resource: History of Columbus compiled by John H. Martin from local newspaper files. Published by Thomas Gilbert in 1874 (If you recognize any of these as your ancestor, I'd love to hear from you) The following list was compiled by John H. Martin from local newspapers to give us a listing of people in Columbus in the first ten years of its existence (1827-1837). General Mirabeau B. Lamar Judge Walter T. Colquitt Colonel Nicholas Howard Colonel Ulysses Lewis Edward Lloyd Thomas A.S. Rutherford John Fontaine Hon Henry W. Hilliard Wm J.W. Wellborn Forbes Bradley Colonel John Milton Dr. Thomas W. Grimes Coloney John H. Howard Dr. S.M. Ingersoll Lambert Spencer (father of president of Southern Railway) John Beall Dozier (daughter Virginia married Hon William A. Little) James W. Fannin, Jr. Hon Alfred Iverson Rev. Ignatius A. Few Rev. Jesse Boring Rev. Thomas Goulding General Daniel McDougald, president of the Insurance Bank who killed Col Burton Hepburn, in self-defence, as the result of a business quarrel Louis T. Woodruff (operated steamboats between Columbus and Apalachicola) George W. Woodruff (owned empire flour mills) Col Nimrod W. Long Joel Hurt Judge Eli S. Shorter James S. Moore John Manley Flournoy Samuel W. Flournoy Judge Grigsby E. Thomas General James N. Bethune Julius C. Alford Jonathan A. Hudson Phio D. Woodruff J.T. Kilgore Charles A. Peabody Dr. E.L. DeGraffenreid Thomas G. Gordon Samuel T. Bailey Dr. H.C. Phelps Dr. Fitzgerald Bird Joel B. Scott General Sowell Woolfolk R.T. Woolfolk Elisha Avery, S.R. Andrews Thomas W. Cox L.J. Davies Andrew Harvill Dr. H.A. Thornton John Taylor Nathaniel P. Bird Major Joseph T. Camp A.R. Mershon Asa Bates T.H. Ball Moses M. Butt R.T. Marks John R. Page Major A.F. Moore H.R. Taylor David Dean William Mullaly E.L. Lucas W.D. Lucas David W. Upton G.B. Lucas J.R. Lyons E. Jewett B. Tarver A.L. Watkins Neill McNorton J.P. Jackson Thomas Davis A.Y. Greham Dr. J.W. Malonw Dr. A.S. Clifton Lewis Allen T.T. Gammage M.R. Evans James Hitchcock Willis P. Baker G.W. Dillard John McClusky George W. Elliott W.H. Alston Harvey Hall J.B. Kennedy Lemeuel Merrill Allen Lawhon James H. Shorter Dr. John J. Wilson James C. Watson Rev. John W. Baker James K. Redd John Hicks Bass Thomas J. Bates Joseph Biggers (soldier of Revolution from S.C.) John Godwin Samuel T. Hatcher Dr. Thomas Hoxey Virginia ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Faye Dyess fdy@gate.net Listmanager Thou shalt check thy spelling and thy grammer. Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl