REPEAT from 1999 ----- Original Message ----- From: gslat <gslat@uswest.net> To: <GAWARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 7:49 PM Subject: [GAWARE] Murder in the Wiregrass, Savages excluded, thru V4POWG. > John Gruber received grant to 52 acres in Ebenezer district December 9, > 1756- (Vol. 7, page 446, Georgia Colonial Records, by Candler); also grant > to fifty acres, in St. Phillips Parish, June 19, 1772. In 1802 the widow > and the above children (except Joshua) joined in a deed to William Denmark > of McIntosh County, conveying the last named fifty acre tract above, also, > a 100-acre tract granted to the widow August 14, 1795. > John Gruber fought in the Revolutionary War, and was murdered by Tories in > 1780 at or near his home on Cowpens Branch in Effingham County when they > invaded that county. The widow never remarried. > The Gruber family were members of Mount Zion Church at Ebenezer. John and > Mary M. Gruber, or Groover, were the ancestors of the large Groover family > connection of South Georgia. > > > William Brown was murdered at his home in Barnwell District in May 1780, by > a party of Tories commanded by the notorious McGirt. His wife, Sarah, died > four years later. > Two of William Brown's sons, Tarlton and Bartlett, were Revolutionary > soldiers, also at least four of his sons-in-law. It was the intense Whig > sentiments and attachments of the Brown family that made the elder Brown > the object of McGirt's wrath. > An instrument on record in Barnwell County Deed Book "H", pp. 221-222, > dated July 14, 1810, signed by Bartlett Brown, one of the heirs, discloses > the names of the above heirs as listed, and also the fact that the elder > Brown had been killed as above stated, etc. > > > On the afternoon of November 6, 1889, Mr. Hughes and his wife, both old and > living alone, were attacked by three Negroes, murdered, and robbed. Their > bodies were found a few hours later by members of the family when they > called for an evening visit. The Negroes were apprehended. One of them > was shot to death resisting arrest, the other two confessed and were tried > and convicted in an orderly manner, and were hung. > > > Mrs. Rice, the widow, was married in later years to William Hughes, and > they were both murdered and robbed by Negroes November 6, 1888 (See William > Hughes sketch, this volume). She was baptized into Prospect Primitive > Baptist Church October 6, 1865 but was dismissed with her husband, William > Hughes, May 9, 1885 and united with Olive Leaf Church near their home. > > > north of Flat Creek, Berrien County. Bradford Ray, a son of Hiram, remained > on the place as a tenant. In 1873, in a dispute between Bailey and Bradford > Ray over crop management, it terminated in the fatal shooting of young Ray > by Bailey in Alapaha. Ray was shot in the stomach and lingered two weeks > and died. Bailey was indicted for murder and after some delays was tried > and finally acquitted. Mr. Bailey thereupon decided to remove to Florida, > and with his family moved to Taylor County, Fla., later to LaFayette > County. There he died March 22, 1885. He and his wives are buried in Salem > Cemetery in Taylor County. > > All of the Brady boys were faithful Confederate soldiers, in O'Steen's c > ompany from Clinch County (Co. "G", 50th Georgia Inf.). John A., died in > the service, at Savannah, June 3. 1862. Samuel E., died in the service at > Savannah, May 3, 1862. Tragedy befell two others of the boys when in 1874, > a murderous gang struck down "Jack" Brady and "Bob" Brady at the latter's > home on the Suwannee River in Clinch County in retaliation for Bob Brady, > who was Sheriff of- Clinch at the time, arresting some of the gang for > horse-stealing in Florida. The last years of Mr. and Mrs. Brady were very > sad times for them. > > "BenJamin P. Girtman was killed July 31st at the J. P. Court-ground in > Coffee County (where his residence was). There was a fight between several > and it was over; then one of them, James L. Tillis, went, towards Mr. > Girtman (who had been careful to keep out of the fray) with pistol in hand > and when about four feet away he fired at Girtman, the ball passing through > his body. Tillis says it was an accident and some of the witnesses thought > it was, but Mr. Girtman insisted to the last that It was not and that > Tillis had an old grudge against him and had pushed the pistol against him. > A worthy and up-right man cut down by a rowdy ... Tillis is in jail." > (News-item condensed). > The Coffee County Superior Court minutes show that Tillis and Charles J. > Shelton Hatton were indicted for murder at the ensuing September term; the > court ordered them in be incarcerated in Irwin County jail. A verdict of > not guilty as to Tillis was returned September Term, 1859. > The widow was appointed administratrix of the estate November term, 1858, > Coffee Court of Ordinary. The estate inventory showed the deceased owned > seven head of slaves, a fine plantation and some other property. > > > Soon after marriage, Mr. Jones settled on lands in the 590th District of > Ware County (now Brantley) not far from High Bluff Church, where he came to > have a large plantation and carried on his operations with slave labor. > This was on lot of land 107, 9th district of Ware. On August 26, 1853, he > was hacked to death with a hoe in the hands of a negro boy named George, a > slave of James Griffin, Sr., a neighbor, the boying having been loaned to > Mr. Jones to do some work. His remains were buried in the cemetery at High > Bluff Church where his deceased wife had been buried. The murderer was > captured and hung. > James Jones, Jr., at the time of his death was Justice of Ware Inferior > Court, having been elected to the office in 1850 at a special election. > > ------------------------- > 7. Perry Wayne b. Mar. 15,1845, never m. Was murdered in young manhood. > 8. Rebecca H. b. Apr. 21, 1848, m. R. T. Adams. > > Mr. Ziegler moved with his family from Barnwell District, S. C., to Lowndes > County about 1844, and he bought lands near the Hamilton County, Fla., > line. There he built a log house and cleared up and owned a large > plantation. Later he built a larger and better type of residence. His place > was located on the old road from Valdosta to Bellville, Fla., and was > called "Sunshine Plantation". He owned about 1500 acres there. His farm was > known as one of the best in Lowndes County. He also came to be the owner of > valuable town property in Valdosta in his later years. He died at the home > of his daughter, Mrs. Roberts, in Valdosta, July 7, 1881, survived by his > wife and children. Mrs. Howell died a few years later and was buried by her > husband on their old home place, in a family burying ground there. > The parents of Mrs. Ziegler were Joseph Howell and Sarah Kirkland and her > maternal grandparents were George and Cynthia Brabham Kirkland of Barnwell > District. George Kirkland was a son of Reubin Kirkland, R. S., and his wife > Mary Clark, also of Barnwell District. > > > ==== GAWARE Mailing List ==== > > Angell"s Unlimited Research Library > Open to Public - APPOINTMENT ONLY > 912-283-6612 - angell@gate>net > http://www.gate.net/~angell - angell@gate.net > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >