I at this time don't know, but since my family, which includes the Cochran surname, is from that vicinity I'd like to know more if any one can contribute. My grandfather George William Brock first married Mary Francs Cochran there and she died at age 35, after having having five children. I suspect her family must have included Silas. But suspicions aren't genealogy. Help! Richard Brock Gail Moore wrote: > > Hello All: > Who claims the man burried in Temple, GA in the old Cemetery North of town > His name is Silas Cochran > > Does anyone know who he belongs to??? > Gail > Please reply to regular e-mail at embracer@strato.net > Please reply to embracer532@hotmail.com with large attachments > Thanks, > Gail Moore

Hello All: Who claims the man burried in Temple, GA in the old Cemetery North of town His name is Silas Cochran Does anyone know who he belongs to??? Gail Please reply to regular e-mail at embracer@strato.net Please reply to embracer532@hotmail.com with large attachments Thanks, Gail Moore

Sorry, folks. For some reason only half my previous message went through. I'll try again. To all researchers: I just received the following message on another mailing list. I've already found (from H'ville, AL) my father-in-law's birthday on it and have deleted it. Still looking for other family members. Please excuse the mass cross-mailing. Thought everyone should know. I have been made aware of a website that lists everyone and their birthdays. It is www.anybirthday.com. I have already deleted many of my family members. If you do not want your family members listed here are the steps to delete them. At the main page go to the bottom of the page, click on FAQ. On the next page go to How Can I remove and click privacy statement. On the next page scroll down to "Opt Out Option." Click on it. It will take you to the page to delete yourself and family members. You will need the persons first & last name, birthdate and zip code to delete. To remove more family, repeat the steps.

To all researchers: I just received the following message on another mailing list. I've already found (from H'ville, AL) my father-in-law's birthday on it and have deleted it. Still looking for other family members. Please excuse the mass cross-mailing. Thought everyone should know.

Judy... Thanks for the info. I will write those names down. That does seem to be the migration route from the Carolinas. I have detailed information on the other side of my dad's pedigree, the Blakes. Although I believe they migrated to Alabama earlier, in the 1820s, they took the same route...from Isle of Wight Virginia in the 1700s to Wake Co., NC to Jackson Co, Ga to Hall Co, to Carroll Co. and on to Randolph Co. in Alabama. We need to get our mindset on the happenings of those days...land was opening up due to the Indian lands being ceded. Maybe there was a frequently used trail that everybody traveled on to get to the new available land. There is mention in the Blake book of the Blake family traveling in the early 1830s "50 miles over dangerous terrain from Carroll Co. to Randolph Co."I just have a feeling that my Fowlers came later, but I may be wrong. My concentrated explorings recently have been just on the net so far, except for a trip to Ranburne a few years ago to check out the cemetery. And I wasn't really that "into" this stuff yet. I am planning a trip to Heflin this spring. A friend of mine has a relative who is a retired tax assessor for Cleburne County. My great-grandfather, William Jethroe Fowler, and his brother, George Wilson Fowler, must have owned land, according to the word-of-mouth stories. There is another brother, L.C. Fowler, buried in the same cemetery (probably Luther Clarence since that was my grandfather's name), but I can't assume too much here. Maybe discovering the dates of purchase and/or transfer may help me put a time line on these guys. And maybe I'm way off...maybe William, George and L.C.'s parents (those are the ones I'm desperately trying to find) were the ones who came from the Carolinas. That would put their migration at the same time as the Blakes. Aaaghhh!!! This mystery is driving me crazy. Again, thanks again for responding. Any scrap of information at this point is greatly appreciated. Judy Fowler Kilgore JodieK444@aol.com

Do you know when Jonathan was born? Check out: <A HREF="http://vitalrec.com/ga.html">Georgia Vital Records Information - birth or death certificate, divorce records, marriage license, etc</A> Birth certificates were not required until 1919. . . I was able to gleen some of my "birth" records in COWETA County thru a film I ordered thru the LDS church. It was an index to death, birth & DELAYED birth records. Only few of the folks had actually had recorded their birth in a "delayed" manner, but I will fill in any blanks I can with Primary source documentation. It yielded a few tidbits that were quite useful. It was $3.50 well spent. Maybe the same sort of microfilm is available for Carroll County, Good Luck, Valerie Freeman

Is there anyone on this list who can help me in searching for a copy of my gr.gr.grandfather's birth certificate? He is Johnathan Washington CURRY, believed to have been born in Carroll Co., Ga., but I cannot find a website of Carroll Co. birth certificates online. Does anyone know where I should look?

