Family History and Genealogy
Using a Tax List as a Census Substitute I have at least three lines who were in Hawkins County, Tennessee in the early 1800s. The 1810 census for Tennessee, unfortunately, has been lost, 1 so tax lists serve as a census substitute, at least for males age 21 and over. Transcription Hawkins County Loudebacks Company […]
Births Anna (Debord) Searcy was born in 1804 in Rutherford County, North Carolina (my 4th great-grandmother). Albert Monroe Johnson was born in 1882 in Georgia. Deaths Jesse Burgin died in 1864 in McDowell County, North Carolina. Rose Anna (Haskins) Lawson died in 1878 in Polk County, Tennessee (my 4th great-grandmother). Marriages William R. Johnson and […]
RT @southerngraves: Rose Hill Cemetery; Macon, GA blog – http://tinyurl.com/y8dtgux – Robert Anderson’s simple gravestone reveals. . . # Posted query “Thomas Kendrick-Mahala Lawson family – location in 1870?” on Genealogy Wise: http://ning.it/dwEUUJ # Uploaded 1840 Census, Tennessee, Polk County, p5. Lawson, Haskins #surnames http://ow.ly/14BZr # Added 1850 Census, Tennessee, Polk Co, District 3, p. […]
RT @hikari17: RT @genlighten: Blount County Tennessee Obituary Lookups 1908-present offered by Taneya: http://bit.ly/9Lj3cS #genealogy # I’ve been away from genealogy for a couple of weeks. Glad to be digging in the past this weekend. # Added headstone photo for Sarah (LILLARD) O’Neal 1833 – 1858. http://ow.ly/12gZy #genealogy #surnames # Added headstone photo for 4x-g-grandmother, […]
It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in January: Hiram W. Searcy, 4x-great-grandfather, born 07 Jan 1796 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Jennie McEntire, 4x-great-grandmother, born 06 Jan 1797 in Burke County, North Carolina. Rose Anna Haskins, 4x-great-grandmother, born 20 Jan 1797. Mary Polly Atchley, 4x-great-grandmother, born 11 Jan 1818 in Sevier County, Tennessee. […]
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