I find no record of Mary Sears being maried to anyone else except Arthur Gillis. There is nothing said about her father, Hamilton Sears, killing a man named Andrson. That name is not even mentioned. There is not record of her children. Sorry I couldn't find the information you wanted. If there is any other way that I can help you plaease let me know. Marilyn Wilcaox Satilla Regional Library Genealogy Dept. Diana Sjoberg <[email protected]> wrote: I believe it to be in the late 1800s to early 1900s. It would have involved Hamilton and Mary Vickers Sears' daughter Mary b. June 6, 1879. She married first a Anderson who was murdered and then she m. Arthur Gillis. She was my 3 rggrand aunt. If anyone has info on her death date, children, etc on her it would be appreciated. Diana in Las Vegas ----- Original Message ----- From: gene lib To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > Diana, > remind me again when this happened so I can check it for you. > > Diana Sjoberg wrote: > Mel, have you seen the article that describe the murder of a Anderson my > Mary Sears' first husband by a Sears? I had a copy and somehow it has > disappeared!--Diana in Las Vegas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Catherine Fussell Wells > To: > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:30 AM > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Please visit the Coffee County GaGenWeb site at > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5941 > > ============================== > 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 > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== The Coffee County mailing list is a flame free list. Rudeness will NOT be tolerated. If you are having a problem with someone on the list, please contact either Karen or Melody. ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!

I believe it to be in the late 1800s to early 1900s. It would have involved Hamilton and Mary Vickers Sears' daughter Mary b. June 6, 1879. She married first a Anderson who was murdered and then she m. Arthur Gillis. She was my 3 rggrand aunt. If anyone has info on her death date, children, etc on her it would be appreciated. Diana in Las Vegas ----- Original Message ----- From: gene lib <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > Diana, > remind me again when this happened so I can check it for you. > > Diana Sjoberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Mel, have you seen the article that describe the murder of a Anderson my > Mary Sears' first husband by a Sears? I had a copy and somehow it has > disappeared!--Diana in Las Vegas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Catherine Fussell Wells > To: > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:30 AM > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Please visit the Coffee County GaGenWeb site at > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5941 > > ============================== > 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 >

From Obituaries & Death Notices from the Douglas Breeze compiled by Catherine Fussell Wells November 21, 1903 The funeral of Emmitt White will be preached at the Nicholls Baptist church the first Sunday in December. It will be remembered that on that day one year ago he was killed by Lee Cribb. December 19, 1903 The Fate of Lee Cribb. His Lawyers Have Done all that Men Could do for a Client. The End. The Commission of physicians appointed last week to determine the condition of Lee Cribb has reported that he was sane, just what was thought they would and should do. Unless some other movement is made the murderer of two people has, before this reached the reader, been hanged, in compliance with the law 's demand. That he has met what he deserved is known to all. The murder of Emmet White and Marshall Holton was cold blooded, without an excuse, and we are surprised hat his execution has so long been delayed. That his relatives desired to shield him as long as possible is natural, and that the lawyers in the case have done everything in their power to save his life as long as hope lasted, is no more than every man in a place like the one Cribb and his relatives occupied would expect. While justice has been evaded for a long time in this man's case the tax payers of the county have grinned and groaned under the heavy burden imposed upon them, and form the lights before them the complaints along that lines have been just. Had there been any doubts as to the guilt of this man every man in Coffee county would have gladly endured his part of the tax-burden that justice might have been metted out, but in a plain case of aggravated murder, where there was no lack of proof, no cause for the deed, it did not appear that more than a fair trial and its expences should have been heaped upon the people. The Breeze does not believe that Gov. Terrell or Cribbs attorneys have been influenced or guided in this matter by anything except the law, as ti stands, and not by political trickery. Friday Morning. Sheriff Southerland, Deputy Graham and other guards with Cribb arrived in Douglas at 2 o'clock a.m., having come around by the way of Tifton, Cordele and Fitzgerald, and were detained by a wreck on the A. & B. all day Thursday. The entire party were worn out for sleep and rest, but Cribb was the most cheerful man in the crowd. When his breakfast was carried to him at 7 o'clock Friday morning he was sleeping soundly. His wife and child called to see him at 8:20, and was admitted to his cell to remain with him to the last moment. In answer to an inquiry form the Breeze as to any statement he desired to make the condemned man said he would make a statement before his execution to be taken in short hand which could be used. He desired Mr. John McLean to be present when it was made. We could not secure the statement but have about the substance however below: Mr. Cribb made a statement Friday morning in which he exonerated every one but himself. He said whiskey and bad associations had brought him to his doom. He thanked the officers of the jails for their kindness to him during his confinement and had nothing but thanks for his counsel, who made a good fight to save his life. The doomed man ascended the scaffold at 1:30 and at 1:38 the drop fell. He fell about seven feet, his neck was broken instantly, but the heart beats continued (for a few minutes afterward when life was pronounced extinct. Copy hard to read) Hope this is what everyone was looking for. Catherine Genealogy -- it's my business! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimberly L Clark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > Did I miss an email here? I haven't read the one regarding M L Cribb that > Mel was referring to. > > In Coffee County in Dec. of 1902, Lee Cribb, my children's 2nd great > grandfather, at age 26 killed the Coffee Co. Sheriff and an innocent > bystander who was loading his wagon. This was done in a drunken rage at his > wife for having him jailed and then leaving him because of his abuse. Lee > was convicted and sentenced to hang 1903. His tombstone reads the date of > 1903 for his death. Lee is actually Leon W Cribb, son of Eli Warren Cribb > and Dicey Nelson, Descendants of Jonathan Cribb, b. 1777 in NC. M L Cribb in > Turner Co, GA is Miles L Cribb and committed murder in his wife's family is > a son of Ezekiel Cribb and a descendant of Jeremiah Cribb b abt 1796 of the > Jones Co, GA Cribb lines. I suspect a family relationship between Jeremiah > and Jonathan perhaps as father and son, but have never found proof. > > In a way, I am glad that this has been placed into a media that can be > accessed for posterity, but unfortunately there are still many family > members mortified by what has happened in the past. Lee was hung over 100 > years ago and the deaths by M L nearly that. > > Anyone wishing information on the Cribb lines in NC, SC, GA, AL or FL, > please contact me. I have worked for many years on the surname and have > quite a bit of information on the family lines, some link to my children, > some do not. > > Kimberly Clark > Kansas City, MO > > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Please visit the Atkinson County GaGenWeb site at > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390 > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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Catherine, Thank you for the additional information on Lee Cribb. My daughter will once again be mortified as will her grandparents but I do appreciate learning all that was family lore is exactly that. It has been told that Lee was never hung. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Fussell Wells" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > From Obituaries & Death Notices from the Douglas Breeze compiled by > Catherine Fussell Wells > > November 21, 1903 > > The funeral of Emmitt White will be preached at the Nicholls Baptist church > > the first Sunday in December. It will be remembered that on that day one > year ago he was killed by Lee Cribb. > > December 19, 1903 > The Fate of Lee Cribb. > > His Lawyers Have Done all that Men Could do for a Client. The End. > > The Commission of physicians appointed last week to determine the condition > of Lee Cribb has reported that he was sane, just what was thought they would > and should do. Unless some other movement is made the murderer of two people > has, before this reached the reader, been hanged, in compliance with the law > 's demand. > > That he has met what he deserved is known to all. The murder of Emmet White > and Marshall Holton was cold blooded, without an excuse, and we are > surprised hat his execution has so long been delayed. > > That his relatives desired to shield him as long as possible is natural, and > that the lawyers in the case have done everything in their power to save his > life as long as hope lasted, is no more than every man in a place like the > one Cribb and his relatives occupied would expect. > > While justice has been evaded for a long time in this man's case the tax > payers of the county have grinned and groaned under the heavy burden imposed > upon them, and form the lights before them the complaints along that lines > have been just. > > Had there been any doubts as to the guilt of this man every man in Coffee > county would have gladly endured his part of the tax-burden that justice > might have been metted out, but in a plain case of aggravated murder, where > there was no lack of proof, no cause for the deed, it did not appear that > more than a fair trial and its > > expences should have been heaped upon the people. > > > The Breeze does not believe that Gov. Terrell or Cribbs attorneys have been > influenced or guided in this matter by anything except the law, as ti > stands, and not by political trickery. > > Friday Morning. > > Sheriff Southerland, Deputy Graham and other guards with Cribb arrived in > Douglas at 2 o'clock a.m., having come around by the way of Tifton, Cordele > and Fitzgerald, and were detained by a wreck on the A. & B. all day > Thursday. The entire party were worn out for sleep and rest, but Cribb was > the most cheerful man in the crowd. When his breakfast was carried to him at > 7 o'clock Friday morning he was sleeping soundly. His wife and child called > to see him at 8:20, and was admitted to his cell to remain with him to the > last moment. > > In answer to an inquiry form the Breeze as to any statement he desired to > make the condemned man said he would make a statement before his execution > to be taken in short hand which could be used. He desired Mr. John McLean to > be present when it was made. We could not secure the statement but have > about the substance however below: > > Mr. Cribb made a statement Friday morning in which he exonerated every one > but himself. He said whiskey and bad associations had brought him to his > doom. He thanked the officers of the jails for their kindness to him during > his confinement and had nothing but thanks for his counsel, who made a good > fight to save his life. > > The doomed man ascended the scaffold at 1:30 and at 1:38 the drop fell. He > fell about seven feet, his neck was broken instantly, but the heart beats > continued (for a few minutes afterward when life was pronounced extinct. > Copy hard to read) > > Hope this is what everyone was looking for. > > Catherine > Genealogy -- it's my business! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kimberly L Clark" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:30 PM > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > > > > Did I miss an email here? I haven't read the one regarding M L Cribb that > > Mel was referring to. > > > > In Coffee County in Dec. of 1902, Lee Cribb, my children's 2nd great > > grandfather, at age 26 killed the Coffee Co. Sheriff and an innocent > > bystander who was loading his wagon. This was done in a drunken rage at > his > > wife for having him jailed and then leaving him because of his abuse. Lee > > was convicted and sentenced to hang 1903. His tombstone reads the date of > > 1903 for his death. Lee is actually Leon W Cribb, son of Eli Warren Cribb > > and Dicey Nelson, Descendants of Jonathan Cribb, b. 1777 in NC. M L Cribb > in > > Turner Co, GA is Miles L Cribb and committed murder in his wife's family > is > > a son of Ezekiel Cribb and a descendant of Jeremiah Cribb b abt 1796 of > the > > Jones Co, GA Cribb lines. I suspect a family relationship between Jeremiah > > and Jonathan perhaps as father and son, but have never found proof. > > > > In a way, I am glad that this has been placed into a media that can be > > accessed for posterity, but unfortunately there are still many family > > members mortified by what has happened in the past. Lee was hung over 100 > > years ago and the deaths by M L nearly that. > > > > Anyone wishing information on the Cribb lines in NC, SC, GA, AL or FL, > > please contact me. I have worked for many years on the surname and have > > quite a bit of information on the family lines, some link to my children, > > some do not. > > > > Kimberly Clark > > Kansas City, MO > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > Please visit the Atkinson County GaGenWeb site at > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390 > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Please do not send any attachments or photos to the list. Rootsweb will not accept them. Send them to either Melody at [email protected] or to Karen at [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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Did I miss an email here? I haven't read the one regarding M L Cribb that Mel was referring to. In Coffee County in Dec. of 1902, Lee Cribb, my children's 2nd great grandfather, at age 26 killed the Coffee Co. Sheriff and an innocent bystander who was loading his wagon. This was done in a drunken rage at his wife for having him jailed and then leaving him because of his abuse. Lee was convicted and sentenced to hang 1903. His tombstone reads the date of 1903 for his death. Lee is actually Leon W Cribb, son of Eli Warren Cribb and Dicey Nelson, Descendants of Jonathan Cribb, b. 1777 in NC. M L Cribb in Turner Co, GA is Miles L Cribb and committed murder in his wife's family is a son of Ezekiel Cribb and a descendant of Jeremiah Cribb b abt 1796 of the Jones Co, GA Cribb lines. I suspect a family relationship between Jeremiah and Jonathan perhaps as father and son, but have never found proof. In a way, I am glad that this has been placed into a media that can be accessed for posterity, but unfortunately there are still many family members mortified by what has happened in the past. Lee was hung over 100 years ago and the deaths by M L nearly that. Anyone wishing information on the Cribb lines in NC, SC, GA, AL or FL, please contact me. I have worked for many years on the surname and have quite a bit of information on the family lines, some link to my children, some do not. Kimberly Clark Kansas City, MO

Diana, remind me again when this happened so I can check it for you. Diana Sjoberg <[email protected]> wrote: Mel, have you seen the article that describe the murder of a Anderson my Mary Sears' first husband by a Sears? I had a copy and somehow it has disappeared!--Diana in Las Vegas ----- Original Message ----- From: Catherine Fussell Wells To: Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Ok, I was so confused until I went to your website and read the article. The one that I was looking at happened in Turner County but was in the Coffee Copunty Progress and concerned the Hancock family. November 1913. I just couldn't find a Holton and thought I must be reading it wrong, especially since the type is small and the paper is faded. I'll see if I can find the Holton obit for you. Mel Kay Music <[email protected]> wrote: Mel, He was the Marshall that the Cribb guy killed that day he went on the rampage. All I know is he was Thomas Holton, and was a Marshall. Not a lot to go on I know. I have two different Thomas Holtons, both of them were born in 1866, so either could have been him. Thats why I needed to know if there were an obit a few days after the murders. I figured since the murder rampage was written about, and the hearing, that surely there would have been some obits. Thanks for what ever you can come up with. Kay --- gene lib wrote: > Kay, > Do you have any more info? Was he involved in the > Cribb murders? > > Melody > > Kay Music wrote: > Does anyone know who the Marshall Thomas Holton's > parents were? Was there an obit in the paper on him > right after this happened? > Thanks, > Kay > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > If you would be interested in adopting a GaGenWeb > county, please contact Melody at [email protected] > to see which counties are > available for adoption. All counties can beneift > from extra volunteers! > > ============================== > 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 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== Please visit the Coffee County GaGenWeb site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5941 ============================== 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!

Tom, Thank you for answering this. I was still trying to find Byrd Church. June, If you go to: http://www.mapquest.com/, you can see where Pridgen AND Snipesville is located, and how to get there. Pridgen is in Coffee Co., and Snipesville is in Jeff Davis Co. You can also click on Business Address, an find the church of your choice, but Byrd does NOT come up. Good luck, Kay --- "Tom B. Atkinson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Byrd CHurch is the name used by some of the older > folks for Mt Pleasant > Baptist CHurch. > About 3/4 the way on the road from Broxton to > Snipesville, a sign will point > left to Mt Pleasant CHurch. It is about a a mile on > the left. > > The road it is on is the one from Pridgen to > Snipesville. > > You may need a map to find Snipesville and Pridgen. ===== Appling County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaapplin/appling_index.htm Bacon County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gabacon2/bacon_index.htm Coffee County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacoffee __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Mel, He was the Marshall that the Cribb guy killed that day he went on the rampage. All I know is he was Thomas Holton, and was a Marshall. Not a lot to go on I know. I have two different Thomas Holtons, both of them were born in 1866, so either could have been him. Thats why I needed to know if there were an obit a few days after the murders. I figured since the murder rampage was written about, and the hearing, that surely there would have been some obits. Thanks for what ever you can come up with. Kay --- gene lib <[email protected]> wrote: > Kay, > Do you have any more info? Was he involved in the > Cribb murders? > > Melody > > Kay Music <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know who the Marshall Thomas Holton's > parents were? Was there an obit in the paper on him > right after this happened? > Thanks, > Kay > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > If you would be interested in adopting a GaGenWeb > county, please contact Melody at [email protected] > to see which counties are > available for adoption. All counties can beneift > from extra volunteers! > > ============================== > 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 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Byrd CHurch is the name used by some of the older folks for Mt Pleasant Baptist CHurch. One of my Byrd relatives was supposedly "turned out of the CHurch" for "gossiping". About 3/4 the way on the road from Broxton to Snipesville, a sign will point left to Mt Pleasant CHurch. It is about a a mile on the left. The road it is on is the one from Pridgen to Snipesville. You may need a map to find Snipesville and Pridgen. Neither is very big. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.772 / Virus Database: 519 - Release Date: 10/1/2004

Kay, Do you have any more info? Was he involved in the Cribb murders? Melody Kay Music <[email protected]> wrote: Does anyone know who the Marshall Thomas Holton's parents were? Was there an obit in the paper on him right after this happened? Thanks, Kay --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!

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/ic.2ADE/576.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I am sorry, but apparently I am not the same Cindy Brown who posted the query to which you are referring. Good luck to you in your search.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ic.2ADE/576.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Do you happen to be the same Cindy Brown who posted a message awhile back about jute mill workers from Dundee Scotland emigrating to Ludlow, Mass.? My grandparents did just that and I am trying to get information about why all those emigrations occurred. Gerry Keir

Kay, Can you tell me where Byrd Church is in Broxton my grandparents are buried there. thank you , June ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Music" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 3:30 AM Subject: [GACOFFEE] The book: Blind Obedience > Hi, > If you go to: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/isearch2 you > can see the postings in the Coffee Co. list pages > concerning the book, Blind Obedience. I am the one > that read it, and first posted about it. It was a > very good book. I also believe that you can find the > info there about how and where the book can be > obtained. > Kay > > ===== > Appling County, GA > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaapplin/appling_index.htm > > Bacon County, GA > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gabacon2/bacon_index.htm > > Coffee County, GA > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacoffee > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > We welcome any data, pictures, gedcoms,or family files that you wish to contribute to the Coffee or Atkinson County GaGenWeb sites. > > ============================== > 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 >

Does anyone know who the Marshall Thomas Holton's parents were? Was there an obit in the paper on him right after this happened? Thanks, Kay ===== Appling County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaapplin/appling_index.htm Bacon County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gabacon2/bacon_index.htm Coffee County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacoffee __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Moring, I've just updated my Wiregrass web page. It's by no means complete. I've updated down to Bulloch County. I've been buzy removing non-working links and adding some new ones. In order to update it in some kind of organized fashion, I'm going county by county. So if you review it and have additional links to suggest for counties up to and including Bulloch (for now) please feel free to email me off list. Also I put in counties that "I" felt were Wiregrass and that I've had research in, if you feel I should add a county please email me that suggestion off list also. Also if I could request a favor from some of the list managers. If a county was created out of another and it would be a good idea for folks searching earlier records to check those counties also, but let me know when and the previous county names. (If you look as Atkinson County, you get a good idea of what I'm after.) Wiregrass Resources http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3043/wiregrass.html Kati Smith [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elverspeak/ http://www.geocities.com/kimis.geo/tsalagi.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaware/

Richard, you just told me what I was about to ask everyone. Thank you. I already had this Geo. Lewis in my tree. Charity and Ardelia Meeks, Both wives of Geo. W. Lewis, were 1st cousins. Lourice -----Original Message----- From: Richard Hughes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:26 PM Subject: RE: [GACOFFEE] obit... "Unknown Meeks" Mrs. Geo. Lewis [d] 1908 >Looks like it might be Charity Meeks, b. June 27, 1891 daughter of William >Bryant Meeks and Harriett Ardelia Williams. George Lewis later married to >Ardelia Meeks, daughter of Merritt Meeks and Emily Tanner. > > > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: "Lourice Merritt" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [GACOFFEE] obit... "Unknown Meeks" Mrs. Geo. Lewis [d] 1908 >Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:10:25 -0400 > >Does anyone recognize this lady??? > >obit: The Douglas Enterprise February 22nd, 1908 > ANOTHER LADY DEAD > Mrs. Geo. Lewis, whose husband is employed at Mr. H. Kirkland's still, >near Chatterton, died last Tuesday night. She was the daughter of Mr. >Bryant Meeks of Nicholls and a nice clever woman. >SOURCE: Personal research, old newspapers on microfilm, Satilla Regional >Library, Genealogy Dept., Douglas, Coffee Co., GA. .... Sept. 25, 2004. > > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please visit the Coffee County GaGenWeb site at >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5941 > >============================== >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 > >_________________________________________________________________ >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! >http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please visit the Atkinson County GaGenWeb site at >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390 > >============================== >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 > >

Does anyone know anything else on this George Lewis I have a George W. Lewis [b] 8 June 1884 [d] 16 May 1943 Coffee Co. buried at Sandhill Church Cemetery, Nicholls, Coffee Co. I have him md. to Ardella Meeks [b] 17 August 1885 d/o Merritt Meeks & Emily J. Tanner. This Ardella Meeks and Charity Meeks [see below] are 1st cousins. I believe he md. Charity, and then md. Ardella in 1909 after Charity died in 1908. >Mrs. Geo. Lewis was Charity dau. of Bryant Meeks and Harriet Williams.

Looks like it might be Charity Meeks, b. June 27, 1891 daughter of William Bryant Meeks and Harriett Ardelia Williams. George Lewis later married to Ardelia Meeks, daughter of Merritt Meeks and Emily Tanner. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Lourice Merritt" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [GACOFFEE] obit... "Unknown Meeks" Mrs. Geo. Lewis [d] 1908 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:10:25 -0400 Does anyone recognize this lady??? obit: The Douglas Enterprise February 22nd, 1908 ANOTHER LADY DEAD Mrs. Geo. Lewis, whose husband is employed at Mr. H. Kirkland's still, near Chatterton, died last Tuesday night. She was the daughter of Mr. Bryant Meeks of Nicholls and a nice clever woman. SOURCE: Personal research, old newspapers on microfilm, Satilla Regional Library, Genealogy Dept., Douglas, Coffee Co., GA. .... Sept. 25, 2004. ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== Please visit the Coffee County GaGenWeb site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5941 ============================== 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 _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Thank you Marilyn, I knew she fit in my tree somewhere. Lourice -----Original Message----- From: gene lib <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 30, 2004 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] obit... "Unknown Meeks" Mrs. Geo. Lewis [d] 1908 >Mrs. Geo. Lewis was Charity dau. of Bryant Meeks and Harriet Williams. She was born June 6, 1891 so she died young. Mother b. Dec 30, 1866 d. dec 30, 1941. >Father b. feb 18, 1866 d. Aug. 12, 1931. >I could not find anything more on Geo.Lewis. >Marilyn >Genealogy Dept. >Satilla Regional Library > >Lourice Merritt <[email protected]> wrote: >Does anyone recognize this lady??? > >obit: The Douglas Enterprise February 22nd, 1908 >ANOTHER LADY DEAD >Mrs. Geo. Lewis, whose husband is employed at Mr. H. Kirkland's still, near Chatterton, died last Tuesday night. She was the daughter of Mr. Bryant Meeks of Nicholls and a nice clever woman. >SOURCE: Personal research, old newspapers on microfilm, Satilla Regional Library, Genealogy Dept., Douglas, Coffee Co., GA. .... Sept. 25, 2004. > > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please visit the Coffee County GaGenWeb site at >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5941 > >============================== >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 > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >We welcome any data, pictures, gedcoms,or family files that you wish to contribute to the Coffee or Atkinson County GaGenWeb sites. > >============================== >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 > >