This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Flemister, Prothro, Chism Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Dd.2ADE/370.19.486 Message Board Post: Hi Nancy, I would love to chat with you about The Flemister side. I am working on the Fielding Flemister (Martha Prothro) link to father Lewis Flemister (and mother Ellender Chism).
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King, McElhenney, Brown, McElheney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/1442 Message Board Post: Trying to locate any information pertaining to these family in the Jasper area during the 1800's. Ada Ann King, daughter of Andrew S. King & Martha J. Brown, b. 1873. Ada married Robert Vincent McElhenney on Dec 14, 1892 Andrew S. King is either the son of or Grandson of John M. King (whom I believe was a Justice of the Peace in Jasper). The 1850 Census has Andrew, age 5, with John, age 55. Andrew and Martha were married Dec 7, 1866. Martha J. Brown appears to the daughter of William H. Brown and Sarah H. According to the 1860 Census, the Brown's would have arrived in Jasper between 1855-1860 from South Carolina. Robert Vincent McElhenney appears to be on the 1870 census with a McElheney, B age 30 and Mary age 30. This census is the only record I've found where the age and name matchs up. Ada & Robert are my GGrandparents. They both died in Charleston, SC and are buried there at Riverview Memorial. Robert died in 1948 from a long illness and Ada died shortly thereafter in 1950. Family stories tell of Ada being a Native American, they believe it to be Cherokee. I have yet to uncover anything to provide evidence of this story. Any information pertaining to these people or families would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! And best of luck in your Genealogy research!
Chattahoochee-Jasper-Fayette County GaArchives Biographies.....Bagley, William before 1810 - before 1933 ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 4, 2004, 10:26 am Author: N. K. Rogers WILLIAM BAGLEY William Bagley was one of the five commissioners appointed by Gov. H. V. Johnson, in 1854, to direct the initial efforts of the new county of Chattahoochee to function as a political unit of the State. William Bagley's father, Moor Bagley, is said to have been the first white man to come through King's Gap on the Indian trail above Hamilton, Ga, He stayed a few years in Harris County, then came into Muscogee where the first record of land bought by him is dated Dec. 24, 1836, (lot No. 253, in 9th district). He was a cooper by trade, made buckets, piggins, tubs, etc. As he followed the Indians, he had many dramatic experiences. Col. J. E. D. Shipp as a boy heard Mr. Moor Bagley, who lived to be quite aged, say that there were few stores in Columbus during his early residence in Muscogee County and when great numbers of Indians would come there to buy goods no one else could get any because the merchants would sell to the Indians at such tremendous profits that they would not pay any attention to people who knew how to trade, until after the Indians left. Moor Bagley used also to tell this tale: There was a girl in Columbus who drew pictures and she made one of the Chief's daughter, a good looking Indian maiden, which was a pencil sketch colored up a little. This Indian chief came in one day, said his daughter was dead and he would like to have that picture. The artist would have sold it for $10.00, but the chief said he would give her ten fine horses and a wigwam for it. Mr. Bagley said he could hire an Indian to work on his farm all day for ten ears of corn. When the Creek Indians began war after the last cession of their lands in Georgia, his son, William Bagley, subject of this sketch, served as a corporal in Captain Games' Mounted Company, 66th Regiment Georgia Militia, having enlisted May 22, 1836, at Columbus, Ga. Moor Bagley married Jane Graves in old Randolph, later Jasper County, where William Bagley was born. From Jasper County Moor Bagley was drawn for service in War of 1812. The records in Washington show that Moor Bagley served as a corporal in Capt. Samuel Lane's Company of Riflemen, 4th Regiment (Jones') Georgia Militia from November 21, 1814 to May 6, 1815. Dr. Geo. Wallis says Moor Bagley was drawn twice, first from Jasper Countyduring his absence his wife and children (including Wm. Bagley) came to her father's (John Graves') in Fayette County. When he returned, he was drawn again for six months from Fayette County. Moor Bagley paid tax in Fayette County in 1822, and for several succeeding years. His children were all married in Muscogee County. He married a second time, after Chattahoochee County was formed, when he was living near Gobler's Hill. Mr. J. K. Chapman, Sr., recalls going to the home of his great-grandfather, a few miles from that of his grandfather, Wm. Bagley. He says the second Mrs. Moor Bagley was a scrupulously nice housekeeper, who practiced a custom peculiar to the Japanesethere was an entry for changing shoes and boots worn outside for those kept for indoor wear. Several of Mr. Moor Bagley's children moved to Alabama and Texas, but William Bagley remained in Chattahoochee County, where he and his wife, Joannah Jones Bagley, reared a large family of sons and daughters. William had been a pioneer in Columbus, for he helped clear the land where Broad Street is now located, and dug the first well in Columbus at the northwest corner of Twelfth Street and Fourth Avenue. Two or three years later he moved into this part of then Muscogee County, where he spent the remainder of his life. After helping to build up this part of the state he saw it again devastated by war. And all his sons enlisted in this war, one of them, James Madison Bagley, being killed at the battle of Gettysburg. He himself gave service when the older men were enrolled into the militia during last months of the Civil War. One of his sons, B. F. (Doc) Bagley, made repeated efforts before he was accepted, being young and small of stature. It is said he and his equipment weighed less than one hundred pounds when he departed for army life. During reconstruction days, the people recognizing Mr. Wm. Bagley's ability elected him with D. H. Burts to represent Chattahoochee in the Constitutional Convention at Milledgeville called by Provisional Governor James Johnson in October 1865. He was Judge of the Inferior Court in 1867-68, when this court was abolished. His services were in constant demand as administrator of various estates of his relatives and friends. Finally through removals and death, there was only one of the sons living in this county, B. F. (Doc) Bagley, who served the County as representative, sheriff and tax receiver, for several terms of his service as tax receiver, he was assisted by his daughter, Miss Mattie Kate Bagley, then a schoolgirl who has since become a successful young business woman in Columbus, Ga., and is now Vice President Georgia Division American Legion Auxilary. Wm. Bagley's vigorous mentality and superior ability are characteristic of many of his descendants. Col. J. E. D. Shipp, who was his legal adviser during the latter years of his life, says a more honorable, upright man than Mr. Wm. Bagley never lived. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs533bagley.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.2 Kb
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/Dd.2ADE/624.752.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I gave you wrong information about Stokely Morgan's death. Of course if his estate was being sold in 1834 he must have died before than. Sorry about that. However that is as close as I can get. Harry Wilson
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morgan, Wilson, Lambert, Palmer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/624.752.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't have any pictures of this family, nor do I have a death date for Sarah. She was 80 years old in the 1850 census in Carroll Co., GA, living with her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Harvy Palmer (Palmore), and 90 in the 1860 census of Tishmingo Co., MS. I don't find her in the 1870 census and assume she died in Mississippi, though I don't find the Wilsons in Mississippi either -and the Burks family is in Kentucky. I've searched the Tishmingo Rootsweb site, but have found no information. I think early on in the 1860's the Union Army was very active in that part of Mississippi, so I don't know how good the records might be there for that period of time. Pat Ruiz
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/Dd.2ADE/624.752.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you have any photos of this family? Do you know when Sarah was born and when she died?
