Thanks but it doesn't sound like we are talking about the same family.

The Georgia chat line is open right now. http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm

I have a lot of info from the book "Cousins by the Dozen" written by Dorothy Sturgis in Alabama that brings us from England through Rev. Daniel Sturgis right down to my grandmother, Ida Sturgis's generation. But as I said in my earlier post - lost track of my great-grandfather's siblings - found them listed in Coffee County Census reports though. Love to hear from you - Judy - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Caves" <rcaves@alltel.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > Judy Yandle, please get in touch with me privately...I have information on > Sturgis and Chaney lines.... > rcaves@alltel.net > Rachel Caves > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Yandle <gwyandle@prodigy.net> > To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, May 13, 2000 7:01 AM > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > > > >Melody: Anything Sturgis or Chaney you come up with I am looking for! > > > >Thanks, > > > >Judy Yandle > >----------------------------------------------------- > >Click here for Free Video!! > >http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "melody" <mmccook@bellsouth.net> > >To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:35 PM > >Subject: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > > > > > >> Well, folks, I'm getting ready to head down to Coffee County for a long > >weekend. > >> > >> I hope to be able to do some research at the Probate Court. If you'll > send > >me one or two names each and what you need on them, then I'll do my best to > >check them for you. I still have my previous lists that I always take with > >me. > >> > >> Send them to me quick!! > >> Melody > >> > > > > >

My Great-great grandmother was a Chaney. Cornell Mariah Chaney (First name is misspelled everywhere; I am not even sure that's it) married Benjamin Hicks Sturgis. I have a lot of Sturgis lineage but the Chaney line stops at Mariah (she went by that name per my grandmother - her granddaughter). Judy Hood-Yandle - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <HarSea@aol.com> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > Hello Judy Yandle > > > What Chaneys are you doing??? I am just looking for a John Henry Chaney who > married a Adaline Harper in Ocilla Georgia. This is my aunt and uncle. > Just curious > Lise >

Judy Yandle, please get in touch with me privately...I have information on Sturgis and Chaney lines.... rcaves@alltel.net Rachel Caves -----Original Message----- From: Gary Yandle <gwyandle@prodigy.net> To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, May 13, 2000 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups >Melody: Anything Sturgis or Chaney you come up with I am looking for! > >Thanks, > >Judy Yandle >----------------------------------------------------- >Click here for Free Video!! >http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "melody" <mmccook@bellsouth.net> >To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:35 PM >Subject: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > > >> Well, folks, I'm getting ready to head down to Coffee County for a long >weekend. >> >> I hope to be able to do some research at the Probate Court. If you'll send >me one or two names each and what you need on them, then I'll do my best to >check them for you. I still have my previous lists that I always take with >me. >> >> Send them to me quick!! >> Melody >> > >

Karen, Your information which differs somewhat from what was provided to me is interesting and worthy of consideration. The person with whom I was communicating was a descendant of Joseph and Matilda Ricketson's son named Timothy. Their family did live in the area of 'Broxton, Georgia and of course Mount Pleasant "Bab" Church as being the name of the church is the name that his family knew it by. Since you know that there several Ricketson's buried in the Byrd Church Cemetery, possibly it is the same. As to the location where Joseph Ricketson and Matilda (Davis) Ricketson lived, I think they did live near Red Bluff Creek around what is now in Axson, Georgia. I say that because in several census records, I listed the persons in that area in the same order as they were recorded on the census. Joseph was listed in the close vicinity of Frederick J. Mills who did live near Red Bluff Creek and owned the land where the Union Hill Church Cemetery south of Axson, Georgia is located. As I remember in the census records, Matilda (Davis) Ricketson continued to be listed in the census records in that area for some time after Joseph was killed, but some years later I seem to remember that she was listed in another census district, which indicated to me that she probably had moved. I am having to rely on my memory right now because I am presently in Charlotte, N.C. and my census records are at my home in Grandview, Tennessee. According to the Ricketson genealogy authored by Grace W. Edes, Joseph Ricketson lived in the area of Pearson, Georgia and his son Timothy was born December 6, 1949 at Pearson, Georgia. I believe Huxford's Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia is the source that stated that Joseph Ricketson was killed in a fight at the home of a man named Williams who lived on Red Bluff Creek. Unfortunately I have none of these records here with me, but possibly this information will help those that do have access to his records. If you are any others in this group do come up with any information regarding the Ricketson's buried in the cemetery described near Snipesville, I am interested in knowing. As to where I fit in the Ricketson family, I am a descendant of Joseph and Serena's youngest son John Ricketson and I am also a descendant of Serena's oldest son James Arnold who owned the farm near Millwood, Georgia where I grew up. The Red Bluff Creek that I referred to ran through our farm part of which was in Ware County and part in Atkinson County. In my research of the Ricketson family that settled in Coffee, Ware, and Atkinson Counties, I have tried to visualize where they all lived in that area. If anyone in this group knows the location where Serena lived I would really like to know. The best information I have indicated she lived and died at her farm just north of Willacoochee about half way to Alapaha. Unfortunately I was unable to locate her in the 1850 census which was the last census before her death. Possibly she was listed in the household of some other family member? John Ricketson

Hi Judy and Lise, what Chaney's and Sturgis's?.. I have both on my line...Please contact me at rcaves@alltel.net Rachel -----Original Message----- From: HarSea@aol.com <HarSea@aol.com> To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, May 13, 2000 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups >Hello Judy Yandle > > >What Chaneys are you doing??? I am just looking for a John Henry Chaney who >married a Adaline Harper in Ocilla Georgia. This is my aunt and uncle. >Just curious >Lise > >

Melody: Anything Sturgis or Chaney you come up with I am looking for! Thanks, Judy Yandle - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "melody" <mmccook@bellsouth.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:35 PM Subject: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > Well, folks, I'm getting ready to head down to Coffee County for a long weekend. > > I hope to be able to do some research at the Probate Court. If you'll send me one or two names each and what you need on them, then I'll do my best to check them for you. I still have my previous lists that I always take with me. > > Send them to me quick!! > Melody >

Hello Rachel I have JOhn Henry Chaney,son of James(Jim) Chaney and Mary Jane Joiner married Adaline Harper, daughter of Mathias Harper and Helon Ring, They lived in Douglas and Ocilla Children are Thomas Henry Chaney, James Chaney,and Damon Delton Chaney. John Henry and Adaline Chaney are buried in the Douglas City Cemetery as is James Chaney. Thomas Henry is ill with Cancer and lives in Douglas today. Lise

Hello Judy Yandle What Chaneys are you doing??? I am just looking for a John Henry Chaney who married a Adaline Harper in Ocilla Georgia. This is my aunt and uncle. Just curious Lise

John, I'm not sure exactly how you fit in with the Robert and Fannie Ricketson family. But, here are a few comments I'd like to throw your way. Your recent post was very interesting. However, there are a few things I'd like to correct and a few things I'd like you to think about. You definitely have my curiosity up about this. Maybe in a few weeks when I'm finished with school I'll take a drive up to Mt. Pleasant church. First of all Mt. Pleasant is also known not as "Bab" church but Byrd Church. The church is between Broxton and Snipesville and actually is in Jeff Davis County rather than Coffee. However, many of the people in this area do business in Coffee because it is so near the county line. Yes, there are a considerable number of Ricketson's buried in the cemetery. I also am a descendant of Joseph and Serena Foy Ricketson and have heard the stories of the Indian blood. In your post you mentioned a son was killed at Red Bluff Creek which you thought may be in Atkinson Co. Mt. Pleasant church is within about 5 miles give or take a few of the Ocmulgee River. There are several landings on this river and one of them happens to be called Red Bluff which according to my father is about 5 miles from the church. Could it be possible that he was killed near this site rather than a Red Bluff Creek in Atkinson Co. There are still a couple of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ricketson's children residing in the area. And as far as I know still attend Mt. Pleasant church. They would possibly know about the fence being taken down. If I'm not mistaken there is a Jeff Davis Cemetery book in the local library. Mt. Pleasant isn't listed in the Coffee County book. I'll try to go and look for any Ricketson listings. Just a few thoughts. Karen

Melody, Don't know if I'm too late to get on the list, but if you get this, I am looking for marriage records for Wesley Bullard and Roxie Bennett from around early 1900. Or any info on Wesley Bullard. Thanks, and enjoy your trip! Christy ----- Original Message ----- From: melody <mmccook@bellsouth.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:35 PM Subject: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > Well, folks, I'm getting ready to head down to Coffee County for a long weekend. > > I hope to be able to do some research at the Probate Court. If you'll send me one or two names each and what you need on them, then I'll do my best to check them for you. I still have my previous lists that I always take with me. > > Send them to me quick!! > Melody >

I think it is time to publish some information that has been provided to me over the past year as regards the burial site of an "Indian" Ricketson" in a cemetery at the Mt. Pleasant "Bab" Church at Snipesville, Georgia, which appears to me to possibly be the burial site of Serena Ricketson, and possibly her husband Joseph Ricketson. I had hopes of confirming the information, but for some reason unknown to me, for several months I have been unable to get responses from the persons who provided the information in the beginning. I was very hopeful of even obtaining a copy of a picture that a family member had of an ancestor, who may have been Serena (Foy) (Arnold) Ricketson, who was described as having distinct features of an American Indian, and family stories recorded her as being of the Cherokee Tribe. Since many of us in this group are descended in some way from Serena (Foy) (Arnold) Ricketson, I believe you will find this story of interest: As a matter of interest "possibly folk lore' There is a country church near the community of Snipesville, Ga. Coffee Co. in which some Ricketson family ancestors are buried. The story goes that some were of indian decent and the attended the church Mt Pleasant "Bab".Upon their death they had a plot in the church cemetery and was buried there. As a result of presumed prejudice a separate fence was erected around this plot to segregate them from the other graves in the cemetery. This fence, over the past decades has been torn down and re-erected on many occasions. The source of the information states that his dad and oldest sister used to take the fence down occasionally, only to find it reinstalled several weeks later. The markers are very old and most of the head stones can not be read. He states that there several unmarked graves in the Ricketson plot. Among the graves known to be in this cemetery, is the grave of Timothy Ricketson, grandson of Joseph and Serena Ricketson. The familly believes that one of the unmarked graves is that of the father of Timothy Ricketson, who would be Joseph Ricketson (husband of Matilda (Davis) Ricketson and son of Joseph and Serena Ricketson. Also known to be buried in that cemetery are four children of Matilda (Davis) Ricketson, wife of Joseph Ricketson who were born out of wedlock after Joseph Ricketson (son of Joseph and Serena) was killed in a fight in 1849. Now, to get down to the meat of this information and the reason for my belief that the gravesites of Joseph and Serena could be in this cemetery, here is my thinking. Joseph Ricketson died about 1820 and so far as I know there is no known record of where he was buried. In his final years he worked and lived in what was then Montgomery and Tattnall Counties. If he lived in the southern end of the counties as they existed at that time, this could have been very close to Snipesville. In 1849, Joseph and Serena's son Joseph was killed in a fight at a home on Red Bluff Creek which I think was the area where he lived and would be in what is probably is now Atkinson County, which is a considerable distance south of Snipesville, Georgia, after considering the mode of transportation available in those days. It is believed by the family of this descendant with whom I was corresponding that this Joseph Ricketson killed in 1849 (son of Joseph and Serena) is buried in the cemetery at Snipesville. If his body was transported that far for burial, I have to believe there must have been some connection between the family and this cemetery. Since this son Joseph was the first member of the family to die since the father Joseph died, possibly it could have been because the father Joseph who died in 1820 was buried there. Serena died in 1856 (seven years after her son Joseph was killed) and so far as I know, no one knows where she is buried. Since the children of Matilda (Davis) Ricketson, born out of wedlock but assumed the Ricketson name, after Joseph Ricketson was killed are also buried in this cemetery, it is reasonable to believe that Matilda is also probably buried in this cemetery, but as a Davis, I have no reason to believe she was ever considered to have Indian heritage. In the Ricketson family Serena was reported to be Indian or part Indian. Joseph Ricketson reportedly referred to her as his Little Indian Princess. In my research of the Ricketson family, I have found no one else that could have been considered as having been of Indian heritage. Serena's mother, Sarah Frances "Frankie" Moore was reported to be the daughter of Jesse Moore and an Indian lady whom he met in his travels from Virginia. Based on the information I have, I have to believe that Serena (Foy) (Arnold) Ricketson must have been the only member of the Ricketson family that could have been considered Indian, therefore after considering the story of the Ricketson plot in the cemetery being segregated because of the Indian Ricketson buried there, and based on the other information I have provided to support my belief, I have to believe that the grave of Serena could be in this cemetery. If there is anyone in this group that has access to information on the cemetery at Mount "Bap" Church at Snipesville, Georgia, I am interested in whatever information they may have regarding this story and the Ricketson family plot. John Ricketson

