!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Booklet Descendants of Julius Christy and Agatha Barnett Christy by Ruth Turner Ziegel, p. 69. "THE LEXINGTON OBSERVER, edition of 30th August 1848 reported: 'Garland Christy of Lexington, died the 26th of August 1848, aged about 45 years. He left his wife and several children.'"