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Author: j_obryan1
Surnames: Givens, Cathey
Classification: queries
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Maureen,
I, too, am descended from Samuel and Sarah Cathey Givens, and have spent the better part
of the last six years researching this branch of my tree. To be more specific, I am
descended from Samuel through his oldest son John. The branch I'm researching
eventually marries into the Mullens family.
I'm wondering how we're related, how your summer project is going, how much
you've found, and what I can do to help you. I have copies of the wills of both Samuel
and his oldest son John, and have been to Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, where they
are buried, so I also have pictures of the church. I also have a copy of the estate
inventory for Samuel Givens, which is signed by John Givens, Samuel Givens (son), and by
John Cathey. I also have census records for the younger generations in my branch. If
we're related through that branch, let me know and I can send those as well.
I mentioned earlier having been to the "Old Stone Church." I went in search
of headstones, but to my dismay, found once I returned home that the headstones had been
moved at one point by a caretaker who thought it would be easier to mow the grass if the
headstones were moved. Unfortunately, when he moved them, he failed to record where they
had been and where he left them. There are two cemeteries on the grounds of Augusta Stone.
The "newer" of the two is fenced in, and is to your right if your back is to the
church. the older is just to the left of the newer. Samuel, Sarah and John are all buried
in the older cemetery, somewhere. If anything I've told you interests you in the
slightest, I can be reached by e-mail at j_obryan1(a)yahoo.com. Contact me there, let me
know what I have that you need, and I'll send it to you. Have a great day, and happy
hunting!
Jeff O'Bryan
j_obryan1(a)yahoo.com
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