This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howell, Arnold Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tc.2ADI/495.1 Message Board Post: I too, have hit a dead-end, I am William Jefferson Howell's granddaughter, in the 1880 census, the family is listed in Pulaski County, Salem District, but the name looks like Horrell, not Howell. Two children are listed, along with 2 or 3 of Sarah Jane's brothers. She petitioned the court for custody of minor children after the death of her father and mother Needham Arnold and I think the mother's name was Mary Woodard. I have nothing more than this and part of this info came from a relative. I think there is no doubt this is the same family listed in the 1880 census, names are the same for family members.

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/Tc.2ADI/533.1 Message Board Post: I think I have the information if you've not found it as of this date. I think the parents were James Griffin RS and Sarah Lodge. I also have names of other parents can't prove it as of this date.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Griffin, Howell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tc.2ADI/795.1 Message Board Post: I would also like to know where I might find this info. Thank you Virginai

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tc.2ADI/802.1 Message Board Post: I do not find this marriage listed in the Irwin County marriage records. June Harper I do have this info on them though. Wiley D. Gray b. Sept. 20, 1921 d. February 20, 1949. died at Ocilla Hospital, Ocilla, Ga. Willie Metts Feb. 7, 1917 died February 27, 1949 Infant Gray male born/ died March 28, 1948 Wiley was a Veteran of WWII. Wounded in the Pacific area where he served two and a half years. He died at Ocilla Hospital after a self inflicted gun shot wound. Mrs. Gray was said to have been very despondent since the death of her husband who died from a self inflicted buttlet wound only a week ago. She died at the Ocilla Hospital after swallowing poison Saturday morning at the home of her brother, Mr. Arthur Metts, Ocilla. June

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tc.2ADI/27.394.1 Message Board Post: I only have this information on your search. Moses Pullen,b. 1740 died 1816 married Ginny Land, b. 1786; d. 1819 on Dec. 12,1813. I only have one child so far; Susan Pullen, b. Dec 6,1816 in Laurens Co. Ga. Died July 21,1896 in Sumter, Ga. She married Seaborn Walters, b. 1805. They had 17 children: Isaac Mitchell,b. 7/6/1847;James Danford, b. 1/10/1846; John Wesley;Joseph Euriah;Joseph Nyrus;Julia Ann;Julian Jackson;Margaret Ann;Martha Ann;Richard Moses;Sarah Ann;Seaborn J.;Simeon Auswell;Thomas Gordon;William Jackson and Frances Ann Elizabeth. Hope this helps. Jeannette

New email address: genegivens@verizon.net Gene Givens Abingdon, MD

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lashley or Lashly Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tc.2ADI/804 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on my grandfather, Jessie Lee Lashley, it could also be spelled, Jesse Lee Lashly. I know he was born in Irwinville in 1914. He married Susie Fountain. His father was William Lashly (Lashley) and his mother was Emma Kennedy. Any information will be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tc.2ADI/797.2 Message Board Post: My grandmother was Roxie Brown (maiden name) Harp. I know that my father talked about a grandmother Susan Wilcox. We we relatives of the Wilcox family of Wilcox County. My father was raised up in Abbeville, GA. Maybe there is a connection?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tc.2ADI/789.4.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mandy, It's so nice to learn more from you about the lake and the pavillion. It was a really wonderful place. I would love to have a copy of your photos of the lake and building. What a memory that will bring back for both my Mother and I. There is one in my own family collection that is of my Mother and I in the water. But it doesn't show anything but us in the water. I must have been about 15 months old at the time. I host an Irwin County webpage and would love to post that photo on the page so others can see what we saw as children. Many thanks for sharing the information with us, Gloria

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tc.2ADI/789.4.1.1 Message Board Post: You are correct. There ws a big wooden pavillian when my grandfather owned the lake. It had a skating rink, bowling alleys, and dance floor. They sold beer, rented out cabins, even rented bathing suits for swimmers. The original building burned. I actually have pictures (somewhere) of the water up to the back steps. Fishing was also popular there back in those days and you could rent boats to fish. Sometime in the early 60's the original spring that fed the lake caved in or something and they began feeding the lake through wells the water was pumped in from the pipes that held the diving boards. (that was when Adcock and Morris owned the lake.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tc.2ADI/789.5 Message Board Post: My Grandfather Leon Lewis and Jehu Fletcher owned Crystal Lake in the 1940's up until 1953 when my grandfather died. At that time, my mother and her sister bought out Jehu Fletcher's part of the Lake. They sold it I believe in 1953 or 54. Adcock and Morris were the last owners, but that is not who my family sold it to. It is my understanding that Adcock and Morris sold out because it became to expensive to insure for liaibility.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tc.2ADI/789.4.1 Message Board Post: Also I forgot to mention that there was a large wooden building that housed dressing rooms, a dance floor, cafe', lunch counter as I recall and had steps that went out to the sandy beach. Thinking back to when I was about four years old and we went there one afternoon, the lake was all the way up to the mid steps, completely covered the sandy beach. Guess there had been some heavy rains during that time. Must have been about 1945/46. Even in the 1960s the beach area was pretty. The sand was a fine sand as I recall. But anyone correct me on this if I am wrong about the fine sand and the details about the snack bar, dance floor, and think there was a duck pin alley? Could be though only Lake Beatrice had the duck pin alley. Anyone else have any memories of Crystal Lake? Gloria

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tc.2ADI/789.4 Message Board Post: I haven't been to Crystal Lake in many years but was told by an Irwin County resident who lives near the lake that it is almost dried up and people do not visit the lake like they once did. When I was a young child my Mother took me there many times and I have photos of she and I in the water. As I recall the water was crystal clear and the lake water was not too cold. Believe it was a spring fed lake and it had a very deep bottom. Some claimed that if you swam across it you would drown and never make it to the other side. There were a lot of old wives tales about the lake. Gloria

Which Gibbs line are you researching? My great grandmother was Nancy Jane Gibbs ,daughter of John A Gibbs and Martha Ann Elizabeth Swain of Irwin/Wilcox counties. John's father was Sampson Gibbs. Dave

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tc.2ADI/789.3 Message Board Post: My family owned it once. I'll send this info to my mom and see if she can tell you anything else.

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/Tc.2ADI/801.1 Message Board Post: My e-mail is working again. I have been having problems with it since March 20, 2005. If anyone has tried to contact me in that time, please try again. Thanks Jack

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/Tc.2ADI/797.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Jack, the only Rowells I know are from South Florida, I went to school with Doyt Rowell ,he died about three years ago. He had a brother named Mark Rowell. I am pretty sure their grandparents came from Georgia and maybe Irwin Co. as my people did and we were related but don't know how. I'm sorry that I cannot help you . Grace

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/Tc.2ADI/803 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on the Scott family of Ocilla, Ga. My great grandmother was Annie Lou Scott, she married Rube Mathis (1873-1960) and they had one child...Johnnie B. Mathis (1915-1964). Johnnie saw his mother for the last time in the late 1920's, the last time he visited her family in Ocilla was in the late 1950's.

Please e-mail me at junefh@access4less.net June

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/Tc.2ADI/797.1.1 Message Board Post: Grace, I'm sorry it took so long for me to get back to you, been having computer, and e-mail issues. The only thing I know for sure, is my Great grandmother's name was Mary Anna Rowell b. abt 1868 in Dooly Co. Ga. She married Jesse Exela (Oliver) Stanley b.1868 in Ga. They were married in Dooly Co., Ga in 1889. Do you have any info on these?? If you do please e-mail my wife at mockyone@charter.net. Jack