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FAMILY TREES
Murray County, Georgia

Generation No. 1

1.  GEORG WENDEL1 SILBER was born Abt. 1720 in Wurttemberg, Germany, and died Abt. 1785 in Frederick Co., MD.  He married ELIZABETH MARGRETHA SCHMIEDIN February 16, 1751/52 in Montgomery Co., PA. 

 

Notes for GEORG WENDEL SILBER:

Johann Jurg Silber also went by these names: Georg Wendl Silber, George Silber, and George Silver.

 

More About GEORG SILBER and ELIZABETH SCHMIEDIN:

Marriage: February 16, 1751/52, Montgomery Co., PA

       

Children of GEORG SILBER and ELIZABETH SCHMIEDIN are:

2.                i.       JOHANN JURG2 SILBER, b. Abt. October 28, 1753, Frederick Co., MD; d. July 08, 1839, Kona, NC.

                  ii.       ELIZABETH SILBER, b. Abt. October 28, 1753.

                 iii.       JACOB SILBER, b. Abt. August 25, 1765.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JOHANN JURG2 SILBER (GEORG WENDEL1) was born Abt. October 28, 1753 in Frederick Co., MD, and died July 08, 1839 in Kona, NC.  He married NANCY ANN GRIFFITH April 12, 1782 in Frederick Co., MD, daughter of ORLANDO GRIFFITH and ELIZABETH GAITHER.  She was born 1766 in Frederick Co., MD, and died September 30, 1849 in Kona, NC.

 

Notes for JOHANN JURG SILBER:

Johann Jurg Silber changed his name to George Silver or his parents changed it for him.

 

More About JOHANN SILBER and NANCY GRIFFITH:

Marriage: April 12, 1782, Frederick Co., MD

       

Children of JOHANN SILBER and NANCY GRIFFITH are:

3.                i.       JOHN3 SILVER, b. Abt. 1786, Frederick Co., MD; d. Aft. 1880, Pickens Co., GA.

                  ii.       ELIZABETH SILVER, b. 1787, Frederick Co., MD; d. Bef. 1822; m. UNKNOWN COOK.

                 iii.       SARAH SILVER, b. 1788, Frederick Co., MD; m. UNKNOWN EDES.

                 iv.       GEORGE SILVER, b. July 18, 1789, Frederick Co., MD; d. February 22, 1870; m. MARTHA MOORE.

                  v.       JACOB SILVER, b. February 22, 1791, Frederick Co., MD; d. April 23, 1887, Kona, NC; m. (1) ELIZABETH WILSON; m. (2) NANCY REED.

                 vi.       RACHEL SILVER, b. 1792, Frederick Co., MD; m. EDWARD WILSON.

                vii.       GREENBERRY SILVER, b. February 08, 1795, Frederick Co., MD; d. January 27, 1883, NC; m. MALINDA SMITH.

               viii.       WILLIAM GRIFFITH SILVER, b. June 14, 1800, Frederick Co., MD; d. Abt. 1881; m. (1) MARY POLLY FERGUSON; m. (2) LAURA BURLESON; m. (3) LUCINDA PEEK.

                  ix.       HENRY GILBERT SILVER, b. October 26, 1801; m. (1) SARAH WILSON; m. (2) NANCY HOWELL.

                   x.       NANCY SILVER, b. 1802, Frederick Co., MD; m. THOMAS ROBINSON.

                  xi.       THOMAS SILVER, b. December 15, 1803, Frederick Co., MD; d. March 24, 1876, Yancy Co., NC; m. ELLENDER MCMAHAN.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  JOHN3 SILVER (JOHANN JURG2 SILBER, GEORG WENDEL1) was born Abt. 1786 in Frederick Co., MD, and died Aft. 1880 in Pickens Co., GA.  He married MARY POLLY UNKNOWN Abt. 1812 in NC.  She was born Abt. 1795 in NC, and died Aft. 1860 in Gilmer Co., GA.

 

More About JOHN SILVER:

Burial: Ball Creek Cem., Pickens Co., GA

 

More About MARY POLLY UNKNOWN:

Burial: Ball Creek Cem., Pickens Co., GA

 

More About JOHN SILVER and MARY UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Abt. 1812, NC

       

Children of JOHN SILVER and MARY UNKNOWN are:

                   i.       NANCY4 SILVER, b. Abt. 1812; m. HICKMAN M. HENSLEY.

4.               ii.       JOHN SILVER, b. December 11, 1814; d. Abt. 1898, GA.

                 iii.       WILLIAM R. SILVER, b. Abt. 1818, Clairborne Co., TN; d. Abt. 1908, GA; m. MATILDA MCINTOSH.

                 iv.       GREEN B. SILVER, b. Abt. 1820, TN; d. Aft. 1890, Pickens Co., GA; m. MINERVA ELKINS.

5.               v.       THOMAS JACKSON SILVER, b. Abt. 1823, NC; d. March 23, 1907, Murray Co., GA.

                 vi.       ELIZABETH SILVER, b. Abt. 1824, Burke Co., NC; d. December 25, 1874; m. SAMUEL D. WILSON.

                vii.       SAMUEL SILVER, b. Abt. 1826, Burke Co., NC; m. LUCINDA RICE.

               viii.       MARY SILVER, b. Abt. 1831, NC.

                  ix.       MARVEL ALEXANDER SILVER, b. Abt. 1832, Yancy Co., NC; d. November 14, 1928, Higgins, Yancy Co., NC; m. DELILAH HIGGINS.

                   x.       LEVI SILVER, b. 1834; m. ELIZABETH PARKER.

                  xi.       JACKSON SILVER, b. 1838.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  JOHN4 SILVER (JOHN3, JOHANN JURG2 SILBER, GEORG WENDEL1) was born December 11, 1814, and died Abt. 1898 in GA.  He married ELIZABETH CHERSON.  She was born December 09, 1814, and died Aft. 1900.

 

More About JOHN SILVER:

Burial: Ball Creek Cem., Pickens Co., GA

 

More About ELIZABETH CHERSON:

Burial: Ball Creek Cem., Pickens Co., GA

       

Children of JOHN SILVER and ELIZABETH CHERSON are:

6.                i.       LUCINDA5 SILVER, b. 1834, NC.

                  ii.       AVARINE SILVER, b. 1836.

                 iii.       MARGARET EVALINE SILVER, b. 1839, NC; m. ABRAHAM CHADWICK, June 21, 1861, Gilmer Co., GA.

 

More About ABRAHAM CHADWICK and MARGARET SILVER:

Marriage: June 21, 1861, Gilmer Co., GA

 

                 iv.       JOHN WESLEY SILVER, b. March 08, 1840, NC; d. December 08, 1921, Pickens Co., GA; m. MILISSA NANCY JANE CAYLOR, 1864, Pickens Co., GA.

 

More About JOHN WESLEY SILVER:

Burial: Ball Creek Cem., Pickens Co., GA

 

More About JOHN SILVER and MILISSA CAYLOR:

Marriage: 1864, Pickens Co., GA

 

                  v.       DAVID SILVER, b. 1841.

                 vi.       WILLIAM SILAS SILVER SILVER, b. 1843.

                vii.       MARGARET SILVER, b. 1847.

               viii.       ALFRED B. SILVER, b. 1852, Gilmer Co., GA; d. 1934, GA; m. CYNTHIA SILVER, October 22, 1871, Gilmer Co., GA.

 

More About ALFRED B. SILVER:

Burial: Ball Creek Cem., Pickens Co., GA

 

More About ALFRED SILVER and CYNTHIA SILVER:

Marriage: October 22, 1871, Gilmer Co., GA

 

                  ix.       JASPER SILVER, b. 1861.

 

 

5.  THOMAS JACKSON4 SILVER (JOHN3, JOHANN JURG2 SILBER, GEORG WENDEL1) was born Abt. 1823 in NC, and died March 23, 1907 in Murray Co., GA.  He married MARY MIRA POLLY SILVER.  She was born December 06, 1830 in Burke Co., NC, and died January 25, 1918 in Old Fort, TN.

 

More About THOMAS JACKSON SILVER:

Burial: Mt. Sumach Cem. Murray Co., GA

 

More About MARY MIRA POLLY SILVER:

Burial: January 27, 1918, Ball Play Cem., Old Fort, TN

       

Children of THOMAS SILVER and MARY SILVER are:

                   i.       ERVIN MCKINZIE5 SILVER, b. December 18, 1849; d. March 03, 1927; m. MARGARET JANE HAMPTON.

