DICKENS,Ephraim w/s 3 April 1814 p/ 3 Jan. 1815 g-daus; Susannah Humphries Sally Gilbert Peggy Smith exrs;Samuel Johnston, Bird Gilbert wit; Septimus Weatherly, William Northern,Peter Northern ................................. DICKSON,John (RS) w/s 11 June 1829 p/7 Dec. 1829 (recieved land Lot Draw Jones Co.as a REv. Sol) wife Martha children John Barnett Robert Thomas William Benjamin Sarah Nancy Mary G-ch,heirs od daus.Lucy; Mary and Jane Dickson exrs; Thomas and Benjamin Dickson wit; John and Elsey Sharp,Jacob Cobb .......................... DISMUKE,Garland T. W/s 3 July 1841 p/7 mar. 1842 wife Frances Amanda Father James Dismuke exrs. Bro-in-law Wilkins Stevens wit; James and Robert Freeman, Jesse Barnard, Robert Densler ............................ DORSETT,James W/s 5 may 1877 p/ 1 Sept 1879 children Mary E. ma____Goodson Sallie E. ma____Grubbs Mariah ma Dennis Springer 11 Apr. 1850 Elizabeth ma____Smith exr;Mary E. Goodson wit;Jno McCullough, J.C.Marks, C.H.Green Sr .......................... DRIVER,Giles Sr. w/s 12 June 1824 p. 7 Nov. 1825 children Giles jr. Julius Berry Bud John Goodredy Martha ma_______Williams Mary ma______Sanders Sarah ma______Carroll Elizabeth ma______Gann exrs; sons Julius and Giles Jr. wit;Samuel McDaniel, George Stewart,Benjamin Stewart ................................ DUCKWORTH,Joseph W/s 7 Apr 1827 p/ 7 may 1827 Wife Ann Legatees;Relationship,not given Polly Gibson,formerly Polly Davidson Fred H. Reaves John T. Pearson son of John Pearson Patsy Hearson,formerly Patsy Stephens Nephews,mentioned not named exrs; John English, Warren Jordan wit;Rolly and Susannah Spinks, Green Miller ................................ DUMAS,Jeremiah W/s 1 Feb. 1840 p/ 1 Nov 1841 wife Nancy G-ch Edmond,Jeremiah,Elizavbeth,Learman and Seany Dumas Nancy Harrison Helen M. Samples Marthy Brewington Temperance Holliday exrs; Alexander Oden,Edmond Dumas wit; Rowland Ross, Stephen S. Taylor, Thomas Simpson .................................. DUMAS,Nancy w/s 10 Dec. 1850 p/6 Oct. 1857 G-son Jojn C. Dumas;exr. wit Joseph Day ....................... DUNCAN,Edmund w/s 26 Dec. 1846 p/ 3 may 1852 wife,Martha to step-mother,Nancy Duncan bros; William and Daniel Duncan exrs; wf,bros Clinton Davis Duncan;George Duncan wit. B.M. Simms, Chapman Cox. J.G. Bonner .......................... DUNCAN,George Sr. w/s 28 Feb. 1849 p/ 7 Feb. 1853 wife,Elizabeth children Jesse Lee James Mary ma Jon Black Nancy ma Leonidus B. Gardner Elizabeth exrs; Lee and Davis Duncan wit; Barnes M.S._____? George Duncan, John W.Jones ............................ to be cont'

BLOUNTSVILLE Copied by permission from "History of Jones Co., GA," by Carolyn White Williams BLOUNTSVILLE Blountsville is in Pope's District and Military Distict No. 358 and was named for the James Blount family of N.C., Georgia and Jones County. Blountsville, a stage coach station and a post office was a flourishing center of cultural and educational training before the War Between the States. The old Blountsville Academy was chartered in 1834 with Allen DRURY, William E. ETHRIDGE, John W. STOKES, Francis TUFTS and John W. GORDON as trustees. Blountsville is situated at a junction of roads from Clinton to Eatonton and from Milledgeville to Monticello, it is ten miles from Clinton and sixteen and one-half miles from Milledgeville. From Milledgeville to Monticello are two roads the one by way of Blountsville is best for it crosses no large watercourses. The other goes by way of Low's Mill on Cedar Creek and Half Acre. This village at the junction of two stagecoach routes, had a buggy, carriage and wagon shop, a wagon factory, stores and an outstanding Academy. This village was the center of a wealthy and aristocratic citizenry. Some of the families who lived here were: BLOUNTS, TUFTS, MILNERS, DRUMAS, MILLER, McCULLOUGH, HURT, CLARK, WILLIAMS, DRURY, GORDON, ETHRIDGE, FARRARS, and SMITHS. Rev. Benjamin MILNER, son of John MILNER of North Carolina was one of the early Baptist preachers of the County. His daughter, Mary Parks MILNER married Major John Francis TUFTS. She gave the land for the Baptist church and shared most of the expense of building it, donating a large Bible for the pulpit. Some of these MILNERS settled at Milner, Georgia, which is named for them. Thomas Bog SLADE, Baptist minister, and head of the Clinton Female Seminary and later teacher at Wesleyan married Miss Ann BLOUNT of Blountsville. The late Miss Alice McCULLOUGH of Round Oak, whose family lived in Blountsville said that the married daughter of the SLADES came to visit the BLOUNTS here and their only child, a little girl became ill and died; she was buried in the flower garden back of the house. The little marble slab may still be found in the tall shrubs and bushes of the once beautiful gardens. There was an old tavern, a large two-story building with an outside stair to the upper story where the men travelers stayed. This had no connection with the lower floor where the ladies stayed. The building stood on high granite pillars with a retaining wall of granite slabs. In the yard was an old well sweep. Strange to say that at this writing (1957) there is not a vestige of the once flourishing village, only a nice State historic marker shows where the town was. An Official Georgia Historical marker at the US 129 intersection reads: Blountsville - Near here was Blountsville, an early stagecoach station and post office until after the War Between the States. It suffered severely during the War and the town disappeared. The home of many prominent families, Blountsville was the site of Blountsville Academy, chartered in 1834 with Allen Drury, William E. Ethridge, John W. Stokes, Francis Tufts and John W. Gordon serving as trustees. Blountsville was named for the Blount family, pioneer Georgians. A strong Baptist Church was here, first led by Rev. Benjamin Milner. The Tift, Dumas, Miller, Williams, McCullough and Hurt families were other pioneers." Virginia

Copied by permission from "History of Jones Co., GA," by Carolyn White Williams Written by Gladys Spear Barron BRADLEY When the Central of Georgia railroad came through what is now the town of Bradley, August 9, 1886, there was only a pine thicket. Just beyond the station to the northeast was a rather thickly settled community, among whom were: John BRADLEY, John Wiley BRADLEY, T.F. BRADLEY, W.H. MULLIGAN and J.J. GLAWSON. This community was named Franks for the grandfather of John Wiley BRADLEY. Wiley Franks was the largest land owner in this section and it is said here that he was one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession. He died in 1865. From Wiley FRANKS descended the BRADLEYS and BARNES and the MULLIGANS. These three having married his daughters. John W. BRADLEY and Allen WHEELER gave the right of way for the railroad, they and their families were given passes on the trains. Mr. BRADLEY became the first depot agent, later Joe BURNEY was the depot agent for many years. The first store was built and operated by J.W. BRADLEY. This building was later converted into a dwelling and is now occupied by Mr. & Mrs. Claude GLAWSON and family. Other early merchants were M.H. MULLIGAN, G.W. GORDON, A.L. HARRIS and Warren WINTERS. Dr. B. I. O'KELLY was the first physician in Bradley. The first school was a one room house near the home of J.J. GLAWSON which also served as a meeting house. Later J.W. BRADLEY gave the land for a church and school at the station. The deed of land was given for the church on July 16, 1897 and the church completed in the early spring of 1898. John BRADLEY father of J.W. BRADLEY was one of the largest contributors. He gave the building and wrote the data which was placed in the cornerstone. The school was built on adjoining property and school began there in the fall of 1906. At one time it was one of the largest schools in the county from the standpoint of pupils and teachers, and boasted a high school, as well as a grammar school. The early teachers here were: Miss Alice TAYLOR, Miss Josie BAXLEY, Miss Sallie SLOCUMB (Mrs. Ben. WINTERS), Mr. & Mrs. Asbury GREENE, Frank GREENE who later became one of the three state supervisors of education, Miss Mattie MIDDLEBROOKS, Miss Mary Jo BARRON and Miss Frances SOLOMON. In 1929 this school was consolidated with Gray and the building torn down and moved to Gray where it was made into a gymnasium. The property was given to the church November 4, 1930. When J.W. BRADLEY founded the town, he had the land surveyed and off into lots a plat which may be found in the county courthouse The Bank of Bradley was established in 1920. This bank closed during the depression of 1929 when the Fourth National Bank in Macon closed. Bradley has had spurts of industrial growth. First were the cotton gins, which did a thriving business when cotton was king. The Bradley Gin and Milling Co. flourished for a number of years. Then came the peach industry and Bradley became one of the largest shipping points for peaches not only in the county but for this section of the state. Refrigerator cars were lined on the sidetracks as far as the eye could see. Often thirty cars were packed and shipped in one day. Among the largest growers and packers were: S.B. HUNGERFORD, R.L. BRADLEY, W.W. BARRON, Sr. J.J. BARRON, A.L. HARRIS, G.B. SLOCUMB, B.F. WINTERS, W.D. WINTERS, J.J. GLAWSON, J.E. GLAWSON, T.F. BRADLEY, S.H. THORNTON, H.L. WHEELER and J.J. MERCER. A more recent industry was the Cherokee Products Co., a canning plant operated at Bradley by the Bloodworth Brothers until it was moved to Haddock. Bradley can boast of the first and largest Jones County Fair ever held. The exhibits from this fair were carried to Macon and displayed at the State Fair. It had the largest horse race track and some fine horses. This track was owned by John BRADLEY, father of the founded. Typed by Barbara S. Virginia

