georgia.

Walt was my grandfather’s older brother.

Analysis

From this record, I learned Walt and Julia’s marriage date and place. It also gave me a primary source for Walt’s middle initial and for Julia’s name.

Source: Murray County, Georgia, Marriage Book O: 273, Hemphill-Bowers, 1933, recorded license (with original signatures) and return; Probate Court’s Office, Chatsworth.