Martin D. Priest (Depriest) arrived in the Morgan Co. records shortly after the county was created. As far as I've been able to prove......he sprang from a rock right then - full grown. (just kidding - but it does get frustrating). Martin DEPRIEST b. abt 1782 in NC? married on 11 Aug 1812 in Morgan Co., Ga Miss Betsy LEMON. Their Children: 1.DEPRIEST 1813 2.Green DEPRIEST 1815 3.Joseph DEPRIEST 1816 4.Martin J. DEPRIEST 1818 5.*Eliza DUPRIEST 1820 6.Thomas DEPRIEST 1823 7.James P. DEPRIEST 1824 8.Elizabeth DEPRIEST 1824 9.Henry William DEPRIEST 1825 Betsy died......and Martin married 31 Oct 1826 in Morgan Co., GA Percy C. MCSWAIN b.1810 in Ga Their Children were: 1.Martha Ann DEPRIEST 1828 2.John DEPRIEST 1830 3.Julia DEPRIEST 1833 4.George W. DEPRIEST 1834 5.Mary DEPRIEST 1836 6.Samuel A. DEPRIEST 1838 7.Harrison DEPRIEST 1840 8.Delila A. DEPRIEST 1842 9.Elender DEPRIEST 1845 10.Richard DEPRIEST 1846 11.Columbus C. DEPRIEST 1848 12.Sarah A. DEPRIEST 1851 Percy died and Martin married again but by that time he had left Morgan Co. so I am not listing that marriage here. I will be happy to share information on this family. For more details - check my home page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~auntjean Now.............Who Are YOU Researching??? .............................NEXT ! Jean

My great great grandparents Moses DAY born abt 1804 in VA. nd Celia REYNOLDS RUNNELS) abt 1808 in GA. married in Morgan on 30 June 1826. They later went on to Monroe and then to LaGrange, Troup. He lived in Troup from about 1830-1850. He then moved on to Gilmer, Upshur, Texas. This were he and Celia died. His parents were William DAY and Mary Poley FORMBY DAY. Mary married William H. MOORE in Oglethorpe, Ga 1805. Any information about this family would be very much appreciated. Joyce in Texas -- Joyce DAY AUSTIN <[email protected]> Researching VA, GA, TN, TX: DAY, COLE, FORMBY, MOORE, DAVIS TX: SLOCUM, HENDRIX, BRITTON VA, TN, TX: AUSTIN, WOOD, RUSSELL RED RIVER CO, TEXAS: HALL, MARTIN Home page: http://web2.airmail.net/jaau/index.htm

NEWS YOU CAN USE The Morgan Co., Ga GenWeb Project page is located at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamorgan You will find information there about all sorts of things from - this mail list to Early Citizens, Civil War, Queries...............and links to other sites that my be helpful. I try to keep things updated but will appreciate it if you would let me know if you discover a bad link. There is now a way to easily access all the messages that have been posted to this list. Here is the announcement from Brian L. ............................................................................ ............................................ The new search engine server is now online and can operate at the speed of a full T1 connection. Courtesy of hacks by Karen Isaacson, you can search the archives of any mailing list (except those withdrawn by the listowner), now with nicer *formats* and *updated* to within the last 24 hours, at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ............................................................................ ............................................. Once in a while I see a message to "subscribe" from a subscriber who thinks they may have been dropped from the list since they don't remember the last message they received from the list. (I'm guessing on the reason for the re - submission). I am just as likely as you to just read and never post a message to the mail lists I subscribe to. This list MIGHT be of more help to YOU if you posted your research interests. Some of us do not have specific queries, right now.......but we could just tell which family and the time period we are interested in. Connections don't happen unless we put something out there so others can see us. That Said....I'm going to follow my advise and post a message latter today about my Morgan Co. Ancestors! I hope each of you will TOO!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- And for the regular update? Well, during the past 2 weeks we've had 295 hits on the main pages, 108 on the queries page resulting in 16 new queries online, The surname page received a total of 161 hits - still a very popular resource. The combined total of subscribers to this list and the digest version of this list is growing all the time. There are over 40 of us now. That's 40 researchers with an interest in Morgan Co and some knowledge of Morgan Co, it's history, research experiences, and it's people! Hope to see you later on the list, Jean

Hi! New to list. Interested in Henry WARREN and his daughter Holland Warren JOHNSON. Holland married Barth^w JOHNSON July 6, 1809 in Morgan Co. Believe this Johnson is related to the Dowdle family. Would like to complete information for family group sheets for both Henry Warren d. 1824 Morgan Co. and Barth^w Johnson d. 1835/39 Have wills for both. Known children of Henry Warren: Daughter: Holland Johnson Vinsy ? Cooper Becky Leftridge Mary Unity Lensy ? Warren Sons: Jesse Edmond Stephen ?? male Barth^ and Holland had a number of children. Only name mentioned in will is a son "Jesse" Thanks, Tana

This showed up in my mail and I thought it important enough to forward it to you. It is better to be safe than sorry. Jean ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- U.S. News and World Report News You Can Use 5/11/98 ON MONEY BY MARGARET MANNIX Home-page snoops Does your family have a home page on the Internet? If so, you might want to reconsider how much personal information you post online. Con artists who steal others' identities, get credit in their names, then leave innocent people with a mountain of debt to fight and ruined credit to clean up are discovering the charms of the Net. Old-fashioned techniques like wading through Dumpsters for discarded credit-card receipts take time. These days, a savvy thief can hack into an Internet service provider's subscriber list and lift credit-card numbers by the thousands. Databases full of sensitive information have been inadvertently left open in cyberspace. And some online outfits peddle sensitive information without regard to privacy, despite Federal Trade Commission scrutiny last year that encouraged many to limit how they sell services like looking up Social Security numbers. Meanwhile, thousands of netizens are unknowingly making it easier for thieves to steal their identities by posting individual home pages, family genealogies, and résumés. Sure, there's no harm in posting photographs of Morris or Fido. And only the foolish post a Social Security number on a Web site. But many pages are packed with the sort of details identity thieves crave: full names, birth dates, birthplaces, addresses, occupations, degrees, phone numbers. With the click of a mouse, a thief has a personal dossier at his fingertips. Think about it. A name, birth date, and birthplace will get you a birth certificate, and a driver's license is not far behind. "The driver's license, unfortunately, has become a de facto ID," says Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego. It's the key to all sorts of financial services, and it propels a thief closer to the magic number: the Social Security number. Mom's maiden name. Some family tree tracers place details like a mother's maiden name online. That's often a common password for credit cards and bank accounts. Revealing such personal details, says Ed Howard, executive director of the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles, is "privacy suicide." As Howard points out, the Internet isn't a toy. Your home page may have hooked you up with a long-lost friend or relative, but it can also put you at risk. Identity-theft victims suffer the aftermath of the criminal's spending sprees for years in the form of calls from collection agencies, ruined credit, even mistaken arrest. While the Internet is a wonderful tool for genealogists (it has revolutionized family research), think again before jeopardizing the privacy of your relatives by putting intimate details up on the Web. "If a family member is going to put up the genealogy, I think they should notify all the living members of that family tree," says Givens--who would prefer her family tree in book form. You'll never have complete control over your personal information, so you'll never be immune to fraud. But why make it easy for someone to impersonate you? If you wouldn't post your background on your local grocery store's bulletin board, don't put it on the Internet. "It's the world's bulletin board," says Carole Lane, author of Naked in Cyberspace: How to Find Personal Information Online (Pemberton Press, 1997, $29.95). And con artists are checking it out. Take a bite out of credit crimes Tip: Identity thieves like to rifle through mailboxes for preapproved credit card and loan solicitations, fill them out, and start using other people's credit. A 1997 amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (the law that governs credit bureaus) required credit bureaus to establish toll-free "opt out" lines that consumers can call to remove their names from those mailing lists. To keep your mailbox free of such identity thief temptations, call any of the three largest credit bureaus: Equifax (800) 556-4711 Experian (800) 353-0809 Trans Union (800) 680-7293

Looking for information: Thomas CARLETON, III, b. in VA, married Lydia/Linda/Lynda CARLETON on Dec. 16, 1803 in GA. She died in 1814/18. They had at least two children, Thomas S. and Roenna V. Some Questions: Were they cousins? Was this a second marriage for Lydia? Was Lydia the wife of Gabriel Brothers Carleton? Were there other children? Any information would be appreciated. Will share information on Thomas Carleton line. Thomas was my GGgrandfather. Louis Carlton [email protected]

