Hi Listmembers! 1814 Martha BELL received a Burke Co. land grant. Is anyone researching this woman's history? Thanks and Merry Christmas to all! Fran fpowellsr@starpower.net

Two years ago, I corresponded with a elderly lady researching the Bell's of Burke Co., GA, by the name of Helen Bell Leverton, 200 W. Cornwall Rd. #113, Cary, N. C. 27511. I don't believe she has a computer, but she had a large data base on the Bell's and was very nice. Rosemary Fred Powell, Sr. wrote: > Hi Listmembers! > > 1814 Martha BELL received a Burke Co. land grant. Is anyone researching this > woman's history? > > Thanks and Merry Christmas to all! > > Fran fpowellsr@starpower.net > > ==== GABURKE Mailing List ==== > http://members.aol.com/J2525/gen.htm > Burke County Genealogical Society

Thnks for sharing...it is lovely. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wayxga@aol.com> To: <GABURKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 7:30 PM Subject: The Darkest Evening of the Year > Hello Listers, > Tomorrow is the "darkest evening of the year" and the last one in the 1900s. > i wanted to share with you the Robert Frost poem which I love and taught for > 28 years. Forgive me the punctuation, for I am doing this from memory. > > Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening > > Whose woods these are I think I know, > His house is in the village though. > He will not see me stopping here > To watch his woods fill up with snow. > > My little horse must think it queer > To stop without a farmhouse near > Between the wood and frozen lake > The darkest evening of the year. > > He gives his harness bells a shake > To ask if there is some mistake, > The only other sound's the sweep > Of easy wind and down flake. > > The woods are lovely dark and deep > But I have promises to keep, > And miles to go before I sleep, > And miles to go before I sleep. > > Merry Christmas to you all. > Christopher Boyd > > > ==== GABURKE Mailing List ==== > NO SPAMMING > > > >

FIRST FULL MOON This year will be the first full moon this century to occur on the winter solstice, Dec. 22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on the winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in the moon's orbit that is closest to Earth), the moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point in it's elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth) since the Earth is also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the year than in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger making it brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of the year since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover where you live it is believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December 21st, 1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences and staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming Territory. In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon much more than the usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years! Our ancestors 133 years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years from now will see this again.

Hello Listers, Tomorrow is the "darkest evening of the year" and the last one in the 1900s. i wanted to share with you the Robert Frost poem which I love and taught for 28 years. Forgive me the punctuation, for I am doing this from memory. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though. He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the wood and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake, The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and down flake. The woods are lovely dark and deep But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Merry Christmas to you all. Christopher Boyd

If you don't mind, can I butt in to ask a couple of wild goose chase type questions? First, is there any connection between these Burke County Chandlers and Chandlers in Carrolton, GA? I've got a Philo H. Chandler, born around 1840 (I guess), married to a Frances Nicy (or Nicie Jane) Reid. I have not checked the census for him because our main library has been closed for political reasons for about a year. Second, I have a Smith puzzle. Thomas James Dixon, born 29 April 1850 in Screven County, married a Mary C. Smith in Burke County on 28 December 1870. She appears to have been born in September 1857 which would make her about 13 at the time of her marriage. What Thomas was doing in Burke County I do not know. His parents were farmers in the Rocky Ford area of Screven. Thomas was someone the family didn't like to talk about and the only thing anyone could tell me about Mary, whom they called "Mollie," was that she came from up around Columbia, SC. But it doesn't make sense that a girl of thirteen living in the Columbia area would appear in Burke County and get married, so I assume her parents had moved to Burke County. But I have been unable to find a Smith family in Burke County with a daughter named Mary of that age in the 1870 census. Since you have a Smith marrying in 1867, I wondered whether you have any thoughts on my problem.

Nancy, Yes, James Chandler is a brother of my Robert Allen Chandler(1830-1893) who married Sarah E. Smith in Burke County in 1867. He also had a brother named William and three sisters. Their father was George Chandler and I am still searching for George's parents. Thanks fo your reply. Patsy ---------- >From: Ngmann@aol.com >To: GABURKE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: ALLEN and CHANDLER >Date: Fri, Dec 10, 1999, 1:18 PM > > In a message dated 12/10/99 9:48:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, > GABURKE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > >> My great grandfather was Robert Allen Chandler in Burke County. Wonder if >> he was named for a good friend of his fathers? > Or there may have been a family connection of some sort. This may be > confusing, but here goes: > > There was a James CHANDLER who m. Louise Joice MOBLEY (b. 1829). Louise was > daughter of Benjamin MOBLEY and Elizabeth ELLISTON (b. 1786). Elizabeth was > daughter of Robert ELLISTON and Sarah HARGRAVE, and was sister to Thomas T. > ELLISON who married Lucretia ALLEN, the daughter of James ALLEN and Frances > SIMMONS. > > James CHANDLER handled the estates of Robert and Sarah ELLISTON in the 1850s > in Burke County. > > Anyway, perhaps your CHANDLER is related to this group who had family ties to > the ALLENS. > > Good luck! > Nancy > > > ==== GABURKE Mailing List ==== > http://members.aol.com/J2525/gen.htm > Burke County Genealogical Society > > >

For directions/maps go to: http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html Jason E. Gray - alphajg@erols.com ========================================================= barnesandnoble.com Homepage http://bn.bfast.com/bfast/click/mid1349732?siteid=6962700&bfpage=h ----- Original Message ----- From: <ACSTRAUSS@aol.com> To: <GABURKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 3:17 PM Subject: Directions to Burke Co. Cemeteries > If anyone has ever been to the following cemeteries, please give me > directions from Augusta, Ga. I am looking for the Godbee family cemetery, Cox > family cemetery, and the Mt. Zion Church Cemetery. > > Thanks, > Andrew > > > ==== GABURKE Mailing List ==== > Listowner: marge Braswell M55442@aol.com > http://members.aol.com/M55442/index.html > > > >

Hi Andrew what Godbee's are in your line? My eife is a Godbee and I have information back to yesr 1554. George

If anyone has ever been to the following cemeteries, please give me directions from Augusta, Ga. I am looking for the Godbee family cemetery, Cox family cemetery, and the Mt. Zion Church Cemetery. Thanks, Andrew

>From the publication: A HISTORU OF BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA 1777-1950 pages 278-279. I quote "A post office in 1849 ; also mentioned in THE SOUTHERN WORLD, May 1, 1884. Located in Jenkins County on the Ogeechee River and supposedly named for the Brinson family, who were early settlers in the area." Not much I know! I may have more on this in a file somewhere. I have several articles that tell much of the Brinson Railroad, also. I am related to the Brinson family. From the Brinson brothers who came and brought their brides and settled here in Egypt, Effingham county Georgia. I shall keep my eye open for more material on Brinsonville for us. Judy Rountree Mason Rincon, Ga. 2jv@bellsouth.net

My great grandfather was Robert Allen Chandler in Burke County. Wonder if he was named for a good friend of his fathers? Patsy Williams ---------- >From: Ngmann@aol.com >To: GABURKE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: ALLENS in Burke County, GA >Date: Thu, Dec 9, 1999, 8:19 PM > > In a message dated 12/7/99 4:17:51 AM Mountain Standard Time, > GABURKE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > >> Following are the ALLEN heads-of-household from the 1820 >> > census of Burke Co., GA: >> > >> > NAME PAGE >> > >> > John ALLEN 20 >> > James ALLEN 6 >> > Robt. ALLEN 8 >> > A. M. ALLEN 10 >> > Charles ALLEN 16 >> > Sarah ALLEN 17 >> > Thomas ALLEN 22 >> > Hugh ALLEN 22 >> > James ALLEN 23 >> > Robt. ALLEN 39 >> > >> > In the quest for my ancestor, John ALLEN, b. 1745/54, I am unable to >> > identify with any of the above ALLENS.....can anyone else? > I'll claim James Allen pg 23 as my ancestor. He had sons James P., Hugh, > Robert, and William. I do not know of any connection to these other ALLENs. > My James was supposedly born in Belfast, Ireland in 1756, > Hope this helps, > Nancy Mann > > > ==== GABURKE Mailing List ==== > http://pollette.com/johnsonco.htm > Johnson Co. GenWeb Page > > > >

looking for information on Rev War battle by Gov James Wrights mansion on Ogeeche river,thanks,mel ----- Original Message ----- From: <M55442@aol.com> To: <GABURKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 5:31 PM Subject: Fwd: Am interested in any information about a Brinsonville > > --part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > In a message dated 12/10/99 2:14:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, BFallis749 > writes: > > << Subj: Am interested in any information about a Brinsonville > Date: 12/10/99 2:14:47 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: BFallis749 > To: M55442 > > It says that in the 1880's in Georgia Place names that there was a place > called Brinsonville in Burke county four miles from Millen on the Ogechee > River. A friend of mine and I are always looking for facts in Jenkins County > where this locality is now. Thanking you in advance. >> > > > --part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-path: BFallis749@aol.com > From: BFallis749@aol.com > Full-name: BFallis749 > Message-ID: <0.dce9a257.2582ab27@aol.com> > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 14:14:47 EST > Subject: Am interested in any information about a Brinsonville > To: M55442@aol.com > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 54 > > It says that in the 1880's in Georgia Place names that there was a place > called Brinsonville in Burke county four miles from Millen on the Ogechee > River. A friend of mine and I are always looking for facts in Jenkins County > where this locality is now. Thanking you in advance. > > --part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary-- > > > ==== GABURKE Mailing List ==== > http://pollette.com/washington/washington.htm > Ashley pollette Cordinator pollette@digitalexp.com > >

Found the following using GNIS nameserver: Feature Name State County Name Type Brinson GA Decatur pop place Brinson Cemetery GA Treutlen cemetery Brinson Crossing GA Jefferson pop Brinson Family Historic District GA Decatur park Brinson Lake GA Jenkins reservoir Brinson Lake Dam GA Jenkins dam Brinson Millpond GA Burke reservoir Brinson Millpond GA Burke reservoir Brinson Millpond Dam GA Burke dam Brinson Rock Church GA Emanuel church Brinson-Latimer Cemetery GA Warren cemetery You can look at them on a map using the following link: http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/gnis/owa/gnisprod?f_name=brinson&variant=Y&f_state=GA&f_cnty=&f_type=&pop1=&pop2=&elev1=&elev2=&cell=&tab=y . . . just cut and paste to your URL locator on your browser. Sorry, no Brinsonville though. Jason E. Gray - alphajg@erols.com ========================================================= barnesandnoble.com Homepage http://bn.bfast.com/bfast/click/mid1349732?siteid=6962700&bfpage=h ----- Original Message ----- From: <M55442@aol.com> To: <GABURKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 6:31 PM Subject: Fwd: Am interested in any information about a Brinsonville > > --part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > In a message dated 12/10/99 2:14:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, BFallis749 > writes: > > << Subj: Am interested in any information about a Brinsonville > Date: 12/10/99 2:14:47 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: BFallis749 > To: M55442 > > It says that in the 1880's in Georgia Place names that there was a place > called Brinsonville in Burke county four miles from Millen on the Ogechee > River. A friend of mine and I are always looking for facts in Jenkins County > where this locality is now. Thanking you in advance. >> > > > --part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-path: BFallis749@aol.com > From: BFallis749@aol.com > Full-name: BFallis749 > Message-ID: <0.dce9a257.2582ab27@aol.com> > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 14:14:47 EST > Subject: Am interested in any information about a Brinsonville > To: M55442@aol.com > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 54 > > It says that in the 1880's in Georgia Place names that there was a place > called Brinsonville in Burke county four miles from Millen on the Ogechee > River. A friend of mine and I are always looking for facts in Jenkins County > where this locality is now. Thanking you in advance. > > --part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary-- > > > ==== GABURKE Mailing List ==== > http://pollette.com/washington/washington.htm > Ashley pollette Cordinator pollette@digitalexp.com > > > >

--part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/10/99 2:14:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, BFallis749 writes: << Subj: Am interested in any information about a Brinsonville Date: 12/10/99 2:14:47 PM Eastern Standard Time From: BFallis749 To: M55442 It says that in the 1880's in Georgia Place names that there was a place called Brinsonville in Burke county four miles from Millen on the Ogechee River. A friend of mine and I are always looking for facts in Jenkins County where this locality is now. Thanking you in advance. >> --part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: BFallis749@aol.com From: BFallis749@aol.com Full-name: BFallis749 Message-ID: <0.dce9a257.2582ab27@aol.com> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 14:14:47 EST Subject: Am interested in any information about a Brinsonville To: M55442@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 54 It says that in the 1880's in Georgia Place names that there was a place called Brinsonville in Burke county four miles from Millen on the Ogechee River. A friend of mine and I are always looking for facts in Jenkins County where this locality is now. Thanking you in advance. --part1_0.3e9a961b.2582e746_boundary--

In a message dated 12/10/99 9:48:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, GABURKE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > My great grandfather was Robert Allen Chandler in Burke County. Wonder if > he was named for a good friend of his fathers? Or there may have been a family connection of some sort. This may be confusing, but here goes: There was a James CHANDLER who m. Louise Joice MOBLEY (b. 1829). Louise was daughter of Benjamin MOBLEY and Elizabeth ELLISTON (b. 1786). Elizabeth was daughter of Robert ELLISTON and Sarah HARGRAVE, and was sister to Thomas T. ELLISON who married Lucretia ALLEN, the daughter of James ALLEN and Frances SIMMONS. James CHANDLER handled the estates of Robert and Sarah ELLISTON in the 1850s in Burke County. Anyway, perhaps your CHANDLER is related to this group who had family ties to the ALLENS. Good luck! Nancy

My gggrandparents - any infomation appreciated. James Andrew HURST Jan 3, 1836/Apl 13 1905 Candacy Lena Mar 25 1839/Aug 12 1921 Six children Elizabeth William M Sabra Martin Mamie Washington Jim Burke getjdb@aol.com Tucson

In a message dated 12/7/99 4:17:51 AM Mountain Standard Time, GABURKE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Following are the ALLEN heads-of-household from the 1820 > > census of Burke Co., GA: > > > > NAME PAGE > > > > John ALLEN 20 > > James ALLEN 6 > > Robt. ALLEN 8 > > A. M. ALLEN 10 > > Charles ALLEN 16 > > Sarah ALLEN 17 > > Thomas ALLEN 22 > > Hugh ALLEN 22 > > James ALLEN 23 > > Robt. ALLEN 39 > > > > In the quest for my ancestor, John ALLEN, b. 1745/54, I am unable to > > identify with any of the above ALLENS.....can anyone else? I'll claim James Allen pg 23 as my ancestor. He had sons James P., Hugh, Robert, and William. I do not know of any connection to these other ALLENs. My James was supposedly born in Belfast, Ireland in 1756, Hope this helps, Nancy Mann

Cyndi, I don't recall Mary Anne right off- at least not one born 1825, but I will look through my datatbases and some loose papers and let you know asap! Happy Holidays! Sheryl

Aargh! Sheryl! I too have hunted thru GA for a missing Heath ancestor. No luck anywhere! Maybe she's appeared in your searches? Looking for Mary Ann Heath (aka ZEMA!) born 1825 GA, married a Haynes (Isaac?) 12/21/1841 in Walton Co, GA, died 1887 Ouachita Parish, LA. Any notes on her anywhere? Any suggestions???? thanks (and good luck!) Cyndi in Baltimore