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Billy Joe Franks 1814–1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1814

Birth Location: Ivy Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 27 Oct 1894

Death Location: Pumpkintown, Glenville, Jackson, North Carolina, USA

Father: Henry Franks

Mother: Amy Franks

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Billy Joe Franks was born in 1814 in Ivy Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Henry Franks And Amy Franks. Billy Joe Franks passed away in 1894 in Pumpkintown, Glenville, Jackson, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Billy Joe Franks was born in 1814 in Ivy Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Henry Franks And Amy Franks.
  • Billy Joe Franks passed away in 1894 in Pumpkintown, Glenville, Jackson, North Carolina, USA.

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Billy Franks's Ancestors

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Billy Franks
1814–1894
Birth Place: Ivy Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Henry Franks
1791–1868
Maggoty Creek, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Amy Franks
1788–1880
North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Richard (Barrett Franks) Jr.
1754–1836
Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Nancy Moore
1760–1841
Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Isham Davis
1758–1835
Anson County, North Carolina, USA
Winnefred (Broughton) Woodward
1761–1847
Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Sr.
1723–1790
Mary Goodes
1725–
Willoughby Major
1725–1804
Elizabeth Broughton
1731–1776
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Franks
1695–1734
Mary Serridge
1698–1735

Billy Franks's Timeline

2 Records

1814
1814
Birth of Billy Joe Franks in Ivy Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Ivy Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
1894
27 Oct 1894
Age 80
Death of Billy Joe Franks in Pumpkintown, Glenville, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
Pumpkintown, Glenville, Jackson, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1814
    Event Place: Ivy Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Oct 1894
    Event Place: Pumpkintown, Glenville, Jackson, North Carolina, USA

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