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| Patriots<\/a> | Cemetery Records<\/a> | Cemetery Surveys<\/a> | Surname Report<\/a> | Paternal Side Descendant Reports<\/a> | Maternal Side Descendant Reports<\/a> | Research Timelines and Podcast Narratives<\/a> | Genealogy Publications<\/a> | Unique Items<\/a> | Wikipedia Pages<\/a> | Research Done by Others<\/a> |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome cousins! I have been researching my family genealogy since 1995. I began with the help of my great-grandmother, Mrs. Lerlean H. Black, who provided me with names, dates and pictures of some ancestors. I am most grateful to her for this information. During the past 29 years, I have worked very actively on my research and have visited numerous cemeteries, courthouses, and libraries. Besides Georgia, my family interests span into Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Missouri, Massachusetts, England, and Scotland where I have visited. This site is dedicated to the current family of M. M. Black with hopes they will explore their family history and genealogy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patriots<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

War of 1812, Confederate, Indians Wars, Cherokee War, Revolutionary patriots, tavern keepers, postmasters, and Mayflower passengers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cemetery Records<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make more of my research available online, I have uploaded tombstone photographs to www.findagrave.com<\/a>   If you click here http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSmpid=22012499&<\/a> you can retrieve a listing of all photos I have submitted that are related to my principal family groups of Black, Dale, Hix, Lane, Norris, Perry, and Yelland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael\u2019s Cemetery Surveys<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black Cemetery-Oglethorpe County, GA<\/a>
Black Cemetery-Madison County, GA<\/a>
Hix Cemetery-Madison County, GA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Surname Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surname report<\/a> of all 22,891 individuals in my family file (Dec. 3, 2025). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Descendant Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following are descendant reports for several of my direct ancestors, grouped by surname. There is overlap between some generations and surnames; reports do not include living generations. If you find a name of family group, email me because I have primary source material such as estate records, pictures, grave pictures, certificates, census records, obituaries, etc. that I have scanned and saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paternal Family <\/strong>(click link for descendant report)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Black<\/strong> (c1732-1800) \/ Mary (c1736-aft. 1811)<\/a> [Research Timeline<\/a>] [Children and Grandchildren<\/a>]
Lancaster Co PA; Frederick Co VA; Pittsylvania Co VA; Wilkes Co GA; Elbert Co GA; Oglethorpe Co GA<\/sup>
Robert Culbertson<\/strong> (1750-1840) \/ Elizabeth Porter (c1751-c1781)<\/a>
Lancaster Co PA; Augusta Co VA; Laurens Co SC; family later in Oglethorpe Co GA<\/sup>