Barbara is working hard to type up these town histories, and I wanted you to see them as well. I think they are so interesting! If anyone has some other things to add, we'd love to hear from you... Copied by permission from "History of Jones Co., GA by Carolyn White Williams Written by Louise Morton FORTVILLE Among the old landmarks of Jones County is the "Old Fort," sometimes called "The Fortification," the site of an early Indian trading post or fort. Now referred to locally as Fortville, it is located in Pope's District, Military District No. 358. It was located at the crossing of the upper stage road from Milledgeville to Macon by Clinton and on the Garrison Road to Blountsville and Eatonton. It was also the crossing of two old Indian trails between Ocmulgee and Oconee Towns on to Eagle Rock in Putnam, "Choctaw Trail." At intervals through this section and up near Cedar Creek were large Indian mounds said to have been built for giving signals. Now demolished through years of cultivation of the land, traces of these mounds are still distinguished. Arrowheads abound in this vicinity. A fine spring in a sheltered spot at the foot of a steep drop off of thirty or more feet near one mound made it an ideal spot for an Indian camp or village. An act incorporating Fortville Academy was passed on Dec. 9, 1822. The trustees were: Robert HUTCHINS, Chr., John W. GORDON, Thomas JEFFERSON, William HARRIS, and Robert BROWN. Children were taught here before the day of free public schools. Almost opposite the Indian mounds a Methodist church was established in 1832 on land given by John W. GORDON. For many years this church was the largest and mot progressive rural church in middle Georgia. In 1879 the old church was torn down and replaced by a comfortable chapel, later moved to Haddock. Trustees of the church property as named in the deed made 2 Sept. 1879 were: B.F. ROSS, W. A. CHAMBERS, John R. BONNER, James FINNEY, J.L. WHITE, James D. GODARD and John S. LEWIS. Some of the settlers here were the following families: HUTCHINGS, PRATT, SINGLETON, BROWN, LESTER, MOUGHON, STEWART, PITTS, DAVIS, MERCER, GORDON, CATCHING, MORRIS, LOW, LAMAR, JARRETT, BLANDFORD, WRIGHT, TUFTS, WOODALL, BONNER, MOORE, MILLER, BARFIELD, BULLINGTON, ROBERTS, GODARD, BLOW, HOLT, WRIGHT, CLARK, MASTERSON and SMITH. When Sherman's forces marched from Round Oak to Milledgeville, they stopped at Blountsville and divided into two groups, sending one by Fortville where they camped in the yard of the Robert HUTCHINGS' home and foraged on the land. Several hundred bales of cotton were burned that night. Mr. HUTCHINGS was owner of the local store which housed the post office and the stagecoach station Robert HUTCHINGS' son became the noted mental specialist of Ogdensburg, N.Y. Judge LeRoy SINGLETON married Ellen HUTCHINGS, daughter of Robert HUTCHINGS and lived in the beautiful old HUTCHINGS home near the Moughon place. Judge SINGLETON had a daughter Harriett by a former marriage who married Thomas MORRIS and is the grandmother of Hon. Carl VINSON, M.C. from the 6th District who is affectionately referred to by his associates as, "The Admiral." Dr. Francis TICKNOR, father of Francis Orray TICKNOR, author of "Little Giffen of Tennessee," lived near Fortville. Daniel PRATT the famous architect married Miss Esther TICKNOR, the sister of Dr. Francis TICKNOR while he was living in Fortville, which was his residence for twelve years. PRATT came to Milledgeville in 1821, built Lowther Hall in Clinton in 1822, the John W. GORDON house near Haddock in 1824-28 (known as the Bowen-Blount house) and Westover near Milledgeville for Benj. S. JORDAN around 1830. He bought John W. GORDON's home site in Fortville in 182 and soled it to Thomas MOUGHON in 1828. Thos. MOUGHON was a cousin of Benj. S. JORDAN and John W. GORDON and the three vied with each other in building their stately homes. In 1885 there were five nice homes still standing in Fortville, where today there is little to remind one of its splendid prosperity of a bygone century and unless posterity is careful to preserve records and mark locations, the historic places will not even be a memory. Virginia

Thanks to Barbara who abstracted a very interesting history of the town of Clinton. If you're just starting your research in Jones County, this will make you appreciate the development much more!! Copied with permission from �History of Jones Co., GA by Carolyn White Williams Typed by Barbara S. CLINTON Clinton, which was first called Albany was the county seat and is situated near the center of the county 22 miles southwest of the capital of Milledgeville, 14 miles from Macon, 25 miles from Forsyth, 23 miles from Monticello, 28 miles from Irwinton and 28 from Marion. It had a courthouse, a jail, a Methodist and Baptist church, male and female academies, three taverns, several boardinghouses, stores, a tannery and mechanics shops. The town was healthy and was incorporated in 1816. The town was named for Gov. DeWitt CLINTON of New York, who figured prominently in politics at that time and who probably came to Clinton in company with Gen. LaFayette at the time of his well remembered visit there. Unlike other small towns, Clinton did not grow in a haphazard manner. The village was laid out in 1811 with a square upon which the courthouse was built. The town grew up around it with the whole laid off in lots in a neat manner. The lot of land on which Clinton was built containing 202-1/2 acres was bought from Thomas JOHNSON by the Judges of the Inferior Court and the sale of lots paid for the courthouse. To a sturdy band of pioneers and settlers who back in 1807 came into a wilderness of Indian country to build up a civilization and a peaceful agricultural life, we owe much. Clinton was designated in 1809 as the capital of the county, however the large brick courthouse was not finished until 1818. The contractors for the building were called �undertakers� and Robert and John ALLEN were paid for this work. Robert HUTCHINGS and James SMITH were selected to secure plans. The Judges at that time were Robert CUNNINGHAM, Joseph DUCKWORTH, J.W. RAY, G. W. ROSS. This courthouse was an interesting part of Clinton�s history. Clinton was the trading center for miles around for as many as 16,000 people when Macon was in swaddling clothes in 1821. Clinton had four springs of freely flowing water that not only supplied the people, horses, and travelers, but was used for manufacturing purposes. It was a good place for settlers to make a home, and they did. Among the early comers to Clinton were two Yankees who were to set their mark upon Georgia. Samuel GRISWOLD and Daniel PRATT, both skilled carpenters and mechanics. GRISWOLD came from Connecticut and PRATT from New Hampshire. The first frame dwelling was built by Sam GRISWOLD near the brick courthouse and for several years GRISWOLD and his family used it for a store and a swelling. GRISWOLD prospered and soon built a handsome house on Bonner�s Hill. Near his home he built a gin factory and with Daniel PRATT as an assistant he made gin saws and other equipment and the business grew, so that Daniel PRATT moved to Alabama where he founded the town of Prattsville and started a gin factory of his own. In 1839 because of no railroad facilities, GRISWOLD moved his factory and home to Griswoldville. The curcuit rider preached in Clinton and rode to the small town of Macon to preach at what is now Mulberry Methodist church. The ladies of Macon drove to Clinton in their carriages to purchase crinolines, silks and brocades for their Sunday frocks. Charles HUTCHINGS had a fine store and a trip was made to New York each year to procure the latest materials. He had a two-story frame building on the north side of the square. Diagonally across from the HUTCHINGS store, east of the square stood the handsome two-story structure which was to serve as the Clinton Hotel. Here came many notables to attend balls, to stop over night and to enjoy the sumptuous fare at the tables and drink at the famous bar which was provided with the best brandies at 50 cents a quart. Not only business flourished there in Clinton, but it was becoming the seat of culture and learning. On the hillside back of Lowther Hall and south toward Macon was the Academy operated by Thomas Bog SLADE. Here came girls to be taught Latin, Greek, music, voice and all the things that enabled a young lade to be �finished,� when she graduated. SLADE later went to the infant female college in Macon, Wesleyan and was one of the first instructors. As early as 1821 Macon, then Fort Hawkins, was drawing the businessmen from Clinton. About 1822-25 a huge slice of Jones County was taken by the legislature to make Bibb County. Many families were moving into Macon. The coming of the railroad to Macon, as well as Wesleyan and the river boat trade all attracted men who were ambitious. Further loss came to Clinton when the railroad in 1886 was run two miles away and the town of Gray started. After the courthouse was rebuilt at Gray the old historic one at Clinton was allowed to deteriorate and the rooms where Ben HILL, Aleck STEPHENS, L.Q.C. LAMAR and Robert TOOMBS had practiced law were gone forever. Though Clinton became a lost town, the glories which were once hers will not die in Georgia�s history. After 150 years, a few of the fine old houses still stand, some are gray with neglect and falling into decay, others are well-kept and freshly painted standing proudly as they did over a century ago, hauntingly reminiscent of a past era. Virginia

