INTERESTING BITS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY HISTORY HISTORY OF DEMOREST 1889-1936* Byron Bean - Piedmont College Student In 1889 the present site of Demorest was known only as a sawmill camp. A sawmill operated by mr. Henry Rossignol was located near the present dam site below the lake. The mill was run by water power from a low wooden dam. Besides the saw mill there was a small water-driven flour mill owned by Mr. Ripley near the present site of the saddle-tree factory. In this same year a small band of people from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio and Indiana came to the present site of Demorest to establish a prohibition town, beauty spot, health resort, industrial and educational center. Among these people were: Messers. Jennings Demorest, B. M. Davenport, Frank J. Sibley, F. H. Briggs, S. A. Trowbridge, E. L. Champer, E. D. Hendrickson and George D. Stone. These men and others bound themselves together in a company known as the Demorest Home, Mining and Improvement Company, hereinafter known in this paper as the company. The company bought several hundred acres of land in Demorest. They employed J. A. Reynolds, a competent surveyor, who laid out a beautiful plat for the town. Demeorest was named ater one of this company, Mr. Jennings Demorest. The town was organized with a distinct moral purpose in view. The city ordinances were very strict in regard to whisky, gambling and prostitution. In all land deeds made by the company the clause was included that forfeiture of the land was to be the penalty for practice of any of these evils on the property. Demorest was organized strictly for the white race. To the present day the town has no colored property owners. The Company built a few scattered homes. In order to encourage others to build and establish industries they offered to give building lots and furnish water-power to anyone who would build a factory or establish an industry. One of the first industries established here was a hoop factory by Norton and Cooper at the lake dam. Mr. C. W. Stambaugh built a novelty shop and furniture factory near enough by to use the same source of power. At this latter factory many kinds of school desks, chairs and church pews were manufactured. The Stambaugh business was destroyed by fire in 1909. A similar industry ws rebuilt above the depot and continues today. Some of the other industries were: Demorest Knitting Company, Demorest Bath Tub Works, Demorest Foundry and Machine Works, Saddle-Tree Factory, Wagon Factory, a spoke and handle factory and a broom factory. The story of the growth and development of these industries is rather interesting. The knitting factory was organized in 1890 for the manufacture of hosiery, knit goods of all kinds, yarn, cloth, clothing, and textile fabrics of all kinds. Unfortunately this factory finally went into bankruptcy. The bath tub produced by the Demorest Company was known as the Goodrich, self-heating, folding bath tub. The foundry and machine works, among other things, manufactured shingles and syrup mills. In connection with this industry an old iron mine was operated across the railway from the town. This industry employed about twenty-five men. This business was washed away by a flood. The saddle-tree factory was build and operated by Mr. Edward Flor. In the beginning the factory employed 50 to 75 men. This industry is almost without competition in the entire United States. The brick and tile kiln was located near what we know today as picnic point on the east side of the lake. It was owned and operated by E. D. Hendrickson. All the brick used in the buildings of Demorest were produced by this yard. The wagon and spoke and handle factory outlived some of the industries, but they too eventually failed. The spoke and handle factory was moved to Toccoa in an effort to exist but they finally ceased to be. The broom factory continues today under the management of Mr. Wesley Ritchie. It employs about six or eight men. The first business house in Demorest is the one in which Demorest Drug Company is now located. In 1890 there was operated in this building an up-to-date printing office. A weekly, "The Demorest Times," was published every Friday with 4,000 circulation. This paper was published for only a short time. This publication was edited by W. A. Fowler and F. F. Sibley. In 1896 a paper called "The Anagraph" was published in Demorest, supposedly from the same office. Butler Hall was about the next building to be erected. This building was constructed for a bank. The lower story was used for the bank; the second sotry was used for a suite of offices; and the third story for an auditorium. The first stores in Demorest stood where Commons Hall now stands. There were three two-story structures and one single-story building in a row. These buildings included two dry goods stores and two grocery stores besides some dwelling apartments up-stairs. Mr. G. S. Hunt, a resident of Demorest at present, owned on of these stores. All of this group burned in one fire, during the early days of Demorest. The Santor Hotel was erected at a cost of $25,000 on the spot where the above buildings stood. The stock holders in this hotel were: Messers. E. D. Hendrickson, W. M. Sosebee, Edward Flor and Mrs. Lauders. All attempts to operate the hotel at a profit failed. Mrs. Lauders bought out the other interests in the enterprise. She sold her claim to a Mr. Miller, who in turn sold the building to Piedmont College for $10,000. Before the building was sold to Piedmont, all the lower story was used for stores and post office. The post office was in the portion now used as a girls' gymnasium. The first post office was located in the building that is now used by the college as a library. The original building has been enlarged considerably since it was used as a post office. Dr. G. W. D. Patterson, who operated a Drug Store and practiced medicine, was the first postmaster of the town. The rock dam near Stambaught's formed two large lakes. One of these, however, has filled up. A pervillion was built in the center of the larger lake. It was here that young people flocked for dances and various night entertainments. Motor boats, sail boats, bateaux and a steamer all piled the lake in the early nineties. The steam "Estes, " said to have carried sixty passengers, carried people pleasure riding upon both lakes. The first school, church and Sunday School was in the top floor of Mr. Henry Rossingnol's home. The building came later to be known as the Mary J. Green Hall. It stood between Ford Hall and the Auditorium on the College Campus. It was owned for several years by the College and was used as a girls' dormitory. Fire destroyed the Hall in 1920. The "Ole Pink Carpenter Home" was used for church services, Sunday gatherings and general school purposes. This building stands on the west end of Georgia Street. Later this building was used for the Demorest Normal school which was incorporated in 1893. The supervisor of the school was Professor J. S. Jennings. It was the first nine months school in Habersham County. On September 10, 1897, the Demorest Normal school was chartered--J. S. Green Collegiate Institute. On September 6, 1899, the name was changed to J. S. Green College, and on March 7, 1903, the name was changed to Piedmont College. In 1897 when the school changed names, Mr. J. S. Green donated liberally to its promotion. The first president of the J. S. Green Institute was the Rev. C. C. Spence, a Methodist Indian Missionary from Michigan. When the shool was bought by the Congregationalists and the name changed to Piedmont, J. C. Campbell became president. He served until 1907 when H. C. Newell was made president. He servied until 1911, when F. E. Jenkins succeeded him. Again in 1930 Dr. H. C. Newell, who recently resigned, filled the president's chair. For many years Piedmont College carried all the grades from the first through College. It early dropped the elementary grades, and in 1928 the high school portion was also dropped. Today it only has the college departments. The building now used as an Administration building by the college ws the Sosebee livery stable in the early days of Demorest. The first church built in Demorest was a northern Methodist church bilit in 1890 by Mr. H. Willett. The brick building still stands on the hill on Georgia Street a short distance about the Congregational church. Today it is owned and occupied by W. S. Carpenter and family. The Baptist church was built early in the nineties at its present site. The present Methodist church was built in 1901-02. Mr. J. S. Adams donated the land for the church. Mr. G. S. Hunt solicited the money and promoted its building. The Congregational church was built in 1908. Rev. G. S. Butler was one of the early ministers. There are at present several active societies connected with this church: The Woman's Benevolent Society, Woman's Guild and W. C. T. U. For years Demorest manufactured her own electricity. The plant was owned by Mr. Edward Flor. It was located in the vicinity of the saddle-tree factory. The Georgia Power Company bought this over a few years after the World War. In 1892 there was organized a Chautauqua in Demorest. By 1896 people from several states were in attendance. A special car from Atlanta brought visitors from Alabama and Florida. The chautaqua building was used for teacher's meetings and various purposes.

