In a message dated 8/12/00 6:09:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ludell@bellsouth.net writes: << to Gloria I have some information on PAULKS - If you could tell me who you are looking for I might be able to help Ludell Solomon ludell@bellsouth.net >> Hi- My Paulk's are ROBERT V. PAULK and his wife, JOSEPHINE ELARBEE PAULK Thanks, Gloria Bueschel Wellington, FL glbueschel@aol.com

In a message dated 8/12/00 4:05:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, c_hooks@bellsouth.net writes: << Which Thompsons and which Paulks. I have some information, but I'm not a Thompson or Paulk descendant. >> I need information on my gggrandfather JAMES HERSCHEL THOMPSON. Born 1858 near savannah; died 1906, buried in Irwin County. My PAULK's are ROBERT V. PAULK and his wife, JOSEPHINE ELARBEE PAULK. Thanks Gloria Bueschel Wellington, FL glbueschel@aol.com

tO mARTHA I have ordered a copy of a book about Wiregrass Warriors printed in Moultrie- dont know how much help it will be but I will look for names in it -- if you will tell me which name you are looking for. Was this one of "our" Solomon ancestors?? I'm still looking for more info on Peter Solomon father of James(1770-1855). Have you found any thing more? Ludell Solomon

Civil War buffs...I have several questions about Barrows [Bars] Bluff and the war: 1. What was the specific Union Army company that was sent down the Ocmulgee River to capture the river crossings and riverboat landings? Specifically, the Barrows Bluff site in Coffee Co.? 2. What route would this company have taken to rejoin Sherman's Army in Savannah? Or did they rejoin at another point? 3. What happened to Sherman's army after Savannah? How would they have traveled back North? What route? Our problem: Gerald's great-great grandmother left at Barrows Bluff with a member of the Union company to return to an unknown point in the North. His g-great grandfather had died in 1862 during the early part of the war. His great-great grandmother, fell in love with the Union Army member and returned North without her children. We have no idea of her maiden name since she was from Darien, GA. As you know, this site was almost destroyed by Sherman's troops, thus few records exist for Darien. We do believe that since she was a widow she would have used her husband's surname as she traveled and married this Union man. This is a big brick wall in our research. Any suggestions for tracing her will be appreciated. Thanks, Dr. Martha Wooten Solomon

Karen and I have each recently acquired a book that we both think is interesting reading. Karen was told a story by a fellow Coffee County school teacher about the clock at the Atkinson County courthouse in Pearson. It seems that Atkinson County had one legal hanging and the man that was hung cursed the town of Pearson, and the clock stopped when he was hung, never to run again. we've done some asking around recently and everyone we talked with in Pearson told us to talk with a man named Carlie Lastinger. Mr. Lastinger's grandfather was killed by the man that was sentenced to be hung and he has written a book about the events. The book is called, "The truth about Old Geech", and if you can overlook the rather gruesome front cover, it makes for good reading. It is also an "easy-to-read" book of 106 pages and contains short chapters on life back in the early 1920s, some of the Lastingers, as well as interviews with different people that attended the public hanging, that knew his grandfather, and knew Claude King, the young black man known as Geech. It contains interviews with former Atkinson County residents such as: Miss Eva Dell White, one of Mr. Lastinger's former teachers, Mrs. Martha Ella Pafford Corbitt, S. B. Lastinger, Mr. Ken Jasper (Coaden) Giddens, Mrs. Ada McKinnon Witherspoon, Mrs. Rachel (Lovey) Cooper Wilson, Mr. James Mullis, Mrs. Nessie Belle Tucker Lastinger (who made the black hood to slip over the condemned man's head),and Mrs. Olive Deen Sumner. Mr. Lastinger sets out on a journey in search of the truth and to find an answer to that age-old question......WHY????? And during his search, he able to lay to rest some of the many superstitions and rumors that surround the hanging, some of which continue to be passed around even today. If you are interested in the book or the trial, please contact Mr. Lastinger at: anfhl@InfoAve.Net The book is sold for $11.95 and he has some copies left. Take care, Melody

Can anyone help Theresa? Please reply directly to her. Thanks, melody From: Theresa Hagan <Hagan@genealogy801.zzn.com> To: <GACOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 8:08 AM Subject: ANY SUGGESTIONS??? > I have tried without success to get family info from my Mother. > I have only a few siblings names. Don't know any parents, or > grandparents, or dates of any kind. The only link I know of is a > grandfather, or great-grandfather, who went by the name of Uncle T. > I don't know a last name, or who's side he was on (my mother's > mother, or my mother's father), as Uncle T raised the > children. > Does anyone have ANY suggestions as to how I can get more > information? > Or does anyone know of any Newberns from the Douglas, Valdosta, > area? I was born on > Moody Air Force Base, in Valdosta. I think Uncle T. lived and died in > Valdosta, but not positive on that. I was born in 1964, and my > mother was born in 1946 I believe, so if it was her grand or > greatgrandfather, it would have been several, several years ago. My > mother had two brothers, Jack Newbern and Tommy Newbern (Thomas). > Tommy died in 1986 or 1987 (somewhere around there). Jack is still > living. She had four (I think) sisters. Margie, Carol, Rhonda, and > Bonnie. Bonnie is also dead. My mother's name is Linda Sue Newbern- > Palm-Teixeira. They are all living. > I can't seem to get any info from anyone! Why, I don't know. I > received an e-mail from a gentleman a little while back about some > names in a year book he had. But, I couldn't get very far with it. > Can anyone help??? >

