202 Years Ago: Charlotte T. Jackson’s birth date on her headstone is 15 November 1818. Her birth date recorded in her grandson William Larkin Lanier’s Bible is 3 November 1818. I don’t know which date, if either, is correct. I’ve recorded both in my information about Charlotte, but I use the headstone date as the […]
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This Week in the Family History: October 25–31
83 Years Ago: Susan Taylor Krueger married Harvey Owens on 31 October 1937 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was a second marriage for both. Susie had married August Krueger in 1911, and they had four children before he died in 1927. Harvey married Lula Debord in 1906, and they had five children before she died […]
This Week in the Family History: October 18–24
165 Years Ago: Albert Hankins married Isabella Jane Goodloe on 24 October 1855 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. P. S. Loving, a Baptist minister, performed the ceremony at the home of the bride’s father, John E. Goodloe. Their marriage lasted less than fifteen years, possibly less than ten. Albert died sometime between 1863 and 1870. Exactly […]
This Week in the Family History: September 20–26
Surname Saturday – Jackson
Samuel W. Jackson and Lavinia Malone Samuel W. Jackson was born about 1797 in North Carolina. His parents were Coleby R. Jackson and Charity (maiden name unknown). Samuel almost certainly had siblings but I don’t know any of their names. Lavinia Malone was born about 1801 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. She was the daughter […]
Tombstone Tuesday – Nancy Elizabeth Jackson Adamson
Adamson Cemetery, Heard County, Georgia Nancy E. Adamson Feb 28, 1839 – May 9, 1926 Nancy was the daughter of Samuel W. Jackson and Lavinia Malone. She married Seaborn Henry Adamson.
Surname Saturday: Jackson
Today’s surname is Jackson, the name of one of my gg grandmothers. 4. John William McCauley (my paternal grandfather) 8. Joseph Smith Lanier 17. Charlotte T. Jackson Born 15 [or 3] Nov 1818 in Jasper County, Georgia Married William Washington Lanier 22 Oct 1835, Meriwether County, Georgia Died 26 Sep 1892, Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama […]
Tombstone Tuesday: Charlotte Jackson Lanier
New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama Charlotte Lanier Born Nov 15, 1818, Died Sept. 25, 1892 Charlotte Jackson Lanier was my 2nd great-grandmother. She was the daughter of Samuel W. Jackson and Lavinia Malone. She married William Washington Lanier on 22 Oct 1835 in Meriwether County, Georgia, and they had 11 children. […]
