I don't know the answer to this -- but thought someone on this list probably does. Either about Barfield's history and its index or about President Polk coming through Harris County. >Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 17:38:25 -0700 >From: "virginia w. alexander" <cvalex@cpws.net> >Subject: President James K. Polk in Harris Co. > > >Years ago I read in Barfield's History that somebody there had some >candlesticks (or something - cannot remember exactly what it was) used on >the table to serve President James K. Polk when he passed through Harris Co. >after he finished his term and was on his way eventually back to Columbia >and Nashville, TN. > >Does anybody know about this? Is there an index for Barfield's History?

"Comprehensive Topical Index (All Names and Places) in the Compiled History of Harris County, Georgia, 1827-1961 (First Edition, 1961), by Louise Calhoun Barfield," by Frances Pauline Hammett (Cherith Creek Designs: Columbus, GA, 1991), 239 pp. (Frances is a granddaughter of Louise BARFIELD.) On pp. 688-89 of BARFIELD's history, there is a sketch about Miss Fannie Mae McCULLOHS, which ends: "Miss McCULLOHS is the granddaughter of General Henry LOWE [1795-1854], who lived at Ossahatchee, near Ellerslie, Ga. Among the heirlooms there are two candelsticks which lighted the big supper table when her grandfather, General LOWE, entertained President James K. POLK at his home in Ossahatchee." P. 434: Ellerslie: "The Wire Road [Historical] Marker - This road marks the route of the first telegraph from Washington to New Orleans via Columbus, completed in 1848. The road entered Harris County at Mount Airy (later Ridgeway) five miles from here. A stagecoach inn, store houses and schools there were almost swept away by the cyclone of 1875. On this road stood Bethesda Baptist Church, organized in 1828, later moved to Ellerslie. The home of Gen. Henry LOWE near this junction entertained ex-President POLK and many other prominent visitors as they came from Milledgeville, the capital of Georgia, along the Wire Road." P. 446: General LOWE Entertains Ex-President POLK (Southern Hosptility--Harris County DeLuxe, March, 1849) - Southern hospitality was at its best on March 14, 1849, when Ex-President POLK, enroute to Columbus, spent a night at General Henry LOWE's plantation home. He enjoyed in abundance fine foods (served as only the South can serve special recipes) and genial companionship. A Baby Grand mahogany piano furnished the music for the gay evening of dining and dancing. Accompanied by his family, POLK left the next morning in a pouring rain escorted by a large, enthusiastic crowd. He was met at Columbus, Georgia by a procession led by a brass band. He was conducted into the city in a carriage drawn by four horses. His wife and nieces followed in a carriage drawn by four gray horses." A record of the Gen. Henry LOWE family appears on p. 445, and a record of his son John Henry LOWE's family appears on p. 446. Indexed are several other references to Gen. LOWE and his family, including the McCULLOHS. Hope this helps, John in TX Virginia Crilley wrote: > I don't know the answer to this -- but thought someone on this list > probably does. > > Either about Barfield's history and its index or about President Polk > coming through Harris County. > > >> Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 17:38:25 -0700 >> From: "virginia w. alexander" <cvalex@cpws.net> >> Subject: President James K. Polk in Harris Co. >> >> >> Years ago I read in Barfield's History that somebody there had some >> candlesticks (or something - cannot remember exactly what it was) >> used on >> the table to serve President James K. Polk when he passed through >> Harris Co. >> after he finished his term and was on his way eventually back to >> Columbia >> and Nashville, TN. >> >> Does anybody know about this? Is there an index for Barfield's History? >