Hi Gloria, I'm pretty sure that the Satilla Library doesn't have copies of the Ocilla Star. I do that the Irwin County Library has it on microfilm because I made a copy from it once. Be sure and post the people that you are looking for. Since there are a number of searchers here researching the Paulk name, we may be able to help. Take care, Melody > Hi-- > I am new to this list. The names I am researching are THOMPSON, ELARBEE, > BRANCH, PAULK, and others. > > Today, I would like to find out if anyone knows whether or not the Satilla > Library would have old issues of the Ocilla Star Newspaper.

I CAN GIVE YOU SOME INFO. ----- Original Message ----- From: ludell <ludell@bellsouth.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Library Research > to Gloria > I have some information on PAULKS - If you could tell me who you are looking > for I might be able to help > Ludell Solomon > ludell@bellsouth.net > > > ==== 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. > >

to Gloria I have some information on PAULKS - If you could tell me who you are looking for I might be able to help Ludell Solomon ludell@bellsouth.net

GlBueschel@aol.com wrote: > Hi-- > I am new to this list. The names I am researching are THOMPSON, ELARBEE, > BRANCH, PAULK, and others. Which Thompsons and which Paulks. I have some information, but I'm not a Thompson or Paulk descendant. Clyde

As far as I know the Satilla Regional Library doesn't have the Ocilla Star on microfilm. Only the Douglas Enterprise and Coffee County Progress and a few issues of the Douglas Breeze. Karen GlBueschel@aol.com wrote: > Hi-- > I am new to this list. The names I am researching are THOMPSON, ELARBEE, > BRANCH, PAULK, and others. > > Today, I would like to find out if anyone knows whether or not the Satilla > Library would have old issues of the Ocilla Star Newspaper. > > Thanks for your help > > Gloria Bueschel > Wellington, FL > glbueschel@aol.com > > ==== 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!!

Don't know if it will help you, but there was a web site for Jeff Davis Co. awhile back that had a lot of geneaological info in it -- haven't visited it lately -- but you may try that if you have not done so. Also, I believe the Jeff Davis Public Library in Hazlehurst has a cemetery book for Hazlehurst. Their # is 375-2386. Carol Roberts, Hazlehurst Clyde Hooks wrote: > I'm looking for a Jonathan Neal Hooks, possibly born in the 1880s, to pass > on information to a great-granddaughter of his. There is a death > certificate on file in Georgia for a J. N. Hooks who died Mar. 11, 1949, in > > Telfair County. His age was 67 and he was a resident of Jeff Davis County. > Since he was listed as a resident of Jeff Davis County, he was probably > buried there, but what do I know? I don't have the cemetery books for Jeff > Davis or Telfair counties. > > If someone has a cemetery book for Jeff Davis or Telfair county, would you > please look up J. N. Hooks and let me know what it says. Dates, cemetery, > spouse, etc. > > If someone has access to obituaries or death certificates for Telfair > County, would you please look up J. N. Hooks, who died Mar. 11, 1949, and > tell me the details. > > Thanks. > > It appears that somehow I was removed from the Coffee County Rootsweb list. > I didn't realize that I wasn't still on the list until I tried to send the > above message to the list. I wonder how I was removed? And why? I mean, > just because I'm a loud mouth, that's no reason to remove me. > > Clyde > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Please visit the Atkinson County GaGenWeb site at > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3390

