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Sarah Finch (1759 - abt. 1805)

Sarah Finch
Born in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia Colonymap
Daughter of and
Sister of
Wife of — married about 1791 (to 1805) [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died about at about age 45 in , Wilkes County, Georgia, USAmap
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Biography

Sarah was born in Christ Chuch Parish Middlesex, Virginia Colony on 25 July 1759.[1] She was the daughter of Charles Finch and Joyce Moss Finch.

The family relocated to Wilkes County, Georgia in about 1784. Charles received a land grant on Cloud Creek. He signed an oath on April 11, 1784 stating that he hath Wife Eight Children and seven Negroes and that he has never had lands granted to him in this State [2] He was granted 96 acres on Cloud Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia. [3]

Sarah married William Anderson in about 1790 in Wilkes County. Their first child Araham Marshal Anderson was born in about 1791. They had five more children.

Sarah's father died in about 1895. Heirs to his estate were mentioned as Division of estate of Charles Finch, Dec'd In re: William Finch, Susannah, Betsy and Burdick Finch, Thomas Willingham and Judah his wife of Oglethorpe, Co., Starke Saunders and Nancy his wife, James Comer and Fanny his wife of Hancock Co. and Charles Finch; William Anderson and Sarah his wife of Wilkes Co. [4]

The estate sale for the estate of Charles Finch was held in February 1803. It shows that Will Anderson bought one negro woman for $301.[5]


Sarah must have passed away in 1805 soon after the birth of her sixth child. William was born in about 1805. William remarried on March 3, 1806. [6]

A newspaper biography of William M. Anderson written by his daughter Ann Mariah Anderson Gibson was published in The Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia; August 25, 1901, She states that "After the war was over he emigrated to Wilkes county, Georgia. There he married Sarah Finch, his first wife. Six children were the issue of this union, five sons and one daughter. He lost his first wife some time in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He then moved from Wilkes County to Baldwin county, Georgia." [7]


Research Notes

The birth record shown here lists her mother as Sarah Finch and later records show her as Joyce.

Children

Abraham Marshall Anderson born about 1791 in Wilkes County, GA
Nancy Anderson born 12 December 1794 in Wilkes County, GA wife of Martin Palmer & William R. Butts
James Finch Anderson born about 1795 in Wilkes County, GA
Gideon Anderson born about 1798 in Wilkes County, GA
John Hammond Anderson born about 1803 in Wilkes County, GA
William Anderson born about 1805 in Wilkes County, GA

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812 [1]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1653-1812. Richmond, VA, USA: n.p., 1897.
  2. ↑ "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909," images, FamilySearch [2] : 20 May 2014, Headright and bounty documents 1783-1909, Fickling, Barnard-Flennikin, James > image 63 of 472; State Archives, Morrow.
  3. ↑ Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA,; Georgia Virtual Vault; [3]; Headright and Lottery Loose Plat File, Georgia Surveyor General, RG 3-3-26, Filename - wlks0780a.jpg; Page 1, 2: Richardson Hunt, surveyor: 96 acres for Charles Finch
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Historical collections of the Georgia chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution [4]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Historical collections of the Georgia chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution. Atlanta, Ga.: C.P. Byrd, state printer, 1926. Section: Volume I. Franklin County, Georgia: pages 221 - 222; 1795: CHARLES FINCH
  5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [5]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Probate Court (Oglethorpe County); Probate Place: Oglethorpe, Georgia; Notes: Estate Records 1790-1962 Farmer, George - Fleming, Will
  6. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; Fold3, [6]; NARA; Image M804; ID 300022; Record Group 15; Roll 0059; Response to letter from Mrs. George L. Smith of Swainsboro, Georgia to Representative W. W. Larsen: 9 January 1931.
  7. ↑ The Constitution, Newspaper; Atlanta, Georgia; 25 August 1901; Col 3; 101 - ANDERSON; by Ann Mariah Redding




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