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Pioneer Settlers in Early Washington
& Surrounding Counties in Georgia

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  • ID: I1512
  • Name: William Watson "Willie" BRIDGES
  • Given Name: William Watson "Willie"
  • Surname: Bridges 1 2 3 4 5
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 3 Feb 1889 in Harrison, Washington County, Georgia 1 2 3 6 4 7 8
  • Death: 15 Apr 1977 in White Oak, Gregg County, Texas 9 3 8 4
  • Burial: White Oak Cemetery, Gregg County, Texas 4 7 10 5 8 11 6
  • _UID: 1482ED15A59D45C8BDC85492E308B8D0C530
  • Change Date: 29 Sep 2008 at 21:48



    Father: John Irwin J. BRIDGES b: 1859 in Washington County, Georgia
    Mother: Mayme Vandella "Mary" SMITH b: 8 Sep 1854 in Swainsboro, Emanuel County, Georgia

    Marriage 1 Jessie Ruth MCBRIDE b: 12 Apr 1898 in Milner, Pike County, Georgia
    • Married: 14 Dec 1914 in Bibb County, Georgia 12
    • Change Date: 5 Feb 2005
    Children
    1. Has No Children William Watson "Bill" BRIDGES b: 4 Jan 1916
    2. Has No Children Living BRIDGES
    3. Has No Children Living BRIDGES
    4. Has Children Margaret Virginia "Peggy" BRIDGES b: 5 Aug 1922 in Palatka, Florida
    5. Has No Children Living BRIDGES
    6. Has No Children Living BRIDGES
    7. Has No Children Living BRIDGES
    8. Has No Children Living BRIDGES
    9. Has No Children Living BRIDGES

    Sources:
    1. Media: Census/Tax
      Title: 1890 Washington County, Georgia Census Index
      Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia, 1890. This census index—containing a list of the name, age, sex and race of individuals enumerated on the 1890 census for Washington County, Georgia— were ordered from Washington, DC and were received by the Court of Ordinary for Washington County, Georgia before the originals of the 1890 census reports were destroyed by fire in 1921. The original three books, along with mocrofilm copies, are on file in the Court of Ordinary, Washington County, Georgia. In 1985 the Central Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc. 9cggs), obtained permission from the Court of Ordinary to compile the index in book form, and the book was published by CGGS in 1994. A copy of that book is in the possession of Diane Carrington Bradford.
      Date: 29 Sep 2008
      Page: column 1, p 16
    2. Media: Census/Tax
      Title: 1910 Fulton County, Georgia Census
      Publication: [primary source] Atlanta, Georgia, 1910
      Date: 4 Feb 2005
      Page: LN 11-14, HN: 38, FN: 39; Page: 3A
    3. Media: Vital
      Title: Social Security Death Index
      Publication: [primary source] Washington, DC, Social Security Administration
    4. Media: Photograph
      Title: Photograph of Tombstone (in possession of compiler)
      Author: Bradford, Diane C., Compiler
      Publication: [primary source] Georgia, 2000
    5. Media: Book
      Title: Colby Smith and His Descendants
      Author: Brantley, Gene D., Smith, Robert A., and Veal, Carllene S.
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Louisville, GA: The Colby Smith Family Publications, 1998
      Date: 19 Sep 2000
      Note:
      The three authors are all direct descendants of Colby Smith and Anna Henry Smith of early Washington County, Georgia.
    6. Media: Bible
      Title: George Lee Mason Family Bible Pages
      Author: Mason, George L. and Mary V. Smith Mason and Descendants
      Publication: [primary source] Washington County, Georgia
      Note:
      [Photocopies of the Bible pages are in the possession of Diane Carrington Bradford, great granddaughter of Dr. George Lee Mason and Mary V. Smith Mason Bridges. The actual Bible is in the possession of their granddaughter,Louise Mason Gibson, Vidalia, Georgia.]
    7. Media: Personal
      Title: Lists of Mason and Smith Family Names, Births and Deaths [handwritten by the family historian]
      Author: Henry, Francis Katherine Smith (Aunt Dumpsie)
      Publication: [primary source] Swainsboro, Georgia, 1920
    8. Media: Personal
      Title: Bridges/McMicahel Family Records
      Author: McMichael, Robert Donnell, Jr., Compiler
      Publication: [primary source] Atlanta, 1999 [Family records, documents and pictures in possession of the compiler.]
    9. Media: Electronic database
      Title: Texas Deaths, 1964-98 [Online]
      Publication: [primary source] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. [Online database. Original data filed in the Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin Texas.] Printed Oct 21, 2004.
      Date: 21 Oct 2004
    10. Media: Research collection
      Title: Benjamin Darius Smith Descendants
      Author: Smith, DeSaussure Dugas, III "Dess", Compiler/Editor
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Georgia, 2000 dess@jazz.cybermedia.net
      Date: 18 Sep 2000
    11. Title: Descendants of Dr. Benjamin Darius Smith
      Author: Smith, DeSaussure Dugas, III "Dess", Compiler/Editor
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Georgia, 2000 dess@jazz.cybermedia.net GEDCOM file (imported 9-18-2000) received from Dess Smith as an attachment to e-mail message dated 9-11-2000 to Diane Carrington Bradford.
      Date: 18 Sep 2000
      Note:
      DeSaussure Dugas Smith, III "Dess" is a direct descendant of Dr. Benjamin Darius Smith and through him of Colby Smith of early Washington County, Georgia.
      Page: GEDCOM from Dess Smith
    12. Media: Book
      Title: Colby Smith and His Descendants
      Author: Brantley, Gene D., Smith, Robert A., and Veal, Carllene S.
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Louisville, GA: The Colby Smith Family Publications, 1998
      Date: 19 Sep 2000
      Note:
      The three authors are all direct descendants of Colby Smith and Anna Henry Smith of early Washington County, Georgia.
      Page: p 795
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