Charles Howard Kitchens

January 12, 1812 - May 24, 1889

Charles Howard Kitchens was born, according to the 1850, 1870, and 1880 census records, in the State of Georgia. Family history states he was born in North Carolina. Although I do not know his parents’ names, census records show that his father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in Georgia. Apparently, he married Lurana Braswell sometime in the mid 1830s. According to census records and family history, she was born in North Carolina. Her parents are said to both have been born in North Carolina. From what I’ve been able to gather, Charles and Lurana both lived their entire married lives in the Macon, Bibb County, Georgia area.

I have not been able to ascertain when Charles and/or parents moved to Georgia, but there are two sources of information about Lurana’s family I’ve located. 1.) According to an article in the July 2, 1907 Macon Twice-A-Week Telegraph newspaper, Mr. J. W. Amason, a descendant of the “Kitchings and Braswells” states they migrated to Macon GA in the early 1820s from the Tar River area of North Carolina. . The Washington Memorial Library in Macon has the newspaper on microfilm. 2.) The 1827 Georgia Land Lottery identifies Lurana and her brother Jacob Braswell as orphans.

Lurana Braswell Kitchens b. Feb 14, 1814 d. April 18, 1891

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