Hi JD Boy wouldn't a book like that be wonderful. I have a few families to add. The CGGS and also books by Billy Mills and William Henry are available through the Genealogy society. I am sure information about all of these things is on the Web page. Billy Mills has a book that is on the Houston County Web Page: "Eyewitness Accounts of Houston County, Georgia, 1821-1871". by William A. Mills Of the first and early citizens of the town, whom I remember are: Howell Cobb, Dr. E. T. McGehee, James E. Duncan, Edward Welch, William Wellborn, Johnson Wellborn, Peter V. Guerry, John M. Moore, James M. Kelly, John M. Allen, Charles H. Rice, Asa Royal, Bentley Outlaw, John Chain, Isaiah Chain, Levin F. Chain, Arthur A. Morgan, Michael E. Madden, Dr. Reese, Dr. McKinney, William H. Rudd, Kent, Phineas Oliver, Nathaniel Quick, Joshua Pattishall, Littleton Spivey, and Edwin Monger. I remember also: Esquire Lewis, John J. Owens, David O. Smith, and Richard Smith, who lived on Mossy Creek; Hardy Hargrove, W. P. Bryant, S. S. Bryant, R. W. Baskin, and Isaac C. West, near West's Bridge on the Hayneville road; Joseph Tooke, George Williams, Dr. C. F. Pattillo, Henry Wimberly, William S. Coalson, E. K. Hodges, and Terrell Perry, at Hayneville; John Laidler, Patrick Smith, and David M. Brown, near Hickory Grove; William Brown, S. D. Henderson, and James Fitzgerald, near Henderson; H. B. Hathaway, at old Centreville; Silas Rawls, S. C. Bryant, Thomas Johnson, Rev. Samuel Jenkins, Rev. Benjamin Webb, in the Upper Fourteenth District; James A. Everett, Rev. Enos Young, R. H. Slappey, Allen Wiggins, and Edgeworth, at and near Fort Valley; Carlton Wellborn, Joel Walker, and Feagin, near Wellborn's Mills and Ferry; Dupree, Alexander Smith, Needham Smith, John Tomlinson, Rev. Thomas Speight, William Haddock, Rev. J. A. Roquemore, James A. Bryan, H. L. Dennard, Allen Sutton, Baldwin Higgs, and Benjamin Bryan, between Mossy Creek and the river; Simon Bateman, Cullen Talton, Shadrach Dennard, John Killen, Pifash Jenkins, Neil Smith, James Dean, James H. Killen, and Williamson Crawford, near Perry." Have a look at the Web page and perhaps join the CGGS one night at a meeting and speak to a few people there. I am a member, but I can never make the meetings because I live so far out of town. Good luck with your research, Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: J. N. Dixon <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 8 March 2000 3:45 AM Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Old family book. I know there is a book called Land So Dedicated, but it don't have much on all the old families of this county. Can someone suggest a good book about this area that has a lot of information about the old families and gives names and dates and pictures of them. Is there such a book out there? JD ________________________________________________________________ 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.