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| 1901 | Sir John Sutton, alias Lord of Dudley, was of Aston le-Walls. | Sutton, John (I1567)
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| 1902 | Slain by Alexander. | Of Scotland, Edgar (I8356)
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| 1903 | Social Security Death Index about Alice Rich Name: Alice Rich SSN: 454-70-7999 Last Residence: 77901 Victoria, Victoria, Texas, United States of America Born: 4 Nov 1901 Died: May 1977 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (1959) | Love, Alice Berry (I8411)
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| 1904 | Social Security Death Index about Blue Love Name: Blue Love SSN: 416-18-3296 Last Residence: 35235 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States of America Born: 11 Sep 1907 Died: Aug 1977 State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951) | Hatcher, Blue Bell (I1193)
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| 1905 | Social Security Death Index about Robert C. McRoberts Name: Robert C. McRoberts SSN: 703-07-4829 Last Residence: 76571 Salado, Bell, Texas, United States of America Born: 20 Jan 1916 Died: 4 Sep 2002 State (Year) SSN issued: Railroad Board (Issued Through) (Before 1951) | McRoberts, Robert Carlton (I9013)
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| 1906 | Social Security Death Index Death, Burial, Cemetery & Obituaries Name: Barbara Kaiser (Barbara Rich Kaiser) Birth: 24 May 1920 Death: Oct 1983 - Victoria, Victoria, Texas, United States of America Civil: Alabama Other: Victoria, Victoria, Texas, United States of America | Rich, Barbara Doris (I1183)
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| 1907 | Some data shown on the Gough-Page 2 in the Taylor Bible. Children (marriage data sent by Steve Lawrence July 2001): The Joseph Prevatte Taylor Bible Record Ohio Co., KY: The Bible was printed and published by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1813. It has been in the hands of the following since1813: Joseph Taylor 1813-1853 Alfred Taylor 1853-1865 Stephen Slade Taylor 1865-1875 W.C. Taylor, Sr. 1875-1888 Mrs. W.C. Taylor, Sr. 1888-1938 Mrs.H. Boyce Taylor, Sr. 1938-1959 Mrs. Frances Taylor Watson 1959-1981 The actual spelling has been retained MARRIAGES: Jonathan Gough and Mary Ann was married September 23rd, 1806 Amos Davis and Eunice was married December 7th, 1820 Reuben McCoy and William (Miss Billie)Taylor* was married April 13th, 1821 Joseph Taylor (Jr.) and Anna Gough was married Feby 8th, 1821 Stephen Taylor & Sally Whiteaker was maried March the 19th day 1824 Alfred Taylor and Mary Mahon were married September the 22nd, 1835 BIRTHS Joseph Taylor was born April the 21st day, 1765 Mary Slade Taylor was born April the 17th day, 1766 Elizabeth Prevatte Taylor was born January the 26th, 1787 Mary Ann Taylor was born October the 26th day, 1788 Sarah Taylor was born November the 9th day, 1791 John Slade Taylor was born Mary the 24th day, 1793 Euphama Taylor was born January 16th day, 1795 Jincy Taylor was born February the 2nd day, 1797 Eunice Taylor was born December the 5th day, 1798 Joseph Taylor was born August the 7th day, 1800 *William Miss Billie Taylor was born November 13th, 1802 Stephen Slade Taylor was born May the 26th day, 1804 Alfred Taylor was born July the 19th day, 1808 BIRTHS Jonathan Gough was born the 12th day, 1778 Mary Ann Gough was born October the 26th day, 1788 Esther Gough was born June the 5th day, 1809 Jonathan B. Gough was born August the 23rd day, 1812 Eunice Gough was born October the 3rd day, 1814 Polly Ann Gough was born October the 14th day, 1816 Francis H. Taylor was born April the 12th, 1824 Richard Prevatte Taylor was born March the 20th, 1825 Joseph Taylor the son of Thomas Alfred and Elizabeth Prevatt Taylor was born October the 13th, 1823 Joseph Taylor Gough was born Mary the 8th day, 1819 Joseph Bradford McCoy was born the 18th day of June, 1821 Nathaniel Greene Davis was born September the 4th, 1821 John W. Taylor was born November the 24th, 1821 DEATHS Elizabeth Taylor wife of Moses Taylor decased the six day of March, 1833 Mary Taylor formerly Mary Slade died February the 15th, 1840 Katharine Taylor second wife of Joseph Taylor died July the 7th, 1852 Joseph Taylor Sen died on January 25th 1853 Sallie Taylor wife of Stephen S. Taylor died Aprile 12th, 1875 Moses Taylor the father of Joseph Taylor decased March 23, 1819 Mary Ann Gough deceased November the 13th day, 1827 Eunice Taylor Davis deceased July the 13th day, 1829 Sally Neal deceased December the 20th, 1830 Aged 39 years *This person was a girl, known through her single life as "Miss Billie". | Taylor, Mary Ann (I6719)
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| 1908 | Some of the Belcher families living in Massachusetts moved into Maryland, Connectcut and some moved on to Virginia during the early 1700's. Many of the men patented land in the southwest end of Chesterfield Co., VA, which was known as Henrico Co. until 1749. They settled in the area known as Skinquarter and Genito. Some of the settlers were John Belcher and his cousin, Richard Belcher, James Gates, John Goode, John Skelton and James Bailey. The earliest known record of Richard and John Belcher is in Henrico Co., VA in John Nash's Sheriff's Bond along with James Bailey. James Bailey's son, Richard Bailey, married Elizabeth Belcher. In 1759 James Bailey bought 77 acres of land on the south side of Kinquarter. This land was originally part of a patent of 375 granted to Richard Belcher in 1754 and was the first owned by the Bailey family. The listing states "paid debt of son 1736, paid 75 lbsl of tobacco... "to Yr. order to pay Belchar". | Belcher, John Sr. (I4630)
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| 1909 | Some records have Millie's place of death as White Mount, Grayson Co. Tex. Millie had thirteen children, two who died in infancy. Millie Ann Woolbright Hollingsworth was a sister of Sarah Catherine Woolbright, Mary's first born. (Source: Communication from Joseph William (Jodie) Woolbright, Dallas, Texas to Maurine Sealy, Carson, California, dated 11 Oct 1982, quoting Helen L. Ary, Newton, N. C.) Helen's husband was a great grandson of Sarah's. Jodie was grandson of William and Edy Miller Woolbright and great-grandson of Jesse & Polly Woolbright. This is further confirmed by a letter from Walterine H. Sharp of Farmersville, Texas, 20 Feb 1982, to Mrs. Sealy, a descendant of Millie Ann's husband, and also source of Sarah Catherine Woolbright Burkett's husband's name. (Source: Wilbur N. Woolbright, 120 Sitton Mill Rd. Seneca, S. C. 29678. Letter of July. 1993) (Spousal and vital stats. on children from Walterine H. Sharp, 207 Wilcoxin, Farmersville Co, Tex., 75031, 1982) Death Certificate: State of Texas, # 11539, death due to pneumonia and old age. | Woolbright, Millicent Ann (I723)
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| 1910 | Sometime between November 1, 1856 (when Abner signed his last will and testament), and April 6, 1857 (when the will was probated), Abner Alexander died at age 78. Abner's wife Margaret was 67 years old at the time of her husband's death, and probably stayed in the area with her son James Alexander. In 1931, Abner Alexander's great grand-daughter (Mrs. Bessie Alexander Rasmussen of Houston, Texas) hired Edythe Whitley, genealogist, to trace her ancestry back to Revolutionary War patriot Ezekial Alexander so that she could join the Daughters of the American Revolution. In the material Mrs. Whitley turned over to the DAR Library, she describes the location of Abner Alexander's grave 75 years after Abner's death: "Mr. Northout's mother lives on part of the Abner Alexander land in the first district of Cannon County, near Porterfield in the Lock's Creek section, and is a descendant of this family through Abner's son. Mrs. Northout is a woman of years as her son told me he was 47 years old. He says he knows that Abner is buried in the Alexander graveyard on his mother's farm but that there is not a stone at his grave". Last will and testament of Abner Alexander, Cannon County, Tennessee: I, Abner Alexander, make and publish this as my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me at any time made. 1st- I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any money that I may die possesed of or may first come into the hands of my Executor. 2nd- I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Margaritt Alexander my negro girl Rachel and my negro boy named Nathan. Also she is to have her choice of my stock of useing horses one Colt one or two years old making two head of horses. Also one waggon + gear and also my farming tools, household and kitching furniture or so much of those as She may need to keep. Also two Cows and calfses, six head of Sheep, two Sows and also one years provision out of my Corn wheat pork or bacon and a sufficiency of groceries for her use one year. Also my wife is to have the home place on which I now reside. Also she is to have the (Or)chards Land on the East end of the tract and wood and timber. For use the above property I give to my wife during her natural life or widowhood at her death or marriage it is my will that the above named negroes and all thare Increase if any and all the personally property be Sold and the proceeds applied as hereinafter directed. 3rd- I give and bequeath to my wife a negro Child named Bill forever to do as She pleases with. 4th- I give and bequeath to my sons Ezekiel Alexander and James H Alexander all my Land divided by me: Beginning on a rock in WC Donnoll line North thirteen degrees west ninety two poles to an elum thense north fifty degrees west sixty two and one half poles to a rock RW Pattersons Corner. I, Abner Alexander, each half of my Land divided by the division line given above at Seventeen hundred and fifty Dollars and my Son Ezekiel Alexander have the west and my Son James H. Alexander have the east and my Son Ezekiel Alexander to take full possession of his portion at my death. My Son James is not to take possession of his part of the land until the death of my wife Margaritt or her marriage after my death at which time he is to take full and ample possession. 4th- It is my will that all my property that has not been disposed of to be sold at my death and the proceeds to be applided to make all my children equal (viz) John McKnite Alexander, Katherine L Dickson, Marke Alexander, and Esther A Leach, Ezekiel Alexander and James H Alexander. The property given to my wife is to be sold at her death or marriage and applied as above directed. In Case the perishable property does not make John McKnite Alexander, Katherine L Dickson, Mark Alexander, and Esther A Leach equal to the amount of Seventeen hundred and fifty Dollars, my Sons Ezekiel and James pay over to them in two years enough equally to this all equal to the amount of Seventeen hundred and fifty Dollars. 5th- I give and bequeath to my wife one hundred and twenty Five Dollars forever. 6th- I give and bequeath unto my Son James H Alexander one bed and furniture, two Cows and one Sow if any on hands. Lastly- I do hereby nominate and appoint my Son Ezekiel Alexander my Executor in witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st November 1856. Abner Alexander (seal) Signed, sealed and publish in our presants and we have set our names in presants of the Testator. SJ Odom, WC Donnoll State of Tennessee, Cannon County- At the April term of the County Court AD 1857 then personally appeared before me SJ Odom + WC Donnell the Subscribing witnesses to the within will first being Sworn Depose and Say that they were acquainted with Abner Alexander the Testator in his lifetime and he acknowledged the same in there presants to be his last will and Testament on the day it Bore Date. Witness Brinkley Laster, Clerk of Said County Court at office this the 6th Day of April 1857. B Laster, Clerk Registered the 14th day of April 1857. B Laster, Clerk | Alexander, Abner (I10327)
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| 1911 | Somewhere between England and America, Richard changed his name to Melton. Richard Milton came to Virginia in 1620 on the ship "Supply". The Supply was the companion ship to the Mayflower. It left England three weeks later than the Mayflower and unlike the Mayflower, the Supply found it's way to Virginia. Richard must have been considered a responsible man because he was put in charge of Councillor Prontus' cattle while in shipment on the Supply. Richard Milton purchased 75 acres of land from Thomas Staff on 29 Nov 1635. He purchased 75 acres from Thomas Staff on 26 May 1637. 3 Oct 1638 he received 400 acres from transfer by eight others. 23 Aug 1643 Thomas Wheeler received by assignment from Richard Milton and Robert Tisdale 900 acres of land. | Milton, I Richard (I477)
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| 1912 | Son of Alpin MacEochaid, he succeeded his brother Kenneth MacAlpin in 859. He reigned for four years. Little is known of him, other than he successfully crushed the Picts who, with the help of the Saxons of England, attempted to regain their lost throne. He died of natural causes near Scone. | Of the Scots, Donald I (I5772)
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| 1913 | Son: William FITZALAN b: ABT 1136 in , Oswestry, Shropshire, England Eschelyn or Eschynne de Londonnia of Molle -- m1. Robert de Croc m2. Walter FitzAlan, 1st Hereditary Steward of Scotland (d 1177) | Of Molle, Eschyna (I3820)
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| 1914 | Source of children's name and birthdates information on William Smoot II: The Clan Montgomery Society International Genealogy Database. On December 2, 1672, he witnessed the sale of a cow sold by Edward Wrilly to Mary Wright. The fact that he witnessed a deed in 1672 would indicate that he had at least attained his eighteenth birthday, consequently his birth occurred prior to the year 1654. On January 16, 1678, he was present at the transfer of 307 acres of land from William Fauntleroy to John Inglow. On July 4, 1681, he appointed Alexander Newman his attorney to acknowledge the purchase of land from William Fauntleroy. On March 18, 1683/4, William Smoot and Jane his wife of "Parish of Farnham, Rappahannock County" conveyed to Richard Ellet for 2,400 pounds of tobacco 100 acres of land lying in Moratico, where Thomas Sampson was then domiciled. The deed was witnessed by Thomas Sampson and Richard R. Draper. About this time he settled in Durham Parish of Richmond County, where the births of his three daughters are recorded. Apr 1693 North Farnum Parish, Old Rappahannock (later Richmond) Co, VA. Born. Mary, d/o William and Jane Smoot. Mar 1694/4-4 Nov 1702. Richmond Co, VA Wills and Inventories, 1699-1710, f53v. Will of Elizabeth Grady: Mary Smoot, daughter of William Smoot all land; Exec: William Smoot; wits: Thomas Durham, Richard Draper, John Rankin. Smoot re Michelle Ule adds that / in the event that Mary died without issues then to William Smoot and his heirs. The latter received all personal property and was named as executor. (THE SMOOTS OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, by Harry Wright Newman, 1936) Aug 1700. Richmond Co, VA DB03:057. William Smoot Sr. of North Farnham Parish to Dorothy Durham, wife of Thomas Durham; for love and affection for Dorothy and her children, 62 acres in Richmond County; if Dorothy should die, land to her eldest, Thomas Durham; if Thomas should die, to John Durham; if he should die without issue, land to Mary Durham, daughter of sd. Dorothy. Wits: John Simmons [and two illegible signatures]. Jane Smoot, wife of William, relinquished dower. (DNFP) (Note: The consideration for this deed of gift remains a conjecture. It is known, however, that Dorothy Durham, the grantee, ultimately became the mother-in-law of the grantor's daughter Mary who at that time was only seven years of age.) 24 Feb 1715 - 4 Jun 1716. Richmond Co, VA. WB, p. 270. Will of William Smoot of North Farnum parish. Grandchildren: Margaret, Joseph and Sarah Durham; son-in-law Thomas Durham; wife Jane use of plant. and lands, after her death, to go to three grchildren; Executor: wife; Wits: John Durham, Abraham Dale, Brian Muckleroy. Inv. 5 Sep 1716, p. 286. Sources: Births, marriages and deaths: The Registers of Northfarnum Parish, 1663-1814 and Lunenburg Parish, 1783-1800, (Old Rappa) Richmond Co, Virginia, George Harrison Sanford King, Fredericksburg, VA 1966, Southern HIstorical Press, Easley, SC (copyright transferred). Sources: Wills and Inventories: Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800, Robert K. Headley, Jr., Clearfield Publishing, Baltimore, 1993, 1995, 1998, copyright 1983, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., Baltimore | Smoot, II William (I6472)
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| 1915 | Source of data: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/marshall/cemeteries/gcm174albe rtvi.txt 1880 US Federal Census about James G. Medlock Name: James G. Medlock Home in 1880: District 538, Clayton, Georgia Age: 29 Estimated birth year: abt 1851 Birthplace: Georgia Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Arelia Medlock Father's birthplace: South Carolina Mother's birthplace: South Carolina Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age James G. Medlock 29 Arelia Medlock 28 Martha A. Medlock 8 William H. Medlock 6 Garison G. Medlock 5 Pernaliby Medlock 1 (Pearl) 1900 US Federal Census about James G Medlock Name: James G Medlock [James G Meddock] Home in 1900: Albertville, Marshall, Alabama Age: 48 Birth Date: Dec 1851 Birthplace: Georgia Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Spouse's name: Arelia A Medlock Marriage Year: 1873 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 27 Household Members: Name Age James G Medlock 48 Arelia A Medlock 47 Pearlie Medlock 20 1910 US Federal Census about C James Meddock Name: C James Meddock [G James Medlock] Age in 1910: 58 Estimated birth year: abt 1852 Birthplace: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Spouse's name: A Arilla Meddock Home in 1910: Albertville, Marshall, Alabama Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age C James Meddock 58 A Arilla Meddock 56 John Bright 85 (Arelia's father) 1920 US Federal Census Name: James G Medlock [J?? G Woodlock] Home in 1920: Albertville, Marshall, Alabama Age: 68 Estimated birth year: abt 1852 Birthplace: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head] Spouse's name: Ann Medlock Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Name Age James G Medlock 68 Ann Medlock 67 Pearl Denham 41 Nina Denham 16 J W Denham 15 Vernon Denham 13 John M Denham 11 | Medlock, James Garrison (I6281)
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| 1916 | Source: http://www.mississippiconnections.nisa.com/census/surnameindex.html CRENSHAW, (William J.) (1852-)>GeorgeWashington=CharityPercillareDAUGHTERY ,Ellen (E.) [SMITH] 25f MS(1855-)> unk. =Harriett unk. ,(Eugenia) Arvaline 5f "(1874-1948)=JohnWm.BROWN(1866-1952) ,David 1m "(1878-1908) | Crenshaw, William James (I5144)
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| 1917 | Source: Debbie Kaelin May 2008 | Daugherty, William (I8472)
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| 1918 | Source: Early Georgia wills and settlements of estates : Wilkes County / by Sarah Quinn Smith, Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1976, ISBN 0806307358, 81 p. ; 22 cm Call Number: 975.8172Sm65E | Ellington, Jr. David Ellington (I6893)
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| 1919 | Source: Early Tennessee Settlers - 1700's to 1900's Genealogy.Com Census of the Cumberland Settlements, 1770-90, Davidson County Census, Page 48 "Hand, Levi purchased lot in the town of Nashville: reference #29. Levi was in Nashville in 1784. His attorney, instrumental in dealing with his Will and other documents, was Andrew Jackson. (Source: Tommy Allen) 1789. December 22: North Carolinas western lands are ceded to the United States, forming what will become the state of Tennessee. Prepared by Tom Kanon, Tennessee State Library and Archives The War of 1812 was a defining period in the early history of Tennessee. For the first time, Tennessee was thrust into the national spotlight through its political prowess and military victories. When war was declared on Great Britain in June 1812, it was a Tennessean, Congressman Felix Grundy, who was given the lions share of credit (or blame) for steering Congress toward a declaration of war against one of the mightiest military powers of the day. Grundy, a Nashville lawyer, along with a group of Democratic-Republicans known as the War Hawks, provided the rhetoric necessary to lead the nation into a conflict that many considered unpopular. Tennessees accomplishments on the battlefield during the Creek War (1813-1814) gave the country something to cheer about in a period of otherwise dismal campaigns