Another of the pioneers of Coffee County has passed away, thinning the line of Old Timers.
Mrs. Elijah Paulk, 76 years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Moses Griffin, in the city, last Wednesday at noon, and was buried in the Willacoochee Cemetery.
Rev. W.M Tomlinson preached the funeral.
Mrs. Paulk was the mother of Mrs. Griffin of this city. Her husband, still living, was ordinary of this county for a number of years. She has lived about with her children for some time, being at Mrs. Griffin's at the time of her death.
Douglas News - November 1924
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32838563/rebecca-paulk: accessed 23 September 2023), memorial page for Rebecca Lott Paulk (23 Feb 1849–4 Nov 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32838563, citing Willacoochee City Cemetery, Atkinson County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by d powell (contributor 48137798).
1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Irwin, Georgia; Roll: 74; Page: 389b; Line Number: 33 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #18746299 (accessed 23 September 2023) Rebecca Latt (1) in Irwin, Georgia, USA.
1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Georgia Militia District 1026, Coffee, Georgia; Roll: M653_117; Page: 529; Family History Library Film: 803117 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #10945258 (accessed 23 September 2023) Rebecca Lott (11) in Georgia Militia District 1026, Coffee, Georgia.
1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census" Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 31, Coffee, Georgia; Roll: M593_144; Page: 378A Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #2959568 (accessed 23 September 2023) Rebecca Paulk, Keeping House, in Subdivision 31, Coffee, Georgia. Born in Georgia.
1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census" Year: 1880; Census Place: District 748 and 1026, Coffee, Georgia; Roll: 141; Page: 223A; Enumeration District: 040 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #8407939 (accessed 23 September 2023) Rebecea Paulk (31), wife, Keeping House, in household of Elizah Paulk (37) in District 748 and 1026, Coffee, Georgia, USA. Born in Georgia.
1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census" Year: 1900; Census Place: Willacoochee, Coffee, Georgia; Roll: 189; Page: 20; Enumeration District: 0021 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #8555252 (accessed 23 September 2023) Rebecca Panek (52), wife, in household of Elijah Panek (43) in Willacoochee, Coffee, Georgia. Born in Georgia, USA.
1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census" Year: 1910; Census Place: Militia District 1026, Coffee, Georgia; Roll: T624_181; Page: 3b; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1374194 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #146866071 (accessed 23 September 2023) Rebecca Paulk (52), wife, in household of E Paulk (67) in Militia District 1026, Coffee, Georgia, USA. Born in Georgia.
1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census" Year: 1920; Census Place: Willacoochee, Atkinson, Georgia; Roll: T625_233; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 11 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #4149749 (accessed 23 September 2023) Rebecca Paulk (69), wife, in household of Elijah Paulk (70) in Willacoochee, Atkinson, Georgia. Born in Georgia.
Death: "Georgia, U.S., Death Records, 1914-1940" Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2562 #183735 (accessed 23 September 2023) Rebecca Powell death 5 Nov 1924 (age 76), daughter of Joel Lott & Beadie Vickers, in Coffee, Georgia, USA.
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