This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray, Kidd, Herring Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ea.2ADI/1254 Message Board Post: I am searching for any Bray family members in Macon, GA that are related to Zedrick B. and Elizabeth Janie Kidd Bray to share ancestry data. Thanks.
Bibb-Wilkes County GaArchives Marriages.....McCord, Leona - Taylor, Rufus October 15, 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 April 2, 2005, 5:18 pm The Marion County Patriot, October 23, 1908 The Marion County Patriot, No. 41 Friday, October 23, 1908 Page One McCord Taylor A marriage that will be of much interest to our people was that of Miss Leona McCord, of Thomson, to Mr. Rufus Taylor, of Macon. The marriage was solemnized Thursday, Oct. 15th, in Washington, Ga., at the home of Mr. W.P. Harris, the brides uncle. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Taylor left for Atlanta to attend the fair. From there they came to Buena Vista to visit his parents. Mr. Taylor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Taylor, who live near this place, and is now employed with the Central of Ga. Railway Co. of Macon. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/vitals/marriages/mccord2050mr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb
Hello, Do any of you have information on a George W. Crenshaw and wife, Mary, listed in the Choctaw Co., AL 1880 Census: 1880 Census Township 12RH, Choctaw County, Alabama, Beat #6, ED #16, enumerated 16 & 17 June 1880, fam 41: Crenshaw Geo. W. w, m, 51 farmer, b. GA, f. b. GA, m. b. VA; Mary wife, w, f, 51, hkeeper, b. FL, f. b. unknown, m. b. unknown; Elizabeth daughter, w, f, 15, asst. hkeeper, b. AL, f. b. GA, m. b. AL; Mariah daughter, w, f, 9, at home, born AL, f. b. GA, m. b. AL; George W., Jr. son, w, m, 11, farm laborer, born AL, f. b. GA, m. b. AL; Mariam daughter, 7, at home, born AL, f. b. GA, m. b. AL; Lucinda R. daughter, w, f, 2, at home, born AL, f. b. GA, m. b. AL. I believe that their daughter, Elizabeth, was my Great Grandmother who married Gerald Brown about 1888. Their daughter, my grandmother, was named "Mariam" Estelle Brown (b. 1891). Probably named after Elizabeth's sister, Mariam. Also another of Elizabeth's daughters was named Myrtice Myra Brown (b.1889). It might have been Myrtice "Mariah". Elizabeth Crenshaw and Gerald Brown lived in Phenix City, AL where the girls were born, and later in Macon, GA and possibly Milledgeville, GA. Gerald died about 1894 and Elizabeth married again to a H. T. Sanders. She died 1900 and the girls were placed in an orphanage in Macon, GA until they were adopted out later in 1900. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have a Great Day! Martha Mordecai
Bibb County GaArchives Photo Place.....Wilborn Family Section March 30, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: James Allen jallen@co.bibb.ga.us March 30, 2005, 4:39 pm Source: Outler Family cemetery Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos/wilbornf2288gph.jpg Image file size: 109.4 Kb This photo is of the small fenced section that has the Wilborn headstone with two graves. It is very grown over and I had to dig through about two inches of leaves and mud to get the information from the slabs which I included on the documentation. You can see in the background there are two other fenced sections with the main Outler part being on the right side in the photo. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos/wilbornf2288gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb
Bibb County GaArchives Photo Place.....Outler Family Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: James Allen jallen@co.bibb.ga.us March 30, 2005, 4:35 pm Source: Outler Family cemetery Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos/outlerfa2287gph.jpg Image file size: 104.6 Kb This is a photograph of the main marker in the main section showing the name Outler. The cemetery appears to have been kept fairly clean and cleared inside the fenced in areas. There is also markers and graves on the outside of the fenced areas to the right and behind the fenced areas. There are many unmarked markers and also old red-brick markers without information. There are many sunken areas where graves are without markers that indicate the casket was probably made of wood and has rotted over the years which would cause the ground to sink in. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos/outlerfa2287gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb
Bibb County GaArchives Photo Place.....Outler Family Cemetery March 30, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: James Allen jallen@co.bibb.ga.us March 30, 2005, 4:29 pm Source: Outler Family cemetery Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos/outlerfa2286gph.jpg Image file size: 107.2 Kb This is a photograph of the left fenced in section that contains graves. It is fenced all the way around with an opening that was at one time a gate which is visible at the left corner. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos/outlerfa2286gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
My husband is a direct descendant of Hugh Millen TIDWELL and Nancy STRAWBRIDGE Tidwell, who are among those buried at this cemetery. Another researcher sent me photos from the site, if anyone would like to see them. My husband descends from Hugh Millen and Nancy's son John H. Tidwell, who died in May 1895 and is buried somewhere in Oglethorpe County. His first wife was Charlotte PASS. As a widower John H. Tidwell married Sarah McCANNON. Kelli Mallard
