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Cherokee-Fannin County GaArchives News.....Body of 95 Year Old Woman Found Last Monday After Week's Search October 22 1948 ************************************************ 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: Sandie Prater sugERmom@aol.com January 8, 2005, 8:55 pm North Georgia Tribune, Canton GA. NORTH GEORGIA TRIBUNE, published Canton, Ga Friday October 22nd, 1948 BODY OF 95 YEAR OLD WOMAN FOUND LAST MONDAY AFTER WEEK'S SEARCH : The body of Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Rabun, age 95, was found in an open wooded area by Ed Huey about three-quarters of a mile from Mrs. Rabun's home last Monday afternoon. Mr. Huey discovered the object of more than a week's search by police and G.B.I between sundown and dark on his property while he was checking on some mining holes for Mrs. Rabun's body an doing a little squirrel hunting. Mrs. Rabun disappeared two weeks ago when she was last seen walking from her home toward the mail box. County police was notified of her absence on Saturday following her disappearance on Thursday and since that time a search had been under way. Her home is about five miles west of Woodstock near Bascombe Church. County police and the G.B.I were notified of the discovery and immediate investigation followed. A small area around the body was roped off until Dr. Herman Jones , state toxicologist, arrived and examined the body for clues of the woman having been murdered. No such signs were found. A coroner's verdict was that Mrs. Rabun died from exposure plus natural causes. There was plenty of evidence that Mrs. Rabun had fallen and, because of her feebleness, could not arise. Garments and bits of clothing were found over an area of about 70 feet, where it was thought she had crawled. Fifty to sixty feet below the body were found her shoes and bonnet. Approximately 12 feet in the opposite direction were found her purse containing a ten dollar bill, and her walking stick, leaned against a small pine tree. Around each side of where she lay and especially in the vicinity of her feet was much evidence of struggle, for pine needles were pushed aside into little heaps and bare spots of earth were showing. Dr. Jones stated that she very probably could have lived two days before having contracted pneumonia or some other ailment caused by exposure. Her feet ankles, arms and hands were scratched and bruised from her efforts to regain a walking position. There are no houses near the place she was found, her own house being the nearest. It was believed she was searching for herbs from which to make winter teas. Her footseps could be tracked from where she was found back to a small branch about on hundred yards away. The direction indicated that she had made a circular course from the vicinity of the mail box to where her body was discovered. Mrs. Rabun was born in Fannin County, August 28, 1853, and was a member of the Zion Methodist church. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 20, at three o'clock from Bascombe Methodist Church. Burial was in Bascombe Cemetery with Jones Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include four dauthers , Mrs. D.G. Jarrard of near Woodstock, Mrs Dave Jenkins of Gainesville, Mrs. Mart Williams, of Fort Worth, Texas, Mrs. T.D. Cook, of Atlanta; two sisters Mrs. Callie Parris of Blue Ridge, Mrs. Willis Woody, of Morganton; three brothes, J.F. and J. W Abercrombie of Newman and C.T. Abercrombie of Carrolton. Additional Comments: I am related to the Mrs. Mart Williams mentioned as a daughter of the deceased. Babe was a "Healer" and a "Midwife", she was well known for her healing teas and poltice. This was my Great Great Grandmother Sara Elizabeth "Babe" Abercrombie Raburn widow of Henry M. Raburn (spelled Raburn not Rabun). She was the daughter of James Columbus Abercrombie and Mary Ann Sina Head of the Fannin Co., GA Abercrombies. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/cherokee/newspapers/gnw483bodyof95.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb

I want to wish each of the members of the Cherokee County Georgia Mailing List a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The wish that I send for 2005 is that an unknown cousin shows up for lunch and brings all those lost ancestors. <g> If this year is like the years past, there will be many new people who will receive a computer for Christmas. In turn they will discover the Internet and will be joining this, and other mailing list in search of their family lines. Some will be new at the game, so each of us needs to remember when we were new, and help where we can. Again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Wyndell Taylor List Manager