Hi I plan to go to Carroll Co. this week to search for information on my aunt who I never knew that lived in Villa Rica untill around 1925. I need to know which library would be the best one to visit I would like to check for City Directories and look for obit.'s on my aunt's children who died between 1921 & 1925. And I also need directions to the Macedonia Cemetery that is located between Villa Rica & Carrollton, GA. in Carroll Co. I will be coming from AL. into Carroll Co. on I-20. And where does one find the voters reg. for the 1920's. I appreciate any information. My email addy is pat@internetpro.net

Looking for parents and siblings of E.T.Davis born April 04.1813 GA wife Eliza? Born October 1825 GA. ET is on 1850 and 1860 census. Children that I know of Cornelia born July 06.1860. Thomas J. born April 29.1863. Robert W. born March 26.1869. They had moved to Cherokee County, AL by 1870. There is also another ET Davis on same census he also goes to AL. Maybe another son? I don't know what the ET stands for I sure could use some help. Thank you Gloria

I'm looking for information on my great grandfather, Rev. Christopher Columbus Davis (b.1831, m.1853 Martha A.Trussell, d. 1905.) He was the son-in-law of Rev. Claiborne Trussell, who died in Villa Rica, Carroll Co. in 1889. Thanks. Patty

My gr-gr-grandfather was John Hale GIPSON (according to my grandmother) who married Mary DEAN. There is conflicting info from another branch of family that his first name might have been George. They are on 1880 census Carroll County, GA: Hails GIBSON, white male, age 30, farming, born GA, father born GA Mary, white female, wife, age 32, keeping house, born GA, father born GA William (my gr-grandfather), white male, son, age 5, born GA There is also a DEAN family living next door, probably Mary's parents. Have hit a brick wall. Does anyone know anything about GIPSON or this DEAN family? ptm2754@cs.com

Greetings list members, I am looking for any information about the Clem Community of Carroll County. I am especially interested in finding a photo of the old Gurthee Store. (Not sure about the spelling.) People called it "Little New York". If anyone has a photo of this store I sure would appreciate having a copy. I have a web site at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jcook/ where I have "A Walking Tour Of Clem" by Allen Browning of The Times-Georgian Newspaper. I also have "The History Of Ephesus Christian Church and it's forerunners - Enon and Enon Grove and a story about Elder Zack Hardegree. Thanks. Johnny Cook.

>From Carroll County Story by the People: Other churches in the Sand Hill area: Bethany Christian, organized Spetember, 1883. First services held in a brush arbor with James A. PERDUE, minister. Elders were John DYER J.C. SMITH, W.R. MORGAN, C. B. WILLIAMS. Doesn't say where the church was located--1 1/2 miles north of where ever its present location is, but no roads given. A place called Black Gum? For almost 50 years, the church only met on the first Sat. and Sun of the month when Minister Oliver A. MOORE, who served for over 20 years, would drive over in his horse and buggy from his home in Heard Co. ---------------- Old Carrollton Church or Hopewell Church, organized 1837 with 26 charter members--but names not listed. Again, no directions given, but apparently still there--current building erected 1897. "The church didn't own the land it was built on from 1837-1848. At this time Robert S. HAMRICK deeded the church a tract of land." --------------- Sand Hill Church of God organized 1954 with Harold Mecham preaching the first sermon. Building was then located near Hominy Creek on the Hickory Level Road. [I know where that is! My great grandmother, Mary Hager Garst, taught school at Hickory Level during and after the Civil War. Born in 1840, she was ten years older than her husband, Philip Garst, and the standing family joke was that he married her for her books.]

I am trying to determine which William Curry who served in Civil War is my GG Grandfather. Only info I have is that his wife was named Mary. And he is believed to have been killed (or deserted???) during CW. Here's the only info I have to go on: B. c. 1822, South Carolina M. c. 1848-51 in Ga. or Ala. (Found record of 2-19-1851 in Talladega Co., Ala. that could possibly be him.) D. after 1860 is all I can determine. Four children: WILLIAM EDWARD, b. 1/12/1850 in Ga., m. WINNIE JANE OSBORNE 11-8-1871, Blount Co., Ala., no DOD. MARY E.T., b. c. 1855, m. (1) Wm. T. CARPENTER (no date) and (2) ARCHIBALD MOORE 12/10/1875 in Blount Co., Ala. A "David Thompson" co-signed the marriage bond.. no DOD for her. JOHNATHAN WASHINGTON, b. 6-22-1857, Ga., m. CAROLINE TYLER 7/23/1879 Blount Co., Ala., d. 11/16/1939 Tx. THOMAS A., b. 5/1860. No m. or DOD. NFI found anywhere. I know the 1860 Census of Carroll Co., Ga. is him: 38 yrs.old, m. to a "Mary" age 34, with the 4 kids above, making his DOB c. 1822 and hers c. 1826. Can anybody piece these facts together and help me figure out where to go from here?? BG PIPER