I'm having a "real Senior moment" and just found a Double Bridges Cemetery Listing that someone sent to me, but now I can't identify the county. If you sent this to me, (1-18 as an attachment) would you write and help me provide the location for this Cemetery! Thanks..... Virginia

DENNING,William w/s 29 Nov. 1875 p/ 3 Sept 1877 wife Frances children Josiah James Benjamin Elizabeth A. ma William Ethridge 4 Mar. 1844 Hester ma/1 Bennett J. Drew 20 Nov. 1845 ma/2 Matthwe W. Bass 11 Feb. 1856 Sarah Ma_______James Nancy J. ma______Brown Emily ma_____Mixon Malinda E. exrs; James Joines, Wm b. Ethridge Wit; Willaim Denning, H.J.Crawford, H.T.Moore, William Crawford ........................... DENNIS,Jacob Sr. w/s 30 Oct. 1816 p.6 1817 children John William Peter Rachel ma______Armstrong exrs; sons, John,William,Peter wit.Jacob Garrard,William Mosely, Absalom Wooldridge ................................... DENNIS,John w/s 16 Aug. 1832 p/ 2 Sept 1833 wife Charlotte bros. Peter,William exrs________ wit. levi Lee,William Baty, Henry Riley ......................... DENSON,James w/s 10 Feb. 1817 p/3 mar 1817 wife, mentioned not named children Rebecca Elizabeth Auttah (?) Jeremiah Mary ma_____Tisdel James H., his children exrs; Lazarus Battle,Luke Bond, Jesse McK. Pope,Edmond Lowe, John Xook Peter Wyche wit. Nathaniel Halley, H.P. Cook, Shadrack Denson,Aaron Stone ......................................... DENT, Samuel w/s___May 1818 p/ 17 Sept 1818 Qidw** Nancy ** (this is written this way) children Benjamin Emma Ma Edward Varner Sally Richardson ma Jno H.Lawson mentioned; Isaac Motley of Hancock Co. exrs;wife Nancy and her son Jno. H. Lawson ....................................... to be cont'

Mary Carter Vol.XXI May 1984 #2 ............................ DAVIS,Hickman w/s 6 July 1749 p/ 3 Dec. 1849 To; Martha A. Ivey,wife of Bythan Ivey exr. Bythan Ivey Wit. G.E. Thigpen; Mathis White, Daniel McCloud ............................... DAVIS, William w/s 1 Dec. 1823 p/3 Jan 1824 wife,not named children James G. Owen Elizabeth ma_____Cabiness Polly Nancy Eliza Martha Judith ma______McDaniel exr. James Anthony wit; James Anthony, James Huff, George Harper ................................. DAWSON,Washington N. w/s 26 Sept 1842 p/ 22 Jan, 1827 Legatees; Martha F.Breedlove Neph; Jno W. Dawson exr; Nathan Breedlove wit.Lewis P. Breedlove, Thomas J. West, D. Mc Donald ................................ DEADWILDER,Martin w/s 5 Oct. 1842 p/ 22 Jan. 1843 To father,not named bros; Williamson Chistopher Columbus William Jesse Trustee; David Cardin exrs; David Cardin, John Lamar wit; John Lamar, Mary Hill,Ann Malone ......................... DENNING,Nathan w/s 21 Sept 1854 p/8 Feb. 1855 children John W. Bennett W. George W.J. Zelphia H. Ma___Barnard Nancy J. Ma Joel Mizell 20 Dec. 1849 G-son; Levi J. Barnard exr. Friend Jermiah Lowe wit; Benjamin Moore, William B. Ethridge, William Denning .................................. to be cont'

I'm tracking some land in present day Taylor County LL139 in District 12. The original land grant was drawn, surveyed and paid for by: John Dawkins of Capt Taylor's District of Jones County. This was the 1827 Land Lottery, although Mr. Dawkins didn't actually complete the ransaction until Nov 27, 1845. At that point the land was in Muscogee County. I'm trying to figure out the transition to my Willis Jinks.... Just wondered if anyone might be tracking a John Dawkins from Jones County! Virginia

We have collected on-line quite a few cemeteries now for Jones County. I understand that Washington Memorial Library has some wonderful county files, and I wondered if anyone on this list who might be going there would take a look. Frequently visitors to the Library will give cemetery information that they have transcribed on their relatives, and these might be additional ones than what we presently have. But, do print off our listing, so you'll have an idea of the ones that we do have already. Thanks.... Virginia

