Abigail Blackshear Welch

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Abigail Blackshear Welch (Gill)

Also Known As: "ABIGAIL BLACKSHEAR GILL MERRITT", "ABIGAIL MERRITT"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Death: October 22, 1881 (89)
Reno, Grady County, Georgia, United States
Place of Burial: Bethel Methodist Ch. Cem., Ga.
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Gill and Martha Abigail Gill
Wife of Richard Welch and Parson Jonathan Merritt
Mother of Isaac Welch; Martha Ann Haven; James Blackshear Welch; Keziah Baggett; Bryant Richard Welch and 4 others

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About Abigail Blackshear Welch

Her mother's maiden name was Blackshear.

She married Richard Welch and Parson Jonathan Merritt.

BURIAL: Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Reno, Grady County, Georgia, USA
PLOT, Row 5, Plot 11
MEMORIAL ID 69680521

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blackshear-78

cites:

1850 US Census: District 81, Thomas, Georgia, page 17A

1860 US Census: Thomas, Georgia, page 109

1870 US Census: Ochlocknee, Thomas, Georgia, page 156B

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LG-MZC : accessed 27 February 2016), Abbygill Merritt in household of Joshua W Merritt, Wights, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 17, sheet 207C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0143; FHL microfilm 1,254,143.

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  • Residence: Thomas county, Thomas, Georgia, United States - 1850
  • Residence: Thomas, Georgia, United States - 1860
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jun 21 2022, 3:30:22 UTC
  • Residence: Richland, South Carolina, United States - 1790
  • Residence: District 81, Thomas, Georgia, USA - 1850
  • Residence: Thomas, Georgia, United States - 1850
  • Residence: Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA - 1860
  • Residence: Thomas, Georgia, United States - 1860
  • Residence: Ochlocknee, Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, USA - 1870
  • Residence: Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA - 1874

2nd Wife of Jonathan Merritt

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Abigail Blackshear Welch's Timeline

1792
March 1792
North Carolina, United States
1820
1820
North Carolina
1821
November 9, 1821
North Carolina, United States
1824
1824
NC, United States
1827
February 1827
North Carolina
1830
August 1830
Georgia, United States
1831
1831
Thomas, Georgia
1834
January 11, 1834
Thomas County, Georgia, USA, Thomas County, Georgia, United States
1837
March 10, 1837
Decatur, Georgia, United States