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Gwinnett County, GA Obituaries and Death Notices



FLINT
DIED. In Gwinnett county, on the 28th ult. William T. Flint, oldest son of Mr. John Flint, of Walton county, aged 19 years and 10 months. [Macon Weekly Telegraph, November 27, 1838 - submitted by Christina Anthony]


FITTS
DIED. At Warsaw, in Gwinnett county, on the 9th inst. Mrs. Catherine Fitts, wife of Wm. H. Fitts, recently of Savannah, Ga. [Macon Weekly Telegraph, March 2, 1841 - submitted by Christina Anthony]

HILL, HART, DEATON
Three old citizens of Gwinnett county, Messrs. Joshua Hill, Frederick Hart and Levi Deaton, died last week, all quite suddenly. One of them was 102, and another 90 years of age. The latter had lived in the same place seventy years. [Macon Weekly Telegraph, February 23, 1875 - submitted by Christina Anthony]

HUNT
DEATH BY DROWNING.--We are informed that on the night of the 12th inst., Mr. Littleton Hunt, of Gwinnett county, was found dead in the Apalachie in that county, supposed to have been drowned by the horse on which he was riding getting into deep water. Mr. Hunt is said to have been about 107 years old. He was a soldier of the revolution, serving in that war five years; was severely wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs; fought at the battle of Guilford, and performed about twelve months duty in the neighborhood of Savannah. A brave man, in all probability, never drew a sword in defence of his country. He was a native of Virginia, but had been for the last 20 years a citizen of Gwinnett county. -- Benner.   [Macon Weekly Telegraph, April 4, 1843 - submitted by Christina Anthony]

MONTGOMERY
DIED. On the 9th of November, in the 26th year of his age, the Rev. Rhadamanthus Judge Montgomery, son of Col. J. M. C. Montgomery, of the Standing Peach Tree, Ga. [Macon Weekly Telegraph, March 2, 1841 - submitted by Christina Anthony]

STRICKLAND
Killed in Cotton Gin
Lan A. Strickland, of Gwinnett County Tangled in Belting.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Feb. 11.--Lan A. Strickland, who was instantly killed in his cotton gin at Hog Mountain, was buried at Harmony Grove yesterday. Revs. J. A. Sprayberry and R. P. Jackson conducting the service. In some manner, Mr. Stricland got tangled in some belting in the gin and was beaten to death as he revolved around the shaft. He was 36 years old. Surviving him are his wife and five children; two brothers, Ed Strickland, of Dacula, and Hedge Strickland, of Luxomal. His parents also survive. Twenty-odd years ago a brother of the deceased was killed by a boiler explosion at a saw mill near the gin owned by the man buried yesterday. [Macon Weekly Telegraph, February 12, 1919 - submitted by Christina Anthony]


ROWDEN - Mr. Hubbard A. Rowden, an old citizen of Gwinnett county, is dead.
[The Daily Constitution, Atlanta Georgia Oct. 27, 1876 - submitted by Shauna Williams]

 
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