Luraney is the daughter of David Sears & Levicy Nobles. In 1826 Luraney married Allen Ricketson in Ware Co., GA. They had 13 children. (see notes on Allen's memorial) After Allen's death in 1855, Luraney married Ryal "Riley" Wright. She remarried in 1856. Riley and Luraney did not have any children. The area where Luraney lived and died is in Atkinson Co., GA, today. Luraney is believed to be buried by her first husband. Their graves are no longer marked. Luraney was not found in the household of Riley Wright in the 1880 census, but she did not die until 1882.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list
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Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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