Jennifer, I was told this morning that the CHILDS family owned a great deal of businesses in jones co. including a grocery store which my grand mother and grand father (Nora and Ozie Evans) rented. Joe Childs also owned Harts Mortuary in Macon. this is what is on the list I have for ERNEST: Name Land County Whom granted Adj. Watercourse George 202 1/2 Laurens Earnest George Jr. 58 Hancock Binion Peterson Buffalo Asa Jones John J. 303 Jones Earnest Clinton Walnut Creek

The page I have also lists the amt of land, county, whom granted, adj. property and watercourse. I will glad type it to the list for anyone who needs it for a specific name. just let me know. thanks pat

While in Jones County this past summer i obtained the following. though not the complete tax digest.....it may help someone. If anyone has info on these EVANS listed, please let me know. Also , does anyone have access to old maps show lot and land boundaries? Abstracts of the 1811 Tax Digest EILAND, Ruthy EILANDS, Absolem EILANDS, Stephen ELLIOT, Robert ELLIS, Jessa , Jake , Levi , Richard ,William , Ephraim ELLISON, James ELLITE, Thomas EMERSON, Wiliam ERNEST, George , George, Jr. , Asa , John J. ERWIN, Josiah , Wm. Orke ESTER, Lewis ETHRIDGE, Edmund EVANS, William , Obediah , Ezekiah , Thomas ,Charles , John EVINS, Thomas EWING, William FARLAND, Daniel W. FARLESS, James FAULK, Jesse , Jonathan FEAGIN, Samuel ,Thomas , James FELPOT, Thomas FELPS, Allen FELTS, James , Cary FIELDS, Zachariah FINCH, Anna FINNEY, Drury FINNY, Henry , Benj. ,John , Benj. , John FITZGERALD, Reubin FITZPATRICK. Booth FLECHER, Jeremiah FLEMING, Robert FLOURNOY, Jacob FLOWERS, Jacob FLYNN, Thomas , John M. FORD, Thomas , Braxton FORREST, John FORT, William FOSTER, Frederick L. , Thomas , Claborn FOX, James , Mary FRANKLIN, Esham , Goodman , Charles , Singleton FRANY, William FULL, Lewis FULLER, John , Isaac FULWOOD, Wilkins FUNDERBURKE, Joseph FURLOW, Martin H. FURNER, Zadoc

Sounds good to me , too. Can't seem to locate some of my area families in Bibb..... Jennifer Sherwood Braswell [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Crilley <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 8:30 PM Subject: Tax Lists for Jones County : Have any of the Tax Lists for Jones County been published? : : I understand that the original Tax Books are still in the courthouse in : Gray, and I wondered if anyone had ever looked at them or taken any notes : from them. Since Jones was formed in 1807, these Tax Lists would hold some : very valuable information. : : If your family was like mine, they didn't stay in Jones County too many : years.....they seemed to have missed the Census years! So the Tax Lists : would contain some very valuable information. : : I'm really trying to learn what else might be available and published for : Jones County... : : Thanks for your suggestions... : Virginia : :

In a message dated 00-01-02 20:19:31 EST, [email protected] writes: << Signed, sealed and delivered: In presence of us: James Feagin, James Smith, Notary Public, Jones County. >> Hi, Virginia, good to see you posting. The James FEAGIN listed is most likely my g-g-gf. He was m. to Mary Ann COTTINGHAM, and had moved to Jones County about 1811 from Marlborough County, SC, after disgracing himself by drinking up the profits of his and his partner's mercantile business. The SC court ordered him to pay 5000 lbs in restitution!! Some binge, huh?? Oh well. On a serious note, I know that many of the FEAGINS moved to the Conecuh area of AL about that time with the PRUITTS and others. Could this have been part of the story??? If he was waiting to move, he may have decided not to buy the land from LISLE???? Good luck in your search. Zou Feagin [email protected]

Does anyone have a 1850 census of Jones county that could see who all is in the household of John Burgay. Names and where bn Thanks

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I am researching these three families of Jones County. John Burgay was bn in Jones in 1785 he died there in 1836. He married Phoebe Mullins in Jones. Phoebe was the daughter of Jeremiah Mullins bn 1761 in Jones and Elizabeth Green Mullins bn 1765 in Jones. Jefferson Burgay their son was bn1829 in either Jones county or Monroe county. Does anyone know if these two counties border each other or was the county lines moved? Jefferson married Martha Ponder in Monroe county in 1850. They had one child together his name John Merril Burgay bn in 1852. In 1852 Martha brought John to Natchitoches Parish La. and married Americus V Carter I suspect to be from Jones or Monroe county. If anyone can help me with any of this I would appreciate it much. Richard Sharp

I am currently looking for the families of Sarah Elizabeth Childs/Chiles I would like to know the names of her parents, etc. She was married to Cason Sherwood in 1895 in MONROE CO GA. Info from others leads me to JONES CO GA as home base. Proximity is a factor also. The other name I am researching is McElroy. Does any one have any information concerning this family? Specifically, I need information about J. E. McElroy about 1840-1870. J. may stand for James, though not sure...maybe John...a grandson was named John Sherwood. Daughter's name is Juliette Ferris McElroy. She married William E. Sherwood in Bibb Co. in 1879. Can any one help? Jennifer Sherwood Braswell [email protected]

I'm looking for information on the parents, Capt James Allison and Sarah Fannin Allison, and family of Abraham KyrKyndal Allison who was born in Jones County on dec 10, 1810 or 1814. I'm not sure if Capt. Allison was stationed in Jones County with the military (or the name of a fort there) or was homesteaded there. If anyone can help track them down, I'd be appreciative.

James,?Are you the list owner?if so please contact me direct. > > Joyce, who exactly on the list did you want to contact you? I, for one, > didn't get a check from you (but you're welcome to send me one!)... > v/s, JPL > > Joyce McMurray wrote: > > > > Please contact me!!!!!!!! > > The check I sent you has not cleared the bank. > > Joyce in Texas > > -- > James P. "Jim" Lynch, [email protected]

Joyce, who exactly on the list did you want to contact you? I, for one, didn't get a check from you (but you're welcome to send me one!)... v/s, JPL Joyce McMurray wrote: > > Please contact me!!!!!!!! > The check I sent you has not cleared the bank. > Joyce in Texas -- James P. "Jim" Lynch, [email protected]

Please contact me!!!!!!!! The check I sent you has not cleared the bank. Joyce in Texas

My Barkers were in Jones Co., GA in the 1830's. Please respond if you think there is any connection to these Barkers are extended family members. Bessie Burwell Barker made a will in Jones Co., GA 1836. It was filed March of 1837. he named the following people: daughter, Rowan Worthington son-in-law, Thomas H. Stead son, Thomas L. granddaughter, Sarah Barker Witness, Thomas J. Middlebrook, brother of Micha Middlebrook Barker Thomas L. Barker m Micha Middlebrook Sept. 30, 1830 Jones Co., GA. Thomas must have died by 1850. The 1850 Jones Co., census shows the following: John C. Ussery Micha Ussery Sarah S. Barker 15 Ann Barker 12 Thomas B. Barker 8 Alley Barker 5 Sarah Barker married John A. Childs in Nov. 1850 Jones Co., GA. In the 1860 Jones Co., census, Micha Ussery and Cornelia Barker are shown in the house with John Childs and Susan and Elmira Childs, Ages 8 and 6. Sarah had died. John Childs married Alley Cornelia Barker Aug. 13, 1863. Alley died June, 1930. Thomas Braxton Barker married Evelina Abercrombie Beckham Brooks on May 4, 1865 in Coosa Co., AL. They lived in Goldville, AL until coming to San Augustine Co., TX, 1869. Thomas Braxton d 20-51924 in the home of his daughter, Minnie Lee Barker Westmoreland, Nacogdoches, TX. Thomas and Evelina are buried in Fairview Cemetery at Nacogdoches, TX. Thomas Braxton Barker and Evelina Beckham had 8 children who lived to be adults: John Thomas b 24-3-1866 d 25-6-1945 Oceola O. b 5-1868 d 9-12-1911 Minnie Lee b 20-5-1870 d 16-10-1960 Charles Maxwell b 18-5-1872 d 15-12-1945 Eugenia b 16-2-1874 d 4-6-1962 Allie Cornelia b 1887 d 22-12-1924 James Gordon b 24-7-1880 d Ada Micha b 11-8-1883 d Grandchildren of Thomas Braxton Barker and Evelina Beckham: Carl Braxton Barker Maggie Lee Westmoreland Clarence C. Westmoreland Robert Edward Westmoreland John Oliver Westmoreland Charles Murdock Westmoreland Minnie Amanda Westmoreland Mayme Loraine Barker Frances Pauline Barker William Thomas Barker Raymond Reed Barker Robert H. Foote James Burton Foote Joseph Jesse Foote Susie Foote Ernest Ervine Foote Thelma Foote Hattie Wyatt Gordon Wyatt Lorene Wyatt Cornelia Wyatt Larry Wyatt Gordon Roslia Barker Ellis Warren Elmer Warren Jessie R. Warren Lester Christene Warren Children of Charlie Murdock Westmoreland and Bessie Florene Williams: Oliver Lewis Westmoreland Charles Murdock Jr. Westmoreland Robert Edward Westmoreland Ocie Lee Westmoreland Roy Westmoreland Ray Westmoreland Jimmy Dean Westmoreland Annie Louise Westmoreland McShan Bessie Mae Westmoreland Spivey

Looking for anyone researching HERRIDGE - HERRIAGE - HERRAGE in Jones Co., Georgia. Would like more information on Elijah, Benjamin and John George mentioned in 1790's and early 1800's in Georgia. -- Peggy Herridge Wilson [email protected] ICQ 31827094 Maw Peggy @ AOL IM [email protected] [email protected] http://homepages.go.com/~mawp/ I'm getting paid to surf, e-mail, write letters, etc. Ask me how you can, too!

SURNAMES: WARE - JUSTICE - SPEARS - PICKETT I would appreciate any information on the following: My gg-grandparents: William J. Justice married Sarah Ann Spears on March 24, 1841, in Marion County, Mississippi. The 1850 census of Dale County, Alabama, shows that a Sarah Ann Spears was born in South Carolina. It shows that her father was John H. Spears. My g-grandparents: Son of William J. Justice and Sarah Ann Spears. William Calvin M. Justice, was born February 25, 1847 in Mississippi. He died March 12, 1919 in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. He married Frances Patience Ware, February 2, 1871 in Greensburg, St.Helena Parish, Louisiana. She was born July 12, 1851 in Mississippi. She died September 8, 1917 in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. My gg-grandparents: Parents of Frances Patience Ware. John H. Ware born in Greene or Lincoln County, Georgia. He married Cassandra "Cassie" Ware on October 24, 1838 in Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi. My ggg-grandparents: Parents of John H. Ware. William W. Ware born abt. 1794 in Georgia. He married Wilmuth Woodard Pickett on February 21, 1821 in Jones County, Georgia. She was born about 1785 in Georgia. Parents of Cassandra "Cassie" Ware. I do not have any information on them. I am interested in knowing if any of these Ware's are related to any of the Ware's in the "Wilder and some connecting (especially some WARE) Families in the SOUTHEASTERN United States Of America". I have information on several descendants of my ancestors listed above. Am willing to share information with other descendant's. May God Bless, Audrey

Since Veterans Day is approaching, I thought I'd post these two articles: PAGE FOUR SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1947 The Macon Telegraph Veteran Observes 100th Birthday The Sidney Lanier chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, today is sponsoring a program to celebrate the one hundredth birthday anniversary of Hiram Garrett Van Zandt, the sole survivor of the Confederate Army now living in Bibb County and one of the few in the entire state. This celebration birthday would be interesting if only for the fact that the life of this venerable citizen spans a large part of the most important history of the United States. When Mr. Van Zandt was born, James K. Polk sat in the White House as the eleventh president of the United States. Twenty-two chief executives have succeeded to that important post since our oldest citizen came into the world on January 18, 1847. Queen Victoria had covered only 10 of the 64 years of her unprecedented reign. Only 14 years before the birth of Mr. Van Zandt the first railroad to carry passengers, extending from Charleston to Augusta, had been completed. The population of the United States was slightly more than 20 million. Most of the comforts and conveniences which we now accept as matters of course were still in the womb of time. Special interest attaches to this survivor of the lost cause. A vast majority of his comrades who wore the grey have passed over the river to rest in the shade of the trees. Only here and there throughout the entire country is there a survivor of either the Union or Confederate Army to "shoulder his crutch and show how fields were won." War has taken on a new aspect since Mr. Van Zandt in his teens served as a Confederate scout at Andersonville. Such redeeming qualities as war could boast - if indeed, there be anything to redeem mass slaughter - such as the observance of certain humane regulations imposed by international law, have given place to Nazi brutality and bloody efficiency of the machine as applied to military activities. But the army of the Confederacy still stands high in the pages of history by reason of its courage and fortitude. The percentage of casualties among the wheat fields of Gettysburg still remains almost at the peak in the toll of death and injury. The bitterness of sectionalism has long since passed away and we all join in thanks to divine Providence that this is a united country. But it is hoped that the fundamental principle of states rights which lay at the heart of the Confederate cause will always be honored and certainly we will continue to cherish the heroism displayed by those who defended "the storm-cradled nation that fell." The Sidney Lanier chapter, UDC, is to be commended for having observed the birthday anniversary of Mr. Van Zandt for many years preceding this climax. The warmest congratulations are extended to this solitary veteran who embodies for us all that was best and noblest in the Confederate Army and government. (copied from editorial page - The Macon Telegraph, Jan. 18, 1947. Macon, GA) IN MEMORIAM The United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine January 1948 Hiram Garrett VanZandt, 1847 - 1947, Bibb County, Georgia's only Confederate veteran, died on Wednesday, November 5, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. Richard Jarrell, in Round Oak. He would have been 101 years old on January 18. Until a few years ago he lived at his home on Bloomfield Road, Bibb County, where he enjoyed his garden, his radio and the daily papers; but after the death of his wife, he went to live with his daughter in Jones County, near Dames' Ferry. Mr. VanZandt was born in Jones County, where his family had settled well over one hundred years before. At the age of 17 he joined the Confederate army and served as a private in Company A, Third Georgia Reserves, under Captain John McManus of Macon. While this regiment was stationed at Andersonville prison, as a scout his duty was to round up escaped prisoners. When Camp Lawton, near Millen, was established and Andersonville prison was abandoned, Mr. VanZandt went with his company to Camp Lawton. Because of illness he was sent home on furlough, where he was at the time the war ended, having served eight months. For many years the Sidney Lanier Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Macon, has feted him on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and his birthday, the latter being celebrated with a shower of gifts and a birthday cake. His one great ambition of a few years ago was to live to see the end of the war with "Germany and Japan." On his last Christmas, he stated his dearest wish was "better eyes with which to see and better ears for hearing what is going on around him." He maintained a keen interest in current events, especially as to "what's doing in Washington." Among his hobbies in past years was "fiddling." Despite a recent illness and his enfeebled condition, his last birthday made him very happy, surrounded as he was by his family and friends, particularly those of his church. He was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church. He was buried in Macon Memorial Park, his casket being covered with a Confederate battle flag.

I know this is off topic for the lists....but I need some help. I found a Catholic Bible at a yard sale last week. The front cover says it was given to a JOAN ANN KOBOK in 1954. I have done numerous searches on the web and cannot find this name. I did get a lead on the name saying it may be in Finland. I would love to see the Bible returned to someone tracing this family. Could everyone please send this email to all the boards and help me spread this around? Maybe a KOBOK will show up. If anyone has any leads please email. Sorry to take up time on the boards. Sincerely pat [email protected]

Hello, Below is the last will and testament of ROBERT LUNDY of Jones County. If anyone recognizes the people mentioned, please write to the list or to my e-mail address. Eliza Lundy SMITH m. James T. SMITH s/o John I. SMITH and Elizabeth NEWSOME of Jones County. Thank you Jeanie Smith Zadach Savannah, GA Jones County Probate Court Page 281-183 May 1896 WILL OF ROBERT LUNDY, DEC'D State of Georgia} Jones County } In the name of God ~ Amen. I Robert Lundy of said State and County being of advanced age but of sound and disposing mind and memory realizing that I must shortly depart this life deem it right & proper both as respects my family and myself that I should make a disposition of the property with which a kind Providence has blessed me ~ I do therefore make this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all others by me heretofore made ~ First I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent and Christian like manner suitable to my circumstances & condition in life ~ My soul I trust shall return to rest with God who gave it as I hope for salvation though the merits and atonement of the blessed Lord & Savior Jesus Christ ~ Article Second I give to Eliza Smith formally Eliza Lundy of the County of Lowndes ~ Rebecca Lundy of the County of Jones, Velovet Lundy of the County of Lowndes, Greila Lundy of the County of Jones~I give and bequeath all my real and personal estate ~ Article Third I give and bequeath Abner S. Lundy five dollars ~ Anna Lou Bird formerly Annie Lou Lundy I give her five dollars ~ Lurany Bird formally Lurany Lundy I give her five dollars ~ Article 4th I hereby constitute George H. Lowe of the County of Jones and State of Georgia & Rebecca Lundy of the County of Jones & State of Georgia and Eliza Smith of the County of Lowndes as Executors of this my last will and testament this the 28th day of April 1896~ Witnessess Robert Lundy John S. Humphries Lee Humphries R.J. Tyner G.D. Comer Probate Georgia } In Open Court Jones County } Ordinary's Office May 4, 1896~ Personally came John S. Humphries ~ Lee Humphries ~ R.J. Tyner & G.D. Comer the subscribing witnesses to the within instrument of writing who each swore oath deposeth and saith that they were present & saw Robert Lundy the Testator sign seal and publish this within instrument as and for his last will and testament and so declared the same to be his last will ~ that he was in his right mind & sound mind and memory at the time he signed it ~ and signed it freely and of his own accord ~ that we were present & signed same as witnesses thereto at his instance & we each signed in his presence & in the presence of each other ~ as witnesses ~ Sworn to & subscribed R J Tyner before me in open Court J S Humphries May 4th 1896 ~ G D Comer Roland T. Ross Ordinary Lee Humphries Oath of Executor I do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last will of the within named Robert Lundy dec'd so far as I know and believe and that I will well and truly execute the same in accordance with the laws of this State So help me God ~ Sworn to before me this Geo H Lowe May 4th 1896 R.T. Ross Ordinary Recorded May 8, 1896 ~ R.T. Ross Ordinary

I am looking for an OBEDIAH EVANS b 1817 sp: MARTHA ANN __?__ b abt 1827 ch: JAMES F. EVANS b abt 1843 KEIR JACKSON EVANS b abt 1844/45 RUFUS EVANS b abt 1859 m: Lucinda James in 1878 MARY ANN M. EVANS b 1848 m: Rubin Andrew Vann SARAH A.E. EVANS b abt 1851 ISAAC EVANS b 1853 (middle initial may be W.) JOSIAH D. EVANS b abt 1855 Also looking for a place called Cedarridge. I have been told there may be an old cemetery with some Evans buried in it. If someone could look on the county census to see if these were listed in 1870 or 1880 I would greatly appreciate it. thanks pat