COOK,James w/s 14 Oct.1828 p/ 1 Mar 1830 Wife;Martha Son; Thomas exrs; wife,son Thomas, Thomas Thweat wit; Lewis Beddingfield, Willis Beddingfield ....................................... COOK,Samuel w/s 21 May 1828 p/ 1 Sept. 1828 wife Sarah E. children George William Samuel T. William W. Asa B Andrew J Polly Hubert ma leroy Harvey Caroline C.S. Martha H. exrs; wife, Jonathan Parish, Asa D.Cook, James Thweat ....................................... COX,Jesse Sr. w/s 13 Dec. 1822 p/ 5 May 1834 wife nancy childre Ira Leander Franklin Jesse Sampson Nancy Exrs and Gdns; Thomas Moughon, John W. Gordon wit. Allen J. Eaton, James Wadsworth, John Farmer, Thomas W. Choats .............................. CARUTHERS***,Jane w/s 12 May 1849 p/ 3 Nov. 1851 Dau. Nancy ma/1 Edmund G. Simms 31 Dec. 1816 ma/2 John Whtesides 11 Mar. 1825 G-ch Robert Y. Sims Eugeny Cruthers****(this the way it is spelled) G-g-ch; Jane,Louizer,Martha;Nancy; and Edward Sims; exr;_____ wit. John S. Walker, B. Harman .................................. CRUTHERS,Robert w/s 17 Nov. 1825 p/ 16 Dec. 1825 wife jane children George Thomas Andrew Polly Jane Nancy..........ma,same as above. G-sons Cryton and Robert Sims,children of nancy Whitesides exrs; son Andrew , James Billingslea wit; Thomas Livington, Pleasant Heath, Wilson Whatley .................................. CULPEPPER,Stephen M. w/s 5 may 1879 p/ 2 June 1879 wife jane E. children William R. Stephen D John T. Frances R. Lucy J. Amanda F. Martha E. ma______Watts G-son George W. Culpepper exrs; Sons Stephen D. and John T. wit.William H.Gresham, Wilkins Gresham, Jno. A. Childs .................................... DAME,Henry G. w/s 6 Sept 1873 p/ 1 Nov. 1873 wife Elizabeth A dau. Ida exr. wife wit; N.S.Glover, William D Green, Thomas J. Harkins .................................. DARBY,James w/s 24 Feb. 1877 p/ 1 June 1885 wife Henrietta Son Adam daus; Hannah ma_______Greer Kisiah ma_______Brewer (her ch; Andrew Jones and Timothy) exr;Son Adam wit; A. Proudfit (?) Joshua Harris; Jno. E.B. Danforth ..................................... DAVIDSON,James w/s 8 Feb. 1849 p/ 2 Aug. 1852 wife mary son; Cary G-ch; Julius,son of james C. Davidson James C.,Mary Ann C.,children of Cary C. Davidson exrs; wife; son Cary C. wit; Abner S. Zachary, Charles L.Smith, W.D. Etheridge ...................................... DAVIDSON,William w/s 4 June 1812 p/ 7 Nov. 1815 (all that is given) ................................. DAVIS, Abner w/s 31 may 1834 p/ 18 June 1834 (of Henry Co) wife Elizabeth son; Samuel dau; Elizabeth Abigail exrs; wife,friends; Edmund Lowe, Jesse H. Campbell, Andrew R. Moore, all of Henry Co. wit. William Beck, Caswell Purify, Henry Varner ............................... DAVIS,Gardiner w/s 27 Nov 1816 p/ 3 Feb. 1817 wife Susannah children Ichbod James Darling (son) Rachel ma____Guess Nancy ma____Davis Susannah ma Henry Burgay Mary ma______ Allen Abraham,dec'd-his sons exr______ Wit. William Harris, Benjamin and Silas Ledbetter ........................ to be con't.

Thanks to all of you who have sent me information about this very historic Sunshine - Round Oak Church. Debra, some how I just deleted your message, and I had really wanted to add what you said. Would you please send it to me again. Remember Dr. Stewart (ancestor of Millie Stewart) the first female physician in the State of GA.... she also is connected to this church.... "Sunshine Church is Baptist, and was used during the Civil War for a Union Army Hospital, during the battle of Sunshine Church. Dr. Stewart ministered to the wounded even though were not confederate troops. She also furnished food. When trouble began about her being a "turncoat", she replied that when she took the Hippocratic oath, that it did not distinguish between the two armies. Later, a monument was erected to her on the courthouse square in Clinton." Evidently the 1st Sunshine Church was Baptist and the later church that took the name was Methodist... Virginia

David Washington [email protected] I'm corresponding with David who is going to be updating the Central Georgia Genealogical Society's page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacggs/ If you've not visited it you might want to bookmark it, as it contains already some helpful resources for researching. One of the things I'm trying to find out, is if Georgette Lipford still publishes a monthly column in The Macon Telegraph. The CGGS has links to her previous ones, which are very helpful. I've come to realize that the CGGS has been so important in Genealogical Research for our area of Georgia. They have published so many wonderful records and have such a positive attitude about sharing their information freely with all researchers. This Society covers all these counties and would be a great one to support with your membership... Visit the page to see some research benefits of membership... Virginia

