Macon Telegraph
DIED. At Mount Zion, on the 20th ult. Dr. HENRY B. BARKSDALE, in the 22d year of his age.
September 15, 1830
Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Advertiser
SPARTA TAVERN TO RENT.
That Spacious and well arranged TAVERN,
in the Town of Sparta, Hancock county, at present occupied by Mr. William
Mackie.
This establishment is not surpassed
by any of a similar kind in the up-Country, and will, with judicious management,
yield a handsome return on the capital employed. The furniture and stock
will be sold on a credit, for approved paper, to any person or persons
who may contract for the premises.
Possession will be given on the 1st
of November next. Apply to MCKENZIDA BENNOCH. September 13
April 9, 1831
City Gazette
DEATH - In Hancock county, Geo. on the 26th
ult. James Wooten, at an advanced
age.
May 12, 1831
Federal Union
DIED, In Hancock county, on the 25th
ult. in the 21st year of her age, Mrs.
JULIA ANN FOARD, consort of Maj. William P. Ford.
June 4, 1831
Macon Telegraph
MARRIED. At Mount Zion, Hancock county,
on the 30th ult. Lieutenant
William Henry Harford of the United
States' Topographical Engineers, to Miss Maria
M. Bryan, daughter of Mr. Joseph Bryan.
June 9, 1831
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, in Mobile, on Thursday evening,
5th ult. by the Rev. Joseph P. Cunningham, W. M. BERRIEN, Esq.,
of Sparta, Georgia, to Miss CATHARINE
JANE, daughter of Dr. Thomas Casey.
June 11,1831
Macon Telegraph
MARRIED. In Greene county, on the 2d Mr.
John H. Parrott of Hancock county, to MissLorane
Lewis of Greene county.
June 30, 1831
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, in Sparta, Hancock county,
on the evening of the 21st inst, by the Rev. Mr. Maddox, EDWIN
R. ANDREWS, Esq'r, to Miss MARY
ANN McKINLEY, daughter of Dr. Charles Eaton Haynes.
November 15, 1831
Daily Georgian
DIED In Sparta, 30th ultimo, BENJAMIN
SIMS, aged 34 years.
August 23, 1832
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, on Sunday morning, 19th inst. by
Robert M. Smith, Esq, Mr. JOSEPH MARSHALL, to Miss NANCY
LAYFIELD, all of Hancock county.
December 5, 1832
Georgia Telegraph
DIED - In Sparta, Capt
Duke Hamilton, in the 62d year of his age.
May 1, 1833
Southern Recorder
DIED, at his residence, in Hancock county,
on Wednesday night the 24th ult., Mr.
JACOB COBB, aged 47 years, In the death of this amiable man, his family,
and the community in which he lived, have sustained a heavy loss. Those
who knew him best esteemed him most-for them no eulogy is necessary; it
is engraven upon their hearts-To those who knew him not, it is perhaps
enough to say, he was a good man. He has left a widow and
four small children to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate husband,
parent and protector.
July 9, 1834
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~DIED, in Hancock county,
at the house of Mr. Isaac P. Knowles, on the 28th ult. Mrs.
TABITHA MARCHMAN, aged 91 years.
In Hancock county, on Monday, the 30th ult. SAMUEL EWING, at a very advance age.
MARRIED, In Hancock county, on the 19th ult. by Dr. J. G. Gilbert, Mr. ARCHIBALD M. JACKSON, of Greene county, to Miss ANGALINA P. EVANS, daughter of John A. Evans Esq.
November 1834
Southern Recorder
Brinkley Babb married in Hancock
County by Thomas H. Kenan, Esq.Missouri
Ann Harris, daughter of Samuel Harris of Hancock County.
June 13, 1837
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Sparta, at the house of
R. S. Hardwick, Esq., on Tuesday last, at 8 o'clock in the morning,
by the Rev. Sereno Taylor, Capt. Benjamin K. Butts, to Miss Mary
Ann T. Denton.
December 15, 1837
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Hancock county, on the 6th instant,
by the Rev. J. P. Leverett, Mr. ROGER LAWSON, of Washington
county, to Miss HARRIET,
daughter
of Mr. William Hitchcock.
January 16, 1838
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Hancock county, on Thursday
evening, 4th instant by the Rev. John E. Dawson, Mr. WILLIAM
HUDSON, of Eatonton, to Miss
MARTHA ANN LAWRENCE, daughter of Seaborn Lawrence, Esq.
April 17, 1838
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Died, in Hancock county, at the
residence of his father, on the 20th March, JEREMIAH
S. SANFORD, in the 21st year of his age. Young Mr. Sanford had paid
a visit to his friends in Putnam county, but a few days before his unexpected
death, and appeared to be in good health; but on the very day of his return,
was taken sick, and in less than ten days was numbered with the dead.
October 16, 1838
Macon Telegraph
DIED. At Mount Zion, on the 20th
ult. Dr. HENRY B. BARKSDALE,
in
the 22d year of his age.
November 6, 1838
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, on Tuesday evening, 30th
of October, by Hardy C. Culver, Esq., Mr. JAMES S. LATIMER, to Miss
LILLIORA SHIRVERS, daughter of William Shivers, Sen., all of
Hancock county.
December 4, 1838
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED On the 27th ult. at Mount Zion,
Hancock County, by the Rev. George W. Carter, Dr. E. M. Pendleton,
of Warrenton, to Miss Sarah
Jane, daughter of the Rev. Micagah Thomas.
January 29, 1839
Southern Recorder
DIED at Belvidere, her place
of residence, in Hancock county, on the 8th instant, Mrs.
JANE RICHARDSON, in the 69th year of her age. Mrs. R. Had been a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 39 years; and in her last moments
gave evidence that she was triumphing over death and the grave. She was
a faithful and affectionate mother, kind to her slaves, liberal to her
church, and benevolent and charitable to the poor and unfortunate
May 7, 1839
Southern Recorder
~excerpt DIED near Sparta, Hancock county,
on the 13th ult, about eleven o'clock in the morning, Mrs.
SARAH HARTON, consort of Lott Harton, and daughter of Jesse
and Elizabeth Warren, deceased, aged about 60 years-leaving three sons
and one daughter, and numerous friends and relations to mourn her irreparable
loss.
June 4, 1839
Macon Georgia Telegraph
DIED. At his residence near Sparta, on the
24th ins. at 10 o'clock, A.M., in the 79th year of his age Gen.
Henry Mitchell. He was a native of Sussex county, Va., but for more
than fifty years resided in Hancock and the adjoining county of Warren.
June 4, 1839
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Died, in Sparta, on Sunday
the 19th May, CLIFFORD T.,
the only daughter of James B. and Sarah Jane Ransom, only six years
and sevens months.
Died, in the vicinity of Sparta, on Tuesday,
21st ult. Mrs. AMAZON
N., consort of Gen. Tully Vinson, of Hancock Co., in the 25th
year of her age..
August 6, 1839
Macon Telegraph
MARRIED, In Hancock county, on the 25th ult. by the Rev. S. G. Hillyer. Dr. THOMAS G. LANES, of Greene county, to Miss ELIZABETH P., daughter of Jeremiah Sanford, of the former county.
August 20, 1839
Macon Weekly Telegraph
DIED. In this city on the 2d inst on his
return from Fort Gaines, William
Edward Brooking, of Sparta, Ga.
September 24, 1839
Macon Weekly Telegraph
DIED. At her residence, near Mount Meigs,
Ala., on the 1st inst. in the 29th year of her age, Mrs. Catharine
F. King, wife of Col. Alfred P. King, formerly of Sparta, Ga.
November 4, 1839
Macon Georgia Telegraph
Morus Multicaulis
The subscriber has 8,000 Trees of the Genus
Morus Multicaulis for sale, averaging from five to eight feet in height.
He will sell them either by the single tree, foot, or bud. Apply to Gideon
Holsey. Sparta, Ga., Oct. 15, 1839.
December 10, 1839
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, on the 28th ult., in Hancock
county by the Rev. Dr. M.C. Peurifoy, Mr. Albert G. Hutchinson,
of
Greene county. to Miss Harriet
A. Lawrence, daughter of Seaborn Lawrence, Esq.
MARRIED. In Hancock county, on the
4th inst. by the Rev. P. N. Maddux, Mr. John L. Birdsong, to Miss Parmelia
J. Andrews, all of Hancock county.
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