Martin Streetman<\/strong> (c1770-1838) \/ Ada (c1770-bet. 1840-1850)<\/a> [Research Timeline<\/a>]
VA; Madison Co GA<\/sup>
John Williams<\/strong> (1679-c1755) \/ Mary (1684-1730)<\/a>
Hanover Co VA; Lunenburg Co VA<\/sup>
Martin Deadwyler<\/strong> (c1734-1809) \/ Anna (d. bet. 1789-1809) <\/a>
NC; Wilkes Co GA; Elbert Co GA<\/sup>
Young William Short<\/strong> (1775-c1852) \/ Mary \u201cPolly\u201d Lester (c1780-bet. 1840-1847)<\/a>
Chesterfield Co VA; Oglethorpe Co GA<\/sup>
George Allen<\/strong> (c1770-1806) \/ Frances \u201cFanny\u201d Bullock (1770-1839)<\/a>
Warren Co NC ; Wilkes Co GA; Oglethorpe Co GA<\/sup>
Warren Norris<\/strong> (1803-1889) \/ Elizabeth \u201cBetsy\u201d Cannon (1795-1869)<\/a> [Research Timeline<\/a>]
Macon Co NC; Hall Co GA; Madison Co AR<\/sup>
James Rylee<\/strong>, Sr. (1755-1835) \/ Anna (d. bet. 1813-1829)<\/a>
Halifax Co VA; Elbert Co GA; Hall Co GA<\/sup>
David Taylor<\/strong> (1791-1877) \/ Mary \u201cPolly\u201d Ann Bigby (1802-1883)<\/a>
Orange Co VA; Loudon Co TN; Blount Co TN; Cherokee Co NC<\/sup>
Michael McElwreath<\/strong> (c1766-1857) \/ Jencie Carson (b. c1765)<\/a>
Scotland; Spartanburg Co SC; Cobb Co GA; family later in Lumpkin Co GA, Hall Co GA and Madison Co GA<\/sup>
John Beasley <\/strong>(1803-aft. 1880) \/ Penina (c1794-aft. 1880)<\/a> [Research Timeline<\/a>]
Wake Co NC; Putnam Co GA; Habersham Co GA; Lumpkin Co GA<\/sup>
Amos Dowdy <\/strong>(1777-1856) \/ Effie Carleton (1784-1846)<\/a>
Moore Co NC; Lumpkin Co GA<\/sup>
Samuel Haggard <\/strong>(c1749-1811) \/ Nancy Hix (1743-c1800)<\/a>
Albemarle Co VA; Surry Co NC; Franklin Co GA; Jackson Co GA<\/sup>
Thomas Perry<\/strong>, Jr. (1768-1844) \/ Mary \u201cPolly\u201d Bennett (1785-aft 1860)<\/a> [Research Timeline<\/a>]
Pittsylvania Co VA; Wilkes Co GA; Elbert Co GA; Jackson Co GA; Fayette Co GA<\/sup>
Nathaniel Hix <\/strong>(c1753-1821) \/ Elizabeth (d. aft. 1835)<\/a>
VA; Surry Co NC; Franklin Co GA; Roane Co TN<\/sup>
James Thomas <\/strong>(1751-1836) \/ Margaret (c1762-aft. 1842)<\/a> [Research Timeline<\/a>]
VA; Oglethorpe Co GA<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maternal Family <\/strong>(click link for descendant report)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Pounsford <\/strong>(1689- ) \/ Willmott Hayman (1685-1745)<\/a>
Devon, England<\/sup>
William Yelland <\/strong>(1701-1758) \/ Elizabeth Shilston (1701-1730)<\/a> [Research on Yellands in Devon<\/a>]
Devon, England<\/sup>
William Maxwell <\/strong>(1753-1824) \/ Letitia Emmerson (1766-1848) (Cumberland, England)<\/a> [Research narrative on them<\/a>]
Cumberland, England; Westmorland, England; family later in Massachusetts<\/sup>
Archibald Henderson <\/strong>\/ Elizabeth Marshall<\/a>
Stirling, Scotland<\/sup>
John Scott <\/strong>(1795-1863) \/ Jane Cowen (1796-1867)<\/a>
Cumberland, England<\/sup>
John Scott <\/strong>\/ Lettice Brown<\/a>
Cumberland, England<\/sup>
Thomas Peel<\/strong> (1725-1786) \/ Mary James (1716- )<\/a>
Cumberland, England<\/sup>
Alexander Walker<\/strong> \/ Isabel Lorn (1735- )<\/a>
Stirling, Scotland<\/sup>
Christopher Threlkeld<\/strong> (c1670-1710) \/ Mary (1677-bef. 1737)<\/a>
Northumberland Co VA; Lancaster Co VA; King George Co VA; Orange Co VA; Mercer Co KY<\/sup>
Elisha Winchell<\/strong> (1728-1798) \/ Mary Thrall (1730-1824)<\/a>
Granby Co CT; Hartford Co CT; Hampden Co MA<\/sup>
