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The 1871 Georgia Colony - The Solomon Haney Family

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Solomon and his wife Avaline Lavada Wiggins were both born in North Carolina. He in 1821, she in 1825. By 1844 they had married and had their first child, Rufus John. Five other children were born on their farm in Cherokee County North Carolina: Samuel, William, Sarah, Mary and Posey Clinton.
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Georgia 1871 The Wiggins Family - Part IV of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
The 1871 Georgia Colony William Clingman Wiggins William was born in 1857 in North Carolina, moved to Georgia and onto Colorado with his parents and siblings. He was married to Elizabeth Self in 1897 in Pueblo. William and Elizabeth had twin girls born in August of 1898.
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History of the Valley

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
LOCAL HISTORICAL LOREGeorgia 1871 The Wiggins Family - Part II of IVThe Georgia Colony of 1871 The Wiggins Family One of the first priorities was the children’s schooling. The youngest Wiggins children attended classes at the log school house east of Boone.
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Georgia 1871 The Wiggins Family - Part I of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The Georgia Colony of 1871 In the fall of 1871, yet another group arrived in Southern Colorado from Union County, Georgia. Of this group, the W.A. and Mary Ann Barnett Wiggins family and John Barnett settled east of Boonesville, now Boone.
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The Goss Family - Part IV of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Part IV of IVJohn William ‘Billy’ and Nellie “In February 1894, I married Nellie Victorine Edmundson and did some ranching for myself.” Twin sons were born late in that year, but only one, Lewis William survived.
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The Goss Family - Part III of IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Part III of IVThe Crow Post Office In 1885, under the first administration of President Cleveland the Crow Post Office was established by Calvin William Goss.
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