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1242.2 Message Board Post: There really is a "Tidwell" cemetery in Bibb County, but it is not easy to find. Here are the directions, compliments of the late Bobby F. Stokes: The cemetery is 3/4 mile N.E. of Bethel Baptist Church. The cemetery is off the East side of Knoxville Road in a heavily wooded area. Bethel Church is located approx. 1 1/4 miles East of Lizella, GA on the intersection of Knoxville and Bethel Church roads. I understand there is a fence around a small portion but the gate has been removed. This cemetery is where brothers Hugh Millen and Wm. Eli Tidwell, Sr. and their wives are buried along with a few other family members. Several of the graves were broken open by vandals, but descendants repaired them and put up a marker.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roberson, Henderson, Daniels, Redman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1253 Message Board Post: I am looking for my cousin Diana S. Roberson(known to me as Susie). She is living somewhere in Georgia. I have not seen her since our grandpa died in 1967. In 1966 she married James William Redman in Flint, Michigan. I would love for her to know that I still care about her and think about her. If anyone knows her or her whereabouts,please have her contact me through my e-mail address. Thanks so much Donna Gonyer(Crossett)
Pike-Lamar-Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Turner, C.M. September 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn B. Cunningham http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002535 March 26, 2005, 5:46 pm The Barnesville News-Gazette, Barnesville, Ga., Thursday, September 22, 1904 Col. Turners Death In the death of Col. C.M. Turner, in Macon last week, the state lost one of its ablest lawyers and purest and best men. He was well known in Barnesville and his death caused much sorrow here among his relatives and friends. Col. Turner was born in Barnesville, Ga., May 1, 1849, Attended the Hillyer school of Forsyth, Ga., during his youth, and from there went to the University of Georgia during the years of 1869 and 1870. For one year he taught school at Lithonia, Ga., and then formed a partnership in law with Tom Cabiness of Forsyth. He afterwards became a member of the law firm of Berner and Turner, which for a long time held an enviable reputation throughout middle Georgia. For a short time during the year 1887 he was pastor of the Baptist church of Quitman, Ga. Coming to Macon in 1888, Mr. Turner began practicing law with Mr. W.B. Willingham, now of Atlanta. In 1890 he became a member of the firm of Hardeman, Davis & Turner, and he remained a member of that successful firm til it was dissolved at the beginning of this year, when he became Mr. Davis partner in the firm of Davis and Turner. In 1871 Mr. Turner was married to Miss Mattie Asbury, the daughter of Professor Asbury, of Forsyth, Ga., who was at that time the president of Monroe college. Mr. Turner is survived by his wife and two daughters, Misses Mattie T. and Lou Reid Turner. When Mr. Turner carried his first case to the supreme court of Georgia in Atlanta Judge Bleckley, in commenting on a certain action of Mr. Turners where the attorney for the plaintiff frankly conceded a point in question to his opponents, paid one of the highest tributes ever paid to a Georgia lawyer. He said in part: To yield a false position as soon as it is discovered to be false argues true professional manhood. Nothing but truth, or what is believed to be true, is worthy to be championed by a lawyer. (Transcribed 3/26/05 Lynn Cunningham) File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/obits/t/turner6819ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARVEY, COX Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1252 Message Board Post: I am looking for anyone who can give me more information on Oliver W. Cox (Col.) and Helon Harvey who were supposedly married in Bibb County, GA in 1829. I am trying to determine if Helen Harvey was attached to the same line of Harvey's as my husband's.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/660.1 Message Board Post: Ms. Ray, This is what I have on Luther Ray. It may or may not help, but here goes. Luther Beebe Ray, Jr. born Nov 18, 1906 and died Nov 6, 1993 in Jones County, Georgia. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Macon, Georgia. He was married to Mabel Bobbitt who was born Jan 16, 1908 and did Dec 20 1996. She is also buried in Riverside Cemetery. They had Luther Beebe Ray III and Vicky Ray. Luther Ray III was born April 25, 1938 and died March 6, 1993 in Georgia. He was married to Patsy ???? I think she was born Sept 23, 1946 and died Feb 16, 1995 in Gordon County, Georgia. They had a son Luther Beebe Ray IV. They may also had a daughter Betsy who was married to a Glaze. Vicky Ray was married to a Busbee. I also noticed that you were interested in the Goodyear and Wilder names. In my family line I have a Sarah Jane Wilder married to a George Albert Goodyear. Are they connected to you? Hope this helps. Brenda
Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Benson, Katherine E. 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 March 24, 2005, 9:20 pm The Marion County Patriot, March 6, 1908 The Marion County Patriot, No. 8 Friday, March 6, 1908 Page Two Georgia Briefs Wesleyans First Graduate Dead Mrs. Katherine E. Benson is dead at her home in Macon after several weeks illness. She was the first graduate of Wesleyan College and was the first woman in the world to receive a diploma from a chartered college. She was widely known and beloved as a woman of excellent Christian character. She had reached the advanced age of 86. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/obits/b/benson6801ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Green, Stubbs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ea.2ADI/1250 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Bozie Green and Emma Stubbs from the East Macon/ Jones county area.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Self, Oakes, Cape, Watson, Rowland, Gunter, Davidson, Hill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1249 Message Board Post: I had been searching for the past two years for the location of the original site of Stone Creek Baptist Church and it's cemetery. This past Saturday my son and I, with the help of my GPS and Mapsource topographical software, located and visited the site. It's located on Rigdons Mill Rd. about a 1/2 mile from the Twigg's County line on the LaFarge sandpit property. I'm sad to say that this cemetery is currently in very bad shape and has been over taken by trees and thick brush. We walked around the site 3 times before identifying Rev, Tharp's broken headstone in thick brush. Something need to be done very soon to clean up this site or it will fade from the human eye never to be found again. I strongly suspect that my GGGG-Grandparents Jacob Elijah Self and Elizabeth Self were buried here since they joined the church in 1811. Does anyone know if clean-up help is available and what are the legallities involved. I feel that Stone Creek Baptist Church because of the history it! has had in Middle Ga. should be preserved as a historical site for future generations to visit.
Peach-Houston-Bibb County GaArchives Biographies.....Anderson, William Jackson January 5, 1815 - March 8, 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Stephanie Lincecum SLincecum73@aol.com March 16, 2005, 11:38 pm Author: Governor Treutlen Chapter, D. A. R. Among the prominent ante-bellum residents of Fort Valley was William Jackson Anderson. His parents, William Robert and Annie (Coker) Anderson, had moved from South Carolina to Stone Mountain and thence to Indian Springs. As a boy of fourteen William J. Anderson went to what is now Alabama, where the Indians taught him their language and the art of wrestling. In 1836, one arm having been crippled, he settled in Macon and took up merchandising. During the financial crisis of 1838-39 he lost everything he had. In 1840, poor and heavily in debt, he moved to Fort Valley. Young William soon established a mercantile and cotton warehouse business. A buyer of cotton throughout the plantation area of Middle and Southwest Georgia, he used a loading station on the Central of Georgia Railroad which became known as Anderson Crossing; for more than a century since then it has been identified as Andersonville. W. J. Anderson established the Planter's Bank, Fort Valley's first bank, and was its president. For over twenty-five years he was superintendent of the Sunday school in the Fort Valley Methodist church, where there is a stained glass window honoring him. Known for his hospitality, he was regarded as one of the pioneer merchants and business men of Fort Valley. William Jackson Anderson married Rebecca Caroline Hollinshead of Fort Valley. Their home on the Atlanta Highway was nearer to town than the Everett house. Although built for the farm superintendent, it was later converted into the owner's home. Set in a grove of magnificent oaks and on a slight rise, it overlooked the A. and F. Railroad and the growing town. Surrounded now by large pecan groves and modernized throughout, it is the home of the William J. Wilsons. In one of the living rooms hang the portraits of William Jackson Anderson and his wife, Rebecca Hollinshead, the great-grandparents of William J. Wilson. With four rooms on the first floor, all separated by cross-halls, this is the only house in Fort Valley so built. The east-west hall now has been closed at its ends by windows. Mrs. Anderson's first cousin, Mary Caroline Hiley, later became the wife of Mr. Anderson's younger brother, Charles David. The Anderson brothers, twelve years apart in age, became business partners and owned the first newspaper in Fort Valley. Charles D. was a charter member of the Fort Valley Masonic Lodge. In the 1850's he was judge of the Inferior Court and mayor of Fort Valley. During his administration Oaklawn Cemetery was laid out to replace Old Pond Cemetery. Perhaps because of his early arm injury, William J. Anderson did not go to war. Charles D., however, was one of the first to answer Governor Brown's call for troops. He organized a company and was captain of the "Beauregard Volunteers." He served in all the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia. At Antietam nearly all of his company were killed or wounded, and Captain Anderson was taken