Cherokee County GaArchives Photo person.....Day, Lewis & Dialpha Dixon 
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This is Lewis Day and wife Dialpha "Alpha"  Dixon.  Both are buried at Boiling 
Springs Primitive Baptist cemetery, Alpharetta, Fulton Co., GA.  Not sure when 
the photo was made but Lewis died 28 Nov 1876 in Cherokee Co., GA. 

Additional Comments:
1830 Walton Co., GA p 148
Lewis Day 
1m<5
1m 20-30 Lewis
1f 20-30 Dialpha   
0 slaves
 
1840 Walton Co., GA p123
Lewis Day
1m<5
2m 5-10
1m 10-15
1m 30-40 Lewis
1f<5
1f 30-40 Alpha
 
1850 Cherokee Co., GA p 439  22 Aug.     15th div.
#507, 508 Lewis Day 45, b. SC  
Alpha 41, b. GA
William 22 farmer 
James L. 20
John R. (Reuben) 15
Edgar M. 13
Frances 11  school
Mary 7  school
Joel C. 5
Sarah 2
 
1860 Cherokee  July 26 Woodstock Dist. 
1532 Lewis Day 54, farmer $1500 $300  b. SC
Alpha 48  b. GA
Edgar 24    farmer
Mary 18
Joel C. 14
Sarah 11
Mitchel 8
Nancy 6
Woodruff Abigail 35
 
from Cherokee Legion Georgia State Guards by C. Pat Cates. 
"Lewis Day, private, H. enlisted in Little River District by Captain Edwards. 
Absent without leave 16 days January 22, 1864.
Reuben Day, private, H. enlisted in Little River District by Captain Edwards. 
Absent without leave 16 days January 22, 1864.
The Cherokee Legion was called into service for six months in July 1863 and 
appears to have been mustered out in January 1864."
 
1870 Cherokee Co., GA  2 Aug  ED 215 Hickory Flat dist. p 246
28. 28 Day, Lewis 65 farmer $600 $180  b. SC
Alpha 63 keeping house  b. GA
Hilliard M. 19 farm labor 
Nancy 16 farm labor 
Chambers, Lewis M.  10 farm labor              (grandson Lewis Martin Chamblee)
Watson, Caroline  18 farm labor 
 
1880 Milton Co., GA
Day, Joel C. 34 b. GA
Mary S, 32 
Dialpha 71, mother, b. GA
 
1880 Cherokee Co., GA Hickory Flat dist.
167. Day, Mitchell 29 farmer Ga/SC/GA
Mary 27 Ga/SC/GA
Martha 6 dau
Robert 4 son
Albert 2 son
Elbert 2 son
Alpha 71 mother Ga/unk/unk 

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