Genealogy for
Wyatt Wesley Parish
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Wyatt Wesley Parish
1808 - 1836
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Wyatt Wesley Parish was born about 1808 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1836 in Bainbridge, Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 28 years old.
He married Sarah Wester on
September 12, 1826 in Telfair Co, Ga.
Children:
William Green Parish
Mahaly Parish
Wyatt W. Parish Jr.(3/18/1828 -5/7/1892 Bruce, FL) married Eveline B. Skaggs
Anna Harris Parish
Elizabeth Mourning Parish
Wyatt W. died in the mid 1830s in Decatur county GA and is supposedly buried in Bainbridge, GA.
He may be the brother of Thomas and Wiley. Sarah Wester may be the sister of Wiley's wife Mahala Wester. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1820 | GA (Telfair County) | 12 yrs old | Wyatt Parish : 4 males (under 10 years), one male (between 10-16), one male (between 26-49), one female (under 10) one female (over 49).
| Additional information about Telfair County, GA around 1820: The initial Telfair area of GA belonged to Creek Indians, many of which remained in the area until it became more densely populated by white settlers. A large number of the earliest white settlers were Scots Highlanders from the Carolinas. Telfair County GA was created from Wilkinson County in 1807. It originally included the Oconee and Little Ocmulgee rivers which were split into Montgomery County in 1812. By 1819 it included a substantial area of land south of the Ocmulgee River. Boundary lines for the county continued to change until 1877. | |
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| Marriage | 1/1/1826 | GA (Telfair County) | 18 yrs old | | Wyatt Parish married Sara Wester in 1826 in Telfair Co, GA |
| Land Deed | 2/28/1831 | GA (Lowndes County) | 23 yrs old | | Wyatt Parish purchases 366 acres from John Tomlin-son for $25 in Lowndes Co. GA on February 28th 1831 in Common Law Book B. |
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Wyatt Parish's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Wyatt, his family, and friends. For example, Wyatt is 3 years old when By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
| 3 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
| 3 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
| 4 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
| 4 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
| 5 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
| 9 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
| 11 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
| 12 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
| 13 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
| 14 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 15 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 16 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 17 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 18 |
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. |
| 19 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 22 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 23 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 24 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 25 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 28 |
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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| 6 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 22 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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| 3 |
1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
| 4 |
1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
| 20 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 26 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
| 12 |
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. |
| 22 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 27 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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| 25 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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