Ralph I had a look and Effie is not on the Houston County list, this came to the board. Just follow the link to reply to her message on the board, or let me know & I will do it. The answer you have given is to good to miss her. Thanks very much, Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Bailey" <ralph-dianne@charter.net> To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [GAHOUSTO] Watson > T. T. Watson was private in Company "G" 8th Regiment: Silver Greys: C. D. > Anderson"s Brigade, Smith's Division: State Troops. Organized 1864, > disbanded May 1865. > > Thomas Watson owned 350 acres of land in Houston County in 1864 and 12 > slaves according to Houston County Tax Digest. > > Thomas Watson member of Houston County Volunteers in 1861. > > Above from Central Ga. Genealogical Society, Inc., First 110 Years of > Houston County, Georgia, 1822-1932. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <effie4453@bellsouth.net> > To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:46 AM > Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Watson > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Watson, Lewis > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sc.2ADI/1059 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > I am looking for information on Thomas Terrell Watson and Emma Lewis > Watson. I am grandaughter of their son Forrest B. Watson. Any information > would be helpful. They were from Warner Robins, Ga. > > > > > > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > > All list messages are archived at Rootsweb. Search at > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Enter GAHOUSTO-L; at the next prompt, type in your keyword(s) > > > > > > > > ==== 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: GAHOUSTO-D-request@rootsweb.com > >

I am trying to get it straight. Do messages posted to the maling list ONLY stay on the maling list and not the message board but messages posted on the board go to the board and the mailing list. Or how does it work exactly?

Hello I would just point out that this message is from the Houston County Message Board and since Effie isn't on the list, any answers would have to be posted to the message board. Thanks for such a fine answer, Ralph. Regards, Gaila > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <effie4453@bellsouth.net> > To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:46 AM > Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Watson > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Watson, Lewis > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sc.2ADI/1059

T. T. Watson was private in Company "G" 8th Regiment: Silver Greys: C. D. Anderson"s Brigade, Smith's Division: State Troops. Organized 1864, disbanded May 1865. Thomas Watson owned 350 acres of land in Houston County in 1864 and 12 slaves according to Houston County Tax Digest. Thomas Watson member of Houston County Volunteers in 1861. Above from Central Ga. Genealogical Society, Inc., First 110 Years of Houston County, Georgia, 1822-1932. ----- Original Message ----- From: <effie4453@bellsouth.net> To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Watson > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Watson, Lewis > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sc.2ADI/1059 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for information on Thomas Terrell Watson and Emma Lewis Watson. I am grandaughter of their son Forrest B. Watson. Any information would be helpful. They were from Warner Robins, Ga. > > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > All list messages are archived at Rootsweb. Search at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter GAHOUSTO-L; at the next prompt, type in your keyword(s) > >

If your Thomas Terrell Watson was the brother of Gardiner Watson then I can help a little. Their father was Ted Watson, their mother was Mattie Scarborough. Mattie was daughter of James Benjamin Troup Scarborough and Willie E. McBride. Terrell's g.gr.father was Silas D. P. Scarborough who married Martha Caroline Jackson, daughter of Nimrod Jackson and Elizabeth Busbee. S.D.P.'s parents were Ichabod Scarborough who married Sarah Warren, daughter of Josiah Warren and Nancy Doty. Nancy Doty was the descendant of two Mayflower passengers, Edward Doty and Edward Fuller. ----- Original Message ----- From: <effie4453@bellsouth.net> To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Watson > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Watson, Lewis > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sc.2ADI/1059 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for information on Thomas Terrell Watson and Emma Lewis Watson. I am grandaughter of their son Forrest B. Watson. Any information would be helpful. They were from Warner Robins, Ga. > > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > All list messages are archived at Rootsweb. Search at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter GAHOUSTO-L; at the next prompt, type in your keyword(s) >