Nathaniel Ely<\/strong> (1737-1823) \/ Esther Leonard (1735-1804)<\/a>
Hampden Co MA; family later in Marion Co MO<\/sup>
Benjamin Bohon<\/strong> (c1737-c1785) \/ Ann<\/a>
Orange Co VA; Mercer Co KY; family later in Marion Co MO<\/sup>
James McAfee<\/strong> (1707-1785) \/ Jane McMichael (1710-1783)<\/a>
Ireland; Botetourt Co VA; Augusta Co VA; Lancaster Co VA; Mercer Co KY<\/sup>
Martin Nalle<\/strong> (c1675-1728) \/ Mary Jane Aldin (1681-1734)<\/a>
Essex Co VA; Middesex Co VA; Culpeper Co VA; Augusta Co VA; family later in Franklin Co KY and Lewis Co MO <\/sup>
Jonathan Finnell<\/strong> (c1699-1755) \/ Mary Phillips (c1703- )<\/a>
Orange Co VA; Boone Co KY; Lewis Co MO <\/sup>
James Dale<\/strong> (1745-1810) \/ Sarah Riley (1752-1825)<\/a>
Stafford, England<\/sup>
William Blackman<\/strong> (1789-1865) \/ Mary Dover (1795-1855)<\/a>
Middlesex, England; Warwick, England<\/sup>
John Levett<\/strong> (1740-1819) \/ Deborah Nock (1753- )<\/a>
Middlesex, England<\/sup>
Thomas Colston<\/strong> (1716- ) \/ Elizabeth Humphries (1715- )<\/a>
Gloucester, England; Surrey, England<\/sup>
William Carr Lane<\/strong> (1737-1770) \/ Ann Wilson (1740-1805)<\/a>
Goochland Co VA; Loudoun Co VA; Fairfax Co VA; family later in Fayette Co PA, Shelby Co KY, and Marion Co MO <\/sup>
Richard Stephenson<\/strong> ( -1765) \/ Honora Grimes (c1697-1777)<\/a>
Berkeley Co VA; Loudoun Co VA; Fairfax Co VA; Shelby Co KY <\/sup>
Francis Adams<\/strong> (c1643-1699) \/ Grace Thomas (c1652-aft. 1699)<\/a>
Charles Co MD; Fairfax Co VA<\/sup>
William Peake<\/strong> (c1688-1761) \/ Elizabeth Arrington (c1698- )<\/a>
Prince William Co VA; Stafford Co VA; Fairfax Co VA<\/sup>
Thomas Stonestreet<\/strong> (c1630-1706) \/ Elizabeth Butler (d. bef. 1698)<\/a>
Sussex, England; Charles Co MD; Prince George’s Co MD<\/sup>
Obediah Overton<\/strong> (c1745-1811) \/ Frances \u201cFanny” (c1750-aft. 1795)<\/a>
Orange Co VA; Spotsylvania Co VA; Madison Co VA; family later in Callaway Co MO and Marion Co MO<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extensive Research Timelines and Podcast Narratives<\/strong> (click link)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Basquen<\/strong> (1756-1816) | Research Timeline<\/a>
John Beasley <\/strong>(1803-aft 1880) and Penina Beasley (c1794-aft 1880)<\/a>
John Lumpkin Black <\/strong>(1866-1894) and Eugenia Elizabeth Culbertson (1868-1949) | Script<\/a> |
Lemuel Black<\/strong> (c1759-1825)<\/a>
Thomas Black<\/strong> (c1732-1800)<\/a> | Children and Grandchildren<\/a>
Letty Ann Black <\/strong>(1840-1891) | Script<\/a> |
Matthew J. W. Black<\/strong> (1802-1850) and Mary Ann Deadwyler (1803-1881) | Script<\/a> | Research Timeline<\/a> |
William Black<\/strong> (1836-1900) and Sarah Francis Short (1840-1925) | Script<\/a> |
Walter Bohon <\/strong>(1762-1828) and Judith Threlkeld | Research Timeline<\/a> |
Thomas Bridges <\/strong>(c1731-1790) and wife Susannah (c1740-1822)<\/a>
Nichodemus Colbert<\/strong>\/Nicholas Colbert (c1771-aft 1833)<\/a>
William Porter Culbertson <\/strong>(1773-1850)<\/a>
James Madison Culbertson<\/strong> (1838-1895) and Mary Ann Josephine Hix (1847-1929) | Script<\/a> |
Madison Culbertson<\/strong> (1805-1891) and Susan Hopper (1812-1887) | Script<\/a> |
Francis Coleman Dickinson <\/strong>(1775-1831) and Catherine Johnson | Research Timeline<\/a> |
Robert Guthery<\/strong> (c1752-1797)<\/a>
