My family settled in Meriwether County in 1836 because of the rich abundant farmland. Patty

Hi, I've had several researchers ask me where the name "Micajah" comes from and what is it's meaning. Found this link to a good site on the etymology of First Names in case anyone is interested. http://www.pacificcoast.net/~muck/etym.html This list contains Latin words with their English translations...Very useful to decipher old documents http://www.familysearch.org/sg/WLLatin.html by GENEALOGICAL WORD LIST FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARYTM 35 North West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3400 USA BTW here is the answer to the question on "Micajah" MICAJAH (m) "who is like the Lord?" (Hebrew). This name does not occur in the bible. It is perhaps a learned attempt at creating an equivalent of MICHAEL. Regards, Debbie Fowler micajah@charter.net

Some of you have written to inquire about these articles. I would think the best way to obtain them would be to write the Burke County Genealogical Society to inquire if copies of back issues can be obtained. Sorry, but I can't tell you how much they would cost. I've copied and pasted into this message, all I have at this time on the BCGS. Write the Society at the address below Sincerely, Debbie Fowler micajah@charter.net The Burke County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 661 Morganton, NC 28680-0661 One may join the Society by sending their dues to The Burke County Genealogical Society, PO BOX 661, Morganton, N.C., 28680. The dues are, presently, as follows: Individual membership: $ 12.00 per year; Family membership: $15.00 per year ( One Journal per family address is sent but husband and wife each have voting rights); Contributing membership: $25.00 ( Moneys above $12.00 go to buy microfilms or books for the North Carolina Room at the Morganton library.) Membership dues are on a calendar year basis from January 1 to December 31. New mid-year memberships will receive all the journals for that calendar year. Those who join after October 1, should indicate if they wish their membership to begin with the coming year or if they wish to receive all the present year's journals. An application brochure may be obtained from the Society's address or they may mail in their dues without an application. The new member should include their Burke County surnames they are researching. The society publishes a membership list every few years as well as an update of new members on an annual basis, including the surnames being researched. Journals are published on a quarterly basis. Material for publication is solicited from the membership for consideration for publication in the Journal. Queries are free to members. The Society does not have researchers, but limited research is done, for a small fee, by the Curator of the NC Room. She may be contacted at Burke County Public Library, 204 South King St., Morganton, NC 28655 Meetings are quarterly at 6:30 pm the third Mondays of February, May, August and November. [The May meeting will be in the meeting room of the Burke County Public Library in Morganton.] **While the Library is closed for renovations from mid July to late December, the meetings will be in a court room on the main level of the Burke County Courthouse. The Executive Board meets monthly. Write the Society at our address given above. Mary Jane Simmons Membership Chairman, Burke County Genealogical Society Please NoteThe Burke County Genealogical Society, at P O Box 661, Morganton, NC 28680-0661 and The Burke County Historical Society at PO Box 151 Morganton, NC 28680-0915 are two different organizations.

FYI: New file uploaded this week to Burke County NCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncburke/burke.txt TOPICAL INDEX to JOURNAL of the BURKE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (Volumes I to XVI) Compiled by Ray A. Yount Thank you Ray for this wonderful index! Debbie Fowler micajah@charter.net Listowner and CC Burke Co.

I just found The Georgia Land Lotteries site. Its at: http://www.georgianetweb.com/bulloch/georgia_land_lotteries.htm Kathleen Crouch searching Crouch, Epps, Strickland http://freehosting2.at.webjump.com/cr/crouch-duncan-family/

Thanks to David Morgan, we again have a list of the new or revised files uploaded to the archives this week. Some of you may have already seen this list. I apologize if is a repeat for you. Sincerely, Debbie Fowler micajah@charter.net Listowner ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/anson/land/chdavis4.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/Bibles/britton.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/Cemetery/lawrence.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/Cemetery/barrett.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/Cemetery/cotten.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/Cemetery/davis.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/Cemetery/stelmo.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bladen/wills/flowewll.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/chatham/wills/aarjonwi.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/chatham/wills/davpawil.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/franklin/wills/bunn02.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/guilford/newspapers/patrio11.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/guilford/deeds/darwpcou.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/guilford/deeds/varrodee.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/guilford/military/chcpdmil.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/haywood/wills/smthrs01.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/lincoln/biographies/davis01.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/northampton/wills/conwell1880.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/cemeteries/newhope2.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/cemeteries/newhope3.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/wills/kirkld03.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/wills/kirkld04.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/wills/kirkld05.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rockingham/cemetery/ruffin01.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rutherford/wills/welch001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rutherford/wills/robins001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/wills/rogers02.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/wills/rogers03.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/wills/rogers04.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/wills/rogers05.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/wills/rogers06.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/wills/bunn01.txt

