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Tonia Kendrick's Blog – August 2010 Archive (4)

Some of Burke County’s Old Sheriffs

This story includes excerpts referring to several of my relatives. It is part of a series of Biographical Sketches from Burke County, North Carolina that were written by by Col Thomas George Walton (1815-1905) and were first

published in the old Morganton Herald in 1894.



“PETER MULL [7x great-uncle] was elected Sheriff in 1790.”

“THOMAS…

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on August 12, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Murray County Library – 10 Books

10 genealogy books at the Murray County Library that I want to review:

  • Murray County, Georgia marriages : 1907-1941
  • Teague, Gene E., Pickens County, Georgia cemetery records
  • Georgia cemetery records
  • 1851 census of Cherokees East of the Mississippi : Murray County, Georgia
  • Gilmer County Georgia Heritage :…
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Added by Tonia Kendrick on August 9, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Hemphills in 1808

Two hundred years ago, my Hemphill relatives were all in the Burke/Buncombe county area in North Carolina.

Captain Thomas Hemphill (1746-1826), my 5x (twice) and 6x great-grandfather, lived in Burke County, North Carolina in 1810. On April 4, 1808, he entered a grant for 300 acres lying on both sides of the French Broad river in Buncombe . . . → : …

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on August 6, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

Anna (Keller) Albright Headstone

Anna Maria (Keller) Albright is buried in the Old Brick Church Cemetery in Alamance (formerly Guilford) County, North Carolina. I read only a few words of German, so I’m taking the data from the inscription on faith. Anna was born 11 Nov 1733, possibly in Pennsylvania or Switzerland. She died 10 Jun 1803.…

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on August 3, 2010 at 5:05pm — No Comments

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