Tag: Elbert Co. Georgia

John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): Georgia and South Carolina Records to 1790 (3)

April 5, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “John Lauderdale of Pendleton County in the State of South Carolina but late of Wilkes County in the State of Georgia planter” My previous posting about John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840) ended with a brief discussion of his claim for bounty land in recompense for his service as a Georgia Refugee soldier during … More John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): Georgia and South Carolina Records to 1790 (3)

James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Georgia and Alabama Years

August 12, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “A farmer and a sober, steady man of good habits and of good family” I’ve spent lo these many months now on this blog documenting the ancestry of my paternal great-grandmother Mary Ann Green Lindsey (and here). I followed Mollie Green Lindsey’s Green line back from her father Ezekiel Samuel Green (that series … More James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Georgia and Alabama Years

James Edward Calhoun, Son of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau: New Material Added to Previous Posting

May 10, 2024

Following my recent research trip to the Special Collections and Archives at Clemson University’s Library, I’ve now added some new information to this previous posting about James Edward Calhoun, son of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau. In the the Ernest McPherson Lander Papers at Clemson’s archives (box 3, mss 280), I found a transcribed … More James Edward Calhoun, Son of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau: New Material Added to Previous Posting

Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899): Information about His Second Wife Aletha Sorrells

August 12, 2022

Or, Subtitled: “She was born in Georgia and her father moved with her to Mississippi” What I’m sharing with you about the second wife of Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899), Aletha Sorrells (Hope, Freel, Patterson, Pierce) is for the most part not my own research. I’m borrowing shamelessly from George W. Glass, the genealogist who, as I … More Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899): Information about His Second Wife Aletha Sorrells