!email: 3 may 2002 tomtilton@aol.com
tom knows mary's 2nd husband richardson and improved our compilation;

!2012jun MORE info. every ten years evidently from tomtilton (at) aol.com
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Warren,
I have been looking into Mary R. Moseley's husband, John Watkins. I had it as
Dr. John Watkins the medical partner of of my ggg grandfather, Dr. William
Norval Richardson. I came across Dr. Watikns' gravestone on-line. He died in
Burnt Corn County, Al. in 1853. Mary Moseley was married to Dr. Richardson and
living in Glennville, Barbour County, Al. (in county records) as early as 1843.
The will of John Watkins (uncle of Dr. Richardson's first wife, Susanna [Susan]
Watkins) names his wife as Mary. This John Watkins died in 1841 which would fit
with her marrying Dr. Richardson in c. 1842/43. John Watkins in his will leaves
her slaves that match-up similar to the slaves she owns on the 1850 census.
Tom Tilton ;

!email nov 2003 from sarah sharpless writing from sks374 (at) bellsouth.net
citing mary R. Harris's will in troup co GA will book B: 260-262
(WAS BORN MARY ROBERTSON MOSELEY AND MD. Watkins then Richardson & then Harris)
written 15 may 1861 and probated dec court 1862;
mentions husband, sister frances B Douglass, 2 nieces lou and fanny/marley?
jos fanny and thomas children of my brother matthew F moseley
sister martha p jones, sister sara douglass, nephew rober douglass, nice/niece
joanna? coulter and her childre, her husband james coulter
nice/niece rebecca douglas, nephew dr joseph jones, his dtr martha jones,
his 2nd dtr laura jones,
orphan children of samuel jones dec'd, continues same
paragraph but without explanation of relationship martha wadely& her children
niece kirby jones, niece mary boggs,
my brother matthew f mosely his children fannie and thomas mosely
joseph mosely, my niece lou mosely,
margaret jones and (Idd?) her daughter, margaret apparently unmarried
step son wm n richardson
executor robert A (Y? T?) Ridley
witnesses albert E Cox, James (Tam?), Chas I? Puller? ;
dicrepancies about death date dec 7 1862 step son jh harris diary or dec 7 1861
in family bible.
southern christian advocate 24 nov 1859 says mary P Richardson of Glenville Ala
married [recently] e s harris
at la grange troup co GA at residence of john douglass;

!2012jun CORRECTIONS BY Sarah Sharpless - sks374 (at) bellsouth.net :
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1. You have Mary Moseley Watkins Richardson Harris' burial site as "maybe
Russell, GA." There isn't a Russell Co., GA. I don't know where Mary is buried,
but perhaps the person who provided this information meant Russell Co., AL.
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2. You have Edmund Smith Harris, 3rd husband of Mary Moseley, as being born abt
1785 in "probably SC." He was born on 24 Oct 1786, in VA. The source for the
birth date is the Absalom Harris Bible records, in "Bible Records, compiled by
The Genealogical Society of the Original Muscogee County and The Oglethorpe
Chapter, DAR," Columbus, GA, 1980. The source for the birth place is the 1850
Troup Co., GA, census.
His obituary, published in "The Countryman" (a Putnam Co., GA, newspaper),
confirms the birth date, but has the birth place as Hancock Co., GA. This isn't
possible, as Hancock Co., GA, didn't exist in 1786 (it was created from Greene
& Washington Cos. in 1793). The earliest record I've found of his father,
Absalom Harris, in GA is a deed dated 16 Oct 1792 (of course, there could be
earlier deeds, but I haven't found them).
Edmund's father, Absalom Harris, married his second wife, Clara Jeter, on 18
Dec 1785, in Greensville Co., VA, so I suspect the VA birth place is probably
correct.
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[3.] Mary Moseley and Edmund Smith Harris married in LaGrange, Troup Co., GA,
according to the marriage announcement:
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The Southern Christian Advocate, 24 Nov 1859: "In LaGrange, the residence of
Mr. John Douglass, by the Rev. Alexander Graham, Mr. E. S. Harris, of LaGrange,
and Mrs. Mary P. Richardson, of Glenville, Ala." [My note - her middle initial
is "R" (not "P") according to her will.]
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Source: Brent H. Holcomb, "Marriage & Death Notices from The Southern Christian
Advocate, 1837-1860," Southern Historical Press, 1979, p. 572.
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Sarah

• Married: ABT 1835 in probably,Elbert,GA,or Abbeville SC

1. (OnlyhadStepKids by_any_of_her_3 marriages) RICHARDSON b: ABT 1825 in onlyStepchildren,,GA

• Married: ABT JAN 1843 in maybe,Elbert,GA,or maybe in AL

1. (OnlyhadStepKids by_any_of_her_3 marriages) RICHARDSON b: ABT 1825 in onlyStepchildren,,GA

• Married: 8 NOV 1859 in LaGrange,Troup,GA,sheOf Glenvil AL