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| Rebecca Strong, born circa 1806, died after 1870, Troup County, Georgia, married 4 October 1820, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, to William Wilkes,352 born circa 1794, will made 1856, Troup County, Georgia.353
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| William Wilkes served in the War of 1812. He enlisted, 16 September 1812, in Oglethorpe County: William Wilkes, age 18, 5’ 8”, black eyes, yellow hair.354
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| On 19 November 1825 in Oglethorpe County, William Wilkes sold to Jesse Kent, both of Oglethorpe County, for $400, 100 acres on Long Creek.355
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| William Wilkes lived in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, in 1830.356 Rebecca Wilkes lived in Troup County, Georgia, in 1860357 and 1870.358
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| 352 Smith, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Marriages, p. 207. William Wilks to Rebecca Strong, 4 October 1820.
| | 353 Troup County, Georgia, Will Book B, p. 132. Will of William Wilkes.
| | 354 Warren, Georgia Genealogist, War of 1812, Oglethorpe County, p. 23.
| | 355 Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Deed Book L, p. 334. Witnesses: John Bledsoe, Charles V. Collier, Robert Jones, J.P. Recorded 10 February 1826.
| | 356 1830 U.S. Census, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, p. 100. William Wilks.
| | 357 1860 U.S. Census, Troup County, Georgia, p. 339, #1132/1057. Wilkes, Rebecca, age 54, female; Robt., age 22, male; W. H., age 18, male; Lennard, age 14, male; Caroline, age 30, female; Jno., age 13, male. All born in Georgia.
| | 358 1870 U.S. Census, Troup County, Georgia, p. 390, P.O. Antioch, #1187/1187. Rebecca Wilks, age 58 or 68, female, white, born Georgia; John Wilks, age 22, male, white, born Georgia.
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