Mary Carter Editor GARRETT,John w/s 25 Feb.1811 p/ 16 May 1811 wife Elizabeth children Robert Jacob Nancy ma_____Ledlow To; Francis Barnes-relationship not stated exr_____ wit; Alsey Sanders, William Binion Sr. .......................... GEORGE,William R. w/s 13 May 1858 p/ 4 Oct. 1858 children Mary Caroline ma Richard Rabun Sarah Bell m/1 Moses R.Draper 6 Aug.1844 m/2 John W.I. Taylor 8 July 1857 G-son; William Baker Rabun,son of Mary Caroline and Richard Rabun exrs; Richard W.Bonner, Isaac Hardeman wit; Richard H.Hutchings, Robert H.Barron, Aurelius W. Gibson, Abner H. Bowen ........................... GIBSON.Frances w/s 23 Aug. 1843 p/ 5 Feb. 1855 children Wiley J. ma Sarah Bennett 16 Nov. 1819 Taylor F. ma Sarah Chiles Nancy T. ma Horatio Whitfield 18 Dec. 1823 G-ch; John H. Wiley J, Josephine Gibson Friend;Ann Lesly exr. son Taylor F. Gibson wit.Robert V. Hardeman, Asbury Kingman, S.Tippit G-son; Abner F.Gibson;named in codicil dtd 18 july 1846 ................................ GIBSON,Sarah w/s 6 June 1864 p/ 9 Jan 1867 children Samuel L.Chiles John R.Chiles Joseph Chiles Mar S.Chiles exrs; son Samuel L., Richard A. Hutchings wit; James G.Barnes, Q.A.Juhan, Richard W. Vonner ............................... GODARD,Ardeca w/s 15 Nov. 1868 p/ 7 Sept 1874 sons James Daniel Joel F. exr; James D. Godard wit. Henry Roberts,James H. and Henry J. Finney NOTE; Ardecy Callaway ma. James Godard 5 Han. 1826 ......................... GODARD,Simon w/s 2 Aug.1842 p/ 7 July 1851 wife,Frances Mentioned children,not named exr. Bro. James Godard wit; Cary Davison, Samuel Slade, W.D. Ethridge ........................... GOODWIN,Shadrack (RS-GA) w/s 11 Nov. 1828 p/ 4 July 1831 children James C. Jesse A. Gideon Ruffin Mary ma_______Calhoun Son-in-law; Williams Barnes (ma Maza Goodwin 13 Mar.1817) G-sons; Hardy, Jno,and William Oliver exrs; sons, James C.,Gideon wit; Edwin Bowen, William Sturdivant, Sterling Capell .............................. GORDON,Govin w/s 16 July 1814 p/ 14 Dec. 1815 wife;Rohar children James George Awtrey (son)*** Rebecca m._______Noland Violet m._______ Chandler Hannah m.John Dumas 24 Nov. 1835 Ruthey m.______Gary exrs; sons, Andrew*** and James wit.Jno.Dumas, Jesse Chandler ...................... to be con't

Hi List, I am interested in finding a file containing customers of Peck Store, I believe located in Marion, Twiggs or Jones Co. I believe my ancestors who lived in both Jones and Twiggs Counties back in c1812-1820s might have had an account there. I have heard that the LDS church had such a file. Or maybe it is in one of the local libraries or Historical Societies. If anyone has access to such a file, could you look up any Thames/Tims, Snowden, Wells who had accounts there? Thanks paul thames

Mary Carter Editor FITZJARRELL,Blake w/s 13 Feb.1850 p/ 14 Jan.1856 wife Zilpha children John Thomas Missouri Anne ma Thomas Johnson 27 Dec. 1842 Polly ma Michael S.Childs Nancy ma Daniel Leslie 28 Nov. 1837 Elizabeth L. ma John Bohannon 17 Jan. 1817 Lavinia,dec'd exrs; son John, Daniel Leslie wit; Robert V.Hardeman, Alexander Judan, F.S.Johnson ........................ FLEWELLEN,William w/s 20 Aug. 1833 p/23 Oct. 1835 wife Mary children William W. James T. Martha Ann Julia Frances Gdns and exrs, Bro.Arthur H.Flewellen, James Thweatt wit; Robert V.Hardeman, E.T.Taylor, T.H.Bray .......................... FRANKS,Wiley w/s 15 Nov. 1865 p/1 Oct.1866 "to children" names only Susan ma; James g. Barnes 16 may 1843 exrs; R.T.Ross, son-in-law Benjamin T. Finney ma Jane Franks 14 Jan. 1841 wit, R.H.Hutchings, Herndon Patterson, Samuel H.Griswold .......................... FRYER,Richard w/s 3 Feb.1821 p 2 mar 1821 wife Rachel children Jonathan David Nelly Mary Fanny exrs; wife and son Jonathan wit. Miles Rainwater, William Young, William Casey .................................. GAFFORD,Stephen Sr w/s 28 Nov. 1822 p/ 4 Feb. 1823 wife,Martha "to children and g-children" does not name all of them. Grant gdns: Daniel Gafford of Ala. for James and David Peter Northern for Stephen and Josiah Gafford erxs; Son Zachariah Gafford, Abner Davis, Dempsey Justice Wit; Thomas Turner,Levi Turner, Jno.McMachin ........................ to be con't

Hello, Jonesies! Several community histories from this county have been shared with us by some very helpful people, folks. But, we need to hear about a very special place in this area...its history and current status... Are there any resident listers who are willing to share what they know about BROWN'S CROSSING? Jennifer Sherwood Braswell [email protected]

I have a bible record that my g.g. grandfather, Abraham K. Allison, was born on Falling Creek, Jones County Ga., on DEC 10, 1810. His father was listed as Capt. James Allison. I have recently learned that there is an Allisons Creek that runs into Falling Creek and an Allisons Lake on Allisons Creek. These are in the North west corner of Jones County that is now the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuse area that I found out was taken as a park in 1937 or 1938. If any one has additional information on the history of this area in the 1807 - 1810 time period, I would appreciate it. So far the census and tax info that has been posted does not list the Allisons. My additional searches into other Counties for them has not shown up anything. I'm at a wall at this point. Any help would be appreciated . Thanks, Joe [email protected]

First, let me apologize to anyone who may have been affected/infected by a email post of mine. When I first realized what was happening I had to email everyone in my address book because I wasn't sure if the virus/worm had compromised my address book or not. Second, this is a really new one folks. Neither McAfee nor Norton recognized it at first. I had to go to a third virus scan to find it. Once I found it I was able to back track it using Symantec's website. As a matter of fact, it wasn't originally detected by the antivirus companies until 1-13-2000. What was happening...in case you are having the same problem...was that all my incoming mail was immediately being forwarded to my outbox and being returned to its sender...only now with my name on it...with an attachment. It went something like this: "Sorry that I can't respond immediately, but please check out this attachment and tell me what you think." As you can see, even if you knew the sender it was disguised so well that you might not suspect until it was too late that it could be a worm. Here is the website that will tell you more about it: www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.plage.worm.html The worm sets itself up in a file in windows called intend.exe So far I haven't found anything that will clean it up....so I performed radical surgery and just deleted the application. It hasn't affected the performance of my computer; however, the worm also altered my .ini file and now I have to figure out how to get it back the way it belongs. If anyone has any ideas .... please help. Again, I really am sorry if this has caused anyone any grief. I ought to know better, but I knew who the original sender was and didn't even think that it could be a worm/Trojan. If attachments are still going out on my emails, please let me know! Kathy in FL [email protected]

I sort of did a quick run-about this afternoon, doing some checking on the surrounding counties of Jones in Hancock, Baldwin, Butts, and Putnam. If there are no objections to me posting the surnames found in those counties, I will try to do that later on in order that those of you on the mailing list can determine if your ancestor might have migrated into one of these 4. For some reason, Jasper, Newton and Henry was not listed on the CD. Eventually, I will try to broaden out a little for I know I had ancestors in Greene and Morgan counties. I did notice some of the same surnames that your requests asked for in the past few days so perhaps they might be found yet. Some of you asked for information regarding the CD I am using so will post that data here for all to see. I do not know how to order the CD or the cost since it was passed on to me from an older cousin who decided he no longer had the time to pursue his genealogical work. I decided against posting anything, per se, since it is copyrighted material but will continue to honor all requests that I receive as time permits. One thing is certain.....this is certainly one of the nicest groups of people I have encountered in my searches. ABSTRACTS OF GEORGIA WILLS by Jeannette Holland Austin 175 Thornton Drive Fayetteville, GA 30214 copyrighted 1998 Jane

I am so sorry to have to be writing this. Sometime between midnight last night and 5 pm today, I apparently got infected with some kind of worm/virus. DO NOT open any attachments that you may have received from me. I'm not sending them. As my mail comes in it is automatically being diverted to my outbox and sent back out to whoever sent it to me in the first place. I'm not allowing this to happen and I can't figure out how to stop it. If anyone has heard of this particular worm/virus and knows how to stop it....PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP!!! I apologize if this has caused anyone any problems. I can't find any new .exe files on my hard drive and I am searching all the files that were modified within the last 24 hours. Any of you computer brains out there have any ideas...besides blowing up my hard drive....I'd really appreciate it!!! Kathy in FL [email protected]

Can anyone help this Bivins researcher? >Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 09:25:05 -0700 >From: Tom & Mary Jean Bivins <[email protected]> > >Hello Virginia! I'm a BIVINS (the in-law!), living in eastern Montana! I >was happy to see something in your Emails re: BIVINS in Haddock! Some of >my late father-in-law's family , Howard BIVINS, lived near/in/on ? the >old place in Haddock according to the info I've received from Lucius >Bivins in Tallahassee! If there would be any more history re: BIVINS in >Haddock as far as their business, plantation, etc. I'd be so happy to >receive the information! Do let me know what the charges would be for >copies, if anything, and I'll be more than happy to pay! Thanks! :) Have >a great Sunday! > >Sincerely, >Mary Jean Bivins >Miles City, MT Virginia

We've often talked about how our families moved to various locations.....NOW there is a place for everyone to submit these migrations! The Migrations project at http://www.migrations.org I just briefly visited it and wanted you to urge you to get your materials together and post on the site. Visit the "post data" site and look around to see what you need. Basically it is this: 1)Name 2)Year born 3)Year died **can leave these blank or estimate 4)Where born Town/county State Then you get to the migration part. You've already listed the place of birth.... 5)so the next step is the 1st move the family made. (Instructions are very clear... so take a few minutes to read them carefully) 6)Additional information You can add some special notes if you know other members of the family that moved at the same time. Since there are lots of spaces, you can provide all the movement for that individual until he dies. Then start out with another individual and move that family. It should be lots of fun! On the front page, you can click on the State, i.e. Georgia....but the Georgia page isn't on-line yet. When it does come on, then you'll see in alphabetical order all those who have posted. In the meantime, you can post your materials from the FRONT page, and then when the Georgia page is on-line, all of it will appear. It should be interesting to do "searches" to see other families that came to the same area at the same time from the same place!! Our county pages will be able to link , but just thought you might beinterested in taking a look at this in the meantime! Go get your dates, and names together....and start posting. If you have ANY questions, just ask. I know lots of you haven't posted much before, but it really isn't that difficult. It's like anything.....very confusing the first time you post something on-line, but then it gets easy.... Virginia

Hi Jane, Thank you so much for the service you anr rendering to us all! I need information on Usssery(Ursery, Usery) Moore"s family. I know he had a brother named Simpson Moore. Anything will be helpful. I would also like information on the CD that you have on Jones Co. Thanks again. Sue Moore

I have answered quite a number of request on the abstracts and hope that I have not overlooked anyone. If so, please let me know for I did not intentionally overlook anyone. Perhaps someone might be able to help me with the following Will Abstract. I have been searching everywhere for an Elizabeth ADAMS that had the given names Kinion, Benjamin, and Jesse in the family. I believe that family to also have originated possibly from Pitts County, NC. Could this family possibly be connected to my Elizabeth Adams? Anyone connected to this family that might know who Elizabeth's husband and children were? JAMES BELL of Pitts County, NC 9/6/1817 : 5/25/1822 Bros: William, John, Kinchen, Benjamin Sisters: Elizabeth ADAMS, Tabitha Albritton Niece: Lydia Albritton Exr: Benjamin Bell Jane

Copied with permission from �History of Jones Co., GA,� by Carolyn White Williams HADDOCK Haddock is located in the eastern part of the County on the Dixie Hwy and the Georgia RR in Pope�s district, 358 military district. The RR was one of the first in the county being built in 1871. Convicts were used for labor. The highway was paved in 1928. The town is built in a valley with the historical old Bowen home on one hill and the Haddock Junior High School on the other. Haddock takes its name from Caswell HADDOCK and his wife Milbry Barnes HADDOCK, the earliest settlers in this section and it was from a part of their plantation that Haddock was built. Milbry J. BARNES a daughter of James BARNES, was married to Caswell HADDOCK Jan. 13, 1835 by Nathan PASMORE, JP. Prior to her marriage Milbry lived with her parents on their plantation near Bradley. After her marriage to Caswell HADDOCK, the couple moved to this plantation also owned by her father. This plantation contained 1,350 acres of land. With her to her new home she brought a number of slaves also given to her by her father. At his death Mar. 10, 1859, James BARNES deeded this plantation to Milbry Barnes HADDOCK and her children. Caswell and Milbry HADDOCK reared a large family. Their children were Jimmie (killed in the Battle of Bull Run), Victoria, Rebecca, Bluford, Jeannie, Thomas, Joseph, Ella, Christiana and William. Sherman passed through this plantation on his march from Atlanta to the sea, burning the warehouse where several years cotton crops were stored, killing livestock and plundering as he went. His army made its headquarters at the Bowen home about a mile away. After the building of the Georgia RR, Samuel ANCHORS and his family moved to Haddock, then only a flag station. John D. ANCHORS, a son, started out west and stopping to tell his parents good-bye, met and fell in love with Christiana HADDOCK, daughter of Caswell and Milbry. The plans for the trip west were abandoned and John D. ANCHORS and Christiana HADDOCK were married. They built their home near the RR, this was really the first house ever built in the present site of Haddock. This house was build about 1872. At the death of Milbry Barnes HADDOCK in 1885, the estate was divided among her children. At this time ten acres were sold at public auction, divided into lots for a section of the town of Haddock. This section was laid off in blocks and the streets names. The first store in Haddock was built by GOLDSTEIN, this was followed closely by a grocery store owned by Caswell HADDOCK. Other early merchants were George WALKER, John D. ANCHORS, and Richard BULLINGTON. In 1882 Henry J. FINNEY moved to Haddock and was joined by his brother James T. FINNEY in 1884 when they jointly opened a mercantile business. The first schoolhouse built in Haddock was built by John D. ANCHORS in 1884 as a semi-private school. The school was a one-room frame building, taught by Sue NORMAN whose salary was paid by John D. ANCHORS and Henry NEWSOME. Other children in this section were given the advantage of an early education. As years passed and more families moved to Haddock, this school no longer met the requirements and so in 1892 the Jones County Board of Education purchased a plot of land from Susie PHILLIPS, daughter of Ella HADDOCK and a larger school was built. John D. ANCHORS and J.T. FINNEY were the first trustees of this school. In time this school also proved insufficient and in 1908 David d. BATCHELOR gave one and one-half acres of land and a brick building was erected. Trustees at this time were E. W. COLEMAN, C.W. MIDDLEBROOKS, and C.H. KELLER. This building was used until 1934 when the county with the aid of the Federal Government built a model Junior High School which the citizens of Haddock prize highly. The first cotton gin in Haddock was owned and operated by Robert COOX, this was a traveling gin. When all the cotton in one section was ginned, he would take his gin apart, pack and move on to the next community. Thus he made his annual visit to each section. The first gristmill in Haddock was owned by John DUPREE. Cy BROWN (a negro) ran the first blacksmith shop. The Blount home so called for Colonel James H. BLOUNT who last made his home there is located about a mile from haddock. This is one of the oldest homes in the vicinity of Haddock and still retains much of its charm and dignity, the architectural plan is of colonial type and especially beautiful is the old winding staircase in the front hall. This home was built for General GORDON by Daniel PRATT. General GORDON sold this home to Thomas O. BOWEN of Clinton. Thom. BOWEN and his wife who was a BLOUNT of Clinton, made their home here. In November 1864, Sherman made his headquarters here with this family. Mrs. Sally MATHIS, one of our oldest citizens was then little Sally BOWEN of about five years of age. Mrs. BOWEN had two brothers who were outstanding citizens. James H. BLOUNT who was for 25 years Congressman from this district and Dr. Horatio BOWEN of Clinton. This home after many years was sold to Colonel James H. BLOUNT later owned by his daughter Mrs. Walter D. LAMAR of Macon. Other early settlers in Haddock were the LESTERS, BONNERS, GODARDS, CHAMBERS, MIDDLEBROOKS, PITTS, MORRIS, PHILLIPS, HUFFS, CALIFFS, BIVINS, ANDREWS, CLARKS, MERCERS, SPEIGHTS, FINNEYS and PURSLEYS. At first there were no churches in Haddock. The Methodists attended at Fortville and the Baptists at Blountsville. In 1900 the Fortville Methodist Church was moved to Haddock. For several years the Methodists and Baptists held services in this church, some Baptist services were also held in the K. P. Hall. In 1912 the present Baptist church was built. This is of wooden structure and painted white. In 1913 the present Methodist church was built. This church is built of brick and is much superior to the first building. The building committee were: J.T. FINNEY, J.A. PITTS, S.H. HADDOCK, T.R. TURNER, and J.A. MIDDLEBROOKS. Augustus ERNEST was pastor at this time. The first peach orchard in Haddock was set out by John D. ANCHORS in 1903. A few years later J.T. FINNEY set out an orchard. Around 1905 the town was incorporated. Henry T. FINNEY was the first mayor. The aldermen were: John D. ANCHORS, S. H. HADDOCK, T.R. TURNER and C.W. MIDDLEBROOKS. Charlie ROBERTS was the first town marshall. Haddock is not incorporated today. In 1910 ROSS built the first telephone exchange. Daniel HADDOCK succeeded him in this business. Today his niece Ellen BONNER is the owner. Haddock has always received excellent service from this company (now a part of county system owned by Ralph LINEBERGER). In 1912 a part of the business section of Haddock was destroyed by fire. The buildings lost at this time were stores owned by H.J. and J.T. FINNEY, S.H. HADDOCK, H.C. PEARSON and J.N. HOLLOWAY, R.H. KINGMAN and R.B. BONNER�S Market. This same year saw the enlargement of the residential section. A part of Christiana Haddock ANCHORS estate was bought by C.W. MIDDLEBROOKS, divided into lots and sold at public auction. In May 1936 the Georgia Power Company extended the power line from Gray to Haddock. Today Haddock is a thriving little town of about 500 inhabitants. (1957). The business section is composed of three general merchandise stores owned and operated by J.A. and J.D. MIDDLEBROOKS, J.A. PURSLEY and C.W. FINNEY; a garage owned by J. V. MERCER; Post Office, Ga. Depot, Haddock Gin Co. and Jones County Bank. The Jones County Bank is the oldest bank in the County, G.A. SMITH is present and the Cherokee Products Co. owned by Logan, Albert, Ernest and Mrs. BLOODWORTH, is located northeast of Haddock. Tarver Smith Lumber Company, is another industry in Haddock. Virginia

