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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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