against the British. And, of course, Andrew Jacksons stunning victory at New Orleans showed the world that the United States was coming of age and could take its place among the nations of the world. At the onset of the war, the theater of operations was concentrated on the Canadian American border. Tennessee, eager to get into the fray, offered its services to the government; but distance prevented the state from making any direct contribution. However, when President James Madison called on Tennessee to help defend the "Lower Country," Tennesseans volunteered en masse, earning the nickname "The Volunteer State." Tennessee Governor Willie Blount was asked to send 1,500 troops to the defense of New Orleans and/or Mobile. An expedition, under the command of Major General Andrew Jackson, was outfitted in December 1812. Natchez Expedition: (December 1812 - April 1813) The troops were mustered in at Nashville on 10 December 1812 and departed in early January 1813. The expedition consisted of two volunteer regiments, under Colonels Thomas Benton and William Hall, and one regiment of volunteer mounted gunmen under Colonel John Coffee. Coffees men rendezvoused at Columbia, Tennessee and marched overland into the Mississippi Territory (now the present-day states of Alabama and Mississippi). The rest of the expedition comprised a flotilla that went down the Cumberland, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers and camped at their final destination near Natchez in mid-February 1813. After lingering there for several weeks, Jackson received orders from the Secretary of War that his services were no longer required and that he was to dismiss his troops. An angry and frustrated Jackson decided to march the army home at his own expense and, by his determined stance, acquired the sobriquet "Old Hickory" along the way. Many of the men who were part of this expedition were called to join the first campaign of the Creek War in September 1813. A journal of the expedition to Natchez (from December 1812 to early March 1813) can be found in John Spenser Bassetts The Correspondence of Andrew Jackson - Volume I (Washington D.C., 1926). At the same time that West Tennesseans were marching to Natchez, the eastern section of the state made their own contribution with a similar campaign -- this one into Florida. (Note: what was considered West Tennessee in 1812 is now the region of the state called Middle Tennessee. What we now call West Tennessee was Indian land.) | Hand, Levi (I1257)
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| 1920 | Source: Henry County "Old Time Stuff" Will Abstracts pg. 36. Genealogy.com "Early Tennessee Settlers 1700's - 1900's": John Williams Jr's Will. Son Benjamine Wilkerson Williams. The eldest to be executor for youngest son. The eldest son to look after property for the youngest son. Youngest son, Elisha Williams 100 acres of land. To Delilah Hand 100 acres of land. Youngest daughter, Martha Williams, 19 May 1846 (Will 1844 - 56 p.) | Williams, John (I8964)
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| 1921 | Source: Madolyn Vickers. | Powers, Earl Wilson (I2674)
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| 1922 | Source: Research and Records, 1997. Leland Pirtle Boyd (Naples, FL), Leland boyd stated that he visited with Robert Sherrill Boyd. Robert was very ill. Robert's wife said that Robert told her that Robert W. Boyd was buried in Clyde, Calahan Co., TX. This has not been proven as of 1999. (Courtesy of Linda Boyd Lawhon-1 Nov 2002) 1850 Census Stewart Co., TN, fam 544: Boyd, Robert, w, m, 38, b. TN; Hariet, w, f, 34, b. KY; Elizabeth, w, f, 14, b. TN; William, w, m, 12, b. TN; Jacob, w, m, 7, b. TN; Mary, w, f, 7, b. TN; Gabrella, w, f, 5, b. TN; Margaret, w, f, 3, b. TN; John, w, m, 83, b. VA; Elizabeth w, f, 76, b. NC. (John and Elizabeth Leach Boyd are living with their son, Robert W. in 1850) | Boyd, Robert W. (I1443)
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| 1923 | Source: Research and Records, 1998, Jim Boyd (Indiaatlantic, FL), citing the Family Bible of Robert Logan Bible. (Linda Lawhorn) | Boyd, James H. (I1482)
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| 1924 | Source: Rives-Young Family Bible belonging to Jessie Giles Young; Corrrespondence in possession of Madolyn Vickers; B. C. Powers Family Bible; Material compiled by Geneva Swain and Thelma Hayes. | Giles, George Jesse (I2488)
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| 1925 | Source: "The Stewart-Houston Times" Newspaper, a bi-county newspaper for both Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee. Name: Mary Annie (Carter) Claxton Age: 75 Died: June 29, 1952 Parents: Millard Carter and Pip (Beechum) Carter Spouse: L.C. Claxton Children: W.W. Claxton, Charlie Claxton, Harvey L. Claxton, Mrs. Ruth Dixon | Carter, Mary Annie (I8915)
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| 1926 | Source: "The Stewart-Houston Times" Newspaper, a bi-county newspaper for both Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee. Name: Rosa Bell (Parker) Shuff Age: 87 Died: May 26, 1973 Parents: James D. Parker and Sallie (McAskill) Shuff Spouse: George William Shuff | Parker, Rosa Bell (I8752)
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| 1927 | Sources: Powers Family Bible; Material gathered by Mable Hicks, Thelma Hayes and Geneva Swain; Susan Edlin Parchment, courtesy of GKS. | Powers, Caroline M. Robert (I2261)
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| 1928 | Spouse James Louis "Jimmy" Ingle - 1869–1939 (m. 1887) | Herron, Missouria (I10929)
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| 1929 | SS#416-03-1056 Last Residence Polly Reed Rd., Chalkville, AL Listed in 1920 AL Census for AL, B'ham, Jefferson Co., ED#41, Family #138: Leo S. Love Head age 29 b. TN Estelle Love wife age 28 b. GA Leona T. Love d. age 8 b. AL Gladys E. Love d. age 6 b. AL Leo Jr. Love s. age 3 4/12 AL Mary A. d. age 2/12 AL (note: This census gives Leo's birth as having been in TN (?) Ebzan Jr. & Alice may have been married in TN because that is where Ebzan Jr. was born ... MCM 12/4/02) | Love, Gladys Estelle (I6692)
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| 1930 | St. Clare in Pont d'Eveque in Normandy is generally thought to be the birthplace of this great northern clan. The family received a grant of the Barony of Roslin in Midlothian during the twelfth century. Through marriage, the family obtained the Earldom of Orkney, and in the next century received land in Caithness. The earldom or kingdom of Orkney was later resigned by order of James III. The chief of Clan Sinclair at this time split the family lands, giving the lands of Caithness to his elder son, and the lands at Roslin to his younger son. It was around this point that the spelling "Sinclair" came into general use, although the Earls of Roslin still prefer to use the older form of "St. Clare". The Earls of Caithness engaged in a long succession of feuds with their neighbours and within the family. This resulted in the 4th Earl imprisoning his son in Girnigoe Castle, where he starved to death. Much of the Sinclair lands in Caithness had to be sold off to pay debts. Within the family, rights to estates were disputed and culminated in a battle between the Sinclairs and the Campbells on the banks of Altimarlech, near Wick. It is said that, as a result of this battle, "so many Sinclairs were killed that the Campbells were able to cross the water without getting their feet wet". | Sinclair, Jean (I1506)
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| 1931 | Stated in the Rosser letter to Draper is there was one daughter named Mary who married Alexander McKee. Whether this marriage took place in Mecklenburg County or the place where they came from is unknown. | Knox, Mary (I3582)
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| 1932 | Stewart County Deed Book C (typed in 1921 as Book 3) [1809-1818 registrations for 1789-1818 deeds] 18 Isaac SHELBY (Montgomery County) to Abel OLIVE (Montgomery County), 428a for $1500 on N bank of Cumberland River, adj. McNATT; wit: Jessie OLIVE, Edward McDONALD; 6 Apr 1809 | Shelby, Isaac Jr. (I1745)
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| 1933 | Stewart County Deed Book C (typed in 1921 as Book 3) [1809-1818 registrations for 1789-1818 deeds] 264 John RENFRO (Livingston County, KY) to William OUTLAW, 320a for $1280, on mouth of Dyers Creek; land was originally granted to Andrew CASTLEMAN by NC grant #123 (23 Apr 1793), then conveyed to Edley EWING then to Nathan ERWIN; wit: John ALLEN, Duncan W. McRAE, Moses SHELBY, J. H. WARD, Thomas WARD, Hillary MORRIS; 7 Oct 1808 | Shelby, Moses (I1590)
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| 1934 | Succeeded his father in 1649, but was not restored to the throne until 1660 after the period of Commonwealth. King of Great Britain and Ireland (166085), who was restored to the throne after years of exile during the Puritan Commonwealth. The years of his reign are known in English history as the Restoration period. His political adaptability and his knowledge of men enabled him to steer his country through the convolutions of the struggle between Anglicans, Catholics, and dissenters that marked much of his reign. Charles II, the eldest surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, was born at St. James's Palace, London. His early years were unremarkable, but before he was 20 his conventional education had been completely overshadowed by the harsh lessons of defeat in the Civil War against the Puritans and subsequent isolation and poverty. Thus Charles emerged into precocious maturity, cynical, self-indulgent, skilled in the sort of moral evasions that make life comfortable even in adversity. But though the early years of tawdry dissipation have tarnished the romance of his adventures, not all his actions were discreditable. He tried to fight his father's battles in the west of England in 1645; he resisted the attempts of his mother and his sister Henrietta Anne to convert him to Catholicism and remained openly loyal to his Protestant faith. In 1648 he made strenuous efforts to save his father; and when, after Charles I's execution in 1649, he was proclaimed Charles II by the Scots in defiance of the English republic, he was prepared to go to Scotland and swallow the stringently anti-Catholic and anti-Anglican Presbyterian Covenant as the price for alliance. But the sacrifice of friends and principles was futile and left him deeply embittered. The Scottish army was routed by the English under Oliver Cromwell at Dunbar in September 1650, and in 1651 Charles's invasion of England ended in defeat at Worcester. The young king became a fugitive, hunted through England for 40 days but protected by a handful of his loyal subjects until he escaped to France in October 1651. His safety was comfortless, however. He was destitute and friendless, unable to bring pressure against an increasingly powerful England. France and the Dutch United Provinces were closed to him by Cromwell's diplomacy and he turned to Spain, with whom he concluded a treaty in April 1656. He persuaded his brother James to relinquish his command in the French army and gave him some regiments of Anglo-Irish troops in Spanish service, but poverty doomed this nucleus of a royalist army to impotence. European princes took little interest in Charles and his cause, and his proffers of marriage were declined. Even Cromwell's death did little to improve his prospects. But George Monck, one of Cromwell's leading generals, realized that under Cromwell's successors the country was in danger of being torn apart and with his formidable army created the situation favourable to Charles's restoration in 1660. Most Englishmen now favoured a return to a stable and legitimate monarchy, and, although more was known of Charles II's vices than his virtues, he had, under the steadying influence of Edward Hyde, his chief adviser, avoided any damaging compromise of his religion or constitutional principles. With Hyde's help, Charles issued in April 1660 his Declaration of Breda, expressing his personal desire for a general amnesty, liberty of conscience, an equitable settlement of land disputes, and full payment of arrears to the army. The actual terms were to be left to a free parliament, and on this provisional basis Charles was proclaimed king in May 1660. Landing at Dover on May 25, he reached a rejoicing London on his 30th birthday. The unconditional nature of the settlement that took shape between 1660 and 1662 owed little to Charles's intervention and must have exceeded his expectations. He was bound by the concessions made by his father in 1640 and 1641, but the Parliament elected in 1661 was determined on an uncompromising Anglican and royalist settlement. The Militia Act of 1661 gave Charles unprecedented authority to maintain a standing army, and the Corporation Act of 1661 allowed him to purge the boroughs of dissident officials. Other legislation placed strict limits on the press and on public assembly, and the 1662 Act of Uniformity created controls of education. An exclusive body of Anglican clergy and a well-armed landed gentry were the principal beneficiaries of Charles II's restoration. But within this narrow structure of upper-class loyalism there were irksome limitations on Charles's independence. His efforts to extend religious toleration to his Nonconformist and Roman Catholic subjects were sharply rebuffed in 1663, and throughout his reign the House of Commons was to thwart the more generous impulses of his religious policy. A more pervasive and damaging limitation was on his financial independence. Although the Parliament voted the king an estimated annual income of £1,200,000, Charles had to wait many years before his revenues produced such a sum, and by then the damage of debt and discredit was irreparable. Charles was incapable of thrift; he found it painful to refuse petitioners. With the expensive disasters of the Anglo-Dutch War of 166567 the reputation of the restored king sank to its lowest level. His vigorous attempts to save London during the Great Fire of September 1666 could not make up for the negligence and maladministration that led to England's naval defeat in June 1667. Charles cleared himself by dismissing his old adviser, Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, and tried to assert himself through a more adventurous foreign policy. So far, his reign had made only modest contributions to England's commercial advancement. The Navigation Acts of 1660 and 1663, which had been prompted by the threat to British shipping of the rise of the Dutch carrying trade, were valuable extensions of Cromwellian policies, and the capture of New York in 1664 was one of his few gains from the Dutch. But although marriage to Princess Catherine of Braganza of Portugal in 1662 brought him the possession of Tangier and Bombay, they were of less strategic value than Dunkirk, which he sold to Louis XIV in 1662. Charles was, however, prepared to sacrifice much for the alliance of his young cousin. Through his sister Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans, he had direct contact with the French court, and it was through her that he negotiated the startling reversal of the Protestant Triple Alliance (England, the Dutch United Provinces, Sweden) of 1668. By the terms of the so-called Secret Treaty of Dover of May 1670, not only did England and France join in an offensive alliance against the Dutch but Charles promised to announce his conversion to Roman Catholicism. If this provoked trouble from his subjects he was assured of French military and financial support. Charles saw to it that the conversion clause of the treaty was not made public. This clause, which was the most controversial act of Charles II's reign, can be explained as a shortsighted bid for Louis XIV's confidence. In this, however, it failed. Louis neither welcomed Charles's intentions nor believed in them and, in the event, it was only upon his deathbed that Charles was received into the Roman Catholic church. But Charles had now fatally compromised himself. Although he subsequently attempted to pursue policies independent of Louis, he remained bound to him by inclination as well as by the fear of blackmail. More seriously, he had lost the confidence of his subjects, who deplored the French alliance and distrusted the whole tendency of Charles's policies. Other circumstances deepened Englishmen's discontent with their king. By the 1670s, the miscarriages of the queen had reduced hopes that Charles would have a legitimate heir, and in 1673 the second marriage of his brother James, Duke of York, to Mary of Modena, increased the possibility of the Catholic line of succession, for James's conversion to the Roman church was well known. But it was for his autocratic character as much as for his religion that James was feared as his brother was not, and it was on his brother's behalf that Charles eventually had to face the severest political storm of his reign. The Popish Plot of 1678 was an elaborate tissue of fictions built around a skeleton of even stranger truths. The allegations of Titus Oates, a former Anglican cleric who had been expelled from a Jesuit seminary, that Roman Catholics planned to murder Charles to make James king, seemed to be confirmed by scraps of evidence of which Charles was justifiably skeptical. But Charles was obliged to bow before the gusts of national hysteria that sought to bar his brother from the line of succession. Between 1679 and 1681 Charles very nearly lost control of his government. Deprived of his chief minister, the Earl of Danby, who had been compromised by his negotiations with France, the king had to allow the Earl of Shaftesbury and his Whig supporters, who upheld the power of the Parliamentmen whom he detestedto occupy positions of power in central and local government. Three general elections produced three equally unmanageable parliaments; and although Charles publicly denied the legitimacy of his first son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, he had to send his Catholic brother James out of the country and offer a plan of limitations that would bind James if he came to the throne. The plan proved to be unacceptable both to the Whigs and to James, and, when Charles fell seriously ill in the summer of 1679, there was real danger of civil conflict. But Charles kept his nerve. He defended his queen against slanders, dismissed the intractable parliaments, and recovered control of his government. His subjects' dread of republican anarchy proved stronger than their suspicion of James, and from March 1681, when he dissolved his last Parliament, Charles enjoyed a nationwide surge of loyalty almost as fervent as that of 1660. He had made yet another secret treaty with France and in addition to a French subsidy could now count upon a healthy public revenue. Reforms at the Treasury, which he had inaugurated in 1667, provided the crown with a firm basis of administrative control that was among Charles II's most valuable legacies to English government. As a result of these actions, Charles, who died in February 1685 at Whitehall in London, was able to end his reign in the kind of tranquil prosperity he had always sought. (Source: Encylopedia Britannica 2002) | Of Britain, Charles II of Britain (I6009)
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| 1935 | Susan and Robert were twins. | Alexander, Susan (I9916)
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| 1936 | Susan Pauline was known as "Paulina" and "Plina" or "Plyna." She was listed in a 1940 article about a Francis M. Culpepper family reunion as living at Gadsden, AL. Acording to Mary Lillian Butler Pierce, 18 Jan 1979, Susan Pauline and L. W. Smith had no children. | Culpepper, Susan Pauline (I2866)
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| 1937 | Susie Cobb lived for a time in Prescott before moving to Bakersfield, where she resided with her oldest daughter, Iva Lee Cobb Price, until her death. She is buried in Prescott beside Allen Monroe Cobb. | Shakelford, Susie (I6137)
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| 1938 | Tabitha ws supposed to have been on the ship "Anne" in 1623. A Robert Bartlett of Massachusetts was listed on this ship as well. Robert Bartleltt is listed as owning land Sept 27, 1645, 200 acres at the head of Chuckatucke, Upper Norfolk, BA land patent). Tabitha's maiden name, Bartlett, appears to be the oritin of the name Bartlett (Bartley), a name that has been passed down through many generations of her descendents. | Bartlett, Tabitha Anne (I4697)
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| 1939 | Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 about A Moore Name: A Moore Spouse: Mildred Shuff Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1880 Marriage County: Houston Marriage State: Tennessee | Shuff, Nancy Mildred (I8772)
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| 1940 | Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Name: David C Moore Spouse: Elizabeth Shuff Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1860 Marriage County: Stewart Marriage State: Tennessee | Shuff, Elizabeth (I8771)
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| 1941 | Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Marriage & Divorce Name: E Love (note: E. Love [not Sam or Samuel] Spouse: Sarah Darnell Marriage Date: 13 Feb 1866 Marriage County: Grainger Marriage State: Tennessee | Love, Samuel Ebzan Sr. (I9008)
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| 1942 | Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Robert D Foitik Name: Robert D Foitik Death Date: 27 Nov 1962 Death County: Calhoun Certificate: 73134 | Foitik, Robert D. (I1831)
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| 1943 | Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 Name: June Prescott Rich Gender: Female Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1967 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1923 Age: 44 Spouse: Robert Carlton McRoberts Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Est Birth Year: abt 1916 Spouse Age: 51 Marriage County: Harris Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 Social Security Death Index about June P. McRoberts Name: June P. McRoberts SSN: 416-14-0908 Last Residence: 78734 Austin, Travis, Texas, United States of America Born: 15 Apr 1922 Died: 4 Jun 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Al | Rich, June Prescott (I1830)
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| 1944 | The "History of the Old Cheraws" by Gregg states that the father of Francis Gillespie was "James Galespy." The following are notes about James from pp. 62-63: James Galespy came to South Carolina in 1743 from Northern Ireland. In the South Carolina Council Journal for November 9, 1743, "was read the petition of James Galespy, shewing that the Petitioner, having six persons in his family, for whom, as yet, he has not had any lands assigned him, humbly prays that a warrant of survey for 300 acres be granted him in the Welch Tract. But, not appearing to swear to his family right, his petition was ordered to lie on the table." James Galespy was a man of energy and enterprise. In connection with General Christopher Gadsden, of Charleston, he was engaged in boating on the Pedee many years before the Revolution, and is believed to have been the first person who ever brought a boat to Cheraw.... He entered on a successful career as a trader.... James Galespy died before the Revolution. A James Galespie was in South Carolina as early as June 1736, when he witnessed a deed from Richard Purcell, planter, to John Wilson, planter, both of Colleton Co. (SC Deeds, Bk. P, p.49) In July 1757, Charles Lowndes P. M. To Christopher Gadsden, merchant of Charleston, at public auction for 890 pds. currency, 1280 acres on Thompson Creek and Peedee River. Whereas James Gillespie of Craven County owned 1280 acres and whereas on 16 March 1743 he gave bond to Ebenezer Simmons, Benjamin Smith and James Crokatt, in penal sum of 5782 pds. for payment of #2890:13:10.5 currency, with interest, on 2 January 1744; and whereas Gillespie died without having paid the debt and Mary Gillespie was appointed administratrix of his goods, etc., and whereas Simmons, Smith and Corkatt obtained a judgement against her and a writ of fieri facias was issued (Peter Leigh, C.J., Commanding the P.M. to levy this amount against Gillespie's estate; now the P.M. sells the above tract to Gadsden. Witnesses Thomas Slamm, Joshua Ward. Before William Burrows, J.P., Willaim Hopton Register. Plat given. (SC Deeds, Bk. T-T, p. 85) James Gillespie may have had a brother, "John Galaspee of Savanna Town" in South Carolina before 1730. Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina, 1670-1740, gives the following information from Will Book 1729-1731, p.150: "John Galaspee, his mark, Indian Trader. Brother: James Galaspee; Sister: Jane Galaspee. Mentions said brother and sister of Colufornia, Ireland; James Macabney of Charles Town, Samuel Eveleigh Jr.; Andrew Allen. Exors: Andrew Allen, James Macabney, William Tennant. Wit: John Parker, George Ducat, Thomas Ellery. Died November 26, 1730. Probated January 25, 1730/31. John left a horse, some furniture and a Negro boy named Stepney to his friend James Macabney of Charles Town. He left a white horse named Jolly Boy to Samuel Eveleigh, Jr. The rest of his estate he left to Andrew Allen and James Macabney, executors, to be disposed of "to the most advantage and the proceeds paid to my brother, James Galespee and my sister Jane Galespee of Colufornia, Ireland, two-thirds to my brother and the other thrid to my sister." John Galaspie's estate totaled "Three Thousand two hundred and Fifty pounds Six Shillings & One penny half penny." It included his personal items of clothing and household goods, livestock, and a large stock of merchandise "at the Store at Savanna Town," including 100 brass kettles, pots and pans, silk, calico, buttons, thread, hats, guns, deerskins, blankets, and many other items of merchandise; also his "dwelling house Kitchen and other immprovements," seven slaves, and an Indian named Caesar. | Gillespie, James (I4484)
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| 1945 | The 1785 Amherst Co, VA census shows him as a head of household with 7 souls. His will is dated 7 Apr 1832, and lists the children shown below, witness: Joel Campbell, Jr., who is not listed as a son in this will. | Campbell, Joel (I6573)
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| 1946 | The beginning of the Sicambrian Franks. Progenitors of the Sorcerer Kings (4th - 6th Century) This is the Descent from King Francio of the Sicambri Tribes. Francio died 11 B.C. Chiefs of the Sicrambians. | Of the West Franks, Frotmund (I5357)
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| 1947 | The Bruces were thought to have descended from Lodver, the Norse Earl of Orkney in the tenth century. Adam de Brus, whose grandfather had settled in Normandy, accompanied William the Conquerer to England. "Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages," states that one Robert de Brus came to England with William the Conquerer. Burke's does not mention Robert de Brus' father at all. It is possible that both the father and son accompanied the Conquerer. Adam de Brus was given the task of reducing resistance to the Normans in Yorkshire. As a reward for his services, he was granted numerous manors in and around that county. His son Robert de Brus inherited the properties. (Source: Billy Polk) | Of Bruce, Adam (I7968)
