George Washington Nix (1804 - 1859)

Born 6 Apr 1804 in Farm Hill, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States

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Died 20 Jun 1859 at age 55 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

George Washington Nix was born on April 16, 1804, his father, John, was 35 and his mother, Sarah, was 29. He married Telitha Garrett on February 7, 1826, in Georgia. He died on June 20, 1859, in Webster, Louisiana, at the age of 55.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-6DY : 22 December 2020), Washington Nix, Bienville, Bienville, Louisiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• See DAR file, patriot ancestor #A083861, accepted lineages.

• Family Data Collection - Births

  Name: George Washington Nix

  Father: John Granger Nix

  Mother: Sarah Speed

  Birth Date: 1804

  State: GA, USA

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records

  Name: George Washington Nix

  Spouse: Talitha Garrett

  Parents: John Granger Nix, Sarah Speed

  Birth Place: GA

  Birth Date: 1804

• Georgia Land Lottery, 1827

  Name: Washington Nix.

  County: Troup

  Captain's District: Wimberlys

  Number: 217

  District: 12

  Lottery Date: 1827

  Source: REPRINT of OFFICIAL REGISTER of LAND LOTTERY OF GEORGIA 1827; 49th DAY'S DRAWING-Continued.TWIGGS. page 154

• Louisiana, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1791-1890

  Name: Washington Nix

  State: LA

  County: Bienville Parish

  Township: Western District

  Year: 1850

  Record Type: Slave Schedule

  Page: 709

  Database: LA 1850 Slave Schedule