At 10:33 PM 12/12/2004, Robert C. Johnston, Jr. wrote: >Dear List Members, > >I need some help in looking for a land record my family tradition says >is recorded in Cherokee County. There is no listing in the Cherokee County records in Deed Book A thru G for a Caleb Oliver. The dates for these books are thru April of 1847. I am sure there are some deeds recorded later for the earlier years. Also there is no 'fortunate drawer' in the Gold Lottery of 1832. It must have been on the Land Lottery of that year. Wish I could help further, but the first seven book is all that I have abstracted. Wyndell Taylor >Sometime after the Georgia Land >Lotteries occurred, a Richard F. Thompson, Thomas S. Cotton, and Simeon >M. Oliver sold land received as orphans of Caleb Oliver of Elbert Co., >Georgia. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Cotton were husbands of two of the orphans >and they were brother-in-laws to Simeon M. Oliver. I would like to find >a copy of the land record recording the sale of land by these three >gentlemen. If anyone has access to the courthouse records, and could do >a lookup in the land record indexes, I would be forever grateful. I >really would like a copy of this land record if at all possible. > >Thank you and Merry Christmas! > >Robert C. Johnston, Jr. >Wetumpka, AL

Julius L. Dowda of Cherokee Co and Fulton Co. Born- June 27, 1838 Died- Jan. 13, 1913 I am not related but the historian of Hillcrest Cemetery in East Point. and for the Hillcrest Memorial Association. He is buried there and one of our "Highlight" graves. We know him as "Julious" (with an "O") I am looking for a photo to include on the Confederate veterans page of the Historians site for the cemetery as well as to place in the cemetery records once we have them transcribed, also helps when I give tours to place photos on graves so people can put a face to the story and the grave. If you happen to have one to share, I have a policy of stating that the photo belongs to and is copyrighted to the person that loaned the image to be used, I also block the page from right clicks to protect the vets photos. We have photos of two of the 3 vets in the cemetery and Julius' tribute for the cemetery historys sake is blank. Here is the site and a photo of his gravestone is there along with a little about him, not much but I am working on it. The photo is linked so it can be followed to anther page where it can be saved and downloaded. http://www.geocities.com/memories_in_stone/hillcrest.html once there, click on the "Confederate Veterans of Hillcrest" link in the menu near the top of the page. We have a link to another site that has his diary. I would also like to confirm for placement in the HIstory of the cemetery I am writing if the Julius Dowda in HIllcrest is the same that was a Methodist Minister? Also would like contact with the family member that is care taker of the grave (or the person in the family known to have control) We would like to as a Confederate Medal stake placed on the grave and we will raise the funds to do so. If anyone is related, can share info and maybe a photo, please contact us. Thanks Once again to view his gravestone... http://www.geocities.com/memories_in_stone/hillcrest.html once there, click on the "Confederate Veterans of Hillcrest" link in the menu near the top of the page.

Thanks Rebecca - The question was because of the numerous changes throughout the counties with boundary lines - taking from one county and making another county, etc. Judith's document referenced Ophir as Forsyth County, and she could not find it in Forsyth, thus the explanation, I also didn't realize the message only came to me, I thought it came across the list because of the Subject - GACHEROK. -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Bannister [mailto:rbannister@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 7:50 PM To: GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [GACHEROK-L] Isaac BROWN I don't understand the Ophir question -- the Ophir church and surrounding community is in the same place it has always been. At one time the post office address for the Mica and Conns Creek communities was listed as Ophir -- I'm not sure if it was in 1883 -- but it may have been. Ophir Baptist Church is located just off Yellow Creek Road in Northeast Cherokee county, on the Old Federal Road about 1/4 mile from the Forsyth County line. It's northwest of Coal Mountain -- maybe 10 miles?? (That's a guess -- I'm horrible with distance and direction. From Coal Mountain you take Hwy. 9 to Hwy. 369 -- the Old Federal Road is on the right across from the new River Hill Subdivision. The area between Ophir and 369 around the Etowah River is known as Frogtown). Rebecca Bannister rbannister@comcast.net (Main Email) beccasroots@comcast.net (Geneology Email) crescentchronicle@comcast.net (Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter) -----Original Message----- From: Brenda Pierce [mailto:ltlbit@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 7:12 PM To: GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GACHEROK-L] Isaac BROWN Does anyone have any information on the Isaac Brown that received a pension in Cherokee County from at least Oct. 1871 to 1883 or later in Cherokee County? [His PO Address was Cherokee Mills - to the West of Hickory Flats and Holly Springs.] Is anyone else on this list searching Brown ancestors of Cherokee? Also, a question recently came up in re to Ophir - it was in 1883 located extremely close to the Forsyth/Cherokee line right below Coal Mountain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- 5892 -- Brown Isaac -- Cherokee Mills -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 - 1883 (January 1, 1883) Pensioner Rolls - Cherokee County, GA Certificate # - L/First Name - PO - Cause of Pensions - $/Month - Original Allowance Date 13575 -- Bruce Sarah -- Orange -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1878 5890 -- Cole Samuel -- Canton -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 25944 -- Gunter Margaret -- Canton --8.00 not listed -- July 1879 (check Gunter listing) 102924 --Jackson Lucy R. -- Canton -- a widow -- 8.00 -- Nov. 1867 5148 -- Cloud Elizabeth A. -- Canton - awidow -- 8.00 -- Sep. 1876 183986 -- Carney William W. -- Canton -a minor -- 10.00 May 1879 5892 -- Brown Isaac -- Cherokee Mills -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 175907 -- Messer Louisa E. -- Ft Buffington -- Dep. mother -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1876 125698 -- Couch Anthena -- Walesca -- abdominal injury -- 4.00 Oct. 1873 28280 -- Fowler Elizabeth --Orange -- widow (1812) -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1879 17372 -- Johnson Julian -- Ophir -- 8.00 -- Feb. 1879 30115 -- Thompson Mary -- Ball Ground --8.00 -- Aug. 1880 ==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ ============================== OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx ==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

I don't understand the Ophir question -- the Ophir church and surrounding community is in the same place it has always been. At one time the post office address for the Mica and Conns Creek communities was listed as Ophir -- I'm not sure if it was in 1883 -- but it may have been. Ophir Baptist Church is located just off Yellow Creek Road in Northeast Cherokee county, on the Old Federal Road about 1/4 mile from the Forsyth County line. It's northwest of Coal Mountain -- maybe 10 miles?? (That's a guess -- I'm horrible with distance and direction. From Coal Mountain you take Hwy. 9 to Hwy. 369 -- the Old Federal Road is on the right across from the new River Hill Subdivision. The area between Ophir and 369 around the Etowah River is known as Frogtown). Rebecca Bannister rbannister@comcast.net (Main Email) beccasroots@comcast.net (Geneology Email) crescentchronicle@comcast.net (Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter) -----Original Message----- From: Brenda Pierce [mailto:ltlbit@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 7:12 PM To: GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GACHEROK-L] Isaac BROWN Does anyone have any information on the Isaac Brown that received a pension in Cherokee County from at least Oct. 1871 to 1883 or later in Cherokee County? [His PO Address was Cherokee Mills - to the West of Hickory Flats and Holly Springs.] Is anyone else on this list searching Brown ancestors of Cherokee? Also, a question recently came up in re to Ophir - it was in 1883 located extremely close to the Forsyth/Cherokee line right below Coal Mountain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- 5892 -- Brown Isaac -- Cherokee Mills -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 - 1883 (January 1, 1883) Pensioner Rolls - Cherokee County, GA Certificate # - L/First Name - PO - Cause of Pensions - $/Month - Original Allowance Date 13575 -- Bruce Sarah -- Orange -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1878 5890 -- Cole Samuel -- Canton -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 25944 -- Gunter Margaret -- Canton --8.00 not listed -- July 1879 (check Gunter listing) 102924 --Jackson Lucy R. -- Canton -- a widow -- 8.00 -- Nov. 1867 5148 -- Cloud Elizabeth A. -- Canton - awidow -- 8.00 -- Sep. 1876 183986 -- Carney William W. -- Canton -a minor -- 10.00 May 1879 5892 -- Brown Isaac -- Cherokee Mills -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 175907 -- Messer Louisa E. -- Ft Buffington -- Dep. mother -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1876 125698 -- Couch Anthena -- Walesca -- abdominal injury -- 4.00 Oct. 1873 28280 -- Fowler Elizabeth --Orange -- widow (1812) -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1879 17372 -- Johnson Julian -- Ophir -- 8.00 -- Feb. 1879 30115 -- Thompson Mary -- Ball Ground --8.00 -- Aug. 1880 ==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ ============================== OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx

Does anyone have any information on the Isaac Brown that received a pension in Cherokee County from at least Oct. 1871 to 1883 or later in Cherokee County? [His PO Address was Cherokee Mills - to the West of Hickory Flats and Holly Springs.] Is anyone else on this list searching Brown ancestors of Cherokee? Also, a question recently came up in re to Ophir - it was in 1883 located extremely close to the Forsyth/Cherokee line right below Coal Mountain. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5892 -- Brown Isaac -- Cherokee Mills -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 - 1883 (January 1, 1883) Pensioner Rolls - Cherokee County, GA Certificate # - L/First Name - PO - Cause of Pensions - $/Month - Original Allowance Date 13575 -- Bruce Sarah -- Orange -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1878 5890 -- Cole Samuel -- Canton -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 25944 -- Gunter Margaret -- Canton --8.00 not listed -- July 1879 (check Gunter listing) 102924 --Jackson Lucy R. -- Canton -- a widow -- 8.00 -- Nov. 1867 5148 -- Cloud Elizabeth A. -- Canton - awidow -- 8.00 -- Sep. 1876 183986 -- Carney William W. -- Canton -a minor -- 10.00 May 1879 5892 -- Brown Isaac -- Cherokee Mills -- 8.00 -- Oct. 1871 175907 -- Messer Louisa E. -- Ft Buffington -- Dep. mother -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1876 125698 -- Couch Anthena -- Walesca -- abdominal injury -- 4.00 Oct. 1873 28280 -- Fowler Elizabeth --Orange -- widow (1812) -- 8.00 -- Dec. 1879 17372 -- Johnson Julian -- Ophir -- 8.00 -- Feb. 1879 30115 -- Thompson Mary -- Ball Ground --8.00 -- Aug. 1880

Anyone familiar with the John Elliott who was married to a Cherokee and who lived along the Coosa or Etowah River or one of their branches. Anything will be appreciated. Paul WhitePaul@aol.com 

http://www.tinyurl.com/6aerd Read about the Removal of the Cherokees and other great information in the History of Atlanta the first 100 or so pages are online at the above link. Happy Reading.

The winter edition of the Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter, The Crescent Chronicle is currently in production. To post your queries please email them to crescentchronicle@comcast.net by Friday, November 26. For more information on the Historical Society please visit rockbarn.org. If you would like to be part of the genealogy committee please email me at rbannister@comcast.net. Thanks! (PS - I've have a slight email address book meltdown over the past couple of months. If we have corresponded in the past - please email me again so I can get your email addresses back!) Rebecca Bannister Genealogy Committee Chairperson, Newsletter Editor rbannister@comcast.net (main email) beccasroots@comcast.net (genealogy email) crescentchronicle@comcast.net (CCHS Newsletter) Cherokee County Surnames: Fletcher, Baldwin, Hester, Lawson, Jefferson, Brady, Hembree

Cherokee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Walker, Richard May 1897 ************************************************ 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: Phyllis Thompson http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002524 November 17, 2004, 9:04 pm Georgia Enterprise, May 20, 1897 HOME AND OTHER ITEMS, As They Transpire From One Week To Another. Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Walker, well known in this county, lost their infant son, Richard, by death, at their home in Canton on Friday. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/cherokee/obits/w/ob5853walker.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

