HELLO LIST MELODY A WHILE AGO YOU OFFERED TO DO A LOOK UP FOR EVERYONR AND I BELIEVE I DID SEND ME MY REQUEST. BUT THE COURT HOUSE WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF SOMEONE DEATH. COULD YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO THE COURT HOUSE AGAIN SO I CAN RESUBMIT MY INFORMATION. I AM RESEARCHING JOHN /MILTON BROWN RAN THE BLACKSMITH SHOP ON COFFEE AVENUE IN DOUGLAS UNTIL 1967. THE LANE/PAULK/HARRIS FAMILY SOME OF THEM LIVED ON MADISON AVENUE IN DOUGLAS. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.I BELIEVE THAT THE LANE FAMILY WERE MIXED BREED BLACK/CREEKS. THE BROWNS CREEK/IRISH. THANK SANDRA CLIFTON ********************************************** PEOPLES-PAST They had the wisdom that we seek SANDRA CLIFTON- Moderator ******************************************************

Here are the names that I'm searching on my husband's side of the family: Randy's grandfather, Elijah "Buddy" McCook married Nellie Pridgen, daughter of John W. Pridgen and Elizabeth Wooten. His great-grandfather I. L. McCook married Nellie Grantham, daughter of Elijah Grantham and Elizabeth Ricketson. Elijah's parents were Jackson Grantham and Annie Louise Sears, daughter of Martheny Merrit and John Sears. Jackson was the son of Elizabeth Whitley and Elijah Grantham. Eliabeth Ricketson Grantham was the daughter of Sarah A. Tucker and Vincent Carver (Ricketson) son of Sarah Ricketson and James Carver. Sarah A. Tucker was the daughter of Mary V. Paulk and Richard M. Tucker. I think I have Richard Murphey Tucker's line mixed up but Mary V. Paulk ws the daughter of Mary C. Young and Micajah Paulk. On Randy's mother's side, she was the daughter of Wiley Rogers and Viona Butler. Wiley was the son of Dona Pafford and John K. Rogers. Nothing further on John K. Rogers, but we have a good bit on the Pafford line. Dona Pafford was the daughter of Susan A. Mainor and James B. Pafford. Viona Butler was the daughter of M. Peter Butler and Alafaire Jowers. Nothing on the Butlers and Alafaire was the daughter of Eli Jowers and Mary Barrentine. Eli was the son of Isabella Blume and William P. Jowers. With all of these names, I'm sure there is much to discuss as I know that many of you are searching the same names. Please feel free to throw out a question here and there and we will certainly try our best to answer them. Take care. Melody

My roots run deep in the Coffee County soil as do many of yours: My father's side of the family runs through his Mother's side: My grandmother's parents were: William Manning Smith, Sr, and Josephene Tucker. Josephene Tucker was the daughter of Mose Tucker and ? On my Mother's side, the list is a good bit longer: My grandfather was the son Dave Benton and Jane King. Jane King was the daughter of Thomas and Mary King and was first married to John Franklin Griffin. I've been told his parents were Ellen Pridgen and James Griffin. Nothing further there. On a side note Jane King was also the sister of Mitchell King who married Mary V. Parker (don't have her parents) and also the sister of Sara Ann King who married Matthew Daniel. My grandmother was the daughter of L. J. Kirkland and Laura McGovern, so we can go back there to Richard Kirkland, through both Joshua and Moses Kirkland. Laura's parents were Thomas McGovern and Adeline Ricketson, so the Ricketson family connects through to the Sears, Nobles, and Arnold family. The McGovern family connects to the Peterson line also. Like most of you, I have more info on some families than others. I also probably have a few mistakes and certainly a number of dead-ends. My husband comes through a lot of the different lines of Coffee County and I'll send them next. Melody

Hi everyone, Here is an update on the list. We currently have 93 people subscribed in the list mode and 12 people subscribed in the digest mode. That's a total of 112 people on this list!! I know there are a lot of very busy people on this list, including myself, but it has been way too quiet with that many people subscribed. I'm sure that each of you must have joined the list to discuss your Coffee and Atkinson County families and to find new information on them. There have been a number of new subscribers since Christmas and we'd like to welcome you and encourage you to post your Coffee family names. You are also welcome to request look-ups on this list. There are a number of us that have Coffee and Atkinson resources and we're glad to help. I'll begin by posting my family names in hopes of a new connection. Take care, Melody

Tom, Please consider putting the Willcox/Wilcox family mailing list on Rootsweb. I initially put two family groups on something other than them and was very dissatisfied. They even do the promotion for you, putting your new list on multiple search engines, as well as making note of it in the two weekly newsletters that they send to all subscribers. Elizabeth Cravey Hughes Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 10:49:34 -0500 From: "Tom B. Atkinson" <tomjax@mediaone.net> To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Willcox/Wilcox e-mail group I am trying to get a get an e-mail group started for the descendants of Thomas Willcox at the yahoogroups.com . one purpose is to provide Martha Albertson with updated info for her upcoming edition. There will of course be info on the Lotts, Byrds, Davis, and ather allied lines. Anyone interested in participating, please let me know. to join: willcox-family-subscribe@yahoogroups.com tom b atkinson also tomjax@yahoo.com ______________________________

Hi I am researching the following surnames. If anyone has any ties or info to them please contact me. 1- Ruis/Rewis 2- Spivey 3- Carter 4- Wilkerson 5-Youmans All of the above have ties with John Ruis of Tattnall County Ga. Thanks for any help and please contact me if I can help you in any way. William Orbie Ruis Jr.

Posted on: Coffee Co. Ga Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ga/Coffee/10512 Surname: MANCIL, CORBITT, SPIVEY, HESTER, WRIGHT, SPIKES ------------------------- Henry Mancil and Roxian Wood Corbitt were married 3 Aug 1903 in Coffee County. Their children are: Tim Mancil who married Estelle Wright; Abe Mancil who married Nellie Bagley; Leaston Mancil who married Hazel Hester; Gladys Mancil who married Lewis Spikes; and Ivy Jo Mancil who married Winifred Spivey. Any information regarding the descendants of these families will be appreciated.

Posted on: Coffee Co. Ga Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ga/Coffee/10511 Surname: DOUGLASS, DOUGLAS ------------------------- In the Oct 19, 1939 obituary of N.T. Douglas, it lists his children as Mrs Ollie Deane, Waycross; Mrs. Harry Wells, Pearson; Adelaide Douglas, High Point, NC; A. F. Douglas and J.H. Douglas, Kirkland and N.T. Douglas, Jr. of High Point, NC. Nathaniel Douglas lived all his life in Kirkland. Does anyone have the given names of his daughters? He is the son of Bryant Washington Douglass and Candacy Brooker. His 1st wife of Annie Belle Douglas, d/o J. H. and M. E. Douglas. His 2nd wife was Rebecca Purvis.

Please excuse if you have received more than one copy of this as I have thrown a wide loop over South Ga. Does anyone know anything about the death of Homer Harrison Sears (John1825/Harrison1798/John1765) He was killed in a bar room brawl in Homerville Ga. in 1880 by his second Cousin Henry Herrin son of Levi Herrin and Charity Sears(David1791/John1765) Does anyone have any legal records of any kind that may give any more details on this incident. Thanks Steve Hill Natchez, Ms.

Does anyone have any info on the descendants of Thaddeus Sears son of David Sears born in 1829 in Ware Co., Ga.. Wife, marriage date, children etc. anything at all .Thanks. Steve Hill

flacracker wrote: > I am looking at some info on the family of Allen Ricketson and Luraney Sears. What I have shows their dau. Louisa born 1844 and that she married John Jackson Sutton and then further down it shows their dau, Lavinia born 1850 married to John Jackson Sutton. > Can someone tell me if this is a mistake or if indeed both were married to J.J. Sutton. Any clarity would be appreciated, God bless. > Steve Hill > Natchez, Ms. You probably know this. In Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. III, it says that Lavinia was the first wife of John Jackson Sutton, and Louiza was the second wife. Clyde

I am trying to get a get an e-mail group started for the descendants of Thomas Willcox at the yahoogroups.com . one purpose is to provide Martha Albertson with updated info for her upcoming edition. There will of course be info on the Lotts, Byrds, Davis, and ather allied lines. Anyone interested in participating, please let me know. to join: willcox-family-subscribe@yahoogroups.com tom b atkinson also tomjax@yahoo.com

