Meriwether-Coweta County GaArchives Marriages.....Nixon, Martha Madora "Dora" - Swygert, Morgan Govan January 5, 1871 ************************************************ 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: Linda (Burdette) Patterson mackandlinda@yahoo.com and Valerie (Johnson) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 April 29, 2006, 9:53 pm Coweta Co. Probate Court Certificate No.: No. 217 Georgia, Coweta County To any Minister of the Gospel, Judge or Justice of the Peace: You are hearby authorized and permitted to join in the honorable state of Matrimony M. G. Swygert and Martha M. Nixon provided there be no lawful cause to obstruct the same, according to the Constitution and Laws of this State, and for so doing this shall be your sufficent License. Given under my Hand and Seal this 26th day of Dec 1870 J. H. Cooke Ordinary = = = = = = = = = = = I hearby Certify that Mr. M. G. Swygert and Miss Martha M. Nixon were joined together in the hold bonds of Matrimony on the 5 day of January 1871 by me. J. S. Elmore, M. G. Additional Comments: Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church "Record of Communion Season" for the 1st Sabbath April 1861 shows that he was a commincant. - - - Morgan Swygert, of Meriwether Co., GA, and Mattie M. Nixon, of Coweta Co., GA were married 5 January 1871. Groom's parents: J.Z. & M. Swygert Bride's parents: Harrison & E. Nixon Witnesses: Rev. J.S. Swygert, J J (?) Swygert Source: Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church records, transcribed by Mrs. Norma B. Gunby of Sharpsburg, GA in her publication, "Norma's Coweta Chatter, " June 1978 - Sept 1981. * Civil War per "Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of GA 1861-1865" by Lillian Henderson. 1960 Vol. IV, page 433 Co. A, 41st Reg GA Vol Infantry Army of Tennessee Coweta Co., GA Private, March 4, 1862 Wounded at Perryville, KY on 8 Oct 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, NC 26 Apr 1865 Same unit as Benjamin F. Nixon, Joseph P. Nixon, Ervin E. Addy, & Edward H. Peek * 1880 Census - Meriwether Co., District #705; pg. 231C S-263; ED 82; sheet 23, line 47 Morgan SWYGART Self M Male W 35 SC Farmer SC SC Dora SWYGART Wife M Female W 26 GA Keeping House GA GA Rosa SWYGART Dau S Female W 7 GA At School SC GA Ester SWYGART Dau S Female W 5 GA At Home SC GA Lula SWYGART Dau S Female W 3 GA At Home SC GA * Cause of death: Consumption (22 Dec 1880) per Mt. Pilgrim Luthaeran Church records, transcribed in "Norma's Coweta County Chatter" June 1978-Sept 1981 * Descendants of Morgan Govan Swygert 1 Morgan Govan Swygert b: 10 Nov 1845 in Lexington Co., South Carolina d: 22 Dec 1880 in Georgia (Meriwether Co.?) Burial: Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: John Zeno Swygert Mother: Mittie Ann Addy +Martha Madora "Dora" Nixon b: 30 Nov 1854 in Coweta Co., Georgia m: 5 Jan 1871 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 16 Apr 1936 in Spalding Co., Georgia (Resident of Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia) Burial: 18 Apr 1936 Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Harrison H. (Hagarman?) Nixon Mother: Elvira Henderson Elmore ~ 2 Rozilla "Rosa" Ann Swygert b: 6 Nov 1872 in Georgia (Meriwether Co.) Baptism: 30 Apr 1872 Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia d: 22 Sep 1949 in Cobb Co., Georgia Burial: Marietta Campground Cemetery - Cobb Co., Georgia ~~ +James W. Hood b: Oct 1844 in Georgia m: 3 Dec 1896 in Pike Co., Georgia d: 10 May 1905 in (Pike Co., Georgia) Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 Alma Kate Hood b: 27 Sep 1897 in Pike Co., Georgia d: 18 May 1981 in Cobb Co., Georgia Burial: Marietta Campground Cemetery - Cobb Co., Georgia ~~~~~ +John Thomas Lecroy b: 2 Mar 1896 in Cobb Co., Georgia m: 12 Jan 1916 in Cobb Co., Georgia d: 4 Jan 1987 in Cobb Co., Georgia Burial: Marietta Campground Cemetery - Cobb Co., Georgia Father: Thomas Lecroy Mother: Millie Beasley ~~~~ 3 James W. Hood, Jr. b: 26 Aug 1899 in Pike Co., Georgia d: 25 Apr 1971 in Cobb Co., Georgia Burial: Marietta Campground Cemtery - Cobb Co., Georgia ~~~~ 3 John D. Hood b: Abt 1904 in Pike Co., Georgia ~~~~ 3 Dora L. Hood b: Abt 1906 in Pike Co., Georgia ~ 2 Esther Viola Swygert b: 23 Aug 1873 in Georgia (Meriwether Co.) d: 6 May 1958 in Floyd Co., Georgia (Resident of Spalding Co., Georgia) Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia ~~ +Azmon Benson Shackleford, Jr. b: 30 Jul 1870 in Georgia m: 14 Mar 1897 in Spalding Co., Georgia d: 24 Apr 1899 in Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: 25 Apr 1899 Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Father: Azmon Benson Shackleford Mother: Matilda A. Greene ~ *2nd Husband of Esther Viola Swygert: ~~ +John Marshall Crowe, Rev. b: 1 Sep 1857 in Forsyth Co., Georgia m: 29 May 1901 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 26 Nov 1932 in Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 Marshall L. Crowe b: Abt 1902 in Georgia ~~~~~ +Janie M. ?_______ b: Abt 1903 Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 Morgan Robert Crowe b: 18 May 1903 in Georgia d: 20 Nov 1982 in Duval Co., Florida ~~~~~ +Fairy Martha ?_______ b: Abt 1904 in Georgia m: Abt 1924 in Divorced - 1944 - Recorded Duval Co., Florida d: 30 Mar 1957 in Fulton Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 Pierce Crowe b: Abt 1905 in Georgia ~~~~ 3 Mary Ruth Crowe b: Abt 1907 in Georgia ~~~~~ +?_______ ?_______ Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 John D. Crowe b: Abt 1908 in Georgia ~~~~ 3 Warren Chandler Crowe b: 25 Apr 1910 d: 20 Sep 1933 in Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia ~~~~ 3 Wilson Crowe b: Abt 1912 in Georgia ~ 2 Lula Addy Swygert b: 13 Aug 1876 in Georgia (Meriwether Co.) Baptism: 20 Sep 1876 Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia d: 13 Mar 1937 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia ~~ +Othel Morgan b: 6 Sep 1874 in Georgia m: 4 Dec 1901 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 6 Dec 1939 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 Roy Morgan b: Abt 1902 in Georgia (Coweta Co.) ~~~~ 3 Lester Morgan b: Abt 1904 in Georgia (Coweta Co.) ~~~~ 3 Harmon Morgan b: Abt 1906 in Georgia (Coweta Co.) ~~~~ 3 Howard P. Morgan b: 1 Sep 1906 in Georgia (Coweta Co.) d: 31 Aug 1908 in Georgia (Coweta Co.) Burial: Bethel Methodist Church, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~ 3 Merrill Morgan b: Abt 1909 in Georgia (Coweta Co.) ~~~~ 3 James Morgan b: Abt 1914 in Georgia (Coweta Co.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/meriwether/vitals/marriages/nixon633gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 7.3 Kb