This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bd.2ADE/701.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: In the book, History of Heard County, 1830-1990, there is a short history in the front of the bookIt appears that the US Government had agents in the area working towards getting the land ceded by the Indians and there were white settlers living in the area. There were two groups of Indians living in what is now Heard County, villages of about about 50-60 people and they were known as the "Upper Creek" and "Lower Creek". One group was pm tje west side of the river south of Franklin where Brush Creek enters the river. The other on the Chattahoochee just north of Franklin, possibly where Harris Creek and Centralhatchee Creek flow into the river. So my Lucius J.M. Bell's family must have born to one of the settler's families and probably lived around the Salem UMC area which is kind of in the center of what is today Heard County. One interesting thing is the county was named from Stephen Heard who was born in Virginia and died in Elbert county, Georgia where my Cheek, if I! have the right one, was born. If you have access to the History of heard County book it has a lot of useful and very interesting information in it. There is a list of owners of five or more slaves in Heard County in 1860. Heard County had about a 2000 jump in population in 1900 that stayed up through 1920 and dropped back down to 9,201 in 1940 and down to 5,333 in 1960. You know, the first 160 pages of The History of Heard County would make a very nice smaller book with some updating, some more pictures and could be sold as a money making project. The original book has 450 pages with the Family Histories starting at page 161. The Family Histories section could be updated also to include more families like the ones we are researching. It would be nice if the book were available on CD's. If you do not have a copy of the book get one if you have an interest in Heard County. It is a wonderful book.

Where would one get a copy or view this book? Do you think it could be interlibrary loaned from the Heard County, Georgia library to the Walker County, Alabama library? ----- Original Message ----- From: <oscarcat@negaverse.com> To: <GAHEARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:18 PM Subject: [GAHEARD] Re: Heard County, Georgia Cemeteries > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bd.2ADE/701.1.2.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > In the book, History of Heard County, 1830-1990, there is a short history in the front of the bookIt appears that the US Government had agents in the area working towards getting the land ceded by the Indians and there were white settlers living in the area. There were two groups of Indians living in what is now Heard County, villages of about about 50-60 people and they were known as the "Upper Creek" and "Lower Creek". One group was pm tje west side of the river south of Franklin where Brush Creek enters the river. The other on the Chattahoochee just north of Franklin, possibly where Harris Creek and Centralhatchee Creek flow into the river. So my Lucius J.M. Bell's family must have born to one of the settler's families and probably lived around the Salem UMC area which is kind of in the center of what is today Heard County. One interesting thing is the county was named from Stephen Heard who was born in Virginia and died in Elbert county, Georgia where my Cheek, if I! > have the right one, was born. If you have access to the History of heard County book it has a lot of useful and very interesting information in it. There is a list of owners of five or more slaves in Heard County in 1860. Heard County had about a 2000 jump in population in 1900 that stayed up through 1920 and dropped back down to 9,201 in 1940 and down to 5,333 in 1960. You know, the first 160 pages of The History of Heard County would make a very nice smaller book with some updating, some more pictures and could be sold as a money making project. The original book has 450 pages with the Family Histories starting at page 161. The Family Histories section could be updated also to include more families like the ones we are researching. It would be nice if the book were available on CD's. If you do not have a copy of the book get one if you have an interest in Heard County. It is a wonderful book. > > > ============================== > 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 >