I am new to this list and just recently discovered my gggrandmother, Georgia Ann Carter, was not born in Atlanta but Lowndes, Georgia! She was born on February 25, 1866 to George Carter. She later moved to Arkansas by 1887 to marry my gggrandfather James Brown. Does anybody have any information on this line or are there any connections? Thanks, Angela Miller

This email is to announcement an addition to my cemetery homepage. I have now added the Ione Cemetery which is in Brooks County, Georgia. This might be especially helpful to the Cannon and Burgess researchers. I have a couple more cemeteries in their entirety that I will be working on as time permits and then I will get into the individual alphabet. The link is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~newtonalabama/ Please sign the guestbook while you are there. Herbert Ezra Zeigler \ Charles / Edd Preston King Ezra Lee Zeigler << Thomas >> Alice Cordelia King Lula Lee Glass / Zeigler \ Annie Belle Miller (Researching Zeigler, Lightsey, Howell, Register, etal) "I do Wetherington anywhere, anytime for any reason"

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jowers, McDonald, Rawlins, Carter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/562.1.1 Message Board Post: Blind Obedience: A True Story of Family Loyalty and Murder in South Georgia By: Bill Boyd I ordered mine from www.bn.com and it cost $20.00 (hardcover). The story is about the Carter & Rawlins family feud and spans from Coffee Co. to Lowndes Co. from the late 1800's to around 1905/6. Other family mentions...Jowers and McDonald. TRAGIC STORY!! I cried from about half way through it to the end! I highly recommend it. My family was in the Berrien Co. area, but I bought the book just to get an idea of what life was like in S. Georgia around this time. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stewart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/562.1 Message Board Post: Could you give me more information about this book, such as author, etc.......I would like to purchase it......thanks Reba

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rawlins, Jowers, McDonald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/562 Message Board Post: Has anyone read the book Blind Obsession? It is GREAT! If you had relatives in south Georgia, especially Lowndes Co. it is of great interest. I could not put it down until the last page!!

I just want to say thank you to everyone who wrote to me about researching at the courthouse. I apologize for not getting back to everyone individually. I'm scrambling to get ready to leave tomorrow. I will report on my experience when I get back. Shelley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/81.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: John Bennett is my ggg-grandfather through his daughter Dicey. Do you have any info on John's mother or who Sallie's mother was? I've been told Dorcus Rowell but have seen on the net it was Eady Mathis? Thank you for any help... Toby

I'm planning my first trip to Lowndes County next week and want to visit the Courthouse and go through as many old records as possible. I'm time period I'm focusing on is around 1870. I would really appreciate some tips from someone who has been to the courthouse on what they have, what the procedures are, etc. I have only looked for wills and deeds at courthouses before and want to do more this trip. Any suggestions will be appreciated. The family I am researching is MATHIS. Thanks. Shelley Rutkin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/532.1.4.1 Message Board Post: That is wonderfull boy do we wish we could find out who james lewis parents were. Lucretia is my great great grandmother via my moms fathers side. I actually have a picture of her husband Isham lewis. thanks terry

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/532.1.4 Message Board Post: Hi Beverly, It looks like we might be related. Lucretia Kirkland was my first cousin (5 X removed). I descend from Abner Sirmans and Elizabeth Kirkland.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/81.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, Just curious how you fit into the family... John Bennett is my gg Grandfather...through his son Wiley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/81.1.1 Message Board Post: This is also my family and I am looking for any more info and I have some to share if anyone's interested.Thanks.. Robert

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/386.1 Message Board Post: I'm just starting my own search and Eaton and Thaddeus Douglas are in my direct line, they are father and son. Eaton's father is John Douglas. If your still interested in any info I would be willing to share what I have, also if you have anything maybe we can compare. Thanks... Robert

