Interesting story, Todd!  Do you know if Nancy Kicklighter Hendricks the daughter of Andrew Kicklighter, Jr. & Nancy Thomas of Bulloch County?  Carol Riner Everett --- On Sun, 4/11/10, Todd Beckham <tbeckham77t@aol.com> wrote: Thanks for the info on the Claxton Fruitcake. My Great uncle was William Remer Hendricks. I never knew that Jenny was being considered for the name of the town of Claxton. Jenny was Remer's first wife Jenny Edwards Hendricks. When Remer's mother Nancy Kicklighter Hendricks died in 1930 she disowned one of Jenny's children in the will saying that "he was not of her blood". This caused  the will to be contested and the trial set a precedent for liable in the court system. Remer's second wife was my great aunt, Lilla Mae Ingraham whose three children were left 150,000 dollars each plus stock in a Savannah bank at the height of the depression! Todd More about Claxton   The town had its visionary, W.R. Hendricks. In May 1890 there were only a couple of dwellings scattered around the area that is Claxton. W.R. Hendricks, son of Glenn and Nancy Hendricks, had been given a large tract of land by his parents.    With the establishment of a town well underway, efforts were begun to establish a post office at the settlement already widely known as Hendricks. Postal officials in Washington, D.C., upon receiving an application from George E. Wood, declined to approve the name Hendricks because a post office in the state was already operating under that name in Upson County. Two other names were hen submitted, Jenny and Claxton. Postal officials agreed to Claxton and the post office opened in 1890.   There is some dispute about the origin of the name. Some local historians contend that the name of a popular actress, Kate Claxton, was the source while others believe it was in honor of Philander Priestly Claxton, a noted educator of the time.