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| Henry Thompson, born circa 1812, Greene County, Georgia, died 17 July 1835, Taliaferro County, Georgia. His obituary was published in the Christian Index, 28 July 1835: Departed this life on the 17th instant, Mr. Henry Thompson of Taliaferro County, in the 24th year of his age. He was a very acceptable member of the Baptist Church at Crawfordville. His last days were his best days, and as he was dying requested his mother not to weep for him, for he was going to exchange this life for a better; stating that he was happy when he was converted, happy now, and he hoped when this earthly tabernacle was dissolved that he should have a building above, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.150
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| Mary Thompson, probably born circa 1814, married 11 November 1830, Taliaferro County, to William M. Acree,151 born circa 1811, son of Sterling Acree and Susannah Meadows. [See Meadows chapter, No. 22]
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| William M. Acree’s sister, Ruth Acree, married Henry Saxon, son of Wiley Saxon and Mary Thompson.
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| William M. Acree bought land in Taliaferro County, 7 September 1833, from Reuben Lunsford.152 William sold land to Middleton Belk, 4 January 1835.153 William M. Acree’s last record in Taliaferro County was 9 November 1842, when he witnessed a deed from Henry Saxon to John B. Flynt.154
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| Martha Thompson, born circa 1812/1816, Greene County, Georgia, died after 1880, Taliaferro County, Georgia, married 21 September 1837, Taliaferro County, to Asbury Ogletree,155 born 18 November 1811, Wilkes County, Georgia, died 1884, Taliaferro County, son of Littleton156 and Sarah Ogletree.
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| 150 Overby, Obituaries Published by the Christian Index 1822-1879. Issue 28 July 1835.
| | 151 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Marriage Book A, p. 43.
| | 152 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book A, p. 363. Test: Peter J. Strozier, John Harrison.
| | 153 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book B, p. 391. Test: James Brantley, A. G. Tyler, J.P.
| | 154 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 334. Test: Seborn N. Acree, Martin Woodall, Jr., William M. Acree.
| | 155 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Marriage Book A, p. 98.
| | 156 Taliaferro Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 282. 1 Oct. 1842, Littleton Ogletree to son Asbury Ogletree. Littleton’s grandchildren John R. Ogletree, Thomas R. Ogletree, Priscilla Ann Ogletree, and Elizabeth Frances Ogletree, children of Asbury Ogletree. Test: Jesse Evans, Daniel Thompson, J.P.
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