Forgive me, y'all. I just shared what someone else wrote and I did a copy/paste with URL included so everyone would have a chance to read it and go searching for more... Bill read it...let's help him get the truth about the BATTLE settled. I have no hard feelings...Accuracy is more important here. Jennifer Sherwood Braswell [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Funderburke <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 5:24 PM Subject: [GAJONES] Re: GAJONES-D Digest V00 #36 : I have been reading roots web for some time with great interest and would like to : correct the battle of Griswaldville summery that was posted by Jennefer Braswell. : The description of the battle by theABPP is both incorrect and incomplete. I ddo : not intend to criticise Jennefer but would like to set the record straight. How do : I do this? Sincerly William H. Funderburkle : : [email protected] wrote: : : > Subject: : > : > GAJONES-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 36 : > : > Today's Topics: : > #1 [GAJONES] Juliette [Crilley <[email protected]>] : > #2 [GAJONES] James [Crilley <[email protected]>] : > #3 [GAJONES] Ordinary Minutes [Crilley <[email protected]>] : > #4 [GAJONES] Fw: CIVIL WAR BATTLE SUM ["Jennifer Sherwood Braswell" <jens] : > #5 [GAJONES] MIXSON [[email protected]] : > #6 [GAJONES] DAR-SAR [Crilley <[email protected]>] : > : > Administrivia: : > To unsubscribe from GAJONES-D, send a message to : > : > [email protected] : > : > that contains in the body of the message the command : > : > unsubscribe : > : > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software : > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. : > : > ______________________________ : > : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- : > : > Subject: [GAJONES] Juliette : > Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 10:43:50 -0600 : > From: Crilley <[email protected]> : > To: [email protected] : > : > Copied with Permission from : > "History of Jones Co., Ga" by Carolyn White Williams : > Written by Alline Jarrell : > (typed for us by Barbara S.) : > : > EAST JULIETTE (GLOVER) : > : > The topography of the land in the section of East Juliette is hilly and : > rolling. In : > about 1825 when the Creek Indians were pushed across the Ocmulgee River, : > white settlers moved in where the famous Indian trail "Horse-Path" crossed, : > some : > settling on the east side in Jones County and some on the west side in Monroe : > county. For many years a ferry was used to cross this river, until a toll : > bridge was : > built. : > : > It is said that Mike DENNIS erected the first gristmill at Juliette. : > : > East Juliette, located on the Ocmulgee River in northwestern corner of Jones : > County was first called Glover's Mill until about 1925 when the post : > offices of : > Juliette on the west side of the river in Monroe county and Glover's Mill : > on the : > west were consolidated. : > : > It was when the Southern railroad was built that the little settlement became : > known as Juliette, and tradition says that the name was in honor of the : > first white : > woman to cross the river to make her home on the west side. Another story : > states : > that someone suggested that the two settlements, one on the east side and : > one on : > the west side be known as Romeo and Juliette. : > : > In 1872 Nathaniel GLOVER bought a mill from West SMITH, a native and : > builder of the mill. GLOVER set up a sawmill and cut lumber to build a : > store. : > Later he cut, molded and burned the brick with which to build the factory. : > In : > 1898, a log dam was constructed on the river to furnish power with which to : > run : > the textile mill and a gin. : > : > After Nat GLOVER's death, his two sons came into possession of the property. : > These sons were Jack and Dr. WP. GLOVER. Jack was drowned and Dr. W.P. : > GLOVER became owner and controlled the entire estate. Dr. GLOVER gave up : > his practice to supervise the mill which was more profitable. He was a : > shrewd : > businessman and accumulated a fortune; however he was outwitted by a business : > deal and lost controlling interest in the businesses. He sold out and the : > mill fell : > into other hands. : > : > In 1898 a church was organized and a building erected to serve as a : > meetinghouse : > and a school house. It was thus used until 1915 or 1916 when it burned. : > Then a : > separate school credited to John N. BIRCH of the Juliette Milling Co. was : > built : > and playgound equipment installed. J. Neville BIRCH followed in the : > footsteps : > of his father, by helping in the making of a new school in 1939. Across : > from the : > old school, an interdenominational church was built by the Juliette Milling : > Co. It : > is used mostly by the Missionary Baptists and the Primitive Baptists, but : > at times : > it has been used by other denominations. Rev. MINTER served the church for : > 20 : > years. Elder E.J. MADDOX