Key Facts

Snapshot:	moved from South Carolina, to Georgia, and lastly to Alabama
Parents:	unknown
Born:	circa 1808 South Carolina
Died:	16 September 1892 Grassy, Marshall County, Alabama
Buried:	Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama Cemetery's coordinates: N34.34498 W86.45093

127Joanna M. ___ was born in South Carolina circa 1808.1-4 (Her tombstone shows that she was born in 1802,5 but this is doubtful since four censuses consistently show otherwise.)

She married 126Cain Waldrip, although when and where isn't entirely clear. For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

127Joanna outlived her husband by about four years. She passed away in Grassy, Marshall County, Alabama on 16 September 1892. Her death was mentioned in a local newspaper:6

127Joanna's death mentioned in the newspaper.6

She's buried in the cemetery at Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church, which is at coordinates N34.34498 W86.45093. A photo of her tombstone is below.5

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Gilmer County, Georgia. Pages 426B and 427A, dwelling 1115, family 1115, Cain Waldroop household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 70. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67C9-ST8?cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYG-VG6> et seq., accessed 16 September 2021.

2: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia. Page 20, dwelling 136, family 134, Cain Waldrip household. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 124. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBT-ZFZ?cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZMD-BCK>, accessed 16 September 2021.

3: 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 972, Murray County, Georgia. Page 1, dwelling 4, family 4, Cain Waldrip household. NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 167. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6L99-GQ5?cc=1438024&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMC3N-5XX>, accessed 16 September 2021.

4: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Township 8 Range 1E, Marshall County, Alabama. Enumeration district 254, page 194A, dwelling 3, family 3, Cain Waldrip household. NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 24. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBS-SSP1?cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM4VS-6XM>, accessed 16 September 2021.

5: The tombstone of Joanna M. Waldrip (1802 - 16 September 1892), Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, cemetery's coordinates N34.34498 W86.45093. Photograph submitted by Gary Beeson to FindAGrave.com (<https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50187394/joanna-m-waldrip>) on 25 March 2010.

6: "Grassy," The Guntersville Democrat (Marshall County, Alabama), Thursday 22 September 1891, page 2, column 5, almost at the very bottom of the page.