Hi everyone, I am one of the quiet members of the loop but Dennis if you send me a couple of pages I would be happy to help. Thanks, > > From: <4615@bellsouth.net> > Date: 2005/10/03 Mon PM 07:13:18 EDT > To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Dover] Web Search Engine Tips - Ebenezer Methodist Church in Habersham Co., GA > > Dennis, the Edward N. Ivester also married into the Dover family. You can > send me a couple of pages to transcribe. > > Marjorie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Dover" <ddover1793@earthlink.net> > To: <DOVER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 1:36 PM > Subject: RE: [Dover] Web Search Engine Tips - Ebenezer Methodist Church in > Habersham Co., GA > > > > Using one of these tips came back with something immediately near > > the top of the first page of results that I was struggling with for > > the last few days ... the location of Ebenezer Methodist Church in > > Habersham County, Georgia. Read about Ebenezer after the following > > (there's also an Ebenezer Baptist Church somewhere in the area). > > > > I used "ebenezer methodist"+habersham to find the location answer. > > > > ***** > > > > The village of Hollywood has never been incorporated as a town, nor > > has it ever been platted as a town. It is not known when the > > community adopted the name of Hollywood, but it is believed to be in > > the early twentieth century. It was first called Ebenezer, which is > > the name of the Methodist Church that was started in 1818, the same > > year that Habersham County was charted. A small school was > > subsequently built near the church and Ebenezer was the focal point > > of the area. There were very few houses in the area now occupied by > > Hollywood before 1840. Most of the early pioneers located along Deep > > Creek, Panther Creek and Glade Creek. They were mostly farmers whose > > main objective was to produce enough to sustain their families and > > have a little extra to sell or trade for those items needed that > > could not be produced on the farm. This was pretty much the story > > until the Tallulah Falls Railway came through the area in 1892. This > > opened up a source of income as the trains needed cross ties for > > tracks and wood to fuel their engines. The trains offered > > transportation for sending goods to the markets, which previously > > had been accomplished by wagons over the Unicoi Turnpike. The name > > of the new train station became known as "Ebenezer Station." About > > this time, several apple orchards were planted and a cannery was > > built near the train station. A grist mill was built, as was a small > > store. Heretofore, the residents in the area went to the flour mill > > and post office at the "Franklin/Walker Lime Kiln." In time past, it > > had been an Indian commissary, which is located approximately two > > miles from Hollywood on Davidson Creek. > > > > About 1920, a new schoolhouse was built across the road from the > > depot, which burned a few years later and was replaced shortly > > thereafter. > > > > There are very few homes of historical significance left standing in > > the Hollywood area. Hollywood is doing well in modern times, > > however. It has a grammar school, Hollywood Baptist Church, Ebenezer > > Methodist Church, convenience stores, new water and gas lines, a > > regulation golf course and many new homes and condominiums. It is an > > interesting and friendly neighborhood. > > > > Submitted by George T. Grant, Clarkesville > > > > http://www.tourhabersham.com/pages/citieshollywood.html > > > > I'll throw something out that has no immediate answer, but possibly > > some big clues to follow through with. I have the microfilm that > > Bobbie Jean loaned me in another lifetime that is the 1834 poor > > school records for Habersham County. There's 700 plus names. First, > > old Habersham in 1834 included what became White County and included > > a sliver of Lumpkin County. The list (pages) show no location of the > > schools which were probably "church locations." The given names and > > ages are fooling because there's no way to identify most of the kids > > (a number of Dover) because the daughters married before 1850 and > > the sons may have moved. That includes other surnames. Most of the > > Dover's have no clue "where" they were for location when a number of > > them left before 1840 and for sure 1850. Best chance is to stab at > > locations as a census reference but that has been almost impossible > > to do so far. Maybe Ebenezer Methodist Church in the Hollywood area > > might include the surnames in the church records for a comparison > > with known census, isolate a probable location for the kids listed > > together. > > > > I feel the pain coming on this task. I started the transcription > > many months ago. There's only 12 images (pages) but some are hard to > > read. The poor school records from the microfilm are not anywhere on > > the internet and I doubt that many researchers have ever seen them. > > > > Are there six people with Habersham roots that would be willing to > > transcribe two pages each? I would be happy to send any or all of > > the images to anyone who is interested in helping. It might go > > really fast that way. > > > > ***** > > > > Habersham County > > Ebenezer Methodist Church > > > > About the time Habersham County was organized in 1818, Ebenezer > > Methodist Church was built across the highway from the present > > location on land owned by the Mathews Estate. No records can be > > found of the building committee or of the date the first church was > > built, but the information has been handed down to the oldest > > citizens and church members that Mr. Mathews gave permission for the > > church to be built on his property and that it probably remained > > there about 70 years until the church purchased 8.5 acres from > > EDWARD N. IVESTER in 1892. This church was at one time in the > > Dahlonega Charge. It has also been in the Elberton Charge and > > Gainesville Charge. Many pastors have served the church staying > > anywhere from 1 to 9 years. A deed was made on May 18, 1892, > > between EDWARD N. IVESTER and the Trustees of Ebenezer Church. The > > Trustees were: A. C. INGLIS, J. T. Smith, G. A. Anderson, J. R. > > Anderson, and MOSES FRANKLIN. They purchased the church lot and > > graveyard for the sum of $27.00. The deed states: "This land to be > > held in Trust, that said premises shall be used, kept, maintained > > and disposed of as a place of Divine Worship of the Methodist > > Episcopal Church, subject to the Discipline, Usage, and Ministerial > > Appointments of said Church." The deed was recorded on July 19, > > 1892. The church was moved back from the highway around 1927 at the > > time the highway was paved. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahabers/churches/ebenezermethodist.htm > > > > A. C. INGLIS could be Alexander Inglis or maybe his son, the elder > > being the father-in-law of Robert Short Dover son of Jarrett Nelson > > Dover and Matilda Goodson son of Johnson Dover and Hulda Cross son > > of Francis J. Dover. Moses Franklin had a daughter and son that > > married Dover's ... Nancy to Edward Parker Dover and George to Nancy > > Elizabeth Dover, both children of Jarrett Nelson Dover. Correct and > > clarify where I'm wrong on this. > > > > ***** > > > > The following is a great cemetery database for Banks, Habersham and > > White counties in Georgia ... much on Habersham where the majority > > of the known burial plots for Dover AND allied are located at > > Ebenezer Methodist Church in Habersham. Some dob/dod that I have > > never seen before. So far, lots of Davidson and Dooly are there. The > > database is very big. I downloaded the entire database into a Word > > document that is 715 pages long ... for searching key words > > (cemetery name) instead of surname groups off the web. Also married > > Dover daughters are identified. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahaber2/cemdb/01.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > > GENEALOGY WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION IS MYTHOLOGY > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover resources at Rootsweb > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ > > Angela Meeks Independent Future Director with the Pampered Chef 478-956-3707 pchefmeeks@alltel.net www.pamperedchef.biz/angelameeks