----- Original Message ----- From: Cliff Roberts <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [GAJONES] more abstracts......."Law" > Hi, > The titles, WM is for Worshipful Master, SW is for Senior Warden, JW is Junior > Warden, JD is for Junior Deacon, SW is for Senior Deacon. The records MAY be > available to you if you are a Mason. I will not make public on the net any of my > Masonic Records. > Cliff Roberts > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Does anyone know how to access Masonic Lodge Records????? Does anyone know > > what the mason titles of the names given at the botton of this page mean? > > > > Here are some more abstracts from the HISTORY OF TWIGGS COUNTY > > > > Page 277 > > > > TWIGGS COUNTY > > > > Legislature acts show how changes took place from time to time in elections > > and districts. Elections to be held at the Court House; at James Garrett's > > or the Justices' court on Captain Oliver's district; at Hartwell H. Tarver's > > or the place of Justices' courts in Dean's district; and at the house of Benja > > min B. Smith or the place of Justice's courts on Captain Bostick's district, > > 1829. Vol. IV 180 - The foregoing act repealed, 1830, pam. 110-Elections to > > be held at Marion; at the house of H. H. Tarver; at the house of Benjamin B. > > Smith; and at the house of S. Greenberry, 1831, pam. 125. > > Ref.: Prince's Digest of Georgia Laws 1837, pafe 968. > > Dawson's Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia > > Published in 1831 page 180. > > An act to establish Election Districts in the County of Twiggs - 6 > > sections to this act--- > > Warren Jordan > > Speaker of the House of Representatives > > Thomas Stocks > > President of the Senate > > Assented to 22nd Dec., 1829 > > George R. Gilmer, Governor > > GEORGIA LAWS 1834 page 20 > > An act to alter Act passed 26th Dec. 1831 that names of William A. Tharp, > > Jeremiah A. Tharp, and James Pearson be inserted in lieu of William A. > > Sharpe, Jeremiah A. Sharp, and William Davis, Trustees of Stone Creek Academy. > > General Assembly of Georgia 1851-1852 > > Title 1 Academies and Free Schools > > An act to provide for the education of the poor, approved 1-22-1852, page 1, > > there are 22 sections to this Act which relate to such as, funds, > > distribution of funds, Commissioners, duties, power, Constitution and > > by-laws, gifts, and bequests, officers, trustee power, pledge to teach, > > appropriations, boards and such. > > Page 335 of Georgia Laws 1851-1852 (no. 209) An act was approved on jan. 15, > > 1852 relating to the education of the poor, so far as Twiggs County is > > concerned-Treasurer to be selected in each Militia District, > > Bond, Commission > > Duty of Inferior Court > > Duty of Treasurer and the repealing clause. > > GEORGIA LAWS 1853-54, 1855-56, 1857 page 162 > > Twiggs Lodge Incorporated, Number 164 of Free and Accepted Masons. > > Section V, #18, Be it further enacted that John Glover, W. M.; E.A. Wimberly > > , S. W.; J.U. Burkett, J.W.; Hardy Solomon, Treas.; Wright Neel, > > Sec'y,; S. Methvin, J. D.; W. H. Crocker, S.D.; James Evans, > > Tyler; the officers of the Twiggs Lodge #164 of Free and Accepted Masons, > > situated in Marion, Twiggs County, and their successors I office, be and they > > are hereby declared capable in law and in equity of suing and being sued of > > purchasing and holding real and personal property, of giving and receiving > > titles for the same, to use a common seal, and to do all other things which > > corporate bodies may in law do, connected with objects of their association. > > Assented to 22nd Dec. 1857 > > > > > > ==== GAJONES Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Jones County GAGenWeb page > > http://www.intersurf.com/~johnjanr/jones.htm > > John Radford, County Coordinator > > > ==== GAJONES Mailing List ==== > Visit the Jones County GAGenWeb page > http://www.intersurf.com/~johnjanr/jones.htm > John Radford, County Coordinator >

Hi, The titles, WM is for Worshipful Master, SW is for Senior Warden, JW is Junior Warden, JD is for Junior Deacon, SW is for Senior Deacon. The records MAY be available to you if you are a Mason. I will not make public on the net any of my Masonic Records. Cliff Roberts [email protected] wrote: > Does anyone know how to access Masonic Lodge Records????? Does anyone know > what the mason titles of the names given at the botton of this page mean? > > Here are some more abstracts from the HISTORY OF TWIGGS COUNTY > > Page 277 > > TWIGGS COUNTY > > Legislature acts show how changes took place from time to time in elections > and districts. Elections to be held at the Court House; at James Garrett's > or the Justices' court on Captain Oliver's district; at Hartwell H. Tarver's > or the place of Justices' courts in Dean's district; and at the house of Benja > min B. Smith or the place of Justice's courts on Captain Bostick's district, > 1829. Vol. IV 180 - The foregoing act repealed, 1830, pam. 110-Elections to > be held at Marion; at the house of H. H. Tarver; at the house of Benjamin B. > Smith; and at the house of S. Greenberry, 1831, pam. 125. > Ref.: Prince's Digest of Georgia Laws 1837, pafe 968. > Dawson's Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia > Published in 1831 page 180. > An act to establish Election Districts in the County of Twiggs - 6 > sections to this act--- > Warren Jordan > Speaker of the House of Representatives > Thomas Stocks > President of the Senate > Assented to 22nd Dec., 1829 > George R. Gilmer, Governor > GEORGIA LAWS 1834 page 20 > An act to alter Act passed 26th Dec. 1831 that names of William A. Tharp, > Jeremiah A. Tharp, and James Pearson be inserted in lieu of William A. > Sharpe, Jeremiah A. Sharp, and William Davis, Trustees of Stone Creek Academy. > General Assembly of Georgia 1851-1852 > Title 1 Academies and Free Schools > An act to provide for the education of the poor, approved 1-22-1852, page 1, > there are 22 sections to this Act which relate to such as, funds, > distribution of funds, Commissioners, duties, power, Constitution and > by-laws, gifts, and bequests, officers, trustee power, pledge to teach, > appropriations, boards and such. > Page 335 of Georgia Laws 1851-1852 (no. 209) An act was approved on jan. 15, > 1852 relating to the education of the poor, so far as Twiggs County is > concerned-Treasurer to be selected in each Militia District, > Bond, Commission > Duty of Inferior Court > Duty of Treasurer and the repealing clause. > GEORGIA LAWS 1853-54, 1855-56, 1857 page 162 > Twiggs Lodge Incorporated, Number 164 of Free and Accepted Masons. > Section V, #18, Be it further enacted that John Glover, W. M.; E.A. Wimberly > , S. W.; J.U. Burkett, J.W.; Hardy Solomon, Treas.; Wright Neel, > Sec'y,; S. Methvin, J. D.; W. H. Crocker, S.D.; James Evans, > Tyler; the officers of the Twiggs Lodge #164 of Free and Accepted Masons, > situated in Marion, Twiggs County, and their successors I office, be and they > are hereby declared capable in law and in equity of suing and being sued of > purchasing and holding real and personal property, of giving and receiving > titles for the same, to use a common seal, and to do all other things which > corporate bodies may in law do, connected with objects of their association. > Assented to 22nd Dec. 1857 > > > ==== GAJONES Mailing List ==== > Visit the Jones County GAGenWeb page > http://www.intersurf.com/~johnjanr/jones.htm > John Radford, County Coordinator