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morgan, Wilson, Lambert Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/624.752.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm a descendant of Stokely Morgan's sister, Sarah Hester Morgan. I am trying to fill out the family as many times one can gather more information by researching the whole family. It seems possible, certainly, that Sarah's daughter, Catherine Lambert, married one of your Wilson family as she was married in Jasper Co., GA 1824 to William Wilson.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Morgan, Flemister, Dismukes, Tuggle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/624.752.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have that Stokely died April 14, 1841. Why are you researching the Stokely Morgan family? Are you a descendant of his? Another of my great great grandfather's was Joseph Wilson. He died in 1822. He lived in Jasper County, Georgia also. He married Sally Pennington in 1798 on July 4. He had a brother William Wilson. I do not have any information about him at all.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morgan, Wilson, Lambert Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/624.752.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the help... I assume that Stokely died before 1835. Do you have a date of death? I don't have a birth date or death date for Polly Evans. I am also wondering about the Wilson family. I have a Catherine Lambert, daughter of William Lambert and Sarah Hester Morgan (a daughter of Luke John Morgan and Mary Echoles(sp)) who married Joseph Wilson May 13, 1824 in Jasper Co., Georgia. Do you know anything about them. In 1860 Sarah (Morgan) Lambert is in the household of William and Margaret Wilson in Tishomingo Co., MS. I'm not sure to whom William belongs as he appears to have been born bef. 1824, but I thought he must be related somehow. My gr-gr grandmother, Larva Anna (Palmer) Burks is next door.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Morgan, Flemister Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/624.752.1.1.1 Message Board Post: According to the information that I have Stokely Morgan is the son of Luke John Morgan and Mary Eccles. He was my Great, Great Grandfather. He was born Sept. 6, 1775. They also had two other son's named William Morgan, born Jan. 7, 1766 and Luke John Morgan, born Dec. 1777. Stokely Morgan and Mary Polly Evans had 9 children. Hanna Louise Morgan, William Louis Morgan, William Joseph Morgan, Elizabeth Jane Morgan, Luke John Morgan, Henry James Morgan, Sarah Frances Morgan, Mary Ann Morgan, and Asa H. Morgan. I have an original document that tells what was done with his estate. His wife Mary remarried John Price and my Great Grandfather, Abel Pennington Wilson became the guardian of Asa H. Morgan. I have many old papers pertaining to Abel P. Wilson. This document: Stokely Morgan estate to John Price – Sale of a lot land January 6, 1835 in Muscogee County to D Hull; No. 155 Jasper County to J.L. Post ; lot in Jasper County to Sutterwhite; 102 acres to J Lenerett! Ingles; lot no. 168 in Jasper County to J. Price Junior, 150 acres to C. Driskell; lot in Dekalb County; 268 acres to J. Price, January 1, 1836. 1835 William J. Morgan estate, Negroes sold, land sold to J. Price. Mentioned are David Berry, J.L. Calhoun, William L. Morgan, Joseph Morgan, Jane Morgan, E.L. Morgan, H.H. Doss, and slaves Logan, Hepsey & child. I have over 2000 scans of old papers that pertain primarily to this family.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Dd.2ADE/1441 Message Board Post: Can anyone tell me where Mechanicsville is located in Jasper County, Georgia?
Jasper County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thompson, Mr. W. February 25 1899 ************************************************ 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: Phyllis Thompson http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002524 October 30, 2004, 4:55 pm The Georgia Enterprise, March 3, 1899 Over in Jasper County, last Saturday, Mr. W. Thompson, Sr., and two of his sons died on the same day. They had been sick for several weeks with pneumonia, and all died in less than six hours. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/jasper/obits/t/gob1943thompson.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
Muscogee-Jasper County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jeffries, William Robert (W. R.) December 3 1899 ************************************************ 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: Anne Brown annebrown44@hotmail.com October 30, 2004, 8:42 am Columbus Enquire Sun - 5 Dec. 1899 Mr. W. B. JEFFRIES Dead. (This should read W. R. Jeffries) The obit stated: Mr. W. B. (sic) JEFFRIES, fifty-one years of age, died at his home on Northwest street at 11 o'clock Sunday evening, after a long illness of eight months of Typhoid fever. He is survived by his wife and five children, Messrs. Swep, Arthur, and John, and Misses Laura and Willie JEFFRIES, all of this city. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. J. W. SIMMONS, and took place from the house at 2 o'clock yesterday. The interment being at Clapp's Factory. Additional Comments: W. R. JEFFRIES, is William Robert JEFFRIES, son of Bolin S. JEFFRIES and Rebecca TUGGLE. He was married first, Margaret KENNINGTON. They had one son, John Swept JEFFRIES. He married second, Ella MC CRACKEN. W. R. was born, 1848, in Jasper County, GA. His death date of, 3 Dec. 1899, is listed in the Jeffries Family Bible. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/j/gob1936jeffries.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morgan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/624.752.1.1 Message Board Post: I am researching the family of Luke John Morgan and Mary Echols. Do you know if this Stokely Morgan is their son and, if so, did he and Mary "Polly" Evans have any more children?
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/1440 Message Board Post: Solomon Ray died in 1813 in jasper co Ga. Would anyone have a source that might tell when he died and how he died? Also, his father was named George Ray who I believe died in the 1820 probaly in Jasper co Ga. If anyone has a source that would show when George Ray died? Thanks
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ray, Echols Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/438.473.705 Message Board Post: Solomon Ray married Jane Echols in 1796 in Wilkes co Ga. I am trying to find who her parents were. Solomon Ray was the son of George Ray who purchased land in Wilkes co Ga about 1788. There were many Echols living in Wilkes co Ga in the 1780's. Solomon Ray and Jane Echols Ray went to Jackson co Ga in the late 1790's and when Clarke co Ga was formed in 1801 thier land was in Clarke co Ga. They were surrounded by Echols there also. Solomon Ray died in 1813 in Probaly Jasper co Ga but maybe Clarke co Ga. Jane Echols Ray lived in Jasper co Ga after Solomon Ray died. She was surrounded by Echols in Jasper co Ga also. Solomon Ray sured Richard Dicken in 1806 in Clarke co Ga. I do not know why he sued him. Have you seen the name Solomon Ray or Jane Echols in your research? I am trying to find who her parent swere. Thanks
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ray,Echols Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/438.473.704.1 Message Board Post: Solomon Ray married Jane Echols in 1796 in Wilkes co Ga. He was the son of George Ray. They went to Jackson co Ga in the late 1790's and when Clarke co Ga was formed in 1801 their land was in Clarke co Ga. Solomon Ray owned land in Jasper co Ga. He died in 1813 probaly in Jasper co Ga but possibly clarke co Ga. I am trying to find who Jane Echols's parent swere. Solomon Ray sued Richard Dicken in 1806 in Clarke co Ga. I do not know why he sured him. Have you seen the name Solomon Ray or Jane Echols in your research? Jane Echols Ray lived in Jasper co Ga after Solomon Ray died in 1813. She was surrounded by Echols. She was surrounded by Echols in Clarke co Ga and in Wilkes co Ga. Would you know who her parents were? Thanks,Ross
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: collinsworth,brawner,mundy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Dd.2ADE/1439 Message Board Post: looking for info on mary collinsworth who married william h brawner. they had a son henry b(1880-1885) in virgina. he had 11-12 siblings, some of which are pauline,maude,julia. julia married a russell munday lived in washington,dc according to henry's death cert.- who had a daughter julia who might have married william williams. she would be about 62 now (2004). henry d was my grandfather, married to louisa goepfert and had daughter pauline hilda brawner, my mother, now 83, born 1919 in bucks county,pa. i need help with this line. thanks,june
I felt like I had to share this article with some of the other lists in case they had some relatives in this cemetery. I certainly hope they find the culprits. Jane Foley Hi folks...... > I was sent this article, and it broke my heart.....I wanted to share with you all in case you have family there....it is in NC, but our lines usually reach there somehow...... > I for one, will be having a serious conversation with my children on the sanctity of a cemetery....... > Paulette. > > Wilmington Star-News > Wilmington North Carolina > October 11, 2004 > > By Cheryl Welch > Staff Writer > cheryl.welch@starnewsonline.com > > Stark white, jagged pieces of granite and marble littered the tree- lined lanes. > Decapitated angel statues rested in azalea bushes. Two dozen Ice House beer cans > lay crumpled on the grass. > > It was this scene that met Oakdale Cemetery Superintendent Eric Kozen as he > arrived Sunday morning at the cemetery's ornate iron gates. > > "It was very, very, very heartbreaking for me today," Mr. Kozen said later in > the afternoon. "This is just devastating ...." > > Described as the worst vandalism in Wilmington's Oakdale Cemetery history, he > estimated 75 to 100 headstones were toppled or smashed sometime in the wee hours > of Sunday morning. The gates were closed and locked at 5 p.m. Saturday, he said, > but the vandals must have scaled the fence. > > The damage was scattered throughout the cemetery, with the heaviest > toll in the oldest section. > > "It's like leaving bread crumbs," Mr. Kozen said, describing the path taken by > the vandals - a group he estimated was five to 10 people strong. "They leave a > trail of damage going through the cemetery." > > The majority of the desecrated graves were those who were buried in the mid- to > late-1800s and are among the earliest residents of the peaceful city of the dead > called Oakdale Cemetery. > > Garden-like lanes lace through the cemetery's 165 acres, home to more than > 26,000 people since its first burial in 1855. Considered a historic landmark by > locals, Oakdale Cemetery has been the final resting place for many of > Wilmington's distinguished citizens including Edward B. Dudley, the first > elected governor of North Carolina, and Henry Bacon Jr., architect of the > Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. > > The graves desecrated include those of: Civil War Col. Champ T.N. Davis who > fought and died in the Battle of Seven Pines, Va. in 1862; MaryAnne Murphy who > lived through epidemics and the turmoil of Civil War occupation to die at the > age of 77 in 1889; and little > > Henrietta "Etta" Murphy who died in 1858 at the age of one year and two months. > > Names, dates and scripture etched on the front of graves tell the story of those > who reside in the cool soil beneath dozens of toppled monuments. Some of the > gravestones hit in the rash of overnight vandalism can't be read due to more > than a century of braving the elements. > > "Oakdale Cemetery is truly an outdoor living museum of Wilmington history," Mr. > Kozen said. "They destroyed a good part of history." Wilmington police are > investigating the incident and ask anyone with information to come forward. > > "It looks like a bunch of kids or somebody went out there and had a party and > got carried away tearing up tombstones," Lt. B.L. Maultsby said. "It seems to > get a little worse this time of year." > > He said the culprits face felony charges. > > Mr. Kozen said security at the cemetery will be increased significantly to > prevent this from happening again. > > Margaret McCall, 89, said she believes whoever is responsible for the damage > should be horsewhipped. > > "I'm horrified," she said while visiting the unharmed graves of family members > dating back four generations. "Lord have mercy. This is a sacred place." > > Her daughter, Marion Danforth, said it was family tradition to spend days at the > cemetery, picnicking beneath the towering oaks and tending the graves of friends > and family. > > "It's painful," she said, her gaze sweeping across the toppled monuments. "It's > such a disrespectful act. It's not something you can quite restore." > > Due to the age of most of the stones affected, Mr. Kozen doubts he'll be able to > locate family members to repair their elders' monuments. > > In May, 18 gravesites in the older section of the cemetery were vandalized in a > similar fashion and he could locate only two of the families. > > "It really falls upon the family," he said. "The stones are not part of our > responsibility but we do take it upon ourselves to do what we need to do." > > Police estimate the damage at $50,000 but Mr. Kozen said it's hard to put a > price on irreplaceable statues and monuments purchased in memory of loved ones. > > He is asking the community to pull together and give the non-profit cemetery a > helping hand to repair what has been destroyed. > > Cheryl Welch: (910) 343-2315 > cheryl.welch@starnewsonline.com > Contributions may be mailed to the Oakdale Cemetery Company at 520 North 15th > Street, Wilmington NC 28401. For further details, please contact cemetery > superintendent Eric Kozen at (910) 762-5682. >
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/Dd.2ADE/1438 Message Board Post: Does any one know where Elijah Wyatt might have came from , he was a member of Concord Primitive Baptist in 1816.Where did most of the members come from.