Nancy: No I'm not. "Guess" started as a joke with my hubby. He didn't want me to use my real name so he named me. Kathy >From: "Nancy Nilsen" <nancy@nilsenfamily.com> >Reply-To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com >To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Family lines >Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:19:52 -0700 > >Kati, I noted the "guess" with your name. Are you related to them? Nancy >in AZ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "kati guess" <kpridgen@hotmail.com> >To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 7:21 PM >Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Family lines > > > > My father's side of the family is from up around the river....... > > Pridgens.......and Austins........ > > > > My mother's side are the Hutto's from around Ambrose, Lax and Ocilla. >Along > > with the Sewell's from around Appling County. I really don't have much >info > > on Mama's side. > > > > I also want to say that although I haven't contributed a lot, if any, to >the > > list I really do enjoy and appreciate the information that the rest of >you > > share. I haven't had time to really work on this, I am currently >attending > > SGC majoring in Nursing and my time is spread rather thin between that >and > > my kids. Melody and Karen........Thanks for taking the time to make >this > > list so GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > > Kathy Pridgen Wilkerson > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > Please visit the Atkinson County GaGenWeb site at > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390 > > > > ============================== > > 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists > > http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ > > > > > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Thank you so much for being a subscriber to this list. >We appreciate it so much and hope that all of your brick walls >come tumbling down!! > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Jeff Tanner wrote: > The 1827 was what I had at one point also. I don't know where that came > from, but I think I might know why. Then I learned the following: > > John and Mary's youngest son, Elijah, was born Jun 5, 1818, Emanuel County, > GA. The "orphans of John Tanner" drew a prize in the 1820 Land Lottery > from Emanuel County. Their lot fell in the newly formed Gwinnett County. > It was sold for their benefit. So I would assume that John died sometime > between the birth of his youngest son and the point at which that son was > recognized as an orphan. This is how it was explained to me by someone who > has "done the digging". If his orphans drew a prize in the 1820 Land Lottery, then he certainly was dead by then. > The children of John Tanner, including Green, Berry Hampton, and Elijah (I > don't remember if the girls were mentioned or not), all appear on the "Poor > School" rolls in Emanuel County in 1827. Perhaps this is where that date > comes from -- an assumption that John Tanner died "by 1827"? I've copied some names from the "Poor School" rolls in Emanuel County but at the time I wasn't interested in Tanners. Children listed on the rolls were not necessarily orphans. > If he married Mehala in Tattnall County in 1834, then that's probably > right. Is there any information on when and where Benjamin Sr. died? That > land described in that passage which was submitted yesterday sounds an > awful lot like it could be very near the Tanner land. It appears that someone assumed they married in 1834. Huxford wrote that Benjamin Sr. moved to Tattnall County when Benjamin Jr. was two or three years old, which would have been circa 1809 or 1810. He made no other mention of Benjamin Sr. He wrote that Benjamin Jr. grew to manhood in Tattnall County, that he married Mehala Music, born 1814 in Tattnall County, and that their first child was born in 1835. He wrote that Benjamin Jr. moved to Appling County about 1840. I'm just repeating what was previously sent, am I not? Sorry about that. I had not really read the part about his land until just now. Huxford wrote "In the creation of Coffee County in 1854, partly out of Appling he was placed just inside the new county." Sorry Judge, but none of Appling County was placed in Coffee County at its creation! Charles Marks (sic - it should be Meeks) asked the Georgia legislature to include his property in Coffee County. That was approved Mar. 1, 1856. That accounts for the Coffee County line, near Nicholls, protruding into what is now Bacon County, Georgia. There were later changes, but Charles Meeks started it. Clyde

Jeff Tanner wrote: > Who else does the book say is buried there Clyde? I think Hester Ward to > be one, for sure. > > Jeff Okay, here is everything that's on page 473 of my 1982 edition of the Coffee County Cemetery book. We have a later edition at the Augusta Genealogical Society Library and it says (words to the effect) that B. H. Tanner was moved. I'm working there this morning and I'll try to remember to check the wording. Ward (Old Ward) Cemetery (located on the Wes Tanner farm in Central Church area) Ellis, Infant Feb. 7, 1910/Mar. 9, 1911 s/o B.F. & Olive Hilliard, Araminta (sic) D. Kirkland Mar. 6, 1860/Sept. 28, 1878 w/o James F.; Married-June 14, 1877 Hilliard, Infant (no dates) infant of J.F. & Armainta (sic) Hilliard, James Franklin Apr. 15, 1859/Mar. 17, 1879 h/o Arminta (sic) D. Kirkland; Married-June 14, 1877 Tanner, B. H. May 25, 1813/June 20, 1881 h/o Eliza Taylor, 1st; (?) Ward, 2nd Wards History of Coffee County (p. 125) states: Some of the people buried in Ward Graveyard are... 1. Old man Mose Kirkland, father of Zene & Josh, buried there before the Civil War 2. "Daddy" and old "Mammy" Ward, parents of Old Ward's of Coffee County, buried 1849 3. Mother of W.M. Denton, buried about 1845, d/o James Preston Ward 4. B.H. Tanner, Sr., 1st Sheriff of Coffee County Huxford's Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 1, (p. 292) states that James Preston Ward died in 1852 and is buried in the Ward Cemetery on Lot of land No. 364, 6th District, Coffee County. (possibly "Daddy" Ward refered (sic) to in Ward's History above, No. 2)

Tanner Church Cemetery-If you come from Douglas,take the Old McDonald road.Some call it the old Axson road.Go out passed Satilla School which will be on left,keep going till you come to a little country store on the left.Turn left at the store,cemetery on the right behind the red brick church.You will be going south on McDoald road. At 09:54 PM 3/7/01 -0500, you wrote: >I have a much more recent Tanner mystery. My great-grandfather (who was >estranged from my great-grandmother so not much is known about him) was >named Wesley Bullard, b. about 1863 in Appling County. In the 1910 >census (a year after my grandmother's birth) he is reported in Coffee >County as living in the Warren Tanner household along with his two adult >sons, Elias (age 20) and Frank (age 18). These sons were from his >previous marriage. He died in 1936 and is buried in the Tanner Church >Cemetery in an unmarked grave. I would like to hear from anyone who >knows who Warren Tanner was; I'd like to find out what the connection >was between my ggrandfather and Warren Tanner. > >If anyone knows who Warren Tanner was, or where the Tanner Church >Cemetery is located, I would appreciate hearing from you. > >Thanks, >Christy > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please visit the Atkinson County GaGenWeb site at >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390 > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/

Here are some things on Serena' father, Georga Foy. I found them in a file at the Coffee Library and they are type written. Georgia Tattnall County January 11th 1805 the Last will and testament of GEORGE FOY. In the name of God, Amen. I recommend my Sold to God and my body to the grave, to be buried in a decent Christian manner and first of all my worldly concern, is for my honest debts to be paid, then I do will and give unto my wife Frankey Foy, One Gray mare about four years old branded G3, and my Stock of Cattle and hogs and household furniture to be equally divided between my wife and four children to wit: Serena, James, rebeckah, and Elizabeth. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, being in perfect memory the day and date first above written. N.B. One hundred dollars to be taken out of the estate for the use of his daughter Polly's children to wit. Elizabeth and John, James, George and Anapple and to his daughter Aby the sum of One hundred dollares out of said estate if she ever applies for it. Executors of George Foys estate. Frankie Foy His George X Foy mark Test David Mims His John x Nepper mark This signed and witnessed in the presence of Thomas J. Prestwood Jr. Proven in open court by the oath of David Mims and Recorded the 13th day of August 1805, in Clerks Office David Brinson, Clk. There is another typewritten paper of a document dtaed January 11, 1805 in which Geroge Foy gives property to : "James, the son of Francis Wall commonly known by the name of James Foy" property to "Rececca, daughter of Franis Wall, the said Rebecca formerly known as Rebecca Foy "Elizabeth commonly called Elizabeth Foy the daughter of Francis Wall" the property was to be held by Frances Wall until the children marry or become twenty-one. Melody

Bill, I have this: Mills MUSIC/MUSICK Born: 1770, Tattnall Co. GA Died: 1860, Ware Co. GA Married: 1806, Candancy (Candasa) ?, Tattnall Co, GA Born: 1795, Tattnall Co, GA The parents of Mills MUSIC were Ambrose MUSIC/MUSICK and ? The children of Mills and Candancy were: 1) William MUSIC Born: 1807, Tattnall Co., GA Died: Dec. 1865 Married: 1/ Matilda ?, 2/ Martha BOHANNON 2) Mahala MUSIC Born: 1814, Tattnall Co.,GA Died: ? Married: 1834, Benjamin THOMAS 3) John Jackson MUSIC Born: 1825, Ware Co., GA Died: ? Married: 1/ Lydia Anna ?, 2/ Apr. 8, 1889, Eliza Wiggins MOSELY 4) Liddy A.M.MUSIC Born: 1830, Ware Co., GA Died: ? 5) Abraham MUSIC Born: 1833, Ware Co., GA Died: Aug. 27, 1864 Married: Honor Mahala NETTLES We got this information at one of the Music Family reunions, but at the bottom of the page it says: Sources of Information; Book: History of the MUSICK'S by G.C. MUSICK Folks Huxford's Genealogical Library, Homerville, Clinch Co., GA John Jackson MUSIC/MUSICK, (farmer) Born: June 1825, Ware Co., GA Died: ? Married: 1851, Lydia Anna ? Born: 1835, Tattnall Co., GA Children: 1) Hamilton MUSIC Born: 1852, Ware Co., GA Died: 1902 Married: ? 2) Elixabeth MUSIC Born: 1855, Ware Co., GA Died: ? Married: 1878, Benjamin BURNSED 3) John MUSIC Born: 1857 Died: ? Married: Ataline PETTY 4) Mahala MUSIC Born: 1859, Ware Co., GA Died: ? Married: ? 5) Ellen MUSIC Born: 1861, Ware Co., GA Died: ? Married: ? 6) Martha MUSIC Born: 1863, Ware Co., GA Died: ? Married: ? 7) Abby MUSIC Born: 1864, Ware Co., GA Died: ? Married: ? 8) Jesse MUSIC Born: 1865, Ware Co. GA Died: 1951 Married: ? 9) Emma MUSIC Born: 1868, Ware Co. GA Died: ? Married: ? 10) Berian Madison MUSIC Born: Jan. 18, 1869, Nassau Co., FL Died: July 4, 1953 Married: May 22, 1898, Martha Malinda TAYLOR Same as above, we got ours at one of the family reunions, but for Source of Information: Aug. 1870 Nassau Co., FL Census Records June 24, 1880 St. George, Charlton Co., GA Census Records Family Records from Flossie WILLIAMS, grand daughter, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, now deceased. Sand Hill Cem., Douglas, Coffee Co., GA MUSIC family reunion, Douglas, Coffee Co., GA, Oct, 11, 1981 William Fish wrote: > Has anyone seen the usage of Ibby or Ebbie as a short for the name Abigail. > > I have Ibby Thomas, in Charlton Co, GA, married Rueben Thomas. > > THOMAS Reuben - Thomas Ibbe 8-23-1885 > Charlton Co, Marriage records. > > Ibbe was the widow of an unknown Thomas cousin of Rueben, and had a daughter > from the first marriage. Elizabeth THOMAS b: Abt. 1885 md. Drew KING b: > October 20, 1883 in Columbia Co, FL. > > Ibbe was, by family lore, the sister of Mahala MUSIC b: May 1860 in Georgia > md Mitchell "Mitch Thomas" THOMAS b: 1858 in Charlton Co., Ga m: 1882 in > Ga/Fl. Father: Ryall B. THOMAS Mother: Sarah Ann POLK > > Also known that Ibbe was related to the Coffee County, Georgia Music family. > > Conjecture: Both Ibbe and Mahala were the daughters of John Jackson MUSIC > b: June 1825 in Appling, GA and Lydia Ann CARTER b: 1835 in Tattnal, GA m: > 1850 in Appling Or Ware, GA d: in Appling, GA > > Mahala MUSIC b: May 1860 in Georgia > Abigail MUSIC b: April 1865 in Coffee Co, GA > > Anyone have any input that would help solve this dilemma, I have seen the > name Ebbie also used in the Music line, but in association with the name > Evelyn. > > Bill Fish > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Does anyone on this list have access to any 'obituaries' or 'City Directories' for Coffee/Atkinson County (i.e., Broxton, Douglas, Ambrose, Willachooche)? I am looking for individual information on any of the following AA families: Cook-Paulk; Clay-Copeland; Clayton-Clark; Clayton-Copeland; Clay-Price, Hightower-Smith; Hightower-Chatfield; Price-Wimberly, Givens-Cook; Givens-Luke; Givens-Smith; Givens-Hightower; Givens-Hawkins, Givens-Paulk; Givens-Filmore; Givens-High, Givens-Clayton; Givens-Brantley; Givens-Solomon/Soloman; Givens-Walker; Givens-Buchanan; Givens-Fussell; Givens-Sanders; Givens-Pace; Givens-Moss; Givens-Wilson; Givens-Mincey; Givens-Kittles; Givens-Ellis; Givens-Johnson; Givens-Lamar; Givens-Bostick. If any comes across these names during your search, I'd appreciate hearing of any info you might find. Thanks Gene Givens Abingdon, MD

Yes, I was refereing to Joshua Kirkland, son of Richard and Hester Kirkland :-) I can't find the documentation right now, but believe the information on his burial place is from one of the sketches in the POWG series. The notes I have indicate that he was 'buried in Ward Cemetery on Jim Tanner's farm and that the grave is unmarked' and his wife is buried in Kirkland Cemetery. If someone has access to the books, maybe they could find it and give us the volume/page number. Regards, Nancy Parr -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Tanner <jtanner@mozart.music.sc.edu> To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Re: WARD CEMETERY >> >>Which Joshua Kirkland? > >Yesterday, it sounded to me like she was referring to Joshua Kirkland, son >of Richard and Hester Kirkland. Joshua's wife, Sarah "Sallie" Fender, is >buried in the Kirkland Cemetery. My previous information was that the >location of Joshua's grave was unknown. So this is new to me. > >I know some people who know right where Ward Cemetery is. Next time I'm >down there, I'm going to make an effort to find it. I'm told it has gotten >in very bad shape. I've always been told it was "in the edge of a field". > >Who else does the book say is buried there Clyde? I think Hester Ward to >be one, for sure. > >Jeff >

Clydie, I do not find anything else on Clayton Kirkland and Nancy Peoples,like parents or such but will be looking for you. At 02:03 PM 3/6/01 -0500, you wrote: > I am walking on air. I can't believe it. You are so wonderful. If I >could reach you , you would get the biggest hug of your life. This is my >Marion Kirkland and to see his parents name there, I can't hardly contain >myself, I am so excited. I have been looking for this info for years and was >about to give up. Marceline died when my Mother was very young and my >grandfather remarried. I had about given up on Marceline and had started >tracing the third wife of my grandfather, Rowena Boone. Marceline Kirkland >was my grandfather, W.A. Waters second wife. and she was the mother of all >the childern he had. I really don't have the full info of all the childern. >The first child, Lela died at age 18, and I am working on Albert Waters that >live in Douglas and died there, Marion and Hattie I only know they died >young. Mamma was 86 when she died in 1973 and Mattie married a cousin Author >Boone and died in 1926. All but Albert lived in Madison or Hamilton County, >Fl. > This is a scatch of the family and anything you can add will be >appreciated more than I can ever tell you. It seems that Hinton was a nick >name Marion used. That is why I had so much trouble finding him. Do you >have any more info on Clayton Kirkland and Nancy Peoples-----like who were >their parents? Greenville is part of Madison County but I didn't think >about them being there. The Waters own land between Lee and Madison, the >other way (east) and Greenville is West of Madison, which is the county seat. > Thanks again > Always > Clydie > > > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please visit the Atkinson County GaGenWeb site at >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390 > >============================== >9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists >http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ > > ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/

Hi Nancy, Here's what I have on this family. As you can see, I don't have anything more on the son Matthew. Also, I can't get my FTM to recognize that He ws married 2ND to Eliza Peterson. Cynthia Atkinson was his first wife. Melody Descendants of Matthew McGovern Generation No. 1 1. MATTHEW1 MCGOVERN was born Abt. 1820 in Ireland, and died 1874 in Coffee Co., GA. He married (1) ELIZA PETERSON, daughter of JOHN PETERSON and ELIZABETH LOTT. She was born 1820 in Telfair Co., Ga. He married (2) CYNTHIA ATKINSON April 16, 1843. More About MATTHEW MCGOVERN and CYNTHIA ATKINSON: Marriage: April 16, 1843 Children of MATTHEW MCGOVERN and ELIZA PETERSON are: i. THOMAS2 MCGOVERN, b. October 12, 1850, Telfair Co., GA; d. August 11, 1935, Coffee Co., GA; m. ADALINE ELIZABETH RICKETSON, December 25, 1871, Coffee Co., Ga; b. January 28, 1855, Coffee Co., GA; d. July 14, 1931, Coffee Co., GA. More About THOMAS MCGOVERN and ADALINE RICKETSON: Marriage: December 25, 1871, Coffee Co., Ga ii. FRANCES MCGOVERN, b. 1855; m. (1) DANIEL FUSSELL; m. (2) JOE B. DAY. iii. MARY MCGOVERN. iv. JOHN MCGOVERN. v. HENRY MCGOVERN, b. 1846; m. ELIZABETH PASSMORE; b. 1845, Telfair Co., Ga. vi. MATTHEW MCGOVERN, b. Abt. 1848, Telfair Co., Ga. > Anyone have a list of all the descendants of Matthew McGOVERN, b in Ireland and his wife Eliza PETERSON? I have the account of son Thomas from v7 of PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA. Did his son Matthew b 1848 die before reaching adulthood?

I am walking on air. I can't believe it. You are so wonderful. If I could reach you , you would get the biggest hug of your life. This is my Marion Kirkland and to see his parents name there, I can't hardly contain myself, I am so excited. I have been looking for this info for years and was about to give up. Marceline died when my Mother was very young and my grandfather remarried. I had about given up on Marceline and had started tracing the third wife of my grandfather, Rowena Boone. Marceline Kirkland was my grandfather, W.A. Waters second wife. and she was the mother of all the childern he had. I really don't have the full info of all the childern. The first child, Lela died at age 18, and I am working on Albert Waters that live in Douglas and died there, Marion and Hattie I only know they died young. Mamma was 86 when she died in 1973 and Mattie married a cousin Author Boone and died in 1926. All but Albert lived in Madison or Hamilton County, Fl. This is a scatch of the family and anything you can add will be appreciated more than I can ever tell you. It seems that Hinton was a nick name Marion used. That is why I had so much trouble finding him. Do you have any more info on Clayton Kirkland and Nancy Peoples-----like who were their parents? Greenville is part of Madison County but I didn't think about them being there. The Waters own land between Lee and Madison, the other way (east) and Greenville is West of Madison, which is the county seat. Thanks again Always Clydie

Thanks I really appreciate this and you taking the time to look the names of my family up. I have found that Hinton used his first name Marion Kirkland when he got married. I wasn't sure that was his name until I found where he married Percey Waters in that Kirkland Family history. He was always call Hint short for Hinton. He was my grandmother, Marcelines' brother and his wife Percey was my grandfather's William A. Waters', sister. So I am double kin to them. I talk to the grand-daughter of Hinton and she laugh and said she could tell me anything about the Waters but she didn't know anything about the Kirklands. I have a pretty good history of the Waters but I can't find out who the parents of Marion Hinton and Marceline Kirkland were. Thanks again and keep an eye out just in case you see something more. Always Clydie

Thanks, Mellody. Nancy in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: <mmccook@bellsouth.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] descendants of Matthew McGOVERN > Hi Nancy, > Here's what I have on this family. As you can see, I don't have anything > more on the son Matthew. Also, I can't get my FTM to recognize that He ws > married 2ND to Eliza Peterson. Cynthia Atkinson was his first wife. > Melody > Descendants of Matthew McGovern > > >

> >Which Joshua Kirkland? Yesterday, it sounded to me like she was referring to Joshua Kirkland, son of Richard and Hester Kirkland. Joshua's wife, Sarah "Sallie" Fender, is buried in the Kirkland Cemetery. My previous information was that the location of Joshua's grave was unknown. So this is new to me. I know some people who know right where Ward Cemetery is. Next time I'm down there, I'm going to make an effort to find it. I'm told it has gotten in very bad shape. I've always been told it was "in the edge of a field". Who else does the book say is buried there Clyde? I think Hester Ward to be one, for sure. Jeff > >According to the Coffee County Cemetery book, there were only five marked >graves there, when they surveyed it. And, since B. H. Tanner is no longer >buried there, there can't be much left. >Nancy Parr wrote: > >> Clydie, Emmett and Others, >> If anyone finds Ward Cemetery on the Tanner farm, please keep me in >> mind. Joshua Kirkland is supposed to be buried there so I'd be very >> interested in knowing the exact location of this cemetery. >> Thanks :-) >> Nancy E Parr > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >If you would be interested in adopting a GaGenWeb county, please contact >Melody at mmccook@bellsouth.net to see which counties are >available for adoption. All counties can beneift from extra volunteers! > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/

>I think I'm coming into this late. But, better late than never? > >Anyway, I would doubt that Benjamin Thomas, Jr., was the son of Mary >Douglas, widow of John Tanner. If John died 1818-1820 (according to Jeff), >or circa 1827 (according to something >I saw), then Mary became a widow, no earlier than 1818. The 1827 was what I had at one point also. I don't know where that came from, but I think I might know why. Then I learned the following: John and Mary's youngest son, Elijah, was born Jun 5, 1818, Emanuel County, GA. The "orphans of John Tanner" drew a prize in the 1820 Land Lottery from Emanuel County. Their lot fell in the newly formed Gwinnett County. It was sold for their benefit. So I would assume that John died sometime between the birth of his youngest son and the point at which that son was recognized as an orphan. This is how it was explained to me by someone who has "done the digging". Boy, wouldn't you like to have owned that lot today? The children of John Tanner, including Green, Berry Hampton, and Elijah (I don't remember if the girls were mentioned or not), all appear on the "Poor School" rolls in Emanuel County in 1827. Perhaps this is where that date comes from -- an assumption that John Tanner died "by 1827"? > >According to Huxford, Benjamin Thomas, Jr., was born in 1807, in Cheraw >District, South Carolina. > >Mary was supposed to have married a Thomas, and it may have been Benjamin >Sr., but I doubt that Benjamin Jr. was her son. > If he married Mehala in Tattnall County in 1834, then that's probably right. Is there any information on when and where Benjamin Sr. died? That land described in that passage which was submitted yesterday sounds an awful lot like it could be very near the Tanner land. Jeff

Nancy Parr wrote: > Clydie, Emmett and Others, > If anyone finds Ward Cemetery on the Tanner farm, please keep me in > mind. Joshua Kirkland is supposed to be buried there so I'd be very > interested in knowing the exact location of this cemetery. > Thanks :-) > Nancy E Parr Which Joshua Kirkland? According to the Coffee County Cemetery book, there were only five marked graves there, when they surveyed it. And, since B. H. Tanner is no longer buried there, there can't be much left. Clyde, not to be confused with Clydie

Clydie, Emmett and Others, If anyone finds Ward Cemetery on the Tanner farm, please keep me in mind. Joshua Kirkland is supposed to be buried there so I'd be very interested in knowing the exact location of this cemetery. Thanks :-) Nancy E Parr -----Original Message----- From: Emmett Meeks <el_meeks@bellsouth.net> To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Re: WARD CEMETERY

Thanks Emmett, When I go down there, I'll have my GPS receiver, and will obtain the coordinates. Clyde

mmccook@bellsouth.net wrote: > I have a Benjamin Thomas born 1873, the son of Aaron F. Thomas and Lydia Ann > Meeks. > I have a Benjamin Thomas, Jr. born?, wife Mehala Music, son Aaron F. Thomas > (I wrote this backwards, didn't I?) > Clyde may be able to sort all of this out. > Melody > > > I have a Benjamin Thomas born ? married to unknown who had a child > > Millie Ann Thomas born Jan 1848. Millie married William Middleton > > Tanner, son of Wilson Tanner b 1795 and Mary "Pollie" Taylor. > > Could Benjamin Thomas be son to Benjamin Thomas (Sr)and Mary Douglas > > Tanner? Thanks, Connie > > I think I'm coming into this late. But, better late than never? Anyway, I would doubt that Benjamin Thomas, Jr., was the son of Mary Douglas, widow of John Tanner. If John died 1818-1820 (according to Jeff), or circa 1827 (according to something I saw), then Mary became a widow, no earlier than 1818. According to Huxford, Benjamin Thomas, Jr., was born in 1807, in Cheraw District, South Carolina. Mary was supposed to have married a Thomas, and it may have been Benjamin Sr., but I doubt that Benjamin Jr. was her son. Benjamin Jr. married Mehala Music. I have seen her name as Mehala and Mahala. Does anyone know which is correct? Their daughter, Millie Ann, was born Jan. 10, 1848, according to her tombstone. I have information on her and William Middleton "Bill" Tanner, and also some information on some of their children: Benjamin W. "Ben", James M., and William Monroe, since they are ancestors of Riner descendants. And her brother, Aaron F., married Lydia Ann Meeks, and I'm trying to gather information on all their descendants. Finally, a sister, Martha Jane Thomas, married Asbury Chappell Tanner. I have some information on them, and their son, Reubin W. "Rube". I remember seeing some Music Family messages. Does anyone have any information on an Abram Music that married Mary Riner on Jan. 28, 1885, in Emanuel County, Georgia? I have an idea who she was, and if she is who I think, she was born circa 1861. I have no idea who he was, nor what happened to them after their marriage. Thanks. Clyde

There were several Mary Douglasses. There were several Douglass families who migrated from NC to Burke County in the 1770s or 80s. John, Robert, Edward, Alexander, and Frederick are all names I've seen. I believe they were probably related by some way or another. I believe that all of them eventually wound up in Montgomery County, and some of them are later in Emanuel. Each of these men had either children or grandchildren by the name Mary Douglass. The above Alexander was married to Elizabeth Webb. They had a son named Frederick who married Bethany Anderson. They had a daughter Mary, b. 1815. Most sources have this Mary confused with the wife of John Tanner. It just isn't possible for her to have been born 10 years after she was married. The Frederick named in the first paragraph was married to an Elizabeth unknown. They are the parents of Alexander Douglas who married Dicy Watson (or Branch, or whatever your records show). This family is the one which settled in Appling County and many of their descendents are in Coffee and Bacon. I believe that our Mary who married John Tanner is the daughter of this Alexander and Elizabeth unknown. John, Robert, and Edward also had daughters named Mary. Is that clear now??? Ha Ha. Jeff >I have a Mary Douglas in my files (several actually) this one was born in >1834 and was the daughter of Sarah Wheeler and Robert Douglas. > >She married ??Hooks. >Clyde, do you know of her?? >Melody > > > >==== 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 mmccook@bellsouth.net or to >Karen at bordeaux@surfsouth.com > >============================== >9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists >http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/