----- Original Message ----- > Since many of our ancestors in middle GA, originally spent some time > around the Milledgeville area.... I thought you might be interested in this > info. > > Additionally someone commented on the number of children named Lafayette > about the time of this event. > > > The Chronology of Milledgeville, from the Mary Vinson Memorial Library > > (Chronology is on line) states the following: > > > > 1825 - General Marquis de Lafayette was entertained by the Masonic Lodge > in > > the Darien Bank and at the Statehouse. > > > > Rebecca > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ann Chernow [mailto:chernow2@mindspring.com] > > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 6:35 AM > > > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 00:38:38 -0300 > > > From: "dw" <washingtond@mindspring.com> > > > To: GACENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > Old Capital Celebration > > > > > > > > > On the morning of our Old Capitol Celebration on October > > 21, 2000 the > > > committee is interested in recognizing the descendants of > > those > > > Revolutionary War Veterans who welcomed General Lafayette > > as he came into > > > Milledgeville for his visit. There will be a table set up > > near the North > > > Gate which will have a sign for these Veterans and badges > > for the > > > descendants to wear. As Lafayette approaches these > > descendants will line > > > the roadway up to the Capitol Building. We are interested > > in any > > historical > > > and biographical information that may be included in a > > scrapbook as a > > record > > > for our Musem. > > > The Revolutionary War Veterans named in Dr. Bonner's book > > are: > > > Allen Tapley, John Cone, Uriah Brown, William Evans, > > George Searcy, Jocob > > > Gumm, William Spurlock, John Scott, James Barrow, Jim > > Thomas(slave), S.B. > > > Clark, Philemon Franklin, William Brown, John Miles, James > > Thomas, Edward > > > Brown, Anderson Redding, Toliver Davis, Peter Fair, Oaty > > Prosser, William > > > Hand, Samuel Beckham, Thomas Miles, John Morris, Henry > > Meacham, John > > Fuller, > > > William Ackridge,and Abner Hammond. > > > Other Veterans buried in Memory Hill Cemetery some who may > > have been > > living > > > at this time are: Andrew DuBourg, Jesse Dismukes, Andrew > > Torrance, James > > > DeLauny, Thomas Peter Carnes, James Duncan, Benjamin > > Tolbert and Robert > > > Ivey. > > > > > > If you have any information about these Veterans please > > contact Mrs. Jay > > > Lewis at 478-452-6227 or Brad Prosser at 478-452-0671. > > Virginia > > > ==== GATAYLOR Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives are here!! > Go to <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl> > and follow the instructions. > >