Are you looking for ancestors in Northern Georgia, Northeast Alabama or Chattanooga, TN around 1886-87? Karla Jones has submitted a summary of the Journal of John Joseph Pledger Jeans Murphy, written in 1886-87 while serving as a Mormon missionary in the Southern Mission. (GA - AL - TN) The author was born as John Joseph Pledger Jeanes (Jeans), and served in the Confederate Civil War as Jeanes (Jeans). His surname"...was changed to Murphy by an act of legislature after moving to Utah." He died in 1889 in Colonia Juarez, one of the Mormon colonies in Mexico. While the predominate Surnames in the Journal are Chambers, Jeans, Murphy and Pledger, he also mentions, by name, his old friends, soldiers he served with in the Confederate Army and people he met along the way. The summary of the Journal is truly a "Gold Mine" of Genealogical information and can be found at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/diary.html Be sure to leave Karla a "note of appreciation" in her guest book. You may forward this to anyone or any list that you think might be interested. Doris Robbins GA State Host for AHGP Be a volunteer ~ adopt a county today.... http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 08/02/2002
Just to follow up on this message and the PLEDGER name, but if anyone is looking for others with that name, try Dare County, NC (Manteo) near the Outer Banks. Several PLEDGER names there. Bob Carter Greensboro, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Robbins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 6:24 AM Subject: [GA-CEM] 1886-87 Journal added to AHGP Web Sites > Are you looking for ancestors in Northern Georgia, Northeast Alabama or > Chattanooga, TN around 1886-87? > > Karla Jones has submitted a summary of the Journal of John Joseph Pledger > Jeans Murphy, written in 1886-87 while serving as a Mormon missionary in the > Southern Mission. (GA - AL - TN) The author was > born as John Joseph Pledger Jeanes (Jeans), and served in the Confederate > Civil War as Jeanes (Jeans). His surname"...was changed to Murphy by an act > of legislature after moving to Utah." He died in 1889 in Colonia Juarez, one > of the Mormon colonies in Mexico. > > While the predominate Surnames in the Journal are Chambers, Jeans, Murphy > and Pledger, he also mentions, by name, his old friends, soldiers he served > with in the Confederate Army and people he met along the way. The summary > of the Journal is truly a "Gold Mine" of Genealogical information and can be > found at > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/diary.html > > Be sure to leave Karla a "note of appreciation" in her guest book. You may > forward this to anyone or any list that you think might be interested. > > Doris Robbins > GA State Host for AHGP > > Be a volunteer ~ adopt a county today.... > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/ > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 08/02/2002 > > > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the GA-Cemeteries List Mom [email protected] > Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > The GA-CEMETERY Volunteer and Cemetery Inventory site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gacemete/ > To search the Archives of this list http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl type in GA-CEMETERIES > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >