Descendants of Georgia Ann Merrill

Generation No. 5

GEORGIA ANN MERRILL (ROBERT, JAMES JOSEPH MERRELL, CHARLES MERRILL, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN MERRILL and JEMIMA SMITH) was born 15 Oct 1856 in Alabama, and died 23 Apr 1883 in Texas District, Heard County, Georgia.  She married BENJAMIN DAVID JOCEPHUS ROOP 1875 in Georgia, son of MARTIN ROOP and ELIZABETH KING.  He was born Nov 1849 in Coweta County, Georgia, and died Aft. 1920 in Texas.

Georgia and her three children died in a flash flood on Hillabatchee Creek at Merrill’s Mill in the early hours of April 23, 1883.  See Atlanta Constitution articles.

Notes for GEORGIA ANN MERRILL:

in 1860 census in Rockdale, Randolph County, Alabama

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Burial: Merrill-Roop Cemetery, Heard County, GA

Children of GEORGIA MERRILL and BENJAMIN ROOP are:

                    i.    BULAH ROOP, b. 01 Nov 1878; d. 23 Apr 1883, Heard County, Georgia.

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Burial: Merrill-Roop Cemetery, Heard County, GA

                   ii.    HOMER D ROOP, b. 15 Apr 1880; d. 23 Apr 1883, Heard County, Georgia.

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Burial: Merrill-Roop Cemetery, Heard County, GA

                  iii.    ELLA ROOP, b. 02 Jan 1882; d. 23 Apr 1883, Heard County, Georgia.

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Burial: Merrill-Roop Cemetery, Heard County, GA