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Surnames: Canty
Classification: Query
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A cousin mailed me lots of hand copied info and charts on Teige Cantey & descendants
as well as info on Edward Plowden--he had received them from another relative who has been
trying to make a connection to our family for a long time. My g-g-grandmother was Susanah
Plowden Canty. I have found her in the Randolph County, GA census in 1850, 60, 70, and
80, first with husband Neil Smith and lastly as a widow in the household of Jasper Swords.
Family records list her birthdate as 30 Sep 1803 and her marriage to Neil abt 1822. I do
not find the name Canty or Plowden in the Georgia Index in 1820 or 1830. I do find a
Joseph Cantey in Charleston (St. James Parish), SC in 1810 with a 7 year old female in the
household which would be her right age. If she married Neil Smith at age 19, I suppose
Plowden was her mother's maiden name (and her middle name) rather than it being her
maiden name with Canty being a former husband's name. Ring any bells or have any
comments?