My maternal great-grandfather’s ancestors and relatives.
Green Allen Franklin Pylant, my third-great-grandfather, was a farmer and Civil War veteran who lived most of his life in southern middle Tennessee. I created a records timeline to take a deeper look into his life. Timeline 29 June 1845 - Green was the oldest of at least five children born to Nancy Tucker and Gabriel …
Documentation is essential to proving your family tree. I have been working hard to find actual proof that Robert Boyd of Pickens County, South Carolina was the son of Robert Boyd who died in 1782 in Granville, North Carolina. Google searches and Ancestry family trees all list Robert's father as Robert, but with no hard …
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In the search for my fourth-great-grandmother Eliza H. Brent Pigg, I discovered two men named James Brents, around the same age as each other, and both living in Lincoln County, Tennessee, the same area as Eliza. Are either related to Eliza? And who are their parents? This was confusing at first, but I think I've …
Eliza H. Brent Pigg is my fourth-great-grandmother. Researchers, including myself, have been stuck on her for decades with no indication who her parents were. On cold cases like this one, I take a look at other families nearby along with DNA results from my collection of Ancestry DNA tests. But first, I take a look …
While exploring Fold3, I found records for a W.S. Pigg that served as a Confederate Private with Company I in the 8th Tennessee Infantry. My third great-grandfather was William Stokely Pigg, and I think this might be him. The records paint an interesting story, and I wish I knew more details. I haven't found anything …
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