Looking for information on Peter Eldredge/Eldridge married Jane Randolph October 26, 1826 in Georgia Daniel D. Eldridge married Nancy Randolph January 18, 1829 in Meriwether County, GA. Thank you, Donna Eldridge

Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 8:56 AM Subject: Weekly Census Upload Report 7/18/99 - 7/24/99 > Here is your weekly Census Upload Report > brought to you by the helpful folks at: > (((((((((( THE USGENWEB CENSUS PROJECT ))))))))))) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > GA / Hancock / 1830 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Shirley Drake <sdrake@goldrush.com> > Proofread by: Charles Drake <n/a> > Microfilm Roll # M19-18 > Source: Microfilm > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ga/hancock/1830 > > GA / Heard / 1840 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Ray Beam <Icmormon@softcom.net> > Proofread by: Jo Beam <Icmormon@softcom.net> > > Census Custodian: Ron Eason <rkeason@tir.com> > Microfilm Roll # M704-73 > Source: SK Publications > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ga/heard/1840/ > > GA / Washington / 1840 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Ross Jones <RJones7598@aol.com> > Proofread by: Pat Tanner <patandmike@erols.com> > Microfilm Roll # M704-53 > Source: Microfilm > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ga/washington/1840 > > IL / Fulton / 1870 (Partial) > Dist/Twp/City: Astoria, Banner, Bernadotte, Buckheart Twps. > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/il/fulton/1870 > pg0286a.txt (Astoria Twp) > pg0291b.txt " > pg0297a.txt " > pg0302b.txt " > pg0308a.txt " > pg0313a.txt (Banner Twp) > pg0317b.txt " > pg0322a.txt " > pg0327a.txt (Bernadotte Twp) > pg0332a.txt " > pg0337a.txt " > pg0343a.txt (Buckheart Twp) > pg0348a.txt " > pg0353a.txt " > pg0358a.txt " > indx-a-d.txt > indx-e-h.txt > indx-i-m.txt > indx-n-s.txt > indx-t-z.txt > notes.txt > partial.txt > > MS / Greene / 1830 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Lynda J. Balch <Macbalch@aol.com> > Proofread by: Scott Roman <noahlnd@aol.com> > Microfilm Roll # M19-70 > Source: SK Publications > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ms/greene/1830 > > MS / Greene / 1840 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Lynda J. Balch <Macbalch@aol.com> > Proofread by: Scott Roman <noahlnd@aol.com> > Microfilm Roll # M704-213 > Source: SK Publications > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ms/greene/1840 > > MS / Jasper / 1840 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Vivian Goodman <vivian@camalott.com> > Proofread by: Vivian Goodman <vivian@camalott.com> > Microfilm Roll # M704-214 > Source: SK Publications > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ms/jasper/1840 > > NY / Genesee / 1860 (Partial) > Dist/Twp/City: LeRoy Twp. > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ny/genesee/1860 > 8pg0001.txt > 8pg0023.txt > 8pg0044.txt > 8pg0066.txt > 8pg0088.txt > partial.txt > > NC / Stokes / 1850 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Lucy Folger <Lucyfol@aol.com> > Proofread by: Don Folger <n/a> > Microfilm Roll # M432-645 > Source: SK Publications > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/nc/stokes/1850 > > PA / Cambria / 1870 (Partial) > Dist/Twp/City: Summerhill Twps. > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/pa/cambria/1870 > pg0329a,txt > index.txt > > PA / Fayette / 1800 (Partial) > Dist/Twp/City: Franklin Twps. > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/pa/fayette/1800 > pg0521,txt > partial.txt > > TX / Stephens / 1870 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Gerald D. Perry <gperry@apex2000.net> > Proofread by): Mary Schuelke <jlschu@xroadstx.com> > Microfilm Roll # M593-1605 > Source: Microfilm > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/tx/stephens/1870 > > VA / Middlesex / 1810 > Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" > Transcribed by: Roxanne Layton <Hope82253@aol.com> > Proofread by): M. Layton <n/a> > Microfilm Roll # M252-69 > Source: Microfilm > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/va/middlesex/1810 > > > > Ron Eason > rkeason@tir.com > Assistant NC USGenWeb Census Project > State Census Coordinator for CA-GA-IL > http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ > The Real Census Project > > >

In a message dated 7/25/99 5:45:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Eector3@aol.com writes: << Try the Health Department. I too have the same problem and have been told that the HD keeps birth and death records. I'm looking for Ector, Adams and Walton. Rayanne Ector-Cain >> Thanks for the tip Rayenne. Lynn p.s. looks like a good idea to list who you are searching for on any correspondence. You never know who else might be! I am researching in Georgia: Warner, Porterfield, and Bowdoin

The Ector family is working on the same thing for this October. We're considering a B&B in Warm Springs, also the Day's Inn in LaGrange which has a large meeting room. Haven't found out about the B&B as yet. You can contact me personally if you like. I am: Rayanne Ector-Cain Eector3@aol.com

Try the Health Department. I too have the same problem and have been told that the HD keeps birth and death records. I'm looking for Ector, Adams and Walton. Rayanne Ector-Cain

Glad some of you could use the info. Pam -----Original Message----- From: Bowdoinl@aol.com <Bowdoinl@aol.com> To: GAMERIWE-L@rootsweb.com <GAMERIWE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, July 23, 1999 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [GAMERIWE-L] Hiram Warner Pam, I also have copied it for the same reason. And my Uncle, who's a Warner way back, will love seeing it, even if we haven't proven any real relationship! Lynn ==== GAMERIWE Mailing List ==== Visit GAGenWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/ Trouble subscribing/unsubscribing--email micajah@charter.net

Pam, I also have copied it for the same reason. And my Uncle, who's a Warner way back, will love seeing it, even if we haven't proven any real relationship! Lynn

Pam, I thought that Bio on Hiram Warner was excellent. I printed it out and will put it in my Roberts family tree book, as a timeline of a Prominent person who lived in Greenville at the time of my ancestors. Good work. Edyie Seufert

Hi all, to those who live in the area, I'm looking for a place to hold a reunion next summer. Any ideas? It would have been my grandfather's 100th b-day, so it may be a large crowd. Thanks, Pam , Pam

Hello all, I am looking for birth record information for members of a family that were in Georgia (Meriwether County by and large) from 1820-1900. However, when I called the county clerk, she said that they don't have records before about 1920. Is there another repository for these records? If not, where can I look for birth information? Lynn

List, I am looking for death information of the mother of Sallie Warner. I am not certain of Sallie's mother's name but suspect that it is Lucretia or Lucreacy or Lucy. Lucretia would have been born about 1850 and died about 1871 or 1872. Sallie was born in Greenville in 1871 and I suspect that her mother did shortly after her birth. Is there a Winnie Warner or Elihue Warner listed in the cemetary book? Also would like to know who Sallie's father was if anyone on the list knows! Thanks in advance for your help. Lynn

Hello, List. Hiram Warner, in 1850, was 47, a farmer and attorney, $12600 value, bn Mass. His wife, Sarah W, 48, was bn GA; child Mary J, 18, bn GA; and in househould also, Wm Murphy, 20, farmer, bn GA. House/Family #503.

Hi Stephanie, Thank you very much for the information on where to purchase the book. Yes, it is very exciting for me to learn about my ancestors. By the way, I've been told that Bowles Chapel was also one of the first black schools in Georgia! I plan to visit and take pictures this summer. Peace and love Imani

I think someone was asking about this earlier & I found this while looking for my line...hope it helps... -Pam ***** Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographies W page 1976 WARNER, Hiram, a Representative from Georgia; born in Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Mass., on October 29, 1802; received a good common-school training and acquired some knowledge of the classics; in 1819 moved to Georgia and taught school for three years; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Knoxville, Crawford County, Ga., in 1825; served in the general assembly 1828-1831; declined reelection; moved to Talbotton in 1830 and continued the practice of his profession; moved to Greenville; elected judge of the State superior court and served from 1833 to 1840; judge of the State supreme court from 1846 to 1853, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1856; appointed by Governor Jenkins as judge of the Coweta Circuit Court and served from 1865 to 1867, when he was appointed chief justice of the State supreme court; was subseq! uently elected and served until 1880, when he resigned; died in Atlanta, Ga., June 30, 1881; interment in Town Cemetery, Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga. a. =20 =20