Martha, The date of birth of Joseph Ricketson is questionable. I am working with an approximate date of 1786-88 which has not been confirmed by anyone I know of. His youth is a mystery. His father was Timothy Ricketson, Jr. and his mother is believed to be Prudence (last name possibly Fisher). The name of Prudence shows up once or twice in records of the daughters of the American Revolution as being a widow of Timothy Ricketson, however Timothy was married to Mary Wilkins as early as 1792 and Mary is also shown as being a widow of Timothy. With the sketchy information that is available on Joseph Ricketson, he and his brother Abraham appear to have grown up in the area near Augusta Georgia, in Burke and Wilkes Counties. One genealogist, Grace W. Edes, records that Abraham was raised by a man named Mollums in Wilkes County, Georgia however I have had no success finding any record of the name of Mollums. Possibly Joseph was raised by his mother as his father Timothy left the area and moved to Bardstown, Ky. prior to 1792, where his wife is recorded as being Mary Wilkins, Timothy and Mary raised another family in Bardstown, Ky. The children raised in Bardstown and their descendants changed the spelling of Ricketson to Rickerson. Joseph was married to Serena (Foy) Arnold July 17, 1806. Serena was the widow of Needham Arnold. Serena was born about 1786-88 in North Carolina and she lived in Coffee County Georgia when she died in 1856. Serena was the daughter of George Foy and Sarah Frances "Frankie" Moore, daughter of Jesse Moore. The best research made available to me are family stories that strongly indicate that the mother of Sarah Frances Moore was probably an Indian, name unknown. Ancestors of Joseph Ricketson are as follows: (1) William Ricketson and Elizabeth Mott; (2) Jonathan Ricketson and Abigail Howland; (3) Timothy Ricketson, Sr. and Bathsheba Wilbur; and (4) Timothy Ricketson, Jr. and Prudence (Fisher ?). Your request for this information prompts me to post some information regarding the possible burial site of Joseph and Serena that I have received from another descendant of Joseph and Serena Ricketson. I am going to do that in a separate note to avoid getting too lengthy here. John Ricketson

Melody, I would appreciate any info you find on Hayes or Brantleys. Thanks, Ginny Miller

Melody, I am looking for Mary Duprey who supposedly was born in France and was living in Georgia in the late 1800s. She married a William Carl and they had a son, Edward Isaac Carl who married Alice Atkinson. I am not sure what County in Georgia. She is my brick wall. Thanks. Sandi Braun sbraun@bdbc.com >>> "melody" <mmccook@bellsouth.net> 05/11/00 06:41PM >>> Well, folks, I'm getting ready to head down to Coffee County for a long weekend. I hope to be able to do some research at the Probate Court. If you'll send me one or two names each and what you need on them, then I'll do my best to check them for you. I still have my previous lists that I always take with me. Send them to me quick!! Melody ************************************************************************************************* NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute an attorney-client communication that is privileged at law. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply e-mail, so that our address record can be corrected. *************************************************************************************************

Subject: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups/ > > > > Melody, anything that you might find about: > Emily Williams b. 1850 d. mar 1893 dIED 1898 NOT 1893 SORRY!!! > William Henry Andrews b. Mar 5, 1872 d. Aug. 27, 1949 would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > Diana Sjoberg > >

Melody, any thing you may find on James A Hewitt (Hewett), he was in the 1900 Census or George W. Williams Jeruel Hewitt, jeruel@azstarnet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: melody <mmccook@bellsouth.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 5:35 PM Subject: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > Well, folks, I'm getting ready to head down to Coffee County for a long weekend. > > I hope to be able to do some research at the Probate Court. If you'll send me one or two names each and what you need on them, then I'll do my best to check them for you. I still have my previous lists that I always take with me. > > Send them to me quick!! > Melody >

Melody: I'm interested in anything on Hiram Booth b. abt. 1816 and Mahala Booth Smith b. abt. 1855. Thanks, Brenda Smith Inlow ----- Original Message ----- From: melody <mmccook@bellsouth.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:35 PM Subject: [GACOFFEE] Coffee Co. Probate Court Look-ups > Well, folks, I'm getting ready to head down to Coffee County for a long weekend. > > I hope to be able to do some research at the Probate Court. If you'll send me one or two names each and what you need on them, then I'll do my best to check them for you. I still have my previous lists that I always take with me. > > Send them to me quick!! > Melody > >

> Melody, anything that you might find about: William Anderson b. 1823 d. April 30, 1899 Emily Williams b. 1850 d. mar 1893 William Henry Andrews b. Mar 5, 1872 d. Aug. 27, 1949 would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Diana Sjoberg