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Note: 1870 Census - Chestnut Log District, Campbell Co., Georgia; P. O. Powder Springs; pg. 73
HH as of June 1, 1870 - Enumerated June 8, 1870 - #14-14, line #34
Thomas Nixon, 32, M W, Farm Laborer, - / $150, Ga
Mary, 22, F W, Keeping House, Ga
Samuel, 10 mos, M W, Ga, b. Apr (? age does not match month)
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Douglas Co was created on January 1, 1870 from the part of Campbell county which was northwest of the Chattahoochee River.
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1880 Census - Salt Springs Dist No 1273rd GM, Douglas Co., Georgia; ED 50; pg. 186D
HH as of June 1, 1880 - Enumerated June 4, 1880 - #116-116
Thomas Nixon, W M, 32, head, M, Farmer, Ga Tenn Tenn
Mary, W F, 31, wife, M, Keeping house, Ga Ga Ga
Samuel, W M, 11, son, S, at home, cannot read/write, Ga Ga Ga
Elonza, W M, 9, son, S, at home, Ga Ga Ga
Marshal, W M, 5, son, S, at home, Ga Ga Ga
Charley, W M, 2, son, S, at home, Ga Ga Ga
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1900 Census - Chestnut Log District, Douglas Co., Georgia; ED 24; pg. 18B
HH as of June 1, 1900 - Enumerated June 12, 1900 - #362-362
Thos. J. Nixon, head, W M, Dec 1847, 52, M 32 yrs, Ga Ga Ga
Mary, wife, W F, Nov 1849, 50, M 32 yrs, 7/7 children, Ga Ga Ga
Marshall Wm., W M, May 1875, 25, S, Ga Ga Ga
Charles, son, W M, Apr 1877, 23, S, Ga Ga Ga
Odessa, dau, W F, Mar 1883, 16, S, Ga Ga Ga
Bessie, dau, W F, Jan 1885, 15, S, Ga Ga Ga
Jessie, dau, W F, Apr 1888, 12, S, Ga Ga Ga
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1910 Census - Chapel Hill 736, Douglas Co., Georgia; ED 37; pg. 15B
HH as of April 15, 1910 - Enumerated May 6, 1910
Henley & Douglasville Road
#140-141
Charley Nixon, head, M W, 30, M 1x for 7 years, Ga Ga Ga, Farmer - General Farm
Georgia, wife, F W, 24, M 1x for 7 years, 1/1 child, Ga Ga Ga
Fay, dau, F W, 3, S, Ga Ga Ga
#142-143
Thomas Nixon, head, M W, 59, M 1x for 41 yrs, Ga Tenn Tenn, Farmer - Gen Farm
Mary, wife, F W, 58, M 1x for 41 yrs, 7/7 Ga Ga Ga
Lizzie Kate, GrDau, F W, 5, S, Ga Ga Ga
Thomas Astan, hand, M W, 35, S, Ga Ga Ga, Laborer - Farmer
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1920 Census - Chestnut Log District, Douglas Co., Georgia; ED 36; pg. 5A
HH as of January 1, 1920 - Enumerated February 2, 1920
Lithia Springs-Ausell Town Road - #FM-91-96
Thomas Nixon, head, M W, 72, M, Ga Tenn Tenn, Farmer - General Farm
Mary W., wife, F W, 71, M, Ga Ga Ga
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1930 Census - Lithia Springs Town Salt Springs District 1295, Douglas Co., Georgia; ED 10; pg. 2A
HH as of April 1, 1930 - Enumerated April 2, 1930
Charles Street E - #27-27
Lema Strickland, F W, 54, Wd, Ga Ga Ga, Farming - General Farm
Ray, son, M W, 15, S, Ga Ga Ga, Laborer - Farm
Mary Mixson, cousin, F W, 82, Wd, Ga Ga Ga
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Georgia State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Standard Certificate of Death #28387
POD: Dist 1378, Austell, Cobb Co., Georgia
Full Name: T. J. Nixon
male white married
Spouse: Husband of Mary Nixon
Age: 75 yrs, 10 mos
Occ: Farmer
POB: Ga
Name of Father: Don't know, b. Don't know
Maiden Name of Mother: Don't know, b. Don't know
Informant: C. S. Nixon - Austell, Ga
DOD: Oct 22, 1923
Cause: Probably Angina-Pectoris - Died suddenly
Burial: County Line Cem - Douglas Co., Ga on 10/24, 1923
Undertaker: N. B. & J. T. Duncan - Douglasville, Ga
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"Index to Georgia Confederate Pension Files"
NIXON, T. J. srv Co A 9th GA Mil Arty, he filed Douglas Co., GA in 1910
NIXON, M. E. (Mrs.), wid of T. J. Nixon of Co A 9th GA Mil Arty, she filed in Douglas Co., GA
NIXON, T. J. also witness for Caroline E. Bomar, of Montomery Co., GA & John W. Rutherford of Douglas Co., GA - Glenn's Btty GA Mil Arty
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Georgia, Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960
Name: T J Nixon
County: Douglas
Approx. Application Year: 1911
Application Type: Soldier
Archive collection name: Pension Applications of Confederate Soldiers and Widows
Archive Collection #: GCP-142
Number of Images in Packet: 3
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Confederate Soldier's Application
Under Act 1910
County: Douglas
Name: T. J. Nixon
Company: Battery Glenn's Battery
9/20/10
Glenn's Battery, Ga Artillery State Troops or Militia
