Sunday, October 23, 2022

A Time Line for Elizabeth Rebecca "Becky" Page Tapley (1844-1924)


 Our connection:

Liz (that's me!)

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Gilbert Earl Tapley, 1928-2008 (my father)

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Lusion Keman Tapley, 1870-1935 (my grandfather)

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Elizabeth Rebecca "Becky" Page, 1844-1924 (my great-grandmother)


Time Line for the life of Elizabeth Rebecca "Becky" Page:  

1844

Age 0

 

Birth

September 8

Emanuel County, Georgia, USA

1850

Age 5

Residence

Emanuel County, Georgia, USA

 

1859

Age 14

Historical Event

Johnson County is formed from parts of Laurens and Emanuel County.

 

1860

Age 15

Residence

Johnson County, Georgia, USA

 

1860

Age 15

Death of Parent

Father, Solomon Page, Jr. (1800-1860) passed away in Washington County, Georgia, USA.

 

1861

Age 16

Historical Event

Civil War

1864

Age 19

Marriage

Married Harrell Samuel Horton (1844-1908) on January 31 in Johnson County.

 

1866

Age 21

The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent. 

 

1866

Age 21

Marriage

Married James Madison ‘Jim’ Tapley (1847-1912) on February 18 in Johnson County, Georgia, USA.

 

1867

Age 22

Historical Event

Sorry Mr. President, you can’t do that. This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

 

1867

Age 22

Birth of 1st Child

Franklin Morgan “Frank” Tapley (1867-1938) was born on April 7 in Johnson County.

 

1868

Age 23

Birth of Child

A second boy, James L “Jim” (1868-1941), was born July 17 in Johnson County.

 

1870

Age 25

Residence

District 1201, Johnson County, Georgia, USA

 

1870

Age 25

Birth of Child

A third boy, Lusion Keman (1870-1935), was born on March 31.

 

1872

Age 27

Historical Event

The Amnesty Act. A Federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

 

1873

Age 28

 

Birth of Child

A Girl!  Elizabeth Virginia “Lizzie” (1873-1959) was born on February 12th. 

 

1874

Age 29

 

Birth of Child

Their second daughter, Magdaline (1874-abt 1886), was born.

 

1875

Age 30

Historical Event

A Treaty with Hawaii. In the Mid 1870s, the United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the U.S. agricultural markets and it gave the U.S. a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

 

1875

Age 30

 

Birth of Child

A daughter, Tabitha “Bosch” (1875-1956) was born on March 10.

 

1876

Age 31

Historical Event

The Battle of Little Bighorn. An armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry of the U.S. Army. The battle was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

 

1876

Age 31

Birth of Child

George Washington Sentell “Tell” (1876-1944) was born July 5th.

 

1878

Age 33

 

Birth of Child

On April 10, Bennett Olin “Ol” (1878-1955) was born.

 

1880

Age 35

Death of Parent

Her mother, Elizabeth Caroline Scoggins Page (1802-1880) passed away.

 

1880

Age 35

Birth of Child

A girl, Marry (1880-1885), was born February 10.

 

 

1881

Age 36


Birth of Child

Solomon (1881-1971) was born on March 5.

 

1885

Age 40


Death of Child

Daughter, Marry, died on February 25, at age 5.

1886

Age 42

Birth of Child

Vianna Bell (1886-1965) was born October 4th.

 

Abt 1886

Age 42

Death of Child

Daughter, Magdaline, passed away when she was about 12 years old. 

 

1889

Age 45

Birth of last child

On August 5, Bascom Bishop Tapley (1889-1967) was born in Johnson County.

 

1890

Age 46

 

Birth of 1st Grandchild

Frank Tapley, son of Becky’s oldest son, Franklin Morgan ‘Frank’, was born during this year.

 

1893

Age 48

Historical Event

The Last Public Hanging in Georgia. The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.


1900

Age 55

 

Residence

District 1203, Johnson County, Georgia, USA

1910

Age 65

 

Residence

Powell, Johnson County, Georgia, USA

1912

Age 68

Death of Spouse

Jim passed away on November 5 in Johnson County, Georgia, USA.

 

1918-1919

Age 74-75

Grandson AWOL from Army

Gordon Wesley Tapley (1894-1959), the eldest son of James L ‘Jim’, went AWOL from the Army and hid at and around his Grandmother Becky’s house for just over a year.  When he wasn’t plowing his grandmother’s fields dressed as a woman, he was down in the woods, camping on the Ohoopee.

 

1923

Age 78

Historical Event

Amendment of Equal Rights. In a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even thought it isn’t the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

 

1924

Age 79

 

Death

Becky passed away on May 18 in Johnson County, Georgia, USA.

 Many records contain the information that Becky's first husband, Harrell Solomon Horton, died in 1864, leading to the assumption that he was killed in the Civil War.  However, much to my surprise a few months ago, I found out that Solomon lived, came back home to Georgia, married someone else, and had children.  He lived to the age of 64!  I can find no documentation of a divorce between my great-grandmother and him.  He married Nancy Price the same year that Jim and Becky got married - 1866.  So I have a few possible theories:  (1) There is a divorce record somewhere that I have not located yet; (2) He was missing during the war and presumed dead. So Becky though she was widowed and married someone else about the same time her husband reappeared.  Still does not explain the lack of a divorce record; or (3) They just bypassed the divorce process and moved on with their separate lives for whatever reason.  I would imagine that in war-torn Georgia in 1866, verifying a couple was divorced was not so important.  So I will continue to research.

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