This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------79EB0E579C934B49B7146DCB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Lewis Gardner Family Lewis Gardner's presence in Monroe County is found in the 1828 tax roll as owning land on the Tobesofkee Creek. Land records show him owning LL 178 &179 in 7th district. This land was adjacent to that owned by his father-in-law Zadock [Zadoc] Jones. The area was called Sand Hill and was in the Red Bone District. Marriage record of Lewis and Martha Ann Sikes have not been found but judging from the births of their children it must have taken place c 1834. There is a three year gap in the Monroe County marriage records at that time period. About 1847 Lewis moved the family to LL 32 & 33 3rd district, Pike County. Some of his children were born in Monroe before moving to Pike. Lewis & Martha's children were: 1. Mary E. b 6/24/1835, m 9/2/1853 John A. Cook d 11/13/1909; 2. Rebecca Jane b 8/24/1836, m 5/12/1852 Othniel Lanier Reid, d 2/13/1893; 3. Martha Ann b 1837, m 12/18/57 Warren Lamar Reid; 4. William Zedrick b 5/6/1839, m 2/12/1858 Caroline Myrtice Cauthen, d 6/6/1925; 5. Cynthia A. b 1842 Lewis; 6. Mary Louisa b 1843 m F.Mackey; 7. Wiley Jackson b 10/19/1844, m 10/19/1865 Quantillia Pullin d 11/4/1924; 8. Samuel M. b 1845; 9. Daniel W. b 1847 m (1) Q.A. ___________ . (2) Regina Ann Graham; 10. Lillie Bernaty b 11/9/1850 m Samuel Riser d 7/19/1928; 11. Sarah F. b 1852 m 10/9/1873 B.W. Ammous, Sr. d 7/19/1928 12. Nancy Ann b 10/19/1854 m 11/29/1873 George Gillian Graham d 4/3/1943. 13. John Joseph b 2/26/1856 m 11/20/1879 Imogene "Emma" Wilson d 12/10/1899. 14. Margaret E. m 12/28/1877 W.C. Burleson. In 1859 Lewis left four of his older children and moved the remainder of the family to Newton Co. MS. Left behind were Mary E. Cook, Rebecca Jane Reid, Martha Ann Reid and William Zedrick Gardner. Most of the families remaining were in the Pike and Spalding County area. Elder William "Zeddie" and Caroline M. Had the following children: 1. Mary F. b 12/4/1859 m John Bell Hand, d 7/2/1894; 2. Amanda E. b 12/15/1861 m J.H. Williams d 11/6/1902; 3. William Thomas b 1/3/1865, m 12/29/1885 (1)Cynthia J. Akins (2) 5/8/1897 Mary Jane "Kate" Cauthen, d 10/9/1936; 4. John Davis b 10/23/1867 m Emma Jean Slade, d 12/16/1931; 5. James Newton b 1/31/1870 d 12/29/1870, 6. Sally C.R. b 12/17/1812 m Joseph Warren Slade d 5/25/1964 7. Leatha J.M. b 4/22/1875 m James Ibert Taylor d 8/4/1947; 8. Nannie Z. b 7/19/1877 m Ezekial Taylor d 10/1/1952; 9. Mattie A.M. b 1/12/1880 m (1) George Slade (2) Mr. Miller d 10/15/1959; 10. Alice Myrtice b 8/31/1883 d 11/12/1883 In the fall of 1916 William Thomas moved his family to Monroe Co. settling on Jenkins Road, off Rumble Road and after their home burned (November 1924) a new home was built on the Macon Highway 3 miles south of Forsyth. William "Tom" and Cynthia had three children: 1. Willie Mortice b 11/17/1887 m 12/25/1904 John Henry Cauthen (brother to Kate) d 2/26/1948; 2. Kate Louise b 10/10/1894, d____________. 3. Thomas Millard b 1/23/1896 d_________________. Tom and Kate's children: 1. Sarah Irene b 3/7/1898 m 5/20/1917 Julius Kendall Ellis d 11/11/1973; 2. Henry Zedrick b 5/10/1899 m 6/5/1926 Nora Lee Davidson d //1961; 3. Oscar Wright b 10/17/1901 m 4/6/1926 Mary Katherine Ballard d 10/2/1979; 4. Daniel Washington b 7/7/1903 m Ruby Bell Mosely d 9/14/1978; 5. Joseph Marvin b 8/22/1905 m 5/25/1930 Doris Watson d 12/15/1970, 6. James Franklin b 4/21/1907 m Emma Grace Faircloth d 4/1/1981; 7. Mary Leone b 8/22/1909 m Alvin Caldwell Willingham d 5/20/1963; 8. Virginia Claire b 10/22/1911 m (1) Calvin Franklin Goodson (2) Joseph Carl Starr, Jr. d 2/24/1997; 9. Wiley Tucker b 1/11/1916 m (1) 12/18/1936 Doris Irene Pitts (2) Lillian Williamson d 3/12/1980. William Thomas Gardner operated his dairy farm near Smarr and began hauling milk for himself and others to Atlanta. His sons Marvin and Frank would haul the milk and would pickup freight for their return trip. The freight business was sold to Mr Tribble from Bolingbroke and later became a part of Georgia Highway Express which is known as Transus today. The following decedents of William Thomas Gardner left their mark on Monroe County: Daniel Washington Gardner ran the Danes Ferry ; Virginia Claire G. Starr, an entrepreneur, ran "The Little Brown Jug" near Bolingbroke, worked with her husband at Starr Sheet Metal Works, operated Starr Mobile Home Park and was candidate for County Commissioner in 1962;. Wiley Tucker Gardner operated the dairy farm after his fathers death; Geraldine G. Ham served as clerk of Superior/ Juvenile court from 1973 to 1996; Joseph C. Starr, Jr. operated the Starr Sheet Metal works started by his father in 1949; Mary Starr Mullis is an accountant; William S. Starr now operates the Mobile Home Park and a gutter business; Martha Starr Cass operates Coggin and Mann Printing Co. In Macon; Barbara Starr Baswell is with the CPA firm of Gibson and Conger; Grady Franklin Gardner help take Mary Persons High School to the state championship in 1955; Florine Gardner Purser is retired from service with IRS; Cathy Ham, wife of Max Ham, Jr., has been elected to clerk of Superior Court. Further family information can be found in GARDNER/BALLARD and ALLIED FAMILIES 1995, By O.W. AND L. W. Gardner. --------------79EB0E579C934B49B7146DCB Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for grasp1@bellsouth.net Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: grasp1@bellsouth.net n: ;grasp1@bellsouth.net email;internet: grasp1@bellsouth.net x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------79EB0E579C934B49B7146DCB--