I'll be loading on-line in a few minutes a cemetery from Sunshine Church in Round Oak. Just wondered if anyone could tell us something about this church....the denomination, etc. It is quite a large cemetery....and I'm so grateful to Barbara S. for all her typing.... We just about have all of Ms. Caroline's cemeteries on-line. Virginia

Thanks to Millie Stewart we have another Jones County Cemetery on-line! Note the 1st Woman Doctor in State of Georgia!! >Reply-To: "Millie Stewart" <[email protected]> The Stewart Cemetery is located directly behind the Glawson Cemetery, on property owned by the Comer Dairy. County Road 77 Thomas Ware Stewart 15 February 1787 18 November 1846 Palatia Harrison Wilson Stewart 2 April 1805 11 July 1866 First woman doctor in the State of Georgia Washington Jackson Stewart 10 November 1830 13 February 1853 Samuel Smith Stewart Infant Marion Franklin Stewart 8 November 1835 10 January 1852 (died in hunting accident) Harrison Stewart 28 August 1860 25 June 1866 Sarah Taylor Finney Stewart 8 November 1833 7 December 1875 newborn buried with her Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stewart 8 March 1858 13 July 1884 Thomas Jefferson Stewart 6 April 1822 6 January 1902 unknown (possibly Martha Bowen Smith Stewart, 2nd wife of T.J. Stewart) 12 slave graves Middlebrooks graves put there since 1867 5 unknown Henry Jasper Stewart 27 December 1832 5 December 1915 Anne J. Finney Stewart 11 July 1838 5 December 1915 The last two graves were removed to Gray City Cemetery by family. 4 graves that were there before Stewarts The cedar trees along the western border were planted before the Civil War by Easter, a demented slave woman of the Stewarts Virginia

Hi Folks. First of all, thanks for all the efforts and contributions all of you have made during 1999. I may have gotton more out of the lists and home pages than many of you. However, I hope all of you got something out of participating on the list. Thanks for those who sent in suggestions on the County and Parish home pages. The work in not done. We can add additional information about the counties to improve the pages. I want to thank Virginia Crilley for her tremendous help with Jones Co., Ga. She has done well. I plan to up grade all of the pages using Virginia's suggestions. I believe that the lists are some help to those working on the Al County Heritage books. Keep up the good work. I retired in early January and will have more time to do the things that need to be done. Some of the Counties/Parishes are more active than others. Thats' OK. All have been helpfull. Most pages at least doubled in subscription and queries. Some activity has trippled in one year. Below are some statistics followed by some timely information about RootsWeb. Nice to know information: These are the counties my wife and I work with. Number on the Number on the Number of County List L list D list Queries Bullock, Al 105 33 157 Macon, Al 105 34 234 Pike, Al 287 92 766 Tallapoosa, Al 262 76 654 Jones, Ga 132 53 555 Iberia, La 86 31 181 St Martin, La 102 49 159 RADFORD 103 28 388 Robin (Louisiana Name) 8 4 0 Surnames on the surname pages are too many to count. After scanning the pages, I think some good things are going on. Now some need to know information. RootsWeb has been providing free space to host the mail list and Gen Forum list. They also host county and state home pages. It is free to all subscribers, however it is expensive to operate. The following is a short write up by Dr Brian Leverich about Roots web. WHY DOES ROOTSWEB NEED YOUR SUPPORT? by Dr. Brian Leverich <[email protected]> Sometimes it is difficult for users to understand the costs involved in operating RootsWeb and why it is worth genealogists' time and money to support RootsWeb. For example, take the United States census. RootsWeb is currently providing server support to the USGenWeb Archives and Census Projects as they bring the U.S. census online. Our goal is to have both a searchable index to the census *AND* images of all the pages available on an open basis for all Internet genealogists. Our best estimate is that bringing the census online will require about 3.6 terabytes of data storage. That means we will need about 200 18 GB hard disks, and each of those disks costs about $1,000. That means the data storage alone is going to cost $200,000, and that doesn't include the servers and the bandwidth to make that storage accessible over the Web. Is $200,000 a lot of money? Well, sort of. Regardless of how much they want to help, Karen and Brian couldn't pay for that even if they mortgaged their house and cashed in their pension savings. On the other hand, $200,000 is only about 67 cents per user at RootsWeb. That is about 1/100 of what some commercial firms are charging for data they have locked up in members-only areas. Bringing the U.S. census online is not the only project RootsWeb supports. We are hosting literally hundreds of other data projects, some American and many for other countries (like the British FreeBMD Project). If all (or even if most) of our users were contributors, there is a lot RootsWeb could be doing to accelerate the rate at which public records are brought online and opened to the public. You can help us bring those records online. For details about support levels/benefits and payment options, visit <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> or send e-mail to <[email protected]>. The regular mail address is: RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative, P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798. (Please include your e-mail address on all correspondence and checks sent to RootsWeb.) "I AM ONE OF THE 7%" is a message we heard numerous times this week in response to Dr. Leverich's article about who supports RootsWeb. Your response has been encouraging, but growth is still painfully slow. Who are the 7% of users who support RootsWeb? To show our appreciation, RootsWeb has started a voluntary listing of current RootsWeb contributors at any level. To register: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors/addme.html>; to see the listing: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors/percent.html>. PS: If you decide to donate, please be certain to mention to Rootsweb, that you are a subscriber of the one of the above mail lists. May all of you have a happy and productive new year. John and Jan Radford [email protected] Baton Rouge, La John and Jan Radford [email protected] Baton Rouge, La

