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    1. [GAHOUSTO] Slaughters and Noriss
    2. Mary Nell Perry
    3. Hi. I would most appreciate anyone that can shed some light on these two families. Who did Avons Ann F. Slaughter Marry?. Who did Sarah and Elizabeth Slaughter Marry? Anyone who knows or thinks they might have an idea please contact me. Mary Nell Perry [email protected]

    06/11/2000 09:10:30
    1. Re: [GAHOUSTO] Busbyville
    2. Gaila & Jim Merrington
    3. Hi Joyce, My Aunt Marjorie Johnson taught at that school. I remember going there in the 50's, I think I was two or three and because my Grandmother was ill, I was sent to school with A Marjorie. I went to Hattie Baptist Church too, when I was little. In the mid 1820's, Busbyville was just west of where Centerville currently stands. Busbayville is still on the map of the Shoo Fly, circa 1882. Centerville was half way between Byron and Wellston and halfway between Macon and Perry and that is how it got its name. About 1900 the citizens asked for a post office and had to change the name to Hattie, as their was already a Centerville, Ga, so it was changed to Hattie. When the post office was returned to Byron, it reverted to Hattie again. This information is in A Land So Dedicated by Bobbe Hickson. This is a wonderful book for photos and information about the area that our ancestors lived in and even some of us. Gaila Subject: Re: [GAHOUSTO] Busbyville Does anyone know when Centerville was called Busbyville? I have always heard that just before the community was named Centerville it was called Hattie. I got married in 1950 in the Hattie Baptist Church which was the mother church of the now called First Baptist Church (the one across the street from the old Centerville Cemetery which also used to be called the Hattie Cemetery. I went to grammar school in the Centerville Grammar School which sat directly in from of the cemetery. There was a "pig path" between the cemetery fence and the back of the school and students had run back and forth over this path so many times that it resembled a trench because those running feet had worn down the dirt over the years. Our "bathrooms" were outhouses in my day. The boys bathroom was outside the fence along the left side of the cemetery; the girls' was on the opposite side of the cemetery outside the fence. It was a long trek to the "necessary" in the cold or rainy weather. Buried in the old cemetery are my gr.grandparents, Peter Henry Rape and Laura Frances Scarborough, and their seven sons and four of their five daughters and many grand and great-grandchildren. Laura Frances Scarborough's father was Silas D. P. Scarborough. I very recently found his grave in an abandonded cemetery not too far from Centerville. Joyce Rape Harrison ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra and Wayne Riner <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [GAHOUSTO] Busbyville > Addie`s book has the listings for the cemeteries in Houston Co which include > Centerville {Busbyville} In A Land so Dedicated it talks of Busbyville, have > you seen that? Does anyone else have any other information on Busbyville I > would be very interested also since I was kin to the Busby`s that lived > there and the Johnson`s. > Sandra > > > > >Do you have any information on BUSBYVILLE, what is now called Centerville? > >Do you have any cemetery listings for BUSBYVILLE? > >kathy kendrick > > > > > >==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > >Post queries / surname interests to the > >Houston Co., GAGenWeb GenConnect board at > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Houston > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > To unsub / sub from the digest mode, send a message > with only the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the > message area to: [email protected] > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== Post queries / surname interests to the Houston Co., GAGenWeb GenConnect board at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Houston

    06/11/2000 01:19:03
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Fw: [GAEMANUE-L] Wagon Trains West
    2. Sandra and Wayne Riner
    3. Got this off the Emanuel Co list hope it helps someone. Sandra >I received this from another list and felt it was worth sharing. > > Carol > >WAGON TRAINS WEST > >Someone recently asked about tracking wagon trains that went West. Wagon >masters often kept diaries and records, which were later donated to local >genealogical societies. Newspapers in towns along the trail--such as Omaha, >Kearney, and Ogallala, Nebraska--announced the arrival of wagon trains. Web >sites can assist you in finding wagon train trails, records, and artifacts. >One site you may want to check out is > > http://www.pbs.org/trailofhope/stories.html > >Wagon trains associated with specific churches might be recorded in church >records in the town of arrival or departure. For instance, a Catholic priest >of Garryowen Parish, Dubuque County, Iowa, led a wagon train West during the >Gold Rush. Lists of the members who accompanied him are recorded in the >church diocese records in Dubuque.