French Haggard <\/strong>(1794-bef. 1870) and Elizabeth Rogers (abt. 1796-abt. 1863) | Script<\/a> |
Michael Henderson<\/strong> (1820-1893) and Margaret Galloway (1818-1877) | Script<\/a> |
Nathaniel Hix <\/strong>(1800-1874) and Joanna Perry (1807-1891) | Script<\/a> |
Thomas P. Hix <\/strong>(1826-1863) and Sarah Elizabeth Thomas (1823-1882) | Script<\/a> |
Samuel Hopper <\/strong>(c1777-aft. 1853) and Nancy Goolsby (c1781-bef. 1850)<\/a>
George Washington Lane <\/strong>(1828-1884) and Amanda Quinn Overton (1831-1908) | Script<\/a> |
Meshack Matthews (c1758-1819) | Research Timeline<\/a> |
Joseph Maxwell<\/strong> (1819-1917) of Cumberland, England and Westmorland, England<\/a>
James McElreath <\/strong>(1802-1886) and Rachel Dowdy (1810-1898) | Script <\/a>|
Martin V. McElreath<\/strong> (1840-1930) and Mary Ann Beasley (1845-1925) | Script<\/a> |
Preston Miller <\/strong>(c1770-aft. 1850) and wife Betsey Simmons<\/a>
Richard Miller <\/strong>(1803-aft. 1884) and wife Letty Guthery (1805-bef. 1880)<\/a>
David Norris<\/strong> (1829-1907)<\/a>
Warren Norris<\/strong> (1803-1889)<\/a>
Hillsman O. H. Perry <\/strong>(1824-1864) and Virginia Winters Haggard (1827-1911) | Script<\/a> |
Thomas Perry<\/strong> (1768-1844)<\/a>
Archibald Short<\/strong> (1808-1863) and Mary Ann Allen (1819-1904) | Script<\/a> |
Adam Simmons <\/strong>(c1739-1807) and Rebecca Pogue | Research Timeline<\/a> |
Jerome B. Streetman <\/strong>(1844-1923) | Script<\/a> |
Martin Streetman <\/strong>(c1770-1838)<\/a>
James Thomas<\/strong> (1751-1836)<\/a>
William Thomas <\/strong>(1790-1861) and Mary “Polly” Wright (abt. 1798-1879) | Script<\/a> |
William Thomas<\/strong> (1803-1867) and Catherine Bullen (1802-1888) | Script<\/a> |
Joseph Williams <\/strong>(1721-1792) and son Mathew Jouett Williams (<\/strong>1749-1818)<\/a>
Homer Howard Winchell<\/strong> (1828-1912) and Susan Mary McAfee (1833-1922) | Script<\/a> |
George Wright <\/strong>(c1765-1809) and wife Sarah “Sally” Bridges (c1765-1848)<\/a>
Analysis of Yealand and Yelland<\/strong> Families in Cheriton Bishop, Drewsteignton, and Selected Surrounding Areas in Devon (1500s-1800s)<\/a>
John Yelland <\/strong>(1795-1870) and Ann Newton (1799-1879) | Script<\/a> |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genealogy Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Sister: 46 Letters by Dale Family Siblings in Middlemore’s Children’s Emigration Homes with Supporting Documentation [2008]
Mr. Taylor Goes to Washington [2013]
A Perry Family Portrait [2018]
Little Stories of Local Events [2018]
E. C. Winchell: Letters Home (1849-1912) [2019]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unique Items<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Items you will not find elsewhere online.
James Luke Brooks and Minnie Little Brooks Family Bible (Oglethorpe County, GA)<\/a>
George W. Lane & Heirs of Presley Carr Lane, Etc. vs. James R. Millan Admr of George Millian & Others, Fairfax County Chancery Court Cases, 1844<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ancestors with Wikipedia Pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathaniel Ely<\/strong> (1605-1675)<\/a>
John Peel <\/strong>(1776-1854)<\/a>
William Phelps<\/strong> (c1593-1672)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Done by Others<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n