I am looking for my great grandfather--George Harris. Ben Harris was on the 1860 census with wife Sallie and son George, 4 years old. The census was for Cedartown, Polk Co, GA. I think George is my great grandfather. Ben Haris was not on the 1880 census, just Sallie and son George. Does anyone know of this line? The question I have is how did someone declare that a husband was dead in the 1890's??Would that record be in the probabte court or would they just simply put a notice in the local paper? My great grandmother just simply switched husbands in 1893 and married an Alverson. The information we have is that she married this George Harris and had him declared dead about 1893 so she could marry again. Thanks for the help.