prisoner. Exchanged in thirty days, he joined his command at Fredericksburg. There his men were in the first and second battles, and he was promoted to major and then to lieutenant colonel. The night General Stonewall Jackson was wounded, Colonel Anderson was commanding the picket of the Sixth Georgia Regiment within a few yards of where Jackson fell. At Chancellorsville Colonel Charles D. Anderson was severely wounded and lost a finger on his left hand. After partial recovery, he joined his command in South Carolina. While there on James Island, he was unanimously elected to the Georgia Legislature without his knowledge and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Governor Brown. When Georgia was threatened by invasion, Governor Brown ordered out the militia. Colonel Anderson assisted in organizing the troops and was elected colonel of the Fifth Regiment and soon after was made brigadier general of the Third Brigade of the Georgia State Forces. He was sent to meet General Johnston, who was retreating. There followed days of heavy fighting, during which Anderson's command was left to protect Johnston's rear and to guard the Chattahoochee to prevent the enemy from crossing. Ordered to West Point to quell a cavalry raid, his troops advanced to Atlanta, where they were actively engaged during the siege. When Atlanta was evacuated, the Third and Fourth Brigades of Militia were sent to follow Sherman and prevent the scattering of northern troops. At Griswoldville, near Macon, the men were outnumbered ten to one and suffered severely. Anderson's horse was shot from under him; his hat and clothes were riddled with bullets. Going to Savannah via Albany and Thomasville, he and his troops joined near Savannah a heavy detachment sent out to meet General Sherman, but they were driven back with heavy loss. When Sherman took Savannah, Anderson's brigade was ordered to Augusta, then to Macon, where is was disbanded. After the war, the Anderson brothers shipped 150 bales of cotton saved from the wreckage to pay the New York creditors of their once-flourishing mercantile establishment. Broken in health and fortune, Charles D. Anderson formed a partnership with Judge Day of Perry and carried on a cotton warehouse and farmers' supply business in Macon. When this firm failed during the Reconstruction period he returned to Fort Valley and spent his latter days in county politics, holding continuously the offices of Tax Collector and Tax Receiver. The UDC Chapter in Fort Valley was named for Brigadier General Charles David Anderson. Additional Comments: Source: History of Peach County, Georgia Governer Treutlen Chapter, D. A. R. 1972 pgs 75-78 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/peach/bios/anderson767gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.3 Kb
Butts-Bibb County GaArchives Marriages.....Williamson, S. W., Mrs. - Holmes, Jas. October 1896 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston digitaldog1@juno.com March 16, 2005, 10:02 pm Jackson Argus Week of October 8, 1896 Holmes Williamson On Thursday evening at the home of the bride in this place, Mr. Jas. Holmes of Macon, was wedded to Mrs. S. W. Williamson. Mr. Holmes is a prominent citizen of Bibb county and well and favorable known. He is a man of great moral worth and integrity. Mrs. Williams, his bride, is a lady of culture and refinement and her many friends wish them much happiness and prosperity. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/butts/vitals/marriages/williams303gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/812.1 Message Board Post: I too am seeking information on the family of C.B. Strong. I own a house in Putnam Co., GA which he owned in the early 1800's. Please let me know if you can help with any information reagarding Judge Strong.
Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Battle, A.J. September 29, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 March 15, 2005, 2:40 pm The Marion County Patriot, October 4, 1907 The Marion County Patriot, No. 38 Friday, October 4, 1907 Page Five Rev. A.J. Battle Dies In Macon Macon, Ga., Sept. 30 Rev. A.J. Battle, one of the best known Baptist divines in the South, and an educator of note, died Sunday evening at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. T.S. Lowery, in Vineville. He was 81 years old and his death was the result of old age. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/obits/b/battle6684ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/354.466.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2 Message Board Post: Jean, Hey my name is Leslie Banks I am doing research on my banks and morey lines. I know you are not related to me.or my family. But I am from florida and have family there and in GA. My dad used to fish a lot and sold his fish to a man with the last name of STOKES. (in FL =STOKES FISH MARKET was the name of it) And my dad told me something once that when i saw your post i just had to write back. when he was young he grew up with this stokes and apparently this stokes family house burned down and a family member was caught in it and burned. I don't remember if they died or not. But I just thought it was odd that your looking for stokes and one that was burned at that. If this helps let me know. I don't remember the dates or anything but my dad is still alive. Best wishes. Leslie