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WAYFARE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH























                                                  Constituted:  1841.



                             THE HOME CHURCH OF  THE DAUGHARTY  FAMILY.  THE


                             FAMILY OF NANCY DAUGHARTYY  FOURAKER















                                           MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER


                           Dempsey Daugharty, son of John Daugharty, Jr., a Revolutionary War Veteran,
                    was known through out the area as "Demps" and much of a man physically.  He was the
                    champion in many community fights.  Now days known as boxing.  He was the
                     community ruler known as the "bully".  This story was published in the Clinch County
                    News, Homerville, Georgia.
                     January 8,1932 telling of a particular incident of Demps whipping a man that had walked
                    over a hundred miles to give him a try.  After the match, the man took off his  shoes, put
                    them around his neck, walked away never again heard from.


                     demps
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