Elbert County GaArchives Deaths.....Heard, James Lawrence June 17, 1922 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Chandler Eavenson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007294 November 25, 2007, 10:29 am Name: Heard, James Lawrence Date Of Death: June 17, 1922 Time: Place Of Death: Elberton, GA Residence: Elbert Co., GA Gender: Male Race: W Age: 90 Marital Status: Widowed Spouse: Harper, Mary Melissa Date Of Birth: 1832 Place Of Birth: Elbert Co., GA Mother's Name: Middleton, Nancy Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Heard, Thomas Jefferson Father's Birthplace: Virginia Cause Of Death: Sudden death - cause unknown Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Unavailable Funeral Home: T. F. Murray Doctor: Johnson Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Mack Heard, Anderson, SC Date Of Burial: June 18, 1922 Place Of Burial: Elmhurst cemetery Date Recorded: June 19, 1922 Source Of Record: Online GA Death Certificates Certificate No.: 14661 Additional Comments: Elbert Co. marriage records show James L. Heard and Mary M. Harper married on 2 Dec 1856, and Thomas J. Heard and Nancy P. Middleton married 1 Apr 1828. Cemetery records show buried at Elmhurst cemetery are Thomas Jefferson Heard, born 21 Aug 1801, died 6 May 1876, son of Governor Stephen Heard, also Mrs. Thomas J. Heard (unknown which of his two wives was buried beside him), also James Lawrence Heard (1832-1922) and Mary Melissa Harper Heard (1838-1915), wife of J.L. Name of father not on certificate but concluded from marriage and cemetery records.Body of Thomas J. Heard was moved from another unknown cemetery to Elmhurst. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/elbert/vitals/deaths/heard295gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb