Hi all, Seeking more info on James Monroe Watson. He was born in 1852 and died in 1931, was married to Fannie Jane Dorman sometime about 1875, but I haven't located a marriage or death record for him yet. Does anyone have access to marriage records about 1875 or death records for 1931 who would be willing to do a lookup for me? Have info to share with anyone interested. Appreciate any help/assistance. Lorien Gunsallus

Hello Listmembers, It was called to my attention, I forget to say the slaves were in the care of Joseph Davis of Harris Co. Ga. I am sorry about this overlook. Thanks Ellen Parker

Hello Listmembers, Our family has a bill of sale in Columbia Co. Arkansas for slaves. They were sold to a William G. Barton of Columbia Co. by Payton Letcher and Martha W. Parker. They were in the care of Joseph Davis. I feel like these slaves were willed to either Payton or Martha, since they had been in Arkansas for at least 10 years before the sale in 1857. If anyone can make a connection please contact me. Thanks Ellen Parker

Marriage record from Harris Co. Henry Truitt m Eliz Brown Oct 7, 1832 Pernell and Mary are listed in the 1830 &1850 census being from Md. but I did not find Henry in the 1850 census. Nor did I find him in the 1840 census. hope THIS IS OF SOME HELP

I am searching for descendants of Henry Newman Truitt, b. 1815 in GA (we think Harris County) who married Nancy Brown c 1832 (marriage record). His parents are said to be Purnell and Mary Truitt. We descend from them. They moved to Clay County or Tallapoosa County, AL where they were listed in the 1870 Census of Tallapoosa in Hackney Twp. Thanks for any response. Nell Truitt - [email protected]

rom: [email protected] To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [GAHARRIS] Re: GAHARRIS-D Digest V00 #11 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Yall, Saw this message so I did a little calling for ya and found out there are copies I believe she said 40 sets but they are $300.00 a set. And also I am not to put the ladies name or her daughter or her Mothers name on here because she doesn't want her personal business or name on the internet so .........anyway I am trying to do some more calling and find out exactly how many copies are left. I wanted one but I don't know about no $300.00 for two books. Also she said she has no plans to republish and there are no more copies at the Harris County Library. Sorry. Vicki McGlaun Culpepper In a message dated 02/25/2000 4:47:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hello, List, $300!!!!!! I bought the Barfield book from the Harris County Library a couple of years ago for $135.00 for the set. Too bad they don't have any more. Nancy << Hello List, Just wanted to say that I ran across a great book in my public library. It's called History of Harris County, Georgia, 1827-1961, by Louise Calhoun Barfield. The only problem with it is that it's not indexed. I covered it page by page and found burial places for many of my ancestors. This was no easy task since it's over 400 pages. The churches and cemeterys of the county

Page 153: (1850 Census) G. D. McCarter 30 M Farmer SC Pamelia McCarter 35 F GA Alexander McCarter 5 M GA Martha M. McCarter 1 F GA Page 77: (Marriages) Alexander H. McCarter and Martha B. Stephens-8-25-1866 Martha B. Stephens may be the Martha Stephens listed in the 1850 census as a 6 year old in the Martha Stephens (age 50, F, SC) household. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 7:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GAHARRIS] Alexander McCarter I recently discovered that my missing McCarter Ancestor was Alexander H. McCarter (b abt 1854) from Harris Co. GA. He is supposed to be mentioned in the History of Harris co. book at least twice. I think on pages 153 and 77. Would someone who has this book please be kind enough to check for information on him in this book. Your kindness is greatly appreciated. Cari Spano Girard, OH

I recently discovered that my missing McCarter Ancestor was Alexander H. McCarter (b abt 1854) from Harris Co. GA. He is supposed to be mentioned in the History of Harris co. book at least twice. I think on pages 153 and 77. Would someone who has this book please be kind enough to check for information on him in this book. Your kindness is greatly appreciated. Cari Spano Girard, OH

Can anyone help this researcher with his question concerning Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Please respond to Paul Bartley at [email protected] . A copy to the list would also be appreciated, as others may also want to know about this cemetery. Barbara Smallwood Stock [email protected] http://www.mindspring.com/~bstockatlcom.net (my genealogy homepage) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike (Pike Co. GAGenWeb) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaharris (Harris Co. GAGenWeb) http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/garesearch (professional page) fax: (505) 213-6576 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000 1:00 AM Subject: Mountain Creek Baptist Ch. Cemetery >Dear Barbara, > Could you give me some advice? I am a descendant of John and Hethy >Bartley, 1830s to 1847, Harris Co. They joined MCBC on 3/22/1846. Hethy >died 7/24/1846. John and the 4 children at home at the time were dismissed >from membership 1/22/1847 when they moved to Chambers Co. AL in Jan 1847. > Obviously, Hethy was a member at the time of her death. A whole lot less >obvious is where she was buried. I figured that she was buried at MCBC or >with her Corley family (her maiden name). > Did MCBC have a cemetery? If not, where were its members usually buried? > I have found a few cemetery lists thus far from one or two sites. Where can >I find a more extensive listing of cemeteries and their "residents"? I know >MCBC moved to Whitesville in 8/25/1855 but I'm hoping that they had a >cemetery for the years they were in existence. My ancestor, Rev. Simpson >Wilson Bartley, was mentioned in MCBC's minutes for that day. > Many thanks for your time to advise me on this matter. Paul Bartley

If Joanne and Charles Middlebrooks would please send me their e-mail address I have some questions. Thanks. Karen Branan

Barbara: In response to your look-up request - >> >>LETTMary Jane 181?Georgia Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise >>Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):47 **1840, 17 March, married Thomas J. Templeton (same below) >> >>LETT Rebecca (Green)182? Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise >>Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):50 **1842, 15 Mar - William Lett married Rebecca Green >> >>LETT Robert 181?Georgia,coronerHist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By >>Louise Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.): 217, 224 **p. 217 - Robert Lett, Coroner, 13 Jan 1836 to 18 Jan. 1838 **p. 224 - Robert Lett, Coroner, 1836 >> >>TELFORD Mary Jane (Lett)181?Georgia Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. >>By Louise Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):47 **1840, 17 March married Thomas J. Templeton >> >>HARRINGTONLucretia (Lett)181? Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By >>Louise Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):47 **1839, 26 Dec. married William Harrington >>LETTLucretia 181?Georgia Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise >>Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):47 **same as above >> >>LETTMariah 181? >>Georgia Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise Calhoun Barfield. >>Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):44 **1837, 21 Feb. married H.J.Hunter > Adrienne ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (rly-zb03.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.3]) by air-zb01.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:56:52 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:56:42 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA29637; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:56:12 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:56:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Barbara Smallwood Stock" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:54:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-

Derrick, The Middlebrooks cemetery is located in the Hopewell Community. There is a record at the Hamilton Courthouse as to location of cemeteries, but we have not had a chance to follow the map of record. We thought it was probably on the piece of wooded land in front of Beech Springs Church. ??? Ancestors are Nelsons and Middlebrooks in that community. The Nelson cemetery is there and in good shape. Feel free to call on us as you work on your project; we would be happy to help. Joanne and Charles Middlebrooks ----- Original Message ----- From: Derrick Chapman <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:46 PM Subject: RE: [GAHARRIS] HERITAGE BOOK? > Yes, Adrienne, that's exactly how I located the cemetery I was looking for > at Ridgeway. I ordered maps of the east part of the county from USGS. Only > took about a week to get them. I suppose that might be the best way to > track down where the Middlebrooks cemetery might be. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GAHARRIS] HERITAGE BOOK? > > > In a message dated 02/25/2000 9:12:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << I don't recall which community section (in Barfield's book) the > Middlebrooks > Cemetery is listed in. I just yesterday tracked down a cemetery in the > now-defunct Ridgeway community. Down a dirt road off Hwy 315, off in the > thorn bushes and pines. > >> > Derrick: The only info in the Barfield book, p. 418 - "Middlebrooks > Cemetery > near Hopewell Community" - would the USGS possibly have a map showing > cemeteries? Just an idea. Adrienne >

I am forwarding this message to the group. Can anyone do several lookups from the Harris Co book? Barbara Smallwood Stock [email protected] http://www.mindspring.com/~bstockatlcom.net (my genealogy homepage) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike (Pike Co. GAGenWeb) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaharris (Harris Co. GAGenWeb) http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/garesearch (professional page) fax: (505) 213-6576 >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 9:59 PM >Subject: Harris county GA inof please > > >>Dear Ms Stock, >>I have the following info that I would very much like to lern more >>about---THe book is apparently not available for interlibrary loan---I >wonder >>if you can suggest someone who may have access to the information, please? >>THanks >>Sherri >> >> >>LETTMary Jane 181?Georgia Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise >>Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):47 >> >>LETT Rebecca (Green)182? Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise >>Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):50 >> >>LETT Robert 181?Georgia,coronerHist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By >>Louise Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.): 217, 224 >> >>TELFORD Mary Jane (Lett)181?Georgia Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. >>By Louise Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):47 >> >>HARRINGTONLucretia (Lett)181? Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By >>Louise Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):47 >> >>LETTLucretia 181?Georgia Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise >>Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):47 >> >>LETTMariah 181? >>Georgia Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise Calhoun Barfield. >>Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.):44 > >

I am forwarding this message to the list. Because of some of the fancy formatting rootsweb would not put it on the list. I removed all but the text and am forwarding it. Barbara Smallwood Stock [email protected] http://www.mindspring.com/~bstockatlcom.net (my genealogy homepage) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike (Pike Co. GAGenWeb) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaharris (Harris Co. GAGenWeb) http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/garesearch (professional page) fax: (505) 213-6576 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Harris County Cemeteries > > Hello List, > > > I am trying to locate the grave of Blackman W. Dixon, of Harris County. > > According to an Apr 16, 1885 obituary that I found on microfilm of the > > LaGrange Reporter, in the Archives of Troup Co., Blackman was 85 years old > > and died on 14 Apr 1885. The obit said he was an old citizen of Harris Co. > > He must have once lived in the West Point area of Troup Co. before 1856 > > because of several Troup Co. court records available, then moved to the > > Whitesville Post Office area of Harris Co. because he was in the Census of > > Troup for 1840 and 1850 Census, then in the 1860 Census of Harris Co. taken > > at the Whitesville Post Office area. > > > I read Blackman's will and will probate records at the courthouse in > > Hamilton, and I know he died in Harris Co., but I do not know where. > > According to the obituary, Blackman Dixon was a member of Shady Grove > > Baptist Church. I made several personal surveys of the Shady Grove Cemetery > > in Harris Co., but could not find his grave. However, one of Blackman > > Dixon's sons (Benjamin F. Dixon) and family are buried in Shady Grove > > Cemetery. I drove all day around the countryside in the Whitesville area > > and many country roads east of there trying to locate cemeteries, but even > > having the USGS coordinates and Street Atlas 7.0, it was useless because > > most of the USGS registered cemeteries are off the road hidden in briars and > > bramble on private property, and most cemeteries cannot be spotted from the > > road. > > > I hope Mr. Derrick Chapman's active survey of Harris County cemeteries > > becomes a reality and can be viewed online. He has a lot of difficult work > > involvement doing such a survey, and is to be commended for it. > > > V. Allen Singletary > > Knoxville, TN > > [email protected]

Derrick, I commend you on your grand vision. It sounds great. Rootsweb has free space available. You might consider that for your site. Sorry I don't live closer to be more involved helping with the cemeteries. If I can write letters, make phone calls, whatever to elected officials to help in preserving sites let me know who and where. I am the third great grandson of Pleasant P and Lavinia Massey and Edmund and Sarah Cook of Harris Co GA. Good Luck. Harold in New Orleans

Hello List, I am trying to locate the grave of Blackman W. Dixon, of Harris County. According to an Apr 16, 1885 obituary that I found on microfilm of the LaGrange Reporter, in the Archives of Troup Co., Blackman was 85 years old and died on 14 Apr 1885. The obit said he was an old citizen of Harris Co. He must have once lived in the West Point area of Troup Co. before 1856 because of several Troup Co. court records available, then moved to the Whitesville Post Office area of Harris Co. because he was in the Census of Troup for 1840 and 1850 Census, then in the 1860 Census of Harris Co. taken at the Whitesville Post Office area. I read Blackman's will and will probate records at the courthouse in Hamilton, and I know he died in Harris Co., but I do not know where. According to the obituary, Blackman Dixon was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. I made several personal surveys of the Shady Grove Cemetery in Harris Co., but could not find his grave. However, one of Blackman Dixon's sons (Benjamin F. Dixon) and family are buried in Shady Grove Cemetery. I drove all day around the countryside in the Whitesville area and many country roads east of there trying to locate cemeteries, but even having the USGS coordinates and Street Atlas 7.0, it was useless because most of the USGS registered cemeteries are off the road hidden in briars and bramble on private property, and most cemeteries cannot be spotted from the road. I hope Mr. Derrick Chapman's active survey of Harris County cemeteries becomes a reality and can be viewed online. He has a lot of difficult work involvement doing such a survey, and is to be commended for it. V. Allen Singletary Knoxville, TN [email protected]