This is a very timely story...since we were just talking about the Battle of Griswoldville.. Copied with permission from �History of Jones Co., GA,� by Carolyn White Williams GRISWOLDVILLE Griswoldville located in southern Roberts District, 304 Militia District on the Central of GA RR near Twiggs County line was named for Samuel Griswold. He came from Burlington, Conn. About 1818. He first lived in Clinton where he had an iron foundry and manufactured cotton gins, but the business grew to such proportions that he decided to move his factory on a railroad. The Central RR had just been completed to Savannah, so he bought 4,000 acres of land in lower Jones County through which the RR ran. Here he built a mammoth gin factory, sawmill, a gristmill, a planing mill and a large brick foundry. He erected a 3-story residence of twenty rooms, with outhouses, servants quarters, laundry, stables and barns. Across the RR was the Post Office and fifty or sixty cottages with five or six rooms each for his white help and slaves. He also built a nice Church and a large store. He built his son a handsome dwelling nearby. Gins were shipped from here to Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. In 1863 Griswold�s gin factory was leased to the Confederate Government for the manufacture of army pistols. This factory which had turned out 900 gins in 1859 now was converted to making of pistols. These weapons were calibre with rifled barrels and shaped like Colt�s revolvers. The frames were brass which they could cast and work more easily. The cylinders were made of iron twisted to make it stronger. This metal was collected from all over Jones Co. as the blockade had shut off imports. Most of the families in the county gave their metal from the homes and farms to be melted down for the use of the confederacy. In 1864, Sherman'� forces destroyed Griswoldville so thoroughly that only the tall smoke blackened chimneys remained for the next 50 years, to show where this once thriving business was. The soap and candle factory here was also destroyed. The Van Burens lived here at one time right where the gin factory was burned. A nice home was built, later by a daughter, Mrs. Wallace HARDEMAN lived here, the STRIPLINS, JOHNSON and WELLS lived here. The story is told that the JOHNSON boys sold out about 1865 and went to Arkansas for they heard the tales about the rich lands out there. They wrote back glowing accounts of what they were doing, so several families sold out, among them the STRIPLINGS and Rufe KELLY from Gordon (the famous protector of Gordon against Sherman�s thousands of Cavalrymen). When the migrants reached Little Rock, the Mississippi River was covering the earth and many were almost on starvation including the JOHNSON boys. Within a week or two, all of the crowd and the JOHNSON boys were on their way back to Griswoldville, Jones County, GA. Virginia

Hi Jane, I also need your help. My Drury Hodges had a will in Jones County Ga about 1843. He left everything to his wife Susannah Gunn Hodges. If you cannot find the time to do a lookup for me, could you tell me the name of the CD, so I could buy it? There are a number of items of Jones County that I would buy if I could find them: The History Of Jones County by Carolyn White Williams and any CD with data that could enlighten me regarding the Hodges, Watts, Bradley's, Gunns, Greens, Woodalls, and Bryants of Jones County. Thanks for anything you can and may do, Jane. Betty.

Hi Jane, When you have time, could you see if John Dickson is on your CD. His will was probated in Jones County, on 12/7/1829. This is the only anscestor, of mine, that I know of from Jones County. Thank you very much, Jay Watkins whnok13 wrote: > Hi All: > > I'm nearly afraid to whisper the words out loud knowing that I will most > likely be bombarded but I will offer my help in searching for your surname > IF you will send me only one per request. For those of you who might not > have access to the Wills of Jones County, I have a CD that contains many, > but perhaps not all, of the Wills left in Jones County from about > 1800-1850. > > I do have a lot of family committments, not the least is my grandson who is > two and half and very active but I will try to get all request answered as > soon as possible. > > Jane

Jane, regarding your offer to lookup a surname, My g-g-g-grandfather, John TAMPLIN, was born 1806 in Jones County. I have never been able to confirm who his parents were. I suspect his father was John Tamplin also and his mother to have been Fanny Booth but have no proof. ANY help would be greatly appreciated. I live so far away, it is not feasible for me to "dig" for into information there for myself. I do know that there was some sort of connection between the Tamplins and the Booths. Thanks for your kind offer. Betty J. Gibson

Mary Carter;Editor FELTS,William w/s 10 Mar 1861 p/6 May 1861 legatees named-relationship not given John A. Felts,son of William and Margaret W.Felts Mary Simpson,wife of Joseph Simpson Martha wife of Simeon Felts exr. Martha Felts wit; Thomas L. Burden, Buford Stallworth, John L. Lowe ........................... FINNEY,Benjamin (RS-GA) w/s 11 Nov. 1824 p/ 8 Nov.1824 (??????) wife, Ann (Beall) children Hezekiah James Benjamin Henry Martha M_________Lockhart Elizabeth M________Calhoun Lucy M_______Hugh Watt Mary Ann exrs;wife,son Hezekiah, Hugh Watts wit; Edmund Talbot, John Simmons,Stephen Renfroe ........................... FINNEY,Henry no dates given wife,Nancy children Benjamin F. Henry D.J. F.D. Caroline ma. Nathaniel J. Glover 23 Jan. 1835 Mary ma David Carson 21 nov. 1839 Susan Jane exrs; F.P. and Benjamin F.Finney wit; Madison T.Bazemore, William Coulter,Jacob Mills ......................... FINNEY,James H. w/s 1 Dec. 1875 p/ 12 nov. 1877 wife Jula J. "to children" names only son Henry exrs; son henry, son-in-law R.B. Brown, ma Mary E.Finney 20 Oct.1868 wit;James F. and Robert H.Barron,Henry S. Greaves ........................................ FINNIE,John w/s 27 mar. 1815 p/ 3 July 1815 wife,Sarah son,Arthur G-ch,Sarah and Ezekiel Finnie,ch of son John "to surviving children" not named exrs;sons Arthur and Druery Finnie wit.William Harris,James Kennedy,Samuel Calhoun ........................ to be cont' arris,James kennedy,Samuel Calhoun

The CD that I have for Jones County, GA covers the following: Will Book "A" (1808-1850); Will Book "C" (1851-1856); Will Book "D" (1856-1864); Will Book "E" (1864-1890); So, if I cannot find your ancestor within Jones County, perhaps they, like mine, must be hiding on one of the others that I do have on this particular CD since Will Book "B" is missing. Do not assume that because I could not find them that they are not in Jones County. However, some of our ancestors moved around so much that they may possibly be located somewhere else. For example: Samuel Bell of Pitts County, NC mentions his brothers Issac C. and the fact that he leaves land in Camden County, NC to Abner FORBES. And, some of them are like this: Sterling Capel Sister: Judy KEY. Bros. Roberson, William, Rawson, John. To: Emeline GROSON, dan. of bro., Charles Capel; ch. of bro., Thomas: Mrs. Ann P. BELL; Howell PEOPLES; ch of Mrs. Nancy MORNUM, wid of Charles Nornum. or: Elizabeth Carson Daus: Peggy McGOUGH, Elizabeth TISON, Sarah FINNEY, Mary NUNN, Ibby, Jane. I will try not to overlook any possibility on each surname but with approximately 100 pages to sort through, each name takes a while to search so I do appreciate your patience. Jane

This letter would not go to the personal mailing address so am sending it to the Jones County mailing list. Jane ---------- > From: whnok13 <[email protected]> > To: Ava Moseley <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GAJONES] Will Abstracts > Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 10:57 AM > > Ava: > > There is no John Davis, Sr. However, I found an Abner Davis, Hickman > Davis, and William Davis. Would any of these three belong in your family > tree? > > Like you, I would prefer to be able to post everything on the Jones County > mailing list but I don't want to upset someone else and there does always > seem to be one that disagrees unless the posting has to do with their own > ancestor. Sometimes, I think that is why they don't ever find who they are > looking for but as a researcher, you and I both know that we have to sort > through a lot of barrels to find the ones we do need. I've posted a lot in > the past and been rewarded when I was able to find an ancestor for someone > for I do love helping others while searching for my own. Seems in spite > of it all, though, there are some that had rather complain than help and it > is those that keep me from posting the entire contents so that others can > benefit. I wish it were otherwise. > > I do have a million and one irons in the fire, not the least of which is > this grandson of mine who takes a lot of my time but I don't want that to > keep you from writing me anytime you wish and adding another name you are > searching for. It may take me a while but eventually I will honor all of > your requests. I asked for one surname at a time simply because it is > easier for me to delete them as I finish the request and thereby not > overlook someone's name in the process. I'm on quite a number of county > mailing lists in Georgia and sometimes that makes for several hundred > letters a day to sort through while continuing my own research but I never > overlook a request for help if it is within my ability to do so. My > Mother told me a long time ago "What goes around, comes around again" and I > have been helped tremendously myself by others so I feel that it is the > least I can do. Just keep pecking away at whoever you think might be in > Jones County and I will do my best to see if I can help find them for you. > > Best regards, > Jane > > ---------- > > From: Ava Moseley <[email protected]> > > To: whnok13 <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [GAJONES] Will Abstracts > > Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 10:18 AM > > > > Jane, I as one researcher, would like to see the will abstracts posted > for > > everyone to see. Many researcher are not able to go to libraries, or can > > not afford to purchase the C.D.'s .