Family History and Genealogy
This is part of an occasional series in which I process information from a book called Marriage and Death Notices from Extant Asheville, N. C. Newspapers 1840-1870 An Index. I consulted this book last year at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I have lots of people from in and around Asheville, […]
One of the projects I’m working on is to ensure that each record saved to my Ancestry private tree has also been transcribed and added to RootsMagic with up-to-date source citations, as well as thoroughly analyzed. My task list for each record includes: Transcribe each record. If a census record, then transcribe household and abstract […]
On this date in 1843 in McDowell County in the state of North Carolina, James M. Greenlee made application for a license for a marriage to be celebrated between him and Harriett Rice. James, my second cousin three times removed, was the son of David Washington Greenlee and Mary Howard McEntire and the grandson of […]
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. […]
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 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 John Clemons Roberts was born in 1884. Abner Carl Roberts was born in 1889 in Whitfield County, Georgia. Mary Margaret Greenlee was born in 1892 in Murray County, Georgia. Rebecca Gertrude Greenlee was born in 1900. Marriages James Bane and Ruth Wall were married in 1765 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Births John Elmer Greenlee was born in 1906. Deaths Elizabeth (Wilfong) Klien died in 1827 in North Carolina. John Garrett died in 1902 in Nashville, Tennessee. George Washington Roberts died in 1950 in Atlanta, Georgia. Bertie O. (Williams) Roberts died in 1957 in Dalton, Georgia.
Births Mary Ann (Whitener) Williams was born in 1765 in Anson County, North Carolina. Lydia Louisa (Simmons) Hemphill was born in 1814. Catherine Elmira (Lynch) Whiteside was born in 1824 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Deaths Henry Elkana Miller died in 1862 in Virginia. Marriages Isabella Barnes and Thomas A. Debord were married in 1842 […]
Births Anna Dorothea (Dellinger) Schmid was born in 1702. Katherine (Wilfong) Hoyl was born in 1774 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Mary Elizabeth (McEntire) Hemphill was born in 1841 in Murray County, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandmother). Edward Austin Roberts was born in 1861 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Deaths Sarah E. (Garrett) Mathis died in 1933. […]
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