Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTE:I don't know if this is the same Travis George who was in Stokes Co., NC or not, but could be;

!CENSUS:1790 * Stokes Co., NC pg 548 Travis George age 16+ (bef 1774) "1-0-1-0-1";

!CENSUS:1800 x

!CENSUS:1810 x

!CENSUS:1820 x;

!CENSUS:1830 * Mobile Co, AL pg x Travis George age 60-69 (1760/70) *;

!OBIT:Shared by Karen Ditzel 2006-06-03
The Eulogy:
An Aged Lady Gone
Mrs. Sarah George died suddenly it is supposed of the disease of the heart in Mobile County, Alabama the 31st day of January 1865 in the 83rd year of her age. She was born in the state of South Carolina soon after the close of the Revolutionary War. Her father, Reuben Turner, having been a soldier in the American Army for years. Early in life she was married to Travis George and in 1810 moved to Alabama, settled in Mobile County, where she remained until her death. She witnessed many changes during her long life. Alabama, at that time referred to above, was a vast wilderness, inhabited mostly by various savages as the community was but sparsely settled and the forest teemed with wolves, bears and panthers. Of course these new settlers suffered many inconveniences and passed many lonely hours and days. Railroads and Steam boats were then unknown in this part of the world and the spot of ground on which the Populous City of Mobile now stands was only a Canebrake and Chinquapin grove, with the exception of few rude dirt huts covered with Cyprus Bark. But the Methodist Preacher soon made his way into these wilds. Our deceased Sister heard the Gospel, embraced Jesus as her Savior, joined the Church and lived a faithful member of the same for more than thirty-five years.
Death to her was very unexpected at the time yet she was neither surprised nor alarmed. A few days before she said she was ready to go home to one or her sons, and in her last moments she told a friend to tell her children that she was going home to Heaven. How sweet it is for an Aged Saint to fall asleep in the arms of Jesus. She has left numerous friends and more than twenty children and grandchildren to mourn her loss. Many Preachers, on seeing this notice, will remember Sister George of Bethel Church on the Cintronelle Circuit, and the many kindnesses and hospitalities which they, in days past have received at her humble home.
The Mother of Travis George.
Mauvilla, Feb 19th, 1865 a.m.
By: M. D.
No one know who M. D. was.