Tag: Wilkes Co. Georgia

Notes about David Montgomery (1714-1791) of Albemarle and Amherst Counties, Virginia, and Wilkes County, Georgia

June 25, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “I David Montgomery Cooper weak in Body but Sound In Judgment Do bequath to My wife Elizabeth all my Parsonry property During her Naterl life” Preliminary Remarks My protracted absence from this blog is due to a month-long trip I made to visit friends in Germany and travel with them to their vacation … More Notes about David Montgomery (1714-1791) of Albemarle and Amherst Counties, Virginia, and Wilkes County, Georgia

Notes about Milbury Mauldin (1760/1770 – 1836/1840), Wife of John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840)

May 12, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “John Mauldin of the State & County aforesaid Blacksmith and Sarah his wife” As I begin this post about Milbury Mauldin, wife of John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840), I can’t help prefacing it by telling you frankly: There’s a wealth of truly astonishing junk information about Milbury Mauldin online. Before I address that … More Notes about Milbury Mauldin (1760/1770 – 1836/1840), Wife of John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840)

The Children of John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840) and Milbury Mauldin: Sarah M., James Henry, Josiah Mauldin, and John Gammel Lauderdale

April 25, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “John and Millie Maulden [sic] Lauderdale had four children” In this posting, I’m going to provide information about the children of John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840) and wife Milbury Mauldin of Wilkes County, Georgia, Pendleton County, South Carolina, Sumner and Lincoln Counties, Tennessee, and Limestone County, Alabama. I’ve followed John in this series … More The Children of John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840) and Milbury Mauldin: Sarah M., James Henry, Josiah Mauldin, and John Gammel Lauderdale

John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): South Carolina Records, 1790-1806 (4)

April 5, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “Conducted to the Whipping Poſt, and there to receive on his bare Back thirty nine Laſshes” This posting continues the discussion of the last posting of records tracking records of John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840) in Georgia and South Carolina to 1790. As a previous posting notes, not long after John relocated his … More John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): South Carolina Records, 1790-1806 (4)

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)

John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): Revolutionary War Records, Virginia to Georgia (2)

March 10, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “I marched & volunteered with others to go to the American Army in Georgia” Having discussed when John Lauderdale was born (February 1745, according to descendants; or 1747, if the number 37 beside his name on his petition for Revolutionary bounty land in 1784 is his age), I ended my initial posting about … More John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840): Revolutionary War Records, Virginia to Georgia (2)

John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840), Father of Sarah Lauderdale Leonard (1)

March 6, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “John Lauderdale his book 1781” The John Lauderdale I’ll begin discussing with this posting is one of the more difficult ancestors I’ve worked on as I’ve researched family history over the years. Part of the problem in getting a clear picture of him is that there has long been colossal confusion about when … More John Lauderdale (1745 – 1830/1840), Father of Sarah Lauderdale Leonard (1)

Descendants of James Lauderdale (d. 1796, Sumner County, Tennessee): Sarah M. Lauderdale (1785/6 – abt. 1866) with Husband Thomas Lewis Leonard

March 1, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “She by her example and precepts impressed her good qualities on her daughters” As the previous posting says, I’m now launching a new series of postings on another ancestral line of mine, after I’ve completed my series about George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) of Orange, Augusta, and Botetourt County, Virginia, and Sullivan … More Descendants of James Lauderdale (d. 1796, Sumner County, Tennessee): Sarah M. Lauderdale (1785/6 – abt. 1866) with Husband Thomas Lewis Leonard

Children of Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747 – 1805) and Wife Margaret: Susanna Brooks and Husband Ezekiel Harlan (2)

May 15, 2022

Or, Subtitled: “Wears a cap or wig, black velvet jacket and breeches, and ruffled ſhirts, but may change his apparel” My previous posting tells you that Susanna Brooks and her husband Ezekiel Harlan have led me on a merry chase as I’ve tried to figure out even the most basic facts about them on the basis … More Children of Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747 – 1805) and Wife Margaret: Susanna Brooks and Husband Ezekiel Harlan (2)

Children of Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747 – 1805) and Wife Margaret: Susanna Brooks and Husband Ezekiel Harlan

May 10, 2022

Or, Subtitled: “From there on, all trace is lost” Working on the family of Susanna Brooks Harlan, a daughter of Thomas Brooks and Margaret Beaumont/Beamon’s, has been a real trip — significant gaps in records, wild twists and turns, hypothetical possibilities that I can’t prove, but which seem tantalizingly close to the truth. I can … More Children of Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747 – 1805) and Wife Margaret: Susanna Brooks and Husband Ezekiel Harlan