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Rebecca <I>Paulk</I> Vickers

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Rebecca Paulk Vickers

Birth
Irwin County, Georgia, USA
Death
10 Jan 1890 (aged 74–75)
Coffee County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Coffee County, Georgia, USA
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Rebecca Paulk Vickers
Pioneer of Wiregrass
Rebecca was born in Irwin County to Micajah Paulk and Mary Catherine Young Paulk.

Rebecca married two sons of Wiley Vickers; Beady Purvis Vickers. The first, Jesse, died only a few years into their marriage, and while Rebecca was pregnant with their daughter Obedience. The second son, Eli (pronounced ee-lee), was married to Rebecca in 1835. He also died, leaving her a widow once again. She was left with small sons and daughters to raise. She had 10 children. Her diligent and hard work helped her to raise obedient children, who became successful in their own achievements.
She was the founder of Hebron Church. Her son Richard was the preacher there. She was a central figure in the church for as long as she lived and was held in very high esteem. Her home-made, cane-bottom chair hung on the wall of Hebron Church after her death in 1890. It hung there, in honor of her memory, until the church burned in 1970.

*excerpt from article "Georgia's Wiregrass Pioneers" written by Lillian Williams for The Douglas Enterprise, 2006
*Information provided by Rita McKinnon, one of Rebecca's descendants. She saw Rebecca's cane chair hanging on the wall of the church, before it burned.
Rebecca Paulk Vickers
Pioneer of Wiregrass
Rebecca was born in Irwin County to Micajah Paulk and Mary Catherine Young Paulk.

Rebecca married two sons of Wiley Vickers; Beady Purvis Vickers. The first, Jesse, died only a few years into their marriage, and while Rebecca was pregnant with their daughter Obedience. The second son, Eli (pronounced ee-lee), was married to Rebecca in 1835. He also died, leaving her a widow once again. She was left with small sons and daughters to raise. She had 10 children. Her diligent and hard work helped her to raise obedient children, who became successful in their own achievements.
She was the founder of Hebron Church. Her son Richard was the preacher there. She was a central figure in the church for as long as she lived and was held in very high esteem. Her home-made, cane-bottom chair hung on the wall of Hebron Church after her death in 1890. It hung there, in honor of her memory, until the church burned in 1970.

*excerpt from article "Georgia's Wiregrass Pioneers" written by Lillian Williams for The Douglas Enterprise, 2006
*Information provided by Rita McKinnon, one of Rebecca's descendants. She saw Rebecca's cane chair hanging on the wall of the church, before it burned.

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