Family History and Genealogy
This is the fourth installment in a series of nine posts in which I transcribe the will of my Revolutionary War ancestor, Captain Thomas Hemphill. In the first post, we learned that Captain Thomas’ will was contested by two of his children and a son-in-law, and that the date usually seen for his death may […]
Births Daniel K. Albright was born in 1874. Mary M. Johnson was born in 1889 in Fannin County, Georgia. Clara Josephine Butler was born in 1890 in Georgia. Deaths Mary Emma Hemphill died in 1877. James M. Young died in 1899.
Births Lydia Lucinda Davis was born in 1867. Deaths James Crawford Miller died in 1921 in Ellijay, Georgia. Margaret Rebecca (Hemphill) Young died in 1923.
Births John Young was born in 1772 in Ireland. Marriages Jacob Miller and Polly Whitener were married in 1830 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Click on any link above to see more information about these individuals, including source citations.
Births Rosannah (Hemphill) Young was born in 1777 in Old Fort, North Carolina. William Osborn Searcy was born in 1833 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Eleanor Kelly Whiteside was born in 1833 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Mary R. Hemphill was born in 1852.
Births Reverend William Austin Ellis was born in 1822 in North Carolina. Syble Alice Viola (Roberts) Kilgore was born in 1895 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths Rhoda (Cunningham) Alexander died in 1848 in Buncombe County, North Carolina (currently believed to be my 4th great-grandmother). George W. Lytle died in 1858 in McDowell County, North Carolina. […]
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