Diane, I need first names to check the Civil War books and I found over a dozen William Barbers. Do you have an initial? From # 70 REVOLUTIONARY VETERAN: Adams, James RESIDENCE (at time of draw): Elbert County LOTTERY: 1832 FORTUNATE DRAW: Land Lot 24, District 15, Section 3 COUNTY (of lot drawn): Cherokee County GRANTED: 1/15/1836 REVOLUTIONARY VETERAN: Adams, Thomas Sr. RESIDENCE (at time of draw): Elbert County LOTTERY: 1827 FORTUNATE DRAW: Land Lot 268, District 4 COUNTY (of lot drawn): Muscogee County GRANTED: 1/8/1830 Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Ethridge <deae@lcc.net> To: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] First some background Dee: Wm Barber of Meriwether or Coweta Co about 1840. Adams of Elbert Co about 1830. Dorsey/Jarrard of White Co early 1800s. Thank you so much, Diane Ethridge Conroe, TX -----Original Message----- From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> To: deae@lcc.net <deae@lcc.net> Date: Sunday, July 23, 2000 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] First some background >Diane, >What dates? >Dee >For details on sources used, refer to this link: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm >----- Original Message ----- >From: Diane Ethridge <deae@lcc.net> >To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 11:02 PM >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] First some background > > >Hello Dee: > >I am interested in the Jarrards & Dorseys of White Co GA & the Adams, >Fortsons & Gaines of Elbert Co. Also, the Barbers of Meriwether Co. This >seems like a tremendous amount of work for you & I would like to reimburse >you for your time & trouble. Please post the info on how we might do that. >Also, is the record on the early settlers available to the public through >any kind of inter-library loan? > >Thank you so much for this info. > >Diane in TX >-----Original Message----- >From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Saturday, July 15, 2000 9:25 PM >Subject: [GA-Roots] First some background > > >>This is the tedious part for us all: >> >>THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE GEORGIA, compiled and published under >authority of The Legislature by Allen D. Candler, Atlanta, GA., The Franklin >Publishers, Binders. 1908. Obtained as gift, cannot be purchased. >>(this set has too many volumes and supplements to enumerate) >> >>THE REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 3 volumes, compiled and >published under authority of The Legislature by Allen D. Candler, Atlanta, >GA., The Franklin Publishers, Binders. 1908. Obtained as gift, cannot be >purchased. >> >>THE CONFEDERATE RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 3 volumes, 3 volumes, >compiled and published under authority of The Legislature by Allen D. >Candler, Atlanta, GA., The Franklin Publishers, Binders. 1908. Obtained as >gift, cannot be purchased. >> >>ROSTER OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA, 1861 - 1865, 6 volumes plus >index, compiled for the Lake Blackshear Regional Library, Americus, Georgia, >by Juanita S. Brightwell, Director, Eunice S. Lee, Assistant Director, Elsie >C. Fulghum, Consultant.originally published by The Reprint Company, >Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1982. Obtained as gift. >> >>A LIST OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF GEORGIA, edited by E. Merton Coulter and >Albert B. Saye, The University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1949. Obtained as >gift. >> >> >>An explanation is definitely needed about the contents of this last book >before I send out any lookups from it. >> >>Part I Persons Who Went from Europe to Georgia at the Trustees' >Charge >>Part II Persons Who Went from Europe to Georgia on Their Own Account >>Appendix A List of the First Shipload of Georgia Settlers >> >>In the Introduction is a wealth of pertinent information that will enable >us all to make more sense of these listings. >>Paraphrasing: >>21 volumes of manuscripts on early Georgia history were purchased by The >University of Georgia in 1947 at auction held by Sotheby's in London. These >manuscripts had been "a part of the library of Sir Thomas Phillips, Bt., of >Middle Hill, Worcestershire and Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham, and were >reported to have originally belonged to the Earl of Egmont, first President >of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. Much of >the material in the Egmont manuscripts" is found in "the official records of >the Trustees in the British Public Record Office, from which source 26 >volumes have been published by the State of Georgia as THE COLONIAL RECORDS >OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA" (note: these are the volumes I just acquired). >"Yet there are items of great interest that have never been used by >historians, notably the list of early settlers . . ." >>The name of the settler is followed by the age, occupation (note: in >contemporary terminology), date of embarcation, date of arrival, lots in >Savannah, lots in Frederica, and "Dead, Quitted, Run Away". >>"A summary statement at the opening of the manuscript shows that from June >9, 1732, to September 29, 1741, a total of 1,810 persons were sent to >Georgia at the expense of the Trustees (note: these were men who had >talents/professions that the Trustees thought would aid in the establishment >of the Colony), that 1,021 joined the Colony at their own expense, that 142 >children were born in the Colony, and that the total supposedly in the >Colony on March 4, 1743 was 2,092 (note: after laboring over this addition I >decided that my confusion was my failure to compute those who returned home, >died or went to Carolina.). >>In another calculation "Of the settlers sent to Georgia on charity during >the first ten years, 45.4% were Foreign Protestants". The following figures >will not add up, but will give you a rough idea of the composition. Those >sent on charity: 319 are described as Palatine Trust Servants, 47 as >Salzburgers, 142 as Swiss, 34 as Germans, 13 as German Trust Servants, 29 as >Moravians, 33 as Scots, and 2 as Italians. "No Jews were included in this >list, but 92 of the settlers in the list of those who paid their own passage >are identified as Jews." >>The last list in the book: "Of the 114 colonists who sailed in November, >1732, on the Ann (note: or Anne), 29 died within the first year. Within the >first ten years, 47 of the first 114 colonists died, and 20 others left the >Colony either to return to England or to go to Carolina." >> >>Now I will start on the lookups. >> >>Dee >>P.S. If anyone is desirous of the break down of professions and how many >persons there were in each let me know. >> >> > > >