Hi List, , Just wanted to let every one know that we have a chat room on the internet where we get together and talk Genealogy. I was wondering if any one would like to come in and give a talk about genealogy? We have people from Canada Texas Calif. and many more. This is real live chat no wait till I hear back from some one!! We . We try and get guest speaker to come in and Talk about Genealogy We had Paul from Family Tree Maker he took us on a tour of FTM it was great !! We had Trevor come in from England and tell us how to Research English Parishes!! So just in case any one would like to know more This is the web site for our chat room http://www.flash.net?~gen4m/ If you'd like to give the Mirc program a try and join us this link will tell you how! http://www.flash.net/~gen4m/Access1.htm Hope to see some of you soon! By the way you need to have a nick name to join the Chat room mine is Ole my husband is Shamm there are some very helpful people in this Chat room!! so come and join us! Wanda Hammond Ole

I am forwarding this from another list I am on in case anyone may have this person in thier family line and will be interested in this bit of news. ******************************************************************* "IN THE SPIRIT OF MENDING THE SACRED CIRCLE" GREY FOX www.egroups.com/subscribe/South-East-Creek A Native American Research Group ******************************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 6:08 AM Subject: Fw: Lost Tombstone > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MelJJ52@aol.com> > > We have a tombstone that was found at a home my dad inherited. It was being > used as a step and we would like to return it to it's rightful place or at > least to the correct family. It was found at a home in Cobb Co.,Kennesaw, > Ga.but we don't know if it came from a grave there or not. If you know this > person or the family please contact me. The tombstone reads as follows: > James L. Evans > Georgia > Tech. Sgt. Ord. Dept. > World War II > Jan. 5, 1915 July 28, 1944 > > Thanks for any help you can give. > Jerri > McPherson-Jordan > > > > > -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> > Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! > 1. Fill in the brief application > 2. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro APR with NO annual fee! > http://click.egroups.com/1/9333/13/_/472426/_/971183354/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > > > >

nancy will you let me know what you have bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Nilsen" <nancy@nilsenfamily.com> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Tarrant > Bev..... I have a very few Tarrant records....perhaps some dates will help > other to help you. Nancy in AZ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Beverley Dye <rick-bev@erols.com> > To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 5:30 PM > Subject: [GACOFFEE] Tarrant > > > i am trying to find out who my great grandparents were my grandfather was > Albert Harry Tarrant he was married to Ethel Wells. My dad William Harold > Tarrant was born in Douglas GA. > Bev

Bev..... I have a very few Tarrant records....perhaps some dates will help other to help you. Nancy in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Beverley Dye <rick-bev@erols.com> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 5:30 PM Subject: [GACOFFEE] Tarrant i am trying to find out who my great grandparents were my grandfather was Albert Harry Tarrant he was married to Ethel Wells. My dad William Harold Tarrant was born in Douglas GA. Bev ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== The Coffee County mailing list is owned by Melody Moore McCook, who can be reached at mmccook@bellsouth.net and co-maintained by Karen Batten who can be reached at brodeaux@surfsouth.com

You're more than welcome Kathy, I knew that there were people on the list hearing all sorts of rumors much like the ones that were going around the County and then there are the folks that while they once lived there, they don't always get the news right away. As everyone here on this knows, being from a small town..well, you almost always know the family or someone connected to it. In my case, I went to school with a couple of Carlton Evans' siblings, two of my neighbors married two of his brothers, and my ex-brother-in-law is a Deputy there and my sister is a 911 dispatcher. This tragedy has touched all of the people in Coffee County and I truly believe it will be a long time before the County can get back to normal. Take care, Melody > > Melody: > > As a friend of Sheriff Evans, as well as being his Secretary for almost 6 > years, I really appreciate your words here. Yes it is hard to lose someone > close to you and the rumors and and specultaions make it even worse. The > department is suffering right along with the family. We all need everyone's > prayers. Again I thank you for your words concerning this awful tragedy. > > Kathy Wilkerson

Solomon Articles Gene Givens 3814 Swift Run Drive Abingdon, MD 21009 Fax: (800)627-8870 (410) 679-6672 -----Original Message----- From: Melody [mailto:mmccook@bellsouth.net] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 12:10 AM To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GACOFFEE] Tanner/Solomon articles For those of you that requested the articles on either the Tanners, Solomons, or both, it is your mailing address that I need. Please send it to me directly..not to the list . mmccook@bellsouth.net Due to the many requests, I probably will not be able to copy them until the weekend and they will go out in the mail over the next Monday or Tuesday after that. These are paper copies of articles that were in the local newspaper and I haven't scanned them. There is too much for that. By the way, I have received a few of your mailing addresses. Thanks, melody ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== The Coffee County mailing list is owned by Melody Moore McCook, who can be reached at mmccook@bellsouth.net and co-maintained by Karen Batten who can be reached at brodeaux@surfsouth.com

i am trying to find out who my great grandparents were my grandfather was Albert Harry Tarrant he was married to Ethel Wells. My dad William Harold Tarrant was born in Douglas GA. Bev

Melody: As a friend of Sheriff Evans, as well as being his Secretary for almost 6 years, I really appreciate your words here. Yes it is hard to lose someone close to you and the rumors and and specultaions make it even worse. The department is suffering right along with the family. We all need everyone's prayers. Again I thank you for your words concerning this awful tragedy. Kathy Wilkerson >From: "Melody" <mmccook@bellsouth.net> >Reply-To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com >To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GACOFFEE] Home from Coffee County >Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:48:13 -0400 > >Just wanted to let you all know that I have returned home from Coffee >County tonight, after spending the weekend there. > >For those of you that requested look-ups, I was unable to do any work at >the Probate Court as the office was closed due to the death of the Sheriff >there. > >There have been a few rumors and several questions on the list and I'll >will tell you briefly what Karen and I both know. > >Carlton Evans,Sheriff of Coffee County was found dead of an apparent >self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest Tuesday morning after GBI and FBI >were sent out to his home to serve him with a warrant for his arrest. > >Nine other people were arrested and all are presently out on bond. > >According to state law, Coroner Neil Sims is currently acting as Sheriff. >It is believed that Probate Judge Troy Paul will name a new Sheriff >tomorrow (Monday). Rob Smith, Carlton Evans' brother-in-law and former >Deputy, was recently elected as the new Sheriff of Coffee County and was >expected to assume his duties in January, 2001. > >Carlton Evans' funeral was on Friday afternoon at the First United >Methodist Church and was filled to capacity with friends, family and law >enforcement from surrounding counties. > >Whether he was guilty or not of the charges that were being leveled against >him, he was a man that was well respected and loved by most of Coffee >County. > >The whole community is still shocked by the tragedy and the investigation >that will most likely continue to be on-going. > >Our sympathies go out to Sheriff Evans' family, no matter the >circumstances, losing a loved one is never easy and having to grieve while >rumors and speculation is running rampant must be overwhelming. > >On another note, Karen, Mom, my granddaughter Haley and I, along with a >number of other historians and bargain hunters, spent ALL day Saturday at >the auction for Miss Willie Pearl Davis' estate. > >Although Bids were rather high on the majority of her possessions, Karen >was able to buy some old papers and photographs, Mom bought an old nail keg >and glassware, I now own old scrapbooks, more recent pictures, some >commemorative plates and about 200 or so old books, including about 5 >Bibles, most of them in fair to bad condition. > >We will include a tribute page to Miss Willie Pearl on our Coffee Site as >she was a well-known teacher there for many years and her brother taught in >either Appling County or Dodge County. Karen can correct me on this if I'm >wrong. Hopefully we can get the pictures and articles up soon. > >After going through some of the papers that I have, I'll post them to the >list as I know there are several people here that were taught at one time >by Miss Davis. > >Take care, >Melody > > >==== 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. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

> For those of you that requested the articles on either the Tanners, Solomons, or both, it is your mailing address that I need. Please send it to me directly..not to the list . > > mmccook@bellsouth.net >!~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Melody, Add the Solomon info to my Tanners list. Also, have you set a price on these yet? You have ny address. Joyce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Due to the many requests, I probably will not be able to copy them until the weekend and they will go out in the mail over the next Monday or Tuesday after that. > These are paper copies of articles that were in the local newspaper and I haven't scanned them. There is too much for that. > > By the way, I have received a few of your mailing addresses. > Thanks, > melody > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > The Coffee County mailing list is owned by Melody Moore McCook, who can be reached at mmccook@bellsouth.net and co-maintained by Karen Batten who can be reached at brodeaux@surfsouth.com

How do I get removed from this group to stop getting these e-mails? At 10:47 PM 10/8/00 -0400, you wrote: > >For thos of us not familiar with current events in Coffee County, what >sherrif are you all talking about? Was his first name Carlton? >~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Believe his name is Carlton Evans. >Joyce > > > > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please visit the Coffee County GaGenWeb site at >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5941 > >

For those you whose families extended to the Berrien-Cook area, this was posted on the Berrien County list by Vickie Montgomery Ashley, the cc for both Berrien and Cook counties: Hello all............... I know this is a Cook County announcement, but I wanted to share it with you all, also. Cook County was cut entirely from Berrien in 1919; there are many "Berrien" county families buried here. V The Cook County Historical Society is accepting orders for the Cemeteries of Cook County, Georgia All cemeteries located in current Cook County are indexed, and it includes detailed directions to each. This is a hardbound book, 626 pages. Pre-Publication price is $40 plus $5 Shipping & Handling. The publication will be available BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Please send check or money order to COOK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Gail Hughes, Treasurer PO Box 259 Adel, GA 31620 After January 1, 2001, the price will be $45 plus $5 S&H. For more information, contact Gail Hughes at the above address or at DixieGal@bigfoot.com

Hi All, History of Pierce County, Vol I by Dean Broome It is a 645 page, hard bound, that is full of family sketches, cemetery records, general Pierce County info and even the 1860 Census for the county. And it's indexed. I bought my in 1995 and continue to find new things to help my research. If you can get to Blackshear you can purchase it from the office of the Blackshear Times for $60 (one of the local papers). You can also purchase it from his widow for $65 by mail. If you would like her address, you can email me privately and request it. -- Kati Smith kimis@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3043

The posting about the Pierce County book came from the GAWARE list. I know that many of you are on both lists and it is easy to get confused as to what posts came from where. I'm not sure who originally posted the information there, but I know that Linda Angell and Kati Smith are both on our list so I'm sure one or the other can direct you to the right person. Take care, Melody

Just wanted to let you all know that I have returned home from Coffee County tonight, after spending the weekend there. For those of you that requested look-ups, I was unable to do any work at the Probate Court as the office was closed due to the death of the Sheriff there. There have been a few rumors and several questions on the list and I'll will tell you briefly what Karen and I both know. Carlton Evans,Sheriff of Coffee County was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest Tuesday morning after GBI and FBI were sent out to his home to serve him with a warrant for his arrest. Nine other people were arrested and all are presently out on bond. According to state law, Coroner Neil Sims is currently acting as Sheriff. It is believed that Probate Judge Troy Paul will name a new Sheriff tomorrow (Monday). Rob Smith, Carlton Evans' brother-in-law and former Deputy, was recently elected as the new Sheriff of Coffee County and was expected to assume his duties in January, 2001. Carlton Evans' funeral was on Friday afternoon at the First United Methodist Church and was filled to capacity with friends, family and law enforcement from surrounding counties. Whether he was guilty or not of the charges that were being leveled against him, he was a man that was well respected and loved by most of Coffee County. The whole community is still shocked by the tragedy and the investigation that will most likely continue to be on-going. Our sympathies go out to Sheriff Evans' family, no matter the circumstances, losing a loved one is never easy and having to grieve while rumors and speculation is running rampant must be overwhelming. On another note, Karen, Mom, my granddaughter Haley and I, along with a number of other historians and bargain hunters, spent ALL day Saturday at the auction for Miss Willie Pearl Davis' estate. Although Bids were rather high on the majority of her possessions, Karen was able to buy some old papers and photographs, Mom bought an old nail keg and glassware, I now own old scrapbooks, more recent pictures, some commemorative plates and about 200 or so old books, including about 5 Bibles, most of them in fair to bad condition. We will include a tribute page to Miss Willie Pearl on our Coffee Site as she was a well-known teacher there for many years and her brother taught in either Appling County or Dodge County. Karen can correct me on this if I'm wrong. Hopefully we can get the pictures and articles up soon. After going through some of the papers that I have, I'll post them to the list as I know there are several people here that were taught at one time by Miss Davis. Take care, Melody

For those of you that requested the articles on either the Tanners, Solomons, or both, it is your mailing address that I need. Please send it to me directly..not to the list . mmccook@bellsouth.net Due to the many requests, I probably will not be able to copy them until the weekend and they will go out in the mail over the next Monday or Tuesday after that. These are paper copies of articles that were in the local newspaper and I haven't scanned them. There is too much for that. By the way, I have received a few of your mailing addresses. Thanks, melody

For thos of us not familiar with current events in Coffee County, what sherrif are you all talking about? Was his first name Carlton? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Believe his name is Carlton Evans. Joyce

Does anyone have any information on any of these people that they can share with me. My Birds - Byrds settle in Georgia (from where) and I am hoping that someone will have the link to these.' Any and all help will be appreciated. Thank you. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Subject: Marriages, Robeson Co NC, A-B some MISC. MARRIAGES ROBESON CO, NC GROOM BRIDE DATE BYRD, George S ATKINSON, Elizabeth J 20 Dec 1859 -- BYRD, Isaac BARNES, Josephine 10 Nov 1859 -- BYRD, James MACKAY, Isla 26 Jul 1822 -- BYRD, John YATES, Elizabeth 24 Mar 1849 -- BYRD, John Oen MERCER, Nepsey 31 May 1858 -- BYRD, Martin GREEN, Christian 2 Dec 1823 -- MISC. 1923 Jun 8 - Douglas & Maude McLellan

For thos of us not familiar with current events in Coffee County, what sherrif are you all talking about? Was his first name Carlton? Also, I guess I missed the post on the book everyone is ordering too. Catch me up - JY in NC DâV

Is someone on the list researching Emma Jane Douglass b 23 Aug 1866. She was the daughter of Bryant Washington Douglas and married W. D. Giddens. They lived in Clinch Co, Coffee Co and Atkinson Co. Any help will be appreciated. Frances Daly

Me too. Julie Munn --- bonnyblu@citrus.infi.net Ginnymiller2000@aol.com wrote: > I would love to have a Pierce Co. book, also. > > Thanks, > Ginny Miller > > Ginnymiller2000@aol.com > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > The Coffee County mailing list is owned by Melody Moore McCook, who can be reached at mmccook@bellsouth.net and co-maintained by Karen Batten who can be reached at brodeaux@surfsouth.com