Rebecca Speed (abt. 1851 - 1918)

Born about Jul 1851 in Rabun County, Georgia, USA

Wife of Henry Berry Dotson — married 28 Feb 1876 in Rabun, Georgia, United States

Died 6 Dec 1918 at about age 67 in Rabun, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Rebecca Speed was born in July of 1851 in Rabun County, Georgia. ^[1]

She married Henry B. Dotson on February 28, 1876. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In the 1900 census Rebecca (age 63) was the wife of Henry B Dotson in Clayton, Rabun, Georgia, United States.^[4]

In the 1910 census Rebecca (age 58) was the wife of Henry B Dotson in Clayton, Rabun, Georgia, United States.^[5]

Rebecca died December 6, 1918 at age 68. She is buried in Mountain View, Rabun County, Georgia. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Cox, Marcus L. (1995) My Roots: The Hambys and Coxes of N. Georgia, page 22
2. ↑ Rabun County Marriage Book, 1869-1884, Volume D, page 88. From Georgia Virtual Vault: Marriage Books, Rabun County Ordinary Court, Georgia Archives
3. ↑ (Her daughter's death certificate) "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZC9-88L?cc=1320969&wc=MJ93-T38%3A954803301 : 4 December 2018), 004178770 > image 487 of 1516; Department of Archives and History, Atlanta.
4. ↑ 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 13; FHL microfilm: 1240218; Record number: 4774;
   FamilySearch Record: M3VM-6HG (accessed 8 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DHW7-2R Image number 00102
   Rebecca Dotson (48), wife, in household of Henry B Dotson (49) in Clayton, Rabun, Georgia, United States. Born in Georgia. (N.B. Jul 1851 transcribed as Jul 1837., But age is clearly "48". )
5. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
   citing enumeration district (ED) ED 135, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll ; FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: MLL4-KKY (accessed 8 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRN6-8X6 Image number 00705
   Rebecca Dotson (58), wife, in household of Henry B Dotson (58) in Clayton, Rabun, Georgia, United States. Born in Georgia.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #46449847

See also:

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMZ-XLF : 18 February 2021), Rebecca Speed in entry for Terrell Speed, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3L-651 : 28 May 2021), Rebecca Speed in entry for Terrel Speed, 1870.