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Wyatt Wesley Parish 

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Wyatt Parish
1785 - 1840

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1790 - 1840
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Wyatt Wesley Parish
1808 - 1836
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.
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Census1/1/1820 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. 
Marriage1/1/1826 GA (Telfair County) 18 yrs old 
Wyatt Parish married Sara Wester in 1826 in Telfair Co, GA 
Land Deed2/28/1831 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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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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3 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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