Heard County GaArchives Obituaries.....Misc. Death Notices , . 1867 - 1878
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 "Southern Christian Advocate"
DEATH AND OBITUARY NOTICES FROM THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1867 - 1878

Issue of August 2, 1867
Tribute of Respect from New River Lodge, No. 94, at Corinth, Heard co., Ga., to 
Rev. Jas. McKinzie who died 10 June 1867. 

Issue of October 25, 1867
Mrs. Othella J. Boyd, wife of C. W. Boyd, and daughter of Dr. L. and P. Watkins 
was born in Laurens Dist., S. C., May 29th 1831; was married Oct. 5, 1851, and 
died in Franklin, Heard co., Ga., July 28th 1867, leaving parents, one brother, 
husband, and four children. 

Issue of May 29, 1868
Walter Raleigh Pearson, son of Thos. G. and Susan H. Pearson, was born in Heard 
co., Ga., Dec. 25th, 1845, and died of pulmonary disease, in Tallapoosa co., 
Ala., April 5th, 1868. L. R. Bell 

Issue of August 19, 1870
Mrs. Annie A. Johnston, died in Corinth, Ga., July 8, 1870, in the 27th year of 
her age. She left a husband and three children. L. C. W. 

Issue of September 30, 1870
Miss Mary Jane Boyd, daughter of C. W. Boyd, was born in Franklin, Heard co., 
Ga., 24th May 1853, and died 16th August 1870. J. M. Bowden 

Issue of October 21, 1870
Mrs. Martha G. Hunt, wife of Henry Hunt, died at Liberty Hill, Heard co., Ga., 
on 16th Sept 1870. She was born in Putnam co., and her maiden name was Hawkins. 
W. J. Cotter 

Issue of November 11, 1870
Mrs. Eliza T. Duke, relict of Ferdinand Duke, was born July 15, 1808, and died 
Sept. 2, 1870 in Heard co., Ga. She was the youngest daughter of James 
Stansell, who traveled several years as an itinerant preacher. 

Issue of January 25, 1871
Mrs. Mary E. Lord, wife of W. R. Lord, died of consumption in Heard co., Ga., 
Nov. 15th 1870. She was a daughter of T. J. and M. E. Latimer, born in 
Oglethorpe county, March 12, 1836. W. J. Cotter 

Issue of April 5, 1871
Bro. Robert Spearman was born in Wilkes co., Dec. 28th 1804 from Wilkes, he 
moved to Jasper co., from thence to Heard co., where he died of dropsy, Jan. 
29, 1871. In 1830 he made a profession of religion and joined the M. E. Church 
at what was then called Sardis, afterwards Harmony. About this time he was 
married to a Miss King... Robt. Stripling 

Issue of December 20, 1871
Miss Newdygate A. Moreland, daughter of the late Dr. N. A. and Sarah A. 
Moreland, was born Feb. 28, 1854, and died at Corinth, Heard co., Ga., Nov. 15, 
1871. 

Issue of January 15, 1873
My father, David Dunlap, died at the residence of his eldest living son, E. O. 
Dunlap, in Early county, Ga., Dec. 2d 1872, in his 83d year. He was born and 
reared in Lancaster district, S. C., emigrated to Georgia in 1825 and settled 
in Jasper county. He lived at different times in Newton, Heard, and Meriwether 
counties. Two years ago, when my mother died, he was forced to break up, since 
which time he had lived principally with brother Robert, at whose house he 
died, occasionally visiting my other living brother Captain S. S. Dunlap, of 
Macon, Ga. W. C. Dunlap 

Issue of January 22, 1873
Mrs. M. J. Bullard a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at 
Franklin, Heard county, Ga., died on the 5th of Dec 1872, aged 28 years. She 
was born and raised in Heard county; was left a widow with an orphan boy.  Jno. 
J. little 

Issue of February 26, 1878
Dr. John Fletcher Moreland was born in Putnam county, Ga., March 20, 1817; died 
in LaGrange, Ga., at the residence of his son-in-law, Major D. N. Speer, 
January 30, 1878. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Heard 
county in 1851 and 1852, and a member of the Senate in 1856. Dr. Moreland 
married Mrs. S. A. Amoss until her death the 16th of last month. 

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Source Information:

Southern Christian Advocate Obituaries, 1867-78 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, 
USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1998. Original data: Holcomb, Brent H.. Southern 
Christian Advocate Death and Obituary Notices, 1867-1878. Columbia, SC, USA: 
SCMAR, 1993.


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