Family History and Genealogy
This is the third installment in a series of nine posts in which I transcribe the will of my Revolutionary War ancestor, Captain Thomas Hemphill. In the first post, we learned that Captain Thomas’ will was contested by two of his children and a son-in-law, and that the date usually seen for his death may […]
This is the second installment in a series of nine posts in which I transcribe the will of my Revolutionary War ancestor, Captain Thomas Hemphill. In the first post, we learned that Captain Thomas’ will was contested by two of his children and a son-in-law, and that the date usually seen for his death may […]
Captain Thomas Hemphill is the ancestor who really got me interested in genealogy, but I’ve had his will sitting in my inbox ever since it arrived in the mail from the North Carolina State Archives in 2009. Yes, almost three years. Why has it been languishing, you ask? Well, it’s not just a will – […]
John Lytle was born 26 Jan 1820 in Burke County, North Carolina. He died 18 Jun 1892 and is buried at Bethel UMC-Old Cherry Springs Cemetery in Old Fort, North Carolina. John was the son of George Lytle and Susannah Clark and a grandson of Captain Thomas Lytle and Susannah Perkins. He married another Lytle-Perkins […]
Births Merritt Burgin was born in 1810 in Burke County, North Carolina. Eliza Amanda (Forrester) Woody was born in 1846.
Births William Sullins was born in 1828 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Deaths Herrod Rudd died in 1829 in McMinn County, Tennessee (my 5th great-grandfather). Elizabeth Sophronia (Lytle) Burgin died in 1837 in Burke County, North Carolina. Calvin M. Stroud died in 1821.
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 […]
Births Captain Thomas Lytle was born in 1750 in Anson County, North Carolina (my 5th great-grandfather). Thomas Lytle (son of the above) was born in 1797 in Burke County, North Carolina (my 4th great-grandfather). Minnie Louise (Whitener) Manley was born in 1891 in Murray County, Georgia. Marriages John Burk and Alcie (Sebastian or Robinson) were […]
Births Clara (Presswood) Lankford was born in 1872. Deaths Captain Thomas Lytle died in 1835 in Burke County, North Carolina (my 5th great-grandfather). Click on any link above to see more information about these individuals, including source citations.
Births Martha Matilda (Hemphill) Lytle Bailey was born in 1836 in Burke County, North Carolina. Marie Rosine Salome (Chable) Cox was born in 1871. Click on any link above to see more information about these individuals, including source citations. If you enjoyed this post, get free updates by email or RSS.
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