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The Players Part Two: The Moffetts, James
Dr. James Moffett was the first husband of Mariah Booth Winfield.A document that is on file in 3 different states, their marriage contract, gives Dr. William H. Moffett trusteeship of Mariah's...
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The Players Continued: William H Moffett
Old Wagon in Fayetteville, North CarolinaI have been fortunate in my Family Search to find the most delectable bits of information concerning certain individuals in my family tree. The entire family...
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Rebecca Elliotts Will
Rebecca Booth Elliott is not mentioned in the 19 page document that is the divorce of Mariah Booth Winfield Moffatt Booth and Dr. George Washington Booth, but her will and the execution of it is very...
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Sunday Black Sheep: The Abashing Story of Marion Hudson and his Aunt Polly
Stanly County Landscape courtesy of Joshua D. Lowder of Albemarle, PhotographerMarion Morrison Hudson was the only son of Burwell Hudson and his first wife Sarah Lee, of the Tyson Community in southern...
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A Closer Look at George Washington Booth: The Players Part 7
A Concise History of Itawamba County, Mississippi from the Itawamba County Historical Society.By 1850 Fulton had developed to become the center of commerce in Itawamba County. Fulton boasted several...
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The Booth Saga continues: Thomas Harper Booth, Sr.
Thomas Harper Booth was the brother of Dr. George Washington Booth and the first cousin of Dr. G.W's Booth's wife, Mariah Booth Winfield Moffett Booth. In her chancery suit of 1840, Mariah and her...
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Ellerslie
In her book "Hometown Heritage, Vol One", Lucille Miller Johnson writes that "Ellerslie is located on Elliot's Bridge Road several miles off North Carolina Highway 401, about ten miles north of...
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Who was Janet Mumford?
Who was Janet Mumford?The first I heard of her was from this mention in the 1824 Fayetteville Observer, from Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina.October 14, 1824Died on Tuesday last, at the summer...
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The Norris Family of Lake Charles, LA
While researching the Kernachans, I came across this brief obituary for W. B. Norris, of Lake Charles, La, who was buried in Lauderdale County, Alabama. The obituary states that the deceased was a...
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The Kernachan's
In researching my last post, Who was Jannett Mumford, I came across a lot of Scotch and Irish settlers, who arrived prior or during the time of the American Revolution and immediately became patriots....
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The Will of Robert Kernachan, Sr.
Before I move on to the Malones, in this trail of Mariah's, there was much more on the Kernchans to be found. The Kernachan's were truly a collateral family of the Booths. Not only was the matriarch,...
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The Troublesome Life of Robert Kernachan Jr.
Robert Thomas Kernachan II was born in Lauderdale County, Alabama in 1827. He was a young man with a great burden. Named for his uncle, and perhaps a further back relative, he was the son of Abraham...
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Bob Two Part II: War and Amnesty.
In my last post, I made mention of the problematic early life of Robert Thomas Kernachan, Jr. born abt 1827 in Lauderdale County, Alabama.Early Life of Robert Kernachan IIHis father, Abraham, had died...
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A Full View of the Tragedy in Tuscumbia
The year was 1868. No flags go up in the minds of people walking the earth today of any important events that happened that year. They may recall from history class a few things from earlier in the...
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Ann Elizabeth Ellen Simmons Kernachan
In the histories of Lauderdale County, Alabama, mentions are made of very early cotton mills, that drove the post-Civil War economy. In a chapter entitled "Producing After the Civil War", the following...
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Ellen's Will
The Last Will and Testament of A. E. Ellen Simmons Kernachan gives away a lot of detail concerning her personality, her devotion and her business accumen. She was one sharp lady, it's very clear....
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The Missing Kernachans: Robert IV and Moore
The Obituary from the Nashville Christian Advocate for Robert Kernachan III, son of Robert Kernachan Jr and A. E. Ellen Simmons Kernachan reads:ROBERT T. KERNACHAN died near Florence, Ala., Nov. 20,...
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The Sisters Kernachan
"Sister" KERNACHAN born Mecklenburg Co., Va., Nov. 3, 1791; died March 1, 1847; moved to Tenn. in 1818; married Abram Kernachan (died March 12, 1833), 1820, and settled in Lauderdale Co., Ala. the same...
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James Chappell Malone
There were alot of Malones. This family seemed to have dipped its toes into every bloodline that came out of 'Olde' Virginia and spread their seeds throughout the South. There were also a good number...
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Honoring Memorial Day
I recently joined the Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR.One of their time honored traditions is placing flags on the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers for the Memorial Day Weekend.This...
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