I don't know if this will help, but I have seen in the past a web site for Jeff Davis County (Hazlehurst) which has a lot of genealogical info in it. If you have not checked this out, you might have a look at it. Carol Roberts, Hazlehurst, GA "Tom B. Atkinson" wrote: > Any help for this person on lookups- > tom atkinson- reply to her > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Wilcox - Coffee County, GA > Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 12:06:17 -0700 > From: Chuck Reed <chuckreed@i-55.com> > To: Tomjax@worldnet.att.net > > Hi, Tom -- > > I am looking for any records reflecting the following ancestors in Coffee > County: > > 1) DANIEL LOTT WILCOX, M.D. b. 05/19/1848 (Appling Co.), d. 04/16/1886 > (Coffee Co?) > (Married to Mary Ann Curry, b. 04/29/1850, d. 12/31/1914) > > -- And the following child of the above: > > 2. DANIEL JOHN WILCOX b. 09/24/1875 (Nicholls, GA), d. 03/05/1929 > (Nicholls, GA) > (Married to Harriet Susanna ("Sudie") Mims, b. 04/01/1882, d. 01/12/1962). > > It's possible DANIEL LOTT W. (#1) and family could be in the 1880 census of > Coffee Co., since their child, DANIEL JOHN, was born in Nicholls and would > have been 5 y/old at time of census. Family info does not state where > DANIEL LOTT W. died, but he is buried in Hazlehurst City Cemetery in Jeff > Davis Co. (I'm checking there for cemetery lookups.) > > DANIEL JOHN W. (#2) and his wife, Sudie, were living in Coffee County when > their 9 children were born, one of whom was my maternal grandmother: EDNA > WILCOX (BENNETT). I would love to know if this family and their surviving > children are listed in the 1910 census of Coffee Co. > > I don't know if anyone out there has publications of census records for > 1880 and 1910, but if these families are listed, I'm looking for copies of > any records showing they existed. Most likely there are no birth > certificates, but may be something (possibly historical) on DANIEL LOTT W., > who was a physician until his death at 37. I believe he lived and died in > Coffee Co., but he is buried near his parents in Jeff Davis Co. > > CAN YOU PLEASE HELP???? (I'm way over here in Louisiana!) ... many thanks! > > With Georgia on her mind, > Terri F. Reed > > ==== 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

Hi-- I am new to this list. The names I am researching are THOMPSON, ELARBEE, BRANCH, PAULK, and others. Today, I would like to find out if anyone knows whether or not the Satilla Library would have old issues of the Ocilla Star Newspaper. Thanks for your help Gloria Bueschel Wellington, FL glbueschel@aol.com

Thanks for your help -- When the South seceded from the Union, the Southerners renounced their United States citizenship; and when the South surrendered, the Confederacy ceased to exist, leaving the former " Rebels" without citizenship. In order to regain their U.S. citizenship, the Southerners were required to sign a loyalty oath to the United States. According to President Andrew Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation, Union Sympathizers, Blacks and the common class of Southerners could sign the loyalty oath, regain citizenship and resume their lives. The Reconstruction Act of March 13, 1867 required the commanding officer in each military district to have, before September 1, a registration of all qualified voters in each county. These lists would be used to determine all who would be eligible to vote for any proposed Constitutional Convention in the state. A search of the Georgia Department of Archives and History in Atlanta, Georgia revealed that a "Summer Gibbins" (Givens) was listed in the "The Reconstruction Returns of Voters Under the Reconstruction Act - 1867." This record can be found in Drawer 297/Microfilm Box #15/Negative/GRG 4-354/Georgia. Executive Department, Returns of Qualified Voters Under the Reconstruction Act - 1867/Volume 47, District 15, Irwin County. This record lists voter's number (#82), date of registration (August 20, 1867), name (Summer Gibbins), book (A) and page (Page 440) in Oath Book, race (Colored), time of residence in state (12 months), county and precinct within a year (432nd Precinct, Senatorial District No. 15, Irwin County, Georgia). Also located in the Georgia Department of Archives and History in Atlanta, Georgia were the "Reconstruction Registration Oath Books (1867)". This record can be found in Drawer 296, Microfilm Box #35 / Negative / GRG 3-3069 / Georgia. Executive Department, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books - 1867/Volume 88, District 15, Irwin County. This record lists name (Summer Gibbins), date of registration (August 20, 1867), and county of residence (432nd Precinct, Senatorial District No. 15, Irwin County, Georgia). I also made a copy of the entire voters registration list for Irwin County. If you would like me to check for a relative, let me know. Gene Givens Abingdon, MD

Catherine Fussell Wells wrote: > The only Hooks in the Telfair Co. book is: Blanche Hooks, b. 25 Jan 1898, d. 14 Aug 1971 buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in McRae. > Thank you for looking. Clyde

The only Hooks in the Telfair Co. book is: Blanche Hooks, b. 25 Jan 1898, d. 14 Aug 1971 buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in McRae. Clyde Hooks wrote: > Luan Harper wrote: > > > I have a copy of the Jeff Davis County Cemetery book and there are no Hooks > > listed in the index as being buried there. > > > > Luan Harper > > lyh@gate.net > > Thank you very much for looking. > > Clyde > > ==== 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

> Rootsweb seems to be incredibly slow tonight. > Let's see if this message gets through. > Melody >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I got it Melody. Joyce

Luan Harper wrote: > I have a copy of the Jeff Davis County Cemetery book and there are no Hooks > listed in the index as being buried there. > > Luan Harper > lyh@gate.net Thank you very much for looking. Clyde

Rootsweb seems to be incredibly slow tonight. I sent a reply to Clyde Hook's message around 4:30 or so and it hasn't shown up yet. Must be out in la-la land somewhere. I was able to send a reply personally to Herman Johnson and it went through so the trouble must be with rootsweb only. Let's see if this message gets through. Melody