Yes, Adrienne, that's exactly how I located the cemetery I was looking for at Ridgeway. I ordered maps of the east part of the county from USGS. Only took about a week to get them. I suppose that might be the best way to track down where the Middlebrooks cemetery might be. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GAHARRIS] HERITAGE BOOK? In a message dated 02/25/2000 9:12:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I don't recall which community section (in Barfield's book) the Middlebrooks Cemetery is listed in. I just yesterday tracked down a cemetery in the now-defunct Ridgeway community. Down a dirt road off Hwy 315, off in the thorn bushes and pines. >> Derrick: The only info in the Barfield book, p. 418 - "Middlebrooks Cemetery near Hopewell Community" - would the USGS possibly have a map showing cemeteries? Just an idea. Adrienne

Not sure if you're replying to my post or someone else's. I'm working all by myself on a project (so I guess I'm in charge of it)that could mushroom. I want to put together a web site and archive of Harris County history. Databases, memoirs, digitized photos, the works. A repository of Harris County historical information freely downloadable and usable to the public. If it gets too big for my web space--great!---I'll offer to burn CD's of the material for cost of production. First priority for me is to establish it as a work that doesn't infringe on anyone's copyright, particularly that of the Barfield family. (She put a lot of work into her book and her survivors are justly entitled to any profits.) I would insist that all work contributed by me and others to this project must be done as a public service, no strings attached. Currently, I'm conducting a survey of cemeteries in the eastern part of the county (where I'm from and where I currently live)to provide an on-line listing that covers all identifiable graves. Ms. Barfield's book excluded black cemeteries, so that is one area where there isn't an existing baseline to work from. She also included family cemeteries that aren't easy or possible to locate now, so that's another problem. Some grander thoughts occur as I fantasize: --- making sure that all US war veteran's graves have a decent headstone, and applying for VA headstones for those that don't. --- getting the county commissioners to do something (if they can) about cemeteries that are neglected and overgrown with brush. --- getting a Georgia historical marker or two erected if I can dig up (no pun intended) justification. --- encouraging descendants to visit cemeteries on Memorial Day so that Memorial Day becomes a chance to commemmorate all our ancestors (veterans or not) --- getting interested folks together (either as a formal or as an informal group) to share historical and genealogical info Big Dreams. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GAHARRIS] Herritage book I have volumes to add to the book on my family and other data I have collected over the years. How is in charge of compiling and publishing? Rex

I don't recall which community section (in Barfield's book) the Middlebrooks Cemetery is listed in. I just yesterday tracked down a cemetery in the now-defunct Ridgeway community. Down a dirt road off Hwy 315, off in the thorn bushes and pines. Family cemeteries often get neglected, abandonned, overgrown, and erased by time and indifference. Anybody else know where the Middlebrooks cemetery is? -----Original Message----- From: charles s. middlebrooks, sr. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 9:20 AM To: Derrick Chapman Subject: Re: [GAHARRIS] HERITAGE BOOK? Derrick, Have you approached the Middlebrooks Cemetery in Harris County. According to the Barfield book my husbands Greatgrandparents are buried there. We have not been able to find the location of the cemetery and would appreciate any information you might have in reference to that location. Your project of soliciting memoirs, etc. sounds exciting, I know, lots of work too. I don't know what we could help with, but call on us if you need help. Jo Middlebrooks ----- Original Message ----- From: Derrick Chapman <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 7:58 AM Subject: RE: [GAHARRIS] HERITAGE BOOK? > Don't know about a Heritage Book, but I'm poised on soliciting memoirs, > photos, genealogies, research, inventories, and resources etc. for Harris > County, to be published electronically at cost. (In other words, freely > downloadable on-line, but a CD would involve a couple of dollars.) > > I'm currently working on verifying and updating Barfield's cemetery data, > but it is slow going as a solo project.

Don't know about a Heritage Book, but I'm poised on soliciting memoirs, photos, genealogies, research, inventories, and resources etc. for Harris County, to be published electronically at cost. (In other words, freely downloadable on-line, but a CD would involve a couple of dollars.) I'm currently working on verifying and updating Barfield's cemetery data, but it is slow going as a solo project. -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Protzman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GAHARRIS] HERITAGE BOOK? Hello, List, Does anyone know if there are any plans to compile a Harris Co. Heritage Book? Thanks. Nancy