Hi. They were md. in Houston Co. 3 FEb 1874. Here they are in the 1880 census in case you don't have it. Household: Tom T. WATSON     Male       Other Information:     Birth Year <1848>      Birthplace GA      Age 32      Occupation Farmer      Marital Status M <Married>      Race W <White>      Head of Household Tom T. WATSON     Relation Self      Father's Birthplace SC      Mother's Birthplace SC      Note ORIG DATA      Source Information:     Census Place Houston, Georgia      Family History Library Film 1254152     NA Film Number T9-0152     Page Number 398A        Tom T. WATSON1   Self   M   Male   W   32   GA   Farmer   SC   SC   Emma WATSON2   Wife   M   Female   W   21   GA   Keeping House   GA   GA   Carlton WATSON3   Son   S   Male   W   5   GA      GA   GA   Lawton WATSON4   Son   S   Male   W   4   GA      GA   GA   Oscar WATSON5   Son   S   Male   W   1   GA      GA   GA   Leonora WATSON6   Mother      Female   W   62   SC   At Home   SC   SC   Arminda WATSON7   Sister      Female   W   42   GA      SC   SC  Here is Thomas in the 1860 Houston Co. Census with his parents: Thomas Watson 57, farmer $3,500, %,000 b. GA Lenora 54 b. SC Richmond 20 b. SC farm hand Amanda 21 b. SC Sarirah 18 b. GA Lenora 16 b. GA Thomas 13 b. GA Found this family also in the 1850 Houston Co. Census: #572 Thomas Watson 47 farmer $1,050 b. GA Lenora 45 b. SC Tilmon 22 farmer b. GA Almon 20 farmer b. GA Harriett 18 b. GA Mary 16 b. GA Amanda 14 b. GA Richmond 12 b. GA Levina 9 b. GA Lenora 6 b. GA Thomas 3 b. GA Here are some extracts from the GA Journal: Fannie Clifford Watson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.T.Watson, was born 17 Nov 1887 and died on 24 May 1889. She was the youngest of five children. Carlton Watson died on 30 Jul 1891 near Welston GA. He was the eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. T.T. Watson. Mrs. Richmond Watson died on 14 May 1896 of measles and hemorrage. She was born and raised in this county (Houston) and was 48 years old. She was formerly known as Miss Fannie White. She married on 30 Oct 1867 and leaves and husband and 8 children. Mrs. Lula L. English, widow of the late Mr. Henry W. English, died at her home in Powersville, GA on 25 Jan 1907. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. Richmond H. Watson of near Wellston, GA and sister to W.C., C.B., C.K., C.V. watson; Mrs. T.W. Murry; Misses Claud and Clifford Watson all of Houston Co. GA. She leaves a son 4 years old and 3 step-sons. She was 30 years old. Here is a possibility for Emma in 1860--Was Thomas 10 years older than she? #286 E.R. Lewis (male) 31 merchant, $1,100/ $5,420 b. GA Louisa 22 b. GA Emma F. 3 b. GA Walter S. 1 b. GA Did find a marriage in Houston Co. for this couple. Hope this will be of some help to you. Sorry there wasn't anything on Forrest Barbara S.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Watson, Lewis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sc.2ADI/1059 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Thomas Terrell Watson and Emma Lewis Watson. I am grandaughter of their son Forrest B. Watson. Any information would be helpful. They were from Warner Robins, Ga.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//Sc.2ADI/1058 Message Board Post: The town of Perry was incorporated in 1824 and one of the commissioners of the town in 1824 was a Mr. Wilson Collins. Does anyone have any information on Wilson Collins. Who his children were? Who his wife was?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//Sc.2ADI/1057 Message Board Post: The town of Perry was incorporated in 1824 and one of the commissioners of the town in 1824 was a Mr. Wilson Collins. Does anyone have any information on Wilson Collins. Who his children were? Who his wife was?

From Delilah: ON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GA., DATE THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1949 > > > > BONAIRE NEWS > > Bt Mrs. W. W. Wills > > > > "Mr & Mrs Neal FULMER and son , Neal, III of Syacauga spent last week with > > their parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Jacobs." > > > > "Mrs. J.T. Perdue is spending severaldays in Abbecille with her daughters; > > Mrs. Henry SUTTON and Mrs. Tom PARKER.' > > --------------------- > > December 1, 1949, Thursday > > > > "Mac Satterfield and Charles Bledsoe spent last week with relativse in > > Gadsden, A:la." > > > > "Mr. &b Mrs. G.W. LEE had as their guests for Thanksgiving holidays Mr & > Mrs > > George LEE and daughter, Lynne and JackLee and daughter, Hilda, of > Gadsden, > > Al." > > > > Mr & Mrs William STUBBS and son Billy, spent Thanksviging in Andalusia, > > Ala., with her sister, Mrs. J.D. HELMS and fmily." > > -------------------------------------------------- > > END > > > > > > > > >

