--=======8FE7B67======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5DEF37B9; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Forwarding this to the list -- Maggie, please send information like this to the list ([email protected]), so that *everyone* sees it, rather than to me privately. :-) My eyes lit up when I read this, for an obscure reason. "Statesboro Blues," recorded by Blind Willie McTell in 1928, is considered by scholars and aficionados one of the greatest country blues records ever made. It's certainly in my top 10, though such lists are inevitably subjective. I'll try to take the promised "second look" later this morning. Chris ============================ Chris, you asked me to give you more information on my John Brooks. I got most of my info from census, county history book, and his Family Bible. (the Bible is in bad shape, and was not much help. ) I have no data on him from his birth to his marriage in his wife's home county, Bulloch County, GA, which is about 150 miles from our home county, Charlton, which is on the Florida state line. Charlton was Camden till her creation in 1854. The story goes that around 1835 that some men from Maine was asked to come down to teach the southern men how to run the first steam engine sawmill in our area. When it was time to go back to Maine, the men liked our weather so much that they stayed. While I was doing my research in the Maine State Library, I researched the Maine sawmills as well as the Bryant family. Since his son was named Bryant I thought perhaps his mother's maiden was Bryant. The Charlton county Bryant's originated in Maine. BROOKS, JOHN b. 2-14-1814 Maine d. 11-4-1892 Charlton Cty., GA He was sheriff of Charlton County, GA from 1861 to 1873, then again in 1879. History of Charlton County shows that he practically ran the county for years. MARRIAGE: 8-25-1835 Statesboro, Bulloch Cty., GA Sarah N. Brown b.12-22-1817 GA d.1-12-1897 Charlton Cty., GA CHILDREN: Tamsie b. 9-1-1835 GA d. apparently at birth or in her 1st year. Gracie Ann b. 3-27-1837 ? d. ? word in the family is she is buried next to her parents with her grave only marked with wooden stubs. John Bryant b. 1-27-1838 FL d. 2-15-1902 Charlton Cty., GA He had 12 children which 4 died in a typhoid epidemic during their childhood and 49 grandchildren. I am one of the great grandchildren. Mary Ann b. 12-5-1840 GA d. 1-12-1897 Charlton Cty., GA If anyone could help me with this mystery, I sure would appreciate it. ============================ Maggie --=======8FE7B67======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5DEF37B9 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.307 / Virus Database: 168 - Release Date: 12/11/01 --=======8FE7B67=======--