06/15: Randolph County GaArchives Marriages.....Randolph, County - Georgia, Marriages 1844 - 1849

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Randolph Co. Probate
RANDOLPH COUNTY, GEORGIA
MARRIAGES
1844 - 1849

Moses Knighton & Mary Little - 1/31/1847
Joseph H. Knighton & Celeyfmelin Johnson - 7/16/1846
John W. Martin & Myran H. Knighton - 4/19/1846
Ishame Fuller & Jane Knighton - 12/20/1844

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06/15: Petition of Elizabeth Rawls May 5,1866

Georgia Randolph County. The petition of Elizabeth Rawls showeth that she is the widow of Timothy D. Rawls late of said county deceased, that he died intestate leaving some property. Wherefore she prays that letters of administration may be granted to her. Elizabeth Rawls May 5,1866.

Georgia Randolph County. I do solemnly swear that Timothy D. Rawls deceased died intestate. So far as I know or believe and that I will well and truly administer on all the estate of said deceased and disburse the same as the law requires and discharge to the best of my ability all my duties

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06/15: Recant by Edmund Rains to Henry Maybin November 7,1838

I Edmund Raines of Fairfield District and of the State of South Carolina do certify that I never said that I had any Carnal Communication with Henry Mabins wife and if I have said so, I said that which was false and do certify to the above in presence of the witnesses, November 7,1838
Witness- John Miller, James C. Neel, George H. Cathcart

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06/15: Henry Maybin, Henry Co, AL

On October 8,1860 Henry Maybin bought for $10,500.00 a 1265 acre plantation, 6 miles west of Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama

On November 8, 186? he bought for $416.00, 50 acres of adjoining land.

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06/15: Notes for James Crow

Originally submitted to ancestry.com by countrykat1967 to Our Family on 15 Mar 2008

James was married twice while he was in Hartford County but he was in the Granville area of North Carolina as early as 1753.

The Will of James Crow was witnessed on the 16th, day of July, 1792. Names sons John, James, Stephen, Reubin, Isaac, Abel, William Crow; daughters Hannah Brown, Abba Riller Pilkington, grandson Levy Crow, and granddaughter Anna Crow. He appointed two sons John and Stephen Crow sole executor of his will. No mention of a son Joshua. It is believed that

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06/15: Harris vs Rawls

Georgia Randolph County
John W Harris }
vs }
T D Rawls princp } To the Sheriff of said County??Greeting
B F Adams }
The defendant is hereby required personally or by attorney to be and appear at the next Superior Court

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06/15: Harris vs Rawls

John W Harris vs T D Rawls & B F Adams Civil Suit April 17,1860

Georgia Randolph County
To the superior Court of said County
The petition of John W Harris sheweth that Timothy D Rawls of Terrell said County principal and Benjamin F Adams endorser of said County are indebted to him in the sum of one hundred & sixty dollars on a promissory note dated December the 31st 1857 and due the 25th December 1858 (and which

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06/15: Gilmer vs Rawl, SC

The State of South Carolina
Chester District

J.B. Gilmer Adm. of J.B. Pickett Dec. & Others
Vs.
Timothy D. Rawls

Bill of complaint & For sale of land to pay the purchase money.

Filed March 21,1845 as Equity Bill #170 for year 1845

"The said James B. Pickett in his lifetime on the thirty first day of December in the year of out lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, bargained and sold to Timothy D. Rawls a certain tract of land containing about two hundred

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06/15: How to date old "cabinet cards"

Nice article by Kimberly Powell of genealogy.about.com. Dig out your old photos and see what you can figure out for yourself using her dating information.

http://genealogy.about.com/b/2010/06/05/dating-a-cabinet-card.htm?nl=1

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04/03: Moses Knighton and Susanna Hollis Update

FOLIO 1828
UPDATED: 30 May 2008 by Celie Knighton O'Rourke

In the beginning ..... except that I don’t know where the beginning actually began. For myself it began with the arrival of about 30-40 pages of the file known as FOLIO 1828. Much of the file did not make any sense to me. I was trying to find the parents of my great-great grandfather Calvin H. Knighton, about whom nothing was known prior to his marriage to Mary Ann Brown 15 February 1849 in Randolph Co., GA.

It is now a decade later that I begin again to unravel that mystery...

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