Hi Suzzanne, We don't have a lot of subscribers, our list is only about a week old! But I did find that the location you are seeking is called White Sulfur Springs. Below is the location coordinates. White Sulphur Springs Georgia Meriwether County 32:54:28 N 084:48:12 W 118 US Visit this url to see troup county and meriwether county 1895 maps..from this map it looks as if white sulphur spings is in troup co. I am sure that you should be able to find a later map, somewhere online. Try http://www.cyndislist.com/ga.htm#Maps I don't have any information on your family, but repost your message in a few weeks. By then we should have more subscribers. Sincerely, Debbie Fowler listowner At 09:29 PM 12/26/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > I'm so excited that this list now exists! > I'm searching for information about my great-great grandparents: > > JOHN POWELL PORTER > > b. Jan, 16, 1828, perhaps in Gwinnett Co., GA > m. MARTHA TRAYLOR (1832-1862) of Troup Co.,1853, in Troup Cp., > GA > d . November 27, 1900, I believe in Meriwether Co., GA > > They had three daughters: > 1. MARTHA "Mattie" PORTER > b. abt 1855 > m. THOMAS J. DUKE > > 2. MARY "Mollie" PORTER > > m. ______TOLAND > > 3. SARAH "Sallie" PORTER > b. August 15, 1858, believe Greenville, Meriwether Co., GA > m. Dec. 05, 1878 to WALTER BRANNON CARNES of Jonesboro, > Clayton, Co., GA > d. March 04, 1948, Fayette Co., GA > >**And possibly a son named J. P. PORTER. (This info from an elderly >relative who remembers a J. P. Porter coming to visit his sister SARAH >PORTER CARNES.) > > JOHN POWELL PORTER enlisted in the Confederate Army at Sulphur >Springs in Meriwether Co., in 1861 > > He appears in the 1860 GA Census in Mt. Sulphur, Meriwether Co. > and in the 1870 GA Census in White Sulphur Springs, Meriwether Co. > > I'm guessing that when John Powell Porter lived in Troup, it was close >to the line with Meriwether, as he went there to enlist, and later shows >up on censuses for the same area. > >**Can anyone tell me whether (White?) Sulphur Springs is near Greenville? > >**Does aynone have information on where he might be buried? > His wife, Martha Traylor Porter, who died in 1862, is buried with her >family in Troup. He lived another 38 years! > >**Could he have remarried. . .and been buried beside wife #2? > >**Anyone know of this (possible) son, J. P. Porter, I assume, a Jr.? > >The info above is ALL I have on these relatives, so I would appreciate >any leads, advice, or information. > >Thank you, >Suzanne ><thecokers@juno.com> > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >