Hi Vivian, My WHATLEY, PICKARD, ANDREWS, COOPER, & WOODYs were in that area in the 1790-1830 era. Would you have any of them in your lines? Can you tell me about Whatley's Mill? Thanks, Hal McCawley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vivian Toole" <vtoole@inu.net> To: <GAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: [Greene] Elisha Sparks HUNTER b.c. 1802 d. 1852 BETHESDA/WHATLEY'S MILL > Hunters, especially Elisha Sparks Hunter (also E. Sparks Hunter, ESH, E. S. > Hunter) were very active in the Bethesda Baptist Church (formerly Whatley's > Mill)in the early to mid 1800's. One Samuel Hunter sold the land to the > church in 1815 for the present church finished in 1818. Samuel Hunter > married Charity Whatley, dau. of Ornan Whatley, in 1800 in Greene County, > Georgia. See Ornan Whatley's will recorded in Oglethorpe County. > I do not have a Hunter line to my knowledge, but I did published the church > minutes from 1817 to 1865. The earlier minutes have been lost. > Elisha Sparks Hunter apparently died between the February 15, 1852 > conference which were signed "E S Hunter a clerk" and the July 17, 1852, > church conference minutes which are signed "H H Watts Clerk." > Between the March 20, 1852, conference church minutes and the July 17, 1852 > conference minutes both of which are signed by "H H Watts Clerk" is this > notation... > "Bro. E S Hunter, A. Greene & Daniel Bethune Dead > On account of the pestlence prevailing in our country we have had no > preaching for three months." > I still have copies of the church minutes left. If anyone happens to be > interested in purchasing a copy please contact me privately. This church is > located in eastern Greene County east of Union Point and north of Hwy 44 to > Washington. poeple attended church here from surrounding counties (Greene, > Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Taliaferro, etc. > My lines in Greene and adjoining counties are listed in the front of the > church minute book: > Durham, Reynolds, Malone, Bowles/Booles, Lindsey, Freeman, Pollard, and > Toole. > Vivian Cates, Rt. #2 Box 52-A, Alto, Texas 75925-9607 > http://www.inu.net/vcates > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf > Of Investorsfg@mindspring.com > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 2:26 PM > To: GAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Greene] Re: Elisha Sparks HUNTER (b. 1802) - UPDATE > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Ralls Coleman Daniels Sanford > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ic.2ADI/1225.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > It has been two years since your posting. As you probably know by now, > Elisha was married to Elizabeth Ann Ralls (not Rolls). Her father James > Hector (not Hunter) Ralls. Her mother was Cynthia Ann Coleman (not > Copeland). > > Cynthia Ann Coleman's parents were Eden Coleman (abt 1768-1817) and Nancy > Ann Daniel (1770-1828). > > Eden's father, Daniel Coleman (abt 1716-aft 1777) is my line. > > > ==== GAGREENE Mailing List ==== > Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ==== GAGREENE Mailing List ==== > East Georgia Genealogical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaeggs/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >