Births David Washington Greenlee was born in 1787 in Morganton, North Carolina. Rosanna (Mackie) Whiteside was born in 1793. John Roberts was born in 1851 in Bradley County, Tennessee. George William Butler was born in 1912 in Texas. John Edward Hemphill was born in 1916 in Chatsworth, Georgia (my grandfather). Marriages Rosa E. Ellis and […]
On this date. . .the 14th of January
Births Thomas James Greenlee was born in 1894. Marriages Priscilla Debord and John A. Sorrells, Jr. were married in 1818 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Willie Osborne and Edward Martin Roberts were married in 1912 in Murray County, Georgia.
Treasure Chest Thursday: Greenlee-Hemphill Marriage
William Harvey Greenlee and Kate Young Hemphill were married on March 31, 1891 in Murray County, Georgia1. Kate was my great-grandfather’s (James A. Hemphill) sister. After her marriage, Kate moved to McDowell County, North Carolina, the ancestral home of both her parents. The photograph in the collage shows their family about 18 years after they […]
On this date. . .the 12th of January
Births Levi Mote was born in 1816 in Tennessee. Solomon S. Lawson was born in 1844 in Polk County, Tennessee. John B. West was born in 1872 in Polk County, Tennessee. Carrie Bell was born in 1886. Deaths Nina Melissa Greenlee died in 2004 in McDowell County, North Carolina. Marriages Matilda Going Andrews and William […]
On this date. . .the 8th of January
Births Thomas Young Greenlee was born in 1818. Thomas L. Hemphill was born in 1858. Deaths Daniel Whitener died in 1833 in Lincoln County, North Carolina (my 5th great-grandfather). William Adolphus Whitener died in 1947 in Gilmer County, Georgia. Marriages John H. Johnson and Nancy J. Scruggs were married in 1882 in Fannin County, Georgia. […]
On this date. . .the 30th of December
Births William Brookshire was born in 1756 in Deep River, North Carolina (my 5th great-grandfather). George Wilson Greenlee was born in 1901 in McDowell County, North Carolina. Icie Irene Kendrick was born in 1920 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths William Lamar Decatur Whiteside died in 1886 in Sipe Springs, Texas. Marriages Pernelia Jarrett and William […]
On this date. . .the 4th of December
Births Ann Garrett was born in 1668 in England. Sarah (Brookshire) Womack was born in 1764 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Deaths Sarah Eva (Roberts) Moreland died in 1971 in Murray County, Georgia. Marriages David Washington Greenlee and Mary Howard McEntire were married in 1815 in Burke County, North Carolina. Joshua Curtis, Sr. and Mary […]
On this date. . .the 29th of November
Births Nina Melissa Greenlee was born in 1907 in McDowell County, North Carolina. Deaths Mary (Morrison) Hemphill died in 1851. James Benjamin Butler died in 1944 in Ramhurst, Georgia (my great-grandfather). Vina J. (Townsend) Roberts died in 1954 in Murray County, Georgia. Martha Alma (Ellis) Francis died in 1970 in Davis, Oklahoma Military Francis Marion […]
Inventory of Family Papers
As I wrote about on Sunday, the second assignment in Lesson Two of the NGS Home Study Course is to make an inventory of family papers found at home (or at a relative’s) and to include the paper’s provenance and genealogical information and clues. My list (limited to ten items) is below: Article regarding funeral […]
On this date. . .the 4th of November
Births John Posey Hemphill was born in 1844. Elmer Rufus Roberts was born in 1904 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths Conrad Mull died in 1760 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Captain John Philip Dellinger died in 1826 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Eliza Amanda Forrester died in 1935 in Fannin County, Georgia. Josie (Mathis) Burnette […]
