Family History and Genealogy
I spent all day Monday at the Library of Virginia. This is a brief summary of what I found. Monday was all about County Books from Albemarle, Fairfax, and Bedford counties, which contained either abstracts or indexes. I was able to get copies of the original images of some of these items (more on that […]
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 Benjamin Brookshire was born in 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Eliza Adeline (Simmons) Hemphill was born in 1812. Deaths Mary Jane McEntire died in 1930 in Motley County, Texas. Homer Harley Johnson died in 1979. Marriages Nancy Minerva Edgerton and James Hardy Whiteside were married in 1846 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Deaths Peter Wilfong died in 1841 in Startown, North Carolina. Lydia Louisa (Simmons) Hemphill died in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Marriages Arthur Quillian Roberts and Vinnie Townsend were married in 1906 in Murray County, Georgia.
Deaths Hannah (Bishop) Simmons died in 1738 in Halifax, Massachusetts (currently believed to be my 8th great-grandmother). Samuel Houston Kendrick died in 1972 in Murray County, Georgia.
Births Heinrich Dellinger was born in 1740 in Germany (my 6th great-grandfather). Deaths Sarah (Chandler) Simmons died in 1675 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts (currently believed to be my 10th great-grandmother). Emigration Hans Martin Dellinger emigrated from Germany in 1738, arriving in Philadelphia.
Births Patience (Barstow) Simmons was born in 1643 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts (currently believed to be my 9th great-grandmother). Elizabeth (Ellis) Nelson was born in 1778 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Sarah Malinda (Fouts) Chable was born in 1878. Deaths Levi Brookshire died in 1824. George C. Alexander died in 1880 in Buncombe County, North […]
Births Mary Bane was born in 1715. Elias Powell was born in 1754 in Bromfield Parish, Virginia (my 6th great-grandfather). Deaths Job Simmons died in 1761 in Halifax, Massachusetts (currently believed to be my 8th great-grandfather). Marriages Mae Ferrell and Grady M. Roberts were married in 1926.
Births Robert Garrett was born in 1824 in North Carolina (my 3rd great-grandfather). Samuel D. P. Hemphill was born in 1859. William F. Ward was born in 1922 in Georgia. Deaths Moses Simmons died in 1691 in Duxbury, Massachusetts (currently believed to be my 10th great-grandfather). John Dalton died in 1838 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. […]
Births Israel Leander Simmons was born in 1784. Margaret Miller was born in 1811. Rachel Louisa (Johnson) Ward was born in 1892 in Fannin County, Georgia (my great-grandmother). Deaths Jonas Chamberlain died in 1771. Lean (Mann) Burgin died in 1837 in Old Fort, North Carolina (my 6th great-grandmother). Peter Wilfong Whitener died in 1914 in […]
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