State of Georgia, Douglas County
Name: T. J. Nixon
Res: Douglas Co., Douglasville, Ga
How long in State: Since 4th day December 1847
When/Where Enlist: Sept 1864, Atlanta, Ga, Glenns Battery
How long in Svc: Sept 1864 to April 30, 1865
With command when surrendered/discharged? yes
Where: At Camps near Atlanta, Ga
Why did you leave: Capt told us we could all go home that war had closed
Property as of 4 Nov 1908: 1 cow and calf $30.00, household & kitchen furniture 30.00
Have you applied before: no
Signed: T. J. Nixon on 10 Sept 1910
J. A. Pittman, Ordinary of Douglas County
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Widow's Application (1868 Handwritten)
Act July 11, 1910 - As Amended by Act of 1919
County: Douglas
Name: Mrs. M. E. Nixon
Widow of T. J. Nixon
Company Glenns Battery
Approved: C. S. McGregor - Commissioner Pension
Note: Husband entered as E. J. Nixon
10/30/ 1923
Widow's Affidavit
State of Georgia, Douglas County
Name: Mrs. M. E. Nixon
Widow of: T. J. Nixon to whom, in the County of Campbell, State of Georgia she was married on the 20th day of December, 1868 and that she remained his wife, and resided with him to his death in Oct, 22, 1923 and that she has not since his death remarried. At the time of his death he was a resident of Douglas County, in said State of Georgia, and he was on the Indigent Pension Roll of the State and paid a pension of $100.00 in Douglad County for 1923 per annum, on account of his being a soldier in Glenns Battery Confederate States Volunteers.
That she is now a bona fide resident citizen of said County of Douglas and she has so continuously resided since 1st day of January 1870. (Note: Douglas Co was created on January 1, 1870 from the part of Campbell county which was northwest of the Chattahoochee River.)
Signed: 27th day of October 1923
J. H. McLarty, Ordinary of Douglas County
Mrs. M. E. Nixon, her mark
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Source: GC- Douglas Co. Ga Queries
URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Douglas/10070
From: Joe Baggett <baggettcj@@aol.com>
Subject: Douglas County, Ga., Directory 1881
Douglas County, Georgia, Statistics for 1881
From A. E. Schole's "Georgia State Gazetteer," Business and Planter's Directory, 1881-82
Copied by Joe Baggett, 1976, from the original at the Carnegie Library, Atlanta. Copied as printed, with notes or corrections in parentheses.
Douglas County
Population (1880): white 5,454, colored 1,470
Salt Springs:
Located 8 miles northeast of Douglasville, 16 miles from Atlanta, near the Beaver Run and Sweetwater creeks, which furnish power for gins, grist and saw mills. The tributary population is 300. Contains a common school, Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mail stages daily to Atlanta and Douglasville.
Thomas NIXON, deputy sheriff
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Date: 4/12/2000 6:13:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: jmorris@@texas.net (Judith C. Morris)
To: VCJFreeman@@aol.com, KLBGREGOR@@aol.com
Dear Valerie and Kathy,
Today Death Certificate #28387 arrived from Atlanta for Thomas J. Nixon, who died in Austell, Cobb Co. on 22 Oct. 1923.
Disappointingly, ALL of the information pertaining to anything about his parents was marked "don't know."
The informant was shown as C. S. Nixon of Austell, Georgia.
Judy
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Is this Thomas & Wife??
Tallapoosa East Baptist Church
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by
Harold White howhite@@worldnet.att.net
Table of Contents page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/haralson.htm
Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm
INDEX is posted on: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaharals/church_rec.htm
TALLAPOOSA EAST BAPTIST CHURCH
BUCHANAN, GEORGIA
RECORDS FROM 1879-1899
Page 49
April 16, 1886 The Baptist Church of Christ at Tallapoosa
After divine services by Elder T. W. M. Brown and H. P. Brown, church met in conference.
1. Invited visitors to seats with us.
2. Open the door of the church. Received Bro. Thomas Nixton and wife, Sister E. Nixton by Letter.
Page 57
August 22, 1887 The Baptist Church of Christ at Tallapoosa in annual conference Received Matilda Rowell by Christian Experience. Granted Sister Emmer White and Sister E. M. Nixson Letters of Dismission.
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