Jane, thank you so much for all that information! I have also just received some information from a Gunn descendant, and she tells me that Lucy J. married Jesse Homer GUNN, and that Joseph married Sara Elizabeth GUNN who was a daughter from a previous marriage of Jesse Homer Gunn. What a tangled web they did weave for us! :) I have this too, from a copy of a handwritten note sent to me by a cousin. It is a copy of some information my aunt requested years ago, and is written in the rather shaky hand of an older person. It is about William M. Hammond and family: "Dad, William M. Hammond born Jan 26, 1856, died Nov 29, 1939. Mother, Nina Hammond born Oct 29, died April 1933. Bert Y. (at least I think it is a "Y") born Feb 14, 1882, died Mar 12, 1963. Lena Hammond (Hester) born Sept 3, I don't know what yr., died ? 15, 1967. Herman Hammond born april 11, 1897. Bertha Hammond Gay, Feb. 2 1899." It is signed by Bertha, who I am sure is now deceased. She must have written this before 1985 because she includes a note, "Tell your Mother I love her" which I am certain referred to my Grandmother who died in 1985. The name of "Mother", Nina Hammond would fit with the Pernina Hester you have, and I suppose Lena must have married a cousin. I also have printouts of the 1880 census info from the LDS site - My "Jim and Becky" HAMMOND were living near Wiley and "Fanie" and their children (Nancy, Edward, Elonza), and Arch and "Susen" who had Georgia V., Emma, Nancy, John, Dovie, and Jocola. It took me a while to find those, as they have the name spelled HAMMON. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Benson" <jab50@bellsouth.net> To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [GAHEARD] Alexander P. Daniel - Amanda C. McComb / McCombs - Heard County > My Thompson family history gives the names of some of these children of > Boswell & Nancy's but somewhere down the line, I think there must be a few > mistakes, or the possibility of two spouses since not all of my cousins > agree with my Thompson notes. However, my Thompson cousins knew far > better than I did who aunt Mary's siblings & spouses were so I have to > listen to both of them. I will list here what is contained in my Thompson > history notes: > > 1. The first child is listed as James Robert Hammond. His wife's given > name is all that it gives. Her name was Amanda. According to my notes, > James Robert Hammond was born 1833 in Oglethorpe County, GA, died July 27, > 1852 in Atlanta, GA during the Civil War. Age at death estimated to be 19. > According to some of my Hammond cousins, his middle name was Rufus instead > of Robert. > > 2. Catherine Hammond, born 1834 in Oglethorpe County, GA, married Littleton > Phillips. She is buried at Ridgeway Methodist Church Cemetery. She died > about 1915. > *Peggy Benefield Gilbert Shaw is connected to this family line and she is a > great researcher. She has changed email addresses and I can't seem to > locate it at the moment. > > 3. Martha Hammond, b. about 1835 in Oglethorpe County, GA. Neither my > Thompson cousins nor some of the Hammond cousins had a spouse listed for > Martha or any further data on her. > > 4. John H. Hammond, b. 1838 in Oglethorpe County, GA has his wife's given > name listed as Susan but no last name. > > 5. Lucy Jane Hammond, b. 1842 in Oglethorpe County, GA. Spouse listed was > Jesse Gunn according to my Thompson cousins. My Hammond cousins have him > listed as Jessie James Gunn. > > 6. Archie B. Hammond (Archibald Hammond), b. 1843 in Heard County, GA, died > 1919 in Heard County, GA, buried Olive Branch Church Cemetery. Wife was > Susan Ann Harris (who was the daughter of John G. Harris & Sidney Pye). We > have a cousin named Betty Thornton Jones who has compiled a lot of data on > Archibald & Susan's descendants from this line. Betty's email is > bluefeth@aol.com She also has other cousins listed on her MyFamily.com > website. > > 7. Frances "Fannie" Hammond, b. December 25, 1844 in Heard County, GA, died > August 5, 1927 in Heard County, GA and buried at Salem UMC Cemetery. She > married John Bell. > > 8. Boswell Hammond Jr., b. 1846 in Heard County, GA. His wife's given > name is listed as Jane. My Hammond cousins have her name listed as Mary > Jane. (He is listed on my CW webpages at > http://www.geocities.com/csareserve1/index.html ) as B. Hammond in Company > A and so is his brother Joseph Lyon Hammond. > > 9. Joseph Hammond, b. 1849 in Heard County, GA. Now, this one is a dilly > of a point because Aunt Mary's descendants have his wife listed as Sarah > Mathis, b. 1848, married November 11, 1884. According to my Hammond > cousins, this one was named Joseph Lyon Hammond and he married Sarah > Elizabeth Gunn and Joseph & Sarah married January 11, 1866. A wonderful > descendant of this line is Amy Penn. Her email address is listed on my CW > webpages by Joseph's name. > > 10. Jim Hammond (??) This must be your James Jefferson Hammond and my > Thompson cousins knew him as Jim. Born 1850 in Heard County, GA. Wife's > given name was Rebecca. > > 11. Wiley B. Hammond, b. 1855. Wife's given name listed as Fannie. > > 12. Bill Hammond, b. 1856 in Troup County, GA. My Hammond cousins tell > me this was William Mason Hammond that married Pernina O. Hester. These > two buried over in Randolph County, AL > > 13. Eugenia / Mary Cansis Hammond............which I have already listed > her data previously and will not add here again. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jack and Dorothy <dorothy917@bellsouth.net> > To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 8:39 PM > Subject: Re: [GAHEARD] Alexander P. Daniel - Amanda C. McComb / McCombs - > Heard County > > > > Do you know who any of the other Hammond children (of Boswell and Nancy) > > married? I have that Catherine married a PHILLIPS, Frances married John > > BELL, and Martha married a CRANE. Of course I know that James Jefferson > > married Rebecca DANIEL, for they are my great-grandparents. And now I > know > > about Mary Cansis/Eugenia and Joseph THOMPSON. > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I agree that the census reports and other reference sources sure is confusing at times. This particular family line has been spelled Hammond, Hammonds, Hammon, Harmon. Jacola on the actual census image is written as Jo Cola and in reality, her name was Silema Jo Cora Hammond, b. 20 November 1876 in Heard County, GA. Silema died in 1954. She was married to Charley Nias Huffman. This is Betty Thornton Jones direct family line back to Archibald & Susan Ann Harris. Lots of wonderful old photos on Betty's website. Thanks so much for the additonal data. Perhaps, slowly bit by bit we can gain more insight into this family. Their names & the history of the old stories is what makes them live again. That's the best part of genealogy......old family Bibles, little notes and letters and incidents and stories and photos, family reunions, etc. I was just looking at where I had jotted down some census notes a while ago for 1900 Heard County. Joseph & Rebecca were in household 251. Francis Marion Screws (married one of my Ashleys) living next door in 252, then in HH 255 were William & Sarah Ashley (this was my grandfather's brother who married my grandmother's sister), ggrandpa's old maid sisters in HH 256 (Martha & Elizabeth Ashley) and Arch Hammond was in household 258. Do you have any idea who the Bird BELL was that was listed as boarder, white male, b. 1877 that was living in the HH with Joseph & Rebecca ? The others in that HH were Arnold L, Nancy E. and Kansas O. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack and Dorothy <dorothy917@bellsouth.net> To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [GAHEARD] Alexander P. Daniel - Amanda C. McComb / McCombs - Heard County > Jane, thank you so much for all that information! > > I have also just received some information from a Gunn descendant, and she > tells me that Lucy J. married Jesse Homer GUNN, and that Joseph married Sara > Elizabeth GUNN who was a daughter from a previous marriage of Jesse Homer > Gunn. > > What a tangled web they did weave for us! :)

I knew that wasn't right the minute I saw what I had written so dug out my CD and sure enough, the scribbling on James J. 's name had caused me to write down Joseph. Sorry about that but now is corrected. 1900 Heard County, GA Franklin Town 788 GMD Enumeration District 75 Sheet 13 251 / 251 Hammond, James J. head w m Nov. 1850 49 M25 Rebecca wife w f Apr 1854 41 M25 Arnold L. son w m July 1879 20 Single Nancy E. dau w f Feb 1883 17 Single Kansas O. dau w f Oct 1887 12 Single Bell, Bird boarder w m Oct 1887 22 Single All had GA / GA / GA on the places of birth and all had Yes, yes, yes on whether they could read, write and speak English

Jane - thanks again for all the information! When I read your question about Bird Bell, I didn't even notice that you had "Joseph" instead of "James" because the other names were right . . . . except for Bird Bell. I have no idea who that was. My guess would be a cousin boarding to be near school or a job - most likely a job. I remember Aunt Nannie (Nancy) and Uncle Arnold well. Everyone I knew from that family was wonderful, but I remember Uncle Arnold as being especially warm, friendly and kind. He always seemed to single me out to talk to me when I was very young. Maybe it was because my father was named for him. I plan to see a cousin next week who may have a clue as to who the boarder was - I will make a note so I won't forget to ask her. I appreciate any CW information on any of these people - I plan to get together some family ancestry stuff to give to my children and siblings for Christmas. I would like to include a list of all the family members who served, as far as I can determine. I've been reading rosters wherever I can find them, but so often I don't know "who is who". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Benson" <jab50@bellsouth.net> To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [GAHEARD] Alexander P. Daniel - Amanda C. McComb / McCombs - Heard County > I knew that wasn't right the minute I saw what I had written so dug out my > CD and sure enough, the scribbling on James J. 's name had caused me to > write down Joseph. Sorry about that but now is corrected. > > 1900 Heard County, GA > Franklin Town > 788 GMD > Enumeration District 75 > Sheet 13 > > 251 / 251 > Hammond, James J. head w m Nov. 1850 49 M25 > Rebecca wife w f Apr 1854 41 M25 > Arnold L. son w m July 1879 20 Single > Nancy E. dau w f Feb 1883 17 Single > Kansas O. dau w f Oct 1887 12 Single > Bell, Bird boarder w m Oct 1887 22 Single > > All had GA / GA / GA on the places of birth and all had Yes, yes, yes on > whether they could read, write and speak English > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I had William Mason Hammond, b. 26 January 1856, Oglethorpe County, GA, m. 1881, Pernina O. Hester, b. 29 October 1860 (daughter of Pleasant Hester & Susan (unknown). Their children I have listed were Bert Hammond, Ida Lena Hammond (m. Alonzo Judson Hester), Bertha Hammond (m. A.J. Gay) and Herman Hammond (m. Maudie Heard). Bert is the only child I don't have a spouse for. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack and Dorothy <dorothy917@bellsouth.net> To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [GAHEARD] Alexander P. Daniel - Amanda C. McComb / McCombs - Heard County > Jane, thank you so much for all that information! > > I have also just received some information from a Gunn descendant, and she > tells me that Lucy J. married Jesse Homer GUNN, and that Joseph married Sara > Elizabeth GUNN who was a daughter from a previous marriage of Jesse Homer > Gunn. > > What a tangled web they did weave for us! :) > > I have this too, from a copy of a handwritten note sent to me by a cousin. > It is a copy of some information my aunt requested years ago, and is written > in the rather shaky hand of an older person. It is about William M. Hammond > and family: > "Dad, William M. Hammond born Jan 26, 1856, died Nov 29, 1939. > Mother, Nina Hammond born Oct 29, died April 1933. > Bert Y. (at least I think it is a "Y") born Feb 14, 1882, died Mar 12, 1963. > Lena Hammond (Hester) born Sept 3, I don't know what yr., died ? 15, 1967. > Herman Hammond born april 11, 1897. > Bertha Hammond Gay, Feb. 2 1899." > > It is signed by Bertha, who I am sure is now deceased. She must have > written this before 1985 because she includes a note, "Tell your Mother I > love her" which I am certain referred to my Grandmother who died in 1985. > > The name of "Mother", Nina Hammond would fit with the Pernina Hester you > have, and I suppose Lena must have married a cousin. > > I also have printouts of the 1880 census info from the LDS site - My "Jim > and Becky" HAMMOND were living near Wiley and "Fanie" and their children > (Nancy, Edward, Elonza), and Arch and "Susen" who had Georgia V., Emma, > Nancy, John, Dovie, and Jocola. It took me a while to find those, as they > have the name spelled HAMMON.

Ida Lena Hammond was born 3 September 1884, Big Springs, Randolph County, AL m. 28 June 1903. > > Lena Hammond (Hester) born Sept 3, I don't know what yr., died ? 15, 1967.