Delilah has kindly shared these with the list: > (if you want to use things I post such as these, you have my permission) > delilah ----- > From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> snip: > > SOURCE: HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GA. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1949 > > > > MRS. HOLLOMAN'S FUNERAL HELD > > Funerl services fro Mrs. Hallie Holloman, widow of Charles L. Hollomon, > who > > died at her home here Thursday night, were held at the Perry Methodist > > Church Saturday morning. > > Elder JJ.M. DEATON and Rev. J.B. Smith officiated and internment was in > the > > Unadilla Cemetery. > > Mrs. Hollomon was born in Willcox county and hadlive in Houston county > most > > ofher life. She was a member of Pilgrimas Rest Primitive Church. She had > > been in declining health for several months. > > Survivors include her sister, Mrs Ella Frederick; two sons, Gervais > > Holloman, Warner Robins and Albert H. Hollomon, Unidilla; four neices, > Miss > > Gertrude Frederick of Perry, Miss Gertrude Frederick of Birmingham, Ala., > > Mrs Theron Allen of Warner Robins and Mrs. Avery Lee of Perry. > > Pallbearers were Warren B. Hodge, J.W. Bloodworth, J.E. Scott, J.W. > Kersey, > > L. D. Hamilton and Homer Stubbs. > > Gardner Watson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements." > > ------------------- > > END > > > > >

Hello Everyone Betty Westabrook and Delilah have given me two photos to put onto the Houston County Web page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahousto/ Betty's photo is of her great grandparents George & Eliza Akins Shelley. Delilah sent a photo of the Bonaire First United Methodist Church. Thanks to you both for sharing Houston County, Georgia Heritage. Anyone else have a biography or photos to share? Gaila

Monroe-Houston County GaArchives Marriages.....Sarah S. Blount - Zachariah McKenney March 7 1856 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston digitaldog1@juno.com May 1, 2004, 1:59 am Empire State, Griffin Ga. – Week of March 19, 1856 McKenney – Blount Married in Monroe County, March 7th by Elder Wm. C. Wilkes, President of Monroe Female University, Mr. Zachariah McKenney of Perry, and Miss Sarah S. Blount. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.7 Kb

I do not see Robert listed in 1860 in Houston County. There is a Robert listed in Chatooga County, though. He is living in the household of J. M. Curry. J. M. Curry 46 m GA Christiana Curry 37 f SC Martha S. Curry 15 f GA Susan G. A. Curry 10 f GA Robert Curry 49 m GA Hope this helps. Randy Tupelo, MS ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jericholoftsga@aol.com> To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:01 PM Subject: [GAHOUSTO] 1860 Houston County Georgia Census > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Curry, Smith > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Sc.2ADI/1056 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, > Could someone with access to the 1860 Houston County Georgia census, PLEASE look up Robert Curry ,with wife Rebecca (Smith) > I know thtey were married in Houston County in 1852. > Thanks , your help is very much appreciated! > Robin > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > Take advantage of the wonderful lookup offers > on the Houston Co., GAGenWeb site. Go to > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahousto/hstlkps.html#anchor327687 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curry, Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Sc.2ADI/1056 Message Board Post: Hi, Could someone with access to the 1860 Houston County Georgia census, PLEASE look up Robert Curry ,with wife Rebecca (Smith) I know thtey were married in Houston County in 1852. Thanks , your help is very much appreciated! Robin

Houston County GaArchives Marriages.....Mrs. Ella Cliett - John T. Ingram May 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles historycam@wmconnect.com April 25, 2004, 4:31 pm The Butler Herald, May 25, 1915 The Butler Herald Tuesday, May 25, 1915 Page One Cliett – Ingram Mrs. Ella Cliett, of Powersville, and Mr. John T. Ingram, of near Perry were united in marriage Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Rev. Mr. Carter of Powersville officiating. The ceremony took place at the parsonage and was attended by near relatives of the contracting parties and a few friends. – Home Journal, Perry This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Houston County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. W.A. Watson 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles historycam@wmconnect.com April 25, 2004, 4:12 pm The Butler Herald, May 4, 1915 The Butler Herald Tuesday, May 4, 1915 Page Seven Clipped From Our Contemporaries Leader-Tribune, Fort Valley The Leader-Tribune regret to chronicle the death of Mrs. W.A. Watson, which occurred at her home Saturday. She was 82 years of age and had been a resident here and near here all of her life. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a good Christian woman This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

These are great, maybe I could add them to the Houston County page. Thanks Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Crilley" <varcsix@hot.rr.com> To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:02 AM Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Col W. L. Grice > Carla Miles transcribed a couple of very interesting articles about Col W. > L. Grice, specifically about his visit to a Memorial Day Service in Butler. > > Since he is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Houston Co, I thought this > might also be of interest to those County readers as well. (And perhaps we > could gain more insights) > > Harris Hill is helping with this material as he had previously transcribed > information about a poem written by Thaddeus Oliver, and which connected to > this as well. > > Here I'm just including the basic letters printed in The Butler Herald... > and thank you, Carla for sharing these... > > Carla Miles Historycam@wmconnect.com > > Letter, to the editor of the Butler Herald from Col. W.L. Grice, on the > subject of who authored the poem amongst other things. > > The Butler Herald > Tuesday, April 27, 1915 > Page One > > Distinguished Visitors > > Col. W.L. Grice and Mrs. Grice arrived in the city > Sunday and during their delightful stay in the city are > guests of Col. and Mrs. H.P. Wallace. Yesterday was a > memorable day with Col. Grice when it was that he > mingled with and received the warm handshake of so many > of his old war-time comrades here in attendance upon > memorial day exercises. Although in his 83rd year, > Col. Grice is a well-preserved man. Providence has > smiled abundantly upon him, has never been sick a day > in his life, and is today a remarkably active man for > one of his age. Mrs. Grice, who is herself in the 75, > is a charming lady of the antebellum type. This > venerable and esteemed couple have the congratulations > of their many Taylor County friends. > > The Butler Herald > Tuesday, May 11, 1915 > Page Seven > > Butler In The Olden Time > > By Col. W.L. Grice > > Mr. Editor: > > On a recent visit to your town, the first in many > years, I was the guest of Henry P. Wallace, who is the > son of my old friend and law partner, Wm. S. Wallace, > than whom Taylor County never produced a better > citizen. > > It has occurred to me that a rambling sketch of the > town and people as I saw them sixty years ago might be > interesting to some of your readers, and hence by your > leave, I will undertake to give from memory a short > account of some of the men and things of the antebellum > times. > > Butler was incorporated in the year 1854, and the > commissioners designated in the charter were: C.Y. > Perry, Ezekiel Royal, James T. May, Isaac Mulkey and > P.C. Carr. I settled there in the fall of the next > year, and the law card of Grice & Wallace which was > published in the Macon Telegraph for several years bore > the date of December 10, 1855, as I remember it. I > have been a subscriber to the paper from that day to > this except while in the army. > > Four preachers and five lawyers had preceded me to the > newly settled county site. The preachers were James T. > May, Dr. James Griffith, Wm. W. Corbitt and E.H. > Wilson. All of these were Methodists except the last, > but none of them had the care of churches. > > The lawyers were Hopkins Holsey, Daniel W. Miller, W.W. > Corbin, Benjamin F. Reese and X.B. LeSeuer. Col. > Wallace and Julius H. Holsey came to the bar soon after > my arrival. W.H. Caldwell and John Walker were the > practicing physicians. Dr. A.L. Edwards and Dr. Dugger > came later. > > John Sturtevant was ordinary of the county; James T. > Harmon, clerk; and W.W. Wiggins, sheriff. If I > remember correctly Sanders W. Durham was pastor of the > Baptist church and Wyatt Brooks of the Methodist. > > The Justices of the Inferior Court were T.J. Riley, > Hiram Drane, A.M.K. Swift, R.B. Rucker and ------. > (line drawn, no name given) > > The Judge of the Superior Court was E.H. Worrill and > Col. Jack Brown was Solicitor. Brown was succeeded by > Thaddeus Oliver. His son, the Rev. Hugh F. Oliver, now > deceased, always insisted that his father was the > author of "All is Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight," and > that he and his brother, now Capt. James Oliver, of the > U.S. Navy, were "the two in the low trunnell bed." > > Hugh Oliver investigated the matter as far as possible > and he published the result of his investigation in a > newspaper. There was much evidence including letters > from men who read the verses in manuscript, going to > show that Thad Oliver was the author of the verses, and > that Mrs. Ethel L. Beers obtained them from a fugitive > copy which was carried to the north presumably by some > returning prisoner. Mrs. Beers first published the > poem in a Philadelphia paper over her own name. > > Of course nearly all northern publishers ascribe the > authorship to her; but Hugh Oliver's investigation > satisfied many that his father wrote the poem while in > the camp in the early part of the war; and not > appreciating its merits, he died before it was given to > the public and before any question was raised as to its > author. But some copies had been taken by Mr. Oliver's > friends in (paper torn) it was said a few (paper torn) > leaflets and distri (paper torn). > > Among the (paper torn) Butler were J. (paper torn) > Smith, J.B. Wright and John H. Bruce. > > Robert Scandrett was railroad agent, James R. Hudson > kept the principal hotel, and Wm. A. Graham taught the > town school. There was no public school in those days. > Still other prominent citizens whom I knew and remember > were Jesse Stallings, the Montforts, Willis McLendon, > Thos. H. Brown and Wm. H. Heard. > > The Neislers, Batemans and McCrarys were also prominent > families in the town and county. I think the late John > A. Childs was about the last business man who was > identified with the early history of the place. > > Political feelings ran high in the county before the > war and the two parties were about equally divided. > The American or Know Nothing Party in 1855 sent A.H. > Riley to the senate and A.J. McCants to the house of > representatives. Every county then had a senator. At > the next election in 1857, the democrats elected T.J. > Riley (brother of A.H. Riley) to the senate and J.J. > McCants (brother of A.J. McCants) to the house, thus > reversing the politics of the county in two years as > expressed in the legislative election. > > A few of the original houses in the town remain. The > courthouse still stands, but the interior has been > somewhat changed. The old wooden jail is gone. I > ought to remember that building for I spent a night in > it. A client of our firm (W.R. Lowe by name) was > ordered by the Judge on an exparte showing to turn over > to a Receiver certain valuable papers or else go to > jail. > > My partner and I thought it important for our client to > retain possession of the property; and we advised him > to go to jail assuring him the judge would turn him out > as soon as he heard our side of the case, but the judge > could not hear it under ten days. > > Our client finally agreed to go to prison, provided one > of his lawyers would stay with him at night. It struck > my youthful mind that it was not right for me to > prescribe medicine for another which I was unwilling to > take myself, so I agreed to the terms of my friend, and > late in the evening I was locked up with him. > > Before retiring for the night some of our friends on > the outside informed us that the sheriff had gone to a > party some distance in the country, carrying the jail > keys with him. This news disconcerted my room mate and > we discussed our situation in case of fire or sickness > or other emergency. My friend became nervous. What my > feelings were is none of the business of the reader. > Suffice it to say that the next morning our client > surrendered the property and was liberated from prison. > > > Let me add in justification of the opinion and advice > of Mr. Lowe's counsel that at the end of ten days the > judge heard our side of the case and promptly > discharged the Receiver and restored the property to my > client. > > My visit to Butler was exceedingly pleasant. There > have been many changes for the better - better streets, > better houses, better stock. The people are friendly > and hospitable. But I found more familiar names in the > cemetery than familiar faces on the street. Still > there were a few left of the friends of my early > manhood. These met me with a cordial grasp of the > hand, and (paper torn) from me with a fervent (paper > torn) bless you." > > W.L. Grice > (paper torn) lle, Ga. > > > NOTES: > Burial: Houston County > Evergreen Cemetery > > Washington L. Grice > (b 22 Feb 1832, d 9 Mar 1925). > CSA. In thee, O Lord, do I > put my trust. > > Martha V. Warren Grice > (b 18 Jul 1840, d 1 Jan 1926). > The Lord is my shepherd; I > shall not want. > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/houston/cemeteries/evergr.txt > > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > Remember to Change your subject line and reply to the list, the information you offer may break down someone's brickwall >

I appreciated this tremendously. mnperry@sowega.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaila & James Merrington" <gaila@merrington.net> To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [GAHOUSTO] Col W. L. Grice > These are great, maybe I could add them to the Houston County page. > Thanks > Gaila > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Virginia Crilley" <varcsix@hot.rr.com> > To: <GAHOUSTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:02 AM > Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Col W. L. Grice > > > > Carla Miles transcribed a couple of very interesting articles about Col W. > > L. Grice, specifically about his visit to a Memorial Day Service in > Butler. > > > > Since he is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Houston Co, I thought this > > might also be of interest to those County readers as well. (And perhaps we > > could gain more insights) > > > > Harris Hill is helping with this material as he had previously transcribed > > information about a poem written by Thaddeus Oliver, and which connected > to > > this as well. > > > > Here I'm just including the basic letters printed in The Butler Herald... > > and thank you, Carla for sharing these... > > > > Carla Miles Historycam@wmconnect.com > > > > Letter, to the editor of the Butler Herald from Col. W.L. Grice, on the > > subject of who authored the poem amongst other things. > > > > The Butler Herald > > Tuesday, April 27, 1915 > > Page One > > > > Distinguished Visitors > > > > Col. W.L. Grice and Mrs. Grice arrived in the city > > Sunday and during their delightful stay in the city are > > guests of Col. and Mrs. H.P. Wallace. Yesterday was a > > memorable day with Col. Grice when it was that he > > mingled with and received the warm handshake of so many > > of his old war-time comrades here in attendance upon > > memorial day exercises. Although in his 83rd year, > > Col. Grice is a well-preserved man. Providence has > > smiled abundantly upon him, has never been sick a day > > in his life, and is today a remarkably active man for > > one of his age. Mrs. Grice, who is herself in the 75, > > is a charming lady of the antebellum type. This > > venerable and esteemed couple have the congratulations > > of their many Taylor County friends. > > > > The Butler Herald > > Tuesday, May 11, 1915 > > Page Seven > > > > Butler In The Olden Time > > > > By Col. W.L. Grice > > > > Mr. Editor: > > > > On a recent visit to your town, the first in many > > years, I was the guest of Henry P. Wallace, who is the > > son of my old friend and law partner, Wm. S. Wallace, > > than whom Taylor County never produced a better > > citizen. > > > > It has occurred to me that a rambling sketch of the > > town and people as I saw them sixty years ago might be > > interesting to some of your readers, and hence by your > > leave, I will undertake to give from memory a short > > account of some of the men and things of the antebellum > > times. > > > > Butler was incorporated in the year 1854, and the > > commissioners designated in the charter were: C.Y. > > Perry, Ezekiel Royal, James T. May, Isaac Mulkey and > > P.C. Carr. I settled there in the fall of the next > > year, and the law card of Grice & Wallace which was > > published in the Macon Telegraph for several years bore > > the date of December 10, 1855, as I remember it. I > > have been a subscriber to the paper from that day to > > this except while in the army. > > > > Four preachers and five lawyers had preceded me to the > > newly settled county site. The preachers were James T. > > May, Dr. James Griffith, Wm. W. Corbitt and E.H. > > Wilson. All of these were Methodists except the last, > > but none of them had the care of churches. > > > > The lawyers were Hopkins Holsey, Daniel W. Miller, W.W. > > Corbin, Benjamin F. Reese and X.B. LeSeuer. Col. > > Wallace and Julius H. Holsey came to the bar soon after > > my arrival. W.H. Caldwell and John Walker were the > > practicing physicians. Dr. A.L. Edwards and Dr. Dugger > > came later. > > > > John Sturtevant was ordinary of the county; James T. > > Harmon, clerk; and W.W. Wiggins, sheriff. If I > > remember correctly Sanders W. Durham was pastor of the > > Baptist church and Wyatt Brooks of the Methodist. > > > > The Justices of the Inferior Court were T.J. Riley, > > Hiram Drane, A.M.K. Swift, R.B. Rucker and ------. > > (line drawn, no name given) > > > > The Judge of the Superior Court was E.H. Worrill and > > Col. Jack Brown was Solicitor. Brown was succeeded by > > Thaddeus Oliver. His son, the Rev. Hugh F. Oliver, now > > deceased, always insisted that his father was the > > author of "All is Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight," and > > that he and his brother, now Capt. James Oliver, of the > > U.S. Navy, were "the two in the low trunnell bed." > > > > Hugh Oliver investigated the matter as far as possible > > and he published the result of his investigation in a > > newspaper. There was much evidence including letters > > from men who read the verses in manuscript, going to > > show that Thad Oliver was the author of the verses, and > > that Mrs. Ethel L. Beers obtained them from a fugitive > > copy which was carried to the north presumably by some > > returning prisoner. Mrs. Beers first published the > > poem in a Philadelphia paper over her own name. > > > > Of course nearly all northern publishers ascribe the > > authorship to her; but Hugh Oliver's investigation > > satisfied many that his father wrote the poem while in > > the camp in the early part of the war; and not > > appreciating its merits, he died before it was given to > > the public and before any question was raised as to its > > author. But some copies had been taken by Mr. Oliver's > > friends in (paper torn) it was said a few (paper torn) > > leaflets and distri (paper torn). > > > > Among the (paper torn) Butler were J. (paper torn) > > Smith, J.B. Wright and John H. Bruce. > > > > Robert Scandrett was railroad agent, James R. Hudson > > kept the principal hotel, and Wm. A. Graham taught the > > town school. There was no public school in those days. > > Still other prominent citizens whom I knew and remember > > were Jesse Stallings, the Montforts, Willis McLendon, > > Thos. H. Brown and Wm. H. Heard. > > > > The Neislers, Batemans and McCrarys were also prominent > > families in the town and county. I think the late John > > A. Childs was about the last business man who was > > identified with the early history of the place. > > > > Political feelings ran high in the county before the > > war and the two parties were about equally divided. > > The American or Know Nothing Party in 1855 sent A.H. > > Riley to the senate and A.J. McCants to the house of > > representatives. Every county then had a senator. At > > the next election in 1857, the democrats elected T.J. > > Riley (brother of A.H. Riley) to the senate and J.J. > > McCants (brother of A.J. McCants) to the house, thus > > reversing the politics of the county in two years as > > expressed in the legislative election. > > > > A few of the original houses in the town remain. The > > courthouse still stands, but the interior has been > > somewhat changed. The old wooden jail is gone. I > > ought to remember that building for I spent a night in > > it. A client of our firm (W.R. Lowe by name) was > > ordered by the Judge on an exparte showing to turn over > > to a Receiver certain valuable papers or else go to > > jail. > > > > My partner and I thought it important for our client to > > retain possession of the property; and we advised him > > to go to jail assuring him the judge would turn him out > > as soon as he heard our side of the case, but the judge > > could not hear it under ten days. > > > > Our client finally agreed to go to prison, provided one > > of his lawyers would stay with him at night. It struck > > my youthful mind that it was not right for me to > > prescribe medicine for another which I was unwilling to > > take myself, so I agreed to the terms of my friend, and > > late in the evening I was locked up with him. > > > > Before retiring for the night some of our friends on > > the outside informed us that the sheriff had gone to a > > party some distance in the country, carrying the jail > > keys with him. This news disconcerted my room mate and > > we discussed our situation in case of fire or sickness > > or other emergency. My friend became nervous. What my > > feelings were is none of the business of the reader. > > Suffice it to say that the next morning our client > > surrendered the property and was liberated from prison. > > > > > > Let me add in justification of the opinion and advice > > of Mr. Lowe's counsel that at the end of ten days the > > judge heard our side of the case and promptly > > discharged the Receiver and restored the property to my > > client. > > > > My visit to Butler was exceedingly pleasant. There > > have been many changes for the better - better streets, > > better houses, better stock. The people are friendly > > and hospitable. But I found more familiar names in the > > cemetery than familiar faces on the street. Still > > there were a few left of the friends of my early > > manhood. These met me with a cordial grasp of the > > hand, and (paper torn) from me with a fervent (paper > > torn) bless you." > > > > W.L. Grice > > (paper torn) lle, Ga. > > > > > > NOTES: > > Burial: Houston County > > Evergreen Cemetery > > > > Washington L. Grice > > (b 22 Feb 1832, d 9 Mar 1925). > > CSA. In thee, O Lord, do I > > put my trust. > > > > Martha V. Warren Grice > > (b 18 Jul 1840, d 1 Jan 1926). > > The Lord is my shepherd; I > > shall not want. > > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/houston/cemeteries/evergr.txt > > > > > > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > > Remember to Change your subject line and reply to the list, the > information you offer may break down someone's brickwall > > > > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > Remember to Change your subject line and reply to the list, the information you offer may break down someone's brickwall >

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