Hello Karen, We have corresponded before over a year ago about Isaac Kinney and Martha Garst. Just wanted you to know that I have done much, much more work on the Kinney family. We held our first reunion here in NC for the descendants of Isaac's grandfather, William. We plan to hold another reunion in Carroll County this summer. Anyway, I am terribly interested in any and all information on any family connected to the Kinneys and any descendants of same. These families, as I know them now are Haynes, McDowell, Ward, Owens, Palmer, Turner, Garst, McAllister, McWhorter, Scott, Bishop, and Hulsey. I would love to know if Daniel McDowell who was last seen on census 1840, but shows up as late as 1854 mentioned in land deals, died with a will. Is there a book where things of this nature may be looked up? Thanks and good hunting, Cathy Moore Casper Sanford, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: <KDale60909@aol.com> To: <GACARROL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 1:58 AM Subject: [GACARROL] The Carroll Co. Story Told by the People--Sand Hill > Sometime ago we were discussing this book. I don't have it but do have a > printout of the Sand Hill section. I thought it might be helpful--and fun--to > print out some of the names here. Maybe some of you familiar with the names > and places here can chime in--and we might build a picture of the > community--or add the names of your families that were in Sand Hill early on > but aren't mentioned here. Maybe those who own the whole book can do other > communities. My personal comments are in [brackets]. > > Karen Dale > - ---------------------------- > > Sand Hill--located about 7 1/2 miles northeast of Carrollton on Highway > 61--this was known as the Bankhead Highway during WWII. [It was the route > many a military convoy took from Birmingham to Atlanta.] The area is also > called Five Points [in fact, I think I slipped and called it that not long > ago in a post to this list] because five roads come together here: roads to > Hulett, Villa Rica, Carrollton, Temple and Cross Plains. > > According to Radford Hamrick in the 1968 Carroll Co Quarterly, the Old Brush > Arbvor Courthouse was situated in the Sand Hill area. One Superior court was > held there with Judge Walter T. COLQUITT presiding before the court was > removed to Carrollton, 1830. > > In the late 1830s, a cotton gin on the Hulett Road was run by Lent EMBRY and > Bob BENEFIELD. [note: I wonder if Lent Embry was really one of the HEMBREES > who can be found in early census records and were there as late as the 1950s?] > > South of the gin there was a blacksmith shop operated by Seb and Eif HARPER. > Ben CARROLL stated that his father, John Workman CARROLL and grandfather, > James Moses CARROLL had a shop in the Sand Hill area where they made hats for > soldiers in the Civil War. > > Macedonia Baptist Church, about 1/4 mile from Sand Hill, was established July > 15, 1847. Charter members: Leroy MCWHORTER, Johnson H. MCWHORTER, Isaac > KINNEY [second wife Martha Garst, my 3rd great aunt], Elizabeth JORDAN, > Margaret MCCRAE, William JORDON, William NEELEY, Rebecca NEELEY, Mary > MCWHORTER, Tabitha PAULSTON. Rev. Leroy MCWHORTER was first pastor and > William F. JORDON the first ordained deacon. [I'll bet Jordon was pronounced > Jerdon! There were still "Jerdons" in the area in the 1950s.] > > Temperance Methodist Church is about 1/4 mile south of Sand Hill on Highway > 61. Allen EADY gave land (June 25, 1853) Trustees then were W.F.S. POWELL, > W.F. BROWN, J.K. BROWNING, James N. [sic] GARST and A.J. ADERHOLT. > > [James Marion GARST was born Carroll Co. 1833; the 1860 census lists his > occupations as Phrenologist--they read bumps on the head--like reading palms! > He served in the CSA and died in the veterans home in Atlanta, 1916. This in > an interesting entry because the Carroll Co. Garsts were all Baptists--four > generations of them are buried at Macedonia and the patriarch, Christopher > Garst was pastor there.] > > That's about all of the early material from the book. >

Ancestors of Johnny and Angie Cook: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jcook/ I have updated my Cook lines and added the Descendants of John R. Cook, born July, 1858 in Carroll County, Georgia. John is a son of George Washington Cook, born in Jackson County, Georgia, January 1, 1829. George is a son of Robert R. Cook, born 1795 in Franklin County, Georgia. Surnames included in the John R. Cook line are: Anderson, Cherry, Clay, Cook, Cox, Fike, Giles, Ivey, Kerce, Knott, Lang, Lawson, McClendon, Medlock, Morrison and Williams. Place of births include: Carroll County, Georgia; Franklin, Tennessee; Chickasha, Oklahoma; and El Reno, Oklahoma. If anyone has a connection to this line please let me know. I am still looking for the parents of Robert R. Cook, born 1795 in either Franklin County, Georgia or somewhere in North Carolina. Thanks. Johnny Cook.

