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- Lewis J. Dupree lived 60 years in Lexington, and 15 or 20 years in
Athens, GA.
BIRTHS
Lewis J. Deupree was b. July 31st, 1793.
Martha J. Deupree was b. May the 15th, 1829.
Francina Deupree was b. Dec. the 19th, 1850.
Mary Lewis Deupree was b. Oct. the 12, 1852.
Lucy Grattan Deupree was b. Dec. the 5, 1854
Martha Mourning Deupree was b. 24 September, 1856.
DEATHS
Martha J. Deupree d. 14th October 1856 in her 28 year.
Martha Mourning Deupree d. 8th August 1854
Lewis J. Deupree departed this life the 17th April, 1870, in his
77th year.
Francina McCalla, formerly Francina Deupree, d. at residence in Athens
on the 2nd of September 1872 in the 22 year of her age.
(The above records were certified before a Notary Public as being
correctly copied from the original, 29 Feb. 1932, by Lucy Leah
Redwine.)
Same as fore-going), p. 93:
Family Record from the bible of the Greer Family, Clarke County,
Georgia. Present Owner (1938): ..Mr. E. K. Greer, Athens, Ga. This is
record of the Greer and Cox families, mainly, and covers three
families. Only those items are abstracted for this report that bear
relationship to the Deupree family):
Father of Rich'd Cox was born January 6th day 1737
Dec'd Oct. the 1st day 1793.
Mary, wife of John Cox was born July 2Sth day 1737
John Cox Dec'd the 2nd day of Dec- 1811.
Births of the children of this couple follow here, including:
Belling born the 5th day of April 1781.
Cox Died the 10th day of October 1842. In Alabama.
Francine Bolling Cox, daughter of Belling Cox of St. Clair County
Alabama, b. in 1809 was wedded in 1826 at Reuben Ransome's hard (sic)
Chalky Level to Dan'l Dupree born in 1803 in Oglethorpe Co., Ga. J.
D. born Apr. 25, 18_9 (''1829, apparently") at R. Ransoms.
Note: The R. Ransome mentioned in bible was undoubtedly Reuben
Ransome, Rev.- Sold- of Clarke County Georgia, whose home adjoined the
Chalky Level, the home of the Greers, on the road between Lexington,
Athens, Ga. The Greer home, formerly known as Greer's Tavern was
standing in 1933. Mr. E. K. Greer, owner of the bible, still lives in
the old home.
The document from which the above items were taken was certified
before a notary public as being correctly copied from the original by
Lucy Leah Redwine. First Hundred Years, by Sarah Blackwell Gober
Temple, 1935.
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