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| 20. Daniel3Meadows (Isham2, Daniel1), was born 1 March 1779, Bute/Warren County, North Carolina, died 28 December 1875,112 aged 96 years, 10 months, 28 days, Grantville, Coweta County, Georgia. He married 1 January 1801, Wilkes County, Georgia, to Ann Thompson,113 born 16 October 1782, North Carolina, died 4 July 1873,114 aged 90, Grantville. They are buried in the Samuel Meadows Cemetery, near Grantville.115 Ann was the daughter of Henry Thompson, who made his will 22 February 1823, proved 3 March 1823, Jones County, Georgia, naming daughter, Ann Meadows.116
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| | The obituary of Daniel Meadows was published in the Hawkinsville Dispatch, 7 September 1876: Daniel Meadows, another veteran of the War of 1812, has fallen. He was 96 years, 10 months, and 28 days old. He lived in North Carolina 19 years, Taliaferro County, Georgia 39 years, and in Coweta County, Georgia 39 years. He died in the latter county. He never had a doctor visit him in his life, never owned a time piece, nor bought a box of matches; never was sued nor left a debt unpaid, but always tried to help the preacher and the poor.117
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| 112 Family Bible Record–Meadows. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ translated Out of the Original Greek and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by the special command of his majesty King James I of England, (Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, No. 126 Chesnut St., 1817), owner (1982) Mrs. George Sorrells, 3665 Barrow Place, S.W., Atlanta, Ga. 30331. Photocopy of title page and death record page in possession of the author. Daniel Meadows died December the 28 1875.
| | 113“Declaration of Daniel Meadows,” Daniel Meadows Pension File S.C. 10660, National Archives, Washington, D.C., made 15 April 1871, Coweta Co., Ga.
| | 114 Family Bible Record, Meadows, 1817. Annie Meadows died July the 4th 1873
| | 115 Coweta County Genealogical Society, Coweta County, Georgia, Cemeteries (1986), p. 144. Samuel Meadows Cemetery, N.E. of Grantville past Grantville City Cemetery, left at Roger Arnold St., left on Bobo Bank Rd. ½ mile, right on 1st dirt road another ½ mile. Daniel Meadows 1 March 1779–28 Dec. 1875. Anna Thompson Meadows 6 Oct. 1782–4 July 1873. Great grandparents of W. Z. Meadows b. 21 May 1889, Newell, Ala. [son of Simeon Edward Meadows, grandson of John C. Meadows].
| | 116 Henry Thompson’s will, recorded Jones Co., Ga., Will Book B, p. 108–110. Original will of Henry Thompson, made 22 Feb. 1823. Named daus.: Jane Pollard, Anne Meadows, Mary Sexton, Sarah C. Brooks, Rebecca Medows. Sons: Samuel Thompson, James Thompson, John Thompson, Marshal Thompson. Dau.: Salatha Thompson. All rest of property to sons, James Thompson, John Thompson, Marshal Thompson, and dau. Salatha Thompson, equally divided. Exors: William Williams, William Harris. Wit: Benjamin Ledbetter, Thomas Porch, Samuel Ledbetter. Proved March Term 1823, Jones Co., Ga., by Thomas Porch.
| | 117 Hawkinsville Dispatch (Hawkinsville, Pulaski Co., Ga.), 7 Sept. 1876. Found by Linda Thompson, Lanny Cauthen’s cousin’s wife, Hawkinsville, Ga. Sent to the author, 16 March 1979 by Lanny Cauthen.
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