I am looking at some info on the family of Allen Ricketson and Luraney Sears. What I have shows their dau. Louisa born 1844 and that she married John Jackson Sutton and then further down it shows their dau, Lavinia born 1850 married to John Jackson Sutton. Can someone tell me if this is a mistake or if indeed both were married to J.J. Sutton. Any clarity would be appreciated, God bless. Steve Hill Natchez, Ms. flacracker@peoplepc.com

Just wanted to let everyone know that the mailing lists are back up and running. I sent a message to the list Saturday evening from Mom's house, but it hasn't come up so I'll just repeat what I said. We had a successful day in Coffee County transcribing several cemeteries. Four of us started at Deberry Church Cemetery and then went on to Graham Family Cemetery, we surveyed a private black cemetery (no permission to add this to the web site as only their family are buried in it), we then moved on to the Cato cemetery, Fussell Cemetery, we stopped at Oak Grove Cemetery to check out how long it would take us to do it and we ate lunch there, then on to Rocky Creek Church cemetery, and finally to the Hinson or Old Bethel Cemetery. I may have this out of order and Karen can correct me on this. we had a great time and had a lot of fun!! We took a lot of digital pictures for the Coffee County GaGenWeb page, also some still photographs and some video. All in all it was a wonderful day. we hope to plan another trip next month and hope more of you can join us!! we should be posting the cemeteries and the pictures to the web pages this week. I have already posted the Graham Cemetery. It's small with only eight graves in it, and it is abandoned. It's in terrible shape!! Look for an article in the Douglas Enterprise shortly. You can see this cemetery at: http://www.geocities.com/coffee_cnty/grahamcemetery.html If anyone has any info on this family, please let me know. As always, we welcome any and all comments and suggestions!! Thanks, melody

I am developing a website for Georgia Counties and need someone that is familiar with this counties information to take a look and see if anything needs to be corrected or added. Especially the Local Genealogical Societies. Its located at http://segenealogy.com/georgia/gacnty07.htm Thanks in advance. Becky Southeastern Genealogy Online www.segenealogy.com

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Here is a tentative list of the cemeteries that we hope to cover on Saturday, along with the number of graves in them. Deberry Church (80+ graves) Graham Family Cemetery (10) Fussell Cemetery (26). There is supposed to be a black cemetery in this area also. Rocky Creek (10+) and if possible the black cemetery near the Rocks. Cato Cemetery on Ottis Dean's farm (8) Old Bethel (44 statue), Ward (3), Wilcox 1 and 2 (29), Wood Spell (6). we will be having our cameras along of course, so if there are any particular graves in these cemeteries that you would like a picture of please let me know. we will also be adding pictures to the web site along with the cemeteries that we cover that day. Take care, melody

Just wanted to remind everyone about the cemetery transcribing that we'll be doing in Coffee County this coming Saturday. So far about 7 people have signed up. Karen is trying to finalize the plans but it looks like we'll be starting with DeBerry Church Cemetery. I know there are a number of people on this list living in Coffee so please come out and join us. We're going to have a great time. DeBerry is the largest cemetery that we'll be doing that day unless we can get more volunteers and then we'll add at least one more larger one. Please e-mail me privately if you would like to come out and be with us!! Melody

Posted on: Coffee Co. Ga Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Coffee/525 Surname: Douglass, Douglas ------------------------- From the obituary (Oct 19, 1939) of N. T. Douglas who lived most of his life in Kirkland; it lists his children as: Mrs. Ollie Deane of Waycross; Mrs. Harry Wells, Pearson; Mis Adelaide Douglas, High Point, NC; A. F. and J. H. Douglas, Kirkland; and N. T. Douglas, Jr., High Point, NC. Does anyone know the first names of the daughters? He was the s/o Bryant Washington & Candacy Brooker Douglass. His first wife was Annie Belle Douglas d/o J.H. & M.E. Douglas. His 2nd wife was Rebecca Purvis. Both marriages occurred in Coffee County. e

Posted on: Coffee Co. Ga Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Coffee/519 Surname: YOUNGBLOOD, PALICER, PELLICER ------------------------- Looking for any information on Rebecca YOUNGBLOOD and her husband Paul PALICER with a connection to Cherokee. Thanks. Donna