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The genealogies of these Wilcox County Lines are included on this website because they are those of this webmaster.

Dr. Elkanah George Burson and Elizabeth Jane Knight Burson

Great Grandparents:

 

Elkanah Burson and Ellafare Christian Barge Burson

and  Napoleon Oscar Knight and Margaret Lucy Watson Knight

 

Great Great Grandparents:

 

Joseph Jackson Burson and Elizabeth Dunn Burson

and George Abel Barge and Mary Ann Slaughter Barge

 

Lewis Jackson Knight and Catherine Palmer Knight

William Watson and Elizabeth Jane McWhorter

 

Great Great Great Grandparents

 

Joseph Jefferson Burson and Leah Burson

And Benjamin Dunn and Susannah Dunn

 

Stephen Palmer and Juliet Hartwell Palmer

And Edwin Knight and Martha Comer Watts Knight

 

Abel Barge and Martha Faust Barge
and Reuben Slaughter and Semantha Fluornoy

 

James Watson and unknown

David McWhorter and Mary “Polly” Wardlaw

 

Joel Wardlaw Ramsey and Sharman Burson Ramsey

David Wardlaw Ramsey and Emma Virginia Hawthorne Ramsey

 

 

Cart BlackwellThese pictures are from the September 2009 meeting where Cart Blackwell, architectural historian spoke on his ancestor Alexander Bragg who built many of the beautiful buildings in Wilcox County.  It was held at Card Hill, Blackwell's family home.  Double Click on the picture to see the enlarged view.

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Card Blackwell  Garland Smith calls meeting to order.

 

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Guests line the stairwell

 

 

Don Donald introduces Card Blackwell    Meeting in the Hall of the Cook home