Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014
                           All Rights Reserved
                        USGenNet Data Repository

        Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page:
                <http://www.us-data.org/fineprint.html>

Submitted by Rhoda Taylor Fone
Transcribed and shared by the late Don Mercer
===========================================================================
Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott
All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded.
===========================================================================
OBITUARY OF ELIZABETH OVERTON (DARRACOTT) MERCER
The Christian Index
Vol. 5, No. 14
issue dated 6 April 1837

MRS. ELIZABETH OVERTON MERCER,
WIFE OF HERMON MERCER, ESQ.

  Died in Crawfordville, Taliaferro Co., GA, Fri, the 24th.  She was born
  in Virginia (according to the family register) July 14, 1775.  HER FATHER
  WAS CAPT. THOMAS DARRACOTT who emigrated to Georgia when she was about 10
  and settled in this County.  HER FIRST HUSBAND WAS THE LATE MAJ. JOHN
  TERRELL of this place.  After he died, she joined Philips Mill Baptist
  Church.  After marrying Hermon Mercer, they moved to Crawfordville, and
  she moved her membership to the Church in that village and remained there
  until her death.
==========================================================================
**TRANSCRIBER NOTE**
Elizabeth Overton Darracott was daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bickley)
Darracott.  She was first married to Major John Terrell and after his
death, married August 13, 1826, Taliaferro Co., to the Rev. Herman Mercer,
brother of famous Georgia Baptist preacher, the Rev. Jesse Mercer (founder
of Mercer University).  Elizabeth had no children by either marriage.