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Edward Machen GALT
Elizabeth McGHEE
Husband:  Edward Machen GALT
Birth:  11 Oct 1819, SC
Death:  21 Jan 1866, Spring Place, Murray Co., GA
Occupation:  merchant, clergy, farmer
Religion:  Baptist
Father:  Jabez GALT
Mother:  Frances Ballenger MACHEN
Marriage:  1 Jul 1845, Murray Co., GA
Wife:  Elizabeth Lowry McGHEE
Birth:  21 Aug 1823, TN
Death:  3 Jan 1898, Ardmore, OK
Disposition:  buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Carter Co.,, OK
Occupation:  homemaker
Transhumance:  moved to Ardmore, Carter Co., OK, after the death of her husband
Mother(?) / Grandmother(?):  Mary (__?__) McGEE, b. 1776/7, GA
Children:
— born in Murray Co., GA:
1.  Margaret Oregon GALT, b. 19 Mar 1846
2.  John LaFayette GALT, b. 3 Aug 1847
3.  Mary Frances GALT, b. 21 Nov 1848

— born in Georgia, either Murray Co., GA, or Whitfield Co., GA:
4.  Milburn / Wilborn Jabez GALT, b. 27 Jan 1852
5.  James Edward GALT, b. 3 Sep 1855
6.  Lewis Leland B. "Lee" GALT, b. 11 Oct 1858
7.  Elizabeth Machen "Bessie" GALT, b. 21 Aug 1865


Sources:

1.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  Georgia Marriages: Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-226):
Galt, Edward M. Mcghee, Elizabeth 1 Jul 1845 Murray Co.

2.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #205 of 299):  District 63, Murray Co., GA, p. 248?B, Roll M432_78, 1391/1391, enumerated 6 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Edward Galt 30 M   Merchant???? 10000 SC
Elizabeth " 26 F       Tenn
Margaret  "  4 F       Ga
John F    "  2 M       do
Mary      "  1 F       do
Nancy Bishop 17 M   Laborer   NC
John Stewart 25 M   do   SC
Lewis Meweland? 21 M   do   France
Frank Vaugnberg? 25 M   Cabinet workman?   Germany
This record was difficult to read, and I must admit that I didn't try very hard to decipher the occupations or foreign-born laborers.

2.  1860 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #87 of 211):  Dalton P.O., Dalton Dist., Whitfield Co., GA, p. 599, PN 86/599,  622/619, enumerated 12 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
E M Galt 40 M   Bap M & Farmer     SC
Elizabeth " 37 F         Tenn
Margaret  " 14 F         Ga
Mary C    " 11 F         "
John      " 13 M         "
Milburn   "  8 M         "
James E   "  4 M         "
Lewis L B "  2 M         "
Mary McGee 83 F         "
Henrietta Galt 13 F         "
David Griffin 19 M M Day Laborer      "
Benjamin 16 M M "     "      "
Mary McGEE is likely Elizabeth's mother or grandmother.  Henrietta is their niece, whose mother (wife of John Ridge GALT) recently died.

3.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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