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| 1948 | The Cairo Messenger, Dec. 15, 2004 "MARY HOWARD - December 7, 2004 Mrs. Mary Belcher Howard, 87, of Albany, Ga., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Americus, Ga. Funeral services were held on Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at 11 a.m. at Avalon United Methodist Church, with interment at 3:30 p.m. in Whigham, Ga. Rev. Dale Thornton officiated. A native of Grady County, Mrs. Howard was a charter member of Avalon United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir and was a member of the Samaritan Sunday School Class. She was a member of the United Methodist Women and was a talented gardener and flower arranger. Mrs. Howard loved to cook for her family and friends. Survivors include husband, Elbert Howard of Americus, formerly of Albany; three daughters, Eleanor Walton and her husband, Asbury of Macon, Ga., Carol Riles and her husband, G.W. of Winter Garden, Fla., and Ginger Davis-Beck and her husband, Woody of Athens, Ga.; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Elizabeth Tillman of Whigham. Mrs. Howard was preceded in death by two sisters, Mildred Pryce and Lillian Bales. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Avalon United Methodist Church Building Fund, 3018 Gillionville Road, Albany, Ga. 31707. Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors were in charge of arrangements." | Belcher, Mary Amanda (I96)
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| 1949 | The Capetian kings preside over a French civilization which is a glittering source of inspiration within a rapidly developing Europe. Monasteries are powerful forces in that development, and France is the home of the most significant new departures in monasticism. In the 11th century the reforms of Cluny offer an example widely copied throughout the west. In the late 12th century the two most influential new orders have their origins on French soil - the Carthusians in the Chartreuse region, the Cistercians at Cîteaux. In intellectual matters Paris has a commanding reputation by the 12th century, with teaching carried out in schools attached to the cathedral of Notre Dame and to monasteries in the city. Early in the century Abelard employs his dialectic skills to stimulating and often controversial effect at both Notre Dame and Sainte-Geneviève. In 1231 pope Gregory IX licences the Sorbonne, Paris's university, as an independent institution. It soon becomes Europe's most famous centre of education, attracting theological students from all over western Christendom. Thomas Aquinas teaches there from 1257. France enjoys a similar lead in artistic fields. The Gothic style of architecture has its origins here, first in the royal church at St Denis and then in Chartres. Many of the greatest examples of Gothic cathedrals are in other French cities. Pioneering developments in sculpture and stained glass form part of the same burst of creativity. Meanwhile French vernacular literature invents and elaborates the medieval theme of romance, in poems such as the chansons de geste and in the lyrics of the troubadours of Provence. | Of Lusignan, Hugh XI (I7268)
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| 1950 | The Coat-of-arms is blazened; quarterly, first and forth, azure, on a chief sable, two boars heads argent: second, argent, a chevron ermine between three grayhounds azure; third, argent chevron ermine between three mullets azure. Crest: A dexter arm embowed in armor, the arm grasping a javelin Motto: Consequitor quodeunque petit- He accomplishes what he undertakes. The name of Taylor all along the ages has had a variety of forms. For example, Taylefer, LeTellyur, Taillour, Tailyour, which is the old Scottish form, Tailleau, Tayleure,Taylurese, Taylour, Tayller, Taillir, and Taillor. Present day orthography is reduced to the forms, Taylor, Tailor, Tailer, Tailler, and in rare instances, Tayloe. A Coat of arms is an emblem or a dievice which is displayed by titled persons, persons of royal blood, and their discendants.V Coats of Arms were originally used for purposes of identification and recognition on the field of battle as well as in civil life. It is claimed by some writers that Coats of Arms, in a crude form, were used by Noah's sons after the flood. There are records of other Coats of Arms, in one crude form or another, at different periods of ancient history. Heraldry, however, as we know it today, did not become of much importance until soon after the invasion of England by William the Conqueror, A.D. 1066. Heraldry became or general interest at about the time of the Crusades. The Taylor Coat of Arms is the Arms of Taylor, Earls of Bective and Marquises of Headfort. Coats of Arms very similar to it are used by other great Taylor families, and numerous branches of the family have Coats of Arms resembling it. This is the most widely used of all Taylor Coats of Arms, and has been in existence for many centuries. It is described in BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY, BURKES'S LANDED GENTRY, BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, and other reliable works on heraldry, in some cases accompanied by illustrations and pedigrees. In the opinion of established authorities, practically all Taylor families in America claim this Coat of Arms. Heraldic Language English Discription: Arms........... Ermine, on a chief gules, a fleur-de-lis between two boar's heads, couped and erect or. An ermine shield (white with black spots), bearing across the upper half a red band on which is a fleur-de-lis between two boar's heads, all gold. Crest............ A naked arm embowed grasping an arrow proper. A naked arm, bent at elbow and grasping an arrow, all in natural colors. Motto: "Consequitur quodqunque petit. (Latin) He obtains whatever he seeks." The boar's head was once the chief dish at Christmas feasts in palace and castle. When England's sovereigns kept Christmas or yore in their noble halls at Guildford, Eltham, Westminster or Windsor, in high estate, arrayed with crown and sceptre, closthed in ermine and surrounded by their wondering subjects, it was brought to their table with great ceremony. The introduction of the great dish was accompanied by music and singing... often by the song reprinted below. "Caput Apri refero Reddens laudes Domino. The bore's head in hand bring I With garlans gay and rosemary, I pray you all sing merrily Qui estic convivio." Translates to: "The bore's head, I understande, Is the chief servyce in this lande Loke wherever it be fande, Servite cum cantico." So is explained the significance in the Taylor Coat of Arms of the golden boar's heads on either side of the fleur-de-lis, ancient symbol of nobility. Sir Bernard Burke, of Heralds College, London, said "Heraldry is prized by all who can show honorable ancestry or wish to found honorable families." Besides its family significance this Coat of Arms makes an excellent mural decoration and inspires the admiration and comment of all who see it. It is quite appropriate that members of the Taylor family who have a pride in their ancestry should display the family Coat of Arms, in proper colors. (Courtesy of James Whit Taylor III) | Taylor, John (I1011)
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