Tuesday, August 31, 2010

HOME OF MELANCTON, THIGPEN, BLACKVILLE, GEORGIA



This home is located on Georgia Highway 86, about a mile east of the point where Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, and Emanuel Counties join.  It was built as early as the early 1800s by Melancton Thigpen, one of the earliest settlers of the region.

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  1. So cool. Melancton Thigpen is my ggggrandfather.
    Me - Karen Jackson Glazener
    Annie Pearl Deriso Jackson - my mother
    Willie Lee Deriso, Sr. - my grandfather
    Leona Eliza Thigpen - my great-grandmother
    Daniel Von H. Thigpen - my gggrandfather
    Melancthon Thigpen

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    1. Hello Cousin: Melancton was my 5th greatgrandfather. My line: Melancton Thigpen, father of Richard Thigpen, father of James Travis Thigpen, father of Richard Thigpen, father of Laura EvaLena Thigpen Spivey, mother of Mamie Mozelle Spivey Kinney, my mother, Mary Elizabeth Kinney, Gill and me, Gloria Gill Cash

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  2. hello cousins.

    He was my 4th great grandfather

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