Georgia Anna (Cantrell) Welborn (abt. 1852 - 1902)

Wife of George Wiley Welborn — married 18 Apr 1877 in Rabun, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 1902 at about age 50 in Clayton, Rabun County, Georgia

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Biography

Georgia was Cherokee.

"Georgia was a Cherokee Indian, a midwife, and a Baptist. Her husband spelled his last name at that time as Wilburn (later he changed the spelling to Welborn when he moved to SC after Georgia died). Georgia is sometimes listed as "Georgianna" or "Georgia Annah." She is buried with only a rock as a marker near a tree in the church cemetery near some Runyon graves. She had the following children: Albert, Halston, Robert, Thomas, and Ada." ^[1]

1880 Census

Name Georgia A Wilburn

Event Type Census

Event Date 1880

Event Place Tennessee Valley, Rabun, Georgia, United States

Gender Female

Age 26

Marital Status Married

Race White

Race (Original) W

Occupation Keeping House

Relationship to Head of Household Wife

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife

Birth Year (Estimated) 1854

Birthplace Georgia, United States

Father's Birthplace Georgia, United States

Mother's Birthplace Georgia, United States

Sheet Letter D

Sheet Number 50

Person Number 1

Volume 2^[2]

1900 Census

Name Guget A Wilburn

Event Type Census

Event Year 1900

Event Place Militia District 556, 1014, Tennessee Valley, McCasin, Rabun, Georgia, United States

Gender Female

Age 39

Marital Status Married

Race White

Race (Original) W

Relationship to Head of Household Wife

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife

Number of Living Children 5

Years Married 23

Birth Date Oct 1861

Birthplace Georgia

Marriage Year (Estimated) 1877

Father's Birthplace Georgia

Mother's Birthplace Georgia

Mother of how many children 12^[3]

Research Notes

Georgia was born in 1852. She passed away about 1902. She was Cherokee. She was a midwife and "the praying-est Indian you ever saw." She is buried in the Blue Heights Baptist Church Cemetery in Clayton, GA. There may be been a rock at one time marking her burial site near a tree in the cemetery. I could not locate it when I visited circa 1995.

Her name does not appear on any official Cherokee roster/census. My theory is that her parents were full-blooded Cherokees that avoided President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal. If this is the case, of course, there would be no official records of her. Her husband George Wiley Welborn of Georgia was white. I have a photocopy of their marriage license. After Georgia's death, George Welborn remarried Roxanna Queen. The older children of Georgia (including my great-grandfather Albert Welborn) came to Upstate SC to make their lives.

Possible Parents

Wilson Cantrell and Elizabeth (Hudson) Cantrell. These were the parents before the merge on 9/14/19.

Some likely sources for George Anna:

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMH-75C : 18 February 2021), George A V Cartrell in entry for S M Cartrell, 1860. <--- Webster Georgia is very far away from Rabun, county.

Samuel and Nancy Ponder Cantrell in 1850:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYD-MTW Marriage for Samuel and Nancy: "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q218-PNTH : 22 July 2021), Samuel Cantrell and Nancy Ponder, 26 Nov 1846; citing Marriage, Stewart, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 1,992,555. Their next-door neighbors are Richard and Sarah Ponder, very likely Nancy's parents.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 50498299, Georgia Anna Cantrell, Blue Heights Cemetery, Mountain City, Rabun County, Georgia, USA. Created by: Rusty Godfrey [1]
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch ([2] : accessed 19 January 2016), Georgia A Wilburn in household of George W Wilburn, Tennessee Valley, Rabun, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 171, sheet 50D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0162; FHL microfilm 1,254,162.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch ([3] : accessed 19 January 2016), Guget A Wilburn in household of George Wilburn, Militia District 556, 1014, Tennessee Valley, McCasin, Rabun, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 6B, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,218.

• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVW-GJ2 : 7 February 2020), George Welborn and George A. Cantrel, 18 Apr 1877; citing Marriage, Rabun, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 374,326.

Acknowledgements

• Early work by Michael Welborn. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Michael and others.
• WikiTree profile Cantrell-573 created through the import of edd2a4e7-6f96-40c4-bc6e-fb0f4f3bcbd3.ged on Aug 20, 2012 by Michael Welborn. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
• Personal family photo and records of Rusty Godfrey, Greenville, SC