Georgia Ann Speight

b. circa 1824, d. 1855
  • Georgia Ann Speight was born circa 1824 in Alabama.
  • She married Robert J. English on 17 January 1849.
  • On 21 April 1849, Green Wood recorded in his travel journal: "Got to Cahauba 1/2 past 8 0clock. I left with Mr. Speight, went out to Doctor Englishes, 20 miles," and on the 22nd, "the next day at Doct Englishes."
  • Robert J. English and Georgia Ann Speight appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Cahawba, Dallas County, Alabama, with no children, only an overseer, enumerated next to physician J. A. English, age 38, and his large family. And nearby, Alexander William Ellerbe and his family.
  • Georgia Ann Speight died in 1855.
  • Her husband Robert J. English became a widower at her death.
  • In the 1850 census, Georgia Speight and Robert English were enumerated next to Alexander Ellerbe and his wife Catherine Pegues, and in 1854, they named their son Alexander Ellerbe English.
  • Last Edited: 11 Sep 2015

Family: Robert J. English b. circa 1823, d. 1857