Wedding Wednesday - Ansley & Pressley (1848)

Georgia, Habersham County.

To Any Judge, Justice of the Inferior Court, Justice of the Peace, or Minister of The Gospel -
You are hereby authorized to join in the holy state of Matrimony,  Raiford Ansley and Miss Abigail Pressley according to the Constitution and Laws of this State; and for so doing this shall be your sufficient License.

Given under my hand, this 29th day of January 1848 
s/ Phiip Martin, C.C.O
                               _______________________

Georgia, Habersham County.
I certify that the above named Parties were duly joined in Matrimony, by me, this 3 day of Febrauary 1848
s/ Boling G. Morris J.P.
Recorded 8th March 1848
s/ Philip Martin, C.C.O


*Habersham County, Georgia Marriages Bk B (1841-1874). Pg. 52.  Georgia State Archives, Box 252, Drawer 19

Monday Musings

This weeks postings will be primarily focused on Thomas Ansley (1775-1838).  Born in New Jersey, the son of William Ansley (ca1700-1773) and his wife, Rebecca (ca1720-ca1750).  I've got tons of stuff I want to chase on this line but there are only so many hours in the day. 

While I was at the Georgia Archives I found quite a few very early "colonial" records on Thomas and I am going to share them here with those who may be interested.  Other records I had hoped to locate just were not to be found.  So I will share the things I did find.  

IF you are by chance related to the Ansley family, I'd love to hear from you.  If you see a document here that you want to use in your family file, by all means let me know and I'll send you one of the scans I have along with the source that goes with it.  In exchange I'd like to see how you are related to the Ansley's.  : )  Keep in mind that not all of the documents you will see posted this week have been transcribed YET. 

Thomas Ansley and his wife, Rebecca "Widow Harrison" Cocke, are my sixth great grandparents. 

Happy Researching!
  Karen

It's Hot.... But it doesn't matter!

The biggest focus of this entire trip is Georgia.  The Georgia Archives and the National Archives (Southern) both have branches in Morrow (just south of Atlanta), in the same city, in the same parking lot.  If it gets any better, I'm not sure how.

We made our first visit to the Georgia Archives last year and loved researching there.  So when Mark said we could come back to research this year, I was not going to argue the point.  Sure there are other places I could research, BUT why, when he's offering Georgia, would I argue?

So many brick walls here, so many pieces of missing information to be filled in, ancestors to be discovered.  Well here we are, day one of the Georgia Archives research.  Lets hope that success awaits us inside these doors.  Trust me any goodies I find - YOU will be the first to hear it, right here on this blog.  Unless of course you happen to be in the archives when I make my fabulous find! 

Stay tuned!

Happy Researching!
  Karen