of Chester served as a Primitive Baptist preacher : > for : > 18 years. : > : > The population of East Juliette is about 400 (c1957). On the west side of : > the river : > in Monroe county, about 250. This has been a rather isolated community, but : > now has two paved roads leading out and is easily accessible. : > : > Virginia : > : > ______________________________ : > : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : > : > Subject: [GAJONES] James : > Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 10:47:51 -0600 : > From: Crilley <[email protected]> : > To: [email protected] : > : > Copied with persmission from : > "History of Jones Co., GA" by Carolyn White Williams : > (Typed for us by Barbara S.) : > : > JAMES : > : > In the lower part of Jones County, six miles south of Gray, on the line : > between : > Davidson and Burden's Districts, on the Georgia RR between Macon and Camak : > is James, Ga., Jones County. The population has never exceeded about 140 and : > most of the residents are related. (1957) : > : > James' first inhabitants were the Indians of the Creek tribe. Many Indian : > relics, : > such as arrowheads, bits of pottery and beads attest to the fact that : > Indians were : > here and the Indian trail came through this place before the white men came : > and : > was used as a road, later. : > : > A fork off the Garrison Road leads from a mile southeast of Cumslo and a mile : > and a half southwest of James crossed the Ocmulgee at Tarver's Site : > according to : > an early map, this Indian Trail was called "Tusco-Meco Path." : > : > The old Clinton and Gordon road crossed what is now the Georgia RR about 150 : > yards to the north of the present crossing of the RR and followed its : > present route, : > except at Morton's it made a direct line to Clinton, a road which is : > nonexistent : > today. : > : > James was founded after the Georgia RR came through. This RR was in process : > of construction for many years from prior to the Civil War until its : > completion in : > 1871. Tom WOOLFOLK, Sr. owned all of this land and the first flagstop was : > call Woolfork. : > : > Lemuel JAMES was engaged in bridge construction for this RR, bought some of : > this Woolfolk land and he and his wife Mary E. CHADWICK built a home here. : > Soon a post office was built, a depot and telegraph office. The RR officials : > named the place James for Lemuel Photo JAMES, Sr. There were many large : > plantations here and farmers came here to trade. Mr. DUFFFY was the : > Postmaster and storekeeper. There was a gin house and gristmill and a : > turntable : > beside the tracks for the engines to turn on. Lemuel JAMES gave land for a : > school and a church. Elam church had been established many years before this : > and most of the people worshipped there, although some went to Salem and : > Pitts : > Chapel. Lemuel JAMES later built a large eleven-room house in an oak grove : > which is still standing. After his death, Lemuel JAMES, Jr. owned this, : > was as : > public-spirited as his father, represented his county, helped obtain : > electricity for it : > and was made State Director of Department of Labor. He was president of : > James : > Lumber Co. at Haddock at his death. : > : > Other families at James were: T.W. DUFFY moved from Clinton to James in : > 1884, Judge Peyton PITTS in 1885 built a home here, R.H. KINGMAN, Sr. built : > here in 1890 and was a peach grower, planter and a Christian, died in 1935. : > R.H. : > KINGMAN, Jr. was later the leading merchant here. In 1927, J.C. BALKCOM : > bought this store. Dr. O.C. GIBSON and family were residents of James from : > 1890 to 1901. This home was later bought by Mrs. C.M. ETHRIDGE and a : > daughter, Mrs. N.E. VALENTINE later lived here, as the GIBSONS moved to : > Macon. J.C. BALKCOM, Jr. now owns the store his father ran and another : > family of MITCHELLS lived here. : > : > The old church, called Elam, was built in 1810 and is the historic church : > of this : > vicinity. At first this was a Primitive Baptist, but when a church schism : > arose : > later, it was changed to a Missionary Baptist church. : > : > The first money order written in Jones County was written in James, Ga., : > and the : > first telegraph instrument put into use in Jones County was located here. : > The : > school built here in 1884 on land donated by L.P. JAMES was burned. : > : > There are only two people living here from a large family of James by that : > name, : > Misses Hattie and Alice JAMES, daughters of Frank JAMES. Although James : > never grew in size, the spirit of the first settlers remain. : > : > Virginia : > : > ______________________________ : > : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : > : > Subject: [GAJONES] Ordinary Minutes : > Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 11:05:22 -0600 : > From: Crilley <[email protected]> : > To: [email protected] : > : > Continuing with Addie Howell's works---1808-1814 : > Index to Ordinary Court Minutes - Jones Co. : > : > HILL, Thomas p 8 : > HOOTEN, Henry p 21 : > HOOTEN, Eliza p 21 : > HOOTEN, William p 21 : > HOOTEN, Arrington p 21 : > HORTEN, William p 22 : > HOWARD, Sally P 28 : > HOWARD, Joseph p 28 : > HUDMAN, Ezekiel p 29 : > HENDRICKS, Isabel p 33 : > HENDRICKS, Gustavus p 33 : > HENDRICKS, Williams p 33 : > HUBERT, Benjamin p 36 : > HARVEY, Isaac p 36 : > HORTON, William p 39 : > HENDRICKS, John p 41 : > HARPER, George p 46 : > HADEN, Milley p 47 : > HADLEY, Mary Caroline p 50 : > HARMON, Garrett p 53 : > HARVELL, Samuel p 57 : > HOLLINGSWORTH, Jesse pg 57 : > HORN, Harris p 60 : > HORTON, Nancy p 61 : > HARRIS, Edwin p 61 : > HAMPTON, George p 61 : > : > ISAAC, Spurlin p 42 : > : > JONES, Will'm p 1 : > JACKSON, James p2 : > JOHNSTON, David p3 : > JONES, Ambrose p4 : > JOHNSON, David p8 : > JACKSON, Wilkins p 9 : > JORDAN, Brastee p 15 : > JONES, Tapley p 21 : > JONES, Leonard p 21 : > : > KING, John p 21 : > KENDRICK, Susan p 36 : > KING, Littleberry p 42 : > KIRK, Stephen p 57 : > Virginia : > : > ______________________________ : > : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : > : > Subject: [GAJONES] Fw: CIVIL WAR BATTLE SUMMARIES : > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 13:18:24 -0600 : > From: "Jennifer Sherwood Braswell" <[email protected]> : > To: [email protected] : > : > here's something for those interested this area's history... : > Jennifer Sherwood Braswell : > [email protected] : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: Jennifer Sherwood Braswell <[email protected]> : > To: ATHOME GEN <[email protected]> : > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 12:03 PM : > Subject: CIVIL WAR BATTLE SUMMARIES : > : > : http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/ga025.htm : > : : > : Griswoldville : > : Other Names: None : > : : > : Location: Jones County and Twiggs County : > : : > : Campaign: Savannah Campaign (1864) : > : : > : Date(s): November 22, 1864 : > : : > : Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt [US]; Brig. Gen. : > : Pleasant J. Philips and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler [CS] : > : : > : Forces Engaged: 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee : > : and two regiments of cavalry [US]; 1st Division Georgia Militia and : > Cavalry : > : Corps, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida [CS] : > : : > : Estimated Casualties: 712 total (US 62; CS 650) : > : : > : Description: Brig. Gen. Charles Walcutt was ordered to make a : > demonstration, : > : with the six infantry regiments and one battery that comprised his : > brigade, : > : toward Macon to ascertain the disposition of enemy troops in that : > direction. : > : He set out on the morning of November 22, and after a short march he ran : > : into some of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's cavalry and drove them beyond : > : Griswoldville. Having accomplished his mission, Walcutt retired to a : > : position at Duncan's Farm and fortified it with logs and rails to meet an : > : expected Rebel attack force composed of three brigades of Georgia State : > : Militia. The Georgia Militia had been ordered from Macon to Augusta, : > : thinking the latter was Sherman's next objective, and accidentally : > collided : > : with Walcutt's force. The Union force withstood three determined charges : > : before receiving reinforcements of one regiment of infantry and two : > : regiments of cavalry. The Rebels did not attack again and soon retired. : > : : > : Result(s): Union victory : > : : > : CWSAC Reference #: GA025 : > : : > : : > : Jennifer Sherwood Braswell : > : [email protected] : > : : > : : > : > ______________________________ : > : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : > : > Subject: [GAJONES] MIXSON : > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 19:44:05 EST : > From: [email protected] : > To: [email protected] : > : > I would like to know if any has MIXSON's living in the TWIGGS or JONES : > county georgia area. On the 1880 census of Twiggs it shows a MARTHA EVANS : > living with her stepson MIXSON. Martha is my gggrandmother who apparently : > remarried a MIXSON. : > : > thanks for any help you can give me. : > : > pat : > : > ______________________________ : > : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : > : > Subject: [GAJONES] DAR-SAR : > Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 19:19:08 -0600 : > From: Crilley <[email protected]> : > To: [email protected] : > : > After the Childs Cemetery celebration (and I'm still working on getting : > the list for that cemetery), I've been wonderinf if the SAR or DAR might : > help us with a listing of all the Rev. soldiers buried in Jones County. : > : > I was told that this name, Mrs. Cary Townsend, was on the program for the : > dedication. Does anyone know her....or know how we could get the list of : > Rev. War Vets.... : > : > Virginia : : : :