Posted on: Habersham Co. Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Habersham/11176 Surname: Goss, Hamilton, Hughes, Mason, Kimsey, Curtis ------------------------- Martha Emeline Goss b. 11-16-1837 Lumpkin Co. GA d. 7-28-1918 m. Kimsey Posey Standridge. Martha was the d/o Elijah Benson Goss b. 4-30-1816 d. Jan 1882 & Lucinda Turner b. 10-10-1819 d. 9-8-1875. She was the grandaughter of Benjamin Goss b.11-6-1777 Granville Co. NC d. 9-27-1857 Montgomery, Polk Co. AR & Martha "Patsy" Harbin b. 5-21-1783 d. 1856 Montgomery, Polk Co. AR. I have more if you need it. David Hughes

INTERESTING BITS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY HISTORY PART 1 HISTORY OF CLARKESVILLE, GEORGIA Mrs. Julia Wales Erwin Wilson, Sister to W. S. Erwin Habersham county was organized in 1819. The first white man to settle in the area was Mr. Sutton, uncle of the late Judge C. H. Sutton. Most of the county was settled by the sturdy Scotch-Irish people who came first to Pennsylvania, then came further south to the mountains of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and East Tennessee. These Scotch-Irish people have always been the backbone of our Republic. There were the authors of the MecKlenburg Declaration and many of them had revolutionary lineage. There is an old saying, "Mountaineers are always free". True to this fact, Habersham county, with a voting population of 800, sent to the Sourther Confeeracy over a thousand men. The town of Clarkesvile dates its beginning from the year 1823. Two men, Chastain and Vaughn, gave land lots No. 2 and 19 as the site for the town. Clarkesville wa named in honor of Gen. Elijah Clarke, who was so active in north and east Georgia during the Revolutionary War. The Court House, a small frame building, was located on the Public Square, and a log jail on the lot where Mr. F. L. Asbury's residence now is. When a brick court house was built, in 1832, the old building was moved down to the livery stable lot where it still stands, (The Claud Adams home). Judge John Dooly, the famous Georgia wit, held the first court in Habersham. At this time, and for a good many years after, much of this country was still in possession of the Indians. I have heard my mother say that when she came to Clarkesville, a bride, in 1838, there were United States Troops here for the purpose of removing the Indians. The young Lieutenant in charge of the troops was J. B. Magruder, afterwards the famous Confederate General. The discovery of gold in the Nacooche Valley, and other parts of the country, soon brought to this hitherto unknow section, many seekers for the precious metal. From the first these settlers were of a superior class. Among them may be mentioned the names of Alex Maulden, William Hacket, Thos. Fayetter, Jessie Norris, T. B. Wood, Elihu Barkley, J. R. Wyly, William Hicks, S. H. J. Alley, the Lambert brothers, A. J. Nichols, Hexekiah Dyer, John Fuller, and John S. Dobbins who were the first to settle the town. Dr. George D. Phillips came in 1829. He was a Virginian, a skillful physician, and a man prominent in the politics of the state. His wife was the daughter of James Patton, the founder of Ashville, N. C. Dr. Phillips built a home at Farm Hill, where Dr. James P. Phillips still lives. Mr. father, Alexander Irwin, a North Carolinian, and a son of a man who, as a boy, fought at King's Mountain, came here in 1829, and with Gen. B. F. Patton, also a North Carolinian, whose home was what is now the Ketron farm, put up a sotre for the purpose of trading for gold, in the old building that stood where the present court house now stands. My uncle, S. A. Wales, just graduated from the law school at Yale, with his brother-in-law T. H. Trippe, also a lawyer, were two early comers. Col. Wales built the Bleckley House which wa burned a few years ago. Col. Trippe built the old Campbell home, now the property of Mrs. W. B. Hill. Col. Trippe sold his home to the town for a academy. Afterwards it was the home of Rev. R. C. Ketchum, the Presbyterian minister for about twenty years. It subsequently became the summer home of Gen. Robert Toombs, and when it was burned some ten years ago was the home of Judge Logan E. Bleckley, chief justice of Georgia; a pretty good record for one house, I think. Col. Trippe sold his home to Mr. Robert Campbell who occupied it during most of each year for more than thirty years. Judge Garnet Andrews in the reminiscences of an old Georgia layer, gives an amusing account of a Clarkesville lawyer whom he called Col. Stamper. The original of this sketch ws Col. Studman who lived in the house now owned by J. B. ERwin. He was a brother-in-law of Judge J. W. H. Underwood and is said to have been quite as interesting character as Judge Andrews pictures him. John R. Stanford bought much land in and around Clarkesville. He was a mercahnt, a man of wealth of public spirit. His wife was Miss Charlton, of the well-known Savannah family. He built the beautiful home on the hill, now owned by J. F. Minis, and as Pamona Hall it was for years the center of social life of the town. A company headed by Jacob and Adam Stroop and in which Hon. John C. Calhoun was a stockholder, put up an iron works plant on the site now occupied by the Habersham Mills. Jarvin Van Buren came out from the north to take charge of it and built the house now occupied by Idus Brewer. Mr. Van Buren was a New York man, a cousin of Martin Van Buren, and looked very much like the picture of the President. He had the distinction of having, as engineer, run the first train ever successfully operated in the United States. It was a short line about forty miles in length, and, I think, ran between Schenectady, NY and Albany, NY. The first academy of the town as the old Grove House. This afterwards became the home of Mr. William Smith, grandfather of the late Thomas F. Bean and of the Ansleys of Atlanta. It was at one time occupied by Hon. John E. Ward, first minister of the United States to China. Col. Robert McMillian bought this place about 1854. The old Shade Alley place is probably the oldest place in our town. It was built by a Mr. Brannan, and afterwards was owned by Gen. J. R. Wyley. Mr. Wyley was the grandfather of John Sevier, Gen, in the Revolutionary army, and governor of Tennessee. Mrs. Ruth Erwin comes from the same family. The little town seems to have had good schools in those early days. My uncle, Rev. Stanhope Erwin, a young Presbyterian minister, taught here while studying for the ministry. Gen. William Phillips was one of his pupils. His wife was Miss Danwoody, cousin of Mrs. Teddy Roosevelt. A man named Blair was iported from Pennsylvania and had a fine school here. Dr. J. T. Phillips, Dr. Rossingnol and Dr. Starr were three of his pupils. Mr. Blair went back to his native state, was later sent to Congress, and became a most violent abolitionist and hater of the south. Later Mr. Round taught here and also Mr. Williams Rogers.

INTERESTING BITS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY HISTORY PART 2 HISTORY OF CLARKESVILLE, GEORGIA Mrs. Julia Wales Erwin Wilson, Sister to W. S. Erwin In the early fifties, H. B. Smith had a large and flourishing school here for several years. In 1859, the citizens of the town were much interested in a large school for girls, toward which most of them contributed. Judge William Low gave the site, thirteen acres, to the town, and a large building was erected on "College Hill', now the Martin Place. The school was the Tallulah Female Institute, andRev. R. C. Ketchum was principal. It florished and died. Most of what little education I possess was acquired at the Tallulah Female Institute. The first church was the old Methodist church, 1831, which stood in the cemetery. It was built by all the citizens for the use of all denominations. In 1838 the Episcopalians built their churd. The first vestryman, or trustees, were George D. Phillips, B. F. Patton, S. A. Wales, Alex Erwin and John R. Stanford, mostly Presbyterians. Here the convention was held which elected Steven Elliott first Presbyterian Bishop of Georgia. Some years later, 1848, the Presbyterians built their church on a lot of two acres, given in equal shares, by Robert Campbell, Wi8lliam Smith and George D. Phillips. This church was completed in 1848 and dedicated by Dr. Nathan Hoyt, grandfather of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. I have also heard her other grandfather, Rev. I. S. K. Axson, preach there, also her father, Rev. Edward Axson and her uncle, Rev. Dr. Henry Hoyt. I have heard too in this church, Dr. J. R. Wilson, father of the President, and Professor James Woodrow, his uncle. Clarkesville boasted a bank in these early days, a branch of the Georgia R. Bank of Augusta. Mr. Dugas, uncle of Dr. Henry Rossignol, was the manager. He built the Berry House where Mr. Joe Stewart lived 1910-1918 (now the pastorium). The bank was in the old Sam Lambert house which burned a few years ago. The hotel which stood where the Mountain View now is was kept for years by Lewis Levy of Augusta, and after him by Mr. Reuben Nash. Mrs. Collier was for many years landlady of the Alleghany House, now the Inn, while Mrs. Fuller had a hotel on the square where is now the Addison house (Foster's store corner). The little town boasted of a paper called "The Argus" in the early days. The North East Georgian was published later by J. F. Patton. In the old cemetery lie at least two Revolutionary soldiers, Mr. McCrocky, grandfather of Mrs. Caroline Hunt and Matthew Rhodes. I have a very faint recollection of the latter as a very feeble old man. The principal physician in Clarkesville for fifty years was Dr. W. J. Rusk, an old bachelor, shy and awkward, but a fine physician and one of the most charitable of men. His old fashioned saddle bags were often full of needed delicacies for those of his patients who were unable to buy them. There was no dearth of lawyers in Clarkesville in those days. Among them were Elihu Barclay, John H. Jones, M. J. Walker, Calvin J. Hanks, Phillip Martin and Thomas J. Rusk. Calvin Hanks was killed by Dr. L. B. Harris. No doubt many of you have noticed the epitaph on his tomb in the old cemetery, "Ye living men as ye pass by." To my childish mind this was the most wonderful and awe inspiring gem of poetry. Thomas J. Rusk was a young lawyer of brilliant promise, but was fast ruining himself by dissipation. Dr. George Phillips, one day after a serious talk with him as to his conduct and future, gave him a hundred dollars and told him to go to Texas and make a man of himself. Rusk took the money and advice, went to Texas and rose rapidly to the front rank in his profession and in politics. He was United States senator, with a bright prospect of being president of the United States, but ended his career by suicide while at the height of his fame. While senator he related to Dr. J. P. Phillips in Washington, t is story of Dr. George D. Phillips. (this is verbatim not a typo) The delightful climate of Habersham County, with its cool breezes, bright skys, gushing streams and fine scenery, soon brought many persons from the low country of Georgia and South Carolina to build summer homes in the vicinity of Clarkesville. Among them were many historic homes. Col. R. W. Habersham was the son of Joseph Habersham, Washington's Postmster General. He built "Azalia," the quaint and lovely old house, now the hom of Mr. Joe Erwin. The Alston House a few miles out of town near Turnerville was built by a close relative, son or nephew of Governor Alston of South Carolina, who married Theodosia, the beautiful and ill fated daughter of Aaron Burr. Sailing from Charleston to New York, to visit her father in his disgrace and old age, she was never heard of again. It was reported that the vessel was captured by pirates and Theodosia Alston, with the other passengers, forced to walk the plank. The "Alston" now belongs to the Middleton family of South Carolina, direct descendants of the signer, Arthur Middleton Junior. John MacPhearson, Attorney General under Andrew Jackson had a summer home here. It's rather a singular coincidence that this place was afterwards owned by Amos T. Akerman, who held the same office under President Grant. Rev. W. E. Eppes, the Episcopal minister beloved by all our people, was a great grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Mr. Robert Waller is a grandson of President Tyler. Andrew Jackson's mother, when her husband was killed, took refuge with her aunt Mrs. John Wilson, my husband's great grandmother. Andrew Jackson lived with Dr. John McKemie Wilson. These are but a few of the historic names connected with Clarkesville and Habersham County. Claresville has always had a great attraction for all sorts of cranks and oddities, who have drifted here from every quarter, besides having her fair share of the same sort of native production. Did the scope of this paper permit, I could relate many tales of interest both grave and gay. I will speak of one story that used to excite my childish sympathy and interest to the highest degree. Many years ago, a Frenchman, calling himself Eugene Pinard, came to Clarkesville, no one knew for what reason. He was a mysterious character, stern and reserved, saying nothing of his past, excpet a few vague hints of a dark past of crime and piracy. A chest of rich clothing and silk and velvet seemed to corroberate his story of having been on a pirate ship. He married a pretty contry girl living as help in General Wyley's family. He remained with her for perhaps three years, then disappeared as suddenly as he came, taking with him a beautiful little daughter, nearly two years old and leaving not a trace to show where he had gone. The sympathy of the whole town was aroused for the heartbroken mother and every possible effort was put forth to locate the little child. Kind friends wrote to the French consuls in New Orleans, Mobile, New York and other ports. Advertisements were inserted in the papers of the principal cities of this country and in France, but all in vain. The fugitives had disappeared as if swallowed by the earth, and the desolate mother never again heard aught of her child. I remember Mrs. Pinard when I was a child a pale, sad woman who made a modest livlihood by nursing the sick, and sewing in families and who grieved as long as she lived for her Victorine. I have tried to be accurate in what I have written but have had to depend to a great extent on my memory of what I have heard the old folks say years ago. Dr. Phillips and my brother, Joe Erwin have given me a good deal of history. I love this dear old town where I was born, and where all my children were born, and I think you for giving me an opportunity of assisting i some slight degree to preserve its memories and traditions. I am proud of my birthplace.

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INTERESTING BITS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY HISTORY PART 1 HISTORY OF CLARKESVILLE, GEORGIA Mrs. Julia Wales Erwin Wilson, Sister to W. S. Erwin Habersham county was organized in 1819. The first white man to settle in the area was Mr. Sutton, uncle of the late Judge C. H. Sutton. Most of the county was settled by the sturdy Scotch-Irish people who came first to Pennsylvania, then came further south to the mountains of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and East Tennessee. These Scotch-Irish people have always been the backbone of our Republic. There were the authors of the MecKlenburg Declaration and many of them had revolutionary lineage. There is an old saying, "Mountaineers are always free". True to this fact, Habersham county, with a voting population of 800, sent to the Sourther Confeeracy over a thousand men. The town of Clarkesvile dates its beginning from the year 1823. Two men, Chastain and Vaughn, gave land lots No. 2 and 19 as the site for the town. Clarkesville wa named in honor of Gen. Elijah Clarke, who was so active in north and east Georgia during the Revolutionary War. The Court House, a small frame building, was located on the Public Square, and a log jail on the lot where Mr. F. L. Asbury's residence now is. When a brick court house was built, in 1832, the old building was moved down to the livery stable lot where it still stands, (The Claud Adams home). Judge John Dooly, the famous Georgia wit, held the first court in Habersham. At this time, and for a good many years after, much of this country was still in possession of the Indians. I have heard my mother say that when she came to Clarkesville, a bride, in 1838, there were United States Troops here for the purpose of removing the Indians. The young Lieutenant in charge of the troops was J. B. Magruder, afterwards the famous Confederate General. The discovery of gold in the Nacooche Valley, and other parts of the country, soon brought to this hitherto unknow section, many seekers for the precious metal. From the first these settlers were of a superior class. Among them may be mentioned the names of Alex Maulden, William Hacket, Thos. Fayetter, Jessie Norris, T. B. Wood, Elihu Barkley, J. R. Wyly, William Hicks, S. H. J. Alley, the Lambert brothers, A. J. Nichols, Hexekiah Dyer, John Fuller, and John S. Dobbins who were the first to settle the town. Dr. George D. Phillips came in 1829. He was a Virginian, a skillful physician, and a man prominent in the politics of the state. His wife was the daughter of James Patton, the founder of Ashville, N. C. Dr. Phillips built a home at Farm Hill, where Dr. James P. Phillips still lives. Mr. father, Alexander Irwin, a North Carolinian, and a son of a man who, as a boy, fought at King's Mountain, came here in 1829, and with Gen. B. F. Patton, also a North Carolinian, whose home was what is now the Ketron farm, put up a sotre for the purpose of trading for gold, in the old building that stood where the present court house now stands. My uncle, S. A. Wales, just graduated from the law school at Yale, with his brother-in-law T. H. Trippe, also a lawyer, were two early comers. Col. Wales built the Bleckley House which wa burned a few years ago. Col. Trippe built the old Campbell home, now the property of Mrs. W. B. Hill. Col. Trippe sold his home to the town for a academy. Afterwards it was the home of Rev. R. C. Ketchum, the Presbyterian minister for about twenty years. It subsequently became the summer home of Gen. Robert Toombs, and when it was burned some ten years ago was the home of Judge Logan E. Bleckley, chief justice of Georgia; a pretty good record for one house, I think. Col. Trippe sold his home to Mr. Robert Campbell who occupied it during most of each year for more than thirty years. Judge Garnet Andrews in the reminiscences of an old Georgia layer, gives an amusing account of a Clarkesville lawyer whom he called Col. Stamper. The original of this sketch ws Col. Studman who lived in the house now owned by J. B. ERwin. He was a brother-in-law of Judge J. W. H. Underwood and is said to have been quite as interesting character as Judge Andrews pictures him. John R. Stanford bought much land in and around Clarkesville. He was a mercahnt, a man of wealth of public spirit. His wife was Miss Charlton, of the well-known Savannah family. He built the beautiful home on the hill, now owned by J. F. Minis, and as Pamona Hall it was for years the center of social life of the town. A company headed by Jacob and Adam Stroop and in which Hon. John C. Calhoun was a stockholder, put up an iron works plant on the site now occupied by the Habersham Mills. Jarvin Van Buren came out from the north to take charge of it and built the house now occupied by Idus Brewer. Mr. Van Buren was a New York man, a cousin of Martin Van Buren, and looked very much like the picture of the President. He had the distinction of having, as engineer, run the first train ever successfully operated in the United States. It was a short line about forty miles in length, and, I think, ran between Schenectady, NY and Albany, NY. The first academy of the town as the old Grove House. This afterwards became the home of Mr. William Smith, grandfather of the late Thomas F. Bean and of the Ansleys of Atlanta. It was at one time occupied by Hon. John E. Ward, first minister of the United States to China. Col. Robert McMillian bought this place about 1854. The old Shade Alley place is probably the oldest place in our town. It was built by a Mr. Brannan, and afterwards was owned by Gen. J. R. Wyley. Mr. Wyley was the grandfather of John Sevier, Gen, in the Revolutionary army, and governor of Tennessee. Mrs. Ruth Erwin comes from the same family. The little town seems to have had good schools in those early days. My uncle, Rev. Stanhope Erwin, a young Presbyterian minister, taught here while studying for the ministry. Gen. William Phillips was one of his pupils. His wife was Miss Danwoody, cousin of Mrs. Teddy Roosevelt. A man named Blair was iported from Pennsylvania and had a fine school here. Dr. J. T. Phillips, Dr. Rossingnol and Dr. Starr were three of his pupils. Mr. Blair went back to his native state, was later sent to Congress, and became a most violent abolitionist and hater of the south. Later Mr. Round taught here and also Mr. Williams Rogers.

I should always follow my own advise, and never do genealgy this late into the morning hours. I have managed to supply this list with 4 messages, now-and made much a fool of myself, I think. Josephine Herrin Jackson would have been buried under the name of JACKSON, not Herrin! My Jackson listing of burial of Habersham County, records no such Josephine either. Therefore she must be buried somewhere else, other than in Habersham,or in a old site that has not been located. It just makes too much sense that she would hve been buried in Habersham where she lived near the Mud Creek area. As her children were also born there. Perhaps I need to check the 1890 census of that same county aned see if there were residing there at that time. Sorry, for all of my confusion and messages. Judy

In my excitment at the arrival of the Herrin burials a few minutes ago, I was in great hopes that I had located, at last the burial of my Josephine Herrin. I did read inaccurately the male name listed following her death date. I quickly read this name to be Joseph J. Jackson, not Joseph J. Herrin as recorded here. My apoligies! But could this also be a typo? Or is ther another Josephine Herrin there in Habersham County???? This Josephine evidentally died at the age of 40. Judy

I find that the birthdate recorded in this list of Herrin burials for Josephine leaves a few questions. Is it possible that this is a typo? For this birthdate does not fall into place with the dates of Josephine' siblings, who were born in the 1870's!!! It would also make Josephines own mother, Mary Emeline Young Herrin to be only 12 years old at her daughter's birth. Her death date seems most accurate as she died when my grandmother was about two years old. The one solid piece of documentation is the marriage record in Habersham County of Josephine or "Josie" Jackson and Joseph Jackson. (Jan. 4, 1891). I have a friend in Clarkesville who perhaps can check the cemetery for me, take a photo, and check the date. Judy

Many thanks to Sue, who filled my needs, and shared the HERRIN burials in Habersham. Yes, there is my Josephine (Jackson) Herrin. Her date of birth much sooner that I had thought. I do believe this to be the correct person as her spouse is indicated a being Joseph J Jackson. Living descendants in Florida of this line did mention that they had know him also as "Johnnie." This Joseph Jackson is the one buried in Columbia County Florida.He died in 1953 and is buried near his scond wife, Sally Melissa Cross Jackson. Above this is also my Wiley T. Herrin and his wife Mary Emeline (Young) Herrin. I also reconize many others of my Herrin line. Isn't it wonderful when we finally uncover that new piece of info that we have seeked for so long! Judy Rountree Mason

Thank you for sharing yoiur Jackson information with myself and the list, Gene. No, this does not seem to be my line. But I shall certainly save this information for future reference. My Joseph Jackson, was the son of a Jasper Jackson. Joseph's death certificated (died in Fla.) states that his father is Jasper. I believe that this was the Jasper, a name that also repeats itself there in Habersham County, who married a female named "Manda." If this proves to be correct, this line would descend from one of the marriages to Amos Jackson. My great-grandfather Joseph did marry two times. Ist to Josephing Herrin and then to Sally Melissa Cross. Again appreciate all help! Judy Mason

Dear Group: The JACKSON COUNTY, GA. Volume 7 of my series THESE MEN WORE GREY, is now available, having arrived today from the printer. I have not as yet added it to my webpage but the book can be ordered now: Karen T. Ledford 9161 Dicks Hill Parkway Toccoa, Ga. 30577 The book is $45.00, and that INCLUDES postage. I have books available also on FRANKILN, HABERSHAM, STEPHENS, RABUN, WHITE, AND BANKS COUNTY, GA. Check them out on my website at "http://www.hartcom.net/~scv935/grey The Jackson County book is over 400 pages in length. I will soon have up a SURNAME page on my website. Thank you: Karen T. Ledford Toccoa, Ga.

Posted on: Habersham Co. Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Habersham/11164 Surname: DODD ------------------------- My ancestor, James Robert Dodd, Jr., worked for one of the Habersham Co., GA railroads. I have collected this info: RAILROADS: In 1875 the Southern Railroad, then called "The Air Line", was built and the town of Toccoa came into existence and was soon a flourishing little city. In 1881-82 the Tallulah Falls Railroad was built and Cornelia was formed at the junction, which also grew rapidly. Mount Airy, Baldwin and Alto, on the Southern Railway also came into existence. Mount Airy, Turnerville and Tallulah Falls became popular summer resorts. After Habersham became dry a company of prohibitionists from the north and west established a town on the Tallulah Falls Railroad and named it Demorest for the well known prohibitionist, Jennings Demorest... !SOURCE: INTERESTING BITS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY HISTORY, EARLY HISTORY OF HABERSHAM VERY IMPORTANT TO GEORGIA Author: Miss Addie Bass

Posted on: Habersham Co. Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Habersham/11163 Surname: DODD ------------------------- I am a direct descendant of James A. Dodd, Sr. and Jr. both of Habersham Co., GA. Please contact me for more information and which James Dodd you are seeking. Both James A. b.c.1774 and son James A. b.c.1818 are at my web site: http://justjanes0.tripod.com/ Link: My Genealogy URL: <http://justjanes0.tripod.com/>