Hello, I hope you have each visited the new query system and (hopefully) liked it. I have just completed entering those queries that were submitted this year to our site. Aside from the one's I've transfered, there have probably been 16 others added. You may want to take a look. We have also added a new Family on the Morgan County Citizens Page. Enjoy, Jean

The Morgan County web site has been update..... We are now participating in the USGenWeb Query System. This seems to be a wonderful new query/surname set up for our queries and surnames to get wide spread exposure. You can search by surname in a county, a state or the whole country! When you place your query, you enter the surnames of importance that the search engine will use to help other researchers find your query. You have the option to be notified if anyone post an answer to the query board rather than writing you privately. This is a "neat" feature, I think! Yes, I know that dates me - "neat" - oh well. :-) I put the last few queries and surnames into the new system. You are invited to look it over and put your own queries or surnames into it. Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamorgan/query.htm THAT's Not ALL! There is a Morgan County Bio's Board - where you can post a biography about one of your Morgan Co. ancestors. Truthfully, I think this is a wonderful idea...but I'm not sure how many will take the time to write a biography and then post it...but we'll try it out. The Morgan County Citizen's page is still up and I have no plans for converting or removing it. As a matter of fact, if I ever get time, I have some things I need to add to it. How about YOU? So...I've updated several areas of the page and we've added these new features. I hope you will visit. Report back, if you feel like it, and let us know what you think --- or let us know how your research is coming...... Jean

I am looking for Martins from Morgan County, GA. My great-grandmother was Hilyer Opathie Martin, born: 5-17-1879, her parents were Sally Brawner Martin and John Graves Martin. Also, Hilyer Opathie Martin married Jay V. Courtney in 1904 in Morgan Co., GA. They had five children -- I am looking for descendants of Ethel Courtney Cooper, Jay V. Courtney, Jr. and Paul Dennis Courtney. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Denise [email protected]

I am interested if anyone has any knowledge of a William Sharp or John Floyd Sharp ever living in Morgan Co., GA. John Floyd Sharp was born 17 Apr 1803 in Wilkes Co., GA. Other information possibly indicated William was John's father, but need proof of this. Thanks for any assistance. Louise Sharp Big Spring, TX

Hi Folks, I've just updated the Morgan Co. Page. We have added 6 queries and 23 surnames since the page was last updated 2 weeks ago. We've had 267 hits to the main page and 165 to the surname page. I added an announcement about this list to the main page. I hope you are each having success with your research. I hope you will take a moment to introduce yourself to our list and tell us who you are researching in Morgan Co. Jean

Hello, I am still searching for parents of Elizabeth HESTER, born ca 1795 in NC, died ca 1855 in Dale Co AL, married 26 Aug 1813 in Morgan Co GA to William W. CHAPMAN. Thank you Rhonda Bridges

COCKRAM [COCHRAN] JAMES b: 1785 in Va. m Anna Campbell b: 1793 in NC on May 29, 1816 in Morgan Co, Ga. Looking for further information on James Cochran. James is the son of Benjamin Cockram, and brother of Banister, Benjamin2, John C., Frances Cockram Paschall, Phoebe Cockram Brooks, Sarah Ann Cockram Kelley, and Mary Elizabeth Cockram Brooks. Although James Cockram married in Morgan Co. in 1816, it is believed that he lived elsewhere in Georgia prior to 1816 and may have left Morgan after his father's estate was settled. Harold Cochran [email protected]

Hi! Our List for Morgan County is very NEW! I have not announced it yet but was checking over it and discovered that You have subscribed. I want to welcome you to the list; Ask that you have patience as it sometimes takes a while for these things to get going; And invite you to introduce yourself. I have just updated the Morgan County Web Page. We had 25 new surnames added and about 8 new queries since I last updated. I try to do this about every 2 to 3 weeks depending on the traffic and the need. We had 297 hits on the main page and 130 of those also viewed the surname page. I believe this is a quick easy way to make contact with others working the same families. Me? Well, I'm Jean Jones (Aunt Jean) the county coordinator for Morgan County, Georgia and owner of this list. I do not live in GA but am researching my father's ancestors who lived in Morgan Co as well as some distant relatives on my mother's side. Now...they were back at the founding of the County :-) and include Beall, Depriest/Dupreast, Nelson, Melton, and Lemmon. So....NOW IT'S YOUR TURN ! Jean