7.               ii.       WILLIAM JACKSON SILVER, b. February 02, 1852, Murray Co., GA; d. February 01, 1910, Murray Co., GA.

                 iii.       LODEMIA SADINA SILVER, b. December 27, 1853; d. April 26, 1924; m. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CARROLL.

                 iv.       MARY JANE SILVER, b. October 21, 1855; d. March 12, 1923; m. GEORGE W. VINEYARD.

                  v.       SAMUEL THOMAS SILVER, b. September 05, 1857; d. November 17, 1917; m. MARY ANN HOLT.

                 vi.       FRANKLIN SILVER, b. July 23, 1861; d. September 11, 1925; m. KATE WEST.

                vii.       HARVEY MCDONALD SILVER, b. August 05, 1866; d. September 29, 1940; m. OPHELIA VICTORIA BROWN.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

6.  LUCINDA5 SILVER (JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHANN JURG2 SILBER, GEORG WENDEL1) was born 1834 in NC.  She married JOHN W. JASPER RAPER September 08, 1859 in Gilmer Co., GA.  He was born 1833, and died 1860 in Gilmer Co., GA.

 

More About JOHN W. JASPER RAPER:

Burial: Ball Creek Cem., Pickens Co., GA

 

More About JOHN RAPER and LUCINDA SILVER:

Marriage: September 08, 1859, Gilmer Co., GA

       

Child of LUCINDA SILVER and JOHN RAPER is:

                   i.       JOHN W. JASPER6 RAPER.

 

 

7.  WILLIAM JACKSON5 SILVER (THOMAS JACKSON4, JOHN3, JOHANN JURG2 SILBER, GEORG WENDEL1) was born February 02, 1852 in Murray Co., GA, and died February 01, 1910 in Murray Co., GA.  He married MARTHA JANE WHITE February 28, 1889.  She was born August 01, 1868 in TN, and died January 14, 1948.

 

More About WILLIAM JACKSON SILVER:

Burial: Mt. Sumach Cem. Murray Co., GA

 

More About MARTHA JANE WHITE:

Burial: Mt. Sumach Cem. Murray Co., GA

 

More About WILLIAM SILVER and MARTHA WHITE:

Marriage: February 28, 1889

       

Children of WILLIAM SILVER and MARTHA WHITE are:

                   i.       WALTER6 SILVER, b. August 10, 1890; m. AMANDA MERCER.

                  ii.       B.A. SILVER, b. May 18, 1892; d. July 18, 1902.

                 iii.       EULA L. SILVER, b. September 12, 1894.

                 iv.       LILEY B. SILVER, b. February 04, 1896.

8.               v.       CHARLIE LUTHER SILVER, b. December 18, 1899, Murray Co., GA; d. January 23, 1985.

                 vi.       HARVEY F. SILVER, b. November 25, 1901; d. July 27, 1902.

                vii.       ETHEL SILVER, b. May 30, 1903.

               viii.       CLARA SILVER, b. August 11, 1905.

                  ix.       LUTHER SILVER, b. August 11, 1905; d. June 1996.

                   x.       CLYDE H. SILVER, b. October 04, 1909; d. 1993; m. VELMA FAYE SHIELDS.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

8.  CHARLIE LUTHER6 SILVER (WILLIAM JACKSON5, THOMAS JACKSON4, JOHN3, JOHANN JURG2 SILBER, GEORG WENDEL1) was born December 18, 1899 in Murray Co., GA, and died January 23, 1985.  He married INA MAE CARROLL, daughter of JAMES CARROLL and EMILY ASH.  She was born March 24, 1906 in Elijay, GA, and died April 08, 1993.

 

More About CHARLIE LUTHER SILVER:

Burial: Cloer Cem. Doogan Mt., Cisco, GA

 

More About INA MAE CARROLL:

Burial: Cloer Cem. Doogan Mt., Cisco, GA

       

Children of CHARLIE SILVER and INA CARROLL are:

9.                i.       OPAL7 SILVER.

10.             ii.       Silver, Living

11.            iii.       EULA MARIE SILVER, b. December 12, 1930; d. February 27, 1967.

12.            iv.       Silver, Living

13.             v.       Silver, Living

14.            vi.       Silver, Living

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