Help! I am researching William Callahan m Eliza Cooper 1/22/1836 in Decatur County. The only census I have found him on is the 1850 Calhoun County FL. His mother Nancy Calahan is on the 1850 Decatur census in the house of the Harrisons. Family says that he was related to the owner of the Callahan Hotel. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Diane wally@cyberstreet.com

The following are marriages in Decatur Co. Does anyone know anything about these people? I'm trying to find out if and/or how they are related to Benjamin Tipton who married Elizabeth Bostick on 29 Nov 1829 in Decatur Co. (gg-grandparents) Josiah Tipton and Susan Sheffield 4 Nov 1850 Randolph C Tipton and Tamer Stewart 6 May 1855 Tamer and R. Tipton are in Thomas Co in 1860 (with children Elizabeth and Ben); Tamer is back in Decatur in 1870 as the head of the family. Can't find where Josiah and Susan Tipton went. Also there is a 60 year old Thomas Tipton in Decatur in 1870 who is a clergyman. His wife is Caroline (43 yrs) and they are living in the midst of Harrells. Since he was a member of the Prosperity Church in 1843, I wonder if that's where he was minister. Does anyone know of a marriage date and/or last name for Caroline? Anyone related to or know about any of the above? Mitzi mitzi@cncnet.com

I am interested in any Hurst or Stewart marriges you may have in your files. Don Renninger Jacksonville, FL nanren@AOL.com

Good Morning Everyone, I am in the process of updating the Marriage Index again. I thought that I would drop a line here to the list and let you know how it is going. Currently there are 4,343 marriages on-line. They are searchable by either the groom or bride's name. I have changed the main entry page to the marriage index so that at a glance you can tell which letters are finished. These letters are identified by being RED in color. A through G and Y and Z finished and on-line for your viewing. I would like to take this opportunity and say "THANK YOU" to Ida Kirkland Boyce for providing over 4,200 of these marriage for our use. If you have access to the marriage index and would like to assist us in this effort please let me know. Additionally, if you have any records that you have would you consider transcribing them for submission to the Decatur Co. pages. I would like to place on-line more cemetery transcriptions. Even if they are not complete, I would still like to be able to provide that information for other researchers. Is there anyone on this list that may live in the Decatur Co. area that would be interested in transcribing some cemeteries for submissions? Is there anything that is not currently available on the Decatur Co. pages that you would like to see? If so, please email me your ideas. I personally feel that the Decatur Co. pages are not MINE, they are YOURS. Have a good day and Merry Christmas. Denise (Kirkland) Smiley

--PART.BOUNDARY.eml01.66c3.3638d4ca.0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dear Jim INGRAM, Some additional comments: Decatur GA is the county seat of DeKalb Co, just east of Atlanta ( county seat of Fulton Co), in North Georgia, whereas Decatur Co GA is in the extreme southwest corner of GA along the boundary with FL; it's county seat is Bainbridge. Burke (county seat Waynesboro) and Screven Cos GA (county seat today is Sylvania, but was the now dead town of Jacksonboro when Zoeth was there) are in Southeast GA, south of Augusta (county seat of Richmond Co GA). With many places in GA the pairing is confusing: Screven GA is not in Screven Co GA, Washington GA is not in Washington Co GA, Lumpkin is not in Lumpkin Co GA , etc. In records from the last century, the name order did not seem to be significant (the name order may have indeed been significant to and consistent for the individual, but not in his/her records)-- I have records of many individuals where the order is reversed. The use of initials was even more confusing -- the initials for Adelia/Delia Frances might variously be "F. A." or "D. F.," for Ester/Hester "E." or "H.," and "H.K." for Hezekiah. Further, misreading of script by abstracters as well as we researchers leads to "Lion" or "Leon" for Sion, and "Luckey" for Suckey (nickname for Susannah). I also suspect that the illiterate person's use of a single initial of his first or last name as his "mark" (versus just an "X") leads to ascribing a middle initial where there is none (perhaps for James J. SCOTT Jr where the scribe wrote James SCOTT Jr and Mr. SCOTT himself made his mark "J" in the center). And, of course, variations in the spelling of surnames do not often sort out one group of families from another (INGRAM/INGRAHAM, CONNER/CONNOR, MIKELL/MCCALL, AMBROSE/AMBERS, PAVEY/PEAVEY/PEAVY/PEVY/PEVEY/PEVEE, etc.) -- due to record keepers, one unrelated family may eventually adopt the spelling of another family in the same area. The INGRAMs/INGRAHAMs who came from SC to Screven Co GA may not be related to yours in Decatur Co GA. I included the Screven Co GA INGRAM family of 1852-1897 just in case there might be such a relationship (but see the census records below). I know that, in addition to the family of Zoeth SPOONER, at least two other families (MOCKs, and John RAWLS and some of his children, some already married), and there are likely more, also moved from Screven Co GA to Decatur Co GA prior to 1850. The INGRAM family cemetery in Screven Co GA is in private (LEE) property in a field off GA Route 17, down a dirt road that is two miles south of Rocky Ford GA. The plots include just three headstones but twenty one unidentified wooden markers (and perhaps includes some WALLACEs). Some of the SPOONER data is from Decatur County Georgia Past and Present 1823-1991, published by the Decatur County Historical Society in 1991. Because Decatur Co GA is well out of my BES (Bulloch-Effingham-Screven) area of research, I looked at on-line resources for Decatur Co GA (the genweb site), which includes the Muster Roll of Company B of the 8th Florida Infantry Regiment (Young Guards) includes H.H. INGRAM (wounded at Sharpsburg and left on field), J.H. INGRAM (wounded at Sharpsburg) [could this be your Jackson Henry Jr?] and W. J. INGRAM, all three having been mustered in on 10 May 1862. This muster roll was published in Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish-American Wars, pages 191-193 (I do not have access to that reference). Further, Benjamin P. INGRAM was included in the Muster Roll of Company A of the 59th Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry (Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division, Longstreet's Corps. Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A., Decatur County GA ). This latter muster roll is found in Lillian HENDERSON's Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 Volume VI pp 3-14. That Decatur Co GA {formed 1823 from Early Co GA} genweb site ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadecatu/) also included the following 1850 Census data (in 1850, Decatur Co GA included land that is today portions of Grady {1905} and Seminole {1920} Cos GA) for neighboring, and likely related, INGRAHAMs at households 91, 92 & 93: Decatur District 22/REEL 432-67/p 37A ===================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX OCCUP VAL. BIRTHPLACE SCH R/W ===================================================================== 13 91 91 Ingraham N. 46 M Farmer 1,500 GA 14 91 91 Ingraham Martha 33 F GA 15 91 91 Bryant Martha 26 F GA 16 91 91 Ingraham Jackson 12 M GA X 17 91 91 Ingraham Jane 11 F GA X 18 91 91 Ingraham Nash 10 M GA X 19 91 91 Ingraham James 9 M GA X 20 91 91 Ingraham Daniel 7 M GA 21 91 91 Ingraham Martha 5 F GA 22 91 91 Ingraham Nancy 3 F GA 23 92 92 Ingraham J. 43 M Farmer 1,200 GA 24 92 92 Ingraham Rebecca 30 F GA 25 92 92 Ingraham John 4 M GA 26 92 92 Ingraham James 2 M GA 27 92 92 Ingraham Martha 8/12 F GA 28 93 93 Ingraham Wm. 52 M Farmer 2,000 GA 29 93 93 Ingraham Martha 42 F GA X 30 93 93 Ingraham Hamilton 20 M Laborer GA X 31 93 93 Ingraham Joseph 19 M Laborer GA X 32 93 93 Ingraham Raiford 16 M Laborer GA 33 93 93 Ingraham John 14 M GA 34 93 93 Ingraham David 12 M GA 35 93 93 Ingraham William 10 M GA 36 93 93 Ingraham Charles 8 M GA 37 93 93 Ingraham Daniel 6 M GA 38 93 93 Ingraham Nancy 1 F GA and, living alone at household 797: Decatur District 22/REEL 432-67/p 80B ===================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX OCCUP VAL. BIRTHPLACE SCH R/W ===================================================================== 27797797 Ingraham John 53 M Farmer 2,000 GA [next household is headed by D. BRYANT age 64] Incidentally, Zoeth SPOONER's family is at households 64 and 97 ("M." misread "Z." or misrecorded?, should be b MA not b GA): Decatur District 22/REEL 432-67/pp 35B & 37B ===================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX OCCUP VAL. BIRTHPLACE SCH R/W ===================================================================== 1 64 64 Spooner M. 90 M Farmer GA 2 64 64 Spooner Nancy 50 F GA 3 64 64 Spooner Debby 30 F GA 4 64 64 Spooner Caleb 21 M Laborer GA 5 64 64 Spooner Nancy 19 F GA 6 64 64 Spooner Martha 16 F GA 7 64 64 Spooner Mary 12 F GA 8 64 64 Spooner John 12 M GA 10 97 97 Spooner A. 45 M Farmer 1,000 GA 11 97 97 Spooner Benjamin 20 M Laborer GA 12 97 97 Spooner Evaline 18 F GA 13 97 97 Spooner Marion 16 M Laborer GA 14 97 97 Spooner Amanda 14 F GA 15 97 97 Spooner Sarah 12 F GA 16 97 97 Spooner Catharine 10 F GA 17 97 97 Spooner Andrew 8 M GA 18 97 97 Spooner Martha 6 F GA 19 97 97 Spooner Reubin 4 M GA 20 97 97 Spooner Harriet 2 F GA Have you looked at the Early Co GA Census data for 1820 or the Decatur Co GA Census data for 1830 or 1840 to establish when the INGRAHAMs arrived in the area? If you have the opportunity, please furnish the 1850 data (if anything is different from the above), as well as the 1860 and 1870 census data to which you referred. As I mentioned in the original correspondence, I would like to establish an approximate b date for Rebecca SPOONER INGRAHAM/INGRAM (b c 1820?). Her husband, Jackson Henry INGRAHAM b c 1807, and the other Decatur Co GA heads of household, John INGRAHAM b c 1797, William INGRAHAM b c 1798, and N. INGRAHAM b c 1804, are near in age to John M. INGRAM 10 Apr 1813 SC (parents b SC) d 2 May 1897 Screven Co GA, but the 1850 data says that all four were b GA -- do you have other data that gives their b place or that of their parents (1880 census shows that)? May God Bless You and Your Family, Bob PEAVY Rincon GA ________________________________ From: JIngram741@aol.com on 10/29/98 Subject: Re: SPOONER INGRAM Screven & Decatur Cos GA --PART.BOUNDARY.eml01.66c3.3638d4ca.0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ATT00002.TXT" Thanks for the info...the info I have is rather confusing to say the least. We never knew my ggrandfather nor did my father and his brothers not even his name but I have traced him back to Ga. and was told he was from Northern Ga. but I found census records that indicate he may have been in Decatur, Ga. We were told that gggrandfather name was Henry Jackson Ingram but the 1850/1860 and 1870 show a Jackson Henry Ingraham living in Decatur, Ga. but the index shows it as INGRAM NOT INGRAHAM. The children living with him are by the same names and about the age those found in our family. Now in 1850 records indicate him being 43 years old and a REBECCA living in the same household. 1860 records do not show her in the household but I located the marriage record as you indicated of the marriage and that is about the extent of what I have found on either of them.. We were told gggrandfather had 3 sons all named after presidents.. JOHN WASHINGTON INGRAM but I found nothing but the census records on him. The other two moved to AR sometime after 1870 and died in Bradley Co. AR. where I have found records on them. There seems to have been one daughter which we never heard of named Martha J. Nothing on her. I found a letter in possession of one of my grandfather's half sisters from a TULULA SPOONER to her Aunt in AR (unknown who her aunt is) but she talks about her cousins CHLOE AND ALETHA. These are my grandfathers sisters. I have been told by one researcher that Jackson Henry spent some time in jail or prison during or just after CW unknown for what but we did find a request for restoration of his rights, again nothing from there. Now that I have bored you with my details this is all I can tell you but if you have any other info that would fit or happen to know where Jackson Sr. or Rebecca might be buried would appreciate knowing.. I did see the note in your mail about the family cemetery. Where is this located? Again many thanks for the info.. It is a lot more than I have been able to find so far and may really help...THANKS --PART.BOUNDARY.eml01.66c3.3638d4ca.0001--

---------------------- Forwarded --------------------------- To: JIngram741@aol.com AT Internet@ccmail-domain cc: GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com AT Internet@ccmail-domain, brandymiller@usa.net AT Internet@ccmail-domain, shamoka@aol.com AT Internet@ccmail-domain, DSulli7875@aol.com AT Internet@ccmail-domain, INGRAM-L@rootsweb.com AT Internet@ccmail-domain Dear Jim INGRAM, Your query at the Augusta Genealogical Society website caught my eye when I saw SPOONER and Decatur [Co] GA: INGRAM - Seeking information on Jackson Henry Ingram (Ingraham) family or his wife Rebecca (Spooner) Ingram. The family was reported to have lived in the Decatur, Ga. area around 1850/70 era.. Jackson Henry Ingram had sons named John Washington, James Madison, and Jackson Henry Jr. also a daughter Martha. It is very possible he and his wife may have died in the area. Trying to determine if this is so and where they may be buried and death records. Jacksonville, TX USA - Saturday, October 17, 1998 ----- Our ancestor Zoeth SPOONER RS was of a MA family (through his DELANO ancestry, a cousin to FDR and U.S. GRANT). He came to Burke and Screven Cos GA and later settled in Decatur Co GA where he died, evidently at the age of 106. His daughter Rebecca m Jackson INGRAHAM, and his daughter Martha m John INGRAHAM. I have not researched much of this information directly -- the following data is largely from references and from some cousins (especially Alex LEE of GA and Darla SPOONER ARNOLD of MS): William SPOONER b 13 Feb 1689 d 1750 m 25 Nov 1713 (son of Samuel SPOONER and Experience ?WING? and grandson of William SPOONER the immigrant) m Mercy DELANO (daughter of John DELANO & Mary WESTON and granddaughter of Philipe DE LA NOYE, Huguenot immigrant of noble ancestry) Simpson SPOONER b 12 Jan 1700 d 1742 m 19 April 1724 (son of Isaac SPOONER and grandson of William SPOONER the immigrant) m Sarah JENNEY b 28 May 1699, daughter of Lettice JENNEY & Desire BLACKWELL (who was the daughter of John BLACKWELL and Sarah WARREN, the grandaughter of Nathaniel WARREN and Sarah WALKER, and the great granddaughter of Thomas WARREN who was on the Mayflower). JENNEY ran the first gristmill in Plymouth MA and a replica of that mill exists there today as a tourist attraction. Joseph SPOONER b 19 May 1718 d 1770, his will of 23 Oct 1770 was probated 1771, (son of William SPOONER & Mercy DELANO) m 13 Nov 1748 Dartmouth MA m Deborah SPOONER b 15 Nov 1724 (his cousin, daughter of Simpson SPOONER) . Their seven children named in the will: Zoath, Simpson, Caleb, Ruth, Lois, Lucy and Mary. Their son Zoath (Zoah/Zoar) SPOONER RS b 1763 Dartmouth MA, in muster and payroll records of Capt. Daniel DRAKE's Company, Col. DRURY's Regiment, service was 3 months, 14 days at North River during 1781. Zoah was a mariner who sold property in MA while a resident of Burke Co GA in 1791 (he was a tax defaulter there in 1790), where he m1 1791-1797 m1 Katren/Catherine DUNCAN, daughter of Andrew DUNCAN and Elizabeth _____ of Screven Co GA, who d 1812-1820 Screven Co GA [DAR information has d 1822-1823, but she doesn't seem to be in Zoeth's household in 1820]. Zoeth m2 c 1829 Screven Co GA m2 Nancy _____ b c 1800. Zoeth moved to Decatur Co GA in the early 1830's, perhaps with his son Joseph in 1833; his son Adam was there by 1829 [Zoeth was involved with the founding of Wades Baptist Church in Screven Co GA in 1832-1834]. Zoeth's will of 6 Jun 1856 was filed for probate 2 Aug 1869 Decatur Co GA (I've not seen a copy or an abstract of this will). Thus he may have d at about age 106. Zoeth's eleven children [my ancestor Elizabth SPOONER GREINER and the also unproved but most probable son Joshua SPOONER make thirteen]: Joseph SPOONER b 17 Nov 1798 m 17 Jul 1823 Screven Co GA (m by Alexander HENDRY J.P., license 13 Jul 1823) m Elizabeth ROE b 1800-1810 [Elizabeth SPOONER b c 1800 d >1870 Screven Co GA m < 1827 m William J. GREINER b c 1793 d 1845 Screven Co GA -- this is the my line -- the line for many GRINER and SCOTT descendants in southeast GA] Adam C. SPOONER b 1804 Burke Co GA? d 7 Sep 1882 Decatur Co GA m1 1 Oct 1829 Decatur Co GA m1 Mary STRICKLAND b 12 Jun 1811 m2 8 Dec 1859 Decatur Co GA m2 Irene SHEPARD b 1826 FL Richard SPOONER b c 1806 (in Green Co AR in 1850) [Joshua SPOONER b 1800-1810 m1 11 Mar 1834 Screven Co GA A 4 m1 Sarah LEE m2 9 Jan 1837 Screven Co GA A 121 m2 Anna HOWARD -- this is the line of Darla SPOONER ARNOLD of MS and Arthur E. SPOONER Jr of VA] Rebecca SPOONER m 23 Oct 1845 Bainbridge Decatur Co GA m Jackson INGRAHAM Deborah SPOONER b 1819 unm but had a son John Hezekiah SPOONER b 15 Apr 1836 James S. SPOONER b 1822 m Frances BARNES Tabitha SPOONER b 1823 d 1 Feb 1891 moved to AL m1 20 Jan 1850 Decatur Co GA m1 William H. FORESTER m2 Henry Co AL m2 John F. RILEY William SPOONER b 1825 m 19 Dec 1851 Decatur Co GA m Mary CHASON Nancy Ann SPOONER b 1832 Martha SPOONER b 1834 m 1 Jun 1851 Decatur Co GA m John INGRAHAM Mary SPOONER b 1836 ?m 21 Feb 1858 Decatur Co GA ?m Russell HOLT Additionally, the Ann SPOONER involved in the founding of Wades Baptist Church in 1832-1834 could have been an older daughter (which would make a total of fourteen children), however that Ann was likely Zoeth's second wife Nancy]. Have you a b date for Rebecca SPOONER INGRAHAM? The list of children "implies" b c 1810-1815, but that would mean that she wasn't married until age 30-35. ---------- I do not know if your INGRAHAMs are related to the family of John M. INGRAM/INGRAHAM. From GA census records, this family is likely in SC in 1850, but he appears in the 1852 tax roll of Screven Co GA in the 36th District as agent for B. F. INGRAHAM [I]. He has two children eligible for the "poore" school fund in 1855 (probably John R. and Mary E.), and with them in 1860 is a teacher, Oran MCFADDEN b c 1835 ME. In 1860-1880, this family is living near BURKEs, CAILEs and PARKERs in the 80th District; at least some are buried in a private Ingram(/Wallace?) family cemetery. John M. INGRAM 10 Apr 1813 SC (parents b SC) d 2 May 1897 Screven Co GA (farmer in 1860, will 10 Feb 1889) m Rebecca A. ?NEWTON? b 21 Feb 1821 SC (parents b SC) d 21 Jun 1884? (> 1880), about ten children, six surviving to 1889: John R. INGRAM Jr b c 1845 SC (RR carpenter in 1870, heir in father's will)(Mrs YOUMANS shows Rebecca NEWTON as wife) Mary E[ster/Hester?] INGRAM b c 1846 SC (heir in father's will) m [?George Milton] WALLACE [?b c 1846, CW soldier] Ann Eliza INGRAM b 1848-1851 SC/GA (heir in father's will) m by 1889 _____ HAWKINS (she was single, teacher in 1870 and 1880) Mary J. INGRAM b 1848-1851 ?d 1870-1880 m 2 Aug 1861 (not an heir in father's will) m Mills C. BRINSON b c 1841 ?d 1860-1870 (son Adam C. BRINSON Sr & Syntha BURKE) William T. BRINSON b 1862-1863 GA (heir in grandfather's will) Claudius C(orrie?) BRINSON b c 1862-1865 GA (heir in grandfather's will) Sara Jane INGRAM b c 1852 SC m 18 Feb 1869 (heir in father's will) m Matthew C. PRICHARD b 1837-1840 SC/GA (father b NC mother b GA) Dallas A. PRICHARD b 1870 Casse Ola PRICHARD b c 1873 John E. PRICHARD b c 1876 James A. INGRAM b 1853-1855 GA (heir and coexecutor of father's will) m Willie Talula NEWTON b c 1859 GA Benjamin F. INGRAM [II] b c 1856 GA (heir and coexecutor of father's will) Laura R. INGRAM b c 1859 ?d 1860-1870 (not an heir in 1889) Rebecca C. INGRAM b 30 Apr 1861 GA d 10 Apr 1886 Clara INGRAM b c 1864 ?d 1870-1880 (not an heir in 1889) Source for will and tombstone inscriptions: p 33 of Mrs. Gus (Willie Mae) YOUMANS' Footprints on the Sands of Time (1979, 118 pp). _____ I'll forward some e-mail messages which will show some progression of information being gathered for SPOONER (that is, they originally have some errors, and perhaps finally have fewer errors) and reveal the sources -- I hope those sources will be available to you. Correction of and addition to the data are, of course, heartily welcomed. May God Bless You and Your Family, Bob (John Robert) PEAVY Rincon (near Savannah) GA

Hi Everyone! Last week I got into a conversation on the Virginia Roots list about the circuit-riding preacher, Lorenzo Dow. Lots of us have a Lorenzo Dow 'Somebody' in our data. Since I have a lot of information about the 'original' Lorenzo Dow, they asked if I would post a web page about him. (He was born in 1777 and died in 1834.) Well, I ran home from work and put up the Lorenzo Dow page after supper! I hope you find it interesting. He was something! I can just see him jumping out of a church window onto a horse and riding away shouting that he would be back one year from the day! He did, too! The site is: http://www.acun.com/dentons The link to the article about Lorenzo Dow is about half way down the first page. I hope you enjoy the stories! Blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook

SURNAME: OATES TOWNSHIP: Sopkee TIME PERIOD: 1850-Present EMAIL: wwharris@rose.net NAME: Wanda Oates Harrison SURNAME: CONNELL TOWNSHIP: Whigham?? TIME PERIOD: 1850-Present EMAIL: wwharris@rose.net NAME: Wanda Oates Harrison SURNAME: MAXWELL TOWNSHIP: Whigham or Calvary? TIME PERIOD: 1800-Present EMAIL: wwharris@rose.net NAME: Wanda Oates Harrison

Hi Virginia, Thank you for bringing that up, yes I did mean to include that in the sample format. Here it is again, with the information included for a MIGRATION field. SURNAME: ALDAY MIGRATION: VA>NC>SC>GA TOWNSHIP: Flint TIME PERIOD: 1820 - Present EMAIL: mdsmiley@prodigy.net NAME: Denise Smiley Sorry for the oversight. Have a good night and happy hunting. Denise (Kirkland) Smiley -----Original Message----- From: vbc <vbc@i-2000.com> To: Denise (Kirkland) Smiley <MDSMILEY@prodigy.net> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 8:09 PM Subject: RE: Decatur Co., GA GenWeb Pages >Hi Denise, > >The sample surname page also shows a Migration field. This is good >information to include. Did you mean to show it on the form you supplied? > >Regards, >Virginia > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Denise (Kirkland) Smiley [mailto:MDSMILEY@prodigy.net] >> Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 1:42 PM >> To: GADECATU-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Decatur Co., GA GenWeb Pages >> >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have redone the Queries format pages using CCHelper. It is >> much easier to >> locate Queries that may be of interest to you. >> >> Additionally, I am in the process of redoing the Surname Page. >> If you have >> surnames listed for Decatur Co., GA please send me your surnames >> again with >> the following information for them. There is an example format below with >> explanations as to what I am looking for. Please complete the following >> format for EACH surname that you would like posted to the Surname Page. >> >> SURNAME: ALDAY >> TOWNSHIP: Flint >> TIME PERIOD: 1820 - Present >> EMAIL: mdsmiley@prodigy.net >> NAME: Denise Smiley >> >> If you would like to see what the final format will be. Please go the >> following link, it is another USGenWeb County Page. >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajasper/lessons/surc.htm >> >> Have a good day and happy hunting. >> >> Denise (Kirkland) Smiley >> >

Hello everyone, I have redone the Queries format pages using CCHelper. It is much easier to locate Queries that may be of interest to you. Additionally, I am in the process of redoing the Surname Page. If you have surnames listed for Decatur Co., GA please send me your surnames again with the following information for them. There is an example format below with explanations as to what I am looking for. Please complete the following format for EACH surname that you would like posted to the Surname Page. SURNAME: ALDAY TOWNSHIP: Flint TIME PERIOD: 1820 - Present EMAIL: mdsmiley@prodigy.net NAME: Denise Smiley If you would like to see what the final format will be. Please go the following link, it is another USGenWeb County Page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajasper/lessons/surc.htm Have a good day and happy hunting. Denise (Kirkland) Smiley

Hi Everyone! New to the list, so I thought I would just jump in and post my surnames right away. The surnames I am working on in Decatur County are as follows: Ansley, Johnson, Nix, Barfield, Dean, Sellars, Hester, Grady,Clay and many more. Happy to trade info with anyone who may be working on the same surnames. Karen ANSLEY Krugman

Searching for information for LASSETER family of Georgia, starting with William Henry LASSETER, born April, 1853, in DECATUR County, GA, married in 1877 to Sophronia Eudora PARKER, who was born November, 1857, in Mitchell County, GA. They lived in Valdosta, GA, and Dawson, GA. William and brother, Thomas are likely the sons of James Lasseter and Harriet Blount Lasseter who were married in Decatur Co., in 1852. Believe that Harriet's mother was Elizabeth and brother was Henry who also lived in Decatur in 1860. Children of William are: James Louis Lasseter, Ethel Lasseter Favors, Horace (Hoy) Lasseter, Emmett Earl Lasseter and Sadie Eudora Lasseter Stepter.

Hi! I thought I would let y'all know that I have lots of Georgia families represented in my database at my web site for the Denton and related families. There are over 15,000 people in the database, plus a lot of other information on the site. If any of you have Dentons in your lines, I would love to hear from you! There are also some down-loadable gedcom files for families other than Denton that I have in my at-home database, such as Hunt, Moore, Plumlee, Cooper, Chastain, O'Dell, French, Shipman, Baker and Huff. All of these families intersect in some way with the Dentons, but have a great deal more information in the individual gedcoms than is on the database at the site. There is a lot of other information on the site as well that you might find interesting, as well. The address is: http://www.acun.com/dentons I hope you find something of value! Blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook

I am reasearching the family of ELWOOD PATRICK YAWN who married LEAH EMMA TAYLOR. They lived in Decatur Co Ga in the early 1800's. Patrick may have come from SC about 1830. Patrick was born about 1805 and died 12 JUL 1891. He marred Leah on 11 JUN 1829. Leah was born 07 OCT 1815 and died 17 OCT 1898. Their children were: Nancy, Margaret Ann, Martha Ann Elizabeth, James Franklin, William Jackson, John, Alford Augustus, Henry Jasper, Patrick, Rebecca Ann, Amanda Lucretia, Margaret Ann Leah, and Thomas Buchanan. Seeking any information to relatives of both YAWN and TAYLOR, especially on LEAH EMMA TAYLOR. Thank you. Charlotte "Sami" Yawn

Hello everyone, I am doing research on the Boutwell line from Decatur County. If any of you are tied into this line please e-mail me. Rita

I am looking for ANY info on the Poitevints of Decatur Co...especially John T Poitevint, Jenet/Jennette Poitevint Waters & John Waters. Thanks, Tara Barrett

Rita- Not sure you connect, but my great grandmother's sister (Pansy Poitevint) married Aroyan Boutwell in Mitchell Co. They moved to Florida. If you think Aron is part of your line (perhaps a cousin or something) then I can find an address of one of their children or grandchildren...they may know who does the genealogy on that side (if anyone does). Tara Barrett

Hi again folks, I am searching for the descendants of Mary E.J. Matthews (dau. of Romulus Wright Matthews and Louisa F. Reeves). Mary b. 1/14/1860 in Houston Co., GA and d. 10/29/1896 in Bainbridge, GA. Mary married James R. Babbit. I currently know of only one child from this union - Mary Clifford "Aunt Tee" Babbit. Mary Clifford Babbit b. 10/15/1887 and d. 5/2/1970. She married Capt. Mason Lane Nisbet. I know they had two sons: (1) William Eugene b. 9/22/1913 and d. 9/9/1982 and (2)James L. "Bubber" Nisbet b. 5/10/1915 and d. 7/1/1998. I am searching for any information regarding: 1- Any other children of Mary Matthews and James Babbitt if there were any. 2- Any additional information on the descendants of Mary Clifford Babbit and Capt. Mason Lane Nisbet. Any additional information would be appreciated. Tim Matthews tmatthew@ix.netcom.com

Hello fellow researchers, I am researching the family of Josiah Jackson Nichols. Jackson died in Randolph Co., GA between 1850-1860. His moved to and settled in Decatur County. The children of Jackson Nichols and Nelly Morgan were Elmore b. abt. 1849 and Eli Earl Nichols b. abt. 1851. Elmore married a Queen B. Eli married Annie Jane Barber (dau. of Darius Barber and Anna Godwin). Eli and Annie Jane had five children. John, Cullen Neal, Early Allison, Rosa Bell, and Bud Nichols. Both Rosa Bell and Bud died in early childhood. John Nichols married Bartey Nichols. Cullen Neal Nichols married Cora Lee Stephens. Early Allison Nichols married Beatrice Bridgett Cox. I am a direct descendant of Early Allison Nichols and I have quite a bit of information on the descendants of Early and Beatrice which I will gladly share. I need information on the descendants of: Elmore and Queen B. Nichols Cullen Neal Nichols and Cora Lee Stephens John and Bartey Nichols As well as any additional information on Josiah Jackson Nichols and Nelly Morgan. Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. Tim Matthews tmatthew@ix.netcom.com

William Joseph Madison Smith died 10 Mar 1930 in Eldorendo, Ga and was buried on 12 Mar 1930 in Bainbridge, Ga. His son, Charles Lee Smith, died 04 Mar 1967 in Colquitt, Miller County, GA and was buried on 07 Mar 1967 in Bainbridge, Decatur County, GA. Charles' wife, Eula Belle King Smith, died 26 Nov 1935 in Eldorendo, Decatur County, GA and was buried the following day in Bainbridge, Decatur County, GA Their son, Charles Madison Smith, was born in Eldorendo, Ga on 20 Jul 1911 and he was buried in Bainbridge, GA ...Oak City Cemetery....on I believe 22 Feb 1996..next to his previous wife, Geneva A. Smith. Have any of these names rung a bell with anyone? Christine Smith Reynolds creyn@cyberstreet.com