> > From: "Greg And Winnette" <[email protected]> > Date: 2002/01/24 Thu PM 04:54:44 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GA-Roots] Georgia Factory? > > Hello list, > > I need your help with my White Family lines. John White was the first in the > family to come to American, he settled at Georgia Factory. He went back to > Ireland and married Jane Richards and brought her to his home at Georgia > Factory. > > Where in blue blazes is Georgia Factory? I have lived in Georgia all of my > life and never heard of it. It must be in the North East part of the state. > I am not that familiar with the area. I put the name in search engines and > came up with nothing. > > Thanks for your help. > > Winnette > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Where this division defended, no odds broke its line; > where it attacked, no numbers resisted its onslaught, > save only once; and there is the grave of Cleburne." > - General William J. Hardee CSA > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 1/21/02 > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess [email protected] Listmanager > DO YOU OWN A COPY OF A CENSUS?? THEN VOLUNTEER TO DO LOOKUPS!!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~uslookup > Thou shalt not rely on the privacy of e-mail, especially from work. > Winnette, from what little I have been able to gather about "Factory", or at least the ones Which I have come in contact, they were just what the name implies, factories. In 1878, one of my gg grandmothers applied for her husband's service pension and gave her address as Tryon Factory. Tryon Factory is now Tryon, GA, a town which grew up around a factory. Same in Troup Co, GA with Troup Factory, but a town didn't grow there. There was a famous one near Atlanta which Sherman burned in 1864. All of the women employees, which was most since the men were in the army, were shipped north of the Ohio River to await the end of the war. Many never returned and were never heard from again. Now, I got off on a tangent. But your Georgia Factory was probably just a factory which may or may not have supported a town. Good luck. Jimmy Woodyard >

Thank you Jimmy. That makes sense to me. But, it is new information which threw me off course. Thanks again, Winnette --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 1/21/02