The Ellijay Railroad was chartered in 1854 to construct a line from Marietta to Murphy, NC. In 1859 the name was changed Marietta, Canton and Ellijay and in 1874 to the Marietta and North Georgia. Construction of the line to Ellijay was completed in 1874. About 1894 it joined with a line from Knoxville and became the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern which was purchased by the L&N (now CSX) in 1902. In 1906 the L&N built the more direct line from Etowah to Cartersville through Chatsworth and this line was abandoned as a mainline. In 1987 the portion from Marietta to Ellijay was sold to the Georgia Northeastern. It is possible that the Gilmer sons could have been involved in the construction of the line. The only rail connection from Ellijay to Blount County, AL would have been either south through Marietta ar north through Knoxville. There was never any east - west connection, Fort Mountain and a few other topographical obstacles. Dennis Dover wrote: >Does anyone have any knowledge of the railroads in Gilmer County ca 1850 + ? >Two Gilmer sons ended up in Blount County, Alabama working for the LN & R >railroad. I suspect but don't know that there was a line connection in >Gilmer. Thanks for any help. > > > >Dennis > > > >==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== >list manager >gagilmer-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

This is interesting a map from Ellijay, Ga. to Blount Co., Ala. my Granddaddy in Law , Wm. L.A. GADDIS, was from Ellijay and married a person from Blount Co., HuDaniel American <Aunt Dan> EPPERSON/GADDIS, and we could not figure how he would have been in Blount Co., This could be a very interesting lead. Thanks for all of the information that you gave us. PeggySue <O'Shields>> GADDIS psueg@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Strickland" <strick719@cableone.net> To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [GAGILMER] Railroads in Gilmer Co. > The Ellijay Railroad was chartered in 1854 to construct a line from > Marietta to Murphy, NC. In 1859 the name was changed Marietta, Canton > and Ellijay and in 1874 to the Marietta and North Georgia. > > Construction of the line to Ellijay was completed in 1874. > > About 1894 it joined with a line from Knoxville and became the Atlanta, > Knoxville and Northern which was purchased by the L&N (now CSX) in > 1902. In 1906 the L&N built the more direct line from Etowah to > Cartersville through Chatsworth and this line was abandoned as a mainline. > > In 1987 the portion from Marietta to Ellijay was sold to the Georgia > Northeastern. > > It is possible that the Gilmer sons could have been involved in the > construction of the line. > > The only rail connection from Ellijay to Blount County, AL would have > been either south through Marietta ar north through Knoxville. There > was never any east - west connection, Fort Mountain and a few other > topographical obstacles. > > Dennis Dover wrote: > > >Does anyone have any knowledge of the railroads in Gilmer County ca 1850 + ? > >Two Gilmer sons ended up in Blount County, Alabama working for the LN & R > >railroad. I suspect but don't know that there was a line connection in > >Gilmer. Thanks for any help. > > > > > > > >Dennis > > > > > > > >==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > >list manager > >gagilmer-admin@rootsweb.com > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > list manager > gagilmer-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

During the 1880's , I have numerous families (relatives) that left West Central Georgia for Blount County, Alabama: Some were from Floyd, Carroll, Coweta, and Bartow: The ones from Bartow had previously lived in Cherokee and prior to Cherokee, had lived in Gilmer. There must have been a good west to east overland route for their wagons and stock. Probably the road or trails were between Atlanta area and west towards the Birmingham area. Maybe, eventually highway 78. Their surnames were McCollough, Chappell, Underwood, and Burgess. Harold _______________________________________________ =======All outgoing emails are scanned by Symantec Anti Virus=====================

After the War Between the States, have Stephens and Griffiths who moved from Gilmer to Blount. In the 1830's, the Reeds moved from Gilmer Co to Blount Co.

Dennis, what are the names of the two sons that you are mentioning? And time period? My Granddaddy in law came there about in the 1890's. PeggySue <O'Shields>> GADDIS psueg@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Strickland" <strick719@cableone.net> To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [GAGILMER] Railroads in Gilmer Co. > The Ellijay Railroad was chartered in 1854 to construct a line from > Marietta to Murphy, NC. In 1859 the name was changed Marietta, Canton > and Ellijay and in 1874 to the Marietta and North Georgia. > > Construction of the line to Ellijay was completed in 1874. > > About 1894 it joined with a line from Knoxville and became the Atlanta, > Knoxville and Northern which was purchased by the L&N (now CSX) in > 1902. In 1906 the L&N built the more direct line from Etowah to > Cartersville through Chatsworth and this line was abandoned as a mainline. > > In 1987 the portion from Marietta to Ellijay was sold to the Georgia > Northeastern. > > It is possible that the Gilmer sons could have been involved in the > construction of the line. > > The only rail connection from Ellijay to Blount County, AL would have > been either south through Marietta ar north through Knoxville. There > was never any east - west connection, Fort Mountain and a few other > topographical obstacles. > > Dennis Dover wrote: > > >Does anyone have any knowledge of the railroads in Gilmer County ca 1850 + ? > >Two Gilmer sons ended up in Blount County, Alabama working for the LN & R > >railroad. I suspect but don't know that there was a line connection in > >Gilmer. Thanks for any help. > > > > > > > >Dennis > > > > > > > >==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > >list manager > >gagilmer-admin@rootsweb.com > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > list manager > gagilmer-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

-----Original Message----- From: PeggySue Gaddis [mailto:psueg@bellsouth.net] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:36 AM To: GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GAGILMER] Railroads in Gilmer Co. Dennis, what are the names of the two sons that you are mentioning? And time period? My Granddaddy in law came there about in the 1890's. PeggySue <O'Shields>> GADDIS The two brothers were the sons of Burton & Nancy Ann Page Dover of Gilmer County. Adolphus A ("Dolph") was born 1857 and his brother Richard Sherman born 1864. The both married BLACKWOOD's in Blount Co. in 1882 and 1886. There is some record in Blount County that shows Adolphus tied to the LN & R Railroad. There's also another Dover in Blount County, Alabama that worked for the LN & R Railroad. He was born in Alabama except that he is a grandson of Edmund Bryan Dover (b 1827) who was living in the same 1850 Lumpkin County, Georgia household of Burton Dover (b 1823), then single along with another "brother?" Noah who vanished from earth after that census and after a marriage that produced one daughter that somehow connects with the Dover family of Edmund Bryan Dover. I appreciate the response to my query. It's interesting about the railroad from my end because my grandfather worked for the Cotton Belt and predecessors for 50 years before he retired. He was the chief clerk for probably 45 of those years at the same desk at the same station in Arkansas. Those were the days of green visors and sealing wax/rr stamps. A picture of him when he first started and his gold watch are treasured mementos. His grandfather and great grandfather lived in Blount Co., AL from 1856-1868. They were in Cherokee County, Georgia from 1836 to after the 1840 census. Harold, I need to talk to you about the Underwood's. We talked briefly several years ago about the Dover/Underwood connection. The father of the two Dover daughters that married Underwood's is probably the uncle of Burton and Edmund Dover. Dennis