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From: "Charles and Jimmie" <>
Subject: Re: [NCMECKLE-L] Purser
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 07:17:11 -0600
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Lee,

Thank you so much for the information about John Purser's wife's name. In
case you or anyone on the list needs to know, Richard Purser was living in
Henry County, GA by 1830 (see census records) with his first wife who he
evidently married in North Carolina because his daughter Elvy Purser Ford's
grave marker in Marion County, AL says she was born 22 Feb 1822 in North
Carolina. Elvy was my 2nd g'grandmother who married Elijah Walker Ford in
Henry County, GA 15 Aug 1844. After the death of his first wife, Richard
married a widow Elizabeth Bentley Lee in Henry County on 2 Feb 1837. By
1850, both Richard Purser and his family and Elijah Walker Ford and his
family were living in Marion County, AL. Richard Purser died sometime
between 1850 and 1860 and by the time the 1860 census was taken, his widow
Elizabeth was living in Marshall County, AL. By 1880, Elizabeth and some of
her children were living in Lee County, TX.

Jimmie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Ramsey" <>
To: "Charles and Jimmie" <>; <>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [NCMECKLE-L] Purser


>
> Jimmie" < wrote:
>
> John Purser left a will probated 1826 in Mecklenburg County. John's wife
is
> mentioned in the will, but not named. John's son Richard was my 3rd
> g-grandfather. Would like to know the names of both John's and Richard's
> wives.
>
> REPLY: John Purser wife's given name was Susannah. See Mecklenbureg Co.,
NC
> Ct. Mins. May Session, 1826 - showing a deed from Susannah Purser to
Richard
> Purser (for) all her right and claim of the land willed to her by her
> deceased husband John Purser, bearing date 13 Apr 1826. The deed record
for
> this conveyence is found in Deed Record Book 23, p. 54, showing Susannah
(X)
> Purser to Richard Purser for $55, her interest in the land of John Purser,
> decd. on Goose Creek. John Purser also sold land on Goose Creek to
Richard
> Purser on the same day.
> I do not see a refereence for Richard's wife, but keep in mind that Goose
> Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC became part of Union Co., NC in 1842. If they
> were still on Goose Cr at that time, it would be worth while checking
Union
> Co. records.
>
> At ancestry.com a Reita Sparrowk () is researching John
and
> Susannah Purser, whose dau., Elizabeth, married Joel Medcalf in
Mecklenburg
> Co., NC.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Lee Ramsey
> >
> >
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