I am trying to put together, in my own mind, the earliest records of how Georgia was settled. My ancester came to Georgia when he was young how young, I don't know for sure at this time. He was born in 1775. It appears that he lived in the NORTHEASTERN part of Georgia although I may find that he came into GA some other way/area, he lived and died in the NORTHEASTERN part. (I say this only due to the fact that he did get land in some land lotteries in APPLING CO, and his son in IRWIN CO., which is in the SOUTHERN part of Georgia but I don't believe they ever lived there, please correct me if I'm wrong.) John William Baker wrote in his book in 1933 that Elias was buried in his family burying ground that was near the Hartwell Railway trestle on the right side of Big Lightwoodlog Creek. It says this was the site of the pioneer home and that the burying ground contained several members of his family. (anyone know who they were?) Elias lived in the area that became Franklin, Elbert and then Hart Co. Does anyone know of any indian camps that would have been in this area? Looking at old maps, it seems that the Cherokee Indians hunting grounds were not that far away from this area. Does anyone know the history of the area? Early history is what I'm looking for. Or can you recommend any good books on the subject. Also, I remember seeing where you could order old maps, one in particular said it'd show the old settlers and where their homested's were. Has anyone else heard of this and do you know how/where to order them? Where was the WOFFORD SETTLEMENT and if it was an early settlement (1700's) what were the others. Is there information on line that shows the persons in this settlement? Thanks for any responses!! Gale >>>>>Aquilla MCCRACKEN were listed among the Wofford Settlers _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.