    06/10/2000 10:52:19
    1. Re: [GAHOUSTO] Busbyville
    2. Sandra and Wayne Riner
    3. Addie`s book has the listings for the cemeteries in Houston Co which include Centerville {Busbyville} In A Land so Dedicated it talks of Busbyville, have you seen that? Does anyone else have any other information on Busbyville I would be very interested also since I was kin to the Busby`s that lived there and the Johnson`s. Sandra >Do you have any information on BUSBYVILLE, what is now called Centerville? >Do you have any cemetery listings for BUSBYVILLE? >kathy kendrick > > >==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== >Post queries / surname interests to the >Houston Co., GAGenWeb GenConnect board at >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Houston

    06/10/2000 08:07:08
    1. Re: [GAHOUSTO] Fw: [Peach] Fort Valley
    2. Sandra and Wayne Riner
    3. Thank You so much for sharing this with us, I hope you don`t mind if I share it with the Peach co site. Anyone else have some fun information like this? Sandra >I thought you might like to know that this same James A Everett went to the >Methodist Conference in Augusta in 1840 and with Colonel Campbell petitioned >the Conference (presided over by Bishop Morris) to provide their plantations >with a "missionary to preach to their colored people". They promised $100 >for the support of the missionary. James Dunwody was appointed to be that >missionary. He had four preaching places, two plantations belonging to >Everett, one above Ft Valley the other near Hog Crawl Creek, one for Col >Campbell and the last for Russell Flewellen on Flint River. He states that >results warranted his preaching for five continuous years. > > >In a message dated 06/10/2000 4:28:18 PM Central Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > ><< 1820s a trading post was built in what is now downtown Fort Valley. James > >Abbington Everett, a North > >Carolinian, established a trading post because of two Indian trails that > >crossed here. One trail went from > >Fort Hawkins in Macon to Barnard's Crossing (now Oglethorpe). The other ran > >from Benjamin > >Hawkin's Creek Indian Agency on the Flint River to Old Hartford, which was > >across the Ocmulgee > >River at what is today Hawkinsville. > > > >Everett named the little village that was growing around the trading post, > >Fort Valley after his good > >friend, Arthur Fort, who was a Revolutionary War Veteran and a legislator > >from Milledgeville. > > > >Everett was also responsible for getting the railroad through Fort Valley. > >Although he died before the > >first train ran, he gave this area a gift which was the way to market > >peaches. > > >> > > >==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== >Visit Houston Co., GAGenWeb, the parent site for >this list at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahousto/ >and check out the offerings

    06/10/2000 07:37:11
    1. Re: [GAHOUSTO] Busbyville
    2. James O. Harrison
    3. Does anyone know when Centerville was called Busbyville? I have always heard that just before the community was named Centerville it was called Hattie. I got married in 1950 in the Hattie Baptist Church which was the mother church of the now called First Baptist Church (the one across the street from the old Centerville Cemetery which also used to be called the Hattie Cemetery. I went to grammar school in the Centerville Grammar School which sat directly in from of the cemetery. There was a "pig path" between the cemetery fence and the back of the school and students had run back and forth over this path so many times that it resembled a trench because those running feet had worn down the dirt over the years. Our "bathrooms" were outhouses in my day. The boys bathroom was outside the fence along the left side of the cemetery; the girls' was on the opposite side of the cemetery outside the fence. It was a long trek to the "necessary" in the cold or rainy weather. Buried in the old cemetery are my gr.grandparents, Peter Henry Rape and Laura Frances Scarborough, and their seven sons and four of their five daughters and many grand and great-grandchildren. Laura Frances Scarborough's father was Silas D. P. Scarborough. I very recently found his grave in an abandonded cemetery not too far from Centerville. Joyce Rape Harrison ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra and Wayne Riner <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [GAHOUSTO] Busbyville > Addie`s book has the listings for the cemeteries in Houston Co which include > Centerville {Busbyville} In A Land so Dedicated it talks of Busbyville, have > you seen that? Does anyone else have any other information on Busbyville I > would be very interested also since I was kin to the Busby`s that lived > there and the Johnson`s. > Sandra > > > > >Do you have any information on BUSBYVILLE, what is now called Centerville? > >Do you have any cemetery listings for BUSBYVILLE? > >kathy kendrick > > > > > >==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > >Post queries / surname interests to the > >Houston Co., GAGenWeb GenConnect board at > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Houston > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > To unsub / sub from the digest mode, send a message > with only the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the > message area to: [email protected] >

    06/10/2000 06:52:08
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Tips on Finding Maiden Name
    2. Sandra and Wayne Riner
    3. > This will be 'old hat' to many of you, but it's worth your time to see if >there is a tip you haven't used. Check it out: > >http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/library/howto/htmaiden.htm

    06/10/2000 06:34:12
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Fw: [Peach] Powersville
    2. Sandra and Wayne Riner
    3. >Thank you, Marilyn Windham for this history of Powersville. > >Powersville > >by Cecil D. Cliett > >The town of Powersville is located 21 miles from Macon and was first named >Station #1 when the >Southwestern Railroad was being built from Macon to Albany in the year >1853-53. Then a more >suitable name was suggested by Mr. Alfred M. Cliett, for it to be named for >Col. Virgil Powers, who >was at that time a civil engineer for the Southwestern Railroad Company. >Powersville was an important >wood and water stateion; water from Mule Creek and wood was cut and sold to >the railroad compnay >by Mr. Buck Warren. > >Sometime later the railroad became the Central of Georgia Railraod and that >company spent a >considerable amount of money to provide a more convenient way of getting >water to the engine than by >"bucket brigade". The Central provided a steam pump and two huge water >towers. Tom Cliett was >pumper for the Center for years, until the tanks were not longer in use. >This improvement rated >Powersville the best wood and water station in the State at that time. > >The coming of the railroad brought about possibilities by the best judges >that Powersville was one of the >best locations for a cotton factory in Southwest Georgia. The earliest >legal council in the area was Judge >John Lisenby. > >Because of the railroad, Powersville was the transportation center for >about a five mile radius >surrounding it. People in the area came to Powersville to board the train >to go to Macon or Fort Valley. >Most people made at least three trips to Macon a year on the train, one for >spring supplies, one for >pre-school clothing and books, and to do special Christmas shopping. >Farmers made trips on the train to >buy their fertilizer and farm supplies, then came in their buggies and >wagons to meet the train to pick up >their supplies when they were delivered there. Most of the melons grown in >this area were loaded at >Powersville. > >Powersville had two stores and five white residences in 1881. Some of the >early merchants were: Frank >Dukes, John M. Lamar, George N. Allen, and David R. Kersh, Mr. W.E. Warren >was one of the first >residents who lived in a two story dwelling near the railroad. He was the >first station agent and first >postmaster when the post office was moved from Bateman's Store in the Sixth >District to Powersville. >He also had large farming interests. > >Industries here included: a grist mill, saw mills, cotton gin, >blacksmithing, syrup making, and a licensed >Government Distillery at Brown's Mill nearby. The first sawmill was owned >by A.K. Fisher, a >Canadian. > >Powersville was one of the most prosperous farm comunities in the area at >that time. The lands were of >a very high productive type and the farm families lived a very good life. > >At one point of its bustling activity, Powersville boasted of being the >Watermelon Center of the world. >Other farm products grown there were corn, cotton, sugar cane, peanuts, and >livestock. Many fruits >were here such as apples, pears, peaches, plums, strawberries, graps. Some >of the fresh fruits were >enjoyed by passengers on the trains when they stopped for wood and water. >An ex-slave woman, Lena >Barnes, who worked for my grandfather, J.H. M. Cliett, would meet the >trains, go inside and sell fruit >to the passengers. > >Among some of the first settlers were the Burdens, Barnes, Warrens, >Scattergoods, Edwards, Clietts, >Lamars, Allens, Chunns, Hays, Fluellens, Englishes, Eptings, Bassetts, >Oats, Culpeppers, Nathan Head, >Browns, Murray, Rigbys, Elkins, Greenes, Murrays, Howards and Averas. Some >of the first teachers >were John M. Lamar, Schoolmaster, Mrs. Lucy Lionard, Miss Essie C. >McMillan, John Sullivan, and >George W. Allen. > >The first Congregational Church in Houston County was built in Powersville >which is now the >Methodist Church here. Mrs. Neta Bassett contributed much toward promoting >this church and helping >many other people. She built on of the finest homes one could have in that >period about 1910. A real >landmark today, the home has four huge fluted Corinthian Columns, 14 rooms, >spacious grounds with >paved drives and walks and a tennis court. This house is presently owned >and occupied by Mr. O.C. >Lansford. {1939?] Mr. W.H. Carter, St. was one of the first ministers. > >Mr. Early English established the first rural telephone system here. > >The last early settler and last surviving Civil War Veteran in Peach County >was J.H.M. Cliett, who >passed away in 1940 at the age of 94. The oldest slave woman to live her >life out in Powersville was >Savannah Fluellen, who died about 20 years ago at 105 years old [1939?] > >Some of these facts were published in the Houston Home Journal, in Perry, >GA on Oct 6, 1881 and >reprinted by The Leader Tribune on Feb 9, 1939. Other facts came from a >publication prepared by >Mrs. Mary L. (Green) Smith (Mrs. W.B.) in 1921. >Editorial Note: Cecil D. Cliett resides in the old Cliett home place. It >was originally a long house, >built in 1866. Three generations of Clietts have lived there, and extensive >renovation has taken place. > >Virginia

    06/10/2000 06:13:32
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Fw: [Peach] Fort Valley
    2. Sandra and Wayne Riner
    3. >Thank you, Marilyn Windham for this history of Fort Valley. > >Fort Valley > >In 1821 Georgia had another land lottery and out of this action was created >Houston County. In the >1820s a trading post was built in what is now downtown Fort Valley. James >Abbington Everett, a North >Carolinian, established a trading post because of two Indian trails that >crossed here. One trail went from >Fort Hawkins in Macon to Barnard's Crossing (now Oglethorpe). The other ran >from Benjamin >Hawkin's Creek Indian Agency on the Flint River to Old Hartford, which was >across the Ocmulgee >River at what is today Hawkinsville. > >Everett named the little village that was growing around the trading post, >Fort Valley after his good >friend, Arthur Fort, who was a Revolutionary War Veteran and a legislator >from Milledgeville. > >Everett was also responsible for getting the railroad through Fort Valley. >Although he died before the >first train ran, he gave this area a gift which was the way to market >peaches. > >Fort Valley was incorporated in 1856. >Virginia

    06/10/2000 06:13:09
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Fw: [Peach] Byron
    2. Sandra and Wayne Riner
    3. This came off the Peach Co site and since this is really in Houston at this time thought some of y`all might enjoy reading it. I`m going to send two more. Enjoy Sandra >Thank you, Marilyn Windham for this information on the history of Bryon. > >Bryon > > Published in the Leader-Tribune January 29, 1939. Copied by permision >from the Home Journal, > published in Perry GA on October 6, 1881 > >The subject of this article was first known as Jackson > station, and is yet called Jackson by many of the S.W.R.R. officials. It >was simply a half station and a > wood rack kept by Mr. Nimrod Jackson in 1851, hence the name Jackson. It >remained simply a wood > station surrounded by a dense forest and reached by one highway and a few >dim roads until 1860 when > the first store house was built by Mr. William Hays and occupied by Mr. >Seaborn Hartley, who did a > general merchandise business in it. > > During the same year a post office was established here name Byron. But >to this time the axman had > felled but few of the members of the forest here, the surroundings being >pretty much as nature had > formed them. > > In the year 1867 the second store house was erected by Dr. C.H. >Richardson. It was then, or about that > time, that those residing here and in the vicinity began to discuss the >probability and possibility of a > town being built here. Some looked on the enterprise with favor, while >others entertained the idea that > such a project could not and never would be accomplished, but in spite of >all opposition and drawbacks > the infant town continued to grow slowly but steadily and substantially in >population and business till it > has grown to be the third town in size in Houston County [1881] and has a >population of 300, 160 of > whom are white, and about 140 colored. > > During the session of the legislature of 1874, application was made to >have the town incorporated, and > the same was incorporated, under the post office name of Byron. Thomas >Sander, T.B. Goff, T.D. > Warren, J.C. Parrott, and C.H. Richardson were appointed >commissioners of the town. > > Byron is situated on a beautiful prominence, the hightest point between >Macon and Vicksburg, is > perfectly healthy, surrounded by a large belt of fine, productive farming >lands, owned by an industrious, > progressive, solid and successful agricultural people, and has several >handsome residences and many > pretty cottages. It has also many beautiful oak groves, shade trees, >flower gardens, lawns, etc. > > It lies directly on the S.W.R.R. 17 miles from macon, 18 miles from >Knowville, county site of > Crawford County, 4 miles from Crawford line, 15 miles from Perry, county >site of Houston County, 12 > miles from Fort Valley, accessible by railroad, and is penetrated by six >public highways leading from > different points. > > Property here is ready sale when put on the market at a fair price. >Rents are also a fair price. The >demand usually exceeds the supply. Lands in the surrounding country sell >for from $7 to $20 per acres. >Virginia

    06/10/2000 06:11:56
    1. Re: [GAHOUSTO] Fw: [Peach] Fort Valley
    2. In a message dated 06/10/2000 5:44:21 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Thank You so much for sharing this with us, I hope you don`t mind if I share it with the Peach co site. Anyone else have some fun information like this? Sandra >> Hi Sandra I would be happy for you to share it with Peach. Shirley Chapman

    06/10/2000 03:54:20
    1. Re: [GAHOUSTO] Busbyville
    2. Do you have any information on BUSBYVILLE, what is now called Centerville? Do you have any cemetery listings for BUSBYVILLE? kathy kendrick

    06/10/2000 12:55:39
    1. Re: [GAHOUSTO] Fw: [Peach] Fort Valley
    2. I thought you might like to know that this same James A Everett went to the Methodist Conference in Augusta in 1840 and with Colonel Campbell petitioned the Conference (presided over by Bishop Morris) to provide their plantations with a "missionary to preach to their colored people". They promised $100 for the support of the missionary. James Dunwody was appointed to be that missionary. He had four preaching places, two plantations belonging to Everett, one above Ft Valley the other near Hog Crawl Creek, one for Col Campbell and the last for Russell Flewellen on Flint River. He states that results warranted his preaching for five continuous years. In a message dated 06/10/2000 4:28:18 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << 1820s a trading post was built in what is now downtown Fort Valley. James >Abbington Everett, a North >Carolinian, established a trading post because of two Indian trails that >crossed here. One trail went from >Fort Hawkins in Macon to Barnard's Crossing (now Oglethorpe). The other ran >from Benjamin >Hawkin's Creek Indian Agency on the Flint River to Old Hartford, which was >across the Ocmulgee >River at what is today Hawkinsville. > >Everett named the little village that was growing around the trading post, >Fort Valley after his good >friend, Arthur Fort, who was a Revolutionary War Veteran and a legislator >from Milledgeville. > >Everett was also responsible for getting the railroad through Fort Valley. >Although he died before the >first train ran, he gave this area a gift which was the way to market >peaches. > >>

    06/10/2000 12:08:23
    1. [GAHOUSTO] New Houston Co., GA Webpage.
    2. William A. Mills
    3. Houston County Researchers: I've decided to move my webpage to another URL. For now though, I am going to keep both webpages on the Internet. My new webpage is at: http://homestead.juno.com/wa-mills At the bottom of the webpage, I've included 3 links which will take you directly to: 1. Houston County Research Articles 1821-1900. 2. Eyewitness Accounts of Houston County 1821-1871. 3. Evergreen Cemetery Tombstone Transcripts 1827-1997 There is also a link for you to Email me directly. I've included a HOTBOT search engine at the bottom of my new webpage, so that you can make your research more efficient. I especially like this search engine, and have had excellent results with it on my own family research. If you get a chance, try searching for this on that search engine: "Houston County Georgia" + genealogy There is now a Guest Book at the bottom of my new webpage. Most people never sign a Guest Book at websites. I guess it is sort of a privacy issue. However, the primary reason that I have put this Guest Book on my new webpage, is for *your* benefit, not mine. My website gets a fair amount of traffic, and it is also registered with several major search engines. If you will leave your name (first name is OK, if privacy is an issue) and your email address, along with the SURNAMES that you are researching in Houston County, I believe that it could be very helpful to you. That way, whenever someone contacts me, who may be researching that same SURNAME, I could refer them to you, or just tell them to look through the Guest Book themselves. Yes, my new webpage pertains to Research Services & Publications, but there is a lot of info that can be gleaned from it as well. After the description of each book, there is an extensive listing of the SURNAMES which are listed the most in that particular publication. This webpage contains *hundeds* of these SURNAMES for you to sort thru. And finally: The 3 Research Links at the bottom of my new webpage, could not have been made possible without the *hard work & time* expended by Gaila Merrington of Australia & Virginia Crilley of Texas. I am not a webpage designer, and only know the basics of html programming. However, Gaila & Virginia know these areas *quite* well. I am primarily concerned with compiling Research Articles, and then spreading them around to help other genealogical researchers. In other words, this has all been a collaborative effort by Gaila, Virginia, myself, and many others. In genealogy, the more you spread around, the more you will receive in return. Take care & happy hunting! _______________________________ William A. Mills Perry, Georgia [email protected] Houston Co., GA Research & Publications: http://homestead.juno.com/wa-mills ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

    06/05/2000 11:58:25
    1. Re: [GAHOUSTO] Wiley Leverett
    2. Helen, I went to Ancestry.Com and did the Georiga Marriage Licenses for Wiley Leverett. I was surprised when Laura came up as Ursula's name, now I know why. I couldn't find a listing for Wiley and Mary or for his first wife. I've also gone through listings for Dekalb County and other Counties in Georgia for his Birth Certificate and so far no luck. Hope you have some luck with this. Stephanie

    06/04/2000 03:44:36
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Wiley Leverett
    2. Helen Hudson
    3. Am searching for siblings/ parents of Wiley Leverett/Leverette Born 18 Jan, 1820 in DeKalb County, Ga (His obit states this). He died October 25, 1904 in Houston County, Ga and is buried in the Leverett family cemetery there. Wiley married 3 times. First to Mary Elizabeth Crowder, second to her sister, Ursula Caroline Crowder (Mislabeled on outside of marriage license as Laura but correct on the inside located in loose papers of Pulaski County, GA) Third wife is Mary Thomas Hammock, my ggrandmother by whom he had two children. There was a total of 18 with most living to adulthood. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Helen S. Hudson Perry, GA

    06/03/2000 08:12:29
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Texas Research help
    2. Crilley
    3. This came in through the Marion County list....but thought it might help others whose ancestors left Georgia for Texas..... Hi to all, Just wanted to share with you in case you haven't tried this. In my search of Birth records for TX I have found if you enter mothers maiden Name only in the search field you will find who she married and the children she had. Works great for the Female side when you don't know who she might have married. I found an uncle's children in here from 4 different mothers. I only knew of 3 of the mothers. Also found my mother's half aunt and half uncle by using this index. Just thought I would share. Try it. Leave all fields blank except for mothers maiden surname. Nancy http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/birth/summary/search.cgi http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/birth/general/search.cgi http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/divorce/search.cgi http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/marriage/search.cgi http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi >> Since so many Georgia people hung a sign on their doors, "GONE TO TEXAS", I thought this might help some of you in your Georgia research. Virginia

    06/03/2000 05:45:49
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Peach Co Historical Society Page
    2. Crilley
    3. The Peach County Historical Society has a web page!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapchs Take a few minutes to visit it, as it features some pictures and history about some historic homes of Fort Valley. Each home gives a brief description of the family who lived there. Even though Peach County is the newest county created in Georgia, the area itself has a very long history. Under the History Section you'll also find the history by Marilyn Windham of how the county came to be created, as well as a map which helps you understand what portion was formerly in Macon and Houston Counties. The Historical Events portion mentions some things you might not know.....Elberta was named for the founder's wife; the first school bus was built there.... how Byron got its name from Lord Byron the poet!...Powersville was named for a civil engineer with the railroad. Virginia

    05/30/2000 12:59:02
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Houston County Web Page: New: Evergreen Cemetery Plat
    2. Gaila & Jim Merrington
    3. Hello Well with special thanks to William A Mills, we have the Evergreen information on the Houston Co Web page. I will still be adding some special photos. There is also a link to Research tips for Houston County. The page is getting larger every day, so be sure to scroll down to find all this new information. The plat is on a seperate page, so that if you are trying to search for someone in Evergreen Cemetery, my suggestion would be to open your Explorer or Netscape screen bring up the Houston County web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahousto/ Open your Explorer or Netscape screen bring up the Houston County web page Scroll down to Evergreen Cemetery Plat Open another Explorer or Netscape screen bring up the Houston County web page Open The Evergreen Cemetery page Alt tab between the two pages for easier searching This method will save you from waiting to download the Plat each time you move back to the Names or information. If you have problems with some of the pages loading, let me know, as several of the pages have photos attached. If the photos slow too many researchers down, I will remove them from those pages. The photos show us the haunting beauty of Evergreen Cemetery, so I will set up a seperate gallery for them . Thanks to William A Mills for sharing his book with us. He is very generous and I am sure we all appreciate it. When I am researching in Houston County, I realise how blessed we are to have so many resources (CGGS, Washington Library, an open courthouse, Addie, Billy etc) and so many people that share their knowledge, not all Georgia counties have such great sources of information. Enjoy the page Your transcribber, Gaila

    05/24/2000 03:21:31
    1. [GAHOUSTO] Where to get a will
    2. Fritz & Jennifer Allison
    3. Please can someone tell me where to write to get a copy of a will from 1839 in Houston Co? And how much is the cost? Thanks Jennifer

    05/24/2000 03:15:56