Born in Georgia
Daughter of Crawford Downs
and Susanna Downs
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James McGeHee
— married
1 Jun 1819 in Amite, Mississippi, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth C (McGeHee) Jones, James Madison McGeHee, Louisa V. (McGehee) Sharp and William M. McGehee
Died
at age 33
in Amite County, Mississippi
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2017
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Biography
Zilpha was born in 1802. Zilpha Downs ... She passed away in 1835. Sylpha married James McGehee on 1 June 1819 in Amite.[1]
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Marriage:
"Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935"
Original data: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935. Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library
Ancestry Record 7842 #166050 (accessed 1 December 2023)
Sylpha Downs marriage to James McGehee on 1 Jun 1819 in Amite.
1800-1900 - Amite County, Mississippi Marriages. Arranged by bride. (http://msgw.org/amite/bride.htm : accessed 28 Sep 2018)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zilpha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zilpha:
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~3.12%
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~3.12%
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