Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 00:38:38 -0300 From: "dw" <washingtond@mindspring.com> To: GACENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com Old Capital Celebration On the morning of our Old Capitol Celebration on October 21, 2000 the committee is interested in recognizing the descendants of those Revolutionary War Veterans who welcomed General Lafayette as he came into Milledgeville for his visit. There will be a table set up near the North Gate which will have a sign for these Veterans and badges for the descendants to wear. As Lafayette approaches these descendants will line the roadway up to the Capitol Building. We are interested in any historical and biographical information that may be included in a scrapbook as a record for our Musem. The Revolutionary War Veterans named in Dr. Bonner's book are: Allen Tapley, John Cone, Uriah Brown, William Evans, George Searcy, Jocob Gumm, William Spurlock, John Scott, James Barrow, Jim Thomas(slave), S.B. Clark, Philemon Franklin, William Brown, John Miles, James Thomas, Edward Brown, Anderson Redding, Toliver Davis, Peter Fair, Oaty Prosser, William Hand, Samuel Beckham, Thomas Miles, John Morris, Henry Meacham, John Fuller, William Ackridge,and Abner Hammond. Other Veterans buried in Memory Hill Cemetery some who may have been living at this time are: Andrew DuBourg, Jesse Dismukes, Andrew Torrance, James DeLauny, Thomas Peter Carnes, James Duncan, Benjamin Tolbert and Robert Ivey. If you have any information about these Veterans please contact Mrs. Jay Lewis at 478-452-6227 or Brad Prosser at 478-452-0671. Virginia

Can someone tell us in what year did General Lafayette visit Milledgeville? Thank you.. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Crilley <crilley@eramp.net> To: <GABALDWI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 7:02 PM Subject: [GABALDWI] Milledgeville Celebration > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 00:38:38 -0300 > From: "dw" <washingtond@mindspring.com> > To: GACENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com > > Old Capital Celebration > > > On the morning of our Old Capitol Celebration on October 21, 2000 the > committee is interested in recognizing the descendants of those > Revolutionary War Veterans who welcomed General Lafayette as he came into > Milledgeville for his visit. There will be a table set up near the North > Gate which will have a sign for these Veterans and badges for the > descendants to wear. As Lafayette approaches these descendants will line > the roadway up to the Capitol Building. We are interested in any historical > and biographical information that may be included in a scrapbook as a record > for our Musem. > The Revolutionary War Veterans named in Dr. Bonner's book are: > Allen Tapley, John Cone, Uriah Brown, William Evans, George Searcy, Jocob > Gumm, William Spurlock, John Scott, James Barrow, Jim Thomas(slave), S.B. > Clark, Philemon Franklin, William Brown, John Miles, James Thomas, Edward > Brown, Anderson Redding, Toliver Davis, Peter Fair, Oaty Prosser, William > Hand, Samuel Beckham, Thomas Miles, John Morris, Henry Meacham, John Fuller, > William Ackridge,and Abner Hammond. > Other Veterans buried in Memory Hill Cemetery some who may have been living > at this time are: Andrew DuBourg, Jesse Dismukes, Andrew Torrance, James > DeLauny, Thomas Peter Carnes, James Duncan, Benjamin Tolbert and Robert > Ivey. > > If you have any information about these Veterans please contact Mrs. Jay > Lewis at 478-452-6227 or Brad Prosser at 478-452-0671. > > Virginia > > ______________________________