Genealogy for
Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey
About Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey |
 Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey 10/6/1834 - 5/18/1886 (Shown at age 46)
| Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey was born on October 6, 1834 in Chester Co., South Carolina and died on May 18, 1886 in Harris Co., Georgia. She lived to be 51 years old.
Married in Harris Co. GA. She had eleven children with Calhoun: Benjamin, Unknown infant daughter, Unknown infant daughter, Andrew Calhoun (1/13/1857), George E. (11/2/1858), Jasper Quitman (12/19/1859), Joseph Morgan (8/28/1862), Mary Mozelle (4/1869), Albert Lee (7/9/1870), David Alonzo (9/1873) and Ollie E. (11/20/1878). | 
 | Marriage | 3/26/1854 | GA (Harris County) | 19 yrs old | The marriage of M. D. Calhoun Grant and Sarah Jonsey is recorded in Harris County, GA. |
 | Census | 7/30/1870 | Hamiltton GA (Harris County) | 35 yrs old | Recorded as family #1877: Calhoun Grant (age 36), Sarah E. (age 35), Benjamin (age 16), Andrew C. (age 13), Jasper (12), George E. (9), Joseph M. (8), and Mosella (female, age 3). Calhoun is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $700 and his personal estate to be $400. Calhoun and Sarah were born in SC and the children in GA. The three oldest children have been attending school. |
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Sarah, her family, and friends. For example, Sarah is 1 years old when Second Seminole Indian War begins.
Age | Date | Event |
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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. |
4 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
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1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
16 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
17 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
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1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
19 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
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1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
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1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
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1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
24 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
36 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
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1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
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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. |
22 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
25 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
31 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
35 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
43 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
45 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
Age | Date | Event |
27 |
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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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
Age | Date | Event |
26 |
1860 |
About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces. |
34 |
1868 |
South Carolina was readmitted to the Union. |
Age | Date | Event |
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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. |
21 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
26 |
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. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
34 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
41 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
42 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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 | Calhoun Grant Born on February 9, 1834 and died on September 24, 1908. They were married 3/26/1853.
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The Children of Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey
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 26 years old
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Benjamin Bartlet Grant Born somewhere in Georgia about 1854 and died in an unknown location about 1926. He was about 72 years old.
He married Maggie Huff
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 23 years old
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Andrew Calhoun Grant Born somewhere in Georgia on January 13, 1857 and died in an unknown location about 1925. He was about 68 years old.
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 22 years old
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George E. Grant Born somewhere in Georgia on November 2, 1858 and died in an unknown location about 1930. He was about 71 years old.
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 21 years old
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Jasper Quitman Grant Born somewhere in Georgia on December 19, 1859 and died in an unknown location about 1940. He was about 80 years old.
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 18 years old
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Joseph Morgan Grant Born somewhere in Georgia on August 28, 1862 and died in an unknown location about 1940. He was about 77 years old.
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 11 years old
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Mary Mozelle Grant Born somewhere in Georgia on April 1, 1869 and died in an unknown location about 1950. She was about 80 years old.
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 10 years old
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Albert Lee Grant Born somewhere in Georgia on July 9, 1870 and died in an unknown location about 1965. He was about 94 years old.
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 7 years old
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David Alonzo Grant Born somewhere in Georgia on September 1, 1873 and died in an unknown location about 1950. He was about 76 years old.
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 2 years old
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Ollie E. Grant Born in Harris Co., Georgia on November 20, 1878 and died in an unknown location about 1960. She was about 81 years old.
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