INTERESTING BITS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY HISTORY PART 2 EARLY HISTORY OF HABERSHAM VERY IMPORTANT TO GEORGIA, PART 2 Miss Addie Bass The county of Habersham, as originally organized in 1818, was bounded on the north by Rabun, east by the Tugalo river, south by Franklin and Hall counties. It was thirty-one miles long and twenty-three miles wide, containing 713 square miles. This territory was originally owned by the Cherokee Indians. Six miles southeast of Clarkesville stood for many years the Chopped Oak, a favorite meeting place of the Indians where they planned their raids upon the whites and to quote Lucien Knight, "judging from the appearance of the tree when last seen, the Indians must have made life in this region a mightmare to the settlers." The county was named in honor of Joseph Habersham, of Savannah, whose father, James Habersham, accompanied the Rev. George Whitfield to Georgia from England. The town of Clarkesville dates its beginning from 1821. It was named for Gen. Elisah Clarke, soldier of the Revolution and twice governor of our state. My grandmother said that when she came here a bride in 1838, the U. S. Troops were encamped here for the purpose of removing the Indians. The young Lieutenant in command was J. B. Magruder, who afterwards became a famous Confederate General. The discovery of gold in the Nacoochee Valley soon brought to this hitherto unknown section many seekers after the precious metal, but from the first the settlers were of a very superior class. The attitude is such that it has almost unrivaled advantages as a summer climate, and before the railroad system was opened, when it was necessary to reach these mountain resorts by private conveyance, the people from the low country began to come here for the summer. The population, however, was made up largely of the sturdy stock before-mentioned. In 1830 the population was 10,000 in the county. The first Court House, erected in 1821, was the little wooden building occupied for many years by John Jones, and adjacent to his livery stable. Here the famous Judge Dooly held Habersham's first court. The firsdt bank was established in the little building, still standing, known for years after it ceased to be a bank as Mr. Sam Lambert's tailor shop. The second Court House was built in 1832 and stood on an elevation in the center of the public square. This elevation, known as the Court House wall, was the gathering place for the men of the town. The jail at this time stood on the corner just above Mr. Frank Asbury's present home. It was a very ordinary wooden building and badly arranged. Dr. George D. Phillips, a Virginian, came from North Carolina and settled at Farm Hill where his son, the beloved Dr. Jas. P. Phillips, lived for so long. Dr. George Phillips was also the father of Col. Chas. D. Phillips and Gen. Wm. Phillips, and these three sons were all gallant officers in the Confederate army. My great uncle, Col. Samuel A. Wales, just graduated from the law school at Yale, built the house afterwards owned successively by General Toombs and Judge Bleckley, and burned while the home of the latter. It was here that Col. Wales' sister, Catherine, whose home was in Mt. Zion, where she was a graduate of Dr. Beman's famous school, visited her brother and met the man she afterward married, Alexander Erwin. Col. Wales' brother-in-law, Col. Turner H. Trippe, built the Campbell house long the residence of Rev. A. C. Ketchum and now owned by Mrs. Walter B. Hill. My grandfather, Alexander Erwin, a North Carolinian, son of a man who as a mere boy fought at the battle of King's Mountain, came here in 1829. He, with Gen. B. F. Patton, a brother-in-law of Dr. George Phillips, put up a store for the purpose of trading with the Indians. Their place of business was the old O'Callaghan building on the site of the present Court House. Too old for service when the War Between the States broke out, he kept the postoffice and helped to look after the affairs of the town, but he sent three gallant sons, Capt. W. S. Erwin, J. B. Erwin and Capt., afterwards Judge, Alex S. Erwin. John R. Stanford, a man of fine family and of wealth, was for years a prominent merchant here. He built the beautiful home on the hill which he called Pomona Hall, afterwards owened by Gen. Jeremy Francis Gilmer and now in the possession of his son-in-law, J. F. Minis. This home was long the center of hospitality for the little town. Mrs. Stanford was of the distinguished Charlton family of Savannah. Mr. Jarvis Van Buren came here from New York to take charge of the iron works at what is now the Porter Mills. He was a cousin of President Martin Van Buren and was said to resemble him greatly. He bore the distinction of having been the engineer on the first railroad train ever successfully run in the United States. It was a line about forty miles in length and ran from Albany to Schenectady, N. Y. William Smith built the Grove House. He was the grandfather of Rev. William Beane, Thos. S. Beane and the Ansleys of Atlanta. Judge Garnett Andrews in his "Reminiscences of an Old Georgia Lawyer" gives an amusing account of a lawyer of our town whom he called Col. Stamper. The original of this sketch was William A. Steelman, and he owned the house afterwards owned and occupied by Alexander Erwin. He was a brother-in-law of J. W. H. Underwood and was said to have been quite as original a character as Judge Andrews has depicted him. The Grove house afterwards came into the possession of Col. Robert McMillan, who came from County Antrim, Ireland, in 1831, and settled in Elbert county, removing to Habersham in 1852. He was a fiery little Irishman. His father was a Scotchman and his mother was Jane Montgomery, a niece of the famous general who fell at the battle of Quebec. Col. McMillan went heart, soul and money into the Confederate cause. He raised and commanded the 24th Georgia Regiment, although nearly sixty years old and was noted for his bravery. When Gen. Thos. R. R. Cobb fell, mortally wounded at Fredericksburg, Col. McMillan was placed in temporary command and would have been made Brigadier-General but his health failed and he came home to die. His son, Capt. Garnett McMillan, my father, who married Miss Julia Erwin, was a student in Emory and Henry College in Virginia when the war broke out. On the eve of graduation he came home and enlisted as a private in his father's regiment, subsequently becoming Captain of the 2nd battalion, Georgia Sharp-Shooters. In 1874 he received the Democratic nomination for Congress over the great Benjamin H. Hill and in the ensuing election he swept the field by a majority of 5,500 votes. But in January 1875, less than two months before the opening of Congress, he died at the early age of thirty-two and Mr. Hill succeeded him. That Habersham deserves its reputation of being one of the two spots with the lowest death rate in the world is borne out by the fact that the little Methodist cemetery holds the dust of all the Clarkesville citizens who passed away during a period of seventy-five years. The present place of interment was laid off in 1893, and Capt. Wm. Stanhope Erwin was the first person buried in it. In the old cemetery rest the remains of at least two Revolutionary soldiers, Mr. McCroskey, the grandfather of Mrs. Caroline Hunt, and Matthew Rhodes. As we have before said the delightful climate of Habersham attracted many persons from the low country who built handsome homes in the vicinity of Clarkesville. One of these was the summer home of John McPherson Berrien, Attorney General under Andrew Jackson and twice U. S. Senator. By a strange coincidence this place was brought by Amos T. Akerman, who held the same office under President Grant. The Alston home near Clarkesville was built by Col. Alston, who was either a brother or nephew of Governor Alston of South Carolina, who married the beautiful and ill-fated Theodosia Burr, daughter of Aaron Burr. The Alston place passed into the hands of the Middleton brothers, Arthur and Walter, grandsons of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. To Habersham also came John E. Ward, first U. S. minister to China. He built a handsome house on the Tallulah Falls road, but it was burned and nothing remains to mark the spot except the old well and a few charred logs on the terraces. Judge Law lived between Clarkesville and Mt. Airy. I have heard my mother say what a pretty sight it was to see him come into church on Sunday morning with his fourteen pretty daughters, occupying two pews. I do not think I have exaggerated the number, but think of having to dress than many girls! Judge Law's home was later owned by Robert Tyler Waller, a grandson of President Tyler. Mrs. Waller and her brother George H. Johnson, long a resident of Clarkesville, were great-grandchildren of Major Gen. Nathanel Greene. The venerable and saintly Rev. W. E. Eppes lived at his county home, Sunnyside, and was rector of the Episconal church. He was, if I mistake not, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson. Thos. M. Bradford, whom many will recall as postmaster, was a lineal descendent of James Madison. Mrs. Adkins and Mrs. Robert Lambert were daughters of Dr. Malthus Ward, who had charge of the old Botanical garden at Athens. The fine ld home, Anadale, was begun by Col. Robert McMillan. It was sold to Mr. Waring and later to the brothers, Edwin M. and Geo. W. Clayton of North Carolina, who lived there for some years. General Duncan L. Clinch, a noted officer of the U. S. Army, established a summer home in the same neighborhood and here, as a boy, played his grandson, ex-Governor Duncan Clinch Heyward, of South Carolina. Here also lived the Trists, Owens, Haskells and Kollocks, the latter being close relatives of Commodore Tattnall. The very quaint old home now occupied by J. A. Erwin was, I think, built by Richard Habersham, who sleeps in the old cemetery at Clarkesville. General Toombs and Judge Bleckley were once familiar figures on our streets. The former might be seen almost any day disdaining the sidewalk and strolling down the middle of the stree, an unlighted cigar in his mouth as he wended his way to his accustomed seat on the Court House wall, where he wa ever the center of a circle of admirers. But after the death of his beloved wife, he sold his home to Judge Bleckley and returned to Washington. Next in my mother's notes I find the following: Schools, hotels, churches. Memory is the only guide I have here. Col. Sam Wales had, for awhile, a small boarding school at his home and Miss Metzler taught here about the same time. The old "Academy," which has been turned over to the negroes was probably the first school house built by the town. Buy many of us who went there part of the time received also a part of our education at the "Old College" which stood on "College Hill," and was removed to give place to the beautiful home of Mr. A. N. LaRierre. This rambling old building had its beginning as a girls' boarding school, but it was never successful and was soon abandoned except as it was used from time to time as a county school. White's statistics gives Clarkesville in its early days as having three hotels, "all of which possess the art of making travelers comfortable." One of these was the Phoenix, which stood on Main Street next to Mr. Lambert's tailor shop. Another was the Habersham House, now the Mountain View, and the third must, I think, have been the old Allegheney House. I do not know who built the latter but when I can first remember the Stanfords lived there. Dr. And Mrs. Burns set up housekeeping in the Allegheney in 1885. I do not know which wa built first the old Methodist church which stood in the center of the old cemetery, or the Episcopal church. My first recollection of th elatter is hearing the sainted Bishop Beckwith preach from its high, old-fashioned pulpit. The Presbyterian church was dedicated on the first Sabbath in July, 1848, and my mother, an infant less than two years old, was baptized in it on that day. In it have preached Dr. Nathan Hoyt and Dr. Henry Hoyt, grandfather and uncle of the beloved Groves H. Cartledge and many others of distinction. Few sections of our state have more claim to history than this. It is sacred ground and no one has ever lived here but feels at times the longing to return.

SURNAME GIVEN DOB DOD HUSBAND WIFE FATHER MOTHER CEMETERY Herrin Alice 5-30-1857 11-9-1888 King Family Cemetery. Herrin Amaline King 9-22-1819 10-31-1893 Edward Herrin King Family Cemetery Herrin Edward 5-20-1812 10-28-1896 Amaline King King Family Cemetery Herrin Everett 5-13-1907 1-15-1970 Sarah Edmondson Benjamin Herrin Dorcas Blackburn Herrin Leonard L. 1893 1979 M. Parthenias Herrin Herrin Sarah Edmondson 2-26-1904 5-22-1978 Everett Herrin Herrin Roxie Carrington 3-1-1894 12-18-1983 Wm. Luther Herrin Walter A. Carrington Mary Elizabeth Hall Herrin William Luther 1-8-1893 8-2-1956 Roxie Carrington Herrin Benjamin N. 5-22-1872 9-19-1941 Level Grove Baptist Church Herrin Cincinnati 5-22-1851 10-30-1895 Level Grove Baptist Church Herrin Dorcas B. 2-24-1878 11-28-1952 Level Grove Baptist Church Herrin Harrietta Mandie 3-4-1855 4-28-1928 Level Grove Baptist Church Herrin Haskell G. 1903 1965 Level Grove Baptist Church Herrin Patricia H. 1-8-1937 5-8-1975 Level Grove Baptist Church Herrin Paul E. 7-21-1913 6-10-1947 Level Grove Baptist Church Herrin Van 9-20-1901 7-1-1922 Level Grove Baptist Church Herrin Julian J. 9-1-1889 11-13-1963 Mud Creek Baptist Church Herrin Roxie B. 9-7-1898 11-18-1968 Mud Creek Baptist Church Herrin John Erford 1924 1979 Lorene P. Herrin Old Mud Creek Cemetery Herrin John M. 1891 1948 Effie W. Herrin Old Mud Creek Cemetery Herrin Albert F. 6-24-1841 2-13-1921 New Hope Baptist Church Herrin Cince 7-25-1869 3-31-1939 New Hope Baptist Church Herrin John W. 8-10-1892 9-7-1973 New Hope Baptist Church Herrin Lucy A. 4-21-1841 2-19-1924 New Hope Baptist Church Herrin Vance L. 5-28-1896 6-18-1963 New Hope Baptist Church Herrin Roxie H. 5-10-1872 11-23-1956 New Hope Baptist Church Herrin Allie 12-2-1822 6-2-1904 Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin W. T. 5-2-1850 2-19-1921 Mary Emeline Herrin Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin Mary Emeline 8-1-1851 8-13-1914 W. T. Herrin Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin Anna N. 9-16-1878 2-10-1951 Enoch C. Herrin Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin Enoch C. 6-29-1876 11-13-1939 Anna N. Herrin Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin M. P. 2-2-1822 10-9-1905 Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin M. C. (Mrs.) 9-30-1845 2-28-1936 Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin S. S. (Van) 5-16-1848 5-1-1935 Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin Simpson 1-28-1841 2-29-1912 Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin Josephine 6-28-1859 6-30-1899 Joseph J. Herrin Pleasant Grove Meth. Church Herrin Everett 5-13-1907 1-15-1970 Sarah Edmondson Benjamin Herrin Dorcas Blackburn Herrin Leonard L. 1893 1979 M. Parthenias Herrin Herrin Sarah Edmondson 2-26-1904 5-22-1978 Everett Herrin Herrin Roxie Carrington 3-1-1894 12-18-1983 Wm. Luther Herrin Walter A. Carrington Mary Elizabeth Hall Herrin William Luther 1-8-1893 8-2-1956 Roxie Carrington

Descendants of Joseph Jackson 1 Joseph Jackson b: December 12, 1779 d: May 30, 1887 . +Lounicie Parker .. 2 John L. Jackson b: November 21, 1850 *2nd Wife of Joseph Jackson: . +Nancy Barton b: October 20, 1807 d: 1848 .. 2 Susannah Jackson b: November 24, 1825 .. 2 Sara Jackson b: November 15, 1827 .. 2 William A. Jackson b: August 14, 1829 .. 2 James Jackson b: April 17, 1832 .. 2 Caleb A. Jackson b: October 27, 1833 .. 2 Mary Ann Jackson b: February 28, 1835 .. 2 Thomas H. Jackson b: January 09, 1837 .. 2 Benjamin H. Jackson b: January 07, 1839 .. 2 Joseph Jackson, Jr b: September 01, 1841 .. 2 Henry M. T. Jackson b: November 13, 1843 .. 2 Nancy Jackson b: November 25, 1845 .. 2 Washington B. Jackson b: April 23, 1848 Is this the Joseph Jackson you are referring to? If so, do you have any more info on him? Gene Harrison Fayetteville, Ga -gene Harrison -115 Deer Cove Fayetteville, Ga., 30214 [email protected] (Researching my line of Harrison, Purcell, Pulliam, Thomason, Brown, Stonecypher, Whitfield, Anderson, Thomas, Garner, Gilbert, Keese, Sheriff, Kesler, Cash, Payne, Statham, Roe, Thomson, and related families from Ga and SC Also my wife's line of Williams, Sims, McCullough, Reagan, Hollingsworth) Judy Rountree Mason wrote: > Posted on: Habersham Co. Ga Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Habersham/11162 > > Surname: > ------------------------- > > Wiley T. Herrin b. May 2, 1850, He married Mary Emeline Young (marriage > date unknown) and they had several children. One of them being my great-grandmother, > JOSEPHINE HERRIN b. 1871 in Habersham County. Josephine Herrin married > Joseph Jackson. I have located the cemeteries where Wiley T. and Mary Emeling > Young Herrin were buried. Pleasant Grove Cemetery in the same county. Can > not seem to locate any futher info on the burial site of their first three > children, who were all females! They were: > Josephine b. 1871 and died about 1897. > Effa L. b. 1873 > Ida S. b. 1875. > > We know that their son Enoch Crawford Herrin was buried in Level or Laurel > Grove. He married Anna (Minnie) N. ???) > > Would greatly appreciate the help of anyone who might have access to the > cemetery records of Habersham. Most of the burials I do have. But am missing > the list of Herrins buried in Habersham. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp -- "Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers." -Proverbs 17:6-

Posted on: Habersham Co. Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Habersham/11162 Surname: ------------------------- Wiley T. Herrin b. May 2, 1850, He married Mary Emeline Young (marriage date unknown) and they had several children. One of them being my great-grandmother, JOSEPHINE HERRIN b. 1871 in Habersham County. Josephine Herrin married Joseph Jackson. I have located the cemeteries where Wiley T. and Mary Emeling Young Herrin were buried. Pleasant Grove Cemetery in the same county. Can not seem to locate any futher info on the burial site of their first three children, who were all females! They were: Josephine b. 1871 and died about 1897. Effa L. b. 1873 Ida S. b. 1875. We know that their son Enoch Crawford Herrin was buried in Level or Laurel Grove. He married Anna (Minnie) N. ???) Would greatly appreciate the help of anyone who might have access to the cemetery records of Habersham. Most of the burials I do have. But am missing the list of Herrins buried in Habersham.

INTERESTING BITS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY HISTORY PART 2 EARLY HISTORY OF HABERSHAM VERY IMPORTANT TO GEORGIA Miss Addie Bass Habersham county was formed from a part of a land grant ceded from the Cherokee Indians in 1817. The county was organized in 1818 and named for the famous Revolutionary leader and later Postmaster General, Joseph Habersham. The county site was chartered in 1823 and named for the Revolutionary General Elijah Clarke. Gen. Clarke spelled his name in the old way with the final E, and for this reason the E is retained in Clarkesville. This little city has the distinction of being the only one of the nineteen Clarkesvilles in the United States. Originally Habersham comprised the present county, a large part of White and Stephens counties and a small part of Banks county. (White county was formed from Habersham and Hall in 1837, and Stephens county from Habersham and Franklin in 1905). Soon after and even during the Revolutionary war white men came to the Indian lands from the Carolinas and lived along the banks of Tugalo river and also on the Georgia side. Among these was James Jarrett, whose descendants still own farms in Stephens county--whole original deeds came from the Indians. A man named Van Diverre or Vandiver lived near Tullulah Falls, and Gen. James Wofford came farther into the county and lived with the Indians. The white people who bought land before the county was ceded to the goernment bought it from the Indians through their chefs. But any Indians who wanted to could clear and improve land and give it to his children. As long as he or his children remained on the land it was his, but if he moved away the land and improvements became the property of any Indian who took possession of it. There were many well to do Indians, and half-breeds in the county at the time it was organized who had good farms and owned slaves. Among these Indians we find the James Stan Waitee, Black Watt Adair, Red Watt Adair, Jim Vann and Lynch. By the beginning of the nineteenth century quite a number of whites had ventured into this section and rented or bought land from the Indians. Among these English settlers we find many names of citizens of the county at the present day. By the time the county was organized settlements had been established in several places along the banks of the Soque River near and where Clarkesville now is, on the Tugalo at the Jarrett settlement, in the Nacoochee Valley the Williams settlement and in the Batesville District near Providence church, which were the largest settlements. Among the names of the English inhabitants are Jarrett, Devereau, Van Diverre, Wofford, Hill, Sutton, Williams, Free, Crow, Sisk, McClure, Burton, Dover, Cooley, Chastain, Fry, Trotter, Bowen, Tatum, Davis, Deal, Ivester, Stewart, Hames, Harshaw, Brookshire, Waldrep, Kimsey and Gabrels. The "Covered Wagon" settlers who came to Habersham before and after its organization were substantial, God-fearing citizens and became the backbone of the county. Soon after the county was organized gold was discovered and many settlers attracted by the gold came. Among them we find the names of Elibu Barclay, the Lambert brothers, A. J. Nichols, William Hackett, John Fuller, Alex Mauldin, William Hiers, S. H. (?) Alley, Jesse Norris, John S. Dobbins and Elijah Starr. Many of these were the first settlers of Clarkesville. There was a wealthy class of people also attracted by the gold and the wonderful climate from Savannah, Charleston and parts of North Carolina and Virginia, bought large tracts of land and put their slaves to digging for gold. These people built homes -- either permanent or for summer use -- and brought an air of refinement and culture to this section that is usually found only in old communities. Among these we find the names of Dr. George Duval Phillips, General B. F. Patton, S. A. Wales, John A. Stanford, William Smith, Alex Erwin, Judge William Laws, Govenor Alsten, of South Carolina, Richard Habersham, Richard Ownes, General B. R. Wyley and John B. Ward. Judge J. W. H. Underwood, the noted wit of the Georgia bar, presided over the court of Habersham many years. Among the lawyers of Habersham were Col. Stamper, a brother-in-law of Judge Underwood, also noted for his wit and peculiarities, Elibu Barclay, John H. Jones, M. J. Walker, Calvin Hanks, S. A. Wales, J. H. Trippe, Phillip Martin and Thomas Rush. Some of the early representatives of the county to the legislature were General Wofford, Col. Cleveland, Dr. John Bailey, Dr. George D. Phillips, Thos. M. Kimsey, William Grant and James C. Jarrard. Dr. Phillips introduced and put through a bill known as the "Poor School Fund", providing for a fund for the education of children of parents too poor to pay their tuition. This was the first school law passed after that one in the Constitution providing wild lands for the establishment of academies in the different counties. Mr. Chastain was Representative to Congress and Hon. Richard Habersham was also Congressional Representative. His home is now owned by Mr. J. A. Erwin. It is about four miles from Clareksville on the Tallulah Falls Highway and is a quaint building of the old architecture. In every settlement there was a church. Most of these were of Baptist denomination. Bethlehem Church, one mile from Clarkesville, was the first church in the county, and Providence Church, near Lake Burton, was the second. The Metholdist had a campground at Mossy Creek, now in White County. Among the early ministers of the Gospel in Habersham were Singlton Sisk, Thomas M. Kimsey, James C. Jarrard, Frederic Canup, Benjamin Jones, Grover Trotter and Jesse Morrison of the Baptist denomination, and Jack and William Deavors, Wilkes Leonard and Andrew Robertson of the Methodists. In 1838 the Episcopalians built a little church, which is still standing in Clarkesville. In this church the convention was held which nominated Rev. Stephen Elliott as the first Bishop of Georgia. A few years later a Presbyterian church was built also in Clarkesville. It wa dedicated by Dr. Nathan Hoyt, grandfather of the first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. The first bank in Habersham was a branch of the Georgia R. R. Bank of Augusta, with William Frederick Dugas as the cashier. The first newspaper was "The Angus," which was soon followed by "The Northeast Georgian" published by J. J. Patton. There was an iron mill established on the site of the Habersham Cotton Mills, four miles from Clarkesville, and a cousin of President Van Buren, Jarvis Van Buren, came out of New York to take charge of the work. Later the mill was used by the Confederacy during the War Between the States. Short session schools of usually three months were held in most of the settlements, the church being used for a school house. Singing lessons and penmanship were taught by some traveling teachers in courses of about two weeks duration. Clarkesville prepared for college. Rev. Stanhope Erwin was one of the very earliest teachers. Mr. Blair, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Round and Mr. William Rogers were also early teachers. In 1850 there was built a school for girls known as Tallulah Female Institute, Rev. R. C. Ketchum being principal. During the war this school was closed and never afterwards opened. The wealthy persons in the county too far away to patronize the Clarkesville schools usually had governesses in their homes. The delightful climate of Habersham has attracted health and pleasure seekers since its earliest days, and for many years Clarkesville was one of the most popular summer resorts in the state. The old stage coach running between Clarkesville and Athens brought many visitors to its holtesls and private homes. The first hotel was the Fuller House, which stood on the east side of the square. A hotel stood where the Mountain View is and was kept by Lewis Levy, of Augusta. It was later bought and improved by Mr. Reuben Nash and wa called the Habersham House. The Allegheny House on Washington Street was kept by Mrs. Collier. Many persons from the coast owned summer homes in Habersham. These made the village and community very gay in summer. When the Indians were removed from Georgia, Gen. Scott was sent from Washington to take care of the removal. He called upon Georgia to furnish militia companies to do the work. General Benjamin Patton, of Clarkesville, had charge of the removal from northeast Georgia, and a company of Habersham militia were among those under him. Habersham played an active part during the War Between the States. Rev. Singleton Sisk was her delegate at the Secession Convention and volted for secession. Habersham county had eight hundred voters in 1861 and had one thousand soldiers in the army. Habersham county men were in nearly all of the great battles in the east and many in Johnson's and Hood's divisions. Company K of the 24th Georgia Division was a Habersham company with Capt. Robert McMillan, its first captain. Capt. John G. Porter succeeded him and was mortally wounded, and Capt. Ezekiel Fuller succeeded Captain Porter. Dr. James Philips equipped a company but refused to accept an office. Company E of the 16th Georgia Division was largely composed of Habersham men and Capt. Styles was its captain. E. S. Brasley commanded a company from Clarkesville which went in Phillip's Legion. All of these companies belonged to Cobb's afterwards Wofford's Brigade, McLaws Division, Longstreets Corps, Lee's Army. Solomon Van Devierre was the first captain of a company made up at Clarkesville that served in the 52nd Georgia Regiment. Col. Charles Phillips was Colonel and after his capture, Capt. Rufus Asbury was acting Colonel until the close of the war. After the war Habersham suffered the depression of the reconstruction period, that other parts of the state went through, but as there were not as large a proportion of the wealthy class, the change was not as noticeable as in some other parts of the state. In 1875 the Southern Railroad, then called "The Air Line", was built and the town of Toccoa came into existence and was soon a flourishing little city. In 1881-82 the Tallulah Falls Railroad was built and Cornelia was formed at the junction, which also grew rapidly. Mount Airy, Baldwin and Alto, on the Southern Railway also came into existence. Mount Airy, Turnerville and Tallulah Falls became popular summer resorts. Toccoa having grown larger than Clarkesville aspired to become the county site of Habersham and in 1898 made a move for this purpose. The fight was hard and at times bitter. Mr. William Crane, an old lawyer and Charles L. Bass, a very young one, stumped the county for Clarkesville. Clarkesville won. During that time the Court House which was situated in the center of the square was blown up. And when it was rebult it was placed opposite the square in its present situation. But Toccoa felt she must be a county seat, so she started a campaign for a new county and Clarkesville bid her God speed, and in 1905 the legislature created the county of Stephens with Toccoa as the county seat. Soon after the Southern Railroad was built there was a colony of German Swiss came to the county and started New Switzerland. They planted grape vines to make wine on a large scale, but before the vines were large enough to make the business profitable, Habersham became dry by reason of local option and many of the Swiss moved away. Some took up farming or trades and later took out papers of citizenship. After Habersham became dry a company of prohibitionists from the north and west established a town on the Tallulah Falls Railroad and named it Demorest for the well known prohibitionist, Jennings Demorest. Demorest is the seat of Piedmont College -- a splendid school, a college which was founded by Rev. C. C. Spence in 1897 as J. S. Green Collegiate Institute. In 1905 when the Legislature, at the earnest desire of Governor Terrell, determined to establish an Agricultural and Mechanical High School in each Congressional District, Clarkesville bid for the Ninth District school. Other towns in the district were working for it and promised more money than Habersham could possibly raise. But because of the many small donations and large number of signers to the petition, the committee realized that though poor, the people wanted and felt the need of the school. So it was given to Habersham and built two miles north of Clarkesville. The results of the work of the school have shown the wisdom of the founders of the institution in establishing the school "In The Hills of Habersham".

INTERESTING BITS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY HISTORY PART 1 SOME NOTED SONS OF HABERSHAM COUNTY Miss Addie Bass Habersham County was created in 1817. Originally it included a part of White, Stephens and Rabun counties. The earliest settlers of the county were the Jarretts, Kennedys, Scotts and Prathers on the Tugalo River, now in Stephens County. Also the Davis family, near Currahee Mountain. On the other side the county was settled by the Williams, Richardsons, Byrds, Churchs, Vandergriff, Bass, Watson, House, Porter, Hames and Gastley families. On the north side the ancestors of the Fry, Ivester and James families settled large farms. Many of the earliest comers to Habersham were hunting for gold. This was found in the Soque River and nearby streams and in the sands of the immediate neighborhood, but never in paying quantities. The earliest citizens of the section around Clarkesville were the Hasketts, Stanfords, Erwins, Ketchums, Wyleys, Dobbins, Suttons, Beans, Campbells, Van Burens, Nichols, Berrys, Lamberts, Fullers, Nashs and Phillips. These were the main builders of the county site. The Suttons came to this section in 1815 on a hunting trip and staying, they rented a mill-site from the Indians. The creek on which the original mill was located is stilled called Sutton Mill Creek. One of these descendants, Judge C. J. Sutton, a prominent lawyer and useful citizen of the county, was born in 1823. The home built by him a short time before the Civil War is the only residence still occupied by the descendents of the original owner, Misses Anna and Tattie Sutton, his daughters. Tradition gives a large rock near the Kollock estate as the place of the first gathering of law makers. Long before the Civil War the wonderful climate and beautiful scenery of the county around Clarkesville drew many residents from the low country who came, bringing their families and servants, building substantial and charming homes and adding greatly to the prosperity of the county. The Kollock home was for some years a boarding school for girls. The site of the present town of Demorest belonged to the family of Dr. Rossignol, who had a summer home there for many years. Dr. Rossignol was a physical of unusual culture and was greatly beloved by a large circle of the county people. Mr. Robert Campbell was a help to the town because of the work he furnished worthy people. With the Rev. Mr. Ketchum and a few others, he helped to building the Presbyterian church. Habersham county can justly claim a long list of really noted residents since colonial days -- men who, by their service to county, state or nation have won distinction and some have nation-wide reputations. Among these are: Joseph Habersham, of Savannah, for whom the county ws named, was an ardent patriot during the struggle of American colonies against English tyranny. Under his command a party of bold conspirators executed a raid upon the powder magazine in Savannah, owed by the Crown, and later the same party captured the royal Goveror Wright at the door of the executive mansion. Haberrsham served in the Colonial army throughout the Revolution, and was appointed Post-master-General in Washington's cabinet. He did not reside in this county, but visited his son, Richard Habersham, who built a home near Clarkesville, and who was elected to the state senate and afterward represented this district in Congress. John McPherson Berrien, U.S. Senator from Georgia, who was so conspicuous for polished oratory that he was called by his colleagues until his death, the "American Cicero." In 1829 he entered the cabinet of President Andrew Jackson as Attorney-General and afterwards returned to his home in Savannah, where he built up a large law practice. He and Robert Toombs were staunch friends and both had homes in this county where they spent the summer months. Berrien's home here was afterwards owned by Amos T. Ackerman, Attorney-General during Grant's administration. General Duncan L. Clinch, a noted officer of the U. S. Army had a fine home in Habersham county, where his grandson, afterwards Governor Duncan Clinch Heyward, used to spend part of his time. Robert Toombs, at various times serving as U.S. Senator, as soldier of the Confederacy, as stateman and orator, and ardent advocate of secession, was one of the most interesting political figures the south ever produced. At the convention which met to select a president of the Confederate States Jefferson Davis received the nomination by a majority of only one vote over Robert Toombs, and Toombs accepted the post of Secretary of State, which position he filled until he resigned to serve as a general in the army. After the war, when a warrant for his arrest was issued, General Toombs escaped from his home in Wahington, Ga., and with the aid of friends succeeded in getting to the Savannah river, finally reaching the home of Col. Joseph Parther, (then in Habersham county, now in Stephens), and he afterwards visited among firends in this county before he escaped to France. He spent several years abroad, returning home in 1867, but he steadfastly refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States government and was considered a political outlaw until his death. He bought a summer home in Clarkesville, but occupied it the greater part of the year until after his wife's death which occurred here, when he sold the place to Judge Logan E. Bleckley, the property later passing into the hands of Mr. Joseph E. Stewart, the present owner. An outstanding figure in a community of illustrious men was Col. Robert McMillan, who commanded the 24th Georgia regiment, and was noted for his bravery thoughout the War Between the States. His son, Captain Garnett McMillan, was also a gallant officer in his father's regiment. After the war Captain Garnett McMillan was elected to Congress by a large majority over his opponent, the noted Benjamin H. Hill, but he died before entering upon his duties as Congressman. Other brave soldiers of the south went out from their mountain homes in this county to fight for the Confederate cause, among whom were Capt. W. S. Erwin, J. B. Erwin and Capt. Alex S. Erwin, Col. Phillips, Gen. Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Capt. Rufus Asbury, Dr. E. S. Starr, and amny others, as there were over one thousand enlisted men from this county. Judge Logan E. Bleckley, eminent lawyer, jurist, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, though born in Rabun county, only a few miles north of this city, spent the latter years of his life at his come in Clarksville, where he died in March, 1907. Walter B. Hill, one of the most brilliant members of the Georgia bar, and an ardent advocate of prohibition, served as Chanceller of the University of Georgia for a number of years until his death. While Chancellor of the University he purchased a summer home in Claresville about thirty-five years ago, which he named, "The Forest of Arden," and which has been the permanent home of his family since his untimely death, which occurred December 23, 1905. In his "Reminiscences of Famous Georgian," Lucien Lamar Knight says of Chancellor Hill: "Perhaps not since the passing of Henry W. Grady in manhood's prime from the public stage has the death of any man been more deeply deplored thoughout the south." Habersham county is justly proud of her history, of her climate, her natural resources which she has in abundance, but most of all is she proud of her people. All may not have won fame or achieved wealth or greatness, but each good citizen has had a part in making this one of the finest sections of the south.