Saturday, September 17, 2011

Pierre Chastain "The Immigrant" and His Continuing Influence (part 2) Learning From the Past - Shaping the Future

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Dr. Pierre Chastain (ca. 1659-1728) , known as “The Immigrant,” made giant ‘footsteps in the sands of time’ in at least three of the four ar...
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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Pierre Chastain “The Immigrant” and His Continuing Influence

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Labor Day weekend has come and gone, with its stormy weather, tornadoes in a corridor area emanating from Tropical Storm Lee, more rain than...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

Kizziah Souther Humphries and Her Family (Part 2)

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Last week’s column began the story of Kizziah Souther Humphries and her husband John. This couple came to Union County to settle in the mid-...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Kizziah Souther Humphries and Her Family

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The name Kizziah given to my great, great aunt has fascinated me since I first heard it. Kizziah Souther was born at Old Fort, McDowell Coun...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Early Settlers in Union County with Ledford Surname

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A search of the 1834 (first) census of the newly-formed Union County (founded 1832) did not yield any citizens listed in the 147 households ...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Hix and Caroline Burgess Souther’s Second Child and His Family:Two Southers Joined—Jesse Wilburn and Mary Delia

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Last week we looked at “A Dream Deferred,” how Hix and Caroline Burgess Souther moved to Union County, Georgia from North Carolina about 184...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Dreams Deferred: Hix Souther and Caroline Burgess Souther

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Sometime in 1840, Hix Souther (May 7, 1815 – ca 1843) and his wife, Caroline Burgess Souther (1812 - ?) left their home near Old Fort, North...