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jc.2ADI/231.328 Message Board Post: Email me personally. Marie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jc.2ADI/231.327.1 Message Board Post: James you mentioned that you were writing a history of the Spiveys. My grandmother was Mary Spivey. She married Jackson Tyner. They had three girls, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Jane that married Allen Carlisle and Lucy Frances. Sarah is my grandmother. We know that after Jackson died that Mary married again. She married Ralph LeMaster. If you can connect my Mary in the Spivey line I would be greatful. We do not know who her parants were.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COLEMAN, CROSBY, GRANTHAM, HULEN, JEWELL, McKINNON, MERREITT, PERRITT, PURVIS, SEARS, SIZEMORE, SMITH, STRICKLAND, TUCKER, VICKERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jc.2ADI/561 Message Board Post: Seeking information on the following and their kin: Sarah A. "Sary" SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1801 GA) m. bef. 1840 prob. Laurens Co, GA to Henry JEWELL (b. ca. 1800 SC), said to be son of Moses JEWELL of Barnwell Dist, SC. One ch: Elizabeth JEWELL (b. ca. 1840 GA) m. ca. 1858 John HULEN (b. ca. 1829 GA), two ch: Julia Ann HULEN (b. 1860, prob. Irwin Co, GA) and William HULEN (b. ca. 1862, prob. Irwin Co, GA). Moses JOINER, age 3, b. GA, is present in Henry & Sary's 1860 Irwin Co, GA, household. Nancy SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1809 GA) m. ca. 1831 John COLEMAN (ca. 1796 SC - bef 1870 GA?). Two ch: Alexander COLEMAN (b. ca. 1833 GA) and P. L. COLEMAN (b. ca. 1835 GA). John COLEMAN heads a household on the 1850 census of Laurens Co, GA, and Nancy appears to be a widow in the household of her brother-in-law Henry JEWELL on the 1880 census of Coffee Co, GA. Nancy perhaps had a granddaughter named Mahaley COLEMAN, who appears, age 15, in the same 1880 household. David SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1815 GA) m1. ca. 1834 Rachel UNKNOWN (b. ca. 1813 GA). Five ch: Lucinda SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1835 - may be the Kesiah or Kejiah who m. bef. 1870 to unknown CROSBY); Thomas D. SIZEMORE (ca. 1837 GA-1863 Shelby Springs, AL CSA); William Crawford SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1839, served in CSA), m. ca. 1856 Nancy UNKNOWN (b. ca. 1834 GA); Delila SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1843 GA - may be the Delita SIZEMORE who m. 25 NOV 1857 to Benjamin DAVIS, or perhaps m. unknown BUTLER); and Andrew J. "Andy" SIZEMORE (ca. 1849 GA- 1890 Coffee Co, GA - killed in a sawmill accident), m. 27 FEB 1870 to Mrs. L. Margaret (TUCKER) SMITH (b. ca. 1850 GA), daughter of Benjamin & Martha Ann (RHODES) TUCKER. Margaret had m. OCT 1865 to William (or Ben?) SMITH, who was killed in a sawmill accident OCT 1867, leaving at least one son, Ben SMITH (Jr?). Margaret had sisters Mahala TUCKER (lived in Tifton, Tift Co, GA, and worked at the cotton gin there) and Rhoda Jane TUCKER. Margaret applied in NOV ! 1912 as a resident of Coffee Co, GA, for a Civil War pension on her first husband's service, and the facts were attested to by his brother, David SMITH in Coffee Co. William C. & Nancy (UNKNOWN) SIZEMORE, in Bryan Co, GA in 1860, were the parents of Jane SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1858 GA) and Rachel SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1863 GA). Nancy is evidently a widow in the household of Kesiah/Kejiah CROSBY on the 1870 census of Bryan Co, GA. Andrew J. "Andy" & L. Margaret (TUCKER) SIZEMORE, in Irwin Co, GA in 1870, were the parents of four ch: Rachel SIZEMORE (1871-1967, buried at Douglas, Coffee Co, GA), who m. 1886 to Dr. William H. VICKERS (b. 1864), son of Henry & Ella (SEARS) VICKERS; Janie SIZEMORE (1874-1958, buried at Douglas, Coffee Co, GA), m. Henry McKINNON; Thomas SIZEMORE; and George W. SIZEMORE (b. AUG 1880), who m1. Lizzie UNKNOWN and perhaps m2. to Mattie MORRIS. IT is said that George lived at Nashville, Barrien Co, GA, and had at least two children: female SIZEMORE and Ancil SIZEMORE. David SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1815) m2. 30 JUL 1868 Irwin Co, GA to Margaret (MERRITT) PURVIS. Margaret had m1. 1858 in Irwin Co, GA to John PURVIS (d. 1863), by whom she had two sons: Frederick PURVIS (b. ca. 1861 Irwin Co? GA) and Jordan or John PURVIS (b. ca. 1863 Irwin Co? GA). David and Margaret had two children: James Henry SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1869 GA), who m. Mehala TUCKER (b. ca. 1861), dau. of Solomon & Elizabeth (GRANTHAM) TUCKER; and Margaret SIZEMORE (b. ca. 1871 GA). Daivd SIZEMORE heads a household on the 1850 census of Emanuel Co, GA, the 1870 census of Irwin Co, GA, and the 1880 census of Lowndes Co, GA. He may be the David SIZEMORE who filed a pension application for service in the Seminole War (1835-46), and/or who received land grants in Laurens Co, GA (1846) and Emanuel Co, GA (1851). Sary A. (SIZEMORE) JEWELL, Nancy (SIZEMORE) COLEMAN, and David SIZEMORE may all be children of Sarah A. (UNKNOWN) SIZEMORE who heads a household on the 1840 census of Laurens Co, GA, appears as Mrs. SIZEMORE, age 75, b. GA, on the 1850 census of Laurens Co, GA, and/or appears as Sarah A. SIZEMORE, age 106, b. NC, on the 1860 census of Irwin Co, GA. Also, who is Andrew Jackson SIZEMORE who m. Melissa Josephine PERRITT (or MERRITT?), b. 1863, dau. of Josiah & Margaret (STRICKLAND) PERRITT? Any information on the above or related families would be appreciated. I will be glad to share what information I have in my files. Thanks - John Mallory Land <retrofit@flash.net>

Hey Charles.....just a "thank you" for an awesome project. I'm sure there will be others on our list who will be pleased with your willingness to share headstone information. Your site will really benefit those of us who live out of state. 'Applauds' to Charlie............... Jimmy, the ol' grump in middle TN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles T Zeigler" <frostymorn@juno.com> To: <GALOWNDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 4:37 AM Subject: Headstone project > To the Lowndes List: > > I have been working on a project to list some or all of the headstones > that I have made in my travels. I chose as my first posting to list the > Wetherington Cemetery which is in Lowndes County. You can find that at: > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~newtonalabama/ > > Other cemeteries and headstones will be added as time permits. > > > Herbert Ezra Zeigler \ Charles / Edd Preston King > Ezra Lee Zeigler << Thomas >> Alice Cordelia King > Lula Lee Glass / Zeigler \ Annie Belle Miller > (Researching Zeigler, Lightsey, Howell, Register, etal) > "I do Wetherington anywhere, anytime for any reason" > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

To the Lowndes List: I have been working on a project to list some or all of the headstones that I have made in my travels. I chose as my first posting to list the Wetherington Cemetery which is in Lowndes County. You can find that at: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~newtonalabama/ Other cemeteries and headstones will be added as time permits. Herbert Ezra Zeigler \ Charles / Edd Preston King Ezra Lee Zeigler << Thomas >> Alice Cordelia King Lula Lee Glass / Zeigler \ Annie Belle Miller (Researching Zeigler, Lightsey, Howell, Register, etal) "I do Wetherington anywhere, anytime for any reason"

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McLain, Morgan, Taylor, Minshew Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jc.2ADI/560 Message Board Post: To anyone who knows anything about Nannie Lou McLain Her parents were James Levin and Annie Ruth (Minshew) McLain. She was born February 11, 1937 in Homerville, GA, and she died April 14, 1983 in Lowndes Co., GA. She had two children: James Benjamin Morgan and Virginia Ruth Dickerson from a Benjamin E. "Ben" Morgan. She had a daughter: Melissa Ann from Marcus L. Taylor. Melissa was born October 27, 1964. Melissa married after after 1977. Marcus was buried at Shiloh Church Cemetery below Homerville, and Annie Ruth and Nannie Lou were buried at Ramah Church Cemetery below Homerville. I'm looking for a child of Nannie Lou McLain

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lowndes County, GA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jc.2ADI/29.84.85.431 Message Board Post: Is this book on Lowndes County, GA? or MS? If it is a new book on Lowndes County, GA, please send me the information. "There is a new history of Lowndes County being written and I am trying to finish an article on John Mathis. Hopefully, this will make more people interested and we will get a more positive response." Thank you, Glenda Sue Vize