HI, Something intrigued me about this post. Sarah Elizabeth RENEAU (B. 18 JULY 1838) M. Thomas P. HOLLAND ON 5 mAR 1854, LOCATION UBKNOWN. one CHILD IS KNOWN from this union, Emma HOLLAMD, BUT newspaper accounts list 4 nore,names unknown BORN BWFORE 1865. ser WAS MY gga. John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leola Russell" <ljrussell@earthlink.net> To: <GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:35 PM Subject: [GACHEROK-L] Kelly/Francis marriage record > Searching for marriage record for Joseph KELLY & Elizabeth Rebecca > FRANCIS daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (HOLLAND) Francis. > The 1850 Census indicates the Thomas Francis family were residents of the > 31st District of Forsyth County Joseph (age 27) & Rebecca (age 22) > KELLY were residing in Cherokee County. > The Joseph KELLY family moved to Arkansas in the late 1850s. The FRANCIS > family remained in GA Thomas FRANCIS died 28 Sep 1876 and is buried in > Andrews Chapel Cemetery located near the Cherokee/Forsyth county line. > Elizabeth Francis was sister of Rosetta CREAMER, Arnold, Cynthia, & Nancy > FRANCIS, Elizabeth HAYGOOD, Thomas M, Sarah & Susan L. FRANCIS. Susan > may be the Susan L. Mason listed in the 1880 Census of High Tower, Forsyth > County. > > This information will fill one of the few blanks in the family history of > Joseph and Elizabeth R's great-grandaughter who celebrated her 90th > birthday earlier this year. > > Jonelle ELLIS Russell > email: ljrussell@earthlink.net > > > ==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== > GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK > RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ > > ============================== > OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx > >

Searching for marriage record for Joseph KELLY & Elizabeth Rebecca FRANCIS daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (HOLLAND) Francis. The 1850 Census indicates the Thomas Francis family were residents of the 31st District of Forsyth County Joseph (age 27) & Rebecca (age 22) KELLY were residing in Cherokee County. The Joseph KELLY family moved to Arkansas in the late 1850s. The FRANCIS family remained in GA Thomas FRANCIS died 28 Sep 1876 and is buried in Andrews Chapel Cemetery located near the Cherokee/Forsyth county line. Elizabeth Francis was sister of Rosetta CREAMER, Arnold, Cynthia, & Nancy FRANCIS, Elizabeth HAYGOOD, Thomas M, Sarah & Susan L. FRANCIS. Susan may be the Susan L. Mason listed in the 1880 Census of High Tower, Forsyth County. This information will fill one of the few blanks in the family history of Joseph and Elizabeth R's great-grandaughter who celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this year. Jonelle ELLIS Russell email: ljrussell@earthlink.net

I stumbled upon these search tools while looking for other information on the Cherokee County Government page. You can search the marriage database and the estate docket database online. http://www.cherokeega.com/departments/judicial/probate/ Rebecca Bannister rbannister@comcast.net (Main Email) beccasroots@comcast.net (Geneology Email) crescentchronicle@comcast.net (Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter)

Last year I attended a Cherokee history course in Rome, GA, that was taught by an official from Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, OK. The 4-day course (only $20), which came with a HUGE book (over 4-inches thick) was an amazing event. They are offering the course again this year. Information from their press release follows. I have posted other documents on my website, if anyone is interested in more information. Go to: www.scrankin.com/CherokeeHistory/registration2004.pdf www.scrankin.com/CherokeeHistory/media2004.pdf www.scrankin.com/CherokeeHistory/syllabus2004.pdf From their press release: "The Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home in conjunction with The Cherokee Nation will offer residents of Northwest Georgia and surrounding areas a four-day, thirty-two hour course in Cherokee Nation History over two weekends, November 6-7 and November 20-21, 2004, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM each day. Conducted at the Heritage Hall Campus of Floyd College in Rome, Georgia the course is open to the public, with only a twenty-dollar registration fee. All course materials will be provided. Citizens of the Cherokee Nation are especially urged to attend. Featured recently in the Cherokee Phoenix and Indian Advocate, this acclaimed course covers significant aspects of Cherokee legal, social, and cultural history from pre-contact to the present day. The course, addresses treaty rights and legislative agendas, as well as questions of culture and citizenship, with the goal of providing a better understanding of Cherokee nationality, leadership, and identity. As part of a new initiative to teach Cherokee history from a Cherokee perspective, community courses are one aspect of a tribal effort that also includes teaching Cherokee Nation employees, developing public school curriculum, entering into partnerships with universities and colleges, collecting community and family histories, and teaching the course in the Cherokee language. In 2002, Harvard University honored the Cherokee Nation History Course as one of sixteen exemplary initiatives nationwide promoting tribal excellence in self-government. Nationally-renowned Indian scholar and activist Vine Deloria, Jr. recently called the Cherokee Nation’s history project “the most exciting idea in tribal education I have ever heard of.” The November dates in Rome mark only the second time that the course will have been offered in the pre-removal Cherokee Homeland. All participants will receive a certificate from the Cherokee Nation upon successful completion of the class. For registration information, call Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home at 706-291-9494 or send an email to chmuseum@bellsouth.net."

Dear List, I haven't posted in a while and thought that I'd give an update on the construction of our church. We have broken ground on the new Sanctuary and should be moved in by the end of 48 weeks! I would like to invite anyone who has EVER had a connection with this church to send me a note regarding what your connection/memory is. I have searched everywhere imaginable for records to the church and think that whatever might have been are now lost. As I've posted before, the only history we have is on file at the Pitt Library at Emory University and is the remembrances of a gentleman who was a member in the 1950s. This remembrance is also on the Old Milton County website. I have traced and elaborated on much of this and have used it as a starting point to write the history of the church. I've been able to prove most of it. One thing I haven't had a clue about is that the church beginning as a Congregational Church in 1838 by a Reverend Darter. The only Darter in any census in Georgia that I can trace to the area was a merchant and owner of slaves and he wasn't here until 1850. What I DO have is that the first person buried in the Church cemetery on Taylor Road just off of Birmingham Highway in north Fulton was Jacob Hook. The original drawer in the Gold Lottery of this land was a Leverett who apparently never took occupation of it. I can't locate how it happened, but the next owner was John Nix who sold it to Jacob Hook. Jacob was dead by 1855 at which time his family donated the land to the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church for a burying ground. The original deed must have been burned in the fire of the Milton Courthouse in the late 1860s because a duplicate was written in the early 1890s when David Hook, a descendant of Jacob, donated the land to the Trustees of the Church. I have had the cemetery surveyed recently. A church member recently inquired as to whether any current members could be buried there, so I located a local funeral home. Their representatives met me there and determined that there could be well over 100 interred in the cemetery although only 20 some-odd are marked. If you have ANY idea anyone you know was buried there, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. The last known burial was in 1929 and was the wife of Jonathan Pruet.t I strongly suspect his father (Zachary T. Pruett) is buried just forward of Jonathan, but can't prove it. I have poured over obituaries and was overjoyed at the publication of Mr. Carver's extraction of obits from the Cherokee Advance. I have only added one burial that wasn't marked, a daughter of Jacob Hook. By 1871 the congregation moved near the intersection of B'Ham Highway and B'Ham Roads (Then known as Orange-Roswell Rd and Hickory Flat Rd.) on land sold for only $25 by a PJ Wilson. The current building is probably the fourth on the site. A large pine has the remnants of a hitching post for horses embedded into it. . Some of the surnames of members of the Church are: Hook, Pruett (Pruitt), Day, Westbrook, John H. Johnston (former state Senator, I have a great deal about him) Chamblee, Maxwell, Neese, and Merriman. I'd like to add many names to this list. I was involved this weekend in a youth retreat on the 62 acres of land that is a part of our Sanctuary. I was so moved that this land was in the hands of original church members and is now returned. As development encroaches in north Fulton, this land will be a Sanctuary to many for hopefully generations more. My goal is to write an accurate history of the Church and community and incorporate it into a time capsule in the new Sanctuary. I NEED YOUR HELP!!!!! Carole Johnson Trustee and Historian of Birmingham United Methodist Church ammcj@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. Carole Johnson ammcj@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