Hi Folks. First of all, thanks for all the efforts and contributions all of you have made during 1999. I may have gotton more out of the lists and home pages than many of you. However, I hope all of you got something out of participating on the list. Thanks for those who sent in suggestions on the County and Parish home pages. The work in not done. We can add additional information about the counties to improve the pages. I want to thank Virginia Crilley for her tremendous help with Jones Co., Ga. She has done well. I plan to up grade all of the pages using Virginia's suggestions. I believe that the lists are some help to those working on the Al County Heritage books. Keep up the good work. I retired in early January and will have more time to do the things that need to be done. Some of the Counties/Parishes are more active than others. Thats' OK. All have been helpfull. Most pages at least doubled in subscription and queries. Some activity has trippled in one year. Below are some statistics followed by some timely information about RootsWeb. Nice to know information: These are the counties my wife and I work with. Number on the Number on the Number of County List L list D list Queries Bullock, Al 105 33 157 Macon, Al 105 34 234 Pike, Al 287 92 766 Tallapoosa, Al 262 76 654 Jones, Ga 132 53 555 Iberia, La 86 31 181 St Martin, La 102 49 159 RADFORD 103 28 388 Robin (Louisiana Name) 8 4 0 Surnames on the surname pages are too many to count. After scanning the pages, I think some good things are going on. Now some need to know information. RootsWeb has been providing free space to host the mail list and Gen Forum list. They also host county and state home pages. It is free to all subscribers, however it is expensive to operate. The following is a short write up by Dr Brian Leverich about Roots web. WHY DOES ROOTSWEB NEED YOUR SUPPORT? by Dr. Brian Leverich <[email protected]> Sometimes it is difficult for users to understand the costs involved in operating RootsWeb and why it is worth genealogists' time and money to support RootsWeb. For example, take the United States census. RootsWeb is currently providing server support to the USGenWeb Archives and Census Projects as they bring the U.S. census online. Our goal is to have both a searchable index to the census *AND* images of all the pages available on an open basis for all Internet genealogists. Our best estimate is that bringing the census online will require about 3.6 terabytes of data storage. That means we will need about 200 18 GB hard disks, and each of those disks costs about $1,000. That means the data storage alone is going to cost $200,000, and that doesn't include the servers and the bandwidth to make that storage accessible over the Web. Is $200,000 a lot of money? Well, sort of. Regardless of how much they want to help, Karen and Brian couldn't pay for that even if they mortgaged their house and cashed in their pension savings. On the other hand, $200,000 is only about 67 cents per user at RootsWeb. That is about 1/100 of what some commercial firms are charging for data they have locked up in members-only areas. Bringing the U.S. census online is not the only project RootsWeb supports. We are hosting literally hundreds of other data projects, some American and many for other countries (like the British FreeBMD Project). If all (or even if most) of our users were contributors, there is a lot RootsWeb could be doing to accelerate the rate at which public records are brought online and opened to the public. You can help us bring those records online. For details about support levels/benefits and payment options, visit <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> or send e-mail to <[email protected]>. The regular mail address is: RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative, P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798. (Please include your e-mail address on all correspondence and checks sent to RootsWeb.) "I AM ONE OF THE 7%" is a message we heard numerous times this week in response to Dr. Leverich's article about who supports RootsWeb. Your response has been encouraging, but growth is still painfully slow. Who are the 7% of users who support RootsWeb? To show our appreciation, RootsWeb has started a voluntary listing of current RootsWeb contributors at any level. To register: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors/addme.html>; to see the listing: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors/percent.html>. PS: If you decide to donate, please be certain to mention to Rootsweb, that you are a subscriber of the one of the above mail lists. May all of you have a happy and productive new year. John and Jan Radford [email protected] Baton Rouge, La John and Jan Radford [email protected] Baton Rouge, La

I am looking for any information on the Joseph Chiles mentioned in the will below. he had children as named in wife Sarah's will in 1867. After Joseph Chiles died, Sarah married Taylor Gibson and her will is recorded as Sarah Gibson. The children of Joseph Chiles and Sarah were; Samuel Lowther Chiles b.1842 mar. Drucilla Hutchings, daughter of Charles and Eliza Smithwick Hutchings John R. Chiles b.1845 mar Catherine (Kitty) Stewart Joseph Chiles b. 1852 mar.Nancy Gordon Mary S Chiles In "An Intimate Family History" C.H. Hutchings states that Joseph Chiles came to Jones County from North Carolina. Records show that he received land in the 1821 land lottery.It is my understanding tht this Chiles family is not related to the Childs family in Jones County though I could mistaken about this. I would appreciat any information about this family. Vernice Harvey ary Carter,Editor CHILES,Joseph w/s 16 Sept (no Year) p/ 4 Oct. 1852 wife and children-not named children known were (Mary Carter) Samuel John. R. exrs; Wife Sarah, James M. Gray, Taylor F. Gibson wit; Lucinda and Benjamin Mason, H.Bowen ........................................