Sometime ago we were discussing this book. I don't have it but do have a printout of the Sand Hill section. I thought it might be helpful--and fun--to print out some of the names here. Maybe some of you familiar with the names and places here can chime in--and we might build a picture of the community--or add the names of your families that were in Sand Hill early on but aren't mentioned here. Maybe those who own the whole book can do other communities. My personal comments are in [brackets]. Karen Dale - ---------------------------- Sand Hill--located about 7 1/2 miles northeast of Carrollton on Highway 61--this was known as the Bankhead Highway during WWII. [It was the route many a military convoy took from Birmingham to Atlanta.] The area is also called Five Points [in fact, I think I slipped and called it that not long ago in a post to this list] because five roads come together here: roads to Hulett, Villa Rica, Carrollton, Temple and Cross Plains. According to Radford Hamrick in the 1968 Carroll Co Quarterly, the Old Brush Arbvor Courthouse was situated in the Sand Hill area. One Superior court was held there with Judge Walter T. COLQUITT presiding before the court was removed to Carrollton, 1830. In the late 1830s, a cotton gin on the Hulett Road was run by Lent EMBRY and Bob BENEFIELD. [note: I wonder if Lent Embry was really one of the HEMBREES who can be found in early census records and were there as late as the 1950s?] South of the gin there was a blacksmith shop operated by Seb and Eif HARPER. Ben CARROLL stated that his father, John Workman CARROLL and grandfather, James Moses CARROLL had a shop in the Sand Hill area where they made hats for soldiers in the Civil War. Macedonia Baptist Church, about 1/4 mile from Sand Hill, was established July 15, 1847. Charter members: Leroy MCWHORTER, Johnson H. MCWHORTER, Isaac KINNEY [second wife Martha Garst, my 3rd great aunt], Elizabeth JORDAN, Margaret MCCRAE, William JORDON, William NEELEY, Rebecca NEELEY, Mary MCWHORTER, Tabitha PAULSTON. Rev. Leroy MCWHORTER was first pastor and William F. JORDON the first ordained deacon. [I'll bet Jordon was pronounced Jerdon! There were still "Jerdons" in the area in the 1950s.] Temperance Methodist Church is about 1/4 mile south of Sand Hill on Highway 61. Allen EADY gave land (June 25, 1853) Trustees then were W.F.S. POWELL, W.F. BROWN, J.K. BROWNING, James N. [sic] GARST and A.J. ADERHOLT. [James Marion GARST was born Carroll Co. 1833; the 1860 census lists his occupations as Phrenologist--they read bumps on the head--like reading palms! He served in the CSA and died in the veterans home in Atlanta, 1916. This in an interesting entry because the Carroll Co. Garsts were all Baptists--four generations of them are buried at Macedonia and the patriarch, Christopher Garst was pastor there.] That's about all of the early material from the book.

Greetings and best wishes for the new year. I am searching for information on Clara Maggi Chambley, born 9/28/1912. She died on 9/29/1947 and is buried in the Ephesus Christian Church Cemetery in Carroll County, Georgia. She was married to James Madison Cook of Carroll County. Her father was John Chambley and her mother was Ollie Stitcher. Ollie Sticher had a brother by the name of Rube Stitcher. I would like to have information on any of these families. Clara Maggi Chambley is my grandmother, but died before I was born and I am having a hard time finding information on her family. Thanks for any help. Johnny Cook.

I am searching for information on James M. Phillips, born 9/4/1845, maybe in Carroll County, Georgia. He married, Sarah Rooks in Carroll County. I think that one of their children's name was Hattie Lee, who married a David, or Dave Cook of Carroll County, Georgia. Hattie Lee Phillips is my great-grandmother. If anyone has any information on any of these surnames or this line I sure would appreciate exchanging information with you. Thanks and happy new year. Johnny Cook.

Not genealogy but rather fun. I was fishing around in the garage for an old fashioned yardstick tonight---came up with two of them. One is plastic. The other is a very solid piece of wood--says it came from J.B. Warren Furniture--Bremen GA--Carrollton GA. Now this yardstick has to be at least 40 years old because I'm sure my mother acquired it--and she was last in GA in 1963, but that was for my grandmother's funeral, so I suspect she wasn't poking around in furniture stores! It probably came from a time in the late 1950s when my grandmother built a small house at Five Points after my grandfather died and probably bought some new furniture. Or it may even come from WWII when we lived with my grandparents between Villa Rica and Carrollton. Anyhow, there's an authentic piece of recent Carroll Co. history here in Larkspur CO. Anyone remember J.B. Warren furniture? Karen Dale