"The Way It Was" Newspaper Column on Baker County, Florida History, 1978 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gene Barber (no email address), through Carl Mobley (cmobley@magicnet ========== THE WAY IT WAS ------------------------------------------------------------ William Eugene "Gene" Barber, Artist, Instructor, Historian & Genealogist authored a series of articles for the Baker County Press entitled "The Way It Was". His articles covered all aspects of Baker County pioneers lives in a colorful, entertaining, as well as, educational manner. At an early age, Gene possessed the desire and ability to interview the 'Old Folks'. He was as talented in the use of the pen, as he is with a brush, choosing his words and expressions in a way to paint an exciting and interesting story. The following are Gene's articles as written in 1978 =========== Of all the Georgia counties researched for veterans of that war, Tattnall's lists contained more Baker County ancestors than all the others combined. Mustering in on the 10th of January, 1814, into Capt. John P. Slackman's Company, 10th Batt., 2nd Brig., l st Div., Georgia Militia were the following: Lt. Edmond Page Wester; Henry Sapp, Amos Anderson, Levi Bowen, John Branch, William Carter, Thomas Clarke, Wade Coleman, John Dees, Matthew Dees, Jesse Durrence, John Durrence, William Durrence, Henry Dyess, Jr., Nathan Hodges, Silas Huner, Archibald Johnson, John Johnson, Randall Johnson, Jacob Jones, Matthew Jones, John Prescott, Drewry Reddish, Daniel Rigdon, Josiah; "Sier" Sikes, William Smith, Jr., Aaron Strickland, Reubin Strickland ====== This was found: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/fl+index+25312550103+F ======= kaite....