Genealogy for
Sarah Ducker
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Sarah Ducker
1819 - 1863
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Sarah Ducker was born about 1819 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1863 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 44 years old.
Her first marriage was to Richard Goodwin.
They had one child, Susan (1837).
Atfer the death of Richard, she remarried to Samuel Ethridge on April 29, 1850 in Decatur Co. GA. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1850 | District 22 GA (Decatur County) | 31 yrs old |  Family #316: William Ducker (age 28), Priscilla (age 26), Mary (age 3), James (2), and Nancy (one year old). William and Priscilla were born in SC and all three children were born in GA.
Could this be Sarah's brother or other male relative?
| Additional information about Decatur County, GA around 1850: Map of Decatur County, GA created around 1846 -- four years before the 1850 Census. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Marriage | 4/29/1850 | GA (Decatur County) | 31 yrs old | | The marriage of Samuel Ethridge and Sarah Goodwin is recorded on April 29, 1850. |
| Census | 9/19/1850 | District 22 GA (Decatur County) | 31 yrs old | Recorded as family #293: Samuel Ethridge (age 34), Sarah (age 32), James (12), Arlenas (female age 11), Ann (age 7), Martha (age 5), Nancy (age 3), Susan (age 13), and John (age 1). Samuel was born in NC and Sarah and the children in GA. Samuel is a farmer and does not provide an estimate of the value of his real estate. Neither he nor Sarah can read or write. No one else with the last name of Ethridge is living in Decatur County.
| Additional information about Decatur County, GA around 1850: Map of Decatur County, GA created around 1846 -- four years before the 1850 Census. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/11/1860 | FL (Jackson County) | 41 yrs old | Family #115: Samuel Etheredge (age 52), Sarah (age 41), Martha (age 15), John (age 11), Enoch (age 9), Frances (female, age 5), and Isaac (age 6 months). Samuel was born in N. Carolina; Sarah, Martha, John and Enoch in Georgia, Frances in Alabama and Isaac in Florida. Samuel indicates his occupation is a laborer. Neither Samuel nor Sarah can read or write.
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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Sarah Ducker's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Sarah, her family, and friends. For example, Sarah is 1 years old when The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
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1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
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1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
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1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
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1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
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1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
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1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
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1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
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1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
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1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
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1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
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1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
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1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 17 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
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1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
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1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
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1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 31 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 32 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 33 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 34 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 35 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 37 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 38 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
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1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
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1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 40 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
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1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
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1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 44 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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| Samuel Ethridge
Born about 1805 and died about 1890.
They were married 4/29/1850.
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The Children of Sarah Ducker
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Isaac Samuel Ethridge
Born somewhere in Florida on July 17, 1858 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on March 22, 1905. He was 46 years old.
Buried in the Old Shiloh Cemetery No. 2 in Calhoun County, FL. ...
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