Good Afternoon, I found some interesting information about a person in Oglethorpe County, GA referred to as Chess DANIEL. I also found mention of a James Chesley DANIEL who attended school at Meson's School in Oglethorpe County, GA some 40 years later (1893). Does anyone know these folks? I also wonder if this BIGGS family is related to the Joseph BIGGS family of Martin County, NC. The ANDREWS and BIGGS family were collateral in Martin County, NC - Rev. Joseph BIGGS, Jr. (1766-1844) married Chloe DANIEL (1779-1845), d/o William DANIEL and Pricilla ANDREWS of Martin County, NC. The BIGGS lived in Williamston, Martin County, NC. Joseph and Chloe's son was the Hon, Asa BIGGS, Esq. (1811-1878) US Congressman from that area of NC. The RANDLES mentioned are tied to many of the same families we know so well from the Hancock, Wilkes, Oglethorpe and Greene County, GA areas, including the COOPERS, COFFES, COLQUITS, GRAVES, COLEMANS, LAMARS, ASBURYS, GARTELLES, LEDBETTERS, BARRETTS, LONGS, DANIELS, ROBINSONS, SANFORDS, HENDRICKS, RIVES, HARTS and MOORES and their collaterals.... The following is a quote from the reminisces of Uncle Joe Baughn About Schools in Oglethorpe County, GA as published in the Oglethorpe Echo ~ 12 January 1917 <<< In 1846 there were two Randall brothers who taught school in the county, Ed at Indian Creek and Jim down in Goosepond, and they were giants in the line of Nero Pedagogues. My friend B. V. Rains, deceased, always championed the cause of Ed and our friend Thos. D. Biggs of Jim, all knowing whereof we spake. After a year's work, in January 1850, I started to that noble Christian gentleman, Thos. Brittain Moss, who was far beyond the age as an instructor. He it was who taught me how to write 37½ under 100 and substract it. He taught at Meson Academy in 1849 and continued until 1889. Most of those of his pupils who went to him in '50 and '51 have gone to the silent beyond. Those left to call his memory blessed are Capt. T. H. Dozier, of Athens; Col. W. H. Sims (Tobe as we knew him) now of Birmingham, Ala; Thomas D. Biggs, of Wilkes county; Capt. H. W. Johnson, of Crawford; Chess Daniel, of near Crawford and possible Choang T. Boggs, of Arkansas. There may be some others besides myself but it is rather difficult to remember the exact time. Rev. Brittain Sanders, a superanuated Methodist minister living at Stone Mountain, was my schoolmate some of the earlier years. >>> John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA