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Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey 

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James L. Johnsey
1812 - 1880

Mary Edda
1814 - 1895
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Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey
10/6/1834 - 5/18/1886
(Shown at age 46)
Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey was born on October 6, 1834 in Chester Co., South Carolina and died on May 18, 1886 in Harris Co., Georgia. She lived to be 51 years old.

Married in Harris Co. GA. She had eleven children with Calhoun: Benjamin, Unknown infant daughter, Unknown infant daughter, Andrew Calhoun (1/13/1857), George E. (11/2/1858), Jasper Quitman (12/19/1859), Joseph Morgan (8/28/1862), Mary Mozelle (4/1869), Albert Lee (7/9/1870), David Alonzo (9/1873) and Ollie E. (11/20/1878).
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Marriage3/26/1854 GA (Harris County) 19 yrs old 
The marriage of M. D. Calhoun Grant and Sarah Jonsey is recorded in Harris County, GA. 
Census7/30/1870 Hamiltton GA (Harris County) 35 yrs old 
Recorded as family #1877: Calhoun Grant (age 36), Sarah E. (age 35), Benjamin (age 16), Andrew C. (age 13), Jasper (12), George E. (9), Joseph M. (8), and Mosella (female, age 3). Calhoun is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $700 and his personal estate to be $400. Calhoun and Sarah were born in SC and the children in GA. The three oldest children have been attending school. 

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2 1836 Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War. February - Battle of Hitchity. March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday. July - Battle of Brushy Creek. July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp. July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek.
3 1837 Mcon and Dade Counties are formed.
4 1838 Chattooga County formed
13 1847 Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
16 1850 Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
17 1851 Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
18 1852 Taylor County formed.
19 1853 Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
20 1854 Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
22 1856 Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
23 1857 Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
24 1858 Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.
36 1870 Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed.
41 1875 Oconee County formed.
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5 1839 Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
10 1844 The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
19 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
22 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
25 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
31 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
35 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
43 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
45 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
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27 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
28 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
48 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
51 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
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26 1860 About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces.
34 1868 South Carolina was readmitted to the Union.
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1 1835 Second Seminole Indian War begins.
3 1837 The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
6 1840 Oregon Trail is established
8 1842 Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
21 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
26 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
28 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
29 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
31 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
34 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
41 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
42 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
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Calhoun Grant and family
Calhoun Grant and family


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Calhoun Grant
Born on February 9, 1834 and died on September 24, 1908.
They were married 3/26/1853.

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The Children of Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey

26 years old
Benjamin Bartlet Grant
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1854 and died in an unknown location about 1926. He was about 72 years old.

He married Maggie Huff

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23 years old
Andrew Calhoun Grant
Born somewhere in Georgia on January 13, 1857 and died in an unknown location about 1925. He was about 68 years old.

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22 years old
George E. Grant
Born somewhere in Georgia on November 2, 1858 and died in an unknown location about 1930. He was about 71 years old.

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21 years old
Jasper Quitman Grant
Born somewhere in Georgia on December 19, 1859 and died in an unknown location about 1940. He was about 80 years old.

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18 years old
Joseph Morgan Grant
Born somewhere in Georgia on August 28, 1862 and died in an unknown location about 1940. He was about 77 years old.

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11 years old
Mary Mozelle Grant
Born somewhere in Georgia on April 1, 1869 and died in an unknown location about 1950. She was about 80 years old.

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10 years old
Albert Lee Grant
Born somewhere in Georgia on July 9, 1870 and died in an unknown location about 1965. He was about 94 years old.

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7 years old
David Alonzo Grant
Born somewhere in Georgia on September 1, 1873 and died in an unknown location about 1950. He was about 76 years old.

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2 years old
Ollie E. Grant
Born in Harris Co., Georgia on November 20, 1878 and died in an unknown location about 1960. She was about 81 years old.

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