Does anyone know who might have access to any old records of Pleasant Arbor Baptist Church? The Church is located near Waleksa in the Sallacoa Valley. I have checked Baptist records at Mercer University in Macon and haven't had any luck in locating anything. Since there isn't a church office, I don't know whom to contact. My grandparents, Henry and Mary Brewer, great-grandparents Vincent Elijah and Lula Westbrook, great-great grandparents Nathaniel Jackson and Mary Francis Fields and Thomas and Sarah Westbrook are all buried there. I suspect that Nathaniel Jackson Field's mother, Martha Jane Collins Fields and Mary Francis Fields' parents, James and Susan Craig are buried there as well. Susan Craig was a Hopgood and I believe her parents are buried there also. I have an obit on Thomas Westbrook that indicates he was a life-long Methodist. It appears that Thomas' brother William, was a life long resident of Pickens County. Since Thomas and his wife, Sarah are buried at Pleasant Arbor and it is a Baptist Church, I wonder what the pull was. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Carole Carole Johnson ammcj@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

From a person who is not a member of the mailing list, or from a member using a different address. If you answer, please use the list address and the individuals address. Wyndell Taylor List Manager >Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:00:08 -0600 >X-From_: pattipoo47@msn.com Tue Oct 5 11:00:06 2004 >X-Originating-IP: [65.141.94.92] >X-Originating-Email: [pattipoo47@msn.com] >X-Sender: pattipoo47@msn.com >From: "PAT GOLTZ" <pattipoo47@msn.com> >To: <gacherok-l@rootsweb.com> >Old-Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:59:02 -0400 >X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Oct 2004 17:00:07.0541 (UTC) FILETIME=[C4521250:01C4AAFC] >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} geneology >X-Envelope-To: GACHEROK-L > >My name is Pat(Hughes)Goltz >My great grandparent were Levi Foster & Docia(Fowler) Hughes from Cherokee Co.Ga. >I found your e-mail from a 1998 query & thought we may have a connection. > >

Wyndell. I do not have any Land District-Land Lot-Section information for this property. All it stated in the various Jefferson County, GA tax digests is they owned 40 acres in Jefferson County, Ga. FYI, their sister, Amelia DANIEL (1795-1860) married a William P. TAYLOR and they moved from Burke County, GA to near Riddleville, Washington County, GA. I also have copies of the new book(s) on Jefferson County, GA Land Records by Dan CRUMPTON. I know some of the DANIELS of Cherokee County, GA, based upon what I saw in the Cherokee Archives, were part of that DANIEL bunch who were part Cherokee. That, is not the DANIEL bunch I am interested in. My bunch were mainly blue-eyed, blond (or of light complexion), short in statue and of thin frames. I have a picture of my GGF, Robert W. DANIEL, Esq. (1809-1865). BTW, I am the US GENWEB county coordinator for both Morgan and Jefferson County, GA, as well as the List Administrator for Morgan County, GA and the DANIEL list, as well as other lists. If I can help anyone, feel free to drop me a note. John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wyndell Taylor" <gagenie@bellsouth.net> To: <GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [GACHEROK-L] Introduction - DANIEL > At 11:33 AM 10/4/2004 -0400, you wrote: >> If anyone has any information on this family of an explanation for my >>GGF, Robert W. DANIEL, owing this 40 acres in Cherokee County, GA I sure >>would appreciate it... Thanks. > > John, can you give me a location of the lot they owned? Should be a > reference to the Section, District, and Lot number in the deed. With that > I might give you some back ground on the lot. Then again.. maybe not. My > research and abstracts only went thru 1847. > > The DANIEL's family were mentioned many times in the early deeds of > Cherokee County. > > Wyndell Taylor > > >> >>John R. Clarke >>Thomasville, GA >> >> >> >>==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== >>GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK >>RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ >> >>============================== >>You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from >>http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >> >> > > > ==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== > GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK > RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >