Births Mary Garrett was born in 1642 in England. Reuben E. Patton was born in 1827 in Burke County, North Carolina. Nancy Adelia Roberts was born in 1863 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Maria Fadoshia (Roberts) McBrayer was born in 1876 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths Elias Powell died in 1832 in Powelltown, North Carolina (my […]
On this date. . .the 24th of April
Births Alice Garrett was born in 1678 in England. Deaths Johannes Rottenhauser died in 1772 in Oberacker. Timothy Dalton died in 1775 in Bedford County, Virginia (currently believed to be my 7th great-grandfather). Albert Monroe Johnson died in 1966. Venson T. Johnson died in 1973. Marriages Madison Bailey and Annis L. Stroud were married in […]
1920 Census Analysis – Newton C. Ward Household
My great-grandparents, Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson, appeared on the 1920 census in Fannin County, Georgia. Census Abstract:1 Newton C. Ward, head of household, renter, age 28, literate, born in GA, both parents born in GA, a farmer on a farm, working on his own account, farm schedule #14. Rachel, wife, age 27, […]
On this date. . .the 15th of April
Births Christina Renner was born in 1731. Deaths W. H. Kendrick died in 1888. William Jethro Whitener died in 1901 in Hindsville, Arkansas. Reuben Phillip Johnson died in 1911 in Blue Ridge, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandfather). William Harvey Ward died in 1933 in Newport, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandfather). Julia Ann (Terry) Patterson died in 1966 […]
On this date. . .the 11th of April
Births Johann Melchior Dellinger was born in 1727 in Oberacker, Baden. Elizabeth Jane (Brookshire) Long was born in 1847 in Fannin County, Georgia. Homer Harley Johnson was born in 1911.
On this date. . .the 10th of April
Births Elizabeth A. (Alexander) McEntire was born in 1806 in Buncombe County, North Carolina (my 3rd great-grandmother). Samuel Houston Kendrick was born in 1892 in Georgia. Coy Johnson was born in 1920. Deaths John Pattillo died in 1798 in Burke County, North Carolina. Malinda (Patterson) Ritland died in 1894. Marriages Thomas M. Roden and Nancy […]
Newton C. Ward Household in 1930
My great-grandparents, Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson, appeared on the 1930 census in Fannin County, Georgia. Census Abstract: Newton C. Ward, head, homeowner, lived on a farm, age 38, married at age 18, literate, born in GA, both parents born in GA, farmer on a general farm, working on his own account, not […]
On this date. . .the 6th of April
Births James Constant Chable was born in 1868. Deaths Nancy A. (Thurman) Ellis died in 1918 in Gilmer County, Georgia. Mary Elizabeth (Patterson) Whitener died in 1920 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma (my 2nd great-grandmother). James W. Johnson died in 1925 in Dial, Georgia.
Twice-Told Tuesday: Mrs. N. C. Ward Makes Quilts
This article about my great-grandmother was published in the Autumn 1974 issue of Georgia Life magazine (now defunct). “An 83-year-old Chatsworth woman makes and sells about $1,000’s worth of quilts each year in a home enterprise that began about twelve years ago. At that time Mrs. N. C. Ward injured her back and her doctor […]
On this date. . .the 10th of March
Births James Brookshire was born in 1799 in Wilkes County, North Carolina (my 4th great-grandfather). Grady Johnson was born in 1907 in Georgia. Deaths Nancy Stroud died in 1869 in Wayne County, Tennessee. Paul Baggett died in 1990. Click on any link above to see more information about these individuals, including source citations. If you […]
