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    58. Vincent4Meadows (Daniel3, Isham2, Daniel1), was born 2 June 1804 in Greene County, Georgia, died 22 June 1894,292 aged 90, near the line of Macon and Taylor Counties, Georgia.293 He married first, 9 August 1827, Taliaferro County, Georgia, Martha King,294 born 5 August 1811, died 4 August 1862,295 aged 50, Marion County, Georgia. He married second, circa 1863, Mary Cathleen Guy, born March 1836, died in 1917, Arabi, Crisp County, Georgia.296
    The remains of Mr. Vincent Meadows who died at his home near the line of Macon and Taylor Counties at about 5 o’clock on Friday morning last were interred in the cemetery in Butler on Saturday morning. Mr. Meadows was the father of Mrs. M. D. Chapman. He was 90 years and 20 days and for 70 years was a faithful and consistent member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He was loved by all who knew him and led a life well worth emulation.297
    Vincent Meadows lived in Taliaferro County, Georgia, in 1830.298 He lived in Troup County, Georgia, in 1840 next door to his brother, Simeon Whatley Meadows.299 Vincent lived in Troup County, in 1850,300 and in Marion County, Georgia, in 1860,301 1870,302 and 1880.303

    292 Vincent Meadows Bible in possession of Mrs. Ben Brock, Arabi, Crisp Co., Ga., 1963. Handwritten copy of the Family Record pages sent to Miss Nell Meadows, Carrollton, Ga., 1963, and to Michal Martin, May 14, 1963.
    293 Obituary of Vincent Meadows, Butler Herald, (Butler, Taylor Co., Ga.), 26 June 1894. Harriett Meadows Fuquay to Michal Farmer, 2004.
    294 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Marriage Book A, p. 17
    295 Vincent Meadows Bible. Birth and death dates for Martha King.
    296 Mary C. Meadows lived in Dooly Co., Ga., in 1900, with her daughter & son–in–law, James W. and Blanche Williford, SD 3, ED 91, Sheet 24, 732nd G.M.D., #478/483. Mary C. Meadows, mother–in–law, white, female, b. March 1836, age 64, widow. Mary C. Meadows lived with James W. & Blanche Williford in 1910, Crisp Co., Ga., SD 2, ED 18, Sheet 18, 732nd G.M.D., Arabi & Bay Springs. Mary C. Meadows, mother–in–law, age 74, widow, b. Ga. NC Ga., had had 3 children, 3 living. The Willifords lived in Arabi in 1920.
    297 Butler Herald, Butler, Taylor Co., Ga., 26 June 1894.
    298 1830 U.S. Census, Taliaferro Co., Ga., p. 361, Vincent Meadows – males: 1 20/30; females: 1 under 5; 1 15/20.
    299 1840 U.S. Census, Troup Co., Ga., G.M.D. 700, Vincent Meadows – males: 1 under 5; 1 30/40; females: 2 under 5; 2 5/10; 1 10/15; 1 20/30.
    300 1850 U.S. Census, Troup Co., Ga., p. 75. Vincent Meadows, age 46, planter; Martha Meadows, age 38; Elizabeth Meadows, age 20; Martha Meadows, age 16; Susan Meadows, age 14; Simeon Meadows, age 12; Amanda Meadows, age 10; William Meadows, age 8; Emily Meadows, age 6; Leonidas Meadows, age 3; Fredonia Meadows, age 3/12. (all b. Ga.) Troup Co., 1850 Slave Schedule, Vincent Meadows, 1 slave.
    301 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Ga., p. 243, P. O. Tazewell, #49/49. Vincent Meadows, age 56, farmer, $800/$1275; Martha Meadows, age 48; William Meadows, age 18; Emily Meadows, age 16; Leonidas Meadows, age 13; Fredonia Meadows, age 10; Judson Meadows, age 6; Walton [Walter] Meadows, age 1. (all b. Ga.)
    302 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Ga., p. 114, #37/37. Vinson Meadows, age 66, farmer, $875/$300; Mary C. Meadows, age 33; Leonidas Meadows, age 23; Judson Meadows, age 16; Walter Meadows, age 12; Isaac H. Meadows, age 5; Rebecca F. Meadows, age 3; Georgia A. Meadows, age 1; Mary Rogers, age 34. (all b. Ga.)
    303 1880 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Ga., ED 42, Sheet 12, line 35, 808 Dist., Tazewell, Ga. Vincent Meadows, age 76, head; Mary Meadows, age 44, wife; Hunter Meadows, age 15, son; Blanch Meadows, age 12, dau.; Georgia Meadows, age 9, dau. (all b. Ga.)